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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-11

Reports of wrecks and derellcts receive
ed for transmission to the navy depart
ment.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The price dropped
to PAS cents to-day, with heavy sales at
that figure. For day or Two the market
had been held at 2414 cents while buyers
were bidding 24c, and 24lS cents, finally the
factors concluded to unload at Is cent de-
cline At the Board of Trade. at the first
call the market was bulletined firm at 24ls
cents with reported sales of 2,150 casks.
At the last call at 1:30 o'clock p. M, the
market closed firm and unchanged with
no sales reported.
Rosin-There was a strong demand for
rosin to-day. The feature in the market
was the loss of yesterdays 10 cents ad-
vance on water white and the 2I5 cents ad-
vance on D and E. At the first call at the
Board of Trade, the market was bulle-
tined firm with sales of 692 barrels. At the
last call, the sales were 2,745 barrels. At
the first call, D and E were quoted at yes
terday's inside prices and water white
was at S235. At the last call water white
declined 10 cents. The following were the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-11
THE CHATHAM BANK

SAVANNAH, GA.
Transacts a general banking
business, maintains "a liberal saw
ings department.
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
a speciality.
Having a Large number of interior
correspondents, we can handle co.'s
Iections at very reasonable rates.
Correspondence solicited.
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ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Gate city, Googins, New
York-Ocean Steamship Company.
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Charleston, S. c., July 1O.-Turpentine,
market firm at 2334c. Rosin firm; sales
none; B, c, $1.2O; D, e, S1.25; F. G, s1.95;
II, $50; 1, SLIGO; K, $1.60; NJ, $40; N, $1.75;
w G., $1.90; W W, $40.
Wilmington, July 10-Spirits turpentine
steady at 23q2S12c; receipts. 215 casks.
Rosin firm at $1.20Q1.SO; receipts. s19 bar
rels. Crude turpentine firm at $1.30. $1.80
and $1.90; receipts barrels. Tar firm at
$1.15; receipts, SO barrels.
New York, July 10.-Rosin, strained,
common to good, $1.7214d1.75. Turpentine
quiet; 26Q2615c.
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COTTON.

IT was a dull day in the local spot cot
,on market. At the Cotton Exchange the
,,srl[et was bulIetined firm and unchanged
With no sales, The receipts were 4 Dales'
The following were the official spot quo
"a IONS az the close of the market at the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-11

"Of the present worlds visible supply.
$3.50 bales are American ana 2i073g
bales are the total stock In this country.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-30
PERSONAL.

At the 38th annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Church Missionary Society, held at
Philadelphia, Gen. Wager Swayne was re-
elected President. Gen. Swaync went into
the army as MAJOR OF the 42d Ohio, became
its Colonel, was promoted to the command
OF brigade, and lost leg at the crossing
OF the Salkehatchie River, in Sherman S
march through the Carolinas. He has
been for years one OF the leading lawyers
OF New York City.
President f. Ben jamin Andrews, of Brown
University, r. J., recently said in an adj
dress that Gen. Lee was the ablest COM
mander on either side during the rebellion.
Department Conmander Livingston Scott,
exMayor Henry f. Tieplie, Senior Vice
Commander $. w. X. Allen, Junior Vice
Commander c. o. Ballou, and Medical
Director George a. Peck have all taken
him severely to task in public speeches.
A curious story is developed by bill in
troduced by Senator Penrose, Of Pennsyl-
vania, for the relief of Geo. Francis, who
served in Co X, 9th Pa, under the name
OF Hartman Francis. II seems that Georges
brother Harman enlisted in Co. X, but
could not stand the racket, and came home
with the announcement that he intended
to desert. Tosave the family honor, George
took his brothers place and name, and
served through the war. He was wounded
at Bermuda Hundred. He now asks that
a discharge be given him in his own name
for the benefit OF his children.
William r. Morrison, who is about to re-
tire from the Inter State Commerce Com
mission, says that he will return to his
home in Illinois and resume the practice OF
law. He is 72 years old, but not tired OF
working or OF living. There was report
that he intended running for Congress on
an antirailroad, corporation platform,
but he denies this.
Miss Mary Robson Grouse, daughter OF
Comrade Grouse, formerly Representative
from Ohio, has become engaged to David
Marshall Mason, of London, son of the
late Stephen Mason, Member of Parlia-
ment.
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IT seems that it took quite a pro-
longed conference to decide upon the
date of holding the National Encamp-
ment at Cincinnati. The local commit
tee had decided upon the week from
Aug. % to Sept. 5, but there wa. strong
objections to this. 1t was just before
pension payments by the Columbus
Office, and it Tapped over from one
month into another. The date finally
fxed-Sept. 5-10-is agreeable to all
parties.
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A FAIR PROPOSITION.

Let anyone suggest any fair, practi-
cal test by which the integrity of the
pension-roll can be determined, and not
only THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, but
every other friend Of the veterans, will
welcome it, and give every possible
assistance to make the test thorough
and satisfactory.
We are much more interested in the
success of application of such test
than anyone else. We want it made
to shut the mouths of these braWlers
against pensions, and to convince the
American people that their bounty is
not misapplied. We are so confident
that the result will be a glorious vim
dieation of the pensioners that We are
anxious to have the pensiOn-rOll sub
jeeted TO the most searching examina-
ton that the worst enemy of the vet
Grams can suggest. We are willing to
have it investigated by its strongest
opponents. No test can be more severe
than that applied to it by Cleveland,
H0ke Smith, LOchren. ct al.
Now, you gentlemen who are filling
the press with calumnies against the
pension system. say what test will
satisfy you, and we shall advocate it.
Stop befOuling the whole mass OF
pensioners with odiOus suspicious and
SANDERS and come down to some prac-
teal test which viii determine the
truth of what you say.
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The report of certificates issued for the
week ending Dec. "a shows
Army invalid: Original, 20; increase and
additional, 80; reissue, u; restoration and
renewal, Id; duplicate, o. accrued, G2:
total, 1871.
Army invalid (act June %, 1890: Origi
nal, $50; increase, GS; additional, %; re-
issue, 2; restoration, -; renewal, 2: sup
plemontals, 3; duplicate, I; accrued, sS;
total, SD.
Army widow, etc: Original, 81; increase
and additional, t. restoration, l. duplicate,
); accrued, 2; total, SO.
Army widow, etc. (act June p, 1890:
Original, ia; supplementals, l; duplicate,
3; accrued, 4; total, 100.
Navy invalid Original, 2; restorations
and renewal, /; duplicate, /; total, 4.
Navy invalid (act June p. 1890: Origi-
nal ); increase and additional, 3; accrued
/: total 8.
Navy widow (act June 81, 1s90) Original,
Army Nurse: Original, !
Ian Wars Survivors: Accrued, 1.
Indian Wars-Nidows: Original, ,.
Mexican War-Surviyors: Original, /: In
crease and additional 9: total, s. Mexican
War widows: Original, 2
Totals: Original, $50; increase and addi-
tional, Isl; reissue, H. restoration and re-
newal. 30; supplementals, d; duplicate,
%; accrued. 1856. Grand total. 9fI.
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geant sneak back there, and 1 know what
they're up to. They're goin' to sleep in the
wagon. OF course, they're officers, and got
the first pick But we kin lay down underit,
and get out of the rain. Besides, it looks as
if the ground was drier up there than it Is
down here"
They slipped quietly back TO the wagon,
and were lucky enough to find little hay In
the feed-box, which they could lay down TO
spread their blankets upon. They pulled the
tail-sate off and set it up on the side from
which the rain was coming.
There said Shorty, as they crawled IN.
"Si, whatd you do without me? Amt
comfort to you every minute OF your ite
..You certainly are, Shorty" said 81, as ne
fell asleep.
Ito be continued)
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-30

REPRESENTATIVE OyENER, Of West
Virginia, speaks right out in meeting
when he says that no one could hope to
be elected to anything in his State who
would support the Presidents " blan ket
order" covering all of Cleveland's ap-
pointees under the Civil Service. The
President has lately expressed some idea
Of greatly modifying that order. The
best modification will be its total revo-
cation.
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Commissioner Evans would print the names
Of pensioners. Right. 1t was an unwise
ruling of the Bureau which withheld the
names Of pensioners lsom the newspapers
Buffalo Express.
Think Of a paper printing such stuff.
There never has been any ruling Of the
Pension Bureau which withheld the
names Of pensioners from the news
papers" On the contrary, any paper
which has wanted lists OF pensioners
could have them furnished daily or
weekly, and hundreds of papers have
for years been in the habit of printing
lists of all allowances in their localities.
1t is impossible 10 follow up and expose
all the falsehoods published against the
pension system.
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The Night After the Battle.
1t was so desperately cold and comfortless
that 81 and Shorty felt that they must do
something or perish.
There were some fragments Of cracker
boxes near With these they dug q hole sew
eral inches deep, put some splinters III and
started stealthy blaze. They were careful to
sit On the side toward the rebels, the better
to hide from them any sight of IT. 1t was a
very small fire, but there was more relief IN
it than 81 had before gotten from those q
thousand times larger. 1t kept his unshod
foot from freezing, and brought the blood back
to MS numb hands.
Just think, Shorty" murmured 81,
might before last we had whole panel of
fence on The fire, and all our blankets and
overeoats, and yet you kicked, Shorty.
believe this is a judgment on you for not
being thankful for what you receive"
Judgment be blowed, " CIRCULATED Shorty.
" This amt no judgment; it's Just burned
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-30
THE DIsMEMBERNENT OF CHINA.

THE DIsMEMBER8IENT OF CHINA.
The partition of China has distinctly
begun, and the coming year will un-
doubtedly bring about as constituencies
a grabbing of that great Empires terri
tory and rich trade as we have witnessed
in Africa.
Germany, crazy for colonial extern
sion and foreign commerce." has begun
with as shameless an act of piracy as was
ever perpetrated by one nation on an
other in the lawless days of the Dark
Ages Under the pretext that some
German missionaries had been NAL
treated at Kiao Chau, and, without de-
mand upon the Chinese Government,
she sent war vessels thither, which capt
ured the forts and reduced the important
port to possession. Then the German
Kaiser solemnly annexes it to his En-
pire, and sends his own brother thither,
after great deal of parade at Kiel, and
several famboyant speeches about con-
secrating his own dearly-loved kinsman
to the work of building up Germany
beyond the seas.
The Russians have replied to this by
sending their feet to take possession of
the important stronghold of Port Arthur,
and it is understood that the English
will "extend a protectorate over the
great Yang-Tse Valley, which is the
richest and most important part of China.
The Yang-Tse River is $500 miles long,
is navigable for 200 miles. and has a
basin of $4,000 square miles, in which
are situated many very populous cities.
So far, France has contented herself
with approving of what her ally
RUSSIA has done, but undoubtedly she
will soon demand her share there as
vigorously as she has in Africa. Her
capture of Madagascar was almost as
indefensible as Germany's conquest OF
Kiao-Chau. The next problem is what
Japan is going to say and do. She is
deeply offended at Russias occupation
of Port Arthur, and it may precipitate
hostilites between her and the Gar
The English papers are very anxious
that we should take some notice OF
Germany's high-handed act, and are
quite sure that MS one of the great mari
time powers of the world we cannot
view the matter with indifference. The
meekness, however, with which we
viewed Germany's outrageous bullying
of Haiti cannot be very reassuring te
them.
There is pretty certain to be very
big war among the grabbers before the
partition of China goes very far. It i;
one that we can very well afford to be
entirely neutral in. While we can rep
rebate the inexcusable robbery of 9
weak people, yet there is no difference in
the robbers, and We need not prefer any
one to the Others Our business is te
confne ourselves to vigorous assertion
Of the Monroe Doctrine, and make sure
that there shall be no grabbing this side
the Atlantic.
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GERMANY has an Arbitration Board
which seems to be effective in prevent
ing strikes and settling labor disputes.
1t il called an Industrial Court, and is
composed of an equal number of repre-
sentatives Of employers and employees,
and is presided over by Chairman APP
pointed by each municipality. The
representatives of employees are elected
by universal suffrage Of all employed in
the trades concerned, who are 20 years
old and older. As a specimen of its
working there arose last August dis
pute in the great Borsing Iron Works,
of Berlin, in which 80 molders and two
core-makers complained that the prices
were too low, and quit work. The
strike threatened to throw out some
10000 non-workers. The Berlin In
dustrial Court offered its services. Ii
rendered It's decision Oct. 5, which was
not favorable to the men, but not un.
favorable. But all felt that the matter
had been fairly considered, and the de-
cislon was acquiesced in. Something
like that should be instituted in this
country. Every working man is en-
titled to fair wages, and to be compen.
stated according to his ability and in.
dustry. The public have right to
insist that this shall be done. That a
great strike is certain to interfere very
seriously with people outside of those
directly involved gives the public an.
other right to be a party to the dispute
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BEWARE OF GREEKS BEARING GIFTS


The above warning has become a
proverb. 1t is hoary with the passing
of % centuries, but we commend it to
the President and others who seem to be
impressed by the plausible overtures of
Spain to Cuba.
The struggle in Cuba is getting tire
some TO many people. 1t has become
stale as sensation to the sentimental.
1t is constant source of loss to the
commercial classes and to our capitalists
who have money Invested in sugar lands
The smokers who are no longer able to
get decent Havana cigar from the
famous fields of Pinar del Rio want the
war to cease.
There are MANY conditions in the
American temper, therefore, not favor
able to the cause of Cuban freedom, and
the Spanish Cabinet has not been slow
to take advantage of the position with
the profer Of autonomy.
Spain herself must admit one of two
things, however, if she intends to carry
out the reforms Either she has been
morally and practically defeated, and
is compelled to make uncalled-for conces-
sions, or else she was wrong all the time
and guilty of the abuses charged by the
Cubans, and about which they went to
war. If the former be the truth, then
is Spain merely catching at last straw.
If the latter is admitted, then were
MART and Maceo martyrs to the cause
of liberty.
Whichever horn Of the dilemma Spain
may elect to take now, we do not believe
she will ever grant the reforms promised,
or consent to autonomous Government in
Cuba. She promised the same thing in
1873, when Martinez Campos met Go
mez, Maceo, Cisneros, and the other in
surgent leaders at Zanjon. Everything
to secure representation in the Corte., and
local and selfgovernment was promised
then, and every promise was broken. If
the covenant Of 1878 had been kept,
the proclamation of 1895 would never
have reused Cuba to arms again. All
the blood and treasure squandered
for the past three years is the price Of
Spanish perfdy.
No human guarantee except physical
force can insure the fulfillment Of q
Spanish promise.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-30

THE Washington, d. C., Sentinel, the
organ of the brewers and saloon-keepers
Of the District of Columbia, is especi-
ally virulent against pensions. Its
editor was the friend of Capt. Wirz, and
defended him On his trial.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-30

LAST Monday the House Committee
on Military Affairs left Chicago for
Vicksburg, to examine the site OF the
proposed Military Parl; there. There is
every reason to hope that it will warmly
indorse the project
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-30
COMMISSIONER EvANs ON FRAUDS.
The newspaperspsomptly interviewed

COMMISSIONERS EvANs ON FRAUDS.
The newspapers promptly interviewed
Commissioner Evans in regard to the
misstatements in The New York Suns
broadside assault on pensions, and he
went into the matter very fully. Among
other things, he said:
We have thrown about the Pension Office
sufficient safeguards to prevent any such
thing as fraud. Do not understand me as
saying that frauds do not exist. The court
records prove that every day We are ever
on the alert for such things, and when once
we locate one we never let up in the prose
cution. And so / say it is folly to state that
more survivors are receiving pensions than
there are survivors,
The people generally do not know what is
required to obtain pension. This Office
does not pension people simply because they
sions away.
The Commissioner then proceeded to
outline what man had to prove to get
a pension.
Speaking of frauds he said:
Some time ago. / remember complaints
reached me of big frauds in the New York
office. / sent an Examiner there and the
whole Office was investigated. We found
five cases where pensions were being issued
to dead men. Those who were performing
dead mems parts were run down and sent to
the penitentiary. Another case happened
several weeks ago out West. A widow was
drawing a pension as the relict Of soldier,
as well as one for her child We had re-
port of something crooked here and investi-
gated. We found the widow had married
and thereby forfeited her right to pension;
that the child was dead and she was still
drawing its pension.
Now, mark what this Office did The
woman who certified to the fact that the
woman who was drawing pension as the
relict of soldier, we learned, knew differ
entity, having been at the second marriage of
the pensioner. Further, that the two brothers
of the alleged widow were present at the
death of her child and were still certifying to
his existence. This Office never let up one
iota. They were all prosecuted and sent to
the penitentiary.
These are merely illustrations, yet they
tend to show how carefully this office watches
for frauds, and how determinedly they are
run down.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-30
"PURGING THE PENsION-ROLL."

"PURGING THE PENsION-RoLL."
We ask the men who are clamoring
SO vociferously about "purging the pen
sion-roll to intermit their shrieking for
a little, and give their thinking powers
an opportunity. We earnestly invite
their attention to the following plain
questions:
1. Did we not lave this cry of
"purging the pension-roll " worked to
the very last limit more than FIVE years
ago-in the Presidential and Congress
sional campaigns of 1892?
2. Did not the man who was then
elected President make one of his chief
cards his hostility to pensions, and his
intention to institute the most searching
investigation
3. Was not the Congress which was
elected with him overwhelmingly in
favor of his position, and ready to give
him all the assistance that he asked
4. Did not that President and Con-
gress make every possible effort to verify
@bo o,1,, 10 ,,.l;oI, La lNoo, ,,t4o,oJ
and published against the pension-roll ?
5. Did not Congress give the Presi-
dent money by the hundred thousand
dollars 100000 in one appropriation
to make every possible investigation ?
6. Did not the President exert himself
as he did in no other way to make his
assertions and ISLANDERS good Did he
not put at the head Of the Interior De-
partment and the Pension Bureau the
very fttest men be could find in the
whole country for such raid on the
pension system?
Z. Did he not pass the word along
the line, through all the other Depart
ments Of the Government, to assist the
Pension Bureau to the utmost in its
campaign against the pensioners?
s. Did they not all obey this behest
with alacrity and zeal, anxious to win
the favor of the President and advance
his political interests, as well as tc
crafty their own personal hostility t.
the Pension system?
8. Did they not fill the land Will
Special Agents, with detectives anC
spies of all kinds? Was not every
pensioner put upon the rack and sub
jeeted to q crucial examination and t.
an inquisition that frequently became
terrorism
10. Was not the entire office force oil
the Pension Bureau put to the work o
overhauling-" reviewing and revising ,
the entire work of the bureau since tn,
war, going over every case on the rol
with q magnifying lens and scalpel, t.
find reasons for rejecting it, and depriv
ing the veteran Of his pension? Wa
not every" find trumpeted to the world
and made the very most OF by the sol
dier-hating press?
| IL. Did not this process 90 on 70
four long years time enough in al
conscience for any investigation to hav
full scope and come to entire compile
ton? Did it not last as long as it tool
TO put down the rebellion
II. Can the most virulent enemy {
the veterans suggest anything tina
should have been done that was nc
done Did President Cleveland, SEE
rotary Hoke Smith or COMMISSIONS
Lochren fail in any single respect to d
their utmost to discover fraud, and ez
pose the undeserving?
| Ii. Can any one suggest more vigol