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Smyrna times., 1902-03-12
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB PROGRAM.
Meeting Friday Afternoon Addressed by Mrs
Watson, State Federation President.

Mrs. Watson, President of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs, was
present at the meeting of the Twen-
tieth Century Club Friday afternoon,
and spoke to the club concerning the
General Federation which will meet in
Los Angeles, CAL, in May. 1t was
also arranged for the State Federation
to meet here in May. The following
is the program, which was under the
direction of the Literary Committee,
Miss Laura Bell, chairman:
Paper Dante" Miss Sarah Yocum
Vocal Solo-"As the Dawn. Miss Ross
Selections from Mrs. Browning's italian
Poems. 80. $3.50. Miss Emma Hough
instrumental Solo-"Quivire" ...,........
-...............-.. MIS-. HreCIyInau
Reading from Marion Crawford. .........
.............Mr Mrs. Lillian Cloak
Next Friday afternoon the meeting
will be in charge of Mrs. Cloak.
Smyrna times., 1902-03-12
IMPROVING DOVER RAILROAD STATIOy.
Deiss and Reeder's Store aud the or Can
merry Removed to Make Flowers ds.

DelSS an0 Keeuer s Store and the Uf CdH-
merry Removed to Make Flowers ds.
The store of Deiss & Ree9er, which
occupied the So opposite the Della
ware Railroad stas;on, at Dover has
been removed to the corner of Queen
and Reed streets, to makeroom for the
proposed impr vements to be made by
the Pennss lilroad Company.
The old cannery W, Oh was located on
the opposite side of Loockerman street
will also be removed The railroad
company will lay out beautiful floral
bed, and if permission can be secured
from Council to widen the street at
this point, the flowers will be placed
in a circular plot in the centre of the
street, facing the station.
Smyrna times., 1902-03-12
KENT RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.

Postmaster CassOn of Dover Busy Making
Arrangements to Install New System.
Postmaster John W. Casson has re-
ceived instructions,from the Post Office
Department to begin the new free
rural mail delivery from the Dover
office on April L. The increase of work
at the Dover office will require the
services of an additional clerk, which
the department has agreed te furnish.
Postmaster Casson has also received
the supplies for the new service, and
the postmasters at Cowgills, Hazlett-
vile and Lebanon have been instructed
to forward their supplies to the Dover
Office.
Smyrna times., 1902-03-12

CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
A SURPRISE IN THE RICE WILL
CASE

A day or two ago there did not seem
to be much ground for doubling that
Short and Meyer, the witnesses to the
will under which the man Patrick
Patrick who has been convicted of the
murder of Millionaire Rice in New
York city-claims the greater part of
Millionaire Rice's estate, were guilty
of conspiring with Patrick to get pos
session of Rices millions. They are
indicted for forgery and conspiracy and
are waiting to be tried
Now there is some reason for think
ing that they acted in good faith in
signing the will as witnesses-the will
of 1900 under which Patrick claims,
and which, it is alleged, Rice never
signed. One of the legatees in the 1900
will is a man named Charles T. Ad-
ans. He is a reputable lawyer and
was one of Rices great friends. 1t
seems that the Adams family and Rice
had been acquaintance for a long
time. When the 1896 and 1900 wills
were brought up before the surrogate
the other day Mr.. Adams said that he
had no doubt that Short and Meyer
saw Rice sign will. and that they
witnessed his signature all right, but
that the will they thought they saw
him sign was not the will of 1900 to
which their signatures are attached as
witnesses.
The reason Mr.. Adams gave this tes-
timony was that Rice had asked him
to draw a codicil to his will a year or
so before his death, saying that he was
not satisfied in all respects with the
win of 1896 Mr.. Adams drew the CO.
dicil, leaving blank spaces for the
amounts that Rice desired to devise to
the parties named.
Mr.. Adams thinks that it was this
will that Rice signed and Meyer and
Short were called to witness. 1t was
in some way arranged that they should
not see that will, and were induced
to sign the 1900 will as witnesses.
1t is evident that the probating of
Rice's will is going to present some
features as interesting as those which
commanded so much attention in the
trial of Patrick.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
Personal.

james Doll, the oldest English ac-
tor is IS years of age. He never ap-
peared in London, but spent his life
in Devonshire, and at Exeter acted
Launcelot Gobbo to Edmund Keans
Shylock.
-Chang-Te-Yi, the new Chinese am
bassador at Lonon, was formerly first
secretary there and has served in vari-
Gus European capitals. He speaks Eng
fish fiuently and has absorbed many
English ideas.
The police have ordered Russian
art dealers and booksellers to give a.
pledge in writing that henceforth they
will not exhibit portraits of Count Toll
stoi. All postal cards bearing his pic
ture have been conf1scated.
The little Duke of Leinster, now Is
years of age, who is Premier Duke,
Marquis and Earl of Ireland, with a.
rent roll of $4,000 year, has been
sent on a long sea voyage to Australia
and back for his health. His mother
was one of the most beautiful women
in Great Britain. She died of con-
sumption seven years ago.
The recent visit to Washington of
former United States Senator William
A. Washburn brings to mind the fact
that his family is the only one that
ever had three brothers in Congress at
the same time. They were EIihu B
Washburn of Illinois, CadwalIader Col
den Washburn of Wisconsin and Israel
Washburn of Maine. They were all
brothers of the former Senator from
Minnesota.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19

1t looks as if the war in South At
RIGA were about over. 1t was stated
in our dispatches yesterday that basis
of peace had been agreed upon, and
that Lord Miner had sent for an ex-
pert to estimate the cost of rebuilding
and restocking the Boer farms.
No doubt the details of the terms up
on which peace is based will be forth
coming within a very few days-as
soon. in fact. as it is certain that the
terms will be satisfactory to both par
ties.
For day or two it appeared that the
negotiations would be productive of
no result, because of the refusal of
the British to concede certain things
in regard to banishment, amnesty and
representation in the government, but
it turned out that the Beers were so
anxious for peace that they would not
risk breaking off negotiations by in
sisting upon the concessions they ask
ed. AS a matter of fact, however, the
British are just about as anxious for
peace as the Beers, but, being some
what better prepared to continue hos
tilities. they could afford to be f1rmer
than the Beers in maintaining their
position in respect to terms.
But the Beers will not surrender I'M
conditionally, as Mr.. Chamberlain, the
Colonial Secretary, said they must
some time ago. The British of course
dictate the terms, but they do so with
the understanding that they do not
get all they set out to get. The Beers
will have a voice in the government
and their losses caused by the destruc-
tion of their farm buildings and their
stock will be made good.
If the negotiations prove to be sue
cessful the British will be as glad as
the Beers. Both are heartily tired of
the war. Both have suffered immense
ly. If the British could have foreseen
the cost of the struggle in lives and
treasure it is certain that way would
have been found to settle the differ
ences they had with the Beers without
resorting to force.
King Edward is exceedingly anxious
for the war to end before his corona
ton. He wants the empire to be at
peace with all the world at that time.
The prospect is that he will be graft
fled in that l - pect.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Norfolk (Va.) Landmark Dem)
says: Mayor Tom johnson of Cleve-
land says that Mr. David B. Hill is off
the track in calling for tariff reform.
Tom insists that there can be no such
thing as tariff reform. This will sur
prise persons who heard Toms con-
vincing tariff-reform speeches during
Mr.. Cleveland's last campaign"
The Charleston Post (Dem.) says:
"The Democratic Congressional cam
paign Committee has chosen an ex-
ecutive committee for advice and SUI
pervision of the party's policy in the
approaching campaign. The compost
ton of this committee is as follows:
Ben Gable, Illinois, chairman; Lewis
Nixon, New York, chairman Finance
Committee: David Overmeyer, Kansas;
Thomas Taggart, Indiana Richard
Olney, Massachusetts; Daniel Lamont,
New York. Olney and Lamont! Two
members of the second Cleveland cabi-
net! Mr.. Bryan, you had better come
out of your barn and look at the
weather cock"
The Albany IN. " Argus (Dem)
says: Candidates for office are often
times said to be in the hands of their
friends Mr.. Roosevelt has placed
himself in the hands of the selfish and
cold-blooded bosses. who plotted his
undoing in 1900, and who had him
shelved-but for the accident of death"
The Louisville Courier Journal says:
zone thing, at least, may be regarded
as certain. John w Gates has no use
for the Louisville and Nashville except
as a speculative football. He does not
wish to run it. He is not in the rail-
road business, and if he has contro, of
the stock he will not retain it longer
than he can dispose of it at his own
figures"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
The Pope's Economy.

This story, says an exchange is told
to illustrate the Pope's dislike of
spending money on himself The other
day Pho Centre, his old and tried per-
sonal attendant, opened the discussion,
while dressing him in the morning. by
remarking that his gown was not as
new as it might be. II suppose l have
your holiness permission to order your
gowns for the jubilee?" he added.
What gowns for the jubilee?" replied
Leo XIII sharply; II have three sets
already, and certainly require no more.
Why should I spend good money for
what I do not want?" But, Holy
Father" protested Contra, who knows
his masters weakness, "supposing
some one of the great personages who
are received by your holiness should
notice a defect such as this"-point-
ing to an invisible spot on one sleeve
"he might think you had put on your
old clothes, not considering him worthy
the best" After a pause Leo XIII
said, with sigh: well, perhaps you
are right. Order them-but only one,
mind you and my poor people will
have to go without so much bread
How dreadful it is to be obliged to
spend so much on ones clothes"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
ARMY METHODS IN THE PHILIP
PINES.


good deal of feeling is being stirred
up against our soldiers in the Philip
pine by the testimony which is being
given before the Senate Committee
having charge of the affairs of those
islands. The report of Maj. Gardener,
the civil governor of the province of
Tabayas. the shooting of prisoners by
Mai. Waller and the application of
the water cure" to recalcitrant Fill
pinos to which a number of witnesses,
called by the committee, have testi-
fed, have contributed to create an i'm
preston that in dealing with the Fill
pinos our soldiers have been guilty of
acts not permitted by civilized war
fare.
1t would be strange indeed if there
were no instances of cruelty on the
part of our soldiers in dealing with
the Filipinos. No doubt the Filipinos
themselves were responsible in a great
measure for the outrages of which they
have been the victims. They are
treacherous and cruel in the extreme.
When the truth is known it will doubt
less appear that they provoked many
of the acts of barbarity to which the
attention of the Senate Committee is
now being called.
Still, a great nation like the United
States cannot afford TO have it's repu-
tation sullied by acts of it's soldiers
which are not permitted by the laws of
civilized warfare. 1t is to the credit
of the Secretary of War that as soon
as the matters complained of were
brought to his attention he ordered
them to be investigated. and a report
of the result sent to him. The shoot
ing of prisoners in Samar by Maj.
Waller has been Investigated to some
extent. 1t will be further investigated
in the trial of Gen. Smith, who, it is
alleged, is responsible for the shooting
of the prisoners. Maj. Gardeners
statements are to be inquired into and
Gen. Chaffee, the military commander
in the Philippines, has been directed
to make a report on ''water cure" cruel
ties.
1t is of course Secretary Roots duty
to stand by the army until it is proven
that the officers and soldiers who are
accused are guilty of the charges made
against them,
The whole country is interested IN
having the good name of the army
protected, but the country will not
uphold officers who have been guilty of
unofficer-like conduct. 1t will demand
their punishment.
There is of course a phase of this
matter which will receive the atten-
ton of Congress and, in fact, the en-
tire country, and that is the tendency
of a powerful nation to deal harshly
with a weak people. AS complaints of
acts of barbarity multiply the ques-
ton will present itself with increasing
frequency. whether it would not be
better for the American peo-
pie and the Filipinos to give
the F'ilipinos their independ-
ence-at least, to give them to UNI
derstand that they are to have their
independence as soon as they are quail
flied to take care of themselves.
Some such idea as this seems to be
influencing those members of the Sem
ate Committee who are asking that
Aguinaldo and other eminent Filipinos
be summoned before the committee.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
hDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-The Confederate Veterans
Association: Oglethorpe Monument
Association of Georgia.
Special Notices-Andrew Hanley
Company; P. p. P; Lippman's Great
Remedy; at Gardner's; Rice Field
Lamb, J. ]. Joycle.
Business Notices-Maple Sugar and
Syrup, A. NJ. and c. w. West.
Baking Powder-Royal Baking Pow
der.
Saturday Special-Eckstein and Co. !
Apple Butter and Chow Chow, at
MINISTER'S.
Just for To-day-B. H. Levy and Bro.
Plant System-Pullman Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and Charleston.
Pens Cashbook pens.
Waltham Watches.
Malt-Nutime--Anhe Busch As
sociation.
Observation-Disclosures Liver and Blood
Syrup; Blood Wine; Cheeseman's
Specific Mixture; TUFTS Pills; DR..
Hathaway Company; Y. NJ. F.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For sale; lost; personal; mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
MORGAN URGES HIS PET MEASURE.

Senator Morgan does not intend the
Senate shall forget that the question
of constructing a canal to connect the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans is waiting
to be considered. Doubtless the oppo-
nents of a canal hoped other matters
would intervene and prevent further
consideration of the canal measure
during the present session of Congress.
On Thursday Senator Morgan made a
strong speech in favor of the Nicara-
que route for the canal. He has never
for an instant admitted that there was
a single satisfactory reason why the
Panama route should be chosen. 1t
does seem as If the sentiment of the
country was in favor of the Nicaragua
route. There is no doubt that the
country would approve the passage of
the bill authorizing the construction of
a canal at once. The feeling is that
there has been talk enough about a
canal. The time for action has come.
There would be no difficulty in find
ing money with which to construct a
canal. The government could build
it without increasing taxation or is
suing bonds. Senator Morgan is of
the opinion that the canal on the Mic
aragua route could be built for the es-
timated amount of its cost. The
country would not complain if it
should cost a third more than the es-
timated amount. There is no doubt
that it would pay a fair interest on
the amount invested in it from the
date of it's opening. The people are
willing to risk the investment.
Why is it then that Congress hest
tates to act? Is it because ii has
doubts as to the better route? It will
never be better informed on that point
than it is now. Is it because it is in
fiuenced by the transcontinental rail-
way interest? If it is, it dares not adj
NIT the fact. Let the bill be brought
forward at once and pushed to a vote
and it will soon be determined who
are opposed to it. The country would
like to know.
In the last Congress the Clayton
Bulwer treaty was in the way of build
ing a canal. That obstruction has been
removed. There is absolutely nothing
now to hinder the beginning of the
work as soon as Congress authorizes
the construction of the canal and
makes the necessary appropriation.
There are of course some claims
against the Nicaragua route. Let
Nicaragua and Costa Rica settle
them. The United States have moth
ing to do with them.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
Didn't Fear His Dead Patients.

There is a doctor of the old school
in one of the New England villages
near Randolph Mass, the former home
of Mary E. Wilkins, whose house is
surrounded by a cemetery, says an ex-
change. The cemetery is behind the
house, and comes up flush with the
road on either side, running off to east
and west for an eighth of a mile. Some
people might find such house lot dole
full, and surely the neighbors are not
lively. But that thought never troubled
the villagers so much as the prospect
of going home at night. In the country
towns of New England the graveyard
at night is still thing of terror, an
inherited terror. There are still towns
where all the graves are dug on a line
running due east and west, with the
footstones toward the east, so the dead
may rise face to face with the judge
on the last day. SO the doctor is Of
ten asked the question: "Are you not
afraid to go home sometimes at night?"
And his answer is always the same:
mo; my neighbors will never trouble
me; they all owe me money!
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
Haa 30 aoration. WIN Him.

On a recent formal occasion at the
White House. when a large number of
people were present, Lieut.. Gen. Nell
son A. Miles was among the officials
who paid their respects to President
Roosevelt, says the New York Com
mercial. A good deal of curiosity was
manifested, in view of the sensational
private interview that Gen. Miles had
recently had with the President, to
see how the two distinguished men
would greet each other. However
minds may differ in regard to the pres
ent controversy between Gen. Miles
and the administration it is generally
recognized that the General has many
sincere admirers, and that among them
are included not few of the women
of the country.
As Miles emerged into the East room.
after paying his respects TO the Presi-
dent precisely as the other guests did,
there was a fiutter of expectation in
the crowd that filled the apartment. A
well-dressed woman standing near the
west door, and evidently bent on start
ing some applause, but too timid to do
so, exclaimed to r. M. Larner, the
well-known Washington correspondent:
20, sir, won't you please give Gen.
Miles an ovation"
Madam" replied Mr.. Larner, 81 am
sorry, but I haven't one with me-"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
Abandoned to Its Fate.

The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady
tells a story Of a little boy he knew
on the frontier, who belonged to a
family who had trained him to believe
in the deep water form of baptism
and was experimenting with the house
hold cat and bucket of water, says
the Philadelphia Times.
The animal evidently did not believe
in Immersion for she resisted, bit and
scratched, until finally the little boy,
with his hands covered with scratches
and with tears in his eyes, gave up
the effort to effect the regeneration
of the cat
Dog gone you" he cried, ''go and
be an Episcopal cat if you want to-"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
How v. Hugo Ruined a Barber.

When Victor Hugo lived in the Place
Royale he used to be shaved by a bar
Der named Brassier in the Rue Gull
ure-Sainte- Catherine, says the Lon
don Chronicle. A friend of the poet
asked the barber one day If he was
busy. II hardly know which way TO
turn" was the reply. 1--WE have to
dress the hair of thirty ladies for sol
rees and balls" and M. Brassier
showed the friend the list. A few days
after the friend returned and inquired
about the thirty ladies. "Ah. Mon
siuer," said the barber, sadly, Il was
not able to attend half the number,
and l have lost may good customers
through NJ. Victor Hugo" 1t appears
that the poet, when about to be shaved,
was suddenly inspired, and seized the
first piece of paper he could find to
write a poem. Hugo hastily left the
shop with his unfinished verses, on the
back of which were the names and
addresses of the thirty ladies, many of
whom had waited in vain for the Golf
feur.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19
BRIGHT BITS.

Obstacles. Now, my dear, marry
him. He is old. it is true, but he mas
money" but, mamma, the man may
live for months!'-Life.
Capt. William H. Chelton, a mod
est Baltimore man, has saved eighty
two lives on land and sea during for
ty-three years of service, an average
Of nearly two a year.
Why, Indeed 1.-THE Husband: Why
is it that women always say, "I'll be
ready in two seconds?"
The Wife: Humph! and why is it
that men always say, "Oh, I'm ready
now?"-Brooklyn Life.
"A Case of Ill Treatment.-"He called
his poems the children of his BRAIN"
Dear me, then I should think the
horrid critics ought to be taken in hand
by the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children" -Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.
The cremation Of the remains of
Frederick M Gilbert at the London
Park Crematory, Baltimore, the other
day, was attended by string orches-
ira, which played a funeral dirge and
several other selections during the in
cineration.
The Secret-''How does it come you
write such lovely dialect verse?'' asked
the enthusiastic editor. why, you
see," replied the budding author. II
use stub pen. lots of ink, and write
left-handed with my eyes blindfold -
Ohio State Journal.
Those Testimonials. What real
benefit" asked the disgruntled man,
who objected to paying SO for a seat,
does the average mortal derive from
our prima donnas?" "They tell him
what kind of soap to use," answered
the youth. -Chicago Post.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-19

Iowans must have rubbed their eyes
in amazement when they read the
morning papers of Thursday. There,
in cold type, staring them in the face.
was the statement that Leslie NJ.
Shaw had the evening before dined
with a real, live lord, Lord Revelstoke,
in New York. Now, they know that
Mr.. Shaw, who is Secretary of the
Treasury, is as good as any lord, and
can beat the best of them telling a
story; but how, at the beginning of his
career in national politics, he could
have so far forgotten himself as to
dine with lord. and permit the fact
to be published in the newspapers, was
probably more than the Iowans could
understand.