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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03

Economy Our idea OF an economical
woman H. 70 womau 10 whom the most cx-
pensiye hats In the shop happen 10 be
unbecomlng detroit Journal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03
MUSICAL. UNIONS CONCERT.
A Pleasing Operetta Rendered by
College Musicians at Tallahassee.

Tallahassee, Fla, June 2-The fourth
annual concert Of the Musical Union of
the State Normal College occurred Thurs
day night at the opera house, and con-
sisted OF Smart's pleasing operetta, king
Reue's Daughter" by ladies' chorus OF
thirty voices. The principal soloists were
Mrs. NJ. T.. V. Clemens. Mrs. w. T.
Sampson and Miss M. r. Hall. The com
position was well received by the audi
ence.
The programme by the musical depart
ment of the institution was eXcelenty
supported by the violin and cornet recital,
rendered by Prof. Eugene f. Mikell of
the state College of South Carolina. The
following numbers were given:
Violin solo, palms" (Faure).
Violin solo, Flower Song" CBaggs).
sextette. "Danuble Waltz" Lacomb.
Cornet SOLO Under the Daisies" Will
aul.
Cornot and Piano selectious-Mikell.
Trio. LIT Thine Eyes" Mendelssohn.
Violin Solo, Angels Serenade," Braggs.
GOV Jennings has appointed the follow
Ing commissioners of deeds for Florida In
The state OF Georgia: Thomas L. Hi OF
savannah. A. ". Berry Of Metcalf. Walter
n. Beekes Of Macon. Richard NJ. Lester OF
Savannah.
THO Governor has appointed Hon. e. r.
sle,oner OF Pensacola 10 represent Florida
AZ the Southern Industrial Convention, 70
assemble in Philadelphia on June H.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03
"CHIEF PARKER" A FRAUD.
WaycrOss Has No Paid Fire Depart
ment.

Waycross, Ca. June 2.-The following
appears in to-day's Savannah Morning
News:
Chief Joseph Parker of the Waycross
Fire Department is in the city, guest
of Superintendent Mcguire. The Waycross
fire-fghter came to Savannah for the
purpose of inspecting this department, and
spent the greater part of yesterday look
ing at the apparatus at the several fire
stations.
THE Waycross Department has just
been reorganized by Chief Parker and Is
now a paid department with fifteen men.
new engine has been ordered and Chief
Parker expects to meet the machine with
it's makers to-day. The steamer is of the
La France make and is a modern piece
of apparatus in every way. The Way
cross fire chief announced himself as well
pleased with what he saw in Savannah.
and he is considered by firemen to be
good judge of a good department"
When the paper was read here this
morning there was quite a difference of
feeling among our people. Some felt very
Indignant, some were amused and not
few felt an inclination to kick young
Parker.
InlS Is not HIS uIol adventure VI lliS
kind At Douglas, on one occasion, he
was dined and wined to the Queens taste,
by the good people, while he made all
the necessary arrangements to bore an
artesian well. incidentally he bought out
a store while there and had the force of
clerks up all night taking stock. As a
sequel to this he was roughly treated.
At Folkston he represented himself as
rich young man, made some big trades
and got married there.
He was simply playing game on Sa-
vernah's fire chief. He is not officially
connected with our fire department., and
has absolutely no authority from that or
ganization. Is probably member of one
of the hose companies.
We have no paid fire department here,
and every statement to that effect made
by Parker is absolutely without founda-
ton.
The matter of a paid fire department
has been discussed here for some time,
but no action has been taken
In justice to Waycross, the good name
of our city and her noble fire ladies the
Morning News will please publish this.
D. r. Sweat.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03

area and loft spars. At best the man
always faces the chances of destruction
by being swept off his feet in the thresh-
ing and plunging of tn eslantng hull 1t
is giddy and unstable perch, so high
that the diminished man usually looks
from the deck like a mere speck. Many
times he is drenched to the skin by rain.
1t being impossible to send an oilskin or
sou'wester up to him. Spars have come
down about his ears and he never knows
what is coming next His ascent and de-
scent through mid-air is like the move
ment of spider at work on her thread.
The job is so exciting that the average
masthead man is permitted to swear
every time he tells story about his work
above. As Kipling's Mulvaney said of
loVe-making. the masthead mans job:
'Tis onwholesim. tbs dangerous, an tits
ivrything else that's bad"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03

New York Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
Yesterday was "Onion Sunday In the
theatrical calendar. There Is an unwrit-
Ten law OF the stage that no actor who
oas TO make love behind che footiights
shall ever cot onions during the regular
season. A number Of leading companies
closed their seasons Saturday night, and
Yesterday the odor Of the succulent onion
was heavy over the land. AZ one Broad
way restaurant sat Otis Skinner eating
a dish Of raw onions with reminiscent
look OF exahation. Charles Stevenson,
Mrs. Carriers leading man IN 'Iaza," gave
an onion supper OF the Hoffman House,
and a dozen leading actresses likewise
raieed the ban which has barred onions
from their menue during the winter.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03
A San Francisco Gambler.
From Bret Harte's Under the Red
woods"

woods"
/ remember one handsome young fell
low whom I used 10 meet occasionally
on the staircase who captured my youth
full fancy. 1 met him only at midday, as
he did not rise till late, and this fact
with certain scrupulous elegance and
neatness In his dress, ought to have made
me suspect that he was a gambler. In
my inexperience It only invested him with
certain romantic mystery one morn
ing as ! was going out to my very early
breakfast at a cheap Italian cafe on Long
Wharf. l was surprised to find him also
descending the staircase. He was scrup-
ulously dressed, even at that carly hour,
but was struck by the fact that he was
all In black, and his slight figure but
toned to the throat In a tightly fitting
frock coat, gave, ! fancied, a singular
melancholy 10 his pale Southern face
Nevertheless, he greeted me with more
than his usual serene cordiality, and
remembered that he looked up with a
half-puzzled half-amused expression at
the rosy morning sky as he walked GREW
steps with me down the deserted street
/ could not help saying that / was as
tonished TO see him up so early and he
admitted that Il was break in his usual
habits but added, with a smiling signif-
canoe ! afterwards remembered. that II
was IAN even chance II he did II again. p"
As we neared the street corner a man in
buggy drove up impatiently In spite OF
the drivers evident haste my handsome
acquaintance got IN lelsurely. and. lifting
his glossy hat TO me with "A pleasant
smile, was driven away. I have a very
lasting recollection OF his face and figure
as the buggy disappeared down the empty
street. ! never saw him again. II was
not until week later that I knew that
an hour after he left me that morning he
was lying dead ln "A little hollow behind
toe Mission lfolores-shot through the
heart N duel Tor which he had arisen
70 early.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03
FLORIDA FRUITS.
An Interesting Exhibit at the PAN
American.

American.
buualo, June 2.-Florida has a very in
"'eSting exhibit in the Horticulture
"u''aing Of the Pan-American Exposition
among the rare things which particu-
'a'ly please the Northern people are
usnieen pineapple trees bearing fruit,
sot cocoanut palms that reach almost
w. "' ceiling, great many green and
~, e9eoanuts in clusters, a quantity of
s s'. no fibre and two magnificent yucca
S S''.si trees. In addition there is a mag
, Wi. display of oranges, grape fruit,
t"s' over the entrance to the space con-
".'Uk inc exhibit, in rustic letters is the
rb'"nce Florida Fruits" The roof Of
t,.. ". osure is painted to represent the
ror. OF the state. The post which sup
ba '"e dome IL treated so as to resem-
tb,. o'age palmettoes. The entire ex-
ana i covered with dome, on the
ma OF which is a golden pineapple.
NJ ommissioners from Florida are T.
CA "Ier Of Tampa c. C. Challar of Ar
vn' and Frederick Pheifer Of Jackson
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03
TERRIBLE FIRE IN MEXICO.
Many Plantations Destroyed and
seventy Persons Cremated.


Chicago, June "A dispatch to the
Tribune from Oaxaca, Mex, says:
Further details of the great fire which
ragged on the isthmus of Tehuantepec for
several days have been received here.
over seventy people were unable TO es-
cape the rapid progress of the flames and
were burned to death. The fire started
On coffee plantation and owing
10 the dryness of the vegeta-
auon it was soon beyond control and
wrought great destruction to growing
crops Many thousands of acres of coffee
uees' bananas, orange trees and other
tropical products were DESTROYED. A num-
Der OF plantation buildings were destroy
w. Ihose who met death in the flames
were all families of plantation laborers,
VINO being unable to escape the fire, per-
isueo IN their huts. The fire burned for
yen days and was finally quenched by a
HeaYy tropical rain.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03
SOME FAST RUNNING.
Good Work Done on vaiIsburs Board
Track Yesterday.

New York. June "A crowd OF more
than 1000 persons saw some exciting con-
tests of speed to-day at the meet on the
Vailsburg board track.
Ouarter-mile professional dying START,
was won by Frank Kramer Of East Or
ange. with Floyd Mcfarland of San Jose
cal. second. and n. B. Freeman OF Port
Land. Me-, third Time O:27 As.
Five-mile professional handicap was
won by II. 3. Freeman of Portland, Ne.
go yards): Tom Cooper OF Detroit
(scratch), second, and +. A. MacFariand
OF san Jose. Cal. (soratch), third. Hardy
Downing of Los Angeles 600 YARDS,
fourth. Time HOP 3-5.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03
SINGING A RIsaUE SONG.
''d High Old Row mt West
Virginia Church Festival.

''Nersourg. w. Va. June 2.--The
,s"s oi a risque song by Robert craw-
!. ..Afied row at a church festival
NJ f'asant Valley. thirteen miles from
> Hedrick and Mac McLaugn-
H., l1pserouHiy cut and +. q.
,r ld his teeth knocked out Rob
b. 'ofd. McMcI.aughlin. John stan
I've Arrested.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-03
Fan Means Death.

When the mainsail r. hoisted the mast
head man lays aloft on the hoops Of this
immense piece Of canvas There are twen-
ty-four hoops on the Constitution. When
the sail Us not set the man ~ sent aloft
ln boatswains chair that ~ usually
bent 10 "A gantiue. seldom does the top
man ''shin up-hand" aloft II Is TOO much
OF a task In these days OF immense sail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-16

In order to understand why Japan is
perturbed almost to the verge of declar-
ing war against Russia because the latter
refuses to relax its masterful grip on
Manchuria, one has only to study the
map of Asia. Manchuria's natural outlet
to the sea is Corea, of which it is the
hinterland All the coast to the north
of Corea is Russias. That sunny PENN
sula extends far into the southern wat
ers. For Russia to clutch il, drop 4 rail
way down through it and establish a
great seaport in the latitude of NagaSaki
and only short sail from that city would
be to sap the vitality of Japan and
open wide the jaws of the Russian
nut-cracker to crush the Nikado's EN-
pire.
No one need wonder. therefore. that
while the Russian government has made
assurances in writing that its intentions
in AIanchuria are strictly honorable, and
while the western powers of Europe pull
dubious faces and try to look pleasant
over the situation, fiery little Japan, as
shown by the cablegrams, is preparing
for heavy strokes of war 1t remains to
be seen whether any of the western pow
NiS Will SlNS even DstSSiNt dN>lSL OliCG "
Japan. That Manchuria is Russia'S foY
all time can scarcely be doubted. That
Japan can secure Russia's eviction, even
by war, with victories by land and sea, is
scarcely to be believed. This. however,
Japan might be able to do, which would
be much: Japan might be able to fix for
ever with entire defniteness the boun-
daries o. Russia in Asia. That such a
consumAhtion would be of vital impor-
lance to Great Britain also is, of course,
certain.
Japan is the one nation which has
gr--wn in stature by the meeting of the
powers in China. Its army has won en-
thItsiastic praise on all Sides-not the
understanding praise of those who are as
tonished to find that soldiers whose faith
ers fought with bows and arrows and
wore armor can now fire guns without
shooting themselves, but the hearty adj
mission that as compared with the sol
diers of other countries they are most fit.
Efficient, cheerful, we'll disciplined, en-
during, Differed splendidly, and thor
oughly equipped in arms and in commits
sariat, they do not need to sit down and
let Russia make Il meal of them. In the
matter of navies, Japan's is superior to
Russia's.
Japan is great nation, having become
such in an amazingly short time. The
instinct of self-preservation must urge it
to strive earnestly to curb Russia's eff
forts to become overwhelmingly strong
before its eyes and at its very door-that
door through which it must pass to the
mainland in order to gain in Corea and
elsewhere the territory necessary for ac-
curing sufficient population and wealth
to keep it well up in the front rank of ma
tions. where prudence and the aspirations
of a proud people require it to be.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-16

Russia and Japan will be at war be-
fore summer-perhaps before the middle
of spring" This is the consensus of dip
lomatic opinion in Washington, according
TO a correspondent, although the Ameri-
can and foreign diplomats from whom
expressions on the situation are asked
for publication are naturally reticent and
almost silent. Privately, however, these
men, who to a large extent hold in their
hands the fate of nations, shake their
heads solemnly when they are led into an
expression of their views The present
lull in incidents that might provoke early
hostilities does not deceive anybody ia
miliar with the deep-Seated causes of the
hatred between the two countries, or
those who know the present temper of
the japanese people. 1t is looked upon
as the calm before the storm which seems
bound to break sooner or later, and to all
appearances soon.
The most general belief is that Japan
will suddenly break her reserve and pre-
cipitate the expected war by taking the
bull by the horns and assuming protec-
torate over Corea, which, of course, in
view of Russia's designs, would be equiv
alent to throwing down the gage to the
Gar The japanese know that if Rus
STA is likely to persist in her encloach-
ments on Manchuria, and the Gar shows
no sign of desisting from his long-estab-
lished policy to that end, the chances of
Japan will diminish in reverse proportion
as Russia'S scheme succeeds. The JapS
are perfectly aware of the fact that if
war must come over this question, the
sooner it comes the better it will be for
them. 1t is undoubtedly the impression
not only in high diplomatic but in the
higher business circles as well, that Rus
STA intends to possess herself of Man
churia. On the other hand, it is accurate
knowledge that justiies these men in say
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-16

The sale Of two girls, members Of a
gypsy band. ut M0mence, H., brought on
q riot that for a time threatened serious
results. SO angry were the citizens over
the traffic that when court failed TO
punish the wanderers the citizens aban-
doned stores and factories, the school was
closed, and men, women and children
united in a mob which drove the gypsy
band from town. The deal which caus-
ed ak the trouble was the sale of Juanita
Costello and Margot Czesh, 10 and II
years old, by their guardian, Nicholas
Karoptkin, q Russian, to a Brazilian,
also member Of the band. the price paid
being $500. The girls refused to recoG-
nize the sale and threatened to kill their
prospective master. The Brazilian then
sWOre ont Il warrant for karOptkin,
charging the obtaining Of money by false
pretenses. A squad Of special police WAS
found necessary 10 secure the Russian,
vino drew a revolver Oh the officers. The
failure to secure an Interpreter made it
impossible to get evidence against the
prisoner and he was discharged. During
the trial before Magistrate Lloyd all the
stores and offices were closed and school
was dismissed. so the Russian found the
entire population of the town gathered
when he started back to camp. Threats
of lynching and of tar and feathers We're
made. The gypsics packed up their he
iongings and ned before any one was
found to lead the mob against them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-16

ing that Japan is persuaded that Russia
purposes obtaining possession of Man
churia, ultimately Corea, and that as
soon as Russia has done something which
will give justification for protest, Japan
will protest first in words and then with
lead and iron
Dispatches from Toxic and Yokohama
leave no room for doubt that the temper
of the Japanese people is at the danger
point and cannot much longer be re
strained. The government itself is prop
erly careful of every step it takes, but
once it officially confirms the impression
now prevailing that Russia intends to
steal land that should have been Jap
ans by virtue of her recent. victory over
China, the whole island empire will set
up a demand for war against the Gar
that cannot be resisted. Toxic dispatches
all give indications of preparations for
the conflict; interviews with prominent
men breathe the war spirit; the newspa-
pers are cautious in tone, but denOunce
Russia's aggression in plain terms; and
all these things are having their effect on
the pOpulace. The government is seem
ingly DESTROYS of delaying the conflict for
a time, perhaps until the outlook for
peace in South Africa is brighter, for it
is plain that Japan would rely upon and
would undoubtedly have the moral sup
port of England, and such support could
only he of value if England's hands are
not too closely tied in the Transvaal.
1t is said ON excellent authority that
Japan has given China written assur-
ances that she will share the c0nse-
quences of China's refusal to sign the
Russian treaty, if these consequences in
clude war. 1t is also said that Russia's
reply to aprotest from Japan is couched
in such uncivil terms that the anger of
the japanese diplomats has been thor
oughly aroused.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-16
PLAGUE is HERE.
Dread Bubonic Disease Gets Foot
hold ON American Soil.

Dread Bubonic Disease Gets a Foot
hold on American Soil.
The most dreaded of ali of the physl-
cal affections of mankind, the bubonic
plague has gained q foothold i'll Amer
lea, and the federal authorities are taking
vigorous steps to hold in check so far
as is possible the fearful disease that III
the past half decade has decimated India.
There can no longer be any doubt OF
the identity of the disease. The special
commission. FASTENED to San Francisco
by the Secretary of the Treasury to in
vestigate supposed cases of the malady
there has returned to Washington with
confirmation of the worst suspicious
The text of their report has not been
made public, hut its substance IS known,
and it is to the effect that the bubonic
plague does exist in the California cap
ital; that there are numerous cases and
have been six deaths recently; that the
situation is alarming, and that unless the
promptest and most drastic measures are
adopted there is danger of the dread NAL
ady spreading TO otl 4r parts of the coun-
try Close on the heels of the Federal
investigators came a committee of San
Francisco citizens to deny the existence
of the plague there and protest against
any steps which may place an embargo
upon the Eastern business of their great
State.
That general alarm felt among the
neighbors of California is evidenced by
numerous petitions telegraphed from
Western States to Washington asking
the Treasury Department to quarantine
the entire State of California. so that
they may not be exposed to the cOnta-
gion. 1t is recognized by the federal au-
thorities that San Francisco, with its
squalid and secretive chinatown" into
whose dirty recesses the sanitary officers
have the greatest difficulty in penetrating
because of the ignorant and superstitious
opposition of the Monaghan denizens, is
one of the worst places where the disease
could have gained foothold.
The Treasury Department does not be-
lieve that it will be necessary to quaran-
tine the State, or even the whole city.
A quarantine will be placed on the Chi
nese quarter, where the deaths have oc-
Cured, and where the remaining cases
are now under treatment. In any event,
individual isolation of the cases will be
effected and rlgidly enforced by federal
command. The disease was undoubtedly
brought to America from oriental coun-
tries by ships plying between this cOun-
try and the far East.
Surgeons of the marine hospital service
stationed in various parts of the world
have reported to the Treasury Depart
ment total of more than 10000 cases
of bubonic plague and $4,000 deaths from
the disease since November last, and
these reports in many cases DO not in
clude the period between December and
March. Treasury Department reports
show the disease, although most violent
in India, exists in every part OF the
world
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-16
FARM LIFE THE BEST
ILLINOIS BOYS URGED TO STAY
IN THE COUNTRY.
Plan to Check Emigration to the Cities
Is Adopted-District School Teachers
Will Aid-Course in Agriculture Pre-
pared.

To stem the tide of emigration of farm
er boys to the cities will hereafter be one
of the duties of the Illinois district school
teacher. AT the meeting of County School
Superintendent at Springfield the state
ment was made that the attendance Al
country schools was falling off SO fast as
almost to threaten their extinction. This
assertion was confirmed in a measure 10y
the last census report, which indicates
clearly that the rural population of Iii
nois is drifting gradually to the cities
and larger towns, leaving the farms with
a smaller population each year.
A plan to check this emigration has
been a problem engaging the attention OF
country educators for years, and they
think a solution has been reached finally
in the bill permitting the consolidation
of poor districts and the new course OF
agriculture just introduced into the rural
schools of the State.
Assuming that the country boy grows
up ignorant of the real beauties of cOun-
try life and farming, Il course of study
has been prepared which will stimulate
his interest in things agricultural. When
he becomes of age the theory is that he
will choose to remain ON. the farm rather
than seek the more strenuous life of the
city.
A committee of school superintendents
was appointed by the Springfield convcn-
ton to prepare the new course. 1t fol-
lows closely the course in the University
of Illinois College of Agriculture.
Every topic concerning the farm is
covered. a detailed description of each
kind of grain, vegetable, and fruit being
required of the scholars The students
are expected to plant experimental
patches of various products, watching
each daily and reporting on the progress
made. The amount constituting Il days
work in the different lines of labor about
a farm is asked in one question, and the
student is required to make Il close study
of the subject.
Each one taking the course will be ask
ed to draw Il plat of some farm in his
neighborhoOd and write a history of the
place, telling of the current years WELD
of each product. what became of the
grain and vegetables, how much was
used by the family or fed TO stock and
what the stuff marketed brought.
Other subjects intended to interest the
farmers sons are contained in the course,
and it is believed when the students learn
the Importance of agricultural work
many who ordinarily would so to the
cities will remain at home.