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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-27
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest in savannah and
Elsewhere

According TO recent reports the old North
Georgia Railroad and Transportation
Company is to be recognized as the Ohio,
Knoxville and Port Royal Railroad Com
pany, for the purpose of promoting the
scheme to connect Knoxville, Tenn, with
Port Royal. As the charter permits the
building and operating of steamboats,, it
IS thought the company viii establish a
line connecting Augusta, Savannah and
other important towns that are accessible
with Port Royal. Request has been made
in Georgia that no limit be made to the
capital, the company being allowed to sell
all the stock they desire, and that the life
of the charter be made eighty years 1t
has been suspected for some time that the
consolidation of several lines has been in
contemplation, and present movement is
thought by some to be a step in this drec-
ton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-27

bottle Of Cooks Imperial Extra Dry
Champagne with your dinner makes t
complete. 1t pleases every one.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-27

Quite a number of Savannah railroad
officials went to Atlanta last night to be
present at the hearing of the motions to-
day before the State Railroad Commission
asking for horizontal cut of 20 per cent
and also for a sliding scale cut. The oues-
ton has been previously discussed. and
several opinions have appeared in the
Morning News on the subject.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-27

Mr.. Lee McLendon has been appointed
travelling freight and passenger agent of
the Plant System, with headquarters at
Atlanta The appointment IS 10 take e.
feet Aug l. Mr.. McLeudOn is a brother
of Hon. s. G. McLendon of Townsville
He is by no means a novice in the rail
road business, his experience extending
to the management of some of The most
important departments. His last connoc-
ton with the Plant System was when he
was connected with the general freight
agents office of the Alabama Midland
division.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-27

Continued on Third Page.l
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-05
HOWARD fit WALNUT
Talks About the Physical and
Moral Beauty of the
Oldest Flag.
a Priceless Heritage from the
Founders of this Amer
lean Republic.

In his grafton at Walnut Grove
yesterday Mr.. Howard, after an intro
ductory, touching on Walnut Grove
and the people, said:
II wonder how many there are here
who know that the stars and stripes is
the oldest National flag in existence.
1t is fact that there is no older Nation.
al flag. Some nations have meyer had
a truly National flag. China is an ex-
ample of this class. The Nations hav-
ing them have all changed within the
past hundred years.
"Our government is one of the old
est among the civilized nations of the
earth. We are accustomed to think OF
ourselves as very young and at first
blush my statement will seem incredi.
BILE to many of you. But when you
think of the mighty changes caused by
the wars of Napoleon in Europe you
will see that a new map exists to-day
and that Europe is far different than
she existed in the last. century. Ger.
many was then but a mass petty and
warning States. Austria has changed
from an absolute to constitutional
form of government. France has seen
monarchy and Republic succeed each
other. Greece, Sweden, Holland,
Spain, Portugal and Belgium have all
seen sweeping changes in their form OF
government since the stars and stripes
were first raised as symbol of a new
Republic. Even far-off Japan has
caught the spirit of freedom, and
stripping like an athlete, the old cum
bering garments that restrained her
powers, has entered the field of modern
thought and progress.
at may we'll be source of pride and
inspiration to any American that this
government, founded in weakness, has
grown and expanded in strength,
which was once regarded as a mere ex.
pertinent and doomed to hopeless fail.
ure, should be SO grandly successful
which at it's birth was the subject OF
caustic criticism and doleful prophecy,
had within it that vital germ of sue.
cess which has sustained and upheld il
amid the wreck Of governments around
and about it. Proud of our country
and it's flag! Why shall we not be
proud of that system of government,
which founded in blood, suffering and
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ephone and telegraph lines which an
initiate space and make distance near.
You see ties of trade binding together
communities and cities so that strike
at Baltimore paralyzes commerce in
Chicago, and panic in New York,
rolling like flood over the land to
ravage and destroy in San Francisco.
You see those busy millions as they
watch the click Of the telegraph and
answer the voice of the telephone, and
note how that whisper in the east may
rouse the echoes in the canyon on the
Colorado. The scratch of a pen in
Washington may bring gain to Texas
or mean loss in Montana. Your eyes
are dazzled with the display of wealth,
your heart aches at the hardship of
poverty. You note the world wide
effects of the task of the ambitious
financier and the dreary apathy of the
thousands who have given up the
weary fight for supremacy.
AFTER this vision you know and feel
that modern conditions have vastly
increased responsibilities and that
every blow struck within the limits of
the Republic is to be counted for gain
or loss to all. And that view gives you
the true conception of the duties and
responsibilities of him who would be q
servant of the people and discharge
the obligations of a position of place
and power. For him each day brings
new questions which must be answered
new problems which must be solved.
"Can you then marvel if in the
management of machine, the most
complex this world ever saw, that here
and there friction occurs, danger, de-
lay, loss should happen-that now and
then some belt slips, some pinion
breaks? Is it not the marvel that
there is not constant disaster-every-
where danger and loss. And if on the
whole,this mighty machinery works
smoothly and easily is it not only a
magnificent testimonial to the skill of
the designer and to the fidelity of the
engineers and mechanics in charge of
it? Therefore your duty is to grumble
and complain less and to cooperate
the more-to see to it that wherever
your hand may be enlisted in the work
Of guiding and controlling it shall
move in unison with the gigantic
whole"
Mr.. Howard then told how progress
was made and said that our history
was Zone of constant, conservative
progress. From the seaside this Ma
ton has spread and widened. Climb
ing the Alleghenies, crossing the lakes,
passing the Mississippi, leaping the
plains and climbing the mountains
until mighty continent has been
SPAWNED and the proud, exultant spirit
of the nation reaches out for the isles
of the sea and demands it's share of the
golden tide Of commerce from the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-05

doubt was yet 50 beautifully, 80 grand
~ strong that time but confirms and
renews its giant strength. Strong be-
cause it puts it's faith in the strength,
the loyalty, the honesty of it's citizens.
''The most inveterate grumbler in
America has but to look around to be
convinced that it is no idle boast when
we claim to live under the best govern
ment in the world. That horrible
trayesty on justice which has turned
the eyes of humanity to the Dreyfus
case in France, and which may yet be
the train which will explode in
National disaster there, is enough to
make one exclaim: Thank God for
American law which makes such an
outrage impossible herev
1.-The Car of Russia invites the
world to a Peace Conference at the
very time that he is crushing, with an
iron heel the constitutional rights OF
the liberty loving Finn.
"Militaryism is crushing Germany,
whose people tremble before the frown
of the champion of Divine Right,
while he in turn winces at the verses
of the blunt Captain of our Raleigh.
England spends millions to sup
port the empty show and trappings of
a powerless and inert crown, while
her children of poverty are denied the
privileges of an education we make
as free as the air to all.
armenia, outraged and bleeding,
appeals in vain to the conscience and
humanity of Europe to tear from her
throat the brutal hand of the Turk.
Thank heaven, under the folds of the
Stars and Stripes Cuba is fed and freed.
allow did it come that more than a
century ago our fathers bequeathed to
us institutions which have ever guard
ed the sacred cause of liberty? Simply,
because the Declaration of Independ-
ence was written by men who loved
liberty. And in all the world there is
no such cunning artist as love.
Centuries ago there was in central
Europe great cathedral. High up in
the vaulted roof, half hidden by the
massive Orders, was a sculptured face
of such wondrous beauty that hundreds
gathered upon the floor of the cathe-
dral every afternoon, waiting for the
hour when the sun could penetrate the
darkness and bring out it's marvellous
beauty. And this face had a wonder
full history. 1t is said that while the
cathedral was being built one day an
old man applied for permission to work
upon it. And fearing lest his dimmed
eye and trembling hand might mai
the fair proportion of some graceful
curve, they placed him high up in the
vaulted roof, there to work his will
And day after day, silent, intent, he
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wrought on, deaf to all sounds and I'M
mindful of the confusion about him.
One day they found him there. At
his side, in perfect order, were the
tools with which the cunning artist
had done his work, but the hand of
the master was still in death. Yet,
even in death, those glazed eyes were
upturned to that face-the face of the
girl he had loved and lost in early man.
hood. And the builders and the work.
men and the architects gathered around
and said: This is the greatest work of
all-love wrought this!' So take it
that in the field or office, wherever
man labors, that work that is done
without love is idle and commonplace.
But once throw the heart power into
it and it becomes bone of your bone
and flesh of your flesh-and success
crowns and genius glorifies labor. So
with the building of that greater
temple of liberty. If love for freedom
inspires and moves then shall the
temple endure through the ages; in
spite of the storms of passion, despite
the wave beats of treason's foul blood.
"He who would aid in preserving
our institutions must have within his
heart that alert, watchful sympathy
and love of liberty which founded
them. This spiritmust be kept alive
and living in the hearts of the people
of the earth's matchless Republic.
II care not what your politics may
be. The man who can think of Dew
ey's gallant dash into Manila bay
without proud, exultant throb in his
heart-the man who does not follow
those gallant boys in blue with keen,
patriotic interest, as through swamp
and morass they march under the
folds of the flag which stands as ever
for freedom, has lost touch with the
artist glow of patriotic liberty. You
may or may not be in favor of retain
ing the Islands, and you have a per-
feet right to free thought upon that
subject, but where the boys take the
flag they take and should take our
sympathy and support-because they
are our boys-because it is our flag.
"Every citizen owes an allegiance to
his Nation, and to determine what
those duties are that spring from that
allegiance, imagine that you are stand
ing upon some lofty mountain peak
and looking upon the millions who
live, hope and toll within the imperial
domain from the rock bound coast of
Maine to the Golden Gate of the Pacif-
ic. You see those millions occupied in
various and divers occupations, which
still are so intimately connected that
disaster to one means loss to many.
You see the shining network of rail-
roads spanning the plains and climb
ing the mountains and the web Of tel
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Orient. In her march the locomotive
and the telegraph have been her will
ing servants and the States are bound
together far more closely and firmly
than were the counties of State when
Washington left the White House."
After speaking of the physical beauty
of the flag Mr.. Howard spoke of the
moral beauty. and said that it was the
same flag which in it's infancy secured
freedom twice and humbled the pride
of Great Britain; cts the same flag,
which in its youth made commerce
free upon the Mediterranean and
marched in triumph over the valleys
of old Mexico; under it's folds was
waged that gigantic war from which
came q greater freedom from Superior
to the Gulf and out of which came q
country knit and bound so closely that
blue and gray love and defend it and
the folds of that flag guarantee that be-
tween them mo more shall the war cry
sever or the winding rivers be red;' aye,
and it's the flag under which that
cloud OF misery, outrage and oppression
which had made Cuba charnel house
was forever banished from the western
shore. Oh! the glad inspiration that
comes to the true American heart with
every thought of the mighty history of
the flag. And the source of that his
tory was the ideal of liberty for which
the flag ever stands. Under it the in
dividual is the king, the citizen is the
monarch, and his throne is his home
and his scepter freeman g vote"
The speaker scored one of the Astors
for leaving this country; making his
home in London, and becoming a citi-
zen of the queen, for the reason that we
were rude and boorish, and said that
as citizen he, the speaker, ''glories in
just that which moves Astors to scorh.
Give honor to the farmer boy, Beve-
ridge, who at IS, alone and unaided,
has forced himself into the Uuited
States Senate from old Indiana. Give
credit to the hundred, who from hum
BILE homes, now everywhere leads and
guides the millions. Better thousand
times that Astors be disguised rather
than close one open door upon the am
bilious, sturdy youth who seeks to win
on the strength of his own merit that
confidence and respect from his coun-
trymen which all the inherited wealth
of the Astors cannot commando
In closing Mr.. Howard said that the
mighty outburst of patriotic fervor
which this year has witnessed in our
midst and which, knowing no north or
south, no east or west, has called the
best young blood Of the Nation to
again enlist under the folds of our flag
there to do battle for humanity is con-
vincing proof that the foundations of
this Nation still rest secure upon that
best foundation for Nation. the loyal
itv of it's citizens; that as ever the hearts
of this mighty people beat true to the
flag aud it's traditions Of glory
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-17
THE OCTOPUS CARD.


The different contendlnR religious
scots IA ao.call,d Chrlst.ndnm r,,
rs,,,tt,. ,,.,,. II. 49,. ,,,..
u'N4'' '''''' W, ""' '"''e '"''I N"l-
mostly toward "Mormonism' and their
Misrepresentation of ~ principles and
followers. The Presbyterian and
Methodist denominations have been
very active IN that work, aided by
other sectaries, and now the Baptist
Home Mission Society frotcrnlzos with
them In tho unhOly new crusade.
a card bias been extensively olryullt-
ed By the body last named, on which ls
IA rough outline map M the United
States, with q black ngure Of an oc-
topus. itH body covering Utah and les
tentuclos reaching out Co Idaho, Wyu.
ming Noy8da, Colorado, Arizona and
Srw Mexico. This ls named THE
Mormon Octopus" on the reverse
hide NJ the card ~ budget " un-
truths Of which the annexed Is one
sample:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-17

The curious way In which fate some
times brings the results sought by de-
featiug the means used In seeking
them has Htill another illustration at
The Hague. Russia earnestly desires
that the invention OF small arms shall
be discouraged FOR period Of years.
but the powers have decided otherwise.
II not that, too. victory for peace q?
~ II not n fact that tN arms have been
Improved wars have grown fewer and
Hhortpr7 We are not sure.
Furthermore, but the certain defeat of
llussia'a disarmament proposition n
not also a guarantee Of peace1 what
does Russia want disarmament for2
II II not TO gain time ana means to per-
foct a strategic system ~ railroads. to
push trade nearer the danger line In
the Oricnt2 Man propnses
God disposoa. The Peace congress
may seem 10 be a failure, but when Il
comes 10 be viewed nfty years or "a
hundred years hence II may be- easily
seen that ita proceedings were over
ruled 20 serve the ends Of human bene-
iicsnce.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-17

mistake With his black octopus II
should have been q giIded sun. Whcr
the Mormon power" entered this
whole western region u was q desert
parched and treeless. silent as the dry
dust that covered the barren ground
not house or shelter not mark Of
civilized existence. not sign Of
anything but solitude and stcrll-
49, The little band ~ "Mormona.'
guided by the hand OF God over the
great plains and rugged mountains,
though not 10 gospel wagons" come
mcnccd their work ~ rcdecmlng the
land Inspired by the genius VI indus
Try and the spirit Of religious devotion
which go together and are one in what
lie denounced ns "Mormonlsm"
Now lool, OF the regults' over an the
region depleted ON the baptist map
the sun OF civilization. prosperity and
progress sheds its glorious rays
wherever the Mormon have touched
the soil II has responded with vital
cladncsa. "Thc wilderness and the soll-
tary place have been glad Tor them"
"Thc desert roioiccs and blossoms as
the rose" I'm the wilderness streams
have broken out" IN the parChcd
ground and thirsty land springs Of
water feed the growing grass and wnv-
Ing corn. Hundreds OF cities and
towns. many Of them having the best
modern improvements dot the face Of
the once vacant vast extent Factories.
martH. mines. farms. orchards. schools,
churches. public buildings private
mansions, railroads, tclcgmphs. teie-
phones. academies universities, hos
pitfalls and ail tho tokens ~ cnllght-
cncd Industry ana Christian advance
mcnt MS the effects of 'Mormonsm."
are seen by every eye that Il not
blinded by the inky darkness ot acc-
tartan bigotry and dlabollsm. elected
from the dcyil-nsh OF modern spurious
and splteful plctism.
"Murmonism" has delivered ita vo.
tarics from priestcraft, from unscrup-
ulous impostors clad In clerical garb,
from sensuallty poverty and ignor-
uncc. from the Misunderstanding pur-
llous and Institutions Of false Chris
tianlty. and from the absurd and soul
destroying dogmas and heathcnish
vagnrlca Of apostate Christcndom. II
Is the sun OF the coming Millennium
1naugurnte or continue your crua-
AIDES. scctarian priests and deceptive
hlrcllngs, you might aa well drive your
shecp-wagous against the luminary Of
day as try 10 pit your puny and life
less crccds against the light and power
81 the lattor-day dlaponsation. Your
falsehoods win rebound 10 your own
hurt. and open the way for tho ALL
conquering truth. You may raise a
Few riots. arouse some mob violence.
shed a little more Mormon" blood. but
tho work OF "Mormonism" will Eo on.
and It's sun viii rise higher and higher
until It floods the earth with It's glory.
God IL In II and His word and His
work viii preyalll
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-17
REVIVAL OF a CONTROVERSY.

According 20 the Chicago Tribune.
Or. Howard Bliss. former assistant
pastor Of Plymouth church. Brooklyn.
but now pastor Of Congregational
church In New Jersey. Is preparing to
lay before the International Council "
that denomination proposition TO
abolish infant sprlnkllng ana substitute
baptism Of those who are received as
members Of the church.
Several olcrgymcn are said 10 look
with favor upon the proposed reform.
Among these Ia Dr. Frank W. Gun
saulus. Dr. Fineli. and others arv said
10 be- deeply interested IN the matter.
N not actually In favor Of H. They take
the View that the uprinkling OF Infants
Is only n dedication Of the child TO God,
and that many Congrcgatlonnlists do
not believe IN the ceremony.
The Congregational church. as we
understand Il. Ia In this position that
although the International Council
can discuss such matters. n has no
power TO enforce It's dootrinal decisions
upon the different local churches each
one Of these being sovereign and indie
pendent body. It follows, that Or, Bliss.
or any other pastor may discontinue
tho practice ot uprinkllng Infants. n
agreeable 10 the congregation" while
others, on the same condition. are at
liberty 20 retain the ceremony. There
IL no uniform rule. In this respect. In
that church.
SIN, II Is significant that the matter
Is 20 be brought to the attention OF
the religious world In this way, It can
not fan 10 open again the Inquiry az to
what the teaching OF the Scriptures Is
on this point
Il has been proved almost beyond
reasonable dispute First that Infant
sprinklng IL not divine ordinance
but an invention of man, ana therefore
void as an act of worship; second. that
sprlngling f. not as claimed, form OF
baptism" innsmuch az It Is not hap
tlsm" nj an but "sprinkllng." third.
that the origin Of infant sprlnlllng can
be- traced 90 the time NJ the npostasy OF
the church. ana no further; fourth. that
baptism * one ~ tho ordinances necos-
''HH f'A fhAf fhf''ffH hNNhA ANtNNA ANA NNNANA 10
be valid, It must be performed In the
manner instituted by our Lord. and adj
mlnlstorQd by Ills representatives. uu-
thorized TO act In His name.
But although these facts have been
clearly set forth, ana that by some OF
the nblost biblical scholars. and al
though point after point has beon slow
" conceded by some therr is still much
ignorance on this important subject.
and II the ground Is gone over again,
more llght, more knowledge win result.
untiI the restoration OF the Church,
the Baptists led tho world In this COM
troyersy about baptism, and with great
success. They failed, however, OF COM
pleto victory because they ala not grasp
the fun nature OF the ordinance, In
the revelations given through the In
spired men OF this age, the ordinance of
baptism hap been completely sot forth.
and amy new general discussion OF the
subject viii tend TO lead the honest In
qulrer after truth, towards the perfect
light of the Gospel OF Jesus Christ.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-17
irHE ouRRENtY QUESTION


Americans would not endure for a
week the bulky coinage NJ England, nor
consent 10 n paper note minimum DO.
nomination Of S25 or S. a business tn
tion does most Of its business with
checks, and gold and silver coins are
not essential for circulation cxcept
small silver coins for change. for manor
money redeemable In gold supplies ril
other needs The use OF g6ld aa a
standard NJ value and for settling in
ternntl1rai obligations IL recornlzSI
The plea Of the hatlsta that pnper
money Is "conyenient + perfectly
IA found In that part OF II which caiIs
for illimitable paper money stamped oy
nothing.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-17

The peace congress at The Hague
might appoint committee to visit
Cleveland. Buffalo and Pann In the In
tcrcst Of the fundamental principles
which induced the ear to call the Eu-
ropcun conference. In the cities named
the committee would find In miniature.
the conditions which the congress
hopes TO prevent. In Cleveland the
street ear men. In Buffalo the grain
handlers. and In Pana the miners are
little. the same waste and suffering
TINT war entails. II II At least a de-
batable question whether the olimina-
tlOn OF Industrial wars would not do as
much for human prosperity and happl-
ness ns the prevention OF armed con-
diets between nations.