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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

The press reports giving an account
Of the death of MI Armour intimates
that he broke himself down with hard
work. 1t is of course possible that he
did; at the same time it is probable that
if he had not worked hard he woufd
have died earlier. To some men work
is an absolute necessity They cannot
remain idle with any peace of mind, and
worry is much more destructive to nerve
tissues than work. Mr.. Armour, it APP
pears, was an active man all of his life,
up to the time that Ill health forced
him to stop, in the sixty-eighth year of
his age. The habit of work had become
fixed upon him. 1t was a part of his
nature, and he no doubt enjoyed It. Most
men who work hard and amass property
enjoy working, and few of them can stop
it Immediately without disastrous re-
suits to their health. Take Edison. or
Russell Sage, or Pierpont Morgan, or any
of the successful men of the times who
are now well along in years, and enforce
idleness upon them, and the chances are
that they would not live a year. Bis
mark did not live long after he was forced
out of the harness; Mr. Gladstone lived
a long time in it. The Pope is an ex
ample of how one can live a long time
and work hard, and the Queen of Eng
land is another.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08
THE SOUTH AFRICAN SITUATION.

1t is no longer possible to hide the fact
that there are grave apprehensions In
England over the situation in South Afri-
ca. Men in public life who a few weeks
ago were confident that the war was about
ended, are now greatly depressed by the
call for additional troops.
1t is believed that the condition of az
fairs in Cape Colony is very much worse
than it is represented to be by the dis
patches from Cape Town. In fact, it is
very well understood that there has beer,
and still is a great effort to keep the
world from getting the truth as to the
feeling among the Cape Colony people
There does not seem to be much doubt
that the majority of them are In SYM
patty with the Beers, and would, If the
opportunity should become favorable, join
the Beers in the war against Great Brit
ain. Many of them are already In the
ranks of the Boer army.
Although the force of the British in
South Africa is large, Gen. Kitchener has
comparatively few men with whom to
pursue the enemy. The greater part of
his army is employed in holding positions
that have been taken. Therefore If the
Cape Colony Dutch should rise he would
be at a great disadvantage unless he
should be supplied with large reinforce
ments. A suggestion of achievements.
however, Is not popular in England The
English people were led to believe that
the war was over when Lord Roberts was
given permission to return home, and they
cannot reconcile themselves to the idea
that more men must be sent to the seat
of war.
The cost in men and money thus far
has been enormous. 1t has been so great
that the English people are beginning to
feel a little uneasy as to the government $
credit OF course the financial strain is
not seriously felt yet, but there is appre-
hension that if the war In South Africa
should continue much longer the nation
might have trouble In other quarters.
With her vast possessions Great Britain
is always in danger of becoming involved
in war in some part of the world. Just
now she is not in a position to assume a
very aggressive attitude IL Russia. for
Instance. should manifest disposition 10
| be, unfriendly.
Under the circumstances, therefore, it
is not surprising that letters are appear
ing I'm the English public prints from men
of influence in which the South African
situation is discussed with more serious
ness than at any other time since the
BoeF war began. The talk to the effect
that the Beers must surrender uncondi-
tionaliy has been abandoned. The Births
government is ready to grant concessions.
If by so doing the war can be brought 70
a speedy end
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Ancient Landmark Lodge No.
2sl, F. & A. NJ; Savannah Lodge No. 1873.
B. p. o. Elks.
Special Notices-Ship Notice. J. F. Minis
& Co, consignees; Notice to Architects,
A. L. Hull, secretary. Athens, Ga;
Cheese, A. NJ. & C. w. West; Notice to
City Court Jurors; Notice Steamer Lou
lisa, Frank D. Phillips, owner and man
ager.
Business Notices-Old Harvest Corn
whisky Henry Solomon & Son., sole
agents; Franklin Cigars; E. & w. Laun-
dry; Flour. at Branchs; Diamonds, Hun
ter & VanKeuren's.
Educational Savannah Preparatory
School
Hotels-Florida Gulf Coast Hotels, Plant
System.
F4nancial-J. overton Paine. Wall
street, New York.
Our Sale is Now in Full Bloom-Byck
bros.
Virginia Second Crop Seed Potatoes ETC.
y. T. Shuptrine.
Steamship Observation-Disclosures G. Min
ers Transportation Company's Steamers
for Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Whisky-Yellow Label Whisky
Medical-World's Dispensary Prepar-
atoms; Castoria; Hoods sarsaparilIa;
Tutt's Pills; Cascarets; S. S. S.; Pyramid
Pile Cure
Cheap Column Advertisements-H
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08
CONGRESS AND THE RAILROADS.

Every few days there is an announce
ment in the dispatches that there has
been a combination between two or more
railroad systems. or that one railroad
system has purchased another A day
or two ago it was stated that the st.
Paul. the Great Northern and the Erie
systems had been consolidated into one
system. and yesterday the fact was pub
lished that the New Jersey Central had
become part of the Reading system
1t is evident tht the railroads OF the
country are gradually being consolidated
into a few great systems. 1t is a safe
prediction that before a quarter of a CEN
fury there will not be more than half a
dozen great railroad systems in the
United States And what is the chief
reason for this consolidation? Is II not
the legislation of Congress in its efforts
TO force competition?
Congress has been controlled, In deal
ing with the railroads, by the idea that
the interests of the people demand com
petition. and yet it could hardly help see
ing that competition led towards consol-
idaton. Judge Reagan of Texas was the
father of the legislation 20 compel com
petition but after he became a Railroad
Commissioner in Texas, and had studied
the railroad situation, he practically adj
mitted that he had been mistaken. and
that the railroads ought to be permitted
to pool their earnings. He saw that II
would be better for the public to have
~
rates, even If they were a little higher,
than to have competition with its inev-
table determinations.
Congress, however, has steadily refus-
ed to grant the railroads the privilege of
pooling their earnings, and the Supreme
Court has broken up the associations by
which the railroads were able to main
tain rates and avoid the determinations
which are so injurious to shippers and To-
calities. The railroads have become tir-
ed OF asking Congress for the privilege of
pooling, and, as capital has increased.
they have pursued their own plans for
getting rid of competition. Congress is
responsible for the railroad consolidation
which is now going on.
Ahe rallroads avoid competition as
much as possible not so much because
they seek to get the very highest rates
they can, but because competition means
ruin. The weaker roads cannot stand 1t.
The fight for business must result in a
victory for the stronger road, and even
tuaily the stronger road becomes the
owner of the weaker one.
When all of the roads get into a few
hands they will be so powerful that it
will be difficult, if not impossible, for
Congress to control them. Indeed, they
will be so influential that they will be
able to elect congressman. And this con-
dition of affairs is being brought about
by the lack of foresight of the men who
are selected to make the laws.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

Last August. in the midst Of the presi-
Dental campaign. in reply to orders from
Washington the Taft Commission In the
Philippines cabled to Washington: III Is
conceded by all but men in arms and Is
implied in their proclamations, that II
election confirms present policy the rem
nant OF instruction will disappear within
sixty days by surrender Of leaders ana
fadirx out OF rank and hle." Well the
time is up. II has been little more than
sixty days since the election yet the IN
eurrection Is stili active
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

1t seems that Charleston is between the
two horns of a dilemma in the matter of
the proposed removal OF the naval station.
Charleston has always stood out for local
quarantine as against national quaran-
tine, on the ground of local self-govern-
ment, state rights and that sort of thing
Now it has been intimated to Charleston
that the quarantine laws must be changed
IL she wants the naval station. Presum-
ably Charleston viii forego her adherence
to the principle OF state rights and local
self-government, at least in the matter Of
quarantine, in order that she may have
the naval station.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

II is believed that Richard Croker VIII
nay his income tax assessment OF 5000
70 the British authorities without further
contest. The tax authorities assessed him
uoon an estimated annual income of $780,
600. and at the same time furnished nun
with a long list of searching questions re-
specting his income and expenditures.
False or misleading answers to these ques-
tons are punished with heavy fines. Mr..
Croker, Vt is said, will pay the original
assessment rather than tackle the for
midable list OF questions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

A Berks County, Pennsylvania, church
has adopted novel means to force the
members of the congregation to pay their
church dues. 1t has been determined that
the church bell shall not be tolled for the
funeral OF any member OF a family which
has not paid stipulated sum Of dues into
the treasury of the church. When a mem
Der Of the congregation dies. therefore,
the falling or the silence Of the bell will
tell the neighborhood whether or not that
family Is In arrears to the church.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

Puritanisn is disappearing even from
Boston. The Congregationalist, Of that
city, which is the organ of the church
whose name 1t bears. is now ADVOCATING
the opening OF public libraries and art
galleries, including the Congressional
Library in Washington, on Sundays.
twenty-five years ago any such susges-
ton would probably have been regarded
by the Congressionalist as sacrilegious'
and the actual opening Of libraries and
galleries as a dissertation of the Sab
bath.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08
A TREArx. THAT CAN WAIT.

There Is no reason why the senate
sno,,Ia act promptly on the treaty pro-
viding for the payment of Sl0o,VVV 20 SPAN
for three or four little Islands In the
Philippine archipelago. 1t lis treaty
that can wait awhile.
Before we pay any more money to Spain
for islands in the Philippines it would be
advisable to find out whether or not 1t 10
our purpose to keep the islands we al
ready have. We paid $2O0oO,OOO for the
Philippines, for which we are now fight
ing and Senator Hoar and some others
think we should abandon them TO the FIJI
ipinos who are in Instruction. 1t is not
certain vet that he and his sympathizers
will not be able to carry their point.
But is IT not a little strange that our
commissioners to Paris the commission
ers who negotiated the treaty of peace
with Spain, failed to include in it the
islands which Spain now wants to sell
to us for $4,000 II seems that they
were either negiectful or else they did
not know what latitude and longitude
included all of the Islands. They permit
ted a statement to be made in the treaty
which left Spain in possession of the ISL
ands which are now offered to us.
They were remarkably we'll paid for
their work. And yet, 1t seems that they
did not do their work well. II they had
acted for a syndicate of business men in
like transaction they would have been
expected to make good any loss resulting
from their own carelessness. 1t is not
probable, however, that the government
will make any demand upon them for the
amount it will have tospay, in all prob
ability, for their carelessness or ignor-
ance.
AS far as we have seen no one of them
has offered any explanations of the fall
ure to include the islands in question in
the treaty. Perhaps they have no ex-
PLANTATION to offer, and would have been
glad II nothing had been said publicly
OF their failure to fully protect the inter-
ests OF the government they represented.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

London correspondent who the other
day had a conversation with an official of
gathered from what the official said that
England, after making a proper sort of
fuss about the amendments to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, as a matter OF form,
would accept the amended treaty and rat
ny It, II win be necessary from a diplo-
matte point Of view however, TO make
something Of Kick Tor appearances
sake.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

The alleged hot water circulation of the
Gulf Stream around the shores OF the
British Isles doesn't seem to be amount
ing to much at present, when everything
in the United Kingdom is frozen stiff and
people are dying in the streets Of the
cities from cold
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

There seems TO be quite as much in
terest in the Cudahy KIDNAPPING case as
there is in either the war in the Phil
ipplnes or the one in South Africa; and a
month hence there will be more interest
in the prize fight than in either of the
wars
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

passed provisional wide-tire law. Wyan-
dot county ratified it, and the county
commissioners issued a notice to all own
ers of vehicles that their wheels must be
provided with tires OF certain wldth.
Suit was brought to prevent the county
commissioners from enforcing the order,
and the claim was made that the law
was unconstitutional. The matter finally
reached the supreme Court, which a few
days ago declared that the act was con-
stitutional, and that the county commits
sioners had the right and power to en-
force it. Wide-tlred vehicles. and good
roads, VIII therefore be the order in
wyandot county hereafter.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

For the past six months the special cor
reported the Queens strength as rapid
ly falling My, but she must have been
a robust and physically powerful woman!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

Marconi, the Italian inventor of the
wireless telegraph, has just perfected a
portable apparatus for wireless telegraphy
adapted to military use. The chief diff
ference between Marconi and Tesla is that
the former is seldom heard of until he has
done something.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

Speaking of adding insult to injury"
Charleston correspondent has used the
Port Royal Naval Station Committees
pictures TO illustrate an article the pur-
port of which is to show that the dry dock
is failure, always has been and always
will he
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

Strong efforts are being made to get the
Neely-Rathbone cases into the courts of
New York. There is no better place in the
country for a big case to accumulate dust
and cobwebs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

The British war Office has issued state
ment showing that the total casualties
OF all kinds to it's troops in South Africa
up to the end of 1900 amounted to 5l,6S.
The majority CO those invaded home,
however, have recovered and returned to
the front, so that the actual reduction of
the force amounts to 1880. The list or
missing totals officers and S9S men.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

1t will probably be a long time before
Atlanta develops another mayor who will
give her SO many thrills as did the one
that retired from Office yesterday
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

Florida to-day are for fair weather, lign.
variable winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says of
Col Victor Vifqua.n: THE prize ass of
bray heard. though the year is not yet a
week old. He is the military gentleman
on the staff of the Governor of Nebraska
who sternly refused to attend a guberna-
torial reception because Fitzhugh Lee
was to be present-Fitzhugh Lee in the
estimation of the military gentleman, be-
ing rebel, and therefore offensive to an
true patriots. OF course, 1t is idle to
hope for the enlightenment of people like
the military gentleman. The only thing
to do Is to extract all the amusement
possible from their proceedings"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
dnd) says: Congressman Moody of this
state takes the position that the Four
teenth Amendment is mandatory upon
Congress--respecting the reduction of rep
resentation in the Southern states, for ex-
ample. 70 correspond with any reduction
which may have been made there In the
negro vote II that is so, then even more
clearly is the Thirteenth Amendment
mandatory upon Congress; and yet what
is Mr. Moody doing by way of enforcing
that amendment against slavery in the
dominions OF our subsidized .Sulu under
lord?'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

The Houston CrexJ Post Dem) says:
THE Republican administrations hereto
fore, Mr. McKinley's among them. have
done the negro no good by appointing
him TO office in the South, or nursing his
political ambitions. II Mr. Mckinley has
now discovered the mistake IN that d.
rection It vii lbe better for the South and
better for the negro.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08
THE MORNING NEWS is published

Registered at the Postoflce in Savannah.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-08

The Mobile (Ala) Register CDem) says:
THE United States have no ambitions
in China and would welcome a settle
ment which would entirely do away with
all danger Of ACKNOWLEDGMENT, either pres
ent or future. All that this country de-
sires is perfect freedom to trade In every
part OF China. and. that privilege con-
ceded II would rather see China retain
full control of all her territory than TO
see any part OF it pass to foreign owner
shin"
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
THE GREAT FLOOD.

The flood of April, 1901, will go into history as record breaker. The heavy rains of the past ten days throughout the section which the river drains have caused an immense body of water to accumulate. At midnight Monday the water had reached height of over 25 feet. In 1896 the water gauged 26 feet 4 inches. The greatest freshet we ever had was in 1854, when the water gauged 29 feet 10 inches. So far as Hartford is concerned the flood Is a matter of inconvenience rather than serious apprehension. The water had reached so great height under the railroad bridge at Morgan street in Hartford, that after o'clock Monday night trolley cars could not get through. Houses in the East Hartford meadows are surrounded with water and some of them have a portion of the lower floors under wa ter. The occupants have moved to the upper stories and go out and in through the windows. Boats are used to go to the main land. In Hart ford Front street between Temple and Commerce was impossible The water was nearly three feet deep in this section of the city. The water was within four feet of the temporary bridge. At Middletown people were compelled to go to the upper floors of houses on South street. The Crom- well road Is several feet under water.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
How to PoIish wfndovs.

The action of the sun, moisture and the carbonic acid in the air on the soda Aor potash in thaE glass produces 4eu opaqueness more or less pronounced To remove this wet the glass with dilute hydrochloric acid, and after g few minutes go over the glass with powdered whiting. Pour the acid slow ly into the cold water, using four ounces of the acid to 12 ounces of water. Polish with chamois or soft paper. It must be remembered that this acid will attack metals and should not be allowed to touch them, nor should the bottle be left open an in stant longer than necessary, as the fumes are very destructive.-Ladies Home Journal
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
ExpIanatfon.

'I hopes you'll 'scuse me foh axin any question dat soun's pus'nal," said Miss Miami Brown, "but I would like to know what makes you walk so kind O loose in de JintsT'
 "It's my musical disposition" was the reply. "Dey runs de bands so close together in a puhcession dat you's H. 'ble to be listenin to quickstep an 8 slowstep bof to once, an tryfn to keep step to lem simultaneous kind O results in maxim your ankles limber."-Wash- ington Star.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
N. E. o. P. ANNU AL MEETING.

The grand lodge of the New Eng land Order of Protection held its 18th annual meeting at Odd Fellows hall in Hartford Wednesday. The morning session was called to order by Jonathan w. Chapin of New Ha- ven. Over 200 delegates, represent ing 79 lodges in Connecticut, were present. The membership in Con necticut Is close to 10000 and the net gain for the year was627. Hart ford has four lodges. New Haven has eleven lodges, with total mern- bership of over $500 persons, who carry total insurance of over 100000. The deaths during the past year were 26 and the benefits paid on them $123,OOO. The repre- sentation from the following places indicates the remarkable strength of the order: New Haven, 30; Bridge
 port, 15; New Haven, 30; Winsted, Il; Collinsville, 10; New Britain, g.