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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

John Alexander Dowie, the alleged
Elijah" of Chicago, seems to be max
ing a good thing of his new religion in
connection with his sale of building
lots in Zion city, suburb. Dowie
fixes his own price on lots, the price
ranging from $500 to 5000, and makes
it a condition that building to cost
from 81, 500 to SO, 800 shall be erected on
each lot. He does not sell the prop
erty outright, but compels his follow
ers to take a lease for LOO years on
the condition that they will forfeit all
rights should any of his terms be
disregarded at any time. Among the
conditions which he writes into the
contract are these: That there shall be
no butcher shops, no gunpowder
factories, no saloons. no intoxicat-
ing liquors, no cigarettes, no tobacco,
no opium, no drugs, no circus, no thea
ter, no physician on the lots sold. He
also requires that his people shall not
eat cells, rabbits, swine or oysters. If
they transgress in any of these require
ments, they forfeit the amount paid
on their lots. All titles, meanwhile,
stand in the name of Dowie. 1t is mar
velous that here should be as many
fools in Illinois as Dowie has gathered
together in this suburb of Chicago,
The understanding is that the land
speculation will bring Dowie in several
millions of dollars.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

by Jove! Arrested for swindling,"
and the man who was reading his paper
at table in the annex turned to three
or four friends who were slipping what
they thought to be cooling drinks, says
the Detroit Free Press. 'If I'd been
there I'd have gone bail forshim. I saw
him do a thing once that showed he had
a big heart and the instincts of a gen
tleman."
What you talking about?" mumbled
the man with straw in his mouth.
The other read the news item that had
attracted his attention and then went on
TO tell the story of what had warmed
him to the swindler. Il was on the way
to the Highland Park races last summer.
and just ahead of me sat two gayly-
dressed women, and next to them a
gray-haired, kindly-faced old woman The
younger ones were talking about one of
the runners on which they had tip, and
said that it was just like finding money
to bet on him. They kept it up, and it
was evident the old woman was getting
excited
She turned to me and said she intend
ed to go to Palmer Park, but if she
thought she could double her money on
that horse she would try it. 1t would
enable her to pay her rent. and she had
received notice. To my right sat this
'swindler,' showlly dressed and out for
killing.
Sure thing he replied, before 4 got
in a word. 'Gf me your stuff and I'll do
the betting for you. Take this ticket
have two
L wanted to interfere, but he looked
as though he meant to be good to her, so
l contented myself with a resolution to
Keep my eye on him. lie put her money
OH the favorite and the favorite lost. I
followed him back to the stand where
the old woman was in tears and the
dressy women were making game of her
He gave them a look that Strengthened
their faces and then seized the older one s
hand
Here, grandma he laughed; I was
too smart to put your money on that
skate Your stuff backed the winner. four
to one, and he slipped two crisp new
tens to her, and told me that was the
happiest lie he ever got off. You bet I'd
have bailed him."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

A great many people are making
suggestions to Mr.. Carnegie as to how
he shall distribute his vast fortune of
SIZE, zoo, 900, which he proposes to give
away before he dies. He has said, it
will be recalled, that the man who dies
rich dies disgraced.
The suggestion that seems to meet
with the most favor from those who
are taking an interest in the matter-ft
is not known that Mr.. Carnegie is taxi
ing any interest in the suggestions,
doubtless feeling able to manage his
fortune without outside assistance-is
that he shall undertake to solve the
tenement house problem. That problem
is as old as the world, and doubtless
will remain with US. 1t is possible, of
course, to improve the conditions of
some of those who inhabit the tene-
ment house districts of great cities, but
there is a certain per cent. of the ten
ement house population that cannot be
helped permanently. If it were helped
to better place to-day it would drop
back to its old condition tomorrow,
because it will not help itself.
A very good suggestion to Mr.. Car
negie is the one made by the Memphis
Commercial-Appe 1t is that he es
tablish a great Southern university.
There are universities and colleges in
the South, and most of them are excel
lent institutions, but they are all poor.
There is not one of them that ranks
with the great universities in the East
and West.
In the East there are Harvard, Yale,
Princeton, Cornell and many others.
In the West there are the Chicago Uni
versity, Ann Arbor University, Stan
ford University, and many more of
lesser note.
The South has no great educational
institution-that is an institution that
is known drought the length and
breadth of the land. She ought to have
one, and it ought to be in Georgia, the
Empire State of the South. Besides,
Mr.. Carnegie is in a measure connect
ed with Georgia. Members OF his fam
lily have a fine estate on Cumberland
Island, and he is often a visitor there.
An amount equal to that which Mr..
Carnegie gave to the universities of
Scotland would be sufficient to give the
South a great university. No doubt his
name will live very long time in con-
nection with the libraries which he is
establishing throughout the country
but they will not contribute so much to
he Nf hi nrU q
would a great Southern university.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
REAL ESTATE AS AN INVESTMENT.

Some recent transactions in real es-
tate in this city have offered an illus
tration of the common sense of the old
proverb about laying aside something
for a rainy day. In a steadily increas-
ing city like Savannah, the growth of
which is as plainly marked as a tree is
by the rings which tell its age, there is
probably no safer and surer way for a
young man, or any man, to save
money and get good interest on his
savings, than through judicious invest
ments in real estate.
To the person of moderate means,
saving means self-denial; the saving of
small things. The effort is worth the
making, however. and once the habit
of economy is formed-the cutting off
of small expenses and putting the
money saved into LOFTS practice be-
comes a pleasure. Economy with In
dustry when one is young means COM
fort with independence in old age. Nine
times out of ten, possibly ninety nine
times out of one hundred, when
young man gets married he
has more liabilities than assets.
The lot in life which such a
man offers to a woman is not very
enticing. Had he saved some of his
earnings and invested them in small
section OF land on which to build q
house. he would have had something
promising to offer. The average wo-
man is always ready 10 turn to and
| help her husband build a home. She is
ready for hard work and economy, IL
1 her husband has done and will do his
part.
1t is when a man is young that he
should determine to save something
out of every days earnings, upon which
! TO build in the future. At the base OF
every fortune will be found the first
few dollars. maybe a hundred or less
! They represent self-denial economy
and industry They are the fulcrum by
means of which the owner of the for
tune raised himself from the common
level to the position of the well-to-dc
citizen.
The saver or plodder who invests his
earnings in a building lot will get II
paid for after awhile. 1t is his savings
bank, and some day. even II he doesn't
build on It. its value will put him In
a position TO purchase something more
valuable or engage in some business
| There are hundreds of houses in Savan-
nah to-day that represent the small
but steady savings Of men who have
learned that economy and industry in
youth are the forerunners Of comfort
and independence in age.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

1t has been suggested in the Consti-
tutional Convention of Virginia that
lynching shall be made murder in the
first degree, in the basic law, and that
the city or county in which a lynching
occurs shall be liable in the sum Of
81, 900 to the heirs of the victim of the
mob The trouble about Furnishing
lynchers is not in the laws themselves,
but in their enforcement. OF what
value would it be if the most drastic
laws imaginable should be enacted If
they could not be enforced? In one
or two of the states the counties are
made responsible in pecuniary damages
for lynchings which occur within their
borders, but it is not practicable to Sc
cure verdicts awarding such damages.
The petit juries simply refuse to find
verdicts for the plaintiffs. The cure for
lynching is not to be found in filling
the statute books with new laws on the
subject, but in educating the people up
to an appreciation of the fact that
lynching is destructive of law and or
der.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Savannah Building
Company; Prof. DeVoe Says, w. l..
Wilson & Co.; Notice to City Court
Jurors; Tornado Insurance, w. L. Will
son G. Co.; Dividend Notice, Savannah
Gas Light Co.; Black and Tan Male
Dog Strayed, S. E. Theus; Levan's Ia
BILE d'Hote; Annual Picnic German
Club at the Tybee Inlet Club House
To-day.
Business Notices-Meat Relishes for
Hot Weather, A. M. & C. w. West;
Choice Teas, The S. w. Branch Com
pany
Observation-Disclosures Female Col
lege, LaGrange, Ga.
Mems Single Pants One-Quarter Off
B. II. Levy & Bro.
When You Need a Walking Skirt
b. II. Levy & Bro.
Tonight the Cake Walk-At the
South End Pavilion.
Cotton Ties, Etc.. d. Weed & Co.
Amusements-Gra Boxing Carnival
at Theater, July 10.
Hotel-F. b. Robins, Controlling Ho-
tel Buckingham, Hotel Marlborough
and Hotel Lillian, Buffalo.
Whiskeys-Murray Hill Club Wits.
key; Old Quaker Rye Whiskey.
Medical-S. S. S.; Plantation Chill
Cure; Ponds Extract; DR.. Hathaway
Company; Castoria; Peruna; Rowlin-
skis Beef, Wine and Iron.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

A rather exceptional sort of meet
ing has been called to assemble in Buff
falo next September. 1t is to be a con-
vention of negro bankers, and its pur-
pose is to organize a Colored National
Bankers Association. 1t is stated that
seven banks are already in existence
in the South under the control of col
ored people, and that an eighth bank,
located in Philadelphia, will be in OPP
Grafton before the time of the meet
ing. The organization of banks among
the negroes ought to be an incentive to
thrift among the people of the race.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

II is understood that a kinsman Of
Frances Il. willard. the noted woman
reformer. is in London for the purpose
Of matchmaking between American
women who have money and English
mon who have titles that they are VIII
ing 20 exchange for n cash considera-
tion. The manager Of the bureau says
that there are q great many American
women who are willing 20 marry any
sort Of an Englishman with "a title.
and as many Englishmon with titles
who are willing 10 marry any sort Of
an American woman with money n
viii BE- his business 90 bring these
classes Of persons together. charging "a
commission 90 the woman Tor tho utie
che Will receive and 90 the man for
assisting him ~ marry money
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

The versatility of the Georgia jour
nalist is well illustrated in the case
of Mr.. Stanhope Sans, well known in
newspaper circles in this state. South
Carolina and New York, and formerly
private secretary to Gov. Northen. Mr..
Sans latest venture in the journalistic
line is the publication in New York of
a monthly periodical under the name of
Japan and America" It's title de-
notes it's character. Its purpose is to
draw the two countries closer together
i'm thought and commerce. One half
of Il is printed in English and the other
in japanese. A popularity of the ia
panese section is that Roman letters
are used instead of the characters I'm
which the language of Nippon" is
usually placed upon paper. indicating
that the time may come when our
friends, the Yankee OF Asia" will
discard their sign language and adopt
the English alphabet. That innovation
would conduce to a more intimate as
ISOLATION of the peoples. since it would
make the language less difficult for
those reading English. The first issue
of Japan and America" is fun of in
teresting matter. and gives promise of
performing good service.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

If young Herbert Saylor of Quaker
town, Pa, does not become great
violinist it will not be because of a
lack of devotion to music or willing
ness to undergo suffering for it's sake.
The ends of his fingers were too large
to permit of a perfect lingering of the
strings, so he went to hospital the
other day and had piece of flesh cut
out of the end of each finger on the
left hand. The size of the pieces of
flesh removed may be conjectured
from the statement that each wound
required five to six stitches. When his
hand gets well young Saylor is going
to Germany to study for three years.
He was already a fine performer, but
the size of his finger tips handicapped
him,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
GLOOMY FEELING RESPECTING
CHINA.

A month ago it was the understand
ing that an agreement had been reach
ed respecting the indemnity that China
is to pay The latest dispatches indi-
cate that no agreement has been reach
ed-that there is deadlock among the
ministers having the matter in charge.
No sooner does prospect of an agree
ment appear than some of the Powers
raise an objection that unsettles prac-
tically everything that has been done.
1t seems that now there are differences
between Great Britain and Russia that
will have to be adjusted before any
step forward can be taken. Just what
these differences are the dispatches do
not state, but they are sufficient to
put a stop to negotiations and give
rise to grave doubts as to whether a
settlement of the Chinese troubles will
ever be made without a further show
of force, not against China, but be-
tween the Powers which have been de-
spelling China.
A few days ago 1t was asserted that
Japan wanted her indemnity increased
because the DOuuS size WOulQ ICCClNG
would not be worth as much as those
received by the other Powers-that is,
not worth as much on the market, be-
cause her Endorsement of them would
not carry as much weight as that of
the richer Powers. The United States
were willing to grant her request, but
it seems the other Powers were not.
1t begins to look as if there were a
purpose on the part of some of the
Powers to permit no settlement of the
troubles, but to pursue a course that
would result in breakup of the con-
ference of the ministers and furnish
an excuse for a division of the en-
pire.
Ii Hung Chang, who is acting for
China, seems to have some such fear.
and, therefore. he is earnestly calling
on the ministers to send to the Chinese
government a definite statement of
their demands. There is no doubt dan
ger to China in the delay. Ii Hung
Chang has reason to feel uneasy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

The people of Arlington. N. j.. seem
determined 10 sift the Barker X eller
scandal to the bottom. Some of them
are urging the Rev. Mr.. Keller TO bring
a suit for defamation of character
against the woman. while others are
urging Mrs. Barker to sue Mr.. Keller
for assault. Should either of them
bring suit against the other. it would
be a mere question OF the truthfulness
of one as against the other. unless the
preacher should set up an alibi and
prove it. There were no witnesses TO
the alleged assault.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
Personal.

Miss Annie Tracy Morgan, daughter of
]. Pierpont Morgan. is crack shot with
rife and very fond of hunting big
game. She is also a born sailor and a
good yachtswoman.
John w Gates, the steel wire mag
nate, is probably one of the best anna
teur billiard players in the country. He
is very fond of the game and plays it
nearly every evening.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

The Birmingham Age Herald re-
marks that uncle Sam is winning
fame as collector OF slow accounts. +"
noting that when he collected the bill
from Turkey be- beat the record. Mean
while Uncle Sam already has the rep
utation OF being among the poorest pay
10 creditors IN the world. only a
few days ago the dispatches contained
an account ~ how creditor had o.
wait thirty years Tor the settlement
Of an honest debt against Che govern
ment This governments alonnerf boz
paying its debts 10 ita own people De- b
national scandal
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

A story sent out from Washington
the other day, and printed in several
newspapers, was to the effect that the
Republican party was getting ready to
''abandon it's old time pension policy at
no distant day, and repeal all of the
existing pension laws" There never
was a more foolish hot weather story.
The Republican party stands in too
deadly fear of the Grand Army of the
Republic and the pension attorneys TO
make any radical change in the pension
laws
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

Mayor Harrison of Chicago was
quoted a day or two ago as having
said: ''Under the present conditions
a man who is honest and does not de-
sire the mayoralty for his own pur-
poses is a fool to seek to be Mayor of
Chicago" Nevertheless IL is the un-
Outstanding that Mayor Harrison is a
candidate for a fourth term in the Of
flee. Maybe he was angry about some
thing, and 'spake inadvisedly with his
sound.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

II is not likely that the prices Of
shares IN the surface transportation
lines will take a horizontal drop be-
cause Of the success OF Santos Du-
monts airship In sailing around the
Eifel tower In Paris the other day.
The inventor himself does not claim
that the commercial solution of aerial
navigation has been reached. His APP
parutus VIII rise from the ground and
call under command "a stil or light
airs in fair weather but that ~ the
most that can be said for 3d. a strong
breeze makes u unmanaKeablo and "a
rain shower puts 81 out Of business.
The all-weathers airship ID sun " the
|Rpiurs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

1t is estimated that there are 10000
Sufferers from locomotor ataxia in the
country. The other day the National
Locomotor Ataxia League was formed
in New York, with headquarters in
Fifth avenue. Its purpose is TO get as
many victims Of the complaint into
the league as possible and spur the doc
tors on TO getting a cure for the all
ment by putting up a big prize for
them to work for. The league now
has in mind a $4,000 prize for cure
but may do even better than that II
Its membership grows large.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS
MiIlerS Hotel
81, 80 and Al West Twenty-sixth Sire
NEW YORK

81, 80 and Al West Twenty-sixth Sire.
NEW YORK
This house is located between Broadv,a,,
and Sixth avenue, one block from Ma,
son Square. 1t is in the very center .,
the shopping, amusement and hotel dis
trict. The Broadway and Sixth avenua
lines of electric cars. with their transfers
connects with all ferries. railroad depots
and other parts of the city. The bousa "a
fitted up with all modern convenieuces
and for years has been the home ~
many prominent people from both South
and North.
Rates-Single rooms. with board, from
y to $3.50 per day. Double rooms with
board for two. from 81 TO s.. Special
terms for stay of two weeks.
w. NJ HAIGHT, Proprietor
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

Just what the steel workers strike
is about is a little hazy in the public
mind. President Shaffer of the Anal
gamated Association is quoted as say
ing: This strike was not of our seek
ing: it was forced on u.s. So far as
anything that has yet appeared in the
public prints is concerned this cannot
be readily understood. The printed
statements have been to the effect that
the Amalgamated Association wanted
the proprietors of the mills to do some
thing, namely, to let the association
Organize" their non-union mills; but
it has not yet appeared that the mill
owners wanted the association to do
anything. If the strike was forced"
on the association it must be that there
is something in connection with the
cause of it that has not yet been made
public,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
The weather,

The indications for Georgia to-day
are showers, light south to southwest
winds; and for Eastern Florida, partly
cloudy weather, with occasional show
ers in northern and western portions,
winds mostly light easterly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
STOCKTON HOTEL,
CAPE MAY. N. l.

Largest and most spacious on the coast.
every modern comfort and facility. Or
chestra, 16 pieces. billiards. tenpins.
shuffleboards, lawn tennis, golf, magnifi-
cent beach front driveway and promen-
AIDE three miles long. Rooms with private
baths when desired. Rates SIS to $S5 per
week Special reduction for July. Write
for booklet. H. NJ. CAKE
Also Hotel Normandie, Washington, DC.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
BLOWING ROCK.
GREEN PARK HOTEL,

GREEN PARK HOTEL,
Summit of Blue Ridge, 1910 Feet
This popular resort will open on 15tb
June, under the management of Frank p
Morton. Scenery and climate UNSURPASSED
in the world. Hotel frst-cAss in every
respect. Patrons say they get more for
their money here than anywhere else. ana
that it compares favorably with four dol
lars-a-day-hotels. Superior roads, excel
dent livery; all the usual amusements
Postoffice and telegraph in hotel Write
for leaf1et and rates to
GREEN PARK HOTEL
Green Park, N. G
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
GTeNnbrIGT WHITE sulphur SDTIDuS,

WEST VIRGINIA
The representative resort of the South
Open June 10 to Sept Is. New lights sew
erage and private baths Also sulphur.
Turkish, Russian and spout baths. in
charge of professional. Orchestra OF Is
pieces. Write for illustrated booklet
HARRINGTON MILLS, Mgr.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chicago News Qnd) discussing the
steel workers strike. says: The great
struggle thus precipitated virtually real
ICES the expectations Of the economists
who have predicted the formation of a
monopoly of labor to oppose a monopoly
OF capital. The outcome, IL is true, even
though won at great cost, may not be
conclusive. and the same fight may
nave to be fought over In other indus
tries. But. whatever II may be, there
seems little reason to doubt that the
tendency to the further extension Of la
boris monopoly is as inevitable as the
tendency to the extension Of the trust
organizations OF capital"
The Florida Times-Union and Citizen
says: AN army officer says our fellow
citizen. the Sultan OF Sulu. is a queer
black boy in a dress suit and a skull
cap But he manages TO live on $40 per
month taken from our tax list and keep
800 wives at work on his plantation
which Is better than any American can
do on the same pay"
The Charleston Post CDem) says: THE
steel workers strike Is on IN earnest and
there Is a lean time In prospect for man
ufacturers and employees alike And moth
Ing 10 De Eained by the struggle that
couldn't boz accomplished through arbitrs-
ton"
The Norfolk WaD Landmark rays
LONDON hears report that The wife of
President schaaik-Burser 81 tns Trans.
Naal haf br'n caught hY the British
whose military authorities attach greet
importance fo this capture That a. .
pfsity kinq " warfare, ifpt Nf