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The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
THE ATLANTA DEPOT QUESTION.

1t is several months yet before the
meeting of the Legislature, but the
| railroad depot question is becoming a
very exciting one in Atlanta. A very
large part of the last session of the
Legislature was occupied with it, but
nothing whatever was accomplished in
connection with 1t. Is part of the
coming session to be wasted in the
same way?
If the railroads interested will agree
to the plan the committee of the
Legislature which has the matter in
charge proposes to recommend that
one-half of the rental of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad be applied to
the building of union depot in At
lanta, upon land owned by the state.
1t is claimed that there is no constitu-
tional objection to this proposition.
1t is probable that the same parties
who objected to the use of the public
property fund in building a depot will
object to this plan for using public
money for depot purposes. They are
against anything that seems in the re-
hottest degree to favor the railroads.
There is no doubt, of course, that a
union depot would be a good invest
ment for the state. The roads center
ing in Atlanta are certain to increase
in wealth and Importance, and the city
itself will grow. Therefore, a union de-
pot property would become more valu-
able every year.
But if $500, 900 is taken from the gen
eral fund every year until the depot
is completed, where is the money to
come from to meet the deficiency that
will thus be created in that fund? Is
it proposed TO raise the tax rate suf-
ficiently to met the deficiency? If so,
il is certain that there will be OBJ
lection from all parts of the state.
There was very general willingness to
have the public property fund applied
to the building of union depot in At
lanta, because the money thus invested
would have yielded the state a great
deal more than it will in the state de-
positaries, but there will be strong OPP
position to raising by increased taxa
ton the money necessary to build the
proposed depot.
If the Atlanta people will have a
little patience they will have a union
depot of which they will have reason
to be proud and they will not have to
wait very long. The roads will build
a much better depot If permitted to
take their time in doing it than If
driven into 1t. In fact, If hard pressed
they may build separate depots.
That would be a condition of affairs
much to be regretted, because 1t would
be an obstruction to the city's growth.
A union depot is what is wanted, and
what Atlanta will have in the course
of a year or two, whether the Legisla-
ture renders any assistance in the mat
ter or not,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
AN OFFICE AND A BRIDE.

Not all displacements of Kentucky
postmistresses by postmasters end as
unhappily as that in which Mrs. Ger
trude Saunders of New Castle, recently
figured as the victim and Senator De-
Doe as the Lord High Executioner.
Since Mrs. Saunders was officially be-
headed to make place for political
henchman of Senator Deboe, there has
been blood in the air and trouble in
the breeze, but there are other cases in
which no trouble has resulted and all
has gone as merrily as wedding bells.
For some four years, and until quite
recently, Mrs. Mary Tiggle, lone, II
not a lorn, widow had looked after
the destinies of the postoffice at Mon
ticello. In the same town lives ]. L.
Kennedy. a faithful and competent
worker for the success of the Republi-
can party. and a man whom the Re-
publican powers that be in his section
are anxious to please. His immediate
representative in Congress is Hon. Vim
cent Boreing and when Mr.. Boreing
received letter from Mr.. Kennedy, in
which he was besought to use his In
fluence to have Mrs. Tiggle removed
from Office and Kennedy installed in
her stead, the representative in Con-
gress was troubled in spirit. He was
anxious to oblige his friend, but with
the fate of Senator Deboe in his mind,
and the recollection of the anathemas
that had been hurled at the Senator
fresh in his memory, he did not care
to remove a widowed postmistress from
office. He wrote Mr.. Kennedy. there
fore, that while he felt for him, there
was nothing that could be done; for
all he would do to prevent her, Mrs.
Tiggle could continue to run and orna-
ment the Monticello postofiice for the
remainder of her days. Then, so far
as he was concerned, he thought the
incident had been finally closed.
Not at all, however. After the lapse
of few days he received a second let
ter from Mr.. Kennedy, in which he
was told that the postmistress was per-
fectly willing to retire in favor of the
applicant. A little bit doubtful, Mr..
expressed her views and wishes in the
matter, and in turn received a reply
stating that she did wish to surrender
the office and entertained no objection
whatever to the appointment of Mr.
Kennedy. The letter was signed Mary
Kennedy"
In the intervals between letters the
applicant for the postoffice had wooed
and won the postmistress and had led
her, perfectly willing sacrifice, to the
altar. She surrendered her Office along
with her liberty and j. l.. Kennedy has
now been appointed postmaster al
Monticello, vice Mrs. j. L, Kennedy
resigned. There are more ways thar
one of accomplishing an object, and
that selected by Mr.. Kennedy is to be
commended, combining as it does per-
feet effectiveness with an unbroker
display of courtesy and good temper.
He has won by it both an office and 4
bride.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

Officers of the American tin plate
mills at Monessen, Penn, have en-
forced a clever rule, which has served
recently to keep their men at work.
1t requires those in the company's SER
vice to leave ten per cent. of their
earnings in it's hands, ostensibly for
the purpose of providing a Christmas
fund for the men and their families.
The fund is paid to its owners in Sep
TENDER and November. A workman
who quits his employment or is dis
charged for incompetency forfeits this
money on deposit. 1t is said that some
of those now in the service of the conn
pany have $500 so withheld from them.
and all who have been regularly in the
company's service have comparatively
large amounts in the christmas fund.-"
which they would lose should they
strike. 1t is largely for this reason, it
is reported. they are successfully re-
sisting all efforts made to induce them
to go out.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
BRIGHT BITS.

Not Her Choice-"So May refused
that young M. D.? eyes, she says
she isn't quite sick enough of her maid
en- name to have a doctor. "-Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin.
See Saw-"I'm afraid, my dear, that
our trip to Shelter Island will have to
depend upon the market-if stocks go
up, We'll go down" And If stocks go
down, l suppose Wen go up."-Brook-
Ign Life.
The late Bishop of Rochester was
one day batting In a local cricket
match, when the bowler sent up a ball
very wide of the wicket. Keep the
ball in the parish" said the amused
Bishop. The next ball sent his lord
ships middle stump flying. The UNI
pire thereupon called out. IT think
that's within the diocese, my lord
Tit Bits.
"A High Rate of Speed-"They are
talking about an elevated road in New
York city with a speed of 200 miles
an hour" 1T seems to me that there
would be one serious objection to such
"a high rate of speed" What is it?''
well, suppose you wanted to get off
at Forty-second street. You'd have to
speak to the conductor about it the
day before. Plain Dealer
Afraid of Competition-The director
of the Buffalo Exposition was disturb
ed. We'll have to triple our electric
light power" he asserted positively.
Why" asked the uninfirmed subor-
dinate. Good heavens, man! Haven't
you heard the news?" demanded the
director. Gen. Nelson A, Miles is on
his way here, and we can't afford to
have our electric tower eclipsed." Chi
cago Post.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

France wants the claims which some
of her citizens have against Turkey
settled, but she doesn't want war with
that nation. Her minister at Constan-
tinople, NJ. Constans. by his hasty ac-
ton, has brought about a situation
which may result in war, though there
appears to be some hesitation on the
part of the French government to back
UP NJ Constants in the stand he has
taken. What NJ. Constans attempted to
do was to force an ultimatum on the
Sultan. Certain French citizens have
claims against Turkey-three claims
and these the French government has
been trying to collect for long time.
The Sultan has been promising set
tlement, but has failed to keep his
promises. He has been acting in the
French claims just as he acted in the
case of the claim of the United States.
One of the French claims is for money
advanced by French citizens for the
building of a railroad and amounts to
about 100000. Another is a similar
claim, but the amount is not so large.
The third claim is for concessions
made to a French company which has
built wharves on either side of the
Golden Horn. These concessions con-
sist of the rights to operate steamboat
lines in connection with it's wharves.
Their value, including the wharves, is
put by the company at 100000 the
wharves having cost 100000
The Sultan said that he had decided
to buy back the concessions. NJ. Con-
STAINS has been trying to get a definite
settlement with him in regard to the
matter, and a few days ago sent word
to him that if a settlement were not
made by a certain fixed date he would
break off friendly relations with him.
The Sultan refused to be bulldozed, and
NJ. Constans ceased to have any fur
Their communication with him.
At present the French government
the Turkish minister at Paris. NJ. Con-
STAINS is not considered, just at present,
as a factor in the situation. And it is
not known that his government will
sustain him in the course he has pur-
sued. 1t would certainly like to find an
honorable way out of the difficulty
without going to war. War is the last
thing it wants.
In our dispatches yesterday it was
stated as a rumor that three battle
ships and one cruiser had been ordered
to Toulon, and the intimation was
thrown out that they were to be sent
to Constantinople. The rumor, how
ever, may have no foundation. But it
is difficult to see how France can help
making a demonstration of some sort
against Turkey, unless the latter coun-
try pays the French claims at once or
makes satisfactory provision for the
payment of them.
There is no doubt that the Sultan is
very exasperating in dealing with the
creditors of Turkey. He will not pay a
debt as long as there is "a chance to
avoid doing so. 1t took this country
several years to get the claim of 800 900,
growing out of the destruction of mis-
sionary property paid. but patience and
diplomacy finally prevailed. NJ. Con-
STAINS hasty action may cost his gov
eminent more than the total amount
of the claims he tried to collect
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
A PhiIanthrOpist.

The veteran manager, says the Chi
cago Tribune, sought to discourage the
girl.
my dear young lady" he said, do
you know that life on the stage is la
borious, disappointing, and full of
heartaches? Even in the career of a
star there is more misery than happi-
ness"
1T ought not to be-" she responded,
with such a man as you to planet"
Young woman" replied the mama
ger, frowning darkly, you shall have
your way. I can see that If l don't
give you an opening you go to writ
ing things for the newspapers"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
Personal.
nanity.

Rome has the distinction of pos
sessing the first woman lawyer of Italy
in the person of Signorina Teresa La
briola. She has passed her examina-
ton with honors and is now a full
hedged lawyer, but has not inscribed
herself among the advocates, as she
does not desire to champion the new
woman" but to devote herself to the
philosophy of law.
A most exciting career has been
that of Sir Rudolph Slatin, better
known at Slatin Pasha. He left Vien-
ma, his birthplace, when a lad of IT,
to become a clerk in a commercial
house at Cairo, and six years later
came under the notice of Gordon, who
appointed him governor of Darfur. In
this position he became known as 1.-THE
Hammer of the Arabs" owing to his
many victories over the turbulent
tribes, but in 1888 he had to surrender
to the Mahdi. Then he began an i'm
prtsonment that lasted till 1895, when,
by secret aid from the authorities at
Cairo, Slatin managed to escape.
Henry ]. Furber, Jr., professor of
political economy at the Northwestern
University, Evanston, ILL.,, has been
decorated Win the cross or the Legion
of Honor, in recognition of his inter-
est in the educational affairs of France.
About five years 40 Prof. Furber sug-
gested to the French Minister of Pub
lie Education certain changes in the
rules governing foreign students at
tending the French universities. The
suggestions were followed, especially
on the strength of Mr.. Furber's in
timation that the German universities
were more liberal than those of France.
The change was followed by a very
marked increase in the number Of
American students in French colleges.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

P. H. Fitzgerald, the founder of the
entirely successful colony in Irwin
county. of which the prosperous town
of Fitzgerald is the exponent is faith
ering a similar colony in the territory
of Oklahoma. The syndicate which he
heads has purchased the Camp Sup
ply military reservation, consisting OF
$4,000 acres of land, in the most fer
tile section of the territory. The plan
that is to be followed in establishing
the colony partakes largely of the COM
munity element.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

Misfortune was certainly rubbing ii
in on Benjamin Franklin. the aero
naut whose fall from a balloon was
described in the Morning News dis
a soft marsh and while he was stuck
fast the Jersey mosquitoes got in their
work on his head and face. AS he had
already fallen 300 feet through the ali
this was adding insult to injury with
a vengeance.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
TILLMAN TALKS OF QUAY POLITICS

In little talk with a newspaper man
at Harrisburg, Pa, last Wednesday,
Senator Tillman said that if there were
any municipal officials in South Caro-
lima like those of Philadelphia, the peo-
pie there would tar and feather them.
Then he told how he helped the reform
ers win an election in Charleston. Ac-
cording to his recollection the govern
ment of Charleston was pretty bad be-
fore he became governor and since that
time there has been very little in it to
complain of.
The Senator called attention to Wan
amakers offer of $2,5OO,000 for certain
franchises in Philadelphia, which the
government of that city gave away,
and said that ii showed the kind of
men who had control of affairs there.
1t is his opinion, however, that the
people are to blame for "scoundrels''
getting control of the governments of
cities. The people who have something
at stake will not take the trouble to
assist in electing good men to Office.
They let men get control of municipal
affairs whose chief object is to make
what they can out of their positions.
AS a matter of fact one of the very
greatest problems in this country at
the present time is that of the gov
eminent of cities. Cities are getting
into debt deeper all the time, and they
are getting less for the money they
spend. That the revenues of cities are
squandered in many ways there is no
doubt. How to secure honest, efficient
and economical municipal government
is question that waits for an answer.
1t is doubtful If it will be answered as
Senator Tillman suggests, namely, by
'tarring and feathering the scoundrels''
who get offices simply for the oppor-
tunity they offer to rob the public.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

The defeat of the Constitution by
the Columbia, described in the Morn
ing News dispatches yesterday, is CIV
ing yachting experts new cause for
uncertainty and alarm. The defeat was
a decisive one, the old defender besting
the new on both trips around the
course. The uncertainty that yachts
men feel is complicated by the state
ment, credited TO Sir Thomas Upton.
that Shamrock II IS faster by nine
minutes than the challenger of last
. year
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

Six months ago Andrew Carnegie Of
ferred funds to a dozen or more In
diana cities for the erection of free
Libraries. yet of the entire number on
ly two of the buildings have been be-
gun. In all the other places there are
controversies as to the site of the build
ing or the terms of the gift. and IL is
feared that the Carnegie offer. unless
some effort to show good faith in its
acceptance is made, will expire by
Limitation. The truth of the matter is
that the terms Mr.. Carnegie usually
annexes to his gifts of libraries are
rather onerous, and it may well be
that the Indinia cities have found II
necessary to look the gift horse in the
mouth.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

The last issue of the waycross Jour
nal is creditable in every way to that
bright and enterprising exponent of
Waycross and Ware county. The issue
IS devoted to a description of the
manufacturing and wholesale business
should we'll prove encouraging and In
spring The factories do an annual
business of $sSO.OOO. and the wholesale
houses an annual business of $3.50, 900.
This number of the Journal" say it's
editors, ''is presented to the public
without apologies" Neither for the
matter 1t contains, nor for the manner
Of its presentation, are apologies need
ed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
The Erudife Willie.

willie" said the woman with a
sunbonnet swung from her elbow. &C
cording to the Washington Star, didn't
tell you to come into the house this
minute?"
"Yesm."
'Then, why don't you obey me?"
Because it is impossible" answered
the boy, who is an example of what
rapid education can accomplish. THE
minute in which you spoke has now
become last minute. and the present
minute occupies the relationship of
next minute to the precise period of
your utterance."
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

Prof. George Fl. French, of the Him
els State Normal University, at Car
bondale, has announced that he has
discovered cure for epilepsy. Epilep-
sy. says the professor, IS caused by q
parasite, and his method of cure in
wolves the expulsion of the germ from
the human body. He has already treat
ed one case successfully and has a
number of patients. AS soon as he has
completely developed and authenticat-
ed his discovery he will give it to the
public. Should it be shown that he has
found a real cure for the disease he
may well lay claim to be regarded as
one of the chief benefactors of hui
manity
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

From the New York Press.

Girls are the pure. clear water of
social beverages; widows the rich, red
wine.
There is a whole lot of comfort In re-
flecting on the misfortunes of your
friends.
The optimistic pessimist rejoices that
some other poor devil is worse off than
he is.
Give a woman a baby to coo over,
some underclothes TO sew on, and a
novel to cry over, and she is pretty
close TO her ideal of happiness.
If the average woman had the choice
of having some man won from her or
winning some man from some other
woman. she'd have to do a lot Of think
ing before she could decide. and then
she would be sorry she didn't choose
the other way.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

The umpire in a baseball game at
Farmersburg, Ind, recently was beat
en- over the head with bat and killed
by one of the players. In an American
league game between Baltimore and
Detroit. played in the former city on
Wednesday. Umpire Connolly was as
saulted and brutality beaten by some
of the Orioles. 1t is such incidents as
these that serve to weaken the love OF
the American public for the national
game and bring players, amateur and
professional, into disrepute. 1t was
something like this, though not so re-
pulsive, that killed the professional
game in Savannah, at one time one
of the best baseball towns of it's size
in the country. Lovers of sport should
see to it that no repetitions of such
conduct are permitted to occur.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

One of the arguments offered to in
duce eligibles to join the recently or
ganized retail clerks union in Chica-
go was that the union would promote
matrimony. one of the leaders said he
had been a retail clerk for twenty
years, and had been obliged to work
so hard and so late he had not had
time to get married. With the advan-
tageous change in his condition he ex-
pected the union to bring, he thought
he would be able to take time. The
matrimonial argument was skillfully
urged and pressed and 1t resulted in 400
women joining the union at one meet
ing. Evidently the leaders in the en-
terprise know something OF human
nature.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

Another epidemic of farmers who
have dug up pots OF buried treasure in
old fields is now in progress. The latest
reported case is that of Frank Jacks, of
New Market, Ala, whose find is va
riously estimated by the veracious COR
respondents of that section at from
$4,000 to $4,000. Up to this time nobody
has made his appearance who has act
ually seen the pot of gold.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

The cigarette girl has made her ap-
pearance at Atlantic City. Indeed, it
is stated, she is very much in evil
dence at that seaside resort. 1t is a
rare thing nowadays for week to
pass during which the death knen of
sounded
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

Edward McCollum of Chicago. a bur-
glar who has been doing a good BUSH
ness in the Windy City, did most of
his stealing TO make wedding presents
to his wife. She had a passion for sill
termined to crafty her fondness for
&harVa
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24

1t will be interesting to hear what
Richard Croker has to say of recent
developments in the New York police
investigation. AS usual, probably, those
who have been foolish enough to get
'caught with the goods" will have to
stand the punishment.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
CURRENT COMMENT.


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The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
The weather.

The indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida to-day are for local
showers, variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-24
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

FresbyterIan College Tor Women.
A select home school of high grade for
young ladies. Number limited, full col.
legiate courses, conservatory advart-
ages in music, lady physician resident
in college, elegant grounds and build
ings, healthful and delightful climate.
Address ROBT P. PELL, President.