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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

The inhibition against cruel and unusual
punishment does not go" in some of the
larger cities, when the police are working
the thirty-third degree on some unfor-
tunate suspect for the purpose of obtain
ing a confession. In the case of Becker,
the Chicago sausage maker in Jail on the
charge of numbering his wife, number of
bones, supposed to be those of his victim,
were placed just outside the mans cell.
where he could see them, and he was Seft
alone with them. The effect of such grue-
some companionship upon a highly
wrought mind can better be imagined than
described.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
.1t Might Have Been..

1t is sometimes possible for a lawyer to
prove that his opponent is the wiser man.
as in story printed by Every Where.
A police justice was disposing of cases at
the rate of about two a minute. with great
exactness and dignity, being judge. jury
and attorney all in one.
Then you are sure you recognize this
handkerchief as the one stolen from you2r
he said to a complainer.
YES your honor" was the reply.
How do you know il is yours?" de-
manded the justice.
you can see that it is of a peculiar
make, your honor" replied the witness
That is the way know it,"
Are you aware, sir" shouted the JUS
tice, drawing a similar one from his peck
ct, that there are others like it?"
Indeed l am" replied the questioned,
one, still more placidly. Il had TWO stol-
en-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
Senator HiII,s Neiehhnr.

A middle-aged negro describing himself
as Charles Jones, farmer of Albany, was
a prisoner yesterday in the Essex Market
Police Court charged with being intoxicat-
ed on the Bowery, says the New York
Sun.
What excuse do you offer?" asked Mag.
istrate Wentworth.
Il really believe that 1 labored under the
deleterious effects of too much whisky
sah." answered Jones.
Where was your farm?" questioned the
magistrate.
Right next to Wulfert's Roost Me and
Senator Hill was neighbors till a short
time ago" replied the negro. "A paper ur
there once said that Senator Hill had me
hid under the wood in his woodpile. II
was a lie.''
He was fined 50.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

DIR. John Guteras. who is well known
in this section of the country as yellow
fever expert, will resign his position as
professor of pathology at the University
of Pennsylvania and return to Cuba to
live. Before going there, however, he will
spend a year or two in Europe in capitals
where tropical diseases are now receiving
especial attention; then he will settle IN
Havana and devote himself to the study
of yellow and other fevers of the islands
of the Caribbean. Dr. Guiteras has been
active in the cause of Cuba libre," but
says he will now quit politics and give his
whole attention to the fight against the
fever germ.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

An Old and favorably known firm of
manufacturing druggists in New York has
probably been ruined by the notoriety
given one of its products by the Adams
poisoning case. 1t viii be recalled that
Kutnow powders have been frequently re-
ferred To in connection with the poisoning
of Barnet Absolutely nothing derogatory
to the powders considered in themselves,
has been developed. Unfortunately, how
ever. they were used as the vehicle by
which the poison was conveyed to the vic
tim. That fact has been sufficient. to
prejudice the pubic mind against the use
of those powders, aud against the firm
II is a foolish and unreasonable prejudice
of course; but public opinion is capable of
being very silly at times.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

A preacher of Syracuse. N Y, by the
name of Kenyon, says: "Rudyard Kipring
makes me tired: I would like to have a
rest from his silly nonsense. He has no
qualities as a writer. His works have no
literary merit" IL appears from this that
Mr.. Kipling as a writer is powerful enough
to lift the Rev. Kenyon out of the obscur-
ity of Syracuse, and expose him to the
momentary gaze Of the great newspaper
reading public.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

.Snecial Notices-Van Horne's Supply
Depot; The Prospective Bicycle Trust
p n. & VIM. baltimore; Eggs at 10 Cents
a Dozen, c. A. Drayton Company; Con-
federate Veterans Union; Money Can't
Ruv Better Groceries Than We Offer You,
John T. Evans & Co. Fancy Groceries, G.
II. Monsees; Chickens. Game Etc, NJ. 5.
Gardner; Soups. Etc, Abercorn Grocery
Company.
Business Notices-Gebruder Eckel Rhine
Wine. Henry Solomon & Son, Agent.
Hotel-Hotel American-Adelphi, Saratoga
Springs.
Hides-A. Ehrlich & Bro.
Observation-Disclosures College.
Steamship schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company.
Financial-stocks, Grain, Etc, A. K.
Henry, Richmond Va.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of Robert
G. Norton, In Bankruptcy.
A Man Is Measured by His Hat-M. S.
Brown.
Clothing Department-Leopold Adler.
A Lot of Damaged Hand Saws-Edward
Lovell's Sons.
Aliens Foot Ease-Allen S. Olmsted, Lee
Roy, N. Y.
Beers-Anheuser Busch Brewing Associa-
ton.
Condensed Mnk-Borden's Eagle Brand.
Crab Orchard Water-Crab orchard Wa
Ter Company.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
Medical-Dr. Kennedys Favorite Rem
edy; DR.. Williams Pink Pills; Munyon's
Inhaler; Ayers Hair Vigor; Hoods Sarsa-
parilia; Mothers Friend; Alligator Lini-
ment
Cheap Column Advertsements--Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale Lost Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
AN INTERESTING INVESTIGATION.

The Philadelphia papers contain the in
formation that a grandson of the late
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, Count Eugene Van
Rosen, has arrived there from Europe 10
look after his grandmothers estate, and
that he will make a very thorough inves-
tigation of the late Mr.. Keelys work.
shop, with the view Of finding out wheth-
er or not the famous Kelly motor was a
fraud.
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore supplied Keely
with very large part of the money with
which he carried on his alleged expert
ments, aud she was a firm believer in
him. 1t is supposed that she owned con-
trolling interest in his alleged invention,
and that is why her grandson is going to
make an investigation. II is probable that
he has lingering hope that Keely really
possessed a secret, other than that he was
getting living out of very gullible pub
lie and that he will find 1t in the work
shop.
The Count Won Rosen might well de-
vote his time TO investigating other mat
ters which give promise of better results
The newspapers of Philadelphia have
searched the Keely workshop pretty thor
oughly and it is doubtful If it contains
anything that they haven't seen. They
gave it as their opinion that Keely was a
fraud, and that he was well aware of the
fact that he was a fraud-that ne never
had an invention of any sort that was
worth a picayune. He had lot of ma
chinery, however, with which he made
some very credulous people believe that
he had discovered a force. which would
put millions of dollars into the pockets
of those who held stock in his invention
just as soon as he could get it under
control He never got it under control,
but he lived on the fat of the land for
many years at the expense of his dupes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

Commenting on the remarkable growth
of trusts recently, the Wall Street Review
Qnd) says: This movement represents
nothing else than a wild craze among pro-
motors, extending in greater or less degree,
to manufacturers and investors. 1t is, of
course, wholly inconceivable that such I'M
dertakings should be f1oated on the money
market without utterly deranging both
ordinary discounts and ordinary invest
ment prices, and 1t is probable that last
weeks loan market movement was chiefly
or wholly caused by them. If the move
ment continues at so utterly reckless
pace and if, as has sometimes seemed
probable, the promoters and "underwrit-
ers" have resolved to stir up a huge spec
ulation for the rise in the shares of such
new concerns then the remote outlook
may be very dangerous. 1t is conceiV
able that some future Standard Oil may
be concealed in this bundle of good bad
and Indifferent Industrial organizations"
but the man of sense is well aware that
the circumstances of the time, and the
methods of the reorganizers, point with alb
solute certainty to the existence of more
than one potential National Cordage. The
New York banks have taken the warning
in good time; some of the out-of-town
banks have not, and they will eventually
SulIeF IOT lISlT TdSHuGSS. IL there SilOufu
come tight money and there should be an
effort made TO borrow upon the certificates
of some of the trusts which have lately
been organized, such as chewing gum, up
per leather and collins, you could not bor-
row a $40 bill upon a bushel basketful of
them. They would be like the late Confed-
crate money, only good to look at but
possessing no value."
rTrt.. rnt.aF
True Southern courtesy was shown by
the people of Townsville, Ga, in their
reception of President Mckinley. They
testified their delight at his coming among
them by decorating the city lavishly, but
appreciating his desire 10 rest, refrained
from disturbing him by calling on him
or asking him to attend any public func-
ton. Only delegation of children called,
on the first day, to present tray of vio
let's, and they were received by Mrs. Nc
Kinley, which was all they asked. 1t is
safe to assume that the tired President
will remember Townsville with graft
tude."
The Birmingham Age-Herald Dem)
says: 1.-The South is no longer a strictly
agricultural section; it began to leave that
feature behind when the civil war was
ended, and twenty-five years from now
the weight of the manufactures of iron,
steel and cotton will be transferred to this
section, thus changing its characteristics
and vastly increasing its accumulated
wealth"
The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem) says:
whether il is best to punish the seller
or the purchaser of a vote is a question
that Indiana is going to try to settle by
the enactment of a law TO punish the
seller. We will believe it can be made ef-
fective when we hear of a conviction"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

Proposals for COMMUNICATIONS OF
Chief Quartermaster, Atlanta, Ga, Marcn
49, 1899. Sealed proposals, in triplicate, wall
be received here until II o'clock a. M
March Is, 1892 and then opened, for SINK
ing an artesian we'll at Tybee Island Ga"
according TO specifications to be seen mere
and at the office of the Quartermaster at
the post. u. S. reserves the right to ac-
cept or reject any or all proposals or any
part thereof. Envelopes should be marx
ed: Proposals for Artesian Well at Iypee
Island, Ca" and addressed to the under
signed. Specifications, general instruc-
tons to bidders, and blank forms OF pro
posals will be furnished on applicauoo-
JOHN SIMPSON, D. Q. NJ. G., L. 5 A.
c. @. NJ.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

The signature Of the Queen Regent hav-
ing been placed upon the peace treaty, the
war with Spain is at an end. II remains
but for the signed documents 10 be ex-
changed, and for Spain to receive her
S20.0o00 00 And now the question arises,
who has been the winner? Has not Spain
gained by her loss of territory. and have
not the United States lost by their gain
of the same?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

The Sultan of Turkey intends to intro
duee American farming methods into his
empire, It is said. and VIII employ a num-
the American system is to be followed,
naturally the young Turks will first have
20 learn to say, Gee" and "Haw," when
they are blowing. and 80. sukey." when
they are milking.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

1t appears that the serving of unfiltered
Schuylkill water to the city of Philadel-
phia is to be made a political issue. not
only in city but in state politics 1t is al
most beyond the understanding of persons
al distance how it is that Philadelphia
has let lot Of politicians get such a gresp
upon her that they can hold her nose and
force her to drink poisoned wafer, and
that she cannot help herself.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

William J. Wilson of Chicago, the found
er of packing house which bears his
name, says: Canned roast beef is a
trade lie. Every bit of the beef that is
sold under the label of roast beef is moth
ing but boiled meat" Do the American
people still love 10 be humbugged, as well
as they did in the days of Phineas T
Barnum? Does the beef taste better I'M
der the name of roast" than il would If
the label said 1t was boiled?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

1t turns out that number of congress-
men are going to have nice junket, after
all. The Panama Canal Company has in
vited some of them TO visit and inspect its
canal route, at its expense, and it is un-
derstood that some sixty of them have ac-
cepted the invitation. The Panama COM
pany has something TO SELL and the con-
gressmen are the prospective purchasers,
or purchasing agents. If the company can
make good friends of the agents, we'll.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

The American way of doing things seems
TO have found great favor in the eyes of
of his American agricultural college plan
comes on the heels Of his employment of
an American expert in the imperial Turk
Ssh mint as director of the coinage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

The current years crop of scandals in
connection with senatorial elections by
legislatures is probably greater than any
previous crop. How long will it be before
the people take these elections into their
own hands? State after state through its
legislature, has pronounced in favor of
popular elections for senator's, and last
year the national House of Representa-
tTes, with only eleven dissenting votes
declared itself in favor of the direct cleo
ton Of senators. Recent occurrences in
Pennsylvania, California, Delaware and
utsh have undoubtedly still further dis
susted the people with legislative cleo
uons' and strengthened the desire for pop
ular elections.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

The senator is a very good fellow"
said the President respecting MIR. Hanna
at Townsville the other day, but l pre-
fer TO hold the reins when out with him"
There are many partisans that will no
doubt try to make point on this by say
5ng that while the President may hold the
reins at Thomasville. Senator Hanna keeps
a firm grasp upon them at Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

PROPOSALS FOR FUEL-Otfice Of
Chief Quartermaster, Atlanta Ga, Marcn
IS, 1899. Sealed proposals, in tnpllcate'
for furnishing fuel during fiscal year
commencing July l, 1S99 at posts in the
Department of the Gulf, will be received
until Y o'clock M, April Is, 1899. and then
opened. Proposals will be received at
same time by quartermaster at each post
for furnishing fuel required by that post
only. U. S. reserves right TO ac-
cept or reject any or all proposals or any
part thereof. Information furnished on
application here, or to quartermaster at
various posts Envelopes containing pro-
posals should be marked Proposals Tor
Fuel at - and addressed to under
signed, or to respective post quartermas-
tiers. John Simpson, D. @. NJ. G., U. S A,
C. @. NJ.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

There is talk of making Gomez the
first president of the Cuban republic. Had
the Cubans been able to rid themselves of
the Spaniards, the probabilities are that
Gomez would have been the dictator OF
the island. A dictator is usually consid-
cred to be the proper thing in a Spanish
American country after a war or upris-
ing. The presence of the American troops
in Cuba, however will prevent anything
of the sort there. The liberators will see
TO ii that the country has president and
one that has been selected by the people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
PROPOSALS WANTED.

ARMY BUILDING, WHITEHALL
Street, New York City, March 10, 1899:
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will be re-
ceived here until II O'Clock noon, March
%, 1899, and then opened, for supplying
this department with secondhand steam
launches, thirty feet long, in good repair
and ready for immediate delivery in New
York harbor Bids to give fun particulars
as to condition, age, and description. Inc
U. S. reserves the right 10 reject or accept
any or all proposals, or any part thereof
Envelopes containing proposals should be
marked Proposals for Launches, ana
addressed to A. S. Kimball, Depot Quar-
termaster.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

It seems likely that the forthcoming in
ternational yacht race will be somewhat in
the nature of a floral contest. The new
is to be called the Shamrock,
and there Is strong sentiment in favor
of naming the defender the Goldenrod.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
DE SOTO HOTEL

First-class accommodations for 5oo -
Among the improvements the past snrn7r OesS y
new bath rooms were added Tourietss A. y
Savannah The most interesting citv in 1 ny
south. an ideal winter resort Special rates
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

Registered at the postOhice in Savannah
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18

The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem) says:
whether il is best to punish the seller
or the purchaser of a vote is a question
that Indiana is going to try to settle by
the enactment of a law TO punish the
seller. We will believe it can be made eff
fective when we hear of a conviction
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-15
NArcHEz End LEE.
\ Famous Steamboat Race Which
Took Piucc In 1870

1t was in July, 1870. that the Lee
backed away from her moorings at the
New Orleans leyee and showed her nose
against the muddy current of the great
river. While the Eousers were still busy
swinging the gangplank into its proper
place the steamer Natchez rounded to
and headed up stream also.
Every man aboard the two steamers,
from master to roustabout, knew what
the simultaneous departure from the
New Orleans leyee meant. 1t meant
the beginning of a race of over LOCO
miles and one which would establish a
true record for steamboats, between New
Orleans and st. Louis.
The boats were the largest and fastest
ON the western waters iii those days, and
when they started up stream together
the news was flashed along the wires
from Now Orleans 10 St. Louis, and soon
every way landing on the river was a
seat of discussion as TO which boat was
the better and as to which would win.
People who lived near the river estimat-
ed the time necessary for the boats TO
reach their towns, and they were on the
banks to see them. 1t can aim ost be said
that the two racers passed bstween two
files of sightseers during the en.j:. trip.
In Memphis interest was at fever heat,
for both boats had admirers here, and
the levee rarely saw such crowd as was
there that summer evening when the two
steamers passed. Huge bonfires mad been
prepared to celebrate the coming. The
boats passed here about 8 O'Clock, and
just before the Lee showed below the city
Il laughablt incident occurred The steam
er Thompson Dean was coming up the
river ahead OF the racers. and when she
hove in sigh. the crowd thought she was
the Robert Il. Lee, and admirers of the
Lee set off the bonfres. The Lee, how
ever. did not pass for nearly an hour.
She was leading the Natchez by sc min
utes when she passed this city. and the
crowd yelled itself hoarse as she went by
with her machinery humping and the
flames leaping from her stacks.
The crowd waited to cheer the flying
Natchez when she passed, hanging in the
wake of her tieeter sister, but making as
game race as one would wish to see.
st. Louis turned out en- masse to re
ceive the victorious Lee, which reached
that point three hours ahead of Captain
feathers craft.
The time made has never been equaled
and the race will live in the history OF
| steamboating on the Father of Waters.
Both Captain Cannon and Captain
! Leathers are now dead. They were typi
| cal steamboat captains, and anecdotes OF
! them are often told on decks and in cab
| ms nowadays.-Memphis Scimitar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-15
Is 1924

ais Bourbon was veritable bear gar
den. War Minister de Gallifet was the
center of attraction. The aristocratic
marquis. with his white hair and mus
tache of military cut and his nervous
eye, was cool and self possessed, just as
at that memorable first meeting of the
Waldeck- Rousseau cabinet with the
chamber at the end of last June. The
minister of war faced the uproar in an
admirably imperturbable manner.
'Assassin!" shrieked some revolu-
tionary socialist deputies, who nearly
lost heir lives when this same De CALI
fet so ruthlessly suppressed the COM
mune of 1871, but yesterday NJ. de Gal
lifet paid them not even the attention
of contempt.
The marquis continued in this atti-
turmoil. Finally, with an agile step
that would have done credit to much
younger man, he swiftly mounted the
tribune, and, throwing his head back as
if bestriding charger he We're ready
to address an army corps, he addressed
the deputies. Speaking in the loud mo-
notonous tone of military command, he
expressed his mind in determined, SOL
dier-like fashion.
The marquis took even his friends by
surprise. The whole scene was so I'M
common that it absolutely bewildered
the shouting politicians. The speech
was one OF the most successful maiden
efforts on record, and when the mar
quis returned to his seat even the most
unreasonable critics had to admit that
in the war office at least there was a
man of IRON
The general declared he regretted
none of his acts. and, amid constant
rightist and anti-Semitic Interruptions,
he proceeded to justify the measures
which he said he had been compelled to
take regarding certain officers. He as
serted that Gen. Roget talked too much.
Gen. Negrier had declared in the pres
ence of his officers that the government
had permitted attack on the army, but
that when the army had enough of
them there were men ready to take up
its defense. Here the rightists shouted
'.Vive Negrier.' Gen. De Gallifet in
sisted he did his duty in Furnishing Gen.
Negrier, at which the rightists and an
ti-Semites noisily protested.
Paul de Cassagnac followed and said
the pardon of Dreyfus was slap in the
face for the army and reproached the
government for not defending the
army. which, he claimed, had been so
illuminated and insulted.