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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07

Emperor Pleased With Expressions
From the President.

l.
Berlin, Dec. 6.-The German government
and press almost unanimously welcome
President McKinley's message TO Congress.
Even the Agrarian papers, always opposed
to things American grudgngly admit that
the message is fair and honest.
The drift of private comment is virtual
ly the same In the lobby of the Reich
stag to-day similar sentiments were ex-
pressed without reserve by members OF
every shade Of political conviction.
Emperor William, it is reliably reported,
had long consultation this afternoon with
Count Won Buelow, the Foreign Minister,
and expressed himself as very much
pleased with President McKinley's atti-
tude toward Germany
Count Won Buelow authorized the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent in Berlin to
send to the United States the following as
his impression of the message:
Count Won BueloW regards the message
as an enunciatiOn memorable in the devvl-
opment of German-Amercan friendship.
The warm tone in which the President
speaks of our mutual relations has Great
ed here The b5st impressi n and one may
be sure that ne sympathy exhibited by the
President for Germany is here sincerely
recip!ocated. Pol tically every hing be-
tween the two countries is serene and
Ni4SiS - ilOtt-liS tHdt ulstut Us lle entente
cordiale. Economically considered, the con-
tents and tone of the sage strengthen
the hope that the United STATES With their
incre asing exp r s to Germany VIII make
fair concessions to Ge1 man trade and that
the reciprocity negotiations will be fur
Their conducted in a friendly spirit TO
good end"
The press particularly rejoices at the
announcement regarding the alliance de-
spite many previous reservations to the
same effect.
The semi-official Berliner Post says:
President Mckinley has put stop to
such rurnors and guesses and has placed
in lieu of fiction the solid fact that the
relations between the United States and
the German Empire are of the most COR
dial character. His message win not fail
to produce by its pacific tones the best
effects everywhere"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
DEFEAT SEEMS INEVITABLE.
Continued from First Page)


at the morning session. He said the bill
was unconstitutional. Mr.. Wingtield said
that the bin was a specimen Of that kind
of fanaticism for which Maine and that
section of the United States was noted
He said that Ii was the same sentiment
that made a martyr of the red-handed
murderer, John Brown,
A majority of the petitions he had re-
eeived were in favor of the bin, but al
though it appeared a majority of his con-
sttutentS wanted the bill, he could not
vote for ii because he believed il to be
wrong. To pass the bill, he continued.
would be the worst blow that the cause of
temperance had ever received.
Senator c. N. King of the Forty-thlrd
district followed in favor of the bill he
said three-fourths of the counties of Geor-
GA were now dry. and it was undemocratc
to allow the small minority 10 govern the
majority.
The next speaker was Senator McLester
of the Twenty-fourth. He said he had
been besieged by petitioners on both sides
Of the bin, and If he had allowed himself
to be swayed he would not, in the LAM
guage of Mr.. Watson, know where he was
'at" Mr. McLester said that the bill
would not prevent drunkenness, and he
opposed ii because ii was wrong. 1t pro-
posed TO take away the property of men
who had rightfully acquired it. In his
own district he said $4,000 would be taken
from the school children of Columbus by
the passage of the bal. School houses
were cheaper than jails. The location of
Phenix City and Girard, Ala. adjoining
Columbus, made it impossible to secure
effective prohibition in that city.
a POpuIist's View.
Senator Gross, the Populist member,
was the next speaker in behalf Of the bill.
The senators who spoke In OPP o ition
TO the bill were taken to task for saying
the WiIingham bill was populistc doc
trfne and undemocratic. He said Demo
cracy'' stood for the rule of the people,
and that if the people were all wed to
rule in Georgia, the prohibition bill would
become a law. He asked if the Demo-
cratic party had sold out 10 the whisky
ring. He did not believe such was the
case. He had been a prohibit on st be-
fore he was Populist, and if the mA
ever came when the Popuhst party should
be no more, he proposed to follow Waiter
B. Hill in the prohibition party. Mr..
Gross said Atlanta's experience with p o.
hibtion furnished better statistics than
could be found in any other part of the
country. He referred to his own d str ct
to show the advantages of p ohibitlon.
Every county in his district was dry and
there was less crime than ever before.
He said there were but three cas- es of
people who advocated the bill men who
liked to take a drink, men who had po-
litical bees buzzing in their bonnie AMI
the men who sold whisky. So far as the
loss to the school fund was concerned, Re
would rather have his children grow up in
ignorance than be educated with blood
money.
AT $50 O'Clock the Senate adjourned
until $50 a. m. tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
MILLER AND WALLER LEADING.
Unusual Scores Being Made in the
Great Six Days Race.

Unusual Scores Being Made in the
Great six Days Race.
New York. Dec. 6.-Miller, the six days
champion, with his team mate, Waller,
was still one lap in the lead at Madison
Square Garden at II o'clock tonight, go
ing at twenty-mi.e an hour gate. The
Canadian team, Maya and McEachern,
We're second in the race, one lap ahead
Of Gimm and Pierce.
Eight teams were then riding, out of the
nineteen that had started. and Walthour,
the Southern champion, and Aronson, the
Swede, were in the contest, riding out for
individual honors.
Miller ard Waller were 1876 miles ahead Of
the record at 6 O'Clock.
A number of exhibitions and short races
were thrown into this evenings pro-
gramme, Henri Mayer, champion of Eng
land and Holland, won a five-mile pur-
suit race from Teddy Goodman, New
York in 14l, distance eight laps and
twenty yards
Eduard Taylore, of France, paced by
motor cycle, rode five miles in 11:17 3-5.
At / o'clock the score was: Miller
Waller, l4346; Maya-McEachern, 1,434.5
L45t3; Fisher Chevalier, 14341; Babcock-
Sunson, 1898; Schineer-Forster, 1904;
-I,aie-Pastaire, 1898; Walthour QndividuaD,
'ds; Aronson GndividuaD, 6979
lows:
N, Miller Waller, 1,453.1; -McEachern,
i Glmm-Pierce, 1,4529; F'ischer-Cheva-
nsr, l4o26; Stevens Turville, 1,4524; Bah
yy9,9, t 1,452.3; Schineer-F Foster,
d a,iiss; Ihe-Pastaire, 96S9: Walthour dn-
u'HlaD, 759; Aronson QndividuaD, 700.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
InsuIar internal Revenue.

Washington, Dec 6.-Senator Chandler
to-day introduced bills applying the Gus
toms and internal revenue laws of the
United States to the islands of Cuba and
Porto Rico after Jan. l. 1900. Goods be-
tween the islands and the United States
are to be exchanged as between the states.
Bills were introduced by Mr. Pettus of
Alabama to repeal the war stamp tax act
and by Mr.. Hale for the construction of a
Pacific cable by the navy department, TO
be operated by the postoffice department,
and appropriatlng Sl1,000000 for this pur-
mise.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
7ITY COURT BILL DEFEATED.
I'm TO GET CONSTITUTIONAL
MAJORITY IN HOUSE.

oriection Made by Mr. Mitchell
,,.n..n Mr.. LaROche Asked to Have
.raLen Up-OppOsitiOn Tried to
,e IT Recommitted-one More
80. would Have Put 1t Through.
49, Measures Considered in the
House.
..,rta Dec. 6.-Mr LaRoche asked
MINUS consent in the House to-day
VI ND his City Court solicitorship bill,
WI Mr.. Mitchell objected.
Mr. IaRoche moved to suspend the
- which prevailed by vote of s. to
n. Zutcheu asked that the request
~, several members of the General Ju-
s,.,.r,. committee that 1t be recommitted,
road which was done. He then moved
.so5r7rnit. Mr.. Brown of Carroll called
,,e previous question on the bin and
NJ bending amendments by the commit
IN the effect that it should not become
a.rative during the time of the present
incumbent.
Ar Mitchell raised the point that the
.,u- question could not take prece-
60. over the motion to commit. The
sneaker overruled the point. The previous
-rssrion was ordered. Mr.. Mitchell then
s4sre5 two amendments to submit it to
,ba voters of Chatham at the October and
,.,cen,ber elections in 1900. Both were
,ote5 down. The committee amendment
was adopted.
CHAIRMAN slaton divided up the twenty
.srt1tes' conclusion between Messrs La
r1.Sa Brown of Carroll and Copeland
% Tbe former argued that the only oppo-
.ttion 10 the bill was from the partisan
frisnds of Mr.. Osborne, and that if the
raonle of Savannah were opposed to 1t, as
alaimed there would be a petition here
with 1900 names protesting against its
The Two latter said that it was meas
IRE local to Savannah, and courtesy to
he chatham delegation required its pass
ags The vote was Sc to IA. Had it re-
ceived one more vote it would have passed,
as sneaker Little would have voted to give
II the constitutional majority. Mr. Nc
MILAN, in explaining his vote, said that
the opposition came from political clique
an savannah.
was up. Hon. Fleming duBignOn was also
here.
Taxation of Churches.
The bill by Mr.. Pace of Newton to ex-
empt from taxation places of
religious worship or burial, and
property of educational institutions
received a vote of 105 to 20. A three-fourths
vote was necessary to pass the bill, and it
was therefore lost. The opponents to the
measure argued that it had the tendency
TO unite church and state.
The resolution by Mr.. Allen of Baldwin,
to appropriate S2S13 to the Georgia Nor
NAL and Industrial Coli ge at Milledgeville,
for the purpose of making repairs, was
ad-pted by a vote of SO 10 80.
The House decided to visit the State Uni
versty next summer during commence
ment vii out pay to the members. A warm
discuss on arose this afterr oon over the
res-1u to pay the eXpe SEES of the AK
commission. Messrs. Willingham and
Everett only wanted pay for the thirty
days named in he resolution. The commits
sion sat sixty days all tcld. The resolu ion
was pending at the hour of adjournment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
ANOTHER MILLER SYNDICATE.
Its Operators at Minneapolis Escap-
ed the Police.

Minneapolis, Dec. 6.-Ward and Watson,
who have been operating what is KIN wn
as the "Arbitrage system" here, sim lar
10 that of the Franklin syndicate in New
York, have disappeared, leaving their CHI
ents and numerous creditors in the lurch.
To-day their desks were br1 ken open and
il was found that they had destroyed all
their contracts, letters and other evidence
and left behind only a stock of bills pay
able.
The firm guaranteed TO pay 50 per cent
annually on investments. The cortra Is.
however, include a clause admitting tie
investors to partnership which it is claim
ed vitiates the guarantee.
The amount of losses by investors is no.
known as all evidence was dest o. ed The
authorities are taking steps to apprehend
the men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
TWO SHOT By A BURGLAR.
There Is Talk of a Lynching Even
Out in wisconsin.

Racine, Wis, Dec. 6-Rev. David B.
Cheney, of the First Baptist Church, and
his wife were shot by a. burglar to-day at
their home on Lake avenue.
Mrs. Cheney was shot in the breast.
The ball glanced downward and is be-
Heved to have lodged in her left lung. Mr.
Cheney was shot in the abdomen ami in
the center of the breast Both viii re-
cover.
The burglar escaped. A large posse cf
police officials and private citize ms are
securing the country for him. The city
is all excitement. If he is caught il is
believed the law will be powerless 10 pre-
vent his being lynched.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
JOUBERT IS INDIsPosED.
Boer Council of War in Regard to
AssauIting Ladysmfth,

Pretoria, Saturday. Dec. 2, via Lorenzo
Marquee, Dec. 4.-Gen. Joubert is indis-
posed, and has arrived at Volksrust, Just
across the Transvaal border for medical
treatment.
A dispatch from the head lager where
Gen. Schalkburger is in supreme com
mand during the absence of Gen. Joubert
announces that council of war was held
Dec. 2 with reference to assaulting Lady
smith The State Attorney has arrived at
the camp to advise the Boer commanders
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
KiIIed i'm Mississippi Feud.

Macon, Miss, Dec. 6.-Information which
Is regarded as reliable was received here
this afternoon that II. b. WICKER was
killed about one mile from his home In
Winston county last night. This Is a
continuation Of the johnson killings in
Winston county inaugurated some time
ago. This makes four white men and
two negroes who have been killed in this
feud. They were al shot from ambush.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
PRICES OF ARMOR PLATE.
"eport Says Restrictions VIII Stop
Naval Construction.

"eport Says Restrictions VIII stop
Naval Construction.
Washington Dec 6.-Secretary Long to-
Jay transmitted to the Senate a report
4aue by Rear Admiral O'Nel on the sub
wv Oh armor plate for naval vessels. 1t
views The whole subject of armor plate
'"u the efforts that have been made TO
'0a'a armor at the prices fixed by Con-
S f II goes into the subject Of manu-
azure azure oil armor plate in great detail and
stri o,uQes py recommending that the re-
s s,,s.i OF prices be removed. If the re-
N at Is not removed the report asserts
e,rs, It VIII be impossible to continue the
,g'sIueiion of modern naval vessels.
arm 10 the establishment of a government
bg V y, pate factory it is asserted that ow-
rsls " y me Increase in the price of mate
h y II As necessary to add so per cent.
o,s oe estimate of 100000 made hereto
DIS TO the cost of such plant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
MESSAGE PLEAsEs CUBA.
Opinion Expressed That 1t Will Pac-
ify the Country.

~ TIT 17t'H1tH y
Havana, Dec. 6.-President Mckinley
message TO Congress has been received by
Cubans of all classes with much satisfac-
ton. Even the leaders of the extreme
party admits this, and the announcement
that there will be no American civil gov
ernor has cleared away most of the clouds
that had been hanging over the Cuban po-
litical situation. The Lucha, among the
papers, still favOrs civil governorship Gen.
Go,lazo says:
The message will pacify the country.
President McKinley's statements are not
very concrete, but if Congress guarantees
the independence of Cuba, we need not
ask for any specification as to the time for
the removal of the American troops, al
though everybody would be glad to see
the black troops go, because of the ex-
cesses they commit"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Many Committeeman WuI Favor
Proposed Changes.


New York, Dec. Ga special TO the Press
from Washington says:
Henry C. Payne, national Republican
committeeman from Wisconsin said to-
night:
I'm addition TO the support already
known to be in favor of the proposed
changes in the basis of representatfCn In
the Republican National Convent n
find letters and kilograms from National
Committeeman Durham of Indlanl. Gov.
Cheney of New Hampshire; George G..
Childs of Vermont; c. r. Brayton of
Rhode Island, and Senator Quay of Penn
sylvania all favoring the change.
1.-THE support of these states makes it
almost certain that a majority Of the COM
mittee will favor the proposition. Enough
states have been heard from already, rep
resenting two-thirds Of the total Republi-
can vote cast at the last election"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
SENATOR FROM NEBRASKA.
Gov. Poyntcr May Name Either Allen
or Hitchcock.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 6.-Ever since the
late Senator Hayward was taken sick AMI
it was known that the chances were
against his recovery there had been con-
siderable talk as to whom Gov. Poynter
would appoint to the vacancy.
The only persons prominently mentioned
are ex-senator Allen and G. NJ. Hi chcock,
of the Omaha World Herald. The Deno.
Gratis are urging the appointment Of the
latter on the. ground that they have not
received their proportion of the offices I'M
der the fusion deals of the past five years
The Populists insist upon the naming of
ex-senator Allen. 1t was rzp rte that
Mr. Allen stated he did not d sire the apr
pointment, but a telegram from him de-
MES this.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
Committee ON Committees.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Allison
chairman of the Republican caucus of the
Senate to-day announced the Republican
committee to allot committee places in
the Senate. Its members are; Senators
Aldrich, Cullom, Mcmillan, Hansbrough,
Lodge, Perkins, Elkins, Spooner and Platt
Of New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
VETERAN FROZEN TO DEATH.
Went to Sleep on the Road and the
Mercury Went Down.

Columbia, S. c., Dec. 6.--John Shanghai
Bait, man who was brave Confederate
soldier, was so lrczen near Laurens night
befo last that ne died last n ght. He had
come into town and was goi & home when
overcome by liquor he lay down by
the roadside The mercury went down 10
"A degrees that night and the man was
froztn into insensiblity. When found next
morning efforts to resuscitate him were
made all day without succ- IS. He leaves a
wife and family.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
NEW PLANET DISCOVERED.
1t Is of the Tenth Magnitude aud
Has Just Been Located.

Cambridge, Mass, Dec THE European
union of astronomers announces, through
Harvard College observatory, the discov-
cry of a minor planet Of the tenth magni-
tude by Carols. The discovery position
is the following:
Dec. A. 81, Greenwich mean time, right
ascension, hours 81 minutes IS seconds;
declinatlon, north II degrees 10 minutes.
The object has a motion of minus IA
minutes in right ascension and 4 minutes
north in declina ton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
Recinrocity Trenties.

Washington, Dec. 6-The rec procity
treaties negotiated during the congress
sional recess were transmit ed to the SEN
ale to-day and in the executive session
were orde ed printed and referred TO the
Committee on Fore gn Relations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
NosbviIIe at Colombo.

washington, Dec. 6.-The Nashville ar
rived at Col mbo, Island Of Ceylon, yes err
day, On h way o NJ n la. The Texas left
Brunswi k We te day f,r Hampton r ad
She win proc. ed to Havana to transport
the rem aims of the dead Of the Maine to
this country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
ia COSTA GIVES HIS VIEWS.
"ihs His Reasons for Becoming
Roman Catholic.

OhAAh GatnOtIes
1ofk, Dec. 6.-Rev. DR.. Benjamin
Gu o~osta' whose reception in the Roman
b,s s Aurch took place In Sunday last,
lsb.1 zen an article which is to be pub
pan, M catholic papers in which he ex-
oksr i"s reasons for the step he has
for pilslllhlng DIR. DaCosta thanks God
dee lr','5 nm grace to overcome preiu-
decarra's'i aahted BY false education, and
the woe,. mat his change of belief is not
Very lam. OF a day or a year, but began
ton bel.lgC fallen estate of post-reforma-
ne he adds. has forced upon
result bo, gonstdefation Of principles. the
Nation r'. mug me conviction that the refor-
datons. '@ not based upon any true foun-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07

New York, Dec. 6.--Ignace J. Paderew-
ski, the pianist, and Mrs Paderewsld W re
pa ssengefs on The steamer Oceanic which
arrived to-day from Liverpool.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07

Atlanta, Dec 6.-The first business in the
Senate this morning was the reconsldera-
ton of the Steed pure-food bill which was
defeated yesterday. Senators who oppos-
ed the bill stated that they deem d it
but fair that it should have an por-
body.
The bill to extend the term of county
officers to four years which was defeated
Yesterday. was also reconsidered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
Count ToIstoi seriously III.

London, Dec. Ca special dispatch from
Berlin says Count Tolstol has been seri-
ously III. For two days he was uncon-
scious, but he is now slightly better al
though great anxiety is still manifested
In Moscow regarding him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07

Port Townsend, Wash Dec. 6.-The
British bark Revenscourt from Panama
arrived here to-day with yellow fever
aboard. Four deaths occurred on the voy-
age
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
Pension for Mrs. GridIey.

washington, Dec. Ga bin was intro
duced by Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania to-
day to pension Mrs. Gridley, wife Of the
late Cant Gridley OF the Olympia, at 800
Ger month.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
Gen. Gatacre Will Make His Next
Move on That Place.

Queenstown, Cape Colony, Saturday.
Dec. 2-rhe Beers have become very ac-
tive in the country around Stormberg
junction, to which Gen. Gatacre will make
his next move.
The telegraph lines have been cut IN va
rious places and commun cad n win
Steyhoerg Dordrechtand harrisburg has
been severed. 1t is believed here that the
Boers nave occupied SteynbIrg. Firing
mas been heard in The direction of Storm
burg, probably between Gen. Gatacre's
vanguard and the Boer commando.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
3ULLER ON THE B0ER LOSSES.
CONTINUED from First Page)
BoERs AROUND sToRMBERG.

patches contain decidedly Inaccurate in
formation in this respect"
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IN MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.
All Public schools Asked to Hold
Brief Exercises.


washington, Dec. 6.-The George Wash
ington Memorial Association has ma e
public request that on Dec. IA, 1899, he
centennial anniversary of Wa h ngton's
death, all the schools of the land will sus-
mend the regular order of exerc s s at Il
o. o'clock a. m and devote twenty min s
to memorial programme, lnclud ng a brief
aulogy of the life and character Of OR
first President. George Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07

Rome Dec 6.--S gnor Donate Sbarretti
has been appointed Bisnop Of Santiago de
Cuba.
The times., 1899-10-07
RENDERED HIS RESIGN ALTON.
Assistant District Attorney LaslScy >
to Retire From 0E.ce

to Retire From of.ice.
Assistant United States Attorney for the
District, John f. Laskey. has rendered his
resignation to District Attorney Anderson,
to take effect on Saturday next. 1t was
also rumored about the City Hall today
that there has been a graded reduction
made in the salaries of the assistant prose-
cutors and clerks in the District Attorneys
office.
1t, however, can be authoritative stat
ed IN reference to the resignation of Mr..
Lsskey that 1t was in no way influenced
by this report. Some weeks ago MIR. Las
key decided to sever his official connection
with the Office, and when General Ander-
son assumed the duties of the Office he was
so informed by Mr. Laskey.
District Attorney Anderson expressed
regret on being informed of Mr. Laskey's s
determination, and he told him that he
would have been pleased to have him re-
main. He also told him that several men,
bers or the bar and also some of the JUS
tices of the Supreme Court of the District
had spoken of the valuable services he had
rendered during his connection with the
office
Mr.. Laskey entered the District Attor-
ney's Office about four years ago during
the incumbency of Arthur A. Birney.
District Attorney Anderson was asked
about the rumor in reference to the re-
duction OF salaries, and stated that no
action had been taken along this line. IT,
however, there is a readjustment of sala-
ries. il will be with view of enabling
the Office under the present appropriation
to carry five instead of four assistant pro-
seeutors.