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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
And He was Drowned.

While in this city on a recent visit, says
the New Orleans Times-Democrat, Dr.
Leonard White of New York, a we'll
known specialist in nervous diseases, told
a very curious story. Some years ago"
said DR.. White, "a retired merchant of
Chicago, a man of considerable means and
great reputation for what we cali horse
sense conceived such an extraordinary
dread of drowning that he refused to stir
out of his house, and lived literally the
life of hermit. Such cases of morbid hall
lucination, or paranoia, are well known to
physicians, and the family was advised to
humor the old gentleman, who seemed per-
fectly sane on all other subjects Know
ing the facts I could hardly keep from
smiling when I picked up a paper one
day and saw that he had died suddenly
of stroke of apoplexy, and in lecturlng
later on before a medical college in New
York 1 was in the habit of referring to the
episode as an Illustration of the absurdty
of premontions. Here was a man. l used
TO say, who took all manner of grotesque
precautions to avoid being drowned and
after making himself and his family mis-
cradle for a number of years he quietly
toppled over with apoplexy.' This generally
raised a laugh. 1 had cited the case as US
ual one morning, when a student stopped
me as I was going out of the building Elk
cuse, me DOCTOR he said, but Mr.. - was
a neighbor of ours, and there was a little
circumstance connected with his death
that I thought you might be interested in
knowing. He was seized with vertigo he
continued, Just as he was getting into his
bath and slipped down to the bottom of the
tub. The spigots were turned on, and what
attracted attention was the water running
over the edge. The autopsy showed apo
plexy all right enough, but there was some
doubt as to whether he was dead when he
slipped down into the tub. After that
ceased to use the case as an Illustration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
Ann1icnnt ohered orders.

". George Clemenceau, who has been
so prominently before the public in the
Dreyfus affair as editor of the "Aurore,"
told a good story in the French Chamber
OF Deputies the other day. Years ago,
when he was Mayor of Martre and at
the same time a deputy he opened
dispensary in the quarter, where advice
was given free, for Clemenceau is
specialist in skin diseases. One day he
noticed that he had just one hour in which
10 get his luncheon and go down to the
chamber, where he had to inteTpellate the
government. He called has assistant and
said: How many more patients are
there waiting?"
six" replied the man.
one after the other had his case dag
nOsed, and Clemenceau, after another
glance at his watch said: TEL the other
two to undress at once, as L have only
two more minutes to wait" One entered,
and Clemenceau wrote out a prescription
in the twinkling OF an eye.
The last man came in as naked as the
day when he was born. Clemenceau eyed
him for a minute and then said: You
are suffering from no skin disease. What
have you come here to worry me for?'
The man looked at him aghast for
minute, and replied: 'Skin disease? l
never said l had a skin disease. Your
man came in and told me TO undress,
Monster lie Depute, and l did so. All l
wanted to ask you was to use your in
fiuence to get my sister a place in the
postofffces in Algeria
Clcmenceau smiled, took his name, and
did use his influence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
Personal.

More than 100000 copies of Bismarcks
autobiography are reported TO have been
sold in Germany alone in the first ten
days after it was put on the market The
book was also put out in New York and
London at the same time. This eclipses
all records of any book.
Miss Marguerite De Cassini, the beau
tiful grandniece and adopted daughter of
Count de Cassini, the Russian ambassador
at Washington, though barely II years
Old is one of the most interesting per-
sonages at the capital. Her parents died
when she was 4 years old, and she has
since been her granduncle's petted darling.
To youth, beauty and great wealth she
adds natural talent of a high order and a
most loveable disposition.
DIR. Manqui, the superintendent of the
great lunatic asylum of st. Anne in Paris,
has found that lying in bed is the finest
cure for nervous disorders. This treat
ment has been adopted with striking sue
cess by DIR. Latour, one of the most fash
ionable physicians of Paris and a distin-
guished general, lately holding high po-
sition on theNheadquarters staff has been
kept between blankets for the last month
with the best possible results
The late Jules Ferry is to have a statue
raised in his honor, not in Paris or in
France, but in Tunis which he was in
strumental in annexing. While France
is glad to adopt Jules Ferry's colonial
policy now, the state of public feeling is
not yet such as would permit the statue
of the deceased statesman to be erected
in Paris, although the suggestion has been
made than one should be erected alongside
the monument to Gambetta in the Place
de Carrousal.
If asked to say who owns the finest
residence in New York city it is not likely
that the average citizen could name the
man. He is Z. ]. Berwind, head of a big
coal concern, and he has an income of
about 100000 a year. He is now complet-
ing a palace on East Sixty-eighth street.
One mantelpiece cost $4,000 and there are
tapestries ranging in value from $4,000 to
$4,000. Mr.. Berwind, who is a graduate
of Annapolis, is a man of great culture
and refinement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
Navy Takers Not Popular.

A number of naval officers were talking
the other night at the club of the launch
ing of the Wisconsin, and from that the
talk drifted into recollections of incidents
on warships just going into commission,
says the Washington Post.
This habit that some commanding Off
GERS have OF making a rehearsed, wabbly
little speech to all hands when the jack
goes up on a ship and she is formally put
in commission may be all right" said
one of the tars of the quarter deck, "but
1 don't believe any element of the crew.
officers or men forward takes much stock
in such speeches. The men forward don't
like a garruluous commanding officer.
They're likely to fasten the appellation,
'man-owar chaw,' on a skipper who
makes a practice of haranguing them.
Capt. Joseph Fife, one of the old school
of man-o'-war shippers and a man who
had the respect, confidence and affection
on all of the enlisted men that ever served
on one of his ships, had a great contempt
for talkativeness on the part OF a skip
per of a warship. He was plain, blunt,
just man, and every officer and man who
was a shipmate with Capt. Fife knew that
he was bound to get all that was coming
to him. l was an ensign, attached to one
of the ships that Capt. Fife put into COM
mission When all was ready the execu-
i've oIHcer passed the WORD 10 nave all
hands mustered aft. After the usual cere-
monies, Capt Fife stepped to the mast
cleared his throat. and. instead of wan
dering off into speech said he, in an
ordinary conversational tone:
d" I'm Joe Fife. You all know me. Pipe
down
That's all there was to his speech, but,
all the same, it was the most effective one
of the sort 1 ever heard. 1t made a hit
with the men. They were so much taken
with the straight, direct, on-the-level little
speech that they proved themselves the
finest crew of bluejackets was ever ship
mate with"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
A CANAL ENTHUSIAST.

Senator Morgan of Alabama is very GER
tain that the Nicaragua canal can be
built for 800, 100000 Admiral Walker Of
the Nicaragua canal commission estimates
the cost at $124OOO.OlO and Prof. Haupt
another member of the commission, thinks
that the cost would be 1928 ,00O COO 1t would
be interesting to know on what Senator
Morgan bases his estimate. Admiral
Walker and Prof. Haupt have been on the
ground and have been studying the canal
problem for nearly two years, and yet Sen
ator Morgan, who has given very little at
tention to the cost Of the canal, comes for
ward with a statement that in his opin-
ion, the canal can be built for $4,000 900
less than the estimates of the experts.
It is the general understanding that sucn
great works are, as a RUE, built for
great deal less than the original estimates
of their cost? II certainly is not On
what, then does the senator base his opin-
ion? He has not any information as 10
the probable COST of the canal which is
unknown to the members of the canal
commission 1t is not reasonable that he
should have AS a matter of fact, is his
opinion as to the probable cost of the
canal worth anything? 1t is doubtful if
il is He is so anxious that the construc-
ton of the canal shall be begun that
he hopes to encourage Congress to under
take the work by trying to make it ap-
pear that the cost would be below what
the engineers think it would be- And We
have no doubt that he is entirely honest
in thinking that the cost would be below
the estimate of the engineers But he
would not be a safe man to follow in this
matter.
The Panama canal has already cost far
more than the most eminent engineer of
his time thought it would, and it is not
half completed. The chances are that the
Nicaragua canal would cost double the es-
innate of the, canal commissioners. This
opinion is based on the history of most
Of such public works. But even if the
canal would cost 100000 600, or more, that
is no reason why the construction of II
should not be undertaken. The canal would
no doubt pay a good dividend on 5000. 600,
GOO. What we should be certain about
however. before the work is undertaken
is that the canal scheme is practicable
The canal commissioners, who are capa-
BILE and thoroughly honest men, think il
is. If Congress is satisfied with the re-
! port of the commissioners it should not
/ hesitate to authorize the construction Of
| the canal But it should not pay $4,000.
| 600, or any other large sum to the Maritime
| Canal Company or any other company
for concessions. II should authorize the
executive branch of the government to get
concessions directly from the governments
in whose territories the route of the pro-
jectcd canal is located
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
4 srEP BACKWARD.

From our point of view, and we believe
from the point Of view of the great ma
iority of the people of the city, the City
Council made a great mistake in refusing
to make an appropriation or $1,000 for
EstIl Park The park was a gift from the
county to the city about five years ago
on the condition that the city would
spend $500 a year for five years and $1,000
year for a like period in improving IT,
After the expiration of the latter period
the city was at liberty to do what it pleas
ed in the way Of improving the property
The park is about two miles from Twelfth
street and contains 275 acres. Ii is ad-
mirably adapted for park purposes and IS
capable of being made a superb resort
We do not know what the views of the
members of the City Council are in re-
spect 10 parks, but about every other city
in the country regards them with great
favor The little parks we now have in
the city are utilized to an extraordinary
extent, and are not only highly appre-
ciated but are the source of great pride.
The Council may think that Estin park
IS TOO lbE away ever 10 bE VI EANcAN y 1tAN
to the people of the city. The Council Is
not in a position 10 say that the city
will not have grown close up to the park
within the next quarter of a century. In
fact. a first class road to it would make it
seem pretty close to the city even now.
Does it not seem TO the Council to be
short sighted policy to give up 275 acres
of good land. suitable for park purposes,
for the insignificant sum of $1,000? As far
as we can see there is no obligation 10
spend annually the $1,000 which the con-
ditions of the deed of gift require to bS
appropriated every year. The money
could be left in the treasury to be ex-
pended when the city is better able to
spend it, and when more good could be
derived by using several thousand dollars
at one time or even the entire 5000
The original park commissioners found
that 500 a year could not be used to adj
vantage and therefore they let the appro-
priations accumulate with the view of
having at one time an amount that would
enable them to make an Improvement
that would show what could be done with
the property for park purposes. They
spent only about 500 when they were
succeeded by the Park and Tree Com
mission. That commission spent only 81, SOC
of the parks money, making in all only
80, 500 that the city has contributed to the
park.
We feel confident that the Council has
made a mistake in refusing to further
comply with the conditions of the deed ot
gift. The mistake may not be very ap-
parent to the people at the present, but
IT will be a some time in the future, and
the time may not be so very distant. The
park is too valuable a property, consider
ed as park, or even as only so much rea
estate, to be allowed to slip out of the
possession of the city on the slight pre-
text that the city cannot afford to pay
$1,000 for it in the next five years. Bet
ter far cut down the appropriation fol
salaries for the police or for some one
Of the other departments than TO let thi,
park property pass out of the possession
of the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
A TROUBLESOME INsURGENT.

Aguinaldo. the chief Of the Philippine in
surseuts, promises to give our forces in
the Philippines great deal of trouble.
our dispatches yesterday contained the in
formation that he had captured the prov
ince of uoilo. the second Of the Philippine
provinces Il seems, therefore that he is
going right ahead with the war, notwith-
standing the fact that Spain has signed
treaty Of peace with this country in
which she agrees that the United States
shall have possession Of the Philippines.
In that treaty we pledge ourselves that
the insurgents shall return to Spanish au-
thority the Spanish prisoners, about TO-
00O in number which they now hold.
Asunaldo, however, does not recognize
our authority to take possession of the
islands, nor SPANS authority to cede
them to US. He insists that he will not
give up the Spanish prisoners Until
Spain signs a treaty with the insurgents.
Agulnaldo's agents are now in Wash
ington for the purpose OF demanding in
dependence for the Flpinos. In what they
say there is an implied threat that unless
their independence is recognized we will
have to get possession of the Philippines
by force. if We set possession of them at
all. The outlook is certainly far from
being a pleasant one. The Philippines
have already cost us very large sum Of
money and good many lives. If we have
to conquer the Philippine insurgents be-
fore we can get possession of the islands
sI,,f . ha
most enthusiastic expansionist will be
ready TO admit that 1t was a mistake to
insist upon possession of the islands.
1t may be that Aguinaldo and those of
the Fllipinos who follow him are not so
influential as they appear to be at this
time. In that case it may not be a diff
cult matter to get a majority of the Fill
ipinos to submit quietly to such govern
ment as we may provide for them But
if the great majority of the people side
with Aguinaldo it maye require long and
costly war to compel the insurgents to
submit to our authority. We could quiz k
~ reduce them to submission if they
would meet us in open battle. Ihey
would not do that however. They would
take up their positions in the swamps and
mountain Businesses and depend largely
upon the climate to get the better of us.
Just now it looks as if we had an ele-
plant on our hands in the Philippines.
We can do nothing, practically, to make
the situation in the islands better until
the peace treaty is ratified. When we get
the full right to act we may be able to
make Aguinaldo see the situation in a
different light.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
NAN1NGos MAKING TROUBLE.

1t is stated that the greater part of the
lawlessness now prevalent in Havana is
the work of the Naningos, who were de-
ported to SPANS African penal colony and
to the Isle of Pines by Weyler and brought
back to Cuba by Blanco. There were
some 700 returned to the island The ma
jority Of them are black, but there are
whites enough in the gang to prevent its
being called a race organization, not
withstanding 1t had its beginning with
negro slaves.
The original Naningos were slaves, or
ganized to murder and rob their masters.
The Naningos of the present are simply
brigands, and their organization is one of
robbery, violence and outrage. For many
years. up to the time of Weyler's arrival
in the island, they had terrorized the SUI
burbs of Havana and the residents of
nearby territory. Weyler had them gath
cred up and shipped out of the country;
which was one good act he did for Cuba,
if he never did another. On the promise
of the Naningos to be good, Blanco
brought them back to the island. He told
them that if they did not behave them
selves he would have them sent back to
the penal colony. They have broken
their pledge, as might have been expected.
But what can Blanco's successor do in
the premises? Obviously nothing Be
fore the outlaws could be rounded up
Spains limit of authority would have ex-
PRED. Spain, therefore, will do nothing
The Naningos viii be left for the Ameri-
cans to deal with
Meantime the brigands are shooting.
pillaging and burning, and are apparently
trying to incite the Cubans to acts of vio-
lence against the departing Spaniards and
the incoming Americans. The Naningos
find their best advantage in absence of
law and order. They are at the bottom
of the evacuation disturbances, and will
probably be found at the bottom Of dis
turbances which will plague the Americans
when they take hold. if they are not
dealt with promptly and vigorously. The
probabilities, however are that they will
be thus dealt with. Neither Gen Brooke
nor Gen. Lee is man to be fooled with
Beginning next week they will have the
authority and the power TO suppress the
Nanigos effectively and the chances are
that they will not hesitate to do it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30

Some weeks ago several prisoners broke
out OF the Middlesex, New Jersey. county
jail A day or two afterwards the sheriff
received note from his late guests in
which they said his jail was the easiest
thing" 10 New Jersey, and that before
long they would smuggie a toad OF nay
into q some night and then steal II out
again before morning, just for the fun OF
The thing. on Christmas night The ian
WIS burelarized, and the sherin suffered
'qsa Of 500 stolen from his trousers
pocket The sheriff thinks the writers OF
PC note did ihe sob. End Doc b. now fear
fm ihot they have not foreo,ten what
thfy faid about ,ho load OF has. and that
'ney WI actually carry their joke H. tho
t9'nt Of Preparation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30

Chicago's street railway franchise case
seems likely to develop a big sensation.
1T is believed that the grand jury will find
that there was bribery employed in the
City Council, and that some of the alder
men viii be indicted. There may be be-
fore long, therefore, another sensational
~'boodle aldermen" trial in the windy city.
The Chicago street railway people ought
TO come TO Savannah and take some les
sons in the gentle art of getting what is
wanted without having TO resort TO the
wicked and unlawful practice of bribing
public servants.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30

From the Cleveland Leader.
When Roberts gets to Washington
With those three ladies who
Sew Mr.. Roberts buttons on,
And nurse his babies, too,
He'll meet the minister from Dir,
The envoy from Bokay,
And many another foreigner
With a family far away,
And light may then be thrown upon
The harem as it is
When Roberts gets to Washington
With those three wives of his.
The man who finds it hard to run
Affairs as they should go
In a household where he has but one
Fair lady, smiles, for, o,
A light is soon to break, and he
May yet find out the way
To make domestic matters gee
And still be somewhat gay;
SO let the rays be turned upon
The Mormon as he Is
When Roberts gets TO Washington
with those three wives OF his
o. Roberts, when your babies squall
Al night, pray, how do you
Contrive 10 walk the floor with all
The members of the crew?
or do you let your wives arise
And march IN single file,
And sing 10 drown tho angry cries
That you may snooze the whiie2
O. we shall have some light upon
This business as h b.
when Roberts gets 10 Washington
with those three wives Of has.
when Roberts gets 10 Washington
with those three ladies who
Are kept 40 sew bis buttons o.
And nurse mis- babies. zoo.
" no build the furnaoe fires ana
Who cook aud bake and patch.
And, when he whistles. take fheif fi1ud
Ana lunblY fos fhf scratch.
4 lghf may f1fu he thrown upon
IHD whole mYsfffiola nIk
Nhrn Roberts gets fo NHallrrfon
WIN those fbfee Niges of his.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30

The amount Of food that is wasted in
New York city is something prodlgeolR
President Guggenheimer Of the Municipal
Council says enough is wasted TO feed the
poor OF the city, and he proposes to see
IL the present waste cannot De in a meas
ure stopped and the food diverted 60 the
worthy purpose which he suggests He
has introduced, ana the Council has pass
ed. a resolution providing for examining
into the matter of making collections Of
voluntary contributions Of food for the
poor. and So distribution. u IS proposed
that hotels. restaurants. boarding houses
and private residence shall Dc requested
10 s,t aa.do such isd-oYcr and cold food as
n0W Eo,s e. waste. to be collected hy tnc
city and diaulbutod 20 tho poor bp the
charitable orsau'zltoua and th, c.ly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30

An effort is being made in New York to
get Gen. Francis V. Greene to accept the
Office of superintendent of public works.
The salary of the Office is 5000 a year.
The corporation with which Gen. Greene
is at present connected is glad 10 pay
him $4,000 year for his services. It
thus appears that New York Is trying to
secure a $4,000 man for less than one
fourth of his worth. The sacrifice is too
much to expect any except very wealthy
man to make. 1t is stated however, that
the late Col. George Z. Warning gave up
$4,000 place to take charge of the street
Il cleaning department of New York city
J 81 s6n00.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30

The Chester, it is stated. will go to
Newport News to be dry-docked after her
present Havana trip. Is the hoodoo on
the Port Royal dock never 10 be raised?
If the government is not going to use
that dock, what was the use of ever build
ang it, and what is the use of keeping
it in the appropriation bills? Would it not
be better TO abandon or sell the Port
Royal dock and build a new granite one
az this port? Granite docks, it may be
remarked are the more economical in the
long run. Timber docks are perpetual
expense for repairs, while a well-bult
granite dock is as lasting as the hills.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30

Twenty millions to Spain, twenty-six
millions to be paid to American citizens
for claims against Spain, three millions
to be paid to the Cuban and Philippine
insurgent soldiers, and one hundred and
fifty millions to be paid out for our own
army and navy in consequence of the war!
Before we have finished with our act of
sweet charity in rescuing poor Cuba from
her oppressor, we shall be out of pocket
pretty nearly, if not quite, a quarter Of a
billion of dollars
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30

The Manufacturers Association Of kan
sas City adopted the other day a label
for manufactured goods, reading: Made
in Kansas City, L. s. A." competition
in designs was held. and the best one
submitted was accepted. Why should not
the manufacturers of this state lake up
the Made an Georgia" suggestion that
we threw out some weeks ago? No spc-
cial design is needed; just the three print
ed words wiz do