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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
THE VERDICT APPROVED.

The action OF the President approving
The finding Of the court-martial in the
case of Capt. Carter excites no surprise.
il was taken sooner than was expected
after the argument Of Mr.. MacNeagh'
though the delay before that argument
was so long as to subject the President 10
very serious criticism.
Capt. Carter had many friends in this
city and other parts of the country who
will be sincerely sorry at his unfortunate
situation. They hoped that II would be
clearly shown to the President that the
evidence did not justify the verdict OF the
court-martial. It is evident that the Pres
ident would have been glad If good
grounds for setting aside the verdict and
sentence had been found. He had very
kindly feeling for Capt. Carter and, be-
sides, the convicted officer was from the
Presidents state, and had the support OF
powerful political friends.
What told most strongly against Capt.
Garter in the estimation of the President
was probably his failure to explain where
he got The money with which he appeared
to be so abundanty supplied during the
latter part OF his residence in this city.
This failure created a very strong feeling
against him in the public mind. If he had
shown beyond a question of doubt where
he got his money it is not improbable thai
other matters with which he was charged
would have been overlooked, and he would
have been acquitted. In fact, II is posi-
BILE that the charges against him would
have been carried no further than the
court of inquiry.
II is true that he said that he got the
money which he spent so freely and in
vested 50 heavily from his father-in-law.
MIR. Westcott But MIR. Westcott did not
appear before the board of inquiry or the
court-martiaL It was said that his health
would not permit him to do so, and vet
he was sufficiently strong to go to Europe,
at the time he was asked TO appear before
the court martial Clearly the court
martial and the President regarded his re-
fusal to testify as a confession that he
could not say anything that would benefit
his son-in-lsw.
Capt, Carter was regarded as one of the
most brilliant men of the Corps of Engi-
neers. And his uniform courtesy, his en-
gagng manners his attractive personal
appearance. his soldierly bearing and his
intellectual qualifications made him u
favorite wherever he was known. The
downfall of such man is saddening. He
had achieved distinction and a splendid
future was apparently his. His career is
ended. He might as well be dead.
Capt Carter is man who is easily in
fiuenced. If he departed from the path
of rectitude 1t is safe TO say he was per-
suaded His natural inclnations are not
bad, but he Is lacking in moral strength.
He is one OF those men who cannot with
stand temptation Was the temptation to
become rich quickly, at the expense of
honor presented to him, and did he yield
to 1t? The court-martial and the Presi-
dent have answered this question in the
affirmative
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
rhe credit Mnn.r Error.

Some times a credit man goes al wrong
but not often, says the Chicago Post. \
country merchant came UP from Indiana
with a written list of the things he want
ed. He said he was new to the business.
but he meant to have partner who was
wise. After he had picked OF, goods
amounting to $1,000, he was introduced to
the credit man, and ne locked SO uncouth
and inefficient that the credit man won
dered how good clerks had been wasting
their time on HIM.
What terms do you want, Mr.. --?' He
STOPPED and the visitor supplied tie name.
well, down in our country we always
pay after harvest"
but harvest is past. You do,t mean
next harvest-in l9O0?'
Wei, that's when my people gill pay
r.e."
"Oh, we couldn't do that. Nin.ty days
is the very best l could give you" And
even at that he wanted to know a great
many things about h S visitors prospects,
How much If 1 pay ALI in sixty iays?"
The credit man quoted he terms.
How much N thirty"
a discount was mentioned.
How much for cash?"
Spot cash? Money down"'
'Yes-currency."
1t was "A wild question. The credit man
knew he had no chance 10 get $500 out of
that man, and he quoted a beautiful dis
count
"Well. receipt the bill" was the country
mans rejoinder. And out from the folds
of a IS suit of clothes he dragged money
enough to buy yacht and run it all sum-
mer.
He didn't put on much style. but he fig
ures' he saved the expenses of his Chi
cago tr.p
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

john said Mrs. Harkius, Il heard a
nice compliment for you to-day
Mr.. Harkins pat his paper down, says
Tit-Bits, twisted up the ends of his mus
tache, looked pleased and said
Wen, that's nothing so remarkable l
receive compliments nearly every day"
Mrs Harkins went on slipping her tea,
and her husband waited for her to resume.
Finally he said:
We'll, why don't you tell me what It
was? Who was it that complimented
me?"
"Oh, you couldn't guess in a week"
Mrs. Deeriug?" he ventured.
mo"
Not Bessie Fallington?" he rather Gag
erly suggested.
No"
"Oh, vel, of course, If there's any Sc
cret about it, / don't care to hear what
it was or who said it,"
There iSut any great secret about it,
Mrs. Harl<ins sweetly replied. MIR. Han
naford told me that every time he and
met he became thoroughly convinced that
you were a man of excellent taste"
John Harkins then showed his hands
down In his pockets aud walked out upon
the veranda to ruminate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
Extcnuating circumstances.

A case very similar to the Dreyfus af-
fair in its essential character was tried
New York Commercial Advertiser. II
was Christmas time, and charades were
the order of the evening. 1t was a muir
der trial Mark Twain was one lawyer
and Charles Dudley the other Mr.. witch
ell was the judge; Frank Warner, strap.
ping siX-footer, was the policeman. and
the culprit was a little shaver of about
3 years of age. After eloquent speeches
had been made by the counse.5 for the de-
Tense and the prosecution the jury delib-
Grated and found the prisoner guilty. Amid
the applause of the spectators, however.
the judge decided 20 pardon the murderer
on account of the extenuating circum-
stance that the murdered man was still
alive and hourishing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
A TRUST IN BIBLES.

1t is predicted that there will shortly be
a trust in Bibles. There are six Bible pub
fishing houses in this country. Five of
them are in the business for profit; the
sixth, the American Bible Society, sells
its books at cost, and distributes thou
sands of them gratis, depending upon the
contributions of the Protestant churches
to make up any deficiency. This great
concern, therefore, can hardly be called
a trade competitor of the other houses,
Notwithstanding it operates in the same
field. The text of the Holy Scriptures sup
piled by each publishing concern, as
matter of fact, is identically the same.
The difference between the publications
consists in the notes, helps and references
with which each special edition is sup
piled. These annotations, the work of va
rious authors, are protected by copyright.
Each of the five competing publishing
houses owns its own copyrights and plates
and publishes its books under a distin-
gushing title such as the Baxter Bible,
the oxford Bible, the International Bible,
etc. The popularity of these special edi-
tons is due TO the helps" which they
contain. A portable Bible without these
aids would not receive great deal of at
tention from students, teachers, ministers
and others. Indeed most laymen now pur-
chase the Bible which has such elucidat-
ing matter as strikes him as being the
clearest and most comprehensive.
There has for a number of months been
lively rate cutting among the competitive
Bible publishing firms. So warm has the
war become that it is claimed the books
are being sold for less than the cost of
production. "A 1.2OO-page book with gilt
top and bound in leather can now be had
al retail for less than 81, whereas the
binding alone costs about half that sum.
And. while the price of the completed book
has been going down. the price of the
raw material from which 1t is manufac-
tured has been increasing. In order to
save themselves from competition under
the circumstances, some of the concerns
proposed trust A satisfactory under
standing could not be arrived at, and the
project was dropped. It is believed how
ever that il viii be revived and success
fully carried through.
Meantime the rate war goes on, and
choice editions of the Bible are to be had
at very low prices Let them slash one
another" said an officer of tho American
Bible Society; by doing so they are car
rying on our work beautifully, making 1t
possible for the poorest to come into pos
session of Bible" Should the prospect
i've trust be formed however 1t would
not be able TO control the market for the
Holy Scriptures The great and independ-
ent American concern would preclude any
noss.h.litN OF that.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
couIdn't catch The or Man.

Mr.. Kuhn was thrifty in money mat
tiers, and cared little for his own personal
appearance. says Golfers Weekly. He
had worn the same old shabby overcoat
until his sons were ashamed of him, and
tried to induce him to buy new one.
ooh, no., the old gentleman would al
ways say u would rather have the ten
dollars hat it would cost
one day the sons determined that he
should wear new coat and, believing
that if he could get one at good bargain
he would buy it, arranged with a tailor
to sell him $40 coat for $3.50, they TO
pay the difference. They then went home
and told their father what a handsome
coat they had seen, and what a bargain
it would be 60 buy it. So the father went
and looked at H. and, after beating the
tailor down TO S. took il and started for
home.
But when he reached the door he had
no coat with him.
@'piGut you buy the coat. father?"
yes; got it for S. replied the old man.
Where is it?''
"Oh. ] was showing it TO a friend on
the street car. and when he offered me IS
for ii, l let him have it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01


The critics are continually roasting us
about our jokes growled a farce comedy
specialist, who was in town last week,
says the New Orleans Times-Democrat. 81
wish they would tell us where we can get
some new ones and how long we can hang
OF to them after we get them. A good
joke is harder to keep than a siiver-mount-
ed umbrella. / had ahree this season
jokes. mean, not umbrellss-and guard
ed them carefully. l never exposed them
TO the air for a moment until / opened .
roof enga cement in Philadelphia. Then
| let one loose, very cautiously, and IL
was grabbed by three constituencies va
riety performers, who were in the audi
ence on deadhead tickets. Inside of TWEEN
ty-four hours they were exhibiting it as
they own, and later Oh one Of them had
the alldacity to accuse me of stealing the
idea from him. MY other two jokes were
kidnapped in The same manner, and they
are all old before their time--prematurely
broken down. as it We're. So what is a
fellow to do? ! think there ought to be
2 domestic aud international copyright on
jokes the same as on books. Then l could
stroll down 10 the footlights and say La
dies and gentlemen: Please take notice
that the iokelet which ] am about to
spring upon YOU has been duly copyrighted
by me on Sept. c. 1899, trade mark reg
tered and all rights reserved. Any body
caught telling this joke will be liable TO
'steen years at hard .abor or both Then
| would spring il with gratifying sense
of perfect security Any congressman In
Producing such bill viii win the ever
lasting gratitude of the whole profcsh.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
Evans and EuIate,

Fighting Bob" Evans, according to the
New York Press, tells this story: when
Eulate, the commander of the vizcaya,
got on board of the Iowa l took him into
my cabin and gave him the best / had.
Through the open port he saw his vessel
beached and burning. Tears trickled down
his checks. ] felt very sorry for tine poor
fellow as he moaned, ADDS, Viscaya!
Adds, my noble shipr After he had com
posed himself a bit / offered him a cigar
the best on the Iowa-a 5-eenter. He
looked at II, thanked me, Strengthened up.
laid back his shoulders, and running his
hand inside of his coat brought forth an
'invincihle that couldn't be bought in New
York for less than a dollar. And, cap
tain he said, emotiona.ly. will you have
the goodness to try one of mine?' 1t was
the best smoke I ever had"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

Cotton farmers should not be carried
away by any sharp upward movement OF
prices which may take place They should
bear in mind that It is the apparent as
srrance of a short crop which is giving
strength to the market twelve million
bale crop next year would send the price
downward aga just as sure as fate.
The way TO keep the price up is to keep
The production down. Let them not fill
their acres with cotton next year, but
plant corn. wheat, peas and potatoes. and
raise stock. and. with a still smaller cot
ton crop next year than this, they viii
have the pleasure Of seeing cotton go to
still higher figures than il will probably
reach this season Anteight million-bale
crop OF cotton next year would be worth
much more than one Of twelve million
bales
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
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Ga.
EASTERN OFFICE % Park Row, New
York city, c. S. Faulkner, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

1t may not be undressing to repeat
that the dates of the International yacht
races are Oct. 3, and Z; that is to say
next Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday.
Should the races not be concluded on those
days of the first week. they will be con-
tinucd on the same days OF the following
week. The owners of the two yachts, the
Columbia and the Shamrock, have agreed
that in the event of an accident to either
boat during a race, the race shall, never
theless, be sailed out and the result be
abided by. This agreement has been made
because it is the opinion Of the owners of
the respective craft that the contest is mo
less a test of strength of construction of
the competing vessels than it Is of their
sailing qualities"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

II Is being advocated in Charleston that
a stringent quarantine against the gam
blers of Savannah be instituted by that
city; not that there is any fear Of infec-
ton, but Charleston has already got gam
blers enough Of her own" The Mayor OF
savannah has shown how gambling may
be suppressed; Why doesn't the Mayor of
Charleston follow suit, if the evil has be-
come obnoxious?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

1t is feared by the superintendent OF the
South Carolina penitentiary that there
will soon be a scarcity of convicts" in
that institution. He says more are being
discharged now than are being received.
This condition, however, does not indicate
any diminution of criminality in our sister
state. but is accounted for by the fact that
the county chain gangs are employing a
greater number of law breakers in working
on the public roads.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

An exchange says there are sixty Ian
guages spoken in the Philippine Islands.
We beg pardon, but it is sixty-ono. our
contemporary probably overlooks the Ian
guage that Gen. Otis uses when he finds
that some correspondent has eyaded the
censorship.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
CURRENT COMMENT.


The Washington Post Gnd) says: 1T is
not the fault Of the press, North or South
that men are killed by mobs The press
| faithfully represents the best there is in
the civilization of both sections il speaks
for the intelligence, the culture and mo-
rality of the dominant elements of socie
~ And II has only 10 con linue its war
fare against mob voenc. 30 insure u,tl-
innate victory for the right must come up
permost."
Commenting on the upward movement
of cotton the New orleans Picayune Den)
says: THE much-dcstested Spectator.
who. after all. is more the farmers friend
than the latter can be induced 10 believe
has come into The market. and with his
aid there is no telling o what point prices
may be advanced. The cotton producers
are certainly entitled TO a share of the
prosperity which has visited all other
American producers, hence il is hoped that
now that cotton is on the up grade, II viii
continue so until the crop is disposed Of"
Despite the noise and hustle Of the Dewey
celebration, Schley's partisans remain
true TO him. The Charleston News and
Courier CDem) says: I'm all of the hustle
| and confusion, and Greek fire and glory Of
I the Dewey demonstra ton. one figure has
been kept in the background-the man
who destroyed the Spanish fleet: the
strongest aud best equipped and most gal
lantly defended ships OF the Spanish navy
| at Santiago-Winfeld Scoet Schley His
name does not appear IN auy prominen.
place on the programme, He holds no
command at New York. He is quiet look
er-on. but all the same there are millions
of people IN the United States who know
what he did at Santiago, and, in spite of
the hostility To him In the bureaus a.
Washington tie people know that II was
Schley, aud r-i Sampson. who won the
greatest ne' al victory of the century. The
Dewey den onstraton viii last only for a
few days; history will tell the story of the
man who won the fight at Santiago"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

An exclusively negro newspaper. pub
hshed at lndianspol :, Ind contains not
less than fourteen advertisements of face
beaches and cosmetics and apparatus for
taking the kink out of the hair.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

Dewey is probably mighty glad that at
least the worse half of his ordeal of well
come is over. When he has finished The
Washington end of the demonstration. he
VIII be able TO retire TO the green hills of
Vermont and rest
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

If the Dewey celebration had occurred
in Chieago or Atlanta, municipal census
would have been taken during its contin-
uancc sure
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

Our dispatches OF yesterday quoted an
English writer as saying that Gen. Otis
is extremely parsimonious" in the Philip
pines. On the Other hand we see the Gin
cinnat Enquirer charging that Gen. Otis
is ''wasteful" in his conduct of affairs
there. The truth probably is that neither
of these observers looks at the situation
from an unprecedented point of view. The
Enslishman thinks Otis is not imperialis-
have him recalled for political reasons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

Marquis de Ga ifet he French minister
Of war, has evidently be n made the vic
lin of somebody's ,nf3fnous forgeries. No
sane person viii believe for an instant that
"Old SilverB Belly is an enemy of his
government, and has been plotting for
restoration of the monarchy. The same
sang that ruined Dreyfus is probably try
ing to compass the ruin Of the minister of
war that had the courage to defend truth
and justice in the Dreyfus case.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-29
A SOLDIERS VIEWS.
One Volunteer who Opposes Annex
ing the Phllippines,

One Volunteer Who Opposes Annex.
Ing the Philippines.
Middlesport, N. Y, May 29.-Mrs
Hattie Thorne, Of this place, has just
received letter from her son Charles,
who Is now with the First South Da-
kota volunteers In the Philippines,
dated at Malolos, April 10, In which he
graphically describes a battle before
that city on March e.. He says that
1t was estimated that the natives were
1000 strong, and that his regiment, I'M
aided, had to face the heavy odds, as
the adjutant was killed before he could
get orders to the colonel. The cap
ture of the station at Marilao was ac-
complished with terrible cost. Two
officers were killed, two wounded and
20 non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates killed or wounded.
In conclusion the writer says "You
asked me what the soldiers thought of
the United States taking the Philip
pines. Well, we don't think much
about 1t. We cannot see where they
are going to be benefited by it. It
has cost a great deal of blood, and one
American life is worth 10000 natives.
They sneaked in on our outposts night
before last and killed five of our men,
smashing their heads to a jelly. They
get drunk before they dare to come
up. They tried 1t last night, and by
the looks of the ground were met with
q warm reception"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-29
ENDED IT BY SUICIDE.

Adventurous Career Of DR.. Cornwall,
Thrice Charged with Murder.
Kansas City, May 2S.-Dr. Richmond
Cornwall, prominent local physician
with varied career, committed sui
eide in the home of his brother-in-
law, Dr. ]. G. Whittier, yesterday by
shooting himself through the head. He
left note saying that dependency
over financial affairs prompted the act.
DR.. Cornwall was 80 years old, and
had wife and child. He had passed
through several thrilling experiences.
Early in his life he was accused of
taking the life OF young st. Louis
girl by means of poisonous flowers.
Nine months later he eloped with
prominent St. Louis girl. She died
suddenly, and allegations Of poisoning
were made. Her body was about to
be cremated when her relatives de-
manded that the coffin be opened. The
matter was dropped. He was also
connected with the disappearance of
Miss Maude Belle Bonsteelo, daughter
of Kansas City physician, in 1894,
and who has never been found. In
St. Louis on July 7, 1897, Dr. Cornwall
was accused of killing brother, Her.
bert Cornwall, whom he claimed to
have found in the act of beating their
father. He was tried for this latter
crime and found not guilty. There
were no witnesses. Four years ago DR..
Cornwall married second time.