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The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-08-19

THE DEATH of the venerable Isdor Bush, of ST.
Louis, will be received with expressions Of regret
throughout the entire country that sad event having
occurred on the 4th instant.
Mr. Bush was born in Prague, Bohemia, in 1922.
In company with Carl Schurz Colonel Hecker and
other champions of liberty he left the land of his
tivity during the revolution of 1848 and came to
America. They landed in New York and Mr. Bush
began the publication of IsraePs Herald, the first
Jewish paper published in the United States. This
did not prove a success, and the following year he
moved to ST. Louis and engaged in the wholesale
grocery business until the breaking out of the war;
when he became secretary to General John c. Ere
mont the pathfinder. Shortly after the he
gagged in grape raising and wine manufacturing in
which business he remained until his death He
wrote d book grape culture which is recognized
authority and was translated into five languages
Mr.. Bush was especially prominent in the B'ne
Birth. He was president of the Grand Lodge of
District No. i'll 1872 and for twenty four years was
chairman of the endowment fund which owed much
to his successful administration Under his direction
more than 81 900, 900 was paid out to widows and
orphans and reserve fund of $3.50 900 accumulated
The deceased attended the Constitution Grand
Lodge in Richmond in June, $780, and, if we mistake
not, was treasurer Of that body.
s. he iC draw vino c
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-08-19

SLOWLY the Jaeger case is drawing it's weary
length along. The trial has been in progress
week, and at the present writing conclusion has
been arrived at At every turn the accused has
pressed fear that Justice would not be done him on
account of his "nationaity,' and he has shown an
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
BRIGHT BITS.

-Temporizing Caller (by way of intro
duction, briskly)-I am a bill collector
Mr. Ten weeklybones-Ah-is it a ma
mia with you, or merely a fad?"-Puck
Musical Criticism. There were a few
spots on the sun-a bit of acidity in the
tutti of the wood instruments-but other
wise the performance was magnificent
World.
-McLubberty Clearing a suspicious noise
in the kitchen)-Moikey, phwat are yez
dom out thereT'
Little Mike-Nawthin, sor
McLubherty (sternly)-Wel, stop 1t at
wance!-Tit-B Bits.
DE T.-How startling are statistics;
we drank seventy million gallons of whis-
ky last year.
Mrs De T.-Speak for yourself, please;
you know I never touched drop of it,
Harlem Life.
Cook" said Mrs. Hotess, solemnly
at the eleventh hour, I'VE have forgot
ten all about the entrees"
And cook, in her excitement, responded
with: 'Lor', mum, sow we have! If we
amt a couple of blunder- headed idiots,
may / neverp'-Tit-
-"Dah is sech a thing" said Uncle Eb-
en-, ''as too much fo'sight Some folks
gifts ter figgerin' so hahd on whut might
happen year aftuh mex dat dey lets de
fire go out and catches dab def O. cold
right whah dey sits. ''-Washington Star
Mrs. Browne. Yes, We used to let
Tommy sit on the dictionary when he
took his piano lesson; but his father put
a stop to il.
Mrs. Greene-Why so? 'Fraid 1t would
hurt the book?
Mrs. Brown-No; 1t was too much like
punning; playing on words, you know
Boston Transcript
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
Day After the ELECTION.

One man was from Jersey and The other
from the only metropolis, but both were
fauluessly attired. says the New York
Press. They met by chance in the New
Tenderloin late on Friday night. Though
strangers, each recognized the brand of
the others jag. Approaching each other
in eccentric parabolas, they made several
Intellectual attempts to clasp hands. then
gave up and leaned against a building in
West FortY-seventh street and smiled
amiably.
Full? hicP'
"Yep. fullernatick Back teeth fo-fio-hic
floating"
Som l. Can't hold another drop"
Les havvadrink"
"A'rite. Shay, museav see you before,
5 name?''
''Wa-walter Stuart, Plainheld, Jersey.
S'yours?"
william Smith, twenty-three Bond"
Lection
yep. shelebrating T-T-Teddy R-R-
Roos-'
81 know who you. mean. Don't try to
shay it-hic. Glorioush vic-hic-tory.
Can you walk?"
Nope"
Shame here. Shay, thash goo choke.
Shake"
In the effort they fall into each others
arms.
"B-brash up, ole man.
Been bracin' too much
"Nuzzer goo choke. Remins me ma
fren' Of'n got too much but n-never got
nuf-hic"
Goo choke, goo choke. Mush be shame
man f-frad ask for whisky next morning
fear he drank it all night before
Goo choke. Shay, les fight"
Like too, but got too mush money.
P-p-please take it ALL
"Sov'I"
shay, les move. This building leaning
too mush.'
"Arite. Thash big hill to climb. though.
Fhazzamazzer?'
"Arite now
''Too bad-hic-h-hurt self"
~'Nope. Mush slip on damn b-nana peel"
''Yesh. Outrage throw b-nanas all over
sidewalk. Lesh go give our monesh shome
body.
"A'rite."
Two hours afterward the sergeant in the
West Forty-seventh street police station
was amazed at seeing two handsomely
dressed and highly respectable men toll
carefully toward his desk. They were
arm in arm, and the center of equilibrium
was so variously distributed and so sud
denly shifted that they seemed constantly
in danger of losing their balance, but
somehow managed to remain on their feet
by each leaning obliquely on the other
'Shergeant, rest u.s."
Goo choke, good choke. Resht us
Tired"
''Yesh. Take our monesh shafe keep
ing"
Put in shafe for shafe keeping
GOO choke goo chOke''
After locking up the two amiable gentle
men the sergeant carefully counted tht
money they had piled on his desk. Mr.
| Stuart of Plainfeld, N. Y, had S723, Will
lam Smith of New York 1910. AS the ser
geant carefully locked the money in the
safe there came a murmur from the cells
GOO choke, goo choke"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
THE Loss oE>rHE TERESA.

M A%O'o
The report Of Commander McCala to
the navy department on the condition OF
the Maria Teresa snuns out whatever
faint hope there may have been that the
vessel would. despite her i'll luck, event
ually be added to the United States navy.
She is high on a rocky reef, her bottom
is ruined and the tide is rising and falling
in her hold. II she were comparatively
uninj ured. her exposed position would
make wrecking operations doubtful and
hazardous. The conclusion OF the naval
officers sent to examine her, therefore is
that It would be useless to devote more
time to ner.
It is not the loss of the amount OF money
represented by the Maria Teresa that the
American people viii regret so much. For
sentimental reasons they wanted the yes
sci rehabilitated and sailed under the Stars
and Stripes. She would have been mon
ument TO the valor Of the American navy
in war. and the ingenuity of American en-
gineers in peace. She would have been an
object lesson Of unending interest, not
only in American waters but also in for
eign ports which she might have visited.
An official inquiry is to be instituted In
TO the abandoning of the vessel by Lieu
tenant Commander Harris and his crew.
Subsequent events seem to indicate that If
the crew had stuck to the ship she would
have been brought safely to tins country.
She hoated for many hours after being
abandoned, and did not sustain the in
juries which she now shows until after she
had gone on the rocks of Cat Island.
Meantime, hasty judgment should not be
passed upon Lieutenant Commander Har-
ris and his men. 1t should be borne in
mind that they were on ponderous, shot
riddled patched-up vessel, lacking the
power within herself to make Roadway
against heavy weather. She had to be
towed. In the midst of a severe storm the
water began 10 rise in the hold, indicating
giving away of patches or plates. The
pumps became choked. and there was
reason to fear the early laundering Of the
craft. Duty did not demand of the crew
that they should stick to their ship until
she sank under their feet and possibly
took them down with her. 1t would have
been a wanton waste of life if the men had
stayed aboard and the vessel had gone tc
the bottom with them. If they staid with
her as long as good judgment dictated
abandoning her only when they had good
reasons for fearing their lives we're in dan
ger, then the men of the crew performed
their whole duty. The official inquiry will
probably be able to determine whether
there was blunder on the part of Lieu
tenant Commander Harris. or whether he
used good judgment in taking his men of
when he did.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
Why He Mnrried Her.

In the north of England, where rabbit
coursing is much in vogue, swift, we'll
trained dogs often win large sums in
prizes. says Tit-Bits. 1t is therefore lit
tie 10 be wondered at that the owners of
these animals should bestow so much at
tention upon them.
An old Yorkshire collier, well known for
his success in the coursing field recently
surprised all his mates by marrying a
very unprepossessing woman. He had al
ways been reckoned a confirmed hater of
the other sex.
why has ia gone and got splced lad.
at thy age?" one Of his friends asked
him.
"Oh. that's not much of a tale" an
swered the old man stoidly. Il agree
wi We at Betsy yonder is no beauty-if
she had been l shouldn't have wed her.
But there dog O. mine, he was simply
pinin' for somebody to look after him
while / was away at Z pit. l couldn't
bear to leave him in the house by hissen.
so / hit on the idea of marryin' Betsy.
She's not handsome, but shes mighty
good company for the dog!'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
THE PRESIDENTS VISIT.

1t is a source of satisfaction that the
President has accepted the cordial invi-
tation extended to him by the citizens to
visit Savannah and review the Seventh
Army Corps before it leaves for Cuba. In
fact, he has accepted the invitation to
come to Savannah, even if Gen. Lee S
troops should not be here at the time
he finds it convenient to come South. 1t
may be that the Seventh Corps will be or
dered to Cuba before the President will
find 1t convenient to make his visit. But
whether the soldiers are here or not, the
President will find a cordial welcome
awaiting him. The people of the surround
ing country win take advantage of the OPP
portunity to pay their respects to the chief
magistrate of the nation, and the town will
be full of visitors on the occasion of the
visit.
The President has received many invi-
tations 20 visit different cities since the
suspension of hostilitles with Spain, only
a few of which he has been able to ac-
cept. Therefore, his acceptance of the in
vitation to visit Savannah is all the more
appreciated. His welcome here will be Sc
hearty that he will have no occasion tc
regret having accepted savannah's invita-.
ton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17

There is considerable talk among The
politicians as 20 whether silver viii play
an important part in the campaign in
1900 In an interview published in the
Morning News yesterday, Col Bryan said
that the people had not yet accepted the
gold standard. that the issues presented
by the Chicago platform had simply been
forced into the background by the war
with Spain and that these issues would
be reafrmed by the Democratic party in
1900 In other words. Col. Bryan thinks
that the great issue in the next presidential
contest viii he the question of the free
coinage OF silver.
The New York Sun, leading Republican
paper, agrees with Col Bryan. In a care
fully considered editorial that paper says:
1.-The Democratic party is committed ir-
revocably to the issues Of 1885,
That IS not the view. however, of some Of
the Democratic leaders. In an interview
in Chicago on last Monday Mr.. Croker, the
Tammany leader said THE free silver
movement is practically dead. I do not
venture to predict what the issue will be
in 1860 but l think that anti-monopoly
and home rule would be good issues"
What he meant by home rule, he said, was
that states and cities should not be in
terfered with in the management Of their
domestic affairs. He referred to such in
reference as that authorized in the force
bin
Col. Lester speaking of the probable
issues in 1900, in an interview published
yesterday, said that he thought that the
policy of expansion would be the great is
sue In his opinion the Republican party
will be the champion of that policy and
that the Democratic party will
oppose it. There will, he thinks, be
some changing of party lines, because a
great many Republicans are opposed to
that policy, while many Democrats favor
it. With reference 10 the silver issue he
said he thought it would lag in the rear.
From these expressions of opinion ii is
apparent that there is not a unanimity
of sentiment as to what the issues Of the
next presidential contest will be. Not
withstanding such authority as Col. Bryan
and The Sun, we are of the opinion that
Mr. Croker and Col. Lester are right.
There is no doubt that the demand for the
free coinage of silver has fallen off great
ly in the West II never had much of
a hold on the people of the East. Unless
there were hope of carrying the West on
the silver issue il would be folly for the
Democrats TO make that issue the leading
one in 1900.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeungs-Solomon Lodge, No /, Il. q
IA. M; Haupt Lodge No. S. l. o. 0. F.
Special Notices-Notice, Foye & Morri-
son; Ship Notice, Strachan & Co.
Business Notices-Kennedy's Crackers
and Cakes, Henry Solomon & Son, Disrri-
buting Agents.
Auction sales-The Norwegian Bark
Fiorella at sapelo, by T. B. Blount Auc-
tioneer.
Woody and Fleecy Underwear-M. S.
Brown
Closing Out Sale of Hyacinths. Etc
AZ Gardeners Bazaar.
Anausements - Baldwin-Melville Com
pany. To-day Matinee and Night.
steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
r.omnanv; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Medical Y. NJ. f.; Johann Hotrs Gen
nine Malt Extract; Cuticura Soap; World
Dispensary Preparations; Hoods Sarsa-
narilla: Ayers Cherry Pectoral; Castoria.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
xvanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent
For sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
hawaii and North Carolina Cases
From the Baltimore Sun Dem)

The administration of President Harri-
son assisted a petty minority of Ameri-
cans at Honolulu to subvert the govern
ment of Queen Liliuokalani. some $500
Americans taking possession of the entire
Hawaiian group of islands against the
will of the 5000 Kanaka natives and the
$1,000 Portuguese, japanese, Chinese, etc.
After this minority of whites, with the
help of Consul General Stevens and a
party of marines from the Boston, had
excluded from political power the black
and yellow races, they proceeded to frame
constitution which virtually excluded
the latter from the polls and from the Of
fees. 1t was the rump government an
der this constitution that Mr.. Mckinley
dealt with in annexing Hawaii TO the
United States. Having thus recognized the
right of white Americans 10 overthrow
colored government and frame constitu-
tons that exclude coiored races from
politics, President Mckinley cannot con-
sistently interfere with the movement in
North Carolina.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
DIR. Mcleod ana the miracle.

One day Dr. Norman Mcleod who was
a large and healthy man, and one Of his
burly elders went to pay a visit to a GER
tain Mrs. MacLaren of the CONGREGATION
who lived over the Scotch hills. saws the
Milwaukee Wisconsin. She was frugal
woman, but since she knew that a call
from these two meant that they would
stay to supper, too, she determined that
they should have the best in the house
So she piled the table with jellies and lam
and preserves and shortbread and all the
delicacies of the season, and, the Journey
having been long, they partook unsparingly
and after the meal the elder said to her
Mrs. sMacLaren, We're you at the kirk
Sunday?''
"Oh, aye" she said, st was"
"And what did you think of the treat
ment of the miracle?' The sermon had
been on the loaves and fishes.
Il thought it was good" said Mrs. Mac
Laren.
And what is your idea on the subject,
Mrs MacLaren?' persisted the minister
"Losh!' said their hostess, suddenly
I'm thinking that If you and the elder
had bin in the congregation there wadna
bin twelve baskets of fragments for the
disciples to gather up!'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
Ants His undoinr.

This happened to a Welsh clergyman, &C
cording to the staid London News:
Having two hours to wait for train one
morning he sat upon a grassy lawn and
lost himself in book. AT the last minute
he had to run for his train. arriving just
in time to get into a compartment having
only one other passenger, a man.
Before the train had gone far the preach
er saw ants scampering over him and felt
itchy and uncomfortable. With an apology
to mis- fellow passenger he took off his coat
and waistcoast and began to hunt for the
little creatures, of whom there were hun
dreds.
At the only stop the other man alighted
The preachers mental torment and bodily
uneasiness increased. The wretches were
crawling, crawling-he was alone-he took
off his trousers and leaning out of the
window shook them energetically.
The ants vanished. The trousers went
with them, snatched from the preachers
hands by the brisk breeze.
In five minutes the train would stop. He
decided not to alght, but to draw the
blinds as if the carriage conveyed a corpse.
He accordingly pulled down the blinds as
the train slowed up, but as soon as it
stopped the door opened and two ladies
were about to enter when he shouted:
Don't come here! Don't come inr'
The ladies retreated screaming, but hast
ened to inform the station master that
there was lunatic in the carriage. That
official promptly called two or three por.
ters to accompany him and entered alone.
bidding the porters come to his assistance
if he called.
The preacher explained Immediately and
the station master dispatched one of the
porters for a pair of his own trousers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17

Ernest Terah Hooley, the English pro-
moter, is either a most prodigeous pre-
varicator, or badly used man. 1t may be
that he is little of both. The story
which he has been telling in court is a
succession of details of how he was plum
dered by members of the nobility, paying
thousands of dollars for introductions at
clubs and to prominent persons whose in
fluence he wanted and for which he was
made to pay heavily. One bunco game
played on him consisted of inducing him
to plank down $25O,OOO as payment for a
baronetcy at the jubilee, which he did not
get
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17

The report of the disgraceful conduct of
the officers of the Ninth Immunes. a ne
gro regiment stationed at San Luis a town
twenty-five miles from Santiago, will
cause deep regret to those who had ex-
pected better things from the negro SOL
diers in Cuba. The negro soldiers of the
regular army made such good record in
the Santiago campaign that it was thought
that the negro volunteers would endeavor
to be a credit to their race.
II seems from the dispatches that a
crowd of negro soldiers, numbering thirty
attached the house of the chief of
the civil guard and shot him to
death, together with another occu-
pant of the house and baby and
wounded several persons. This they did
because the civil guard tried to arrest
two of their number for assaultng a citi-
zen. A feature of the affair. however.
that is very serious, because 1t raises the
question as 10 whether negro officers
should be retained in the service and
whether it is desirable to have negroes in
the army if commanded by negro officers.
| Is tHe statement tnat the negro officers
denied that their men committed the Out
rage with which they were charged al
though the evidence submitted 10 Gen.
/ Wood showed that the men did commit il.
If il should appear that the negro officers
! deliberately attempted to misiead Gen.
Wood their dismissal from the army
should be prompt. Not only chat, but the
question should be seriously considered
whether any more negro officers should
be appointed. If what is stated in the
dispatches is true. the negro officers have
no control of their commands, and the ne
gro soldiers were sent to the interior be-
cause it was found impossible to prevent
them from committing outrages at San
| uago.
It certainly was not good policy to send
Them to the interior, out OF reach of the
white troops, il they could not be depend
ed upon to respect their uniform If out
RACES continue 10 be committed on peace
full inhabitants of the island il will not be
long before the Cubans will be sorry that
The Spanards were driven from the island.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
BIENNIAL SESSIONS.

Bills have been introduced into the leg
islature providing for a change in the con-
stitution so that the sessions of the legls-
lature shall be biennial and shall be not
more than fifty days in length, and for
shortening the annual sessions of the leg
islature. We have called the attention of
the people repeatedly during the last few
years to the fact that their needs did not
demand an annual session of fifty days of
the legislature. There is altogether too
much legislation. 1t would be we'll for
the committee that has these reform bills
In charge to have table made showing
Just how many laws outside of the appro-
priation bills have been enacted within the
last ten years that are of real benefit to
the state. We venture the opinion that
the number is remarkably small. Many
laws have been enacted which have been
forgotten about as soon as they were
passed, and others have been repealed
within two or three years after they were
enacted. Bills TO repeal four or five laws
enacted for this city a few years ago have
been introduced into this legislature What
one pOlltlCdi 1dGtioH NdlllSu eilotliGI lac
ton doesn't want. The same condition
exists probably in many other parts of the
state. The fights of political factions are
carried on at the expense of the tax
payers.
The state would be better off with one
fourth of the legislation there is. If there
were only one session of forty or fifty days
every two years, every member wouldn t
feel that there was time for him to make
a speech upon every measure that came
up for consideration, and committees
wouldn't report bills introduced more for
the purpose of calling attention to the per-
son who introduced them than for any
other reason. We have stated that there
are now only six states which have an
nual sessions, and some of them are pre-
pairing the way for biennial sessions. The
Governor of New York, in his last mes
sage TO the legislature of that state, de-
clared that annual sessions were a posi-
tive injury to the state besides a useless
expense. He advised that provision be
made for biennial sessions. Why not save
$4,000 for every legislature that is elected
in this state IL it can be done without
harm to any public interest? That amount
can be saved by adopting the biennial ses-
sion system, and the state would be far
better off with less legislation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17

Georgia won the 'Gion's share OF the
honors for purely state exhibits at the
Omaha Exposition, according TO the Bee
Of that city, which says: THE report of
the committee on awards on the DISPOSE
ton of the awards in the mines and min
ing building was completed yesterday af-
ternoon. OF the purely state exhibitors
Georgia carried off the lions share of the
honors. IL won two gold medals, one on
building stones, marbles and GRANTEES and
another on aluminium ores and products.
It was awarded three bronze medals, on
gold ores, iron and manganese ores and
clays and kaolins. 1t also received sill
yer medal on its showing on mica, graphite
and asbestos"