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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
NOTHING SERIOUS REPORTED.
No Alarm Felt as to the Condition
of Affairs in Cuba

Washington May 16.-Gen. Brooke has
not reported TO the war department any
serious situation in Cuba, and it is not
believed a the department that any alarm
need be felt regarding the condition of
affairs.
No advice is given Gen. Brooke, as 1t
has been the policy OF the President to
clothe the officers in command in the ISL
and with plenary powers to deal with sit
uations as they arise and hold such Off
GERS responsible.
Communications that Gen. Brooke has
made TO the department regarding the sit
uaton are not given to the public, but the
officials understand that the source of the
present trouble is that the generals Of the
Cuban army are disappointed because they
are not likely to realize as much out Of
the money appropriated for the army as
they think they should.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
ROYAL ARcASUM's SESSION.
VIII Begin in Washington To-day
and Lust Eight Days.

Washington. May 16.-The supreme
council, Royal Arcanum, representing
about 10000 members throughout the
country viii hold It's annual meeting here,
beginning tomorrow and lasting eight
days. Most OF the ninety delegates ar
rived last night There IS considerable
business 70 be brought up.
J. p Apgar Of Trenton, ". j., vice re-
eent. it is conceded will be chosen TO sue
ceed Edison NJ. schryyer Of Baltimore as
supreme regent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
ENGLAND MAY CONTRIBUTE.
English officials Anxious to Go Into
the Pacific Gable.

London, May 16.-The correspondent
here of the Associated Press learns on
undoubted authority that the chancellor
of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, is responsible for the niggardly
financial support offered by the imperial
government to the Pacific cable project,
but that the high commissioner of Can
ada, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal.
and the other interested agents-general
are apparently satisfied, from the devel-
opments of the last few days, that the sec
retary of state for the colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain, will ultimately prevail on
the home government to contribute con-
siderable portion of the capital required
for expenditure in establishing the pro-
iected cable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

He Must Serve "A Life Sentence for
Killing II. u. Lloyd.

Greenville Ala, May 16.-The jury in
the case Of John A. Gafford to-day found
the defendant guilty Of murder in the first
degree and fixed the punishment at Inn
prisonment for life.
Gafford killed r. b. Lloyd, a member OF
the legislature from Buter county, and a
well-known newspaper writer, in August,
1896. He alleged that Lloyd had been
crimlnally intimate with his widowed sis
ter. At his first trial he was sentenced
to be hanged, but the Supreme Court re-
versed the decision.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
spANIARDs WILL EvACUATE.
Rios Cables That the Garrison Will
Leave ZambOanga.

Rios Cables That the Garrison Will
Leave ZambOanga.
Madrid, May 16.-Gen. Rios, in command
of the Spanish troops remaining in the
Philippine Islands, has cabled to the war
Office here announcing that he has enter
ed into an agreement with Maj, Gen. Otis,
the American commander, for an immedi-
ate Spanish evacuation of Zamboanga and
Jolo Consequently, the dispatch adds,
the steamer Leon XIII has started with
American troops who will occupy Jolo and
render honors to the Spanish flag and the
departure of the Spanish troops.
The Leon XIII will proceed from Jolo
to Zamboanga where the vessel will be
met by Gen. Rios with the steamers Por-
to Rico and Uranus The Spanish gen.
eral win superinteud the evacuation.
The dispatch further says the Ameri-
cans will not occupy Zamboanga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
PRESIDENT TOOK A DRIVE.
HIS Day Was n quiet One with No
OmcinI business.

Hot Springs, Va, May 16.-President and
Mrs. Mckinley drove to Warm Springs,
about five miles from the hotel, this morn
ing. The President drove himself, Mr..
Sterry Offering his private team and trap.
Controller and Mrs. Dawes. Mr.. and Mrs
Rixey, Mr.. Cortelyou and Mr.. Barnes fol-
lowed In a carriage.
The party returned just before lunch-
con. They remained only a short time al
the hotel at the Warm Springs. During
the afternoon Mr.. Mckinley took a walk
with DR.. Rixey. No official dispatches
were received or sent. 1t was a quiet day
for the President.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
STORMS DAMAGE SEVERE.

Crops Were Damaged and Ten
Houses Blown to Pieces.
Mount Pleasant, Pa, May 1.-THE storm
which caught this section at o'clock
this evening was the most severe and dis
astrous in many years. Rain fell in tor
rents and hail was so severe that it is
feared crops are badly damaged.
Ten houses of the Illinois Steel Company
at Moorwood, just under way of compile
ton, and one belonging to the workmen,
were blown to pieces. The large plate
that place were broken by the wind and
hail
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
CHANCE FOR AN HErREss.
Here's a Baronet without "A Shilling
to Pay His Rent.

London, May le.--Sir O'connor Moore,
eleventh baronet, who succeeded h.s IA
iher, Sir Richard Emanuel Moore, in 1882,
has been elected from his lodgings, owing
20 his inability 10 pay a shilling for a
weeks accommoda tion.
The hei, to the lite IS his brother, Ste
phen, now living abroad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
HE EXPECTS NO ORDERS NOW.
Gen. wheeler WAS Not Called to
Washington Officially.

Washington. May 16.--Gen. Joseph
Wheeler. who returned to Washington to-
day from the South said the report that
he came in response TO message from
the Secretary Of War, and that he prob
ably would be sent TO the Philippines, was
incorrect.
He received no such message from any
government Official and does not expect
10 receive at this time any orders sending
him out Of the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
IMMENSE STEEL CAR PLANT.
Corporation with S1O.OO0,OOO Capt.
tai 10 lie Orunufzed

Corporation with S1O.OG0,OOO Capt.
tai to lie Organized.
Chicago. May 1G.-An immense plant for
the construction of steel freight cars, Will
be added to Chicago's industries. The es-
tablishment will have a larger capacity
than any other steel car building plant on
the continent.
A corporation with a capital OF 100000 900
will be organized within The present month
and will start out with contracts already
placed for the construction Of 700 cars.
All of the plants now engaged in the
building of steel cars in the United States
are located at Pittsburg, and their ex-
trcne capacity Is contracted for eighteen
months ahead The Chicago concern ex-
poets to be able 10 put its first cars on
the market about JulY I.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

arrests in the Transvaal, counseIing a
postponement of conclusions until the facts
OF the case are ascertained. and declining
10 believe that English officers or sub
Jeets have been guilty of what the Stand
ara terms such reasonable folly"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
WHY WHEELER WAS LEFT OUT.
stupid Negro Boy Carried His Horse
to the Wrong House.

Tallahassee, Fla, May 16.-The alleged
sighting of Gen. Joseph Wheeler at
Charleston on Wednesday last is explained
by Col. Fred Robinson of the adjutant
generals staff. as follows:
Gen. Wheeler was not in the parade
because the negro boy who was sent 10
carry his horse to him, through intention
or natural stupidity, carried the horse to
the wrong number. and remained there
holding the horse until the procession was
over."t
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
HOTEL FIRE IN TOLEDO.

Almost n Panic, But the Guests Man
aged to Escape.
Toledo, O., May 1.-THE Madison, one
of the largest hotels in the city, narrowly
escaped total destruction by fire tonight,
the blaze originating from a disturbance
in electric light wires disaranged by the
storm to-day.
There was a pauie among the sixty
guests, but they made their exit mainly
by fire escapes in their night Clothes and
10 lives were lost. The loss Will be nomi-
nal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
Raleigh sails for Portsmouth.

Charleston, S. c., May 16-The cruiser
Raleigh, Capt. Coghlan, sailed AT noon to-
day for Portsmouth, n. H., where she goes
out Of commission She will be thorough
w oyerhauled and remodeled.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
THIRTY NATIVES MAssACRED.
FormOsan Head Hunters Indulge in
Savage Feast.

Vancouver, p. c., May 16.-Formosan ad-
vices give details of the massacre of thir-
ty unarmed villagers by about sixty head
hunting savages near Tailso.
After the massacre the savages INDUCED
in q feast at which the heads Of the mur-
dered villagers were conspicuously dis
Dlsyed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
BRADLEY-MARTGN FAREWELL.


New York, May 16--Mr. and Mrs. Brad
ley-Martin took their formal and final
farewell of New York society tonight at
the Waldorf-Astoria.
They took il in the form of sumptu-
Gus dinner TO eighty-slx persons. 1t Is
said the dinner cost $4,000. II went off In
a blaze OF glory-vlands, wines, flowers,
music, service all were perfect. but it was
not a promiscuous function IKE the IA
nous fancy dress ball Of several seasons
ago
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

Count Badcni Worried Over His
Losses on the Race Course.
London. May 16.-special dispatches from
Vienna say it is reported that Count Ba-
deni, the former prime minister of Aus
tria. recently tried 70 commit suicide on
account of losses sustained on the race
course.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
HE UPHELD AGUINALDO.

EX-GOv. boutwell, Undertook to
Answer Secretary Long.
Boston, May 16.-A conference of mem
bers of the Anti-Imperialist League was
held at Young's Hotel to-day. The event
of the meeting was an address by ex-
Gov Boutwell,, president of the Anti-Im-
perialst League, in which he upheld the
position of Aguinaldo and undertook to
answer Secretary Long.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
BRIEF IN THE CARTER CASE.
Oral Hearing Before the Attorney
General win Follow.

General VIII Follow.
Washington. May 1.-THE brief prepar-
ed by Col Barr OF the judge advocates
office in the case Of Capt. Carter and
which replied to the brief submitted to
the Attorney General by the attorneys Of
Capt. Carter, was forwarded to Attorney
General Griggs to-day.
1t Is expected that oral hearings will
be granted after the Attorney General
has had time 10 examine the coloners
brief.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
HAVE ISSUED AN ADDRESS.
Committee of Dewey Home Fund
Calls for subscriptions.

washington, May 16.-The national COM
mittee of the Dewey home fund, consist
ing of Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant secre-
tary of the treasury; Charles H. Allen,
assistant secretary of the navy; Brig. Gen.
Henry c. Corbin; Perry S. Heath, first as
sistant postmaster general, and Ellis r.
Roberts, treasurer of the United States
have issued an address to the people of
the United States.
The address sets forth at length the
value of Admiral Dewey's services to the
country and calls on all classes to testify
their appreciation by contributions, how
ever small. Contributions sent TO Ellis
H. Roberts, treasurer, will be acknowl-
edged,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
sexeraI Pupils Iniured.

Canal Fulton, O.. May l6.-During the
storm to-day the wall of q school house
was blown in and the pupils were iniur-
~d. some of them quite seriously.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17

Count Badeni formed cabinet in 1895
His ministry resigned on Nov. %. 1897. He
comes Of an Italian family, which migrat-
ed into Poland in the sixteenth century.
The fortune Of the former premier has
been estimated at 100000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
VII ne Lnunehed on JUNO 8.

New York, May &c. Oliver Iselin said
to-day that he had decided 10 launch the
Columbia, the new Americas cup de-
lender, on June 5.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
HE HAS NOTHING OFFICIAL.
News Of Arrests at Pretoria CAUSED

news of Arrests at Pretoria Caused
Much Excitement.
H ulon, May 16.-Joseph Chamberlain,
secretary of state for the colonies. this
'".1g said he had heard nothing Off
e'a4.F regarding the arrests in the Trans
'@3. ana did not think that too serious
,-le ance ought to be attached TO them.
DEE news caused considerable excitement
,N 1--N The members OF the House, but
deposition was manifested to credit
'"' ia.nors OF a rebellious conspiracy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
LINK IN IT'S SAVANNAH LINE.
southern's Purchase of Carolin8
Midland Is Confirmed.

Mihlnnd Is COnfIrmed.
Charleston, S. c.. May 16-At a meet
ing Of the stockholders OF the Southern
Investment Company, held In this city to-
day the sale Of the Carolina Midland to
the Southern Railway Company was ap-
proved and ratified.
by this purchase the Southern acquires
seventy-two miles Of road, part Of which
can be used. In the new line which the
Southern is 10 build from Columbia, S.
c.. to Savannah, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
THEY POSTPONE CONCLUSIONS.

english Papers Refuse TO Believe
Officers Are Guilty.
N''Nuon' May T.-All the morning papers
ue'ote their principal editorials to the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
MONEY EARNED BY DRAMATIC
WRITER'S.

Wonderful stories are told OF the
amounts paid to dramatic authors. If
they were true, they would prove that the
quickest way to get rich was to writs a
successful play, says Scribners'. 1t take
about two years however. for a skilled
dramatist, like Bronson Howard, to make
"a play, and he cannot guarantees that 1t
will be liked by the unfatEomable public.
do not know what Mr.. Howard re-
ceives, but the typical pay Of a dramatic
author Is per cent of the gross receipts
weekly. But there is no fixed standard
of payment. One noted pair of collabora-
tors received for one of their productions
per cent of the gross receipts up TO
Sc, 600 and per cent. additional Of each
81 900 over that figure. As their work
drew $4,000 week for the first six
weeks, their manager had to pay them
500 week for the use of their work. In
the case of purely theatrical hack-wcrk
smaller prices are paid, and the rate is
often fixed Mt so much a night, S!5 Being
a good fee. For adaptations royalties are
seldom paid in this country. A manager
usually hires Il hack dramatist. and pays
him lump sum for his work. For oper-
eta adaptations very small prices are
paid; that is why the adaptations are
usually such poor trash. No man who
can do good work can afford to accept the
terms. Original operettas. If successful,
pay both managers and authors very
we'll. D'Oyly Carte offerei Gilbert Il
Sullivan 900 down for the exclusive
English rights to the pirates of Pen.
zauce." They declined the offer. accept
ed their customary royalties, and got
el2,000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
STORIES OF REMBRANDT.
How lie Once Painted a Monkey Into u
Family Group.

RembIandt's principal characteristic,
apart from his genius, was undoubtedly
his extreme avarice, says the Chicago
News, and many stories have been told
of the tricks to which heIresorted in order
10 raise the value of his etchings, such
as causing the false reports to be spread
of his death, or OF bis intention to leave
the country. This weakness of his was
we'll known to his pupils, who use1 to
paint coins ON the floor and on pieces of
paper left on the table in order to see him
endeavor to pick up what he supposed to
be money.
A different phase Of his character, how
ever, is illustrated by an anecdote repeated
by most of his biograp1ers. On one oo-
casicn, when he was painting family
group, he was informed of the death of a
favorite monkey. Making no remark,
he continued to paint, and on the COM
pletion Of the picture his sitters discov-
cred, to their annoyance, that he had
added the portrait of the monkey to the
group and, rather than paint 1t out, he
preferred to have the picture thrown on
his hands and to forfeit the price. His
disregard of convention is shown by the
qua int but effective manner in which he
dressed the figures in his h istoi ioal pic
lures and for which he made collection
of old costumes. headdresses. weapons
and armor, which he called his antiques.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
RISE OF AGNOSTICISM

A passing phase Of recent thought. that
need not long he dwelt on, is agnosticism,
1t may be called the elimination or ad-
yanced stage of the skepticism of the
thirties and forties, says Self-Culture.
The relation of Hamilton and Mansel to
1t has been pointed out. They prepared
the ground for Huxley, who had much of
the challenging temper then rife in Eng
land, but mingled with scientific caution
and reserve. A new attitude of mind
was the result. the outcome of these two
With much of the iuonoclas-
tic mood, he did not countenance sweep
ing criticism. He would not deny the
possibility of life after death or the exis-
tenoo Of Supreme Being. He assumed
the position of one who is non commital
Intellectual honesty compelled him to
take some such position. In tie absence
of positive proof respecting certain theo-
logical and metaphysical conceptions, he
preferred not to affirm dogmstically
whether they are true or not. Recognize
ing that the boundaries Of the movable
and unknowable (so-callsd) arc forever
shifting. he maintained suspense of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
MARTIN CHUZZLEWiT VILLAGE.
Dickens Only work Which Deals with
the United states.

Charles Dickens, Ia his novel entitled
"Martin Chuz7lewit," the only work of
kction he wrote dealing with the United
States and its Inhabitants, mentions
town on the Mississippi river which he
calls Eden, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat The village upon which he
satirically bestowed this name was Meth
er really known under that appellation,
nor was 1t by any means as pleasant and
beautiful place as tho word Eden would
naturally imply. Quite the contrary; as
will be readily understood by those who
read tbs story mentioned.
Martin Chuzzlewit, investing all of his
lroney-S;50-in several lots in Eden, I'M
der representations that it was a city of
sp!eaaor and magniheenoa. town whers
bgiress was ever at the height of aosivi-
~, fa!t proud that he had been SO fortu.
rata US to become landed proprietor in
sach 8 community, but when he arrived
.here ana io7nd emily a small district,
with limited number of rude log cabins
and CHER structures standing in q clear.
lag. instead of the many business houses,
,plenaid dwellings, beautiful parks,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
GOT THE BEST OF THE PROBES
SOR.

Who is Ezra p. Conklin? This is what
the people of Edinburgh are asking, for
they have Been immensely amused at a
triangular duel between an American of
this name, who describes himself as ian
open-eyed Westerner, the professor of
fine arts in ths Edinburgh University.
and the director of the Edinburgh Lyce-
UNI Theatre.
The casus belli was an offensive adver-
Using drop curtain which the manager of
the Lyceum had permitted to be placed
in the theatre. This sort of thing is com
mon enough at a pantomime time, but it
was particularly out of place at the Ly-
ceum during Shakespearean representa-
lions. Mr.. Conklin in q letter to the
Scotsman called attention to this outrage
on artistic taste. nhe professor of fine
arts rushed into print. and, without n
word of acknowledgement to Mr.. Conklin,
took the subject under his special care.
The American, in pungent and very
clever letter, gave the professor tremen-
dous drubbing for his want of courtesy,
his bad grammar and slovenly style of
composition. for. unfortunately the pro-
fessor's letter was not quite model Of
Queens English, though he is an Oxford
trained man. Honors rest easily with
the American, and besides, the manage.
ment of the theatre has removed the
offensiv curtain.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28

The Lord Denman this generation knew
would be harshly described If he were said
to be insane, for he was not violent and
never offended any more than he hurt any
body but he was certainly of weak or al
least eccentric intellect. He attended every
sitting of the house of lords quite conscien
tiously, and no sitting passed without his
rising to speak. Then very curious thing
would happen. You, as a visitor, would
be surprised, perhaps even a little shocked,
to observe that every peer in the house be-
gan at once TO talk to his neighbor and to
talk in as loud voice as no could until
the usually somber and spectrally silent
assembly became positively as noisy as the
grasshoppers in Il big field.
When you looked at the venerable figure
with the hooked nose and heard the melo-
dious voice, you were positively shocked
that an assembly of noblemen should show
itself so wanting in the commonest courte-
sizes of life, but really there was no choice
in the matter. Lord Denman always talked
insanities or imbecilities, and there was no
method by which he could be kept down
except by the rough and ready method
have described. He made motions No.
body took notice of them. The lord chan
cellor did not even go through the formal
ity of putting them to the vote and having
them rejected. 1t was as If nobody had
spoken, as If this figure were ghost from
the gEaye--Harper's Magazine
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28

, Judgment. To express his mental atti-
tude towards matters that no regarded as
uncertain and unverifable, he coined the
new term ''agnostio'' from the Greek
word "aguosco''-"I do not know" 1t
was merely one CT the details Of positivism
brought .iuto clearer relief, Huxley's POSI-
tion being substantially that of Mill and
SPENCER Tho doctrine was at first mis-
construed, denounced aud laughed at
Later, its distinctive features were seen
to be not SO very Objectionable after all,
aside from the weakness of negation. In
time it received the qualified approval of
philosophers and theologians. For a
polemics, but Its discussion soon ceased.