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IMPORTANT QUESTION
The Laborer Wants to Know Where
 He Comes In

Scranton, Pa., October 7-Now that a con- vention to consider the ten per cent offer is assured, attention is turned to the ques- ton of what the companies mean by 10 per cent In the case of the miner and his helper.
 The miner works by contract and pays the laborers out of his earnings. As a rule the miner cuts in loads of coal for which he gets s6.S0. Out of this he pays for powder, oil and repair for tools and the wages of his helper. The laborers pay is fixed at so much per day, and in this region means about H.75. After paying the laborer and the ex- pense of powder, oil, etc., the miner has about $2SO left for himself
 Ten per cent advance give the miners 63 cents extra per day The laborer wants his 10 per cent O IS cents, and as a conse- quenoe the n ' must be content with 45 cents or Hent. But in many in- stances a init ,s two laborers; this means that D cent must come out of his eS cents, and the miner finds himself enjoy ing an advance of only 5 cents.
 Just how the operators want this offer in- terpreted is not known here The local op- orators say that the men who framed the oiAOi Ciehei HVt nave HI illuO that tHC miner pays the laborers or else, having 1t in mind, figured the laborer out of the consideration altogether, and left 1t for the miners and laborers to settle among them selves, what, If any, portion of the 10 per cent the laborer should receive. The laborer will not, 1t Is thought, be content with any, thing less than a full 10 per cent raise, and this 1t is thought Is going to cause hitch when the convention comes to consider the question.
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
To Inspect the Texas

Washington, October 1.-The battleshIp Texas Is about to be passed upon by board of survey at Norfolk to determine whether 1t Is worth while to spend any more money on this obsolete type of ship. If the overhauling can be brought within a reasonable limit 1t Is probable that it will be authorized, but if too large, the vessel will practically be retired.
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
Will Accept Gut

Danville, Pa., October 1.-The employees of the Danville rolling mill held meeting last night and decided to accept the 25 per cent cut in their wages against which they struck last week. The puddlers will now be paid sS ton for their work instead of &, and proportionate cut in wages will be made in other departments The reductions affects several hundred men. The fires were started today, and work will be resumed tomorrow
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
Philippine Revenues

Washington, October 1.-The revenue h the Philippines for the first seven months of 1900 were A. A.7s2,os0. an increase over the corresponding period of 1899. s2.ss,2as The custom receipts were ss.sss.R .R45, and the inc ternal revenue receipts $sSe. .1ol. The postal receipts for July were sl1O,sI5. .xdl
The age-herald., 1900-10-08

and consequently he has lost some of his popularity, although he is still considered the leader
 This week the commission will begin the work of revising the tarff, making use of the results of investigation of the army board In this direction. It is the intention of the commission to give the Americans a better chance than 1t has hitherto enjoyed
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
An Actor Sbo6

Huntington, W. Va, October 7.-WilIiam J. McCauley. an actor of Philadelphia, with "A Woman In the Case" Company was shot here today by Miss Newman while he was talking to a Miss Brown. Jealousy Is thought to be the cause
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
Anntheruase of inc Placne

London, October "A bActeriologlcal ex- animation has been made in the case of Seaman Gernett. who arrived at New Cas- tie September 23 on a vessel from the Rio de la Platta and went to Llandaf Wales, where he died last Thursday supposedly of fever The results show unmistakably that the disease was the bubonic plague.
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS
 OF DYNAMITE EXPLODE

plainly felt twelve miles away. The cause is not known. An unknown man was seen near the magazine, and 1t is thought he was responsible At any rate he has not been seen since.
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
GERMAN TROOPS ARE
 FORGED TO RETREAT
Repused by Large Chinese Force, Supposed to be Ii
 Hung Chang's Veterans, Near Tien Tsin.

at the Southern Hospital in this city, aged 5S years. He was auditor of the Missouri Pacific for five years
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Roberts viii Soon Start Home
 London, October S.-Lord Roberts. the Daily News announces, will leave South Africa during the last week of October
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", K. Bisse,l Dead

San Francisco, Cal, October 7.-w. R. Bissell, a railroad man well known through out the country, died today. from cancer
The age-herald., 1900-10-08
THE WEATHER

ALABAMA FORECAST: CLEARING AND COLDER MONDAY. FAIR TUES DAY; FRESH NORTH WINDS.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lodge, No. 1. F. &
"A. NJ; Ocean City Lodge, No. 5, K. of
r. A; Citizens of Chatham County.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, w. w.
Wilson. Agent, Consignee; Bill of Fare,
Levans' Cafe.
Business Notices-Harvard Beer at I'm
ion Hotel Bar; e. e. w. Laundry; lie
Panic Cigars; Spring Showers, Hunter &
Wan Keuren; Cottoline, Est. S. w. Branch.
Steamship Schedule-French Line, Cam
pagnie Generate Trans-atlantique.
Just In Touch With the Heated Term
Leopold Adler.
Sah-Diamond Crystal Salt.
Ladies' Black Gloves-At the Bee Hive.
Grape Nuts Food-Postum Cereal Com
pany.
Whisl1ies-Hunter Baltimore Rye Whis-
key; Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey.
Legal Notices-C1tation From the Clerk
bf the Court of Ordinary, of Chatham
County.
Medical-warner's Safe Cure; NOEL
reefs Wine of Cardui; S. S. s.; Hoods
Sarsaparilla; Castoria Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla; Johann Hoff's Genuine Malt Ex-
tract; Mothers Friend; Seven Sutherland
Sisters Hair Remover; Ponds Extract;
Formaldehyde Inhaler; Lydia Pinkham' 9
Remedies.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
Stories of Lord Roberts.

According TO the stories reaching Lon
don, Lord Roberts great kindliness and
sympathy have been finding many outlets.
says the London letter of the New York
Tribune. During the wait at Bloom fon-
tein he has visited every man in the hos
pital, carrying with him many little COM
forts. Going UP to one of the wounded
he asked cheerily. Can do anything for
your" receiving the reply: Yes; I'd like
you to keep my name out of the casualty
HIST" The mans name did not appear
and his anxiety that his relative should
not be alarmed was appeased. Another. a
dying officer, Lord Roberts coInforted by
promising to watch over the future OF
his only child. With such incidents cur
rent II is scarcely surprising that the
nation adores its little general, and. as a
whole, abstains from criticisms of any,
thing he may do. If Gen. Butler had
waited inactive as long as Lord Roberts
has at Bloemfontein, the storm Of public
criticism and impotence would we'll nigh
have forced his recall
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
The Sultan as n Rehtnr.

We are following with no small amuse-
ment your bout with the gentleman known
here as 1.-THE DEVILS shadow" otherwise
the Sultan of Turkey, and many of us
would be disposed to bet odds that he will
beat you says the London letter Of the
New York Times. An eel in a mill race is
almost a sluggard compared with this
individual. who is capable OF making a
fresh proposition to your minister half a
dozen times a day. and of denying the
next hour the terms he just offered.
L see the Sultan suggests a deal or is
reported 20 have done so, which is thor
oughly characteristic in its way. He
would order q cruiser from a United
States shipbuilder, and allow the indem-
nifty demanded to be wrapped up in the
price of the ship. If you take that or
der it will increase the Sultan's debt 20
you. but not the chance of payment
Assume that the cruiser IS built, and His
Majesty would be sure to find that 1t was
not according to Specifications or that
certain alterations were required such.
perhaps, as engines of newer pattern. Tn
I'll this was done it would prevent hin,
taking the vessel over, ana the end of it
would be that neither the money for the
cruiser nor the indemnity would be forth
coming. AS I told you, the Sultan has
plenty Of money, If it can be reached, but
ne Is a perfect miser over his priva tie
boards and studies always to make the
foreigner somehow pay for whatever he
may order abroad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
A Narrow Escape.

"A nervous man recently called on me-"
says New Orleans physician, land ask
ed: In what part of the abdomen are
the premonitory pains of appendicitis
teltT ON the left side, exactly. here. I
replied, indicating a spot a little above
the point of the hipbone. He went QUO
and next afternoon 1 was summoned IN
hot haste to the st. Charles Hotel. I
found the planter writhing on his bed his
forehead beaded with sweat and his
whole appearance indicating intense suf-
ferfng l have an attack of appendi-
citis,' he groaned and I'm a dead mani
III never survive an operationr Where
DO you feel pain?' I asked oh, right
here he replied, putting his finger on the
spot I had located at the office: I feel
as If somebody had knife in me there
and was turning 1t aroundr Well, then,
1t isn't appendicitis. at any rate said
cheerfully; because that is the wrong
side The wrong slider he exclaimed.
glaring at me, Indignantly. why, you
told me yourself 1t was on the leftr Then
/ must have been abstracted,' I replied
calmly I should have said the right I
prescribed something that wouldn't hurt
him, and learned afterward that he ate
his dinner in the dining room the same
evening. OH yes; he was no doubt in
real pain when I called" said the doctor.
in reply to a question, but you can make
your finger ache merely by concentrat-
ing your attention on 1t for a few mo-
ments"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03

Some people have a bad habit of max.
ing notes on the back OF visiting cards
and then putting them into their pocket
books on cardcases Gays the Washington
letter of the Chicago Record. Thesconse-
QueIces of such carelessness have been
realized by people 1 know. On the last
Wednesday before Lent the ladies of the
Co binet held their first reception for the
season, and had an unusually large num-
Der OF callers. Among the cards that were
left upon the tray In her ha{-one OF them
FOUND two that bore interesting and i'm
portant memoranda. The names upon
the other side were well known to the
lady. One of them Is that of a gentlerna n
who stands for craftsmanship, patriotism
OF atory and almost everything that is good
ana great. He is a happy husband and
devoted father, and his interest in his own
Domestic affairs was demonstrated on the
oack OF the card by this shopping list:
Nursing bottle for baby" 20 bots. beef.
iron and winei" tooth brush,'' tooth
powder, digestive tablets soap"
Tho other card was that Of a congress-
man. wife, and II bore the following note:
ne last cook you sent US got drunk
ana insolent. Send a white woman If you
can get good one; II not The best col
ored woman you have on your list This
is the last time shall patronize YOU"
Evidently this card should have gone to
some Intelligence office instead of being
left on the tray at the residence of the
caDinet minister There was quite a con-
tloversy that evening between the Latter
and his wife as to whether She ought TO
SEND these cards to the persons most in
terested. He thought 1t was her duty 20
do so. She said that it would only NOR
tify them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
Her Novel Experience.

The servant girl entered the room with
noticeable hauteur and awaited the pleas
ure Of her mistress, says the Buffalo
Times.
A bright, CHEEKY fire burned in the
CRATE, fact which has no direct bearin 2
upon the events to be related, but which
is worthy of notice as a concurrent cir
cumstance.
"Maryv
The voice of the mistress was softly
modulated, as is usual with nistresses
similarly situated
II wish to raise your salary"
The girl chung to the lace curtains for
support.
yes Mary" the lady continued, 81
don't know, what we should do without
you. OF course, you have broken dishes,
and all that, Mary. but the police pro-
lection we've had since you've been with
us is something immense. You are a coed
girl, Mary"
1t was a new experience for the dornes-
tic, and she had no course but to leave the
room in silence
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
TAmPA,s coon FORTUNE.

Tampa is to have 81 900, 900 sugar re-
flnery. The raw sugar is TO be brought
from Porto Rico and Cuba until suffi-
cient amount of it can be produced In
Florida. 1t seems that steps are to be
taken at once to grow sugar cane on a
large scale in that state. We have no
doubt that in a couple of years there
viii be produced in the vicinity Of Tampa
alI the sugar that will be required to keep
this refinery employed all the year
around
If the Tampa refinery should be success
full, and there is no good reason why 1t
should not be, other refneries will be
erected at other places in Florida, and tho
state will have another great source of
wealth. We said some time ago, when
the announcement was made that there
was a movement to erect a sugar refin-
cry of Tampa, that there were no advant-
ages III that city for such an enterprise
not possessed by this city. 1t will be re-
called also that for weeks and months we
urged business men of this city to con-
slider seriously the advisability of under
taking to establish a sugar refinery hece.
lHSiG was SuCL IL StIOIlS Oelltls HOWSNGAf
that the sugar trust would be hostile 70
such an enterprise and would endeavor to
destroy it, that the refinery movement
met with little or no encouragement. 1t
seems that those who are proposing to
put s1,q0 900 in a refinery at Tampa have
no feat of the sugar trust. AS a mat
ter of fact, that trust has about all it
can do to meet the competition which it
has close at home.
A refinery in this city would have plenty
raw material from the little farms scat
tered all over South Georgia. The cane
acreage, which is now quite large, would
be increased many fold. Within year
or two there would be enough raw sugar
and syrup to supply the demands of a
refinery fully as large as the one that
1t is about TO be built at Tampa. And
what a boon a good market for syrup
would be 40 the cane growers of South
Georgia.!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
BRIGHT BITS.

-Askins-"Is Miss Fairleigh's portrait
a good Mkeness?" Miss Cleverton-"Yes;
it looks just as she would like to look
Puck.
II suppose you have quite forgotten.
Mr.. Jones, that you owe me a fver?"
mo, I haven't yet Give me time, and
will. Punch.
In Danger.-Mrs. Brooks-"John, do
you think Mr.. Joblotz is going to marry
our daughter?" Mr.. Brooks-'Yes; If he
doesn't look sharp. Puck.
-Novelist-"Those confounded critics
slated my new novel most numerically"
FrIend-"Well you have your revenge.
They had TO read the book.-Tit-Bits.
Sympathy. -Watts-"I think I feel as
bad as Nudge does over losing his job"
Potts-"I feel worse. He has already
touched me for ten. indianapolis Press.
-Bacon-"Men are always looking for
an exalted lineage" Egbert-"Unless they
are travelling on the railroad; then they
are after a lower berth. "-Yonkers States
man.
what is his attitude on the Porto
Rico question:" said the curious man.
IAN expectant pose. with both hands in
his pockets" answered the artistic friend
Washington Star.
Marie after we are married what
course shall you pursue to retain my
lover" ooh, Harry, I shall spend an aw-
fun lot of money on fine clothes and look
just as pretty as I can '-Chicago Record
Women in Politics-He-"You seem to
sympathize with the President" She
Indeed, I do; he can't please anybody.
If 1 We're in his place I'd go to bed and
stay until the country elected another
one "-Indlanapolls Journal.
Proof at Hand.-First Pontician-"I
read an article not long ago that said If
Cuba was annexed 1t would take ten
thousand of1ce-holders to govern IT.
Second Politician-"Yes, sir! tell YOU
prosperity follows the fag!'-Puck.
AT a Disadvantage.-'T suppose you
have learned some valuable lessons from
the United States recently" said the
stranger. Yes" answered the Porto
Rican, the only trouble Is that we can't
find any islands hitler than ours to play
the same trick on Washington Star.
One of the signs in the grocery store
announced Raspberry jam. 25c. the jar"
dam jear?" BEG pardonr exclaimed the
grocer She tried 1t again. Il said isn't
isn't that dam dear?" Then she blushei
wildly and retired in confusion.-Philadel-
phia Record.
More Sentiment Than Ambition-''It's
this kind of work" said Tommy Atkins,
as the Mauser bullets whistled overhead,
that has fixed things so we can say that
the sun never sets on our empire" Yes"
replied his companion; land it's this kind
of work that makes a fellow want to see
good old-fashioned sunset again!'-
Puck.
Easing His Conscience-The protest,
so earnestly made to the statesman, was
this: But you know you are not doing
as your constituents would wish when you
ally yourself was the grasping monopo-
les! Unto which the statesman saw fit
to make reply: II do not gauge my con-
duct so much by the wishes of majority
of my dear constituents as l do by a
knowledge of what they would do were
they in my ce."-Indianapolis Press.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
COTTON TRADE ExPANsIoN.

One Of the most interesting papers read
before the recent convention of the New
England Cotton Manufacturers Associa-
ton in Boston. was by DR.. Williams Of the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum The
paper treated the cotton manufacturing
industry from a worldwide point of view.
and Indicated where. in future. cotton
manufacturers in this country must look
for an extension Of their markets. The
domestic productive capacity has been IN
creased more than e per cent in ten
years, without a corresponding increase
IN the capacity Of domestic consumption.
And new mills are being constantly added
to the American equipment. The situa-
ton. however, is far from being one to
discourage the mill owners Of the United
States. This country is the greatest cot
ton producer in the world, and having the
additional advantage of possessing the
very best mechanical genius, permitting
the perfecting and introducing of the
most advanced labor saving machinery,
there is no insuperable reason why 1t
should not be able to compete successful
ly with the other manufacturing coun-
tries. Indeed, we ought to be able at no
very distant day to dominate the cotton
goods markets of the world.
The room that we have for expansion
in the foreign field is indicated by the rel
alive position occupied by us at present
Notwithstanding our mills now consume
several thousand bales of cotton per an
mum more than the mills of Great Britain
that country exports cotton manufactures
of twelve times the value of our similar
exports. Even the small republic of
Switzerland Is ahead of us as an ex-
porter of manufactured cottons, notwith-
standing that she. like Great Britain,
must first import her raw material Ger
many and France, too have long lead
of us in the expectation of manufactures
of that staple which we produce more
largely than any other country. Indeed
there are only five countries of moment
that are below us In cotton exports, name
ly Japan, Italy, Austria Hungary, Bel
GUM and Russia; and Japan is only about
100000 behind us.
The kernel Of the argument Of DR.. VIII
sor-which argument he supported with
statistics-is THAI the export trade of the
United States in manufactured cottons Is
comparatively small and that there is
not only the possibility, but the oppor-
tunity for enlarging 1t, so that our mills
may be constantly employed. He says our
manufacturers can produce as cheaply,
our merchants can distribute as quickly
and our bankers are able to finance as
freely, as those of any other country.
With characteristic American energy,
therefore, there ought TO be no difficulty
In our gaining a fair share of the export
trade in manufactured cotton. We need
and must have foreign markets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
PERSONAL.

Francis Murphy, the temperance
worked. celebrated his sixty-flfth birth
day April "a, while conducting the last
Of series of meetings in Indianapolis.
Richard Croker, the Tammany boss,
has a vast collection Of the caricatures
made Of him during his political career
and occasionally spends a more or less
enjoyable hour looking over the late adj
ditions.
Loren F. Wolcott of Sparta, Wis. has
just celebrated his one hundredth birth
day He is in good health and has re-
sided In Wisconsin since 1855. His faith
er and mother both lived to be cente-
narians sA
Residents of ST. Paul and Minneapolis,
Mimi. are raising a fund to pay off q
mortgage on the home of Mrs. NJ. c. wiki
inson, whose husband, Mai. Wilkinson.
was killed In the Indian outbreak at Leech
Lake, Mimi, In October, 1898.
The venerable Baroness Burdett-
Coutts has just been celebrating anoth-
er brthday-her eighty-sixth, and there
is no apparent reason Why she should not
live another ten, as did her sister, who
died couple of months ago.
lotto Doerderlein of Chicago has been
selected to take charge of the German
American bureau of the National Demo-
cratic Committee. Mr. Doerderlein was
United States consul at Leipsic in Presi-
dent Cleveland's last administration.
Senator Jones of Nevada is a strong
believer in a diet which he has himself
devised. His breakfast never varies. 1t
is always eaten at o'clock, and in
~9a1, nf O~ly
coffee and large piece of cinnamon bun.
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago re-
Gently received ietetr containing two
cent stamp and a request that a copy of
the city directory be sent to the writer by
return mail. The missive was signed by
a resident of Waterloo, N. d. He said
that he intended to visit Chicago during
the summer, and wanted to know the
names of some of the people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
srnIKEsIAND rnE ELnCrIos.

There were great many announce
ments Of strikes In our dispatches yester-
day. Most OF them, however were Of
minor character. In some cases the de-
mand was for an increase IN wages and
in others for shorter hour. OF labor. II
the strikes should increase in number and
a large percentage Of wage earners should
be out of employment during this sum-
mer, It is a question whether sudh con-
dition of affairs would not have a notice
able effect on the result of the presidential
election The disposition of those out of
employment is to vote for a change. As
long as workmen are employed at fair
wages they are inclined 10 be satisfied with
the party in power. but when out of work
It Is but natural that they should be dis
satisfied with the government.
1t is true that there is no stagnation
in industries at present and that strikes
are not the result of an effort to reduce
wages. There is good demand for labor.
and working men think the time propi-
tious for demanding an Increase of wages
and fewer working hours per day. But
If workmen are out of employment.
whatever may be the cause, will they not
vote against the party in power rather
than for it?
It seems to us that the effect of the
strikes, If they should become general and
should affect the great industries of the
country, would be helpful to the Demo
cratic party rather than otherwise, for the
reason that that party is out of power.
The Republicans have been thinking that
because the mills are running on full time
and the railroads have all they can do the
conditions were in favor of their party,
so far as the labor vote was concerned.
Strikes. however, may bring about a state
of affairs that will be as bad for them
as if there were general stagnation in bust
ness. Anything calculated to make labor
disconnected is likely to be favorable to
the party out of power.