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The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
HOYT'S TRAGEDY.

Charlie" Hoyt has been known to the
people of this country. from one end of
it 10 the other, for several years as fun
maker His farce comedies. the brightest,
cleanest and most wholesome OF a genera
ton, have conjured up literally millions
of laughs. His wit, keen and bright, and
his humor, always pungent. has never
been of the kind to wound and rankie.
With remarka bic perception he has been
able to see the droll. the ridiculous, the
funny things in life, and to place them
on the stage in such manner that they
gained rather than lost in power 20 APP
peal TO the observers sense OF humor. AS
a creator Of comedies of the lighter sort,
Hoyt was at the head OF his profession
His genius was recognized and acknowl-
edged, and had won substantial reward
Poor Ecyt IS temporarily in the public
mind just now, not as a creator of come
dies but as the central figure in par
ticuar touching tragedy. The man who
for years caused Others to laugh is him
self now beyond other than a maniacal
laugh. He is insane, and has been COM
mitted to an asylum, with scarcely a shad-
ow Of a hope that he will emerge from it
alive. The nature of his ailment is called
paresis His brain is sottening. The once
brilliant mind is clouded. He cannot re-
member clearly any matter except that
he has lost his beloved wife and child,
and that memory only tends to add to his
trouble.
During the examination of Hoyt for COM
mItment TO the asylum there was a pa
theuc incident. For one brief moment
he seemed to be himself again, and his
sense of humor was as keen as ever. Il
studied law once for a year, Judge" he
said. AT the end of the year asked the
lawyer with whom was studying how he
thought was getting on. He said. We'll,
Hoyt. 1 know all of your stories, and you
know all of mine That was what he
thought had learned in a year so I gave
up the law" This caused a smile in the
court room, but the smile quickly
melted into something which resembled
tears when 1t was seen that Hoyt was
staring blankly into space and that his
face had assumed an almost idiotic ex-
preston.
What formidable list of people of the
theater has Of recent years passed from
this stage of action by the paresis route!
Among those who will be most readily re-
called are John Mccullough and Billy"
Seaman both actors of reputation. And
now Hoyt the playwright is to be added
to the list.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
Satisfied with Themselves.

Schopenhauer, the great German philos-
opher, afforded one Of the most remark
able examples of self-complacency that
have ever been known, says London Tit
Bits. His naive eulogiums on his own
productions are almost beyond belief.
In writing to the publishers of his work
he says:
Its worth and importance are so great
that l do not venture to express it, even
to you, because you could not believe
me-" and he proceeds to quote review,
which speaks of me with the highest
praise, as the greatest philosopher of the
age, which is really saying much less
chan the good man thinks.
Sir" he said 70 an unoffending strang-
er who watched him across a table dhote,
where he acted the part of the local
lion" habitually, sir, you are evident
ly astonished at my appetite. True, I
eat three times as much as you, but then
l have three times as much mindw
A Well-known English novelist has a
great appreciation of his own powers and
work, and many stories are told of the
obtrusive way in which he displays his
vanity. A writer says of him:
Every year A. visits three or four
fashionable watering places, at each of
which the following episode occurs at
least thirty times. The novelist in
dulges in small talk with the little chill
dren on the sands. and invariably ends
the conversation thus: DO you know who
has been talking with you? A! Tell
that at homer"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
Chewing Orders

Fun at the expense of his wife. provided
he were the originator of it, gave Horace
Greeley much innocent pleasure-wherein
he was not unlike many ano her man of
less distinguished character. Illustrative
is this ncdent, found in Lippincotts:
Mr.. Greeley enjoyed a holiday in the
country with he enthusiasm of a boy All
his cares and troubles were left behind.
locked up ia his desk in the Tribune Of
hce. Mrs. Greeley was different from her
noted husband in this respect. She brought
her cares along with her, and among
them that of keeping Mr.. Greeley within
bounds One day she kept at him till he
said
"All right, mother; whatever you tell
me to do the rest of the day I'll do"
An hour or two later they were getting
info a rowboat for trip to Iona Island,
a rural paradise SURF unded by the wa
ters of the Hudson. Mrs. Greeley stepped
in first sat down. and placed her parasol
with the handle resting on the seat and
the other end on the bottom of the boat;
then, glaacing up at Mr.. Greeley who
was waiting to get into the boat she call
Cd oEt:
Now, Horace. be sure to step on my
parasol and break it getting into the
boat"
All right, just as you say" responded
Horace ckeerfully, and down came his
foot on the parasol and completely wreck
"a L.
Mrs Greel,y looked daggers a him al
The way to tho island HcrSce himself
was in the best of mo DIS, often chuckling
softly to himself, If he had just
thought of good joke He made matters
right when they got back TO the Peeks-
kill side by buying Mrs. Greeley new
parasol and handing it to her with the
bantering remark:
There. mother IS a brand-new sun
shade for YOU, much finer than the old
one and now don't you ever tell me to
sep on it unless you expect me to do 1t.
I always obey the orders of my superior
nfficer'
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
EXPECTATIONS OF THE PROHI-
DITIONISTS.

The Prohibition party is expecting TO
poll a much larger vote this year than it
did in 1896. II thinks that there are many
Republicans who will not vote for Mr.
Mckinley because they are opposed to i'm
perialism and many Democrats who will
not vote for Mr.. Bryan because they are
against the free coinage of silver.
The Prohibitionists are particularly Bit
ter against Mr. Mckinley because he will
not permit himself to be dominated by
them. one thing that embittered them
against him was his refusal to overrule the
opinion of the Attorney General that there
was nothing in the law which prevented
the maintaining of Canteens in the army
They think they know much better than
army officers what is best for the soldiers
Because the President is a member of
the Methodist Church the Prohibitionists
thought he would listen to their request
that wine be abolished from the White
House table. While he is not a drinking
man he has wine served at his table par
ticularly when he has guests. Therefore
the Prohibitioniss declare that he has
done more to encourage the liquor bust
ness, to demoralize the temperance habits
of young men and to bring Christian prac-
tees and requirements into disrepute than
any other President this republic has had"
OF course this is rather unjust to the
President but it is politics. and the Pres
ident will have TO take his share of con-
demnation for his alleged shortcomings.
No doubt the Prohibition party will draw
many more votes from the Republicans
than from the Democrats. This year its
platform contains but one plauk-the
plank against the liquor traffic. In view
Of the strong Prohibition party there IS in
| South Carolina it would be interesting to
| know whether the National Prohibition
! ticket will gee many votes in that state.
Now that Tillman has asserted that
the preachers have formed an unholy ALI
Ance with the barkeepers to defeat the
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
PER SONAL.

Mr.. SHUTS, who succeeds DR.. Leyds
as secretary of state for the Transvaal,
Is little over 20 years old. He was edu-
Gated az the Cape University and at
Cambridge, qualifying as an English bar
rister.
Prince Ching, the Chinese General,
who has been so friendly to foreigners
was for some time Lord Chamberlain Of
the Court, and was President OF the
Tsung-li-Y in 1898, when Lord Charles
Beresford visited it.
-One of the British Army's oldest Off
GERS is the Duke of Cambridge, who, not
withstanding the fact that he is three
months older than the Queen, shows few
or no traces of old age; indeed. since his
retirement from the post Of commander
in-chief he has accepted far more social
and official invitations and Engagement
than he was formerly able to do.
There has not been a New Yorker In
resentatives for seventy-three years. The
latest New York member to hold the
Speakerehip was John w Taylor, who
served from 1925 to 1927 There have been
Democratic Speakers from other states
since the close of the war-Indiana, Penn
sylvana, Kentucky and Georgia.
Joseph Flory, the Republican candi-
date for the Governorship or Missouri, is
conducting a most novel campaign among
the railroad men He has secured "a
railway velocipede, on which he has
been travelling all about the freight yards
of st. Louis and other cities in Missouri
getting personally acquainted with the
workers. He is in his shirt sleeves most
of the time.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29

Il knew the late Admiral Jack Philip
about ten years ago, when he was sta
toned at the Mare Island navy yard"
said a former Californian, now living in
New Orleans, according 20 the Times
Democrat. He was not then noted for
his professed Christianity, but was an
oUt-and-out good fellow, albeit a tritle
blunt in his speech. On one occasion
United States ship was in port-I am not
quite sure which of the fleet 1t was
and party of Frisco folks went over to
the island to see her l was with the
crowd, and while we were in the ward
room one of our number, a city official,
by the way, told the steward TO go and
get two or three bottles of champagne.
The rest of the visitors were aghast
at his effrontery but one OF the officers
made a sign to the servant and he went
out and presently came back with the
wine. While 1t was being opened the
cheeky boor who gave the order remark
ed jocularly that he always liked to de-
stroy government property. I've often
wanted to drink some of Uncle Sam's
tizz,' he added, grinning, but this is the
first chance I've ever had to sample it,
Capt. Philip was present, looking pref
ty black, and that remark was too much
for his patience Sir! he exclaimed in
his peculiar high-ptched voice, you seem
10 be under the impression that the UNI
ted States of America furnishes free
champagne 20 It's naval officers
''Well-er-don't it?' asked the visitor,
a trife Disconnected
The only drink that the government
supplies to the navy. said Capt. Jack,
solemnly IS water. You'll find plenty
OF it outside, he added after pause
Several of the ladies giggled, and the
champagne fiend took an early occasion
TO sneak away"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
BRIGHT BITS.

Very Like.-"What a lawless set those
Chinese Boxers seem 20 be"
Yes; they carry on for all the world
like Kentuckens in election time"-In-
dianapoiis Journal.
Reports from the rural districts con-
firm the impression that the hired man
perspred awfully last week, while the
farmer sat in the barn and expatiated
on his love of hard work.-Bos4 on Tran
script.
An Easy One.-"Why is W. 7. Stead
like the platform of a party that isn't in
power?"
II dunno"
He always views with alarm. "-Chica-
go Times-Herald
Aren't you ashamed to be an object
of charity?" exclaimed the pedes trian.
Il ain't no object of charity" replied
Meandering Mike. Indignantly. I'm a
great moral an civilizin' influence 1
am a promoter of philanthropy. Wash
ington Star
Passenger: Guard, have time to say
good-by to my wife at the barrier7
Guard; I don't know. sir. How long
have you been married ?-Glasgow Even
ing Times.
Different Pinks.-"Do you like pink
teas?" asked the Brooklyn girl.
Il never tasted them" replied her Wis
flor from Cook county; but l just dote
on pink lemonades. "-Brooklyn Life.
-Ratios.-The goose laid golden egg
and sixteen silver eggs in rapid success
sion. Then she laid another silver egg
and the peasant killed her forthwith.
&c INF 4aA
ratio heresyr he said. very sternly
This fable teaches how extremely earn
est are the agrarian element in respect
70 this mater of ratios -Detroit Journal
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
OUTLOOK FOR ANOTHER TICKET.

Some of the Gold Democrats are not
satisfied with the outcome of the con-
ference of the National Committee of
the Gold Democratic organization at In
dlanapolis and they hope that a presi-
dental ticket will be nominated by the
conventions called to meet at that city in
the middle of August by the Plaza Hotel
Committee and the anti-Imperalists.
There Is undoubtedly a very large num-
Der of Republicans who are against the
mperialisuc policy OF the Republican par
ty, but who will not vote for Mr.. Bryan
because he is committed to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver; and there are
some Democrats who object to voting for
Mr.. Bryan because of the silver declara-
ton in the Democratic platform This
class of anu-Imperialsts and this class
of Democrats may be able to get together
and make a ticket that will be sausfac>
tory to them.
The Democra tic leaders are not concern
ing themselves much about the matter.
They are confident that if another ticket
is nominated it will take more votes
from Mr.. Mckinley than from Mr.. Bryan
for the reason that Gold Democrats are
pretty well satisfied that Mr.. Bryan's
election would not result in the overthrow
of the gold standard, and hence will vote
the regular Democratic ticket, but there
are tens of thousands of Republicans who
will vote against Mr.. Mckinley, provided
the opportunity is offered them TO do 80,
and at the same time 40 vote 10 sustain
the gold standard.
The Republican leaders pretended to be
very glad when the Gold Democratic
Committee, which met at Indianapolis on
July % decided not to call convention
10 make a ticket. but they will not be
so well pleased If the anti-Imperialists
and Gold Democrats at their conventions
at indianapolis in August, nominate a
ticket. A ticket by that combination
would reduce greatly Mr.. McKinley's
chances for being elected.
And remarkable as 1t may seem the
candidate for President mentioned by
leaders in this combination is ex-Speaker
Thomas B. Reed. Did his remark a year
or so ago that Mr.. Mckinley had bought
O,O00OOO Fiipinos at 81 a head, win him
this distinction?
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
TWENTY PAGES
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Nouces-To Builders, Electric
Supply Company; Reports from Suwanee
Springs; Fancy and Re-pressed Brick, sa-
vannah Building Supply Company; Su-
vance Springs Hotel, Suwanee Springs,
Fla Solicitors for Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company of Newark, N. j.;
Excursion to Button Wednesday, Aug.
/; Ryans Business College; Special In
ducements az Mark Apples Repository;
Malt Mead; Helmken's Cafe; At Joyce's;
Erstes St!ftungsfest des Plattdeutschen
Bruederlichen Bundles, Schuetzen Park,
White Bluff; Auction of Bicycles, at
Thomas Bicycle Emporium; Charlton &
Charlton, Attorneys and Counsellors at
Law; Around the Horn Sunday; Levan's
Table dHo<e; Grand Union Tea Com
pany
Business Notices-Our Stock of Cut
Glass. Theus Bros; Do You Write? Hun
ter & Van Keuren.
To Rent-Modern Dwelling, c. A. Mum
ster
Educational Savannah Preparatory
School Savannah.
Hose and Reels-Edward Lovelrs Sons.
Smashing All Price Records-At Eek
STEMS.
Ladies and Mems suits-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
The Balance Of our Summer Goods Must
Go-At Gutman's.
This Week It VIII Be Mems Clothing
Leopold Adler
Cleveland Chainless Wheels-wm. & H.
H. baltimore.
Globe Shoe Store.
Laundries-savannah Steam Laundry;
E & W. Laundry.
Great Sacrifice Sale Of Odds ana Ends
Leo Frank
Whisky-Old Crow Whisky.
Ladies Underwear-Daniel Hogan.
Black Velvet Ribbons-At the Bee Hive
Seed Rye. Etc.-W. D. simkins & Co.
Ladies Shirt Waist sale-At the Bee
Hive.
A SO spent-At Ladeveze's Picture
Frame Factory.
The Mems Shoes Hanan Makes-Byck
Bros.
by c. H. Dorset, Auctioneer
A Gas Range-Mutual Gas Light Com
pany.
Financial-F. A. Rogers & Co Oimit-
ed, New York: The Yankee Consolidat-
ed Mining, Milling and Tunnenng Com
pany. Denver. Col.
Those Dinner sets-Thomas West & Co.
Antitrust Tine. W. Allen & Co.
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef
Medical-S. S. s: Worlds Dispensarv
Preparations; Hoods Sarsaparilla; Coke
Dandruff Cure; r. r. R.; Peruna; Moth
er's Friend; Bar-Ben; Tyners Dyspepsia
Remedy; Munyon's Guarantee
Cheap Column Adverusements-H
Wanted Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
THE NEW ORLEANS RIOT.

] VIII any of the ringleaders Of the New
/ Orleans riots be punished? Many inof-
/ fensiye persons were killed and a large
number wounded. For a time the city
was in the hands of a mob composed OF
the worst element of the white populs-
ton. II 1t had not been fer the prompt
response Of The law-abding portion Of the
population TO the call of the Mayor for
assistance che number of killed and
wounded would have been much larger.
The police force, If it had been inspired
by the proper spirit and had been prop
erly led. could have quelled the disorder
in its incipiency, but from the accoupts
which appear in the New Orleans papers
il is in a demoralized condition. on this
point the Times-Demotrat Of that city
says; In the first place the in
competency Of the police stands out in
high relief 1t Is. indeed. only too plain
that comparatively small force of reso-
lutte men might have brought the rioters
to terms at the outset but the golden
moments were suffered 40 slip by" The
Times Democrat places the blame for the
demoralized condition of the police on she
Police Commissioners, who, it asserts,
release offenders without inficting any
punishment upon them or infict so light
a penalty that the disorderly element
has no respect for the police or the law.
Under the circums tances the police are
without discipline and "bracing sense
of duty. In other words, the hoodlum
element being a power in politics, is per-
mitted 10 run the city
A special session of the grand jury has
been called and that body has been told
by the judge TO do its duty, which means
that it should indict every person guilty
of shooting 10 death or wounding inof-
fensive citizens during the period Of the
riots against whom it can get sufficient
evidence. But will it get evidence against
anybody? It is doubtful The guilty par
ties have friends who will see to it that
the grand jury gets no evidence. There
may be here and there a rioter without
influence or friends who will be indicted,
but it is pretty certain that the ring
leaders will get off scot free
There is a bitter feeling in New Or
leans among the white laboring class
against negroes, because the negroes, be-
ing willing to work for less wages have
practically taken possession of che
wharves. The handling of cotton and
grain that was done a few years ago by
white labor almost exclusively, is now
done by negroes. 1t is not definitely
stated in the dispatches that the race feel
ing that cropped out in the riots was due
to labor troubles, but 1t was limited. If
there had not been hatred of negroes for
some special reason, the killing of two
policemen by a negro desperate would
not have been sufficient cause for the
gathering of a mob of several thousand
people. and the beginning of an indiscrim-
mate war on the black portion of the pop
ulation. The hoodlum element of New
Orleans would be bad even if kept under
reasonably strict restraint. but, on &C
count of rotten politics and weak po-
lice department., being permitted to do
pretty much as it pleases, the wonder is
that disturbances of serious character
do not occur more frequently.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29

Help! Help In panic the passengers
rushed to the side of the ship and gazed
helplessly at those struggling in the
waves, says Harper's Bazaar. 1t was, In
deed. a perlous situation. What was to
be done? There seemed to be no rope at
hand. and there was trouble in lowering
the lifeboat and, as Is usually the case
none of the sailors could swim. AT this
instant man Of commanding presence
pushed through the frenzed crowd and
struck an attitude close to the rail. The
drowning ones recognized him a s a famous
political orator, and their spirits rose
Fellow citizens" he began, we face a
crisis!' The next moment a cry of 10Y
went up. For the people in the water
were hanging on his words, in which DO
siton they continued till the boats were
lowered. The gift of oratory is truly
blessed
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
A story of ConEer,

A story is told of certain Chinese man
DARN who once learned that Mr. Conger.
the American minister to Pekin, was not
to be baked or bluffed. A missionary of
the American Bible Society. duly provid-
ed with passports and credentials, was
stopped by the officials and held in the
military quarters on some paltry trumped
up charge. The missionary sent word to
Minister Conger. and the minister went
in person to see about il. When he learn
ed the trivial nature of the trouble he
demanded the release Of the missionary.
saying he was an American citizen and
as such his rights must be respected. but
my orders are to hold him here" said the
officer. And my orders from the United
States are to demand his release" He
must stay here until II suits His Majesty
to release him" THE United States Of
America demands his immediate release"
quietly rejoined Minister Conger land
were used to getting what we want" The
missionary was freed OF once.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29

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The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
The HIGHEST Court.

The Denver Times says that when
tom" Bagnell was justice of the peace
at Altman, the highest Incorporated town
in the country, standing 1900 feet above
sea leve', he had occasion t. fine a disor-
deIly character so and costs. The victim
Of the operation of Justice objected 10 the
finding OF the court and announced that
he would take an appeal.
What? Appeal. would your" asked the
astonishtd court. You don't come any O.
that, now. This is the highest court in
the Uni ed States. ard You can't appeal. 4"