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The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
LONGEVITY OF PRESIDENTS.
Theory That the Strain of Once
ShOrtens Life Not Sustained.

TneOry Tnnt the strain OF Omce
shortens Life Not Sustained.
Washington Telegram to Hartford Cou-
rant
President Harrison's death suggests a
general impression that the strain of his
Office shortens the life of the chief ex-
examination OF the records from the be-
ginning of the republic down does not
justify this assumption. On the con-
trary, 1t appears that during the early
days of the Nation. at least, the Presi-
dents were extremely long lived. Those
period, with the exception Of the great
Washington, all lived to great age.
Since then the age Of our Presidents at
their deaths has been somewhat reduced,
but the same is largely true of both bust
ness and public men who have been sub
iected to the strain of the modern rate
of life.
or the twenty-three Presidents who pre-
coded Mckinley only four died during
their term of office. OF these two, Lin
coin and Garfield, were removed by the
bullet OF assassins so that they were not
martyrs to their work, but martyrs 20
the place itself. William Henry Harri-
son, the grandfather OF Benjamin Har-
rison. died in office just a month after he
was inauRurated He was, however, 6S
years old exactly the age at which hie
grandson has laid down the burden of
life Zachary Taylor died after being IN
office fifteen months, at the age OF TO-
Ondv three Presidents have died during
the administration of their immediate sue
cessors. Washington lived for two and a
half years after he retired from the Pres
idency. James X. Polk died inside OF
four months and Chester A. Arthur with
In less than two years from the GATE d
leaving the White House. Polk and Ar
,hur were comparatively young men, the
former being "a and the latter IS. In 1861
Van Buren,, Tyler, Fillmore, Pierce, Blu
chanan and Lincoln were all alive. IL Is
notable that only four Presidents, LIN
coin Garfield. Polk and Arthur, were less
,han three-score years at their deaths.
seven Presidents, Washington, Taylor
Pierce. Grant. Johnson. and the two mar
rleons we're between 60 and TO- ana Mr..
Cleveland II SIN alive at "a. Monroe.
Tackson TYLER, Fillmore, Buchanan, ana
HAYES exceeded the Biblical period OF
three-soore years and ten.
,rhe FOUR veterans Of the Revolution,
ferferson. Madison. John Quincy Adams,
ana Van buren,. lived until they passed
Inc mild post Of f0ur-ncore years. John
Adams. who succoeded Washington ~ the
presIdency. remained IN private hfe for
tWenty-nye years, saw his son el"cteh
presi.icni. and hnaily oiled - w. sixteen
Qua N che nineteen Presidents WHO hNsa
tbrouqh their terms were in private IRE
for nom six 10 twenty-five years before
asafh overlook them, ana the last eHs
prssidsni ~ a.. Benjamin Harrison. was
n ytars "a. ana had been O9t u me
Whto llouae elghi frsnns
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
MISDEMEANOR C0NvICTS.
Prison Commission to Take Up the
Question This Week-New Rules
MAY Be Adopted.

Atlanta, March A.--On the return to the
city this week of the members of the
Prison Commission, they will take up the
question of misdemeanor convict camps
generally, and perhaps also specifically.
The commission will probably adopt
some new rules with regard to the gov
eminent of convict camps, among which
will be one similar to that now in force
in the state penitentiary, requiring lessees
OF misdemeanor convicts to furnish them
on discharge with a suit of clothes to
cost not less than So, and transportation
back, to the place of conviction
The question of hospitals at misde-
meanor camps will also be considered.
Two or three camps in which abuses and
violations of law have been complained
of. will probably be investigated with
view to determining whether or not they
should be disbanded. DeKalb county has
applied for all the misdemeanor convicts
from camps that may be disbanded by
the commission.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
HENRY DUBOIS VAN WICK.
Much Generosity shown by Late
Owner of Academy of Music in
Distributing His Estate.

Norfolk, Va, March 24.--The will of the
late Henry Dubois Van Wyck, formerly
Of New York, proprietor Of the Academy
Of Music here and the owner of much
real estate, leaves sums of from 81 900 to
$4,000 each to friends and faithful EN-
ployes. One of the legatees is unknown
10 the testator save that he had been
superintendent of the Pullman Car Com
pany in Chicago in 1891. He was l.. w.
Deivepeck and was left 81, coo for kindness
shown Mr.. Van Wyck in bringing home
his wife's body ten years ago. lie makes
the city of Norfolk a partial resduary
legatee for the purpose of extending the
public library. The gift will materially
old the city in complying with the terms
of Mr.. Carnegie's recent offer
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.
j. ID. BRECK KILLED ny BERRY
BIRD AT TALLAHASSEE.

Jacksonville Salesman shot Down
without Warning by Desperate.
No Explanation Given of the Kill
ing-uurderer stepped over the
Dead Body and walked on-BIrd
Was Once Charged With Killing IA
Night Waterman at Tallahassee,
but Escaped Trinl-Dead Mans
Home lis in New Jersey.
Jacksonville, Fla, March 2.-News was
received here to-day of the murder of ].
b. Breck salesman for E, f. Clarke s.
Co. of this city, furniture dealers, at Tai
lahassee, Fla, Saturday night. by Berry
Bird of Live Oak. Brock had just been
engaged by the Clark company, and this
was his first trip. From accounts re-
ceived here it was totally unprovolxed
and wholly cold blooded. A railroad man
states that Brock was walking along the
street there in front of the st. James
Hotel. Bird came along a few feet be-
hind. Breck happened TO turn his head
possibly hearing footsteps behind him.
and at this moment Bird drew his re-
volver and fired at his unsuspecting vic
NAAAAs HC OuilSL HlI DESCh III Tie iAS NJ
side of the head and he fell dead almost
instantly. Bird. with an 9th, walked on
coolly stepping over the murdered man
as he lay on the sidewalk. Bystauders
quickly arrested Bird, who professed to
know nothing of the occurrence. He even
denied having a revolver. though the po-
lice at the barracks pulled one out of his
hip pocket.
Bird and two companions came to Tai
lahassee on the early train from Live
Oak. and had been drinking considerably
Bird has bad reputation. Three
years ago he lay in Jail at
Tallahassee for five months on
the charge of killing a night watch
man at Live Oak. Through technicalities
and influence" he got clear. He is a
brother of the tax collector of Suwanee
county. The feeling at Tallahassee is
very bitter toward Bird and in a smaller
place, he would have been lynched The
sheriff has extra guards on tonight,
guarding him from possible violence, il
is said. Brecks body will be embaimed
and sent to his home in New Jersey. He
has wife in Philadelphia, and brother
employed with the Brooklyn Chair Com
pany. His home address in New Jersey
SdiulON DC HeCdt6Nis DIS ne WAS
ly stranger here.
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict
of murder. in the first degree. The Off
Gals of Leon county say they will push
the case. and see that Bird gets his de-
serts this time.
Another Account of the ShoOtig.
Tallahassee, Fla, March 4.-E. J.
Breck, travelling salesman for e. f.
Clark & Co.. Jacksonville, was murdered
on the streets here shortly before 10
o'clock last night by Berry Byrd, a COM
panion of Brock at the time, The two men
were walking arm in arm toward the St
James Hotel when suddenly Byrd drew
a pistol and shot Breck at close range.
l he wounded man expired in a few min
utes without making a statement. Byr1
is in Jail Breck has been travelling for
firms in Northern cities until recently.
He has relatives in Philadelphia. His wife
is now at Ivanhoe, N. ]. He was IS years
Of age.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
THE PATRiClDE AT LYONS.
Details of the Killing of james New
by His son-Blfnd Tiger whisky
Partly Responsible.

Lyons, Ga. March PA pool of clotted
blood on the public road mile from
here; an old man with a vicious stab just
above the heart, now in his coffin, and a
boy few months less than 81 years old,
occupying cell in the county Jail, are
the results of the patricide of yesterday,
near this place.
AS is the custom of the country folks
Mr.. james New came to town yesterday
being Saturday, to settle his bills and
make purchases. His son, Enoch. came
with him. Mr.. New in a wagon, Enoch
on horse.
After settling his store account and
buying barrel of flour and some smaller
articles, James New filled up on blind
tiger liquor, and secured a flask full to
carry home with him.
About o'clock the two left town, the
poy riding ahead of his father on his
Morse After about thirty minutes the
boy came back for DIR. Mcleod to go to
MS father, who, he said, was bleeding
to death from a cut
The doctor hurried to the spot as fast as
could and found the old man almost life
less. With the assistance of the boy they
put MIN in the wagon and brought him
back to town. The boy then went back
TO carry the things home that he had
unloaded on the side of the road, but he
tod some one while he was going out of
town that he had done the cutting. p
The authorities were notified and the
town marshal with another man was
sent to arrest him. They found him put
ting the things back in the wagon. They
brought him to town and kept him in
custody last night This morning he was
sent to Jail.
While he was making the trip to Lyons
and back again with the doctor, his
rather was lying on the bare ground in
a pouring rain. The wound was just be-
low the collar bone, ranging downward
into the cavity, severing an artery that
leads from the jugular vein into the
arm.
DR.. Mcleod was successful in taking
up the ends of the artery and tying them,
but the loss Of blood and the
exposure in the rain was more than the
old man could stand. He died few min
utes after the operation on the table.
The excuse that the boy gives for the
Grim is that when his father was drink
ing he was very quarrelsome and that
while they were on their way home he
began to quarrel with him and eventu-
ally told him to get down off the horse.
He got down and in a scuffle that en-
sued, he says the old man was trying to
get limb to hit him with, when he cut
him.
The writer and others have visited the
place of the tragedy to-day, and for a
distance of at least 200 feet there is no
limb nor stick that it would have been
possible for any one to hurt another with
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
GROW CARELESS or DANGER.
Constant Handling of ExIOsives
Renders Men Too heekIess

Constant Handling of ExIOsives
Renders Men Too heckIess.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
After a miner has handled dynamite for
eight or ten years without a serious mis-
hap II is a good idea to put him to do
ing something else about the works." said
a gentleman Of this city who has had a
great deal Of experience with high explo-
siyes THE chances are 100 to / that his
long immunity from accident has given
him such a contempt for danger than he
is an unconscious menace to everybody
on the premises. He will do things that
not only imperil his own life, but the
lives OF all his comrades. To give you an
illustration, / once had an old Cornishman
al work at a mine in which l was in
terested and had intrusted him with a
genera, supervision OF all the blasting. He
had been handling dynamite for twelve
years or more and was Justly regarded as
an expert During that entire period he
had never had an accident worth speaking
of, and by degrees the care and vigilance
that were responsible for his excellent
record had worn away until he was begin
ming to entertain the deluslon. common
to old hands. that the danger of the stun
was very much exaggerated.
zone day / was passing through a cut
where some blasting had been going on
and noticed the old Cornishman hammer
Ing a drill into what seemed to be a
boring in the rock. I asked him what he
was doing and he told me coohy there
was a cartridge IN the hole that had failed
to explode and he was Just knocking out
the tamping TO reprime H. / was horri .
fed for al every blow he was liable to
explode the dynamite ana / ordered him
sternly TO stop and never TO repeat such
a performance. The proper method would
have been 70 have drilled a new hole near
by and exploded the first charge with
second blast. He obeyed sullentiy, grumb-
ling 10 himself. and less than month AZ
terward was blown up while doing exact
Is the same thing. lie lost his ieft arm
Al the shoulder, his left eye and part Of
his left ear. He also lot his contempt
for dynamite and when no finally emefg-
Cd from the hospital ! gave him back his
former sob. ! never had a more serupa-
lousy careful employe than he was from
that time on. II SCENE brutal thing 10
cay, but there ~ nothing that does en-
old dynamite hand as much Eood az %
gee blown 40 once ~ twice"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
GOT $4,000 IN JEWEI.RY.


New York, March PA daring burg
last, was made public tonight. The res
idence entered was that of DIR. Nathan E.
Iirill, on West Seventy-sixth street, and
the thieves secured jewelry said to be
worth about $4,000.
The physicians house is in a fashion
able neighborhood. The doctor and his
wife were visiting Friday evening and
four servants remained in the house. In
spite of this fact, when the Drills re-
turned home they found that thieves had
visited Mrs. Brills room and taken every
piece of 1ewelry from that apartment The
servants say they heard no unusual noise
In the house.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
WIFE AND MOTHER AT SIXTEEN.
Found Homeless and F'riendIcss on
Streets of Atlanta.

Atlanta, March 24.-Mrs. Ella Roberts
from Carroll county. a l6-year-old wife
and mother deserted by her husband,
was found wandering on the streets in
the rain at midnight last night, and taken
10 the station house. She told a pitiaoie
story. and said her husband having left
her and being without friends, she had
come to Atlanta In search OF work. The
police took care of her to-day and Will
endcnvor 20 secure a situation for her to-
.aorroW
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
HOW PRINCES PROPOSE.
Royal wooings Are quite Romantic,
Sometimes.

From London Tit Bus.
..r o,,ise had gone on with Jane Ely, the
lord chancellor and Lorne. Louise VINO
returned some time after the others. told
me that Lorne had spoken Of his devotion
% her and proposed TO her, and that she
had accepted him, knowing that woula
a-,nrove Though / was unprepared LOT
tbis result. l felt painfully the thought OF
IN these simple and motherly words the
,,,oen hsrself describes the circumstances
,,,der which the handsome young heir OF
the Argylls, whom she had nursed on her
knee as a "winsome. fair-haired boy OF
three a little over thenty years carrier
TO-, the hand and heart of her daughter,
louise. while walking amid the romahtlc
sceberv that enshrines Baimoral.
Although Il probably never occurred TO
,hern the young chieftain" and the prin-
cess were simply re-enacting love drama
which the same hills and moors had look
ga on only a dozen years earlier. Ihere
are many old people living to-day IN anu
around Craithie who remember seeing TWO
Young lovers-one a fair high-spirited glrl
OF eeyenteen and the other handsome'
ataiwart young man nine years Older
.,a nderlnR together like two rustic lovers
Nv tho bank Of the Dee or over the moor
land paths a..
one OF them was the queens eldest
daughter ana her fathers pet companion,
auA the other the young German prince
VINO was 20 die 80 tragicaiy thirty years
inter. crowned OF the very brink ~ me
crave. one day. when they had wandered
a way together over the moOrs, the young
rrfnce espied a piece Of white heather
~. stoOplng 20 pluck II, presented u 10
the young gin BY biz side.
such a glfi could have bui one meaning
sba thnt 10 unfamiliar Or unexpected ono
ana when tho lovers returned ~ ihe ess-
tls their faces betrayed % me queen 'iat
tbe narni "a her lnmbs had been stolen
from her"
over these yery moofs. which had W.T.
messed Two royal proposals. the exareYiteh
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
Railroads Blocked with snow.

lincoln Neb.. March a.-Reports from
slaa"e and ogallala after midnight to-
p XXI, lndieate that the Union Pacific and
lllhston main lines are blocked with
o., Three passenger trains are held at
~, '"aia ana drifts west Of there have
,Se Neen raised after hard work vita
~, pows. The storm In Western Me-
t.s.Ha = the worst in years Snow II
'"'i'ed from four 10 twelve inches deep.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
NOT HIS FAULT, SAID JOHNSON.
Gilbert's Deposit Did Not Exceed
500 when Bank Failed.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March A.-When
informed of the suicide of ex-Mayor Gil
bert of Niles, johnson said he had known
MIN for many years.
We were good friends, 1t is true" said
me- but 1t cannot be said he was one
VI my nearest and best friends. l can
not see how my troubles should have had
anything to do with his act of suicide.
ne was a patron of the bank, but his
balance on deposit at the time Of the fail
ure did not exceed $780,"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
ATLANTA NEGRO KILLED.
NV policeman on whom He Drew n
Knife.

Atlanta, March A.-This morning short
ly after o'clock. Policeman Fleming
shot and killed a negro, Richard Scott
who was advancing upon him with a long
knife. The negro had been ordered to
surrender, as he was found prowling
ahout a laundry Instead OF doing 20,
he drsw his knife and IN a moment fell
yvith a bullet through bis head. The
eoroners jury rendered a verdict OF jus
Unable homicide.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
FOUND IN A BOX CAR.
Body of Murdered Man with Head
Crushed In.

Cumberland, Nd, March 2-The body
in a box car on a Baltimore and Ohio
train when it pulled into the Connells-
vile yard last night. The mans head
had been crushed in, blow having evil
IDENTIFY been delivered from behind with
a blunt instrument The man was we'll
dressed and had United States Express
card upon him, addressed to Edward
Greenlief, Cumberland, Md.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
BOILER MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Was in Ill Health and Worried Over
Buxiness Troubles.

Chicago. March 24.-George j. Smith
Of the George ]. Smith Boiler Manufac-
turing Company, shot himself to-day at
his home in Chicago Heights. The ball
entered his abdomen and came out under
the left arm He was unconscious when
found by members of his family, and the
surgeon in attendance states that the
chances are against his recovery. Mr.
Smith, who is 60 years old, was formerly
engaged in business in st. Louis He
had of late been in i'll health and worried
over business troubles.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
MRS. BROOKS BURIAL.
Will Occur at EdaefeId, s. c., To-
dag.

Columbia, S. c.. March 2-Mrs Pres
ton s. Brooks died at Norfolk, Va, last
midnight The funeral will be held in
Edgefield, her home, tomorrow
Mrs. Brooks was the widow of Preston
S. Brooks. who was distinguished for gal
lantry in the Mexican War, and who chas-
tised Charles Sumner in the United States
Senate because of an unkind reference
made by Sumner to the venerable Sena-
tor Butler of this state.
Mrs. Brooks was the mother of Mrs. v.
e. McBee and Of Mr. Preston Brooks of
Sewannee, Tenn.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
win Proceed Aralnst Player.

r.,H YORK March "A President Charles
,s.'l oi the Brooklyn Baseball cub.
az. made ne oflenl settlement ihnf The
II "hp have deserted the cub vii
i,,.... f'''aea against in case they fan 30
is.s p' oraqreq The plhyers, VINO arc
i4... nave Jumped 30 fhe American
taa I.' hfs heqipufy, Howell Cross
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
FELL FROM THIRD STORY.
Boston Lawyers Strange Accident
Last Night.

Boston, March A.-Edward W. Hooper,
former treasurer Of Harvard College, and
lawyer in this city, fell from the third
story of his residence on Beacon street
shortly after midnight, and received seri-
Gus, though it is believed, not fatal I'M
juries.
Mr.. Hooper has been confined to his
room for ten days past with illness
brought on by overwork, and has been
in charge of trained nurse. The acct
dent tonight occurred when the latter
was temporarily absent from the room,
and no one witnessed 1t.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25

Atlanta, March 2f-0ecrEF Mnriin, a
" known young white man residing 81
rs Crew street was fonna ataq ~ ~
..,set lnte lsst night Ife had fallen
.,tiis 81 hfs Wny home The cofonrrs
t,ry aftsr 81 investigation to-day aeiefs
..ieed thst aeaih was Qua ~ apqplsANs
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25

His wife Died of Pneumonia Only n
Few Hours Previously.

Cincinnati. March A.-Frank p. Wright.
publisher Of Chic. and connected with
Cincinnati papers for twenty years, died
suddenly to-day. aged " years. His wife
died Of pneumonia few hours previously.
Wright was not considered seriously af-
nlcted until an hour before death.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
WILL LOSE THE FRANCHISE.
Rebels Who Do Not Surrender Before
May 1-COmmissioners to Visit
the sultan of J0lo.

Manila, March 25.-The municipal code
provides that those in rebellion after
April shall be ineligible henceforrn TO
vote or to hold office.
Upon the request of Gen. Trias, who
is winding up the remnants of the insur-
rection, the Philippine Commission has
extended this date to May /.
The Philippine Commission has sailed
from Iloiio to Jolo to make three days
visit and to endeavor to come to an ami
cable understanding with the Sultan re-
garding various matters. There will be
no legislation. According TO treaty the
Sultan's government controls the Suiu
group.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
wELL-KNowN WOMAN DEAD.
Wife of Ex-COngressman Fitzpatrick
Dies of Pneumonia

Frankfort. KY. March 2i.-Mrs. Mar
cissa South Fitzpatrick. wife of ex-con-
gresham T. Y. Fitzpatrick Of the Tenth
district. died here of pneumonia to-day.
service in Congress closed
March 3, and he had since located here.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick was a daughter OF the
late Col. Jere South, and aunt OF Con-
gresham Trimble of this city and Of ex-
Lieut.. Gov. Jere South OF Arkansas.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
FOR TUsKEGEE INSTITUTE.
Mrs. c. p. Huntington Gives 10000
for Endowment Fund.

for Endowment Fund.
New York, March A,-Booker T. Wash
ington tonight announced that as a re-
suit of the meeting held last Monday
evening in this city by the Armstrong
Association for the Tuskegee Institute,
$500 has been given or promised, includ-
ing $4,000 from Mrs. c. p. Huntington,
which may be used for the endowment
fund. Toward the $4,000 for current OK
penses necessary to be secured before the
gift Of $4,000 promised by women Of
Brooklyn, is available, $13,S00 has been
received.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25

Philadelphia. March A.-Iorin Blodgett.
an eminent statistician ana one o. the
foremost authorities on the higher econ
0mics. died IN this city today aged ~
years.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
WILL TRY TO SEE MORGAN.
Mitchell Doing Everything Possible
to Prevent "A Strike.

New York, March A.-President John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
Union is in the city with the intention
of seeing ]. p. Morgan and the heads of
the important coal companies to consult
about the situation in the coal fields for
the purpose, If possible, of averting a
strike,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
SENATOR HANNA IN NEW YORK.
Not There to Sell Out His Lake In
terests to Morgan, He Says.

terests to Morgan, He Says.
New York. March Ex-senator Hanna
arrived in this city from Washington to-
night on private business. He said there
is no truth in the story that he and,
]. Pierpont Morgan had come to New
York to settle the details of a transaction
by which the Morgan interests would take
over the Lake and ore interests of M. A.
Hanna & Co., of Cleveland. He said that
the fact that he and Mr.. Morgan were on
the same train was only a coincidence.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25

Verbs tomb BE- 10 be- very phsin one,
mercy . saroophagus win fhe Inscription
pray f0f tbs souls of Giuseppe Verdi
ana Maria eirspDom VERDI bis beloved
ngife.1
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25

too has done its work. though there may
still be work for 1t 20 do. Perhaps some
day 1t will join the windmill the beavers
and the barrels In the escutcheon.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25

-Tnkine q Liberty Korngen--'W We're
ihinklng on namirg him 9arEe Washine-
Tor" Caaey-"taye yes 50 hflly'F pr.
misaon3 1bafa a. name ~ Biz goati'
puck.