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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
Personal.

The young khedive is described I'm n
letter from caro- as not in the least dis
tinguished looking He has a baby com
pleXion of pink and white, good-natured,
shy, sleepy expression, and walks with a
sailor roll. His double chin and hang
ing cheeks and the plumpness of his soft,
white hands reminds one Of Dickens fat
boy" The khedive's only legal wife is
a former slave girl OF his mother-the
girls business having been to stand at
the door and remove the wraps of ladies
on reception days. r.
Miss Isabel Perkins, who is to be mar
ried to Larz Anderson June 10, is the
greatest heiress in Boston. She only has
the interest on 100000 at the present
time, but within year she will come
into the possession of this money. Be
sides this, she is an only child, and is the
heir appaFentatO her mothers fortune,
which amounts to more than $20,O00,000
The wedding ceremony at the Arlington
Street church is to be such as BELTS the
nuptialS of Boston's great heireSs. Miss
Perkins is the granddaughter of the late
William f. Weld. from whom she inner
its the fortune of Sl7000.000, which is to
be held in trust until she becomes of age
which will be next year. The bequest is
expected to amount to about $2O0O0,0O0
Her wealth is not, however, her only
attraction. She is in every way a pretty
and charming gfrl-peute, brunette, most
unassuming i'm manner, a brilliant con-
versationalist and singularly happy in
temperament. Her father is Commodore
George H. Perkins, L. S. N, retired
Queen Victorias diamond jubilee will
not pass unnoticed in the United States.
In many cities preparations are making
for celebration of the anniversary, both
by stray exiles from England who have
seen fit to maintain their allegiance to
her and by our own citizens, naturalized
and native. The most formal of these OBJ
servances, perhaps, will be that to take
place at Boston. Its chief feature win
be a great banquet in Mechanics build
ing on the evening of June p. Among
the invited guests are Gov. Wolcott, col
lector Warren, Mayor Quincy, Sir Chares
Upper, President Eliot of Harvard, Presi-
dent A. j. G. Snowden of the Society of
the Colonial Wars, and Commander Walk
er of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company, and the captain aud officers of
H. NJ. S. Talbot. The company will also
include many veterans of her majesty's
service, and grzzled soldiers who fought
in the ranks at Waterloo, in the Crimea,
and the later wars, will have seats of
honor at the feast, and their tables will
be tittingly decorated. There is unbound
ed enthusiasm among those interested in
the success of the celebration, and the
members of the committees appointed
have been untiring in their efforts to leave
nothing undone that would contribute in
any way to the completeness of the pro-
gramme. The president of the festival
association is George B. Perry. A. d.
Cairns is the treasurer and Thomas T.
Stokes the secretary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
LynchinGs North ana South.

The lynching Of a black man at Urbana,
O., on Friday will be the text for good
many newspaper and other sermons. The
occurrence illustrates, as We have said be-
fore. that human nature is pretty much the
same the world over, At the same time it
empha sizes that trite old saying, Chick
ems viii come home to roost." Ohio has
always been hot bed of pro-negro agi-
tation. First it was in favor OF emaucipa-
ton, and then in favor of civil rights, and
then the full equality of the races. Ohio.
together with New England and other
northern and western sections, finally sue
ceeded in precipitaung the negro into
full citizenship wholly unprepared for his
responsibilities and duties. They took him
a semi-barbaran and placed him upon an
equal civil and political footing with the
white race, the founders and eXemplars
of the highest civilization. It took the
whites thousands of years to attain to
their position. Their civilization was the
result of long and hard wrought evolu-
ton They achieved their position with
blood and iron, and with pen and brush.
The north sought to force the negro up
to the white mans plane by legal enact
ments. 1t sought to make character by
constitutional amendments and statute.
The negro's civilization is a dollhouse pro-
duct which, after thirty odd years of
forcing, has failed to advance a great
deal beyond what it was when it was first
proclaimed that thereafter there should
be no differences made because of race,
color, or previous condition Of servitude.
It was not the fault of the black race
that it was pushed forward prematurely,
The fault was with Ohio and her co-lab-
orers. And now, when they find the black
man is still brutal, that the space of thir-
ty-odd years has not sufficed to refine his
morals and fix in his mind just appre-
citation Of law and order and decency, they
take hin: out and lynch himl
1t is not the purpose of the Morning
News to condone lynchings for one in
slant. We have always labored for the
unfolding of the majesty Of the law, and
will continue to do so. At the same time
we feel free to say that il is expecting too
much of the south, or of Ohio or even
New England to think that the ovlliza-
ton of thousands of years and the clvili-
cation Of thirty years can dwell side by side
without occasional violent outbreaks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
Public officials public victims.

In many respects public office is not al
ways the private snap that some people
imagine it to be. 1t is true that there are
always plenty of applicants or plenty of
candidates, as the case may be. for any
and all offices, but the number of appli-
cants is no argument that the office is an
easy thing" For there is a class of peo-
pie who imagine that the ofhceholder
makes more money than he knows what
to do with, and that ne is in duty bound
so to speak, to give a considerable poPtion
Of it away. This is especially true of those
who solicit charity contributions whether
for themselves, for churches, for socie-
ties, or for other objects. But the idea
is a mistaken one.
Pt is not necessary to go outside of Sa-
vanpah to witness this taking advant-
age of a gradually growing public
opinion in this direction. Whether it be
the mendcant who solicits personal aid
or somebody who wants a dollar or two for
a ticket TO the charity ball, so much for
a chance on some article at the church fair
or some other fair, a subscription of s. or
$40 to this or that charitable obiect-and
there is an unending variety and assort-
ment of them-the public official is the first
victim thought Of OF course, he never
turns down a request, though there are
times when he would like to. But election
time is coming again; he may want the
same office or a better one, ana he cannot
afford to make anybody mad. There are
officials here who have given away at
times as much as $25 or $50 a week in this
way and the recipient is, OF course, always
encouraged to cali again. 1t is just this
sort Of encouragement that makes the
public official public prey, and the remedy
lies with the people who seek charity as
well as with the officials themselves.
When it comes to the period Just before
the election, there are campaign expenses
to be paid, and the faithful worker must
have his little stipend. But the nagging
of officials does not cease with their cleo
tion. They talk about It to their friends
and protest in secret against such drain
on their often very modest resources, but
they dare not speak out. Far be it from
us to discourage the giving of contFibu-
lions to any worthy charity. Those to
whom it is a duty and who can afford IT,
the public official included, should give
what they can. But It does seem unreas-
enable. and the Official thinks so, though
he does not say it, that the ofnceholder
should be made the chief victim ana called
on continually simply because he is easy
of access and pleasant of manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
BRIGHT BITS.

She Was a Tallzer.--''That's a speaking
likeness of your first wife"
Il suppose the artist couldn't help it
and l had him paint it in the most quiet
cOlors, too.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Well Equipped.-"Is your daughter
properly equipped for literary work?" ask
ed the editor
Equipped? I've bought her a Louis
somebody desk, a fountain pen, silver
inkstand and mother-of-pearl penhOlder
besides the most expensive stationery on
the market. 1 guess that comes pretty
near being literary outfit."-Detroit Free
Press.
Sure to Be Approximately mother
reads a great deal" remarked Maud
YES" replied Mamie; shes reading
about the Descent of Man now" Il wish
you would get her to lend me the book
when she gets through with it," "Why.
you wouldn't be interested in the subject"
yes, / would. If there is anything I
dearly love it's tobogganing or shooting
the chutes. Minneapolis Tribudne.
DO you have mice in your house,
Parker?" asked Wicks.
"Yes-lots of en-" said Parker
What on earth do you do for them
I'm bothered to death by them at my
house."
What do I do for emf" said Parker.
why, | do everything for them-provide
'em with a home, plenty to eat, and so
forth. What more can they eXpect?''-
Harper's Bazaar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
New Traction Motors.

Two new traction motors are attract
ing public attention. One is an air mo-
tor. to be used on the elevated railroad
in New York, and the other is an electric
motor operated by the third rail" sys-
tenn, on trial in Connecticut.
The air motor. as its name implies, de-
rives its power from compressed air. In
appearance it resembles a steam loco
motive with the smokestack knocked off.
What appears 20 be the boiler is battery
of long steel tubes, called bottles which
contain the compressed air The air is
compressed to a pressure of $500 pounds
to the square inch. The bottles" are
slipped out of their case on the motor to
be charged, and then with ease slipped
back into place again. and with simple
adjustment connected with the machinery
In such manner that the operator has
nothing to do in driving the motor but at
tend to the valve and the brakes. He
turns one lever to start or stop the ma
chine, and turns another to put on or
take off brakes 1t is said the operation
of the apparatus requires no more skill
than is required to run the motor of a
trolley car The motor runs easily and
noiselessly at high rate of speed.
a month or so ago the third rair' cleo
trio system was instituted on the road,
nine miles long, between New Britain and
Hartford, Conn. The road had been oper-
ated by steam and the conversion of
track consisted only in adding the third
rail, midway between the other rails. The
third rail carries the electric current to
the motor. For two weeks now half-hour
traffic has been run over this road with
satisfactory results. The third rail does
not in any manner interfere with steam
locomotives, hence the track may be call
ed Interchangeable. When the electric
motors were first put on, electrically and
stcam-hauled trains were alternated over
the track. Now the steam trains have been
discontinued. The railway officials are
much pleased with the practical test. and
think it has solved the problem presented
to the steam roads of meeting the COM
petition of the trolley. They are now able
to meet the trolley upon its own ground
of small train units and electrical trac-
ton. There has been talk of a general
adoption of the third rail system by the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad, and probably other New Eng
land railroad corporations. This, however,
is stin matter of the future. The New
England roads will not send their mil
lions of dollars worth of steam locomo-
tives ito the scrap heap" until they see
their way perfectly clear to getting good
interest upon the scraps.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
The Cotton Acreage.

Latham. Alexander q Co. of New York
estimate that the cotton acreage OF the
present season is $4,000 acres. or a. per
cent. larger than last year. and that the
average planting season is three weeks
later than last year. These conclusions
are reached from 2,6o6 answers received
from correspondents in all sections OF the
cotton belt The increase of acreage IN
Georgia is placed az per cent. in Ala
bama at per cent. in South Carolina az
per cent. IN Louisiana az per cent.
and in Texas az s per cent. Mississippi
Is the only state which shows a decrease.
The condition there IS accounted for by
the fact that the great valley had been
flooded for many weeks. In Florida there
has been apparently neither increase nor
decrease in acreage. Crop conditions are
reported to be less promising than they
were at the corresponding period che first
week OF june last year. Floods have
caused the planting OF less cotton In Ten.
nesseo, Arkansas and Louisiana. as well
as in Mississippi, than would have been
the case In the absence OF floods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07

The effort to have iron ore placed on the
free list for which Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania has introduced an amend
ment to the tariff bill, will, no doubt, pre-
cipitate an interesting discussion. At the
request of Senator Quay the iron ore
schedule was postponed until after the
schedules of manufactured iron were pass
ed upon. The present bill retains the duty
of forty cents a ton on iron ore, while the
iron manufacturers want free ore. 1t would
have been impossible to pass the present
manufactured iron schedules if iron ore
had been first placed on the free list, be-
cause this would have given the iron man
ufacturers too great an advantage, but
now that the manufactured iron schedules
are out OF the way, there viii. no doubt be
a breezy discussion when an effort is made
in behalf Of the iron manufacturers to
have the tariff tax taken of iron ore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07

1t is said it will cost the hackers OF two
bills now before the Illinois legislature
81 100000 TO have them passed. and that
this amount will be paid to the legislators.
one OF these is the bill in which the Chi
cago gas trust is interested and the other
the Allen street railroad bill, which the
street railroad companies are trying to
put through, giving them a hfty-year ex-
tension of franchise. AS these two con-
Germs are fully able to pay the million and
that is enough money TO 80 all the way
round. It would likely be a pretty hardmat-
ter TO get an investigation, so the people
must simply submit to It. They need a
Senator Tillman out there to stir things
up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07

Some OF the New York music halls are
confronted by visions OF mortgage fore.
closures and receiverships. when such
halls became the rage they went up by
the dozen, ana then managers had to en-
ploy all Of their shrewdness Go keep up
In the field OF competition The result
was the engagement Of high class ana
high priced variety performers at home
and abroad. But now they have run the
gamut OF variety as well as Of popularity
ana there has been a tremendous falling
off In receipts. The most remarkable
feature Of the situation is that the mana
gers have not yet tried to put the re.
sponsibility FOR Il on the bicycle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
NotsExactIy Murder.

MURDER
One afternoon, a short time back this
cry in hotel, proceeding from a room on
the third floor, caught the ears of several
chambermaids, and created instant .on-
sternation, says Tit-Bits.
"Oh, heavensr'
1t was the voice of a man who shrieked
the words from room No. 40, and the
chambermaids at once sent a messenger
TO the office with the news that murder
was being committed.
Don't kill me by inchesr'
These words alarmed others besides the
chambermaids, and the group of three or
tour presently grew to a Dozen Who oc-
cupied the room? One of the chamber
maids recollected seeing a beetle bro wed
man OF somewhat piratical look accom-.
panied by a woman closely yelled. enter
ihe room. Was he killing her?
"Oh, oh-you are killing mew
1t was the voice of the man! The yelled
woman had him in her power. and seemed
to be submitting him to some sort of tor
ture. Several of the crowd knocked at
the door, and one of the chambermaids de-
manded in falsetto voice that il should
be opened at once. There was 'Ha. ma
ha!' from the yelled woman. ana the
voice of the man cried out, What! CO 8
mock at my Misery.
a clerk came from the office and demand
ed admittance in the name of the law
after some little delay the door was OPEN
ed and woman stood in the opening am
asked what was wanted.
What's going on in there? Who's be-
ing hurt?" demanded the clerk.
She laughed her "Ha, ha, han' again and
Il was echoed by the voice of a man be-
hind her
What's all this about?" shouted the
clerk.
Why, sir" she replied. demurely. Il
husbands backn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
senntors an nic-cIn-

Between ten and fifteen senator's ride
bicycles. Now they are looking for a
room in the capitol where they can store
their silent steeds, says the Washington
Post.
Somebody stole the lamp from Senator
Tillman's wheel. That caused the trouble
bicycle stable viii have to be arranged
with man to look after the wheels and
keep them safe and clean. Senator TIL
man is most interchangeable rider. ignor-
ing the street cars altogether except on
the rainest OF rainy days. Senator War
rem OF Wyoming, is a new recruit. but
manages TO pedal along quite skllfully
while Senators Bacon, Chandler, and Elk
ms are all old stagers and enthusiasts
although Mr.. Bacon Is noted for his ex-
treme carefulness. Senator Chandler has
nearly 5000 miles TO his credit, but this
IS because he spends his entire summers
riding over the New Hampshire roads
Among the populists Senators Butler and
Kyle are good wheelers. Senator Faulk-
ncr looks like a promising member of an
athletic club when he dons his abbre-
Waited trousers and golf hose, with a mob
by cap. bur he viii not ride at night. The
daylight he says. Is good enough FOR him
Senator Perkins OF California used TO ride
one OF the old-fashioned high front big
wheel machines. but when he mounted a
low safety the other day. ne mastered the
art of cycling under new conditions in
less than hdlf an hour. Senator Wetmore
and Senator Wolcott ride fine wheels, and
are the best dressed cyclors In the Senate
Senator Lodge can ride a wheel but
doesn't and Senator Mcmillan has also
ceased the sport. lie was riding down
the Bos dBoulogne In Paris one day
when he had a bad fall. and since then
cycling has lost its charms for him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
The Pooling Bill.


Senators Chandler and Tillman have
formed a partnership which a few years
ago would have seemed impossible. They
have got together" TO defeat any pooling
bill that the Senate committee may try to
pass. Yet II has been demonstrated that
some form Of agreement between the
roads, actively regulated ana supervised
by the federal government, Is absolutely
the only means by which uniform and just
public rates can be secured. For the first
time in their history, the railway men
seem now ready 70 cooperate with the
government on terms that will give the lat
ter effective use OF the power intended to
be exercised IN the interstate commerce
commission. Why not seize this oppor-
tunity?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
Whnt FIoriIn Risks.

The Railway Age. which some time ago
asserted that the railroad commission law
of Florida would have bad effect upon
railroad enterprises in that state, declines
to match prophecies with certain other
publications which have been predicting
that railway extension would go on un,
der the new law the same as before. The
Age, however, enumerates a list of rail-
road projects in the state which were in
a fair way TO being carried out when the
new law was adopted, finds that the ag-
gregate mileage of the projected lines was
100 miles. and now predicts that 'if the
present law remains upon the statute
books, there is no wave of prosperity that
can sweep over the country that will make
the state of Florida boom hard enough to
persuade capital to build one-hfth of that
mileage in the next five years" Each
hundred miles of new railroad built means
an expenditure of something like 100000
for labor and supplies, hence it can he
seen what there is to Florida involved in
the matter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
Secretary GnEe and the Notes.
From the Springfield Republican Qnd)

Secretary Gage appears TO have about de-
termined to create what may be called an
issue department OF the treasury. 40 that
the operations relating 70 the redemption
ated from the revenue operations OF his
department. Currency redeemed In gold.
will be this plan. be held in the treasury
aud not paid out except In exchange for
gold again. This would be a wise meas
ure. A sufficient revenue. however. viii
be needed TO effect the change and that Is
soon 20 be forthcoming apparently. Pre-
sumably tho secretary does not consider
that the act OF ISIS requiring the reissue
Of redeemed greenbacks, stands IN the way
OF such a step,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07

French ecclesIastic expresses the opin.
ION ia the London Times that the repeal OF
the law Of clerical colibacy will be the next
great change In the Roman Catholic
church. and he thinks tho movement
might wen start In America under the
lead Of Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop
Ireland. The interesting and remarkable
part Of his prediction is that with this
change win come large exodus OF Angll.
can clergymen TO the church Of Rome.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07

Senator Jones, chairman of the senate
committee which has charge of the sugar
scandal resolution, has decided to saw
wood. There will be no undue delay he
says. but with many senator's 'uAdue de-
lay" Is very indefinite, not to say an
incalculable quantity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07

1t is said that Secretary Cages predlc-
ton of coming good times has had a salu.
tary effect upon American securities in
London. and that every body is feeling
better over It, Instead of making so many
new laws why not suspend the congress,
and let Secretary Gage go around every
month or two and tell the people that
good times are coming.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07

1t develops that Austin Granville, agent
for Alehsmist Brice is cousin Of Rider
Haggard. This undoubtedly explains the
origin Of the gold manufacturing schemes
which he tried TO foist upon Secretary
Gage. Perhaps the amiable secretary had
been reading she"