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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29
CHINA'S INDEMNITIES
LORD LANsDowNE DISCUSSES THE
QUESTION.
he FAVoRS THE OPEN DOOR
POWERS To FORWARD CLAIMS IN
ONE LOT.

Where China Is to Get the Money No
body KnOws-BOth Britain and
Germany Have Cautioned Her
Against Entering Into Private Ar
rangements with Any other Pow
er, Involving Territorial or FInnn-
ciRI ConditiOns-Russta Has Ex-
planned Her Intentions in Mnnchu-
ria.
London. March 2S-1n the House of
Lords to-day Lord Lansdowne, the for
eign secretary, announced that no further
military operate by the British troops
in China were contemplated for the pres
ent.
The compliance OF China with the de-
mands of the Powers is hardly of such
a character as to justify the withdrawal
of the allied forces, but the British gov
ernment hoped to be able, before long,
to withdraw or reduce les forces in
China. Negotiations were necessarily
slow with a refugee government. On the
broad questions, however, there was a
practical unanimity among the Powers.
The allies desired to derive no territorial
advantage from the existing treaties and
desired to maintain the open door in COM
mercial and economical questions. while
within the spheres where existed prefer
ential rights there should be equality OF
opportunity for ell the Powers concerned.
In regard to the question of indemnity
now under discussion, 1t had been de-
cided that the claims should be forward
ed by the Powers in one lot. AS to the
source whence the indemnity should be
paid, 1t was not desired to impose on
China any crushing burden.
Both the German and British govern
ments had informed China that 1t was
not desirable, while negotiating with the
Powers as a whole that she should enter
into a private arrangement involving ter
ritorial or financial conditions with any
other Power
In regard to the reported Manchurian
agreement Lord Lansdowne said he was
not in a position to pass final opinion on
the matter.
Count Lamsdorff had informed the Brit
ish ambassador at st. Petersburg that II
was the purpose of Russia to arrange a
modus vivendi with China with the object
| of preventing disturbances in the vicinity
| of the Russian frontier and that she had
no intention of seeking that guarantee
in any acquisition of territory or in any
| actual or virtual protectorate over Man.
| churia. If the document really fell with
| in the language used by Count Lamsdorn
His Majesty's government would GER
tainly not object to it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29
SAVANNAH GA. FRIDAY MARCH 90 1901.
taken by the Americans in the prosecu-

taken by the Americans In the prosecu-
tion of the war.
A study of the latest atlas of the Phil
ippine archipelago, issued by the Coast
Survey. shows that the province of Isa-
bella Is in the extreme northern portion
of the island Of Luzon. Palanan is a town
on the eastern coast of Isa-
bella province, situated on
river somewhat inland which flows
into the Gulf of Palanan. Between the
coast and the Rio Grande. which flows
northward through Northern Luzon, is
the Sierra Madras mountains, a coast
range which is almost impossible. The
Palanan and the coast towns where
Aguinaldo has been hiding could only be
reached by sea.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29
AGUINALDo's PRISON.
MnIncanan, a Former Summer Resi-
deuce of Governor Generals.

Washington, March 2S-Malacanan,
where Aguinaldo is confined, was the for
mer summer residence OF the Spanish gov.
ernor generals in the Philippines. 1t Is
about three-quarters Of a mile from the
walled city of Manila, and has been
made the summer residence OF Gen. Otis
and Gen. Macarthur. 1t is on the Pasg
river about a mile from the headquar rters
in Manila. There is a company of in
fantry stationed there which is known as
the headquarters guard.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29
FUNsTON's REWARD.
Army omcers Concede His Great De-
serts.

Washington, March 2s.-Next to the cap
ture Of Aguinaldo himself. the chief inter-
est OF the day centered In the reward
which the government would give 20
Gen. Funston for the brilliant and sue
cessfuI contamination Of his project. He
stands to-day on the records OF the war
department as second on the list OF brig
adler generals OF volunteers, being pre-
ceded by Brig. Gen. James y. Smith OF
California. There have been several
pending vacancies OF a high grade IN the
regular service. and more or less spccu-
lation as 10 whether Funston would re-
ceiye one Of these appointments. one
OF the vacancies IL IN the high rank OF
major general. but there has been no idea
that the young Kansan would be rendered
such an exalted rank. Next IN order
there hos been one vacancy n the grade
OF brieadler general Of the regular SER
vice, with a second vacancy likely 10 oc-
lcontiuued on Fifth PnNal
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29
Maryland WIN E1hibIt.

Annapolis. Md. March 28.-The General
Assembly adjourned to-day. Among the
bills passed was one providing for the
approprlation Of $1,000 for state exhibits
al the Buffalo and Charleston Exposl-
tiOns.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29
WHAT Is AGUINALDo,s CRIME =,
Will He BE Given "a Civil or "A Mill
tary Trial

Washington, March 2S.-The War De-
partment has not had time to consider
the exact status of Aguinaldo, whether
he is to be tried, and what punishment
If any, is to be meted out to him. But
there are certain general principles which
are said to be clearly established, and the
first question asked is as to whether
Aguinaldo Is to be tried as military or
as a civil offender. If he is to be regard
ed as having committed reasonable acts
or fomented an insurrecton against the
United States government, then the trial
would be of civil character, for these are
political offenses against the authority of
the United States, and are not offenses
under the articles of war to be tried by
a military court-martial or commission.
1t is hardly expected that the rigorous
procedure for treason would be adopted.
II it should be, Section 5,332 of the Re-
vised Statutes provides that every per-
son guilty of treason shall suffer death,
or, at the discretion of the court, shall
be imprisoned at hard labor for not less
than five years, and fined not less than
$4,000
Another section provides for melting In
surrection, short of actual treason, and
specifies the punishment as follows:
Every person, who incites, sets on
foot, assists or engages in any rebellion
or insurrection against the authority of
the United States shall be punished by
Imprisonment not more than ten years or
by fine of not more than $4,000 or by
both"
As n Military Prisoner.
The foregoing, however. are political Of
fenseS against the authority of the Unit
ed States. 1t is presumed that Aguinaldo
will be held for the present at least as a
military prisoner. If tried as SUCH it
would be because he had offended against
some of the articles of war. Already
there have been several trials of Filipino
officials for offenses against military US
age, such as brutality. but military tri-
bunal will not take up the larg-
or political offense against the
authority Of the United States Article
Is of the regulations governing armies
in the field, recites:
Treating in the field the rebelious en-
emy according to the law and usages OF
war, had never prevented the legitimate
| government from trying the leaders of the
rebellion or the chief rebels, for high
! trason and from treating them accord
jngly, unless they are included in a gen.
! eral amnesty"
This article is referred to showing that
the warfare in the Philippines has not
given Aguinaldo such strict military
status as to relieve him from the higher
apd graver civil offense of high treason.
At the same time, there is little belief
that this offense will be charged, the idea
being that he will be held as a prisoner
without any definite determination of his
status, and perhaps in time granted am
nesty on condition that he leave the
country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29
Gen. Dewet Reported Captured.

Portsmouth. England. March 28-The
Evening News OF this city publishes a
statement to the effect that Gen De Wet
has been captured.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29

Beaumont. Tex, March 2e.--A new Oh
well was struck this evening This n
the third strike" since oil Was discoy-
cred mere,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29
BOER COMMANDERS UNITE.
Now Moving 1000 Strong in Direc-
tIon of Orange River.

Cape Town. March 2s.-Commandant
Kritzinger, commandant scheeper and
Commandant Van Reenan have Joined
forces, and the Boer commanders, a thou
sand strong. are now moving in the d.
rection Of the Orange River. via Ven
terstad. Cape Colony.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29

washington. March A.-~The New York
sailed to-day from Tangier % Algiers, 10.
auminK her voyage 10 Manila.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-29

Secretary Root said he remembered the
naDture OF President Jefferson Davis, also
ths arrest Of william NJ. Tweed, both OF
which embarrassed the authorities, The
secretary desired further adyices from
Ger. ManArthur before discussing the
mater N great detail He would say NJ
~ on nothing about the disposition of
AguinaidO further than that he probably
would be- treated the same ~ other high
e.iilceu Of the Insurgents who have been
, 1901-07-25
Women Should Be Barred.

One reads with a shock of surprise
that as many as could crowd
into the room were present on Non
day when the trial of a Presbyterian
preacher was begun before a commit
tee of the presbytery on charges which
involve his standing as a decent man
as well as a minister. The surprise
is not occasioned by the fact that SO
many women were present, for there
will always be. plenty of people
anxious to attend In hearing at
which prurient or sensational testi-
mony is expected. But as it is GER
tainly within the power of the mem
bers of the committee to bar out of
the courtroom women who have no
direct interest in the case one would
certainly expect that they would be
the first to take such action Nothing
but morbid and unhealthy curiosity
can possibly lead women to flock to a
hearing of the kind.
, 1901-07-25
Irritation and Drousbf.

An incident of the drought in one of
the corn states is related by an OBJ
server from Western Kansas, where,
in one county, two adjoining farms
presented the contrast of irrigation
and natural rainfall. A farm that had
been irrigated by a system of two wells
in previous years was found to be
thriving. although this summer one
Of the wells had failed and the other
was giving but half the supply 1t gave
last year. The farm that depended on
the rainfall was naturally the sufferer
through the unusually dry conditions,
but the point was that the irrigated
crop, although in need of water, would
probably survive because of the mois-
ture that the soil had received in pre-
vious years.
Irrigation is a matter not only for
this generation. but for the next. and
an interesting result of its lasting eff
feet is noted in a recent bulletin is
sued by the United States geographical
survey. 1t is shown by this authority
that while water, turned loose on
sandy soil, is rapidly absorbed in the
first processes of irrigation, and tina,
there is consequently little encourag-
ing Roadway. year by year the irrigat-
ed section grows larger, until land or
which there has been little or no irri,
cation becomes productive.
, 1901-07-25
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,
Notrs Dame, Indiana.

We call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement Of st. Mary's
Academy. which appears in another
column of this paper. We do not need
to expatiate upon the scholastic advan-
tages of St. Mary's, for the catalogue
of the school shows the scope of work
included in its curriculum. which is
OF the same high standard as that of
Vassar and Bryn Mawr. and is carried
out faithfully in the class rooms. We
simply emphasize the spirit Of earnest
devotion which makes every teacher
of st. Mary's loyalty strive to develop
each young girl attendant there into
the truest, noblest, and most intelligent
womanhood. Every advantage OF
equipment in the class rooms, labora'
tories and study rooms. every care in
the matter of food and clothing, and
exceptional excellence of climatic COP
ditions-all these features are found a
st. Mary's, in the perfection OF develop,
ment only to be obtained by the con
secration of devoted lives to educa
tional Christian work in a spot ia
yored by the Lord.
, 1901-07-25
DiscouraSfns LyncbinS.

The constitutional convention in
Virginia is now considering a resolu-
ton to prevent lynching and will
probably adopt it, 1t provides that the
governor shall offer a reward of $500
for the arrest and conviction Of every
person engaged in lynching; that the
act shall constitute murder in the first
degree, where the lynching is accom-
plished; and that the state shall pay
$1,000 to the heirs OF any person
lynched. the money to be ~chargeable to
the county or city where the lynch
ing takes place. Such a law would be
a drastic remedy, but 1t undoubtedly
reflects public sentiment in Virginia.
for. like South Carolina, where a rem
edy has already been provided. Vir-
ginia is but little cursed with lynch
ing and almost universal respect is
shown for the courts. Neither in
South Carolina nor in Virginia has
lynching become a habit or even a
characteristic.
, 1901-07-25

Professor DR.. Voges, the director OF
the national board of health at Bue
nos Ayres, according to German pa.
pers, has found a remedy for mosquito
bites. He states hat he discovered il
by accident during his trip TO Para.
quay to study the pest. He n been
supplied with all sorts of remedies
among them naphthalene, an article oil
no value whatever against the pest
but on using it for mosquito bites he
found it of surprising effect. 1t neu
t~raliZes the poison even when the spot
bitten is greatly infiamed. II fresh
bites are rubbed with naphthalene nc
swelling follows. The professor con.
siders naphthalene almost a specific
against mosquito poison.
, 1901-07-25
Pine NeedTer.

It having been announced some time
since that oil of pine was beneficial in
relieving pulmonary complaints it
seems that since hen quite an indus
try has sprung up in Oregon in its
manufacture. The oil is made from
pine needles, which are stripped from
the trees twice a year. Some of the
trees, it is said. yield from 600 to 800
pounds Of leaves at each picking. a
good hand being able to pick about
500 pounds a day. AS soon as picked
the leaves are sent to the factory.
where the oil is extracted by distilla-
ton, ten pounds of oil being produc-
ed from two thousand pounds OF
leaves. The fibre that remains is wo-
ven into fabrics and mixed with hair
for mattresses. 1t is also used as a
filling for cigars, to which it imparts
a pleasant quality. A notable fact
connected with the process is that 1t is
considered a benefit t. the trees to
strip them twice a year. Those engag-
ed in the industry are mostly Ger
mans.
, 1901-07-25
News and views
Nordau AssaiEs Trusts.

DR.. Max Nordau. who has lately
turned his attention to the consolida-
ton of large companies of capitalists.
is one OF the most skillful and learned
physicians of Europe. His very wide
spread fame is due. however, not to his
scientific ability. but rather to his bril-
lance as an author. In 1889 he shocked
and delighted two continents with his
rarely analytical. book, Conventional
Lies of Society" In 1886 he published
his "Paradoxes,' and in 1885, the work
by which he is best known, "Degenera-
ton" In this remarkably original
book DR.. Nordau attempts to show on
purely psycho-physiological grounds
that all modern tendencies are toward
degeneration. He fortiies his position
by examinations into art. literature
and life, and claims that ~degeneracy
is seen in all mental and moral phe-
nomena. DIR. Nordau is descended from
a well-known Jewish family of Buda
, 1901-07-25
Warmest ConN
tons Described
as Amusement

and nausea and no expectation for the
future but of sunstroke."
Standing alone in the middle of a
broad. hot field that Is flaming with
scarlet lilies, with no~noise save the
sound of the grasshoppers and the
locusts."
Moon on a country road, which
lies between treeless. barren fields,
with no living thing in sight but an OK
team %lurching slowly on its way in a
cloud of yellow dust"
"A night in August, when GOODNESS
has not come with darkness; when
you cannot sleep and can hardly
breathe and when it seems that morn
ing would never come"
They say it is not well to talk much
of the heat when we are feeling its
oppressive effects, says the Philadel-
phia Times, but it may be that the
drawing of such pictures as are here
described might make US forget pres
ent discomfort by contrast with what
the conditions might be.-Chicago
News
, 1901-07-25
WireIerr TcIeSropbH.

A report comes through Consul Cen
eral Gunther of Frankfort to the effect
that the captain of a channel mail
steamer, which is provided with a
wireless telegraphy apparatus. states
tnat on his last trip he received a mes
sage from the officer of the French
lightship, anchored about twenty-five
miles from Dunkirk. stating hat he
would be unable TO light up the next
night unless help arrived from the
shore. The captain at once sent a
wireless message to La Panne, on the
Belgian coast. from which point 1t was
forwarded to Dunkirk by the regular
telegraph line. whence a boat was sent
to the lightship and the necessary re-
pairs were made.
, 1901-07-25
HappX PbioLoaisfs.

The ~thirty-third annual meeting Of
the American Pathological Association
closed at Cambridge, Mass. the other
day. Though the association had been
in session a week, there was no dimin-
ution of enthusiasm. There were three
meetings during the day. In the morn
ing Professor Kirby of Johns Hopkins
discussed Certain Irregular Uses of
the Elegiac P~entameter," Professor
Magoun of Redfeld The Treatment Of
Elided Syllables In Latih Verse; Pro-
lessor Fairbanks of Iowa asked is
There Still a Latin Potential?" Profess
sor Hale of the University of Chicago
investigated THE Dating of Euripides'
'Iphigenia in Tauris,'" and DIR. Bates
1.-THE Variant Runes on Franks Cas-
ket."
, 1901-07-25
n JUDGES Wife pelvic sSsEp sS IF
She Suffered for Years and
Felt Her Case Was Hope
1ess.-Cured by
Pe-ru-na.

Mrs. Judge McAllister writes from
1917 West 33rd St, Minneapolis. Mimi,
as follows:
81 suffered for years with a pain in
the small Of fuy back and right side.
1t interfered often with my domestic
and social duties n / never supposed
that would be cured, as the doctors
medicine did not seem to help me any.
Fortunately a member of our order
advised me to try Peruna and gave 1t
such high praise that l decided to try
it. Although / started in with little
faith. / felt SO much better in a week
that / felt encouraged.
81 took 1t faithfully for seven weeks
and am happy indeed to be able to say
that l am entirely cured. Words iail
/ to express my gratitude. Perfect health
once more is the best thing l could
wish for, and thanks to Peruna enjoy
4 that now.'-Minnie K. McAllister.
The great popularity of Peruna as n
I catarrh remedy has tempted many
1 people to initiate Peruna. A great
4 many so-called catarrh remedies and
catarrhal tonics are to be found In
4 many drug stores. These remedies can
be procured by the druggist much
4 cheaper than Peruna. Peruna can only
be obtained at a uniform price. and no
. Druggist can get it a cent cheaper.
Thus 1t is that druggists are tempted
10 substitute the cheap limitations OF
I*Peruna for Peruna. 1t is done every
bay without a doubt.
We would therefore caution all peo-
, 1901-07-25
Modernized Palestine.

nois firm, and there is an important
market for all kinds OF irrigation ma
chinery. The all-conquering syndi-
cate is in evidence. and the once fer
tile valleys are to be reclaimed by ir-
rigation on a large scale, and once
more transformed into a land flowing
with milk and honey. Many of the
rich foreigners making investments
are Jews and leaders in the Back to
Jerusalem" movement. The figurative
prophecy of the two women grinding
at a mill is recalled by the setting up
of a 17-horsepower Chicago windmill
in the interior west of the Jordan to
run a large grist mill. Bicycles are
common on the streets, and the NUM-
cipality OF Beyrut had added a 81. 800
steam roller to Its public equipment.
The Turkish government has given
many important commercial conces-
sions to foreign nations, and the Sui
tan is watching the undermining pro-
cess with interest. Trade Is the great
cementer OF nations, AMI is also the
great iconoclast. No spot, however
hallowed by tradition, is sacred from
its inroads. A profusion OF modern
factory products thrust inconsider-
ately before every traveller widens the
gulf between the scenes of the Bibli-
cal story and the Palestine of to-day.
The Turkish government has shown
Its solicitude for the believers In the
Koran by providing for the sinking
of a number of wells along the historic
arft~oU a rnttta IN Macon Each ~
these wells will be supplied with a
windmill. thus lessening the hardships
of that self-imposed infection.
-
benefces thai are valued mt only $125
Il wear.
, 1901-07-25
NOT AFRAID OF WORK.


How a Prominent Railway President
Gained Rapid Promotion.
The man who is not afraid of work
when he has the opportunity TO make
himself useful is the II who succeeds
in the world. When Joseph Ramsey,
Jr., the newly elected president of the
Wabash railroad, was superintendent
of the Pittsburg Southern. n small
road in the coal district, Joseph Wal
ton, n millionaire coal miner of Pitts
burg, heard of his ability and decided
that Ramsey would be just the man to
take charge of a road which he was
then projecting. Walton went over
TO the small town where Ramsey made
his headquarters in order to offer him
the position. At the office he was told
that Mr.. Ramsey was out somewhere
in the yards. so the coal king went
out to look for him. The first man he
came across was a grimy mechanic
who was at work underneath an ell
CINE.
where's MI. Ramsey" inquired
Walton.
I'm Ramsey" replied the man. and
then, climbing out from under the To-
connective, he explained. l%aughingly,
that there was something wrong with
a bolt of the engine and as the engi-
mr. didn't know 10Y to fix II l took a
hand at it myself" That made Walton
desire Ramsey's services more than
ever and indirectly was the cause of
Ramsey's rapid advancement.
, 1901-07-25
HOT &c


Cooled by the gentle movement OF
big palm-leaf fans, a party of friends
sat on the piazza, calmly talking OF
the heat. Presently n of them said:
Suppose we describe in turn the
scene that our fancy pictures as illus
trating our notion of oppressive heat.
What do we think of? What time?
What place? What conditions?"
The suggestion was received with
favor and here are some of the re-
sponses:
"A new concrete sidewalk at noon.
with the sun beating down on it, and
your heels sinking in and the heat re-
flected in YOU face. and the air per-
vaded with the smell Of tar"
THE desert, with an exhausted cara
van struggling to reach a mirage that
hovers on the horizon, but doomed to
perish of thirst, as persisted the man
and the camel whose bleached bones
they are passing"
Washing dishes in the kitchen,
with the thermometer at 95 out OF
doors, and 100 and something within;
with your hands SO s~oapsudsy and
greasy that you can't lift them to your
face to wipe away the Precipitation,
and with your whole being SO tired
and cross and miserable hat you
would cry-if o were not ashamed
to-"
THE deck Of a becalmed yacht. with
a CLASSY sea and a long slow roll and
the brasswork SO hot that 1t burns
your hand; the sun high, the sky
cloudless, the sails hanging with not a
breath to stir them; the victim pros
trate and seasick, with no conscious
ness in the present except of heat