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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03
A KITCHENER INTERVIEW.

1t would be interesting to know whether
an interview with Gen. Kitchener pub
lished in a Berlin paper, is genuine. 1t
is alleged that it was secured by DIR. Emil
Naubert. Gen. Kitchener is made to ex-
press the opinion that the writer's of the
jn.o press of Great Britain and certain
of the minister's of the government are
responsible for the defeats which the
British have suffered in South Africa
These writer's and ministers, he is quoted
saying, depicted the war in South At
RIGA as a military parade. They hooted
any one who attempted to make the people
understand that the situation was grave
The generals were forced forward before
they were ready The jingoes, and the
ministers who insisted the Beers were foes
TO he despised and the stock gamblers in
sisted upon victories at once. The troops
that were sent TO South Africa had only
the barest preparation for harmonious CO.
operation and victualing. Instead of saw
ages they had to meet terrible foe. hav-
ing a superb military organization, super
vised by German officers.
Gen. Kitchener is also quoted as saving
tndt the IranSVadl must be encircled by
an iron band, as it were, and crushed. He
does not think il can be crushed in a dav
or week. He is of the opinion that it
will take a year or more 20 bring the
Boers to terms. If 1t should take that
long there will be great deal of grumbling
by the British taxpayers.
When the war began 1t was thought
that 1t would not cost more than $4,000, 900.
Now it is estimated that the cost will be
fully $500, 100000 If 1t lasts only a few
months. If it should last "a year or more
the British taxpayers are likely to be
burdened with an increase in the public
debt of a billion dollars. II the war should
cost that much It is pretty certain that
the man who is responsible for the war,
Mr.. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for
the Colonies. would be driven from public
life even If Great Britain should gain
everything she is contendng for.
One OF the things Gen Kitchener is
reported TO have said in the interview that
will not he peasant for those who are
directing the war from England, is tic
following: 1.-The whole affair in South At
RIGA has been bungled. If IT had been
properly begun we might have tranquil
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03
A story Of MORGAN of Alabama.

1t is not generally known, perhaps, says
the Washington Post. that Senator Nor
gan of Alabama, was once threatened with
arrest for alleged completely in the assas-
sination of Lincoln
OF course, Senator Morgan was not only
innocent, but actually did not hear of
Lincolns death until a week after il had
occurred. He was then farmer in Dallas
county, his practice of the law having
teen prohibited by the federal authorities,
and he was blowing corn when he heard
that an order had been received by Gen.
Macarthur, at Selma, 10 arrest him and
send him to Washington for completely in
the Lincoln assassination. Senator Morgan
went into his house, attired himself in his
Confederate generals uniform, with starr
ed epauleites, belt, sword. and other ac-
coutIements complete. Then he saddled his
p ow horse, nd rode to Selma, where he
pres snted himself to Gen Macarthur.
Good morning, General" he said.
Good mo ming, General" replied McAr-
thur, recognizing Morgan's rank For
what am / indebted for this visit?'
Il have come TO be sent to Washington"
ema KIDD Morgan Il understand you have
an order to send me there"
Gen. Macarthur expressed surprise to
learn that the existence of the order was
known, and smiled when Gen. Morgan told
him that eX-Coufederates had not lost
their habit Of acquiring information. Then
he remarked that the order would not be
obeyed-or, at least, not until there had
been a reasonable delay. This did not SUN
Mo gan, who want ed to go 20 Washington
to present some claims for destroyed cot
ton, and was quite willing 10 travel at gov
eminent expense.
81 want 10 make one request of you, "
said Morgan. when 1 went into the war
/ had $1,000 in gold in bank in Selma.
When / came back from the war l found
that my gold had given place to $4,000 In
Confederate money With that $4,000 l
bought half box of tobacco. With some
of the tobacco 1 secured coffee and sugar
and shoes for my family, and the rest of
it went for seventeen shoats. kept those
shoats until they were fat enough to kill,
and now I have more meat than any other
man in Dallas county. When l go 10
Washington, general, 1 want you to put a
guard around my smokehouse."
General" replied Macarthur, laughing
ly, you had better go home and guard
the smokehouse yourself, and, by tt e way.
he added 1.-The restriction against your
practice of the law will be removed
Senator Morgan went back to his fam
lily and his plow, and he has never heard
anything of the order from that day to
this.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03
The Parsons Last Words.

HE was an honest lawyer" said the
parson gravely, according to the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. and then, noting the look
of incredibly on the listeners faces, he
hastily added. AS lawyers CO.
There was little shufling of feet and
the listeners stirred uneasily.
HE was an average lawyer" said the
parson: "a fine type of an average law
yer And when l say average l mean
just this-if he had been the only lawyer
on earth he would have been both the
best and poorest in his profession. But
as there were others, l will admit he av-
eraged a good deal nearer the latter than
the former
The speaker paused and wiped his
glasses.
Where is he now, dearly beloved? We
don't know, but we ali can guess. And
If re where we think he is we can COM
fort our hearts with one thought-and that
is that he is putting in his everls sting
best ticks to get stay OF proceedings!'
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

Germany, according to the dispatches,
is making a most vigorous protest against
the seizure of the German steamer Bun
desrath by the British cruiser Magicienne.
The ground of the seizure is not yet known
to the public. II is stated that there were
no contraband goods on her. There were
among the passengers, 1t is said, number
of men in khaki uniforms who were on
their way to the Transvaal to serve in the
Boer army, having entered into contract
to do so. If that were the case 1t will be
held probably that the seizure was juti-
fable, even though the captain of the
steamer was unaware of the fact that the
men We're under contract to serve in the
armies of the Boer republic.
But while the German government is
threatening to make trouble for Great
Britain on account of the seizure of a Ger
man steamer, our government does not ap-
pear TO think that the seizure of -four
owned by American merchants is a matter
of a great deal of consequence 1t may
be, however, that the Secretary Of State
is pursuing the matter more energetically
than is known to the public.
1t does seem as if Great Britain
ought not to be permitted to declare bread
stuffs contraband of war. This country is
profoundly interested in having the ocean
free for breadstuffs and Great Britain
ought to be. If she should become invov-
ed in a war with one of the continental
PoWers-with France, for instance-she
would need the better part of her navy to
protect the ships carrying food supplies
from this country to her people. With
out such supplies her people would starve,
as she gets from us about half of what
they consume. Our farmers are deeply in
terested in having breadstuffs declared
not contraband, because if they should be
shut out of the markets of Europe-par-
ticularly that of England-they would suf-
fer greatly on account of the lack of a
market for the products of their farms.
Our merchants are shipping breadstuffs
TO England now, some of which UNI
doubtedly are sent to the British army in
South Africa. If we freely ship bread
stuffs to England why not to the Trans
vaal? Why should we have the privilege
of shipping breadstuffs to one of the bel
Iigerents and not to the other? Because
the British have a navy and the Beers
have not it does not follow that Great
Britain should be allowed to declare con-
traband of war articles which she is re-
ceiving in her markets all the time. our
state department should take a firm stand
| against permitting breadstuffs being de-
| clared contraband of war.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03
80 a Mothers
~ Blessing.
Savannah, Ga, Dec. 20, 1899.

Savannah Ga, Dec. 20, 1899.
Prof. Dexter:
Dear Sir-My son, Robbie Maxwell Ea-
son, now years and months of aga
who, when years of age, fell down stairs.
AT the timeI did not think he had injured
himself. Six months after he was help
less cripple with hip joint disease; the hip
was swollen to twice its natural size, and
he was obliged to lie on his back at all
times; he could not set up or take a step.
In this condition 1 placed him in the Tel
fair Hospital. where he remained for six
months all told. Six weeks ago 1 took
him from the hospital and placed him I'M
der your care. He was then in a very
low state of health His hip and knee
could not be bent His general health is
now perfect. He can bend his hip and
knee as well as any child. He now holds
up his head and can stand with both feet
on the floor, and has walked around a
chair numbers of times. He sits up all
day and wants to play with the children.
From a helpless cripple you are restoring
my child to perfect health. 1 am thank
full for your great kindness in relieving
him, and you have a mothers blessing.
Yours sincerely,
MRS. JOHN w. EASON,
2s10 Montgomery street.
Office over Lyons, corner Broughton
and Whitaker streets. Consultation free.
All diseases treated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

A Memphis paper tells of married
couple who are in the habit occasionally of
going out at night to entertainments and
social affairs. and at such times they make
themselves solid with their little boy by
saying that they are going out to see a
sick man. One week these social affairs
came pretty frequently. On Monday night
they went to the theater, and told the lad
that they had to sit up with the sick man.
Tuesday night they went out 10 visit a
neighbor and explained that they we e
going to give some medicine 10 the man
that was sick. on Wednesday n 'ght they
proposed to attend an enter aiument, and
apologized to the young chap by saying
they had to put a plaster on the sick
mans back to draw out the pain. Papa !"
asked the youth, lis the sick man in much
pain?" Every much, my SON" And is
he pretty near dead2' Yes, he's in bad
shape" The lad thought deeply for a
while, and then remarked: well. papa, he
can't die any too soon to suit me-"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

A Detroit dispatch says it is positively
stated in that city that one of the good
resolutions made by the picturesque Gov
Pingree for New Years was to bolt the
Republican party and affiliate with the
Democrats. The announcement of his
change at any time would not cause any
great surprise, it is said, since he has
lately been antagonizing the Republican
party in the Legislature and advocating
Democratic policies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

Official reports to the bureau of navi-
ton show that during the past year nearly
1000 new vessels were built in the Un,tej
States, and that they had a gross tonna q
of approximately 26S,0OO tons. There wa :
considerable increase in tonnage over
the year preceding. the bulk Of it being
on the Atlantic coast. There was con-
siderable falling off in both number OF
craft and tonnage on the Pacific coast.
due it is thought, to the belief that the
craft employed as transports to Nan Ia
would soon be returned to their regular
trade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Georgia Chapter, No 8, r. A.
M.
Special Notices-Mantels, Thing and
Crates Savannah Building Supply Com
pany; Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Etc, An
drew Hanley Company; Ship Notice, Brit
ish Steamship Winchester; Dissolution of
Co-partnership, the Paul Plumbing Com
pany; Award of Prizes, the New York
Rock Bottom Clothing Company; Dissolu-
tion Notice, S. Goldin & Co.; Ship Notice,
strachan & Co, Consignees; For Hoarse-
ness, Solomons & Co; Proposals For Fire
Hose. John E. Mcguire. Superintendent.
Business Notices-Shakespear Cigars;
L. & w. Laundry; Begin the Day Right,
Est. S. w. Branch
Ladies-B. H. Levy & Bro
If You Could See All of the Young Girls
--Byck Bros.
Men and Boys Overcoats and Suits-B.
II. Levy & Bro.
A Man Can Be Comfortabe-Mutual Gas
Light Company.
Amusements-Olym Opera Company,
at Theater To-day and Tonight; 1.-THE
Heart of Chicago" at Theater Afternoon
and Evening. Jan. 6.
Gelatine-Eat-Wen Gelatine.
Legal Notiees-Mipnie Daley VS.. James
Daley, Libel for Divorce; Mamie Huxford
VS.. Edward Huxford, Libel for Divorce;
Citations From the Clerk of the Court of
Ordinary.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos
Fine Grades of Whiskies-Lippnan
Bros.
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Sauce-Lea & Perrins' Worcestershire
Sauce.
Medical--Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root;
Railways Pills; Cuticura Remedies;
Browns Bronchial Troches; Mothers
Friend; Sloan's Liniment; DR.. Hathaway
Company; DR.. Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy.
Coffee Headaches-Postum Food Coffee.
Steamship Schedules-Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

Notwithstanding the cold weather ia
Great Britain and the war in South At
rlea, an animated discussion is going on
among those Englishmen and women who
20 down to Bath, Brighton and Scarbor-
ough In summer, as to whether there
should be mixed" surf bathing; that is.
whether the sexes should be permitted to
enjoy their dip and plunge together, as IS
the custom in this country. IL appears
that there is law in Scarborough which
puts upon the women the onus Of keeping
out Of the way Of the. men. forbldding
them to come within less than twenty-five
yards Of a male bather above the age
of u.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Cleveland Plain Deaer Dem) has
ideas respecting vaudeville entertainment
for the Philadelphia convention. 1t says:
IAN effort is 10 be made to brighten up
the Philadelphia convention so as TO take
the cut-and-dried monoiouy out of 1t as
much as possible. Delegates Ike to be
amused, and a sterling good vaudeville en-
tertainment with the leading Republican
politicians in choice specialties and Sena-
tor Hanna as stage manager, would be
gratefully received by the interested spec
tators Senator Plat. for instance. m ght
introduce his neat sle,ght-of-hand act
The Disappearing Lexow.' Sena tor Quay
could give his merry interlu7e, The Plum
Tree Shaker and Senator Hanna might
present his touching musical act, 'Harmo-
ny at Home"
The Nashville American (Dem.) says:
Cotton planters always have worr es.
When the crop is a great big one the price
per pound is low. When the crop is short
they sell too soon. Now comes anot her
worry. The gin manufacturers have form
ed a combine They say for the proven a On
of ruinous competition, but next fal' the
planters will say for the purpose of in
creasing prices of gins and ginning. Now's
the time for the invention of a new gin"
The New Orleans Plcayune Dem) says:
1.-The Delagoa bay seizures are especially
interesting, they represent the first in
truslon of international considerations into
the trouble in South Africa. There can be
no doubling that England, with her inn
mense sea power will persist in stopo ny
the smuggling in of supplies for the 30 RS
through Portuguese territory, since Por-
tugal herself does not appear able or will
ing to interfere on her owo part"
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem)
says 1T is not easy TO understand why
the trusts should have hit upon the Attor-
ney General OF Ohio as the happy man 10
receive a $4,000 inducement TO come of
the roof"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

The Detroit City Council has petitioned
the Legislature to submit to the people
an amendment TO the constitution provid-
ing for the municipal ownership of street
railway and other franchises. Grand
Rapids and other cities of the state Will
probably take similar action. The recent
decision of the Supreme Court that under
the present constitution cities may not
own street railways is responsible for the
agitation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

Is Aguinaldo the Brigham H. Roberts
OF the Philippines? a week ago it was re-
ported that Mrs. Aguinaldo had died from
the hardshps of the flight she was forced
TO make with her lord so soon after pre-
senting him with an heir. And now we
hear that Mrs. Aguinaldo has surrendered
with her sisters-in-law, 10 Maj. March.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

1t has been determined that the charac-
teristic features of the three new battle
ships, Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania shall be the superimposed turrets,
like those of the Kentucky and the Kear-
sarge. There will be one turret forward
and one aft on each ship, and each tur-
ret will carry two 12-inch and two S-inch
guns. The vessels are to be remarkably
fast for their weight, the specifications
calling for nineteen knots speed. Their
displacement will be about 1900 tons,
making them by far the largest ships this
country has yet ordered for its navy. It
is assured that they will be among the
most formidable ships in the world when
they go into commission.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

The navy came through last year with
remarkably short list of casualties. In
the service there were forty deaths, two
dismissals, forty-two designations and fif-
ty-nine retirements during the twelve
months. Two deaths and four retirements
occurred in the marine corps.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

lied South Africa with half the present
expenditure Of time, money and blood"
The foregoing Is pretty strong criti-
cism, hut, assuming that the interview is
genuine, it is the talk of a man who feels
that his services cannot very well be dis
pensed with and that his position is such
as entities him to have an opinion and to
express it freely
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

The Molineux trial in New York has
lasted more than seven weeks. There
are still some eighty witnesses to be ex-
amined, of which there are eight hand
writing experts and twenty bank officials,
including the teller of the bank where it
is understood MolineuX had deposit. 1t
is expected that the bank officials will
swear that to the best of their Judgment
the defendant wrote the address on the
poison package. Some of the jurymen
are beginning to complain of the length Of
the trial. Some of them are business
men, and they say, which can be easily
believed, that their private affairs are
suffering because of their detention in the
court. With such trials in mind, it is
not to be wondered at that many of those
who are most fitted to be jurors use their
best efforts to escape jury duty
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

of Christmas joys and New Year cour-
tesies come in the form of bills, bills, bills!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

French's victory at Colesburg Genes as
ray of sunshine to make little rift In
the dark and gloomy fog of British dejec-
ton. How grateful the little ray is, TO
be sure; and how the British enjoy ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

Forty detected and heartsick gamblers
returned to Knoxville the other day. On
Christmas day, with 100 gamecocks, they
left on steamboat for an isolated resort
down the river, where they expected 70
have a great cooking main and return to
the city the next morning. The steamer
carried no lifeboats Before the destiua
ton was reached the steamer went On a
sandbar and stuck fast ten miles fIom
anywhere" The weather was very cold,
and ice formed around the craft. The
sports, determined to make the best they
could of the situation, improvised pit on
the deck and held a few fights. AS tie
hours went by and the night grew older,
the atmosphere grew colder and the ice in
the river thicker; but there came no hope
of getting the boat off or of being res usd.
Then some one became hungry, and it was
discovered that the sandwiches had given
out. There was nothing to eat on board!
For some hours longer the sports put on
a brave front, but finally hunger got the
best of them and they put their game
cocks-valued at IS TO 500 each-to slaugh-
ter. For two days and two nights they
were hung up on the sand bar, eating
chicken that fairly tasted of money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-03

Office over Lyons, corner Broughton
and Whitaker streets. Consultation free.
All diseases treated.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-18

have this in4ernallonal dam built and
by It barren lands for 100 miles east
on both sides of the river could be
redeemed. skhl. ne reservoir would
slowly fn up. and BY the time another
generation came on the scene means
would have to be found to clean OUT
the bed Of the lake for twenty or thir
ty miles. or build a new dam and
reservoir on top Of the present one.
The Elephant Butte dam, above
Rincon and 125 miles north OF El'
Paso. is an improvement. In that It is
above the Rio Perco, whose foods
throw enormous quantities Of this al
iuvial soil into the Rio Grande every
year. The Elephant Butte people are.
emerging from their protracted lltiear
tion with the international dam pro
jectors, with the advantage rAtfier On
their side. and operations there may
begin before long. The trouble hes
been that the El Paso people claimed
there was not enough water In the
river for both dams, and that the Ele-
Dhant Butte dam would obstruct navi-
cation. The courts do not appear to
take that view"