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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-13

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Jan. 12--Georgo
C. Perkins was reelected United States
senator on tho irst ballot, other clndi-
dates Withdrawing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-13

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. Eat
torney General Harmon was seen at his
office to-day and questioned as to the
probable course the government would
pursue with respect TO the Pacific rail-
roads now that the funding bill had fails
cd. Beyond the statement that some nc-
tion probably would be taken IN the mat
ter within the next thirty dlys, he de-
clinod to dlscusE the matter. u Is be.
lleved, however, TIA, the iltHt step VIII
be agulnst the Onion raclflc, inaHmuch
aa foreclosure proceedings Instituted by
the first II nh1ldes NJ That road are now
pending IN the o1urs.
Canal Between Unlsed states and Canada.
CHICAGO, Joa. l9,--'fhe deep water
ways cbmmisslon appointed by Presi-
dent Cleveland, IN November 1926 has
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
Personal.

Michael Davitt began life in a Lanca-
shire cotton mill when he was a boy of 10.
He lost his right arm by a machinery ac-
cident and this threw him out of regular
employment.5 He obtained work as news
boy, and went on fairly well until friend
persuaded him to join the fenian brother
hood at the age of 49,
William f. Sands who has been APP
pointed secretary of the United States le-
cation at Seoul, Corea, is a son of Capt.
j. II. Sands of the navy, a grandson of
Admiral Sands, and a granddaughter of
Admiral Meade During President Cleve-
lands term he was second secretary of
the United States legation at Toxic, Japan.
Mozart had a memory for music and
for nothing else. On attending the papal
mass at the Sistine chapel he was greatly
impressed with the musical services and
asked for copy, but was told none could
be given out. He went to the next service
listened attentively, went away and wrote
down the whole from memory.
Sir Charles Dixie. the radical member
of parliament, addressing a big meeting
at Newcastle, said he had hitherto never
believed in the emDittered feeling between
capital and labor in England, or that CAPT.
tai Expresses labor, as it does in Amer
lea, but, he added, recentaevents showed
the uprising of the bad American spirit
here, particularly in the ship-building and
engineering trades"
Advancing years have not pruned Swim
bourne's extravaganza, and apparently he
still clings to the belief that it is the
special privilege of liberty to insult his
neighbours most sacred convictions This
is what makes it pleasant for him to say,
in the current Nineteenth Century, THAI
alegory is "a singular branch of mediae-
val literature which finds its consummate
utterance IN the Pilgrims Progress the
work Of a hah-inspired but wholly dement,
ed and demorallzed Christomaniac."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

Whatever may be the faults Of the pol
Icy of the county commissioners in the
matter of road building, it is a fact that
the condition of the roads beyond the city
limits is infinitely superior to the condI-
ton of the connections with the roads
inside the city limits. Bull street extend
ed. from Duffy street to the Savannah,
Florida and Western crossing, is in dis
reputable condition, with ruts and holes.
and heavy layer of almost impalpable
shell dust. which flies and covers every
thing when dry, and becomes a mortar
like paste when wet. The traffic on this
street is heavy now, but it will be heav-
Ter when Dale avenue is finished; and
what is to be expected then? Wheaton
street, from the foot of Liberty to the
toll gate, is in a worse condition, if posi-
BILE, than Bull street extended.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
BRIGHT BITS.

-Lancelot Longlocks: Poets are born,
not made
Maude Sharpe: I know. I wasn't blam-
ing you.4Tt-Bits.
Teacher: What is the difference be-
tween a fixed star and any other star?
Pupil: 1t depends a good deal upon the
advance agent,-Boston Transcript
Books and Books.-'Tm anxious to
meet Mr.. Hobbey; they say he talks just
like book
Eyes, he does; just like blank book
Detroit Free Press.
-Wonderful--B. o. Hemian: It's won
derful how they can serve a dinner with a
bottle of wine for 50 cents, isn't it?
Friend (who has been invited to dine) 4:
Not so wonderful as to think that some
people can eat it!-Puck
An Endless Niew.-Raggs: All this
talk about the world coming to an end is
rank nonsense.
Jaggs: Why is it?
Rags: How can anything round come
to an end, I'd like to know?-Chlcago
News.
country to travel in Europe, with the
maxim, when in Rome do as the Ro-
mans do well in mind, found himself in
Marseilles. He wanted some ice cream
and went to a restaurant and ordered it.
What flavor will you have?" asked the
waiter. The American hesitated a mo-
ment and then remembered his maxim
"Oh, garlic, / suppose" he answered.
Troy Times.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
The Low Price of cotton.

Mr.. Walter T. Miller, treasurer of the
New York Cotton Exchange, who returned
from Europe a day or two ago. expresses
the opinion that there will be an advance
in the price Of cotton just as soon as the
cotton farmers reach a point at which
they can afford to hold their cotton. The
farmers rushed their cotton into market
because they had debts to settle and be-
cause they needed ready money to pay for
harvesting their crop and for other things
Now that their immediate needs, so far
as money is concerned, are about satisfied
there is reason to believe that there will
be perceptible falling off In the cotton
receipts.
If the opinion of Mr.. Miller, as to the
low price of cotton, is the correct one
the farmers ought to make an effort to
hold back their crops. They could very
well afford to pay interest on the amounts
they owe If they had satisfactory evidence
that cotton would advance a cent or two
a pound.
We are inclined to think that the main
reason why the price is so low is that
spinners believe that the crop is a very
large one, and that they will be able to
buy at still lower prices than have yet
been reached. if they hold off long enough.
The large receipts at the ports help to
strengthen their belief
Another reason why spinners are not
showing great anxiety to increase their
stocks of cotton is the dullness of the mar
ket for their products. In neither the
home nor foreign markets is the demand
anywhere near what it ought to be. The
mill men in this country are complaining
and so are those of England.
We sincerely hope that the opinion of
Mr.. Miller is the correct one, and that
the cotton farmers have it in their power
to bring about an increase in the price
of cotton. The sooner they test the cor
rectness of this opinion the better it will
be for them. If they can cause the price
of cotton to advance they ought not to
hesitate to act at once A few dollars
a bale means a good deal to them and to
the south
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

o, the sarcasm of fate! "Mr. John NJ.
Egan, vice president of the Central of
Georgia railroad, is confined to his room
as result of an encounter Saturday
evening with a black cow" says our local
report. Here we have a man who has
been lodging and directing "bull-gines"
the greater part of his life coming to grief
at the horns of black cow; man who
knows more about cow-catchers in a min
ute than all of the cows in the
country know in a century, and yet
did not know how to catch a black COW
a man who has studied cattle-guards from
A to lizard and can talk about them with
his eyes shut, yet could not guard him
self against one black cow Now, if the
black COW had been black cat, 1t would
have been known at once that there was
a hoo-doo at work, and the Hoo-Hoos
might have been excused a ha-ha! But
there was no black cat, consequently no
hoo-doo and should be no exclamation.
Meantime, it is suggested that Mr.. Egan
order a pilot attached to the front of the
black COW at the earliest possible mo-
ment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
CITY GOVERNMENT.
OmciaI Proceedings of CounciI.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. s, 1S9.-Couro,,
met this afternoon at 3 O'Clock. pursua1t
TO the call of the acting mayor. Present.
Alderman S, P. Hamilton, chairman -.
council presiding; Alderman w w. Og1
ems, vice chairman of council and Ado
men Charlton, O'Donnell, We'll. WI,
Davis, Reid. Krouskoff, Guckenheins5,,
and Smith ''7r
Alderman Hamilton stated that n.
meeting had been called at the reoueSt
OF the city attorney, who would explain
to council the object of the call.
Mr.. Adams stated that he had had
conference with Mr.. Lazaron and cam
Paulsen, relative to the revocation by 10
olution at meeting of council held on ,bo
9TH inst, of the permission granted I'M
"A, 1897, TO the Suburban and West Fr5
Railway Company, to come up VS.
Broad street from Margaret and thence
down st. Julian to the market. and h.
had come to the conclusion that ma.
the facts as stated to him by Mr.. Iazaron
and Capt. Paulsen, and by other eva,
dences, that there had been such a. mart
performance of contract in the part of tbs
company that council cannot legally perS
NIT them from coming to the mark,
upon the route indicated
RESOLUTION.
By Alderman Owens
Resolved That the resolution edonte5
NOV. 0, 1897, TO the erect that the right Of
way granted the Suburban and Yves,
End railway for the purpose of lawns
their tracks upon West Broad and 81
Julian streets be and the same is HEREBY
revoked, is hereby rescinded, and the said
railway company shall be allowed to pro,
coed under the original resolution and the
supervision of the committee on stress
and lanes and the city engineer.
Adopted.
Alderman Krouskoff rose to a question
of personal privilege and stated the posi-.
ton of council in reference to the recent
grant to the Savannah, Thunderbolt ana
Isle of Hope railway. Alderman Krouskof
stated that SO much criticism of an un
friendly character had been going about
that it had become almost personal. he
defended councils action and believed that
as soon as the people became familiar
with the grants given and considered
them upon their merits, they would take
different view of councils action he
further stated that personal prejudice had
not entered into the matter at all, and
that every detail had been considered
carefully, looking only to the interest Of
the people, and for himself individuality
he had done his duty conscientiously and
fearlessly.
Council took a recess subject to the call
of the chair. VIM P BAILEY.
Clerk of Council
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
The Agricultural College.

Apparently the farmers in the legisa-
ture are not satisfied that the money
intended for the agricultural college shall
be used to increase the income of the
state university, and it looks very much
as If a big fight would be made to sepa-
rate the agricultural college from the
university. Those farmers of the legisa-
ture who have investigated the agricultu-
raj college at Athens do not think that it
is an institution of vast and far reaching
benefit to the state. On the contrary the
conclusion they reached was that the col
lege doesn't amount to much--that, in
fact it amounts to so little that it should
either be separated from the state univer-
sity or abolished.
The college has $4,000 a year for its
support, but it is doubtful if anywhere
near that amount is spent in teaching ag-
riculture to young men who want to be-
come farmers. The money, of course, is
properly used by the university, but that
doesn't satisfy the farmers, who want the
whole amount applied to the purpose for
which it is intended. "
1t is a question whether a purely agri-
cultural college is of any particular ben
eft to a state. The boys who intend to
become farmers are much more likely to
acquire the practical knowledge they need
by working on farm than by attending
an agricultural college.
A station for making experiments is
good thing, because, by means of it,
farmer is informed of many things, in
respect to plants, seeds, fruits and soils,
which he ought TO know but the student
gets very little at an agricultural college
that he can turn to practical account. If
it could be done 1t would be a good thing
for the state to abolish the agricultural
college altogether and turn It's endowment
over to the state university.
II is hardly probable, however, that the
college will be abolished. The chances are
that it will be conducted as a separate
institution, and that it will be moved
away from Athens. 1t may not be NOV
ed this year, but the delay in the moving
Of 1t will not be a very long one. The
farmers are too much in earnest in their
efforts to set it away from Athens to let
1t remain there beyond the present year
The loss of the college would cripple the
university considerably, as it is hardly
probable that the state would contribute
an amount equal to that which the univer-
sity gets from the college.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

The probabilities are that questions be
tween this country and Canada with re-
gard to the Klondike will shortly grow
TO be of more Importance than questions
involving the seals. 1t will be borne in
mind that the Klondike country, to which
there has been such rush, is Canadian
territory, while the majority of those who
have gone to the new diggings are Amer,
leans. Quite naturally, Canada does not
propose that the Americans shall walk In
and help themselves without paying lib-
orally for the privilege 1t will be the
purpose Of Canada to get all she can out
Of the mines, as well as out of the ex-
element While 1t lasts. So far. the reg
uiauons governing entrance into the Ter
rtoTy have been rather slipshod. The Ca
madam commission to Washington win
pfopaply do something towards arranging
al agreement with regard to the matter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
viii There BE An Extra session.

A member of the Chatham delegation
said day or two ago that he
thought it probable that there
would have to be an extra session Of
the legislature to settle the convict ques-
ton. He said there was so many local
bills demanding attention that the legisla-
ture would not have time to do justice to
the convict question. What have the peO-
pie to say respecting the proposition to
hold an extra session? Win they agree to
it? 1t would cost a good deal of money,
and there would be no assurance that the
convict question would be settled salts
factorily, or that a settlement would be
reached that would be better for the state
than If the matter were taken up and dis
posed Of at the present session.
1t cannot be said that the legislature is
wasting its time, but it does seem as if it
is making very little progress. Two weeks
of the session have passed and what has
been accomplished? 1t is true that the SEN
ate voted against Mr.. Turner's prohibition
bill, but 1t has put him in a position to
introduce it again this session, and the
whole ground may have to be gone over
again.
The penitentiary committee worked
many days on the convict question before
the meeting of the legislature, and ac-
complished little or nothing. The legisla-
ture at this session will accomplish moth
ing towards settling the convict question
If the impression is permitted to get abroad
that an extra session is necessary to set
tie that question. If the House and Senate
should take up at once the bill which the
penitendary committee reported, and work
at it faithfully for the next two weeks, the
chances are that settlement Of the con-
Wet question would be reached by the end
of that time If, however, the matter is
put off from day to day, simply because of
the lack of agreement among members as
to the best course to pursue in respect to
the convicts, until the end of the term APP
proaches, nothing will be accomplished in
that matter. The great work which was
expected of the legislature would remain
undone and the people would be profound
ly disappointed,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

From the Chicago Times-Herald Qnd).

In any event, the President will not be
driven or coaxed away from rational
course, and, if confronted with a congress
hostile to the preservation of peace, he
will have Mr. Olney's precedent of indif-
ference to cool the war fever. The sensa-
tional newspapers and lingo senators cam
not drive him, nor can even a lingo con-
gress, either concurrently or jointly.
'resolute" him into the serious bus
mess of war. Should he be compelled to
call the nation to arms he will not do so
with a light heart, but sadly, after all
other means of saving Cuba and relieving
this country from embarrassment have
been tried In vain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

A Spanish poet, who met Minister Han
mis- Taylor in Madrid and became friendly
with him, has written some stanzas on
Mr.. Taylor's recent article in the North
American Review. In his verse the poet
goes on to say, in part: May God pardon
YOU, treacherous yankee. As regards you,
] washed in disinfectant water the hand
j gave you" The American correspondent
who sent the dispatch, says: The fact
that MIR. Taylor has driven a Spanish poet
to wash himself proves how deeply the
article in the North American Review has
stirred the nation"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
New England Cotton Mills.
From the Houston CTex.) Post Oem)

The truth of the matter is the eastern
mills are suffering from too much conf
dence. A republican President, protection,
and famine in, foreign countries are not
absolute guarantees of prosperity. Dollar
wheat is proving a great help to a small
section of this country, but it is simply
caused by the crop failures in European
countries, and will pass out of existence
after the first of the year. There is moth
ing whatever in the present system of
laws and legislation to enhance the value
of agricultural commodities or to cause
any satisfactory Improvement in business
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

We are sure that Alderman Krouskoff
meant well at the council meeting Mon
day night when, in undertaking to defend
the councils action in the street railway
matter, he said that people criticised that
action without knowing anything about
it-that is, anything about the concessions
the city has made to the railroad or what
the city had received from the railroad
but we are inclined to think that it would
have been wiser on his part If he had at
tempted no defense. 1t is pretty safe to
assume that the average citizen has a
pretty clear understanding of the street
railway deal and a very lively recoIec-
ton of the kind of a street car service the
city had when the present owners of the
consolidated street car lines had a mo-
nopoly of the street car business some
years ago Mr.. Krouskoff doesn't help his
case any by attributing ignorance to the
people.
Mr.. Krouskoff says he dld his duty con-
scientously. Nobody has expressed a
doubt that either he or any other alder
man acted conscientiously in the matter.
An official may do his duty conscientiously
and yet not do the best that can be done
for the public good. He may lack bust
ness Judgment or he may be overmatched
by the shrewd business men with whom
he has to deal. That is why the people
should have a chance to express their
views upon important public matters-why
council shouldn't show such remarkable
haste in making bargains that cannot be
set aside.
There is the case of the Suburban and
West End railway. The council made a
grant to it and then undertook to back
out of the bargain. Apparently it found
1t had not shown good Judgment in what
it had done. 1t couldn't back out. 1t
made a mistake. from its own point of
view, in permitting the railway to come
to the market oy the route agreed upon,
and made mistake in trying to revoke
that permission. We infer from the re-
ported remarks of the city attorney that
the council thought of some things when
it was too late to think of them with
benefit to the cty-things which ought
to have been thought before the bar
gain was made. 1t is Judgment, not con-
science, which the council seems to have
lacked in street railroad matters, and Mr..
Krouskoff's attempt TO defend council S
action, instead of taking his medicine in
silence seems to slpport This view
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

According to the reports, the father of
Miss Cosio y Cisneros win probably be
pardoned and liberated under the terms of
the edict of pardon recently issued by
Marshal Blanco. and may come to this
country. How this would affect Miss Cosio
remains to be seen. She is no longer a Gu
ban, and has under advisement a propo-
sition to sever relations with her father
and become the adopted child of Chicago
woman from whom she can inherit a for
tune
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

The yellow fever reports become more
and more encouraging each day now, and
there are reasons for indulging the hope
that the visitation is about at an end
Quarantine regulations are being modified
in all sections, and business is once more
beginning to move in its accustomed
channels 1t is to be hoped that the les
sons taught by the fever this fall will be
needed, and that in the future panics and
shotgun guarantees may not curse the
country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

In Kansas, the home of old John Brown,
the color line is not wiped out even by
death. row is now going on in the ranks
of the G. A. r. because a negro member
of the order was recently buried near the
grave of a former commander Of Hiawa-
tho post.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

One of the best features of the bill pend
Lng in council for the government Of street
railway lines is that fixing the RESPONSE
bihty for seeing that the street railways
comply with the ordinances. Heretofore,
q would seem, it has been everybody s
business, and consequently nobody's bus
iness, to look after this matter. Under
the proposed ordinance it will be the duty
of the street and lane committee to see
that the law is complied with.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10

There is some talk in Maryland of maxi
ing Senator German the democratic nomi-
nee for governor in the next election. 1t
may be doubted that the senator would
accept the nomination; but if he were to
do so, the probabilities are that he would
sweep the state. Those who have been
saying that German was shelved by the
recent election evidently do not know the
man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
Democracy Fighting Itself.

From the Louisville CKy.) Post Dem.).
The good old democratic party is still
the party of the people. 1t goes wrong
sometimes, but it does not stay wrong
1t is Fighting itself now, and the people
know it. The battle for liberty is a never
ending battle, even in America, and pop
ular rights, popular institutions are safe
in the hands of the democratic party.