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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

Admiral Dewey used to be called the
dandy commodore" because he was so
careful with his clothes, says the Chicago
Tribune Though his wife died twenty
years ago, 1t is matter of tradition that
Dewey was never seen without a spotless
uniform, and never wore pair of socks
which were darned or needed ii. 1t is
therefore surprising to find from the rec
ords of the navy department that the
great admiral, the dandy commodore -
once fought a little battle of his own clad
in no more striking uniform than an i'm
maculate nightshirt. After the civil war
on a ship supposed TO be the Old Canandai-
qua. The war fever had died out, and the
men frequently deserted. On men-of-war
boats cannot be lowered without an order,
except in case of man overheard.
Several malcontents in the crew one
night therefore raised the man over
board" cry, lowered a boat. and Scuttled
off into the darkness. Dewey was execu-
tive officer of the ship, and was called
from his berth. Though even then par
tlcular as to his dress, he didn't care about
uniforms when there was quick work 10
be done
He rushed up to the quarter deck in half
a gale of wind, and promptly took COM
mand in spite of his curious appearance
He knew his men thoroughly, and acted
promptly in spite of the darkness.
Come back here, Jim Brown, Tom Rob-
inson. and the rest of you" he shouted.
and punctuated his remarks with three
shoots from his revolver.
The shots, the ghostly figure on the
quarterback and the sudden use of their
names startled the men into obedience, and
they came sneaking back 10 the ship
while Dewey and his novel uniform retired
once more below.
This incident is vouched for officially.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

II was mangied thumb, Mr.. Thomson
often said TO his friends. that made him
president of the pennsylvania Railroad
This, says the New York World. is the way
he told The story:
Il entered the Altoona shops of the Penn
sylyania Company wnen a boy of II, be
ginning with a laborers work and sradu-
ally working up in the mechanical lne.
was caught IN a machine and crushed. II
was a serious matter 10 me. mechanic
with a useless thumb is badly handicapp-
ed. / was afraid the career l had mapped
out might be ended.
Il was tod to lay off for three or -four
weeks went down 10 Philadelphia, and
naturally drifted TO the Pennsylvania
roads place on South FouRth street. They
were doing repair work 10 some cars wnen
happened along, and, being fresh from
the shops, l was able to offer some sug-
ger. He was talking to me, when another
man came along who listened to what We
said. He asked me who and what l was.
He asked me now / spelled my name, and
| said without a P. 1t seemed he knew
my grea t-uncle, j. Edgar Thomson, one
of the former presidents of the road, well.
a few minutes later he left, and when l
started to so the general manager told
me the man who had been questioning me
wanted to see me in his office, Then for
the first time l learned the stranger was
Col, Thomas a. Scott, president OF the
road"
Ii was the talk that the young mechanic
had that afternoon with Col Scott which
resulted in his being removed from the
Altoona shops TO a position in the office Of
the company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
WHY ARE THERE NO SICK LIsTss

There are beginning % be inquiries as
70 why Gen. Otis doesn't send a daily
or weekly list Of those Of MS soldiers who
are in the hospitals. When the war in
the Philippines began. almost every day
the names of the soldiers that had been
added 20 the sick list were cabled from
Manila. Now a list OF that kind IS never
seen in the Manila dispatches. Is 4 be-
cause so many Of our soldiers are in the
hospitals that The pubncalf ion Of their
names would arouse a feeling Of hostility
TO the administration, or because the cost
Of cabling the names IS so great?
We don't know that sickness II prevail
ing in our Philippine army to an alarm
ing extent, but the fact that nothing is
said about the health OF our troops is cal
culated to create suspicion that the
number in the hospitals is very large
The newspapers are not responsible for
failing to state what the condi ion Of our
army is in respect TO health. because all
newspaper dispatches sent from Manila
have to be submitted 10 censor. 1t Is
the duty Of this censor to strike out of the
dispatches all statements which he thinks
would be harmful to the interests of the
government.
1t is to be hoped that our troops are
not suffering severely from sickness. If
they are, 1t would be the wiser plan for
the government to let the fact be known.
deal frankly with the people is always
the better policy.
The understanding is that the climate
of the Philippines is very unhealthy dur
ing the rainy season This is the rainy
season, and our soldiers are fighting as
vigorously and as continuously as they
did in the dry season. Instead of being
in barracks at Manila they are on the fir
ing line and in the swamps and the rice
fields. If the percentage of sick among
them isn't very large. then there has
been an entire misunderstanding of the
climate of the Philippines or else our
troops are able to stand any climate In
the world.
1t is known. of course, that a great
many of them have been Frustrated by
the heat, but the presumption Is that
they quickly recovered. because there has
been no statement in the dispatches show
ing many deaths among those afflicted
by the heat. But what about fevers?
Has the malaria of the rice fields and the
swamps claimed many victims? The peo-
pie would like to hear something on this
point The troops in the Philippines are
medicines than were our troops in the
Santiago campaign, but no matter how
good the arrangements are for caring
for sick soldiers, the deaJn list is bound
to be large If our troops are suffering
from anything like an epidemic Of such
fevers as prevail in the Philippines dur
ing the rainy season. The government
should tell the public exactly what the
physical condition of our Philippine army
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
The old Cowbox,s Yarn.

Nearest death I ever come? Stranger.
thet is hard say;
Fellers on tn range. ye know, meet il
almost every day;
Can't tell wharll happen next, steers git
notions now an then.
An they'll raise tn very deuce, an turn
round on We, ike men.
Member onct. an faint long back-holy
snakesi I he'd a scarei
Nearly was the end o me, an changed
tn color o my hair;
Wouldn't go through that again, not fer
oil tn steers tibet feed
On these ranges. Drink? Wall, yes;
when that's mentioned I'm agreed.
What happened? Yes. I most forgot
Seems that | wus allsalone
Herdin' something like ten, thousand crit
ters, all full grown;
They wus long horned Texas steers. Wild
est brutes We ever see,
When Oh fellers went [ town they left
tn herd in care o me.
Everything wus goin we'll; hednt he'd no
one OF devil got a notion he wus tired O.
bein' still;
Suddenly he paved tn earth, roared an
snorted like he'd seed
Something bad; away be went-an' that's
what started tn stampede.
Then tn hun durn herd lit out, an l knew
they'd run me down,
An j amt ashamed { own tibet wished
| wus in town.
Wasn't but one thing t do-git tn leader
mighty quick,
So 1 give my horse tn steel an prepared
to do III trick.
Tearin' like tn wind they come all fen
thousand in a bunch;
q could almost hear my bones crack he
tween their feet, an crunch);
But I went right at EN- then, swung NV
rope an give a yell
When aroun' the tossin' horns o. tbet
leaders, head il fell.
Next I knew ] he'd him down. feet a
sDrawlin' in Ch' air.
An l turned my boss. YOU bet. when
seed | he'd him fair;
Wall, sir, jes' dragged tn brute most n
mile before / quit
An but fer something tibet occurred. 7
reckon I'd been goin' ylt.
When / woke I seed a gun pokln' right
between my eyes,
An my wife wus poundin' me. raisip,
thunder with her cries:
Stranger, I he'd roDed my wife In my,
dreams an dragged her. See2
Clear across tn room--an thet wus near
enough { death fer me.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
what He Thoueht OF.

a member of the Louisville bar named
-Simmondson. who was in the habit Of
iHtimidating the opposing witnesses, was
once engaged in the trial Of a case in
volving the title to some farm lands,
and number Of countrymen were called
to testify on the other side. says an eX-
change. When Simmondson came to cross
examine he harassed them in every i'm
aglnable manner, and whenever they
would show signs of confusion would roar
out. What are you hesitating for2 Are
you afraid you may tell a he"' If the
victim replied No" Simmondson would
retOrt: Il am sure you didn't fear lit
tie thing like that; and if the answer
was Yes" he would say with sneer
Aha, l thought So" The last witness
he took in hand was a tall, lank farmer
with a thoughful eye. He had watched
the batting of his neighbors in dead sill
ence and took the stand with perfect
cOmpOsure. Simmoudson evidently sci
him down as a lout. and when the wit
ness hesitated over some question mo
ment later he fired his favoEite shot
What are y studying ahput?' he bel
lowed. "Fraid of telling a lie. too l sup
poser" Without any apparent haste the
countryman picked up a massive inkstand
and hurled it straight at Simmondson s
head, catching him on the bridge of the
nose and knocking him senseless. Ihat 5
what / was a-tudin' about he draWled
in the moment OF dead silence thai FOL
lowed the act. Needless to say ire
mendous hubbub ensued, but everybody
was secretly pleased, and while the judge
fined the farmer heavily for contempt, he
subsequently RENTED the sentence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
CUpANs MUST co TO woRK.

Gen. Wood, the military governor Of the
province of Santiago, in an article in the
Independent, states some plain truths
Cuba is practically in ruins and is pow
erty stricken, and that if the country is
10 become prosperous the Cubans must go
10 work. And they must not be saddled
with enormous taxes to pay the salaries
of horde of officials who are not needed.
Under Spanish rule there were twice as
many officials as were required to trans
act the public business. These officials
and clerks worked two or three hours in
the morning, and an hour in the after
noon. The consequence was that there
were too many drones in proportion TO
the workers. Gen. Woods idea is that
the number OF officials should be cut down
to the number actually needed to dis
charge the public duties required to be
done and that these officials should do
fun days work. 1t is clear from what
he says, that he doesn't think the Cubans
are fitted for self-government. They must
be educated, he says. to have a profound
respect for civil law, and be taught that
it is only by hard and constant labor that
the country can be made rich and pros
porous.
The inference from what Gen. Wood
says is that independence for Cuba should
be discouraged until the Cubans have pre-
pared themselves for it. If il were grant
ed 10 them now they would have a big
army and many times more officials than
were needed. AS a consequence, the peo-
pie would be swamped with taxes. They
would become discouraged, and the island
wouldn't make any progress. A large por-
ton of the population would remain in
the same pauper condition in which it is
now.
1t is going 10 be a most difficult matter
to raise Cuba 20 condition of prosperity
Prominent Cubans are already pressing
for independence, and it is probable that
there will be a faction in Congress that
will insist that the Cubans shall have
absolute control of their affairs at once.
selhshness and greed. if they don't carry
the day. win make mighty effort to do
so.
If the United States could have abso-
lutte control of the island for the next
twenty years they would give It such an
impetus in the direction of prosperity that
its future would be a happy one. The
Cubans would be changed into a thrifty
and progressive people. But if Cuba is
turned over 10 the Cubans within the next
year or two, it will remain on an equality
with the Central and South American re-
publics for a long time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

A California man is going TO astonish the
natives Of France, and OF other countries
who win gather at Paris for the worlds
fair next year, by sailing across the ocean
and 20 the French capital, in a boat made
from a single tree--a "dugout." He has
secured one OF those wonderful California
redwoods from which he can get cut
IS feet long and % feet IN diameter al the
small end. From this blank he viii dig
out ~ boat Of approximately Is feet in
length by 10 feet beam and 10 feet
draught This craft he VIII give schooner
rig and in her win sail the ocean blue.
Mr Aston some time ago surprised the
English people with his great dining Ia
bic made from single cut OF tree, but
bis performance IS not 70 be compared
with hat which me Californian will un-
dertake-to make the huh OF a commo-
dloua sailing vessel from a single tree.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

It is the common belief that human in
genulty has devised no adequate safeguard
against the cyclones which too frequently
sweep over the Western prairie country.
The people Of the town of Hennessy, in
Oklahoma, say this is a mistake, and that
they have discovered q means of defense
which no cyclone can get the better Of.
They have purchased four large cannon
and planted one on each side of the town
competent gunner looks out for the
pieces, and has instructions 10 load and
fire into any cyclone which may come his
way. 1t is claimed that he has already
saved the town twice by firing promptly
into The prospective destroyers, the last
time being on the day that New Richmond
and Herman were so badly damaged
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

When President Mckinley recently is
sued his now famous anti-civit service re-
form order Civii Service Commissioner
Proctor led it a backward step" as
many orher persons and newspa pers, even
Of the Presidents own party. have done
For this criticism of his superior il as
said Commissioner Proctor is 10 lose his
head. Whether he win be summary re-
moved or his resignation asked for
ia not known as yet. though Il seems to
be The purpose OF the administration 10
gel r.d Of him. We nave no such thing in
This country as "lese majestic" OF coursa
at the same time the public official who
expresses an honest opinion upon certain
line Of policy connected with his work is
IN danger q losing has official head Il his
views do not coincide with those Of his SUI
periors
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

This is the sort of Story that the NOV
York Tribune says the English papers
never tire Of telling; At military bazaar
recently an officer thought he fancied \
certain article exposed for sale at ore Of
the stalls, and he was certain he faucied
the lady who presided al the stall. lie
re marked, therefore. that he thought that
particular article very pretty.
The lady said: Yes, it is very pretty.
Ny mother sent it,
An. really" pursued The officer. dN-
termincd 20 discover the name of the own
er OF the eyes that had bewitched him,
really. let ME see-I think l have met
your mother. Her name is"
The Queen OF England answered the
lady.
article
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

Admiral Schley has returned to Balti-
more from his Western trip with his right
hand out of commission" II has been
grasped. shaken and squeezed not less
than 5000 times during the past two weeks.
The admiral declines 70 believe that he
personally was responsible for such a dem
onstration. but says the people wished ITO
express through him their appreciation Of
the good work Of the navy. That may be
true; sull we have not noted any popular
outpouring Of people TO shake The hand OF
Admiral Sampson.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Military Orders Orders No. p, Georgia
Hussars.
Special Notices-This is Dolls Day at
Byck Bros; Staple and Fancy Groceries.
Abercorn Grocery Company; Election for
Health officer, VIM. p Bailey, Clerk OF
Council; a Cod Storage Plant. That $
What Our Store Is, John r. Evans & Co. /;
Picnic Goods at Remarkably Low Prices,
l.. A Drayton Grocery Company; An
nouncement OF Opening OF San Francisco
Restaurant. Joe Chang; While You Wait
Jos. J. Joyce.
Business Notices-Taliewanda Mineral
Water, Henry Solomon q Son.
Auction Sale-Pubic Sale, r. II. Tatem,
AuctioReer
Aliens -Ease-Allen s. olmsted, lie
Roy. \. \.
Coffee-Lion Coffee
Saturday Night-M S. Brown
Kalamazoo Celcry-C. A. Munster.
Steamship scheduie-Ocean Steamship
Company.
Mineral Water-Crab Orchard Water.
Shoes-Burt q Packard "Korrect shape"
Shoes.
Medlcal-Duffy's Pure Malt Wits
ky; DIR. Williams Pink Pills; Moth
er's Friend; Erie Medical Company; Hos
ford's Acid Phosphate; Cuticura Rene
dies.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. %
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

The New York Tribune says: "Medi-
OF strawberries sometimes produces on the
human jaw the effect of entirely arresung
its activities" This is one Of those i'm
portant if true discoveries. There are
numerous instances of persistent and OBJ
stinate yolubflity which it would be worth
the price of plate, or even a basket, Of
strawberries to have relieved
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

The CharlostoniaHs were badly beaten in
the yacht race yesterday. The Savannah
boat came in more taan quarter Of an
hour ahead Of her nearest competitor. Stil.
there was nothing In lie contest deroga-
tory 70 our friends. The enemy" They put
up a stout. piucky. sportsnaniike fight
They Were defeated. MT because they
lacked SAIL and pluck IS sailors, but be-
cause they were M against a boat super
Tor TO any in their aeel The Katrinka had
beaten everything that came against her
for years and there were those who had
almost begun to think that with Waller
Porcher at the tilier. she was well nigh
invincIo,e. Bur the new Savannah craft,
Of fewer inches. proved herself TO be a
flyer Of much greater speed. The challenge
cup. therefore. comes TO Savannah. The
Charlestonians will not, Of course, rest
contented under this status Of affairs. They
VIII try 10 get the trophy back again next
year. It may be necessary for them 10 Sc
cure a new yacht. If IL is, they will do it,
We look to see interest in the interstate
races greatly revived by the contest of
yesterday. such friendly rivalry between
the two cites Is conducive TO mutual good
feeling. While felicitating the Dragon and
her crew upon their splendid victory. we
present our Compliments and assurances
of admiration to The sosers, upon their
plucky fight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17

Mr.. Kipling ana Mr.. Hanna sailed for
Europe from New York on the same day
a pity, since if they had been fellow voy-
ayers Mr.. Kipling might have got material
for frst-class political novel from the
big man from Ohio
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
plucky hight

There has apparently been some misap-
prehension in the public mind respecting
what il was we paid Spain s2o0OOo00 for in
our peace negotiations with her at Paris.
A widely current opinion has been that it
was an indemnity TO her for our taking
the Philippine Islands. This, however is
not correct, according 10 the Hon. White
law Reid, who was one of our peace com
msssioners. He says, in an article in
London magazine, that the S20,000,000 was
mot in the remotest degree intended as
compensation for the islands, which were
taken because the Americans had a right
TO them as indemnify, if not for conquest"
but that the money was paid 'soiely in
recognition of the principle that debts at
taching to territory and incurred for it's
benefit should be transferred with its
sovereignty"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New Orleans Picayune Oem) has
this to say respecting Mr.. Havemeyer's
antiprotective tariff statement before the
Industrial commission: IF the tariff were
taken off of foreign sugar 1t would be ad-
mitted free, and the American planters
Sound hot make sugar IN competition with
foreign free sugar. Then Mr.. Havemeyer's
sugar trust would have control of the mar
ket and be able TO dictate prices. But
the government must have its revenue
from sugar which would be derived from
an Internal and direct tax, which would
have to be added to the price of the su-
gar, SO that the people would have 10 pay
II, The sugar trust already makes big
profit. but 1t wants to get the Louisiana
sugar planters out of its way. The OBJ
Ject of the sugar trust, as ii was virtually
declared by its president, is to kin off the
competition of the Louisiana sugar plant
ers The sugar trust exerts immense in
huence with the Republican adminiStra-
ton. and with another term under the
control of Hanna Ii is much to be feared
that the Louisiana Planters will get an
other disastrous blow at the hands of the
federal administration.
Commenting on the statement of Mr.. H.
o. Havemeyer, that 1.-THE mother of all
trusts" is the protective tariff, the Balti-
more Sun (Dem) says This is valuable
testimony as coming from one who knows
Combinations of manufacturers to put up
prices would be ineffective If the tariff
were SO low that foreign manufacturers
II
producers are shut out by a prohibitory
tariff. and combinations of our manufac-
turers 10 put up prices on us thus become
practicable and profitable. There would
be little or no motive for organizing
trusts if the producers had no tariff grip
on the hapless consumers. Mr.. Have
meyer IS, therefore, uttering the cold
truth when he says the tariff is the moth
er of all trusts
The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
says: "Octopuses are going to have hard
time in the next presidential campaign;
that is certain. Republicans, like Pin
gree and Tanner. devoted as they are to
pensions and subsidies and all other ar
rangements that are calculated 10 tickle
the ears of the groundlings, are not going
TO give up such d fruitful theme of dis
cussion on the stump as an opposition
plank TO trusts. They will not so far
enough to declare for free trade in trust
products, which would be the most effec-
tive of all blows that could be dealt them,
but they win LEI nobody--not even the
statesmen Of Texas and Administered
them in the giittering generalities of de-
nunciation'
lin New York Finishing School
Miss Up-to-Date Throwing away her Gig
arettel-"well. old girl, how did you like
ZazaH Mss Fin de Siecle--"Oh, its
not altogether bad. but IT'S not play I'd
recommend to my mother Life.