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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
The Omcial Time.

The necessity that there shall be only
one man who has the say in a military
command is thoroughly recognized in the
United States army. A story is told of
Gen. Shafter commander of the American
expeditionary force for the invasion of
Cuba, which illustrates the punctilo of
the regulars in this regard.
At a certain frontier post of which
Shafter, who then held an inferior rank,
was commander, many years ago. a dis
cussion arose among several officers as
to the exact time of day. A captain, with
his watch in his hand, said:
1T is now exactly O'clock"
ooh, no." said a lieutenant, "by my
time it's eight minutes past three"
A third young officer drew his watch out
of his pocket. Il know my time is ex-
actly right he said, land my watch says
two minutes past three.
At this juncture Major Shafter looked at
his silver watch.
Il don't know what your watches say"
he remarked, but 1 wish you to under
stand that in this command 1t is five min
utes past three
Then the young officers remembered
that the authority of the commanding
officer extended even to the time of day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
BRIGHT BITS.

-Contractor.-"Yo want a regular
mosaic floor, 1 suppose?" Owner of
building-"Yes if that's the style Just
as lief have the modern orthodox though.
Chicago Tribune.
William (reading)-Pa, what's a pro-
longed conflict?
Pats something you'll never be able
to understand my boy, until you grow up
and get married.-Chicago Daily News.
My lord" said the prisoner to tho
judge, Il should like to have my case
postponed. My lawyer is i'll and unable to
attend"
The judge took two or three minutes to
consider. The case may be postponed"
he said at last, 'if you desire it. But I
see here that you were taken in the act.
What can your counsel have to say on
your behalf?"
That's just what I want to know, my
lord" said the prisoner.-Tit-Bits
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

1t is gratifying to find that the charge
of cowardce that was brought against the
seventy-frst New York Regiment on ac-
count of the confusion which occurred in
its ranks al the time of the charge up San
Juan hill, does not rest upon any solid
foundation.
The charge, grew out of the report of
Maj. Gen. Kent, who commanded the First
Division of the Fifth Army Corps at San
uago. There IS no doubt that he spoke
slightingly of the seventy-frst in his Of
fetal report What ne said left the i'm
preston that a part of the Seventy-hrst
became panic stricken ana greatly i'm
peded the progress OF the regulars.
Gen. Kent now says that a wrong i'm
preston was drawn from his report, which
report was not made with any intention
of critcsing the Seventy first. Referring
10 the Seventy-first he says: They were
in one of the highest places of the whole
fight. Under such circums stances as at
tended the sudden and unseen attack on
their advance guard, they were perfectly
justified in hating to get their breath, as
il We're Even tried and staid regulars
would have paused just then. They are
made up of the handsomest material I
have ever seen during my long military
career; and when once they gained their
composure, they fought nobly"
Gen. Kent should have been a little more
careful in making his official report. If
what he now says is correct. and we have
no doubt that it is, he did the Seventy-frst
a great wrong. It is clear that he had no
intention to do the regiment an injustice.
but being a regular army officer he was
apparently over anxious to bring into
prominence the superb soldierly qualities
of the regulars, especially as the newspa-
pers were fun of praises for the volunteers
and had little TO say of the regulars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

The governments telegraph bill during
the continuance Of the war Appropriated
$500 day, and viii foot up something
like 100000 for the whole period Il was
probably "a good thing for che treasury
that the United States hadn't 4 Sew1rd in
the state department during the war. or
the telegraph bill might have been one
OF the biggest war items. At the time Of
the invasion Of Mexico by Macmillan
Secretary Seward sent dispatch TO the
French government which cost $1,000 in
tolls. our lattcr-dny statesmen. however.
have learned TO talk Ia fewer words than
Mr. Seward s~''@
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Contracts TO Furnish
Georgia State Sanirarum, L. J. Lamar,
Steward; Standard Groceries, A. NJ. & c.
w. West
Business Notices-Kennedy's Crackers
and Cakes Henry Solomon & Son, Dis
tributing Agents. Malt Murine, Henry
Solomon & Son. Wholesale Distributors.
This Is a Hummer-Byck Bros.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Medical-Cuticura Remedies; Hoods
Pills; Castoria; S. S. S; Worlds Dispen-
sary Preparations.
Cheap Column Advertisements--Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
PERSONAL.

-Aswan, who died the other day In
Honolulu, was for many years an In
fuential member of the Chinese colony
in that city and pioneer in the rice
business.
Mrs. Florence Craven, who is with
the exception of Miss Nightingale, the
among her decorations the Iron Cross,
the order of merit presented by William
1, of Germany.
Richard Mansfield, the actor denies
that he has formulated any plans for the
future of his newly arrived son and heir
beyond a determination that the boy shall
never be an actor if his father can prevent
it, His papa would be pleased, however
if he became a great musical composer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

It is related by Miss Selfrldge, in the
outlook that when Count Ii Hung Chang
was in London, he placed a splendid
wreath on the monument of Gen. Cor
don. "Chinese Gordon" who had been his
companion in arms years before. A rela-
tive Of Gordons was so deeply moved by
this act that he sent TO the Chinese states
man with his compliments a specially
fine bull terrier, the winner OF several
prizes, and "a remarkable specimen of
canine birth and breeding. The following
letter was received in Acknowledgement
My Dear Gordon-While rendering my
best thanks for sending me your dog ]
beg to say that. as for myself. ! have long
since given up the practice OF eating dog IS
flesh; but my attendants. 20 whom
handed the creature ten mo they never
tasted anything 50 nice. Your devoted.
L.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

Miss Helen Gould is making good use Of
the fortune which her father left her. AT
the beginning Of the war she sent her
oheck for 100000 70 the treasury as her
donation 20 the service Of the country
Several times since then she has sent
sums Of money to the hospitals, ana
Few DAYS ago she gave lump sum Of s25.-
~" towards The ameliorauon Of the conJi-
lion Of the Santiago heroes al Mont,ulf
Point Miss Gould's patriotic and oharla-
''e acts have won her a warm place IN the
1carts Of an Americans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

The scientists continue to find new and
strange things In the air. One of the lat
est discoveries reported was made recent
ly by Mr.. c. T. Brush, who told the
scientists in convention at Boston about
it the other day. 1t is a new gas, and is
said to possess remarkable heat conduc-
tivity at low pressure. Just what the gas
is good for has not yet been made clear,
but it is quite certain that before great
while 1t will be produced in Commercial
quantities" and set to turning wheels, or
doing other useful work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

Young Georgians are advised by Frank
3. Harris, formerly Of Macon,now in Daw-
son City, to give the Kiondike a wide
berth, unless they desire to work hard,
suffer much and risk getting nothing in
return. The stories which are being sent
out from that country, he says, are enor-
mousiy exaggerated. lie kept tab on one
trip of the steamer taking out miners with
gold. The published reports said there
were ten times as much of the metal on
board as actually went He thinks the out
put for the year VIII not be more than 3d.,
100000, whereas It has been variously esti-
mated by writers for newspapers that ii
viii be from 100000 to $23,O0OO0O. The Of
f1cials Mr.. Harris says are rotten" and
must be tipped before they win issue a
permit to a prospective miner. There are
some rich claims, but they have all been
taken uD.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

The expedition which Hobson is now,
upon may win him as much praise from
engineers as his Merrimac exploit did from
the multitude. Nearly every wrecker and
engineer who has seen the wreck of the
Cristobal Colon has expressed serious
doubt that she can be raised. Air bags
have never been employed in AN attenpt
TO raise such a ponderous weight as that
OF the fouudered Spanish cruiser. should
Hobson succeed in raising the Colon with
air bags aud pontoons, he will nave ac-
complished that which will give him first
rank as an engineer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

The arrival in this country of Mr..
Charles Russell, son of the lord chief JUS
tice of England, as the representative of
the Royal Ulster Yacht Club of Ireland,
for the purpose of arranging a race for
the Americas cup, revives interest in in
ternational yacht racing. There seems
to be no doubt that satisfactory arrange
ments will be made and Irishmen will
have an opportunity to try for the trophy
which Englshmen and Scotchmen have
Vainly attempted to capture. 1t is thought
the Ulster club win make no objections
to those conditions in the deed of gift
which have been objected to by the Royal
Yacht Squadron, with the result that there
has been no International race in four
years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

Porto Rico does not seem TO be so much
OF an earthly paradise as some of the
dispatches pictured it a short time ago
There is disease and death in that island
as well as in Cuba, and our troops are
suffering. There is probably no colony Of
Spain that is not a death hole. Spain
has never taken any steps to preserve the
health of her colonial subjects. on the
other hand, she has invariably made bad
natural conditions worse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

The government will not hold an auction
sale OF the merchant craft which 1t pur-
chased for auxiliary naval service during
the war. A board of officers win appraise
the vessels and they will be offered for
sale TO the highest bidder above the upset
price fixed by the appraisers There will
be something like 100 vessels to be disposed
of, including such fine craft as the con-
verted Morgan liners which cost the gov
eminent several hundred thousand dollars
each, and "a number of yachts and tugs.
At the time some of these vessels were
purchased by the government they brought
fancy prices; it remains TO be seen if
they win bring fancy" prices when the
government offers them for sale. The prob
abilities are that some contractors will
make big money at both ends, by selling
high and buying low.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

When the Savannah soldier boys come
marching home they should have as big
reception as if they had fought at Sanfi-
ago They helped 10 make the war a
short one and are no less heroes than
those who stormed El Caney and San
Jpan-which the Georgians would have
done with equal spirit and success if they
mad been assigned to the task. The re-
serves in camp were the powerful moral
factor which brought Spain to see The
hopelessnoss of her position and beg for
peace.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

It has been reported and denied that ex-
Senator John Sherman may be the Re
publican candidate for Governor of Ohio
in the next election. However that may
be, the ex-senator has been making some
speeches lately Which go a long way to-
wards disproving the assertion frequent
~ heard a short while ago, that he was
rapidly dropping into mental decay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

Spain is debating with herself whether
she might not get a keen revenge upon
as by dumping all of her colonies in our
lap, and then standing off and watching
our attempts to hold them. 1t is very
hard for Spain to conceive that We do
not go about things as she does, and that
If we should attempt to govern the Philip
pines we would do it just as neatly as we
licked her. spein is old, but what she has
to learn is a plenty
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

It is reported that the Prince of Wales
will come to America for the prospective
International yacht race, that he Will
travel incognito, that every precaution will
be taken to keep his identity concealed
and that he will be known as the Earl Of
Chester. After this last item of informa-
tion il would. of course. be a discourtesy
for anybody 10 guess that the Earl of
Chester was really the prince.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

The textile manufacturers have devised
a, new scheme whereby women may dem
onstrate their patriotism. During the fall
there will be on the dress goods and rib
bon counters numerous articles in battle
drab" which Is the color of the warships
1t is lead color. OF the shade of new
piece of lead pipe, which may be seen at
the plumbers shop. II is said to wear
well
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

The pension lists now contain more
than one million names. To be exact at
the close Of the last fiscal year The excess
was D2's. More names were put on The
rolls last year than during any twelve
months between 1860 ana 1850 The prob.
abilities are chat tho high water mark of
pension payments viii not be reached for
several yeaI5 ycG
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

Some of the cotton mills at FAN River
have closed their doors, and it is reported
that others viii follow their example Cot
ton manufacturing in New England these
days seems 10 be pretty much of an open
and-shut game.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
Ask the Men.
From the Atlanta Journal Dem).

What do the Georgia volunteers want
anyway? one day We hear that they are
disappointed and indignant at the pros
pcct of being mustered out. The next
day we are told that they are praying TO
get out of the army. since. there IL no
more lighting TO be done. Such q direct
conflict OF testimony is seldom heard.
How would it 30 TO poll the three Geor-
gia regiments on tie question:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
A ComnInint of POLITICIANS.
From the Chicago Times-Herald Qnd)

Nostalgia Is the medical name for the
new disease of homesckness, or lone
someness. This is the disease that threat
ems the politicians who wanted to make
party issues out of the war
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
Two of n Kind.
Memphis commercial-Appeai (Dem.)

Just why Uncle Sam should pay off the
Cuban insurgents is one of those ques-
lions which range alongside the proposition
to pension a negro for being a negro dur
ing the war of secession.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

Why should not Spain regard her Cam
ara with as much affection as we do our
Dewey? He also went through the war
without the loss of either a ship or
man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

Ex-Judge Tom" Mackey of South Car
olina is now experiencing the difficulties
which almost invariably overtake the man
who has more wives than the law allows.
IL is worth while remembering that while
the ex-iudge is a South Carolinian by
birth, he was never identified with the
best interests of that state, and became
conspicuous only by reason of his mis-
takes and shortcomings. He was a judge
of the State Supreme Court by the grace
Of Federal bayonets and a carpet-bag leg
stature in the days when Frank Moses.
Woodruff. Sawyer and other men of their
ilk misgoverned the unfortunate Palmetto
state. Mackey has not lived in South
Carolina for many years, and his way
wardness In his old age--he is 70, instead
of 60. as the New York papers have it,
can ID no way reflect upon South Caro-
lima.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

The church question in the West Indies
is already In the way TO settlement. As
soon as the bishops are selected by the
church without nomination by the state,
as in this country, the problem has been
solved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
CURRENT COMMENT.
Another Dewey Triumph.
rom the Richmond Dispatch (Dem.).

Dewey's triumphs have been negative
as well as positive. His failure to lengthen
the pension list is not the least thing for
which the American people hold him in
regard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
A Campaign of Education.

The Middle -of-the- Road Populists must
have a great deal of confidence in the
principles in which they profess to believe
or they would hardly begin their cam
paign two years before the election. 1t
must be that or else they hope to compel
the fusion Populists to come into THEN
organization. II may be that they are
ambitious enough to think that the Demo-
cratic organization will make overtures
to them
They are going to meet early in Septem-
her at Cincinnati to nominate candidates
for President and Vice President. Their
candidates will be submitted to the Popu-
lists of all the states for approval
or disapproval. In the interval between
the nominating of their candidates ard
the meeting of their national convention
they will conduct a campaign OF educa-
ton. No doubt they are encouraged by
the hope that they will make such prog
ress that they will elect the next Presi-
dent
The Populist party reached the zenith
of its power several years ago. 1t will never
poll as many votes again as 1t did in 1892.
It's fusion with the Democratic party in
1896 was the beginning of ats disintegra-
ton. 1t may make some noise during the
next two years, but it win not succeed
in making anybody outside of its ranks
think it amounts to anything.
There are politicians who for reasons
of their own will do all they can to keep
1T alive, but they will not succeed in max
ing it power in the world of politics.
The proceedings of the Cincinnati meet
ing will, of course, be watched with some
interest, but they will not cause the great
political parties any uneasiness. 1t Is
pretty safe to predict that the Democratic
party will never again seek fusion with
the Populist organization. AS a matter
of fact, a very large percentage of those
who We're Populsts in 1892 and 1896 are
now in the Democratic party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
The church in the Islands.

From the Birmingham News peml.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

settled for some time to come by the con-
struction of the new reservoirs, upon
which work has just begun at Staines.
says the New York Evening Post The
latest royal commission upon the metro
politan water supply proposed that all the
London water companies should combine
and construct, near Staines a series of
reservoirs as required from time to time,
in which the clean waters of subsidihg
flood should be impounded and stored
against periods of drought Unfortunately
it was not found possible to secure the
adhesion of all the companies to a joint
scheme. In these circumstances three of
the companies resolved to undertake the
project themselves, with certain modifica-
tons. The reservoirs themselves are a
short distance to the east of Staines and
viii form a lake about one and one-quar-
ter miles in length by five-eighths Of "A
mile in width at the northern end, and
nearly a mile al the southern. Their con-
tents as authorized by the act Of 1896
was $500 100000 gallons but the joint com
panies, seeing the way to increase their
size at a moderate cost, and considering
that an extension would be in the interest
of the consumer, and an additional afe-
guard to the Thames in times of drought.
are asking the permission of Parliament
% increase their capacity to $500, 900 900
gallons. The entertainments will be from
twenty-one feet to thirty-6ve feet high
the slopes being three TO one inside and
two to one outside the reservoirs. They
will be formed entirely OF material eXea-
waited from the interior, and in the CEN
ter OF each will be constructed "A puddle
wall six feet thick at the top. seven feet
a the ground level and tapering 70 five
feet at the point where it joins the Lon
don clay, into which IL viii be securely
toothed In order to resist the action of
any waves that may arise on 80 large a
sheet of water. the inside slopes are TO be
lined with concrete Ave inches thick for a
depth Of fifteen feet.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-06-28

Chamberlain's Pain Balm has
no equal as a household liniment.
1t is the best remedy known for
rheumatism, lame back neuralgia;
while for sprains, cuts, bruises,
burns, scalds and sore throat, it is
invaluable. Wertz d Pike, mer-
chants, Fernandina, Fla, write:
Everyone who buys a bottle of
Chamberlain's Remedies, comes
back and say it is the best medi-
cine he has ever used" so cents
per bottle by all dealers. Benson,
Smith Co., General Agents.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-06-28
MANILA MAY HAVE FALLEN.
Believed Dewey Reached nm Under
standing with the Insurgents.

Believed Dewey Reached an Under
standing with the Insurgents.
Washington, June 17.-Dewey's
report of June II from Cavite
was food for a good deal of dis
cussion today at the Navy Depart
ment. Taken in connection with
the press reports it would seem to
indicate that Manila probably has
fallen by this time. One phrase
used by the admiral, "that they do
not intend to take the city at the
present time" warrants the belief
that he has reached a perfect un-
Outstanding with the insurgent
leader, and that the town is not to
be attacked until the American
troops arrive. For some reasons
it is extremely desirable that such
should be the case, and that
Dewey should receive the sur
render of the town in person
rather than force the Spaniards to
surrender to insurgents and there
by afford possible pretext for the
interference of some of the Euro =
peans powers, whose ships are
gathering in suspiciously large
numbers in Manila Bay.