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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26

barrier to view this manifestation of Dig
NIFTY Many remove their hats as the court
mes by and on every face Is an express
SION OF respect and interest No express
SION OF Impotence escapes even the be-
lated senator who is delayed by this pro-
cesslon as he hurries to reach the Senate
chamber in time for prayer.
There is no talking among the specta
Tors when the court is in session. and
even when the bench is vacant and
strangers are viewing the deserted cham
Der they usually speak In whispers. An
Ola whlte-bearded colored man who sits
at the door is the personification of sill
ence and dignity, and the sight of him is
enough to make those even of frivolous
mind grow grave and walk on their tip
toes. He, silently, with perfectly noise-
less motion, opens the door to each conner
and as noiselessly closes 1t again or If the
chamber is full stands with his back to
the door, and, without saying a word.
Keeps others from attempting 90 enter
Newspaper reporters are not expected TO
SIT In the Supreme Court room. IL they
enter they are expected to be as other
visitors and not attempt to take notes of
the proceedings. A ready attendant will
at once interfere II a notebook is drawn.
When Chief Justice Fuller was in
stalled an exception was made after
much influence had been brought 10 bear
and after long elaboration, and certain
limited number of newspaper men were
provided with seats within the bar of the
court. Probably half a dozen such were
admitted and on the desk provided for
each was quill pen and little square
bottle of ink, which they were expected
10 use. When the Kentucky case was be-
ing argued orders were given not TO adj
init newspaper men generally, even in
the capacity of visitors.
The other day two lawyers met in front
of the court room and one reminded the
other that though he had on a black
coat his neclxtie was purple. The lawyer
with the colored tie had been IN the court
room, but the other could not venture in
because, not expecting on leaving home
that he would visit the Capitol, he had
worn a light spring suit Lawyers APP
pearing within abe bar of the court,
though they are mere spectators, must
wear black. What an awful thing would
happen If one should appear before the
court In a light suit is not known, for no
one has had the temerity to try H. The
dignity and decorum of the court goes
a long way in preventing that loss Of re-
spect that usually comes from too great
familiarity, and It's effect is apparent to
an observer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
MYERS HAS THE MOST VOTES
HOW TALLAHASsEE SIZES UP THE
RACE FOR GOVERNOR.

Puts Myers I'm the Lead with Jen-
nings Close Second-Beggs Comes
Third, While Mays Has Good Fol-
lowing and Milton Leads the Tail
End-But There VIII BE No Ger
tainty Until the FineI Vote Is
Counted.
Tallahassee, Fla, May Sat different
times during the past two months the
Democrats of the several counties of Flor
ida have been holding primary elections
and county conventions and selecting their
apportioned number of delegates to the
Democratic State Convention, which will
meet in Jacksonville on June 10 for the
| purpose of choosing eight delegates 10 rep
| resent Florida at the Kansas City ConVen-
ton, and also to nominate candidate s for
| governor, one justice of the Supreme
Court, Secretary of State. Attorney Gen
eral, Comptroller, Treasurer, Superintend
ent Of Public Instruction. Commission OF
| Agriculture, a Railroad Commissioner for
| four years, and four Presidential electors
| and four alternates, TO be voted for at the
general election in November.
The selection of delegates by the counties
has just been completed. The Florida dele
cation to Kansas City will beynod perad-
venture be instructed for Mr.. Bryan. The
great fight to come before the State Con-
vention will be over the gubernatorial
nomination, for which five well known and
able Floridians, each of them under the
age of fifty years, have entered Some of
the best political experts at the state cap
ital distribute the &2 votes of the con-
! vention as follows
BpEpS
50, for Mays Al, for Milton II. Necessary
to secure the nomination, as the two
thirds rule will prevail 1888 votes.
Regarding Hillsboro county's 20 votes.
which are not included above, Hillsboro
is the home county of Congressman Steve
NJ. Sparkman, and it is said on good au-
| thority that he controls the county's dele
| cation; and that as each of the guberna-
torial candidates is a close personal and
political friend of his, and all of them ex-
| cept Judge Beggs are from his district,
Mr. Sparkman, having keen regard for
| his own future career in Florida politics,
is almost certain to indulge in what Flor
ida politicians call playing Jefferson
county politics'-that is, scatter the votes
of the delegation amongst all the candi-
| dates.
| Nearly all of the counties placed their
| delegations under the unit rule, requiring
| the whole vote of the county to be cast as
a majority OF the delegation elects. owing
| to the fact that the pr ferences OF the ma
| jorities of most of the delegations. even OF
| those uninstructed for any particular CUB
ernatorial aspirant by the constituencies
creating them, is well known by general
repute and open expressions of the dele
| gates, it is easy to predict thus far in ad-
vance the standing of the several candi-
| dates. 1t is worthy Of note, however that
considerably more than half of the votes
| are uninstructed by their counties In the
governorship matter, which fact leaves
room for the working of many changes
/ should sufficient pressure be brought to
/ bear.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
ENGLISH ROBSONISM.
American Girls Want the Real
Thing-Their English Cousins Kiss
Pictures
From the London Express.

From the London Express
Did the genius of the lamp but transport
Lord Roberts or some of the other popular
generals from South Africa to the counters
of some of our fancy shops in the West
End, one may safely say they would deem
it necessary 10 blush
To be more explanatory, there has lately
sprung up an ungovernable desire on the
part of ladies' ''who shop" 20 publicly dem
onstrate their affection for the British
army; and this is how the thing is done.
The sale of buttons, their fronts adorned
with the miniature portraits of military
heroes, has lately assumed gigantic pro-
portions.
No lady enters a diapers shop of estab-
lished degree without stopping at the but
ton basket and making a selection.
Here is where the ELUSIVE demonstra-
ton limited at above begins. Dipping a
delicate hand into the basket, the custom
er will shuttle its contents until she alights
on the man of her choice" When the
discovery is made, the shop-girl is The wit
ness of a round of kisses spontaneously be-
slowed on the little button
Public criticism has significant effect
on the feminine attentions thus so daintily
made. For instance, Gen. Butler is The
recipient of far fewer kisses than former
ly; Lord Methuen, though his blue-bIoodsd
connections bring him prominently forward
has similarly suffered in popularity, and
Sir Charles Warren remains mute in the
basket
On the other hand, "Bobs" and Kitch-
ener are, il almost goes without SAYING
prime favorites; proprietors have deemed
it only judicious TO let these two portraits
principally predominant. Last, but not
least, is the heroic defender of Mafekng
and, with all due Difference TO Lord Rob
| erts, ii must be confessed that he gets
more kisses than anybody In fact, many
ladies' are impervious in this respect. and
won't go away till "R-=P-" has been Sc
| cured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26

The decorum is painful, but this does not
deter the American citizen who comes to
inspect the seat of government from lin
gering fondly about the place. When the
Kentucky case was argued, not only was
the court room crowded, but a long line
of people waited outside for chance to
slip through the door The manner of these
pilgrims to the shrine of the law does not
Indicate any loss of respect by the plain
people for this august body. The two
places in Washington where the Vandal
stands in awe are the Supreme Court and
the White House, and in the latter place
the rule has not been invariable. In all
other public places may be found the
dirty fipgerprints of the vandal. The mon
ment is Clipped, statues are married,
fragments are cut from the furniture and
hangings of the Senate and House of
Representatives, and names have been
scratched into the marble and on the
bronze doors, but something holds the
most ruthless in check when he comes to
the Supreme Court.
This court is the one place where great
formality is observed, and witnessing the
depression IL makes upon the public one
may readily understand why the people
who have recently come TO us from under
the Spanish rule of civil degradation and
official spendor should feel that there
must be deficiency when official functions
are not conducted with pOfnp. II CdDnOL
justly be said that the ceremoniousness
of the Supreme Court is accompanied with
pomp and splendor, but there is about 1t
a formality, reserve and enforced deco
rum which is intended to be impressive,
and is so. When the hour comes for the
court TO convene a barrier of velvet-cov-
cred ropes is stretched across the corridor,
so as to preserve a clear passage from
the consulting room on one side of the
corridor to the court room on the other.
This blocks the passage from the House
Of Representatives and the rotunda to
the Senate, and for the brief space of
time 1t takes for the justices to pass into
the court no one may go beyond the red
lines of ropes. Senators, representatives.,
the President himself, should he happen
there must wait. The members of the
court, the chief Justice at their head, with
their black robes wrapped about them,
march in a solemn procession, single file,
from the consultation room across the
corridor, through the lobby of the court.
to their places on the bench.
This ceremony occure whenever the
court passes in or out of the court cham
Der, and there is invariably at the hour
of their assembling a crowd of curious
strangers grouped on either side of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
BARRIERS ARE NOT GETTING RICH.
Their Profits Do Not Come From
Those Content with Shave.

"Ten cents is not enough for a good
shave" the barber said as he stropped his
razor and gazed at the lather-covered face
of the man in the chair. THAT is. it is
not enough for the proprietor of the shop
Every man who goes into a barber shop
wants everything clean and as hygienic as
possible and yet some of these very men
would make dreadful fuss if we were to
raise our prices from 10 cents to IS, the fig
ure that should really prevail. Now, just
stop and consider for moment. You
come in here and get into the chair Of
one of the men who is an employee and
not the proprietor The workman must
know his business and be first-class, 9TH
erWise we would not retain our customers;
he draws good wages, in fact his per cent.
of each shave, figured on the number of
an average week, is cents on each one.
You will want clean towels used on your
face and that costs; you may want bay
rum .or some sort of lotion, and while
there is not much used it all counts in
the course of a day. There is the wear
and tear on furniture. the need of new
material al all times; rent, pay of porters
and the general maintenance of first
class place, and after that is all paid 1t
leaves about / cent profit on each shave
for the man who owns the shop. tell
Won If ii wasn't for the hair-cutting and
shampooing that we do there Is many
a shop that would have to close Its doors.
"Oh. YES, we have a number of people
who come in here just to get shaved anu
nothing more and you may be sure that
there is not barber in the place that does
not know them. They ere not good GUS
toners and the men appreciate this and
do not show any aacrity in waiting on
them. You see, barber wants to make
a good showing in the amount of money
taken In, and if he has nothing but shave
checks at the end of the day, why he
has not made for the man who employs
him much more than his wages
"The man who wants shave and goes
into a barber shop and finds all the chairs
filled with people who are getting their
hair cut and boards trimmed feels very
much like doing few lines of cusslng,
but ii Is not so with the barber or the
man who runs the shop. The hair cuts
are what fill the larder and add to the
little pile in the savings bank. I would
like to see all the shops go to a lucent
shave; that is, all the frst-class ones.
IL is not too much, and II the patrons
of these good places who think 10 cents too
much viii just take a day off and go to
one of the scent shops and get a shave
he will have good reason to realize what
he is getting in the better class Decent
shops"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26

and their record would be one that woule
take no lLsIeI from che glory won hy
the Stars and Stripes on the bloody bat-
tl"iieids of Virginia, President McfSta'ey
and his cabinet officers appiaule1 This
sentiment heartily ana the s,sst~s.' was
Justify cneered Ivy the aldenca which
Ia'Sed the house.
The exercises at the Court Ho"se were
followed by a luncheon seized in the
Opera House to the members of the sol
diery, the ladies and invited guests.
At the National Cemetery.
After the reception at the Fitzhugh res
idenee the presidential party drove TO the
national cemetery, where the foundation
of the Fifth Corps monument had been
laid. On grassy slope overlooking the
valley of the Rappahannocll, the Stars
and Stripes flew from a rustic fagpole.
opposite the President and Gen. Butter
field, We're the members of the Masonic
Lodge, under whose auspices the stone
was to be laid, Fredericksburg Lodse No
4, of which George Washington was a
member. The ceremonies were opened
by the fun Marine Band with Nearer
My God 10 Thee" in which all the audi
ence Joined. The cornerstone was anoint-
ed in the Masonic order, and lowered into
place. after which Col Hill in a brief
speech, committed the monument to the
care of the national government.
Secretary Root, in accepting, made a
touching reference to the heroism and
sacrifice of both the Felerals and Confed-
crates, who contested the field of Fred
ericksburg
Al the close of the ceremonies the pres
idential party returned to Washington. but
the reunion exercises of the Society of the
Potomac were continued at night in the
Opera House. where addresses were made
by number of the veterans including
Cen Joe Wheeler
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
THE COLORADO MUD VOLCANOES.
Nothing Like Them Elsewhere in
America.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Of the many strange and wonderful
things to be found on the Colorado desert,
perhaps the strangest and most remark
able of all are the mud volcanoes, of which
little is known because of their inaccess-
loility. Attention has been called to them
recently because of their intense activity
Since the earthquake which visited south
eIn California ON Christmas morning, and
'heF are now spouting mud higher and
more diligently than ever. The action
VI tAese volcanoes varies almost constant
~ They subsde at times into almost
sale Of pladidty. while again they will
seine and boil like vast caldrons, hurting
showers of hot mud or sending columns
Oh steam many feet into the air. The
e'uptlons are preceded by explosions that
can be heard for five or six miles. SO
Idt as known there are no other mud
soieanoes in this country, and for this
reason these are of particular interest to
scientific men and others.
IL. order to get a good idea of the origin
ana location of these volcanoes it is
necessary 10 give brief historical sketch
VI me country. That the Colorado desert
was formerly an arm of the Gulf of Cal
norma there is little doubt This was the
ease IN recent geological times, as investl-
sa'lol mas proven. AT that time the Col
UIddo and the ella rivers flowed into the
T"I ABOUT whore Yuma is now located.
me Colorado brought down a large
amount of sediment from the country
through which 1t flowed and deposited il
vi me desert forming an enormous delta,
sulHclentiy large to cut off the upper por-
Won OF the gulf and what is now the desert
- ON Inc lower. At the same time there
'ooA place an elevation of land that help
~ cue off the sea. This condition has re-
NAMED practically unchanged. The north
elu part of the desert is still depressed
,Ne Salton sink being 275 feet below sea
iteE'' The highest portion of the desert
- on the Mexican boundary line, and the
souulry slopes downward ON both sides
ne Salton sink afterward became fresh
"aler lake, which covered nearly all of
'',1 desert a one time.
me Colorado river next built up a flood
a.l"e around Its mouth so that its path
%as diverted and 1t flowed on over the
IosN TO the sea. The lakes source of
,tppiy being cut Off It dried up and only
i'e SINK, with its bed covered with mil
,'"s OF fresh water Shells remains to tell
81 story of the lake. Ii is thought that
@ Trying up took place in recent times,
IS we Cahuiha and Dieguito Indians have
"llions about the receding waters. The
loie region Is one of active volcanic
,Sluroances, the biggest volcano being
T,VWh as Sierra Preta, or Black Butte
US volcano has long since ceased to be
I'VE but its huge crater remains. 1t
vas not a mud volcano, but was a regu-
80 volcano OF the basaltic rock kind. 1t
s out of the mud plane few miles
u the Cocopah mountains, the base
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
NO MONkEYING THERE.

Dignity and DecOrum Abide in the
Chamber of the Federal Supreme
Court.
From the Washington Evening Star.
The United States Supreme Court is
ceaseless source of interest to the strang-
er in Washington. Even when the court
Is not in session the chamber in which
il sits is viewed by a constant stream of
visitors, who enter it with an air almost
of revere nee Ordinarily 1t is the dullest
place where men assemble to do business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
All Fever Is Durable.

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This
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26

There are twenty British cities which
own and operate street railway systems,
and of the whole tramway mileage in
Great Britain one-third is owned by the
public.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN.

Patrick Neary. Building inspector John J.
Cassidy and Courtiand y. Montgomery to
Represent Wilmington.
At tho Democratic city convention,
which was held at tho Young Mems
Democratic Club, Tuesday, Patrick
Neary, building Inspector John j.
Cassidy and CORTLAND 9. Montgomery
were elected members OF the County
Committee to represent Wilmington. On
the first ballot Mr.. Neary received eight
votes; Mr.. Montgomery, eight; Willard
Salisbury, six; Mr.. Cassidy, six; John
Z. Dickey, five, and Col. William u.
Norton, one. Through some mistake,
only 81, instead of 36 votes were cast.
1t developed that the delegate who had
voted for Col. Norton failed to place
ary other names on the ticket, when
each ticket was to contain three names.
Messrs., Neaiy aud Montgomery were
declared elected, and OH the next ballot
Mr.. Cassidy received soven votes: Mr..
Salisbury, four, and Mr.. Dickey, une.
Mr.. Cassidy was declared elected.
Election Commissioner Martin F.
FAIRY presided over the convention and
Thomas II. Gormley was secretary.
While no slate has been made, it is
uliogetner iihtl1 tHhb 4ur' INShry VIII po
chosen chairman of the county COM
mittee, when it meets for organization.
The members from the rural hundreds
were selected either at hundred meet
Ings or at the polls last Saturday. The
committee is as follows: Brandywine
hundred, William MoCrea; Wilmington,
Patrick Neary, Coui tiand @. Mont
gomery and John j. Cassidy; Chris
tiana, John Ramsey; White Clay Creek.
Charles b. Evans; Mill Creek, John
Niven; New Castle, Andrew NJ. Gal
lagher; Pencader, Edward O'Rourke |:
Red Lion, T. Bayard Heisel; st.
Georges, j. Frank Biggs; ALpoquini-
mink, Colen Ferguson Blaokbird, b.
Frank David, Tho organization meet
ing will be held at the Young Men 8
Democratic Club tomorrow.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
THE KENNETH TROLLEY.

Work to Commence the Middle of Next
Month-A Reported Sale.
The Kenneth News and Advertiser
says that it is reported that the trolley
company at Kenneth has sold out to a
syndicate Of Kenneth Wilmington CAPT
taiists. The Advertiser also says.
1t 10 expected that work on the line
of electric railway which is to extend
from the end Of the present Wilmington
and Brandywine Springs line to Union
vile, Pa, will be commenced on June
18th. The right ofssway for the entire
distance has been secured and tho
people along the line were SO pleased
that 1t was to be built that they gave
the right Of way free Of charge. Tho
line of the Wilmington & Brandywine
Springs Go. will be extended to Yorklyn,
Dell, and the other will commence
there. 1t will pass through Kenneth
and reach Unionville. The entire
length of the Tine will DO min miles
and 1t will not be hard to build. There
are ample funds behind the company
Interested to huild and equip the road
and place it IN operation.
George W. Taft, president of the
Pennsylvania part of the Konnett.
Wilmington trolley, says the line will
be built by September lst
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
THE METHOOlSTs ADJOURN,
oonerat Conference Closes Twenty-nIp,
Days Session with Aurt,,n

"onernt Conference Closes Twenty-nIp.
pays Session with Auction.
ohicago, ILL.,, Iay 9.-Whon I,ishon
stephen NJ. Merrill dropped The rayel
Of 1890 today tho 23d General Con.
ference OF the Methodist Enisconal
Church became part Of the mast.
Inc meeting. which closed with an
auc.ioh, marked tho completion OF 20
sessions which will 60 down in the
annals OF the church as important mile.
stones IN its history.
friroipal among the important actions
OF the conference were the abolition Of
tho live years time limit on pastorates:
the ratification Of the equal representa-.
ZION amendment Us proposed By the
Rock River Conference, togsther with
the seating Of the provisional Law dele.
gates; tha adoption of a new Coustitu-
tion, subject to approval of annual con.
ferences. including the substitution of
the words lay memhersr for tho term
iaymer, " thus permitting the seating
OF women in tho General Conference;
and the election OF two additional
bishops and two new missionary
bishops.
The conference failed tc modify nara.
graph 2i8 Of the discipline, which
among other things, forhids attendance
upon theatres, cirouses and dancing.
Despite the fact that the morning
session OF tho conference was the last
the attendance was small. The mo-
notony of routine: work varied by con.
yerting the conference into IN auction.
For 20 minutes DIR. Robert Forbes OF
Minnesota assumed the duties of auc-
tioneer and succeeded 10 drawing out
$500 for the sale of tho table which has
been used during the sessions The table
went to Deleeate W. L. Woodcosk OF
Altoona, Pa. The chair of the presiding
officer went to the highest bidder,
George F. Washburn of Massachusetts,
for 500.
Tho proceeds Of the sale of the table
will be given to the industrial schools
at Venice, where it was made by the
students. Much amusement was fur
nished the conference during the auc-
tion. After DR.. Forbes opened the bid.
ding delegate in the rear of the house
secured tho attention of the chair.
"Mr. Chairman, said he, II should
like 10 know whether the purchaser Of
the table will also be entitled to tho
many resolutions and reports which
have been placed on that table"
When order was restored DIR. Forbes
said:
"As to the sale of reports and mo-
lions l am unable to answer, but /
venture to say that the time-limit reso.
luton slipped OIL the edge Of the table,
but the amusement question has ad-
hered firmly to the center. :"
1t was Bishop McCabe's day 10 pre-.
side, but he Withdrew in favor Of allow
ing the three junior bishops, Cranston,
Moore and Hamilton, to preside.
Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, the senior
effective bishop, presided at the close
Of the days proceedings.