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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The new members of the city commits
sions are well known business and pro-
fessional men who. there is every reason
to believe, will discharge their duties in a
manner that will give Satisfaction. They
belong to political faction different from
that to which their associate members be-
long, but that fact ought not, and doubt
less viii not prevent the members of each
commission from acting together in har-
mony.
There ought to be between the members
of each commission, and each commission
and the mayor and council, the utmost
good feeling so that the interests of the
city would be carefully guarded. 1t is APP
parent that great economy viii have to be
exercised throughout the coming year in
every department of the government. The
appropriations have been reduced slightly,
and each commission is expected to get
along on the money set apart for it's use,
and to maintain the departments stand
ard of excellence and efficiency.
We are inclined to agree with Alderman
Smith that there is great deal of extrav-
agance in the management of the city's
affairs, though we are not familiar enough
with the different departments to point out
exactly in what particulars the extrava-
sance is shown. We have no doubt, how
ever, that Alderman Smith made pretty
thorough study of the subject before he
made his criticism in his remarks in coun-
Gil
There are good many reforms the COM
missions could introduce without any ex-
pense to the city, but which would be
highly appreciated by the public. We call
ed attention to some of them recently in
speaking of the police department. The
police should be required to report to the
proper authorities the saloons which are
kept open on Sundays and the gambling
places which are open. They should
be instructed to keep the people
from trampling the grass in the squares
and on the sides of the streets and they
should report the persons who throw waste
paper in the streets instead of putting it in
the receptacles provided for it. Another
thing they could do that would save a
good deal of money to the city is this: They
could enter hotels and other public places
and even private residences and make re-
ports as to whether water was being
wasted. There are a good many things
the police could do in addition to their
present duties Which would be beneficial
10 he ,>,,I,lio
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
PER SONAL.

Although Cecil Rhodes Is very much
alive he has selected his burial place in the
Maloppo hills, not far from his farm.
jonathan Ross. chief judge of the -
preme court of Vermont, had served upon
the supreme court bench twenty-seven
years: Dec. l.
"A monument has just been erected over
the grave of Thomas A. Kampis in the
Church of st. Michel. at Zwolle, 426 years
after his death.
The late Harriet Beecher Stowe spelled
phonetcally. The personal pronoun was
always written by her in lower-case form
that is as 81"
Miss Mabel Percy Haskell, an
American girl living in Paris with her
mother, has just been decorated with the
grand cross of the Order of the Melusine,
by Prince Guy De Lusignan, for her rare
Talents as a miniature painter and
writer.
Mrs. Fidelia Papa. who is visiting
friends in Cleveland, is the widow of the
famous Dario Papa, one of the founders
of the new republican party in Italy and
the owner and editor of L'Italia Popolo,
one of the foremost papers in Italy
and the organ of the republican party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

We do not wish to interfere with the
plans of the house drainage contractors,
nor embarrass them in any way, but the
impression they have made thus far upon
the city and upon the public does not APP
PEAR to be at all fattering to them. The
beginning they have made isn't an en-
couraglng one by any means.
We do not undertake TO say what wages
they should pay but it would be interest,"
ing to know how they expect to avoid
trouble with their labor when they are
Offering wages much below what. Alder
man Krouskoff says, they announced they
would pay when they obtained the con
tract
The proposition TO pay at the end of each
month, instead of at the end of each week,
and the giving of orders on stores, instead
of paying cash, are causes of dissausfac-
ton What possible objection can there be
TO paying the laborers at the end of each
week? We assume, of course, that the
contractors didn't take the large con-
tract they have in this city without SUBJ
stantial financial resources.
No doubt the council is keeping strict
lookout for the city's interests In this mat
ter and the engineers also viii not long
tolerate delays which they find TO be un-
necessary. In this house drainage mat
Ter the business reputation of the city ad.
ministration is at stake. The mayor and
aldermen cannot afford to have the work
| drag along or any serious mistakes to be
! made.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
The city Thy budget.

Judging from the remarks made at the
council meeting on Wednesday night some
of the aldermen are of the opinion that
the present city tax rate Will not yield
sufficient revenue to meet the wants of
the city II will be sufficient Of there is
a determination among all who are en-
trusted with the expenditure Of the city's
money to exercise economy. There are
many ways in which small amounts could
be saved, which amounts would make
large sum in the course Of the year. The
commissions should go over their esti-
mates thoroughly and cut down expenses
wherever a reduction without injury TO
public interests is possible.
Within the last few years, both in the
city and county. the expenditures have
been upon an exceedingly liberal scale.
In the city, while the tax rate has not
been raised the assessments have, and that
amounts to about the same thing. In the
county the assessment has been raised,
ana a great deal of money is being spent
upon making roads which, good engineers
say, viii be a constant source Of expense
because, not being properly drained, they
VIII be in need OF repairs pretty nearly
all the time The people would be better
satisfied with a lower tax rate for the
county unless they had some assurance
that the money spent upon public roads
was being wisely spent
The total tax rate in this city-city,
county and state-is altogether TOO high.
1t keeps people away, and il prevents the
establishment of new Industries and new
kinds of business. We want good roads,
of course, but we must have good drain
age before we can have good roads, and
we want drainage near the city before we
spend money in draining lands in far
away parts of the county. A much lower
rate of taxation for county purposes would
give us the drainage we need and road
building could wait until drainage work
was completed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
bright BITS.

-''Shameful about those two Kentucky
girls quarrelling over that battleship."
Eyes, they act as if it was man."-Chi-
cago Record.
Poignant Reminders.-"we have corn
bread all the time now"
"Why?"
my husband lost so much on wheat
that it makes him weep to see a biscuit"
Chicago Record.
Away Back.-Friend: Then it is not
play of the present day, is it?
Playwright: Oh, no! The scene is laid
in Harlem at the beginning of the rapid
transit movement-Puck.
-"of course" observed Xerxes, the king,
my will is law"
Doubtless answered the wise man Of
the court after consulting a few authori-
ties. THAT is to say, if your majesty
doesn't leave too large an estate. '-Chica-
go Record.
II wonder how the English came to
adopt red as color for uniforms?" asked
the boarder whose speciality is useless
questions.
Perhaps twas done" said the Cheer
full Idiot, Sin defiance of the papal bull"
indianapolis Journal
in the Green Room-"Ah." exclaimed
the melancholy Dane, complacently;
what, indeed would be the play without
me?"
old man Hamlet gestured fretfully.
ct wouldn't have a ghost of a show
without me-" ne retorted. But that which
irrtated the prince particularly, was to
have Ophelia giggle that way.-Detroit
Journal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
lADL1 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Observation-Disclosures Land and I'M
provement Company; Longshoremens
Protective Association.
Special Notices-Residence Telephones;
Dividend Notice, Savannah Bank and
Trust Company; Annual Contest Savan-
nah Rifle Association; The Punta Gorda
Oyster Beckmann's Cafe; Our Bull Street
Store For Rent. R. D. & VIM. baltimore;
Oranges, George A. Hudson; Schafer's
Home Made Mince Pies.
Business Notices-Happy New Year
With LIE Panic Cigars.
New Years Gifts-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Hotel-Suwanee Springs Hotel, Opens
Jan. /, 1898.
Legal Notices-Citations From the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County.
Amusements-Od Skinner as prince
Rudolph at Theater.
Auction Sales-Furniture, Etc. by A. X.
Wilson.
Cottoiene-N. F. Fairbanks Company.
NIedical-Munyon Remedies; Baco-Cu-
TO; Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky; Johann
Hons Genuine Malt Extract; Cuucura
Remedies; SCOTS Emulsion; Hoods Pills,
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
Tor Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1897

In New York Edward ]. Radcliffe, who
is spoken of as an idol of the matinee
girls from the fact that he was an actor
playing lovers parts, has been sentenced
to six months in prison for beating his
wife. The sentence may have the effect
of warning unthinking matinee maids that
life is not always what it appears upon
the stage to be, and that the stage hero
may actually be a most despicable fellow
in real life. Meantime, tn sentence of
Radcliffe seems to be very light. There
was apparently lack of mitigating cir
cuInstances in his case. He beat the wo-
man he had promised to love and protect
because he was physically her superior
and she did not do his bidding expedi-
tiously enough to please him. Cases of the
kind are an argument in favor of the
whipping post.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
a Much-Needed improvement.

When the city council fully understands
how great the demand for the paving of
Bun street. from New Houston to Twelfth
street as, it will probably order the inn
provement to be made The proposition to
make the improvement received a strong
support in the council meeting on Wednes-
day night. If the Directing aldermen will
take the trouble to, look at the street be
fore the next meeting of council the
chances are they will change their opinions
in respect TO the Importance of improv-
ing it.
As a matter of fact, in wet weather the
people in the southern section have some
trouble in getting about. The street car
service has been reduced and there are no
sidewalks worth mentioning. There is
plenty of sand for the people to wade
through, but in the course of time the
most patient of people get tired of sand.
We see no objection to having the work
done by the city, instead of by contract,
provided it can be done as well and as
cheaply. 1t ought to be done for less
money by the commissioner of public
works than it could be done by contract.
1t is an easy matter to find out what the
work can be done for by him. He has
done the same kind of work in other parts
of the city. Let him make an estimate of
what he can do the work for and then find
out what it will cost to have it done by
contract With the information thus OBJ
tanned the council ought to have no trouble
in deciding upon the course to pursue.
The only question to be considered is,
what is the cheapest and best way of do
ing the city paving? No question of poll
tics should be permitted TO influence the
decision. Liberal Club and Citizens Club
office-holders should work together for the
good of the city. That is what the people
expect. They are tired of having politics
treated as of more Importance than the
public interests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

Irving Rigg, who was stopping In the
town of Fayette, w. Va, desired the other
day 20 attend a BAN in another section of
the state. Certain persons OF Fayette
sought to prevent him from doing so, de-
string to keep him In Jail TO answer to the
charge OF murder. But Irving was not
Roing TO be deprived Of the pleasures Of
the dance for a little thing like a murder
trial. 20 he broke out Of the prison. o.
tended the dance. enjoyed himself 20 his
hearts content, and chen went back 60
Fayeue and told che officials there thar
he would nov await the verdict OF the
court
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

il transpires that those German mis-
sionaries who were killed in China,
out Of which Incident grows
Germanys remarkable demand for
indemnify were members OF the
order OF Jcsuiis. and were expelled from
the German empire several years ego for
teaching pernicious doctrines and inter
ferlng with the religious beliefs Of The
people They were engaged ln founding
Jesuit Institution in china az tho time
they were murdered However almost
any excuse is better than 10 excuse at an
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

Long Island City is included in Greater
New York in the plan of eonsoli-
dationi nevertheless the big and funny
mayor OF Long Island City says he does
not mean 70 give up his ship. He thinks
be- has found loop-hole in the consollda.
zion act which VIII permit of his keep
ing The mayoralty o. his city Indefinite
~. He says that since the act does no,
make any provision for the abolition OF
the Office Of mayor Of the several munich
nailfiea consolidated, those Offices viii con-
tinue in existence, and be means 20 hold
OH 10 the one ne now has. when n comes
~ q matter o. freaks IN politics, New
? ort bias no right whatever 20 point tho
hneo Of rldicuie az Kansas or any other
fiate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The Atlanta Journal has a story in
which the name of the Rev. A. w. Bealer,
formerly a newspaper reporter in Atlanta
is very peculiarly mixed up with narra-
tive about large gray wolf which chews
steel rails. Can it be that the reverend
Mr.. Bealer was not really and truly con
Yerted?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The purloining of a considerable sum of
poet, at Blackshear the other day indi-
Gates that the writer's in the funny col
umns do not know what they are writing
about when they couple poetry with pow
erfv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

Senator Cay has given a demonstration
of his political acumen in untangling the
municipal ball of yarn in Marietta The
Brumby faction and the administration
faction win come together and put out
combination ticket for the city offices
which win eliminate the floating and pur-
ohasahle vote and leave the management
OF affairs where it properly belongs, in
the hands Of the white voters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

A misprint in our news columns yester-
day referred to the SOth birthday of Mr..
Gladstone, whereas the venerable states
man has Just completed his SSth year. His
health according to the advices, is fairly
good, and there is a reasonable prospect
that he may round out the century of his
lifetime
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
4 Pcrcmptory Demand.
From the Philadelphia Ledger dnd.

The demand for general revision Of
the pension business. with "A view TO elm
mating fraud, Is growing with surprising
vigor Congress Will have 10 take cogni-
vance Of IL when IL reassembles, and n
the spollsmen are wise they win cease
their protests against a movement which
grows more formidable for them the more
thcy resist a. lt has not yet amounted TO
"a popular demand for close scrutiny and
thorough purging 81 the lists, but doubt.
less uat VIII come soon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

Mayor Harrison of Chicago is quoted as
saying that honesty in the city council
OF Chicago is on the increase 1t is to
be hoped that such is the case. Only the
other day the councilmen voted themselves
comfortable salaries for the purpose of
propagatng honesty If they were to show
no improvement, the investment would be
lost
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

A Washington dispatch reports the ar
rival In Washington of double cousin"
of President Mckinley who is said to look
very much like him. What office can this
cousin be after? Does he want something
equally as good" as the office given to
"Cousin Osborne?"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

Napoleon regarded China as a sleeping
giant, and advised against an awakening
1t transpires that the giant is decrepid.
senile and utterly unable to take care of
himself. The spectacle which China pre-
sents to the world is indeed pitiful.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The more the operations of the powers
in the east come to light the more 1t ap
pears that the assault upon China was a
deliberate plan entered into by the pow.
ers. Each hungry diner had picked out his
norseI before the carving knife was in
serted by the German.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

If Hayns run of i'll luck continues much
longer, she will indeed be in a bad way.
Within the. current month she has been
touched" twice for indemnties to for
eign governments, and has had a disas-
trous fire and an earthquake. Accord
eingly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The city council and the city have sus-
tanned a great loss by the resignation of
Alderman Wylly. He impressed the pub
Tic as being not only an able, but very
conscientious and faithful public official.
II is greatly to be regretted that business
affairs prevented him from remaining
member of the council
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
The Illinois Idea.
From the chicago chronicle Dem.).

Uncle Joseph Cannon's proposition to ar
rest anybody who presents a greenback
for redemption is a step in the right direc-
ton. Ii Is the forerunner of a statute
which will provide that any one who pre-
sents bill of any kind-butcher's. bakers
or candlestick- moker' s-shall be hailed M
contlnently off to Jail And that's what
we are ali looking for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

Pension Commissioner Evans has figured
out that 1.-The publication of the pension
roll at this time would make a series of
fifteen or twenty volumes of thousand
pages each" There could be no better
way to bury the names of the pension
ers than to print them in Pub. Doc"
Nobody except the printers and the proof
readers ever reads nine-tenths of the public
documents If the names of the pension
ers were printed in volumes to themselves
and circulated as other Pub. Docs" are,
the publication would be of no practical
benefit, except to give a few more print
ers work. What is needed is to give the
names newspaper publicity, by states and
counties, and stretching the publication
over a year If necessary. That sort of pub
location would have the effect of discover
ing the fraudulent pensioners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The kind of protective tariff that New
England needs is one that will secure il
from southern competition. but it is be-
yond the power OF Mr.. Dinghy to produce
such an article.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

From the Montgomery Advertiser Dem.

The expenses of the Paris tribunal, of
which Senator Morgan was an arbitrator,
which our government had TO pay,
amounted to 224,514.S9, of which the sena-
tor received the snug sum of $l3, 1875.
Thus II Is our senior senator has again
met his fate-failure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
VAUDEVILLE BRICK co.,
Congress and DraytOn SITS.

Brick, Lime, Cement, Wall Paper,
Paints, Glass, ManteIs, Fireplace
Fixtures, and building supplies gem
orally. Every stroke of the paint
brush, every broken glass replaced.
every worn out CRATE fixed means
money well invested. You select the
material, we furnish 1t and do the
work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The New York Herald of Wednesday has
a striking cartoon labeled waiting for the
signal" 1t shows a crowd of gamblers,
confidence men, dive Keepers and other
disreputable characters lined up for a
grand rush into the Tenderloin district es
soon as Tammany shall fire the signal
pistol at midnight on Dec. 81, indicating
that the consolidation has gone into effect
and the enlarged city Is under the DONNA
ton of Tammany Hall. The Herald seems
to think that the rush for the Tenderloin
will discount the famous rushes of the
boomers to get into Oklahoma and other
new territory in the wild and woolly west.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
Passenger Fares From Savannah

lHCluoe meals anu perth ABOARD snip.
Passenger Fares From Savannah
TO NEW YoRK-Cabin. $50; Excursion.
$50; intermediate. sl5i Excursion, s2l:
Storage. $40.
TO BOsTON-Cabin. $50; Excursion, $3s:
Intermediate ST.; Excursion, SIS; Steer
age, S11.75.
TO PHILADELPHIA (via New York;
Cabin. $22; Excursion, $35; intermediate,
Sl7; Excursion, ST; Storage. $12.
The express steamships of this line are
appointed to sail from Savannah, Central
90th) meridian time, as follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins. FRIDAY.
Dec. 81. at D. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, SATUR-
DAY, Jan. l, at 1870 p. m.
NACOOCHEE Capt. Smith, MONDAY,
Jan. g. at 400 D. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett.
TUESDAY, Jan. 4, at 4:30 D. M
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, at 500 p. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, FRIDAY.
Jan. Z, at 500 D. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, SATUR-
DAY, Jan. 8, at 500 .. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt Fisher, MONDAY.
Jan. TO- at 500 D. m.
NACOoCHEE, Capt Smith, TUESDAY.
Jan. II, 700 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. u, at 500 p. m
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON DIRECT.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt Lewis. WE'D
NESDAY, Jan. 5. at 300 p. m.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage WED.
NESDAY, Jan. u, at $50 a. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
5 p. m. daily except Sundays, and Boston
for Savannah Wednesdays at u noon.
W. G. Brewer, Ticket Agent, 80 Bull ST
Savannah, Ga.
E. w. Smith. Cont Frt. Agt., Saw. Ca
r. G. Trezevant. Agt., Savannah. Ca
E. II. Hinton, Traffic Manager.
Jno. NJ Egan, Vice President.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

A year ago Patrick Kelly. a wood worker
of Louisville, KY, lost his power of
speech. A few days ago he became very
angry at something. and was probaly
thinking of the bad words he would say
If he could say anything. In the midst
of his paroxysm of rage he suddenly re-
covered his speech. When he found he
could talk again, his wrath vanished In
stantly, and he devoutly exclaimed thank
Cod"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
CURRENT COMMENT.
The World Is Ours!

From the Albany (Ga.) Herald Dem.)
With Boss Buck in Japan may we not
hope that the United States win be able
to hold her own against the combined
powers of the old world?