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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
May BE Inferred Mt Annapolis.
DR.. PALMER HOLDS UP WELL.

stood AmoutatiOn of Several Toes
With Remarkable FOrtitudc-Phy-
Sicinns Are Hopeful.
New Orleans, May Cdr. B. NJ. Pal
mer, the venerable Presbyterian di-
vine. who was injured by trolley car
yesterday. is doing better to-day than
his physicians have expected. Several
toes have been amputated and DR..
Palmer stood the operation with re-
markable fortitude. His condition to-
night is reported as favorable. his tenn
perature and pulse being normal. The
physicians are hopeful, although the
result of his injuries is doubtful.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
Trunt,s Purchase of Cuhnn sngnr.

Washington, May 6.-Henry c. Mott.
raw sugar buyer for the American
Sugar Refining Company, continued his
testimony before the Senate Commit
tee on Relations with Cuba to-day. He
said the trust purchases of Cuban
sugar from October l, 1901, to Jan. ].
1902, was As, 100 tons.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
BODY WILL LIE IN STATE.

Funeral Services over Archbishop
Corriean VIII BE Held Mt Cathe-
draI Friday.
New York, May 6.-The arrange
ments for the funeral of Archbishop
Corrigan are being rapidly completed
1t was decided that the body should lie
in state in the Cathedral from IL
o'clock tomorrow until 1890 O'Clock
Friday.
Beginning tomorrow a guard of hon
or will stand watch over the body in
the Cathedral.
The services over the remains will
begin Thursday night in the Cathe-
dral with the divine Office. At 10: 80
o'clock Friday morning a solemn high
requiem mass will be celebrated, Arch
bishop Ryan of Philadelphia. a life
long friend of the deceased Archbishop,
will preach the funeral sermon. Bishop
McQuaid of Rochester will be cele
brant.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
ELUN'S NAME GOES IN.
Preside mt Sends the Savannah Nom
iDatiOn to the Senate.

Washington, May 1.-THE President
to-day sent the following nominations
to the Senate:
Alexander o. Brodie, Governor of
Arizona.
ters-Virginia: McClung Pat
ton, Lexigton: Alabama. Charles W.
Buckley, Montgomery Florida. w. r.
O'Neal, Orlando; Georgia, Henry Blum,
Jr., Savannah; Tennessee, Frank E.
Rritton. Jonesboro.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
ENGULFED IN BOILING STAG.
Five Austrian LabOrers Die Awful
Death and Three FearfuIIy Hurt in
Pennsylvania steel Works.

Harrisburg, Pa, May Give men
dead and three seriously injured is the
awful record of an accident last night
at the open hearth steel department of
the Pennsylvania Steel Works at Steel
ton. The disaster was caused by the
boiling over of a ladle of hot Stag at a
furnace, its fiery contents engulfng
eight men in a pit whence they were
powerless to escape. The victims were
all Austrian laborers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
cLoUDBURsT COST SIX LIVES.
Fifteen Houses Carried Away in
Oklahoma Town.

Oklahoma City, Okla, May 6.-Six
lives were lost last evening in the
cloudburst at Foss, on the Choctaw and
Oklahoma Railroad. Fifteen houses
were carried away.
Foss, with a population of eight hun
dred is built mostly on high ground,
but extends into the valley. The cloud
burst raised Turkey creek to a depth Of
ten feet and the flood swept down on
the village with such suddenness that
the people in the valley could not reach
high ground.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
MiIIedgeviIIe Gets the News.

Milledgeville. Ga, May 6.-The fol-
lowing telegram was received in this
city to-day by President Reynolds Of
the Georgia Military College.
Washington. d. c., May 6.-Minls-
ter WI agrees to come. Goes to
Charleston, thence to Milledgeville, re-
turns via Atlanta. Have written.
&C. L. Bartlett"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
NEGRo's WORK WITH a GUN.
Two KILLED and White Man Fatal
IL Wounded in Louisiana.

Blanchards. La. May 1.-TWO men
were killed and another fatally
wounded here at late hour this after
ernoon as a result of a fight between
two negroes. A difficulty arose be-
tween Lee Gilbert and Jim burden,
both negroes. Gilbert fired several
shots at burden while the latter was
in a crowd of white men. burden re-
ceived a fatal wound in the breast
One ball from Gilbert's gun went
astray, instantly killing Thomas
Shows. white man. Gilbert resisted
arrest and was shot to death by of
Ulcers. All is quiet tonight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07

HtcUHct ntFHtIOH OHIHUs IN FhlIIp-
pines to BE Done Away with.
Washington. May Seen. Chaffee
has cabled the War Department that
he has rescinded the order for the es-
tablishment of RECOMMENDATION camps
in Laguna and Batangas provinces, the
only provinces in the Philippines where
the system has been Dracticed. These
provinces lie on the south shores Of
Laguna de Bay and are about forty
miles distant from Manila.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
Mitchell Denies Concessions.

Scranton, Pa, May 6.-President
Mitchell on his arrived here tonight.
said:
II have had no communication of
any kind since last Saturday with any
operator, the Civic Federation, or any
one representing either. 1 know moth
ing of the reported concessions"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
CAPT. NEUMANN's TRIAL.
New Secretary of the Navy Has His
First COmrtmartiaI Case.

Washington. May 6.-The first court
martial case to come before Secretary
Moody for action is that of Capt. Bert
recently tried at Pensacola. 1t was al
legged that he failed to pay certain old
standing obligations. and also that he
failed in his duty in regard to certain
mess funds in his charge. The result
of the trial has not been promulgated.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
A. II. scHoFIELD A SUICIDE.
said to lie Half Brother of Ex-COm-
mnnder-in-Chief of Army.

FL Paso, Tex, May Ga. H. Scho-
field, said to be a half-brother OF Lieut..
Gen. Schoheld. committed suicide here
to-day by shooting himself in the
mouth with a revolver.
Mr.. Schofeld was secretary OF the
Baptist Church. and bookkeeper for a
lumber company. A note addressed
to his wife was found beside him, but
it gave no cause for taking his life.
The coroner's verdict was suicide.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
TO COMPEL REGISTRATION.
Alabama Negroes Begin Action in
the Courts.

the COurtN.
Montgomery, Ala. May 6.-An ap-
plication was filed in the Supreme
Court TO-DAY for writ of mandamus
requiring the Montgomery county
board of registrars to register Jackson
w. Miles, a negro, and all other quail
fled negroes who shall apply for reg
istration.
1t is further asked in the application
that the new constitution of Alabama
be declared null and void as in conflict
with the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments of the constitution of the
United States.
The application is supported by num-
erous affidavits from negroes who have
been refused registration by the board.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07

Roanoke, Va. May ga special from
Bristol. Tenn, says that several cases
of smallpox have developed there this
week. and that there have been two
deaths so far from the disease.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
ooNNEcTICUT TowN BURNED.
business Section of New Milford De-
stroyed With Heavy Loss.

Danbury, Conn, May 6.-Between
$50O,OOO and 100000 is the latest esti-
mate of the loss by the fire which de-
stroyed the business section of New
Milford, sixteen miles north of here
hast night. Nearly fifty buildings, in
Guiding most of the stores in the place.
two banks and three hotels. were
burned. The fire started in the stables
Of the New Milford House. The cause
Is unknown.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07

Much Damage Done nj Norfolk Yard
Last Night.

Norfolk. Va. May 6.-At $50 o'clock
tonight fire was discovered in the
paint shop of the navy yard. The
building was badly damaged. and
quantity of paint stored therein prac-
tically ruined. 1t is impossible to es-
innate the loss at this time. A board
of survey will determine the loss at
noon Tomorrow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11
THE REAL THING.

People who desire information regard
ing the nature of trust the purpose of
which is to create a monopoly should read
the series of articles i'm McCIures Maya
zine by Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell, entitled THE
Rise of the Standard Oil Company The
article in the December number is par
ticularly interesting and instructive, set
ting forth, as II does. the successful
schemes of John d. Rockefeller and others
to obtain control of the oil industry A
company was formed which owned large
interests in oil producing and refining Its
members went to all the railroads which
had been fighting each~ether for the ship
ping of oil. and. after long negotiation.
secured contract by which the freighting
should be divided between the respective
railroads. An idea of the advantage which
the soon-to-be Standard Oil Company de-
rived from this arrangement appears from
the statement that ii received a rebate of
sl.O6 a barrel all oil shipped to the
seaboard. the full rate being s2.56 a bar
rel. Such an advantage enabled the COM
bination to drive out of business any in
dependent operator or renner. More than
this. incredible as ii may seem. the Stand
ard Oil Company received so per cent. or
more of the freight paid by independent
companies for shipping oil. Doubtless this
is the most remarkable concession ever
extorted from railroad companies. a few
of the officials of the railroads were in
the combination. but most of them were
not The railroads made this rate to put
an end to competition.
The Rockefeller combination had thus
secured a contract which gave 1t so per cent.
of the freights paid on products of indie
| pendent companies but its greed was not
satisfied. Mr.. Rockefeller. as the leader
| of the combination, went at once TO the
independent refiners about Cleveland. O..
/ and disclosed TO them the nature of his
contract with the railroads. showing them
that they would be driven TO bankruptcy
II they should continue. and Offering 10
/ buy their refineries at his own figure II
might be thought that. under the circum-
/ stances. a fair price would be paid for the
property. but in this the Rockefeller COM
bination was heartless. The Independent,
companies were offered stock In the Stand
ard. TO the value put upon the refineries
by the combination. and most OF them re-
fused The reflners did not wish 10 sell
but before long all were compelled to take
what was offered, which was less than
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11

80 per cent. of the real value of the prop
erty. One of the victims was Robert
Hanna, uncle of Senator Hanna. In his
sworn statement he says that he made 30
per cent. annually until the Standard came
with its demand. When he told Mr..
Rockefeller that he did not wish to sell.
the magnate said: IF you refuse TO sell
II will end in your being crushed" For a
property which Mr.. Hanna valued at sI5,-
600. yielding profit of 30 per cent. year,
he was forced to take $4,000
This was in 1872. long before there was
much talk of trusts in this country. To-
day there are men who defend the Standard
Oil Company on the ground that IL has
given the country an excellent quality OF
oil at a low price. This is probably true,
but fair-minded people will see in such
statement no apology for compelling
men TO give up their business and sell
their property for one-half its value.
From a moral point of view the getting OF
a mans property by the means which the
Rockefeller combination adopted is the
same as the act of the highway robber
who bids his victim give up his pocket
book with pistol within foot of his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11

last fiscal year amounting TO 1924. 1o3.6 So. and
that Secretary of State Hunt collected in
corporation and other fees amounting TO
SIS. s5419 total Of 1913. e57.si. Under the
old law the state auditor would have re-
ceived 1914 and the secretary OF state
5000 OF the fees collected by their re-
spective Offices. Because of Republican
legislation the s3s. 412 goes into the state
treasury with the rest TO meet current ex-
penses. such savings as these make
surplus. " lille under Republican legisla-
ton and administration in Indiana the
surplus increases. in Missouri, one of the
richest States in the Union. under Demo-
cratic control, the state treasury is so
nearly empty that ii is not improbable the
States creditors will be paid in treasury
warrants which the holders will discount
at the banks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11
THE ARNOLD STORY.
As a Human Document IL Is Extreme
" interesting.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
The story will be found an interesting
one, even if it does not find entire credence.
The old man has brooded many years over
his alleged wrongs, and IL he has exag-
gerated the facts it is not unnatural. 1t is
almost impossible that he could remember
clearly what occurred so long ago; and the
narrative, though written in good faith,
may easily contain more of what he thinks
he remembers than of the actual facts.
That is a familiar experience even with
men of intelligence who have plenty of data
TO refer to. Arnold looks upon himself as
martyr in spite of his confessions, and
II is quite likely that his fancied wrongs
nave worked on his Imagination TO an I'M
usual degree.
In the first place he confesses that he
went into conspiracy to kidnap Lincoln
and hold him hostage TO compel the ex-
change of prisoners. He was citizen OF
army but had left IT, His conspiracy was
itself punishable by death under all the
laws of war, so that by his own confession
he is guilty OF capital crime, and ii Will
be seen later that he appreciated the fact.
he went so far as to make the attempt,
but was foiled. After this it can be said
that he is entitled TO no sympathy. except
as he may have been brutality treated.
Whether his claim that he was so treated
is correct or not, we do not know, but 1t
is likely that there will soon be given OFF,
eidi cNlucHCt 10 Stltle the Hldllti. we w
not think the situation was as bad as he
represents it to be.
Finally, ii must be remembered that the
greatest test this country ever withstood
successfully, the greatest crisis through
which republican institutions safely passed
arose out of the events connected with the
death OF Lincoln. In almost every other
country in the world under such circum-
stances every person accused of completely
would have been tried by drum-head court
martial and executed and national wrath
would have wreaked vengeance on many
leaders of the Confederacy. 1t is the high
est testimonial to the Nation and the North
ern people that they remained measurably
calm under the excitement of the hour, and
justice was carried out under due form of
law. Whether any of the alleged conspira-
tors were unjustly convicted or not has no
bearing on the case. The national dignity
was maintained and the convictions were
on evidence deemed at the time conclusive.
Arrolds confession throws little light on
the actual events of the time, but a
human document il is interesting, showing
psychological condition that is amazing.
In this day the narrative can be read with
calmness and even pty-pity that a man
could ever have entered into such a con-
spiracy and lived to maintain that II was a
patriotic move and to justify himself after
history has set its seal of condemnation
on his acts and those of his fellow conspira-
tors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11
SENATOR HANNA.

New York Times.

New York Times
Sena tor Hanna yesterday made the posi-
tive declaration that he was not a candi-
date for the presidency and did not ex-
pect to be. The senator was shown a re-
port from Washington the effect that L.
I. Kitchener, ex-attorney general of In
diana, and now a resident of Washington,
d. c.. had written a letter to friends in In
diana telling them that President Roose-
velt's friends were uneasy about the eff
forts which it was understood Senator
Hanna's friends were making to capture
the delegation from that State to the con-
vention of 1904. General Kitchener asked
his friends 70 inform him whether, in their
opinion, there was any chance of Senator
Hanna taking the delegation away from
Roosevelt or Fairbanks
Senator, DO you care to say anything
about that?' the senator was asked. when
he had read the dispatch.
DO / care TO say anything about IL?
Well. that's modest III bet you'll go
around with corkscrew in your pocket"
responded the senator with good humor.
do you believe Kitchener ever sent such
a letter as that? 2" he continued. after
am inclined to think the letter is bogus
Kitchener used to be a good politician. He
was one of Harrison's campaign managers,
you remember. But If he wrote such let
ter as that, | should think he was not the
politician he once was
"Supposing the letter to be genuine, what
have you TO say about it?"
"An i have to say is what I have said
many times to those who have preached
the subject Of my candidacy for the presi-
dency to me, I am not candidate. 1 do
not expect to be candidate, and L don t
want the job.
At this tincture a friend stepped up to
Senator Hanna and said he desired to in
troduce to him a gentleman who was anx-
ious to meet him.
81 just wanted to shake the hand of the
next President said the gentleman intro
duced.
What did you say your initials were?"
asked the senator. II have a long list of
my fool friends, and 1 would like to add
your name to the list"
That's all right senator" said the gen.
tleman who had made the introduction,
but we want you for President and we
are going to have you. What we want is
a man who understands the business in
terests of the country"
II am sixty-five years old. and 1 think l
have Gone my share of hard work.. said
| Senator Hanna. ''rhe idea of taking up
the responsibilities of President doesn t. in
the least appeal to me-.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11

While the effect OF the Anglo-German re-
quests that United States Minister Bowen
take under his protection the personal and
property rights of British and German SUBJ
jects may be. in the light of more recent
developments. to involve the United States
In the Venezuelan complications. there is
little reason to believe that those requests
were made with that intent. Ii is to be
remembered that the United States. Great
Britain and Germany are the only first
class powers automatically represented at
Caracas. and that no one of them would
be willing to leave the interests of it's sub
jects In the hands OF a power incapable CT
protecting them There was nothing for
Great Britain and Germany To do. there
fore. but to ask the United States to ac-
cept the difficult role.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11
REEDS COLLEGE COURSE.
Started In tn BE Minister, but
Changed His Mind.

New York Mail and Express.
There are very few facts of a personal
nature that are not generally known" in
this age of publicity, but there is one story
about Hon. Thomas B. Reed, which
heard once in Portland. that does not seem
to have got into that category. When
Reed was a very young man his talent
was recognized by some well-to-do people
in his native city of Portland. Young
Reed was anxious to obtain college edu-
cation, but without funds to pay for it,
These good friends of his thought he
would make en- ideal preacher. They got
together and subscribed a fund to send him
through college. the money being advanced
on the condition that he should enter the
ministry. His own ambition somewhat
in that direction, and he consented to the
arrangement.
He entered Bowdoin College in 1856 and
graduated in 1860. But meantime his views
about religion had undergone a somewhat
radical change. He had felt ii coming on,
but could not be sure. At the last he had
to give. up the pulpit. Any other course
would have been lie. And Reed was
never the mar either to tell or TO live a lie
He made up his mind TO study law instead
of theology
But what was he to do about that OBJ
legation TO the good people who had paid
man 10 college for no other purpose than 10
make Il preacher out of him. II seemed
base ingratitude for him to make his edu-
cation a basis for success In the practice
of law 1t could not be denied that il
looked very much that way. But no honest
man could do anything else. Reed mace a
clean breast of il. His friends were
shocked. Some of them who are living still
have never got over the shock.
Reed studied law the best way he could
worked hard and paid back every cent of
the money that had been subscribed for
him The fact that he was under this OBJ
legation prevented him from going into the
army In the civil war. as his patriotic i'm
pulses prompted him to do; though he was
able to serve for a while as an assistant
paymaster in the navy toward the end OF
The war. Now and then q political op-
ponent has jeered at his 'swar record. -
Possibly these opponents have not been
aware that all that time he was dischargine
an obligation of honor and one that rested
with peculiar weight on a sensitive con-
science.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11
DISCREETLY NONCOMMITTAL.

The noncommittal responses which men,
bers of the next Legislature of both parties
are making TO those who are attempting
to commit them to a project to esta blish
a village for epileptics prove that they are
discreet men. They have no information
upon the subject except the statements of
people who are making fad of the project.
and these statements are in the nature of
misinformation. AS discreet men, most of
those who have replied to inquiries have
expressed purpose to wait for facts and
definite plans that will enable them to act
with intelligence. The truth is that those
who are urging the scheme are either vague
or conflicting in their statements. For in
stance a man who was brought here to in
struct the conference of charities on the
subject said that the village should be near
some considerable town where the labor of
epileptics could be disposed Of while an
other would plant the village in remote
locality as can be found. No really
definite information has been given to
the number of epileptics that can be taken
out of institutions. At first the declared
purpose of the epileptic village was to re-
lieve the hospitals for insane and the home
for predetermined of the epileptics which
they contain. 1t was shown that the num-
Der of epileptics who could be sent to a
village was relatively small, since insane
persons should be kept in the hospitals.
while those who are not insane the officials
desired to retain because they are good
workers. Mr.. Byers, now superintendent
of the State Reformatory, in a communica-
ton as secretary of the Ohio Board of
Charities said the home for epileptics in
for insane to any extent
There are quite a number of these I'M
fortunates in the State. and some of them
in county poorhouses. all of whom should
they should be cared for Is an unsolved
problem New York has a system, but
New York and Indiana different propo-
sitions-a fact which some people who are
seeking professionally to extend the States
charitable institutions seem not to con-
slider. Indeed one of them declares that
the cost of all these institutions is not to
be thought Of. 1t should be the purpose of
the state government to care for these un-
fortunate people as soon as may be: but
before anything is done nonpartisan COM
mission of practical men should be raised
TO consider the whole subject and report
to the Legislature of 1905.