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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08
Good Advice to Cubans.

Gen. Maxine Gomez, in a proclamation
to the people OF Cuba. talks like a patriot.
If the Cubans act upon his advice it will
not be dong before their island will be Ear
richer than it has ever yet been.
He tells them that they must select the
ablest and purest men to make and ad-
minister the laws, and that in searching
for such men they must not ask where
citizens were while the struggle for liberty
was in progress.
He particular warns them against har-
boring feelings of bitterness against those
who may have differed with them in re-
spect TO the wisdom of involving the coun-
try in a struggle for liberty. He wants
them to select as their chief officials men
who will not live eXtravagantly while the
masses are naked and hungry He calls
particular attention TO the necessity for
educating the children. If they are prop
erly taught they will find way to save
the island from revolutions, race wars and
other evils.
The best informed people in respect to
Cuba say that the Cubans who should be
entrusted with the duty of making and
administering the laws are not now in
Cuba; nor are they in any way connected
with the revolution, except as conribu-
tors. They will return to their homes af-
ter the war is ended and do what they can
to help to build up the country. They are
educated and conservative and would
serve the people faithfully if they should
be chosen to make and administer the
laws.
There is, of course, going to be a great
deal of trouble to get a stable government
established in Cuba, and the right kind Ct
men in office. but if Gen. Gomez's advice
is followed, it will be only a short time af-
Ter the departure of the Spaniards before
the work of giving Cuba government I'm
der which she can prosper viii be well
under way
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

A significant incident of the celebration
Of the Fourth this year was the presence
in Portland, Me, of the Royal Scots mil
itary company of Canada under cammand
of Lieut.. Col. Ibbetson. The Royal Scots
were present upon invitation from the 10
cal military; they were quartered at the
armory of the Portland National Guard,
which organization is in camp at Chick
amauga, and took part in the exercises in
celebration of Independence day. This
recognition of the Fourth by our neigh
bors on the North is in keeping with the
spirit of amity and good fellowship which
appears to be spreading among all of the
English speaking peoples Our own
country, divided in spirit forty years ago
by political strife, and riven in twain
thirty-seven years ago by internecine war
fare, is now a homogeneous whole, unal-
terable in form and unswervable in pur-
pose. The fraternal feeling which per-
vades the states has not stopped at the
Canadian border; 1t has leaped across the
st. Lawrence, the past and its chickering's
and unpleasantnesses are forgotten, and
an era of continental friendship has been
inaugurated.
The present good will and willingness to
fraternize on the part of the Canadians is
the more pointed because of the fact that
it has been only two or three years since
there was almost a riot in Montreal on
the Fourth of July because a patriotic
American residing in that city hung the
Stars and Stripes in his window. small
mob assembled at the house and threat
ened the intrepid American, who was
probably saved from rough handling
only by the prompt interference of the po-
lice That, however was only an Incl
dent and we can now afford to let it pass
The United States and Canada need each
other lin their business" there are the
best Of reasons why they should be neigh
borly, in high acceptance of that term
They have got TO live together, and it is
better that they should do it in peace and
friendship. The two countries have only
recently entered into an agreement for a
peaceful and civilized settlement of differ
ences which may arise between them
Their people are now visiting
and entertaining each other, and
are shouting together for the
principle of liberty, II may be that
the sul closer affliation of the political
divisions viii be brought about at no very
distant day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

An old soldier of Detroit has a couple
of stories of the late war that will rot
be preserved in the archives of accepted
history, says the Detroit Free Press.
I'm the pioneer brigade, to which I
belonged" relates this veteran, "there vas
a Wisconsin man who seemed to have
the gift of perpetual good feeling After
Bragg had left Tullahoma on his way to
some safer locality, we pushed on to Elk
river TO repair a bridge. The Wisconsin
man, whom | remember as Hank, went
down the stream a little way to take q
swim, and while he was dsporting him
self in the wafer five of Bragg's boys { D.
peared on the bank, covered him with
their guns and cordially invited him to
come in out of the wet. He promptly
yielded to the persuasion and dressed while
laughingly telling his captors that if there
had been but four of them he would have
declined to recognize them as a superior
land force, and fought them from the
water
while the prisoner was awaiting en-
order to march, the five surprised him by
stacking their arms, notifying, him that
they surrendered and asking to be taken
into camp. Like hundreds of others in
lower Tennessee during the summer of
1868, they were tired of the fight and glad
to get within our lines. The last time
across the hero of the occasion and I'll
be blowed if he wasn't telling in solemn
earnest how he made a sudden dash upon
those five Johnnies surrounded them,
diSarmed them and marched them to
headquarters. Such stories are apt to
grow, even with one who participated in
the event, and I was convinced that Hank
thought he was telling the gospel truth"
The veterans other story is about a big
member of the red sash brigade who had
done yeoman service in the pine woods of
Michigan before he entered the army. 81
didn't see this" he acknowledged, 'but
1 can bring the proof IL it be demanded.
At the Bull Run retreat the woodsman
stopped TO assist a wounded comrade.
While he was doing this good Samaritan
work he was suddenly surrounded by pur-
suers and ordered to surrender. He had
not yet been weaned from the favorite
method of fighting in the lumber camps
so he threw aside his gun and bayonet
as useless membranes, and sailed in for
a rough and tumble, repeatedly announc-
ing that he could lick the whole outfit.
The onslaught was so sudden and so lu-
Gicrous taht those assaulted were temper
ariy paralyzed by daughter, and half a
dozen of them had gone down with dam
aged heads or bleeding noses before they
could rally. Then the bold puncher was
taken by a good natured exertion of force,
and was only reconciled when assured that
some man would be found to do him bat
tie in a rough and tumble.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

The most horrible part of the story of
the sinking OF La Bourgogne is that which
tells of the fiendish brutality of the crew
of the ship in stabbing, beating and kill
ing women and children to prevent them
from getting into the boats and on the
RATS The men seem to have been bereft
of reason by fear. They were incarnate
devils, and in their frenzy lost all of the
human feeling that had ever existed in
their breasts. 1t is inconceivable that An
glo-Saxon seamen would ever have acted
in any such manner, no matter what the
eXigencies of the occasion. They would
have seen the women and children in the
boats first, and have gone down with the
ship in the consciousness of duty well per-
formed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

In the fighting around Santiago the other
day, although there were number of
college men from the North cowboys from
the West and men from the middle states,
and very few lighters from the South, the
SOLDIERS rushed into action, through I'M
dergrowth as high as their shoulders, to
the music of the famous and terrifying
rebel yell" Where did they learn it? One
would have thought that the college yell
would have come to the front, to the con-
sternation of the enemy. However, since
the old rebel yell'' is to be revived as
the American war cry, it may be remarked
that there is that in 1t which gives inspira-
ton to the yellers and a nervous chill to
the fellows on the other side.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08
A German way to Keep Prisoners

at has been suggested that when Santi-
ago falls we shall have from 10000 to 20,
900 Spanish prisoners TO look after" said
a wel-known German citizen to the New
York Tribune.
"Of course, the question Of what to do
with them is sure to arise, and with fur
Their campaigning necessary 1t will proba-
bly, develop into a serious proposition.
1T recalls TO my mind an Incident of the
German revolution of 1S4S. We were
short of men. and had a large number of
prisoners TO look after. That did not wor-
ry us, as long as we were not moving but
one day we had to make q forced march.
The country through which we were to
pass was hostile, and extreme watchful-
ness was necessary. We had few enough
men as II was and we knew that those
prisoners were ready TO make a dead run
al the first opening.
FINALLY a young officer made a brilliant
suggestion, and il was promptly carried
out. We ripped the suspender buttons from
the prisoners trousers, took away their
belts and knew we had them. Their hands
were busy after that and fast running was
out of the question. We made the march
safely, and do not believe that even Yam
kec ingenuity could have invented a sim
pier solution"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08
Spnin's NaNy.

Less than three months ago Spain was
credited with navy approximately as
large as our own. and many persons
thought it was almost as strong. She had
one frst-class battleship, one second-class
battleship, seven first-class armored cruis-
ers. eleven second-class cruisers, eleven
thrd-class cruisers, twenty first-cass tor
podo craft, twenty coast defense vessels
and a number of small gunboats which no
body in this country ever took the trouble
TO enumerate. Dewey destroyed eleven of
her vessels at Manila, Schley destroyed
six of them at Santiago, Sigsbee disabled
one off San Juan, if indeed he did not de-
stroy her Thus the Americans have put
forever out OF action no less than eighteen
of the fighting ships of Spain, many OF
them being the very best she had. Spain
is now left with only two good vessels in
commission the Pelayo and the Carlos V.
and a number Of old craft which. while
they are rated high on paper, are prac-
tically worthless for either offensive or
defensive purposes. Her navy is not one
fourth as strong now as II was at the be-
ginning of the war. on the other hand
while SPANS navy has been melting away
like snow m summer sun, the American
navy has been growing stronger day by
day, and is now much more powerful than
1t was at the beginning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

The real reason why Admiral Cervera
left the harbor of Santiago at the time
he did does not yet appear to have been
made public. In one dispatch he is quoted
as saying to the correspondent of the As
ISOLATED Press: Il would rather lose my
ships at sea. like a sailor. than in a har-
hOr. 1t was the only thing left me TO
do" In another dispatch he Is reported
as having said that he received orders
twice from Madrid to leave Santiago har-
Dor and go to Hawaii" In still another
dispatch he places the responsibility for
leaving Santiago harbor on Gen. Blanco,
and, finally, it is alleged that Admiral Ger
vera was against going to sea, but that
at a conference Of the officers of the squad
ron the majority strongly urged the neces-
sity Of trying to escape from the harbor.
1t may be that all of these statements
can be reoonciied, but just at present
there doesn't appear to be an agreement
as to the real reason for Admiral Ger
vera's start for the open sea on last Sun
day morning
There are two things in connection with
the Santiago naval battle which are well
miral Cervera thought he had a pretty
fair chance of escaping with his entire
squadron. He had watched the American
squadron closely, and left the harbor at a
time when he had reason to think that
some of its most formidable vessels were
absent He did not expect to encounter
the cruisers New York and New Orleans
lieved his ships could easily outrun all the
other ships of the squadron, except the
cruiser Brooklyn. He was confident that
If the Brooklyn kept up with his ships he
could quickly surround and destroy her.
The result showed that he was mistaken
in respect to the Oregon, and also as to
the qualities Of our battleshlps for speed,
but he was right about the absence of the
cruisers New York and New Orleans.
It was said that at Manila the Span
iards were overwhelmed by superior force.
AS a matter of fact the Spaniards had
more guns there than we had counting
those of the land batteries, and some of
them were excellent guns. 1t is true that
their ships were not first class, but they
~
board of them.
But it cannot be said that the ships of
Admiral Cervera's squadron were
greatly inferior to ours They
were first class ships in every
respect, and they We're armed with
the very best of the most improved guns.
And our squadron was not so much supe-
rior to that of the Spanards so far az
the number engaged was concerned. In
fact, three of our vessels, viz, the Brook
Ign, Texas and Oregon, did about all the
fighting. If the Spanish ships had been
well handled our ships would, in alLprob-
ability, have suffered a great deal more
than they did, and If the Spanish ships
had gone eastward when they emerged
from the harbor, the probabilities are that
they would have escaped, because that di-
rection was not well guarded. The truth
is, however, that the Spaniards did not
know how to fight their ships. They had
good guns, but they couldn't do any dam
age with them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

If the government commissary officers
would give their men more corn bread
and less beans there would be fewer COM
plants in the ranks. There is no more
wholesome, palatable and strengthening
article of food In the whole catalogue
than corn bread. 1t is truly the staff of
life of the rural laboring classes in the
South, from years beginning to year s
end. Among the brawnest, toughest men
in the country are the hands who work
on the turpentine farms in Georgia. Their
regular rations consist of one peck of
corn meal, five pounds of bacon and a
pint of molasses per week. These articles
constitute pretty nearly if not quite their
whole bill of fare during the time they
are in the woods cutting or chipping
boxes, or dipping turpentine. yet they are
always we'll conditioned, hard of muscle
and in good spirits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08
WHY DeIaye

There seems to be no good reason why
the obstruction to the Improvement Of Bull
street from Tenth onward should not be
removed. The owner of the property
which forms the obstacle has his rights,
and the city also has its rights. If the
property owner and the representatives Of
the people cannot, or will not. come to an
agreement by private contract, the matter
should be taken into the courts without
further delay. The courts can, and will,
solve the problem. The improvement Of
Bull street should go on to completion. The
present condition of the street is annoy
ms The policy Of putting gravel on Bull
street was probably not a good one, but
since the work has been begun to satisfy
an apparent demand, 1t should be finish
"a as quickly as possible. The pavement
IS likely to prove costly. The material
may do for country roads. but it is not the
proper thing for city streets, where the
travel is heavy and constant In all sorts of
weather However, there will not be any
complaint about 1t if those in authority will
see to 1t that the street is promptly open
ed TO the proper width to the city limits
and the paving is laid without further de-
lay Indeed it might be better to pay the
price asked for the property than to let the
matter hang for long time. It is possible
that by waiting much longer it would be
found necessary to pay more.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

A San Francisco dispatch says that
some of the material in the uniforms
which are being sent to the soldiers quar-
tered near that city Is absolutely worth
less; that the mems blue shirts and trous-
ers dissolve into rags after a single wet
ting" So the rascally army contractor
is getting in his work again His despi-
sable system Of robbery should be broken
up Immediately, and he should be sent
TO the penitenUary. There ought not to
be a great deal of difficulty in tracing
the responsibility for this fraud upon the
government and injustice to the men who
are Offering their lives, and If the war
department does not act promptly and
vigorously In the matter it Will not do its
duty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

Cuban dispatches say that the guerrillas
who have been shooting American wound
ed and their attendants from ambush have
been spotted, and some of them have been
captured. These wolves do not deserve to
be treated under the rules of civilized war
fare. They ought to be shot in the back
as soon as they are captured, as a warn
ing TO others of their kind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

1t is quite likely that we shall have a
brush a sea with England before great
while, in which event another American
triumph may be looked for The event,
however, will be totally different from
those we have recently pulled off with
Spain. 1t will be a friendly set-to. for the
purpose of testing once more which coun-
try can build the best yachts and sail
them fastest. 1t is learned from private
sources that Sir Thomas J. Upton, a
wealthy English sportsman, will, during
the coming fall, challenge for the Ameri-
cas- cup, provided the war with Spain is
out of the way in time. He is now having a
splendid yacht built which he thinks will
be the fastest thing of her class afioat. Her
lines mark a radical departure from the
types of English craft which have raced
in these waters. Sir Thomas wishes to
prove conclusively to us that Dunraven,
who acted so badly in the matter of the
last International race, is not represen-
tative of British sporting blood. Ameri-
cans know this already, but they will be
pleased to have Sir Thomas demonstrate
il to them again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

Mr.. Hearst of the New York Journal
telegraphs to his paper from Cuba that
one of his correspondents at the front, who
is also an officer in the Cuban army, cap
tured some Spanish prisoners the other
day and cut their heads Off Such bar
barism ought to be suppressed at once,
even If Gen. shafter finds it necessary
to send this Cuban officer from the field
in chains.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Military Orders-German Volunteers.
Special Notices-Excursio Around Bar
Buoy Tonight on Steamer Alpha; Ship
Notice Paterson, Downing & Co.; Notice
of Medical Examination, Recruits for
Third Georgia Regiment; Try a Sampson
Ball, George C. Schwarz; Specialties at the
Receivers Sale. Falk Clothing Company.
Business Notices-Yellow Leaf Smoking
Tobacco, Henry Solomon & Son; La Caro-
alta Clear Havana Cigars.
Ladies Waists-At Levys
Friday Remnant Day-LeopOld Adler.
The Shoe Question-Byck Bros.
Negligee Shirts, 75c-Metropolltan
Clothing Company.
The Favorite Resort-South End Hotel
Tybee Island-W. M. Bohan, Proprietor.
Railroad Schedule-Plant System.
Legal Notices-Citation From Clerk of
Court of Ordinary.
Auction Sale-Groceries, Furniture Etc
by A. X. Wilson, Auctioneer
Mineral Undergraduates
Excurslons-To Daufuskie Sunday, Two
Trips. H. G. Kent P A; To Beaufort and
Naval Station Sunday, Per Steamer Cliff
ton
Medical-N1unyon's Remedies; Hood
Pills; Castoria.
Cheap Column Adverdsements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08
The Circulation.
The Louisville courier-Journai Dem).

on June 80 the amount of money actual
ly in the treasury and its branches was
Sl650O0.0O0. while more than S360OOWO was
in different banks. secured by deposits OF
bonds and subject to check. This sum may
be increased IL necessary to prevent
congestion of money in the treasury. The
rapid increase of war expenditures viii no
doubt tend 10 keep an abundance of money
"A circulation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

In Atlanta they have Rocked up man
who said he wanted TO kill Sam Jones.
be crazy, since every sane man wants Sam
Jones to continue TO live and add to his
evangelistic triumphs and the gaiely of
the nations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

President McKinley's special thanks
giving proclamation is one of the most elo-
quent state papers that has ever come
from the White Hodse. 1t breathes a
spirit of devotion 10 God and country
which makes it model as well as an in
eDiration
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08
Pierpont Morgan's Yacht.
From the Raleigh IN. CO Post Dem

Whisper it not in the Land of Gideon,
or the haunts of the Great Tribune of the
Peoplel Tell it not in Gath! IL was Pier
pont Morgan's yacht which he gave TO the
government. armed with a light battery,
that destroyed the two Spanish torpedo
boat destroyers at Santiago Sunday morn
ing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

The converted torpedo boat destroyer
Gloucester which did such magnificent
work at Santiago the other day, was for
merry the private yacht of j. Pierpont
Morgan, the financier. II is said that more
schemes for reorganizing railroads, banks
and other corporations have been discussed
In her cabin than in most Offices in Wall
street Nhen the Gloucester has finished
aiding IN sending Spain into bankruptcy.
she may become Mr.. Morgan's property
again and should Mr.. Morgan get the Job
OF reorganizing Spain and putting her on
her teet again the scheme would probably
:. e discussed in the yachts cabin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-08

That Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
seems to have had almost as many lives
as a cat She has been sunk no less than
three times, in the dispatches, since
Schley first trapped the Cape Verde fleet
On the first two occasions she was sent 20
Dor by high-angle firing from the Amerl-
cans outside, while her last dip was taken
either "a la Hobson" or otherwise Just
after Admiral Cervera took the other
ships of his command OUTSIDE to their de-
struction. Whether or not this is the
Reina Mercedes positively farewell per-
Torrance" remains to be seen.