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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
OBITUARY.
y. III. Alexander. Augusta.

Augusta, Dec. flames HilIhouse
Alexander, ex-Mayor of Augusta and
head of the Alexander Drug Company,
died tonight at 1890 o'clock, aged 64.
Several weeks ago he had an attack
of grip. which develop serious
complications and death resulted from
peritonitis. He had been seriously i'll.
but was considered convalescing un-
til a sudden change for the worse oc-
Cured early Monday morning.
Maj. Alexander was one of the prom
inent citizens of Augusta, in business
and public affairs, when the commit
tee of one hundred was organized ten
years ago to bring about reform In
city politics. He was selected as the
business mems candidate for Mayor
and devoted three years to a business
like administration, during which
Broad street was paved wNh asphalt
and many important improvements
were effected.
He was gallant Confederate SOL
der, and took the most active inter-
est in the United Confederate. Veter-
ans and all Confederate memories. He
was brother of Gen. Il. p. Alexan-
der. Mayor William Felix Alexander
and Mr.. c. A. Alexander of Washing
ton, Ga. Besides these brothers, he Is
survived by his wife and two sons,
Irwin and Hugh Alexander.
Funeral arrangements will be made
tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05

section they are destroyed and II the
officers have no positive evidence which
connects the moonshiners with the
still, why, OF course they leave them
In the mountains. They do 1t In this
way: III they capture six men they
drop them one at time and several
miles apart so that they can make no
attack. The moonshiners who had
captured us concluded that they would
use this clever system In getting rid
of our crowd. They took our arms away
from us, and began the march toward
civilization.
up hill and down hill we went for
miles and miles before one of the moon
sinners suggested that they had car
ried us far enough. We thought we
would be released in a body. But not
much. They dropped one man and
told him TO skeedaddle. never saw a
man run as fast in my life, until later,
when they turned the second man loose
three miles back, with the same COM
mand. I was the last man to be
freed. They told me to scoot after
offering a few friendly remarks, the
meaning of which was that 1 should
forever thereafter keep outen these
parts i scooted as / never scooted
before and as I have never scooted
since, and l knew not whittier I was
scooting. No more hunting for moon
sinners in mine. They can make
enough bad whisky to launch food
that would make the one Of Noah's
time look like an April shower so far
as | am concerned. I don't have to
drink IL, 'nohow, and so why should
/ worry about it?''
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
HUNTING MooNsHINERs.
Experiences of Squad of Deputy
United States Marshais in Tennes-

Expe riences of Squad of Deputy
United states Marshals in Tonnes
see.
From the New Orleans Times Demo-
crat.
THAT story about the raid on moon
sinners out in the mountains of Vir-
ginia made me think of a little expe-
rlence ! had a number of years ago."
said man from Tennessee, 'and
may add that ii was my last experience
In matters Of the sort l had gone
out into the mountains OF East Ten
nessee with squad of deputy United
States marshals to a rather remote
point. where 1t was reported that a
still was I'm full blast. We had about
despaired of finding any trace OF the
moonshiners The country was very
wild. very rugged and 1t was no easy
matter for US to move about in the
search we were making. Here and
there we passed yawning caverns and
precipices. and things Of that sort. but
without finding any trace Of human
life. We found no trace OF human
being nothing to indicate that the wild
region was the habitation Of human
beings. AS l said, we were about TO
despair. when a wild shrek suddenly
arrested our attention.
As II Dy magic uOlen OF more men
had sprung up on all sides of us and
we were helpless. and could do moth
ing but throw up our hands In obe
dience 20 the command given. You can
bet we were glad 10 get off this much
20 the good. for the prospects OF living
at that moment were not particularly
bright. We were In the hands OF a
desperate gang OF mOonshiners we had
gone out 20 capture. Out on one side OF
the hill We could see small volume OF
smoke issuing up from "A hole IN the
ground. We knew where the men had
come from and why u was that we
could not see them until they were on
US. Literally, they had sprung up out
Of the earth-0ut OF the hoie IN the
ground where they made bad whisky
and where they lived. But ! wanted 20
tell you how the moonshiners turned
the tables on the officers.
When the stills are eaptnred IN that
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
COLUMBUS VOTES FoR BONDS.
Election Carried With But Seven
Opposing Votes,

Columbus, Ca, Dec. 4.-Columbus Is
happy tonight over the result of the
election for water bonds. The people
voted almost unanimously for the is
suance of $250,000 of per cent. bonds
with which the city is to build a FIRST
class system of water works. The
vote was as follows: For bonds. 1.64o,
against bonds. seven; majority for
bonds. 1888.
Of the seven who voted against
bonds six were whites. Two hundred
and ninety-two negroes voted, out of
registration of 322. To carry the cleo
ton, 66 2-3 per cent. of the registered
vote was required. Ninety-four per
cent. of the registered vote was cast
for bonds. The registration was 1850.
The election was one of the most re-
markable in the history of Columbus,
the people getting together" as never
before upon a local issue. This was
the third water works bond election
in the history of the city. In the pre-
Vious elections bitter fights were
waged and bonds were defeated. The
Columbus Water Works Company and
its friends did not resist the bond is
sue to-day.
Columbus has under consideration
several sources of water supply, among
them being the Chattahooche river, a
number of creeks in this vicinity and
several Harris county springs.
The policy of the Columbus Water
Works Company has not yet been an
nounced. II is not known whether or
not the present plant will be offered
Tor sale to the city.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
MISSIONARY WORK
AMONG NEGROES.
Campaign for Those of the south Is
ON in New York.

Campaign for Those of the south Is
ON in New York.
New York. Dec. missionary ser
vice was held at ST. Georges Church
tonight as part of the advent of the
missionary campaign now in progress
in this city. The service was espec-
tally devoted to the quasi-missionary
work of the Episcopal Church among
the negroes in the South.
Archdeacon Russell, head of ST.
Pauls School. Lawrenceville, Va, dis
cussed the progress of education among
the negroes as one of the partial So
buttons of the negro problem, and de-
scribed the workings of his own school.
Under the new constitution of Vir-
ginia," said Archdeaeon Russell, such
schools have been placed under assess
ment for taxation. Our legal adviser
says this tax will not be collected I'M
til next year. However, it will mean
an additional expense to US of about
$4,000, This sum, if we are obliged to
defect from other channels in the
school. viii seriously hamper our
work.
THE uplifting of the negroes" he
added, depends on the generosity OF
the North. You ask why Southerners
do not give to such projects. The rea-
son they do not is that they have not
the money to give"
Rev. w. H. Tunnell warden of
Kings Hall. Washington. said that the
negro was simply the subject of a hui
man problem as much as the other
races of the world. including the An
glo-SaXon. OF the various suggested
means to dispose of the negro problem
he said. expatriation was impossible
because call the ships of the merchant
marine and navy of this country. and
the whole world would not carry the
negroes back to Africa"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05

Nationalist Party Issues Manifesto
mt Havana.

Havana. Dec. 4.-The Nationalist
party has issued manifesto denying
responsibility for lawlessness during the
strike of the eigarmakers and defend
ing ex-Secretary Tamayo and the
Mayor of Havana.
The manifesto states that President
Palma approved the attitude OF Senior
Tamayo. and the Mayor until the
morning of the trouble, when jealousy
OF cabinet officer influenced Presi-
dent Palma against them. Senior Ia
mayo intended to demand an investlga-
ton, but this was prevented. the man
ifesto asserts. by trickery ON the part
of the other members of the cabinet in
Immediately accepting his verbal res
ignation. The Nationalists in the man
ifesto repudiate any anti-Amerian
spirit imputed to their leaders.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
IS HERoIsM ON THE IScREAsEs
How DIR. Weir Mitchell Answers the
Question.

From the Century for December.
Some three years ago, In a talk
among friends, discussion arose as
TO whether the civilized world was i'm
proving in altruism. The talk at last
narrowed to the question of whether
the modern man and woman are any
more altruistic in their tendencies than
they of. we may say, the seventeenth
century.
The question was not of the sacrifices
involved in any form OF charity in Civ
ing money, but simply whether self
risking heroism Is, or Is not, on the in
crease-a very hard question to an-
swer Most of us believed that 1t was.
but agreed about the difficulty Of OBJ
tanning satisfactory proof.
1t occurred tonne later that to secure
some statistical relation of the amount
of heroic conduct in everyday life
might perhaps be OF value. i there
fore engaged one of the clipping agen-
cies TO send me for year the reports
of perilous self-devotion to be found in
the American daily papers. The net
thus cast was large. but by no means
could be made to catch all even Of the
published cases. ] myself saw from
time To time number In the papers
which were not among the clippings
sent. The most important journals are
supposed to have been seached: but
there are some twenty thousand papers
printed in the United States, most OF
them weekly or half-weekIy. To in
clude all of these was past hope. More
over. in private life occur. as every
one knows, numerous examples of he
role endeavor which never are within
reach OF the reporter. Indeed, IT is
true that they who do for their fellows
acts which involve self-rislxs are usu-
ally those who avoid public apprecia-
ton.
Notwithstanding these limitations OF
my quest / found that I had as the
product OF my order a mass of matter
made OF IL. II became indeed. so
large that at the end OF ten months 1
called a halt, had the clippings pasted
i'm books, and only OF late have had
the courage to deal with them.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
ON LONDON DOCK BILL.
Fight of the Lumbermen's Associa-
tiOn Is Abandoned.

Memphis, Dec. 4.-Secretary Elliott
Lang of Memphis, of the National Ex-
port Lumberman's Association. to-
night stated that the association had
abandoned the fight in favor of what
is known as the London dock bill.
Secretary Lang to-day sent a telegram
to Washington to that effect He de-
clined to give any details further than
TO say Very recent developments
have forced this decision"
The London dock bill was framed for
the purpose of making it unlawful to
discriminate against articles shipped
from American ports. II makes the
ship liable for damages in case OF dis
elimination, and in addition provides
penalties. The chief complaint of the
exporters has been against alleged UNI
just charges and determinations at
English ports.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
Necessary to Life.
vinoI Makes ii.
POOR BLOOD CAUSES ERUP.
TONS AND WEAKNESS.
vinoI :. Makes Pure, Rich,
Red Blood.
BECAUSE WE KNOWN THIS
WE GUARANTEE ITS ACTION.

IMPOVERISHED blood is a sure sign of
internal disorders. We see every day
too MANY people whose faces plainly
show that there is something radically
wrong.
We want all OF our fellow-citizens TO
know of our splendid blood purifier
and blood maker.
We refer to Vinol.
Vinol, as we have before stated, is q
purely scientific preparation.
Vinol owes its virtue to the fact that
1t contains in a highly concentrated
state the active curative principles,
taken from the livers of live cods-the
same elements that formerly were
found in cod-liver oil, and which made
II famous.
Vinol does not contain the grease or
fat that characterized cod-liver oil and
made it in many cases worthless.
Vinol acts upon every one of the
great vital organs, and by invigorat-
ing and giving them strength, enables
them to properly perform their func-
tons.
Vinol's effect on the stomach is mar
velous. 1t tones up this, the greatest
of the organs of the body, and enables
II to obtain from the food which is
taken into it the necessary elements to
create flesh and muscle tissue, bone,
structure and pure, rich, red blood.
We are in receipt of letter from a
Savation Army woman which reads as
follows
u took Vinol after bad attack of
grippe, and so much good did it do me
that i persuaded my sister to take it.
She was all tired out Had no appe-
tite and her blood was very poor IL
did her as much good as it did me-
Betsy HABERsHAw, us River St., Fall
River, Mass.
Won't you please come In and
see us7 We are always glad to
extoI the merits of Vinol.
We will give you back your
money II you don't find vinoI
will do all we claim Il will. coald
any one do more for your
NAL orders supplied, 81 per bottle,
KNIGHTS PHARMACY CO.,
DRUGGISTS.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
NEGOTIATIONS AT sTANDsTILL.
Cubans Are waiting on House of
Representatives.

Havana, Dec. 4.-The reciprocity ne
gotiations between Gen. Tasker Bliss
and the Cuban secretaries Zaldo and
Monies, is practically at a standstin,
owing to the latter desiring to await
the outcome of the bill introduced in
the House of representatives. provid-
ing for the appointment of committee
to draw up bill defining the limits OF
the concessions which the Cuban gov
eminent can offer foreign countries in
negotiating reciprocity treaties. A
committee of the House began the
study of the question to-day. 1t is
known that Secretaries Zaldo and
Monies have reached satisfactory
agreement with Gen. Bliss, and prac-
tically all that is left to be done Is the
signing of the agreement.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
Rules Showing How the Game Is TO
BE Played.

BE Played.
Washington, Dec. 4.-The Navy De-
partment has made public the elements
of the naval search problem on which
the combined fleets are to begin work
tomorrow in the West Indies. The
rules which are to govern in this mimic
warfare follow:
The White fleet includes vessels of
commands of Rear Admirals Sumner
and Crowninshield. combined under
the former.
The Blue fleet includes vessels I'M
der Rear Admiral Higginson.
The White fleet represents an add
vanced detachment of an enemy,
whose object is to secure a base in the
Porto Riean waters and to mine the
main ship channel of the port seized
before 6 p. m, Dec. 10, at which time
the problem ends.
(a) If 1t enters the port selected
and has worked one hour in laying
mines before the ARRIVAL of Blue
force so greater than its own, 1t wins;
CD if it enters the port and completes
the mining of the channel before the
arrival of Blue force double it's own,
it wins; White loses IL intercepted by
superior force at sea- or In less than
one hour after it enters the port.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
FLEET LEAVES SAN JUAN.
The Home Squadron Is Ready to De-
fend CuIebra.

fend Culebra.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 4.-The
harbor here, which for days has been
filed with warships taking in coal, is
to-day deserted. Capt. Dunlap. the
commandant of the station. says he
has still $4,000 tons of coal more than
sufficient for his needs. The United
States tug Leyden alone remains here
to take the United States mail to-
morrow.
All the warships of the home squad
ron are assembled at Culebra in read
mess to defend the island. The plan
of defense has, of course, not been d.
vulged The working out of the prob
lem begins tomorrow, when Admiral
Higginson, with his fleet, will leave
Culebra. The battleships and cruisers
will be concentrated while the scouts
will diverge and cover the passages
and points where 1t may be possible
to discover the enemy. Admiral Cogh-
Ian remains at the base and will search
for the White fleet approaching from
the Gulf of Parja.
Maj. Robert Howe will leave to-
morrow to represent the army at the
naval maneuvers.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
NEUTRALITY OF TRINIDAD.
order Regarding IL Issued by Adj
mfraI summer.

Port of Spain. Island Of Trinidad.
wednesday, Dec. S.-Rear Admiral
sumner has issued an order with re-
spect to the neutrality of Trinidad.
with the departure of the gunboat Ea-
ole this morning. communication with
9be shore ceased. and from now the
I,ovements of the enemy's squadron
will be cloaked in mystery.
While Admiral Sumner has not indi-
Gated when he proposes to sail. the
understanding among the officers of the
vessels under his command Is that the
SQUADRON will leave the gulf OF Para
al o'clock tomorrow morning. There
is a lighthouse at Boea Grande, the ex-
il from the gulf. and apprehension is
felt that the keeper may communicate
with the United States consul. who
will telegraph to Rear Admiral Hig-
GIBSON, commanding the defending
squadron, the course and speed of the
enemy" Consequently, Admiral
Sumner proposes. when out of sight of
land, to change his course and speed,
and then proceed to the port chosen for
the scene of the attack
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
CADAVERS ARE SCARCE.
Medical Colleges Are Rather short
on subjects.

indianapolis. Dec. A scarcity of
cadavers for legitimate use in the
medical colleges here and in Louis
Vile. Ky. is said to be impending,
and prices of bodies have risen to I'M
heard of figures. The scarcity is at
tributed to the Indianapolis investiga-
ton. 1t is said that ghouls in the en-
ploy of colleges all over the Central
States have become apprehensive for
fear that general investigation is to
be made, and they are seeking other
ways of earning living.
1t is said there has been no body
snatching in Indiana since the inves-
tigation began.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05

Two Radcliffe Students Operating n
Place Where "Perfeet'' Bread Only
la Made.

From the New York Times.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. S0.-Two
bright Radcliffe College girls are pro-
prietors here of bakery which is un-
like any other in the world. Miss Ste
yenson, a South Carolinian, Is the man
ager. Her partner Is Miss Frances Ell
lott, the daughter OF Toronto physi-
clan. a graduate of Toronto University
and Radcliffe. Miss Elliott oversees
the breadmaking.
Miss Stevenson is a graduate of Con-
verse College. To her is due the idea
Of a bakery which should turn out only
perfect bread-bread which would meet
all the requirements of wholesomeness
and toothsomeness. With Miss Elliott
she started a laboratory bakery. At
first they did their own baking and
the sales paid all expenses. To-day
they have five trained bakers working
In two shifts. The demand far exceeds
the capacity of the plant"
They make three kinds Of health
bread, cream bread, and whole wheat
bread, and their process requires from
eight to ten hours careful work.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
"ENEMY" HAS SAILED.
Passed Through Boca Grande, DestI-
nation Unknown.

Port of Spain. Dec. 4.-rhe United
States consul has been authoritatively
informed through agents of the depar-
ture this morning of the enemy's
squadron. Its destination is uncertain.
but is believed TO be Porto Rico or
Culebra.
The ships passed through Boea
Grande going slowly. There Is no sat-
isfactory indications as to the course
the squadron will pursue. All the war
ships had low freeboard. which is
evidence that they were we'll filed
with coal and ammunition from a sup
ply ship. The enemy" is prepared to
make a dash to seize base and hold
it, and confidence as to the final sue
cess of the movement prevails on board
the ships.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
------------e--
The Comet Was Seen.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The United
States naval observatory reports that
w. w. Dinwiddie. one of it's staff. last
night observed the comet discovered by
Giacobini at Nice. Tuesday The OBJ
servation was made here at mean time,
twelve hours. thirty-two minutes:
right ascension, seven hours seven
teen minutes twenty-five seconds:
southern deelination one degree. fifty
minutes. The comet is very nearly on
"a straight lire joining Trocyon and
Sirius, and is about one-third of the
distance from Trocyon to Sirius. The
comet Is moving northwest.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
DEATH FOR WHITNEY.

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 4.-The jury in
the case of Earl Whitney of Nashville,
Term, brought in verdict of guilty,
Claude O'Brien of Memphis, a youthful
burglar, who. with Whitney. Oct. IL.
entered the home of A. B. Chinn and
who, Whitney has protested. fired the
fatal shot, will be placed on trial to-
morrow
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05

Yleksburg, Misc, Dec. ia cold
wave, accompanied by rain, snow. slsei
and a stiff s0uthwe gale. struck this
section Of Mississippi early this morn
ing and RACED flriously all day. SNOW,
the heaviest seen here IN many years.
fen for several hours. bat melted a.
soon as IL struck the earth. The tenn
psraturs "a below freezing tosnjEht
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
RED RIVER ON RAMPAGE.

II Threatens to Go Above the Dam
ger Line.
Shreveport, La. Dec. 4.-Red River
continues to rise at Shreveport and
points above. II will go above the
danger line here before morning. The
bottom lands, inhabited principally by
negroes, are rapidly filing with water.
A number of families have been forced
to leave their homes.
The gap in the levee at Belcher,
twenty miles above Shreveport, is re-
ported TO be widening. There appears
to be no immediate danger of loss OF
life, though there will be consider
able suffering and heavy crop and live
stock losses.
Snow and rain continue to swell the
rushing waters. No fear is enter
tanned for the safety Of Shreveport.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05

Trenton. N. j.. Dec. 4.-The Royal
Flush and Virginia Mining Company.
capital $1,250.000, was Incorporated here
to-day to acquire the Royal Flush vir-
ginia and Virginia No. mines in the
Elk City mining region. The incorpo-
rators are b. w. Mahoney. w. H.
Carroll, John J. Bowers, J. ". Nor
rise, J. A. Parker, Passaic City: A.
f. Mcbride. II. II. Schoenmaker, r.
ID. Buckley, q. II. VanHouten, A. -.
Jeffrey OF Patterson.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05

Baltimore, Dec. 4.-Capt Eales of the
British steamship Clinton, which ar
rived here to-day from Daiquiri, Cuba,
sent seven of his crew to the Mary
land General Hospital. Physicians at
the institution are unable to determine
whether the men are suffering from
malaria or typhoid fever. II is thought
that impure water was used aboard
the vessel.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
SENATE DID LITTLE.
Most of Its Work Was Behind Closed
Doors.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The Senate was
in session to-day one hour and FIVE
minutes, most of which time was spent
behind closed doors. After the recep-
ton of number of bills and petitions
and the adoption of a concurrent res
olution, calling on the President for
the papers in the Plus fund case. re-
Gently arbitrated before The Hague
tribunal, Mr.. Beverage had read the
resolutions adopted by the delegates to
the Oklahoma non-partisan convention
favoring the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one state and
opposing the House omnibus statehood
bill.
On motion of Mr.. Hoar the Senate
then went into executive session. and
at los p. m, adjourned until Monday.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-05
Cotton Statistics.

Liverpool, Dec. 5.-Weekly cotton
statistics Total sales. all kinds. $4,000
bales; sales, American, $1,000. English
spinners' takings. none. Total export,
5000 bales. Imports, all kinds. 1S4. 900;
imports, American. $4,000. Stock. all
kinds, $4,000; stock, American, 376, 000
Quantity afloat. all kinds, 2S3, 900:
afioaf, American, 227. 900. Total sales of
speculation 1890; total sales to export
ers 1900.