The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15

the heart loss of flesh and many other
troubles which are often called by
some other name.
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
George Jack writes to the Liverpool
Post: Is Our Commercial Supremacy
on the Decline? My answer is an en-
phatic mo" The great outcry con-
corning the decline in British trade is
mere American bluff. Never in the
history Of our country has so much
money been paid in wages as during
the last four years. British products
have been through the severe test of
foreign competition, and have come
out of the trying ordeal victorious.
Germany has been selling her manu-
featured goods at loss, and is now
suffering as severe an attack of COM
mercial depression as it is possible to
imagine. American trade with this
country has been much over-adver-
tised. The general wealth of the ma
ton has risen from 1000 millions in
1910 to 1880 millions at the present
day. The average wealth per individ-
ual is as follows:
British ........................ .to02
French .....s ........".."...".. zoo
American 234
Our average amount per acre is
greater than that of any other nation:
s. d.
Britain ........................
france .....s.. .... ...'............4 4 U
America ......; .................2 o
Taking manufactured goods the re-
turns are as follows: British, Flo per
head; United States, fS per head: Ger
many, f6 los per head. These figures
show that our commercial supremacy
is not on the decline.
A novel plan to relieve the congest-
ed condition of Paris streets has just
been submitted at a meeting Of promi-
nent engineers which was held to dis
cuss further improvements in public
transportation.
M Cassalonga, a well-known civil
engineer, suggested that an under
ground moving sidewalk similar to that
at the Paris Exposition of 1900. but
much larger, be constructed, Accord
ing to his plan there would be four
platforms, each moving at a different
rate of speed from the others, the fast
est going at the rate of thirteen miles
an hour.
NJ. Cassalonga convinced his hearers
that such a scheme would be cheaper
than an electric underground railway
and that it would multiply greatly the
accommodation of the public.
Plans and estimates of the curious
undertaking were submitted to-day TO
the Traction Committee of the munich
pal council members of which report
ed that they were vastly attracted by
the idea, provided electric power for
1t would not prove too costly.
The Bank of Liverpool has issued the
following official statement, explain
ing the extremely artful manner in
which the frauds were perpetrated up
on the bank, says the Liverpool Post.
The statement, as will be seen, dis
closes the fact that, as was generally
suspected, the frauds were the work
of a nefarious conspiracy, of which
Goudie was only one, and perhaps not
the principal, member:
Bank of Liverpool, Limited-We have
ascertained that the total of the frauds
on the Bank of Liverpool, Limited,
do not exceed the amount of E170,0O0
already announced. The process by
which the fraud was accomplished was
by the ledger clerk, Goudie, who had
become the tool of a knot of betting
men in London and elsewhere, send
ing to them forged checks drawn upon
an account kept with the bank, through
which cheques for large amounts were
not infrequent. He never came into
contact in any way with the cash
or securities of the Bank but these
cheques were presented through the
country clearing house and London
and country banks, and, appearing to
be in order, were paid direct to the
banks which presented them. Goudle
being in charge of the ledger con-
tanning this account. did not debit the
cheques to the account, but by an in
genious system of fraud circumvented
the daily check upon each separate
transaction, and the additional week.
ly audit which would otherwise have
brought these Irregularities to light.
A Berlin dentist was sentenced the
other day to five years Imprisonment,
fine of 1000 marks ($23S) and five
years loss of title and privileges for
overcharging, cheating and inJuring
his patients as well as compelling
them to sign contracts while under
the influence of anaesthetics.
The Meteorological Office, under the
direction of the London County Coun-
Gil, Is conducting series of expert
ments with a view to foretelling the
val officer, has charge of the work and
already practical tests have proved
that murly weather may be prognosti-
Gated as well as rains or high winds.
Observers are placed at various SUI
burban points, and at the fire stations
throughout the metropolis. AS many of
the mists seem to originate in the
great open parks, observers have also
been located in several of the largest
ores. 1t is now quite certain that
warning of a fog can be given from
one to two hours in advance of its APP
preach. This will be of vast value to
wharf men and shippers, who will be
enabled TO get their boats in condi-
ton to be handled safely when the
darkness falls.
There are two kinds OF fogs, one
known as overhead" and the other
as Surface" The former shuts out the
light completely as q thick cloud