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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
Kites in the Weather service.

1t is announced that twenty kite obser-
walton stations will be established between
the Rocky mountains and the Atlantic
ocean by the weather bureau within
month or two. The majority Of the sta
tons will probably be in the Southern
and Southwestern sections. Experiments
with scientific kites, affording readings
from the upper air, have been attended
with such results as to induce the belief
that with numerous kite stations in those
parts of the country where the service is
now the weaker because of natural reas-
ons, better and more accurate forecasts
could be made. The weather service has
been brought up to such a point of eff
cheney that it can make comparatively ac-
curate predictions for interior points.
while for the far Southern and the coast
points the predictions are not SO reliable.
One reason for this difference, II is said,
is that in calculating the probabilities for
interior points, data covering large sur
rounding territory can be utilized, while
in the matter of the Southern and coast
sections, the prevailing atmospheric con-
ditions outside of our territory and at sea
cannot be ascertained, and hence, neces-
sarily, cannot be used. Thus, a severe
storm may enter the Gulf of Mexico, ana
be well advanced towards the American
shore before the weather bureau learns
authoritatively of its presence. Under
existing conditions there is not much to
depend upon except the barometer, and the
reading of that instrument does not cover
a wide space of territory away from its
station. The upper strata of air such as
would be penetrated by the kites, move
more rapidly than the lower strata, and if
correct readings were taken from them,
the theory is, earlier knowledge of the ap-
proach of storms or meteorological changes
could be had.
The value of early information with re-
gard to storms. cold waves, ETC., can hard
ly be overestimated. Our weather SER
vice needs to be strengthened in the drec-
ton of the West Indies. the Gulf and Cen
trail America, for the benefit of fruit
growers and farmers in the South Allan
tic section generally and in Florida par
ticularly and the cane and rice growers
of Louisiana, besidse the vast shipping in
terests of both the South Atlantic and
Gulf sections. If the proposed kite sta
tons viii have the effect of advancing the
time of authentic predictions, and making
the predictions more reliable, then they
cannot be established too soon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

It Is difficult TO understand all of this
hullabalo in Madrid with regard to Wey-
Ter. 1t seems that he made some criticism
OF President McKinley's message to Con-
gress, which the government did not like,
but why Weyler should be tried and SEN
fenced to Jail for that Is one of those
things which the people in this free coun-
try cannot understand. A hundred thou
sand Americans have said harder things
about Mckinley than Weyler ever thought.
in all probability, and nobody has ever
thought Of sending them to Jail for 1t.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
"Hnrrnh for stevc,,
From the Dalton (Ga) Argus (Dem

Hurrah for Senator A. Steve Clayl He
is the greatest man that ever represented
Georgia in either house OF Congress: He
is the only one that ever sent the Argus
any Of the free seeds in time to plant them
the same year, We are indebted to Sen
ator Clay for some seeds already, and also
for the agricultural departments year
book. We are going TO support Steve
again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

1t is to be hoped that the Havana-Bey
West story of the killing of Aranguren is
not the correct one, for the good OF the
reputation Of the Spanish army in Cuba.
According to that story, the whole affair
was one of sickening assassination. in
which a thousand men were sent against
one man, two women and little child.
The story of the killing of the little child
would put Abdul Hamid to the blush. II
Il took thousand men to accomplish the
assassination Of Aranguren. then Spain
viii need ten millions of men in Cuba be-
fore she can conquer the island.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
Or by His whiskerss
From the Pittsburg Dispatch Repj.

Mr.. Dole seems to recognize that talk
ing to the public for annexation is apt 10
lead the advocates of that measure into
dangerous contradictions. But does he
wish the people to understand that he
came here to carry the project to com
pletLon by the force of his good looks?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

President Dole's sense OF propriety is
somewhat convenient. He does not desire
that parades should be held in his honor
or thai Congress should extend him the
courtesies of the chambers during sit.
tings of that body, but it seems that he
has made no protest against his hotel bill
and other expenses being paid out of the
federal treasury.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

A few months ago a sensational story
of slavery and cruelty on Navassa Island
found its way into the public prints. The
war ship Marblehead was ordered recent
ly to proceed to Navassa, investigate con-
ditions there and report. Commander
McCalla has reported to the navy depart
ment that the sensational stories were
unfounded. This will put the matter at
rest for short while, but within year
or two the Navassa story, which is an
old one, will be repeated, with suitable
embellishments. There are certain stock
horror stories which the sensational news
papers keep on hand for use when times
are dun. The Navassa cruelty story is
one Of them the South Carolina phos-
phate mine slavery story is another the
Georgia convict camp horror story is an
other, and the Florid@ convict slave auc-
ton is another. These stories are spooks
which it seems impossible TO lay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
llDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

fMeeting-Calanthe Lodge No. q, X. of
p.
Special Notices-Ship Notices, Strachan
&, Co, Consignees; Ship Notice, Georgia
Export and Import Company; Notice TO
City Court Jurors.
Business Notices-Old Fashioned Rye
whisky, Henry Solomon & Son.; lie Panic
Cigars.
Amusements-Sisson & Wallace, at The
ater, Feb. 2.
sThe Great Tire Fluid, Neverleak-Lind-
say & Morgan.
81 SO Buys a Splendid Winter Suit-B. H.
Levy & Bro.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company
Auction sale-Carpets, Buggy, Furniture
and Dry Goods, by c. H. Dorset. Auc-
tidneer
We Are Ready for the Rush This Morn
ing-The Metropolitan Clothing Company.
Pearline-James Pyle, New York.
.Cottolene-N. X. Fairbanks Company.
Medical-Dr. Charcots Kola Nervine
Tablets; Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets;
Hoods Pills; Cuticura Remedies; SCOTS
Emulsion; Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey;
Carlsbad sprudel Salt.
Cheap Column Advertisements-IIelp
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For. Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

Poverty" said the platitudinous
boarder. is the cause Of most crime. i"
Strange, isn't it," commented the Cheer
full Idiot, how straitened circumstances
will make man Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

What has become of Senator Mason of IL
linois, who was going TO abolish the execu-
tive sessions of the Senate, and deal sen
atorial courtesy blow between the eyes?
Has he not yet recovered from the effects
of that little set-to with the hotel clerk?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

Mr.. w. X. Vanderbilt is credited with
entertaining scheme by which he is
to become the head Of great trans-con-
unental railway line. The chief links of
the line are to be the New York Central
and the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern roads. in connection with other roads
in which the Vanderbilts are interested
In the event OF the consolidation, it is said.
all of the roads are to be brought under
one management with Mr.. Vanderbilt
himself at the head of the corporation.
This scheme would necessitate the retire.
ment of DR.. Chauucey NJ. Depew from the
presidency of the New York Central.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

The place hunters ought TO make a note
of the fact that the American consul at
Aleppo' Turkey is an Austrian subject.
which fact came to public notice the other
day when 1t was stated in the cable dis
patches that the American consul at
Aleppo had a grievance against the Turk
ish government. All of the place hunters
Will agree that it is an outrage that this
great country should be represented any
where by a foreigner. when there are so
many patriotic Americans willing to offer
themselves a willing sacrifice upon the al
tar of their country, for consideration
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
CURRENT COMMENT.
An Opportunity for Dingley.

From the Wilmington IN. c. Star Dem.).
AS Mr., Dingley had to give some rea-
son, he said it was Southern competition
which was jolting the New England mills
SO badly. Now couldn't Mr.. Dingley get
some sort of an appendix 10 his tariff bill
to freeze this Southern competition out?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

They've got a new disease in st. Louis,
and the doctors call 1t "cyclonic neurosis."
"Cyclonic neurosis," said DR.. Broome, 'is
attributable to fright and excitement oc-
casioned by the cyclone. Hundreds of
suicides and many serious cases of nervous
troubles are ascribed to the cyclone of
May, 1896"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

If it is true that one or more German
sailors have been killed by Chinese In
Shan Tung, the chances are that Ger
many will seize another port or two and
demand some millions OF taels indemnity
It will be interesting to note what value
Germany places upon her sailors as com
pared with her priests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
CHILDREN'S HOSE 15C,
GUARANTEED, TOO.

Children's School Hose, all sizes. and
guaranteed the most satisfactory in the
city, this week only 10 cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

Registered at the pOstomce in savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

There is movement in New England
looking to the end of inducing Congress
to repeal the duty on hides. This is an
item of protection which the New Eng
landers do not relish, It hits them. So
long as protection hits somebody else,
New England thinks it is the greatest Of
all economical schemes, but when it in
terferes with New England and some
other section of the countryside West
in this instance-gets the benefit of it,
New England kicks and squirms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
BOYS HOSE WORTH BUYING.

Our line of Boys Hose, double knee
double heel and toe, cannot be bought for
less than 25c elsewhere; this week II cents
We have, and always keep, a fine stock
of Gents Half Hose, in black, tan and
fancy stripes, and they can be bought at
one-half the usual
A lovely assortment of EMBROIDE-
RIES. Every one knows what HOGANS
embroideries and laces are-they are
marvels of beauty and fneness. Every
thing to match in sets.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard SITS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

Cheap Column Advertisements-TIelp
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For, Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 81, 1898

Generally speaking. the person who
would stake all Of his earthly possessions
on dream would be called a foolish Wis
ionary-s That. however. is what Colo
RADIO man did recently, and it has made
him rich. He dreamed three times of a
gold sdtFsosit in a certain place. He put
up every dollar he had to secure the pace,
and then began investigating. And sure
enough the. gold showed up just as he
had dreamed. Hundreds of people are
row rushing to Indian creek, upon which
the rich dream claim is located.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

President Dole's visit to Washington
does not seem, so far at least, TO have i'm
proved the prospects of the annexation
treaty 10 the Senate. In fact, a senator
Is quoted in the Philadelphia Record as
having said a day or two ago that Pres
ident Dole's coming had done no good, and
that the probabilities were that the treaty
would never be permitted TO come to a
vote. The friends of the scheme will
hold up the treaty and endeavor to bring
about annexation through legislation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-14
"1heHighwaysof theRepub1ic. "
BY HON. M. L. LOCKWOOD.
Speech Delivered Before the Bryan Silver Cub, of Zee-
nople, Pa. December 3rd, 1897.

ways were their private property;
that they had vested right; that
they could do with them as they
pleased, without any regard or con-
sideration for the public good. Upon
this point, Mr.. Black said:
"But on this question, railroad men
believe, or pretend to believe, that
railways are the private props rty of
the companies authorized t. run
them, which is a cardinal error, and
the parent of much false argument.
A PUBLIC HIGHWAY CANNOT BE PRI-
vATE PROPERTY, and a railroad laid
out and built by the authority of the
State, for the purpose of commerce,
is as much a public highway as a
turnpike road, canal or navigable
river.
"It is the duty of the State to
promote intercourse and trade by
making highways of the best sort
through her territory. To this end,
she may take lands and material,
which is an exercise of the power of
eminent domain. She can build d
railway at her own expense, using the
direct agency of her own officers,
and after it is built, she can make it
free to all corners, or reimburse the
cost by a special tax on individuals
who have occasion to use it. She can
delegate the taking and taxing power
to a corpora ton, or natural person,
and that is wnat she does when she
grants a railway charter. But in
either or any case, the road belongs
to the State, and all the people have
a right to use it upon compliance
with the necessary regulations and
payment of the proper tax.
"The corporations, who have got
in the habit of calling themselves the
owners of the railroads, have no
property right, title or claim in the
roads themselves, but in mere fran
chise annexed thereto and exercisa-
BILE thereon. They are the agents of
the State, for the performance of a
public duty. If the franchise be for
feited or surrendered, or if it expires
by effiux of time, the State takes pos
session of the road, and runs it her
self or employs a new agent. THE
COMPANY CANNOT KEEP THE ROAD
ANY MORE THAN AN OUTGOING coll
LECTOR OF A PORT CAN APPROPRIATE
TO HIMSELF THE CUSTOM HOUSE
WHERE HE DID HIS OFFICIAL. WORK.
"The railroad being public prop
erty, in which all the people have
equal rights, and the companies that
run them being public agents, it is
absurd to say that the State has no
right to control them in the perform
ance of their functions, by such laws
as will prevent partiality, plunder or
extortion. THIS is A POWER OF
WHICH NO FREE STATE CAN DISARM
ITSELF BY ANY ACT OF IT'S JUCICIAL,
LEGISLATIVE OR EXECUTIVE Off
GERS. They could as lawfully sell out
the State, and deliver up the entire
population to sack and pillage, but
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-14

are not the franchises property in
which che company has a vested
right? Yes. The privilege of taking
certain, fixed, prescribed, uniform
rate of toll from all persons alike,
according to the use they make of
the road, is power that the State
may bestow upon any person, natural
or artificial. BUT NO LAwFur. FRAN
CHISE TO TAKE TOLL ON A UBLIC
HIGHWAY CAN EXCEED THOSE LIMITS.
A CHARTER THAT GOES BEYOND THIS
Is VOID"
| Now, then, have always, held that
when railways Disseminated in the
charges between citizens, giving one
a lower rate and charging the other
a higher rate, that they thereby
violated the very conditions on which
their charters were granted, and that
said charters should be forfeited and
returned to the State. The power no.
where exists in government to take
private property, except for the ad-
vancement of the general welfare,
and it therefore follows [the railways
having, by the power of eminent
domain, taken private property on
which to lay down their roadsl that
whenever they pursue policy detri-
mental to the public good, they vic,
late the very conditions on which
they were created. But do these rail-
roads pursue policy detrimental to
the public good? Yes, they have. and
do now, pursue policy of discrimina-
tlon that has created, and now MAIN
tains, moDopolies, trusts and COM
bines. They have parceed out the
resources OF the country, to the detri-
ment OF the people. The STANDARD
Oil Company has been made the
lords of the oil business. The "Big
-Four" of Chicago, Armour, Swift &
Co., have been given the live stock
and dressed meat business. The An
thracite Coal Combine has the
anthracite coal business. They have
parcelled out the bituminous coal
fields of the country among their
friends. The iron ore of our land is
fast being absorbed by Carnegie and
Rockefeller. Today, by virtue of the
power OF railway discrimina ton, all
of the great resources of our land are
under the control of some kind of
trust or monopoly.
Under this accursed management
of the highways of the Repu bile, the
wealth of the Republic is being alb
sorbed by few men, and the masses
of the Republic are being pauperized,
bankrupted, and reduced to servi-
tude. Is there any calamity that
could happen the Republic so great as
this? But they say the law prohibits
railway discrimination. TRUE, but
these great monopolies have become
TOO BIG for the law and the courts.
The records of the last twenty-five
years demonstrate that, before man
can get justice in the courts against
the railroad power, they will have de-
stroyed his business and bankrupted
his resources.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-14
"A Public Highway Cannot
be Private Property"

MR.. PRESIDENT, AND CENTLE EMEN OF
THE BRYAN CLUB:
l find that the question, "The High.
ways of the Republic" upon which
have been invited to speak, 10 very
large question. | have had matters
of weighty importance upon my mind
within the last thirty days, and
have not been able to give this sub
ject the considera tion which its mag.
nitude demands, and | therefore de.
sire to apologize to you for the very
imperfect manner in which | shall be
able to present this subject.
"The Highways of the Republic"
The duty of providing public high
ways for the people has always been
one of the first duties of the govern.
ment. Since the first dawn of civil.
zation, highways have been created
by government. The highways built
by the Roman Republic, throughout
Rome and all her provinces, we've the
pride of Rome, and the marvel even
of our day. Many of the roads built
by the Roman government, it is esti'
mated, cost more in labor and mater
ial than our modern steam railways
Some of them were sixty or eighty
feet wide, and their foundations were
laid two or three feet deep in the best
of crushed stone and cement. Now
then, since the very beginning of gov
ernment, the great principle in all
and every public highway is, and
always has been, that they must be
open and equal to all of the citizen
ship. And to stop or interfere with
any one on the public highway was
and is. a crime against tha State
hence, the penalty for the crime OF
highway robbery is second only tC
murder. The principle is, that the
public highway must be safe, open
and equal to all men. In our land
the State first built State roads
Later, they created turnpike compa
nies, and authorized them to build
highways, and take a certain, fixed
uniform toll from all alike. Then the
State built canals, which were open
to all without favor.
But the development of steam
power revolutionized modes of trans
portation, and the State created rail
way corporations, and authorized
them to build steam railways. These
steam railways then became the
"highways" of the Republic, and the
same principle that controlled in the
State road, the turnpike and the
canal, controlled in this new and
better highway, created by the State
through these corporations, , the
PRINCIPLE which provides that every
man shall be treated alike. Now
for the purpose of coming to fuller
understanding of the duties of these
highway companies to the people,
desire to quote from a letter writer
to the New York Chamber of Com
merce, in 1878, by the late jeremiah
S. Black. That letter went over al
of the questions as to the relations Of
the railways to the people, and none
of the paid attorneys. of these rail
way corporations have ever at
tempted to deny the principle therein
set forth.
1t is true that some of the railroad
officials have claimed that these rail
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-14
"A Monopoly or Trust Gre
ates no Wealth."
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

A short time ago, the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa F'e Railroad went
into the hands of a receiver, and
almost the first thing the r, ceiver
found out was that, within the last
two years prior to his appointment,
that road had paid out ~ rebates to
the monopolies and favored shippers
over 81 100000, and although the
Interstate Commerce Law makes it
State prison oiiense to discriminate
between shippers, there seemed to be
no power in government sufficient to
bring these great criminals to Justice.
Attorney General Olney, of Cleve-
lands administration, could find no
time to prosecute these criminals
who had violated the Interstate
Commerce Law to the extent of
81 100000. He could find no cause to
prosecute the great trusts of the land
under the antitrust laws. Ii fact,
he could find no trusts to prosecute,
while these very trusts were taking
illegally hundreds of millions of dol
lars annually of the wealth produced
by the people. But when the people,
stung to madness by the oppression
and wrong heaped upon them, by a
corporation at Chicago, struck to
maintain their rights, it was easy for
Olney to figure out provision in the
Interstate Commerce Law, enabling
him to call out United States soldiers,
and drive these American citizens
back into subiection. Alas, the peo-
pie are sadly learning that these
great trusts and monopolies, created
by the men who control the highways
of the Republic, are not only manipu
ating legislation, but that they are
absolutely dichetatingst appointment
of the Attorney General and Supreme
Court Judges.
The railways, the National banks,
the monopolies, trusts and combines
of the land, contributed many mil
lions of dollars to the campaign fund
that elected Mckinley to the presi-
dency. The reward that they asked
was that one McKenna, an attorney
and lobbyist of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, should be APP
pointed Attorney General in McKin-
ley's cabinet. They got their reward.
Have any of you heard of McKenna
indicting the managers of the Stand
ard Oil Trust, the Sugar Trust, the
White Lead Trust. the Anthracite or
Bituminous Coal Combines, for vio-
any of you heard of McKenna indict-
ing the railroad officials for a viola
tion of the Interstate Commerce
Law?
No! MOI This man, McKenna,
suits these trusts and monopolies
first rate. He is their man, and they
have now induced Mckinley to APP
point him to. To what? To the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Yes, this attorney and lobbyist of the
Central Pacific Railroad is appointed
to a position where, for lifetime, he
can protect these monopolies and
railroad combines in their robbery of
the people. Verify, the web of OPP
preston is being gradually woven
about us.
| And Mckinley, anxious to get an
other Attorney General who would be