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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-09
AT THE THEATER
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THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray." with
Miss Rose Coghlan in the title role,
was the presentation at two perform
! ances yesterday. The matinee and
night performances were both well at
tended, and the clever passages and
strong scenes of the play We're liber-
| ally applauded.
Like the most of Pinero's plays,
this one deals with a social problem.
The theme is hardly pleasant to the
pure minded, yet with the unfolding
of the plot it tells in the authors vivid
and graphic manner the old story of
mans infatuation for a woman. and
his marriage to her with the usual be-
lief of his ability to live down the
scorn of his friends and the world
generally, and to bring about the WO-
mans moral redemption.
OF course he fails to realize his be-
lief, the result being the practical
wrecIing of his own life, and that OF
Others.
Miss Coghlan, in the assumption and
portrayal of the name part, easily sus-
tains her reputation as a peerless ac-
tress. Fer Improvisation of Pinero's
heroine, Paula TanqUeray, is finished
and entirely satisfactory in every man.
ner Franklin Richie as Aubrey
Tanqueray, the husband, was exceed
ingly pleasing David Elmer as Cay
ley Drummie, was clever as Aubrey's
friend. Miss Agnes Roslyn pleasing
~ portrayed the part of Elean lend
ing to the part an air Of purity and in
lrsocence that was refreshing, espe-
cially amid the surrounding charac-
ters of the cast. Miss Adelaide Col
ton, as Mrs. Cortelyou, intelligently
enacted the part of an English gentle
woman of refinement and culture.
Howard Kyle who requires no fur
Their introduction, will doubtless be ac-
corded a marked and dignified recep-
ton on the occasion of his return to
Savannah tomorrow matinee and
night. 1t will be particularly inter-
esting to learn that for this visit Mr.
Kyle has chosen to allow the patrons
of the theater to pass judgment on his
new play Laughter and Lies" writ
ten by Asa Steele, whose name stands
high in the newspaper fraternity, a
play in which all sorts of opportuni-
| ties are given, in order that the best
ideas of what meritOrious dramatic
Offering should be as a sustained the
| atrical entertainment In presenting
the new play, Mr.. Kyle does so with
the best conviction of having secured
| a. Hucc6SSOf 10 Olyue F1lcn Ndlnan
| Hale" which win be given at the mat
inee, the play in which he is best re-
membered. From what can be learn
| ed, MIR Steele has written play that
is destined to hold its own with some
of the most pronounced successors of
recent years.
That the qualities Of BARLEY Camp
bells time-honored melodrama, 1.-The
White Slave" do not diminish with age
has been demonstrated by the audi
ences which have attended nearly ev-
cry performance given by the new
company this season. This is said to
be due partly to the fact that the play
has had a long rest and that the man.
agement has put it before the public
in spectacular garb and equipped it
! with a better scenic investiture than
has ever been seen in any former pre-
sentatiOn of the play The sale of seats
will open tomorrow morning. The
| play viii be seen at Fridays matinee
and Friday night.
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IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

Mr.. ]. M. Harris, assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
Line headquarters Cincinnati. and
Mr.. e. Nj. Bronson, southeastern pas
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General passenger agent J. C. Halle,
of the Central of Georgia, left last
night for Cincinnati where he goes
to attend the monthly meeting of the
Conference Committee of the South
eastern Passenger Association.
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Mr.. ]. Fred Robinson, assistant gene
raj passenger agent of the Central of
Georgia, who has been on a visit to
Chicago, is expected back this morn
Ing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-09

General superintendent w. D. Dem
ham, of the Atlantic Coast Line. who
is in Wilmington, will return home
tomorrow.
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The case is a remarkable one. The
custody of the children is being sought
by the mother and father at the same
time in different courts, Mrs. Kersh,
through liber for divorce in the SUI
perior Court, embodying a prayer for
the custody of the children and a pro
lection against the molestations of her
husband; Mr. Kersh, through habeas
corpus proceedings, in which he i'm
pugns the morals of his wife and i'm
plicates another as the cause of the
estrangement which has for some time
existed between them.
At the investigation yesterday the
evidence of the husband was directed
to show the unduly intimate relations
of Mrs. Kersh with one w. p. Baldwin,
while that of the defense purported to
disclose the falsity of the accusation,
the utter unworthiness of the father
to care for the children-his shiftless-
ness, drunkenness and irrational ac-
tions Many witnesses were examined,
and the trial was productive of SEN
Sational features.
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Express Office. 20 Bull street
Express Office. Union station.
and 80
Livingstone ~ Br0ught0n sfreet
west
Fniomoag co. Bun and Charlton.
Savannah Bank and gIust CO., Bay
ena Drayf0n Eueeia.
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Eugene
Fields
Views on Ambition and Dys-
pepsia.

Dyspepsia, wrote Eugene Field,
soften incapacitates q man for endeavor
and sometimes eXtinguishes the fire Of
ambition" Though great despite his
complaint Field suffered from indiges-
tom all his life. A weak, tired stomach
can't digest your food. 1t needs
rest. You can only rest it by the use
of a preparation like Kodol, which re.
lieves it of work by digesting your food.
Rest soon restores it to its normal tone.
Strengthening,
Satisfying,
EnvigOrating.
Prepared only by T. c. DEWITT& Co. Chicago.
The 81. bottle contains 2H times the SOC. size
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-09

The agents and operators of the
fourth division Seaboard Air Line
have had their salaries increased from
10 to Is per cent. This information
was contained in circular from head
quarters received yesterday by Supt.
Walter Hale.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-09
LIPPMAN DRUG 60.

senger agent of the same line, head
quarters Cincinnati, were among the
visitors in railroad circles yesterday.
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FIGHT FOR CHILDREN
LEGAL WAR BETWEEN MIR. AND
MRS. ID. o. KERSH.
HAS SENSATIONAL FEATURES.
FIRST ROUND FOUGHT IN ORDI-
NARY'S COURT YESTERDAY.

The Case a Remarkable One-Cus-
tOdy of Children Is Sought by Both
Parties in Different COurts-UndUe
Intimacy of Wife Is Cause of the
EnstranGement Defendant En-
dcavOred to Throw Case Out of
Court of Ordinnry-EhOrt Was I'm
Observation-Disclosures and Counter
Charges by Two Sets of Married
FOlLs-Ench Wife Testifes Against
Her Husband-Case Lasted Three
HOurs-WiH Be Continued This
Morning.
After a hearing lasting more than
three hours, during which time evil
dence of a sensational nature was adj
duced by both sides, the proceedings
in the habeas corpus case of Benjamin
o. Kersh against Mrs. Minnie l..
Kersh was yesterday afternoon con-
tinued until this morning. when addi-
tional evidence will be submitted by
both sides, and the decision of the Or
binary awarding the custody of the
two children rendered
During the legal battle yesterday in.
the office of the Ordinary, the chill
dren, the innocent objects of the fam
lily dissension, sat in the office of the
clerk, the younger, Bessie, a child of
6, often playing about in the corridors,
unmindful of the momentous question
of her future welfare, which was seek
ing its determination in the courts of
Justice.
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George Dole Wadley, vice president
and general manager of the Atlantic
and Birmingham road, reached Savan-
nah last night, and is registered at the
De Soto.
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RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
SHIP YOUR GOODS
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY

which operates on 10000 miles of irst-cIass
routes, with connections with other com.
panies, to all points accessible by express.
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Good Government. +.

A blast Of fresh air blew into this town
yesterday, from Tammany Hall. II was
announced, in the name of Mr.. CHARLES
F. MURPHY, leader, that the Aldermen
In allegiance to Tammany, who now
happen to constitute the majority Of
the Board, would tear away the barrier
raised against the Pennsylvania tunnel
project by certain fanatical labor lead
ers and their subject officials, and
vote for the franchise which the Penn
sylvania company AYERS 10 be necessary
to its undertaking of the work.
Besides the value of this policy to New
York city, it is Interesting in the view it
indicates of the labor question. Tam
many Hall is the greatest labor leader in
the country It's immense majority Is
made up principally of the votes OF la
boring men, most Of whom are enrolled
or identified with some labor orGaniza-
ton. Tammany. however. knows that
laboring men are not all fools; and it is
not itself fool enough to imagine that
any party can prosper on the platform Of
subordinating the towns every great
interest to the rule-or-ruin policy which
the professional agitators have sought
to enforce in the case OF the proposed
Pennsylvania tunnel
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BRIDGE CABLES HAVE SAGGED.
Hut That Gan Be medieti-Deiay Two
MOnths-EoOtbridge BEING Removed.

Engineer o. F. Nichols, who Is superin-
tending the construction Of the East River
Bridge. sent his report on the damage done
10y Monday nights fire TO Commissioner
Lindenthal yesterday Mr.. Nichols at
tempts no money estimate of the damage.
but confines his report to a description of
the injury TO the structure He says the
work has been set back about two mont hs,
but the wreckage will all be cleared away
by Dec. l.
A travelling platform will he rigged
TO take to either shore the twisted wreckage
now suspended from the cables. In this
way none Of it will be thrown int the river,
thus endangering traffic.
The wedge blocks holding the cable
saddles on the Manhattan tower have ell
slipped forward, thus allowing the cables
to sag somewhat and also causing a great
strain Of the small cables supporting the
footbridges. The blocks about the three
southern cables have moved forward nine
inches. while those about the mort hern-
most have slipped out Of place five inches,
but this can be easily repaired, the report
says.
Mr.. Nichols says that the wires Of tho
northernmoSt cables are practically un-
injured. owing o their sheet steel covering.
Tn" two sout hern cables, which were not
fully covered. have been damaged some
what owing TO the oil and other infam-
mable material in which they were packed,
but the damage has penet ted only to a
depth Of about two-thirds OF an inch and
with Tn" rethreading Of about fifty strands
will be fully repaired Some Of the lattice
bars on the Manhattan tower have been
bent by the falling iron, but these can be
taken out and duplicated.
In closing his report Engineer Nichols
says:
Great credit should be given to the hremen
under Battalion Chief Guorin for their bravery
in fighting th" flames and their having sue
cc"ded in climbing TO an almost inaccessible
place
The wreckage hanging from the bridge
was loosencd considerably 10y the strong
wind early yesterday morning. The foot
bridges hanging over the river sagged
somewhat and looked al If they might drop.
A. result all craft kept very close 20 the
Brooklyn side. During the night piece
Of timber fell. landing on the roof of a
lwenty-third street fcrryboat. but did no
damage other than making aloud noise.
A large force Of workInon was set TO clear
ing away the footbridgC on the Williams
burg side. Traffic on Kent avenue WAS
stopped for time, but was resumed yes
terday afternoon. by which time all Of the
timber had been cleared away in that
vicinity
For little while in the morning the Grand
street and Twentv-third street ferry lines
SUSPENDED operations This was while
workmen were clearing near the Williams
burg tower.
The Ward liner MORO Castle made
trip To a sugar refinery above the bridge
yesterday morning. large crowd gath
cred in anticipation Of seeing something
smash, but the ship on both trips under the
bridge kept close to the Brooklyn side. and
although her masts ratified among the hang
inc H., w,rl, mono a IL foil
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detestable exhibition. II not az a dis

a detestable exhibition. If not as a dis
ease which excludes the victim from
consideration as a sane member Of So
ciety and makes of him a character to
be distrusted. As a consequence. re-
treats. asylums and refugees for the
confinement and medical treatment of
inebriety as disease are now numerous
and are filled with inmates. Meantime
social drinking at bars. at dinners. at
clubs and on all occasions of festivity
has diminished greatly.
The American eobriety which Lady
Henry SOMERSET has observed with
so much surprise and qualification is
chiefly n consequence of this common
sense attitude toward drinking, under
the compuson of present conditions of
our life Of organized activity. Sobricty
has become a practical necessity, and
under the circumstances departure from
il has come to be regarded as an evidence
of insane folly. If people want to escape
reproach, if they want to be included
among the sane, they must keep sober
in the America Of this time.
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FOR A COADJUTOR BISHOP.
Diocesan Committees Really Taking steps
TO Tighten Bishop POtter's Work.

The committee appointed by the last
diocesan convention to consider the calling
of a convention TO elect a coadjutor TO
Bishop Potter met yesterday and showed
every indication Of a purpose TO do some-
thing The committee finally adjourned
10 confer with another committee. Of which
the Rev. DR.. W. r. Huntington is chairman.
and which viii consider a readjustment or
diocesan lines throughout the State.
To this latter committee the convention
assigned the duty of looking into the ques-
tion Of cutting of the Hudson River counties
ofthe present diocese and erecting diocese
Of Hudson
A member Of the Coadiutor COMMITTEES
said after the meeting yesterday:
1t il felt that Bishop Potter should have
relief, either by the election Of Bishop
Coadju,or or by division Of the diocese.
l cannot speak for all members Of the COM
mittee, but ! don't believe ther, Ia any
disposition To lot matters drag along.
am sure the committee intends to a ct with
proper speed. | understand that the Bishop
feels he needs assistance, and the dis
position of the diocese l. , o afford il to him.
The sentiment of the Hudson River
counties. once unfivorable to the project
of cutting them of, has radically changed,
and so far a. the committee can asce rtain.
the feeling Il general that a new diocese
Of Hudson ought To b. created. II is argued,
however, that such division as Is pro-
posed would afford little relief to Bishop
Potter. for the bulk OF his work comes from
the city. So there may be both division
and a coad jutor
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4 Useful Argument. .

Mr.. JoHN r. Dos PASsos is not in the
first rank of the lawyers of New York
neither is he in the last. But when any
member of the bar whosocver under
takes. in the very laudable thrashing out
of the coal strike question, TO find legal
warrant for President ROOSEvELTs 5 inter-
ference. his argument deserves attcn-
ton. Mr.. Dos PAssos made such an
attempt before the Nineteenth Century
Club on Wednesday night. He is thus
quoted:
II President RoosKvrLr had no Official right to
intervene his action was pure piece OF In pertinent
in,ermc cddllns In the private affairs OF two In.
dlvldua!s.
But ! do not admit that MI RoosgvFLrs In
tervention was unolcial and that Il was not based
upon any Constitutional foundation On the con
trary. can md authority in the Constitution.
satisfactory a, least TO myself which clearly up
holds the action which the President took His
oath of once compels him, 10 the best q. his ability
TO preserve. protect and defend the Constitution
OF the United states and among the powers which
are expressly given TO him l. the conspicuous one
that he shall take care that tho laws are faithfully
executed Now. among the laws which lie Is thus
charged with overseeing is the ti-trus, law"
Any man can see that the Dos Passos
theory wipes out the Bench and. Incl
dentally, the Depart ment of Justice
When the President holds that any in
dustrial situation calls upon him for
interference he has but to conclude or
allege or surmise that a Federal statute
has been violated, and, ignoring the
Judiciary. and dispensing with the At
torney-Generars machinery for apply
ing the test Of the law to the situation
aforesaid, he may personally step in and
work his will
How does Mr.. Dos PAssos reconcile
his idea that the Sherman antitrust
law was involved in Pennsylvania with
the fact that Acknowledgement KNOX
reported to Mr.. ROOSEVELT that the
struggle in question afforded no ground
on which he, hot as he was for the use
and enforcement Of the Sherman law.
could proceed2
Mr.. Dos PAssos, though, is useful
in showing where those who would find
law for the Presidents action must in
evitably land.
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tionally arduous and strenuous day. but

tionally arduous and strenuous day, but
merely an average one in the commit
tees experience.
A single incident shows the patience
and dignity with which the three Sena-
tors travelling at the expense of the
contingent fund have fulfilled their obli-
cations to the Fifty-seventh Congress
and the American people. When HUM
PHREYs appeared for the third time to
present the pecuniary claims of the
formerly great and good LILIUoKALANI.
two of the three Senators were inclined
TO regard him as bore. This is what
happened:
There was some little ciouding 10 the minds Of
the members Of the Commission when HuMrHREYs
began. Senator MITCHELL said to him: You
have appeared before this body In two capacities
First you came as amicus eurfn for the people Of
the Territory. and later as the attorney for the
former Queen of Hawaii. In which OF these ca.
paccS DO YOU appear now' HUMPHREYS said he
coming under the general invitation to the
people to present any matters which they thought
q bc OF special importance. and In addition, TO
special invitation given by one OF the members Of
the Commission. some one In the audience whis.
pcrcd Butt hi and with that the argument and
tue statement went on"
So HUMPHREYS butted in for the third
time, and the sclf-saCrifcing committee
Of tourists permitted him to butt. Ban
ish the unworthy thought that Senator
MITCHELL's Pacific excursion has b cen
a mere junkCt.
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The Strike OF the School Children.

The other day n number of Chicago
sChoolteachers expressed their desire "a
have their trade organized and in
cludcd in the Federation of Labor. With
an admirable alertness some Of the
Chicago school children saw tho advan-
taGeS Of organization TO the pupils.
| Clearly the scholars must have their
union, if the teachers are TO have theirs.
So strikes have been declared in two
or three schools. To the best of their
power the young strikers have initiated
the methods of their elders. They have
had their union labels or cards, their
pickets. their committees and deleva-
tion., their crowds of hooters, armed
with sticks and stones. The principals
of the schools have had to be escorted TO
the street cars by policemen. In short,
these miniature strikes have been mod
elled after more dangerous ones and the
conduct Of them has been new testi-
mony Of the imitativeness and adapta-
bility of childhood
On account of the hastiness and i'm
perfection of the organi zation," the
tyranny of teachers and the unfeeling
and arbitrary proceedings of scab ;"
parents, the school strikes have been
unsuccessful for the moment but thev
are full of promise. Take the sympa-
thetic strike or boycott in the HAYNES
school, for example. The principal sus-
pended two boys; according to his story,
for dsordcrly conduct; according to
theirs. for being unable to sing. I'VE
are out to stay until 'SCOTTY and
TAYLOR gets back" said strike leader.
Here was a masterly policy. What is
the best part of the school year? Vaca-
tion. The strikers we're in no hurry to
have their demands granted. The more
obdurate the principal, the longer the
holiday.
There was absolute genius in the pro-
gramme agreed upon:
l. Reinstatement OF scorrr and TAYLOR.
{? y four hour school day.
3. Three days holiday Instead Of one at LrycoLS's 4
Birthday
=. weeks vacation a, Thanksgiving
3 TWO weeks Christmas vacation
The force or arts of principals and
the brutality Of parents have postponed
the triumph of this thoughtful plan for
the amelioration of the condition of
child labor. but the strikers are confident
of ultimate success. Their demands will
be all the greater the next time. The
four-hour day will be cut down TO two or
three hours; and an additional Rest Day
for every week will be insisted upon.
The movement is in its infancy, but its
potentialities Of growth are enormous.
To make complete their imitation OF
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We sympathiae with our esteemed con-
temporary. PIETRo MAscAGSI. He came
here to have a good and profitable time
and, 10. he is beset with legal difficulties
that make him appeal to his native Gov
ernment for help. We fear that the Italian
Ambassador cannot help him Though his
contract was made in Italy, il must be in
terpreted and adjudged in this country,
unless he can transfer tho whole affair,
tour and all. back home
When distinguished artists under con-
tract think that the manager Is getting a
little too much money out of them some =
thing Is apt To happen 10 them. The singer 5
throat gets sore or the dancer is taken with
sprained ankle But little Modification
of the contract always works cure. Pos
sibly Mr.. MAsCAoNI's managers think that
he il making a little more money than the
success Of his tour justifies, He may do
well 10 take a hint from experience.
The sun., 1902-11-14

bill which has passed the House of
Representatives and is now in the Senate
Is intended =" to promote the efficiency Of
the militia" IL declares that hereafter
the militia shall consist Of every able
bodied malo citizen and every
able bodied male of foreign birth who has
declared his intention to become n citizen
who is more than ~ and less than IS years
Of age, and shall be divided into three
classes, Far better retain the obsolete
militia law, now 10 years old, than divide
every able bodied male of foreign birth
into three classes without his consent. If
he gives il. go ahead and promote the eff
cheney Of the militia; 1t needs promotion
more than most of the militia officers who
yet IT,
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Men in the women. Cabin.

To THE EpiroR or 1HE SCS--SN' II Is on the
fcrryhoa,S o. the Erie Railroad we have noticed
that women constantly have to stand while men ST,
on the womenS side. Your correspondent 10 day
oveflookS the fact | statcd-ihat the mems side
was almost empty when he crossed over last Friday
afternoon certainly an agrrava,on OF the case
Tucrc we're Il thluk two men outside In front
where We sat, and they were not smoking. Nor
should II he necessary and II would be unplea san,
10 have attendants enforce the rule that women
have precedence OF sca'S on the womrnS side,
which " the point OF my protest
II Is not often n hardship even for woman
TO stand during the short ferry crossing but she
should not have to stand while men SIT Tho other
Sunday evening n woman carrying chld had
10 stand. though many men were seated. until
another woman gave her a seat,
l. the strenuous life" undermining our men 5
conFiutlons' and bunting their senses
SOy. II r, 4. PuSysrr.