davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
The Esterhnny Court Martial.


II is greatly 10 be regretted that the
trial Of Count Esterhazy is not to be con-
Quoted with open doors. At the beginning
of the trial, as stated in our dispatches
yesterday. 1t was decided to admit the
public until the disclosures might seem
to prejudice the national defense. The
court very soon reached point In the
proceedings where it was thought advis-
able to shut out the public.
The trial of Count Esterhazy, who is a
major in the French army, was decided
upon to quiet the wide spread reports that
Capt. Dreyfus of the French army. who
is now serving a life sentence on barren
island for treason, is, in fact, guiltless OF
any wrong doing, but is the victim of a
conspiracy, the chief conspirator being
Count Esterhazy. The trial of Capt. Drey-
fus was a secret one, and nobody knows,
except those who took part in his trial,
exactly how strong the testimony was,
though there have been statements pub
lished alleged to contain the substance of
the testimony against him. 1t would have
been much better from almost any point
the court in the Esterhazy case is making
similar mistake to that made in the
Dreyfus case-the mistake of conducting
the trial in secret.
If what has appeared in the public prints
as the substance Of the testimony against
Capt. Dreyfus is true, he was convicted
upon evidence which would be considered
inadequate by any civil court in the civil
lied world. The strongest part Of the evil
dence was letter, said TO have been writ
ten by Capt. Dreyfus. He denied writing
the letter or having any connection what
ever with st., and two of the five experts
in handwriting who were examined by the
court declared that the letter had not been
written by him. Under the circumstances,
the wonder is how the court could have
condemned him
There are some facts which seem to in
dictate that Count Esterhazy and not Capt.
Dreyfus. is the guilty party. If Count Es-
terhazy should be acquitted the rumors
that Capt. Dreyfus was sacrificed by the
government would not cease. There would
be all sorts of stories as to what the evil
dence against Count Esterhazy was, and
the question would be raised as to whether
he was or was not acquitted in the face of
evidence which pointed to his guilt.
The only way to put a stop to the ru-
mors that Capt. Dreyfus was illegally con-
victed is TO have Count Esterhazy tried
publicly A secret trial will have little or
no effect in putting a stop TO the ugly ru-
mors which have been annoying the gov
eminent ever since Capt. Dreyfus was
convicted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

= REPRESENTATIVE Jones Of Washington is
gong % introduce into the House a bill
providing for the registration Of The green
hacas and other paper money. There is
az present no efficient system Of keeping
tra,A of the bills outstanding in the cir
cuiation and there is no data upon which
10 ealculale the probabilities of amounts
81 money lost through burning ana other
doNaH az Destruction While Mr.. Jones is
81 IS Ne should insert a paragraph In his
hil providing chat no secondhand paper
mooney "a any sort shan be paid out from
tae treasury; that Whenever paper money
comes INTO the treasury every bin Of It
snaii DE destroyed and new bills of SINH
lar aenemination and kind shall be sub
sutute4- Hy this means, keeping track OF
the paper circulation would be simpHaed
cna 1Ae people would be relieved Of the
iilt41 paper money which they now nave
. h4adie.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

Except as a base for a possible war,
operations for territory would be a dis
advantage because it would involve re-
sponsibility and expense in money and
men," said Mr.. Balfour, of the British
cabinet, in the course of a speech a day
or two ago. If that is true of England,
how much more true is it of the United
States? England may need outlying ter
ritory, since she is almost always under
the necessity of taking precautions against
the possibility of war; but the splendid
isolation" of the United States removes
them from the range of probabilities OF
war. We do not need new territory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
Battles Between Great Powers.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.).

The comparison of a war between Eng
land and Germany to a combat between a
whale and an elephant is trite, but those
who are discussing the prospect of war
between Germany and the United States
overlook the obvious fact that it would be
much like a fight between two elephants
across an impossible barrier. Neither ma
ton can attack the other until it has many
more ships than either now possesses.
There is very little danger of our coming
10 blows with Germany in this century,
at least.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
Currency reform in Congress.

The bill likely to be reported from the
committee on banking and currency will
repeat, it is believed, the features of the
monetary commissions bill. with certain
notifications suggested by the Gage bill
and by Chairman Walker, Representative
Fowler and others. The commissions bill
is criticised in some quarters in respect to
its alleged ineffective provisions for the
redemption of notes and by reason of its
omission to provide for the issue of notes
by state banks. Liberal treatment of state
banks would do much it is held, to win ia
vor for a reform bill in the South and
West
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY u, $685.

The Governor Of South Carolina says
In his message TO the legislature that the
royalty of % cents per ton on phosphate
rock, which is now paid to the state by
the mining companies, is little enough,
and that rather than make further con-
cessions, ut would be better if mining
operations on the state's rights be dis
continued" Owing to the low prices of
phosphate rock, and the royalties charg-
ed by the state. several of the big phos-
phate mining companies of South Carolina
have lately been forced to the wall, throw
ing thousands of working people out of
employment Should other suspensions
follow, owing to the states refusal to re-
duce the royalty, or remove it altogether,
other thousands of working people would
find themselves deprived of means of
making living. The time does not ap-
pear TO be yet anywhere near in sight
when the stoppage OF the South Carolina
mines for a time would so reduce the
worlds supply of fertilizers that the price
would bound up to the point where heavy
bounties could be paid the state and still
leave a comfortable margin of profit for
the mining companies
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Offer Came TOO Late.
From the Nashville American Dem.

If Spain had been so sensible and so
generous as to grant Cuba the kind Of au-
tonomy possessed by the British colonies,
the revolution and all the consequent trou-
BILE and expense would have been avoided.
1t is too late to offer autonomy now. The
offer can have no effect in pacifying the
island and then the kind of autonomy of
fered is a counterfeit article and not such
as to Justify the name.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

A Philadelphia newspaper expresses the
opinion that the South ought to be the
last section of the country to take any
stock in the fallacy of greenbacksm, re-
Wondering the issue and the worth of
Confederate money. It has been a long
time since Confederate money was in cir
culat&on in the South. Many of those
who are now voters were not born at the
time when it took $1,000 of Confederate
money to buy a pair of boots, and $lOO
Of the currency would not buy a bait of
oats for a horse. sul, the memory of
those days is green in the minds OF the
older inhabitants, and the probabilities
are that ereenbackism will not gain much
of a foothold in this section.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
Opportunity for an Experiment..
From the Chicago Chronicle Dem.).

Populism is nothing if not experimental
and there should be no serious obstacles to
keep the Kansas populists from accepting
the proposition of the Santa Fe Railroad
to lease a train to the Popuist party. The
Santa Fe's offer is really a good thing for
the entire country, and the Kansas Pop
ulists will stultfy themselves if they now
attempt to squirm out OF the opportunity
which their own clamoring has brought
within their reach.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting Oglethorpe Lodge No. Il, The
National Fraternity.
Special Notices Kennedy's Famous
Crackers; Notice. jackson, OGetzger & Co.;
stocks and Bonds for Sale Guerard &
Demere. Dayton Road Racer for 1898, Etc,
r. ID. & VIM. baltimore; Removal D.
Nraus.
Auction sale-Pants Furniture, Etc,
by /. ID. I4aRoche, Auetioneer.
Sale Of Trousers at The Big store-B. H.
levy & Bro.
COOK on a Gas Range-Mutual Gas Light
Company
Legal Notices-Appleatio for Leave to
Sell Real Estate of James Mercherson,
Deceased; suit on Account.
Legal Receivers Sale of Furniture
Business Of Bradley, Mercer & Co, c. f.
Law. Receiver,
Steamship schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company
See Our Special ABB. II. Levy & Bro.
-Terraline; Lydia Pinkham's
Vegetable Pills; Munyon's Cold Cure;
Cuiieura Remedies; DR.. Charcots Kola
Nervine Tablets; Hoods Pills! SCOTS
Emulsion. S. S. S.
Cheap Column Advertisements-H Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
Ter Sale; Lost; PERSONAL; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

Sure to Succeed.-"She is the most in
nocent young woman ever saw" re-
marked Willie Washington. II can't get
her to talk without reserve, no matter
how | try"
ooh, no. There is one way that
haven't tried. / am going to arrange 10
have her play whist. Washington STAR
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

An incident recalling Mark Twains
story of the million-pound bank note oc-
Cured in Chicago the other fight. A
stranger named Van Blatt showed up in
that city with s110 a $40 bill and a $10O
bill. He soon spent the $40, but when he
attempted to break the other bill he found
himself in trouble. The natives looked
with suspicion upon any stranger having
in his possession a bill of such size. He
tried to buy something TO eat but Meth
er hotels nor restaurants would change
the bill. He tried cigar stands fruit
stands, saloons and every store open at
that hour of the night, with no better
luck. The hotels refused to take him in,
regarding him as a suspicious character,
and the police declined to assist him. The
outcome was that he had to sleep on the
floor of a station house, Notwithstanding
he desired a room in a first-class hotel,
and had the money to pay for it. The
following day, however, bank changed
his bill for him, and he began to live
again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
HOUSEKEEPING LINENS

HOGAN Linens are good linens. This
is not alone our say so. but the years Of
splendid service obtainable from the lin
ems bought here demonstrates this fact.
For this week we make very special Of
fers in the Linen Department. It Will
pay you to buy linen now. 1t will never
De cheaper, and you cannot get anything
better.
One lot Bleached Table Damask All
Linen SOC yard
One lot Cream Loom Damask, all pure
linen, 42c yard; value 55c.
oBleached Satin Finished Damask, p
inches. 92c yard; former price $1.15.
100 dozen Dinner Napkins s1.s5 dozerS
value $2.25.
70 dozen Medium Size Napkins, fast
edges, $12O dozen; value $1.5O
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

Gen. Mics thinks foreign wars are
rather good things in their way. He
believes they strengthen and put back
bone into a people. Foreign wars create
feeling of national pride and patriot.
ism" says he. The average American
does not need a fight to make him love
his country. one reason why he thinks
so well OF it is that he is not called upon
20 fight for it at every whip-stitch
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

Virginia is to have a new crop of colo
ncls. Former Gov O'Farrell was forced
to get along with staff of only seven
coonels, but the legislature has been lib
eral enough 10 give Gov. Tyler eleven
more making the new governors STAFF
number eighteen. To fill these eighteen
places, Gov. Tyler has an army of l25 ap-
plicants 20 select from. The Office of the
Virginia colonel, it will be borne in mind,
IS merely ornamental The Governor real
" has no more use for his staff colonies
than Chicago alderman has for a pri-
Eate secretary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

The MORNING NEWS is published
every day in the gear. and is served TO
fasbscr.bors in the city. OF. sent by mail
al 500 a month, 500 Tor six months, and
$500 fog one year.
Ghe MORNING NEWS, by mail, six
sisnes a week without Sunday issue)'
three months. $40. six months. Sl.o0, one
yesr ys.o0.
rhe WEEKLY NEWS. ? issues week
Monday and Thursday. BY mail, one year,
$40.
subscriptions payable in advance. Re
NIT by postal order. check or registered
letter. Currency sent by mail a! risk OF
eeuders.
Transient advertisements. other than
special column, local or reading notices.
amusement and cheap or want column, 10
cents a lice. Fourteen lines of agate type
equal to one inch square in DEPTHS
the standard Of measurement. Contract
rates and discounts made known on ap-
piicaton at business Office.
orders for delivery of the MORNING
NEWS to either residence or place Of bust
ness may be made by postal card or
through telephone No, 30. Any irregu-
Iarity in delivery should be Immediately
reported to the olice of publication.
Letters and kilograms should be ad-
dressed "MORNING NEWS" Savannah,
ca.
EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Row, New
York City. c. s. Faulkner. Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

Judge Ciober makes a very line talk in
the interest Of the purity of politics. He
Nonld like 20 have The heelers and bribers
~ his circuit indicted and sent to jail.
ana Judse Gober is right. Meantime,
Wnen il comes TO the diplomacy Of poll
ties, The fine wire-pulling in which those
reprehensible practices which Judge Co
ber denounces have no part whatever,
chs judge himself is an expert Of the
eSperts. II the dirty work Of politics
We're removed. the masters Of the art of
thc game might play it as masters play
chess The judge would probably like
iAat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

The Princeton University authorities
some time ago issued an order forbid
ding The students from "frequendng'' the
now famous grill room of the Princeton
Inn. Il is said the boys are obeying the
order, buf they are not staying away.
They merely drop in" occasionally, which
is different from ''frequenung" the place.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

The free excursion season in Ohio is
81 fun blast. The Hanna and anti-Hanna
politicians are paying the railroad fare
~ everybody in the state who desires 10
visit the capital. the only requirement.
being that the excursionists shall shout
On The right side. Each side is after
'.vindication," and is willing to pay for it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

There is money in mirth-sometimes
May Irwin, the commedienne. discovered
one of the times, and has made the most
sof It. she has just paid SS5 900 for some
New York real estate. The sum repre-
SCENTS her savings from her earnings on
the stage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

1t would not take a great deal in the
way of revising the civil service law to
please Postmaster General Gary; he does
not want much, only that pretty nearly
the whole slate shall be wiped off and
given to him to fill up again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

a'or the first time in its history, the
legislature Of Delaware met yesterday
Without possessing the power to grant di-
Norces. The new constitution Of the state.
promulgated last June, takes away the
divorce privilege from the legislature. To-
wards The close of the last session of the
legislature, in May, 1897. eight divorce bills
were passed IN twelve minutes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

Mr.. Hanna seems to have arrived" in
Ohio with both feet He expressed con-
ndence all along that he would get there
in good shape, at the proper moment
was it the case that Mr. Hanna had a
bari and knew precisely when to open il?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
Our
Embroidery
Display

Is as usual right up to the mark, and wa
can truly say the display this season
surpasses anything we have heretofore
made. Our lines cover all the MANY va
rieties of NAINSOOK and CAMBRIA
EMBROIDERIES. dainty and elegant as
the most critical could desire. The prices
have been made very low quality and ex-
quisite finish considered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

There is one thing / like about vol
canoes" remarked the quiet man; when
they smoke they don't use cigarettes. -
Boston Transcript.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
No MoRNlNG NEWS is pubushed

Sisesissered at the postothce in Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12
TOWELS

Here is just what you want. Towels
that take up water like a water spout
Towels that give a glow to the body like
the sunset. Towels cheap. Towels in
quality indispensable and at prices be-
low the usual.
50 dozen Huck Towels. pure linen, $1.121s
dozen; actual value $1.50.
100 dozen Hemmed Huck Towels 15c
each; regular price &c.
70 dozen Damask Towels, knotty fringes,
fancy borders, 2Sc each; worth 35c.
50 dozen Hemstitched Huck Towels ex-
ira large sizes, Csc; regular price 39c.
Special lot Glass Linen Sc, 1Oc and 12l2c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-12

wHDsrsDAY, JANUARY Y, isos.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-13
FOR WAR PURPOSES.

Washington, April 13.--The RepubiI-
can members of the ways and means
committee have agreed upon plan for
raising revenue in case OF need to carry
on war with Spain. The plan will raise
more than 500, ,000. 900 additional revenue
annually. and II thus distributes: Al
additional tax on beer or 81 per barrel,
estimated to yield $S5,000,000; a bank
stamp tax on the lines OF the law OF
1866. estimated to yield $50. 1000 900; duty
Of cents per pound on coffee and 10
cents per pound on tea and like amount
OF internal tax on stocks of coffee and
tea on hand in the United States, esti-
mated to yield $2s. 900. 600; additional tax
on tobacco. expected to yield $4,000. 900.
The committee also agreed TO authorize
the issuing of $500, ,000, 900 bonds. These
bonds are to be offered for sale at all
poEtofiices In the United States In
amounts OF $50 each. making a great
popular loan TO be absorbed by the peo-
pie.
To tide over emergencies. the secretary
Of the treasury Will be authorized To
issue treasury certificates. These cer-
tificates or debentures are to be used to
pay running expenses when the revenues
do not meet the expenditures. These
preparations are distinctly war meas
ures and would be put in operation only
should war occur.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-13
HARPING ON OLD STRING.

Havana. April 13.--The Lucha. In an
editorial entitled. False and Convenient
Reasoning" says: president McKin-
ley's message lis a step behind what had
been announced. 1t is with the United
States as with all other nations when
anxious to get new territory America
begins on humanitarian grounds. The
references TO the Maine--the second fea-
ture OF interest--lose their value TO Spain
because Of the falsehood upon which
they are based; nor do they set out the
same theories which the court OF in
uuiry did. The people OF the United
States can easily ascertain that the
cause OF the disaster was a neglect Of
duty. Ne government can guarantee
the safety OF ship whose officers are
not on board. as was the case at the time
OF the Maine explosion. and was the
reason why nearly all the officers es-
capped"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-13
GREETED LIKE A HERO.

Washington. April 13.-when General
Lee stepped from the train yesterday
afternoon he was greeted with q tre-
mendous outDurst OF applause. Women
waved their handkerchiefs and men
their hats, and altogether the demon
stration was notable one Washington
crowds as a rule are not demonstrative.
but this occasion was conspicuous ex-
ception. One OF the ladies presented
him bouquet of roses tied together
by ribbon of the national colors and
bearing tiny Confederate battle flag.
Immediately the crowd began to cheer,
and round after round of applause
greeted him as he walked slowly and un-
covered down the long platform of the
station. General Lee entered a state
department carriage and was rapidly
driven up the avenue to the state de-
partment
AS the elevator came to a stop and the
consul general stepped out a scene oc-
yurred unprecedented In the history Of
the great building Hat In hand, Cen
cral Lee passed into the corridor, and
someone said: "Now, boys" and three
rousins cheers went echoing down the
long halls. Then there was another out
burst, and people poured forth from
every room. After n fcw minutes the
consul general. Secretary Sherman and
Assistant Secretary Day entered car
rlage and were quickly driven to the
White House. General Lee getting an
other ovation on his way over.
The party was shown at once TO the
library. where the chief executive ac-
corded hearty reception TO the general.
After being with the president fully an
hour Judge Day and General Lee took
their departure. the latter going TO his
hotel As their carriage was being
driven away somvone fastened a Cuban
ras to the front of the vehicle. ami this
was the cause OF additional enthusiasm.
The night demonstration was almost
as quick and unprecedented as that
which had greeted General Lee at the
derot and state department. The
United states marine band had been 90
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-13
CLAMoRED FOR WAR

New York, April 13.-The steamer Uto
has brought seven refugees from Span
ish persecution at Matanzas. They are
Charles Rodriguez and family, and John
Clark. an American boy. Mr.. Rodriguez
was at one time man of considerable
wealth. but was obliged to abandon
everything in order to save his family,
The crew of the Uto say that all was in
confusion at Matanzas The people were
greatly excited and the Spaniards were
loudly claAaoring for war with the United
States.
On the Herman Wedel Jarlsberg were
United States Consul Brice and his staff
and their families. Consul BSice said
that for three days before leaving Ma
tanzas the people threatened his life.
and at all times his property was in dan
ger. His secretary. Frederick Delgado
was obliged to flee for his life, as they
threatened to drag him through the
streets.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-13
WE'RE NEWS HUNGRY.

New York, April ia letter from
Hong Kong says: 1t is now Just a
month since the terrible explosion which
wrecked the Maine, and yet officers Of
the United States warships here have
none but the most meager general news
of the sad event. Unable to stand the
strain Of uncertainty any longer. about
week since the officers and men made
up purse and cabled home for some
news. The reply Informed She Ameri-
cans that great excitement prevailed;
sinking OF Maine suspected not acci-
dental; war preparations active; COM
mission inquiring into matter" and gave
the names OF officers who lost their lives.
That Is the sum total of the information
feceived to date. and yet the United
States squadron is kept in readiness to
move at "a few hours notice.