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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
Hou.e Drainage Assured.

1t can be pretty safely stated that within
the next fourteen months Savannah viii
have a system of house drainage. This
improvement, which has been so earnestly
desired and talked of so long, has been
decided upon by the city council with
promptness wholly unexpected by the
great majority of the citizens. Col. War
ing's proposition has been accepted, and
his plans will be ready to submit to bid
ders by Nov. l. 1t Is probable that the work
of putting down the drain pipes will be
begun by Dec. ! and that the drainage
system viii be completed by Dec. of next
year.
The drainage system mat has been
adopted is an excellent one. 1t is doubtful
if there is any better for our purpose. 1t
is not an experiment 1t has proven sat
isfactory in a number of cities.
We are confident that the prompt action
of council in this matter meets with gen
eral approval All the discussion of the
different drainage plans that was neces-
sary was had. Further discussion would
have been of no special benefit. 1t might
have delayed action, and delay is not
what is wanted. The city is as well pre-
pared to assume the financial burden as
she is likely to be within the next ten
years, and by the end of that time, 1t Is
hoped. the obligation which the council
practically imposed upon the city last
night will be pretty nearly or wholly
liquidated.
There is much, of course, TO be done yet
before actual work on the system Will
be begun, but we have confidence that all
matters pertaining to the improvement
will be handled promptly, successfully and
in a business-like manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

There have lately been several circum-
stances. which, under ordinary conditions,
would have resulted in publish" move
ment in the cotton market. but notwith-
standing which the market has contin-
ued comparatively low and more or less
weak Neil's report of a few days ago
should have had the effect of streng hem
ing the market and advancing the price
at least a few points, but 1t did not 1t
is admitted everywhere that the statisti-
cal position is very strongly in favor of
higher prices, and surprise has been ex-
pressed In a namber of quarters as to why
the market does not respond, or at least
has not responded, TO the influence which
should serve to send the price upward.
In an article upon the subject, in the
current number of Textile America, Co.
Alfred b. Shepperson of New York, the
cotton expert, undertakes to explain why
cotton has not advanced. The reason for
the decline from July-SeDtember prices,
he says, was the fact that the higher prices
which obtained during and between these
months was purely speculative, and on
many occasions the quotations were mere
ly nominal. Meantime cotton cloths were
selling for practically the same prices
which were obtained for them when cotton
was selling at 9-16 cents per pound, be-
ing the lowest for fifty years 1t has been
found impossible 10 force the prices of
manufactured goods up to a parity with
cotton at cents pound. hence the man
ufacturers have not gone into the market
for more than Immediately necessary sup
plies. In some instances, indeed, mills
have been closed down, and others have
been worked on short time, for the very
reason that raw cotton was relatively too
high for the manufactured products.
Col. Shepperson concludes, however, that
prices have now reached a level at which
manufacturers can buy at a profit hence
he looks for more purchases by them. He
is also of the opinion, from southern ad-
vices received by him. that the crop will
be much short of former estimates by ex-
perts, and that the manufacturers who go
into the market now will get their stocks
about as cheap.y as they will be had this
season. Should an early frost come along
the price would go up by leaps and
bounds" Col Shepperson says. and the
manufacturers would be left out in the
| cold. He does not look for lower prices
''Those who entertain the idea that cotton
Will fall to the prices of 1S94-95," he says,
ARE hugging vain deluson. The condi-
tons are essentially different, and I never
expect TO see middling cotton sell in New
York for s ole cents, which was the price
in November, 1894" If this view of the
situation is correct, it is TO be expected
that there will shortly be an upward turn
in the market. It is to be hoped that such
win be the case.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
What Is the Truthf

Has Mr.. Jones, the chairman of the
national democratic committee, or Mr.
Bryan said anything as to whether the
democrats of New York city should in
dorse the Chicago platform in their city
convention? A few days ago it seemed to
be pretty generally understood that Mr.
Jones had notified some of the local lead
ers of the New York city democracy that
in his opinion the New York city demo-
Gratis would make a mistake if they bur
dened their campaign for the control of
Greater New York with the Chicago plat
form-that only local issues should be con-
sidered in the municipal campaign. 1t was
also quite positively stated that Mr.. Bryan
had taken the opposite view and had writ
ten a letter to a leading New York city
democrat in which he said that the New
York city democrats, il they wanted to be
considered members of the democratic
party, should give a hearty Endorsement
to the Chicago platform.
1t is a question now whether either Mr..
Jones or Mr.. Bryan has given an opinion
as to the course New York city democrats
should pursue in respect to the Chicago
platform. Both of them if what Is report
ed in the public prints is correct, have de-
MED that they have written letters to in
fuential New York democrats respecting
the policy the democrats of that city
should adopt in their local campaign, or
have, in any way, attempted to interfere
in that campaign.
But there is no doubt that somebody in
this matter has been playing a game of
hide and seek with truth. 1t is difficult
TO believe that Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Bryan
would have figured so conspicuously in
the newspapers in connection with New
York city politics if they had not been a
little free in the use of their tongues or
pens. If, as they would like to have it I'M
derstood, they have not meddled in New
York's local politics, it is to be hoped they
are blessed with sufficient wisdom not to
do so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
An ADVANCE in Civilization.

on reading a Paris dispatch in the New
York Sun the other day one of the best
known physicians Of New York remarked
to a friend, 1.-The French have done more
for civilization than Napoleon ever did
What is it the French have done? I'm
der orders of the sanitary authorities the
project of Paris has notified the BARRIERS
of that city that they must plunge all
their metal tools in boiling water imme-
diately after they are used, that they
must use only metal combs and that be-
fore using scissors, razors, clippers and
brushes these articles must be placed in
a stove heated to 100 degrees centigrade
or they must be dipped in a prescribed
chemical solution. Special attention must
be given to shaving brushes. They must
be dipped in boiling water before and aft
er they are used, and BARRIERS must wash
their hands before passing from one GUS
toner to another
We do not wonder that the New York
physician said the French had just done
great thing for civilization when he read
the Paris dispatch. 1t is remarkable that
in every civilized country something has
not Deen uOLt IOilS OclOiS inns ~ AiA0NAN
greater cleanliness in barber shops. We
suppose the average barber is a pretty
clean sort of an Individual but no one
win deny that there are chances of get
ting certain kinds of diseases in barber
shops. The hair brush, for instance, that
does duty throughout whole day with
out being cleaned, is likely to be the means
of conveying nasty little microbes from
one head to another, and the lather brush
and razor, if they are not thoroughly
cleaned every time they are used, may
be the source of septic poisoning.
We are sure the customers of BARRIERS
will not growl if the Paris sanitary regu-
lations respecting BARRIERS are adopted in
every city in this country. No doubt most
BARRIERS think their shops are wonderfully
clean places. The truth is a very con-
siderable percentage of them are very
dirty places. All of them would be i'm
proved from the customers standpoint if
the Paris regulations were generally
adopted,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
POpuIist PonRceas.
From the Chicago Chronicle Dem.).

The Kansas populists have hit upon an
other plan by which rates may be fixed
and controlled on all railroads doing bust
ness in the state. 1t goes without saying
that the pan involves an extra session of
the legislature, the enactment of a new
law and the creation of a new court Of
specified number of members to take the
place of. the state board of railroad COM
missioners. Whenever the populistic mind
hits upon a panacea for any i'll that may
aftiict the body polite there is sure to be
involved riot of new legislation for which
the long suffering taxpayers must pay the
bills.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
As Seen in Washington.
From the washington Post Qnd).

The vitality of the silver issue is demon
strated by the tenacity with which it
clings to and insists on having a place
in campaigns where it does not properly
belong. 1t is nonsense 10 say that "sil-
yer is dead" in view of the political Incl
dents of this summer. What strength it
may have in 1898 or 1900 will depend largely
on conditions that cannot now be discern
ed, but enough is known to render it NOR
ally certain that a second battle of the
standards will be waged in the congress-
ional elections of next year. and that a
third one is one Of the probabilities of the
next presidential campaign.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

The state administration of Kansas
means to demonstrate its unchanging de-
votion TO the cause of silver upon every
possible occasion. Heretofore the great
seal of the state and the seals of the vari-
to official papers, but Gov. Leedy and his
cabinet have discarded the gold seal and
adopted one of silver. Hereafter nothing
of golden color win be permitted to enter
the state house. Statesmen and women
with golden hair will probably be requir-
ed to wear wigs, or wait outside.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

The coroner's jury al Hazleton, Pa, in
the case Of the shooting of the miners
grand jury. The majority Of the coro-
ner's jury concludes that the killing was
wanton, uhjustiiable and merciless, which
is equivalent 10 saying it was murder
committed by the sheriff and his deputies
A minority of the jury declined to con-
cur in this view of the killing but the
non-concurrence does not mitigate the
Charge against the sheriff or relieve the
grand jury from the duty of holding an
investigation and indicting the officials. If
the majority verdict of the coroner's jury
Is wen based. 1t remains now to be seen
what the grand jury and the courts will
do in the premises.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29


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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
Taking Care of the Family.
From the st. Louis Republic (Dem).

= President Mckinley is making rather
regrettable record in his display of par
TALLY to those of his kinsfolk who chance
to be applicants for office. To cousin
has been given the lucrative post of con-
sui genera. to London. An uncle holds that
of assistant postmaster at San Francisco.
A nephew has been appointed receiver of
public monies at Guthrie, Ok. Another
nephew is postmaster at Moline, Ill. 1t is
now announced that still third nephew
is to receive one of the best federal posi-
lions at Columbus, o.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

while Mr.. Drew was in town last week
he related one of the funniest of his old
time experiences, says the Troy Press.
When he and his brother were playing in
Troy the company had an evening off
here, for some cause or other, and the
manager decided to send it to Sohoes for
an experiment. He hired hail adver-
tised the attraction, placed seats on sale
at the usual place, and sent a young man
there to take up the tickets at the door.
AS he was unable to go personally, he tod
Frank to look after matters and see that
everything was all right. A little after
O'Clock Frank went to the hall and ask
ed the doortender if anybody had gone in
yet.
"oh, yes" was the reply; there are fifty
or sixty inside"
but where are the tickets?" asked
Frank.
"They didn't give me any" was the re-
ply. Each one came to the door. said
Cataract, and walked past me. 1t must
be raining dreadfully outside"
Raining" replied Frank; its not rain
ing at all What does this mean?"
AS he was talking young man walked
up to the door, looked at Mr. Drew. ex-
claimed 'Cataract!' walked in and took
seat. Neither a ticket nor
cent had been received, yet it
looked as though there would
be a good house if the "catarct expedient
continued. MIR. Drew stepped inside and
said to the audience.
Gentlemen, you must excuse my ignor-
ance, as I am a stranger in town, but will
somebody inform me what is the meaning
of the word 'catarct, which you have all
used here tonight"
"Why, that's the name of our newspa-
per- somebody spoke up.
oh" said Mr.. Drew, Il see now. I am
sorroy to disappoint you, but as there is
nobody here but 'cataracts," there will be
no show tonight. Good evening"
And the company returned to Troy with
out any cash for the manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

1t does not appear from the dispatches
that there was a solitary American work
Girardsville, Pa, reported in our dis
patches Of yesterday. The participants
were Polanders, and possibly few Hun
garians, and the chances are that not one
of them had American naturalization pa
pers 1t is this turbulent, lawless element,
let into the country by republican legisla-
ton, which has occasioned. and is occa-
sioning, most Of the labor troubles and
riots in this country. Why were they ad-
mitted to the country? In order that the
protected mine owners might secure cheap
labor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

An ex-minister to this country from
Central America says the times are ripe
down there for revolutionary movements
probably a half dozen of them. 1t is
thought the downfall of Barrios in Guate-
mala is inevitable, and when he goes down
it will be the signal for a general politi-
cal upheaval in the several states. The
confederation of Central American repub-
lies does not seem to have been a monu-
mental success. The ex-minister referred
to says he is in favor of a protectorate
by the United States over Nicaragua at
least, if not indeed outright annexation.
This suggestion ought to strike the ad-
ministration at Washington in a soft
spot. Nicaragua is not nearly so far
away as Hawaii, it is richer, is more
necessary to us from military and COM
mercial standpoint, and is the country
of the canal. There is this difference,
however, the Nicaraguans would fight if
they did not choose to be annexed, while
the Hawaians will not fight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

Commissioner of Immigration Powderly
Is quoted as expressing the fear that the
tide of immigration from Europe will Ill
tjmately subvert our free political sys-
tenn. If Mr.. Powderly had been in his
present Office some years ago, before the
restrictions were put on, he would prob
ably have been paralyzed with fear for
the future of his country. There is stin
danger from the immigration, but it has
been considerably reduced
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
Brxnn and Hand.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.

We cannot perceive how in 1900, if any
of the supporters of last years platform
still survive, they can prefer Bryan to
Bland The former limits the debt-repu-
dating principle to the free coinage of sii-
yer at the ratio of 16 to /. The latter car
ries it to it's logical conclusion, which is
the unlimited issue of fiat dollars by the
mere act of congress, and the use of cheap
paper and ink.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

Several towns in Maine reported expert
encing an earthquake shock about
O'Clock on Sunday afternoon. A contem-
porary is unlxind enough to suggest that
possibly at about that hour the honorable
speaker of the House of Representatives
attempted TO sit down 20 dinner on a
chair that was not there.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

The suggestion that Gov. Pingree of
Michigan is lost is positively startling.
Heretofore he has been regarded as a
gentleman and a statesman of the you
can't-lose-me-C Charlie order Should the
report prove to be well founded, all of the
potatoes from Mackinaw City to Monroe
would weep their pretty pink eyes out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
CURRENT COMMENT.
John LIS Candidacy.

From Springfield Mass.) Republican Qnd.)
Boston will relish the solemn statement
by London newspaper of high standing
and large circulation that John L. Sulli-
vans candidacy for mayor "is supported
by a powerful Methodist Journal which de-
clares that he is a reformed drunkard and
always kind to his mother"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

Somebody ought to warn Gen. Stewart
l.. Woodford, the United States minister
at Madrid, against his tongue. He seems
to be talking entirely too much. Unless
something is done to curb his desire to
see his name in print, he may get his
country into trouble. Our ministers to
foreign capitals ought to do their talking
to the officials to whom they are accred-
tied and not TO any and all newspaper
reporters, who are DESTROYS OF getting slo-
ries to print.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Notice as to Applica-
ton For Repeal of Commissioner Of Pub
lie Works Act; Ship Notices, Wilder &
Co. Agents; Ship Notice, Georgia Export
and Import Company; Ship Notices,
Strachan & Co, Consignees; Wholesale
and Retail Hardware and Stove and Bicy
Gle Emporium; Insure Your Property
Against Fire and Storms, With Myers &
Holt
Business Notices-Le Panic Cigars.
Observation-Disclosures Your Friend?' by
r.. E. Graham. at the Theater, oct. /.
Please, Ladies, Take the Elevator-B.
Ii Levy & Bro.
The Right Way to Cook Is With a Gas
Range-Mutual Gas Light Company
Gold Dust Washing Powder-N. X. Fair
banks Company.
Cottolene-N. X. Fairbanks Company
Railroad Sehedule-City and Suburban
and Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of
Hope Railway.
For BluTton and Beaufort-steamer
Clifton.
Chndren's School Outfit-Leopold Adler.
Nedical-Munyon' Kidney Cure; Lydia
Pinkham's Pills: Cuticura Remedies;
Mothers Friend; Johann Hoff's Genuine
Matt Extract.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

Bishop futile (EpiscopaD, of Missouri
who has returned from the Lambeth con-
ference, thus describes the Archbshops of
Canterbury and York; THE two English
archbishops are widely unlike each other
York gentle, graceful, devout Canter-
bury, robust, brusque, seemingly stern
Both are Woodworking, unselhsh, strong
in moral and spiritual strength Canter-
bury's great qualities of business, fairness
manliness and simplicity, and his more
unknown and almost unsupported qualities
of sympathy and tenderness and personal
humility came out strikingly in the course
of the conference. We have all come away
respecting and loving him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

AT town called Atlantic. in the state
of Iowa, young man the other night took
his sweetheart to the theater, paying for
her ticket. After the performance there
was bicycle drawing and the young
womans ticket drew the prize. The
young man claimed it, because his money
had paid for the ticket, and the young
woman claimed it Because she had gone
into the theater on that ticket. The up
shot was a quarrel between the lovers. 1t
would be interesting to know if that young
man is typical of the Iowa genus homo.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

According to the Philadelphia Press.
John Addison Porter. the Presidents pri-
vate secretary, is almost worn out enter
tanning the callers on the President. In
that event, all Mr.. John Addison Porter
has to do is to say the word, and $4,000
patriotic republicans will come to his re-
lief, to take the office off his hands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

Kansas is celebrating the return of
prosperity with a weeks festival at To-
peka. 1t must be gain and NORWOOD to
Gov. Leedy and the other populist state
officials to have to take part in any such
festival. -rt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

The newly appointed bishop of Montreal
has ordered the priests in his diocese to
give up riding bicycles. The French Ca
madam Catholic clergy wear long black
robes, hence they were obliged to ride
drop-frame wheels. In consequence of
the bishops order there are a number of
ladies wheels on the market for sale
cheap. to the great satisfaction of the
ladies'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

A New York millionaire is making an
interesting experiment in cheap lodging
accommodations. He is putting up
large, commodious and neat hotel in the
Italian quarter" and proposes to furnish
lodging at twenty cents per night A de-
scripuon of the place says the rooms will
be clean and well ventilated, and provided
with hair mattresses. brussels carpets,
electric lights, lace curtains and all con-
veuiences. If all of that is true, the
probabilities are that the men who are
able 20 pay no more than twenty cents a
night for lodging will not get great deal
of benefit from the cheap hotel Men who
are able TO pay more viii take the rooms
and keep the difference in their pockets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29

No better evidence Of the Improvement
nah is at the front in the march of pros
perity, can be needed than a glance at
the wharves and docks of the Ocean
Steamship Company Eleven ocean steam
shps-eght "tramps," two New York
ships and one Baltimore ship-are this
morning loading cotton and merchandise
there. The scene on the wharves is a
busy one; one calculated to warm the
cookies Of even a pessimlsts heart Every
indication points TO the current CONNER
cial year as one of great prosperity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-29
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