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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
Secret of Agnus' Partnership.

During the afternoon the name of
General Agnus, the Baltimore editor
who is so fervent Schley partisan.
came up, says the New York World.
Il remember the first time 1 met the
general" said the admiral II was
down off the Florida coast on one of
the frigates and we saw a lot of SOL
diers on shore. We We're rather short
of food on board ship, but we were
very long on duck trousers. l thought
l would go off to the camp of the SOL
diers and see if there was anything we
could exchange for fresh food. A
young lieutenant who was in tatters
received me.
I'm Lieutenant Agnus of Balti-
more he said.
Tim Ensign schley of Maryland,
said l.
1--WE looked each other over I had
on an immaculate duck suit. He had a
large quantity of vegetables and some
fresh meat.
" Needing anything?' I asked.
Needing Clothes Agnus replied
Are you needing anything?
Needing grub / said.
Well swap we both shouted at
the same time, and for divers ana sun
dry pairs of duck trousers / got sun
dry and diverse parcels of food. Ag-
nus wore the trousers and 1 ate the
food, and we both considered it a most
profitable transaction"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

For days during the latter part of
July our telegraph columns contained
accounts of the most gloomy charac-
ter of the damage that the drought was
doing the corn crop. At one time 1t
was the impression, gained from the re-
ports from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas
and Missouri, that the corn crop would
be an almost total loss. Then IL was
said that the loss would approximate
SOC. 600, 900 bushels, and when the first
few showers came it was declared that
while the loss would not be so great
as at first thought it could not possibly
fall below SOO,OOOOOO bushels.
There have been good rains within
the last two weeks in all of the fore
going states, and the situation has I'M
dergone a most remarkable change.
Now it is asserted by the leading pa
pers in the corn belt that the crop will
be fully an average one, and that the
loss by the drought will not exceed
$50, 000, 900. The damage done by the
drought was greater in Kansas and
Missouri than in Nebraska and Iowa,
bub even All lhC Aui hASA CA1ACo tAASAS wa
be plenty of corn for feeding purposes,
and a very considerable amount for
sale outside of the state. AS a matter
of fact, the farmers are not feeling so
badly for the reason that the price of
corn is now, and will continue to be,
in all probability. very much higher
than it would have been If there had
been no drought. The crop promised to
be an enormous one, and if nothing had
interfered to prevent, IL would, it is be-
lieved, have been the greatest corn
crop ever raised. Even if there had
been a great shortage in the corn crop
the West would not have suffered seri-
ously. The wheat crop in that section
is an enormous one, and the late rains
have made it certain that there will
be a large crop of late hay.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
Not Profitable Talk.

There is one young gentleman at the
tender age of 5 years in this big town
who entirely discredits the wisdom OF
group ups" and with cause, says the
Mail and Express. This promising
youth has been, and is. noted for the
rapidity and pMsistency with which he
can ply his elders with questions.
Look here, Tommy" exclaimed his
mother one day. IF you would only
keep still and not bother people with
questions you don't know how much
you might learn"
Tommy said never a word, but treas
ured the advice. A few days later he
was sent to the grocer's.
Say, ma" said he on his return,
you told me if I'd keep still and didn't
ask questions, I'd learn a lot, but 1t
isn't true. / went to the grocer's and
he was talkin' and talkin', and l didn't
learn a thing"
why. that was strange" said NAM
ma.
mo, it wasn't. either" grinned young
hopeful, "he was talkin' Dutch"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
HOPE OF A SETTLEMENT.

1t seems that there is still, in some
quarters, a hope that a settlement of
the steel workers strike will be eff
fected before many days. President
Shaffers order calling all of the Anal
gamated Associations men out of the
mills of the United States Steel Cor
poration goes into effect to-day, and
tens of thousands of other steel work.
ers will join those already on a strike.
There have been stories of dis
agreement between Mr.. Morgan, the
head of the United States Steel Cor
poration, and Mr.. Schwab, the presi-
dent of the corporation. 1t is doubt
full if there is any foundation for these
stories. 1t is said that Mr.. Morgan
wanted to compromise the difference
between the corporation and the strik-
ers and that Mr.. schwab refused to
agree to that policy. If Mr.. Morgan
had wanted to effect compromise Mr..
Schwab would not have stood in his
way.
Looking over the whole situation IL
would seem as IL 1t would not be a
The contending parties cannot be very
far apart. 1t will be remembered that
there is no question of wages or hours
of labor at issue. 1t is only a question
of recognizing the Amalgamated Asso-
citation in certain of the mills of the
corporation.
1t will be recalled that a couple of
weeks ago Mr.. Shaffer the president
of the Amalgamated Association and
the members of the advisory board of
the association had a conference with
Mr.. Morgan, President Schwab and
other officials of the corporation, and
adjusted all OF their differences, II is
said that they not only settled all Of
the troubles between the corporation
and the association, but that an agree
ment to that effect was signed by both
parties. 1t seems that the Amalga-
mated Association would not approve
what their president and advisory
board had done. In fact. it repudiated
it. But, If President Shaffer and Mr..
Morgan reached an agreement the as
ISOLATION and the corporation cannot
be very far apart. The difference be-
tween them cannot be sufficiently great
to justify a prolonged strike-a strike
that may last for many weeks and
bring suffering into thousands of
homes.
If no further attempt is made 70
reach an understanding the conclusion
is inevitable that the Amalgamated
Association has decided that its ex-
istence depends upon unionizing all OF
the mills of the United States Steel
Corporation and the corporation has
come to the conclusion that il can have
no permanent peace and prosperity as
long as the association has foothold
in its mills. and that IT will get rid of
it. II this is the case a long and disas-
trous strike may be looked for.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

Deboe, the Republican senator from
Kentucky, has just won victory that
must fill him with pride. His state
is famous for chivalry, and Deboe
claims to be one of it's exemplars.
There was a poor widow. Mrs. Saun-
ders, who had the postoffice at New
Castle. She was appointed by Presi-
dent Harrison and continued in the
position by President Cleveland and
President Mckinley. The Office paid
her $50 month, and by the strictest
sort of economy she could make the
income feed the ten hungry little
mouths that called her mother. But
the woman had no vote. Neither could
she influence votes when they were
wanted. And that didn't suit Deboe,
the chivalrous senator. He went af-
ter her scalp. What's the use of postof-
fees, argued Deboe. If we cannot get
votes from them? BY dint of persua-
sion this gallant Kentucky Republican
has prevailed upon the authorities at
Washington to fire the poor widow out
of her job and give it to one of his
henchmen, who has a vote and can
drive other voters to the polls. 1t was
a glorious victory. Hurrah for Deboe!
Let the glad huzzas drown the sigh of
the widow and the whimpering of the
orphans for bread.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices - Ship Notice,
Strachan g. Co.; Special Notice. Steam
boat Industrial Girl; Levan's Table
d'Hote; At Gardeners; Andrew Hanley
Company; Savannah Building Supply
Company; Must Go at Any Price for
Cash, c. A. Drayton Grocery Company;
Suite of Offices for Rent; Notice of
Dissolution, Brennan Bros; Headquar-
ters for Virginia Country Cured Hams,
John Lynch. Grocer; Ship Notice, Chr.
G. Dahl & Co., Consignees; Our Bread
and Baker Goods, Beisinger & Gross;
AT Joyce's; At Chang's.
Business Notices-Cooling Beverages,
A. NJ. g. C. w. West; liberia Peaches
Fresh This Morning, at MINISTER'S;
Flavor. Strength. Price. The S. w.
Branch Co.
Auction Sale-Executor's Sale of
Valuable Real Estate and Securities,
by /. ID. LaRoche, Auctioneer.
A Point That Points to Pointers-B.
H. Levy & Bro.
Legal Notices--In the Matter of H.
Meeks G. Co., ct al, Bankrupts; Libel
for Salvage Against steamship Roam
oke, by Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company.
Grand Clearance Sale-Leopold Adler.
Extraordinary inducements To-day
Foye & Eckstein.
Is Per Cent. Discount-The Metro
politan Clothing Company.
South End Pavilion-William Bohan,
Proprietor.
Grape Nuts Good-Postum Cereal Co.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos;.
MedicaI-Dr. Thacher's Liver and
Blood Syrup; Plantation Chill Cure;
Cuticura; Ponds Extract; TUFTS Pills;
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent: For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
SOOTHING THE DISAPPOINTED.

Mr.. Bryan has addressed some sooth-
| ing words to those who bolted from
the Democratic convention of Ohio be-
cause the convention refused to in
dorse the Kansas City platform. In
view of the fact that Mr.. Bryan had
very little sympathy for boilers in the
presidential campaigns of 1896 and 1900,
| IL is somewhat remarkable that he
| should deal so gently with the Ohio
| boilers. He tells them that 1t is by
no means certain that the Democratic
voters of Ohio approve the action of
their state convention. In the course
of an article in the current number of
his paper, The Commoner, he says that
the friends of the boilers tickets "can
picion that the men who objected so
strenuously to the Kansas City plat
form would object as strenuously to
any definite and positive political rem
edy. But the question which confronts
the loyal Democrats of Ohio is how
best to correct the mistakes made by
the convention-and thus rescue the
Democratic party from the control of
those who would Republicanize it."
Further along in his article Mr. Bryan
says: whether the Ohio Democracy
is to take its position on the Grover
Cleveland side of public issues is a
question yet to be determined-a ques-
ton to be decided at the primaries af-
ter the people understand the issues
presented"
Mr.. Bryan, of course, advises the
boilers to support the regular Demo-
cratic ticket. He points out the folly
of doing anything else. But is he not
mistaken in assuming that there is a
great deal of doubt as to whether the
majority of the Democrats of Ohio will
approve the platform adopted by the
regular Democratic convention when
they have chance to express their
views of it? 1t would seem as If there
would have been a much larger attend
ance at the boilers convention If there
were widespread dissatisfaction with
the course pursued by the convention.
AS a matter of fact, there were less
than a dozen persons at the boilers
convention. The convention was held
in a bedroom at one of the hotels in
Columbus, and there was so little en-
thusiasm at its meetings that the fact
that there was such a convention was
hardly known in the hotel. The nomi-
nees on it's ticket refused to accept the
honor conferred on them.
That does not look as if Ohio Dem
ocrats generally were protesting
against the action of the regular Dem
ocratic convention in refusing to in
dorse the Kansas city platform.
Mr.. Bryan deals gently. and it may
be automatically, with the Ohio situa-
ton. Probably it is his purpose to en-
deavor to prevent any trouble in the
ranks of the party. but If he means to
have Democrats throughout the coun-
try understand that the Democratic
convention of Ohio did not speak for
the great mass of the Democrats of
that state, the facts seem to justify the
statement that he is mistaken.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

And now objections are being raised
to Rear Admiral Howison, who has
been appointed to sit on the Schley
court of inquiry. 1t is stated in Bos-
ton dispatch to the Washington Post
that he is a Sampson partisan, and
shortly after the battle of Santiago ex-
pressed himself to the effect that
Sampson deserved the credit for the
victory, and that Schley was nervous.
hot-headed fellow who did not stand
as high in the estimation of naval
officers as Sampson.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

An old American merchant marine
scandal has its base in the practice of
runners" and boarding house keepers
procuring sailors by questionable
means, shipping them against their will
and receiving from captains a certain
amount of money, to be taken out of
the sailors wages Recently Congress
enacted a law forbidding the advance
ment of money to a seaman. or to an
agent for shipping a seaman, by the
captain or agent of a vessel. the inten-
ton being to strike a blow at the prac-
tice referred to. The United States
court at Wilmington, Del, has just de-
cided that not only is this law consti-
tutional but that 1t applies to foreign
ships in American waters as we'll as to
American ships. The captain. there
fore, who pays an agent money for
showing a drunken sailor on his ship in
the dead hours of the night cannot le-
gally deduct the amount so paid from
the earnings of the sailor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
The Mount Washington Seminary
for Bows Under ThIrtas

The Mount Washington Seminary was es-
grounds as the Mount St. Agnes College for
Young Wome en-, about miles from Baltimore
in garden spot of beauty, remarkable tor It's
hygienic advantages. 1t can be reached by
the local trains of the Northern Central X r.,
which rass the grounds, or by the cars Of the
United Electric Line. The institution has two
departmentsEElementa and the Prepare
tory. The discipline is mild and firm. Reys
who pass creditably the prescribed six years
course are prepared 70 enter the Academic De-
partment of any college The seminary is con-
Quoted by the Sisters of Mercy. Address d.
RECTRESS, Mount Washington Seminary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

It is said that the late Dowager EN-
press Of Germany left directions that
her funeral services should be very
simple. Simplicity. however, does not
please her imperial son, the Kaiser.
Like his uncle, the King of England,
he is fond of show and the pomp of
power. He has therefore ordered that
tonight there shall be torch-light
procession as a part of the ceremo-
malls in honor of his dead mother. The
fiaring fiambeaus win no doubt make
a spectacle to please his Majesty.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

One of the reforms that the Dole
regime instituted in Hawaii after tSk-
ing the islands away from the natives
was the postal savings bank. The idea
found some supporters, and from the
beginning of the republic" until the
time that the United States took
charge of the islands deposits to the
amount of $764,0OO were put into the
postal savings banks. When an agent
from Washington went to Hawaii re-
Gently to adjust the finances of the
islands and ascertain the obligations of
the United States with respect to them,
he was confronted with the postal
savings bank matter. The credits for
deposits were all right, but not one dol
lar of the money that was paid in
could be found. 1t had been used by
somebody, for some purpose. This
government will have to make good the
deficiency.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

The United States navy will have TO
be careful how it monkeys around in
the Caribbean sea hereafter, or il may
get itself into trouble. Colombia now
has navy of her own. and may take
a notion TO test its mettle. The Co
lombian navy is about 90 feet long by
n beam and draws ~ feet Of water
It used to be the private yacht of
New York gentleman. but now mounts
two four-pounders and a torpedo tube
and is commanded by a Colombian
commodore, six English petty officers
and some two dozen sailors Of mixed
,aationalitiea .~T--,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
THE CoNvIcTs AND THE FAIR.

The officers of the Fair have no rea-
son to complain of the treatment they
have received from the County Com
missioners in the matter of the con-
victs. They have had the use of a large
part of the convicts on the fair grounds
for a much longer time than it was
expected they would have when they
made application for them. Still, the
fact cannot be overlooked that the tax
payers of the county are all interested
in the Fair. They won't it to be a sue
cess, financially as well as otherwise.
1t is notorious fact that the Fair has
not received as liberal support from the
people as it should, and the officers will
have to figure closely in order to make
receipts meet expenses, even If the at
tendance is up to expectations.
In connection with this statement it
must be understood that the Fair is go
ing to be something of which the city
will be proud, and which will attract
visitors not only from all parts of the
state, but also from other states. 1t is
going to cost a great deal of money.
The County Commissioners therefore
have not been robbing the taxpayers
by keeping the convicts at work on the
fair grounds several weeks. And it
would not be a mistake on their part
If they should spare the convicts from
county improvements a few days long
er. if they are wanted by the fair Of
ficials. Money which the -convicts will
save to the Fair Association will be
used in other ways for the Fairs bene-
fit.
Drainage is the only county work
that demands constant and immediate
attention. Roads are needed of course,
but nobody win complain or suffer loss
il work on them is delayed few days.
The Fair must be made a success, and
if the Fair Association sees that to
carry out its plans it will need addi-
| tional aid, the County Commissioners
should not hesitate to lend it such as
sistance as it legally can.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
GoRMAN THE ISSUE IN MARYLAND.

Maryland Republicans are making
ex-senator German the issue in that
state. Their orators and organs are at
lacking him, just as if there were
nothing else in the campaign worth
noticing. Doubtless that suits Mr.
German. 1t will only increase his
prominence. 1t will not hurt him with
his party. Take him all in all he is one
of the brainest political leaders in the
country. If the Democratic party wins
in the pending campaign he will be
sent back TO the Senate, and will oc-
cupy a prominent place in the estima-
ton of Democrats as presidential
candidate.
He is of course responsible for the
attitude the Democrats of Maryland
took in their last state convention on
the question of depriving negroes of
the ballot. He is willing to bear the
responsibility. He believes the state
would be better off if the ballot were
taken from the negroes. The issue in
the Democratic platform is a clear cut
one. Whether the Democrats will be
able to win on 1t is a question that
cannot now be answered with any de-
gree of accuracy, but it is probable
that Mr.. German had studied the po-
litical situation carefully before de-
Gliding upon a platform declaration in
favor of negro Acknowledgement.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10
Reflections of n Bachelor.
From the New York Press.

Women who marry for a home us
ually get IL broken up.
Woman gets all the liberty she ever
has when she is married, but man gives
up all he ever had.
When a man goes to the dogs any
one way OF doing ii will most always
satisfy him, but when a woman starts
to go wrong she tries all the different
ways at once.
When an otherwise sensible womans
hair begins TO change to streaky yell
low II is a sign she is getting old or
getting tired of remembering the
things her mother taught her.
A girl can figure out all kinds OF
ways she is going to accept a man
when he proposes but when the time
comes all she remembers of her plan
) Is to grab him and hang on to HIM
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

The Amalgamated Association is now
said TO be bending it's energies to OBJ
tain the support and cooperation of
the Federation of Labor. Should II be
successful and persuade the Fed
Grafton men to refuse TO handle
steel manufactured by the steel corpor-
alton, such strike as this country nor
the world has ever seen would be pre-
cipitated. The building trades would
be paralyzed and hundreds of thou
sands of persons would be thrown out
of employment The consequences of
such a state of affairs are terrible to
contemplate. There would inevitably
be suffering and death on the part of
women and children, and possibly vio-
lence and bloodshed by the men.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

An argument in favor of silver as a
money metal is found in the burglary
of the Vallejo smelter. The value of
the gold taken was some $2S0,000. The
weight of the metal was. about 1000
pounds. Two or three men carried it
out through the tunnel without any
difficulty in the space of time between
midnight and s a. m, with margin
of safety at each end of the period.
Had the $2S0,000 been in silver. half a
dozen men could not have moved it in
wheelbarrows over plank road in the
same length of time; and then they
would have had to take it away in a
schooner or barge. In silver there is
safety.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

Mr. Lawson of Boston says he will
send the Independence to the scrap
heap if he cannot get races for her
1t is his privilege to do so If he pleases,
Of course. The yacht is his property.
1t has been estimated that the yachts
construction cost him 100000 and that
he has spent $4,000 on her besides-a
pretty penny TO pay for vain attempt
to get into the class OF blue ribbon
Xachtsmen, -. =
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-10

The odd circumstance of a widow be-
ing refused a marriage license be-
cause she was too young to wed is re-
ported from Cincinnati. The law in
Ohio fixes the age of consent at II
years. The widow, who came from
Kentucky, had been married there at
1e, and her husband had died within a
few weeks. When John Koch came
along and soothed her lacerated heart
ana persuaded her that another hus-
band would be the very best thing un-
der the circumstances, she was still a
little short of II, and the clerk in Ohio
refused the license. However. the pair
crossed the river into Kentucky, where
the bride-to-be wasn't too young and
they were married. -