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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20

ourselves, and, consequently, what
ever our achievement, what we were
aiming at was literature, not journal
ism. When our paper had alreaoy peen
running some years we went 10 C&lolu,
and our circle of contributors Wlueheu
and also oldened. Mr.. Andrew Lang
wrote us several charming fancitul
stories-better to my mind than most
things he has done since-W. II. MAI
lcck and Julian Sturgis contributed
and Mr.. w. r. Arnold, Mrs. Humphrey
wards brother, formerly sub-editor OF
the Manchester Guardian, was a con-
siderable contributor. AS years Went
on the magazine fell into the senlle
decay Of print, and then very properly
died. A very early, sonnet OF NINE
called Genius Loci which CUTLER
Couch has included in his Oxford book
of verse, originally appeared In our
magazine. / had written few chap
ters Of a novel, but never continued IL,
besides some poetry and literary es-
saws before I wrote The Village Trag-
edy.' In 1887, the year in which II APP
peared, my husband became head OF
his college at oxford. The life OF an
ofFicial lady-as the French CAL them
under modern conditions, especially IL
she is also the mother Of family, is
about as favorable to a literary career
as that of a bishop. However, in 1891.
/ published Esther Vanhomright
could not have written IL but for
good knowledge of the 18th century,
acquired by general reading in earlier
years with a view TO writing, and also
IL circumstances had not taken me
away from oxford for a whole term.
In 1894 I published The Vagabonds,'
novel Of circus life. I had here the
disadvantage of a personal knowledge.
OF which my critics were for the most
part, wholly innocent. The respecta-
bility OF my circus people shocked all
their conventional ideas and they de-
clared my circus 10 be the 'baseless
fabric Of a vision II was sometime
after had written The Vagabonds'
that / came across the DE GOncourts'
book about show people IN France ARD
WAS amused 90 read how much his
acrObatic heroes were bored by tbs
vulgar reepectability Of their c0lleagues
IA England 1 never copy character
from ne. but The VagsbOnds' was
not written without q knowledge ~ the
milieu, Ia 80 ! brought out q volume
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
AN AERIAL WORKMAN.
Greasing swaying Cables 300 Feet
Above Carauinez Straits.

OFehslnk o"astuk OaDhc1 oOD rect
Above Carauinex Straits.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A feat Of aerial work that ranks
with the greatest performances OF the
worlds athletes is going on just now
ever carquinez straits. Otto Wilson. a
German rigger, is engaged in greasing
the cables of the Bay Counties Power
Company. which stretch across the
straits at an average of three hundred
feet from the water. Mounted on a
little three by three platform, that
sways with every puff OF wind OF the
upper air. and runs along cable that
seems pathetically small to support a
human life, this daring workman has
toiled every day for the last month.
on pure facts II would seem 10 ex-
coed the nerviest fests OF the worlds
tightrope walkers and steeplelacks. The
men who cross Niagara Fails on a tight
rope have this IN their fayOr-they are
on the rope for only q few minutes and
they are never az more than a short
distance from land and less than fifty
feet above the water. The steeplejackR,
whose performances IN the great cities
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
WATCHING THE CLUBS,
Much Speculation as TO What viii
Happen in Bare Now.

There is considerable speculation as
to what the clubs will do to-day in
the way of keeping their bars open.
The verdict of not guilty in the case
against the Oglethorpe Club caused
the question to be asked as to what
the clubs would do now that the SUI
preme Court has been overruled by a
jury.
1t was gently whispered yesterday
that the Oglethorpe Club bar will not
be open to-day, and that the members
who wish to take something stronger
than water will have to go elsewhere
to get 1t. The members of this organ
ization were greatly pleased with the
verdict of the jury and it may have
been decided to retire from Sunday
business on that verdict. 1t had been
stated that the Good Government
League would not stop because it lost
it's first club case and that where vio-
lations were discovered it would con-
tinue to prosecute. 1t is not known
whether this threat will have the de-
sired effect.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
Had a Quiet wedding.

Mr.. T. r. Womble of Raleigh and
Miss Essie M. Hagan of Charleston.
who we're married at st. Patrick's
Church, Sept 30, by Rev. Father Quin-
Ian. are now residents of Savannah.
where Mrs. Womble is well known,
having lived here for some years. Mr..
Wonble is connected with Mr.. j. Ha-
gan. This is the first public announce
nent that has been made OF the mar
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
CITY BREvITIES.

The Salvation Army, in its hall, No.
112 President street, west, will conduct
one of its old time meetings tonight at
Sis o'clock 1t will be conducted by
speak on 1.-The Power of Prayer From
a True Heart"
Fourteen misdemeanor convicts were
taken from the county jail to the
chain-gang and Poor Farm yesterday
morning, where they will serve SEN
fences received in the higher courts.
Only one Of the prisoners is white, and
he will make the Poor Farm his home
for the space of six months. j. F. Har-
vey is the man and he was convicted of
vagrancy by Judge Norwood, and is
being looked after by the county
more as an object Of charity than any
thing else.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
CITY COURT RETURN DAY.
Monday the Last Day 10 Get I'm Cases
for November Term.

Tomorrow will be a busy day with
the officers of the City Court and the
deputies will be kept on the move serv-
ing copies of suits. 1t will be return
day for the November term OF court.
Many members Of the bar wait UNI
I'll the very last minute to file actions
for damages and all suits 10 come up
during the November term must be
filed with the clerk Of court MONDAY.
CLERK Waring Russell. Jr., anticipates
uuite a rush, and Il is probable that
with suits on accounts the number or
petitions filed for the next term VIII
reach half a hundred. There Il a steady
stream Of papers on return day from
the opening until the closing hour, ana
Il Is not likely that tomorrow WIZ De
an exception 90 the rule.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
B.H.Levy&Br0

never fail to draw a crowd, work
dashed to a substantial structure,
which Is very little influenced by the
winds Moreover, 1t is a tradition of
the trade that few men among them
can work when the steeple Is rocking,
though ever so little, through the in
fluence Of a high wind. Now, the aver
age height at which Wilson works is
about $50 to 300 feet from the surface
OF the water below him. In most of his
work he is at least half mile from
the tower from which he makes his
start and which represents dry land
to him, and he stays with his work
about eight hours a day without once
coming to q landing. Besides-and this
Is the most wonderful part of the per-
formance-the cable on which he oper-
ates is continually swaying in the wind.
and his narrow platform is so fastened
that it sways from side TO side with
the motion. in a fashion of a rocking
chair fastened to a rope by the ex-
IRENE upper end of its back. On these
facts II looks as though Otto Wilson
had the records of the Niagara Falls
walkers and the steeplejacks beaten by
many notches.
The mast of the tallest ships that
pass to and from their way to Port
Costa mills pass more than one
hundred Ieet below MS derldl pefcns
From the Port Costa shore he appears
as a little speck against the blue OF
the sky-no more than an eagle or a
hawk.
When he draws in toward one end
or the other Of his slack rope he can
be seen leaning this way or that from
his platform, reaching out 70 right
and left for better hold on the cables,
throwing a leg over the edge of the
platform when that is necessary 70 his
work, or sitting for rest on the edge
OF low platform that surrounds his
car with half his body hanging over
the hundred yards OF sheer space be
low. II In a sight that few persons
can view without a shudder. but VII.
son seems 70 mind II no more than 4
painter minds an ordinary scaffold 4
paltry twenty feet from the surface.
-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
NEW ATHLETIC CLUB.
Has Been Organized by What Were
Formerly the McAIpin Insects.

Has Been Organized by What Were
Formerly the McAIpin Insects.
The McAlpin Insects have resolved
themselves into the Southside Athletic
Club and at their last meeting elected
the following officers:
President-John F. oliver.
Vice President--John J. Axt.
Secretary-Joseph N. Smith.
Treasurer-John p. Kaiser.
Sergeant t-Arms--C. NJ. Lufburrow.
The club now has a membership of
twenty-five, but this number it expects
to increase largely within the next few
days. The club expects to pull off a
number of fistic bouts among its mem
bers. Its place of meeting is Kaiser's
Hall. Here also training quarters for
the contestants in the bouts will be fit
ted ND
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
Grandma's sausnEes.

The coming Of winter brings with It
it's pleasures and Injuries. Among the
latter may be mentioned the toothsome
sausage. The attention Of the Morning
News has been called 10 the arrival OF
tic sausage season by the receipt OF a
sample OF "Grandma's sausages' from
Dir. James J. Joyce.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

Mr.. w. E. Renneker, soliciting agent
of the Atlantic Coast Line, with head
quarters in Charleston, was in Savan-
nah yesterday.
Mr.. j. McF. Williams, commercial
agent Of the Louisville and Nashville,
with Headquarters in Montgomery, was
among the visitors to Savannah yes
terday
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
IN POLICE COURT.
negro Who Stole From Minister Re-
manded.

manded.
AT Yesterdays session of Police Court
SaAnle Washington, colored, was re-
handed for trial in the City Court by
Necorder Myrick on charge of lar
ceAy' The woman was arrested by
effective Stark for the larceny of
1I'oJnihg from the residence of Rev.
east 49, ~"
,r1!m Bradley, the negro arrested by
rraouHted Patrolman T. J. Terrell, was
sr a, for trial in the City Court as
MI, eseaped convict. He made no de-
NigI Of his Identity
sr Dora Lawrence and Viola Henderson,
It-es.ed by Mounted Patrolman At
Sa,Qn for the larceny of clothing from
Coz Henderson, Of No. $40 Rose
~. were dismissed from custody.
ss,n.ss case against Henry Ray and
sssei', Blake. the negroes charged with
vss oglt'hg Constable w. ]. Barrett,
was continued.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
w. c. r. U. LECTURER.

1--WE Two Addresses i'm Wesley
Monumental Church.
a. Ada Unruh, national lecturer
,l. "ganizer Of the W. c. r. u. will
s-s savannah Thursday afternoon.
p" wesley Monumental Church, at
5.s o lock win give a lecture 10 la
An .'.49i TED AN Hour in BabYland."
l...tN. IN the same church, she will
p... q popular lecture 20 the general
h.r. The ladies OF the W. c. T. o.
ts ,u expect that both lectures viii
AL attended. No admission fee
DE charged.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20

You seem 20 have n lot ~ reia-
tons. How do you keep track Of
them7r
\ read the obituary column ia the
papers every day. Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19
WILL WATCH GERMANY.
kaiser's Subjects Suspected of Designs
on Brazil.

Washington, Dec. 17.--Any move
ment which could be traced to the
German foreign Office whereby that
country proposes to change the existing
government of Brazil and with the as
sumed object of getting territorial con
cessiOns in that South American re-
public would be a clear contravention
of the Monroe doctrine
This is the official opinion here Of
the report that German Vaccinations
are at the bottom of the reported re-
volt in Brazil, the object of which is to
rehabilitate the old monarchial power
which the United States assisted to
overthrow some years ago, but not by
force Of arms
! Germany is strongest on the western
| hemisphere in Brazil, although she has
very large interests in Argentine. In
Argentina she has been trying to Ger
mamie the people, and it is stated in
one Of the official consular reports that
an appropriation is made from the Ger
man funds for the teaching of German
in that country.
There are two provinces in Brazil
however, which to all intents and pur
posses are German provinces. One OF
these is the state of Rio Grande do Sui
1t lies along Argentina. The other is
Santo Catherine. The German resi-
dents of Rio Grande do Sui live in com
pact masses in the north and north
west of the state and virtually contro
commerce and institutions. The,
have never married with Brazii;ans
and are probably as much Germans TO
day as if they lived in Prussia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19
READY TO CEDE
DANISH INDIES

Washington, Dec. 17-As a result
of negotiations that have been in pro-
gress between Secretary Hay and Mr..
Rrun, Danish minister, the last OBJ
stacles of substance to the prepare
ton of the trGaty of cession whereby
the United States becomes possessed
of the Danish West Indian islands,
have been removed. 1t is said the
points of difference have been ad-
justed in a manner to insure the ac-
ceptance of the treaty by the United
States senate and it is even possible
that the convention may be laid be-
fore that body before the holiday re
cess. The decision OF the supreme
court in the insular cases made
easier the preparation of the treaty
on satisfactory lines, it is said.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19
Judge Kills Liquor Ordinance

Topeka, Kan, Dec. N.-Judge Ha-
zen in the district court yesterday
decided the city search and seizure or
dinance passed under section of the
Hurrell liquor law void for the reason
that the section is unconstitutional.
The law provides for the suppression
and regulation of the sale of liquor
and gives cities the power to pass or
dinances, the power conferred by this
section is not mentioned in the title
of the law and is therefore unconstir
tutional. There are many more SINH
lar cases. not yet appealed, among
them being a number Of drug stCl c
cases.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19
PARDON IS REFUSED
GOVERNOR DENIES APPLICATION
OF RACINE THIEVES.
HAS.CONFlDENCE IN JUDGES
Executive Believes Young Offenders
Should not be Let Off Through
Side Door Of CIemency and Let's
Law Take It's Course-Prisoners
Serving Jail Sentences.

Governor La Toilette yesterday de-
MED the application for the pardon of
Harry Bardole, Harry Higgins, Will
lam Walsh and George Hobbs, con-
victed of the crime of larceny and
serving terms in the county Jail Of Ra-
cine county, pursuant to sentence of
the municipal court. The governor
gives his reasons for refusing the ex-
ercise of clemency as follows:
THE offense was committed under
circumstances which involved the be-
trayal of the trust repOsed In them
by their employer in stealing the very
material which they were required to
use in the performance of their con-
tract of service. The case is not one
of those where there was a weak or
sudden yielding to strong temptation.
1t is plainly manifest that the crime
could only have been committed with
a development of plans and cooper
alton in execution on the part of the
four applicants, indicative of q DELHI
crate and sustained criminal resolu-
ton.
eff this is first offense on the part
of the applicants, then it is we'll that
| in their first encounter with the law as
criminal offenders, the lesson should
| be one which carries with it into their
minds the conviction that punishment,
fully commensurate with the oEense,
! is not only certain to follow the COM
mission of every crime, but that there
is no side door Of sO-called executive
clemency' through which criminals
find easy escape from first punish
ment for their crimes.
81 have every confidence that the
trial JUICE, who had the applicants be-
fore him, who saw them in person,
who had the benefit of all the details
and circumstances of the case,-some
of which do not always find their way
into the record,-I have every con-
fidence that he pronounced the SEN
tence in the assurance that it was the
Ilightest punishment which he could,
under the law and all the circum-
stances of the case, impose upon them
in good conscience
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19
TREATY IS RATIFIED.
Senate Endorses Ffay-Paun=
Cefote Agreement
By Decisive Final Vote of
II to 9
Resolution For Congress to
Thank SChley

/ resolution Of Mr.. Vest Of Missouri III
structing the judiciary committee to
| inquire into the subject of anarchy and
report a bill for the suppression II
anarchy was adopted. Only routine
| business was transacted in open SEES
sion, the greater part Of the day being
| spent in consideration of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty in executive sessio1.
Woman Suffrage Amendment.
| Washington, Dec Ex-senator War
rem yesterday introduced an amend
ment to the constitution granting the
right of suffrage to women.
London Press Generally Pleased.
London. Dec. 17-Papers this morn
| ing express considerable satisfaction
that the senate ratified the Hay
Pauncefote treaty by such a large ma
iority The Post regards this as q
great personal triumph for President
Roosevelt and pOrtends similar sue
cesses for him when dealing with
other subjects discussed in the presi-
Dental messages. The News makes
similar comment, with the parting
criticism of Lord Lansdowne, secre-
tary of state of foreign affairs,
making a strategic movement in
the rear" The Chronicle says the
immense majority is a striking proof
OF how closely the terms of the treaty
have been adapted to the American
point of view and adds: This may
be one method of preserving good re-
lations with The United States, but it
is hardly business, and may become
an expensive one"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19

far he might come but no farther until
he had provided his horses with better
shoes
The drayman had brought load of
bricks as far as the foot of the Far
mum street hill, near Fifteenth street,
though lis horses had fallen twice
within two blocks upon the icy pave
ment, The animals were small for
the burden assigned to them. and did
not seem well nourished.
Those horses can never pull such a
load up the hill shod in such a way"
said Miss Harding to the man on the
wagon. What shoes they have LETT
are smooth and worse than none
The driver responded in sur1y
fashion that he had intended having
his horses sh0d as soon as ne had
delivered the load.
You will have them shod right now
or be arrested" answered Miss Hard
ing, as she flashed the star with which
she had been provided by Chief of
Police Donahue. The sight was too
much for the drayman.
Good lord, A woman policeman"
he muttered. 81 quit"
The drayman unhitched his horses
in their tracks, and, with the help of
the bystanders, backed the wagon
against the curb. Miss Harding dele
gated young man to stand guard lest
some strategic move should be at
tempted and went on her way to her
office.
The load stood unmoved most Of
the morning, and when the driver
came back with his team eight new
iron shoes clattered on the pavement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19
RAGTlME MASQUERADES.
Fern Grove Lodge inaugurates Pleas
ant Custom.

ant Custom.
Fern Grove lodge, No. Z, auxiliary to
the Woodmen of the World, elected
the following officers at it's last meet
ing:
Worthy guardian-Mrs. A. Wilcox.
Magician-Mrs. Sarah Nickles.
A6visor-Mrs. William Parr
Banker-Miss Bertha Stronger.
Clerk-Mrs. N. A. Ladd.
Inner sentinel-Miss Ethel Starr
man.
Attendant-Miss Augusta Peterman
Outer sentinel-Mrs George Jen-
son.
Physician-Dr. S. R. Royce.
Managers-E. S. Parkinson, Will
lam Parr and Mrs. Henry Roeder.
The lodge has 80 members and
meets in the Knights of Pythias hall
on the second and fourth Wednesday
evenings of each month
At the last session, after the close
of the business hour, the members
gave a rag time masquerade. An
other of these pleasant diversions is
planned for Wednesday, Jan s.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19
STEEL TRUST HAS RIVAL.
AneIo-Spanish Combine Organized
With sf2oCo,ooo Capital.

AngIo-Spanfsh Combine Organized
With s12,oco,ooo Capital.
London, Dec. 1.-THE proposal for
an Anglo-Spanish steel combine for
the purpose of fighting J. P Morgan
and his associates in the United
States Steel corporation in their oper-
ations in England, took definite form
yesterday when a company, the object
of which is to put Spanish iron on the
English markets, was registered at
the Spanish consulate in London.
The new syndicate is capitalized at
G2, 100000, and includes S. H. Graves
Of Chicago, c. F. North, founder OF
the Yukon Railway and Navigation
company; Samuel Roberts, LORD
Mayor of Sheffield, England; the Can
mel company, big English steel firm
| the Sierra company and the Monte
rubio company, owners of iron ant
coal mines in the north of Spain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19

fresh supplies of food and water and
to land at some port in Spain or Por-
tugal in from six to eight weeks time.
On his former voyage across the At
lantic Captain Andrews frequently
spoke passing vessels, and he was re-
ported by them on their arrival in
port, but as the lone mariner and
his bride have been gone now nearly
three months, and as their landing
has not been reported anywhere, it is
the opinion here that they have been
drowned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19

OF INSURGENTS

Manila, Dec. 17.-General J. Frank
lin Bell has notified the insurgents in
the province of Batangas that he pur-
poses on December 2S to concentrate
them in the neighborhood of several
towns, taking there also their live
stock and provisions
These rigid measures for putting
down the rebellion in the province
followed the discovery of the plot of
instruction in which the presidente
and other prominent natives of Liau
were concerned, the information
coming through documents captured
from the natives. When the concen-
tration lines are established every
thing beyond them will be confisi-
Gated
Lieutenant Henessey of the eighth
infantry, with an American scout and
six FilipinOs captured an insurgent
major and f0rty-tWo men Among
the stores taken were twenty-five
rifles and $50 rounds of ammunition.
Patterson, the Englishman, who
Oe'1i10 h01S anu dSCSpI6usthE poSlC4oH Oh
secretary to SiXto Lopez, and who
was expelled from the islands because
he refused to swear allegiance to the
United States, left on the transport
Warren for Hongkong.
Pekin. Dec. 17.-From information
received in a letter from an American
in the Philippines it is learned that
the spirit OF the rebellion has lately
experienced a marked revival, as
shown by the secret service reports
from every province of Luzon. Army
officials are taking extra precautions
and have arranged for hurried concen-
tration of women and children in case
Of emergency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19
EIkS to Invade Philippines.

Des Moines, Dec. 17.-C. E. Pickett
of Waterloo, grand exalted ruler of the
Elks, is planning an extensive trip
which will include a visit to Manila
and the Philippines He will go by
way Of San Francisco and visit Homo
lulu. 1t is probable a lodge will be
established in Manila