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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The warmest, most appreciative tribute
that has recently been paid to the memory
and character of Robert e. Lee came from
e. Benjamin Andrews. president of Brown
University of Rhode Island, In an Grafton
In the Central Music Hall, Chicago two
or three months ago. Mr.. Andrews was
born in New Hampshire, fought with the
First Connecticut Heavy Artillery in the
war, and has lived and labored most of
his life in New Hampshire, Ohio and
Rhode Island. The tribute he pays Lee
therefore, comes from an appreciation of
merit, and not from the sectional feeling
which might be charged If he were a
Southern man. In the course Of his ora
ton, President Andrews said of Lee:
"He had the faith of the crusader; his
letters would make a guide to holiness. He
was always soldier-never impure in
thought or act, never profane or obscene.
lie did not touch the cup.
He was never outgeneralled by Grant
In all the campaign from the Rappahan-
mock TO James river, never trapped and
never caught mapping. l fail to find in the
books any such masterful generalship as
this hero showed, holding that slim gray
line, half-starved, with no prospect of
additions and fighting when his army was
too hungry 10 stand and the rifles were
only useful as clubs. His courage was
sublime. He was as great as Gustavus
Adolphus, or Napoleon, or Wellington, or
Won Motke.
Lee successfully defeated. outgeneral-
ed and routed the best generals that Wash
ington could send against him, and it was
not until the immortal Grant, with the fin
est army of veterans that the world has
ever seen, took the field against him that
Lees marvellous accomplishments received
check. Even against Grant, Lee fought
as probably no other general ever fought,
and against odds that would have driven
Napoleon TO despair.
1T was a great death struggle when
Grant faced Lee and Lee then knew that
his was hopeless struggle. He kept that
thin, gray line of ragged, hungry men,
growing thinner and hungrier each day.
together. His courage, his wonderful pres
ense and strong personality kept that lit
tie band of tattered and emaciated men in
battle array, and fought to the last ditch.
surrendered only when he realized chat
it would be murder to keep up the
struggle
This is the mantle hero-whose memory
is honored in the South to-day What
splendid figure he is in American history!
Even those who fought on the other side,
against him, acknowledge his towering ee-
MUS his sublime courage and his gentle
manhood. He is at once landmark and
a beacon to rising generations of Ameri-
cans, and hallowed memory to the now
decimated survivors of those thin grey
lines of ragged, hungry men" which fol-
lowed him with cheers into the jaws Of
death and the seething hell of war.
AS a soldier, Lees glory grows bright
er as the years recede and unprejudiced
history reveals to the unprejudiced mind
the magnitude of his achievements. As a
man, he has been, and win be, a model
10 which parents viii point their sons,
and bid them try to reach that hight. As
a soldier and a man, the South reveres his
memory, and in honoring it honors herself.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Confedera Veterans Asso-
citation; Georgia Chapter No 3, r. A. NJ;
Lafayette McLaws' Camp, U. c. ", No.
$685.
Military Orders-Orders No. 2, Savannah
Volunteer Guards; Orders No. 5, Georgia
Hussars; Orders, Third Division, Naval
Battalion, Georgia Volunteers; Orders
No. /, Lawton Cadets.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, Georgia Elk
port and Import Company; E. & WLaun-
dry; Wheel on Towards Headquarters, T. A.
Bryson, Columbia Agent; Dividend Notice,
Savannah Gas Light Company; A Bargain
Hunters Feast, at Falk Clothing Compa-
ny; Very Choice Bicycles at R. d. & VIM.
Lattinore's Hardware and Stove Store
Business Notices-Girl From Paris CT
gar.
Stylish Hats-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Portland Cement-C. NJ. Gilbert & Co.,
Importers.
Railroad schedule-Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad.
"A Gas Range-Mutual Gas Light Com
pany.
Hotels-Hotels of the Florida East Coast
System.
Dyes-Diamond Dyes.
Cottolene-N. X. Fairbanks Company.
MISUNDERSTANDING Pills; Terraline; Gu
tEcura Remedies; SCOTS Emulsion; Baco-
euro; Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Pills;
Munyon's Cold Cure; Hoods Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale. asf. Paurard. parsopal. NT;scaI
laneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
Personal.

The London Gazette announces the
naturalization Of Prof. Hubert Herkomer,
r. A, and Alma Tadema, r. A. Incident
ally, it says that Herkomer's nationality
is unknown. Alma Tadema was born at
Dronrpy, Holland, and Hubert Herkomer
according to books of reference, was born
at Waal, Bavaria, May &c, 1919.
Fred Bird of Quitman, Kan, has
brought suit against James Glover of the
same town for 5000 damages. Bird al
leges that in a public place, with crowds
to see and multitudes to laugh, Glover did
with intention and malice aforethought
pull chair from under him as he was
about to sit down. The joke resulted in
a broken leg and Bird wants pay for the
leg.
Sir Benjamin Stone has been showing
to the photographers at the London Ca
mera Club the value of a connected Sc
ries of photographs and of method in
their selection. He has made a special
study of gravestones, and has traced the
prehistoric eromlech step by step down to
the box tomb of our own times. He also
considers that in the line which sur
rounds the Runic characters on Scandina-
Wan burial stones he has discovered the
origin of the Irish snake ornament.
The University of Jena has conferred
the doctors degree on Pater Leontius
Alishan, an eminent Armenian scholar,
who is also popular among his country
men as a poet He is n years old. One
of his former friends was Alexander Won
Humboldt, who wished TO introduce him
to King Frederick William ", but the
bashfui Armenian's courage forsook him.
and he begged to be excused He has
written number of descriptive books on
Armenia, and has translated many Euro
pean books into his own tongue.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
BRIGHT BITS.

AN expensive hat? 1 should say sol!
everybody pities my husband. ''-Fliegeude
Batter.
A Domestic Convenience.-"say that
luminous paint is great what do YOU
use it for?" I'VE paint the baby. so
we can give him a drink at night without
lighting the gas.'-Chicago Record.
What are you going TO be when YOU
grow up, Tommy" asked Uncle Bob.
Mamma says it looks very much as if I
was going to be a giant" said the little
fellow, glancing down at his half-outgrown
trousers and coat.-Harper's Bazaar.
THE further north you CO." remarked
the returned Klondiker, the more gold
there seems to be-"
That's what disgusts me with these
North Polar expeditions" replied the free
silverite. I'm willing to bet the North
Pole itself is nothing but a single gold
standard. Chicago Tribune.
What Is the first duty of a war cor
respondent" asked the managing editor
of one of the new" journals.
ITO have his picture taken showing how
he looks when equipped for his work in the
field" The answer was so satisfactory
that the only question that remained to be
answered was whether he should be sent
to Cuba or to China.-Chicago Evening
Post.
That young man of yours" said the
observing parent, as his daughter came
down to breakfast, SHOULD apply for a
job in a dime museum"
why, father" exclaimed the young lady
in tones of Indignation, what do you
mean?"
Il noticed when I passed through the
hall last night" answered the old man,
that he had two heads upon his Shout
rs."-Chicago News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
Annexation and the Navy.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.)

Not enough stress is being laid upon the
obvious point that, il we annex Hawaii
we shall need much larger navy. Here
tofore our International policy, as inspir-
ed by the Monroe doctrine, has been de-
fensiVe; we have asked only to be let alone
and we have been able to defend our terri
tory by shore batteries which are at once
safer and much less expensive than bat
tleships; but il we annex Hawaii we must
have ships 10 defend it, and our naval
armament must be greatly increased
that, too at a time when the progress of
naval improvement is so rapid that the
costly creations Of decade ago are the
discarded hulks Of to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
Cowboy Song,
with apologies to Bayard Taylor's Be-
dOuin)


with apologies to Bayard Taylor's Be-
douin)
From the Denver Evening Post.
From the ranges I come to thee
On bronco of fractions birth
And gale couldn't pace with me
AS his hoofs beat the sanded earth,
Under thy window l stand,
And this the song on my lip:
Il love thee, my Sally Ann,
With love that will hold it's grip
Till the sun grows cold,
And the stars are old,
And the leaves of the judgement book
unfold
Look from thy window and see
The alkali dust on my clothes.
All caught in my flight to thee
From the range where the calflet grows.
Let the night winds kiss your brow,
And with your red tresses play,
AS 1 sing you a tuneful vow
OF a love that has come to stay
Till the sun grows cold,
And the stars are old,
And the leaves of the judgment book
unfold.
My bronco was hther driven
BY the fever that burns In nv breast.
BY the yearns of a heart so riven
That it seems to spill from it's nest.
Then slide from your bunk, my Sal.
And flee to my arms with a bound.
And my kisses the tale will tell
OF a love that will stand IT'S eround
Till the sun grows cold,
And the stars are old,
And the leaves of the judgment book
unfold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The Henderson bankruptcy bill, which
is practically the same as the Torrev
bankruptcy bill, will probably be taken
up by the House for discussion at an ear
ly day. 1t has already been reported from
the judiciary committee and the chances
are said to be that it will pass the House
with but slight amendment, if 1t should
be amended at all. on the other hand
It is not believed that the Nelson bill
which is merely voluntary bankruptcy
measure, could pass the House. even If
it were to get through the Senate by
combination.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

1t appears that Miss Henriette Lynde
Farnsworth of Detroit, Mich, is trying
to form a circle of royal aristocrats in
this country. She says there are many
persons in this country who can trace
their ancestry back to kings. She is. her
self, a descendant Of Alfred the Great
she says, and she knows of other people
who If they cannot trace the family his
tory back to the primordeal protoplasm,
are at least able TO run it back to some
convenient king or other, It is her pur-
pose to form all of these people in the
United States into society to be known
as the "Order Of the Crown" ANY per-
son who can show a king on his or her
string Of ancestors will be eligible to
membership. This is distinctly king
high affair, and pairs or three-of-a-kind
OF jacks will be no good.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
DingIeyism in New England.
From the Pittsburg Post Dem.).

Here are two direct results Of the
Dingley tariff so far as the cotton industry
is concerned: First, a greatly reduced
foreign demand for American cotton man
ufacturers, followed by, second stagna-
ton in the cotton trade, an over-supply,
and no market, resulting in a cut in wages
and a strike of 100000 workmen seriously
affecting the trade and business of an am
portant section of the union.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

It begins to look as If the French gov
eminent would have to release Capt
Dreyfus, upon one preteXt or another
whether it wants to do so or not. The 9g-
itation has gone to such a length that
probably nothing short of the imprison-
ed mans liberation would serve to check
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
MckinIcy's FOrIOrn Hope.
From the New York Times (Dem).

If President Mckinley is waiting for
something to turn up in India in order
to renew his now futile negotiations for
international bimetaliism. he might as well
give it up. Nothing will happen there in
his favor before the Greek Kalends," and
as Judge Day can tell hlm-there were
no kalends in Greek chronology
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

Same day ago several northern papers
printed highly sensational stories with
elaborate details and illustrated with
graphic" pictures, telling of the slave
trade in Florida" how negro conviets
were put up at auction at West Palm
Beach and sold to the highest
bidder From time to time stories OF the
kind appear in the Northen papers, with
merely a change OF scene from one place
in the South TO another The vast ma,
Jority Of people know that the stories are
fakes; that the writer's Of them are hun
CRY penny-a-liners and that the papers
which publish them are sensation mongers
whose chief thought is to increase sales.
1hat was the character of the story from
Florida as is undoubtedly shown by a
statement from Gov. Bloxham. He says
over his signature that the story was
false in every particular" and adds:
There was not at that time a convict
within 300 miles of West Palm Beach.
and no convict has ever been auctioned
off in the state Of Florida"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The withdrawal of Mr.. Terrell from the
gubernatorial race viii put number of
very excellent Georgia gentlemen to the
trouble of picking out something else Just
as good as the Attorney Generalship
which they would like TO have at the hands
of the dear people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
CURRENT COMMENT.
To Influence Public Opinion.
From the Augusta Chronicle Dem

The newspapers can now give their IL
Illustrations of the starving victims of In
dias plague another airing, with Cuban
names attached
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

II is within the range of possibilities that
the Newman possum supper will yet pro-
duce a political nightmare.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The bulls which Gov Atkinson did not
see killed in Mexico came mighty near
breaking into his china shop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The Macon Telegraph comes to the de-
Tense of high public officials of this coun-
try attending bull fights on Sunday in
Mexico. when a man travels in a for
eign country it is supposed that he de-
sires to look into the life and customs of
the people. If he refrains from so do
ing, he wastes time and money in going
abroad says the Telegraph. According
to this idea, moral ethics are governed by
geographical lines, and one may with i'm
punity literally when in Rome do as
Rome does" In Turkey, then. the visit
ing American official would be warranted
in watching with interest the hamstring-
ing. sacking and drowning in the Bos-
phorus Of one of the Sultans recalcitrant
wives, and then going out and ENJOYING
with his majesty a wholesale butchery of
Christians; in Japan the American would
be permitted TO fiirt to his hearts content
with Mimosa San, and in various ORR
entail countries he might forget all about
the Sabbath and its observance, and with
equanimity watch such scenes as are only
whispered of behind closed doors in our
own country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The kinetoscope people win miss one of
the opportunities Of their lives If they do
not secure negatives of the Fifth district
fight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The Philadelphia youth, Henderson, who
hacked a 5-year-old child TO death and
threw the body into a creek, as told in
our dispatches, was victim of trashy
9yellow- back literature. He had been
reading blood and thunder stories of he
roes," of the class gloriied in cheap nov
els. and desired to emulate them in their
deeds of blood and death. Numerous trag-
edies have been traced to this sort Of vile
dangerous literature; still, it appears that
it IS about impossible to keep it out Of
the hands of children.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19

The Hon. James Hamilton Lewis bril-
liant whiskers, glistening patent feathers
and stentorian trousers may make an in
wiling target for shafts of newspaper wit;
nevertheless it comes into evidence from
time to time that Mr. Lewis is a man Of
much more than single idea, and that he
has clear insight into the drift of poll
tics. He is not willing to be tied to free
silver as it was preached in the late cam
paign. There are other and greater issues.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
Chandler Causes Trouble.

Some of the Republican newspapers
those which are supposed to be in close
touch with the President-are throwing
out some pretty strong hints to the effect
that Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
makes himself altogether too officious re-
speeding the policy of the President in
certain important matters. His attempt
few days ago to give the Presidents posi-
ton in respect to currency reform is ridi-
culed. 1t is claimed that the President
would not have selected Senator Chand-
Ter under any circumstances to be his
mouthpiece on the money question, know
ing, as he does, that the senator differs
from him widely on that question.
The fact seems to be that Senator
Chandler wants the country to think he
is a much greater man than he really is.
He may have the idea that there is
chance for him TO be Mr.. McKinley's
successor. 1t is certain that he is con-
tinually thrusting himself before the pub
lie in respect to some matter about which
the public does not care particularly to
hear from him.
He pretended to be alarmed lest Score
tary Gage should destroy the Republican
party with his gold standard currency re-
form plan, and he rushed to the President
to tell him that the Republican leaders
were dissatisfied with that plan and were
afraid that the Republican party would
be rent in twain if the secretary were al
lowed to continue to advocate his plan.
He says the President told him that ne
did not approve of the plan, and that he
still hoped for International bimetallism
and would send the commission to Eu-
rope again to see what could be done for
it. 1t may be that the President told him
something like the foregoing, but some
of the Republican papers don't think he
did. They are of the opinion that Sena-
tor Chandler has a too vivid Imagination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21
"srOSEWA1L" JAcxsoN,s COURIER.
Wounded sixty.seven Times and Decorated
by the Gar.
From tie Nr,O Rav,n R.Gis.,r.

From tie Nslp Rdpen Rtgist>r.
Major Lamar Fontaine. who arrived in the
city yesterday morning. is probably one OF the
most interesting veterans OF the Confederacy.
He is the only representative OF Camp Sam
Cammack of Koohoma county. Mississippi.
and during his stay in the city will be the guest
Of Capt. John Milledge on Trinity avenue.
Major Fontaine has been a soldier nearly all
his life. and the story OF his adventures in all
parts OF the world sounds like fiction.
He served in the Russian Army during the
Crimean war. and at the siege OF Sebastopol
was decorated by Gear Nicholas with the iron
cross Of honor for daring bravery during the
battle. At the time Of the memorable charge
OF the Light Brigade at Balaklava Major Fon-
tame was sixteen miles away. but could hear
the guns and see the smoke Of that famous
battle.
After leaving the Russian Army he travelled
about the world in Ompan with AN uncle, but
was living ia the south at the opening OF the
civil war. and enlisted as d private IN the Tenth
Company X. Eighteenth Mississippi Regiment.
While a member Of this regiment. in August,
quiet Along the Potomac, which has since
been widely copied all over the world.
He began his war work with the Confederate
army as scout and courier Tor Gen. StOnewall
Jackson. He served IN the same capacity with
Gems, Stuart and johnson. and briefly with
pitched battles. ffty;seven skirmishes and
over a hundred Individual skirmishes in which
blood was shed. Although he was but d pri-
vate in the ranks. re was AT one time intrusted
with d carte- Blanche order on the Treasury Of
the Confederate States. He was known in all
branches 81 the Confederate service as the best
marksman with rife or revolver in either
army. He was wounded siIty-srven times,
and thirteen times his lungs were pierced.
Five times in the course of the war he WAS re-
ported as dead. On two occasions ne was able,
with the aid Of mirrors. 10 look into apeTtuTes
In his flesh and watch the beating Of his uwn
heart.
MAJOR Fontalne has kept a complete diary
for nearly forty years, and this IN itself Is an
unusually Interesting work. comprising a num-
Der Of volumes and containing much valuable
information. He also has many documents
signed by prominent officers of the Conieuer-
ate army bearing testimony to his remarkable
YES" said Major Fontaine last night. lit
would seem as though / had sIeDt the most OF
my life on the battlefield, My life has been
rather eYentiui in "A way, and ] think that /
have had a few interesting experiences.
"These documents ! have saved all through
the war. and while they may be- Interesting and
valuable i care for them only for the sake OF
my children. 1t will be. something TO leave
them when i am gone. and have managed 10
preserve them IN good condition Tor the last
thirty years"
appearance, and wears a complete uniform.
which was made especially for him TO be worn
al the reunion Of veterans. He Is q civil en-
gtneer by profession. and 10 engaged In busi-
ness with his Two sons a. Lyon, AtAA.