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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29
Notions.

Notions.
Prices that dressmakers and home sewers
will find cannot be matched elsewhere.
Roll Tape, assorted widths, each, 1c.
Whalebone Casing, all colors, apiece, sc.
Whalebones, black and blonde, &c.
stoclinette Dress Shields, pair, 1Oc.
Hooks and Eyes, black and white, pat
ented, card, &c.
worsted Skirt Bralds, all colors, apiece,
&c.
Wire Hair Pins, waved and straight lie.
Mourning Pins, assorted, &c.
Kid Curriers'. black and tans. dozen, &c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29
Perfumery and
Toilet Articles,

2Oc box Of Violet Soap, four cakes for
10c.
900 box Of Turkish Bath Soap, p cakes
for 1Sc.
S5c box of Hello orris Soap, cakes for
25c.
TIC Solid Back Hair Brushes for SOC.
25c French Tooth Brushes. 15c.
zoe bottle cutellx for the Skin and
Teeth, 2Jc.
25c box Mennens Borated Talcum Pow
der, l4c.
35c cakes Roger & Gallet Fine Soaps. all
odors. &c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

Ladies' Fine Cotton Hose, in solid black,
tans and unbleae hed balbriggan; also black
boot patterns with fancy colored tops in
plain and Richelieu ribbed high spliced
heels and double soles; regular 25c hose;
this week, lie.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
to his government and not in a proclama-

to his government and not in a proclama-
tion to a lot OF savages who were certain
to be incited to violence by It, No one
can doubt that his distinct purpose was to
prevent them from disbanding.
While this view of the situation may
lack proof positive to warrant its presen-
tation In this form by this Government, 1t
will determine the attitude of the Ameri-
can and English people. 1t is now the
German idea, as stated by the Foreign
Office. to wipe of the slate and begin anew.
That might have suficed but for this
last proof of German responsibility Tor
the rebellion and for the death of American
and English officers and sailors. Germany
is bound to make some denial, disproof, or
reparation.
The German complaint that Great Brit
ain has causelessly delayed the departure
of the Commission by injecting new COM
plications is not well grounded: What the
English demand is sensible-that before
a step is taken Germany must agree that
1t shall not require unanimous vote OF
the Commission TO determine questions.
There is nothing unreasonable about this
In every other case a two-thirds vote IS
decisive. The report that Lord Salisbury
has reluctantly receded from this position
is open to doubt.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
SIX LIVES LOST AT SEA.
Bnrges in Tow Go Down on Mon
tPuk Point.

tPuk Point.
New York. April 13.-The tug Tamaaua
sailed from Philadelphia with two coal
barges. the Ellangowan and the Kohinoor.
for Boston last Saturday. on Montauk
Point in furious gale the Tamaqua lost
both barges early Tuesday morning. The
five men composing the crew OF the Ell
langowan and the cook of the KohinOor
were drowned
The names of the lost crew of the Ell
langowan are: Captain Sandon. Mate An
dersen. Deckbands Olsen and Petersen and
Myers cook. The lost cook of tn IL Kohinoo
was c. Paulon.
All three craft belonged to the Phla-
delphia and Baltimore Transportation
Company.
The barges became unmanageable in the
enormous sea and gale. The tug was try
ing to take them into a safe harbor when
the hawser snapped, fouling the propeller
This left the two barges helpless They
had sails to help steady them. but these
were blown away The hulks dropped into
the trough of the seas
Suddenly the cargo of the Ellangowan
shifted and the barge took bad list. In
the frantic efforts made by the crew cf the
Kohinoor TO throw life lines TO the FL
langowan the cook OF the kohinoor vas
swept overheard. and before the fettered
tug could put back TO the rescue the Ell
langowan sank with all on board.
The Tamaqua could do nothing. and the
kOhinoor managed TO weather the gale.
She was picked up by the tug Scranton
and towed into New London yesterday
morning The Kohinoor was partially
wrecked. Her deckhouse and forward bull
warks were washed away. She lost both
her anchors. 1t will cost $4,000 TO put her
in shape.
The lost barge Ellangowan was valued
at So. 900 and her cargo at $4,000 When
last seen the tug TamaQua was trying to
free the propeller of the hawser.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
The Legal Rights of Men.

An odd little book has recently been
published by a Chicago woman, under the
title Mr. Lex" II makes no pretence
of being realistic or even probable; its sole
purpose is 10 show, in way which will
hold public attention. the injustice of the
laws of Illinois where women are concern
ed. The author presents the case of a
mean and cruel man who has a thorough
knowledge of these laws. and uses it to
gain lntage over his wife. AT the end
of tn look are given precedents and au-
thorties taken from the legal literature of
Illinois.
The wife of this mean man owns a groc-
cry, which the man. of course. has in charge.
He has full control of all the funds of the
family The wife does all the work Of the
house, making the clothing of the family,
which includes five children. The father
even decides upon the color and material
of the garments which the mother buys
for herself and the children. He requires
the eldest boy to work for him in the groc-
cry. although the boys strength is not
equal to the heavy lifting which he is
Obliged to do. 4 small legacy is left to the
wife, and the husband assumes control
of that, obliging her to pay the bills for
debts which he has incurred, and for ar
ticles Of furniture which have been bought
against her will. She finds a situation
for the eldest boy. but the father claims
all the boys wages There are some other
things which the mean man does, which
are even worse than these, and in all of
them he is supported by the law. When
finally. his wife seeks a divorce she can
not get IL because her husband has not de-
serted her. or struck her, or been unfaith-
full to her.
This is an interesting state of things to
exist in a civilized community! In nearly
all of the cases cited the law has been en-
forced to the authors knowledge within
recent years. = OF course, 1t is not a COM
mon thing for a husband to insist on his
rights to the extent Of doing any one Of the
things described in the book, but II he
chooses to do so there is no redress: the
woman must submit to it all. and cannot
even take her children and support them
herself. II there is any end conducive to
morality or social economy which is sub
served by this sort Of thing 1t would be
interesting to know what 1t is.
The existence OF these laws upon the
statute hooks is due, undoubtedly. to the
,act that public opinion is SO far ahead Of
The evening times., 1899-04-13

them that any man who enforced them all
would be cast out Of decent society. They
are like the old English law which permit
ted a man to whip his wife provided he
did not use too large stick; the law was
forgotten because few English husbands Of
the law-abiding and DEMONSTRATING class
ever used their power. But We should not
consider a community civilized in which
a man was permitted now and then to
commit burglary or murder. or other crimes
with impunity. The law should keep pace
ticular case there is one great service
which can be done by women who are able
and conscientious lawyers; they can bring
to notice old laws which are iniquitous In
practical working. but have never been
repealed. The woman lawyer who has for
a client a woman suffering from one Of
these unjust laws will take particular in
terest in the case, and will follow 1t up as
a man might not. Probably not one per-
son in a hundred in the State Of Illinois
knows that such laws as those referred to
in this book exist at all: but it is certain
that ninety-nine per cent of the thinking
and right minded men of the State would
vote to have them repealed. 1t is often
said that women's influence should be con-
fined to the home. where she should be
queen: but it is difficult to see how she can
do her children much good IL she is to
have no control over them. and cannot even
remove them from the influence Of sur
roundings which she knows to be evil.
In such cases her love for them Is only an
added torture. and her desire to make her
home what 1t should be is only source of
misery. The law should not give to the man
absolute power over the woman's earn
ings, any more than it should give
the woman such power over the mans.
In Massachusetts two generations ago
man could desert his wife. leaving her
to take care Of herself and her children,
and then come back at the end OF two or
three years. or even longer, and claim all
her earnings and the custody of the chill
dren. 1t is not much to be wondered at
that the so-called strong minded women
of that day were somewhat extreme in their
denunciations OF laws made by men.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
rhe ..New York Herald. which is III

mouthpiece of the European syndicate for
the exchange of the Philippines for ia
maica, is wroth over the visit of Secre-
tary Alger to the latter island. 1t regards
his appearance there at a time when the
people are agitating annexation to this
country as "a new proof Of his utter unfit
ness for Cabinet position" OF course. II
the Jamaicans are familiar with Mr.. AL
gers administration of the War Depart
ment, his visit would be untimely. as sug-
gesting the ineffciency or worse of part
Of the American Government and cause
them to hesitate.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
TERRoRS OF THE KLoNDIKE.
ScurNy Seixes Hundreds of Miners ON
the Edmonton Trail.

Seattle. Wash. April l3-The steamer
Cottage City, which arrived yesterday.
brings news from Wrangel of a terrible
condition of affairs on the Edmonton trail.
a route backed by the Dominion Govern
ment and the Canadian Pacific Railroad
Hundreds of men between Gienora Dease
Lake. and the Lower Hudson Bay post
are said TO be down with scurvy- Others
are suffering from frost bites and all are
short of provisions. They have given Up
hope in many instances Of getting out
of the country unless a Government eX-
pedition is sent to aid them. Many are
said TO have died of scurvy. Threc cases
of suicide from dependency are reported.
but no names are given. Several scuryy
hospitals have been established. to which
men are usually taken to die The doc
tors have very little if any medicine. and
can do nothing for the suffering The
only gold struck is said to be in the vi
cinity of Glenora and on streams leading
to Dease Lake.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
A SAFETY THIRD RAIL.
Rich Corporations Represented at u
Test Exhibition.

Rich Corporations Represented at "a
Test Exhibition.
New York. April 13.-Representa:ives Of
immensely wealthy rich American oOfpor-
ations and of nine foreign countries wit
messed the test of the safety ird-rail
electric system at Manhattan Beach yes
terday.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.. represented
the New York Central R. p Brown, the
Flower syndicate; Walter Pearson the
Metropolitan Street Railway. and b. F..
Wood, the Pennsylvania Railroad. In ad-
dition, representatives were present for
Richard Croker. the Whitney syndicate
the Consolidated Traction Company of
New Jersey, the Philadelphia Traction
Company, the West End of Boston, the
Chicago Street Railway Company. the Bal
timore and Ohio road, G. H. Harries.
Washington and Gettysburg Railway, and
654 other companies.
Japan, China, Peru. Chile, Russia.
France, Ecuador, Italy, and Germany were
represented by attaches of cOnsuls' offices.
The tests were made on a single track
1000 feet long. between the Oriental and
Manhattan Beach hotels. The running
time is one minute and sixteen seconds.
The safety third-rail system uses the pat
enlS Oh Sdpt JUuu hCLcOu phy, WIN
lay on the tracks to prove that no shock
could be obtained from the electricity. The
key of the system is the automatic switch,
which controls the current The system is
governed by switches at given points.
which keep the current under the car at
all times Nowhere on the line is there a
circuit except from the front to the rear
of the car.
No conduit is used. the extra rail car
rying the positive or supply current and
the regular rails the negative current.
The third rail is built in the centre Of
the track. The governing switches or cir
cult breakers can be operated by no one
except the motorman of the car which is
in that section. In the car are ten cells
of storage batteries. which while the Car
is in motion are charged with suficlent
power to move the car in case Of any
break,
The evening times., 1899-04-13
Highly Improbable.
(From the Philadelphia Times.

u rOIH ltnt fHfIutIIHId IIIIts.J
Ii Mckinley shall fail to disentanglc his Ad-
ministration from the mean and disreputable war
and navy scandals which are surging. around him,
he may tire the patience of the Republican peo-
ple and make them seek candidate; and
under such conditions the party would make a
sure Republican victory in three -fourths Of the
States Of the Union. While Dewey will do moth
ing to make himself candidate for President,
and perhaps do all that is within his power to
discourage the movement, he couldn't decline
the Presidency IL rendered to him, for no man
hiss ever yet declined Presidential honors when
within his reach, and no man has a right to
decline such responsibility il put upon him by
the greatest Republic Of the world. Admiral Dew
ey isn't . candidate for President. but he may
be the next President, all the same.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
CUBAN CUSTOM RECEIPTS.
Statement of Moneys Received for
the Week Ending March IL.


Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn
made public yesterday the following inter-
esting statement giving the receipts for
customs in the Island of Cuba:
The gross customs receipts for the ISL
and for the week ending March is. 1899.
are $2S5, 451.0l. The gross total receipts
for the port of Matanzas for the three
months beginning January last are $92.-
717s4 The total customs receipts for the
port of Matanzas for the month of March
are s3I.42441.
The port of Havana with customs receipts
of 1887, 1877. .55 for the month OF March leads
all the rest as is TO be expected, while CT
enfuegos follows with a snug sum of $133,-
S67.17 and with a total of 1921. 9.66 for
the three months beginning with January
1, 1899 Manzanillo also makes a good
showing for March with a total OF $37, ,424. AZ
and gross total for the three months of
$92, ,717.54. Sagua la Grande reports $11,-
572.99 of customs receipts for the month of
March and gross total of $34.033.49 for
the first three months Of the present year.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
The Race Question.


Wherever the race issue has been injected
into politics the negro has been largely respon.
sible .or it. The opposition to him as a con-
trolling force in State and city government is
based upon his ignorance. his temperament, his
lack Of training, and the sad experiences of the
past, which have demonstrated that. with his
unHtness for administration. he is as corrupt as
the most venal whites. It is not because he is
black that the whites resent his assertion Of
his rights under the Constitution, but because his
comprehension is so limited that he is an easy
tool in the hands Of n,ciismen. and votes abso-
luteiy according to his pfejudices, and without
regard to any consideration except the fact that
the majority Of the white people vote the other
way. Under such conditions the negro is men
see to 0Doa goves1nent.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
Ltru,eunut Lnnu,. Ca.e,

II Lieutenant Lang had the good for
tune to be associated with the war scan
dals or If he had been guilty Of stealing
a million dollars from the Government, or
if he had committed any mercenary crime
vice in any way the court martial
now trying him would not be hard
on him. 1t is a wrong thing, certainly,
of which he is accused; but immoral
as il was. 1t was one Of the sort OF offences
that young men repent of and live down
and that do not prevent them from leading
clean and honorable lives thereafter. 1t
would be a cruel thing if this should cause
his dismissal from the Army in disgrace.
That he is not a selfish coward has been
shown in his determination to suffer rather
than expose the woman who was involved.
1t is impossible for anybody but the man
himself to know all the circumstances.
Considering the leniency with which OIL
GERS guilty of crimes that go deeper into
the character and reveal inherent Grimm
ality have been dealt with it would be
very partial justice that should destroy
this young mans career.
In the case of Captain Carter, whose
corruption was deliberate and continuous.
no efforts have been spared to make for
him opportunities to escape the just SEN
tence of the court. After all other hopes
were exhausted, he was allowed to employ
the services of a great lawyer 10 find some
weakness in the evidence and there was
a suggestion that the Government should
an
AT large on full pay. This is due to social
and political influence. The Presidents
intervention to save so deliberate an Of
fender as Eagan is still a subject of
wonder. In the face of such recent cases
it would be shocking if Lieutenant Lang
were severely punished
The evening times., 1899-04-13
His Creed,
(rrom the Detroit Free Press.)

(From the Detroit Free Press)
'SIis Jonsing. wy doan' -yo' git rat o
youahs { atten' divine wo'ship in while?'
.'Fo' de good lan's sake. Pa'~on Green dat no
count niggar rse married to ain bin insd. Il
chu ch fo' mon ten yeah.
''Yo' dom mean ter tell me dat he amt ncvai
'spicrenced 'ligion. Mis- Jonsinyf
~ CUES dat's bout right. Pa'son. doah don
lax Z say it,
..Ef he amt in de faith, den. wha' doctrine
does he cling to. Mis- Jonsing!
..weIl, PA son. l amt got much opinion in de
mattah, but kinder reckon dat de only doctrine
he hangs onto wild any great mount o tenacity
am de one dat sez: a bird in de bag wuth
two on de roost whenssle doah o. de coop's got
a spring lock, and de, dawg's unclaimed -
The evening times., 1899-04-13
\ Base Deception.
(From the Boston Transcri

From the Boston Transcript-)
Mrs Darling-Mercy. Charles what have you
been drinking?
Mr. Darling don't know; ii Is what they call
'.the same" Quite fashionable drink, should
say.
Mr~ Darlins-oh that was all am glad
il some Kind of liquor.
The evening times., 1899-04-13

II it is true that an agreement in regard
to the Samoan Commission between Eng
land and Germany has been reached. it is
because Lord Salisbury saw the need of
instant action to stop the rebellion insti-
tuted by Herr Rose. He has given in. if
and BritonS
The evening times., 1899-04-13

The evidence in the case of the Lake
City tragedy, now on trial at Charleston,
S. c.. is shocking and revolving. The tes-
timony of one of the lynchers shows that
the mob which undertook to kill the COL
ored postmaster and his family and burn
his house. was more vindictive and fiend-
ish than the first accounts indicated.
The evening times., 1899-04-13

Cynical persons will surely say that the
persistence of the New York Tribune" in
urging the retirement of Secretary Alger.
1t is expected that General Horace Porter.
Ambassador TO France. will be recalled to
take the War Portfolio. and that Editor
Reid will once more go to Paris. Whatev-
er the motive of the Tribune it cannot
be denied that 1t has a good case against
Secretary Alger.
The evening times., 1899-04-13

The report from London that Lord Sails
bury has receded from his position and
agreed that nothing shall be decided by the
Samoan Commissioners except by a unani
nous vote. is TO be taken with caution. The
English view is reasonable. if not abso-
lutely necessary to the safety of British
and American interests. II we consider
what would be the result of compulsory
unanimity as matters are now in Samoa we
can see how wise Lord Salisbury has been
in standing out for majority rule. The re-
port that he has receded comes through
the Associated Press. which is VIGOROUSLY
untrustworthy.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
The Peace Conference.

VioH t"e >ie'tiiu i"" Dea'eiJ
The position of the United States at the con-
ference will he somewhat peculiar one. The
question of disarmament is but of the fea-
tures to be discussed. Upon this question there
will be much contention. England, France, and
Russia have Qcat navies now, and from the stand
point of number fhe United States has insig-
nifcant navr. 1t is not to- he expected that
the United staics-'can subscribe to any measure
which would forbid its adding TO its naval equiup-
ment for a humber of years.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
A Carresnondence.
(Fro,n thc pctroit JourpaI !,

(From the Detroit Journal.)
But" they cxpostulated, .'you have painted
the milkmaid the wrong side of the cow
''Yes." replied the painter: quite SO. But
kindly observe that have painted the with
out any joints in her legs. What OF it, Why.
she can't kick. Of course
1t is now well understood that art. while it
may be unreal, is moi necessarily devoid Of unity.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
Two Way. of Putting 1t.

(Frum the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
"And you say the idiot of a teacher told You
that You had extravagaIH fool Of fatlcr!'
. That's what he meant
But what did he sayg"
'.He said it criminal folly 10 waste money
on the education OF such chump | am.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
Filipino Climate.

The severs,. .malsrial and otherwise. which seem
TO be the principal scourge Of Philippine life,
are largely bred sin the Jungle. Given the ad-
vantages offered by sanitary science. there is no
reason to believe that the climate Of Manila
would prove. less healthfu than the climate of
Europe or of-mosr sections Of the United States.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
CURRENT HUMOR.
4 Long-sought Definition.

(From the Chicago News.l
'.Pa. what's the difference betweee talent and
genius?
"A MAN with talent i able to build for him
sell the finest monument in the country The
public usually hL, provide the monument for
a genius
The evening times., 1899-04-13
She Had Experienc~.
iFron the Chicago News.)

(froh the Chicago News.)
'.ih,' lie cried. kneeling at her feet say You
will marry me. and will he your devoted slave
for life
arise. Henry she answered; ''you will not
do That what my first husband said. and
before we had fairly got out of the church hc
began telling me how he wanted me to
nv hair"
The evening times., 1899-04-13
short.
From the Cleveland Plain D

(From the Cleveland Plain Deaier.)
'sRichard LIE Gallienne is to write a critical
volume on Rudyard Kipling."
That's where Kpiing has the advantage Of
lie Callienne." -
''How so?"
with his matchless- command Of the resources
Of Angio-Saxon vituperation he can dispose Of
Le Callienne in just two words"
The evening times., 1899-04-13
PugiIi.tic Scripture.

Sunday School Teacher-Now, little boys, what
do you know about Goliah.
Freddy Fanglc--Please ma'am, he was rocked
to sleep.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
A Diaerent natter.

Trom the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph)
Bioom6eldI saw your wife down town this
morning. Belle6eld; l think that she was out
shopping.
Belledeld-So she wasn't; she vas out pend-
Ing money.
The evening times., 1899-04-13
A Cheerful Portrait.
from the I.dianapoli. Journ.l. !

Mrs NcGrorrity-'Tis q fine picther you have
Of the old man, 1t Is
The Widow O'Bsannigan- now? It is
thot natural you can alnost hear In swearin'.