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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
scHLEY WILL DEFEND HIMSELF.

/ SGHIEl W ILL HlMSELFs
II seems from a statement in the
New York Herald that Rear Admiral
Schley has decided to bring an action
for damages against Edgar Stanton
| Maclay, the author of the History of
the Navy" which contains the outra-
| geous attacks on him. He was seen
| at the home Of his son-in-law, r. NJ.
Wortley at Great Neck, L. l., on Sat
urday. The Rear Admiral did not
! go into any lengthy discussion of the
which, by the way, has been made a
| text book in the Naval Academy at An
| napolis. Among other things he said:
This is no time for talking; it is time
for action"
MIR. Maclay seems to think Admiral
Schley should ask for court-martial.
Naturally Mr.. Maclay would like to es-
cape any punishment for bringing into
his history his personal feelings, in
matter concerning which the country
is divided. From what Admiral
Sehley is quoted as having said,
he will not be permitted to escape his
responsibility in that way. 1t may he
that the publishers of the history will
be included in the suit. There is no
doubt that Admiral Schley is greatly
wrought up about the matter. He has
been pursued in a manner so venomous
that he cannot afford to remain silent
any longer. He has remained silent
under tho offaclrg which
made upon him with the hope that his
enemies would become tired of showing
their illwill to him. Feeling that he
has justice and right on his side he
thought he could afford to remain ST.
lent. Now, however, he sees that he
owes it to himself as well as to his
friends to bring a damage suit against
Mr.. Maclay and have all of the facts
connected with the famous naval bat
tie Of Santiago brought out.
There is no reason to doubt that the
Admiral will be able to show that
the part he acted in that battle was
highly honorable one. In the brief
talk which he gave out on Saturday he
said that the Brooklyn, the ship on
which he was during the battle, in
f1icted over fifty-eight per cent. of the
damage suffered by the Span
ish fleet, and she received fifty
four per cent. of the damage
inflicted upon the American fleet.
That does not look as if the
Brooklyn ran away from the Spaniards,
or that the Admiral was afraid to meet
them as asserted by the author of the
obnoxious history.
In the suit which Admiral Schley
proposes to begin all of the facts of the
Santiago engagement will be brought
out. The people will be able to see the
exact truth.
1t is thought that it will be easier
to get an impartial verdict from civil
court than from a court of inquiry, be-
cause the Sampson Schley controversy
has been carried on with so much feel
ing that it is probable that officers
of the navy have taken sides in regard
to it. A jury can readily be obtained
that is free from any bias in the mat
ter. OF course Maclay's history will
be ruled out of the Naval Academy,
as a text book. until the controversy
| is adjusted. 1t ought never to have
| had a place In that institution. A his
torian who permits his feelings rather
than his Judgment to dominate him is
hardly qualified for writing history.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

CURRENT COMMENT.

The Washington Star Qnd) is inclin-
ed to be little impatient when it con-
siders the case of Charles A. Towne. 1t
says: "A few months ago Mr.. Towne
went to New York to live. Business at
tracted him, and as lawyer, not as
a financier he became associated with
business men. His lines fell in pleas
ant places, and he is prospecting. His
new environment has given him new
light, and he sees the financial ques-
ton according to that light. lie no
longer holds to the silver and wheat
theory. He no longer detects a curse
in gold. He no longer sees the coun-
try rushing upon smash, obeying the
helm as set by the money power in
New York According to Mr.. Townes
present vision. gold is all right and the
country is all right. He is filling his
own pockets, and he is all right"
The Norfolk Landmark says: "A tree
cut down here and there on a city
street seems, by itself, to make little
difference The total of such trees,
however, is a very different thing. We
cannot understand the widespread dis
regard of the value of shade in cities.
particularly in the residential sections.
The Savannah Morning News increased
the woes OF llS Contemporaries curing
the recent spree OF Old Sol by editorial
~ reveling in the luxury of Savannah's
thousands of shade trees. II was a just
and proper Vaunt. and should not be
without its effect"
The st. Louis Globe Democrat says:
London. Glasgow. Manchester and
many other British cities regulate
transparencics electric-fash signs, sky
signs and the size OF letters permissi-
BILE In posters. Dover, England, re-
qulres "A license for all street signs not
contained within window. France
and Belgium tax street signs. IL is
only American cities that permit them
selves 90 be- hlotched all over with
huge signs and cut up with immense
fences 20 accommodate them"
The Chicago Chronicle CDem) thinks
Mnrlay's nasal history is not the only
false note in the orchestra. n says.
"IodFpF History Of fhe War With
spHlu' nud MarNHEtere' school history
ere quite us false Hnd NndirflFe 40
Mnrlhys producflon. They ought not 90
hs ufed ln any institution ~ ieauna
except 81 fkampleH ~ pumltiEateq paf-
lisaashlE ana faldehgea,f
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

Before Edward became King, accord
ing to the reports, he sometimes rested
his elbows on the green cloth and dali
lied with the pasteboards. and between
times ordered a little "B. and s." or
maybe some Scotch and Polly" Now,
according TO cables, his game is GRO
Quet and his tipple is tea. The eleva-
ton has had a wonderfully softening
effect upon him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
TOO MANY sPINDLEsf

The New England manufacturers, IL
the Textile World voices their views
correctly, think that the textile manu-
facturers of the South are responsible
for the dull market for cotton fabrics.
In an interesting article on Textile
Machinery in the United States" it
says: In the rapid increase of our
textile machinery and the lack of any
corresponding increase in the outlet for
goods are to be found the causes for
the depression which has prevailed in
every branch of textile industry"
The great increase in textile ma
ehinery during the past twelve months
took place in the South. According to
the Textile World there are 1,57S,O49
more spindles reported for the whole
country in 1901 than there were 1900.
over 81 per cent. of thees new spindles
are in the South. During the past
year there have been installed in the
South 961, 166 cotton spindles and 1885
cotton looms, an increase of 16 7-10 per
cent. In cotton spindles of this
section as compared with 7h
per cent. in the whole coun-
try. 1t is evident from the foregoing
that cotton manufacturing is increas-
ing rapidly in the South.
There is no doubt some truth in the
statement that the South is, to some
extent, responsible for the dullness of
the market for textile fabrics. 1t has
done more than the East to increase the
output, and this output came at a time
when there was no increase in the ca
pacity of the markets for cotton pro-
ducts. Indeed, II is pretty safe to say
that one of the great markets for the
product of Southern mills was almost
closed, namely, China.
one of the reasons why the govern
ment is making haste TO close up the
settlement of the troubles in China is
to afford our cotton manufacturers a
greater market in that country for
their products as soon as possible. Ow-
ing TO the efforts of the United States
to make the indemnity exacted from
| China as small as possible the Chinese
ought to favor American manufacture
ers over those of Europe. If they
are being made by our government in
duce Central and South American
countries to take more Of our cotton
goods, there would he nothing to dis
courage the South from continuing TO
build cotton mills until there was
enough OF them TO manufacture the
greater part OF the cotton crop.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
SCHOOLS AND CoLLEGEs.
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CHARLOTTE, N. C.

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twenty acres.
Write for Illustrated catalogue. Feu
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

King Edward doesn't want to see his
mobiles with their cloaks awry and their
coronets on crooked during the coro-
nation exercises, nor does he want any
of them tripping over the robes of their
neighbors. He has. therefore, ordered
that there shall be a drilling of the
awkward dignitaries in their parts, so
that they shall be prepared when the
time comes for the big show.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

English tradesmen and spectators
are already taking out policies on the
Kings life in anticipation of the coro-
nation. The rates now quoted are:
Until the end of the coronation. S4725
per $500; for the whole festival, in
Guiding all of the parades, and insur-
ing against any possible mishap, $157.5O
per $500
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

sure cure" dance was proposed
to be held at the home of leading So
ciety woman in Newport this week.
The dancers were TO go each represent
ing one of the patent medicines so well
known in the markets. 1t is said the
mail of some of the social leaders
for a number of days was
loaded down with letters from
patent medicine manufacturers offering
costumes and lump sums in cash if
they would only consent Ito represent
our standard and well-known remedy"
Then it began to dawn on the swell
people that they would. indeed, become
walking and dancing advertisements
for liver pills, porous plasters and the
like, and they called the affair off and
quit. If the swells are so hard up for
diversion, why do they not OCCASION
ally try a combined quilting bee and
log rolling?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

Telephone companies are common
carriers in North Carolina, according
to the ruling of the Supreme Court of
that state. In a recent case the court
held that a Telephone company could
not discriminate by refusing to put it's
facilities at the disposal of any person
who may offer to pay the usual charge
for the service to be rendered.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

1t has been so hot in England re-
Gently that the judges on the bench
have been compelled to leave off their
wigs; whereat all conservative Eng
lishmen have marveled and held up
their hands
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

There is a tempest in teapot In
Newport BY an unwrittcn law at the
resort, every Thursday belongs 10 Mrs
Aston for entertaining. II IL her day,
and heretofore nobody has ever disput-
cd the point Recently. however. three
other social leaders, Mrs. John n.
DreNel, Mrs. ,. G.. Gray and Mrs. H
Mex. Twomblcy. have isfued cards for
Thursday thus coming into conflict
with Mrs. Astor'a prcrorauys Thus q
conflict bee been procipiiated Whai
the outcome VIII be cannot BE- guessed
boz those Who know liffle and cafe loss
about ihe punciilog ald plsoeassge 81
as HAsN aoeial So
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

The American merchant marine is
enjoying substantial growth, not
withstanding a ship subsidy bill is not
yet in sight. Twenty-eight ocean
steamships are at present in course of
construction for companies operating
lines between New York and foreign
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

In Milford Conn, the other day a
man attended church attired in flow
ing white Mother Hubbard. Some per-
sons thought him crazy. He announc-
ed that he was going 20 inaugurate the
reform OF a spotless white robe and
golden girdle for every Christian. But
the chances are that the man has
heard of the success OF "Elijah" Dowie
IN Chicago. and is merely in training
for the purpose of going out there and
setting up in the faith cure business.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

The suggestion that Admiral Dewey
be sent with a large fleet OF the best
ships IN our navy 10 represent the
United States az the coronation OF King
Edward seems 90 meet with good
deal Of favor In the newspaper press.
Il is proposed that he shall have In
his fleet the Kenrsarge, Alabama, Ken
lucky. Illinois. Wisconsin and Ohio Of
the newest ships. aud the veterans
Oregon ana Indiana ~ the Santiago
campaign. That would give him one
~ the most formidable fleets ever as
signed to commander 81 tho Ameri-
oan navy. lt would cost good deal
of money to carry oui iho idea, but 10
would undoubtedly impress tho Euro
peana nlih tho rronlnU naval power
|. ri ne United Hiate1, Ana they need
~ pe Impressed occasionally.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day
are for partly cloudy, probably local
thunderstorms; light east to south
winds; and for Eastern Florida, occa-
sional showers. variable winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

French women are not as tall as they
want to be. They look with envy upon
their altitudinous English and Ameri-
can cousins, and desire a few more
inches themselves. Demand in France
calls for supply, of course, and a
French professor has come forward
with a process for making women
er, even after they have reached ma
turity. He treats the ankles. knees and
spine electrically, claiming that the
osseous matter at the joints is there
by expanded and the growth of the
bones stimulated. He claims he can
add two fifths of an inch per month
during six months treatment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

The new constitution OF Alabama will
provide for sessions OF the Legislature
quadrennially following the lead taken
by the Constitutional Convention OF
Mississippi some eleven years ago.
Mississippi has found the four-year
plan 10 work well. and would prob
ably not go back again to annual ses-
sions AZ the beginning, all OF the
states had annual sessions OF the Leg
islature. but the majority 81 them have
nov adopted biennial sessions. Geor-
sia b. ono ~ the minority clinging 90
annual fenssions. A. politician said
pot long ago. 'fho Georgia politicians
lko to meet "a tho capital once a. year
and talk politics" which seems 49, be-
about che only enDuts rrmnininE for
tbe costly annual legislative session.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

The Trade Press List calls for halt
in the exposition craze" 1t points
out that with the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition in 1903 there will have been
held in this country sixteen exposi-
lions in twenty-seve years. counting
from the time of the Centennial at
Philadelphia. Manufacturers and
wholesale Dealers" it is asserted, ''have
been the sufferers, as they have been
forced often-ti times to secure space and
make exhibits, not because they wished
to or believed in it, but for policy"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
STOCKTON HOTEL,
CAPE MAY, N. j.

Largest and most spacious on the coasts
every modern comfort and facility Or
chestra, 16 pieces, billiards. tenpins'
shuffleboards, lawn tennis, golf, magnlh-
cent beach front driveway ard promen-
ade three miles long Rooms with prlVa'o
baths when desired Rates SIS to $50 per
week. Special reduction for July. wits
for booklet. H. M. CAM,
Also Hotel Normandie, Washington D'O.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
Lagrange Female College.

This is a good institution for girls.
Advantages and surroundings fine.
Original and striking features.
For further information apply to
RUFUS w. SMITH, President
LAGRANGE, Ga.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

Schlatter, the divine healer" is do
ing time in a Washington Jail for va
grancy and drunkenness.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

Presbyterian College for Women.
A select home school of high grade for
young ladies. Number limited full col.
legiate courses, conservatory advantages
in music, lady physician resident in coll
lege, elegant grounds and buildings,
healthfui and delightful climate. Ads
dress ROBT. P. PELL, President.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

Scarcely any act of Gov. Gamblers
term has attracted more attention and
comment than his appointment of a
handsome young woman on his staff
with the rank of major general. From
Maine 10 California the newspapers are
devoting editorial space to the mat
ter, and calling the attention of the
other Governors to the precedent es-
tabllshed in Georgia. The Chicago Tri-
bune thinks the majority of a Govern
ors STAFF might well be made up OF
women. The chief use of the honor
airy colonels," IL says. lis to furnish a
gorgeous and ornamental contrast TO
their quietly dressed chief in the inau-
guration parades and other similar
functions, and there can be no question
that a Governor surrounded by a bevy
OF pretty girls in brass buttons and
gold lace would hold the center Of the
stage In any company"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

Mosquito theories are running ram
pant through the prints and the heads
of scientific sharps these days. The lit
tie minstrel of the air has been held
responsible for the transmission of yell
low fever and a number of other dis
eases besides, and vigorous measures
are being taken for her determination.
The feminine gender is used advisedly,
since it is the claim that only the lady
mosquito is the distributor of noxious
germs, the male being harmless. There
fore If the female could be put out of
business, according to the theorists, it
would not make the slightest bit of
difference in the world as to the male.
Manifestly, however, he would soon
have to follow his consort into oblivion.
While many of the deep thinkers and
careful investigators of the medical
profession are not much impressed with
the mosquito theory of the distribution
of disease. and are able to point out
more than one hiatus in the theory, the
enthusiasts are busy with their oil pots
and sprinklers and insect bars in their
their microscopes and test tubes to dis
cover what additional atrocities the
"culex' may be guilty of. The charge
has even been made that the mosquito
is responsible for the epidemic of
smallpox that now obtains in the
York city. The allegation is that the
busy little pests fly over to North
Brother Island. where the smallpox
cases are isolated, bite the patients
there and then fly back TO Bronx
borough and inoculate the residents
with the virus of the disease. So firm
ly has this idea taken hold upon some
of the credulous that petitions are be-
| ing gotten up to be sent to the health
authorities praying that the patients
| on the island be screened with mos
quito bars, for the double purpose of
protecting them from the ravages of
the insects and protecting the healthy
population on the mainland from the
mosquitoes industry in transplanting
germs.
We do not know, of course, whether
| the little buzzer is capable of carrying
smallpox from person to person or not,
| but there is one fact which seems to
stand in the way of the mosquito
smallpox theory. 1t is that the disease
is quite as prevalent in the cold months
as in the warm. Smallpox travels
and spreads when there is frost
in the air and the mosquito is in win
ter quarters as well as at any other
time. That being true. it is apparent
that there must be some other and
more fruitful means of transmission
than the mosquito. What 1t is remains
for the scientists to find out.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23
BETHEL MILITARY ACADEMY (INC.) J.

Near Warrenton. Established 1866.
Location unsurpassed for health and So
ciaI Influences. Prepares for business
college and government academies. Ses-
sion opens September 10Th. Address
THE PRINCIPAL
Bethel Academy P. o., Virginia.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

every day in the year, and served TO
subscribers in the city. or sent by mail.
at 70 cents a month, 500 for six months,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-06
A Crank on Clothes,

Sir Harry Poland. a British macis-
trate noted for his brilliancy. was al
ways careless in his dress. Once his
family persuaded him to 60 TO Poole
and order a fashionably cut suit. To
the chagrin of the horaehold Sir Harry
looked more %outlandish in the new
clothes than in his old ones. His broth
er-in-law went to see Poole about it.
1T is not my fault. sir the tailor
assured him. EVERY care was taken,
but how could we fit Il gentleman WHO
would insist upon being measured sit
ting down."
And the only satisfaction that could
be obtained from Sir Earry Poland
himself later on was the dry comment:
well, its my business and not yours.
l Ike to be comfortable. | spend three
parts Of my life sitting Town, and |
preferred to he measured So"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-06
THE CRIMINAL CUCKOO.
he = thu n Exception. to tho Kind
~ Mature Of Birds.

he = the Ono Exception to tho Kind
" Mature Of Birds.
Bad temper and cruelty are perhaps
the most obvious signs Of mental de
generation In thr beasts. The la. gel
monkeys. for instance. become as bad
tempered as a violent man when they
grow old, and many In their treatment
OF other animals are cruel as we use
the word In regard to man. Among
the carnivorOus beasts the cat amuses
Itself by torturing a mouse, and the
weasel tribe kill for sheer love of kill
Ing. No such cruelty is seen among
eagles CT falcons. Fierce as their tenn
pers are, they do not torment other
birds which they catch or kill for kill
ing's sake. Good temper is general
among birds.
Except the cuckoo, such a thing as
an i'll tempered wild bird is unknown.
Nowhere In the race can a temper like
that OF the Tasmanian devil or the
wild hunting dog or The Cape buffalo
or the baboon be found. Even those
which in spring are thieves and egg
robbers are not mauvais coucheurs at
other times. Good temper and good
FELLOWSHIP. in society, a personal affec-
ton to ea,At to which the beasts
offer no parallel. industry and indie.
pendence. intense devotion and fore
sight in tending their young, with 9th
err very human ard engaging tlaits Of
character, must all be credited to the
race Of birds.
Among these kindly and simple ma
lures the cuckoo Is q monster. Let
there be no mistake on this subject
He unites in his life and character.
from the egg to the adult bird. prac.
tices and principles to which the whole
race of warn blooded animals offers no
parallel. He is an outrage on the NOR
al law Of hiid fife. something SO fla
grant and so utterly foreign to the WY
Of thought hf these kindly beings that
n u" "d net exist he world be lDcOil-
It Is not merely that he is II
p p,':.lter and a c~hHn@rling. Ills
mole u..ure Is SO evil thai in the
va. ! Of birds h" is an i%ncarUatic OF
the principle Of III. an rmbodimput Of
vices which would if undcrst ! r
adopted hy other birds put an end 10
the existence Of the race. -- t. i'9n
Spectator.