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The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
FATHER OF ALL BANKERS.
Not of CANNES, but of Buffalo Mid
way Takers.
From the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo Express.
The professah! 1t sounds so much like
him that IL it were not noun without
a negative 1t would seem like his photo
graph. The professahl Guess who he
is. His full name Is the essence Of eu-
phony and an emblem OF eloquence.
Charles Alexandra Donaldson. Repeat 1t
slowly, with its prefix.
Professah Charles Alexandah Donald
son.
He sits on a little throne outside the
Infant Incubator at the Pan-American
Exposition. He wears a high hat that has
held its gloss for eleven years come sun.
come shower. come hot, come cold. His
frock coat is full OF dignity, with dts in
side pockets crsmmed with axioms from
great orators. 1t has a history. His
wnistcoat is wise and pompous in appear
ance, and II has history. His watch has
an open face, and IT, too, has n history.
In fact, everything about the professah
has a history. He Is the Oldest Snowman
on the exposition grounds. the Gladstone
Of all expositionaires, the Noah OF the
concessionaires' ark, the patriarch OF the
entire tribe of Midwayites.
His voice comes echoing as one reads
OF him. II is deep. sonorous voice a
blarneying voice, from the isle VI suffer-
ing and OF song, with the melody of its
pathos and Its humor and its sentiment.
1t Is sympathetic as sunset and rich as
a surprise. The professah revels in II.
He rolls It forth as II it were a bolt OF
cloth he was displaying by the yard on
"a bargain counter. He tumbles II over
as II you were bathing on a beach where
breakers Of oratory were 10 come booming
and sizzling about your head. He cla-
rions IL like a bugle's call and thunders
It like a bass horns lowest G.. He dali
lies with Il, hip-happing II In acrobatic
feats calculated TO mako the babies blink
and wiggle In their cases.
Fifty years an expositionalre." the pro-
fessah tells you, as he scratches his nose
with his umbrella handle. The fathah Of
them ALI or them allV' and is voice sinks
into the oaverns OF silence below the re-
back on the wings OF me memory 10
Lunnon, 10 the ancient English days, 20
the bygone glory OF the Crystal palace.
I was therel Was therew and again the
voice makes a deep dive and reappcars
pulling. ~ have seen them all ] have
been a part OF them all. Ia Moscow, In
Antwerp, in Berlin, az the Centennial In
1876, In Paris twice. IN Chicago every
where, have been there"
The professah paused and blew on HIS
high hat and polished ~.
"Wbere we're YOU born, professah7'
ON chat most beautiful permanent ex-
pofltlon, ireland. the neral gem that studs
the crown Of earth" and the bieh hat
shone ike cylinder ~ crystal.
The pfofanaah sighed ana bumms1 a
line from "Kiilaney," dropped AZ ~ dose
70 The Harp That Once Ihr0 Tefa's
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
A FIFTEEN MINUTE SESSION.
Mr. OFlaherty Aims n Hard Shot at
the Grandfather Clause.

the grandfather Clause.
Richmond. Va, July 1s.-Fifteen minutes
was the time devoted by the members OF
the Constitutional Convention to the ses-
sion to-day. There was considerable fall
ing off in attendance of members, several
of them having no committee this after
noon or evening left for their homes 40
spend Sunday.
Mr.. Withers presented an amendment
to the resolution naming the committee
on reduction of expenses providing that
the committee shall report to the con-
Vention from time to time and that the
SUBJECTS shall be explained by members
of the committee and referred without
further action to the standing committee,
which shall have under consideration the
special subject affected by the report OF
the committee on reduction of expenses.
Inc amendment was adopted.
Senator Carter Glass, member of the
convention from Lynchburg, has been or
dered by physicians to relinquish this
work and return to his home. This is
due to the fact that Mr.. Glass is in poor
health and the excitement and fatigue
OF the work of the convention are telling
on him appreaciably.
OFIaherty's Resolution.
Mr. O'Flaherty of Warren county, Gold
Democrat, startled the convention by
offering the following resolutions:
Resolved, That 1T is the sense of the
convention that the adoption of any pro-
vision whereby a privilege is given one
citizen over another in the matter of
suffrage by reason of his or his ances-
tors military service is class legislation
of the most vicious kind, and in violation
OF the principles of the bill of rights
as promulgated to the world by Virgin
fans more than century ago. wherein
they declare that no set of men are en-
titled TO exclusive privileges, and in
violation of both the letter and spirit of
the Constitution of the United States,
which we, as voters, have sworn to de-
fend as well as in violation of the prin-
ciples of equal rights which are inherent
in the body polite whichwe represent and
to which we are amenable in the forum of
political ethics, and the specific applica-
ton of which test, without any excep-
lions, proviso or alternatives would act
ually disfranchise some members of this
body if applied to them.
And we Furthermore declare It obiec-
tionable because it establishes a perma-
nent hereditary governing class, which is
undemocratic and contrary to the spirit of
a republican form of government, unwse
and will involve US in an untried realm
of political eXpediency."
The resolution was referred.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
CAPT. PURSE AT DOUGLAS.
He Is Now the Leading Landlord OF
the Wiregrass CITY.

Douglas, Ca, July 1S-Capt. d. G. Purse
has been in the city three days, having
the deeds to his recent large Douglas real
estate purchases recorded and getting ac-
quainted with his large number OF tenants,
acquired by the purchase. His rent roll
is now enormous for the size of the city,
and will be doubled within six months.
Capt. Purse says Douglas must have an
artesian well. and that he will head the
movement.
Mayor Mcdonald Is using all possible
methods with the means at hand, to
bring the Douglas school system and
equipments up to second to none in the
South. B. Peterson. j. w. Quincy, ID.
d. Paulk, w. +. Sibbett, w. G. Bryan,
John Mclean, G. A. Ward Jr., I. Tan
ner, W. p. Ward, Warren Tanner, Frank
l.. Sweat, w. o. Paxson. d. w. Gaskln
and others of large means, take pleasure
in showing strangers the many natural
advantages of Douglas ana never fail
to open their purses for the general good
of the city and county.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
FRYING POLISH BOYS
DrNrs SOUGHT TO HELP THEIR
COUNTRY.
.r8NANY PERSEcUTES THEM.
,oxcEp TO SOCIETIES FOR UP
LIFTING POLAND.

polish National Fund said to Elk
collected in America, to he
for Political Purposes-Poles
=. privilege of Holding sun
,ov Service German Detective
~.ts Two and one-Haif Years for
,,.oourins False Testimony i'm
uorltx Levy Case.
lin July BIN the complete abb
400 Of other political interests this
4 !. the great trial of the thirteen Pol
strdents charged with belonging TO
4 orot political societies at various Ger
On universities, organized to promote
na+ional aspirations of Poland, at
r,,ch attention. The examination
tho accused students has not up to the
.o.ent time developed any sensational
..rres They deny the charges of par
II ...otion knowingly, in illegal societies.
no most sensational feature of this trial.
Car has been the the throwing up of
uiofs nv the leading lawyers for the de-
.o nrotesting against the rigid limi-
Il ,iors prescribed for them by the court
=, connection with the Posen trial, the
orman newspapers print information
n oncerping the Polish national fund at
apperschwyl, Switzerland. which was
II ollacted chiefly among American Poles.
his fund now amounts to about $4,000
IA continues to grow rapidly. The
evspapers referring to the matter, say:
1.-THE purpose of this fund, as stated by
he Polish Managing Committee, is that
is TO be used, at a given moment, with
N its power, in support of political &C.
on"
n The official publication of those who
ave in hand the collection of this fund,
avs the only institution working openly
or the Independence of Poland is "the
atonal fund"
Other developments of the pest week in
kcate further Polish activity. Besides the
S ecson of the German authorities to
Il brosecute the sixty Polish students at
Thorn, in West Prussia, charged also
nth being connected with political organ
Il zations, the Polish voters in the bye
II lection at Duisberg, on the Rhine, refus-
fd to support the Centrist candidate I'M
less pledge were given to support the
dea of holding Polish religious services
livery Sunday in the Catholic church.
81 To Have American Telephone.
The German customs officials expert
'3hented for a week with the American au-
& omstic telephone system in Berlin and
lave decided permanently to establish
ibis system.
Detective Shiller was sentenced to-day
81 Konitz to two and one-half years in
Die peniteniary, having been found gull
N of inducing witnesses to commit per-
Jury in the case against Mortz Levy in
Il September, 1900, in connection with the
#ase of the boy who was killed at Konitz.
Schiller fostered the belief that he had
Falen victim to the Jewish rites.
81 Owing to the existence of the bubonic
Plague at Constantinople the quarantine
$fice at Bremerhaven has announced that
pll vessels from the Bosphorus, the sea of
Fdarmora and ports of the Black and Ae-
pan seas will be subjected to sanitary ex-
Elimination.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

Buls." Before the soul of music fed
along come party Of sightseers.
The babies" said the professah. THE
tiny babes, little ones of the world. who
sleep all day and cry all night. You
simply see yourselves as others once saw
you. They thrive on the milk OF human
kindness and you can tell them apart as
easily as you can tell pink from blue"
The professah smiled benignly
II can tell it." ne said 80 that beyond
the faint flush of innocence no glow e'er
deepens in fair maids cheek"
A plump, austere dame came along in
a rolling chair.
Lest we forgetr' declared the profess
sab. Yes, madame, lest we forget!'
The austerc dame went in. She laughed
and laughed and laughed.
"All science aims 40 save human lifeg'
GRATED the professah. Have you seen
them?" as a hand-holding couple passed
by. you are just in time. The boys are
one color of ribbon, the girls are another.
The two colors are pink and blue"
The professah does II so kindly, so pa
ternally He Is short and very pompous
and his spectacles constantly need brush
ing, but he never misses a sightseer.
II can tell them about what others
could not even whisper" said the profess
sab. II seem 40 understand their UNDER
standing i say II gently and to each
personally. After all there is no harm In
little babes. Little babesi Little babesy
An unsophisticated observer would have
thought the professah was about to weep.
Instead he scratched his nose with his
umbrella handle.
''These are not babes in the wood" he
said "They are babes in the glass"
The professah laughed.
Whose are theyY asked a persplring
linen-suted man.
Eyes, that is the golden goddess over
there" said the professah.
Then he uncrossed his legs and crossed
them, under one over, and lifted up his
voice.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
MIcHIGAN's BLIND BARBER.
Sharpness of Hearing Makes Up for
His Lack of Vision.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
In Detroit Mich, there is a barber who
is stone blind, yet does thriving BUSH
ness In spite OF his inability TO see. Ed
ward Max, proprietor of the Cadillac bar
Der shop. during his blindness. which
lasted for seven years, has managed his
business entirely by touch and hearing
One would think that even customers of
longest standing would hesitate before 60
ing TO a man who could not see, but
Mr.. Max has not only not lost any OF
his old customers, but has added many
new ones TO his trade since he lost lis
sight.
Mr.. Max Is a young looking, pleasant
faced man, who carries out his appear
ance in his disposition. He was quite
ready to describe the way in which he
carries ON his business. In spite of his
great handicap.
II can, tell whereabouts in the shop
my men are and what they are doing just
as easily as though l were looking at
them ALL" he said, good naturally. II
know them all by their step, aud when
they move / can tell where they 60. Every
man, as you know. has an individual
walk, just as he has an idividual temporal
ment. and as the different BARRIERS In my
shop walk about the marble floor know
whether 1t is Jimmy who is nervous,
or George, who Is slow and very care
full. II Is. of course. easy to tell whether
a mans hair or beard Is being cut tho
ring OF the shears being very different
In each case.
81 can tell when a man Is being shaved
by the scrape of the razor. and sometimes
know whether the beard is a stiff or Q
sole one.
when a man Is having an egg sham
poo / hear the eggshell cracked and the
egg beaten and hear the customer go 70
the fountain afterward TO wash his head.
This may seem little farfetched but
everything done IA a barber shop mas
some very characteristic sound and II
you had been in the hair cutting busl
ness as long as l have you would recog-
nike these movements and sound as do.
II can tell just about what the days
business has been ana what we ought 70
have made. Ny daughter n the cashier.
and when she Is away l make the change
mygsif 4 can tell eli The coins ~ fhs
feeling, bot, % course. I do not knox
one bil from another and 1 never a..
tempt % make change fof anyfhing bni
a one dollar bill"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
KANSAS CITIES IN BAD FIX.
Not a City in the State Able to Cope
with a Fire.

Topeka, Kan, July 13-The suffering
in Kansas from the protracted drought
is now more intense than ever 1t is
hardly expected that there will be any
lasting relief before fall. The fire depart
ments in Topeka, Atchison, Emporia.
Lawrence and other of the larger cities
have addressed appeals to the people
asking them to shut off all their by
drants whenever the fire whistle is blown,
so as to give the proper amount of pres
sure on the water mains leading to the
fire. There is not city in the state
which is tonight able to cope with a
fire. Buildings have reached such an in
tense degree of dryness that fire will
start on the slightest provocation and
once started in some parts of the cities
enormous losses would be sure to ensue.
Reports from the country districts tell
that all the streams are running low.
Mills and electric light plants that were
run by water power have been forced
to close.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
Mr.. A. Howell. Marietta. Ca. writes.

II have been troubled with catarrh in
head. throat and stomach for several
years, and from accounts that / have
read in several newspapers of the good
effects that many had received from Pc
runa, and whose veracity could not be
doubted, caused me to give it a trial. and
I bless the day that did make a trial.
II has made a new man of me.
II was all my life up about five
years ago a very healthy man, and about
that time / was troubled with catarrh
tried a number Of prescriptions from
different doctors, but none seemed to re-
lieve me until / commenced the use of
Peruna, and from its use I can truly say
that have been greatly benefited.
81 am now In my eishty-seventh
year and can walk and get about
ns well as many much younger
than myself and attribute IL
greatly to the use of Perunn.
1 keep some on hand all the time, and
consider II the cheapest medicine in the
world."-Mr. A. Howell.
II you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, o.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
AREA OF ALABAMA COUNTIES
Convention Engages in Much Dis
cussion of the Question.

Convention Engages in Much Dis
cussion of the Question.
Montgomery, Ala, july 13-Discussion
of the minimum area of counties in the
state was resumed in the constitutional
convention this morning. Parker, of Ell
more, declared that 50 per cent, of the
counties are opposed to any change in
area. Thompson of Bibb favored the 500
square mile limit provided for in the COM
mittee report MIR. Parker thought enc
amendment of Mr.. DeGraffenreid should
be laid on the table and he so moved.
The amendment provided that the area
should remain at 900 square miles, The
vote stood 45 ayes and SO nays. The, roll
was then called on Mr.. DeGraffenreids
substitute and resulted 81 to AZ, and the
convention decided to retain the 600 miles
limit. Mr.. Howell gave notice of mo-
ton to reconsider on Monday. Delegate
Malone moved to amend by
providing that new county
be formed of portions of Henry Dale and
Geneva, leaving not less than 500 miles
to either of them. Mr.. Epsy favored the
Malone amendment, and explained that
the amendment did not create a county.
but fixed it so that the Legislature and
people can create one under the laws. Mr..
Sollie moved to postpone the whole mat
ter for a week.
Mr.. Oates here took the floor and said
he knew more about the territory than
any of these delegates, for he had been
all over it before they were born He
had no objection to the carving out of a
new county.
NJ Malone moved to table the postpone
ment and it was done.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
Halted by n wbistIine snake.
From the Baltimore American.

Westminster. June 22.-Jonas Fridlnger,
an employe Of the Westminster Electric
Light Company, Is the owner Of a little
farm In rather out-of-the-way part OF
Myers district and a few days ago paid
a visit 70 the place on his wheel. As he
was returning along the country road,
which Is depressed below the surrounding
ground and lined on both sides with dense
forests and underground. he heard a whis-
tie IN the woods, which he supposed came
from some person signalling him TO stop.
He was confirmed In this opinion by hear
ing rustllng noise among the bushes,
and slowed up until his wheel had almost
come 10 a standstill.
Suddenly from the bank above him a
huge black snake darted toward him.
with head erect and open Jaws. Instine-
lively he drew up hir leg on the side
toward the reptile, or. he says. n would
have struck him. A. a naf, the snake
struck tho wheel instead. The rider
quickly forged ahead. and when Mr.. Fri-
dingcr bad gained what he supposed was
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
BuLLDozING NoN-usroN MEN.
strikers Play Games with the Police
mt Memphis.

Memphis. Tenn. July bat a late
hour tonight It was reported that eight
striking Southern Railway machinists az
saulted so-called "scab" workman In a
barber shop on East Madison street. AMI
beat him up badly. The police west TO the
scene Of the trouble. and II was reported
that the man was being hurried out Of
the city by the strikers who prominently
displayed a rope. The police could find no
further trace OF the crowd II Is Rener-
aily believed that the strikers were trying
10 friRhten the non-union men.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
ADMIRAL AND MRS. DEWEY.
They Visit Norfolk and Inspect Mrs.
Dewey's Property.

Newport News, Va, July 13.-Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey were informal visitors to
this city this afternoon, arriving on the
lighthouse tender Holly. They inspected
shipyard, in which Mrs. Dewey is interest
ed. They also visited the battleship I'LL
nois. which the admiral praised in glow
ing terms They returned to the Holley
In the afternoon and will go back to
Washington Monday after cruising around
in these waters
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

heat. The tea is supposed not only to re-
lieve all thirst, but to induce a perspira-
tion that in turn brings about a lower
temperature.
The Chinaman also eschews any at
tempt al bathing during the heated season
and declares that this also contributes to
his general chilly temperature. He never
hampers himself with extra clothes, and
above all has never learned to read a
thermometer.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

st. Paul, Mimi, July Especial dis
patches from various points in Minnesota
and the Dakotas indicate that the heat
was severe throughout those states to-
day. At Aberdeen the record was 105, while
North Dakota points ranged from SO to
102. In South Dakota some damage is re-
ported to wheat should the heat continue
unbroken for some time, damage may be
expected, but otherwise indications point
to bountiful harvest
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
COLLIDED WITH MEAT TRAIN.
One Killed and Six Injured in
Missouri.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 13.-Southbound
passenger train No. l, on the Kansas
City Northern connecting railroad, due
here at $40 p. M, collded with an extra
Rock Island meat train at the Rock ISL
and crossing, one mile north of Weather
by, Mo-. at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon,
killing one man and injuring six other
passengers.
None of the injured is badly hurt. A
relief train with surgeons and physicians
from Pattonsburg went to the scene of
the wreck. and when 1t arrived the in
jured were being cared for at farm houses
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
movement.
A New Bank ut kissimmee. Fla.

Tallahassee. Fla, July 1S-Letters pat
ent were to-day granted for the incorpor-
alton of the State Bank of Kissimanee.
Hon. c. A. Carson is president, with the
following board of directors: ]. f. Abney,
John Nj Lee. w. c. Bryan, e. l.. Leslie
and N. B. Carson. The capital stock is
$4,000, and the corporation will do a gen.
eral banking business at Kissimmee.
Chas. S. Curry of Palmetto has been
appointed solicitor for the County Court
of Manatee county.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
PROTECTED NEGRO MURDERER.
troops Ordered Out and Lynchers
Fooled at Lake City.

Proops Ordered Out and Lynchers
FOilcd at Lake City.
Lake City, Fla, July 13.-Gov. Jennings
faled out Company H. Florida State
\ roops' last night to protect T. ]. Hamp-
Fon' negro, confined in Columbia county
'aA mere for the murder of two white
pen at Fort White. This was on advice
p the sheriff, who was informed that a
pnoo OF several hundred was preparing to
move toward Lake City from the south
tn part OF the county for the purpose
y Rhching Hampton. A Gordon of sixty
IUloisrs was Immediately thrown around
.ne jail and the prisoner in the mean
II, la quietly taken from this to another
Ivy Inc would-be lynchers heard of the
tUnullons and did not enter the city.
everything is quiet tonight.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

Columbia. 8. c., July is.-Julius Smith
was shot aud fatally wounded by another
negro named Bill Rhett. while they were
returning from barbecue this afternoon.
Both men are said 20 have been drunk
ana a quarrel caused the shooting.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

-
used Peruna, but
when l do catch
cold, Peruna is my
medicine.
"A minister came
10 me last summer
and said that he
had seen my testi-
monial in the paper,
and began taking
Peruna. He said
that 1t Strengthened
him right up-(he
was troubled with
kidney trouble) and
Peruna cured him.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
Ten vile Amateur Champion.

Revere. Mass. July i3.--L r. Melting
OF Boston won the ten-mile open amateur
race tonight at the Revere cycle track IN
,9.tO as. which was announced TO be the
y,orld'a amateur record for that distance.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
'1FoIIaa Pe.lefnc. nn,,hen.

Tho s.s p' = C.. July ia special 20
roaosd e-,,.''1','e a. Trough. D. C.. wac
au rsls 'l.l night Only : lev aol-
o'hs ss...,.,.a Ne clue 20 the rob-
aIaHsf ~. ty.hfe collars IN a nearby
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
Gen. Mood neeuperatIng.

Havana, July is.--Gov. Gen. Wood who
A. sunering from typhoid fever. has re-
ouferated wonderfully ana his physicians
are confident that be viii be able 70 be
an la a few days.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
NEGRO cHILD's DEED.
seven-Year-Old shoots Brothers
Head Into n Pulp.

Columbia. s. c., July l3.-A 7-year-old
negro child shot his younger brothers.
head into a pulp this afternoon nine miles
from here.
The children we're playing when the boy
picked up the gun, which he could hardly
iift. and did the deadly work