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Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

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Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

The day of the motor car as a practical
factor in locomotive traffic has arrived, and
the long-sufering cab horse will soon. have
outlived it's day of usefulness. In Europe,
the recognition of the utility Of the autocar
has been prompt and thorough, while Amer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
There Are Always Exickers.

The movement to repeal the charter of
Greater New York does not appear to ex-
cite surprise in that city. 1t would be
strange if there were not some who con-
tinued to kick against the consolidation
as long as there was the least chance of
their kicks causing trouble.
It is not generally known who are lead
ing the movement to repeal the charter
1t is supposed they are men who were dis
appointed at the result of the recent mu-
nicipal election. They may succeed In
getting a repeating bill before the legisla-
ture, but that is about all they win ac-
compllsh by their agitation.
The Tammany leaders were against the
Greater New York scheme when it was
first brought before the public. They were
afraid they would not be able to get con-
trol of the consolidated municipality, but
now that they have possession of it, they
mean to retain possession. A bill to re
peal the charter therefore would have the
opposition of Tammany.
As a matter of fact the great majority
of the people of Greater New York want
the new charter tried. They don't want
it repealed before there has been a chance
to have it tested. Besides, there are very
serious difficulties in the way of repeal
difficulties that could not be overcome
without causing great confusion in the
local political affairs of the cities and Dor
oughs in the consolidated municipality.
1t is quite safe to assume therefore that
the charter will not be repealed, and that
practically all opposition to it will cease
soon after the new government goes into
effect.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
The MnrIike MeNIer.

Gen. Weyler is doing a great deal of
talking in Spain, Notwithstanding the fact
that the government hasn't extended to
him a friendly hand. He is trying to make
the Spanish people think he is a great sol
der, and that if he had been permitted
to remain in Cuba a few months longer
he would have put an end to the insurrec-
ton. He seems to forget that the Span
ish people have good memories, and that
they are familiar with his promises and
failures
Gen. Weylers Cuban campaigns were
more noticeable for what he did not do
than for what he did do He talked a great
deal, but he didn't do much fighting. He
carried on war mainly against the moi
fensive country people. He seemed to
think he would break the backbone of
the Instruction by driving them into the
towns and keeping them there in a starry
ing condition.
The leading editorial writer of the
Washington Post, now in Havana, writes
to his paper that a first-rate general with
$1,000 men could put down the Insured
ton in Cuba in a very short time. No
doubt he got that opinion from leading
Spaniards in Havana, and it indicates
what their opinion of Gen. Weyler as a
soldier is. He had a big army, more than
10000 men, and he accomplished absolute
ly nothing. He didn't seem to want t.
find the insurgents, and he didn't find
them often The Spanish government
ought to thoroughly investigate his Cuban
campaigns. If it should it might find
enough to justify putting him where less
would be heard Of him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
AntinodIenn VII

a favorite story In a certain New South
Wales gold mining district tells how al
political meeting there the chair was TAX
en- by an athletic miner, says the London
Daily News. The candidate during his
speech was much interrupted by hootings
and rough chaff, and his chairman was
soon in a state of boiling indignation.
Smothering his wrath, however, he paci-
fed the boys" by assuring them that at
the end of the candidates speech they
should be at liberty to put any questions
they chose. Accordingly, at the end of
the harangue he arose and inquired in
stentorian tones and in a rich irish
brogue, Has inny gintleman a question
to airsk?' A stout little Welsh miner vino
had been a conspicuous disturber of the
peace of the evening, Shuffied slowly up
the steps of the platform. But at the top
ne was met by the chairman, who, with
out the slightest warning, delivered a ter
rife left-andright, and sent the Welsh
man sprawling on his back. NOW" roar
ed the chairman, has inny other gintle-
man a question to airsk?'-and there was
no response.
Mr.. Aspinwall, a clever and reckless
barrister, famous in the sixties in Victoria
for his fun and audacity, was addressing
an election meeting in Ballarat, the gold
en- city" The lively advocate had come
to that time in his career when much
whisky and soda had wrought palpable
havoc with his complexion. His speech
ended, and questions We're invited. AS
pinwall!" beloved stalwart digger, tell
US what makes your face so red" BLUSH
ing at your profound impudence, sir!" was
the quick reply. 1t carried the meeting.
Sir Rupert Stieve-we may call him So
an eloquent colonial barrister now living,
is as clever a lawyer as Aspinwall was,
though of very different habits of life. He
is also a very bitter opponent of the min
istrys Of one of the Jubilee Premiers.
Speaking at a public meeting not long ago
he referred to the complaint that all his
charges against the premier were vague
and indefinite: Ladies and gentlemen,
there IS at least one charge which l have
made in season and out of season. which
1 still make and about which there can be
paused dramatically six and eight
pence! called clear voice from the gal
lery, and for once the laugh was against
the man of law.
"A bright answer is put down to the cred
1t of DIR. Fitchett brother of the editor of
the Australian Review of Reviews. He
was a member of a colonial parliament,
wherein one day a certain eccentric and
elderly member named Taylor insisted on
making a speech on education. The ora
ton consisted of a hyperbolical eulogy of
the board of schools in Mr.. Taylor's con-
sGtuency. DR.. Fitchett interjected some
jOcose expression of doubt. why, sir.
said the irate Taylor, turning upon him.
Eat this very moment l have a school in
my eye mo, only one pupil, Mr..
Taylor!" retorted the doctor, and the ora
tors eloQuence was drowned in laughter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
He Took Money with Him.

"Queer things happen at funerals" said
a clergyman recently who has oficiated at
many, according to the Chicago Times
Herald, land I remember one occasion
which impressed me greatly, on account of
the standing of the family in which it hap
pened, as well as from the peculiar cir
cumstances surrounding the incident-the
bestowal of money on dead man.
The narrator was urged to relate the
story, and on the promise that no names
would be mentioned he continued:
1T was a funeral at the house of one of
my parishioners, and L was greatly sur
prised when l received notice to attend and
conduct the services. had not heard of
any member of the family being i'll, nor
had I been summoned to the deathbed, but
i jumped to the conclusion that it was an
old servant who had died suddenly.
1T proved to be a bad son-the black
sheep of the family-whose shadow had
not darkened their doors for years, but
who, it was always believed, had been sup
ported at 4 distance far enough TO pre-
vent him from hisgracing the family by
his misdeeds
"Now he was brought home dead, and
was expected to give him as little blame
and as much praise as was consistent with
the dignity of my office and his relation to
the family.
Il need not go into that part of the cere-
monies, but come to what l consider the
real expression of feeling which consecrat-
ed the memory of the dead man as nothing
that l said could have done.
Just before the casket was closed his
old mother rose from her seat with the
mourners, and, approaching the dead,
slipped a silver dollar into his vest pocket
." Jim never liked to be without money
in his pocket she said with a low, tremu-
lous voice 'Many's the dollar I've slipped
into his pocket unbeknown to him, but he
always found it and was thankful. 1 don t
expect he's going to need it now, and may
be he will never know that mother put it
there, but somehow L shall feel better if
he has it,
"And 1 felt that the woman who had
loved much and forgiven much had preach
ed a sermon of forgiveness and mercy be-
fore which 1 with my plautudes must re-
main dumb"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
Sngacinun Gonse.

81 never hear a reference to the old
gray goose of fiction,' remarked Jenkins
to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, "but
that 1 think of a little episode in relation
to another gray goose that came within
my observation. l happened TO be the
father of little baby and the proud own
er of a setter dog, with a single pup, and
an old goose with motherly procliVities
The mother of the pup happened to be
suddenly called to the great dog beyond
and the pup was left to the tender mercies
of the world, and might have misera bly,
persisted had 1t not been for the old goose
The good old thing no sooner ascertained
that the pup was motherless than she I'M
dertoOk the office with much cackling and
kissing. The pup took to the old goose
with a good grace, and the two managed
TO get along nicely 1 found however
that the goose was caused much trouble
and Inconvenience owing to the little dog
foraging under her wing, thinking possibly
that geese were constructed on the same
plan as quadrupeds in general. The goose
stood it for a while, and then came the de-
nouement. l noticed the goose one day
standing near my little baby, then lying
on a rug in the back yard. This baby was
pulling Justify a a bottle, and finally the
rubber nipple dropped from it's wee mouth
and it slept. Then came the goose. Slyly
she slipped toward the baby and with a
rapid movement sneaked the bottle with
its nipple and silently fed into corner of
the yard where the puppy lay sleeping in
the sunshine. Dropping the bottle along
side the dog, the goose quacked loudly,
and as the pup Enclosed his eyes to ascer-
tain the occasion for the uproar on The
part of It's ungainly friend the goose pick
ed the rubber nipple in it's beak and pro-
ceeded to insert it between the small white
teeth of its protege. The latter grasped
the situation, and, recognizing a long-lost
necessity, greedily gulped at the bottle,
and managed with but little difficulty TO
drain its contents The whole affair was
so unique and well managed that 1 per
mitted the bottle to remain with the III
assorted pair, and gave orders to refill IT
at least once a day. Such sagacity and
observation deserved reward, and it got
what II deserved
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
PERSON NAL.

Art Director Grhfths of the Omaha
exposition will start this month on an ex-
tended trip through the east for the pur-
pose of securing art exhibits.
Lord Coleridge. Q. c., has been elected
president of Trinity College, London. in
succession to Sir Richard Webster who
filled the office for four years, and has
been elected as vice president
1t is aid that neither Du Maurier nor
the publishers of "Tulby" sent a copy of
the book to the author of Ben Bolt" In
fact, the latter claims that he has not read
the book at all and does not even know the
story.
DIR. Susan e. Edison, the well-known
woman physician, who died in Washington
not long ago was a personal friend OF
James G. Blaine, who declared that she
was the only woman he knew who never
talked about herself.
-Ex-President Fairchild of Oberlin col
lege celebrated his eightieth birthdNy an
niversary Thanksgiving day. He and ex-
President Bartlett of Dartmouth We're
born on the same day and both are stilI
actively engaged in educational work.
"A Norton county, Kansas, paper, in
speaking of Miss Kate Johnson, the coun-
ty treasurer-elect says: "She is a good
looking, jolly, well fixed financially, full of
business, likes company, but couldn't be
dragged into a pink tea with a four-horse
team"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
4 bicycle Tax.

A bicycle tax wouldn't be a popular
tax. nor would it yield a great deal The
'groat majority of those who own bicycles
never enter the office of the city assess
ors. and the assessors would want their
salaries raised if they had to hunt up the
owners Of bicycles. Many of the bicycles
in the city are owned by children, others
10y women and a large number by negroes.
Parents, Of course, would have to pay for
their children, but the most Of them would
DO so unwIlingly, and not a few of them
would require their children to dispose Of
them. Parents, as a rule, now think they
pay as much tax as they ought TO. Prob
ably twenty-five per cent. of the wheels
are still owned by The bicycle dealers-the
wheels having been obtained on the in
stallment plan.
More money could be obtained by re-
curing those who do not return any prop
crty to pay 81 or 81 each year than by
taxing bicycles. If such tax should not
yield much IT might hasten the departure
Of that class of citizens who manage to
live at the expense Of the community but
who do not contribute anything towards
poverty-stricken idlers.
There is one thing which the city au-
thorities should have taken into account
long ago, and that is that the cost of car
ryng on The city government is very
much greater than it ought to be. The
tax rate ought not to be over 81 on the
500. If it were as low as that the city
much faster than it does. BY keeping up
such a high rate of taxation, combined
with very high assessment, we practi-
cally forbid the building of new homes and
the establishment of new enterprises. In
fact, we drive men of wealth away from
the city, because in these days of small
returns from good investments state,
county and city taxes take much more
chan half Of ones income from invest
ments.
But the city council says the govern
ment cannot be carried on for less than is
now being expended. Perhaps it could not
if there should be no reduction in ex-
peuses, but is it not possible to make a
very considerable reduction in expenses?
If the appropriation for each department
should be cut down greatly there would
of course be grumbling, but il would man
age to get along on the amount appropri-
ated to it. Has council ever thought of
the enormous annual expense of the as
phalt pavements? Not only must a stated
sum be paid for keeping them in repair,
but the expense of keeping them clean is
large. The first cost is not a matter of
so much Importance as the subsequent
expenses.
We are not saying that the council is
eXtravagant, but that If the city was COM
PEELED to do so it could get along on much
less than it now spends, and, that too,
without greatly impairing the efficiency
of any department.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
BRIGHT BITS.

-Squandered-Lawye too bad the
way old Squirts fortune has been squan-
dered in litigation" Layman-'It IS, in.
deed" Lawyer-"Why, fully nine-tenths
of it has gone to his heirs in witness fees =
Truth.
Not Spoiled by Fortune-Anna-"A
her uncle left her all that money! Has it
changed her at aI?" Belle-"N1o, indeed!
She is just as enthusiastic as ever over
eighty-nine-cent silk marked down from
one-sixty. Puck.
old Gentleman debating indignant let
ter)-"sir: My stenographer, being a lady,
cannot take down what 7 think of ~ I.
being a gentleman, cannot think itSDut
you, being neither, can easily guess my
thoughts. "-Brooklyn Life
II used to think" said the man with
the melancholy mien, that many of these
gibes at messenger boys were unjust But
I'm afraid that isn't the case"
what has caused you to change your
mind?"
I've seen one of them practicing for
hours every day this month to learn to
stand still without getting off his bicycle -
Washington Star.
My uncle, who had the consump-
ton" said the gentleman in the bald
wig 'fs dead"
'Died by inches?" said the gentleman
with the peagreen whiskers, for that was
his cue to say so.
mo BY the foot. He was kicked in
the stummick by a mule"
Then the gentleman in the bald wig was
assaulted by the gentleman with the pea
green whiskers while the bass drummer
earned a weeks salary in thirty seconds
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

The state Will have a new convict law.
There appears to be no doubt about that
now But no convict bill would have been
passed if the newspapers had not kept
proddng the legislature. That body be-
gan to understand after awhile that 1t was
not meeting the wishes Of the people by
delaying action in the convict matter and
by talking about an extra session for the
purpose of settling it, When it fully re-
allied that its failure to pass convict
bill would be made an issue in all prob
ability in the next gubernatorial cam
paign, it went to work with a will on the
convict question and succeeded in franz
ing a bin chat gives pretty general salts
faction.
1t was a difficult question to deal with,
because the state has no money with
which to build penitentiary or to pro-
vide ways for the employment of convlcts
which would not be Objectionable to free
labor But the difficulties would not have
been easier to overcome at an extra ses-
sion, Besides, II is pretty certain chat
the governor would not have called an
extra session. 1t was stated that he would
not because of the cost Of such a session,
and because there would have been pre-
scented to the popuhsts an opportunity 10
say that democratic incapacty had put
the state to great expense.
When The legislature found that it had
to settle the convict question or be chars-
ed with lack of ability
to do so, it took hold of the work earn
esuy There was manifested
determination to make the people of
the state understand that the legislature
was not wanting in ability to discharge
the duties required of it, nor was it lack
mg in willingness to do what the people
wanted
The legislators viii return to their
homes much better satisfied than
if they had shirked respons-
ibility in the convict matter
They will meet their constituents feel
ing that they have done their duty. Al
though they may not be fully satisfied
with the convict bill, they know it was
better from every point of view to pass
bill and that their work can be amend
ed if it should prove to be defective when
tested
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings Lodge, No /, F.
and A. NJ; Haupt Lodge, No. IS, 1. O.
O. F.
Special Noticcs-Residence Telephones
Telephone Talk Is Cheap With Thunder
holt; Last Notice, State and County Taxes
for 1887; Dividend Notice, the Citizens
Bank of Savannah: Notice. Savannah.
Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railway:
Wolf & Co, Florists; Lot of Horses for
Sale at the Savannah Feed and Sale Sta
bles, ]. Fl. Jordan & Co. Reduction in
Price, Improvement in Quality, at Fur
bers.
Business Notices-E. & W. Laundry; the
Girl From Paris Cigar.
Amusements Carraways American
Nahatmas, Dec. 17-1S at the Theater.
Railroad Schedules-Georgia and Ala
bama Railway.
Auction Sales-Anique Furniture. Etc,
by A. X Wilson. Auctioneer.
Presents for Ladies-B. H. Levy & Bro
Take Advice-B H. Levy & Bro.
Our Specialties-The Metropolitan Cloth
ing Company.
Medical Ponds Extract; Castoria;
Worlds Dispensary Preparations; Cuti-
cura Remedies; Carlsbad Sprudel Salt:
Hoods SarsapariIa; Ayers Pills; Wine Of
Cardui.
Cheap Column Advertisements-TIel
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

Hon. Pope Browns letter, declaring him
self out of the race for the governorship
forcibly brings out one point which is
worthy of the serious attention of the peo-
pie, namely, that we have too much poll
tics. Unless a man is able to devote his
whole time to politics, he cannot afford to
become candidate for public Office. no
matter what his abilities may be- The po-
hlcal Held is so fun of politicians Of the
practical" sort that a business man. q
farmer, man who has to work for his
lYing-unless he works politics for his
lying-cannot stand for office with anv
reasonable hope Of success. 1t often oo-
ours that merit is left out Of the question.
FITNESS for the office sought is not consid-
cred The question is not, how good an
Official would he make?'' but. "how many
votes can he control and can he be de.
pehaed upon to vote with the 'boys?"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

shipment of 5000 tons of Alabama
iron was cleared for Japan from the port
of Pensacola a few days ago. This mea IS
much for this country, and FIR the south.
IL means that the United States can fl =
nish iron cheaper than any other coun-
furnish iron cheaper than any other sec
ton of the United States. The shipment
referred to was sold in competition with
birmingham, England, iron, and the price
is said to have been $4 per ton less than
was charged for the English product Flu
ture orders, and probably a permanent
trade, may follow this shipment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16

The Jewish population of the city of
cleveland, o., are somewhat exercised be,
cause of proposition made by Rabbi
Moses during the course of a sermon re-
Gently. II was nothing less than that his
congregation should adopt Sunday, instead
of Saturday, as the Sabbath He remarked
that the attendance upon the Saturday
services had declined to a remarkable de.
gree. and that many Of his people with
whom he had talked personally had
agreed with him that it would be advisa-
BILE to change the day. The older mem.
bers of the congregation, however, ar,
etrenuously opposed TO the proposed
change.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
No Danger of Losing Liberties.
From the Chattanooga Times Dem

The trifiing run of fever the south had
cost her people millions and completely
unsettled social and governmental affairs,
creating a state Of anarchy; some COM
munities going to the length Of destroying
railway bridges and tearing up tracks, to
prevent the approach Of trains from the
Gulf coast. The south, by a very large
majority. viii take chances on preserving
the liberties of its people, If the federal
government shall take control Of all quar-
antine measures and appliances, internal
and eXtornal-on the coast and inland. As
we hint, civilized method of handling the
business is most needed in the interior