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The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

fired on the Alabama's crew while in the
" ater so I asked DR.. Gait if it was true.
he replied that it was not, but perhaps
some stray shots were fired He was pick
ed up by the Kearsarge crew and treated
very kindly. In his opinion the Alabama
could not have done much more service,
as she was badly worn and needed extern
sive repairs. These could hardly have
been made in any port without drawing
to it a strong Gordon of vessels from the
u S. navy, thus making her return to
active service impossible. She struck her
colors, however, and went down after
gallant contest with more formidable
foe" According to Mr.. Stewards state
ment Messrs. Marmelstein and Anderson
of Savannah and DR.. Gait are all surviv-
ors of the Alabama. and to these is add
ed Lieut.. r. f. Armstrong, now of Hall
fax, N. S. 1t may be true that DR.. Gait
was acting quartermaster, as no such Of
ficer appears in the list of Aug 2, 1862,
but Clarence r. Yonge is recorded as
paymaster, and yet do not find his name
in the list of Confederate naval officers.
Tooth of Time" seems unable to masti-
cate Who wrote "All quiet on the Po-
tomac" and 1.-THE Homespuu Dress" Is
still unsettled; and who fired the first
gun at Fort Sumter remains vexed
question:; while the contest between the
friends of Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Ellis
is renewed as to which first suggested
Decoration Day" There were two claim
ants for the honor of suggesting the
United Daughters of the Confederscy"
organization, but l think the Tennessee
woman won over the Georgia woman, and
yet that may not end the contest. Now
comes Camp No. 9, u. G. V. Cavalry AS
ISOLATION of New Orleans and claims to
have first suggested the erection of a
monument TO the noble and patriotic Con-
federatc women of the South. How this
last contest will end remains to be seen.
Since writing the preceding paragraph 1
have seen the article by Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, in the Womans Home Compan-
ion for May In which she gives the credit
of suggesting Decoration Day" 70 Miss
Lizzie Rutherford CMrs. Ellis, but her
article Is followed by one from Landon
Knight. in which tho same credit Is Civ
en- to Mrs. Joseph II. Morgan of Allan
ta Now, / have known Mai. Morgan
and his estimable wife for twenty years
or more, and this Is the only time ] ever
heard that she was the first 10 suggest
Decoration Day. The credit was given,
almost universally, 10 Mrs. Charles j.
Williams. with a hint that Miss Ruther-
ford assisted her. Mr.. l.. also says
1.-THE honor Is claimed by at least a dozen
different ones" This is also news to me,
and / should be glad to see ell these
claimants come forward with affidavits
to prove their claims. Mrs. Davis ar
ticle has a beautiful photo-engraving OF
Memorial Day in Savannah" one In
which. IL seems TO me- friends can rec
ognize a hundred familiar faces, some Of
which as quite conspicuous.
There can be no question Of the ability
OF Maurice Thompson, Just deceased. as
a gifted and versatile writer or his loyalty
as a brave and devoted Confederate SOL
der from Georgia, and yet he tells US IN
verse that he was glad when the Civil
War ended in the destruction OF slavery
He says:
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

II am Southerner;
love the South; | dared for her
To fight from Lookout TO the sea,
With her proud banner over me;
But from my lips thanksgiving broke,
As God in battle thunder spoke,
And that Black Idol, breeding drought
And dearth of human sympathy
Throughout the sweet and sensuous
South
Was, with its chains and human yoke.
Blown hellward from the lannon's mouth,
While Freedom cheered behind the
smoke"
However much opinions may have diff
fered as to slavery, looking at both the
bright and dark side-for il had each
when the wonderful Industrial develop
ment of the South under free labor is
considered. few people. if any, would call
back the Black Idol" referred to by the
Poet Thompson. Only very recently Gen.
John B. Gordon, in his lecture at Allan
ia, gave forcible expression to this same
sentiment.
Under the head of "The Bravest Are
the Tenderest," the Louisville, KY, Cou-
rer-Journal pays this tribute to the G.
A. r. Post that escorted the remains Of
Maurice Thompson to the grave: 1.-The
funeral of Maurice, the naturalist and
author, at Crawfordville, Ind, was char
acterized by a knightly incident. The
man was a Confederate soldier, and
though he did not die among the COM
rades with whom he fought, full military
honors were paid his memory. McPher-
son Post G. A. r., of Crawfordvllle,
turned out in uniform, and escorted the
body of their former foe to the grave
with all the mourning ceremonies Of their
accumulation fbnnUh hsa haA
been one of their members. This incident
fortunately is one of many that are con-
stantly occurring to demonstrate the
complete reunion of the country The
passions aroused by the Civil War have
been subsidlig for a third of century,
and every now and then there comes out
such flash OF feeling as this, which re-
comedies us to ell that has gone before:
1t is such n demonstration of the divln-
ity that waits deep in our poor human
ity, but ready for the supreme moment
for one touch OF nature that makes the
whole world kin. The part that Capt Tai
bot and his comrades OF the Grand Army
have played in this demonstration that
the wounds OF the war have healed will
be greatly appreciated in the South, from
which (Georgia). Maurice Thompson
came, and for which he bravely fought"
THE braVest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring"
I mail with this letter a poem sent me
by the well known writer, T. 3. Gather
wood, a Savannah soldier. now residing
near me, which refers in spirited verse to
the burial Of Thompson by his old cvil
War foes-now friends to all against
whom they fought. / am sure his old Sl-
vannah associates viii appreciate the fra
ternal spirit Of the poem.
The Burial of Thompson.
"A Confederate soldier, he died far
away from any OF his former comrades,
but full military honors were paid his
memory by Mcpherson Post g. A. r..
Crawfordsvile Ind. which turned out In
full uniform and escorted the body OF
their former foe 70 the grave, with ell
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

Large Handsome Screen Fans on
Standard, 24c
Closing out prices on a lot Of Decorated
Austrian China Dinnerware:
Dinner Plates, now 14c; formerly, zoe.
Breakfast Plates, now 12c; formerly 1sc.
Platters, now 4sc; formerly 69c.
All other pieces to go at same low
prices-a reduction of 1875 per cent.
Large Glass Pitchers for Lemonade or
Ice Tea, in three styles, at lOc. 23c, and
29c.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19
THE bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring"
The Burial of Thompson.

"A Confederate soldier, he died far
away from any OF his former comrades.
but full military honors were paid his
memory by Mcpherson Post. @. A. r..
Crawfordsville, Ind. which turned out IN
full uniform and escorted the body OF
their former foe 70 the grave, with oil
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19
HOUSEFURNISHINGS
Basement Floor.

One lot Of 500 Decorated Covered Veg
etable Dishes. now 4sc; formerly s1.1s
Twenty-Five dozen Engraved Water
Tumblers. to go at &c each. Monday only.
One lot Of twenty dozen White Porce-
lain Tea Cups and saucers at &c per pair,
regular value. 1oc.
Large size Two-wick Oil Stoves, &c;
usually sold at s1.25.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
WEST POINTERS WHO HAVE
CHANGED THEIR NAMES.

Controversies Which the Tooth or
Time Refuses to Masticate-Tbe
Decoration Day Controversy
Again-A Pleasant Reference to
the Late Maurice Thompson - A
Tribute That Was Paid to the
Army Post which Escorted Mr..
ThompsOn's Remains TO the Grave.
Other Matters of General Interest.
Pine Crest Villa. Maitland, Fla, May IS.
The great Jacksonville fire swept away
all the records, papers, property, etc., Of
the Department of Florida, Grand Army of
the Republic, the headquarters being IN
the Smith building, next to the Metropo-
lis Office There may be some money in
the bank but all else is gone up in
smoke" However, the recent encamp-
ment at Tampa bravely took the bull
by the horns" and elected officers for the
present year, who are able to put the de-
partment ION its feet" again. Frank q.
Purcell of Tampa is commander, with
rank of major general; S. Herbert Lancey
Of Maitland is senior vice commander
with rank of brigadier general and ]. f.
chase of st. Petersburg, junior vice COM
mander, with rank OF colonel. They have
already inaugurated the work of recuper-
elton.
an officially notified that the "Caval-
ny Society of the Armies of the United
states Of which / am a member, will
sch Gen. Henry f.. Tremaine Is presi-
cent and Gen. j. +. Cilley is secretary.
-"o hundred members were in the regu-
IaI armys last years roster, and many
t''ei5 held high commands in the volun-
1.'i forces In Cuba, Porto Rico, China
IA the Philippines. Brig. Gen
irving Hale OF Colorado, who has been
~ me volunteer service In the Philip
Ppes, is a First Honor" West Pointer.
ne having graduated In 1854 al the head Of
l's class. Capt. Cassius Il. Gillette. u. S.
@iheer corps. at Savannah. was number
4oYI IN the same class. Hale made a
stisldld record during his entire course
az me Military Academy. and left the
army IN 1880 for a more profitable employ
NuI The war in the Philippines, how
'' ied him into the volunteer service.
ven Hale entered West Point, although
ne" Yorker, from Colorado. as Horace
ing Hale. but. like hundreds of other
lets changed his name and graduated
irving Hale. Gen. Young went in as
% Young and came out as p M. b..
'lng. Gen. Arnold Elzey, c. s. A.. grad
.'led as Arnold e. Jones, and sewal L.
IFmont came out Fish. Names have
yer been an interchangeable quantity"
~ military or civil life.
made an inexcusoble blunder IN chang
s N. saussy to J. NJ. when should
re known Il was G. NJ. and, therefore.
sIept Col. saussy's protest I have
'DaAA sometimes, and must have had
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-05
Auction Sale
Of
Bankrupt Stock !
TO-DAY
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1901,

AT 10 O'CLOCK A M,
AT my salesroom, IS Queen street / will
sell at Public Auction, by order Of Mr..
w. w. Thayer, trustee, the entire
bankrupt stock Of the Chu Zip Co, con-
sitsing in part of
Chinese Silks, Grass Cloth.
Silk Handkerchiefs, Lawns.
Dimities. Prints. Organizes.
Ladies' Dress Goods.
Ladies' Under Garments and Hosiery.
Gorsets, Mems Under Garments.
Socks, White and Negligee Shirts.
Holokus, Ribbons.
Men and Women's Shoes.
Straw and Felt Hats.
White and Unbleached Cotton.
Trunks, Valises.
Camphorwood Trunks Blankets.
Comforters, Towels Emproideries.
Laces, insertions.
Linen Handkerchiefs. Neckties.
Silk Fans, Alarm Clocks, Jewelry.
Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Combs.
Brushes, Shawls, Buttons, Thread.
Hanging Lamps and Store Fixtures.
All new goods, and sale worth at
tending.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-05

Laborers are now working at clear
ing off lantana on the Tantalus road.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-05
Dunno Gets Instruction From Knox.

Assistant United States Attorney
Dunno yesterday received the letter OF
instruction from Attorney General
Knox referring to the telegram in the
case of Atherton VS.. Wahiawa Sugar
Co. Action in regard to the enforce
ment of the thousand acre clause in
discretion of the United States Attor-
ney the letter stating that as he is on
the ground and well acquainted with
the situation and the territorial laws,
the matter can better be decided by him.
What action viii be taken by MI
Dunno will not be known until after
conference with Mr.. Baird today.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

cessful imitation of an American bar,
for so has our civilization given this
doubtful boon to Mexico. Grocery lads,
mostly young Spaniards, tend the bars
and sell frankly artificial wines and
fraudulent brandy and mix the most
incredibly bad cocteles. (Do you recog-
nize the familiar cocktail?) With the
multiplication of these cantinas in the
American style, often boldly displaying
the sign, 'Barroom, American drinks,
has come a scourge Of alcoholism in this
city such as was never known before.
Every day the police pick up the VIC
Tins of alcoholic excess, half dead and
prone in the public ways in the lower
quarters of this city, and take them to
the police station. Dead from alcoholic
congestion is one of the most common
records in the police stations among the
lists of fatalities. The poor and i'll fed
drink to gain sensation of transient
comfort. They are empty stomached
and crave warmth, the false sensation
of being fed. Mere lads, sent on err
rands, shop boys out collecting bills, go
to the barrooms for copita or DRAM"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

1T was never occupied by Washing
ton as headquarters. Detroit Free
Press.
Suddenly the good fairy of the play
interviewed
1T is time for me to show my hand!"
she exclaimed,
The villain recoiled.
IF her hand were only alln' he NUT
tered, observing with unfeigned alarm
the effect of tights upon the raw sol
diery, hitherto blindly devoted to his
purposes
Then he skunk away emitting in his
confusion even the snarl of bailled rage.
Detroit Journal.
Thrift Rewarded.--"How long did it
take you to save up those 200 soap Ia
bels?"
i've been saving them for more than
two years."
What did the manufacturers send
you when you returned the pile to
them?"
They sent me pair of the cutest
little rubber dolls you ever saw, and the
best thing about it Is that IL anything
happens to the dolls, or you lose them,
the company will replace them for
three cents apiece. Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
THIEVES OF SOUVENIRS

Travellers from the time of Herodotus
! have been petty thieves. He stole all
the good stories that he could get hold
of. and retailed them as his iwn, but
mankind have always been ready to
deal lightly with the story teller, for he
affords them amusement without doing
much harm to his neighbir. and so in
stead of branding the clever Greek
with ugly names, they accepted his mar
ratives, ''cum grano salis,' in some
cases, and dubbed him "the Father of
Histiry." Possibly the title may have
meant that he had fathered more his
tory than any of his contemporaries or
successors would have been willing tt
accept as such, upon the same princi-
pie that General Ben Butler was said
to have been made doctor of laws by
New England college soin after his ad-
ministration of the law in New Orleans
during the civil war, namely, because
he had doctored mire laws than any of
his contemporaries. Speaking of But
ter reminds me If Spoons" and brings
me directly back ii siuvenirs. Travel
ers since the time If Heroditus have
not been content with stealing the sti-
ries if dead nations; they have de-
spoiled their temples, mutilated their
limbs, broken open their eiffins and
carried off their dead to enrich muse
ums and collections Nations have been
colossal thieves of souvenirs, One has
only to look through the British. muse
UNI to see the greatest Collection of
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

where, where will be the birds that
sing, hundred years to Gomez" Dead
er than a Ratchet, of course, and SO will
be the people who now hear them sing.
But that sad fact needn't and will not
interfere with the joy with which the
new year and the new century are
greeted. The people of this country are
not inclined to melancholy reflections
just now. They are rolling in wealth,
and there is unusually high rolling in
business and in the stock market. They
have had an uncommonly merry Christ
mas, and they have prepared to start
the new year and the new century hap
PLY. They have full confidence in them
selves and in the Destiny of their be-
loved country. They feel able to eat,
drink and be merry, and are not OPP
pressed by tomorrow. They live in
large and glorious times, and they are
large and glorious part of the doings.
May all their hopes be realized and
their confidence justified. We especially
wish all our readers Happy New Year,
and large share in the good things
that are in sight.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

One OF the achievements. which will
glorify the early part of the new cen
fury may be the discovery of the North
Pole. OF course it will be the right
thing to have the discovery made by
the United States expedition. but the
Russians are going to make brave eff
fort, and they are going to be well
equipped. They will push into the
northern seas with new kind of
steamer, the Ermack, which Is said to
be fifteen times as strong in her sides
| as the ocean liners. and she can back
off as easily, and be handled with as
much certainty when running in that
direction as when she is going ahead.
| Her propellers can be brought against
the largest foes without suffering from
the contact. Her fore-propeller is an
American invention, and the butting
and crushing power of the ship has al
ready been shown in remarkable way
by continuing its progress through foes
fourteen feet in thickness and dispers-
ing piled ice of double that height. Ad-
miral Makaroff, who is to be in charge
of this vessel, will enter the ice mass
east of Franz Josef land and will there
either engage with floating cakes or
will adopt the course of Nansen and
Abruzzi, and drift with the current
which keeps this white continent In
westward motion. Either by drifting or
pushing, or by alternating the two, he
hopes to reach the pole.
Success to the Russians, If the United
States can't get ahead of them.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

plumber on the face Of the globe, and
every museum has followed this royal
example. Why should not an Egyp-
tlan king, who died three thousand
years ago, be permitted to sleep on with
his fathers, his children and his slaves
till the end Of time, as quietly and as
safely as the rude forefathers Of Stoke
Pogis churchyard whom Gray has en-
| balmed in immortal verse? A first
class argument for cremation could be
built upon the profane vandalism which
has been permitted in the supposed in
terest Of knowledge and Of civilization,
Shakespeare knew what he was saying
when he wrote for his monument:
Good friend for Jesus sake forbear
To dig the dust Enclosed here
Blest be the man who spares these
stones;
And cursed be he that moves my bones.
The Parthenon would be a much finer
building to-day II the superb frieze
which Lord Elgin carried Off to Eng
land had been saved to restore and re-
build the noblest Of Grecian temples
Every petty traveller has gone about
with a knife to cut off piece from the
cupboard of celebrity or the throne
of royalty, and multitudes of tourists
are doing 1t as briskly as ever to-day
The desire for souvenirs which has
caused so much thievlng, mutilating
and such like depravity, has also led to
the manufacture and sale of relics and
to large business in the creation of
modern articles Of value and beauty,
which embody a picture. "a literary
"Reminiscences or personal experience.
Thus souvenir spoons have become
most profitable articles of trade, wood
carvings and pictures, minerals and
lava Impressions. flowers, grasses and
leaves, and hundreds of thousands Of
photographs are doing duty In this line.
Such mementoes, honorably acquired,
are worth having, and the custom is to
be encouraged in this direction. 1t Is
of the abuses of the souvenir habit of
which | am chiefly speaking.
When / was crossing the ocean lately,
my table steward told me that the
stewards were responsible for all the
silver plate lost on the voyages / ex-
pressed surprise, but said that / sup
posed the amount was small. mo"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
AKRON AM RIGHT WOW.

| Akron, Ohio, has more local pride
| than she had few months ago, when
she was Inundated by the outrages con-
nected with the attempted lynching of
the negro Peck. 1t is now claimed that
no other city has ever done SO much to
put a check on mob rule and riot as has
Akron. The grand jury indicted sixty
men for participating in the riot. Of
this number twenty-one have so far
been tried, and convictions have been
secured in every case. A majority of
these Were sent to the penitentiary
while others have gone to the work
house, and in the case of boys to the
house of correction. The court is now
in recess, but after the holidays the
others indicted will be placed on trial,
and the authorities believe they have
evidence to secure convictions in every
case. Ore of the men indicted is a
member of the city council, but if his
guilt is proven his influence will not be
sufficient to save him. What other city,
asks an Akron man, has ever estab-
lished such a record? There have been
riots and lynchings both North and
South, but nowhere else has the law
been meted out with so stern band
1t seems to me that it is now due to us
that the people acknowledge that Akron
is not the law-defying community it
was represented to be at the time of the
riot"
Akron has certainly made good rec
ord since she made the bad one. Her
example in making the good record is a
good one for other communities to fol-
low. n
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
The Boy Who Lives Next Door,

The boy who lives next door
Has freckles on his face;
His ears are red and hang
Away out into space,
And when ! hear 4 dog ki-yi
And see 1t fee In terror, l
Can quickly guess the cause
Ills merely that one more
Poor little victim knows
boy resides next door!
He runs across the lawn
I've nursed with jealous care,
And, In the summer time,
Knocks down the flowers there!
1t seems to give him pure delight
To yell around with all his might,
And every week or so
A pebble finds Its way
Against light Of glass
For which | have to pay!
He has no teeth in front
His hands are cracked and brown,
Twice he has nearly burned
Our summer kitchen down!
He calls to people, Hey! Watch outW
And when they jump he whoops about
] used to think II God
Would take him from below
Up TO the sky I'd try
To bravely bear the blow!
The little child whose love
Is all to me, one day
Was stricken suddenly
When ! was far away
The boy who lives next door forgot
To yell around, but ran and brought
The doctor to the bed,
And when ! came, at last,
Shrank from me with look
or pity as passed!
The boy who lives next door
Brought in his tops and gun,
And pocketfuls Of trash
To please our little one;
He played beside my darling's bed,
Turned cartwheeis and stood on his head,
And God was good to me
Let's wait awhile before
We utterly condemn
1.-THE boy who lives next door.'
IS. T.. Kiser, In Chicago Times Herald.