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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New Orleans Picayune (Dem) says:
THE negro question is no longer a sec
tional question: it is a national problem.
To the 100000 negroes in the states are
to be added 100000 negroes and Asiatic
mongres in the Philippines, and 1000, 900
or more in the West Indies. When these
peoples shall he endowed with citizenship
and vested with the ballot, and enjoy the
unrestrained right to go to and from and
reside in any part of the republic, all
who can do so will emigrate to the rich
industrial states of the northern section
of the Union, there 20 enjoy their new
found social and political equality. Then
the American people will come to realize
the facts of race peculiarities and natural
selection"
The Greenville CS. c. News Dem) says:
This is a mighty good time to start
new farmers movement'-not a clap
trap concern like Ben Tillman's with loose
talk of reform" which means nothing
except jobs for few hi.nbugs but
movement with specific, declared plain
purposes Sessions of the Legislature once
i'm two years and the use of the peniten-
tiary couvicts in building a good system
of public roads would be two good things
TO start with. If we could get one or two
Legislatures elected pledged to some def
mite objects like these our state would soon
make a wonderful advance"
The Macon Telegraph Dem) says: 'If,
as a Chicago paper asserts, the price of
meat is fixed by the cattle-raiser, why
shouldn't the Southern farmeT pay more
attention to this branch of his business?
The enactment of the dog law is one step
in the direction of aid to the farmer"
The Pittsburg Dispatch (Rep) says:
Hints to Congress that the country would
like to have the war taxes reduced may be
made, but they viii be set down as COM
ing from people whose sordid souls are in
sensible to the delights of buying glory at
the highest market prices"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

1t is evident that the very elaborate ana
ingenious explanation which Mr. Gage
the Secretary of the Treasury, sent to the
House in response to its demand for in
formation of the treasury's transactions
with the City National Bank of New YORK,
has not given entire satisfaction TO the
Democrats of that body. on Tuesday Mr..
Richardson, the leader of the minority,
pointed out that while the Secretary may
not have violated the letter of the law
in his dealings with the City National
Bank, he certainly violated the spirit OF
it, He had kept within the law probably,
but he had favored the bank in way
that arrested the attention of even the
most careless Observers
Two things mentioned by Mr.. Richard
son in his remarks on the floor of the
House that are likely to play part in the
politics Of the country are the letter OF
Bank President Hepburn and the deposit
ing of the funds of the postoffice depart
ment in a bank in which Assistant Post
master General Heath is director. In his
letter TO the Secretary of the Treasury
Mr.. Hepburn. in making application for
favors for his bank, reminded the Secre-
tary of services rendered by directors of
the bank in the last presidential campaign
to the Republican party. The inference
from what he said was that these direc-
tors had made large contributions TO the
campaign fund of that party.
The question which suggests Itself in
connection with the dealings of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury and the City Ma
tional Bank. is whether the Republican
party in favoring that bank by giving
it many millions of deposits for banking
purposes and in selling it the old custom
house on terms that have provoked harsh
criticism in some quarters. had in mind
that the time was not distant when 1t
would need funds for another campaign.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been
taken from the treasury in the shape of
pensions for the purpose of influencing
the soldier vote. Is the treasury being
used also to favor banks with the expect
a tion that the campaign fund of the dom
inant party will in that way be increas-
ed?
OF course the Republican members of
Congress vehemently deny that any ma
tional bank has been favored in a way TO
justify criticism, but how do they explain
the letter of Mr.. Hepburn? As far as we
can see there is only one way to explain
it, and that is that for favors done the
Republican party his bank expected fav-
ors from the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Democrats of the House are not yet
through with Mr.. Gage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18
PER SONAL.
sires.

Gen Pole-Carew of the Ninth Brigade
of the British army In South Africa, is
very popular with his men, and is known
to Tommy Atkins as Polly Carey"
Miss Clara Bett Martins recent
success in winning two important
cases opposed by the ablest law
yers in Canada, is a rebuke for
the lawyers who held out against
her admission to the bar until the women,
headed by Lady Aberdeen, forced them to
yield.
Among Lord Methuen's decorations is
a medal conferred upon him for having
CALAMITY jumped into a Prussian canal
and rescued a would-be suicide. 1t was
conferred on him when military attache
at Berlin by the Emperor in person, at
a state ball in Berlin, in presence of the
, diplomatic corps and a brilliant assembly.
Prince Bismarck had similar medal.
The day of Lord Roberts embarka-
ton for South Africa was the anniversary
of one of his greatest victories. Twenty
years before, on Dec. 20, 1879 he met and
repulsed the great Afghan attack on the
lines of Sherpur, at Cabul and, following
up his success with a vigorous counter
attack, broke up the Afghan army and set
his own force to keep their Christmas out
side the walls they had held so CALAMITY
against the besiegers.
Henry Clews, the New York financier,
has curious way of taking off his glass
es. He never touches hand or finger to
them, but a peculiar twist and quirk of
his nose is able to dlslodge them. The
action is a combined contraction of the
muscles of the bridge of the nose and the
eyebrows. 1t requires the making of an
ugly face to perform the act, but Mr..
Clews in the meantime can keep on writ
ing or using his hands for anything else
that he may be occupied with.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18
RAPID TRANSIT IN VIEW YORK CITY

After many years of discussion New
York city, it seems, is going TO have rap
id transit. The contract for building the
rapid transit road has been awarded to
John 3. Mcdonald. The contract price
is $35, 900, 900. This amount is for construct
ing the tunnel and puttiug@ down the
tracks. Included in Mr.. McDonald's bid,
however, is an offer to operate the road
paying the city for the privilege the
amount of interest on the bonds the city
will issue to get the money for the I'M
dertaking and l per cent. additional.
Mr.. Mcdonald appears to be associated
with Tammany men, and it is probable
that the enterprise will be under the di-
rection of Tammany He is one of the
most noted contractors in the country, and
no doubt is felt of his ability to comply
with his contract He states that if moth
ing interferes to prevent him from carry
ing out his plans he will complete the
contract in three years. Naturally there
is great rejoicing among the residents of
the uptown districts of the city. With
this rapid transit tunnel road in prospect,
it is probable that there will be an i'm
mense amount of building undertaken very
soon in those districts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

Portland invalid called on local ply
stefan for an examination, says the Ore
gonian. The doctor made the diagnosis
and gave the sufferer prescription
charging him $40. Some time afterward
they met on the. street.
ing a hundred per cent. better. That
medicine, though a little expensive, was
just what you needed"
Doctor" replied the patient, "after ]
paid you $40 for the prescription,
couldn't afford to have 1t filed so didn'
take any medicine"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

1t may turn out that the seizure of that
American flour off Delagoa bay by Brit
Ash war vessel was rather a good thing,
after all, for the owners of it. There
has been a great advance in the prices of
all provisions since the flour was seized,
so that the shippers will receive more for
1t than if 1t had not been held up and the
delivery delayed. On top of this it is
probable that the British government will
pay a sum of money sufficient to cover
losses from damage to the goods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

Are the good old-fashloned complaints
and ailments coming into vogue again?
Nothing is heard of ia grippe" these
days. but half the population of BARGE
iona is said to be abed with influenza.
while London and Liverpool are suffering
from a similar visitation. And in New
York there has been a revival Of the
''pink-eye," which affected men and
horses some twelve or fifteen years ago.
The ''pink-eye," which will cause blind
ness If 1t Is neglected, viii be quickly
spread through a whole family If all of
the members of it use the same towel for
drying their faces. Individual towels and
comparative isolation of the sufferers are
the best safeguards against the spread of
the complaint.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18
AN OBJECTIONABLE TAX.

An income tax is doubtless a popular
one with those whose incomes would not
be affected by tax of that kind, but it
is doubtful if there is one person in
thousand of those that would have to
pay the tax who are in favor of it The
other day the Legislature of South Caro-
lima repealed the income tax law of that
state. There was no opposition to the re-
pealing bill And why? Because it was
found practically impossible to enforce it.
few people returned their incomes for
taxation, but the great majority practic-
ally ignored the law
There is as radical a sentiment in South
Carolina in favor of making the burden
of taxation on those who are rich or in
comfortable circumstances heavier in
proportion to their means than
on those who are not so well provided
with this worlds goods, as there is any
where else in the country. but it seems
that it was not strong enough to secure
the enforcement of am income tax law,
and so the law was repealed.
1t is probable that if Congress should
provide for an income tax there would be
about as much opposition to it as there
was to the income tax law in South Car
DINA. The fear of prosecution might
cause a larger percentage of those hav-
ing taxable incomes to return them for
taxation, but gradually the number max
ing returns would fall off until compare
lively few would pay an income tax.
The people growl at the stamp tax. but
the opposition to that tax is Insignificant
in comparison with what the opposition
to an income tax would be- The people
do not like to have their financial affairs
inquired into too closely, and the finan-
cial affairs of many of them will not bear
very close inspection.
1t was reported that the tax commits
sion of this state had under consideration
the advisabiity of recommending an in
come tax. If it had il exercised good
judgment in deciding against it. South
Cardinals experience was sufficient prob
ably to convince it of the folly of placing
much dependence upon an income tax to
increase the states revenues.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

Mr.. Bryan was probably not particularly
happy in his likenlng the Goebel-Taylor
contest to the Hayes-Tllden contest, if he
expected his remarks TO act as a sedatlve
on the Kentucky situation. Hayes is
known to every Democrat as the "fraudu-
lent President" Would he have Goebel
known as the fraudulent GOVERNOR
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

Senator Vest reaches the conclusion
that the whole Philippine question is in
"a nebulous and foggy condition" Phil
osopher Dooley sometime ago drew the
same conclusion. In different words, from
President McKinley's message with this
addition, that we would do as we blamed
please as we go along.'-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

That craftsmanship is still appreciated
in Kentucky is evidenced by the fact that
the dispatches from Frankfort telling Of
the killing of Scott, Demaree, Julian. ct
al, by Col. Colson, draw especial atten-
ton TO the circumstance that not a per-
son who was outside the line of fire re-
ceived bullet. The score of the shoot
ing, checked up after the smoke had clear
ed away, showed that the aim of each
marksman was true, and that If innocent
parties had not happened 10 be standing
in the line of fire they would not have
been hit. The safe plan would. therefore.
seem to be to avoid standing between two
Kentucky gentlemen, or directly beyond
either of them in line with the other
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

The New Orleans Picayune urges the
establishment of more technical training
schools in the South. 1t points out that
there is great difficulty encountered IN
securing home talent for the manage
ment of cotton mills and other industrial
enterprises. 1t is the lack of technical
Information, the Picayune thinks, which
makes Southern men with capital averse
to embarking in industries of which they
are comparatively or wholly ignorant.
What the South needs TO supply this
want are schools of technical instruction
in all sorts of spinning and weaving, and
in the making and handling of machinery
for such purposes. Louisiana has given an
excellent object lesson on the value of
trade schools by establishing institutions
for instruction in chemical and mechani-
cal processes required for the production
of sugar. The Morning News has often
referred to this subject, and has urged
that a state school for technical instruc-
ton should be established in Savannah,
for the benefit of the youth Of the South
ern section of the state, who are now
without the advantages of such instruc-
ton. The only chronological school in the
state is situated in Atlanta, a point con-
venient to Middle and North Georgia, but
inconvenient for South Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

1t is predicted that several Democrats
will vote for the Hanna Payne ship sub
sidy bill when it is put upon its passage. 1t
IS difficult to understand how any man
can be a Democrat and vote for so pal
pahle raid upon the treasury for the
benefit of small and favored class Of
persons as this measure proposes. What
is really needed is a law which will per-
init owners to buy ships where they can
get them cheapest, and not law to en-
able them, through giving them the peo-
pies money, to buy and sail dear ships
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

What are the Georgia grand juries do
ing about the dog law? 1t rests with them
to say whether the law shall or not go
into effect in the several counties. Wool
prices are now high. and the prospects
are that they will go still higher and re-
main at profitable figures for some time
to come. Now is the time to get rid of
the worthless dogs, in anticipation of in
creased operations in sheep raising.
Every grand jury in the state, at the first
opportunity, should recommend that the
law go into effect in the county which
1t represents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

The questions as TO when the century
ended or will end, and who wrote the gold
plank OF The ST. Louis platform. may rest
awhile now, while an effort is made to
discover VINO paid the cable tolls to Hong
Kong on Senator Hoars speech.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18
The weather,

ceded by rain in Eastern Georgia, and
rain in Eastern Florida.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

are once more looking for harmony. Their
idea of harmony, by the way, seems to
be for Addicks to have all that he de-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18
The MORNING NEWS is published

Registered at the POstOaice IN Savannah
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
GOVERNO]R'S PAY RAISED
House Passes Santee Bill Allow
ing Him $4,000 Per Year.

Des aioines, Feb. Especial )-The
house this morning by a vote of So to
49,. passed the Santee bill raising the
governors salary to $4,000, also allow
ing him 500 for his membership in
the executive council and 5000 rent,
making total compensation of Sc, 100.
There were spirited arguments by the
foes of the measure. Those talking
against the bill were Kerr of Grundy,
Davis (dem.) of Fremont, Stuart Of
Polk, Byers Of Shelby, and McUrdy OF
Buchanan. Those talking for the bill
were Eaton of Mitchell, Stallcop OF
Sac, and Santee of Woodbury..
In the senate the forenoon was spent
in a discussion of the Emmert bill,
providing for the inspection of cattle
shipped into Iowa. Hubbard, of Wood
bury offered an amendment, excepting
cattle branded thru yards under gov
ernment inspector. The bill was fl
nal!y tabled over till tomorrow. 1t is
understood here today that Governor
Shaw has tenedered the board of con-
troll appointment to w. L. Culbertson,
of Carroll, and is waiting Culbertson's
reply. If Culbertson accepts it will be
unanimously confirmed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
Goodrich Sure of Acquittal..

Sioux City, Feb. Sin the eyes of the
law, Oscar A. Goodrich stands en-
tirely cleared of the charge of muir
dering his former partner, John e.
Robson, preferred against him by a
private detective, Henry Morrison, sand
Chief of Police Harvey Hawman. His
preliminary hearing terminated abrupt
tly at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at the conclusion of the states evil
dence, when Justice Ferris refused to
let the proceedings continue, saying:
"IwQuld feel that was unfit to hold my
position did convict any person of the
smallest offense known to the Grim
inal law on this evidence that l
have heard here against Oscar A. Good
rich
The defense had in store testimony
of three persons to establish com
plete. alibi, They did not care to sub
NIT the evidence, however, because it
would reflect upon the persons with
whom he was on the night Of the muir
der. The men who caused the arrest
refuse to make any explanation what
ever of their conduct.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
MAY QUIT CEDAR RAPIDS cAolR.
w. J. Hall Offers to Resign From the
Church of DR.. Green

Cedar Rapids, Feb. s.-William j.
Hall, choirmaster at Grace church for
the last four or five years. has offered
his resignation, 10 take effect March L,
and it is intimated that at least por-
ton of the vested choir of the church
will leave with him.
DR.. L. r. Greene, the rector of the
church, who came here from Chicago,
is out of the city at present on lee
turing tour, and his version of the mat
ter cannot be secured. 1t is stated,
however, that last Sunday morning,
just after the choir had finished sing
ing ''Zion," DR.. Greene in substance
said:
when the choir concludes to follow
instructions, and not until then, will
we have some more anthems
Choirmaster Hall offered his resg-
nation the following morning.
1t is believed that if the members of
the choir really do contemplate leaving
with M. Hall that there has been a
misunderstanding somewhere and that
the matter will be easily adjusted
when DR.. Greene returns home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
WARDEN JONES REAPpoINTED.
State board of Control Gives the Pres.
emit FIT. Madison Man Fourth Term.

Ft. Madison, Feb. The state board
of control Friday night reappointed
Warden n. N. Jones. 4of the Fl. Madi-
son penitentiary. This appointment
entities him to the fourth term as war;
den of this institution. Commenting
on the reappointment the Democrat
says:
Barring all political feeling in the
matter-and by the way the position
is now supposed to be a non-partisan
one-the board has used good judg-
ment. Mr. Jones has certainly made
an excellent official; economical and
yet enterprising and up-to-date in the
many substantial improvements made
under his administration. He is also a
strict disciplinarian and allows no in
fringement on his rules. No prisoner
has ever escaped from his keeping,and
yet while strict with the prisoners (as
he should be) they also receive consid-
Grafton that compels their respect
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08

Waterloo, Feb. 7.-Safely lodged in
the county Jail Jerome w. Hoot de-
clares himself innocent of the crime of
attempting to murder his wife thru
the agency Of an internal machine. He
says he is the victim of circumstances,
but at the proper time he will be able
to prove an alipi to every one of the
links of evidence the prosecution claims
to have wor.ad around him connecting
him with the explosive in different cit
les. Hoot has engaged State sena-
tor c. w. Mullan and G. E. Prickett
to defend him. The preliminary hear
ing, which was to have been held
Saturday, has been indefinitely post
poned, and it is likely the prisoner
will await the action of the grand
Jury, which convenes in March. Very
few have visited the Jail and there is
no excitement.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
NEWS FROM THE ORIENT.
budget of Recent Events IL,
the East.

Victoria, B. c., Feb. s. GBy Associa-
ted Press Oriental advices say that
junk was caught in snow squall on
the Wuhu llver and turned turtle.
Twenty were drowned. Two buildings
of large spinning mill at Korgo Maru
We're burned and thirty-one factory
girls perished. At Kiauang three hun
dred buildings were burned. The loss
was over a million dollars. At Saigon,
an innimite woman has given birth to
twins joined together, like the famous
Siamese twins. They will be sent to
the Paris exposition. Prince Henry of
Prussia, vice admiral of the German
squadron in Chinese waters, was held
up by bandits in Siam, where he had
gone to visit the king. The robbers
secured a thousand dollars and two
bicycles.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
nI,KlNLEY RENE BERs.
Offers a Position to Relative of a Boone
Boy Who Was Killed.

Boone, Feb. POSTMASTER Means
received a communication from Con-
gresham Dolliver, saying that posi-
tion in the treasury department is now
open for some member of the family of
Mrs. Christina Reinhart, whose IA
year-old son, Fred was killed October
II, 1898, by premature explosion of a
cannon during the presidents visit to
Boone. The incident impressed itself
on Mr.. Mckinley, aud he has always
desired to do something for the family.
The chance has at last presented itself
and the welcome news comes to the
family that government position
awaits one of their number Mrs.
Reinhart has four daughters and to
one of them the place will be rendered
as soon as they decide to accept.