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The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23

the halls, standing there with an in
terested look on his face. and appar-
emily listening to something.
"The latch of the street door was
clicking away with somebody upstairs
pressing the button to let him in, but
he didn't go in, he just stood there;
and in a minute, when the clicking
stopped, he turned with a smile on
his face TO the letter box and began
pressing the button under IT,
"A minute later the door begun to
click again, and he began to listen
once more; and pretty soon he says,
the clicking still going son, this as
though he was talking to somebody:
"Sho! Go way! You don't mean
it,"
But very good-natured, you know;
smiling all the time; and when the
clicking stopped again he pressed the
letter box button a couple of times
and the door clicked a couple of times
and then he turned and went out.
"Well, all there was to that, you
know, was that our new tenant was a
telegraph operator, and his pushing
of the letter box button ard the click
ing of the door opener simply were
he and his wife telegraphing to one
another over the bell wire and the
door-opener wire, with the push Dut-
ton in the vestibule for one key, and
the button In the fiat working the door
opener for sounders they could talk
as freely as two operators could talk
over a telegraph wire.
"Of course, this you know, made
the old fiat signalling system as fol-
lowed by the rest of us, and which we
had always thought was pretty good,
look like childs work; and now
everybody in our house is studying
Morse"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
MT. PELEE EXPLORERS BACK.
George KEENAN, and Prof. HeiIprin
Return-Sufferers by Volcano Also
Among Passengers.

George KEENAN, and Prof. HeiIprin
Return-Sufferers by Volcano Also
Among Passengers.
New York, June 22.-George Ken
nan, traveller and author, who has
been in Martinique on literary work.
and Prof. Angelo Heilprin, who went
there for the Philadelphia Geograph-
! ical Society, arrived here to-day on
the FOntabelle of the Que
bee Steamship Company. Nicola F.
Parravinco, the Italian CONSUL at
Barbados, who lost a little daughter
at st. Pierre; Henry c. DeMedeuil, who
is in charge of the French West Indies
department of a mercantile house and
whose brother and sister were killed
in the eruption, also arrived on the
Fontabelle from st. Lucia.
The ship, too, brought three survivors
of the Roraima, Giuseppe Lucino, Sal
vatore Aielle and Francisco d'Angelo.
They are Italians and have been in the
hospital at Fort de France, recovering
from burns. They were at work on
the bridge when the eruption occurred
and say that all they saw was a sud-
den burst of flame. AS soon as they
found that the ship was on fire they
started to building a raft, but gave that
up and jumped overheard. After that
they say they remembered nothing I'M
til they regained consciousness on the
French cruiser Suchet.
Mr.. KEENAN, and Prof. Heilprin, both
of whom on June l assembled to Pelee's
crater, would not talk for publication.
Mr.. DeMeduil who went down for
the French Chamber of Commerce
with 1900 francs for the sufferers, said
the business on the island was de-
moralized.
Louis H. Ayme, United States
consul at Guadeloupe, who rep
resented this country at
Fort de France, Martinique, during
the period following the destruction of
st. Pierre, arrived here from San Juan.
He was accompanied by Capt. Yates
Stirling, commandant of the naval sta
ton at San Juan. Consul Ayme praised
the attitude of the inhabitants of
GaudelOupe toward the sufferers. Their
donation of 81, 900, he said, was out of
proportion to their means and they
were helping many of the refugees from
the Inflated island. He will go at once
to Washington to make his report.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
WHERE TIME STARTS.
Born in One of the LOneIiest Parts
of the Earth.

From London Black and White.
The hands of Father Time have gone
round again, and all the world is maxi
ing good resolutions. But how many of
the millions who have been wishing
their friends a happy New Year know
how the New Year comes or where it
comes from? The birthplace of Time.
according to the system which makes
Greenwich the center point of a days
Journey is exactly where a needle
driven through the earth at Green
wich would come out on the other side.
1t would startle the natives some
where in the Pacific-if there were any
natives to startle, which there are not.
Time is born in one of the loneliest
parts of the earth, among the dreary
islands of the Pacific. There, while
London is lazly winding up the. af-
fairs of the old year, the New Year
begins; and there, Jan. 1, Father Time
set out on his 1902d journey round the
earth. Big Ben at Westminster was
striking IL at noon on Tuesday when
the New Year was born; the heart of
the British Empire, throbbing with the
life of six millions of people, is always
half a day behind the uninhabited Pa
cifc.
Nv" Ame NOAHeS 10 Pnr1S.
Time has 1880 miles to travel be-
fore it reaches London, and, as it can
not travel more than a thousand miles
an hour a day is twelve hours old
when it comes to England. Fiji feels
the glow of the new time almost as
soon as it begins. A few minutes af-
ter it has dawned on the world and
received the coolest of welcomes from
the Friendly Islanders or the KAN
chatkans, the New Year finds Fiji
waiting for it with enthusiasm. and
a few minutes later it reigns in New
Zealand. A few minutes more. and
New Years Day has reached Aus
tralia. For two hours the wave Of
time is passing over the new nation
just come into being, and just before
2:30 Australia is settled down again
in forgetfulness of the year that has
gone. Calling at Hong Kong about
4:S0, at Calcutta just after 6, and at
Bombay a few minutes past T. Time
hurries on towards Africa Passing
over Asia, it calls on the Car in
his palace at 10 in the morning-by
the Pacific clock-and sweeps over the
capitals of Europe and the battlefields
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
SYMPATHY FOR CHINA WASTED
Mandarins Merely Using Indemnity
as "A scheme to Squeeze the People,
Says Times Correspondent.


as n scheme to Squeeze the People,
Says Times Correspondent.
London. June 23.-The Pekin CORES
pendent of the Times, commenting in
dispatch on whether the payment of
the Chinese indemnity to the foreign
Powers be made in gold or silver, says
the American Interpretation of the
protocol meets with no APPROVAL from
the other governments concerned and
that reconsideration should show the
United States that no service is done to
China by listening to her appeal adj
mtsericordiam.
The mandarins, goes on the CORE
spondent, welcome the indemnity as a
means of squeezing the people while
placing the odium therefore on the for
eigners. Cases W m constantly oc-
cur prove that ClInese officials are
wringing from the people almost twice
the amount required to pay the in
demnity and the fall in silver, al
though great, is insignificant in
amount compared to the large sums
exacted.
The Times correspondent says also
that Russia has withdrawn from the
foreign government of Tien Tsin and
that Gen. Wogack, her representa- tive,
has started for home, refusing to be
party to the imposition upon China
| of the new conditions drawn UP by the
| allied commanders
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
A PRECIOUS PAIR OF RASCALS.
Found Drowned Body of Sidney
Wallis Near Albany and Hid IL 10
Get Reward.

Found Drowned Body of sidney
Wallis Near Albany and Hid 1t 10
Get Reward.
Albany, Ga. June 22.-Edward Rich.
a young white man. well known about
town. and Charlie West, a negro, were
arrested this afternoon on a sensational
charge. Last Thursday afternoon Sid
ney Wallis. the twelve year old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Wallis, was drown
ed in Kinchafoonnee creek, two miles
above this city. He was bathing with
a crowd of young companions and was
swept beyond his depth at a place
where the current was very swift. All
efforts to recover the body proved
futile. though the stream was dragged
night and day by searching parties.
This afternoon Rich came into the
city from the direction of Kinchafoonee
creek and began making inquiries
whether rewards had been offered for
the recovery of young Wallis body
Finding that no rewards were standing,
he intimated that if proper indictments
were made he would produce the body
within an hour. The city and county
officers heard of Rich's remarks and
had him Swallowed when he returned
to the creek. He was seen to paddle
in a bateau to a point near where the
creek empties into Flint River and
draw the body from place of conceal
ment over which the negro Charlie
West was standing guard. 1t is be-
lieved that Rich recovered the body
early this morning. There is intense
Indignation over the case in Albany
this afternoon, and it is certain that
Rich and West would be tarred and
feathered if they were not safely be-
hind the bars of Dougherty county Jail.
The news has caused crowds of excited
men to gather on the principal streets
all during the afternoon.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
BURGLARS AT WAYCROSS.
Mrs. E. NJ. Tenant Fired Five shots
at Men Who Attempted to Enter
Her Home,


Waycross. Ca, June 22.-Burglars
attempted to enter the home of Mrs
e. M. Tenant on Brunei street short
ly after midnight last night. The
noise of their attempting to enter a
window was heard by Mrs. Tenant,
who fired five shots at them with a
revolver. Mrs. Tenant plainly saw
that there were two men. but could
not tell whether they were white or
black. The noise of the revolver shots
aroused the whole neighborhood, and
there was great excitement for a time.
Sheriff McClellans blood hounds were
sent for, but could not strike the trail
of the men, proabbly on account of
the large amount of traVM on Brunei
street.
The annual convention of the Twen-
ty-Seventh District Sunday School AS
ISOLATION, which has been is session
at Trinity Church for the past three
days, closed tonight. The exercises to-
day have been largely attended, and the
programme has been quite interesting.
Most of the delegates who have been in
attendance returned to their homes on
the afternoon trains to- day, but several
will not return until tomorrow.
The heavy rains, which are of almost
daily occurrence now, are causing great
damage to crops throughout the county.
Some cantaloupe crops are reported
almost entirely ruined. and watermel-
ons are suffering greatly. The Satilla
river is out of its banks and is rising
probably two feet a day.
The funeral of Mr.. Luther G. Miller,
who died in Savannah Friday, occurred
from the home of his brother, Mr.. w.
A. Miller, on Jones street, in this city,
at O'Clock this morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
DID THE PIRATES GETIT
One of the Curious Letters Received
at Worlds Fair Headquarters,

St Louis, June 22.-In a letter re-
ceived from Sanibel, Fla, at Worlds
Fair headquarters, the author ex-
presses a desire to open up a corre-
spondence with Exposition Company
concerning the $15,O0O,OOO paid by the
United States for the Louisiana con-
cessions in 1903. WAS not some of
this money lost-stolen by pirates?"
he asks, and then he continues For
many years people have been search
ing for $11, 100000 of gold bullion buried
here in the vicinity of Charlotte har-
Dor by old Gasparilla and LATTE, not
ed pirates. The survivors of this huge
steal say it was the Louisiana Pur-
chase money. LATTE only acted as
a spy; Gasparilla did the stealing. l
have searched for it seven years and
find considerable evidence concerning
it, though it is very difficult to exactly
locate. If it can be found, it will be
the making of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. Please let me know if
there was a portion of the money lost,
for 1 am very much interested"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
WHAT AMERICA HAS DONE.

saved Thousands of Lives in Philip
says Gen. Wheaton.
san Francisco, June 22-Mat. Gen.
LLOYD Wheaton, who arrived last even
ing from the Philippines on the United
States transport Sherman, which was
held in quarantine, returns in fairly
good health. His long stay in the ISL
ands and the responsibilities he has
had have aged him greatly.
Maj. Gen. Wheaton left for Manila
in January, 1899, and has been in active
service even since.
Gen. Wheaton would not talk on the
charges of cruelty made against
American soldiers in the Philippines,
but he made this statement as what
showing American occupation meant:
The deVaStations of war have cost
many lives, and the loss among the
natives has no doubt been very large.
but when one takes into consideration
the hundreds of thousands of lives
that have been saved by reason of the
sanitary precautions of the American
army and the civil commission, that
loss by war seems infinitessimal.
Smallpox became epidemic soon al
ter the Americans took Manila and
would have caused frightful mortality
among the natives, as we'll as among
the troops, but for the regulations and
precautions of the medical authorities
of our army. Compulsory vaccination
was held in every CITY, province, town
and throughout the country. In that
way we saved thousands of lives. In
Gen. Bells department 100000 were
Vaccinated. Later, when the h,fhOOic
plague seemed bound to obtain a foot
hold in the Philippines, the army
stamped it out by determined action.
At present cholera is raging, and 1 be-
lieve the health officers have the dis
ease well under control These dangers
have been met and overcome by Amer
leans"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
WILL BE LAST FULL WEEK.
Congressman Making Speeches for
Campaign Use.

congressman Making Speeches for
Campaign Use.
Washington. June 22.-The opinion of
the House leaders is that the coming
week will be the last full week of the
present session of Congress. Although
no resolution for an adjournment has
yet been introduced the leaders gem
eraly fix the date of final adjournment
at July 8, next week. The Philippine
civil bill will hold the boards in the
House, except for such time as is &C.
cupied in disposing Of conference re-
ports, until Thursday, and possibly
Friday. Members generally are using
it as a vehicle for political speeches to
be circulated in the coming campaign
and it's passage by a solid Republican
vote is assured. The remainder of
the week will be taken UP with con-
ference reports on appropriation bills
and other measures in DISPUTE be-
tween the two houses. AS soon as
their resolution providing for the final
adjournment is adopted motions to sus-
pend the rules will be in order at any
time and tbs will greatly facilitate
business during the closing days of the
session
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
PAPER AND INK.
Papyrus Might BE Planted in the
Southern Bayous and Everglades.

Papyrus Might BE Planted in the
Southern Bayous and Everglades.
From the Springfield Republican.
Papyrus, supposed by many to be an
extinct plant, nevertheless does exist
in some Of the lake margins OF Lower
Egypt, and occasionally is found else
where. as, for example, in the famous
fountain of Arethuso, in Sicily
Whether this be the real papyrus an
tiquorum, from which the paper of
Egypt and Greece was made, or the
papyrus corymbosus, abundant in In
dia, and used for mats. is not so sure.
But why should not the papyrus ne
added to our paper stock resources?
1t could probably be domesticated in
Florida swamps and Louisiana bay
GUS. Moreover, 1t might be planted in
the vast marshes of the Amazon sys-
tenn. Something must be done to in
sure TIL" constant supply of paper; the
forests of spruce and poplar are not
going to last forever, under the drain
of the pulp mills and attention should
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
GIVES MINERS SIDE.
Continued from First Page.

the anthracite coal interests of this
country, and that the tonnage mined,
purchased and handled was much
greater than amy previous year in the
history of the company.
RObbing Peter TO Pay Paul.
Regarding the statement of President
I3aer of the Reading that he was ready
to submit the books of the coal depart
ments for examination, in order to
prove that wages could not be increas-
ed, Mr.. Mitchell says that So or 90 per
cent. of all coal produced in the anth-
racite regions is from mines owned and
operated by the various coal carrying
railroads; the freight charges for haul
ing tom of anthracite coal one mile
are three times as great as those of
other roads for hauling a ton of blum
nous coal one mile; and as a conse-
quence, the coal departments, while ac-
tually earning enormous profits on a
legitimate business, may easily appear
to be losing money, for the reason that
the railroad departments absorb the
profits of the coal departments by
charging the coal departments eXorbi-
tant freight rates. Thus they rob Pc
ter to pay Paul. 1t cannot be said, in
eXtenuation, that there is any peculiar
necessity for this triple charge on hard
coal, LOT all otner KINDS OF freight, very
much more troublesome to handle and
more perishable are carried at a far
lower rate.
The Deal the Miner Gets.
In connection with this subject, at
tention is called to the fact that a
ton of coal as the consumer under
stands it is not a ton of coal as the
miner is paid for it; that is to say,
when the consumer purchases a ton
of coal he receives 2,240 pounds, a legal
ton; when the railroad companies
transport coal to market they receive
tariff upon 2,240 pounds, a legal ton;
but when the miner is being paid for
his labor, he is required to produce
and load from 2740 to $3.50 pounds
for a ton, and it is against this fla
grant injustice that the anthracite
mine workers are so vigorously and
justly protesting.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
AS TO FLAT SIGNALLING.
A Telegraph Operator Demonstrates
What Can he Done.

What Can he Done.
From the New York Sun
"I suppose" said Mr.. Flatdweller,
that there are plenty of people living
in flats who have a signal system by
which they communicate from the YES.
Thule to the fiat itself, announcing
their arrival, and some other points
of information, as for instance,
whether they have visitors with them.
"All there is to this, you know, Is
that each member of the household
has a ring of his own; say one has
one short ring; another has one short
and one long touch on the bell; and
so on, while some general prear-
ranged signal, added to the regular
ring of any member of the household
means that visitor is coming also.
THAT system of fiat signalling 1
guess is now pretty common. But it
had never occurred to me that it might
be greatly extended until one day,
when / came into the vestibule of our
house and found our new tenant, one
flight higher up on the other side of
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
THE v. NJ. i. COMMENCEMENT.
Unusually Large Graduating Glass
Mt Lexington.

Lexington, Va, June 22-The Vir-
ginia Military Institute commencement,
which marks the ending of the sixty
third year, began to-day with a SER
mon by the Rev. DR.. McFadden of
Lynchburg to the cadets battalion,
preached in Stonewall Jackson Memo
rial Hall. Highly interesting military
exercises will mark the proceedings
during the next three days. This year 5
graduating class is unusually large.
Gov. Montague and Congressman De-
Almond of Missouri will address them
on Wednesday, the final day.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
Mr. w. G. Paris.

Mr.. w. G. Parish, formerly con-
tractor and builder in Savannah, died
yesterday in Columbia, S. c., where he
went several months ago for his
health. His remains will be brought
here for interment. The funeral will
take place in Laurel Grove Cemetery
at s O'Clock this afternoon.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
Returned with n Bride.

Douglas, Ga, June 22.-Mr. Charles
q Du Vail completely surprised his
many Douglas friends in going up 10
EIherton and returning with MISS
Mary Bryan as his bride. The groom
is prosperous young business man
from Ohio and the bride is sister OF
DIR. w. C. Bryan of this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
Two Boys Drowned in SanGamon
River.

Taylorville, ILL.,, June 22.-William c.
Brownback and Orville E. Waters, sons
of prominent business men OF Edln-
burg, were drowned at Smiths Mills
on the Sangamon river, ten miles north
of Edinburg to-day. They were IN
boat which went over the mill dam.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
winifred Men to return to work.

Charleston, w, Va. June 22-Eighty-
nine men at aWinifred. one of the larg-
est mines inThe Kanawha field, held a
meeting to-day and voted on the ques-
ton of returning to work. 1t resulted
in but one negative and Manager CASH
day expects them all in tomorrow
They have been out but one week.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
used Drnnmite ON Circus Train.

Duluth, Mimi, June 22.-Dynamiters
early to-day made what is believed
was a deliberate attempt to wreck a
circus train bound for Duluth on the
Northern Pacific railroad at a point be-
tween Maple and Popular, Wis.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
OBITUARY..
Moren Marean, Washington.

Washington, June 22.-Morell Ma
rean, for probably twenty years the
local manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, died here to-
night, aged about 60 years.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
CAMORRA RULES In NAPLES.
Notorious Secret Society Carried
Municipal Election.

Naples, June 22.--Candidates put for
ward by the Camorra, the notorious
secret society, were elected all along
the line in the municipal elections re-
Gently held here. 1t is expected that
the government will dissolve the mum
icipal council.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23

An investigation OF child's ability
in the matter of Identification. conduct
ed in German school, showed that the
girls described a mans clothes with
more or less accuracy, but said moth
ing of his face, while the boys just
as generally described his face, but
could tell nothing of his clothes.
"A deep thinker out West under
takes to prove that bicycle riding is
injurious to the health because the de-
mand for rubber for use in the manu-
facture of tires has so enhanced the
price of that commodity that fewer
people wear oversheos in damp wealth
err
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23

Thomas H. Bowes, of Baltimore,
has received a silver medal from the
british War Office in recognition OF
his service in the English army IN
south Africa for eighteen months
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
Frost in western Nebraska.

Lincoln, Neb., June 22.-Frost is re-
ported from many localities in West
ern Nebraska. Along the Platte val
ley it did damage to vegetation.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
DALLAS HOTEL COLLAPSES.

Dallas. Tex, June %, a. m.-The st.
lanes Hotel collapsed at 2 o'clock this
morning. It is rumored that num-
Der have been killed.