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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY B. 1898

Ii is stated on good authority that Pres
ident Mckinley, in reply to the objections
urged against the appointment of Col. De
veaux to the couectorship of this port, said
that with the Endorsements Col Deveaux
had from people in Savannah, he would
feel JUSTIFIED in appointing him Ambas-
sador 10 she Court Of St James," There
has been a rumor TO the effect that Col.
Deveaux possessed the Endorsement of
many prominent men of this city, but
those who are in a position TO know, and
who appear to know, something about
the petition in his behalf state that he
was merely recommended to the President
as qualified for any position to which the
President might see proper to appoint him,
the signers never dreaming that President
Mckinley would consider a colored man
as suited to the position of collector of the
port of Savannah. This petition of Col.
Deveaux's was probably signed, like many
another is signed, without it's Importance
being taken into consideration. It is one
of the easiest things in the world TO secure
signatures to a petition. 1t would prob
ably not be wide of the mark to say there
are certain persons who would sign a pc
titon to have one of their friends hanged.
if it were presented to them having the
signatures of a few prominent persons.
The average petition really means moth
ing more than the desire of the signers to
get rid OF the importunate canvasser for
signatures
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

They tell many stories of Nicolini's SUI
perstitions, avarice, passion for fiddles
They say that he smoked one kind of ci-
gar and gave his friends another and poor
er; that the guests at Craig-y-Nos were
served with an inferior wine to that drunk
at the head of the table. But these tales
are no doubt exaggerated. Whatever his
faults may have been, he was devoted to
Adelina, and she loved him, asserts Table
Talk in the Boston Journal.
One of the funniest stories about Nico-
lini is told by the gallant Col. Mapleson in
his memoirs: During the progress of the
Chicago festival 1 saw Signor Nicolini
armed with what appeared to be a theo-
dolite, and accompanied by a gentleman
who / fancy was a great geometrician,
looking intently and with scientific air
at some wall posters, on which the letters
composing Nine PATHS name seemed to
him not quite one-third larger than the
letters composing the name of Mile Neva-
da. At last, abandoning all idea of scien-
tific measurement, he procured a ladder,
and, boldly mounting the steps, ascertain
ed by means of a footrule that the letters
which he had previously been observing
from afar were indeed trif1e less tall than
by contract they should have been"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

Mr.. Nesbitt of Ohio the protector Of
popular excursions from the West to the
South for farmers. business men and cap
italists, who was in this city about ten
days ago, writes from his home that he is
getting his excursion to Savannah in
shape, and that he will arrive here early
In April With several hundred excursion
lists from Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and other
states of the Middle West.
This excursion is not a junketing affair.
1t has business for it's object. though the
excursionists will not be averse to a lit
tie pleasure when business permits 1t.
There are tens of thousands of families
in the North and West who are seriously
thinking of emigrating to the South, be-
cause they think they can greatly i'm
prove their material condition by doing 50.
They are people in comfortable circum-
stances, and they are influenced by the
desire which influenced the people who
have changed the far West from wilder
ness into farms and ranches-the desire
for more room and cheaper homes-and
they have the, means with which to buy
what they want
Inc south IS now looked upon Dy HoIue-
seekers as the land Of promise, but she is
not attractive to immigrants from foreign
countries-the immigrants who have
made the states of the West rich and
populous. That being the ease, she must
look to the North and Northwest for inn
migrants-for the people who are to make
her great rich and powerful by develop
ing her resources and utilizing her adj
vantages. The people of those sections are
just the kind that are needed In the South
the kind that will improve the farms,
build and operate factories and engage in
business enterprises. They have inteIli-
gence, health and means. With these they
are bound to prosper and make the COM
munities in which they have their homes
prosperous.
Along the coast of Georgia and for a
hundred miles inland there is as fine farm
ing country as there is anywhere else in
the world. Its possibilities have not been
fathomed, but 1t is certain that they are
very great. 1t has superb climate and a
soil that is adapted to many things which
can be cultivated with profit Those who
see this section of Georgia praise it. and
speak of it's attractions and advantages in
the highest terms The Ohio excursion
lists will find it all that it has been repre-
scented to be
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
Refter Trnin Service.

The Plant system will remove the cause
OF the complaints concerning its mail and
local train service by putting on another
train. The arrangement will go into effect
on Sunday morning next. The new train
will leave this city at 7:1O a. m, and ar
rive at Waycross at 10 a. m. 1t will leave
Waycross at SIS a. m, and arrive here at
$40 a. m.
This train will make close and sure con-
nections with the Brunswick and Western
railroad for Albany. Triton and other
points in Southwest Georgia, and also for
Valdosta, Thomasville, Quitman and other
places in Southern Georgia.
The train will also give people living
along the line of the Plant system, between
this city and Waycross, a first class local
service, which will be beneficial to the peo-
pie of a large area of country 1t will bring
back considerable business which the city
has lost because of the lack of satisfactory
railroad accommodations for the local pas
senger traffic.
There have been many complaints lately
of the mail and local train service of the
Plant system. The removal of the cause of
the complaints will restore the good feel
ing between 1t and the people along its
lines in South and Southwest Georgia
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
lNDEX To NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Savannah Yacht Club; Solo
mons Lodge, No. l, f. & A. M; Haupt
Lodge, No. IS. 1. o. o. f.; Landrum
Lodge, No. IS, F. & A. NJ.
Special Notices-Money to Lend, r. J..
Dsvant. Jr.; Heating and Cooking Stoves,
Etc: r. D. & VIM. baltimore; Notice.
Rourkes & Mitchels.
Business Notices-Le Panic Cigars; L. &
W Laundry.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, at Theater Matt
nee and Night Feb. o.
overcoats at Half Price-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
It's a Good Thing to Follow Your
Neghbor-The Metropolitan Clothing Com
pany.
White and Colored Blankets-Leopold
Adler.
Auction Sales-Roses, GamelIias. Etc, by
c. II. Dorset, Auctioneer.
See Our overcoat Ad. on Third Page-B.
II. Levy & Bro.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; American Line; Red Star Line;
Baltimore Steamship Company.
Railroad schedules-Central of Georgia
Railway
Medical-McElree's Wine of Cardui;
Hoods Sarsaparilla; Cuticura Remedies; S.
S. S.; Ayers Cherry Pectoral; Worlds Dis
pensary Preparations; Castoria; Erie Med
ical Company; Johann Hoff's Genuine Malt
Extract.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
Some of the Kaiser,s Jokes.

There are many good anecdotes about
the German Emperor and it must be
owned that they all prove the Kaiser to
have no small amount of humor. The
following, which comes from Herr Ehlers,
the traveller is smarter than most The
Emperor and Ehlers were college chums
from Bonn, and the Emperor never forgot
his old fellow student. At Bonn, on spe-
cial occasions, the different corps used 10
drink to one another, and the following
set form was always used: The President
of the Palatio corps raises his glass, say
ing: II have the great honor and pleasure
to empty my glass in drinking to the
corps of BorussiaI" The president of the
latter corps then replies: 1.-The corps
thanks and drinks" On the birth of one
of the sons of the Emperor Ehlers tele-
graphed him: 81 have the great honor
and pleasure to empty my glass i'm drink
ing to the youngest Hohenzollern.' The
Emperor promptly wired back: 'SThe
youngest Hohenzolern thanks and
drinks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
All the Artist Had to Do.

Jilkins is the factotum of an artist who
has made some noise in the world, and is
quite as important a parsonage, in his own
estimation, as his master, says Tit Bits.
One day lady called on the artist in the
absence of the latter and was received by
Jilkins.
Dear me-" she cried, glancing first at
an incomplete picture and then at Jilkins,
81 declare it is very much like your
1T is me- said Jilkins, with a superior
air. 81 sits for all his old men. That's
what he's specially good at"
You must be a very useful person to
your employer" observed the visitor $50
you think that MIR. Blank, r. A., is espe-
cially good at old menu"
Yes. Cos why? Cos he's got nothing to
dol order his frames WASH his brushes,
set his palettes, mix his colors, and sit
there for him to look at. How can he help
being good? He's got nothing to do but
shove the paint on"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
PER SONAL.

1t is noted as an interesting phenome-
non that the American Capt. Mahan S
book on 1.-THE Influence of Sea Power in
History" is now being used in all Ger
man schools and libraries to promote the
Kaiser's scheme for big navy.
Nine Verdrs win has just been prov
ed at Rome. The deceased lady saved a
modest fortune before her marriage to
Verdi and while she was still a popular
operate prima donna. OF this about ST.
500 now goes to build a hospital at Villa
nova and the balance in smaller sums is
devoted to various charities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
Improving Streets.

Alderman Davis says 1t is the purpose of
his committee-the street and lane COM
mittee-to use every dollar available for
such work in hardening streets with Au-
gusta gravel, or similar material. The first
work will be done on Bull street, from the
Park Extension to the Southern limits of
the city, and the next will be that of hard
ening New Houston street, from one end
to the other. 1t would add greatly to the
growth of the Southern part of the city
ing 1T with gravel, from the termination
of the graywacke paving at Henry street
to Twelfth street, and treating one of the
cross streets, say between Sixth and Tenth
streets, in the same way
There is one improvement which would
be very beneficial to the city, and which
could be made without cost "by the stroke
of pen" as, 1t were. 1t is the changing
of the names of some of the streets such
as Pine, Margaret, William, and other
similarly located stretes, to the names of
abutting or connecting streets. Pine street,
for instance, is a continuation OF Congress
street, and should be so named.
Another costless Improvement would be
the changing of the name of New Hous-
ton street to some other name, as there
is Houston street, running at right
angle with Il. Park avenue wouldn't be
bad name for New Houston street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
Furnish up YOUR trusty rifles
An Unreported speecb.

There is one man in the House who,
each day in the week, Sundays excepted.
makes a speech which fails to get into
the Congressional Record, notes the
Washington Times. At first, two years
ago. when this gentleman began TO make
his speech and failed to see it reported
in the Record. he felt aggrieved but
after having been daily ignored during
the sessions of Congress, he has finally
become reconciled TO his fate, but is
none the less vigorous in making it, The
gentleman in question is Mr. b. w. Ken
nedy, assistant doorkeeper. who, at HAS
o'clock ascends the rostrum and says:
Gentlemen. IL is time to clear the floor.
and all persons not having a right there,
to will please retire.
Mr.. Kennedy does not speak from notes
or read from manuscript. His remarks
are purely extemporaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
The Inkpot warrior.

S. E. Kiser in Cleveland Leader.
Whoop! Hurrah for blood and thunder,
Warriors, put your armor on!
Let the coward stand from under!
Death unto the saucy Don!
Go, spread terror and confusion
Through the hated Spanish ranksl
Let the naughty Andalusan
Die on Guadalquivers banksl
Burnish up your trusty rifles,
Swing the cannon into line:
Ills no time to think of trifles.
Or distinctions that are fine!
They are turning up their noses
AT our Government again
Jumping Jings and Holy Moses,
Have we still got lighting men?
Death unto the proud Castilian!
Hear We not the clarion call?
Soldier sailor, and civilian.
Duty points the way for all,
There are wrongs i'm need of rightlng,
Do not hesitate or doubt it,
You rush forth to do the lighting
I'll stay her and write about it!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
Thc Power in the senate.
From the Nashvllle American lpem.,.

The vote on the Teller resolution in the
Senate demonstrated the power of states
as exercised in that body. The Republi-
cans and some of the Populists who voted
for the measure, excepting Chandler and
Prtchard come from what are known as
the borough states" of the West, all of
which have very few votes in the House
Of Representatives or the electoral college.
Wyoming's two votes offset those of Penn
sylvania in the Senate. Wyoming has one
Representative in the House and Pennsyl-
vania has twenty-eight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

EX-Queen Liliuokalani is telling some in
teresting things about President Dole to
those who call on her these days. She says
she and the President were schoolmates,
and have been good friends for long time
Mr.. Dole, she says, was once engaged to
be married to a Hawaiian young woman,
and while he was counting his dusky
sweetheart, Liliuokalani saw a good deal
of him. 1t seems that she was his friend
but her brother, who was then king. would
not permit the marriage between Dole and
the Hawaiian girl because Dole was not
her equal in birth and position. The ex-
Queen says she expects the visiting Pres
ident to pay her a call during his stay in
Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

While the Northern section of the United
States is suffering from a severe cold
wave. with the mercury lowering around
the bulb, Australia is scorching and swell
tering IN almost intolerable heat. Several
days ago, it is reported, the thermometer
in various parts of Australia registered
124 degrees in the shade and as much as 100
In the sunshine. The great heat, it is said,
has caused numerous fires from spontan-
eous combustion" Thus. it will be seen.
even the weather maintains it's average,
counting all around the globe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

Now is the time for patriotic Germans to
offer themselves a sacrifice for the good of
their country. If the Fatherland can Sc
cure the killing of few more priests and
sailors in the Orient, it may in a short
while secure as much territory in indemni-
ties as it POSSESSES at home
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

Every item in the Notifications appro-
pfiatlon bill, as reported to The House the
other day. was cut down from the esti-
mate. The cuts range from % to so per cent.
The meaning of the reduction is, of course.
that the United States cannot now see
their way clear to spending the sum OF
money which the experts deem necessary
for the protection of their own territory
Nevertheless, number of the senators are
an favor of annexing new territory, to de-
fend which would require the expenditure
of millions upon millions of dollars
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

Massachusetts appears TO be almost
frantic in her efforts to secure legislation
which will have the effect Of overcoming
the advantages which the South enjoys in
cotton manufacturing. A memorial was
sent to the Senate the other day praying
Congress 10 put an internal revenue tax
on all textile goods manufactured in any
state where more than forty-eight hours
OF labor a week are required of the opera
tiyes. Congress will not do it, of course
Why. does not Mr.. Dingley come to the
point at once with a bill making it a
felony 70 manufacture cotton goods In
the South?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

Bob Fitzsimmons has just landed the
best blow of his life; and he did it with
pen. He has knocked Corbett clear out
of the pugilistic profession, through his
deelination to give the pompadour gentle
man another chance in the ring. Corbett
announces that he win hereafter devote
himself to the theatrical profession, in
which he hopes to become a star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

The Pennsylvania Republicans are now
talking of the Hon. John Wanamaker for
Governor. They will continue to boom
him along, and incidentally pull his leg
for heavy campaign contributions, until
the time to make the nomination is near
at hand, and then they will drop the big
merchant and take up some more "prac-
teal politician. The scheme of running
Wanamaker for about every good thing
in sight until he has put up big sums
of money for the campaign, is an old one,
but it seems to be just about as good as
ever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

A Pittsburg business house is said to
have in its employ one of the most versa
tile drummers in the business. Some time
ago he forged a check on a man named
Cronk, who lives in New Jersey. A few
days ago Mr.. Cronk received a letter from
the fellow saying the house he was with
had for sale check protecting device
against forgery, and that he would be
pleased to receive Mr.. Cronks order.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
"Cruiser No. 200.
charleston News and Courier DEM

The United States battle ship Alabama,
now building at Cramps will be launched
next summer She is numbered on
Cramps books, ii is noted, as 900"
which was the builders number of the
famous Confederate cruiser. The dupica-
ton of the number can hardly be acciden-
tai. but il will serve to make the new
ship still more interesting in Southern
eyes. She will be the flower of the navy
for us, of course, and always will be
especially welcome IN Southern ports.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

A negro has 'mysteriously disappeared"
IN Kansas. When last seen he was in the
custody of a constable, and there was a
mob of masked men after him. And this
is in the state of Old John Brown, the hot
bed of abolitionismi 1t remains now to
be seen what is the penalty in Kansas for
losing a black man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

1t may be that senatorial courtesy will
save the Hawaiian annexation scheme.
Dole's whiskers may remind the senator's
so much of PETERS that they win not
have the heart to deny him what he asks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
Knows How to Do IT.
From the Birmingham News Dem).

An Atlanta paper says that there is lit
tie doubt that Tom Watson will over his
own protest be made the Populist nomi-
nee for Governor of Georgia. There is
one advantage in this choice. When it
comes 90 leading a forlorn hope Watson
has experience on his side.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

If 1t is true that John Bull is retreat
ing from his position on the Chinese ques-
zion, it would probably not be wise for
anybody to tread on the tail of his coat
as he gets away
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

There is a movement in Savannah to get
possession of the unsecured bonds of the
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Rail
road which are held in this city. This
movement is said to be part of the plan
of the Louisville and Nashville to secure
a South Atlantic outlet. and feeders for it.
The Gainesville, jefferson and Southern is
one of the feeders of the Georgia Railroad,
which the Louisville and Nashville now
controls. With the Georgia, from At
lanta to Augusta; the Charleston and
Western Carolina, from Augusta to Port
Royal, and the South Carolina and Geor-
gia, from Augusta to Charleston, the
Louisville and Nashville will have two
Atlantic entrepots. When the congress
sional committee was in Savannah last
week one of the Western members said
that some of his constituents were taking
a great deal of interest in the appropria-
ton for Charleston harbor, and this rail-
road movement probably accounts for it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

The lynching problem is now vexing our
Northern neighbors, and in their dilemma
they have the sympathy of the South. The
state of Ohio has law which provides
that an indemnity of 5000 shall be paid
to the family of any person lynched. An
attempt was made to collect the indemnity
in the Urbana lynching case. but Judge
Duston, Of the Court of Common Pleas,
has decided that the law is unconstitution-
al, in that It is an encroachment of the
legislative upon the judicial branch of the
government. The case will he appealed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

rather disqueting circumstance in
the matter of the Hawaiian annexation
treaty IS the fact that Senator Hanna is
in favor Of it. Mr.. Hanna has a reputa-
ton in the matter of bringing legislative
bodies 70 his way of thinking.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

A Trenton dispatch says blindness is on
the increase in New Jersey. Probably the
natives have been gazing upon the Jersey
lightning
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

Pretty soon Washington D. c., will
rival Monte Carlo as a suicide center.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03

1T is reported in Maine that Joseph NJ.
Manley intends 10 be a Republican nomi-
nee for the state legislature at next fairs
election.