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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
HOW A BRAVE BOY
FOILED BANDITS.
Daring Attempt to Rob n Texas
Bank Resulted Fatally.

DeKalb, Tex, Dec. 10.-A daring and
fatal attempt to rob the bank here
was made by four men this morning.
over the bank is the local telephone
exchange, operated by w. l.. Dodd and
his son, Marvin, 20 years of age. One
of the robbers knocked at the tele-
phone exchange door, and when Mar
vim Dodd responded, a pistol was pre-
scented at his head. Young Dodd
.grappled with the man. ewrenched the
weapon from him and with II shot the
bandit, killing him In his tracks. A
fusilade followed and young Dodd was
shot twice, but not seriously wounded.
The three surviving bandits escaped.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
MeEIean neprssentati.e. Namea.

City of Mexico, Dec. i0.--AnBounce-
ment has been made Of the appoint
ment 81 Janvier ArfangOiz. director
general or customs, ana Pedro NJ. del-
Fazo ~ Vera Cruz ~ representatives,
~ Mexico ~ the customs congress 10
meet Ia the city 81 New York next
nonfh.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
SHIPS AT SAN JUAN.
Vessels CoaIins There for "A Move in
tho Naval Game.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 1O.-The
United States cruisers Detroit. Mont
gomery and Cincinnati and three tor
pedo boats have entered this harbor
and are coaling.
Rear Admiral HigginsOn, with four
battleshipa and four torpedo boats,
passed San Juan on his way 10 Guile
bra. where Admiral Dewey and Rear
Admiral Coghlan are stationed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
INCREASE ON N. & w.
The Operators Get an Advance of 10
Per Cent.

Roanoke, Va, Dec. 1o.-The teIe-
graph operators on the Norfolk ana
Western Railway system have been
granted 10 per cent. increase in
wages. shorter hours and extra pay
for overtime, effective Jan. /. The con-
cessions were granted the telegraph
ers to-day. after conference between
COMMITTEES from the Order of Rail-
way Telegraphers and l.. H. Johnson.
vice president and general manager Of
the road. Six hundred men are Affect
ed, and the increase viii amount TO
many thousands OF dollars Der an
mum.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
CUT OUT TAX ON
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
Senate Finance Committee Doesn't
Agree with the House.

Atlanta, Dec. 10.-The Senate Finance
Committee, by a unanimous vote to-
day, struck from the general tax bill
the section which proposes to put a
tax ranging from SIS to 81, 900 on for
eign corporations doing business in the
state. There has been more opposition
to this than any other section in the
bill, and it was thought all along 1t
would be stricken.
The committe also reconsidered its
action as to increasing the tax on Gig
arettes, and put the amount back at
$40.
The franchise corporation tax section
of the bill was not passed on, as the
committee decided to wait until the
Senate passes on the franchise tax bill,
which has been reported favorably and
which comes up as the special order
tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Men Named for Several Good Fed
eraI Positions.

Washington. Dec. DETERMINATIONS
by the Senate:
Mason Mitchell, consul at Zanzibar.
Postmasters:
Georgia-W. M. Wilson. Blue Ridge;
II. F. Brimberry. Albany.
Elijah w. Adkins, surveyor of Gus
toms for the port of Knoxville. Tenn. I:
Elmer E. Wood. naval officer of Gus
toms in the district of New Orleans
William II. Lucas, collector of customs
for the district of st. Johns, Fla. F:
Thomas b. George, collector of Gus
toms for the district of st. Augustine.
Fla; John w. Howell, collector of Gus
toms for the district of Fernandina,
Fla
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
VIRGINIA. CADETS
SET OFF FIREWORKS.
Almost an Entire Class Under Ar
rest at the ". M. /.

rest at the ". M. 1.
Lexington, Va, Dec. 10.-Fifty-six
cadets, embracing nearly all the third
class of the cadet corps of the Vir-
ginia Military Institute. are under
close arrest for discharging fireworks
at midnight from the roof of the aca-
demic building last night.
This breach of discipline is alleged to
be due to the refusal of the Board of
Visitors to the school to grant an ap-
plication for ten days Christmas holt
day. Several years ago a whole class
was dismissed for a similar offense to
the present one, and drastic action
may be taken this time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
BoNI BUYS A CHATEAU.

Paris, Dec. lo.-count Boni De Cas-
teiiane to-day purchased for 10000 the
historic chateau De 0rigan. near Mon
teiimnr. formerly the home Of Madame
a. aeylsne.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
CAPTURED SHIPS
AND T0WED THEM AWAY.

Caracas, Venezuela. Tuesday. Dec. o.
AT O'Clock this afternoon ths COM
CONTINUED on Fifth PageJ
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11

Washington, Dec. i0-The President
to-day sent % tbs Senate the nomina-
zion q Fred ~. Taylor as POSTMASTER
~ 1itusyllle. Fla
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-11
BISHOP KILLED WILSON.
Latter Had Objected TO the Presence
of the Former in His House.

Charlotte. n. c., Dec. 1O.-Thomas
Wilson, an overseer, was shot and kill
ed In the parlor of his residence last
night by Arthur l.. Bishop, a travelling
salesman OF Petersburg, Va. Bishop
fed and has not been apprehended.
II Is said that Wilson objected TO
Bishops presence in his house and or
dered him 10 leave. In the quarrel
that followed, Bishop shot and Instant
~ killed him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
The Last Heard Of 1t.

"My little boy took the Group
one night and soon grew so bad
you could hear him breathe all ov-
er the house." says f. d. Reyn
nolds, Mansfield, o. eve feared
he would die, but few doses of
One Minute Cough Cure quickly
relieved him and he went to sleep.
That's the last we heard of the
Group. Now isn't a cough cure
like that valuable?" One Minute
Cough Cure is absolutely safe and
acts Immediately. For coughs,
colds, Group, grip, bronchitis and
all other throat and lung troubles
it is a certain cure. Very pleasant
to take. The little ones like it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27

weakness. lnaJ strength, how
ever, is not promised before duty,
hut In it. How can you then get
it, if you never try to do the duty?
And if you are weak now, when
will you ever be stronger? Will
you be nearer God, the farther
you wander from him? Will your
strength grow by weakening it in
sinY Will you be better able,
when you have quenched the
SpiritY
"There are many in the church
no better than / am"
But will their sin excuse yours?
II they insult Christ in one way,
may you insult him in another?
viii you be the less surely lost out
of the Church, because they may
be lost in it?
"But there are false professors
enough"
You are not asked to be false
professor, but a true one; and
the more false ones there are, the
more necessity does thre exist
for true ones.
/ 81 am not good enough"
And who is? And are you good
enough to attempt any other du-
ty? Why then, make this an ex-
ception?
81 do not feel worthy of this
privilege"
If you did, you would probably
be unworthy. Christ came not
to call the righteous, but sinners
to repentance; not to spread
feast for the full, but for the hun.
cry,
"There is peculiar guilt in un-
worthy communicating"
But is there not peculiar guilt
in refusing to commune? And who
can assure you that the one is
less than the other? Who can as
sure you that it is a smaller crime
to neglect duty wholly, than to
try to perform it and fail?
81 may eat and drink damna-
tion to myself"
So you will by refusing to eat
and drink. The damnation or
condemnation is the same in one
case that it is in the other, only in
trying to do your duty you may
escape it; in refusing to try, you
make it certain. Then why are
you net communicate?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
The Sinful Brother.

1t was at a certain church meet
ing, and the bishop was calling for
report. He had a rather stern,
sharp manner which sometimes
Jared little on the nerves ofthe
more timid. By-and-by he came
to Brother b., lay delegate.
"B! other b., what's the spirit
ual condition of your church,"
demanded the bishop, briskly.
81 consider it good" said the
brother.
"What makes you think it's
good?" went on the Bishop.
"Well, the people are religious.
That's what makes me think so. :"
"What do you call religious?
Do they have family prayer"
"Some of them do and some do
not"
''Do you mean to say that a mau
may be a Christian, and not hold
family prayer"
Yes, sir; | think ST..
"Do you hold family prayer"
"Yes, sir, returned the broth.
er quietly.
"And yet you think a man may
be a Christian and not hold fam
lily prayer"
81 have a brother who is a bet.
ter man than am who does not
hold family prayer. :"
what makes you think heis a
better man than you are?"
Everybody says so, and I
know he is"
"Why does not your brother,
if he is such a good man, hold
family prayer" thundered the
Bishop.
"He has no family, meekly an
swered the brother. Harper S
Magazine.
Mothers can safely give Foley's
Honey and Tar to their children
for coughs and colds, for it con.
tains no opiates or other poisons.
! All I1oIo..
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
How Mamma Punished Harold.

Speaking of punishment for
youthful offenders against school
discipline, reminds me of an eX-
perience | had less than year
ago." said a pedagogue whose
connection with the New York
city schools extends over long
period of time.
''rhe boys reputation had fol
lowed him to my classroom from
several private schools, to which
his indulgent mamma had sent
him and from which he had been
politely requested to depart. He
was not one of those street arabs
who often come into classroom
with quaint and impractical ideas
of order, but one of that too nu-
merous type known as mammals
baby. The rod had been spared,
so he was a spoiled child.
"While his classmates counted
their candy money in nickles and
dimes, he carried quarters and
half-dollars, with plenty of the
long green to replenish his sup
ply of change at all times.
Ordinarily the possession of
such wealth would make a boy
the idol of his class, but this was
an extraordinary boy in that he
possessed, with his plentiful sup
ply of cash, an indetinable trait
which made him disliked by his
fellow pupils and a thorn in the
flesh of his teacher.
"Child study had long been my
special hobby, but this child pre-
sented problem too kpotty for
my methods of solution. AS a
last resort | consulted the princi-
pal. The principal directed his
clerk to send for the parents of
the inveterate transgressor.
"On the following day the
school was honored by a visit
from the very much surprised if
not indignant mamma. Mamma,
boy, principal and teacher repair
ed to the privacy of the princi-
pals sanctum for a council of
war.
"Said the principal; Harold,
you have been a bad boy. What
have you to say?'
Harold: Il have nothing to
say
Mamma (adjusting glasses
and looking very firm; Harold,
your conduct has forced me to
climb these four long fights of
stairs, | am grieved and shock
ed. If you do not mend your
ways shall send you to Europe.
Harold seemed to be planning
coup de grace and smiled in an
ticipation. sighed in deep dis
pair.
''rhe principal, after a struggle
to control his risibles, calmly as
sured mamma that the threaten
ed Punishment would no doubt
have a most salutary effect on
Harold's future behavior.
"Harold is now sojourning in
Europe. New York Times.
"Can you tell me what kind of
weather we may expect nextY'
wrote q farmer to the editor of
the county papers, and the editor
replied as follows; at is my be.
lief that the weather next month
will be near like your subscrip
ton bill" The farmer wonder
ed for an hour what the editor
was driving az, then he happened
to think of the word unsettled. -
He sent postal note.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27

Additional local trains viii leave HARRISBURG
as follows: For Chambersburg and intermedi.
ate stations at 5,l5 p. m., for Carlisle and inter-
mediate stations AZ 9.37 n. M, 200 d. m. 5.I5 d.
m. $50 p. m, II o. p. m. ;also for Mechanicsburg
Dlllsburg and intermediate stations at 200 a. m.
and 3.l5 p. m.
and Hagerstown.
Pullman palace sleeping cars between New
YORK ana Knoxville, Tenn, on trains west
and 10 east.
Through coaches to and from philadelphia
on trains ana east and and west.
Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
On Sundays win leave Philadelphia at 4so
p M
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
CUMBERLAND VALLEY

Additional east-bound local trains will run
daily, except Sunday as follows: Leave
Chambersburg 500 a. m, leave Carlisle 45 a
M, 100 a. m, IL. 40 p. m, 3.l5 p. m,, s15 p. M.
leave Mechanicsburg sos a. m z. % a. m, s. IL
a. m, lOi p. m, 23o p M, S.36 p. m, $50 p. m.
S.37 p. m.
Trains Nos. and ll0 run daily between Ha-
gerstowp and Harrisburg and No fifteen
minutes late on Sundays
Daily.
I Daily except Sunday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27

Mothers can safely give Foley's
Honey and Tar to their children
for coughs and colds, for it con
tains no opiates or other poisons.
All dealers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-07
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

There will be civil service exam
nation at the postofice building on
Feb. 26 for an assistant in pathology
and assistant in physiology of the
bureau of plant industry of the de-
partment of agriculture. The age
limit is 30 years or over, and the sal
airy is $1,000.
On Feb. 9th there will be an ex-
animation for meat inspector of the
bureau of animal industry. department
of agriculture. The age limit is 90
years or over, and the salary is from
81, 200 to 81. 400.
On March 4, an examination for
train master. in quartermaster' de-
partment at large will be held The
age limit is also 20 years or over. For
eligibles resulting from this ssexamina-
ton it is expected that certifcation
will be made to the position of train
master in the quartermaster' depart
ment at large at Presidio, San Fran
cisco, CAL The salary is 5000.
On March 4 and 8 an examination
will be held for machine designer in
the United States mint The age
limit is 20 years or over and the sal
airy s.. 30 per diem. It is expected
that eligibles from this examination
will be certified to the United States
mint at Philadelphia
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-07

The Minneapolis Journal Washing
ton correspondent says that the Pro-
Boer leaders and the anti-imperialists
are making objections to the attend
ance of the presidents daughter, Miss
Alice Roosevelt, to King Edward S
coronation next June. Miss Roosevelt
has been invited by Whitelaw Reid
and wife to be their guest next June,
while in London during the corona
tiGn. The antiimperialists and others
who would NEEDLE with the matter
and try to make capital at the young
lady's expense ought to be invited by
the president in a most strenuous man
ner TO go way back and sit down and
keep quiet. Miss Roosevelt is not a
government representative nor could
her attendance at the coronation as
the guest of the Reias be tortured into
such. She has some rights if she is
the presidents daughter which even
auti-imprial;sts ought to respect,
though they may not know how.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-07

The correspondents have not yet de-
cided whether or not Miss Stone Use
really released. One day they have it
that she is and the next they change
their minds. Bulgarian students at
Harvard have received letters from
friends at home which state that the
plot which resulted in the capture of
Miss Stone was not originated to Sc
cure her, but to capture her COM
panion, Nine Tsilka. This is said to
be the result of young Tsilka jilting a
young Arnaut girl and marrying his
present wife an Albanian girl The
relatives of the Arnaut girl desired re-
venge upon Tsilka and took this
method of wreaking it. The letters
claim that the holding of Miss Stone
was an after thought, doubtless for the
financial consideration they thought
might be attached to it. Perhaps this
is the true view of the case, and then
perhaps it is we'll formed story to
help let the Turks and Bulgarians
down easily.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-07
MAPLETON.

From the Enterprise:
Mrs. W. D. Sprague was called to
Boyd, Wednesday, by a telegram from
her son, Harry, saying that his little
child had been severely burned No
particulars were given of how the &C
cidenE occurred and Mrs. Sprague took
the first train for her son home.
After making investigations, the
Mapleton creamery have decided in
favor of sawed stone floor. rather
than cement for the creamery, and the
same will be put in this spring. They
also intend to make arrangements for
pasteurizing the cream by heating it
to a certain temperature
A meeting for the purpose of talking
over the new Catholic church, will be
held at the opera house, next Monday
morning, at nine O'Clock. About S., :
600 has already been subscribed and
all Catholics interested in a new
church are invited to be present and
make some arrangements for the rails
ing of the balance of the money neces-
sary.
The school house question is to bob
up again at the school meeting to-
night. Architect Pass has prepared a
plan which he will submit to the board
and the matter will he discussed
Whatever is done, plans should be
made on the future rather than for any
temporary bridge over existing condi-
lions. Mapleton merits a modern
school building.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-07
HOW ABOUT THIS?

Mr.. Editor: I was reading last eve
ming the interview of our city dads
with the Electric Light Co., and in
speaking of the establishment of city
lighting plant Mayor Petersen and the
aldermen take the very commendable
position that they are the servants of
the people and that it is their duty
and purpose to carry out the wishes Of
the people as soon as they can ascer-
tain the same. Now please ask the
gentlemen the next time you meet
them if this duty and this purpose
applies also to the matter of allowing
the people to vote on the adoption of
new charter when they ask the op-
portuniTy.
M. B. HAYNES.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-07

Walter Wellman in q special to the
Chicago Record Herald claims to have
been informed by a gentleman who
stood close to President Mckinley back
in 1898, (these nameless gentlemen
who reveal great official secrets always
have way of standing close to high
official sourcesl that ENGLAND more
than made refusal to join or approve
of a coalition against the United
States and in favor of Spain, and fur
Their threatened if demonstration
against the United States was agreed
upon by the powers of Europe, TO use
other means than diplomacy to pre-
vent it. This last is construed to mean
that the British feet in such an event
would have been brought into action.
From London comes the statement, as
a matter of course, that nothing is
known in the foreign Office about any
such action, or that President Nc
Kinley was given such an assurance
But then such a denial is diplomacy
you know.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-07
WHEAT ON The FARM.
peavy Company Estimates 1t at 80 to
35 Per Cent
,Jo,1rDsi

Minneapolis journal:
From thirty to thirty-Aye per cent
of the wheat raised in the northwest
on last year crop still remains in the
hands of farmers. This is the esti-
mate made by the Yeavy Company in
this city, and it IS based on reports
from country oaces and investigation
by the compa.y's agents. This is a
little larger estimate than has been
generally made, some of the most pro-
miuent grain houses here have placed
the maximum amount of wheat in far
mers' hands at about 80 per cent. AS
the Peavy interests cover perhaps a
wider area than any other, and as the
estimate is presumably based upon
Pretty thorough investigation, it will
)e generally accepted as proximately
correct.
This is interesting at this time as in
dicsting continued good business in
sight for local grain handlers, and as
indicating that there is enough grain
tonnage remaining to give the rail
rosds business through the spring and
early summer. How much this so to
20 per cent Of the crop of last year
means in bushels depends, of course,
upon how much of crop was raised,
and veri6cations of the estimates made
Ast year are impossible as yet. If the
three states raised under 100, 600, 600
bushels, as estimated by several auth
critics, then this estimate, which NAV
be averaged at 33 per cent, means 61,-
700, 900 bushels not yet off the farms.
If the estimate offered last fall by
Secretary Rogers of the chamber of
commerce, that the three states would
raise OYER 210. 900, 900 bushels, is cor
rect. then on 33 per cent basis. there
remains in farmers hands at this
time 81, 300, 600 bushels. A large share
of this wheat, of course, will never be
markeed. Allowance must be made
for sect, and also for that quantity
that always lays around the farm and
gnes over into the next crop year.
With aliberal allowance. however, for
these TENS, there would still be
shown good deal of wheat to come
here eventually, and the outlook for
good btsiness for grain tonnage for
the railpads have rarely been so good
at this dte in former years.