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The sun., 1901-06-16

Folks who go down to Staten Island In
fcrryhonts have not been in the way o' re-
garding the dcckhand with any particular
respect. To them he has hc"n merely a
rather clumsy person who is u'"tul "a piler
up Of camp stools and as a mono too gentle
nvakcner Of those who 10 70 slc"p on the
henchcs on the last trip down But the
behavior Of the deckhouds on tho f"rryboat
Northneh while sh" was sinking after her
collision with tho Mduch Chunk on th" Bat
tcrv Friday evening was Of tho very highest
character possible to the situation, II was
braye Tho dcckhands rcted liko men in
succoring the passengers down 10 the last
moment Of danger They did s1lrndidly.
The sun., 1901-06-16
OH In Nilllam,.rtduc,

To rIiE EDITOR or THI SvS--!Sr' In loos .ng
over the daily papers am duly Impressed with STATE
meuS Ot oil being found In California Vifglnla,
Texas. and other places where II WAS thought never
h exist but II would surprise q gfrAi many a. know
hft OIL IA ~ be found on the Arden property II ihev
Will only down deep enough ~ Milliamsbfdgr nd
vicinity, | remember ny startiRthef saving his
tather found indications Oi oil whrH tt-y &c
Or q well. NJ. SCHNUIl,,
wgsTCHpSrrR Roam, June H.
The sun., 1901-06-16
A Prophet on Presidents

From The Hsntsr ChtiHiI1
Theodore Roosevelt, will be The neat Pre'.ien' '
the United Stars lie will serve two iu, iefn' y
immediate Successor VIII bs . Republican aud s!H
serve ous fun tsrm.
The sun., 1901-06-16
A &. \. r. Veteran of the old Eighth y.
l2O MONROE ST. New York.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Str: The
glorious and happy thing to remember about
the nag Is its univcrsaty Though the
local pecuarities OF every section, of every
corner of it, wide dominion however small.
,wever backward are nour.shed and pro-
,eCtcd under its bcnisnant and far-reachng
folds. thero is nothing local about 1t because
il is local everywhere In the hills OF New
England, in the gardens Of Mississippi and
louisiana under the sequoas of California
and the palm, OF Florida and the Philippines,
amid the glaciers OF the st Elias Alps, the
dag is equally and always at home Tho
Creolcs of Loui 'iana, the Spaniards and ma
tives Of the Antille and the Pacific, the other
races and tongues everywhere in the Union
are equally near to it The law Of Louisiana,
the Code Napoleon. Porto Rico and the
Philippines administer the Spanish system
OF jurisprudence, and ei.ewherc prevails the
common law of oil England, all repre- ented
and protected by the rag.
American Territories in spite OF their back =
warducss or smallness, which Keeps them
such. enjoy the Same largeEesS Of autonomy
as the mature and developed countries Of
canada and Australia On the other hand is
II realized that tho Constitution Of tho fathers
has con,rivcd to combine this diycrc mn
terial into an ind'Struc'ihln union OF inde-
structblc Stat.~. that IL, that the Arcric n
: u
universal empire, which il universal peace
and civilization po iblr. Cnl con istCnt with
undisturbcd aud undimrishei l1cali m?
There j. no r"n.On in the Constitution or
ont of II. practical or theoretical. why Tibet
for inStlnc" or Argentina or Congo Free
state or the scandinavian peninsula or
any other region under tho sun. should not
become a state or Territory Of the Union.
surprising ID wore Tho will of it, people and
our, that il should be- aui the process nf
% called annexation would lrnve intact
trss
now not rCpugn1nt 10 civilization
Oh. that men would re1d history and GO
ography ~ somebody slii. with their eyes
and not with their prriudiccs md rise 10 the
mai",'o Corcrntion of D United Stafrs Of
Amcr.Cl Curycl upOn the -cls FROM the
20 ar lee 10 Cape Horn. hul uror Narnn
Chgr'l. u Eoyo-n'reAt - 'hu people by tho
pcOp" fo- ~" people. 'ho uIe.cUs Of a
uniyors s7l state which i peace
The ,rcls Of IA d.. are iu tho Constitution
of tho fathers. tho supreme law Of the -pycr.
oiGn people whose 9yrhol * mo Tag
HOWARD VI CASS'N.
FLAG Day, IuUc -
The sun., 1901-06-16
No standing Room In open Car.

ToTnE EpiruR ~ .rug S"N sir Noi knowing
where - make a complaint. nSa sou Is there any
thing that can be- dpLr - prcNrg' people from stand
ing up In a crowded open caf' sunday last In Gates
avenue ear HrooIlyn. sat IN the front scat where
tea peo.e were ,caird. when 'uuf women and man
s,aod ls,vseu us pcoplr They Ird no place 10 hold
on, 50 hhb.d Our hat, caught bold " our shoulders
aud tTantpfd on our .hOes and dresses. Then re
fused 10 step OFT when KlSh.d - gei on icould no,
pass them and the ,untUrtIf irng hngfy, gave The
belI and / Was carried three long blocks out Of nly
way O. walk back SoU r'' 'nE Hnluli be done for
such ]. an Outrage Mrs. CHERRY
NRW YORK, june -
Something can 10 DOM. %rs'hIng must h. done.
s1meihing viii 10 done, u les forbldding people
" stand up between SCAT IN opcn should BE- made
and enforced
The sun., 1901-06-16
Our Flag.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: In your
issue OF to days SuS motto" few lines by william
II.nry Haworih OF Brooklyn I'd honora5l" eulogy Of
the American nag. on this. the anniversary Of the
birth ot the stars and Stripes. June H.
Many studied lines Of praise of the nags beauty
have heard uttered and read or bu:yorr correspond.
ent has produced the key oi simple Truth In these
when he says:
Man never made and nature never produced
anything morr beautiful than ii" American Fllg."
This uterance will bear any analysis tina, the critic
msy probe Il with. and the more he or she dIcs the
more will be seen and ieli It's ,rI,afgl glory.
Every &. \. Il. post and every public scho,lhouse
should post on IL, walls these sl,ap.e Lines.
: rt'u<uAtT
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
MISS TUCKER AT GAINESVILLE.
Her Sister VIII Aid Her in n Series
of Services.

Gainesville, Fla. Dec. 1.-THE far
mers of this section are for better
prices and refuse to sell for less than
25 cents per pound. There is a con-
siderable amount of cotton of this kind
still unsold in the county.
The scarlet fever scare seems to have,
abated somewhat. The physicians of
this city are stamping the disease out
as RAPIDLY as possible. There are sew
eral cases, but all are being well cared
for, and no fatalities have been re-
ported as yet. One pleasing fact in
connection with the disease is that it
is mild. and but few deaths have oc-
Cured from it in this or adjoining
counties.
For the next few days this city will
be given a religious treat such as 1t
has never before enjoyed. Miss Tuck
er, who has for the past two weeks
been conducting meeting here, and
daily and nightly pleasing large audi
ences with her Bible readings, has
wired her sister. in Atlanta, to come
at once and assist in the work. These
two ladies, who are among the leading
religious workers of Atlanta, will make
every effort in the interest of Chris
tianity in this city, and will give the
people some of the soundest religious
sermons they have had in a long time.
At a recent meeting of the Law and
Order League, strong resolutions con-
demning crime in all of it's phases
were introduced and passed. In this
connection the league unanimously
Joined In a resolution to do all in its
power to bring TO justice all law-break-
ers, especially, where the crimes are
murder and perjury. The league seems
desperately in earnest.
Hon. B. f. Olmstead OF Suwannee
county, is among the distinguished Wis
itors to Gainesville. 1t is with pleas
ure that he is welcomed here. He was
a member of the Legislature from Su-
wannee, and did great deal to help
out East Florida Seminary. which is
the pride of this city.
The trains going out of this city for
the past few days. have been loaded
down with lettuce; a large crop has
been made this year.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
Shipping Memoranda.

Charleston, Dec. 14.-Arrived, steam
ers Carib, Ingram, Brunswick, proceed
ed Boston; Navahoe, Johnson, Boston
and cleared for New York, via Will
mington, n. c.; steam yacht Wanderer
New York.
Cleared, steamers Coya (Br), Thorn
as, Savannah; LA QtaD, Raggio, Pen
sacola-
Fernandina. Fla, Dec. 14.--Arrived
schooner Nettie Shipman, Payne, Prov
idence.
Sailed, steamer Gilla DAM, Nielsen
Trieste; schooner Edward II. Blake
Smith, New York.
Baltimore, Dec. 14.-Arrived, steam
er State of Texas, Savannah; schooner
Ada F. Brown, Port Tampa T.
Sailed, steamer Itasca, Savannah.
elphia-Arrived, schooner Z. B
Douglass, Brunswick
Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 14.-Entered
steamship Roanoke. JOY, Philadelphia;
schooner II. b. Homan, Winchester, St
Johns, N. B.. schooner James Judge
Davidson, Porto Rico, ran into jetties
and is laid up for repairs.
Cleared, steamship Comanche, Platt
New York: schooner b. I. Hazard. De-
Bahr, New York; schooner Wentworth
(Br), Fitzpatrick. Gaudeloupe.
Pensacola, Fla, Dec. 14.-ATrived
bark Favorit (Nor), Nordboe, Buenos
Ayres.
Sailed, steamship Pensacola, Leech
Galveston.
Cleared banks Aibase. ItaD, Avegno
Messina; Haugesund (Nor), Spail. Bue-
nos Ayres.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15

always amusing. This joke lived a good
long life for a joke of the kind. and
finally died a natural death.
Various means of fooling audiences
have been tried in the last few years,
but none of them has been so success
full as one which was worked this
week in a Brooklyn theatre at six
evening performances and six matt
nees. It never fails to throw the au-
dience into a tumult Of laughter.
On the first night, Of course, it made
a big hit, because even the ushers
hadn't seen 1t and were fooled like
everybody else. In the right hand stage
box sat a well-dressed young man.
His hair was carefully brushed he
wore a flower in his buttonhole and
he was very neat-looking PROPOSE
ton.
He sat well up toward the stage and
other occupants of the box had to line
their chairs up behind him. Right be-
hind him sat a well-bressed woman,
and beside her a man. Behind them
was another couple and behind this
couple still another man and woman.
About the third act on the programme
was team of knockabout comedians
who cut up all sorts of horse antics
to the delight of the audience. They
kicked each other in the face, banged
each other with clubs and stove In
each others ribs. all of. which was a
delight to the spectators.
Suddenly one of them dashed to the
front of the stage with a broom in his
hand. He shot it out in the direction
of the right-hand stage box as though
he would hurl it in the face of the
youth already mentioned. He hauled
1t back at once, but the feint had had
its effect.
The youth let out one howl of ap-
parent terror and fell over backward
in his chair. He toppled against the
woman behind him, she grabbed the
man next to her, and they both went
over. And so it went down the full
length of the box.
Almost before the audience realized
1t the half dozen people in the box.
men and women alike, were scramb-
ling on the floor. They had gone down
like row * wooden soldiers from
the slight impetus given by the youth
at the head of the column, who had
seemed to dodge the broom.
When they got up all looked daggers
at the youth, and the rest of the
audience just screamed it's delight 1t
is doubtful If any trick attempted on
an audience ever worked so well.
1t took ten minutes to get the au-
dience back to where it would pay any
attention to the performance. Some
women were near Mysteries, and two
or three men came near choking from
laughing too hard.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. Dec. 14.-Flour quiet but
steady; winter patents s3.75@4 90;
Minnesota patents S3.S5@4.10.
Rye flour steady; fair to good 1920
@3. 40.
Corn meal steady; yellow Western,
81 SO.
Rye firm; No. 2 Western 72c.
Barley steady; feeding, 59@61c.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red S67sc;
options displayed activity and further
strength this morning as a result Of
higher cables and activity among
shorts. Later the market sold off un-
der realizing and closed steady h@Ac
net higher; March closed S61zc; May
s59sc; July S5Ac.
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2, 71ssc; option
market had a strong and vigorous
trade in the first hour on talk Of high
er cables, lighter receipts, good sup
port by Chicago bulls and scant local
offerings. Closed firm A@1Ac net high
er; May closed 71%c; December 713sc.
Oats-Spot firm; No 2. 51Ac; options
active and higher with corn.
Beef quiet; family 81 .OO@12 50; mess
SO. 50@10 90.
Beet hams. s2a. 5O@21 so; packed,
S1O50612 90.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies So
@10Ac; picked shoulders 7c; do hams,
9A11O1Ac.
Lard steady; Western steamed, SO. Is
G10 20; refined steady; continent, s10.23;
South American. s11 90; compound. SO
SIC
Pork firm; family, SIT .CO917 So short
clear, SIS. 50Q20. 90; mess, SIS .25@17 so.
Butter steady; creamery, 16@24hc;
state dairy 159221ac.
Cheese steady; late made best large,
SIC; do small 10@10Ac.
Eggs firm: state and Pennsylvania,
26@27c; Southern at mark, 20@25c.
Tallow firm; city cents; country 6h
@6%c.
Rice steady; domestic fair. to extra,
4Q615c; japan, 4AQ5c. Sugar raw
steady: fair refining 9-32c; centrifu-
gal, 96-test, SIC; refined steady; gran
ulated, 4.90c; cubes. 5.75c; powdered,
&c. confectioners' A, 4.70c; cut loaf $40;
standard a. 4,70c.
Coffee-Spot Rio steady; No. in
voice SIC; mild steady; Cordova, 71z@
lie.
Coffee futures opened barely steady,
points lower under room profit TAX
ing and absence of bull support, rui-
ed speculatively featureless but about
steady at the initial level all day on
light weekend covering by shorts and
Closed steady with prices unchanged to
5 points lower. Total sales 19, 500 bags.
Potatoes steady.
Peanuts steady; fancy handpicked
4Q4Rc; other domestic, 2A@3Nc.
Cabbage steady; Long Island per
100, 5000.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool 1sc.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
DOCTORING FREE.

A stan OF eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have, at the urgent solicitation
az a large number of patients under
their care in this country, established
a permanent branch of the institute
in this city. at 10 York street, west,
Henderson building.
These eminent gentlemen have decid-
ed to give their services entirely free
for three months medicines excepted)
TO all invalids who call upon them
for treatment between now and Dec.
81.
The object in pursuing this course is
70 become rapidly and personally ac-
quainted with the sick and afflicted.
and under no conditions will any
charge whatever be made for any SER
vices rendered for three months to all
who call before Dec. 81.
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness, also rupture,
goitre, cancer, all skin diseases and ali
diseases Of the rectum are positively
cured bX theiE new treatment
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
DIR. MERRILL,s AssAILANr.

Times-Union and Citizen: A negro
with a scowling face. extraordinarily
tall. with long arms. and the physique
Of an African giant. was lodged in a
cell at the police station yesterday,
and against his name the charges OF
assault with intent to murder and
highway robbery have been entered.
The man is altogether an extraordi-
nary specimen OF his race. He has the
appearance Of an original African, with
a ferocious look. He is six feet FIVE
inches in hight. The police believe
that he is the man who was RESPONSE
bic for the brutal assault and robbery
OF DR.. G. NJ. Merrill. which occurred
In Riverside Thursday night. The evil
dence they have against the man IS
that there was found in his possession
a gold watch exactly corresponding in
marks and numbers TO the watch that
was stolen from DR.. Merrill. The po-
lice say they can secure testimony TO
show that the negro, whose name f.
Henry Carroll. made a statement to
woman with whom he was staying
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
NEW JOKE ON AN AUDIENCE.
A Realistic Piece of Vaudeville Act
ing Done I'm n box.
From the New York sun.

From the New York Sun.
The vaudeville performer who can
make joke at the exnese of some one
in his audience is sure OF scoring
hit. Vaudeville folks discovered this
long ago, and have planned tricks
with this purpose.
One trick was to fix an electric wire
under an orchestra chair and touch IL
of in the middle Of the performance.
1t would give a slight shock to the
occupant of the chair, but under such
circumstances a slight shock is all
that is necessary to scare the average
man half to death.
II worked famously in a Brooklyn
theatre some years ago until one day
the managers were served with papers
in $4,000 damage suit, instituted by
a man who had been shocked for the
amusement of the others in the. theatre.
That ended the tricks usefulness.
Later another joke rung in by vaude-
Vile performers was TO stop a per-
Torrance suddenly. while a comedian,
stepping to the edge OF the footlights
would ask in an awed tone:
us there a doctor in the house?"
In most audiences there is at last
one Doctor. and for a long time this
gag was never worked without good
results. II a physician stood up and
said:
I'm a doctor: what's wanted7" the
comedian would Immediately say:
Glad 70 see you, Doc. You want TO
stay and see the rest OF the show It's
great"
The discontinue Of the doctor was
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
FLORIDA.

Charles r. Armstrong, who was in
dicted for shooting and killing his wife,
Jessie Armstrong. at Jacksonville on
May 2 last. was acquitted Friday morn
ing on the ground of insanity. Arm
strong had previously borne a most
exemplary character, and his killing of
his wife caused a great sensation. The
evidence showed that the woman had
been guilty of most remarkable de-
pravity against which her husband had
long protested. The line of defense was
that the waywardness of his wife had
affected his mind. and that he was
not responsible for his acts when the
tragedy was committed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
STEAMSHIP N0RTHMAN FINISHED
BIG CARGO FOR NEW YORK.

She VIII Carry About 100000
Feet of Lumber-POrt Warden
Sullivan Loses an overcoat-Ed-
win Gouid's Yacht Here-Matters
of Interest to Shippers and Marin
ers.
The steamship Northman finished
loading cargo of lumber for New
York yesterday, having taken on about
100000 feet. The Northman took about
the same time as the Northwest to
load, both steamers arriving on and nm
ishing the same day. The Northwest
only took 100000 to 100000 feet, howey-
er. while the Northman takes a solid
cargo from this port. Stevedore Will
liam Butler has been put in charge of
the stevedoring for the Northwest
Steamship Company. and will load all
their Savannah steamers in the future.
He has had long experience in loading
both sail and steam vessels, and the
handling of difficult cargoes.
Port Warden Jerome Sullivan is af-
ter a small boy. who entered the port
wardens office in the City Exchange
yesterday and carried away an over
coat. Mr.. Sullivan believes the led
was on watch for he got the coat
while its owner was not far distant.
On returning to the office and missing
the coat Mr.. Sullivan headed straight
way tor the pawnbrCkers and on hrst
inquiry got trace of the thief. Visits
to other Uncles showed that an over
coat answering the description of Mr..
Sullivans, had been offered for sale
| by a negro boy. In his anxiety to
| find the vendor Mr.. Sullivan went the
rounds. but failing to catch the boy
| left his detection to officers at the
| barracks.
The Gulf Coast Shipbuilding Com
pany, organized to erect a shipbuild-
| ing plant at Alabamaport, near Mo-
bile, have bright prospects for the cap
| italization of the venture. The follow
| ing named gentlemen left the city last
Monday in a private car furnished by
| the Southern Railway Company, to in
spect the location of the site: Chas
M. Jesup, Cassius M. Wicker, S. B
McConnico, r. M. Jesup, Robert G
Morris, of New York; John Blair Nc
Afee, of Philadelphia; c. P. E. Burgoyr
and r. L. Lancaster, of Richmond, Va.
|
| The party viii make a short stop er
route at Atlanta. Birmingham, Mobile
and New Orleans, returning in about
ten days.
The British shipowner, in his desire
to control the ocean, has overestimat'
| ed his market. The falling off in the
export and import trade and the dreI
J in ocean freight rates finds a tremend-
Gus amount of new tonnage in com
mission which had been contracted fol
when ships were scarce, cargo plenty
and freights light. The British ton.
mage recently launched and now in
course of construction is unprecedent-
eddy heavy. The launches of merchant
steamships during the first ten months
of the year are estimated to exceed
100000 tons. When the unprecedented
quantity of tonnage now on the stocks
| is put into the water. the effect or
the freight market can hardly fail tc
| be Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The yacht NADIA, Capt. Darling
owned by Edwin Gould, arrived yes
terday and coaled at Taggart & Cos
docks. MIR. Gould and bride will arrive
here in day or SO and proceed on the
| NADIA to Jekyl Island.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15

Darien Gazette: Lower Georgia now
has the chance of her life to elect the
next governor and it is to be hoped
she will embrace il.
Dalton Argus: Many are called. but
few are chosen" applies very well in
the game Of politics.
Elberton Star: Roosevelt is enter
tanning a great deal at the White
House. but then he always was enter
tanning.
waycross Herald Pope Brown says
he is in the race for governor. 1t
would be good idea to put Col. W.
w. Sharp of Waycross in his place as
railroad commissioner.
Greensboro Herald-Journal: And
Savannah wants the Fair again. Like
"other folks" Savannah doesn't know
when she has had enough. Well, let
her have II; the state doesn't afford a
more hospitable place And then, the
Colonel won't assume occupancy of
the executive mansion until after the
Fair. and the editors will probably
have another roast at Wimberly. By
all means let Savannah have it.
Jackson Herald: Under the head of
Campaign Tactics" the Savannah
Morning News, published by Col. J. H.
Estill, the South Georgia candidate for
governor, has an interesting editorial
touching on matters relating to the
race for governor. The editorial sug-
gests that the political ring is begin
ming to show it's hand in the campaign
for the gubernatorial nomination"
and then gives some instances in sup
port of the suggestion. The editorial
zr-frr to-
of recent developments in the fight for
the governorship.
Augusta Tribune: The real race, as
II stands ncw, is still between Col. Es-
till and Hon. Joe Terrell Hon. Pope
Brown has been effectively string
halted by the failure of the State Ag-
ricultural Convention. and is painfully
limping in the rear so far out of sight
as to leave no hope of his ever catch
ing up. Hon. Dupont Query still can
tiers on, unable to see that the judges
are not counting the laps he is max
ing. and under such circumstances his
race is hopeless. Col. Smith is not be-
lieved to be much of a racer, and is
not much considered. The bettors are
putting up their money on Estill and
Terrill, one of whom from present APP
pearances will be the first to cross the
line on the home stretch.
THE WRIGHT DIsPENsARY BILL.
Telfair Enterprise: The failure of
the Governor to sign the dispensary
bill, to say the least of 1t, will save
much litigation. 1t is almost impossi-
Bile to pass any important measure at
all shorn of vulnerability, SO that had
not this bill been vetoed, carrying with
it as it did such a wide difference Of
opinion among the legal fraternity,
there would necessarily followed much
litigation. 1t remains yet for some
shrewd fellow to form bill that will
outwit the liquor dealer and consumer.
1t seems to us If the open barroom could
| be done away with as a first step to-
ward general prohibition, that such a
law would score quite victory. There
is no mistaking the fact that a senti-
ment against liquor must first be Gre
ated before we can hope to eradicate
| IL. Nothing can be peacefully forced
upon an unwilling people. The people
must be made to feel keenly the dis
grace of drinking liquor, then we can
kill 1t.