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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-16
SQVlHIlh BlHk Z trust O.
CAPITAL, S35O,OOO.

Accounts Of banks merchants. oorpora-
tons and individuals solicited
Savings Department. interest pas
quarterly.
safety Boxes and Storage Vaults tol
rent.
Collections made on all points At rss.
sonable rates.
Drafts sold on all the chief elites o, ne
world
Correspondence invited.
JOSEPH u. WEED. President.
JOHN c. ROWLAND. Vice PresAsnt
w. +. MecAULEY. Cashier
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REAL ESTATE AND M
PHoVEMENT COMPANY.

once OF The Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company. oct. Il. i9oo-rhe
annual meeting OF this company will be
held on Thursday 18th inst. AZ 500 O'Clock
p. m a. the Office o; the company. No. Il
Bryan street. east.
J. ~ ESTTLL. President.
NJ J. sOLOMONS. Sec'y and Treas.
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IF YoU WANT GOOD MA "A
and work. order your nthosraPas' -
nr,n,.d stationery and blank eO'A'
Morning News. Savannah. Ga
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aPECIAL notice.

LEvAN's CAFE.
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE.
III Congress street, West.
blue Point, Rockaway and Native
Oysters In all styles.
CHOP STEAKS
AND GAME OF ALL KINDS N SEASON
EVERYTHING FIRsT-CLAss.
DINING ROOMS UPSTAIRS.
JUST RECEIVED
A telegram advising the purchase Of some
elegant Traps. stanhopes. surries ana
Pneumatic Runabouts. All to be here in
ten DAYS to two weeks The very latest
vehicles and harness FOR the riding pub
lie OF Savannah by the up to date reliable
firm.
CoHEN-KULMAN CARRIAGE AND
WAGON co
BONDS EXECUTED
By the American Bonding and Trust
Company OF Baltimore. We are author
lied 20 eNecute locally umm diately upon
application. al bonds ia judicial pro-
coedings IN either tho state or United
ates courts. and Of adminisirators and
DEARING & HULL. Agents
Telephone ~. Provident Building
LOON.
The lines, line OF Manteis. Thing and
Crates ia the city. Prices rock bottom.
Save money by seeing our goods before
I purchasing elsewhere.
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY co.
Corner Congress and Drayion.
Phone $40.
NOTICE.
The schedule IS changed for suwanee
Springs You can leave savannah. via
Plant system. al a. m. arrive at tho
Springs at 1890 3. M. This schedule Is
good Tor every day in the week.
NsH AND CYPRESS LUMBER ron
SALE.
10000 feet o. ash. suitable Tor wheel
wriehts. carriage makers. car works and
interior house finish. Also cypress lumber
I OF all sizes We have resumed cutting
7 our famous brands 81 cypress shingles
and will soon have q fun line OF them Tor
sale. VALE ROYAL MFG. CO
nICE MILLING. RICE FLOUR. RICE
CHAFF.
We have a new mill with all modern
processes ard machinery. ana are now
ready for business. We solicit your pat
ronage and invite correspondence. rice
I cham free 10 patrons.
THE SAVANNAH RICE MILL CO..
U N Cunningham. President.
John scrcvcu. Jra Manager
oIn CLIENTS
Loan money at six per cent on real
estate security.
BECKETT & BECKETT.
Attorneys al Law and Conveyancers.
DH. HARTMAN
HAS RETURNED AND
RESUMED PRACTICE AT
80 Jones street. west.
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MEETINGS.


DE kALH LODbL No. ., I. o. o. Y.
A regular meeting of the lodge will be
held this evening at $50 o'clock
Members OF sister lodges and visiting
brethren cordially invited 70 attend
c. IA. CARSON. y. G..
W. ". GROSS. Secretary.
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SAVANNAH LODGE No. Is3, u. p. q.
ELKs.
A regular meeting OF this lodge viii he
held this Tuesday evening az 30 o'clock
at Elks Hall Visiting brothers are cor
daily invited 20 attend
}. J. KIRBY. +. r.
I. J. MAXWELL. Secretary.
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LOON.

The finest line OF Mantels. Thing and
Crates IA the city. Prices rock bottom.
Save money by seeing our goods before
purchasing elsewhere.
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY CO,
Corner Congress and Drayton.
Phone so.
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JUST RECEIVED
HONDs ENECuTED

By tho American Bonding and Trust
Company OF Baltimore We are author
ined 20 eNecuta locally umm diately upon
application. al bonds ia judicial pro-
ceedings IA either tho state or United
& ates courts. and Of administrators ami
guardi1ns
DEARING & HULL. Agents
Telephone A. Provident Building
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
NOTIFICATfoN TO ENGLAND
.Ofthe Senate Amendment of the Treaty
to be Made Omcially.

Washington, December 24.-The state
department has decided to send the
amendments Of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty to the British government
through two channels. one copy being
transmitted to Lord Pauncefote, the
British ambassador, and the other
through ambassador Choate, at Lon
don, who will present it to the foreign
office. 1t is the understanding tina the
state department will make no repre-
SentatiOnS whatever as to the changes
made in the treaty, the senate amend
ments will be allowed to speak for them
Selves, and the. action of the depart
ment in notifying them to the British
government will be purely formal.
AS the papers leave New York on to-
morrow's mail steamer. they should
reach London about New Years day, so
that the negotiations certainly will
lapse over into the next century at the
very earliest.
/ 1t can be authoratively stated that
there has been no exchange whatever,
either in the shape of written notes
Tor oral communications between the
state department and the governments
of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, thai has
developed a threat on the part of these
governments to refuse assent to the
construction of a canal. in view of the
action of the United States senate
upon the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. All
that is officially known of the atti-
tude of the governments mentioned is
that there representatives here, Senores
Corea and Calvo. thoroughly approved
of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty as the
basis for the canal construction. Wheth-
er or not the changes made in that CON
vention will affect their attitude is un-
known. The impression prevails thai
not being called upon to come to a de-
clsslon on this point, until the British
government shall have passed upon the
senate amendments, the governments
Iof Nicaragua and Costa Rica will moi
anticipate by any declaration at thi:
lStage.
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The Senatorial Scramble.

Lincoln. Neb.. December 23.-Assist-
ant Secretary of War George D. Meik-
leJOhn will arrive in Lincoln tomorrow
to assume personal management of his
canvass for a sea in the United States
senate. The Nebraska legislature.
which on the first of the new
year. VIII have W senators to elect.
a successor TO John NJ. Thurston. and
one to hill the vacancy caused by the
death of Monroe l.. Hayward. which is
being filled at present by William V.
Allen, by appointment of the governor.
There is a small republican majority
IN both houses of the legislature. There
are a dozen candidates for the vacant
seats. the more prominent being Mr..
Melklejohn, Edward Rosewater and
Congressman David H. Mercer, of
Omaha; David E. Thompson, of Lin
coin; former Congressman Hainer. Of
Aurora; l.. D.. Richards. Of Fremont;
f. h Hlnshaw. of Fairbury. and form
er Governor Lorenzo Crounse, Of Fort
Calhoun. himself a member of the
state senate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28

life Imprisonment Andy has always
been a good prisoner. Two years ago
he was offered a pardon but declined TO
accept il as long as Captain Bill Day
was superintendent, but would take Il
when Captain Days term ended. which
is in March.
The convicts will have 4 merry
Christmas. with an abundance of good
cheer. not forgetting AM OF which
they are very found
Business Manager Womble. Of The
Times-Visitor was on Saturday sworn
in as a magistrate. He 10 20 delighted
with the honor hat the paper this af-
ternoon that he will perform
the marriage ceremony for any n all
people. free OF charge, during the holi-
days The paper that il Will
give a dinner &C the first couple &C
cepting his offer.
II is now learned why Senator Pritch-
ard did not take the district judgeship
when James E Boyd was appointed.
IL was because he was waiting for the
circuit judgeship. Congress will pro-
vide for another circuit judge in this
district and hen two year. hence,
Pritchard will get the place. Promi-
nent republicans tell me this
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
CHE CHINA NOTE SIGNED
Minister Conger Notifies Our rel
ment-A Curious Mistake

Washington. December 24.-Secretary
Minister Conger. at Pekin, announcing
that he had signed the agreement
reached by the foreign ministers, but
had done SO with a written explanatory
statement. setting forth the exact po-
sition Of his government. The text Of
the statement is not forwarded by MI.
Conger. out it is understood to be
based upon the last instruction he re-
ceived from the department which,
while disappearing the inclusion in the
agreement of some of the more severe
language. accepted it as the best ar
rangement that could be made at this
time. 1t is believed that the United
States also. while Sanctioning the pro-
visions of the agreement relative to the
maintenance of permanent lines of
communication. legotion guards and
prohibition of the Importation of arms
into China. indicates clearly that o
StitutiOnal reasons prevent the eXecu-
tive from making any pledge to take
part in the execution of these plans.
The signature of the agreement by
the ministers closes what is regarded
here as the first. the most important
n the most difficult phase of the
negotiations as to China. for it is not
doubted that the Chinese ENJOYS will
subscribe to the agreement, without
amendment. Its conclusion has been
marked by one of the most curious mis-
takes in the history of information eX-
change, for by a cipher error. the ma
jority of n signatures found, to their
amazement. that they had contracted
to do exactly what they did not in
tend, and moreover the error was ir-
r~etrievable. "
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
A SUPERB RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
The Pope Closes the Holy Door of st.
Peters.

Rome. December 24.-The Pope today
performed the ceremny OF closing the
holy door Of St. Peters cathedral with
the gorgeous forms usual to great func-
tions of this kind. 1t was a magnificent
spectacle. There was a great gathering
of the princes OF the church. who par
ticipated in the ceremony. which was
witnessed by enormous crowds.
The closing of the holy door took
place with the utmost pomp OF the
Catholic church. His holiness descend
ed to ST. Peters cathedral at IL O'Clock
a. m. and the ceremony lasted until l
o'clock p. m. The pope then returned
to his apartments apparently not IA
tigued. He intoned the TIE Deum in a
voice and throughout gave
evidence of being in excellent health
and spirits. He used the artistic. gold
en- trowel, subscribed for by the Catho-
lies of the world, in mortaring the three
gilded bricks which he placed as a first
layer on the threshold OF st Peters
door.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
500 Reward 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease hat science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, ana
is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is h only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
|stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
is ken internally, acting direct
Ily upon the lood and mucous surfaces
lof the system, thereby destroying the
Foundation OF the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution n assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
iof testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & Co., To-
lledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
Waits

Master-"Did you give the mare her
brandy this morning. Pat?' Pat
Sure, yer Honor, it was a very cowld
morning, so we tossed for it. and, faith,
the mare lost!"-Tit-Bits.
An Optimist.-The Angel-"Don't you
think it's a shame for me to go to
church alone every Sunday" The
Brute-"Oh, 1 don't know. You might
be doing some thing worse.
Helpful Child.-Caller-"My. What a
big girl you're getting to be. You'll soon
be able to help your mother about the
house" Ethel-"Oh. I do b a already.
Whenever she says For goodness sake
get out of my way 1 do it."-Philadel-
phia Press.
p M~ildred-'The Count proposed to me
last night" Enthusiastically? l
thought he was cured of that habit
Last week he told me he "a ablaze
with a consuming o for me, and
papa had him put out with a household
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Life.
An Extreme Case.-His Wife-"Well.
never thought Bill Green was fool
enough to get bounced like that" The
Farmer-"But that amt the wust of it.
He's fool enough to think that may be
the police IL git his money back-an'
that they'll give it TO him if they do"
Puck.
In Brooklyn-"Do you boil your
water before drinking it?" Boil ii!
Well,I guess not. I'd rather drink a
mena gerie than a cemetery any day
Life.
Reward of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
How do you manage to knit so much
in 50 short a timer" Ninette-'Every
time I do ten rows / give myself q
| chocolate cream."-Chicago Tribune
The Regular Procedure.-First Offct
Boy-"Wot'n yer do If the boss raise:
yer salary from tree ter five" Second
Office Boutwell,. 1 hain't fully de
cided-'cept dat I'll take UP COLT
Puck.
4 Champion.-Miss Pinkerfy-"Dbn'
you think, Ar. Tutter. that Miss Va
Antler is a beautiful grip" Youkg Tue
ter-"Yes, Miss Clara But you wef'
no doubt just Is beautiful al her age.
Detroit Free Press.
Impossible in His Case.-"CoIne
come. my boy, don't cry" urged tn
kindly old gentleman. Doubles
your troubles are very real and Sc
rious to you, but you should be mani,
in adversely" Il mt be" sobbed tn
by. Why not?' asked the kindly oil.
gentleman. Ma won t let me swear.
-Chcicago evening Post
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Still Fighting in the PhiIfppines,

Manila, December 24-Advices to the
Associated Press from the island of
Leyts show that there is still consider
able turmoil On the west coast, but the
asst coast is quiet, the leaders having
retired to the mountains. Lieutenant
Frank E. Lynch and three men of the
One Hundred and Firty-fourth volun-
teer infantry were wounded near Hon
gas, on the west coast. Two men OF
Company l., Forty-third volunteer in
fantry, were killed and three of Compa-
MES l.. and X, together with Lieuten-
ant Louis II. Leaf, were wounded, De-
cember 18th. near San Miguel, north
western Leyte. Nc decided results have
yet been secured by the 1000 United
State troops distributed among the
coast towns of Samar.
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REvrvALoF THE BoER WAR.
De Wet Declared to be a Great Military
Genius-The Invasion OF Cape Colony
a Serious n Well Planned Affair.

London. December e4.-Lord Kitcn-
|ener's dispatches. breathing a conn
ldence hardly justified by their con-
tents, are almost the only available
news from the seat OF hostilities IN
South Africa but kilograms from Cape
Town depict the situation in anything
roSeate hues.
Without believing the assertion Of
the Transvaal agency in Brussels that
six thousand Beers have evaded Cape
lColony, 1t is quite evident h a the in
Ivasion was a serious and we'll planned
affair. In connection with this CORES
pondent sends an extremely interest
ling letter, dated. Betnulie. December
list. describing General de Wet and his
Idoings.
De Wet has never been taken seri-
ously enouge," says the correspondent.
cit is of little use to pursue him. as he
fights a rear guard action and gains
twenty miles while it IS, being fought.
He is a born military genius, whose
wonderful powers have kept up his
phenon1fnal resistance.
Once. he fails the whole thing could
be crushed in a fortnight. He has
levery single commando under his Su-
IperVAeiOn. All his patrols and columns
Icounter-march on his order. The
forces under his command have been
reduced by his strength of will to a
properly organized army. moving at
his word. The sooner the British rid
themselves of the idea that dew
forces are a mere rabble. wandering
aimlessly. the sooner they will grasp
the need of the determined effort which
is necessary to capture him."
The Cape Colony cabinet had an i'm
portant sitting yesterday. (Sunday.) II
appears hat the Doe have destroyed
a railway bridge ninety feet long, about
twelve miles south of DeAar and that
no Cape mails have arrived at Bloem-
fontein for three days.
Further anxiety has been caused in
cape Town by the discovery that dur
ing the last two months public bodies
lin out of the way places. nave requi,
lsitioned supplies of dynamite. The
The Colonial government is now en-
deavoring to possession OF
those explosives and is removing al
stores of arms and ammunition from
suspected depots.
Other advices from Cape Town rep
resent the Dutch element in Cape Col.
ony as greatly elated over the south.
ward progress of the Beers, and as
Boosting that the whole district of Vic.
toria West will join the raiders. 1t il
Expected in CVape Town that the fore
travelling from Zoutpan's Drift is no
a body of Beers. but one of colonials
Fastening to join the invaders.
The Pietermaritzburg correspondent
of the Daily Mail, says:
THE Beers have acted between
Johannesburg and Pretoria, eXchang
ing shots with the British outposts
and tits reported that parties of Boer
are lowering around johannesburg"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Opinions Filed by the Court-Transfer
o~fConvicts-A Noted ConvIct-Pritch.
ard and the Judgeship.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. c.. December "a.

Raleigh, n. c., December "a.
The suprme court today filed the fol-
opinions: Barney VS.. Allen,
from Baden, affirmed; Terrell VS..
Broadway, from Lenoir; petition to re-
hear allowed and payment below af-
firmed; Tiddy VS.. Graves, from Gull
ford, petition allowed, and judgment
below affirmed; Arthur VS.. Broadway,
from Lenoir, affirmed; Roseman VS..
Roseman from Rowan, affirmed; Bailey
VS.. Bailey, from Buncombe, no error.
Forty convicts will Wednesday be
transferred from the penitentiary to
Moore county, where they will build a
lumber railway for w. H. Britton and
will then cut timber for his 'sawmills.
The contract is for a year. :
Rev. A. A. Pruden, agent for st.
Mary's school here, which is owned by
the three Episcopal dioceses in this
state and. that of South Carolina, was
here yesterday after having spent six
weeks in South Carolina, where he col
lected $4,000 towards paying the debt.
He will return there after the holidays
and collect Sc, 600 more.
The supreme court really adjourned
for the term at 9 o'clock Saturday
night. The justices went HON yester-
day afternoon.
The oldest convict in the p~enitentiary
today Winecoff, colored, will depart
in March. He was N office boy fol
Governor Vance when the latter prac,
ed law at Charlotte. Andy committed
some crime, Runaway, and turped VI
in Robson county with the Henry Der
ry Lowery outlaws. was tried and sen
fenced and was on the galows. witt
the rope around his neck when Cover
nor Vance commuted his sentence Il
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
AT WORK.
Livery Stables and stool Burned
Telephone Operators substantial
Christmas Greeting.
Especial to the Messenger.)

Goldsboro, December 2A-Wynn &
Son, Of Snow Hill. suffered a loss OF
about $4,000 by fire last night in the
destruction of their stables, feedstuffs
and some forty head Of horses n
mules. The origin of the fire is sup
posed TO be incendiary.
Miss Katie Powell, day operator in
the telephone exchange. was presented
today with quite a handsome purse by
the phone subscribers III the city in ap-
probation of her most excellent and
courteous attention to the duties OF the
position.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
Coal Mine Burned Forty-Two Years

Tamaqua, Pa, December 23.-The ON
Gals of the Lehigh Coal and Naviga-
ton Company are jubilant over the fact
that the fire in the celebrated burning
mine at Summit Hill, which started
forty-two years ago, is now under con-
troll. and it is said that the next two
years will see it's extinguishment. The
fire, which has consumed about thirty
five acres of the finest coal land in the
anthracite coal region, has moved west
ward toward Lansford.
Two immense drilling machines,
which have been constantly probing Tor
the fire, have now honeycombed the
earth to the west of the burning por-
ton.
Culm is being poured into these holes,
and a solid mass will thus comfort the
fire.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
Platt ON RooseyeIt,s Coup.

New York, December 23.-"I was not
consulted" said Senator Plat this
evening when he was asked his opinion
of the removal of District Attorney
Gardiner and the appointment of Eu-
gene A. Philbin as his successor, and
as far as / know no one connected with
the republican organization was con-
suited by the governor. / do not de-
sire to criticise the action of Governor
Roosevelt Mr.. PhiIbin may be a good
man for district attorney. If he should
perform his duties without fear or favor
and pro~ecute law breakers. he will
have the support of h republican or
ganization and the people of the city"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
Big Christmas for Convicts
Especial to the Messenger

ISptCIdI 10 the MtSStnStT.J
Raleigh, n. c., December 24.-The
Christian Endeavorers will hold special
services in the penitentiary tomorrow.
There will be a large choir of Raleigh
singers.
The Kings Daughters. of Greensboro,
have sent 1000 gifts for the convicts in
the penitentiary and on the farms.
Raleigh had the livelist Christmas
eve on record; business today also
broke all records.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
The Censns OF Ch.rlotte

charlotte, n. c., December 23.-This
city showed a gain of over so per cent.
IN population by the federal census, the
city being rated at 1S,091. The count
restricted, of course, to the terri
tory within the city limits. The new
cotton mills n suburban towns quilt
In past ten a join the city close
~ being divided only by the corporate
lines, and while not dissatisfied with
the u of the government enumera-
tors the city authorities ordered a DO
lice census. which would take in the
whole city. This census has been COM
pleted and shows a population of q. 752.
The police count inside the incorporate
limits showed. a gain of 1,s11 over the
tfadara1 canc,,C
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
The Editorial sswe', Defined.

Some one has explained the signif-
canoe of the editorial we" II n
have a variety Of ms1aigs. For ex-
ample, when you read. W expec1 our
wife home to-day we refers TO the
editor. I'VE are a litCle late with our
work" includes the whole office force,
even the devil and the towel; in We
are having q boom" the town is meant:
we received over 10000 emigrEnts
last year" embraces the nation; bu1
we have hog cholera in our Mist
means that the man who taxes our
paper and will not pay for ii. -Na
Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
Anxious for Canadian Troops

Ottawa, Ont, December 24.-The
Colonial Office is anxious to get as
many Canadians as possible to- Join
Baden-PowelIs TranSvaal mounted pO-
lice. If 1000 Canadians volunteer for
this service it is the intention of the
Imperial government to offer ten cap
taincies and Is lie%utenancies in force
to qualified officers of the Canadian
militia. The pay for men is five chill
.lings per day from the date of landing
in Cape Town with free transportation
from Canada to South Africa.