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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
THE PERIOD OF PROSPERITY.

In answer 10 the question udy OF
two ago as to whether he believed the
flood tide of prosperity of the country
had been reached and was turning,
| Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan said: "Such a
question scarcely needs an answer, for
the facts speak for themselves. The
phenomenal prosperity of the country
is so self-evident that you have the
answer to your very hand. More; not
only is the prosperity here, but all the
signs. all the promises, all the indica-
tions are that it is here for a long time
to come. have absolute faith in the
future"
We have no doubt that Mr.. Morgan
is sincere in what he says respecting
prosperity He has plenty of evidence
to sustain him in the showing made by
the billion dollar steel trust. That
great corporation has made phenome-
nal earnings during the ten months it
has been in existence At a meeting of
its directors the other day the state
ment was made that it had orders
ahead sufficient to keep all of its va
rious plants in operation for at least
six months, and that it could easily ad-
vance prices if it wanted to do so, be-
cause the pressure for it's products
was so great that higher prices would
be paid willingly for the prompt filling
of orders.
OF course there must be a great deal
of building going on in the country
when there is such a demand for the
products of steel mills, and if there is
a big demand for buildings and for new
railroads there must necessarily be a
good deal of business prosperity.
Mr.. Morgan may not always speak
his mind on the question as to whether
the outlook is that the present prosper
ity will continue. He could not very
well afford to say that the, outlook was
that hard times were close at hand.
Such a statement from him would
have a depressing effect. 1t would
make men who have money to invest
timid. There would come hesitation
and doubt where there is now conf
dence. Instead of undertaking new
enterprises there would be a disposition
to wait developments, and the waiting
and doubling might bring about busi-
ness stagnation.
There is no doubt, however, that Mr..
Morgan is right in saying that the in
dications are now in favor of long
period of prosperity. The exports of
this country are steadily increasing
the exports of manufactured goods as
well as of agricultural products-and
the home demand promises to continue
to be active. Hard times will of
course come again, but they may not
come for ten years or more. Our cap
tains of industry and financiers seem
to think they have found means for
staving off business stagnation and
financial disaster, but experience will
show probably that the periods of pros
perity will come and go in the future
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31


South Carolinians are beginning to
regard their pension system anxiously
The Columbia State says: The poll
ticians have seized upon it as a means
of making themselves solid at home,
and nothing but an emphatic rebuke
from the people will prevent them
from carrying the distribution OF pub
lie money to point of great extrav-
agance, as in Georgia and other South
ern states as we'll as in Washington"
peculiar thing about this granting
of governmental bounty to old soldiers
is that when the proposition is made
that the federal government do some
thing for the old Confederates, the
Southern politicians protest vigorous
ly, but when it is a matter of giving
largess by the state governments they
are willing to vote all sorts of appro-
priations. Apparently they do not
take into consideration or do not care
about, the fact that the South pays
into the federal treasury millions of
dollars more than it ever gets back
again. The adoption of the bill of
Representative RiXey of Virginia, to
open the doors of the soldiers homes
to Confederate veterans, for instance,
would amount to giving the old SOL
diers of the South some of the benefit
of the money paid by the South into
the treasury.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

Though owing to the accident of
birth a younger son it was the fate
of Prince Henry of Prussia to play a
comparative obscure part in the his
tory of his country compared with MS
brother William, he has escaped the
fierce light that beats about a throne
and secured an affection in the hearts
of his countrymen that peradventure
had not been his as first born, says
the New York Telegram.
= He is the hero of countless anecdotes
from his youth up, which are always
cropping out in the land of his birth.
A light-hearted, lovable fellow in his
school days, with a keen sense OF fun,
one day while rambling through the
palace grounds at Potsdam he began
picking flowers and handing them to
his sister Charlotte. A newly engaged
custodian walked up to the children
and warned them that the pursuit was
forbidden When he found that the
boy was not disposed to be docile the
custodian said: Come with me, lit
tie fellow: we shall have to see about
this"
with pleasure" answered the boy,
but 1 must first go and inform my
papa" Where does your papa live?"
lover there"-pointing to the palace
In his earlier life he was accustomed
to speak quite frankly to his elder
brother. "Oh, / am not afraid of him."
he said once. Il have read that since
the French revolution he has no power
over me-"
Among the studies which the young
prince pursued at this time was the
science of making clocks. 1t was the
belief of the late Emperor that every
member of the royal house should pro-
vide for all possible vicissitudes by
learning a trade, and thus it was that
while Henry was learning to be a clock
maker the present Emperor was ac-
quiring complete knowledge of glove
making. 1t was to this lovable prince
that the late Emperor Frederick wrote
on a slip of paper when he was no
longer able to speak:
You at least have never given me
a moments sorrow, and will make as
good a husband as you have been a
loving SON." And after his death it
was found that the dying Emperor had
left the bulk of his fortune to this we'll
loved son, who is therefore financially
Independent of his imperial brother.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

AS an example of what Tommy At
kins is "up against" in South Africa
these recipes, which have been sent to
friends at home by a Yeoman in the
British forces, will show, says an ex-
change. Even allowing for the ex-
aggeration to be expected in soldiers
news for those at home. some queer
messes must have inspired these re-
cipes:
Trek Ok Stew.-Take an OK about so
years old belonging to some one else.
Kill If not already dead. Cut into four
or more parts. Boil in pot of muddy
water. At the end of that time pull
it out and wait for a sand storm
Serve.
Sponge Cake.-Take few handfuls
of Indian meal and sufficient dirty
water to make into a stiff paste. Put
1t on a piece of tin or shovel over a
fire. Ready for use when warmed
through.
Porridge.-Take a few handfuls of
Indian corn and put it into a bully
beef or other old tin. Fill up with
water and boil till soft
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
THE NEW DEPARTMENT.

1t is admitted in Washington that
the proposed new department of the
government known as the Department
of Commerce and Labor will be Great
ed. The impression is that the bill will
be passed and signed before the end
of the present session of Congress.
The Senate passed the bill several
days ago, and it is not known that
there is any serious opposition TO it
in the House.
The opposition in the Senate was Of
fered by a few of the New England
Senators, but they withdrew it when
they saw how strong was the senti-
ment in favor of it. One of it's chief
opponents was Senator Hale, but he
became convinced, before the discus
sion of it had proceeded far, that the
fact, was demanded by a majority
of the people.
The new department will be one of
the most important of the executive
branch of the government. At first
it was proposed to call it the Depart
ment of Commerce, but finally, on
motion of Senator Bacon of Georgia,
it was decided to give it the name it
now bears.
The intimation is thrown out that
a politician will not be selected to be
at the head of it, but it is evident
that a President will consult his own
wishes in the matter. The chances
are that a man who is influential in
the councils of the party having con-
troll of the administration will be Sc
lected for the place of Secretary of
Commerce and Labor.
AS arranged in the bill the new de-
partment will be made up of bureaus
taken from the Treasury, Interior and
State Departments. From the Treas
ury Department will be taken the fol-
lowing: Life-saving service; Light
house Board; lighthouse service; Ma
rine Hospital Service; Steamboat In
spection service; Bureau of Naviga-
ton and United States Shipping Com
missioners; Bureau of Immigration;
the Bureau of Statisics United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The following will be taken from the
interior Department; Commissioner
of Railroads; Census Office and Pat
ent Office; Department of Labor; Com
missioner of Fish and Fisheries. and
from the State Department will be
taken the Bureau of Foreign Com
merce. Those consular agents there
fore who have diplomatic matters to
attend to as well as commercial mat
ters, will find themselves serving two
departments.
The new department is also 20 have
jurisdiction Of the Chinese exclusion
laws and of the Bureau of Manufac-
lures which Is to be created. In as
much as this new department is some
thing of a party measure, it is to be
expected that it viii be put through
the House in short order, like the Hep-
burn canal bill was.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Ship Notice, Van
Bargen, Master Notice. John f. Ma
guire, Electric Inspector; Oasis; No
tice to Superior Court Jurors; Notice
to Members of, the Bar Superior Court
Special Notice, Thomas F.. Thomson,
T. c. {. c.
Business Notices-For Distribution.
A. NJ. e c. w. West.
The Universal Food Chopper--Allen
Bros.
Oficial-Special Meeting of Council
to Take Action on Petition of Savan-
nah Electric Company; Ordinance Pub
lished as Information; Application to
Retail Liquor.
Our oath Friday Hour Bargain Sale
Leopold Adler.
Amusements-Denma Thompson in
1.-THE Old Homestead" at Theater To-
night.
Watches-waltham Watches.
Auction Sales-Receiver's Sale of
Groceries.
Steamship Observation-Disclosures and
Philadelphia Steamship Lines.
Postum Food Coffee-Postum Cereal
Company.
Cigars-Cortez Cigars.
Washing Powder-Pearline.
Soap-Munyon's Soap.
acknowledgements; Mothers Friend;
Castoria; Heiskell's Ointment; Hostet-
ter:s Stomach Bitters; Dead Shot Ver-
mifuge.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-.
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

State superintendent Skinner of the
New York public schools has refused
to permit collections of any kind to
be taken up in the public schools of
that state. His ruling was on the
proposition to have the school chill
dren make contributions to a Mckinley
monument fund. And he is right,
very right. School collections do more
harm than they can possibly do good.
In probably every public school col
lection ever made a number of chill
dren were Inundated. or parents gave
up money that they could ill-afford to
spare, or both.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

On Feb. IL an interesting centennial
celebration is to be held at Wilkes
barre, Pa. On that date in the year
1902 a number of persons assembled
in an old log tavern in Wilkesbarre to
witness the burning in a CRATE of
chunks of "black rock" which
abounded about the town. The dem
onstration was a perfect success. The
"black rock" was what we now know
as anthracite coal. Thus the discov-
cry of anthracite and it's value is a
few days less than 100 years old. But
how marvellous has been the progress
in coal since that time. In 1900 there
was produced in the United States coal
to the value of 22521, $50 at the mines,
and the coal area of the country was
estimated at nearly 100000 square
miles.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
Mixed History.

The Juvenile son of an army officer
made a strange mixture of the history
of George Washington the other
day. says the Washington Star. A
visitor called during the absence OF his
parents, and to entertain the children
and instill lesson of manly honor and
patriotism told them the famous stories
Of the Liberty bell and the cherry tree.
The scion of the soldier was much in
terested, but the details got badly
twisted in his head When his father
returned home he was told of the fine
story the visitor had told about the
father Of his country. washington
must have been a wonderful man." said
the boy. He smashed the Liberty bell
with his little hatohet aud his father
whipped him with "A cherry tree for tell
ing lie' II took paterfamilias some
time 10 strRighton things out
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

And now New York wants an ex-
position. A bill has been introduced
into the Legislature at Albany to pro-
vide for the holding of an exposition
in celebration of the three hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of the
Hudson river by Hendrick Hudson on
Sept. 2, 1909. The show is to be held
on the banks of the Hudson river,
probably within the limits of the city
of New York. Only a short while ago
some of the New York papers were as
sertipg that New York didn't want any
sort of a big fair and would be bet
ter off without one.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

A Des Moines dispatch says that ex-
Gov. Shaw had to apologize to the
chambermaid day or two ago, Just
before he left for Washington to be-
come Secretary Of the Treasury. The
Governor it appears. had purchased
some fine diamonds for Mrs. Shaw. In
her absence he desired to show the
gems to some of his friends. He
searched high and low for them, but
they were nowhere to be found. There
was nobody about the house who knew
anything about them except the cham
bermaid. and the Governors suspi-
cion fell upon her. He accused the
girl of having stolen the diamonds
and ordered her searched, despite her
fearful protests. In the midst of 1t
all Mrs. Shaw arrived. Learning
what was up, she fastened to a closet
and dragged out an old SHOE from
which she produced the diamonds. She
had placed them there for safe keep
ing. An apology and $40 bill ap-
peased the girl.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

In Kansas there is a baby that has
little mite, a lusty and well-favored
child OF a few months of age, was
found abandoned in coach OF the
choctaw Railroad. A card pinned to
the baby's clothing said: 81 have no
parents; please take me to the next
station" The railroad management
decided 20 adopt the child and rear
and educate IT at the roads expense.
II is now In a hospital In Wichita.
Whether the railroad will be father
or mother to the child is a question.
but the chances are the little one VIII
grow up well cared for aud become a
useiul member OF society.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

A California railroad has posted an
Feb. Is next no employee will be per-
mitted to use liquor or cigarettes, and
that all employees on passenger runs
must abstain from tobacco in all forms
whatsoever while on duty.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

Names for the several bridges across
the East river. New York. have been
selected by the Bridge Commission
er. The present bridge is TO be known
as the Brooklyn Bridge" the one that
is nearing completion at the foot OF
Delaney street,is TO be the WILLIAMS
burg Bridge" the third that IL TO
cross near the navy yard Is to be the
navy Yard Bridge" and the fouth
that Is 60 be built over Biackwelrs
Island 70 Queens borough viii be the
"RaYenswo0d Bridge"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

There is a plague of rats at the
White House, and various expedients
are being resorted to for the purpose of
clearing them out. The Washington
rats that the people are most inter
ested in, however, are not those at the
White House, but those treasury rats
that have their nest at the other end
of the avenue.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
WEST END CAP

Car leaves west side of City Market
for West End 600 a. m. and every 10
minutes thereafter during the day uk
til 11:3O D. m.
Leaves West End at $40 a. M and
every 40 minutes thereafter during the
day until 1900 o'clock midnight.
LUCIEN MCINTYRE. Gen Manager.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day
tion, variable winds; and for Eastern
Florida partly cloudy weather, variable
winds,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31

This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves east side Of
city market for Isle of Hope, Thun.
derbolt and all intermediate points al
300 a. m, 100 p. m, 500 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Market and all intermediate
points at 600 a. M, 11:00 a. m, 2N
y. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-31
MONTGOMERY.
THUNDERBOLT

Car leaves Bolton street junction $50
a. m. and every thirty minutes there.
after until 11:30 D. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 800 a. m.
and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 1900 midnight, for Bolton street
junction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
wooDMAN LEAVES SANTA FE.
Rock Island Captures an Expert on
California Advertising.

E. H. Woodman, chief clerk in the adj
at Chicago win leave that company
January l to become chief clerk in the
same department of the Rock Island
road w. H Simpson. advertising agent
of the Santa Fe. has not announced Mr..
Woodman's successor.
Mr.. Woodman is well known to the
passenger department people Of Topeka.
He is counted as one of the strongest
advertising men in the employ of this
road He was with the Southern Pacific
for many years and started their mag
zine called Sunset" From San Fran
cisco he removed to Chicago at the
death of his wife, and it is supposed
that the Rock Island expects to utilize
his services especially in preparing Cali
fOrnia advertising matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
AHEAD OF MARCONI.
A Scotchnan Planned Wireless Teleg-
raphY Long Ago.

New York, Dec. 27.-When Mr. Mar
conf lectured at Dundee, says the Lon
don correspondent of the Tribune. he
gave full credit to the Scotch inventor
James Bowman Lindsay for being the
first man who thoroughly believed in
the possibility and utility of long dis
lance wireless biography, so years ago
He commended that Lindsay's system
was not considered practical on account
of the enormous electrical energy re-
quired, even for the most moderate dis
tances and the necessity of placing inn
mersed plates at a considerable distance
apart, but he admitted that the inven-
tor would have done much more if he
had lived in the present time. Lindsay's
biographer has delivered lectures on
these early experiments in wireless tel
egraph and has exhibited the original
apparatus and diagrams. The biog-
raphy which viii be published shortly
will contain many of Lindsay's letters
on the subject, which prove the origt-
nality and feasibility of his experiment
tai work 1t is not generally known
that Lindsay took out a patent for his
method of wireless telegraphy. He be-
gan experiments in the ponds around
Dundee in 1874 and resumed them in
1858, at Portsmouth and across the Tay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
OKLAHOMA LEADS.
Has Built $40 Miles of New Railroad
During 1902.

A careful preliminary estimate made by
individual canvass of the railroads and
supplemented by the Railroad Gazette's
owr records, figures furnished by the state
railroad commissions and other sources eff
information, shows that approximately
6.026 miles of new steam railroad have been
built within the United States between
January and December 81, 1902. The fig
ures are exclusive Of second track, sid
ings and all electric lines. Rebuilt mileage
is also excluded except where the work in
volved such extensive charges in alignment
that a new route was established. as in
the case of the Southern Pacific betweea
certain points in Nevada.
Railroad building was reported done in
forty-two states and territories and Okla
homa leads the list with track laid on $40
miles of new line during the year. Texas
comes second, with 496 miles; Arkansas is
third, with 81 miles. and Indian Territory
is fourth, with 1863 miles. Georgia built $50
miles during the year
souri, and New Mexico show returns of
over 200 miles built, and Alabama, Caliror-
MIA, Florida. Louisiana, Michigan, Mime
sofa Mississippi; Ohio Pennsylvania,
tween 100 and 200 miles.
No steam mileage was reported from
Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island or
Returns received direct from practically
every locomotive and car building plant in
the country show that approximately 1884,
SAT cars have been built, including cars for
use on elevated railroads, but exclusive OF
street and other electric cars. This is cor
siderably the Ian gest record which has
ever been made in the country, and ex-
ceeds b. 25,542 the output for 1901. But
these figures do not include cars built by
railroads at their own shops
OF the cars recorded approximately 49,
500 are for freight service and 1,94S for
passenger service; 161,747 are for domestic
use and $500 are for export.
Last year the total number of cars built
was 144.267. which exceeded by b. 61 the
recorded output for the year 1900. The
1901 figures included also 1862 street cars
During the year 407O locomotives were
built in the various locomotive PLANTS IN
the country, as against 1884 last Year The
number for the current year includes "A
electric locomotives. The real meaning of
this figure is perhaps best realized by cal
culating the expenditure involved which
would be nearly S4S. 100000 if the average
600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
WRONG MAN HANGED.
Policeman Hinkle Said to Have
Been Shot by Joe COOLEY.

Pfttsburg. Kas., Dec. 27.-NTont Cooley,
the negro who was lynched here for the
murder of Policeman Hinkle, is now be-
lieved to have been the wrong man.
Although Cooley was implicated in the
trouble. he did not fire the fatal shot.
Developments indicate that Joe Cooley
fired the shot from. the officers own re-
volver, and then, made his escape.
There is such a similarity in the ap-
pearance of Jess. the brother now under
arrest for completely, and Joe that only
their most intimate acquaintance
among the whites can tell them apart
The mother OF the boys is said to have
called upon physicians in the city and
requested them TO treat her son Joe for
q gunshot wound in the neck. They
could not get her to tell where he was,
and they refused to go with her.
The officers revolver has not been
found and it IS believed that the man
who killed the officer has it. 1t was re-
ported that ice Cooley was at his home
in Weir City, suffering from a gunshot
wound. and officers have gone there to
investigate. If he is captured there may
be a repetition of Christmas mornings
work. Jess and Gus Cooley are in the
county 5ail at Girard for being impii-
Gated in the killing of officer Hinkle.