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The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
WHY MAN CAN'T FLY.
Prof. simon Newcomb Explains Diff
hcuIties of Aerial Navigation.

Prof. simon NewcOmb Explains Diff
hcuIties of Aerial Navigation.
Prof. Simon Newcomb. LID, F. r. A.
S.. in the New York Mail and Ex-
press.
At first sight it may seem to detract
from mans boosted superiority that
animals far beneath him in intelligence
can soar in midair while he has to
content himself with making his slow
and laborious way upon the ground.
II nature did not give him wings why
should not the genius which has pro-
duced the telegraph and the telephone
succeed in making wings for him? We
may be sure he will not be satisfied till
he has solved this problem. or found
out that no solution can be reached
When M. Santos Dumont recently
flew around the Eiffel tower, he
achieved a success which may lead us
to hope for something yet better. But
to improve on this we must have more
powerful machinery, and this If car
ried much further, will require greater
weight and a larger balloon to keep it
afloat. SO. as we gain in one direction,
we lose in another. 1t is hopeless to
look for balloon that can be propelled
with the speed of railroad train. If
man would fly with the speed of a. bird
he must supply himself with wings of
some sort.
Physical Laws Involved.
We know that II man In falling
through the air hangs by a parachute
his fall will be slower the larger the
spread of the supporting surface. We
also have learned that a spread of
few square yards will suffice to make
the fall so slow that one may drop
with impunity even from a balloon at
any hight. The law to which | allude
is this. II the parachute is a fiat sur
face, and If 1t is forced edgewise
through the air at the same time that
it is falling. then the more rapidly 1t
moves edgewise the slower will be its
descent. BY giving a sufficiently rapid
motion the fall may be made as slow
as we desire. This is the great secret
of the soaring bird. which must change
soaring TO flying as soon as It's speed
slackens. Seat a man on horizontal
fiat surface, like a stim sail or thin,
rigid plane, and start him flying for
ward with a speed Of a few hundred
feet per second. and his fall will be
slow indeed.
Upon this principle is based the idea
OF flight. But "A difficulty arises at
the outset II the journey Is TO be "A
long one. However slow the fall, the
man must OF necessity come TO the
ground sooner or later. To avoid this
result the aeroplane as IL Is called.
must be inclined 10 the horizon aud
propelled forward IN direction the
opposite Of lis incllnation; that N 10
say. the higher edge must be the for
ward one. II was for this reason that
Langley attached a propeller 70 his
aeropisne. with the result ! have mem
toned
Limits 20 che speed.
II follows from this that the speed
We can secure has q practical limit.
Imposed BY the very nature ~ the case.
But We have holns compensation IA thf
facf that fhe horizontal motion which
iH 40 sustain uH in ne ar need not
g. fhaf ~ fhf whole mHfhine bur
may eqmailt veil be fhaf " fhe wings
~ hnrEonfal Windmill Irf ere
ninfs 81 fhe proper angle. fhcu apply
. p0Nef apfhelfnf ~ make Them turn
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
A BIG RIVER STEAMER SUNK.
The John X. speed Struck snas
Near Memphis.

Memphis. Nov. 27.-The steamer
John X. Speed. bound from New Or
leans to Cincinnati with 700 tons Of
freight on board, struck obstruction in
the river a short distance below the
Memphis railroad bridge to-day and
sank.
No lives were lost. The Speed was one
of the largest boats in the river traffic.
1t is thought she can be raised without
difficultY
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
MIR. NATION GETS A DIVORCE.

Gross Neglect of Duty and Not
Cruelty. the Ground.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. pa special
10 the Star from Medicine Lodge, Kan,
says:
David Nation was to-day granted a
divorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton, the Joint smasher" The court
exonerated Mrs. Nation from the
charge of cruelty to her husband. and
divided the property. the Medicine
Lodge home will go to Mr.. Nation, and
outlying property to his wife. Judge
Gillet granted the divorce on the
ground of gross neglect of duty.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
COMPETITION ron MOBILE.
Troy Parties want 90 Build Eiec-
tric Railway There.

Troy. n. y. Nov. 27.-George l..
Leatherburg, Jr.. Of Mobile. Ala. rep
resenting a syndicate Of Troy parties,
is petitioning for a franchise 10 build
an electric railway in Mobile. The road
VIII compete with the Mobile Light ana
Railway Company, a CONSERVATION
newly created. Of which w. II. Peter
son. u Atlanta, II president
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
hon. Glenn sludebaI.er Dead.

South Bend. Ind. Nov. "a. Hon.
lem studebaker died ~ li:55 O'Clock
lo-day. The relatives were ~ the
nedslde He WAS unconscious 20 the
'nd. The funeral VII be held Satur-
Gay afternoon. The burial VIII be
private.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28

Queer Manner of Suicide Chosen by
Alabama Nan.

Leverne. Ala, Nov. 27.--W. ]. Vann,
A white man So years old and married,
was found dead in tree top by opos-
sum hunters last night. He bought
morphine and stychnine the day be-
fore, saying he had family troubles
and was going away so that no one
would ever hear from him,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
The Finest Cake
Is made with Royal Bak-
ing Powder. Alwaysligh
sweet,pure g wholesome.
TO CONNECT WITH SOUTHERN.
Pennsy lvaDia Capitalists to DeVeI-
on Mountain Section.

Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. 37.-The Lit
tie River Lumber and Railroad Com
pany, owned by Pennsylvania capital
lists who have expended $3.50, 900 in
timber land and tannery in Blount
county, Tennessee, have decided to build
q railroad from their plant to connect
with the Murphy branch of the South
ern Railroad at Bushnell, N. C.
The road will open up a section rich
in minerals and timber. Actual work
on this road will begin before Jan, 1.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
FLORIDA's COTTON CROP.
The Output for 1850 3O,2s3 Bales
Upland and 81 ,073 Sea Island.

Washington, Nov. 27.-The cotton
crop of Florida in 1899. as tabulated
and announced by the census bureau
to-day, comprised 99,05S acres of up
land cotton, producing 3O.2S3 CONNER
cial bales. or the equivalent of 29,S7S
standard bales of 500 pounds each, and
25.179 bales were ginned. There were
grown 122, 1877 acres of sea island cot
ton, producing 31.57S commercial bales
or the equivalent of 24,113 standard
bales of 500 pounds each. The sea
island cotton ginned was the equiva-
lent of 24.1S0 standard bales of SOC
pounds each.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
INCORPORATED IN NEW JERSEY.
Meidrim Camphor and Chemical
Company of Blackshear with
100000 CAPITAL.

Dover. Del. Nov. 27.-The Meldrim
Camphor and Chemical Company, of
Blackshear. Ga, capital 100000, to
manufacture camphor. arsenic, soaps,
etc, to-day filed articles of incorpora-
ton with the Secretary of State.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
SEVENTY BoER COMMANDERS.
British Have a Long and Weary
Task Ahead of Them.

Task Ahead of Them.
London, Nov. 27.--A dispatch to the
Times from Pretoria, says there are 20
recognized commands and bands of
Beers ranging in strength from so to
400 men in the field. of which % are
in the Transvaal. 81 i'm the Orange Riv-
err Colony and 10 in Cape Colony. The
task of running them down must nee
essarily he slow. but it is sure, and
there is no ground for impotence.
Lord Kitchener's striking arm at pres
emf amounts TO only $4,000 men. and the
more men he is enabled to put In the
field the sooner the end Will come.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
DOES NOT WORRY j. j. HILL.
His Big Security Company Not vio-
Iatfng Any Law, He Says.

Iatfng Any Law, He Says.
New York, Nov. 27.--When the reply
of Gov. Toole of Montana to the invi-
tation of Gov. Van SAINT to enter a
conference of Northwestern Governors
and states against the Northern Secur-
tiles Company was shown to James j.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
Railway by an Associated Press re-
porter to-day, he said:
"When the gentlemen get through
teleeraphing each other they will find
that the Northern Securities Company
is entirely within it's rights, and is not
violating any law of the states of Mon
tana and Minnesota"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
Directun, sold for sI2.1OO.

New York. Nov. 27.-Directum at
one time champion trotting stallion.
with a record of 2:0514. was bought at
the Fasig Upton sale to-day by the
International Stock Farm of Mime
apolis. for si2,l00.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28

st. Augustine. Fla, Nov 27.-Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Flagler arrived here yes
terday in their private car. They will
leave tomorrow for their winter home
at Palm Beach, Fla.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
Illinois on Her way to New Orleans

New Orleans, Nov. 27.-The battle
ship Illinois, sent here to test the New
Orleans floating dock, passed safely
and easily through the jetties at the
mouth of the river at daylight and pro-
ceeded up the river at a nine-mile
speed
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
0DIy one Operator PresssI.

huntington. ". Va, NOy. 2I.-,The
ONT meeting ~ coal operators and
miners aet Tor to-day failed, owing
ri tne pfefence ~ but one operator.
no scale Committee hes not yet To-
pprffd.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
Birmingham.s Postmaster Is safe.

Washington. Nov. 7.-Representa-
tive Underwood Of Alabama to-day saw
the President and asked for the reten-
non Of the present postmaster at Biz
bingham. The President indicated
De granted.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
DON'T GET MALARIA

Don't get run down. Keep up your ap-
petite. Keep up your strength. Don't
get malaria. Take
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
RAILROAD RUMOR DENIED.

- and Southwestern Railway.
Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. Ell. l..
Brass, general manager of the Virginia
and Southwestern Railway, denies the
correctness of the report that his road
has been sold to the Seaboard Air Line
The purchase was reported from Win
ston. Salem. N. c. recently, and If
made would give che Seaboard en-
trance into a rich coal district.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-28
Ex-Gov. WAITE DEAD.
The Man of "Bloody Brides" Ex.
pires Suddenly.

Aspen, Col, Nov. 27.-Former Gov
ernor Davis H. Waite of Colorado
dropped dead here at Q o'clock this
morning. He had been i'm good health
up to the moment of his death. 1t is
believed that the cause of death was
heart trouble. He was peeling an ap-
pie when he suddenly dropped to the
floor and expired without a word.
The age-herald., 1901-04-19
SENATOR HALC'S NEPoTIsM.

From the Chicago Record Herald. 4 The disposition of the Senators to insist upon naming the oppointees as we'll as to ratify the appointments has been the em- barassment of the executive since the be- ginning of the government It has been the prolific source of factional quarrels and bitter arrangements. The power of the Senate over legislation is such, how ever, that few Presidents have cared to openly defy Senatorial dictation in the making of appointments.
 It is an uncommon perversion of the Senatorial prerogative. however, for a Senator to embarrass the President by insisting upon the appointment of his own son to federal position to the displace- ment of worthy and meritorious official. This is the demand that Senator Hale of Maine Is making upon President McKIn- ley at this time. He insists upon the ap- pointment of his son to the position of secretary of legation at Vienna. an ap- pointment that would necessitate the re- moval of Charles V. Herdiiska of Ohio. who has filled the position creditably and satisfactorily
The age-herald., 1901-04-19
ENGLISH VIEW OF HANNA.

From the London Speaker.
 There is not much to awaken the spirit of national vanity, alert as 1t is In the states, about a political system in which Senator Hanna Is one of the greatest and most powerful figures. Not that Senator Hanna is a wicked man. He is simply kind of man that a respectable neighbor- hood would be shy of putting on it's dis trict council in this country. That Is to say, there Is nothing to distinguish him from an uncultivated, slightly brutal. ig- norantly forcible and hard-headed vu1- garian Self-confidence and energy rule him, as they should rule a politician; but knowing all the world of business he can think of nothing higher. No tradition makes him bow to men whose munitions are of more practical value than the whole of his experience. or teaches him to recognize that the government of nation Is field for qualities of sympathy and imagination and sane idealism This is the man who set Mckinley in his pres ent place in 1896. and kept him there; who is believed i've think erroneously) to guide MT. McKinley's footsteps still. And he is not an exceptional figure among the politicians of his country, but a normal one. With his great store of accumulated personal power he works the Republican party machine; and the party machines are at the heart of American politics.
The age-herald., 1901-04-19

vatlon. partly to railroad diversion to Pensacola. and partly to consumption in home mills. Mobiles losses are by no means singular. Apalachicola. which once received 100000 bales a year, now receives none, and Whining ton. that once outranked Mobile, is no longer considered cotton port. Charleston has also become a 5 per cent port. The receipts at Savannah hold up pretty we'll, but they are dess tined to fall to low figures on account of home consumption, and Galveston and New Orleans promise to remain the two unrivalied cotton exporting cities of the country. Every mill established is also a blow aimed at the abnormal receipts of Norfolk, which rose in one year to 78S, ,000 bales. thus showing what railroad diversion is capable of.
The age-herald., 1901-04-19
MIR. TILLMAN's REPORT.

From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
 In his speech in the last Congress, an- swering Senator Hale's conciliatory effort in behalf of the subsidy bill, Senator Till man indulged in a picturesque metaphor which was received with applause by every one on the floor. When Senator Hale found that his arguments were fall- ing fiat he lost his temper and said one or two rather unkind things, at one time limiting that If Tillman wanted time to illuminate against the bill he might have it. 7f
 "Fulminate?" snapped out Tillman. Does the gentleman from Maine take me for box of matches or a gun cap? Per- haps it Is flash of lightning, and if is, let me tell him that want plenty of time to grow some forks I don't want to spend all my time making common sheet lightning" r.
The age-herald., 1901-04-19
General Miles and the Presidency |.

Lieutenant General Miles, popularly known as the head of the army that General Corbin and Secretary Root command, will be 62 years old in Au- gust, and-at that time he could be re- tired at his own request; but it Is said he will not make such a request, be- cause for one reason it would please the West Point Corbin combine too we'll. He is not on good terms with Secretary Root and Adjutant General Corbin, and there is therefore friction between him and the administration. He will do nothing to phase his oppo- nents in the army or in politics.
 But the President can order his name placed upon the ,etired list. and he could name his suetessor. and Gen eral Miles could not ifesist such ac4 ton !; but the President is a good politician. and he will net take such step.
 The frj2tion between General Miles and the administration Is constantly increasing, and the recent appoint ment of chief of artillery against General Miles advice will add to 1t. General Miles desired the appointment of Colonel Rogers, and Colonel Ran dolph got the plum, although the chief of artillery holds place on General Miles staff. The intention of the Root Corbin combine no doubt Is to drive General Miles out of the service next August.
 General Miles service covers not only the civil war and the war with Spain, but he has brilliant record in fighting Indians. His record is much longer and better than that of any other officer in the army; and if he is driven out of the service in August the rebound may land him in the White House. He would become at any rate a Presidential possibility, and perhaps he should be so considered now. He came out of the Egan roast beef Incl dent in creditable manner, and there are no flaws in his record except per haps his love for showy uniforms.
The age-herald., 1901-04-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Some men are fortunate; others are only lucky.
 A woman may have some sense and not have any sense of humor. but no woman can have Q sense of humor and not have some sense.
 Probably women invented skirts so they could make their feet look smaller by having the heels of their shoes put way up under their insteos.
 There was probably a lot of scandal before the flood because the women could trace Noafi's family back to Eve and mo- body knew who Eyes father was.
 There are three habits that no amount of treatment win ever cure . woman of when she once gets them: The garret ha6tt. the twin habit and the bare-aeck photograph habit
The age-herald., 1901-04-19
Cotton Exports from Mobile.

The bureau of statistics has pre- pared a concise history of cotton ex- ports from the nine leading ports New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Gal weston, Apalachicola, Baltimore and New York. All these cities have had their up and downs, owing to changes in cultivation, to the use of railroads, to the establishment of cotton mills and to more active competition.
 Mobile is an example of these vari- ous changes. As far back as 1927 Mo- bile received g per cent. of the total crop; now it receives less than per cent. In a period of twenty years pre- ceding the civil war Mobile was sec ond in cotton exports, being outranked by New Orleans only In 1860, the year preceding the war, Mobile re- ceived s4s.000 bales, or IT per cent. of the entire crop. In 1S45 it received . higher percentage of the crop, al- though fewer bales. The record of 1860 was high water mark at Mobile. Never since the war has Alapama's one port approached in cotton receipts those of 1860. In 1878 the receipts were 4ss,000. which is the best post bellum record. The receipts at pres. ent average about 100000 bales in a ten-million-bale crop. or about per cent. I
 The decreases in Mobile are partly due to the westward course of tulti.
The age-herald., 1901-04-19
Coal vs. Oil.

The moderately productive wells of California have been in full and strong operation three years, and already 200 locomotives on the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific are consuming 6000 barrels day, and 400 more will soon be changed so as to consume oil. This oil costs about dollar a barrel at the wells. It is worth in San Francisco $1.43 a barrel. and at that rate it Is rapidly supplanting coal. But the coal used in California is mined in the State of Washington, and when laid down in California it is worth s7.50 ton.
 In Southern Russia and Central Asia all the railroad locomotives are fitted for the consumption of oil, but in all these districts coal Is high-priced. There is no case of the use of oil either in steamers or locomotives where coal could be procured at about $2.50 a ton. Three and half barrels of oil is considered the equivalent of ton of coal.
 Texas oil can be delivered along the seaboard at about $1 a barrel, but when it is charged with railroad trans portation it soon gets beyond the price of coal The use of fuel oil will be chiefly confined to the neighborhood of pipe lines and to the coast districts, and to Texas, which has no coal, al though it has some Ignite. Fuel oil delivered should be counted at one dollar barrel, thus making the equiv alent of ton of coal cost $3.5O. On this bases very little fuel oil will be used outside of the coast and pipe line districts.
 There is an abundance of cheap oil in Texas, but the distribution of it will add to its cost, and it will not by any means close the mines or work any revolution on this side of the Missis- sippi, except possibly at New Orleans. Texas is much too sanguine over the results of it's new wealth. It is valu- able deposit, but when 1t bucks King Coal it has formidable competitor.
The age-herald., 1901-04-19
HE oalY DAILY sEwspApsa IN AlAsaM
Give thy worst thoughts The worst of words.
 --Othello.
Labor Troubles in pennsyIyaoja.

The Amalgamated Association. con- trolled by President Shaffer, and the United States Steel Corporation, con- trolled by President Schwab, are two gigantic concerns, and they are ap- preaching each other at Mckeesport in Pennsylvania on hostile lines Presi- dent Shaffer demands the recognition of the union by the steel component parts at least of the steel combine, and he further demands the employ ment of union men in all the mills of the American Sheet Steel Company
 The issue is one of immense pro5or- tions, and the situation is extremely critical. The union is plainly expect ing a terrible struggle, for it has au- thorized President Shaffer to Gall general strike. The Carnegie mills proper are non-union mills, and in the big steel combine there is a medley of union and non-union mills, thus great ly complicating the situatfon.{
 There will not be peace until the mills of the United Steel Cor poration, are placed on one basis. The( blJody Homestead trouble of 1892 /fendered <he Carnegie mills non-up,aon, and they hge,b been operated qy& that basis ever since, but WY. .u,.nany of the mills in sbillion-dollar trust are union mills. The battle for supremacy seems to be approaching, and the union forces seem to be ready for the conflict. The time for compromise is not, however, terminated, and there is a chance that concessions to the union at McKees- port may prevent clash. on a gigantic scale between capital and labor.
 The contest, if it come, will at first be confined to the twenty-four widely scattered plants of the American Sheet Steel Company now in operation. Twelve of the mills in operation are union mills, and twelve are not. These figures do not represent the union strength, the mills being of various sizes. Only 35 per cent. of the labor employed by the American Sheet Steel Company is non-union. The fact should not be lost sight of that there is no American Sheet Steel Company strictly speaking, it being now a part of the United States Steel Corporation, so that the billion-dollar combine will, in case of a strike, become directly a party to it. If there is to be contest of force, it will be between the billion dollar trust on the one hand and the Amalgamated Association on the other, and it will be perhaps the greatest struggle of that nature that ever oc- cured. At least the elements needed for Titanic struggle are at hand, and conciliation and concessions only in the immediate time can prevent such . disaster.