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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
No score for Torpedo Boats.

At the outbreak Of the war a great deal
was expected of the torpedo boats. There
were even fears expressed that the first
class battleship Oregon might be undone
by the Spanish torpedo boat Temerario,
which was skulking in South American
waters and alleged to be on the lookout
to attack the American ship. So far, how
ever, it appears that the modern torpedo
boat has failed to score against the mod
ern guns and search lights which have
been provided against her attacks.
The theory is that the torpedo boat will
get in her work in the midst of battle.
when the view is obscured by the smoke
from the big guns, or at night or at other
times when the light is uncertain. How
these theories work out in practice has
to a certain extent been illustrated in Ma
Mia bay and at Santiago. During the Ma
Mia battle, which occurred in the morn
ing, three separate attempts were made
by Spanish torpedo boats against the
American ships. 1t is not known whether
or not the type of boats was up to the
standard of tie torpedo craft of our navy,
or the Pluton class of the Spanish navy.
But it Is known that one of them was
driven ashore where she was rddled, an
other was forced to abandon the attempt
before she got within striking distance,
and the third was shot to pieces by the
small rapid-flre guns before she got with
in range for her torpedoes. So much for
assaults by torpedo boats by daylight dur
ing battle.
In the case of Santiago, two of Admiral
Villamil's famous destroyers SUNK out
of the harbor with a view to torpedoing
one or more of the American ships, rails
ing the blockade and permitting Cervera's
squadron to escape. The search
lights of the Texas and other American
ships We're shortly directed upon the little
boats, and they were driven back to the
shelter of the harbor under storm of
rapid fire shot If the cover of the night
is favorable to the operation of torpedo
boats. this incident would seem to show
that the watchful eye of the electric
search light is quite adequate to the de-
lection of the little destroyers, under or
binary circumstances, and the rapid fire
guns are equal to the task of keeping
them off
However, the incidents referred to may
not be considered conclusive. 1t is posi-
bic that on moonless nights or in thick
foggy or rainy weather, a torpedo boat
might be able to throw a destroying
charge of guncotton against the side of a
great ship before 1t could be discovered.
The evidences so far, however, tend to
show that probably too much has been
expected of the frail craft. The incident
of the Winslow showed that the boats are
particularly vulnerable, since a small shot
may put them out of action. However,
there IS still time for the boats to redeem
themselves; and our government shows
that 1t still has faith in them by providing
for the building of a considerable num-
Der of new ones.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
BRIGHT BITS.

How is Woody getting on with his
French, old man."
Fine. Invited me into the cafe au lait
this morning Harlem Life.
whats a civilan?"
"a civilian is man who stays at home
and thinks up ways for the army COM
manders to run the war."-Chicago Rec
ord.
Mistress Ito new servant: Do you
know how to clean a bicycle?
mo, but I can give you the address of
the place where l have mine cleaned.'-
Fliegende Blatter.
-Risky.-Patience: saw couple max
ing love right under the mouth of one of
those big guns.
Patrice: The guns can't hear my dear.
This was one of those repeating guns
--Yonkers Statesman.
"A Matters of standing.-Wallace; We
Americans do not stand by our officials as
we ought TO.
Ferry: Maybe not; but think how will
ing we are TO stand in with them.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer
Translation Unnecessary. - Brown:
Isaacs, just as a matter of curiosity, how
would you translate ten thousand dol
lars" into Hebrew?
Isaacs: Mein friendt, dot expression vos
very goot Hebrew choost as it is.-Puck
Mrs. Kelly: SO they STINT yure poor lit
tie Jimmy t III refarmitery! Such a
good choild, too.
Mrs. Grady Sure, and he wor thOt Mrs.
Kelly Everything thot darlint liver shtole
he'd bring roight home t his muther.-
Tit-Bits.
Mamma: Johnnie, were you and the
boys playing war this afternoon?
Johnnie: Yes, ma am.
Mamma: Who got licked?
Johnny: Spain.
Mamma: Who was Spain?
Johnnie: Nobody. Wouldn't nobody be
Spain; so We just played it.-Chicago
News.
No Foolish Obstinacy. Inquiring
Stranger Did you ever think what you
would do if that rope should break or
your foot Slip when YOU are cleaning the
outside of one of those windows on the
| seventeenth floor?
Window Cleaner: Yes. sir; I'd go out
of the business entirely. Think I'm a
| fool?-Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
Personal.

Cecil Rhodes takes a keen and practi-
cal interest in natural history His ZOO at
Grooteschuur contains many varieties,
and Jamrach, the animal dealer, has a
standing order from him for any animal
that will, in the opinion of the head of
that firm tend to render the collection
more complete.
ID. w. Stevens. counselor Of the Japa-
nese legation at Washington, has received
from the Emperor Of Japan the Second
Order Of the Rising Sun. This order has
been conferred upon one other foreigner,
and is given only to those upon whom the
Emperor wishes to confer a special mark
Of his favor.
The recent death of Mr.. Brin, the Ital-
ian minister Of marine, recalls the fact that
Emperor William once sent him pen and
ink drawings of the chief vessels designed
by Mr.. Brin, TO show his own proficiency.
Mr.. Brin remarked with a SMILE 1T Is
well that the Emperor wrote their names
beneath the ships as otherwise 1 should
not recognized my own offspring"
Secretary Richard Lees of the Sir Wal
ter Scott Memorial Association, through
the efforts of which association a bust
of Scott was placed and recently unveiled
In Westminster abbey has notified Am
bassador Hay that the association desires
to present a replica of the bust to the
Boston public library. The gift will I'M
doubtedly be accepted and given a promi-
nent place among the adornments of the
library building.
"A remarkable illustration of the scope
of Mr.. Gladstone's power as a linguist was
given many years ago when he addressed
an assembly on the island of Corfu in
modern Greek, a little later he spoke to
an assembly in Florence in Italian, a few
days later conversed with case in German
with Bismarck soon afterward responded
in fluent French TO a toast at a banquet
in Paris, and then crossed the channel
to deliver five-hours speech in Parlia-
ment on the budget.
Frederick Fraley of Philadelphia has
just reached "a. The venerable gentle
mans daily life is an unusually active one
for man of his extreme old age. He has
a family card party once a week, which
he greatly enjoys. He leaves his home
promptly at 9:15 O'Clock every morning for
his business office, and presides with
much satisfaction over a meeting of the
Philosophical Society, of which he has
been president for twenty years. He also
presides over the council of the Philadel-
phia Board of Trade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
France,s Neutrality.

The advance sheets Of the Consular re
ports for June 6. present an instructive il
lustration of what this country is to ex-
pect from France in the way of neutrality.
The case is reported by the American con-
sui at Bordeaux.
The Dutch government had refused to
clear the Norwegian steamer FRAN, laden
with saltpeter. which is used in the manu-
facture of gunpowder and is therefore con
traband OF war; from Rotterdam for
Spanish port. The ship was therefore
cleared from Rotterdam for French port,
that of Bayonne. The American consul at
Bordeaux, having been advised of the mat
ter, protested against the clearing of the
Fran from Bayonne laden with saltpeter,
for q Spanish port. The protest was for
warded TO Paris, and to it the minister of
foreign affairs replied to the French pre-
feet at Bayonne:
Neutral governments are formally pro-
hibited from furnishing, themselves, di-
rectly, munitions of war 10 belligerents;
but the neutral state Is not required TO
prevent the sending of arms and NUM-
lions by it's subjects and for much
stronger reason, by strangers. Under these
conditions, 1t is not incumbent on us to
prevent the departure OF the Fran, which
you win allow to continue her voyage al
her own risk ana peril.
This Interpretation of neutrality as will
be seen, is very open" ard friendly to-
wards Spain, if it Is not directly opposed
to the interests of this government.
In direct opposition to the position
taken by France in the straightfor-
ward declaration on the part of the Dutch
government, as published in the official
gazette at Curacao, on May 8:
In view of the breaking out Of the war
between Spain and the United States If
America, all inhabitants are warned. in
| the name of the Governor of the colony,
! 20 engage in no manner whatever in the
| sale or exchange of, or other transa ctions
| with, prizes; to furnish no assistance or
| material for repairing men-of-war or pri-
! vateers of the above-named nations, to
! take no part in equIppng vessels presump-
! lively destined for war or privateer SER
vice. and they are at the same time warn
Cd for their own interest not 10 deliver coal
10 such vessels without the knowledge of
| the Governor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
The Ex-Confederate Reunion.

A Northern Republican newspaper of
very small soul objects to the reunion
of eX-Confederate veterans which is to
be held in Atlanta during the week of
July 16. 1t has the idea that the meeting
will revive old and bitter memories ard
stir up sectionalsm. which should not be
done at this time, when the country is at
war with foreign foe.
The Northern paper referred to ex-
hibits It's ignorance of what it is talking
about. The United Confederate Veterans
is a charitable and benevolent organize
ton. Nothing is further from its purpose
than keeping alive the prejudices and ami
mosities of the war of secession. 1t en-
deavors TO preserve the history and tradi-
tons of the war period but it distinctly
teaches and breaches PATRIOTISM loyalty
to the flag under which We live.
There WILL no doubt, be a very large
attendance upon the reunion. The war
VIII re-arouse the martial spirit of the
old soldiers, and they will make an es-
pecial effort TO attend. While there will
be many stirring "reminiscences of battles
fought in the sixties. a great deal of at
to the war which is now going on, and
1t is perfectly safe TO say that among tie
thousands of ex-Confederates who will be
present there win not be one who win
entertain a disloyal or sectional thought
in connection with the current war, or
utter word that is not to the end of
upholdmg the flag and stimulating the
nroner spirit for its defense
Some of our Northern contemporaries
who are too narrow minded to know things
as they are-the number of them is, hap
! PLY, very few-are about on a par with
| the Spanish gentleman who some time ago
wrote about the emissaries of Spain being
| able TO stir up in the South a rebellion
against the federal government. Not even
| the small contingent of Northern pessl-
mists were able to accept the Spaniard $
assertion. But they make themselves
| just absurd when they talk of an ex-
Confederate reunion in these days pre-
| judicug the Southern mind against the
! prosecution OF the war with Spain.
Meantime, the reunion will be held;
it will be a very successful one, and the
true and loyal American spirit viii he
strengthened by it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
lADEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Clinton Lodge, No 81, F. & A.
M; Calanthe Lodge, No. Is, X. P; Ger
man Friendly Society.
Special Notices-A Young White Man
Wanted
Business Notices-Le Panic Cigars; Old
Fashioned Rye Whisky, Henry Solomon &
Son.
Ladies' Waists Reduced-At Levy's.
Early to the Sale To-day-Thos. F. Thorn
son, Receiver, FallS Clothing Company.
Auction Sale-Furniture. Etc, by A. X
Wilson, Auctioneer.
Steamship schedules-ocean Steamship
Line; French Line.
Railroad Schedules-Central of Georgia
Railway; Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad.
Medlcal-Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky;
Hoods Pills; Castoria; S. S. S.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
Lcssons of the War.

An observer at Tampa writes to Harp
er's Weekly about the lessons of the war
Some Of his observations ought to make a
deep impression upon the public mind. For
instance, he says that the scenes to be wit
messed at Tampa make il clear that the
country was totally unprepared for war
when war was begun. If the war were
with England or Germany, or any other
hrst-class Power. we would have suffered
great disasters in its beginning. We could
not have got an army ready in time to
make an effective resistance.
The idea which prevailed that we had an
effective army of $4,000 men in our organ
lied militia proved to be wholly erroneous.
1t is broad statement. but a true one,
probably, that not a single regiment of the
national guard was ready for active ser
vice. Wagons. tents, cartridge belts, in
fact about all necessary things were
lacking. And as for ammunition, there
was hardly more than enough for the
wants of the regulars. Strange as it may
seem the government owned and operated
only one small cartridge factory which
couldn't begin 20 meet the demand upon it.
The war department, therefore, is not TO
blame for the delay in getting ready for an
invasion of Cuba. The blame should be
placed where it belongs, namely, upon
Congress. That body has been ever ready
to vote pensions because the ex-soldiers
have votes, but before the war with Spain
1t refused, session after session, to do any
thing towards putting the country in a bet
fcr. ff,- l. torI Z haf
the organized militia was not such mill
Itary force as would be needed in the event
of war, because 1t was neither properly
drilled nor equipped. 1t was also told
that there was an alarming shortage in
ammunition, and that in the event of war
enough ammunition to supply volunteers
could not be had at once, because the one
ammunition factory belonging to the gov
eminent had a very limited capacity. None
Of those things, however, made any i'm
preston upon Congress. But that body in
sisted upon a war with Spain knowing that
the country was not ready for war
Either the country has got to have a
standing army of at least 100000 men or
else the organized militia must be brought
up to a very much higher standard of ex-
cellence. The militia organizations should
have for members only those who can
stand the physical examination to which
applicants for enlistment in the regular
army are subjected. 1t Is astonishing
how many members of military organiza-
tons are totally unfit for active service.
In New York state it required the exami-
nation of 1900 men to get 1900 qualified
for active military service.
Not only ought the military organiza-
lions be up to the standard, so far as
physical qualifications are concerned, but
they ought to have the same kind of uni
forms and guns as the regulars, and there
should be always on hand an ample sup
ply of ammunition.
1t is going to cost us dear for the les
sons which this war is teaching, but they
will be worth all they will cost, provided
we remember and make use Of them We
ought never again to be caught In such a
state of unpreparedness as that In which
this war with Spain caught us
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
Our Military Policy.
From the Washington Post Qnd.,

The true policy of this nation is to be
always prepared for war. We should be
able to put a large army into the field
at once in any sudden emergency. IT
should be always in existence, organized,
differed equipped. and drilled. Ii should
be a volunteer army. the militia of the
states, organized under an act Of Congress.
Il should be as complete in every detail
as the regular army, and the government
should always be prepared to move and
subsist it. With such a reserve we shall
not need great standing army. And the
organization and maintenance Of such a
reserve would cost in fifty years less than
the raising and equipment of troops has
cost in the last hundred days
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13

Flying Squadron Schley has always been
a popular officer among the men forward
on ships under his command. One of the.
eX-blue jackets now in Washington tells
a story of Schley that shows him to be
something of q humorist. A number OF
years ago Schley was in command of one
of the old navy ships that was fitting out
at Brooklyn navy yard for a foreign
cruise. Now naval officers of the WarQ,
room carry a lot of good beer along with
them when they start out on a cruise.
They are not heavy drinkers of beer. but
they use it al mess with their meals. The
beer is taken aboard in bottles packed
in straw in immense hogsheads. A few
days before Schley's ship was to sail for
foreign station big party of Brooklyn
Sunday school teachers visited the ship
in body, says the New York Sun. The
party was composed equally of men and
women. The crew We're engaged in Stow
ing and breaking out stores. On the main
deck stood one of the big hogsheads
packed fun of beer bottles that had been
emptied The hogshead filled with empty
bottles was about to be hoisted. AS the
bottles stuck out of the packing straw
there was no way of telling whether they
were filled or empty. The Sunday school
teachers figured il that the bottles were
loaded, and they looked upon the hogs.
head with eyes of disapproval. They had
conference among themselves over that
hated hogshead, and they determined to
send an emissary to the skipper, who was
Schley, about it. Schley received the
emissary in his cabin
Sir" said the messenger. at is regret
able to observe the huge quantity of liquid
intoxicants your vessel is receiving
Sehley is a quck-minded man, and he
knew that the hogshead was what allied
the emissary But he didn't let on.
"How's that7" he inquired
The emissary told about the enormous
| hogshead filled with beer bottles.
1T is simply shocking" he said
Shocking! Well / should say sol" ex-
claimed Schley. TN attend to the mat
ter at once"
Schley rushed out of his cabin, followed
by the emissary
'Bo'sun's mate" called out Schiey as
| soon as he reached the main deck, send
me a few hands at once"
The hands were aft instantly.
Rig tackle and dump that hogshead
| over the side" ordered Schley
The sailors, who knew the bottles were
empty, grinned, but in jiffy they had
the hogshead over the side and at the
bottom. The Sunday school teachers
looked on approvingly, and when the hogs
| head had disappeared they hocked around
| Schley and told him what a fine noble
example he was setting Schley took ii
all with becoming modcsty. For the fun
! he had out of il he paid a couple of dollars
into the ward room mess for the loss of
| the empty bottles, which should have been
returned 70 the bother.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13

Can the voice of an educated parrot be
mistaken for that of a human voice? asks
the Butte (Mont) Mine That was a
question that Judge Terrell had to decide
an the Butte Police Court recently. The
judge decided that under certain circum-
stances parrot talking might be mis-
taken for person talking, and Arthur
Powers, who was accused of disturbance
and calling Mrs Nellie Thompson names
that were not at all polite, was allowed
to go free because the parrot was to
Llame.
According to the testimony given during
the hearing, Powers, who is a next-door
neighbor of Mrs. Thompson, was making
a good deal of noise the other night. Mrs
Thompson stood II as long as she could
and then asked the Powers family TO ne
still. The noise continued, however. and
she again asked for peace. Instead of ger
ting it a voley of oaths several wards
long was fired at her out of one of tha
windows She started back in amazement
and, thinking Powers was to blame
promptly had him arrested.
His defense was that he had not said a
word 10 Mrs. Thompson but his parror
had, and of course he had no control over
the voice of the bird The green fellow
he said, had been educated by "Scottv'
orr who had taught it many things II
would be better for it not TO know. When
Mrs. Thompson called to him. the psrrot
began talking ana he could not prevent n
saying the things that insulted Mrs
Thompson The bird was not in court and
it is probably a good thing that II was
not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13

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Following the failure of the Butler fac
ton of the North Carolina Populists to
effect fusion with the Democrats, the
other, or Skinner faction, is negotiating
fusion with the Republicans in the mat
ter of congressional nominations. 1t is
said that the Skinnerites have made good
progress with their deal, with the proba-
bilties in favor of the Republicans secur-
ing not less than five out of the nine dis
tricts. The Democrats viii count them
selves lucky if they secure as many as
two of the districts. This comes from
Democratic temporizing and bargaining
with the snake of Populism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13

The recent scare about Spanish warships
at Newport News was another case of
three black crows" The first report
said that the hostile feet off shore con-
sisted Of a battleship, two cruisers and an
unknown number of torpedo boats. Then
the story was shaded to one battleship and
several other vessels. And when the yarn
was finally unraveled 1t was discovered
that the only ship in the locality was one
harmless old German tramp steamer!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13

A Chicago Chinaman proposes to the
government that he be given authority to
raise regiment of his countrymen in San
Francisco, New York, Denver and other
large cities, for service in the Philippine
Islands One-third of the population of
the Philippines he says, are Chinese, and
he is sure he could bring them to favor the
United States government as against
Spain, and recruit a very effective force of
Cinnamon TO fight under the American flag
in the islands. In the event of the adop-
tion by the United States of an imperial
policy, as has been mooted, we may after
a while be faced with the queer spectacle
of Characterization citizens fighting un-
der the American flag and voting in oul
elections.
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How Peace May Come.
From the Philadelphia Press Rep).

Santiago and San Juan will fall as easily
as Manila, and the surrender or destruc-
ton of the Spanish fleet is now newt
able. Havana will yield to the same pa
tent accumulation of overwhelming, out
numbering force. Peace may come, but It
can only come with the submission and
surrender of Spain. NO compromise is
nOssihle.