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The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
HazING AT WEST POINT.

Il is evident that a stop should be put
to hazing at the West Point Military
Academy The evidence brought out by
the Congressional Investigating Commit
tee shows that it is far more inexcusable
than it was believed TO be. 1t was thought
that it amounted to very htt.e-that a
few harmless practical jokes were played
on the fourth class men. The evidence
leaves no room for doubt that the hazing
is cruel and brutal. While it may not be
true that the death Of Cadet Booz was due
to the cruel treatment to which he was
subjected at the academy, there is reason
to think that his death was hastened by
It.
One of the investigating committee, dur
ing his cross examination of some of the
upper class men, Characterized their con-
duct not only as cruel but also as cow
ardly. and he was justified in so charac-
terizing it, Youths fresh from their homes
were compelled to submit to fortunes
which were so agonizing that the victims
tainted from the pain. They were COM
PEELED to fight with their bare fists men
older and far stronger than themselves,
and to submit to blows in the face and
on other parts Of their bodies until they
could no longer stand upon their feet.
1t is unnecessary to go into the details
of the hazing practices. 1t is sufficient to
say that these practices are so near akin
to those in which savages delight. that it
is a wonder that young men trained in
Christian homes could be guilty of them.
In the debate in the Senate on Wednes-
day it was said by Senator Allen that
there was a suspicion that hazing was
winked at by the West Point authorities
driven out of the academy, so that the
Places in the army would go to sons of
army officers. il is safe to say thai there
is no foundation for this suspicion. Army
officers would not be guilty of underhand
work of that sort, but it is but natural
that there should be talk of the kind to
which Senator Allen gave uttrance if the
brutal hazing practices are permitted
Hazing is, of course, against the rules,
and in mild way the West Point au-
thorities undertake to put a stop 10 it. 1t
is evident, however that mild measures
Will not rid the institution of the evil.
The cadets themselves say that If the
boys were put on oath not to indulge in
hazing the custom would cease at once.
The cadets would not break their oaths,
and If the oath were made condition for
entering or remaining in the academy the
days of hazing would be numbered.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
PER SONAL.
session.

DIR. W. f. Grimm of West Virginia,
smallpox patients in Cumberland county
Maryland, when no local physician could
be obtained, was arrested on the charge
Of practicing medicine in Maryland with
out that states license.
The late Lord Armstrong; principal
sport was angling, and he was an adept
at that art. Even in this pastime his
inventive genius manifested itself, and he
fshed with improved tackle, and carried
a bait basket of his own invention, in
which the minnow was kept at a lower
temperature than that of the surrounding
atmosphere
The Grand Army post in West Chester,
Pa, presented gold watches on Saturday
night to Capt Smedley Darlington Butler
and Capt. Henry Leonard, the two young
officers of the United States Marine Corps
who won distinction in the late Chinese
war. The presentation speech was made
by Gov. Stone.
Senator Chandler was a stenographer
when he was a young man, and used to
write letters for Gen. Butler. He is the
only stenographer in the Senate and still
Representative Hit of Illinois does the
same. He was one of the first steno-
graphers in Illinois, and took the mem
orable debate between Lincoln and Doug
las.
The late act of Gov. Scofield of Wis
consin before giving place to his sue
cessor was to pardon Ellen Long, who in
1884 was sentenced to life Imprisonment
for the murder of a 1O-year-old boy, her
relative. The recommendations for par
don unite in saying that there was no
motive for the crime and that the woman
must have been deranged when she killed
the lad
The statue of Count Won Blumenthal
will be erected at Berlin next year as part
of the monument to the Emperor Fred
erick. which. by command of the Emper-
or William, is to be placed near the Bran
denburg Gate, at the west end of Inter
den Linden. The other contemporary fig
ure which will flank that of the Emperor
Frederick will be that of Professor Won
Helmholtz.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
THE TEXAS OIL MECCA.

There are predictions that Texas will
be the banner oil producing state of the
Union. The finding of oil near Beaumont
Jefferson county, in the southeastern part
of the state few days ago has created
great excitement in coal oil circles. The
finding of oil in that locality is not a
matter of much consequence-it is the
opening of the greatest oil we'll there ever
known that is causing all of the excite
ment. 1t is estimated that the we'll is
flowing at least 10000 barrels day
No one of the great Pennsylvania wells
it is said, ever yielded that much, and
the indications are that the flow will last
a long time. II is the opinion of experts
in oil territory that the section of coun-
try in the vicinity of Beaumont will be
the greatest oil producing region ever
discovered.
That opinion has of course got abroad,
and it is difficult to buy land in the
neighborhood of the flowing we'll at any
price. Immediately after the oil had been
struck, some of the nearby land owners
sold their lands at what they thought
were fabulous prices, but inside of com
paratively few hours they saw the same
lands sold for fifty times what they got
for them. Naturally they were made i'll
by their haste in selling. Others are hold
ing on to their property now. feeling sure
that they are already millionaires. 1t is
reported that as much as $4,000 was Of
fered for one quarter of a tract of 5000
acres.
The developing of a great oil field in
Texas will have considerable influence
on that state in several ways. 1t will
hasten che development of other interests
than agricultural. and that may have the
effect of bringing about some political
changes. 1t is rapidly becoming evident
that the South is something more than a
land of cotton
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
A Uniaue Enitanh.

The following unique epitaph was print
ed in the Columbian Museum and Savan-
nah Advertiser in it's issue of July 6, 1903:
Offered for the monument of the Hon
Job Pray. who. at the time of his decease,
was member of the honorable, the Exc
cutive Council. of this state; and, during
the late war. a naval commander in the
service of the United States of America.
Sunk at His Moorings,
On Wednesday. the 18th of April,
MDCCLXXXIx,
One who never struck his flag
While he had
A shot in the locker;
Who carried sail in chase till all was
blue;
In peace, whose greatest glory was
A staggering top-sail breeze,
In war. to bring his broadside round
To bear upon the enemy,
And who, when signals of distress hove
out,
Neer stood his course,
But hauld, or tack'd, or wore to give
relief,
Tho to a foe.
Who steered his little bark
Full so annual cruises
Ger ltfe's tempestuous ocean,
And moor'd her safe in port at last
Where,
Her timbers being crazy
And having sprung a leak in the gale,
She went down with a clear house
II these traits excite in the heart of
humanity
That common tribute to the memory of
the departed
A sigh.
Then Traveller
AS thou passeth this wreck
Let thine be borne upon the breeze
Which bends the grassy covering OF
the grave
of
Old Joh PRAY
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Observation-Disclosures Lodge No. 4S, r. &
A. M; Chatham Hunt Club.
Special Notices-Isook, Lavannah Build
ing Supply Company; The National Mat
tress and Renovating Company; Fine
Large Daisy Plants, at Geo. Wagner
Bankrupt Sale of Mark Apples Stock:
Ship Notice, w. w. Wilson, Agent, Con-
signee
Business Notices-Franklin Cigars;
Pure Fruit Jams; A NJ. & c. w. West
Our Close of Season Sale-B. II. Levy
& Bro.
Railroad Schedule-Sunset Route
The Sale of Trousers and Fancy Shirts
b. H. Levy & Bros.
Legal Notces-Citation from the Clerk
of Ordinary of Chatham County.
Sporting Goods-Wm. & II. II. I.atti-
more.
Fully Twenty Thousand People-Leo-
poId Adler.
Corsets-P. N. Corsets.
Pearline-James Pyle & Son.
Observation-Disclosures Walsh in More
Than Queen" at the Theater Monday
Night; Sarah Cowell lie Moyne in 1.-THE
Greatest Thing in the World" at the
Theater. Tonight.
Medical-Hostetter's Stomach Bitters;
Hoods Pills, cascarets; Stuart's Dyspep-
STA Tablets; Munyon's Cold Cure: Cas-
toria; DR.. Kflmer's Swamp Root;
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscel-
laneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

If Mrs Stanford insists upon closing
the mouths of the professors Of Stanford
University on certain sub1ects-that
is, of she refuses to permit free
speech-the chances are that I'm a
little while she will have some
splendid university buildings on her
hands but no university. Several OF the
professors have already left it, and there
are reports that others are going. or
course there is an ample supply of profess
sors from which to draw. but there are
comparatively few who are really desir-
able. Mrs. Stanford had better let her
professors say what they please on public
questions What they say will not make
much impression unless their utterances
are emphasized by dismissing them from
their positions.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

Prof. Pupin Of Columbia University, the
inventor who has just received fortune
OF 100000 for an appliance that will make
submarine long-distance telephony a sue
cess, has invested a small part OF his
money IN marshy and rocky piece Of
land In Connecticut. A friend asked him
why he took a fancy to such worthless
property. Different people have different
fancies,' he replied Some prefer fast
horses, but / had rather buy that appar-
emily worthless parcel Of land and deyel-
% A.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18


Paul Botha's book. From Boer to
Boer," the circulation Of which has made
Gen. De Wet so mad that he declares he
will shoot the author, is a singing ar
raignment of Kruger's government, which
he blames for the troubles Of the Trans
vaal. There would have been no war
with England. he says. except for the
selhshness and greed OF Kruger AMI his
following. A ven Of romance, he claims
has hidden the real Kruger from the eyes
Of the wor d. and from the majority OF his
own people and the real Kruger is thus
described: 1--WE know him--an avaricious
INSCRIPTIONS and hypocritical man. who
sacrificed an entire peop.e to his cupidlty.
His one aim and object was to enrich him
self, and he used every means 10 this
one end. He used the Transvaal as a
mich COW for himself and his following"
Botha declares that Kruger. notwith-
standing his immense salary. never gave
sixpence to charity. Even the pulpit
he declares, was prostituted for political
purposes. "A minister Of God told me
himself, with a wink, that he had to
preach at the English because otherwise
he would lose favor with those in power"
Botha gets real warm when he contem-
hero" he says. who was known in the
Free States thirty years ago. before he
found better means of enriching himself
as a swnd,ing dealer in oranges and to-
bacco, and one whom we strongly suspect
ed OF being very cute slave dealer"
Of Kruger and his regime. 1t is not diff
cult to understand therefore, why De
Wet was 80 angry when he read IL.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

We had no idea that the Democrats in
Congress were so badly ratified as the
Washington Post claims to be the case
So badly are they disrupted. 1t says. that
they cannot agree as to whether Jeffer-
son hitched his horse to tree upon the
occasion of his Inauguration or paid a
small boy to hold it.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

While those Leavenworth lynchers were
burning a negro upon a cross of railroad
iron the other day. another mob of would
be lynchers in Girard, o.. were making
desperate efforts to burn down Jail up
on the head of a negro who had beaten
a little white boy. Mob law is becom-
ing quite popular in the North.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

There is said to be a movement IN Lon
don looking to an attempt to induce the
Queen TO relnquish the cares of active
power and 10 delegate authority to the
Prince Of Wales, probably under the title
Of Regent Along this line It is proposed
that the Prince shah formally open Par
lament next month. There have here
tofore been similar movements started by
the friends OF the Prince. but none Of
them has amounted to anything
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

A tramp who is a tramp for the love
Of it is in a New Jersey jail for vagran-
cy. Recently he fell heir to legacy Of
$4,000. but he declines to take the money;
says he has no use for it, as the out of
doors life of a tramp suits him and he
doesn't care to change it.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

II is evidently the intention of the Kai-
ser to keep his army picnicking in China
for some time to come. judging from the
fact that an order for 2.4OO tons of sauer-
kraut for that army has been received in
Philadelphia. 1t is claimed that che Penn
sylvania Germans are now making an
article of sauerkraut that is superior to
that of the Fatherland.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

Representative briggs who found sew
enteen denunciatory adjectives with
which to characterize one act of hazing,
deserves to be known as the Thesaurus
of the House. He is a walking repository
of words.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

The New York Evening Posts Wash
ington correspondent says that in usually
congressional circles 1t is
believed Senator Hanna will within few
days withdraw the ship-subsidy bin,
abandoning the fight in its behalf for this
cessi0n
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

That congressional committee seems to
think that its chief function is to haze
the hazers.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

been prepared for introduction into the
New York Legislature. The author OF it
believes that capital punishment Increases
lynchings, and that the abolition of the
death penalty would decrease them. The
death penalty has been suspended in
Kansas for many years. yet that fact
had no deterring influence upon those ne
gro burners in Leavenworth.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

Jersey justice is swift in the Jennie
Bosschieter case. Such a case in New
York city would have dragged along for
weeks, and It may be months. 1t would
have taken several weeks TO get a jury.
In Paterson a jury was obtained I'm a
single day. In most ,of the states too
much time is permitted to be wasted in
securing juries in important criminal
cases
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

And now the claim is put forward, by
an Arizona man. that it is pepper, and
not salt. that is the elixir of life, In sub
sanitation Of his claim he points 10 the
Indians. They are a long-,iyed people,
and they put lots of pepper into every
thing they eat II this sort OF thing
keeps up, we shall presently have the
whole list Of seasonings. and condiments,
and relishes. into the catalogue Of eliXirs
of life; and then 10 doubt we shall. hear
that beefsteak and onions are the true
source Of health. strength and longevity.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
The weather,

The indications for George and Eastern
Florida are for fair weather, west 10
northwest winds. fresh to brisk on the
coast
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

Scottish. --Golfer-"What a fine Scotch
dialect you have! DID you not find IT
difficult 10 acquire?" other Golfcr--"Oh.
not so very. You SOC / was naturally un-
certain az TO the distinction between shall
and will and that gave me a good start"
Detroit Journal.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Charleston Evening Post says:
THE good hunt dog does not flush the
game until the huntsman gives the sign
that he is ready to shoot. That is why
Savannah and Wilmington had no chance
to get the naval station, for they did not
have a chance for a moment after the
matter came into the open. Charleston
had hunted the game too carefully 1t
was nearly flushed at one time by poor
ly-trained pointer. which was quickly
brought in. When the signal was finally
given, the hunter was ready 10 fire and
the game was bagged.'
The Columbia (S c. State (Dem0 saws:
Georgia is TO be congratulated upon
having senator as able and vigorous as
Mr.. Bacon. lie has steadily risen i'm
prominence since his entry into the Sem
ate. and recent debates reveal him TO be
distinctly the leader OF the Democratic
forces I'm that body. We wish South Car
DINA had a senator as efficient"
The Macon News says: "Haziug can be
much easier reached than was duelllng.
for there is no man OF good moral char
acter who will stand up in defense Of the
practice and say It is "A good thing. Duel
ling had many sincere defenders; hazing
has none"
The Albany (Ga) Herald says. South
Georgia is developing more rapidly than
any other part Of the state. and within
another decade the center Of population
and Of wealth. loo, Will have moved south
ward"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

Mr.. Charles Page Bryan. our minister
to Brazil, seems to have abe capacity to
get himself into hot water without even
half trying He has made the whole for
eign diplomatic corps at Rio angry with
him by using their names without au-
thority on some of his dinner invitations.
and has especially angered the Argentine
minister by seeking to influence the rails
ing of duties on Argentine flour.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

Some days ago report was sent out
from Florida to abe effect that the Hon.
Joseph W. Bailey of Texas. now a men,
Der of the national House of Representa-
tives and having a good chance of being
advanced shortly to the Senate, in con-
nection with certain capitalists. was pan
ming to secure control Of the cattle bust
ness of the state of Florida. Notwith-
standing the lapse of several days, no de-
NAL of the story of the prospective cat
tie trust has been forthcoming. Florida
is a good place for cattle; but is being
in a trust a good plade for Mr.. Bailey?
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

Jacksonville would doubtless be happy
to see the West Florida annexation
scheme go through, since II would revive
leg to stand on To give Alabama all
OF the Florida counties west OF the Arpi-.
lschieola river would come pretty near
iegls.ating ths present capital itself into
Alabama.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18

If YOU WANT GOOD MATBRlAst
and work. order your llthographeo an
printed stationery and blank books t"'~
Morning News, Savannah, Ca
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18


here. Fer years efforts have been made
10 secure legislation requiring the car
companies to do this, but they now seem
TO be dong it without compulsion, which
is a fortunate settlement of the question.
A curious and interesting discovery,
which may prove of the highest archaeo-
logical and artistic value has been made
off the coast of the Peloponnesus says
the london Globe. 1t will be remembered
that in b. c. 146 the Consul Mummius
having sacked Corinth, sent the MASTER
pieces of Grecian art with which the city
was filed home to Rome, with the in,
genuous remark to the captains of the
ships conveying the priceless treasures
that II any OF the images were lost they
should be replaced by others of equal
value. Some of the captains appear to
have incurred this penalty. and quite re-
Gently divers have discovered at the bot
tom of the sea. between the Island of
Cergo and the mainland, a great number
of bronze and marble statues. The Greek
government has sent a man-of-var to the
spot to superintend the operations, and
the divers have managed to recover one
or two statues from the mud and sand in
which they are buried. The government
is now sending two men-of-war to Cerigo.
ana II Is Hopeu tudl tne Work OF fecON-
ing the lost statuary, which has been in
terrupted by bad weather will now be
proceeded with, and that It will result
in the recovery of some OF the finest spec
linens of Grecian art. Archaeologsts are
awaiting with the utmost impotence the
results Of the diving operations, and the
theory that these statues are part of the
spoil looted by Mummius Is considered TO
be correct: and is at least extremely
plausible. IL is lucky that II any works
OF art are to be recovered q is by a
generation which can appreciate them.
Had " been possible to fsh them up
century ego they might have been used
by the islanders % euld their Sotteges.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
AN ORDINANCE.

And that the owners of any of the
aforesaid stock found running at large
within the boundarys of the Sth ward
shall be responsible for all damages
done by their said animals to crops or
fields of other persons and 1t shah be
lawful for the owners of any crop or
fields damaged by such animals, to
take up such depredating animals and
pen them and take proper care of them
and they shall Immediately advertise
said animals in at least three of the
most public places in the neighbor
hood for ten days, describing such
animals and advertising them for sale
to the highest bidder by said taker up
or some person he may select, on day
and hour, and at a place specified in
said notice for the payment of the
damages done by said animals, and the
expenses of keeping, which damages
shall be assessed by two disinterested
parties. one to be chosen by the taker
up of the animals and the other by the
owner If be can be found and If not
found or refusing, then by the taker up.
And sald animals may I've sold to the
highest bidder after {l0) ten days adj
vertisement as aforesaid aud the said
damages and expenses to he paid out Of
proceeds of salp and the surplus if any,
be baid into the Parish Treasury. Pro-
yided that the owner of said animals
may at anv time before said sale on
pay ing the assessed damages and ex-
penses take said animals, otherwise
they shall be sold as above provided,
by such taker up or such person as he
may select therefor. Adopted.
j. y. WILLIAMS, w. QUREAU,
Clerk. President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
Runaway Match.

Two runaway couples passed
through town last week on their way
to Texas to get married. There
were some Morgans and few Dy-
sons in the party and they hail from
Pecan Island, two miles south of
White Lake. Their intentions were
to sail to Grand Lake through the
canal connecting The two lakes, bat
they 'espied the schooner Of one Of
papas anchored across the said Canal
SO made haste to Gueydan through
fourteen miles OF marsh. -Gaeydan
News.