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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-18
GERMANS NEW mEAT BILL.
scme Doubt Expressed as to Its
Proving Acceptable.

Berlin, April 17-The Reichstag to-day
began the consideration Of the meat In
spection bill with a small attendance.
Surprise was expressed at the fact that
the minister of the interior, Count Posa-
dowski- wehner, who alone represented the
government, contrary 70 custom, did not
make an Introductory speech.
The impression prevails that The Reich
stag bill In is present shape will not
prove acceptable, as It Is looked upon as
favoring foreigners The bill will be de-
bated tomorrow and will then go 10 the
committee, where the real fight will be-
gin. Il Is questionable whether the gov
ernment will accept the bill II Il is great
ly amended.
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contributions to Tammany.
RAMPOLLA WANTS TO BE POPE.
said That He Is Working 10 Put Him.
self In LeO's Place.

self In LeO's Place.
London, April 1s.7zThe Rome correspond
ent of the Daily Telegraph sends the sub
stance of an interview he has had with a
prelate who assisted yesterday in the eel
ebration of the twenty-frst anniversary Of
the Pope at St. Peters Cathedral.
The prelate IN question said that Cardinal
Rampola, the papal secretary of state, is
the real Pope, and that his object is to
elect himself or ore Of his nominees to
succeed Leo.
ITO attain this" declared the ecclesi-
astic, 'it is necessary that the Pope should
create new cardinals as the sacred college
is now so grouped as to leave Rampolla
no chance.
"The object of Sundays ceremony was
TO benefit the Pope's health. as excite
ment of this charcter relieves the tedium
of his ordinary existence"
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SUMMER TRIP TO KLONDIKE.
BacOn One of n Senatorial Party That
VIII Make 1t.


Wapokeneta, o., April IA party of
United States senators, including Senators
Gray of Delaware, Bacon of Georgia, CAL
linger of New Hampshire, Hansbrough
of North Dakota, Clark of Wyoming, Helm
felt of Idaho and Turner of Washington
and Hon. r. B. Gorbon, congressman
from the Fourth Ohio district, and Ber-
nard w. Layton, assistant sergeant-at-
arms of the United States Senate, will
make an.extended Alaskan trip this sum
mer to the Kiondike regions.
They will leave Seattle about June l. go
by water to Skaguay, from there to Ben
nit lake and Dawson City, where they
are taken charge Of by The n. A. T. and 7.
Company. on whose boats they so down
me Yukon to ST. Michael's, and thence
by ocean back to Seattle. Their journey
viii be solely for pleasure, and win occupy
about ninety days, and cover some 10000
miles.
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RALEIGH WILL COME SOUTH.
The Cruiser TO lie at Charleston Dur
ing the Reunion.

Charleston, S. c., April 1.-THE execu-
tive committee in charge Of the prepara-
tions for the annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans that is to be held
here May TO- Il and 12, was officially notI-
fed to-day by Secretary Long Of the navy
department that tho cruiser Raleigh. lust
returned from Manila had been ordered
10 this port for reunion week
The cruiser will prove a great attrac-
ton to the thousands OF Confederate Vet
Grams who will be ~ the city at that time.
ard an ovation will be extended can't
Coghlan and his crew. The officers of the
Raleigh will be entertained at public
banquet during their stay here.
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TO KEEP AN EYE ON DREYFUs.
Care VIII DE Taken 10 Prevent His
Committing Suicide.

NummItIIHH SuICIuc.
Paris, April 17--senator Trarieux has
written to NJ. Lebret, minister OF Justice,
pointing out the passage In the message Of
Gov. Deniel of Cayenne. intimating thai
Dreyfus wished to commit suicide and de-
mandlng that the care be taken to preserve
The prisoner from any accident and es-
pecially from a violent death, the respon-
sibility for which would fall on the gov
ernment.
Senator TrarLeux says In his letter he
thinks such danger alone sufficient &c
justify the immediate return OF Dreyfus
TO France.
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presldent WIN Attend.

Harrisburg. Pa. April i7--prosidont
Mckinley to-day notified MAJ Brown.
oheirman OF the executive committee Of ths
liariranff monument commission that he
viii attend thc unycilinR of tho cquagtrian
statue 10 Gen. Harlfanlt May ~
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WILL GO TO WILMINGTON.
The Cruiser Raleigh 10 Receive some
More sliverwnre.

Washington, April 1.-THE cruiser Ra-
leigh VIII shortly so 10 Wilmington. N.
c., the nearest port 10 Raleigh, the cily
whose name she bears. 10 receive from a
ltizenf committee rome additional plocos
~ silver IN the service presented by the
cay Of Raleigh. After thnf she wl 20
70 charoaion aud touch az other points not
Esi designated.
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ACCOMPLISHED HIS OBJECT.
Lawton's Return Does Not Mean That
lie Has Failed.

Washington. April T-At the war de-
partment Il Is stated that the return OF
Den. Lawton from his expedition does not
indicate the failure Of his campaign. but
that Il Is evident that he has accomplished
an that he attempted; the capture OF The
gunboais and the driving OF the rebels OUT
~ santa cruz. When he left Manila Gen.
I.awton took rationa for ten days only.
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Washington. April l7-Auornoy General
0rigga. accompanied by Mr. Cooper. hls
private secreiary nnd MAJ. Strong, chief
of tho special agents division IA the de-
pattmont OF justice, ieft Tor Atlanta. o..
to-day 10 select a slle for fne United
suites pcaiientlarg ~ bs l0sated Ia lAaf
city.
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poLLAK's GREAT DISCOVERY.

Means OF sending 0O,OO0 Words an
Hour over "A single Wire.
London. April iS.-Tiorr Poliak. a we'll
known engineer and electrician. has dis
covered says the Vienna correspondent OF
the Daily Chronicle, means of telegraph
Ing $500 words per hour over a single
t.fifo
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IrYIng,a Death leported.

washington. April l7.--Gen. Brooke. from
Havana, reports the death from Consume
ton on The iifh. OF Daniel irvlag, a mem.
her Of tho band OF the Ninth Immune
now IA Santiago. There we're no deaths
-. fna 18th iqafanf
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al Gay long ar. Goldsmith read out
hspfes taken from the bank books. cm-
hfae'ns FafiQus settlement periods of siy
months eael, dating back % oct 81, 1899.
moving .ae amount q lhe STATE deposit,
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TEE SOUTH AFRICAN sIrUArron.

The latest reports from South Africa indicate
general activity oil along the line during the
next few days. On the Natal side. the British
have received q much needed reenforcemsnt
OF three infantry battslions and details tina,
have been buried up TO the front toward the
Moot River. near whore. a. well a. at other
points between there and Ladysmith fighting
may he expected at any moment The sally Of
the British from Estcourt to Willow Grange.
and the skirmish at TuEela Drift are the pre-.
liminaries to a combined movement on the
part OF the British to disenRase the road 10
Ladysmith so that Gen. Joubert's strates,
will probably be put to some severe te,ts
within the next week.
In the Cane Colony the rising OF the Dutch
Afrikand"rs IN several districts. In spite " SIP
Alfred Miners proclamations and Mr. schrei.
ner's appeals. gives a very serious turn to the
whole situation because OF the Increasing dim.
Guilty It implies In keeping open the railway
communications between the coast and the
army at the front. Already the insurpent
Afrkanders are said to be cooperating with
the Free Skaters who are In the Colonial terrl-
tory with tho Intention OF cutting the railway
communication between Queenstown and De
Aar by way Of Stormberg junction and Naauv
Poort Troops continue to arrive and are hur.
riei to the front, but the transport dlflculty.
with which the Beers are little troubled, re-
mains.
At Pretoria attention has been turned To
Rhoiesia. and a commando said TO number
1000 strong has been organized for the In.
vasion OF that country and an attack on Buls.
wayo. The object OF this will be TO bring back
the Rhodesinn force sent toward Mafeking aud
to cut the railway communications OF Muie-
king Itself there is little news except that Il
Is calling for help. the garrison suffering
from the drawing closer OF the Doer
Investment and the more searching FIRE
of their guns. as also the growing
shortage o. provisions. The advance Of the
Kimberley relief column and the defeat OF the
Free Sta,ers near Belmont make the ca ;ure ~
MafekinR more urgent han ever for the Beers,
In order TO free their investing force to 20 to
the aid Of the Free Staters IN opposing Gen.
Methuen's advance. A they are no doubt well
aware OF the condition OF the garrison. they
will press til. siege more strenuously in order
to bring It TO a speedy conclusion before relief
can arrive.
The report that preparations are m aking al
Pretoria to receive a siege garrison 10 not Inn
probable but there seems no i'm m nent danger
OF q very early APT earance OF a Bri ish army in
the vicinity. Nothing definite has been ro-
ceved from Gen. Methuen's column since tho
battle. which may be caused by the rapidity OF
his march. or the shutting down OF all teis-
grams from the correspondents.
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Drugs in Food.

There Ia evidently something radically
wrong with either the practice or the con-
sciences Of large number Of the manufact-
urers and packers OF food products In this
country with regard 10 the use OF anti-
septic and preventative chemicals in their
products. 1t Ia a fact well known In the
drug and chemical trade that this country
both makes and uses more borax, boracic
acid and salicylic acid than all the
world beside and 1t is reputed that these
are sold in great quantities to persons who
manufacture or pack food products Yet 1t
Is apparently impossible to 6nd single
such manu- 'acturer or packer or q repre-
sentative OF these husincsscs who will ac-
knowledge that he nows Of the use Of either
OF these preservatlvcs in his business except
the meat packers. During the investlga-
tlon OF the now exploded charges that
"emhalmed beef" was furnished to our
army during the Spanish war, the meat
packers made public all their processes,
and 1t was found that they used a very
considerable quantity Of borax In pack ing
cut meats for shipment abroad, but that
this was done only upon the express order
OF tho buyers and in accordance with the
Government regulations abroad.
The suN had careful inquiries made
while the investigation OF the beef scandal
was In progress regarding the further mar
kets and uses OF boraI, boraco acid and
salicylio acid. both am ng the houses
which manufacture and sell them,
and among representatives OF the
trades which are reputod to use
them In food products. The result was
interesting. It WAS found that borax
had recognized and admitted uses in
the trades and an extensive sale as n
detergent but that almost the whole
manufacture OF borscc and salicyic
acids was for trade that was afraid to
acknowledge itself The manufacturers
and wholesale agents admitted that their
products went almost entirely to the
packers Of food products. but refused
TO make further disclosures. Inquiries
among representatives of the packers OF
food in which 1t was reputed that the
greater part OF the supply Of these
acids was used. brought out mostly mega
tive evidence, but showed clearly that
wherever the acids were used. II was with
. feeling that the use must be concealed.
Each trade accused tho others OF the use.
It IL reputed that borax 10 used In large
quantities In butter. and particularly In
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butter for export to warm climes. 1t Is re-
puted that the greatest users OF sslicylic
acid are beer bottlers, cider bottlers and
the packers OF certain kinds Of fruits and
vegetables In glass or tin, which do not keep
well when treated by the ordinary methods,
The use OF borax or boracic acid In small
quantities as food preventative has many
defenders and there seems to be reasonable
ground to b,lieve that competent tribunal
might decide to allow 1t under restric-
lions. As to salicylic acid, 1t appears to
have no defenders. But there 10 no
question that every person should be al
lowed to Judge for himself whether he will
use food to which these or other drugs or
chemicals have been added and that a full in
quiry should be made by a competent public
authority az to their use and effects. This
subject was touched upon on Tuesday by the
Senate Committee upon Manufactures at
it's sitting at the Hotel Imperial, hut 1t sue
ceeded In getting only denial when 1t In
terrogated witness as to the reputed use
OF boracio acid In butter for export.
The subject Is Of Importance and there
should be little trouble In getting at the
facts by a committee having authority to
summon persons and papers and to make
examinations under oath. The sources
from which come the supplies of boracic and
saicylic acids are few. and the acids pass
through but few hands before reaching
those who are reported to use them In food
products II an inquiry which traced the
acids from manufacture to consumption
should prove that the current under
hpir 10
true. great public service would
have been rendered, and II it should show
that 1t Ia not untrue, great wrong against
the public would have been uncovered, and
Congress and the various State Legisla-
lures could take the proper measures to
find remedy.
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from IN W. fdn DSSp1fh.
ASH ARBoR, Mich. Nv. 2D.-In his annual 70.
port eidsnt james Il. Angel OF the University Of
Mich gan recommended some radical changes for
the university The most striking Wa In ref
err nee to training for consular selsice. He said.
9Th RI Ia general and apparently justiaable
e,p citation that large expansion awaits our
commerce Wa are able TO produce under con.
diinns which enable US 10 export freely aud to
compete succcs sfully with the other great ma.
tons in the nsryets Of the world. We coul rrar
generation Of merchants and bankers luipp d by
intelligence and training 20 be the peers of any In
the world They need not only the technical train.
lug Of tho counting rnom but also tho famil arity
with the laws e internau nal trade aud exchange
and with the language anil rconomi, conditions Of
the principal nations ~ tho world,
or cour evey strong university now gives a
portion Of the instruction required for DIAL prep.
Aration In the pursu t. named. But most probably
American universities would have to add or at any
ra Q enlarge work In commercial geography aud
comm rcial history. pay attention to some depart
msnts OF finance and political economy not nov
US ally treated. and give more time than now de.
voted t. International law, both private aud public
and to the mastery at least Of German. French aud
Spanish for commercial interc curse.
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Other Mean. of su,c,d, rb,n prn.

To rHy EDiror or The s-s-sr: In lat. Issues
OF The suS. which sh mes FOR ALL have not ce1
erAl articles relative to the ssls OF poison for the
diminuton OF suicides I am an Old druggist OF
fftyhye years In the business and to IL seems 80
ludicrous To nottos tho zeal Of persons having good
judgment upon most any other subject for such
legislAt on Proper laws aid In the suppress on Of
most crimes and the prevention Of mistakes In
handling poisonous drugs. but statute boob, arc
wholly inert In preventing suicides. Tor all such
there are lots OF rope. rafters trses and bed
p,sts for hanging purposes: revolvers and guns for
shooting purposes oceans. rivers. creeks canals and
cisto ne Tor drowning purpo'es, and every country
grnosry store IL sto, kd with "a Il green nectde
usesAc ding 10 Inv. Polr csrbolio Acd has Of
lat, been fre,y pat oni cd. but who can prevent
IT. sal 4 z anti optic uarsf
Question them as cloSely a. yon plAave who i'm.
AGNES for omsnt that they viii liz " ret II or
that they will dishlue tho uss Intended Every ar
the poor pharmacist n 10 Its schrnling 10 ia.
tive bills aimed At his p ofe.sion with ZONE new.
anRled bottle or othtr no o inktun strsitAcket tor
his g;icy ancr aiming TO hold him s'pons HE Tor ali
tho Anticipated Graz Ks desiring Ia Ia tho lives
with drugs ulou 10 shelf Is II not about tine to
whist down brake. and give the poor drlsgs II q
e.t his responsibility for acts o. cray or
iduts' G. L. FREpERICK.
CARrHAor,F.Y.
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II In, OF course, absurd TO suppose that
there Ia any formal understanding between
our State Department and the British and
German governments. In order to be bind
Ing, such an understanding. which In con-
ceivable circumstances might subject us to
grave responsibilities. would have to DO
embodied In treaty and be sanctioned by
two-thirds OF the Senate. Yet, although
our Executive not being clothed with the
war-making power. 10 disqualified for COM
hitting the country to a bellcose course. 1t
may exercise not little pacific influence
through the maintenance OF cordial
relations with those foreign States,
whose international and commercial inter-
ests chance to DO coincident with our own.
Just now such coincidence happens to
exist between American and British inter
ests In tho Far East, and there are some indl-
cations that the German Emperor desires
to range himself on the same side.
We draw no invid GUS distinctions OF any
kind between the three powers under
consideration. but what England and
Germany would have to gain by tho
establishment OF Thoroughly friendly rela-
tions with tho United States is suffic-
iently obvious. Our next census will
demonstrate. what has hoen already recog-
niz"d by Mr.. NJ. G. MuLHALL. that this
nation Ia the Richest on the globe. and there
IL but little doubt that ton. lfnot five, years
hence we shall occuny tho third p'acc n the
scale OF naval power The moral force
exerted by country % which such things
can he said Ia necessarily gr"a'.
81 a.
British and German governments to secure
our good will. All they need to do Ia to
make good their professions OF amIty. Let
England, for exampc refuse to back the
impudent attempt of the Canadians to
disturb our treaty landmarks in Alaska.
Then let Germany give us written
assurancss. no less OH Catory In form
than would be tho text OF a trcatv,
that the commercial rlGhts acquired by us
under 'r"aties with China shall never in
any wise be impaired In any Chinese ports
falling under German control; hv that ono
stroke American and German interests in
the Middle Kingdom would be made indis-
tinouishable
The friendship OF the United States az OF
other countries. will he given TO thos" who
cam 1t by substantial friendliness. Excess
sive heed will not be paid to sentimental
considerations. Our State Department is
likely to be sway'd by -vnpathv M NOR"
and no l'ss than Is the Foreign once OF q
European power.
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raise BY taxation all the money needed for
local needs and improvements. In this way
the people will acquire sense OF respon-
sibility In regard to the raising and the
expenditure OF public money, and will be
trains In the practice Of self-government
II will then be q simple step to establish
q Legislature for the general government
Of the island.
The essential point, however, is to restore
prosperity to the island. When we have
brought It within our tariff and navigation
laws, when we have settled the currency
by making 1t part Of that OF the United
States, and when we have given the people
good courts, prosperity will follow to de-
gree which the Porto Ricans hitherto have
never imagined to be possible. II they
are prosperous and contented, there will
be no dificulty with the political side OF
the question. That will solve itself easily
and smoothly at the proper time. but we
must nrst make the island prosperous.
Legislation for Porto Rico will be one OF
the most pressing dutIes bsfore Congress.
This flrst test OF our capacity to manage
our new possessions should be easily and
quickly successful. The laws passed by the
coming Congress must demonstrate to the
world that the American people can deal
with these new problems as well as they have
dealt with those Of the past. and that the
coming OF our flag means to the islands
which war has given US all that II has
meant to the parts OF the continent which
have been conquered peacefully In the CEN
fury that has gone.
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Senator and Prophet.

Tho Hon. GEORGE FRIsBTE HoAR 10 q
man Of great intellectual possessions and
propossessions and OF a temperament css en-
TALLY poctcal Occasionally his rhetoric
10 not approved by his votes. Sometimes
he is holder In peroration than In action.
This IL characteristic OF fluid G. a"acters.
So is a periodical obst macy more o ten the
mark Of inf, M y than Of firmn So OF pur-
pose. Undoubtedly, Mr.. HoAR believes
himself to be like Tener ffe or Atlas un-
removed. but at times he wnhbes.
He wabbles. as tho New England expan-
sionists are show ng with ungndly glee.
Dec. 81, 1898. Mr.. HoAR went to Plymouth
Rock and Puddle Dock and delivered an
Grafton In honor Of the two hundred and
seventy-ffth anniversary OF the landing Of
the Pilgrims. Mr. WEBSTER and many
other famoua orators have been heard in
Plymouth. Mr. HoAR spoke in q manner
worthy OF the place and Of his predecessors
at its festivals. Near the end Of his speech
he described the western march OF empire
and forrtold the day when that empire
would stretch across the Pacific:
"Th. son. Of III. ivrim ave crossed the Nis.is-
spp and posses. tie shore. Of the Psrinc The tree
seaside II hs. piA d its hsnysn anches in the
ground. It has spread siorg Tie lakes II has
Giriled the QUIZ. II has spannod The Mississippi.
Il has covered the prsir and the plain. Tho weep
Of its loft arches ri over the Rocky Mountains
and the Cascade. and til. S.vsdss lie hardy
grow h shelters re frozen region o. tho NorhweNt
It's bou"hs hang over the Paci6c. And in tms-in
good TIM At will send ts roo's beneath the waves
and under It's vast canopy the islands OF the
sea-"
The good time came a good deal sooner
than Mr. HoAR expected when the prophet
aff,atus descended uron him in Ply outh.
It came In 1898 and dazed the seer. Only
In fear and trembling did he vote FOR
the annexation OF Hawaii. When the Pill
grim tree sent it's roots under the waves to
the Philippines. he wrung his hands at the
vast canopy. He warned away the islands
OF the sea. He protested that tho retention
OF the Philippines would be the beginning
OF the end OF the Republic.
He Is still In the gall OF bitterness and the
bond OF inlauity. but we have hopes Of his
repentance. fine old gentleman who Is
sure that his country Is going To be ruined
ifit doesn't follow his advice, doesr't go to
Europ" and divert himself a. the Worcester
Senator did last summer. Moreover, while
he may not believe In expansion Mt present,
he does thoroughly believe In all his
speeches. Now that his memory has been
refreshed and he recalls the far-sighted
words he spoke at Plymouth. he should
cease to kick against the inevitable and tho
actual. and gracefully receive the prophets
mantle.
The Republican party Is an expsnsionist
party. Mr.. HoAR conceves him self TO he
Republican Of Republicans His political
Instincts are Gregarlous. He has no bent
for isolation. We hope to see the Senator
shaking hands cordially with the prophet.