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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
BLooDTH1RsTY D,ALMENAs.

D'Almenas. of the Spanish Senate, wants
blood. Nothing but blood will satisfy
him. Since he cannot get the blood of
Americans, he is demanding that of the
Spanish generals who could not whip the
Americans. He wants them shot. He is
not willing to accept any explanation from
them respecting their conduct. Spain want
ed the Yankees whipped, and D'Almenas
and others like him expected the generals
in command to whip them. They had no
business TO fail. II they could not accom-
plish the impossible then they must suf-
fer the consequences. D'Almenas says
they led an army of lions" In that event
it has been shown how even a lion can
deteriorate under starvation in a siekly
climate. He says the leaders of the
lions" were "Jackasses." The greater
part of his spleen is directed against Lin
ares, who commanded at Santiago, and Ad-
mirals Cervera and Montijo. Linares fell
at the head of his troops, and was so Sc
verely wounded that his life was des-
paired of. If there was Zion" in the
Spanish army 1t was Linares. Still. upon
his arrival IN SPAN ne was thrown mtO
prison. where he has been kept ever since.
Cervera and Montije fought till their ships
were battered and burned and sunk, hope
less wrecks And upon their return to
Spain they were placed under arrest Jau-
denes who had the ill luck to become gov
ernor general of the Philippines after the
bombastic Augusti had run away, has
been thrown into prison because fate de-
creed that he should surrender Manila.
An of these il D'Almenas can have his
way-and it seems that he represents
Spanish public sentiment-will be incon-
tinently shot, or immured in cells for the
remainder of their lives. The Spanish
spirit is as vindictive and blood thirsty
as it was hundreds of years ago. In China
they have a way of beating their losing
generals on the soles of their feet until
the flesh is in jelly, or otherwise inflict-
ing superlative physical suffering upon
them. So well understood is this that few
of the Chinese commanders who chance to
be defeated lose any time in committing
suicide Still the Chinese are no more in
human than the DAlmenas class of Span
iards, who wish their generals shot or left
TO rot in dungeons for occurrences which
they had no power TO prevent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
without Food for Fifty Years.

81 spoke the truth, and the literal
TRUTH" rejoined the hale and hearty old
gentleman, impressively, says Household
Words. Believe me or not, as you may,
am not more than GO years of age, and
yet for more than fifty of those years
have eaten nothing" The elegant young
man looked rather uneasy. II don't want
TO be offensive he observed, but, really,
are you sure that you're feeling well in
your mind?"
The hale. and hearty old gentleman
laughed outright. "No, I am not crazy,
if that's what you mean" he returned
but see here. I'll explain. Out of the
twenty-four hours Of the day never spend
more than three, all told, for my break
fast, lunch and dinner, and often not as
much as that But let us say three. That
leaves twenty-one during which 1 take
no food; that is to say, seven-eighths of
my time. Seven-eighths of sixty years Is
fifty-two and one-half; so. you see, it is
literally true that for more than fifty years
/ haven't eaten a thing, and -
But the elegant young man had gone off
as fast as his legs could carry him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
UNEMPLOYED Ex-voLuNTEERs.

Some Of the New Jersey volunteers who
have been mustered out Of the service have
asked the legislature of their state to pass
a bill giving each of them sl25. They say
that they are out of employment and many
are in debt. and that the amount asked for
would enable them to pay their debts and
give them a chance to begin industrial
life again. In New York, Chicago, Phil
adelphia and other cities, it Is stated,
there are a number of ex-volunteers who,
leaving the government service, have
found themselves without the means of
earning a livelihood. Many of them left
jobs which afforded them a comfortable
living when they enlisted, and thought
they would have no trouble in getting back
their old places at the end of the war. IN
deed, many employers distinctly stated
that those in their employ who might vol
unteer would be welcomed back in their
accustomed places; and there seemed TO
be sort of tacit understanding, at least
on the part of the men, that volunteers
were to return to the places they eft
when they went into the ranks. T
Without having accurate data upon
which to base an opinion, we believe that
the percentage of the ex-volunteers who
left steady employment to go to the war,
and are now without work after having
been mustered out, is comparatively small.
1t certainly Is in this city. which sent
approximately 1000 men into the ranks.
Except in a very few instances the Sa-
vannah men who went to the war, upon
being mustered out returned to their for
mer positions, or had not a great deal of
difficulty in securing new ones. 1t may
be, however, that the Savannah volunteers
were of a higher grade than those of some
other sections, and hence had less diff
ficulty in returning to activity in civil life.
However, the volunteers as whole are
a class which should not remain Idle for
any length of time, in times of peace. Be
fore being enlisted they were required to
pass rigid examination showing those
accepted to be of vigorous body and well
balanced mind. Only those were accept
ed as soldiers who were we'll qualified to
earn a living as civilians. They are men
who, having left the army, should be at
work. Whether or not the plan suggested
in New Jersey is the best way of aiding
those who are temporarily unemployed,
may be questioned; but there is no doubt
that the ex-vounteers deserve the consid-
Grafton of employers, and should be given
preference whenever it is possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
THE AUDITORIUM MOVEMENT.

We feel sure the movement in favor of
an auditorium is one that has the appro-
val of the entire city. A large hall, capa-
people, has been one of the great needs
of Savannah for long time. The need
was first suggested when we were having
musical festivals here. 1t was found that
the theater was not nearly large enough
to do what the managers of the musical
festival had in mind. and therefore the
festival, after having been very successful
for several seasons, was abandoned.
And there is no doubt that Savannah
would be a great convention city If there
were a hall here capable of accommodating
large conventions. Conventions generally
occur at the time of the year when Sa-
vannah, from the standpoint of climate,
is particularly attractive. With an audi
torium. such as il is proposed to erect,
Savannah would become a convention city.
The movement in the direction of an
auditorium, however means more than
the building of a structure of that kind
1t means the beginning of an effort to
terprises for which Savannah is well adapt
ed-enterprise which would have a fair
chance Of succeeding here. 1t means the
stirring up of the people to the import
ance of doing something all the time to
call attention 10 their city. and to pro-
mote its interests. In order that the audi
forum movement may be successful 1t is
necessary that the people shall be liberal
and prompt in lending 1t a helping hand
When the building of a hotel was first
discussed many said that there were
enough hotels here already, and that a
great hotel, such as IL was proposed to
erect, would be a losing enterprise. But
the hotel pays and has been of the great
est possible benefit to the city. So it
would be no doubt in respect to the pro-
| posed auditorium. 1t would help the city
In many ways.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22

Il went to church the other night" said
the old-timer. according to the Portland
Oregonian, land I heard the parson pray
and preach. if I didn't hear a daughters
voice singing in the village choir, as the
poet Longfellow has it.
The preacher said many things, some
sharp and some not SO sharp, but what
struck me was where he said the savage
needed a mirror-that the savage had no
mirror, and if he had a mirror he would
be more cleanly.
That set me to thinking of what 1 had
seen of our American savage-our In
dams. I have been among the Umatillas,
Nez Perces, Snakes and Blackfeet, and,
while they did not have full-length mir
rors in their wicSeups, fully two-thirds
of the warriors had hand mirrors tied on
10 the horns of their saddles by buckskin
strings, and they used them continuously.
80 l Judge that my friend the parson
has only a superficial knowledge of our
Northwestern savages.
Twenty years ago was sitting around
a campfire with Lieut.. Farrow's Indian
scouts, In the wild Salmon River Noun
tains, where bears abound and 1t SHOWS
in August, and one of our Indians a Nez
Perces named Charlelow, told a thrilling
tale handed down by his father. The lat
ter had gone across the Rocky Noun
tains with war party of ten men to
steal horses from the Crow Indians. They
Travelled by night and hid themselves
by day. One day they were in fancied Sc
curity in some thick timber, and most
of them were sleeping. Charpelow's faith
er walked down to the creek and took a
bath, used the sun for a crash towel, and
was very busy primping and braiding his
hair and gazing at himself in his hand
mirror, when crash! bangi came the re-
ports of rifles, and yelling and whooping
and great turmoil.
HE escaped afoot, and at night sneaked
back to the camp and found that every
one of his companions had been killed
The Crows had taken their horses and
most of their camp equippage, but had
left the saddles. But they had taken from
the horn of every saddle the highly priced
hand mirror. The sole survivor took along
his saddle, and had to sneak around
among the enemy for a week before he
had a chance to steal a horse. Having
lost his gun at the camp he did not feast
on buffalo or bear meat on the back track,
but the timber was full of fool-hens, which
he knocked down with stones, and the
sorrow his homecoming brought to the
Nez Perces nation nearly knocked down
the relatives of the men who had sacri-
feed their lives in an honest endeavor to
increase the horse herds of the tribe.
But as to the savage having mirrors,
why, my boy, 1 suppose the Yankee fac
tories of Connecticut worked many a
nights overtime years ago turning out
mirrors that went through the hands of
Indian traders and into the hands of our
Indian savages. They have mirrors"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
BRIGHT BITS.

An enterprising South London under
taker displays in his window this notice:
why walk about in misery when you
can be decently buried for 30s ?''-Tit-Bits.
Quickly Dispatched-"Mr. Spoona-
moore, will you please tell me what you
came to see me for?" IT will. Miss Nc
Curdy. came to ask you to marry me"
"Wen, I certainly won't Let us now en-
joy the evening. Do you play chess, Mr.
Spoonamore?''-Chi Record.
-Impressive--"Of course" said the call
err, parrots do not realize the meaning of
their words otherwise they would not be
so profane" II suppose they don't" an
swered Miss Cayenne. But it is certainly
marvellous to hear them ask for crackers
and then stand up and discuss their rations
like army officers. Washington Star.
Legal Repartee.- of the
jury" said the pompous lawyer, assuming
his most imposing men, II once sat upon
the judges bench in Iowa" Where was
the judge?" quickly inquired the opposing
attorney, and the pompous gentleman
found the thread of his argument hope
lessly entangled.-Detroit Free Press.
"A Lesson in History.-Little FRANCES
Papa, my teacher told me to ask you to
tell me something about Victor Hugo. To-
morrow she wants me to tell the class
what was the most. important thing he
ever did' Papa (who pretends to know
it alD-Victor Hugo founded the Hugo
nauts-but you tell year teacher I'm payin'
school taxes, and 1 don't propose to have
to do her work.-Chicago News
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
Irinr ns a Mntter of Hahit.

David Christie Murray writes: IT seem
to have a rather large acquaintance with
liars, and I find that they divide them
selves naturally into four classes. There
is the cruel and scandalous liar, who makes
mischief in your home or among your
friends, and who is one of the greatest
curses of social life. There is the man
who lies for profit, and he also is a danger
to the trustful and unwary. Then there
is the man who lies because ofahis own ex-
aggerated sense of self-importance and the
constant craving to astonish or interest
other people. He is almost harmless, ard
is generally a man of excessive amiability.
Then there is the purely humorous liar,
who is an unadulterated boon and blessing.
IT had written for a magazine a poem
called England to America One of these
gentle prevaricators told me that he had
received a letter from Prince Bismarck
about it, and made a grope in his pocket
and hunted through a heal Of documents.
He was awfully sorry that he had left Bis
marcks letter at home He remembered
now exactly where he had bestowed 1t,
and he would bring 1t into town next day
1 met him next day. and he ran to me with
enthusiasm.
1--WE got that letter of the Kaisers," he
said, with a beaming triumph,
The Kaiser's?'' 1 asked.
Yes; the letter about your poem. The
letetr from the Kaiser. 1 told you about
it yesterday"
you forgot the Kaiser yesterday; you
only spoke of Bismarck.
Really? Is that so? Well, I've got
'em both to-day
There was a new search and there were
new laments. He could not guess now he
had come to be so stupid. He had left
both letters at home, and what a pity it
was that l was going to the continent that
evening. He finally overdrew his account
when he assured me that he had just left
Salisbury" and had learned from that
distinguished mans own lips that 1 was in
the running for the laureateship.
The odd and notable thing was that, o'It-
side this aimless, shameless foolery, the
man was astute and honest 1 believe that
he was scrupulously honest in money mat
ter and that the world could not have
tempted him to an inexactitude In business
which would have brought a dishonest
shilling TO his pocket.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Notice of Closing of
City Offices; Ship Notice, Paterson, Down
ing & Co, Consignees; Cafe, ]. II. Helm
ken Go to nj. S. Gardners; Groceries,
6hearouse, Hutchinson & Co.; Roasts,
Etc, S. Martin; In Meats William F. Rem
6ant; Cheese, s. L. Newton Notice TO Su-
psrior Court Jurors; Bids for Feed, George
NJ. Gadsden. Commissioner; Bids for Coal,
George NJ. Gadsden, Commissioner; Special
Notice, b. H. Levy & Bro; Notice 10
Debtors and Creditors Estate John Riley.
Deceased; Lot of Irish Potatoes for Sale,
]. ]. Carolan, Agent; Eat-WeH Gelatines
and Salads, c. A. Munster
Business Notices-Improved Show Cases,
Henry Solomon & Son.
Publication-Pocket Treasure, a New
Book for Men, F. Jordan, Buffalo. N. Y.
Gas Ranges-MutuaI Gas Light Com
pany.
Rapid Radiance of Winter Goods
Metropolitan Clothing Company.
$500 Reward-For Information of the
Heirs of John Faivey and His Sister
Martha George A. Smythe, Attorney-at-
Law, Boston, Mass.
Amusements-Euni Goodrich at Thea
ter Feb. g.
Modern Vehicles-Mark Apple.
Beef-LAebigs Extract of Beef.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Jauos.
Steamship Observation-Disclosures Steam
ship Company.
Hotel-Plaaters' Hotel. O..
ne-Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Association.
Medical-Hood's Pills; Ayers Cherry
PICTORIAL Paine's Celery Compound; Ly-
dia Pinkhams Vegetable Pills; Mothers
Friend Browns Bronchial Troches; Gu
ticura Remedies Munyon's Dyspepsia
Cure; Alligator Liniment; DR.. Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22

The colony of Fitzgerald. In Irwin coun-
ty, Is in a flourishing condition, as shown
by President Fitzgerald of the colony
company. His report shows that the COM
pany has a margin of S1Os,45l above all
debts after the stock is retired. 1t is stat
ed to be the purpose of Mr.. Fitzgerald,
so far as he can influence the affairs of
the company in future. 60 employ all OF
the surplus assets in founding charitable
Institutions for patriotic societies and in
building churches, libraries and schools.
The enterprise was well conceived and
ably managed. Mr.. Fitzgerald has erect
ed for himself an enduring monument; and
one of the best that man could have.
Georgia is proud of his city, and hopes
chat there will be others of his kind to
come into the state and duplicate his sue
cess.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22

Congressman get curious letters, says
the New York Tribune. 81 voted for you
just the same as Jim Smith, and he got
four packages of seed, and only got
three" wrote a kicker, who cut his com
plant short with the declaration that he
would never vote for that member again
in a thousand years. Another seed-struck
constituent asks for package of "Mardi
Gras" seed, of which he had heard much
and which he believes grows in New Or
leans. Another request from a mountain
eer says: my gal Sue is going to be mar
ried next month. Please send her a silver
ring. and have 1t marked, From Pa to
Darling. Another constituent asks for
two gallons Of good whisky, but this ia
vorite beverage is requested by many
writer's of queer letters. OF course, those
who have voted for the congressman all
their lives and would like to borrow a
little money on the strength of it are
many, but all of these unreasonable re
quests are consigned to the waste bas-
ket. and the writers probably believe that
their representative is too busy making
speeches to answer them and by next cleo
ton forget all about it
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
WHAT THE PRESIDENT COULD Do


In an address at Pontiac, Mich. on Mon
day, Col Bryan is quoted as saying that
the President could stop the fighting in
the Philippines at once by announcing to
the Filipinos that the American soldiers
are not among them for the purpose of
subjugaung ana robbing them, but 10
maintain order and to assist them in es-
tablishing a stable government Aasum-
ing that he is correctly quoted, It is
question whether he does not overestimato
the effect of such an announcement by the
President as he proposes, and whether he
does not take it for granted that the
President possesses powers which, in fact,
he does not.
1t has not been very long since the Pres
ident issued proclamation 20 the Fill
pinos, IN which he practically told them
that the United States had no other OBJ
ject in view than their good and the best
interests of the American people. Did
that proclamation have any effect towards
making the Filiplnos less hostile to the
United States? 1t certainly did not. 1t is
doubtful If one Filipino in a hundred ever
heard of il, and it Is a question If many
of them would have understood 1t if they
had. The leaders of the Filipinos take
care that the people shall hear nothing
which would tend to lessen their hostility
to the United States and that they shall
not be influenced to regard our govern
ment favorably by anything they do hear.
Gen. Otis says that such is the case.
Would then an announcement by the
President, such as Col. Bryan suggests,
have the effect of putting stop to blood
shed in the Philippines? We think not.
But has the President the authority to
say to the Filipinos what the purpose of
our government is In respect to the Phil
ippines? The President says he hasn't,
and in his addresses Col. Bryan has prac-
tically admitted that he hasn't. Congress
alone has the authority to do what Col.
Bryan said in his Pontiac address, the
President ought to do.
1t seems to us that Col. Bryan is some
what inconsistent. He Is undoubtedly on
the right line in opposing imperialism, and
in saying that the Filipinos ought to have
a government of their own as soon as II
is safe to give it TO them, but he is not
wholly satisfactory in trying to make it
appear that the President has power to
do that which it is admitted he has not
the power 10 do.
We have said several times that 1t SEEM
ed to us that Congress ought to announce
at once a policy in respect to the Philip
pines. but Mr.. Cannon. speaking for the
Republicans. said on the floor of the House
of Representatives on Monday that to do
so at this time would be to assist our enc
mics in those islands. From our point of
view, he is mistaken. Stin, we are will
ling to admit that from his point of view
he can see the situation more clearly The
Senate passed the McEnery resolution,
which is an indication of what our purpose
is in respect to the Philippines and 1t
seems TO us that, without danger to our
interests, Congress could go little fur
Their and leave the leaders of the Fill
pinos no room to say that our purpose is
to subjugate them, and then rob them as
the Spaniards did.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
PERSONAL.

Joseph Chamberlain, the English
vel and despair of the medical fraternity
He has maintained perfect health and
amazing vigor though he never takes any
exercise, smokes necessarily and other
wise contravenes hygienic rules. But he is
laid up al Birmingham now with the govt
1t is declared by her friends that Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst, widow of the California
senator, has in the past two years spent
not less than 100000 in charity The
greater portion of this vast sum was de-
voted to founding chairs in the University
of California, but Mrs. Hearst is believed
to have put hundreds of thousands of dol
lars where her benevolence received little
or no publicity
-Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian dram
atlst, was intended at first for a doctor.
and at the age of 16 he had to don a drug
gist's apron. His ambitions carried him
a little beyond that, and he decided to
become doctor, and read up for exami-
nation at Christiania. In the course OF
his study he was reading Salust, and the
character of Catiline so took his fancy
that he wrote a little play introducing
him. This was Ibsen's first dramatic eff
fort.
Thirty four years ago Secretary Sc
ward offered Chauncey Depew the min
istry to Japan. He refused, preferring to
become counsel for the Harlem Railroad
which was the beginning of his connec-
ton with the Vanderbilts. Mr.. Depew then
said: IF l stay in this position my prac-
tice Will grow, and when 1 am old if ]
want to go to the Senate or to get a mis-
eli / fs
only now, after thirty-four years, thai
his words have hecorne true
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22

Some time ago the Midland Railway of
England asked the English manufacturers
of locomotives how long il would take
them to deliver certain number Of en-
gines If an order were booked on a given
date The Englishmen required fifteen
months from time of order to delivery.
The question was repeated to manufac-
turers in the United States and a Phila-
delphia firm replied that it would con-
tract to deliver ten engines in ten weeks.
and twenty engines in sixteen weeks. As
might be supposed. the order was sent 10
America. The incident illustrates one rea-
son why We are selling machinery in Eu-
rope
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22

The testimony of Gen. Miles before the
beef investigating commission on Monday
did not tend to enhance he reputation
of New York Journalism. One New York
paper had published a long Interview
with Gen. Niles. The person who wrote
the article addressed a letter 20 Gen.
Miles and offered to swear that the gen.
eral had refused to be interviewed, and
that the article had been made up in the
Office from the writer's general knowledge
of the facts. This, presumably, affords an
insight into the ways of yellow journ-
alism al the metropolis.