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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
WOULD DODGE GIBRALTAR.
Frances Dream of a Great Canal for
Heavy Ships.
From the New York Journal.

hCHNE
From the New York Journal
lie Canal DIES Deux-Mers, a rnilitary-po-
litical dream, is beginning to excite the
French. While the British dispatch fleet
after fleet to demonstrate" their naval
supremacy at the gate of the Mediterra-
mean, and France has CRASHED her teeth,
helpless TO prevent the ends which per
fidious Albion gains, prophet has arlson
who shows his compatriots the means of
doubling the French navy's efficiency,
avoiding the frowns of Gibraltar, and OF
confounding the arrogant insulars when
they shall have annexed Ceuta and hold
control of both pillars of Hercules.
The project is no less than military
ship canal from Bodeaux. following the
Garonne a great part of the way through
the Southern provinces. and having its
Mediterranean terminal near Perpignan,
running wholly through territory Of the
republic and admirably defended by ma
ture.
This dreamer of glory, Henri de Nous
same, writes of the Canal of Two Seas"
under date of 1912, as a task achieved. He
writes in the cabin of battleshp, one
of the fleet taking the President of the Re
public, the Gar of Russia and their new
ally the German Emperor, on the official
voyage to inaugurate the canal.
He describes the demonstra ions of pa
triotic enthusiasm displayed as the war
ships pass at fourteen milometres an hour
through Gascony, the naval dock yards
and arsenals at the port" of Agen, mid
way between ocean and great sea.
He discusses the hostile arguments
brought forward at the inception of the
enterprise in 1900, and riddles them with
the trfumphs of engineering, of military
science, of industrial development which
in 1912 have COMPOUNDED the short-sighted
adversaries of the canal
AS the inland naval pageant approaches
Agen, listen to NJ. de Noussanne:
Thine has fled; here comes the night. In
the distance festal fires light the sky. TITS
Agen. We have followed the Garonne for
q long time; now we are about TO cross it
on bridge-canal. Time presses, for we
have loitered.
Locomotives are attached 10 the battle
ships, which do not venture, from excess
of prudence. to increase the speed of their
engines. The Garonne Is crossed"
He picures the contrast between the
sleepy Agen of ght years back, with the
busting commercial port il now is. There
is a banquet at which the Gar and the
Emperor are hailed with acclamatons
Only less 6NuDei ant tHdi the IttSiucut
"On to Toulouse-Tououse-w viii
be the maritime fortress of Francis
his programme for the next day and the
next chapter of his romance.
The report" is headed with This ex-
tract from an English minister's my thical
speech,
THE French propose to spend 500 mil
lions for the canal of two SEAS we will
spend 1900 millions TO see to it that they
don't do it,"
''How those English" chuckles NJ de
Nousssanne, "are chatting now" His canal
has made the invasion of Britannia. Napol-
Icons dreams, a military problem solved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17

September" and IL one asks him in Sep
TENDER, he will reply ''in October" The
rain comes down at time In sheets, and
the squall passing over, the sun comes
out hot and fierce. In few minutes the
water soaks into the coral SOIL and then
clause in that the nights are cool and de-
lightful and there is a sea breeze to tenn
per the heat of the sun when il has full
sweep. The effect of the humidity has
to be seen to be appreciated. Musical in
struments, furniture and such things fan
apart unless screws are literally used.
Metals become covered with rust over
night. Ask the soldier; he knows.
The visitor to the island is, as a rule
much surprised to find the people as far
advanced as they are. The visitor who ex-
poets to find savages dressed in a scarcity
Of clothing is rather surprised as he drives
up the streets of Agnna, to hear a piano
ringing out one of Sousa's marches. or the
small boy in the distance singing After
the Ball for at present this is the popu-
lar air in Guam. Could this visitor attend
one of the fandangos, or bales, as they
are called, he would be still more surprised
to find that the young ladies all know now
to dance waltzes polkas and galops in
the same manner as they are danced in the
United States. The young people are de-
cidedly fond of dancing and long for the
INV "hSh tilO Delitd Will De QQdrLfrGU
ashore.
Previous TO the capture of the island
there was regular line of steamers run
ming between Guam and Manila, and these
vessels were the source of supply of MANY
articles of necessity as well as luxury
This line was subsidized by the Spanish
government. Since the capture there have
been no vessels calling other than the
men-of-war and an occasional sailing YES
sci from Japan. Until now the merchants
nave not made any arrangement for
stores. as they preferred to await deyel-
opments. The result is that the shops
SUCH as they are, have been sold out of
everything The island produces no flour ard
not sufficient rice for home consumntion
and in many houses, even of the better
class, these articles of food have not been
seen for months To the native money
is of no value. for It has no purchasing
power. He will ask for provisions in.
stead.
Mail communication Is dependent on
the nen-of-war and is uncertain, nverar-
ing about one mail every two months
Guam being practically on the line no.
tween Honolulu and Manila il win he
worth while of any steamship line to
make 1t port of call, for the trade IN
oopra, coffee, sugar and chocolate needs
only announcement to develop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
AN INDIAN CITY.
bombay the Rainbow City anu
bombay the Horrible"
Julian Ralph. in Harpers.

Julian Ralph, in Harpers.
have described some striking features
of one Bombay, but there are two Bonn
bays just now. There will be two during
the twenty or fifty years that the plague
may last-Bombay the Rainbow City ana
Bombay the Horrible. The latter phase Is
now uppermost. While the plague lasts
Bombay must continue dark and hideous'
shaded by the vulture wings OF deatn'
tainted IN water, soil, air. and food with
the bacilli of the pestilence, strewn win
dead like a battlefield wheTeon hunger
filth, and fatalism join hands with epldem-
ic to decimate the human swarm. ms
phase has already lasted four years. ny
the menace it offers to Christendom' IN tnti
interest it has for men of science IN ny
extraordinary problem IL presents 10 .ll9
white conquerors of India, in the strange
almost unearthly scenes it daily produces
lin all these respects IL Is too importallS
TO miss at least few pen strokes toWa,1
description here. In these ! VIA unn9
what / saw and heard Of the pest oel"ee1
one side of India and the other. III
Remember that the incense or the I'll
given at the government house was nes
in my nostrils--the odor of the flowers, tn
perfume of a hundred Bond street sceu1'ii \
The melody of the last waltz still vlpraei
in my ears, and l could close my eyes a.
still see the swaying figures Of the VHe
and soldiers whom had but just iei' "
hind me.
Then the Journalistic instinct came w.
permost, and l studied the scene closoi
We stood facing a long and narrow ;1cb
between high walls. A small shalio" ,oas,ad
ran the length of IL near one slae' IN
this in a row. were the pyres' ede .n,n III
or six feet high, and made by az MI
small rough tree branches ana ~ nIlA|
tree trunks between tall, slender i0n l,ire II
lars, two on each side, to keep tne rs 70
in shape. A pair OF spreading trees SSnnto5
nearer leaves were shriveled ana "w
shivered painfully in the ascehoins AMI
rents Of heat, as If they were ~, re
their fingers in the fame and pray oainu
sistlng an inclination to shrek WIZ WIZ, IN
Back and 10 the right stood gIoIip poL
motionless men and women IN WIN ,at IN
ing al the glowing heaps when .ars IN
flames like fire-fountains. These me rom
bling branches OF the trees, i no" n.sion
several mysterious bundles, Ike LAX n
or buildings done up IN bags. As vhsarei
ed on, polite man came up to V tI, rould7
and talked earnestly with him. io prgl
not be put off from whatever ne "'8 sal5 +
ing. lie says we are 10 go a"'s' ,ssses
the bearer. "and that we can ~, , by al
20 come again." Go away, ! repH swepl
means. and at once. Again my og,oolns
the repellent scene Above tarn dame
cube OF fire rose red tongues !" s.ous
above these were yellow. heeung btigha/
sheets OF IRE that came and Wen y, blue.
biiil the yellow flashes iufhfp .su0n
Then came the black CLOUDS ~ 49, ihs
which blended IN one grand let h's ~ NJ
drilled lazlly away t0wara tN'
common pail Of al tie dead.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17

propagated for his own pleasure or profit.
So was a hen. Therefore, a law which ap-
piled to one bird should in absence of stat
utes to the contrary, be made 10 ht the
other. Before the law all hens should be
equal to all doves and all doves to all
hens.
Before the full bench could get around
to act upon the appealed cases the ques-
ton entered into local politics, and select
men In a dozen or more towns were elected
or defeated according to how majority
of the voters felt on the subject OF con-
sidering hens as domestic animals. Though
most of the farmers believed hens to be
personal property. because they could be
bought and sold the same as sheep, the
Oliver branch of the feud suggested that
the same argument would apply equally
well 10 doves, and limited that If 1t were
once legally established that hens were
property the state would proceed TO tax
them AS a Maine farmer fears an extra
tax more than anything but death, most
of the selectmen elected were parusans
of Oliver, and they proceeded to ill the
jury boxes with names of Oliver sympa-
thizers, so if the cases ever came up for
a new trial Hill and his followers would
have no chance Of winning.
The dispatch says that the feud was fin
ally ended by Oliver wounding himself
with an old shotgun in an effort 10 shoot
his son-in-law after a violent quarrel
about the destruction of Hilrs hens. Hill
automatically expressed his sympathy
with the old man and got his pension
raised, and now the two contestants are
fast friends When anybody asks Oliver
if hens are personal property or wild ami
mails the old mans says:
Nary one, sir; nary one. All hens are
reel estate. Better than gold in the bank.
They got my pension raised which was
something the lawyers couldn't do, though
they worked at it for years"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
To Sunday
Advertisers.

The attention of those who Pat
ronize the Cheap ana want Columns
OF THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS is
called TO the fact that their ads viii
be repeated in the MONDAY MORN
ING NEWS Mt HALF RATES. II f. not
necessary 10 tell experienced nd-
vcFtisers that the repetition of an
advertisement Is n great reinforce
ment 10 the effects OF the nrst pub
LEGATION.
You should see that your ndVer-
tisements so In on Mondays as wen
~ sundays.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
WHAT THE EAGLE SIGNIFIES.
Why II Was Chosen as the EmbIe.
matte bird of America
FROM DE Detrolt &c press.


In ancient mythology the eagle was be.
licved to carry the souls of the diving m
their abode on Mount Olympus and was
called the bird of Jove. The eagle ,yas a.s,
taksn as a symbol of royal power nv ne
ancient Etruscans. who bore its IMAGE
upon their standard. In the year a n z,
a silver eagle, with extended wings noise1
on the top of a spear with a thunderhoit
held m Us claws, was adopted as the mill
tary standard 10 be borne at the head ~
tnelr hgions by The Romans. Al the time
OF Hadrian a golden eagle was substituted
Tor the silver one. A two-headed eaoie
was adopted by the Byzantine Emp.rors
az symbol Of their control of both ~.
East and the West. '''s
The d0lble-hcaded eagle Of Russia ,yas
adopted on the marriage OF Ivan / win 4
erecian rincese Of the eastern .mpire
ihht OF Austria was first used when he
emperor 81 Germany took the ttle m
ftonan Emperor. The national standard
"a if,iHsis besr- black eagle thst ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17

Poland a white one. Napoleon 1 took 6
golden eagle for his standard, modelled Of
pure gold, and bearing a thunderbot, aft
er the pattern of the eagle of the Romans.
This standard was disused under the Bour-
bons, but was restored by a decree OF
Louis Napoleon In 1859. The eagle was
first used on American coins in 17SS, on
cents and half cents issued from the Mas
sachusetts mint. 1t was adopted in the
plan of national coinage as design
upon all gold coins and on the silver dol
lar half dollar and quarter dollar. The
design of the eagle was at one time sus"
gested for the national flag, but was aban"
doned
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
Burglars Try in Vain to Crack
the Safe in the J. B. 5
Sax Store
THEY SECURED NOTHING.
Are Believed to Have Been Frightened
Away Before They Could
Succeed in Their
Attempt
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The Model clothing store at go Eas.
Main street. owned by J. 3. Sax, was
entered by burglars last night. They
made a futile attempt at. opening the,
safe and il is believed We're frightened
away before they accomplished their
designs. Several suits of clothing were
found on the foor and fhe SUPPOSE
tion is that the intruders had select
ed them out of the stock to take away,
but i'll their haste were compelled to-
leave them behind Mr.. Sax said. this
morning that the only articles missing
We're Il fey eenRies AID some postage
stamps. which were taken ont of the
stamp drawer. Two holes, were drilled
in the safe door and the continuation
knob broken &off, but theileck was in
no way damaged. A FEW, seconds
works was all that was necessary this
morning forF c! A.. Brap1,I al expert
safe opener OF this city, 10 oiien the
door. Mr.. Braun said that in his, opin-
ion il was the work of some one WHO
had a faint idea of the construction of
a Hall lock, but that they had made a
bunglesome attempt to, open it. The
/ burglars gained entrance tsroi,gl
second stoiysHindow, To whicl, hey as-S
cended by means on ii ladder. The bur-
giary3 was not discovered until this
morning when Ike Sichies ana Il. r..
Baer, employees at the ssalsl, opened
| the store. they discovered the .cloth-
ing on the hoor, and very soon located
| the more serious results of tic visit of
the intruders. The police, were. MOI flied
but there is no cisvs an whichSS work.,
and III is very doubtful IL tbs Ii ~ -
parties are ever apprefenaed. The,
Model was burglTfizeii about i year
ago and the loss Was much greater
than last night. Aside from, the
| slight damage to the safe, Mr.. Sax says
| his losss wills3io iianin:,l 6,
A horse and buggy belonging to
John LaRue was stolen out of the al
| ley in the rear Of Tom Farrelit> barn,
Saturday night, and bus, far The stol-
en- property has not Been, located.
The police have been notified, and
Chief OF Police III. 6. Williams has
sent out a number of postal cards de-
scribing the property. The color OF
the horse is bay. 1T Is nine years old
and weighs about 300 pounds. 1t was
4 hitched to road wagon with dark
red running gears and black bed. The
buggy cushion is slightly torn. One
| tug of the harness is broken and is re-
| paired with a piece of .wire.,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
SATURDAYS EVENTS.
The Bearing on tie Chances of Drcyfus
Discussed.

Rennes, Aug. 10 Especial by Ber-
nard Lazarc TO the Chicago Record. y
The death blow was 10 have been given
The Dreyfus cause yesterday, but it
was the adversaries OF revision on
whom the blow fell. They took for
their coup the moment when GEN
Mercier was mt Rennes, enaeavoring by
his audacity and his lies 10 impose his
views on the court-martial. Nj. Derou-
lede and his aceoniplices arrested in
Paris had everything ready for the
"hlockades." The conspiracy which
Gen l.ooet's cowardice caused to fail
u few months ago was allin hand again
and was to have been consummated
simultaneously at Paris and al Rennes.
NJ. Derouledefs lieutenant, NJ. Mar
cel-Habert, when arrested at Laval,
forty-siN miles east os Rennes, was on
his way to take command of the bands
here which tried tocreaie disorder after
Yesterdays sitting. III tae conspjrators
had succeeded, Gen. Mercier might
with impunity have sent Dreyfus back
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
Charged VIII PerinrY.

Marshalltown. Aug. 14.--James Me-
Coy and Miss Sophia Paxton, OF
Tama county, We're married here on
Wednesday,. The clerk at first refused
to grant the License. even though the
groom-to-ne MAS accompanied by his
step-father. Shortly they returned ae-
companied by 4 woman who made AFT
d:ivit to the effect that she was Il resi-
dent OF this city, that the girl was OF
legal age, etc, and the license was is
sued. Friends OF the young lady
heard of the marriage and Investigated.
Miss Paxton is but Is wears old, bun
is heir TO a considerable amount OF
property. IT transpired that The won,-
an making the affidavit was mother OF
the groom. She has been arrested on a
charge of perjury.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
Resolve TO Rc-Enlist.

Waterloo, Aug. 14.-Members of
Company j. late Forty-ninth Iowa,
will re-enter the state service. At u
meeting the following resolution was
adopted: 'sResolved, that we, members
Of Company B, Forty-ninth Iowa vol
TO invitation of Adjutant General
Bvers. do hereby declare that we viii
continue the company and reorganize
according TO the National Guard laws
of the state of Iowa" II was de-
cided to first find the number of old
members that will reioin, and then
recruit up 10 the strength allowed by
balloting on names OF civilians pre-
sented.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
MORE BRIGHTON ARRESTS.
HcacocIk's Son and Brother.in-LaSy
Arrested.

Brighton, Aug. 14.-(special.)-Guy IA.
II. Heacock and Al. Epdicott son and
brother-in-law of c. c. Heacoek, the
editor of the Brighton Enterprise, who
is now in Jail at Washington for an al
legged libel, We're arrested Saturday
evening on a charge OF republication
of criminal libel. They We're taken TO
Washington, before Esquire Folger,
who held them in $500 bail for prelim-
mary hearing Sept. 80.
Mrs. Heacocli was seen by the Cou-
rier's correspondent last night.
She says her son is sim
ply foreman in the office and
that Mr.. Endicott's connection with
the paper at all remains to be proved
and that she alone is the one that is
responsible, and that she is willing to
take the consequences.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
THREATENING talk.
A hsoer Organ Warns England to he.
ware Of the rransyaal,

London, Aug. IN 4tBH ,Nssociafeds
Press.)-.A Boer organ. the Digger
News, publishes a johannesburg dis
patch, saying in the event Of war.
Great Britain will Nins, 'put'at price
which she YonghtS toScdpsiter for the
Beers are idattrmmea Eaos Wreck the
mines and irrefrievably ruin the. stock
holders by blowing up millions of dol
lars worth of machinery and causing
absolute ruin TO Johannesburg as
Town and mining center. Another dis
patch, however, says: The reply of
the Transyaal to the proposed for
joint inquiry is Being delayed by the
government until it has. prepared n
scheme for granting the Ortlanders
immediate and substantial rep,esen-
tation. as the TransYaal will make eI-
cry effort to avert intervention in the
internal affairs of the country
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
Iowa Girl win. Scholarship.

Chicago, Aug. il.-TMiss Clara louise
Gibson, Il very pretty. bright Young
woman of 10, who was born in Marion.
Iowa, March II, 1880. the city now her
home. has been awarded Il free schol-
arship in the vocal department of the
Chicago Musical College.
Although more than 400 scholarships
have been given from this institution
during the past twenty years. Miss
Gibson is the first Young woman west
of the Mississippi river to be tllus IA
vored. Her :nice is ii rich, mellow
contralto OF remarkable sweetness.
pathos and power.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
DEATH IN A LAKE.
Muscatine Woman Commit. Suicide by
Drowning.

Museatine, Aug. 1t-parties discover
ed the lifeless form of Miss Ann Resley
floating in Rcsley's lake yesterday.
The woman had been dead for several
hours. The remains were taken to an
undertaken 10 be prepared for burial.
The dead woman was an old and
highly respected citizen of this city.
She has been partially paralyzed for
some time, which. together with other
illness, it is thought. drove her into a
state OF temporary insanity. during
which time sne took her own life She
MAS missing from home several hours
before the discovery OF the body was
nntle.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
GIVES WARNING TO w. J. BRYAN.
Fear That Ize Would be Shot should
sie Canvass Is eutucky

Cincinnati, O., Aug. l2.--Congress-
man y. S. Berry, of Newport. said yes
terday: Il think it would be unwise
for Bryan to stump Kentucky. Ken
tucly people are of quick passions
and they do not hesitate to use revolv-
ers, and speaker like Bryan, who
says exactly what he means. might be
shot at. saw Mrs. Bryan while in
Washington and told her what l
thought. She agreed with me-"