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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-17

trains arrive al Savannah from North
m From Northwest-No 80, a. N. FIR
r1en-No. "a. 1921 p. m; No. Sc. 1l:50 p. m.
Trains 80 ana "a carry Pullman BuHet
Tampa.
Trains IS and So carry Pullman Buffet
Jacksonville.
For full information apply to
F. V. PETERSON. T. P. A.,
w. p. SCRUGGS. ?. & T. A,
d. c. ALLEN, c. T. A, Bull end Liberty
W. r. MCINTYRE. D. T. A. West Broad
A. o. MACDONELL, G. P A. L. A. SH
Trains leave from Union Derot corner
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

Chicago, March 16.-The cold wave sent
wheat prices UP to-day almost as fast as
the mercury went down, May closing at a
net advance of &c. Reports of damage
to the unprotected wheat were the main
factors in general covering movement.
Corn was weak at times, but closed at a
shade advance. Oats also closed a shade
higher Provisions were strong all day,
closing from &c to 171ac higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.
Wheat No. p
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and East-NO. 30, 0 a. III NO 90 70. p
nm Florida points, Brunswick and Da-
Sleeping Cars between Columbia and
Sleeping Cars between Columbia and
Bull and Bryan streets, opposite PULASKI
and Screven Hotels.
streets opposite De Soto Hotel
and Liberty streets.
JPMAN, A. G. P. A, Jacksonville.
west Proad and Liberty streets
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The master Of the Norwegian bark Avil-
more reports that on Feb. 23 he passed
a four-masted English ship, lat I:39. lon.
41.47 flying signals @. +. L. NJ, bound
from sydney for London.
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Capt. Watts OF the schooner George H.
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Plant System.
READ UP.

Operated BY Than city r1m.
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nd
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W. p. SCRUGGS, and T. A Bun ano Bryan mrsess
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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
AGAINST TAYLOR.
The Supreme Court Dismiss
es Republicans Petition.

Washington, May 21.-The Uni
ted States Supreme Court today
decided that it has no jurisdiction
in the Kentucky gubernatorial
wrangle because no federal question
is involved, and dismissed the pc
tition of w. $. Taylor, the Repub-
lican incumbent, for II hearing
This leaves the victory with the
Democratic governor and sustains
the legality of the action of the
Kentucky Legislature.
The great public interest was a
gain evinced by the vast assemblage
that hocked to the Supreme Court
room to hear the reading of the o.
pinion.
Nearly all the Kentucky repre-
sentativcs in Congress were there,
also Congressman Bailey, Senator
Burrows, Senator Daniel and 9th
ers.
Neither Taylor nor Bcckham
was present or represented by
counsel. Chief Justice Fuller read
the opinion of the court.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
zELAYA is NOT DEsPoTic.
His Bloody Rule Necessary to Restore
Order.

"A great many hard things have
been said about President Zelaya," re-
marked one who is we'll acquainted
with the masterful head of the Mica
raguan government at one Of the
downtown hotels the other night. "In
this country he Is generally supposed
to be a bloodthirsty despot, ruling by
sheer force of the terror he inspires,
and the papers express surprise that
he has not been wiped out long ago by
revolution. Such a conception of the
man Is altogether inaccurate. 1t is
true that Zelaya is a dictator, or at
least more of dictator than any of
the other Central American presidents,
but he is far from despot. At the
time he took his seat the country was
torn by conflicting factions and it was
necessary for him to use an iron hand
to restore order. Every department
had it's revolutionary junta, headed by
desperate adventures who were sim
ply out for the loot, and under such
conditions prosperity ana progress
were absolutely impossible. To in
woke the ordinary processes Of the law
would have been absurd, and Zelaya
adopted the only feasible means for
suppressing the disturbing element.
He seized the malcontents wherever
they could be found, stood them up
against a wall and shot them. | dare
say a good many innocent men were
executed, but in such an emergency
the rule is: When in doubt shoot the
prisoner 1t seems hideously cruel
here in the United States, but If there
is any other way of dealing with the
habitual Nicaraguan revolutionist ex-
perience has failed to discover 1t. Diaz
did exactly the same thing when he
first took the reins in Mexico, and
there is no denying the fact that Ze-
laya's subsequent administration has
been the nearest approach to civilized
government that Nicaragua has ever
enjoyed Schools have been estab-
lished, laws have been enforced, prop
erty rights have been respected and a
number Of great commercial enter
prises have been set on foot. The re-
cent drastic measures that have been
taken to tip new revolt in the bud
at Managua seem to me entirely justi-
fable"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24

suspicion that the canal bill was
to be first passed and then the
treaty would be ratified. This
would leave us in the curious pre-
dicament of spending two or three
hundred millions for the canal, and
then have no more use of it in time
of war than the English would
have, even if we were fighting
them; also leaving it at the risk of
being utterly destroyed by any one
using little dynamite
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24

rop, of Scranton, Pa, introduced
"A resolution requesting President
Mckinley to abolish the army can
teen. He asserted that it made no
difference whether the secretary
forwarded copy of the resolution
to the president or not. His do
nothing attitude when, as com
mander of the army, he could have
abolished the canteen by n stroke
of the pen, is contemplate" he
exclaimed. The resolution was
discussed at considerable length,
and was finally amended so as to
condemn the liquor traffic in gen
eral terms.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
Lessons of History.

THE postoflice troubles do WIN in
Cuba are giving the administr alton
n good deal of trouble. 1t br ings
up some of the lessons of history
as to colonial possessions. Scna-
tor Hale, the good Republican that
he is, got mcdtativc the other day
and this is what he said:
"The history of colonial posses
sions, from the days of the Romans
to the present time, is Il history of
robbery, peculation, extravaganza,
wrong-doing in high quarters, and
corruption broad and large. | do
not think the examples of today
are going to show that the Amcri-
can people are to be exempt from
the monStrous evils which always
have attended colonial policy.
The .aunty way in which the a.
mcrican people have embarked in
the enterprise of colonial posses
sionS has certainly received il re-
bukc in what has been seen to hap
pen during the last few months.'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
Great Britan'S Hand.

Why should we be tying ourselves
up in obligations to England!
What do we owe that country
more than any other of the powers
across the water! An Illinois Re-
publican paper shows the solicita-
tons of the Republican party tow
ard England by the following ut
terances:
The most troublesome problem
of the Senate steering committee
is the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and
the Nicaraguan canal bill. The
determination of the House to
pass the Nicaraguan canal bill will
seriously involve diplomatic rela
tons between this country and
England, according to members of
the Senate committee on foreign
affairs. Passage of the canal bill
will be direct slap at England
and violent rejection of the Clay
ton Bulwer treaty. Consequently
the steering committee and Senator
Davis committee on foreign af-
fairs are making arrangements to
meet the problem so as not to of
fend Great Britain. The latter
entered into the Hay Pauncefote
negotiations with genuine sin
ccrity, and it is regarded as highly
discourteOus to pass II canal bill
without first determining the stat
us of our relations with England
over the isthmian canal enter
prise.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
Had Many Practical Ideas.

John Stackhouse Bailey, the sun-dial
maker of Centerville, Bucks county,
was one OF the first Pennsylvanians to
appreciate the aesthetic and financial
value of the tall hall clock, the spin
ming wheel, the Dutch stove, the four
post bedstead and the other colonial
and precolonial furnishings that used
to litter the attics of old farmers. The
farmers then used TO send for him and,
working off, say, magnificent old
table OF mahogany for SIS, would
laugh to think how they had bested
| in, when he, week or so afterward,
would make a profit Of about 500 per
cent on the purchase.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
LIGHT SMOKERS.
Japanese Are Satisfied with Small
Quantities of Tobacco.

Japanese Are Satisfied with Small
Quantities OF Tobacco.
you may have noticed that the jap
crate smokers" said prominent Jap
anese now travelling in the United
States to reporter recently. Those
OF my countrymen who do indulge in
the weed mostly smoke cigarettes or
preferably the smallest pipes filled
with the mildest tobacco obtainable.
OF course there are Japanese who, like
some Americans, have such a craving
for tobacco that nothing less than the
strongest cigar or the largest pipe will
satisfy them. But such smokers are
exceptionally few among the Japanese.
AS a rule, my countrymen, while at
home and abroad, are satisfied with
short smokes, such as a cigarette or
tiny pipe affords. The Japanese are
moderate smokers, not so much because
they are small people, but for the rea-
son that up to within recent years but
very little tobacco came into Japan,
and the tariff on 1t was very high. Be-
ing a poor but frugal race, the masses
purchased only a limited quantity OF
the weed, which as a matter Of econ
omy, they have for generations been
taught to smoke in only the tiniest Of
pipes. These pipes, the most popular
of which hold about as much tobacco
as would fill an ordinary thlmble, are
a survival of the DAVIS when money
was scarce tobacco dear and the tariff
high. In another generation or two
when Japan shall have taken her place
among the wealthy nations of the
world, our countrymen will no doubt
smoke large quantities OF tobacco, and
then the small pipes will be abandoned
for big ones, such as Englishmen and
Americans now smoke. "-Washington
Star.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
That Canal Bill.

THE Republicans are trying to
manufacture little campaign ma
terial ont of the fact that the Mis-
souri, delegation in Congress re-
Gently by their votes opposed the
Nicaragua canal bill. Government
ownership was principle involved,
and the Republicans are going to
find but little comfort in their
criticisms. The Democrats were
simply safeguarding the country
interests. They were fighting a
measure described as extravagant,
unpatriotic and reckless of the
nations right to control. No joint
ownership with Great Britain was
wanted.
Champ Clark states his position
in the following words;
/ am in favor of the United
States Government building, own
ing, controlling and fortifying II
canal across the Isthmus on the
most practicable route, think it
is one of the necessities of the fut-
ure. told Colonel Hepburn be-
fore he called up his bill that if the
Hay Paunceforte treaty were ont
of the way there would be scarcely
Il dissenting voice to the PROPOSE
ton of building the canal, but that
Il great many Of us would not vote
one cent to dig and build the canal
unless we were to own it absolute
~.
The fact that he made verbal
changes III his own bill, and the
further fact that as soon as the bill
passed the House it was given ont
that Hay and Pauncefote had EN-
tered into an agreement to extend
the time for consideration of the
treaty seven months, confirmed the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
SUMS JOURNEY.
velocity Is Between Six and Twelve
Miles Per Second.

miles Fer second.
By means of the spectroscope we can
obtain a probably more accurate deter
mination Of the suns velocity through
space, says the Gentleman's Magazine.
AS is we'll known the velocity OF star
in the line of sight can be found by
measuring the displacement Of the
lines visible In the stars spectrum.
Now the stars near the position Of the
solar apex" should be approaching the
earth on account of the solar motion,
and those at the opposite point of the
sky-called the "anti-apex" should be
recedng. This method has been en-
ployed by several astronomers, espec-
tally by Vogel at the Potsdam observa-
tory. This able astronomer has found
from an examination of forty stars that
the suns velocity through space Is
about seven and one-half miles Sec
ond, and an examination of larger
number Of stars would be necessary
before We could consider this result as
thoroughly established. From an ex-
animation of the spectra Of fourteen
nebulae, Prof. Keeler Of the Lick OBJ
servatory has found velocities in the
line OF sight and from these the French
astronomer Tisserand has deduced a
velocity of about nine and one-third
miles for the solar motion, a result
which does not differ widely from that
found by Vogel. We may. therefore,
perhaps conclude that the velocity Of
the suns motion through space is be-
tween six and twelve miles per second.
The average velocity of the stars meas
ured at Potsdam is about ten and one
half miles a second and possibly the
sun may have similar velocity.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
AguinaldO Still Alive.

They have had Aguinaldo dead
a dozen times, but late reports
show that he is very much alive.
Nor is the insurrection in the Phil
ippines dead, either. The struggle
is avowed and determined. A guer-
rilla warfare has been determined
upon, a late Filipino paper con-
tanned the following:
"Our enemies will be able-why
MOTTO wheel their heavy ears of
war over our fields. They will
leave the imprintS of their vandal
heels in our villages, but at every
turning of the land, behind every
bush, at every corner they will en-
counter reSlstance-a handful of
men, or it may be only one man,
who will check their course, who
will disturb their triumphant pas.
sage, who will he the little rock
which will cause the wheel of their
carriage to jump from its axle,
who will be the puddle in which
the gun carriage will mire and who
will make them see most clearly
that in vain do they iuggle with
the rights of II people that desire
to he one, free and sovereign"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
TWO ANCIENT ARABIAN WELLS
They Furnish Drink to the Thirsty Tray
eIers Through Desert Sands.

They turnlsn DRINK TO the In1rBty IrAv-
elers Through Desert Sands.
In northwestern Arabia there Is a
we'll of the purest water, perpetual in
it's supply, that has existed for ages
The Arabs claim 1t was dug by the
early Islamites. Whoever dug 1t must
have expended great labor upon it, for
1t is five feet in diameter at the top
and gradually enlarges until it reaches
the water, at a depth of nearly 200
feet. 1t is lined with hewn stone
throughout. However, the most re-
markable well in the world Is Joseph's
well, at Cairo, Egypt. It's shaft was
excavated through solid rock to a
depth of 165 feet, at which depth it
was enlarged on one side to form a
chamber, in the bottom of which a
reservoir was made Immediately un-
der the shaft. At one side of this
reservoir another shaft was eXcavated
through rock to bed of gravel, where
water was found. The lower shaft
depth 295 feet The upper shaft was
rectangular, 24x1S feet. The lower
shaft was 15x9 feet. Winding around
the we'll a spiral passageway 6 feet 4
inches wide by feet inches high
was cut with great care from the sur
face Of the ground down to the cham
Der. Between the we'll and the pas
sageway wall of rock was left.
Horses and oxen descended the pas
sageway to the chamber, where they
propelled machinery to raise the water
in pots attached to a chain from the
lower shaft to the reservoir in the
chamber, and it was again raised by
machinery operated by power on the
surface. In the lower shaft a path
was cut in its side so that a descent
could be made to the water. There
was no wall between the path and the
well. This work is said to have been
constructed by Saladin, who lived in
the years 1877 to 1893. Some writer's
do not mention this, and say that the
date of the construction is lost in an
tiquity.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24

THE Clarksville Banner still feels
sore over the defeat of the Hon.
ID. A. Ball for the Govcrnorship.
That paper says that Il State con
vention for the nomination of can.
didates is entirely unnecessary
Why not empower the st. Louis
Republic to hold another popular
primary and make the nomina.
tons as in the Governorship!
The Banner is II sticklcr fora State
primary where all the Democrat,
voters have Il hand.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
Municipal Ownership.

The st. Louis Star says: a pc
culiar phase in political economy is
embodied in the fact that the party,
the faction, or the segment, which
is the most persistent in demanding
reforms always falls down just pri-
or to the accomplishment of the end
desired. Possibly, however, they
are not entitled to any the less ere
dit.
The old Abolition party was inn
practicable, but all the same it kept
up great fight until a great party
was born competent to deal with
the problem. There are those who
claim that the end would have been
accomplished earlier had there new
er been an Abolition party. BE
that as it may, no slavery exists
today in this broad land.
There are segments, or factions,
or whatever you may call them, of
the several parties existing today,
each demanding municipal owner
ship of public franchises. What
ever Others may think or say, the
Star has the courage of its convic-
ton and says they are right, for it
believes that all municipalities
should absolutely own the franchise
of every public utility.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
COURT DRESS.
Costume Prescribed for Diplomats At
the Russian Capital.

Quite a ripple Of excitement in
American diplomatic circles was caused
by circular issued under the personal
instructions of the emperor by the
Russian minister of foreign affairs,
and which reopens the much-discussed
question of court dress for American
diplomatic representatives abroad.
The circular formally notifies all for
eign embassies and legations at ST.
Petersburg that the court costume of
a darkblue evening coat with a vel
vet collar and brass buttons, white or
blue waistcoat and blue trousers. is
prescribed for all persons not other
wise entitled to wear uniforms who
attend court ceremonies. The Russian
circular explicitly states that the new
regulations apply to all distinguished
foreigners and accredited representa-
tives in Russia of such countries as
have not adopted for their diplomatic
officers specific uniforms or costumes
1t Is stated by those in a position to
know that similar measures are likely
to be taken at the court of Berlin, Co.
IT is well known that the plain black
evening dress worn by official repre-
sentatives Of the United States is not
recognized at St. Petersburg as suit
able for occasions of ceremony, and is
looked upon by the court chamberlains
very much as those assembled at a
dinner party in New York would re-
gard a guest attired in tweed and
knickerbockers. During an informal
exchange of views, which preceded the
issuance of the Russian circular, al
ready forwarded to the state depart
mcnt at Washington, Mr.. Tower, the
ambassador at st. Petersburg earn
estly requested the Russian authorities
TO adopt as plain style for diplomatic
officers as was consistent with the re-
Quirements, in order to make it ac-
cord with American views on the sub
ject, The Russian government ac-
copied the suggestion, and prescribed
court costume of cloth "a tead Of
velvet, as was originally contemplated.
Paris correspondence in New York
Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
Atheism Encourages Suicide,

The figures taken from the official
records of three Bohemian fraternal
benefit societies, for periods of from
three to five years, show that in every
1000 deaths there were in the first 100
suicides, in the second 200 and in the
third 333 The circular calls attention
to the fact that along with this remark
able prevalence Of suicide in these So
cieties there exists general infdelity,
and argues that there is a connection
of cause and effect between them.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-05-24
CETTlNG FAT ON EXPOSURE
Eject OF an Army Trip Upon "A Chronic
Comnlainer,

Eject of AN Army Trip Upon Chronic
Complainer.
1T is a well-known fact" said an
observant citizen that man out
fishing or hunting will get fat on ex-
posture that would infallibly kill him
In town. Why this should be, science
has failed to explain, but it is, never
theless, true and has been especially
noticeable in the experience Of our vol
unteer troops. | was out myself, SO l
know what | am talking about. Here
in the city | am subject to colds and
suffer tortures from dyspepsia. Wet
feet or few square inches of pie will
put me in bed with unfailing certainty,
and after enlisted and the first glow
of patriotism cooled off | was filled
with apprehension and felt positive |
would never survive the rigors OF
camp life. The result was exactly the
reverse of what | expected. l got
soaking wet, slept on the ground ate
fat bacon, drank bootleg coffee, and
was never sick for moment. Natural
ly I thought my old sanitary precau-
lions were all nonsense, and when |
returned | began to disregard them.
In twentyfour hours / was fat on my
back with an attack Of pleurisy, and,
assure you, my case was not excep-
tional. AS far as | have been able to
learn everybody else had substantially
the same experience; differing only in
degree. OF course, there was an i'm
mense amount Of sickness among the
troops, occasioned by bad water, en-
balmed beef, and other causes that
could not be definitely traced, but |
am speaking of the ordinary exposure
and hardships incident to any cam
paign. Why they should be so harm
less outside of town and so deadly in
side corporate limits is a great mys-
terry. 1t is one Of the things, as Lord
Dundreary observes, that no fellow
can find out."-New Orleans Times
Democrat