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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
GEN. WOODS MISSION.

! Gen. Wood Governor General of
Cuba, seems to be confident that Con-
gress will agree to lower duties on
Cuban sugar and tobacco. 1t is a
part, if not the whole, of his mission
to this country to present Cuba's ap-
plication for lower duties to Congress.
He appears to be quite popular with
the Cubans and doubtless is anxious
that they shall become prosperous.
No doubt the people of this coun-
try generally desire that the Cubans
shall prosper But, according to Gen.
Wood, they cannot prosper unless we
give them trade advantages in sugar
and tobacco over other nations 1t is
worthy of notice that there is cropping
out a feeling in Congress that we have
already done as much for Cuba as she
could reasonably expect of us. A day
one of the Republican leaders of the
House. said that he was against re-
ciprocity with Cuba, because he
thought she had not been as grateful
to us for freeing her from Spanish rule
as she ought to have been.
II may be that Cuba has had so
many troubles to contend with since
the Spanish American War that she
has not had time to express her graft
tude, but. as a matter of fact, if she
has not expressed her gratitude she
has shown in other ways than in words
that she is grateful. Did she not
make her constitution in accordance
with our wishes? Has she not at all
times since the Spaniards left her soil
been willing to be guided by us?
But the reciprocity she asks is a
matter of business. She proposes to
make concessions to us in the way of
trade, that, in her opinion, will fully
repay us for what we would lose in
the shape of revenues. Perhaps she
does not take into account the fact
that there is a great deal of money in
Vested IN sugar culture in this coun-
try. We should lose some revenue of
course by lowering our tariff taxes on
Cuban products, and we should injure
probably the cane and beet sugar in
terests of our own people.
Both our sugar and tobacco pro-
ducers objected to permitting the
sugar and tobacco of Porto Rico. to
come into this country free of duty
and it was their influence that forced
President Mckinley to change his Por-
to Rican policy. 1t is reasonable to
suppose therefore that they will oppose
reciprocity with Cuba.
There is no doubt. however, that we
owe something to Cuba. In fact, the
intimation has been thrown out that a
promise was made to her that if she
would adopt the Platt amendment to
her constitution we would make tariff
concessions to her. OF course if such
a promise were made there was no au-
thority for it. Still, it must have been
made by Republican leaders, and if so
the fact will become apparent soon af-
ter Congress meets. One thing is cer-
tain, however, and that is that the
question of making tariff concession to
Cuba is one that is going to excite a
great deal of discussion both in and
out of Congress.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

II went into trade once in this city"
said Baron Otto Won Fritsch Of the
Army and Navy Club. says the New
York Times. After working SIS
WORTH | was summarily discharged,
and when / went to the cashier I was
told there was no money coming 70
me.
I'm the boarding house where was
stopping was young lawyer.
who had taken a great fancy to me.
He seemed to be greatly panied when
he learned of my unfortunate expert
ence. and said II was a shame to take
advantage of a foreigner that way.
and If did not mind he would endeav-
or to collect the SIS owing me.
Go ahead, said /.
"A few days later my lawyer friend
informed me that he had succeeded in
collecting the money due me.
Good said /, looking expectant
I am glad you made those sharks give
up.
Yes. said he. so am 7. BY the
way. / never take case for less than
s25, so you owe me 81. I shall he clad
TO have you remit az your earliest con
venience.
yes" said the Baron. as ne touch
ed the bell, you Americans are GER
tainly masters Of finance"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

Sir Christopher Furness. the great
English ship owner and shipbuilder,
who has been in this country since
September looking over the field, sail
ed for home a day or two ago. Be
fore leaving he said that his firm would
establish a ship yard in this country.
He is not a believer in shipping sub
sides, and says that in the United
States there is no need for them.
Labor in the United states, he says,
is relatively as cheap as in Great
Britain. for the reason that Ameri-
can workmen work more hours and
accomplish more results. To pay
bounty to ships would not benefit the
shippers. Passenger steamers certain
ly do not require a bounty. and the
farmer is fully able to send his wheat
abroad at all times at rates that would
not be lowered by subsidies. The
American shipyards he found to be 50
crowded with work that he was con-
vinced there was room for other ship
yards, so he is going to build one in
America,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting savannah Lodge. No. 1873,
3. P. o. Elks.
Special Notices-Andrew Hanley Co.;
Savannah Building Supply Co. To
Bondholders of the ChattaIloochee and
Gulf Railroad Company We Have
Opened for Business, Union Transfer
Co: Removal. Charlton & Charlton;
Ship Notices, j. A. Minis & Co., Agents:
"A Demonstration" of Chalmers Celia
tine, A. NJ. & C. w. West; Notice.
James r. Smith.
Business Notices-Fhorida Mullet
Roe, A. NJ. & C. w. West; The Time
to Make Fruit Cake. The S. w. Branch
Co.; Cut Glass, R. Van Keuren & Co.
Baking Power-Royal Baking Pow
der.
Amusements--"Th Wrong Mr..
Wright" at Theater Tomorrow Night.
Watches-Waltham Watches.
Whiskies-Old Quaker Rye whisky;
Murray Hill Club Whisky.
Grape Nuts Food-Postum Cereal
Company.
Medical-Thacher Blood and Liver
Pills; S. S. s.; Castoria; Cascarets;
TUFTS Pills; Lydia Pinkham's Vege-
table Pills; Pyramid Pile Cure; DR..
Hathaway Company; British Doctors;
L. w Grove Laxative Bromo- Quinine;
Blood Wine
Cheap Column Adyertisements-Hel
Wanted Employment Wanted; For
Pant. Tor Cola. Act. PaYSonaI. Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
n CHANGE OF
A Lifetime.

For InvaIids TO Get Cured Free os
Charge by Calling on the Br,t
ish Doctors mt 13 York ST., West
Henderson Building, Before Dec.
ember 81.
staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have. at the urgent solicitatio,
of a large number of patients under
their care in this country, established
a permanent branch of the Institute IN
this city at No. 1S York st. W., in Hen
derson Building, Rooms l, 2, 8, T. on
posite Post Office.
These eminent gentlemen have de-
cided to give their services entirely
free for three months Cmedicines ex-
cepted) to all invalids who call unon
them for treatment between now and
Dec. 81. These services consist not
only of consultation, examination. and
advice, but also all minor surgical
operations.
The object in pursuing this course ia
to become rapidly and personally ac
quainted with the sick and afflicted
and under no conditions will anv
charge, whatever be made for any ser
vices rendered for three months, to all
who call before Dec, 81.
The doctors treat all forms of dis
ease and deformities and guarantee a.
cure in every case they undertake. At
the first interview thorough exami-
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are frankly and kindly told so. also ad
vised against spending your money for
useless treatment.
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness, also rupture.
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diseases of the rectum, are positively
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The chief associate surgeon of the
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No Sunday hours.
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home treatment.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

A lawyer of Albany, N. Y, make an
interesting comment upon the divorce
laws of the several states. The fed
erai government, he thinks. should
have Jurisdiction of marriage and di-
vorce laws, for this reason: AT pres
ent there are several states where
there are eight grounds upon which
absolute divorces can be secured. This
makes the laws of these states the law
of the nation on divorces. for the Con-
situation of the United States provides
that the adjudication of one state must
be accepted by all of the other states
South Carolina has no divorce for any
cause, but persons married in South
Carolina may remove to another state
and stay long enough to satisfy the
divorce law as to residence, then pro-
cure a divorce and return to South
Carolina. where the adjudication OF
the other state must be respected.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

Communication between this city
and Port Royal and Beaufort is very
seriously hsmpered by lack or railway
connections at Yenassee. Up TO within
a short time it has been possible to
leave Savannah in the morning and
reach Port Royal early in the day for
trSnsacting business. This was found
convenient. profitable and satisfactory
10 the people OF both sections. Now
however, the train from Yemassee to
Port Royal leaves the former station
one hour before the Savannah train
arrives, so that any one desiring to 60
10 Port Royal from this city must
wait over at Yemassee for seven or
eight hours, until the next train There
does not appear to be any good reason
why such an inconvenient schedule
should be put on. Indeed. II would
seem to be good business policy on the
part Of the management of the road
to Port Royal to have the connection
made at Yemassee. No interest would
suffer by having the Port Royal train
wait for the Savannah train. and many
interests would be benefited. case
somewhat similar came before the Vir-
ginia Railroad Commission. recently.
where trains on the Chesapeake and
Ohio and the Southern failed to con-
meet at Charlottesville. The time oe-
. tween the trains was short. and the
commission ruled that the connection
Y must be made,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

The country win keep its eye on the
Senators from South Carolina It is
an open secret that Senator Tillman
has been taking a daily draught of Wit
riol and eating a quarter OF a pound OF
sulphur for dessert with each dinner for
the last several months. in anticipation
Of the time when he would be able TO
face McLaurin on the floor OF the up
per house. And the Junior Senator. dur
ing the same time, has been loading
himself with guncotton and compressed
air in preparation for the same occa-
sion. At the first opportunity there
are going to be some lively exchanges
between the gentlemen from South
Carolina
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
TERMS FOR THE BoERs.


The British government has let it
be known that it is ready to grant lib
eral terms to the Beers. This has not
been done officially yet, but there does
not seem to be any doubt that it has
been done, and there has not come
single protest from any source. That
is taken as an indication that the Brit
ish people are heartily tired of the
war and are willing that peace shall
be made on terms much more liberal
to the Beers than they would have
consented to a year and a half ago.
There is expectation that there will
be a statement made sometime this
week of the terms Great Britain is
willing to grant the Beers. 1t is ex-
pected that it will be made by Mr..
Chamberlain. 1t is known that the
King is extremely anxious that there
shall be peace in all parts of the en-
pire during the year of his corona
tion. 1t is apparent therefore that the
efforts in the direction of peace will
have to be rather urgent If anything
is accomplished this year.
1t is not known of course just what
terms Great Britain is willing to grant,
but 1t is believed they will be liberal
enough to check the sympathy of other
nations for the Beers if they should
be rejected.
II is far from certain that the Beers
will accept anything short of inde-
pendence. 1t is pointed out that those
who are now in the field have lost
everything. and therefore in all prob
ability have more to gain by contin-
uing the war than by accepting terms.
1t is certain that if Great Britain sue
ceeds in negotiating peace she will have
to make such concessions as will be a
blow TO British pride.
There are reports that negotiations
looking to peace have been going on
for several weeks, but no confidence
is placed in them. If there had been
such negotiations the fact would have
reached the public before this. The
truth doubtless is that the government
has found out that a great change has
taken place in British PUBLIC opinion
that the cost of the war has supplied
the people with another point Of view
and that terms can be offered the
Beers now that could not have been
offered with the approval of the peo-
pie a year ago. The Beers therefore
may expect definite proposition with
in very short time.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

A novel industry is shortly to be
started in Baltimore. 1t is the manu-
facture of whisky from watermelons.
The formula was discovered by DIR.
Frye of Loudoun county. Virginia, and
is said to be a perfect success. Whisky
will be made from ripe fruit in the
summer and from seeds in the winter.
The water used will be furnished by
the fruit itself. 1t may be that in
time the process will furnish an enlarged
market for Georgia watermelons.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

II appears according to the conclus-
ions Of certain scientist quoted by
the Philadelphia Times. that man is
1000 years old. 1t took him 1000 years
to get a start for what he has done in
the past 1000 years. and more than
1900 years 10 prepare for the accom-
plishments of the last 200 years. And
just about now, It is said, man is only
fairly on the road Of progress and en-
lightenment All Of which being true.
It may be concluded that man may be
a little slow. but he win get there
Il given time enough.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day
are fair weather in western portion;
colder fresh northwesterly Winds and
for Eastern Florida rain. with colder
weather in northwest portion, fresh
southeasterly winds, becoming wester-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

There was a time when the President
had "a pair of wild horses" on his
hands. Now it is Congress that has got
a prancing broncho on it's hands
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
WE'RE THEY CROKER's REsoLU-
TIONSs

It is reported that the resolutions
which came so near bringing on a
bitter fight in the Democratic caucus
of the House of Representatives on
Saturday were prepared at the Demo-
cratic Club in New York, under the
direction of Richard Croker. This re-
port may be true, but it has not yet
been subs tantiated. It is known of
course that Mr. Croker has been try
ing to harmonize the Democracy of
New York, and the report that he was
the author of the resolutions may
have grown out of this fact.
But whether he prepared them or
not, it will be very generally admit
ted that Representative Richard
son, who is the leader of the
minority in the House, acted with wis
dom in interfering with the reading of
the resolutions with a motion that
they, and all other resolutions of
similar character, be referred to a.
committee, to be reported on Jan. 10.
Among the resolutions was one by Mr..
Fitzgerald of New York, demanding
the gold standard. 1t was hardly the
business of the caucus to undertake
to fix up a platform for the Demo-
cratic party. Platform making for the
party is the business of the Democratic
national convention. The Kansas City
platform contains the doctrines of the
party until another platform is adopt
ed
1t could hardly have been otherwise
than that there would be opposition to
any movement to change the Kansas
City platform. 1t is no doubt true that
there are many Democrats who believe
that the party cannot win in a presi-
Dental contest as long as it adheres
TO its declaration in behalf of silver,
and doubtless there are Democrats who
thinks that it cannot win if it repudi
ates that declaration. The money ques
tion, however, is not a very live one
just at present. There has been legis-
lation in favor of the gold standard
since the last presidential election, and
there is no good reason for disturbing
the silver question at this time. 1t
has been admitted, even by Mr. Bryan,
that the wonderful output of gold dur
ing the past few years has given the
advocates of the gold standard an ad-
vantage, and the inference from what
he has said is that there is no reason
at present for pressing the silver ques-
ton to the front. Indeed. only few
days ago, he stated in his paper that
the great issue in the approaching
Congressional campaign would be the
question of announcing our purpose to
give the Filipinos independence as soon
as they had a stable government, and
showed ability for self government. If
therefore Mr.. Croker had the resolu-
tions to which attention has been call
ed introduced into the Democratic eau
Gus of the House of Representatives
he made a very serious mistake.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

A young Bohemian fiddler of the
name of Jan Kubelik has come to this
country under engagement to play be-
fore American and Mexican audiences
for 100 nights at $1,000 a night. For
the seasons playing. therefore. he with
receive 100000. That is said to be the
record price for violinist's season.
Paganini was never able to make the
half OF that sum in a year. and there
are those who still believe he was the
greatest fiddler that ever lived. II
seems a little incongruous that the vast
majority OF workers who labor from
eight TO fifteen hours a day should he
able to earn in year very little II any
more than this expert fiddle player
gets in single evening for perhaps an
hour and "A halrs linking and did
ding" his elbow. as Burns would have
expressed Il. But II Is the iuxurids
! that come high,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

Kansas has a compulsory school
law, but it seems to be no more eff
fective than is her prohibition law.
There are some 100000 children of the
school age in the state. but the school
attendance is only about 100000. The
superintendent of Public instruction
says that he has done his best to en-
force the law, but he finds it impossi-
Bile to make the people send their chill
dren to school in greater numbers.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

Secretary of the Navy Long recon-
mends the creation OF four vice admir-
ais. The principal reason urged is that
when an American squadron meets a
foreign squadron in a foreign port, the
foreign squadron is apt to be COM
manded by vice admiral and thus
the American commander be ranked by
the other, no matter what the respective
strength or Importance of their COM
mands is. AS one of the leading
naval powers of the world, our squad
ron commanders ought to rank as high
as those of any other nation. Under ex-
isting circumstances American COM
manders are often denied the prece-
dence which the country deserves
merely because they hold lower rank
than officers representing less import
ant governments. If we are determin.
ed upon being a great naval power, we
must conform 10 the rules which gov
ern among other great naval powers.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
says; If the marriage of the young
queen of Holland to German prince
let was in any way designed to draw
Holland closer to the German empire,
the reported rupture of the matrilno-
niai state of the royal couple is unlike
ly to help along that end. History
shows few things more clearly than
the futilty of trying to coalesce ma
tions by royal marriages. On the 9TH
er hand, the quarrels of royal couples
may have the contrary effect of rails
ing antagonisms between nations. ow-
ing to the sympathies excited by royal
woes. II half that is reported from
Holland be true. the marriage of Queen
Wilhelmina is a wretched failure, both
in a domestic and political sense. 1t
is worth nothing that If the queen
never has an heir there will be an ex-
cellent chance of the Dutch reviving
their old republican form of govern
ment, The success of the third republic
in France has given renewed prestige
to republican institutions i'm north
western Europe"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

The interest in the cotton crop re-
port of the department of agriculture
to be made public to-day is deep and
tanned that the generally accepted es-
Inmates are to high being 100000
TO IL ,225,O 900 of bales, the latter being
the estimate of Mr.. Neil.
In his letter OF Nov so, Mr.. A. s.
Johnston of Meridian. Miss, who has
estimates of the cotton crop expresses
the opinion that maximum estimate
is 10,S00000 bales. but he says that it
would not be surprising if the crop
should fall inside of 100000 bales.
Mr.. Bustons estimate is 10,250, 900
bales.
AS Mr.. Johnston looks at the situa-
tion the farmers have been rushing
their cotton to market because of the
tendency to falling prices due to the
trade generally accepting the 11000,-
0O0- bale estimate. But he does not be-
lieve that farmers will be so anxious
to part with their cotton now that
they have sold enough to meet their
pressing obligations, and that if spin
ners have not already obtained their
supplies they will be wise to do so as
soon as possible.
OF course this is the opinion of only
one observer, and 1t is not a verv gen.
orally supported opinion. The repor:
of the department to-day. however
viii go a long way towards settling
public opinion as to the size of the
crop. If it indicates a crop below
1O.5Oo0oO bales we may reasonably ex-
pect a rise in the price of cotton.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03

Senator Bailey of Texas believes the
Republicans will pass ship-subsidy
bill at this session of Congress. From
a purely partisan point of view. it
would be a good thing for the Demo.
Gratis if they did.