davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
WILLIAMS LAvIsHNEss.
Raising Lower Nobility, 10 the Dis
satisfaction of the Higher Mobiles.

From the Tablet.
The action of the Emperor William III
In Prussia seems to be systematically
aimed at the creation of new nobility,
somewhat in the same way, though not
on the same scale, as was done by Napo-
icon l in France. Some sensation has
been caused by the Kaiser's signallzlng
the close of the old year Tor. as he main
tains, the old century,, by creating a new
dukedom and raising three counts to the
rank of prince. This hitherto unprecedent-
ed liberaiity in bestowing the highest titles
seems to give umbrage TO the older, and
especially the mediatized. princely fami-
lies. Thus Prince Won Stoberg- Werni-
gerode has sold his palace in Berlin, Prince
Pless is Offering his for sale, the Duke
of Ujest, the head of the house of Ho-
henlOe. has resigned his post of Grand
chamberlain at court and withdrawn TO
his Silesian property, while several of the
other princes appear very rarely at court.
in which they follow the example OF
many members of the sovereign princely
houses OF the empire.
The preceding Emperors were much more
chary of bestowing the highest titles.
Only two new princely titles were created
before William i, who promoted to that
rank during his reign four mobiles, in
Guiding Bismarck; the Emperor Frederick
conferred two such titles; William II has
already created seven new princess and
two dukes-one of the latter being again
Prince Bismarck, whose life of Duke of
Lauenberg was, however, not hereditary,
and died with him. Last year Count
Munster got his princely title for his ser
vices at The Hague Conference. and with
the New Year Counts Donna .Schlobitten
Gutenberg and Knyphausen, were all
made princes. and Prince Hatzfeldt ere
ated Duke Of Trachenberg. 1t is further
pointed out as a curious anomaly that all
these new princes belong after all-the
Bismarck's ncuded-to the so-ca.led
"lower nobility" as opposed to
the members of the higher no.
bllity" or mediatized families, the
descendants of the old sovereign houses
Of the former Holy Roman Empire. among
which latter class are NUMEROUS families,
like those Of Bentinck, Soms, Stolberg,
etc. which enjoy no higher title than
that Of Counts. Yet these are all "ebenA
burtlg." I. e., their members are able to
intermarry with any of the European
reignng families, from which oil these
newly Prussian princes are exclud-
ed by laws as of the Modes and Persians.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
PRISONERS OF WAR.
Rights and obligations of CaptOr
and Captive in Time of strife.

From Pearson's Magazine.
What are the responsibilities owed by
captor to captive?
1t is clearly laid down by all authorities
on military law that consideration is all
ways to be shown the honorable enemy in
the painful position of prisoner. He is to
be well fed well clothed, well sheltered
if he is wounded care is to be given him,
second only to the care accorded the cap
tors own wounded.
The prisoners in a besleged town must
take their chance Of suffering under the
enemy's attack, although their captors
are expected to take every caution to pro-
tect them as far as possible.
Only sufficient restraint should be plac-
ed on prisoners of war to prevent them
taking further part in the fighting. In or
der that they may be safely guarded with
the least trouble it may be necessary to
keep the prisoners In jais or to narrowly
confine them in other ways, such as plac-
ing them, as the British have placed Boer
prisoners, on prison ships, from which
they are not likely TO escape
Prisoners cannot be compelled to assist
in military operations. There are many
other ways, however, in which they may
be employed legtimately. and any money
litS Hdili Wy NVih - BihN11 " Ailtli tlSh~
it after their board has been deducted One
Of the regulations laid down for the Boer
prisoners on the Penelope was to the eff
feet that they must keep their own quar-
tiers clean-scrub the decks, make their
own beds, and, in fact do the duties al
ways required on shipboard from seamen
and troops. In this case no other work
of any kind was required from them.
Since prisoners of war come under the
military law of their caDtors IL they re-
fuse TO obey orders they are liable to be
punished for their breach OF discipline.
According to the usioms of war, a pris-
oner may give as much false Information
as he p,eases and yet cannot be punished
he may refuse TO give any Information
with regard to his own forces and sim he
must not be ill-treated The torture of
prisoners is a barbarism.
A prisoner of war may always attempt
to escape provided that he has not
pledged himself not to do so. When he
dashes for liberty he may be killed in any
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

gloves matched perfectly in color. and
then the cutting down and mating in size
calls for the judgment and skill Of an ex-
pert glovemaker, but when all has been
done that can be there will still remain
some odd gloves The head of a big glove
department said that there were few calls
by one-armed men for single gloves but
he thought there would be more IL IT were
known that it might be possible, among
a stores odd gloves, to find them
Though calls for single gloves are thus
seen to be rare, demands for the altera-
ton of gloves to make them suitable to
be worn, as for example upon a hand
from which the Joint of a finger. or one
or more fingers, had been lost, are not so
rare.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
FREE FIGHT AT A DANCE.
Several Mixed Up in the Scrimma ge
at n Moonshiner's Home.

Louisville. Feb. Pa special to the Com
mercial from Whitesburg, Ky, tells of a
free fight near Pounds Gap, in which one
person was killed and several were injur-
ed. The trouble occurred during a dance
at the home of Bill Mullins, a Virginia
moonshiner. Pistols and knives were used
in the scrmmage which lasted until the
place was cleared of all but two wounded.
John Newberry was shot and died within
two hours Ed Newberry, his brother was
fatally wounded Lucia, the 1S-year-old
daughter of Mullins, was stabbed three
times with a dirk and cannot recover.
Mrs. Mullins was severely bruised, and a
man named Keller of Dickinson county,
was shot in the knee. Mullins has been
arrested and taken to the county Jail at
CIintwood. where he is under heavy guard
to prevent a lynching, which has been
threatened by friends of the Newberry
brothers. Pounds Gap was the scene oil
the murder of the three Crafts brothers
i'm December last
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

Cardinal Gibbons to Sail for Europe
shortly After Easter.

Washington, Feb. 25-The Post to-mor-
row will say:
Cardinal Gibbons will leave for Rome
and other points in Europe shortly after
Easter. This visit will be the fifth which
the Cardinal has made since October, 1869
year and Two months after his conse-
GRAFTON in Baltimore, as the tituiar bishop
of North Carolina. The Cardinal will
preach the inaugural sermon at the dedi-
dation and solemn opening of the new
Cathedral of minister, England, on
June %. and will participate in the ca
nomination of Jean Baptisse LaSalle, found
er of the Christian Brothers, on May a.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
sCHURMAN'S VIEWS OF 1T.
Democrats May Say in Truth That
the Trusts Choke the Republicans.

Detroit. Feb. 25.-President Jacob Schur-
man of the Philippine Commission, in an
interview here, said of the proposed Por-
to Rican tariff:
Il think ii Is both generous and polite
to assimilate our tariff with that of Por-
to Rico, though we are not constitution
ally bound TO do this. Should the present
Congress adopt a tariff for Porto Rico
against the recommendations of the COM
missioners and of the President, ana
against every mans sense of justice and
generosity, the orators of the democracy
can say with truth during the next cam
paign that the trusts went down TO Wash
ngton and grappled the Republican party
by the throat and made it choke to their
advantage"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

way-indeed, 1t is impressed upon men
guarding prisoners that they are to shoot
as soon as flight is detected. II is no
crime to attempt an escape. If the pris-
oner is retaken he is not to be punished,
but only to be better secured in the flu
ture.
Self-security is the first law Of the con-
queror-any means Justify this end. A
general rising of prisoners may he pun
ished with wholesale execution and no Of
tense committed against the rules of war
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

The Oldest and most complete electric
railway system in Europe is that of Ham
burg, Germany. 1t is Of the overhead
trolley type, and 800 motor cars and 400
trailers are in use. A curious feature of
the wiring is the stringing of the spau-
wires that support the conducting wires
from house TO house across the streets in
many cases. This was done where the
erection of poles was not permitted. and
the householders were paid for the privi-
lege. Conductors are fined for carrying
more passengers than there are seats.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
BARGES RUN ASHORE.
Keystone and otto in an Accident
While Boston Bound.

Boston. Feb. 25.-The barges Keystone
and Otto, of the Philadelphia and Reading
Company, while inward bound from Phil
adelphia for Boston, with coal in tow of
the tug Gettysburg, ran ashore on Brews-
ter Rock Boston Light, this morning, the
Keystone will probably be total loss,
with her cargo of 1900 tons of coal. The
crews on both barges, consisting of four
men each, were saved and carried to Hull
to-day by the life-savers. The Otto, which
probably can be saved, has $50 tons of
coal aboard. Each barge cost $4,000 to
construct,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

No Communication From French Re
Iative to INTERCHANGEABLE Treaty.

Washington Feb. 25.-The Associated
Press is authorized to state that no com
munication whatever has been made by
the French authorities to the state de-
partment relative to the Hay Pauncefote
treaty and the Panama canal. This state
ment was made in reply to a question put
in official quarters regarding the publi-
cation that the French ambassador has
had a conversation with the Secretary Of
State relative to the Hay Pauncefote
treaty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
STORM IN OHIO.
A Wealthy Farmer Frozen to Death
Near EIyria.

Cleveland o., Feb. PA storm general
in Northern Ohio since Friday night
reached its hight to-day. The tempera-
ture here was near the zero mark and a
fierce gale from the northwest blew all
day. During most of the day snow fell
also. Cars on the street railway lines
were operated with difficulty At Youngs-
town it was IA degrees below zero.
"A wealthy farmer named Matthew Lat
timer, aged Y years, was frozen to death
last night, while walking a half mile to
his home near Elyria, o.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
BIG REWARD IN A BILL.
ore Hundred Thousand May BE Paid
for the Murderer of GOebcI.

Frankfort Ky, Feb. 25.-The special
committee having in charge the bill APP
propriating 100000 as reward for the ap-
prohension of the murderer of Goebel
will report the bill to the House Tues
day with an expression OF opinion that
it should pass. An effort will be made
to Immediately advance the bill to sec
ond reading, and Democratic leaders have
notified all Democratic members to be in
their seats that day. The measure will
PROBABLY come to a vote on its tnal read
ing either Wednesday or Thursday
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
IRON WORKS BURNED.
Fully One Thousand Employees VIII
he Thrown Out of Work.

Albany, n. Y, Feb. 25.-Fire destroyed
three buildings of the Troy Malleable
Iron works to-day. Loss $4,000. The
plant is located in the town of Colonle,
Just north of the Watevliet city bound
airy line ard east of the Erie canal. Fully
Loo employees will be thrown out of work,
and will suffer from enforced idleness
probably for three months
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
GERMAN STEEL PLATE PROFITS
Estimate of 176,oOO,OOO Marks Profit
in "a 279,OOO 200 Purchase.

Berlin, Feb. 25.-Admiral voh Tirpitz,
secretary of the admiralty, has informed
the Reichstag Budget Committee that if
the naval augmentation bill is adopted.
an order for steel plates to the value of
279 eco 0C0 marks will go jointly to the
Stumm Brothers and to Herr Krupp.
Herr Eugene Richter, the Radical lead
er. asserts that there will be clear profit
to the manufacturers of 1760O0,0O0 marks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
Running short of Ammunition.

London. Feb. GA dispatch 10 the
Morning Post from Kimberley, dated Fri
day, says:
Gen. Cronje is reported to have plenty
Of provisions, but 10 he running short
of ammunition. Mr. RhOaes is extremely
hopeful that the war has reached its DON
Guiding stage"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

Berlin, Feb. 25.-The influenza is still
raging. Princess Frederick Charles has
been attacked. The Italian ambassador
mere, Count LAMA di Busca, has invited
Emperor William and the elite of Der In,
among them United States Ambassador
White and Mrs White, TO a dinner to-
night. but he was seized with influenza
ms morning, and the dinner was post
poned
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
TROUBLE ABOARD THE MISSOURI.
Statements of Officers of the Ship to
Be Forwarded to Washington.

Be Forwarded to Washington.
San Francisco, Feb. 25.-Trouble aboard
the hospital ship Missouri is being inves-
tigated officially. Capt. Barneson, ma
rine superintendent of transport service,
has commenced to take the statements of
officers of the ship, to be forwarded to
Washington.
Capt. Dillon, master of the vessel, made
certain charges against Maj. Arthur, chief
surgeon of the Missouri, which the latter
resented and retaHated by preferrins
counter-charges against Capt. Dillon.
Chief Officer w. b. Barrett, Second OFF,
GER brunswick and Third officer Loen-
CALM. upon which they were suspended.
A board of survey has already deter
mined that Capt. Dillon was right in re-
gard to the unseawoTlhy and unsatisfac-
tory condition of the hospital ship but
further charges have been made by him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
HARRY WELDON STRICKEN.
For Twenty Years Sporting Editor
of the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Cincinnati Feb, 25.-Harry Weldon,
twenty years the sporting editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, was stricken with
paralysis to-day. The stroke does not al
feet the brain. He is perfectly con-
scious, but is unable to speak The stroke
seems 10 affect chiefly the vocal organs
and the right arm and leg. His great
weight OF 2JO pounds is somewhat against
him, but his physicians say his chances
for recovery are good.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
British Near Ladysmith.

London. Feb. 26.-The Times publishes
the following dispatch from Coienso, dat
ed Saturday.
The British are now within two miles
of being in touch with Ladysmith; but
the ground still to he covered is the hard
est part and severe fighting must be eN-
pected."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
List of Canadians Killed.

ottawa, Ont, Feb. 25.-Sir Alfred Miner
has cabled Lord Mimic the list of Cana
dams killed at Modder river. 1t is exactly
the same as appeared in Associated Press
dispa tches, giving eighteen instead of
nineteen as first reported
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

Black Foot, Ia, Feb 25.-The Democrat
ic silver Republican and Populist con-
ventions met at Idaho Falls yesterday
and declared for a union of silver forces
in the state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
nocrs aid Fourtcen streams.

Kimberley Feb, 23.-It is reported that
the Beers were in strength at Fourteen
Streams. to the north, on Wednesday,
having two guns and many wagons They
had destroyed the bridge over the Wal
river.
October's mail arrived to-day by the
first passenger train from the South.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
Mr.. Bryan Goes to Memphis.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 25.-To-night at
II o'clock Hon. w. j. Bryan, accompan-
led by Secretary of State w s. Morgan,
left here for Memphis. During the day
MIR. Bryan was entertained by several
nrominent residents Of Nashville and re-
ceived many callers at his hotel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
Flour Mill burned at Halifax.

Halifax, N. S. w, Feb. 25.-The works
of the Maritime Milling Company OF New
Glasgow We're destroyed by fire to-day
together with a grain elevator and thou
sands Of bushels of grain. This was the
pioneer -four mill in the lower provinces
I,oss 100000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
ONE HUNDRED LOCOMOTIVES.
baltimore and Ohio Put Out Another
Large Order.

Baltimore, Feb. 25.-The Baltimore and
Ohio has ordered 100 Vauclaitt compound
consolidation freight locomotive; deliveries
to be made after the sixty-fve now beine
built are completed The company also
announces that it is building at Curtis
Bay, Md, the largest coal dock on the
Atlantic coast.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
CONSERVATION AT PRETORIA
CONTINUED from First Page.

toria border on CONSERVATION. Gen. Louis
Botha and President Steyn are both urg-
ing Presiden Kruger TO sue for peace. Al
Bloemfontein Gen. Cronjes position is re-
garded as hopeless"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

nan river at Augusta. at a. m. (75th snc-
fldlan tlme) yesterday was 12S feet. fall
OF 06 foot during the preceding twenty
four hours
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations, Savannah.
Ca, Feb 25 1900, p m. 18th meridian
time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
sympathize with the Beers

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 25.--The Hibern-
ian Benevolent Society of this city to-day
adopted resolutions of sympathy with the
Beers in their war with Great Britain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Monday and Tuesday:
Georgia and South Carolina: Fair and
not 50 cold Monday; rain and warmer
Tuesday; fresh westerly shifting 10 east
erly winds.
Eastern Florida; Fair aud warmer Mon
day. Tuesday fair in southern, probably
rain in northern portion; winds shifting to
fresh southeasterly
Western Florida: increasing cloudiness
and warmer Monday; probably rain Tues
day; fresh to brisk southeasterly winds
Yesterdays Weather at savannah
Maximum temperature $50 p. m. 4S degrees
Minimum temperature s a. m. b degrees
Mean temperature ............... IS degrees
Normal temperature ............ 56 degrees
Deficiency of temperature....1 is degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
req, I Observation-Disclosures. 93 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. l ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. degrees
hdlnldH Observation-Disclosures. 90 inch
WI Hidi ..s.s..---... ............,.. IL inch
Deficiency since Feb. 1 .......... "a incih
Deficiency since Jan. 1............ rs inch
River ReporJ-The hight of the SaVan-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

Cane Henry Va, Feb. 25-The Norwe-
pian schoolship Ellida passed over to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
BARGE GEN. WILEY CAPsIzEs.
Capt. Harold ana Four Little Child
rem Were Drowned.

Newport, r. l., Feb. 25.-The barge Gen.
Wiley. one of a tow of five barges strung
out behind the tug Ivanhoe, when off
Beaver Tail light during the gale last
night broke her tow line and capsized
carrying down an unknown man, the only
person aboard. The barge is drifting out
to sea- bottom up and is a menace to nav
igation between Point Judith and Gay
head
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

Providence r. L., Feb. 25-In the foun-
dering of the barge Gen. Wiley off Mar
ragansett pier early this morning, Capt.
Harold and four little children were
drowned despite all attempts to save them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26

IT, temperature; ~ velocity of wind
=. below zero.
II. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-08
HOLIDAY SOUVENIR.

Ne have received from the publishtr.
r. II. Russell. NO. West Goth Street,
New York, copy oc the Maude Adams
souvenir. 1t is very handsome aud con-
tains some splendid photographs Of the
famous play. L'Aiglon, III which Miss
Adams is at present starring. The cover,
By Ernest Haskell. IS well executed.
We have received from the Bell Book
& Stationary Co, Richmond, Va,
the Omar, khayyam' calendar for 1901.
which is a work of art worthy to have
a place in the most artistic home. There
are six beautiful engravings, represent
ing different scenes in this famous book
Of poems with appropriate quotations.
We have received from the same pub
fishers an 'hstorical'' calendar which.
in its way, is quite as artistic and at
tractive as the other. Little children in
fancy costume are made to represent
The Courtship of George Washington"
Ben Franklin's Arrival in Philadelphia,
"The Surrender of Corvallis. The
Boston Tea Party. and so on. Either of
these calendars would make most ac-
ceptable holiday present.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-08
OUR GREATEST PROBLEM.

The Baltimore Herald Teproduces some
remarks of OURS concerning election frauds
sn Virginia, and adds:
The condition is plainly the result OF too
long tenure Of office by one party The
Democratic bosses feel absolutely secure
az. inst defeat and free TO do as they
please Ia spite Of amy shocked feelings
OF the better element. There is no surer
guarantee of good government than the
,.ssibility Of the success of the opposing
1,aI-;y at another election. ard no more ef-
tive promoter of governmental corrup-
ton than insur!ng one party against de-
feat Hence. tie limitation of the t!ai-
ch.se among the negroes, which one Viz
gina paper attempts TO demonstrate, is
proved by the present conditions 10 be
necessary for hel1eSt government, would,
on the contrary, be long step toward
making the conditions still worse than
they are now.
There can be no question that 4 large
majority in Virginia wishes an honest i'd
.ninistration of she States affairs. II that
ma jority. were given The advantages Of ae
law which would enable every man, no
matter what his intelligence might be,
provided he could recognize his party
emblem. 10 cast his vote as lie desires. It
would efeciuaily protect the State against
any maladminisiration, whether by whites
or blacks.
Our Baltimore contemporary does not
clearly understand the situation in Tir-