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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25
PERSONAL.

Henry Clews had a hobby for collect
ing orchids, and now owns, after several
years of work upon it, the best collec-
ton in the United States.
The widowed Crown Princess Stephan,e
viii make a long visit to England this
year. She will then travel via Ostend
20 London, and will pay a visit to Queen
Victoria. For the first time the Crown
Princess will be accompanied on long
journey by her daughter, the Archduchess
Elizabeth, who is 16 years old.
Capt. AngIum, who, with one company
of the Twelfth Regiment, forced 200 Phil
ippine insurgents to abandon their posi-
ton, is a native of Worcester, Mass. He
enlisted in the army twenty-four years
ago, and was assigned to Company ..
Twelfth Infantry He followed the for
tunes of the regiment at various cam
paigns against the Indians rising success
sively in rank through the grades of COR
poral and sergeant, until, in February,
1882, he was commissioned second Heuten-
ant for mertoriOus conduct at the en-
gagement of Horse Prairie during the Nez
Perces campaign in Arizona. He was
then first sergeant Of his company. He
received his commission as captain about
a year ago,
The Princess de Sagan. who is report
ed to be on her deathbed, has been a
queen of Paris society for forty years
No woman has been so much talked of in
the gay capitol during that time. Although
enormously wealthy and prodigal in spend
ing, she has great objection to paying her
debts, and her trades-people have mucn
difficulty in extracting any money from
her The Princess inherited her fortune
from her father, Seliere. the army con-
tractor, who committed suicide after no
was indicted for fraud in connection with
the worthless clothing he sold the French
government for the soldiers during the
campaign of 1871. 1t is only a year ago
that the Princess caused a sensation by
abducung her husband, who twenty-five
years ago had left her house after
stormy scene. calling the servants to wit
ness that he had taken away nothing but
his umbrella. Her high-handed way Of
enforcing her VIII was shown again when
she kept her son Hello Due de Talleyrand,
under lock and key for six months be-
cause ne expressed desire to marry some
one of whom she did not approve. Though
cordially dlsliked, every one in Paris So
ciety courts the Princess because of her
wealth and also because people stand in
dread of her tongue, which is said to be
one of the worst that ever woman had.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

II Gen. Joseph Wheeler does as active
fighting in the Philippines, where he has
recently been ordered, as ne did in the
South during the civil war, he is ant TO
make his presence felt, says the Philadel-
phia Post. Gen. Horace Porter tells the
following story, which is both true and
timely: Ii was about the middle of the
clVll war when a freshly appointed CO..
oheI with a newly enlisted regiment Joined
the Union forces in the far South They
were beautifully new, both in experience
ana IN uniforms, and they We're very anx-
lous 10 night. The routine of camp life
drove them almost to mutiny. One bright
october morning word was received that
small detachment of Gen Wheeler's
caVairymen were on the other side of the
nil, and force started out in pursuit
The next day the Confederates were re-
ported miles distant in the opposite d!rec-
uon. The third day the new colonel aud
veteran bngadier started out for a pleas
ure ride. mile from camp they rode mo
the fugitive Confederates who had been
circIing the camp for a week. 1t was a
narrow escape, but they got away I'M
harmed. After i was over the general
said TO the colonel:
We'll, what do you think of war now"
rs Wheeler in this neighborhocd much
of the time?" replied the colonel evasive-
ly.
IAN the time. He is here, there and
everywhere. What do you think of the
prospect"
We'll, answered the colonel refect,vely
4 wonder whether there isn't some way
TINS Internal thing can be compromised "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25
NEGRO SOLDIERS FOR THE PHILIP
PINES


The war department. il seems. is opposed
to the effort that is being made 70 have
one or more negro regiments enlisted for
duty IA the Philippines. The experience
with negro volunteer soldiers in the war
with Spain was moi az ali satisfactory. The
negro regulars fought weB at Santiago.
! and there does not appear TO have been
any complaint of the negro regulars at any
time, but the negro volunteers were diff
cult TO control. Besides, the color preju-
dice made them undesirable soldiers.
One strong reason THAI is advanced for
ennsting negro volunteers for the Philip
pine war is that they could stand the eli
mate better than white volunteers. 1t is
doubtful if there is much that is worth
considering in this claim that negro vol
unteers ought TO be accepted on account of
their greater ability to stand the climate
Of the Philippines. As a matter of fact
our soldiers appear to be standing the
climate there remarkably well. An army
officer in a letter to the Army and Navy
Journal, speaking of the health conditions
in the Philippines says: 4 see no differ
ence in the health conditions here and in
the United States. The men in the regi-
ment have been healthier than at home,
Where they took the same reasonable pre-
cautions as they would in Georgia there
would be no difference. ] know of no dis
case we need fear, which is indigenous to
the islands except the smallpox"
1t viii be recalled that when our sol
diers started for the Philippines it was said
bat hail Of har III
of fevers of one kind and another, and
that it was simply impossible for them to
stand the climate. They have stood it,
however and those who have sreturned
look about as we'll, as far as health is con-
cerned, as they would if they had been en-
camped in this country. Indeed, the vol
unteers at Manila and vicinity appear TO
be more healthy than the volunteers en-
camped at Chickamauga a year ago were.
The death rate hasn't been anywhere near
a great as it was thought it would be, and,
if what the officer quoted above says is
correct, the hospitals have not been crowd
ed with soldiers suffering from diseases pc
culiar TO the country. 1t may be there
fore that the Philippines are far from be-
ing as unhealthy as they have been repre-
scented TO be-
1t is a pretty safe prediction that the
proposition TO raise a negro regiment of
volunteers for the Philippines viii not meet
with favor at the war department, if the
only argument offered in it's behalf is the
ability of negroes TO stand the climate
better than the white volunteers. That ar
gument has been pretty conc.usively shown
not to be sound
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25
TILLMAN'S CHANCES FOR RE
ELECTION

1t Is too soon to make predictions re-
specting Senator Tnlmun's campaign for
another term in the United States Senate.
sltion in the person of Lawrence W.
Youmans of Hampton county. Mr.. You
mans is spoken of as a hrst-class cam
paigner, and mis- friends seem to think he
has very good prospect of being elected.
There have been murmurs of dissatisfac-
ton in South Carolina these many months
with Senator Tihman. No doubt he stiH
has great many friends there. and he
viii make others as The campaign pro-
crosses. The fact, however, that many
of his ablest lieutenants, the men who
helped 10 put him in the high position ne
holds, are no longer his supporters. would
seem to indicate that he is lacking in
those qualities which have characterized
the greatest political leaders of the coun-
try.
1t is probable that Senator TiIman is
an intensely selfish man. and is far from
being the great man that some of his
wooi-hat supporters thought him when he
began 10 appear above the political hori-
ION. That he has great force of charac-
ter there is no doubt, but it Is question
able if he is entitled TO rank as a S ates-
man. He has plenty of shrewdness, and
has shown himself to be an adrot poll
iiciau, but as he has climbed higher, and
his political friends have got better view
OF him, they have ceased to have the re-
eard for him they once had. In looking
over his political career, they cannot find
that he has been OF any particular bene-
fit 10 his constituents or his state Many
OF those who once admired him immense
ly and were ready 10 do any amount OF
political work for him, are not now ex-
erting themselves in his behalf. Even his
picturesque style Of campaigning-his
method OF attacking his opponents with
p.tchfork as il were-has become tame
and common place, and no longer calls
toge ,her admiring crowds.
Stn, It cannot be said that his political
race is run He may have power enough
10 carry him into another term in the
Senate. There IS no doubt that he will
put forth all his energy to attain that OBJ
ject But If his star should set al The
end of his term in The Senate. there
wouldn't be sadness and mourning in
South Carolina.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25
PATTIsON'S PRESIDENTIAL LIGHT
MING ROD.

The talk that ex-Gov. Pattison of Penn
sylvania is giving the newspapers seems
to justify the question as to whether he
has hoisted his presidential lightning rod
with the hope that presidential lightning
win come his way. He made a trip
through the West recently, returning TO
his home in Philadelphia a few days ago.
Since his return he has been telling the
newspapers that the Democratic party
will encounter certain defeat if it incor-
porates in its platform next year the 16 10
1 idea. He says the farmers of the West
are in a very prosperous condition, that
they have become convinced that there is
nothing in the argument that was made in
1896 10 the effect that the market price
of a bushe of wheat is always the same
as the market price Of an ounce of silver
They have good crops this year and they
had good crops last year, for which they
received fair prices In his opinion they
viii not take the interest in the silver
question they did in the last national cam
paign
And the wage earners. he says, cannot
be Induced to take an interest in the sill
yer question. The demand for labor is
excellent, and wages in factories are stead
lily rising. AS long as these conditions
prevail it VIII not be possible to swing the
labor vote to silver Mr. Pattison isn't
in harmony with the effort that is being
made by some of the Democratic leaders
to prevent the United States from retain
ing possession of The Philippines. Ac-
cordng TO his way of thinking the posses
sion of those islands is going to be popu-
lar with the people in the very near flu
ture. He doesn't give his reasons for
this opinion, but he has no doubt given
the matter very careful consideration, and
therefore is prepared to defend the posi-
iion which he has taken on this subject
He will have to admit himself mistaken if
the government doesn't succeed in estab-
fishing its authority in the Philippines be-
fore the presidential election.
What Mr. Pattison says is entitled to
careful consideration He is a very sue
cessful politician. lie is the only Demo-
crat that has been elected governor of
Pennsylvania in the last thirty-fve years.
He has always acted with the regular
Democratic organization and, if we are
not mistaken, he openly approved the
silver plank in the Chicago platform, at
the time that Platform was adopted OF
subsequently, Within the last few weeks
his name has been mentioned in connec-
ton with the Presidential nomination OF
the Democratic party. That fact may
have some thing TO do with his talk against
silver and his position on the question Of
retaining possession of the Philippines
He knows of course that If the party ac-
cepts Mr.. Bryan's views Mr. Bryan win
be the nominee. He may think that if il
does not accept MIR. Bryau's views the
nomination may come 10 him as the most
available man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

On Lord Dufferin's estate in County
Down there was an interesting ruin Of
what had once been a stronghold of the
O'Neills who had ruled over that part of
Ulster. Lord Dufferin was anxious to pre-
serve this relic of the past. and there
fore, just before he went to India as
viceroy. he summoned his steward and
told him TO have a wall built round the
ruins to keep off trespassers, says the Chi
cago News.
On his return home some years later
ne found, TO his astonishment, that the
ruined castle had disappeared but that
its site was surrounded with a wall in
closing nothing. He sent for his steward
and asked why his orders had not been
obeyed. The steward protested that they
had been carried out.
But where is the castle?" asked Lord
Duffern
The Castillo, me lord" said the stew
ard. That ould thingl Shure l had il pull
ed down TO build the wall wild. D'you
want me to be going miles for materials
wild the best stones in Ireland close be-
side me?'
Friends Of the two remember the quarrels
that used to go on between the late Sir
Rowland Hill and Anthony Trollope when
they both were connected with the post
Office
A discussion arose one day as to the
meaning of official language" and "prl-
vate' language. In official life" said
Sir Rowland, glazing at Trollope, Il am
accustomed to describe myself as your
oDedlent servant whereas in real life you
Know very well that I am nothing of the
sort! After Sir Rowland's death Troll
lope was very unhappy. No more delic-
lous rows he sighed
AZ recent inspection of recruits the
Emperor William asked one of them his
name, and was told it was "Andree."
ON hearing this the Emperor asked the
recruit II ne knew that he had famous
namesake. On the soldier replyine in The
affirmative, the Emperor asked: "Who
told you that?" My captain, your mai
esty-' And what did your captain say
about Andrea Your majesty, nv can
tam said he only wished Andree had TAX
en- me with him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25
GOOD woRk OF THE MILITARY.

u
The members of the legislature who are
| opposed 10 making an appropriation for
the military organizations have been given
an object lesson within the last few
months. which is calculated to show them
that their policy Of starving these organ
izatons Is a mist AIKEN one We shall noJ
undertake TO enumerate the times th-
Governor has found it necessary to call
on one or more of the military companies
20 assist in preserving order nor the oc-
casion= on which they have rendered con-
spicuous service during the present year.
Every intelligent person in the state
knows that they have been called on fire.
quently. and that they have always re-
sponded promptly, and have served the
state well and faithfully whenever and
wherever their presence was desired. On
several occasions since the Sam Hose af-
fair. the Governor would have been prac-
tlcally powerless to check Iawlessness Il
there had not been military organizations
to assist him in preserving order and up
holding the law. 1t Is true he might have
instructed the sherffs in the disturbed dis
tricts 10 collect a posse and enforce the
law but It is well known that a mob does
not stand In very much awe of a sherif's
posse. 1t often happens that a posse only
tends TO infuriate a mob. When 4 body
of the states troops appears at the scene
of trouble. however, there is an immedi-
ate increase in respect for law.
The situation al Darien on Wednesday
was an ugly one. There was no actual
violence, but the conditions were ripe for
it, If the sheriff had not been supported
by strong body of the states troops it
is not improbable that trouble of serious
proportions would have occurred. The ne
groes being largely in the majority, and
armed. could have been easily led into
the commission of acts Of violence.
The military organization of the state
are composed of patriotic young men who
are willing to. and do, make great sacri-
fees for the pubic welfare, and these or
CARNATIONS have officers who fiji their re-
spective positions at considerable expense
TO themselves of time and money, ami
without any reward except the conscious
ness of doing a duty demanded by the best
interests of the state. These military or
ganza tons do not ask for much-not more
than enough to show that their services
are appreciated. At present, under the
treatment they receive from the state.
they have every reason to think that there
is no appreciation of their services-that
their sacrifices count for nothing
Some of the very men who are opposed
to giving them state aid would be among
the first to insist upon calling on them
for help if the communities in which they
reside were TO be menaced by a mob. 1t
is admitted that the tax rate is high, but
If the members of the legislature have
the courage to cut off some unnecessary
expenses-to provide for biennial sessions
of the legislature. for instance, and for
correcting the pension abuses-the finding
of little money for the military organi-
ganizations will not be a difficult matter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

A clerk in one of Baltimore's we'll
known shops, not a thousand miles from
Howard street, is telling a very good joke
on himself, says the Baltimore American.
The other day young woman bought a
yard of India silk from him. She was
pretty and a stranger, both of which ap-
pealed to the young man in question, and
he was very anxious to please her He
rolled the silk into a bundle no larger than
one Of her small fingers and, as he reach
ed to the cash box for the change, he
said:
Shall 1 send your bundle?"
The young woman looked at the bun
die" then at the change-four silver dol
lars and some dimes-and lastly at her
small gold-linked purse; and then she
smiled sweetly on this kind young man
and said:
mo; but. please send the change"
1t seems needless to add that he sent
back to the desk and got bills for her.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

The fight of the New York butchers on
the gigantic meat trust Is going TO be a
bigger thing than many people have any
idea Of stock 10 the extent of 10000 has
already been subscribed. and it is reported
thar II IS their intention 20 raise $1,000
ooo 10 S2o000o0 for the purpose of esilb-
fishing packing house that WIZ not Only
supply me home trade but win also fur
u.sh tho surrounding country COR radius
Of many miles John y Rockefeller. inc
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81 th@ hackers OF this cnterpr se. the re-
eret Of bis support beng an alleged de-
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So Ho.@ country 10 rec thtt there D. ono
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

The West Indian cyclone which recent
ly swept up the coast was remarkable in
many respects chief OF which was its I'M
usually slow rate OF forward motion in its
path. Vessels leaving New York for sa-
vaunah four days apart felt It's fury. while
those going from Savannah after It had
passed IN the coast overlook ii and were
severely tossed It's fury was spent upon
the West Indian Islands and, in its move
ments farther North, entirely az sea.
Eleven vessels are reported wrecked as "a
result OF it off IIauoras. and many othor-
were damaged Through . period Of two
weeks 10 blew a hurricane. ana reports of
its destruction az sea were longer boz COM
ng DOB than hes been the case ln many
years. fact duo. 30 doubt. 10 a. slow
onward progress
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

A Lancashire tradesman was one day
busy at his desk, when a poor. broken
down-lookiug man came ana asked for re-
lief says Tit-Bits
The tradesnan refused him and ordered
him OUT of the place.
The man, however, persisted, saying thai
fof siNpcnce he would tel him something
which might some day he OF great value
to him.
Thinking The man might know some.
thing which Dc would pay him 10 know.
be- gave the man tIc slAponce.
The man looked around 10 see thai no
one WAS within hearing, then whispered
JOB hl- ear.
NV iFer thl d eaoi. a1' Pos 10 trsad tb
mill ak tn' side uearesf 90 2 Wall Two
ulea % mehel. ap' tha'A nnd it co. oasl.
fai."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25
4sO-Acre Watermelon Patch.

Oklahoma possesses the most extensive
watermelon grower in the world in George
Miller, proprietor of the famous '1Ol.
ranch in the Ponca reservation, SAYS a
Guthrie dispatch to the Kansas City Jour
nal, near White Eagle. His patch is $50
acres in extent. In one corner of the big
field is a large sign, which reads:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

The report comes from the City of Mex
leo that President Diaz the other day gave
the Chicago invitation committee an ex-
hibition of his remarkable athletic pow
ers. Perhaps ne has heard of Chicago's
bunco steerers and confidence men and
thought this good chance 10 put them
on their guard
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25
PROPOSALS WANTED.

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PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTOR
Office of Chief Quartermaster. Allan
Ga. Aug. IS, 1S99.-Sealed proposals ID
tripicate. will be received here until IL
o'clock a. m. Aug. g. 1899 and then open
ed, for construction at Fort Screven lF-
bee Island, Ga, of water supply sy'-
tenn. according to plans and specification
to be seen at this office. and at che Once
of the Quartermaster at the post. ~
reserves right 70 accept or reject anf "'
oil proposals or any part thereof tatr-
opes should be marked: Proposal ..'
construction at Fort screven Type 40
and. Ca" ana addressed 10 the undo.
signed. Specifications, general in-ul
tons TO bidders, and bank forms oi pro-
posals will be furnished on applical '"N
Separate bids VIII b. made Tor each O'f ..
although on same proposal John siHI
son. u. O. ~. g., T.. s. A.. G. .. 81
OLD NEWSPAPERS. 900 for q cents. ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-25

Even the ocean seems to be in league
with the meat trust. Along with the adj
vance in the price of chops and steaks
comes an increase in the price of FISH in
the New England and Middle states owing
10 seeming scarcity Of the inny tribe. The
New York fshmen may find it necessary
10 establish an independent fish pond and
cooperate with the butchers in their fight
on the combine
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