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The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
SOUTHERN's STRIKE
VICE PRESIDENT CANNON DIS
CUSSES SITUATION.
THE MEN HAVE ACTED HASTILY
STRIKERS AT KNOXVILLE PRAYED
FOR OFFICIALS.

About 100 Machinists and Apprcn-
ticeS out, Says MIR. Gannon-COm-
nany Regrets the Attitude of the
strikers, But Latter Are Assured
THAT Any Order Issued VIII he
yrrevocabIe and in Case of Serious
trouble There VIII BE no COmpro-
misc.
washington, May 31.-Vice President
Cannon to-day said that the machinists
strike on the Southern Railway is con-
fined entirely to the machine shops al
Memphis, Knoxville, Birmingham, At
Ianta. Selma, Spencer and Manchester
Thus far about 400 machinists and APP
prentices and their sympathizers have
gone out. Reports received to-day are to
the effect that few of the strikers have
returned to work. No steps have been
taken to fill the vacancies.
Discussing the situation Mr.. Cannon
said;
1.-THE men are evidently mtsinformed as
10 what the results of a serious misun-
derstandiug under present conditions are
liable to be to the men. We believe tina,
those who have stopped work acted on
impulse and without stopping to serious
| II consider what the outcome of such
.as-y action might be. l was disappoint-
Cd in those who acted hastily. but be-
4 reve they will, upon reflection, see their
/ error. consider their duty to their fami.
| les themselves and their neighbors and
y guided by it rather than the mere
4 pouthings of outside strangers, agitators
and walking delegates"
He said that while the company regret
led the attitude of the strikers the latter
might be assured, that any order that
nay be issued relative to the matter viii
be irrevocable and in case of serious
trouble there will be absolutely no. CON-
nrnmise.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
CITIZENS PLAYED SET BACK.
LOwndes' Grand Jury Took the Min
nOwS as Wei as the Fish in Its

nOws as Wei as the Fish in Its
Net.
valdosta, May sl.-The GShnry Commits
sioners have investigated the charges
brought by Supt. Scruggs against Whip
ping Boss Stevens, of the, county convict
camps, charging him with cruelty in whip
ping an old negro named Sam President
The commissioners have not announced
their decision in the case yet. but are
to meet again next Monday for that pur-
pose. The evidence submitted in the case
hardly justified the declaration in the
charges, though it is understood that the
commissioners will discharge the whipping
boss.
During the session of court the grand
Jury returned 10 true bills, forty-nine of
them being against parties charged with
gaming. 1t is probable that a majority
OF these parties were indicted for playing
setback" at the hotels Most of the
members of the "pasteboard fraternity"
plead guilty in the City Court few days
before the grand jury met, and thus wiped
out the record which the jurors might
have made against them.
The closing exercises of the Vadosta
institute, which were to have been held
to-day and tonight were postponed on ac-
count of the rain The entertainment last
night by the young ladies of the High
School was attended by a large crowd,
and the occasion was brilliant throughout.
The musical features were good and the
pantomimes by beVy of pretty girls
We're unusually striking. The term which
has just closed is the best the school has
ever had. During the past year over $40
pupils have been on the roll, making about
l.lN pupils on the roll for all the schools
in the city.
The closing exercises of Miss McFad-
den's kindergarten will be held to4mor-
row afternoon and the programme is quite
an interesting one. The kindergarten has
about fifty pupils, and they are progress
ing rapidly in their studies
Rev. c. c. Carson left this morning for
Waycross to attend the meeting of the
board of trustees of the Presbyterian
High School. A meeting was held yester-
day of che citizens here to decide as to
what step Valdosta should take in re-
gard to bidding for this school Rev.
Mr.. Carson was authorized to bid $4,000
for the school for Valdosta, The citizens
here did not enthuse very much over the
school, though they were anxious to make
a bid for the college, If a school were to
be established on the college basis. The
city has a first-class system of public
schools and most of the citizens believed
that the present high school facilities are
sufficient.
Mr.. o. G. Goodwin has just received prob
ably the smallest horse in Georgia 1t is
a Shetland pony and the little animal
came from Kentucky. Though FIVE years
of age, it weighs 1903 pounds and is only
thirty-two inches tall With the little
vehicle which Mr.. Goodwin has purchased
for the little roadster, the team is a very
attractive one.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
\ LITTLE TARGET PRACTICE.
Germany Never Wanted COaIing sta
ton on Venezuelan Coast.

Germany Never Wanted COaIing sta
ton on Venezuelan Coast.
Berlin, May 31.-With reference to the
report that the German government con-
templated the acquisition of harbor or
coaling station in the Island of Margarita
on the Venezuelan coast, United States
Ambassador White said to-day:
This whole matter was. satisfactorily
explained in both Washington and Berlin
to the American authorities five weeks
ago. All the German vessels did there
was to practice target shooting"
Tonight appeared another semi official
denial in the Berliner Pest that Germany
had any such object in view.
Prince Herbert Bismaghk in the Ham
burger Nachrichten publishes to-day an
other attack upon the foreign policy of
Count Won Bue1ow, associating the EN-
peror with the imperial chancellor in the
attack. He lays particular stress upon
the Anglophile tendencies of government
and denies that his father would ever have
approached Great Britain to the detri-
ment of Russia.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
CHESAPEAKE s. OHIO RAILWAY

which existed between these two. the
story Is recorded of an incident which
happened while they we're travelling in tn
Far East. Upon the quay where they ha
landed Sir William suddenly stopped short
and asked Donald whether he had any
money In his pockets. 'Ior-r-d, yes" re.
piled the unsuspecting gilhe, pulling out
handful of gold and silver from his
pocket. Here's as muclxle ASH dee for
a day or twa." Whereupon Sir Williane
without a word of warning, flung out his
hand and scattered the coins over the
quayside, to the evident CONSERVATION OF
his canny companion. Nor did he lose
the opportunity of reading him a long
lesson on the foolishness of thus wartoniy
exposing ones wealth to the gaze Of pos
Eibly criminal eyes.
sundays seem to have been the custo-
mary days for Sir William Brooke's tours
or inspection around the property. He
would give lavish orders for the BUILDING
OF houses and cottages-after his own de-
signs principaily-and would refuse to
look at them until they were fully cons
pleted. He would then go round and
either praise the result, or, should ne
not like II. order II to be at once RACED
to the ground
Another eccentricity lay In his love Of
inscriptions. II you pleased him you were
promptly presented with a card contain
ing some queer quotation written In red
ana blue chalk. These colors. by the
way, soon became regarded as distinctive
of the man. The lintels OF the cottages
ne built, the doors of his ROOM and the
ceiling OF his dining room at Glen Tana
wer all covered with strangely illuminate
ed notices.
Although an Englishman by birth, his
heart and soul seem to have been CEN
tered on the banks of Tana water He
dressed his dependents in a tartan OF his
own invention, and gloried In the pipes
that called him In the morning and play
cd 10 him after dinner at night.
For Mr. Ian Cecil, his heir. he had a
great affection, and is said 10 have eau
toned him against drink. and to have in
duced him to sign the pledge. Not that
Sr William was an abstainer himself for
tfis ne was not. In fact, so proud was
he OF his port, of which he had a re-
nowned cellar. that he frequently re-
ferred 70 his bottles as his babies"
Visitors to the estates we're generally
surprised 10 find curious cairns. bearing
e1uaily curious Inscriptions, dotted about
IN out-ot-the-way places. These find ex-
planntion In the fact that wherever A
deer was shot Sir William ordered mon
ument. bearing fun particulars as 20
weight and date, to be erected.
In addition 10 deer-stalklng, however,
Sir William took a keen interest In SAL
mon fishing; and as the Tana IL only n
trout stream he rented a portion OF the
Dee.
Apart from these sports. his ideas OF
exercise seem TO have been somewhat pre-
mature II Is related that. like the man
who chartered Two cabs and walked be-
tween them. our eccentric millionaire used
70 make the coachman drive his trap
whilS be himself ran behind IT,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
B0WDEN WILL RUN AGAIN.
Jacl<soRviIIe's Rival MayOralty Can
didates Get a Severe Shock.

Jacksonville, Fla, May 31.-New interest
in the municipal campaign was awakened
to-day by the announcement of the pres
ent incumbent, Mayor Bowden that he
would consent to become a candidate for
reelection. The announcement came as a
bombshell in the camps of the rival can
didates, who have been exerting all their
energies to get out a strong vote at the
primaries. which will be held on June 6
at noon.
1t had been Mr.. Bowden's intention to
retire from the field, but his untiring eff
forts in behalf of his stricken city and
the unselfshness exhibited by him in mat
ters that affected him financially won him
many friends, both among the business
and labor elements, who have induced
him to again become candidate Owing
to the demoralized condition of the city,
consequent upon the fire and the exodus
of a large portion of the population, ef-
forts were made 20 have the election post
poned, but no action was taken by the
Legislature James D. Burbridge, Judge
G. NJ Nolan, D.. L. Fletcher, lsadore
Grunthal and ex-Mayor w. Mel, Dancy
are among the candidates for Mayor.
The Seventh and Eighth ward are Bow
den strongholds and with the exception
of a small portion of the Seventh were
untouched by the fire. His home is in the
Ninth which also escaped. This, his
friends consider, will give him decided
advantage in the primary.
At the last municipal election an omni-
bus primary. held under the call of the
Democratic Executive Committee, allow
ed both white and colored voters to par
ticipate At the meeting of the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee held yester-
day the primary privilege was extended
only to white men, without reference to
their party affiliations. This will largely
curtail the expenses of the candidates.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
QUEER BRITISH MILLIONAIRE.
Neighborhoods Transformed at His
Whim.
From the London Express.


From the London Express.
Probably no more interesting PERSONAL
fly has been brought before the public
for many years than that of the late
Sir william Cuniffe Brooks, against
whose estate, of some 100000. claims are
being made to the extent OF 10000. AS
will be remembered, the case is now be-
ing tried in Edinburgh. by which the
claimant are endeavoring to prove that
his chief residence was Glen Tana. near
Aberdeen.
When Sir William first rented the prop
erty from Lord Huntly the house was
ME, ely small fishing box. so ne imme-
T.. pulling down great deal Of small
property to make room for the new man
or. From that time to the date of his
death 30 workmen were constantly en-
ployed in turning the one-time wilderness
into a magnificent place of residence. Ac-
cording 10 Sir Williams own estimate, he
spent regularly $4,000 year upon the
property; and this exclusive OF the 100000
which Is stated as having been the initial
price Of the purchase.
In place OF the cottages which ne de-
stroyCd others, replete with every mod
ern convenience, had 10 be erected; the
course of the river was detected to form
miniature lakes and cascades; trees were
planted, and I'm one case 10000 was paid
by the eccentric millionaire for the
wood" of a forest, so that by their be-
coming his property the trustees would
be unable TO sell them TO timber mer-
chants to be cut down.
In short the whole of the neighboring
country side has undergone 4 complete
transformation at his hands. Even the
deer forest has not escaped Improve
ment." Within quite a short time Of his
occupation Sir William encircled its vast
limits with a wire fence, seven feet In
night. which was constructed In such a
way az to allow deer TO enter. but not 10
leave a.
He was never 80 happy as when stalk
ing Ia the deer forests. accompanied by
his favorite keeper. Donald Macintosh.
And OF these two men several amusing
anecdotes are told. one OF them relates
how Macintosh found a big rock IN the.
fana waters, and said 10 Sir william that
he would very much like to have II placed
upon his grave when he died As the
same idea had already occurred to Sir
William he announced that masters
should come first and servants afterward."
The keeper, with the customary license
of old retalners, promptly disputed the
point, and after a lengthy argument in
dueed his master to agree that the first
one 10 die should have the stone. Poor
Mae died FIRST and the rock now forms
the headstone Of his grave.
Az furtAer Illustrating The relations
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
PRAYED FOR THE OFFICIALS.
southern's Machinists Adopt New
Tnctics-627 Men Are Out.

sOuthern's Machinists Adopt New
Tactics-627 Men Are Out.
Knoxville, Tenn, May 31.-The striking
nachinists of the Southern Railway held
meeting here this morning at which
special prayer was offered for the Of
|fcials of the Southern Railway.
President B. f. Henry has received re-
ports from over the system and he gives
these figures. as to the number of men
|mt:
Knoxyille-T machinists, 81 apprentices,
. helpers. Total 142. Remaining at
|Tork 6. =.
Richmond-22 machinists, 10 helpers. To-
|tal g.
Salisbury, N. c., or spencer-58 ma
|chinists 20 apprentices, q helpers. Total
Ashevllle, N. ca machinists, 2 helpers.
Total 6.
Birmingham, Alas men.
4 Selma, Ala.-34 men.
Atlanta-5 machinists. 81 apprentices
Total g. .44
4 Louisvlle-16 men. s.is.o~a s,as ~.
Macon, 3 men. ;-.-f 9mst sas@@
Rome Ga-2 men,
Charleston-l5 men.
4 Columbia, S. CT men. .e
Charlotte, n. Go men.
Memphis-7 men.
Lawrenceville, Va.-15 men.
Grand total out on entire system, 615
supt c. l.. Ewing states that the men
ok most inopportune time to strike
the company's locomotives are in com
aratively first-class condition, there be-
only six seriously disabled in the
0nsdale shops at this time. He says
iharily about 10 are in the shops. He
INKS the strike will be of short dura-
on
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
A FATAL FAMILY QUARREL.
oman Kills Husband and Daugh-
ter, Then shoots Herself.

oman Kills Husband and Daugh-
ter, Then shoots Herself.
Cincinnati, May S1.-A frightfm tragedy
|ok place at the home of Ottie Hester
P Western avenue and Third street, Cow
gton, Ky, tonight and the bodies
an entire family are now at the morgue
this city.
Mrs. Kate Hester, aged 80, after a quar-
with her husband Ottle aged AZ, at
L supper table, shot and killed him as
fel as the 3-year-old daughter, after
[mCh she put the revolver to her own
sdu and blew out her brains. 1t is not
flo"h what was the cause of the quar-
heated argument was heard in the
"us room at o'clock, and a few min
| iater several shots were heard.
A'er shooting both her husband and
lsn'er' Mrs. Hester locked the door
d shot herself.
mas been learned, from neighbors that
| hester was very jealous of her hus-
ana repeatedly threatened to kill
~ hester left home early this morn
ana did not return until this evening.
1er Is a saloon keeper and quite
Go,'l' among the sporting fraternity
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
MIssIssIPPps sENAToRsHIr.
" i'll he Between Gov. LonsIno. sem
ntor Money and w. v. sullivan.

Memphis. May 3l.-The Commercial-Ap-
peal tomorrow will publish the following:
THE next material race In Mississippi
will be between Senator Money. GOV.
Longino and myself" said William V.
Sullivan to a reporter to-day
Il do not care so much for the political
Office he continued, but there II a
clique In Mississippi which has been try
ing to down me. and l will show them
that they cannot do it,"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
unnnrr for RoyaI visitors.

Berlin. May 3i.-Queen wilhelmina and
her husband, the Prince OF the Neither
lands. witnessed the Emperor's review OF
the Berlin garrison to-day. The Queen
afterwards drove TO the royal castle with
the Empress. the Emperor riding at the
head OF the First Guards Regiment with
the Prince of the Netherlands on his right
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
s-<e-e
HIGH MASS AT ST. XAVIERS,
Bishop Kelley TO Preach at Bruns-
wick sunday.

Brunswick, Ga. May a.-There will be
high mass at st. Xaviers Catholic Church
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. Rev. Blsh-
op Kelley of the Georgia diocese, will
preach, and the services will be conduct
ed by Revs. Fathers Luckie and Casagne
of Brunswick, and Father Kennedy OF Sa-
vannah. An unusually interesting must
cal programme has been arranged, and
the following will take part: Mrs. j. p.
Wright Misses Helen O'Connor Nellie
Colesbury, Annie O'Connor, Messrs. r.
E. Sherman. c. c. Fleming and j. A.
Montgomery.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
At what Age IL Our Best Worl.
Dnnes

The old discussion concerning the age
! at which the best literary work is done
which is going on again, recalls to the
Editor Of Current Literature the story Of
the ambitious writer who proved TO his
own satisfaction that the fun fruition of
human brAin-power was reached in that
year which used to be called the grand
cimacteric. Accordingly he wrote his
great book at the proper time only to
have II received with contempt. What
to him was a mystery was solved when
he discovered that his birth certificate
had by mistake been two years post
dated, so that in reality he had allowed
his best year to pass. The editor goes on
to say that from the debate which has
long gone on upon the subject, energies
the conclusion that while no law can be
discovered as to writing in general au-
thors Of fiction have generally done their
work In maturity. De Foe was ifty-eight
when he wrote Robinson Crusoe. Richard
son ffty-two when Pamela appeared,
Fielding wrote Tom Jones in his forty
eight and forty-nnth years George Eliot
was fourt-four when Romola appeared,
and Thackery thirty-six when Vanity Fair
was published. Tnollope began his work
late in life, the first OF his successful
novels appearing in his forty-first year.
DCOLL was IOTly-tnTt W0en IN 1914 ne
wrote Waverley-thouRh he was famous
as a poet at the age of thirty-four. Swift
was fifty-nine when he wrote Gulliver's
Travels. Apparent exception are found I'm
Vcto Hugo who wrote Hans OF Iceland
and Bug-Jargol when very young: he was
capable Of Les Miserables only at the
age of sixty Balzac produced only in
feror work until he had passed thirty.
The reason OF course is obvious: activity
OF imagination, rhetorical power and
general information, all OF which may be
possessed in comparative youth, Will equip
any writer but a novelist he must have
in addition TO these that which ordinarily
comes only with actual length OF years
wide experience and observation OF
human life. The real exception Is OF
course Charles Dickens, VINO at the age
OF twenty-four. published book Pick
wick Papers. which revealed fully de-
veloped every characteristic OF his genius.
Not merely was Pickwlck Papers an I'M
paralleled youthful success but its char
acteristics remained those OF It's authors
later work The fact ~ that through the
abnormal experiences OF his childhood.
Dickens was ut twenty-four what men
usually become at. twice the age. In his
childhood Dickens was n man in many
things II is equally true that IN his man
hood he remained child In many things
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
CLAIMS ALL THE GUsHEas.
California Woman Enters Suit
Against the Texas COmpanieS

Houston, Tex, May S1.-Attorneys for
Mrs. Anna E. Snow of Colusa county. CAL
ifornia, to-day entered suit in the Fed
eral Court, against the National Oil and
Pipe Line Company the j. NJ. Guffey Pc
troleum Company, the Haywood Oil Com
pany, the Higgins Oil Company, the Lone
Star and Crescent Oil Company
and two hundred other persons
and corporations for joint possession
of the entire Veatch survey of some 5000
acres of land and embracing nine of the
oil gushers. The notification demands
that the companies cited make an ac-
counting for the oil already taken from
the wells. Mrs. Snow bases her claim on
the fact that her first husband Andrew
Veatch, was a son of the original grantee,
john A. Veatch, and Inherited one-sixth
of the estate.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
DUEL DID NOT TAKE PLACE,
Young Bernhard Objected to Al
IUsiOn to His Mother.

Paris, May a.-The election of Edmond
Rostand to the Academy yesterday al
most brought about indirectly a duel be-
tween Maurice Bernhardt and Lucien
Muhlfeld, a well-known Partisan dra-
matte critic NJ. Muhlfied had an article
in the Gaulois opposing NJ Rostand, and
in the course of it he brought in the
name of Nine Bernhard in a way that
her son deemed offensive. The seconds
decided that M. Bernhardt's interpreta-
tion of the allusion was not justified and
that there was no ground for duel.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
SLAUGHTER ON THE GANG.
Ex-Chief of AtIanta's City Detec
tIves Wears sfrfpcs

Atlanta May 3L-Bradley Slaughter ex-
chief Of the city detective department,
having been convicted of larceny, is now
convict working on the changing. He
failed to pay his fine Of $3.50, and was to-
day to begin work on his twelve months
sentence. He is still making efforts to get
his friends to raise money to pay his
fine.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
Lawson to Comply with Condition.

New York, May 31.-The Mail and Elk
press to-day says;
1t was unoffcially stated that the New
York Yacht Club through Commodore
Lewis C.Ledyard had received a letter from
Thomas w. Lawson, agreeing to comply
with all the requirements as to the con-
ditions to govern the entrance of the In
dependence in the races.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01

The news Of The departure OF the
Munshi Haaz Abdul Karin, ono Of Queen
Vlctorla's Indian attendants, gave consld-
cradle satisfaction IN Deeside. Il Is said
The Highlanders never took kindly 90
him. One thing which the Deeside men
and women could not understand was the
keeping Of Mrs Abdul Karin IN the back
ground "She maun be awfu' uglyw was
the ofi-cxproased opinion, while n was as
frequently asserted that the stoskade
which concealed the lady from view was
The result Of q MIGHTY bad conscionceg'
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
,,n.,yIcI,,s Sensational cases.

brunswick. Ca. May Sl.-The Superior
court will take up the criminal docket
Monday. and the many Interesting ana
sensational cases will be tried during the
week. Col. =. W. Meldrlm OF savannah
wbo "a intererto1 la some Of the cases.
arrived In the city this morning, una
viii probably remain pntil the cases are
called.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
MIGHT HAVE ACTED MORE WISELY
French Paper Comments Upon SUI
preme Court Decision.

Paris, June lie Steele, commenting
upon the decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the insular cases says:
1.-THE court might have acted more
wisely in opening to Porto Rico and sub
sequently to Cuba. the door of American
naturalization, giving them the rights OF
states in the union. This would have been
a noble way to keep the promise made
before victory. Still it cannot be said that
the court has violated the constitution,
which did not provide for this case"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01

Madrid, May 3i.-As result OF advices
from the Marseilles police two anarchists
have been arrested here. one Spanlard
and an Italian. II Is rumored that they
had projects against the Spanish min
lstcrs. o..
On anarchht. said he was going 70 Amer
lca.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-01
A state of siege at corunna.

Corunna, May 3l.--A state of siege has
been proclaimed at Corunna, and serious
disturbances have occurred. Strikers be-
came mutinous and gendarmes were call
ed on to dispense the rioters. One person
was killed. and ten were wounded.
Troops are patrolllng the streets.