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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
A HOT TIME AT COLUMBUS.
Senatorial Debate Between the Two
Marion County Candidates Was
Exceedingly Warm.

Senatorial Debate Between the Two
Marion County Candidates Was
Exceedingly Warm.
Columbus, Ca, June 3.-The debate
at the Court House tonight between
w. D. Crawford and E. II. McMichael,
both of the county of Marion, candi-
dates for the Democratic nomination
from this district. proved to be the
warmest political gathering here in
years. 1t was red-hot from beginning
to end.
Hon. Thomas w. Grimes, chairman
of the Senatorial Executive Commit
tee, presided, introducing the two de-
baters. Mr. McMichael opened, speak
ing an hour, then Judge Crawford
spoke for an hour and ten minutes,
and Mr.. McMichael concluded in ten
minute talk. McMichael charged that
the change from a county to a district
primary was made to elect to the SEN
ate a candidate who would be defeat
ed in his home county, and said Judge
Crawford and associates were fighting
to preserve a County Court in Marion,
against which the great mass of the
people of the county we're opposed. He
said he had voted Populist ticket IN
the past, but had returned to the DEM
ocratic party in good faith.
Judge Crawford in his speech said
that McMfchael was still a Populist
and that the Populists of Marion coun-
ty, who were in the majority, were try
ing to force a Populist on the district
He denounced his opponent as one
of Democracys vilest enemies" He
denied in vigorous terms that the
county court was an issue.
There were all sorts of charges and
counter charges. affldavits and counter
afIidavits and the joint debate grew
quite sensational. At its conclusion,
Judge ]. j. Durham of Marion arose to
address the crowd for Judge Crawford,
but it was nearly half an hour before
he was allowed to proceed, the crowd
keeping up a deafening din.
1t was charged that the people IN
the crowd who were creating the dis
turbance, were Marion county Popu-
lists who had come to the city in force
on the afternoon train.
On the other hand 1t was claimed
that there were only twenty Marion
county people present. Judge Durham
referred to the crowd before him, as a
"howling mob of Populists," and said
he would stand there all night rather
than be Kissed down by fools. The
chief of police mounted the stand and
impIored for order, but without avail.
Finally one-third of the crowd left, and
the rest quieted down and Judge Dur
ham proceeded with his speech in which
he compared McMichael to a Judas,
and denounced him in the bitterest
terms.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04

nesses and frequently, also, that
judges, coroners and magistrates were
ignorant of 1t.
The form of swearing by kissing a
book is purely one of custom There is
no direct authority for it in any act
of Parliament, or rule, or book. of
practice. The date also of its introduce
ton is unknown, but this is not be-
cause it has been lost in the mists of
antiquity, for it is fairly certain that,
so recently as at the end of the seven
teenth century if the form existed it
was not in any general use. 1t has
been pointed out that Coke in his in
stitutes makes no mention of kissing
the book, but writes of the corporal
oath" as thus named because the wit
ness touched with his hand a portion
of the Scriptures and this aspect of
the oath no doubt survives in the ia
miliar warning of the usher to the
witness to remove the glove before
taking the Testament for the purpose
of kissing it. 1t also observed that
fin the Book of Oaths," of which an
edition was published in 1859, there is
no mention of kissing a book. How
the kissing originated is, we believe,
almost as much a matter of specula-
ton as is the date at which 1t became
frequent or universal
pels in swearing is, no doubt, of great
antiquity, while the laying of the hand
on the altar of a deity in invoking the
deity to witness a statement or prom
Use is older than the Gospels. The lay
ing of the hand on the Gospels has it's
parallel in other countries besides Eng
land. The kissing of the book is, how
ever, we believe peculiar to England,
or to England and Ireland, and ii is
not quite easy to assign it's origin to
the kissing of relics when we appar-
emily find it introduced in England
after all veneration for relics had been
swept away and made Illegal.
1t is worth noting that English peo-
pie were more addicted to kissing once
than they are now kissing as a form
of salutation was so common among
them that it excited the interest and
amusement of foreigners. Erasmus re-
fers to it and a Hungarian gentleman
who visited London and moved in good
society in 1863 was much struck with
the way in which men kissed ladies
when they greeted them where Hun
garians would have shaken hands.
Even Frenchmen in the Middle Ages
held kissing as a popularity of the
English patton, much as we remark
upon it now among the French. 1t is,
therefore, at least possible that the
kiss bestowed upon the book in taking
an oath may have been not so much
a kiss of veneration as form OF SAL
utation or acknowledgment by bodily
contact. somewhat more ceremonious
than manual contact, but still not as
ISOLATED with any great feeling of So
lemnity.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
rALLAHAssEEANs SUDDEN DEATH
Harry Fish Died at Business ONCE.
Gov. Jennings Leaves for Macon to
Speak at Mercer.


Tallahassee, Fla. June 3.-Between 3
and o'clock Monday afternoon Mr..
Harry Fish. superintendent for the
Middle Florida Ice Company, died very
suddenly while in the discharge of his
duties. He was sitting in a chair in
the business office detailing matters
to the bookeeper, who noticed that Mr..
Fish had stopped talking, and turning
to see what was the matter, found
that he had suddenly expired
Deceased was the oldest son of ex-
Mayor A. ]. Fish and was universally
esteemed in the community where he
had resided since early childhood.
Hon. e. G. Love of Quincy, president
of the Florida College Alumni-Alum-
nae Association, is here for commence
ment week.
Gov w S. Jennings left to-day for
Macon, Ga, where he will on Thursday
deliver the literary address to the grad
uating class at Mercer University.
In the debating contest Of the Platoon
ic Society Monday night the judges
unanimously awarded the medal to
Fritz William Bucholz, of Tampa, the
leading speaker for the affirmative.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
HEAVY FLOOD AT JOLIET.
Principal Streets Are Under Water
and Several Lives LOst-Damnge Is
Very Heavy.

Principal Streets Are Under Water
and Several Lives LOst-Damage Is
Very Heavy.
Joliet, ILL.,, June 3.-Joliet is in the
grasp of the worst flood in its history.
All the lower portion of the city is un-
der water, and it is rumored that sew
eral lives have been lost. The police
have the names of Eddie McGovers,
Lizzie Mclean and a little girl named
Kennedy drowned. Several families
had narrow escapes. and the police res
cued many in boats. Scores of fami-
lies have been driven from their
homes and several houses and other
buildings were swept away. All the
principal streets are under water and
factories and business places all over
the city are flooded The damage to
property is estimated at 100000 The
street car lines are all severely dam
aged and no cars are running. All
trains are stalled, water being two
feet deep over the railroad tracks.
Heavy rains which continued all night
caused Hickory and Spring creeks to
burst their banks and a portion of
Hickory creek dam, east of the city,
has partially collapsed, sending the
flood waters down in a torrent. Scores
of homes have from one to three feet
of water in the first stories.
The railroads are in a hopeless con-
dition. The Rock Island bridge over
the drainage canal has been moved IS
inches out of line by the flood and no
trains can pass. The tracks of the
Chicago and Alton and of the Santa
Fe are under water and a Santa Fe
bridge south of the CITY was washed
away.
Business is paralyzed and all the
schools are closed. The streets that
are not submerged are thronged with
sightseers. The police and firemen, as
sisted by volunteer squads of helpers
are at work all over the city relieving
suffering. The flood is slowly receding
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
A PROTEST AGAINST COERCION
BOurke Cochran Makes Eloquent Adj
dress to Irish-Americans at Chi
cage Auditorium.


caEO Auditorium.
Chicago, June 3.-The meeting of the
Irish-Americans of Chicago at the Au-
ditorium tonight to protest against
the coercion laws in force in nine
counties of Ireland was perhaps the
largest demonstration of it's kind ever
held in this city.
Bourke Cochran was the principal
speaker, and when he began his ad-
dress about 5000 persons joined in the
applause that greeted him.
Crowds thronged the avenues out
side, disappointed at being unable to
gain admission.
Mr.. Cochran said in part:
THE primary object of this meeting
is to make it possible for you, fellow
citizens, to look carefully into the facts
and see to what extent injustice has
been and is being done the Irish ma
ton; to protest against English rule; to
inquire what England further proposes
regarding Ireland, and to say what we
ask the civilized world to condemn.
THE Irish question is often said TO
be too difficult for the ordinary man to
understand; but it is the simplest ques-
ton conceivable. Ireland is the only
country in which the people own Meth
er the land upon which nor control the
government under which they live. The
Irish question arises from the demand
of the Irish to control both their peo-
pie and their land, while the English
government denies the right and en-
deavors to stifle the demand. 1t is a
dual question, alien ownership of the
land and alien ownership of the gov
eminent; these are the Irish griev-
ances. In Ireland, the owners of the
soil never lived on it, and never saw
it, but obtain and retain ownership by
a sort of confiscation.
THE prosperity of the Irish people
has been stified by the unreasonable
demands of England. and this policy
the English officials still are endeavor-
ing to pursue by coercion.
Have Demonstrated Their Capacity.
The Irish have shown their indus
trial capacity at home and in every
country in which they have gone and
if this be the case under adverse con-
djtions at home and in foreign lands,
how much more then would it be shown
in their own land, owned and governed
by themselves. They would certainly
be able to restore in Ireland the pros
perity they have achieved in other
countries.
"If the American people in their
might shall rise up and say the Irish
cause is just, Ireland will be restored.
As Americans we cannot but believe
that Providence has intended that the
American people shall be the instru-
Inent through which this justice shall
be accomplished"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
FOUR GARR0TED AT PONCE.

Porto Rico still Uses Spanish Meth
DDS of Executing Criminals.
Ponce, Porto Rico, June 3-Bernabe
Acevedo, Jose Torres, Ramon Troche
Cadeno, and Juan Torres, the four men
found guilty of murder, robbery and
outrage, committed in October, 1898,
at Guayo a suburb of Adjutas, were
garroted here to-day. All the con-
demned men confessed their crimes as
they walked to the scaffold. Two of
them aided the executioner to adjust
the garrote and forgave him for put
ting them to death. One of the pris-
orers resisted the adjustment of the
cloth over his face. He said he wanted
to die with his face uncovered. Final
ly, after fifteen minutes struggle, h.
was subdued. There were only thirty
witnesses of the execution.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
Miss Essie Thiepen. vnIdosta, Ga.

Valdosta, Ga, June "A very sad
death here at an early hour this morn
ing was that OF Miss Essie Thigpen,
second daughter OF Mrs. ]. f. Thigpen.
Her death occurred about | a. m, af-
teri an Illness OF several weeks. She
was taken with what appeared to be a
light type Of malaria but Sunday she
was taken for the worse. She sank
rapidly and yesterday morning went
into Inconsistencies. A little after
midnight last night the end came. She
was about 20 years OF age and was
popular with all who knew her. The
funeral win occur Tomorrow morning
at The city cemetery Rev. Carl Minor
OflIclntIng.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
Engineers Thanked convention.

c.Nortolk. Va, June 3.-The National
,1.NVthtion OF the Brotherhood Of LO-
motive Engineers to-day unanimous
'aopted resolution OF thanks to
members Of the constitutional con-
, 'D'h Of the state OF Virginia for
.t action regarding the fellow SER
or employers liability bill.
Af convention sent telegram Of
cement 10 Gov DOckery Of MIS-
Who. "a he outbreak of . Mis-
strike. preceded the militia, which
Ni1 ordered out. 10 the scene " the
.titiement.
'"" Executive Committee report
NAT 3e5 900 has been expended
h'fliy since the last biennial con-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
A HOLIDAY AT RICHMOND.

Portrait of President Davis Present
cd to n. Il. Lee Camp.
Richmond. Va. June 3.-This, the
birthday of Jefferson Davis, was OBJ
served here to-day as a state holiday,
the offices at the Capitol and the city
hall and the public schools being
closed. This evening a portrait of
President Davis was presented to r.
e. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans.
The presentation speech was made
by Capt Charles M. Blackford of
Lynchburg. and the picture was re-
ceived by Commander Gervas Storrs of
the camp.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
during the evening also presented to
the members of the camp crosses of
honor, which are of bronze, made from
Confederate cannon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
THE TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.

Tuberculosis Neither Injections Nor
IncurabIe, Said DIR. Warner of New
York.
New York, June 3.-The American
tuberculosis Congress to-day consider
ed Tuberculosis in it's Pathological
and Psychological Aspects" Prof. j..
i. Kinyoun of Pennsylvania spoke of
tuberculosis as 1.-The great white
plague" which destroys more people
than all other plaques. He said Prof.
Koch had discovered that bovine and
ard that no harm could come to the
human from the bovine tubercule. The
use of tuberculine should be limited 10
the lower animals and not used expert
mentally on man.
The third symposium considered en-
braced the medical aspects of tubercu-
losis. DR.. L. H Warner of this city
said that legislation requiring the iso-
lation of consumptives would be wrong
and he asserted that tuberculosis is
not infectious or incurable. Exercise,
nourishing diet and healthy and NY
gienic surroundings only are required
to restore a sufferer to the normal
condition. Raw food with unbroken
cells was the most nourishing food
for a consumptive.
Discussing Tuberculosis and En-
vironment." DR.. H. Mediation of Ma
con, Ga, said among other things that
tuberculosis was unknown among the
negroes in plantation days in the
South, then the negroes were we'll look
ed after and were not surrounded by
misery and squalor as they are to-
day.
At dinner given tonight to the
visiting members of the congress, DR..
Mcintosh of Thomasville, Ga, present
ed. lin the name of the medical pro-
fession of the United States" loving
cup TO Clark Bell, secretary and treas
urer of the congress. He said 1t was
in appreciation of the magnitude OF
the work Mr.. Bell has accomplished for
Ia44 nj
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
THE EPSON DERBY TO-DAY.
King Edward VIII Have Many Royal
POtentates as His Guests.

London, June 3.-Many Americans
found their way to Epson to-day,
where King Edward and a brilliant
suite watched the races which will Gull
inmate tomorrow in what is expected
to be the most brilliant Derby in years.
Nearly all the members of the royal
family and the foreign potentates in
England will be the Kings guests for
the Derby, and the demand for coaches
threatens to exceed the supply.
Among the American jockeys who
will have mounts are Maher, Jenkins,
Martin, Reiff and Spencer.
Reiff, who, it is said, has had the
offer to ride r. S. Sievier's bay fly
Sceptre, the favorite at to against,
and had William c. Whitneys per-
mission to do so,1 says he would rather
ride a loser for Mr.. Whitney than win
for Mr.. Sievier Reiff will ride Jntru-
der
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
ROASTED DUPONT GUERRY.
Candidate with Conducting Cam
paign of Abuse.

Atlanta, June 3.-Rev. Sam Small,
Hon. Warner Hill and Hon. Harvey
Johnston addressed a crowd of 500 peo-
pie in the City Hall tonight in behalf
of the candidacy of Hon. j. NJ. Terrell
for Governor. Hon. Dupont Query
was the only one of the other candi-
dates upon whom any attack was
made. He was charged with having
conducted a campaign of abuse,
Against everything in the state except
his own ambition for office"
Hon. Warner Hill spoke of Mr..
Guerry's going to the Southern Railway
shops last night in an effort to seek the
support of the very men whom he had
been attacking from Dade to Darien.
Mr.. Small and Mr.. Hill both attacked
Mr.. .Guerrys record on local option and
prohibition, and sought to show that
he was a Prohibitionist for political
purposes only.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04

A Relic of the Time When kissing
Was General i'm Merry England.

Was General i'm Merry England.
From the Lancet
Sir Francis JENNIE and Mr.. Justice
Gorell Barnes have had posted out
side the two courts of Probate, Di-
vorce and Admiralty Division notices
to witnesses calling their attention to
the fact that they may be sworn in
the Scotch manner before giving evil
dence. That is to say, they may be
sworn with uplifted hand repeating a
solemn invocation to the Deity, in
stead of taking a book and kissing it
after listening to form repeated by
a minor official of the court. The no.
tice TO which we refer is repeated out
side one of the courts Of the Chancery
division and we have every hope that
Il may become universal.
We have for many years contended
that the oath by kissing a book has
nothing 10 commend IL, while It Is mas
~ and may become a meEas Of prop
aRatlon Of disease; and We have seen
with regret that the statutory permits
sion 20 swear IN the Scotch fashion
Was, as q rule, not known by Wit
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
A RECIPROCITY COMPROMISE.
Beet Sugar Man Figures Out a Way
i'm Which Ii Can BE Done.

Beet Sugar Man Figures Out a Way
i'm Which 1t Can BE Done.
e Washington, June S.--Senator Die
trieh of Nebraska, who stands with
the beet sugar interests in opposition
10 the reduction of duty on Cuban
sugars as proposed by the Republican
members of the Senate Committee on
cuban Relations, to-day introduced a
OH on the subject which he thinks
VIII be accepted as a compromise meas
uTe. 1t provides that the differential
on rehned sugar shall be abolished, but
mat an equal amount shall be added
10 the duty on raw sugars, and then
II gives Cuba a rs per cent. reduction
from this increased duty
senators Dietrich says that he has
consulted the President with refer
ehce to the terms of the bill and that
IS acceptable to him. He has also
assured himself that it will be salts
factory to the senatorial friends Of
beet sugar.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
NINE OWNERS ARE INDICTED.
Tennessee Grand Jury Takes Action
on FrnteryiIIe Disaster.

Knoxville, Tenn, June S.-The An
derson county. Tennessee. grand jury
sitting at Clinton, has returned indict-
ments against Mai. +. G. Camp
George NJ. Camp and the Coal Creek
Coal Company for criminal misdemean-
or. These indictments result from the
recent Fratervllle mine disaster. the
notifications being that defendants did
moi fulfill the law IN regard 20 daily
Inspection Of the mine, in the freedom
IN fhe mine from gases and 10 other
particulars. MAJ. Camp Is said 10 Ne
he principal owner ~ the mine. George
a. camp was superintendent ~ ne
mine ln which the accident occurred.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04

Valdosta, Ga, June "a report from
Lake Park brings the news of the
death of Mrs. NJ. J. Outlaw, which oc-
CURED about sun down yesterday af-
ternoon. She was siXty-two years ~
age and wife of Judge Edward Outlaw.
She was an excellent Christian charac-
ter. She was buried this morning at
Lake Park. She leaves a number OF
children, besides her husband, and
other relatives to mourn her death.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04

Atlanta, June 3.-Exercises commem-
orative of the anniversary of the birth
day of Jefferson Davis were conduct
ed by the local organiza tiorrs of the
United Confederate Veterans in this
city to-day. Mayor Minis delivered the
memorial address.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
one Of stonevnII JacIs.on's Men.

Romney, w. Va, June 3.-Rev. J. II.
Moore Of Keyser, w. Va, who served
udner "Stonewlll"' Jackson was the
crater to-day at the Confederate mem
oriai services here. Confederate vet
Grams from near by towns participated
IN the parade and ceremonies.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04

Little Rock Ark, June 3.-Dr. An
drew Hunter one of the patriarchs of
the Methodist Church in Arkansas,
died here to-day in his seth year. He
was licensed to preach in 1886 in this
state.
In 1866 he was. elected q United
States senator, but was unable to take
the "iron-clad" oath. hence resigned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
SENATE NAVAL REPORT.
Provision for Building in Govern
ment Yards stricken Out.

Washington. June S.-Senator Hale,
from the Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs to-day reported the naval ap-
preparation bill to the Senate. The
committee reports in favor of all the
new vessels recommended by the House
and at the prices fixed in the House
BILL but, strikes out the provision that
half the vessels shall be built in gov
eminent yards. The secretary of the
navy is authorized to contract with
the Holland Company for five subma-
rine boats
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
Special Examiner Named in o. NJ.
Carter Case.

New York, June 3.-Judge Lacombe,
in the United States circuit court to-
day. appointed Clarence A. Parsons
special examiner in the case of the
United States against Oberlin NJ. Car
ter
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
ALMIGHTY GOD RECOGNIZED.
'Tginia Convention Amends COnsti-
tuition for This Purpose.

Hchmond, Va, June 3.-The consti-
,uOohal convention at it's session to-
ody completed considera ton of the new
ms tuition and referred the document
~ lhe Committee on Enrolment, to be
engrossed.
III II also adopted the preamble as re-
yea by the Committee on Bill of
Rights, and adopted an amendment
ulereto recognizing Almighty God and
making acknowledgment of His boun-
t t..ul mercy to all the people. No ma
made.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
THE DAVIS MEMORIAL ARCH.
Designs Considered by the AssOcia-
ton MT Richmond.

Richmond, Va, June 3.-Tha board
of directors of the Jefferson Davis Me-
mortal Association, composed of
Daughters of the Confederacy, met
here to-day and after inspecting the
various models for the proposed Davis
memorial arch now on exhibition here,
adjourned until tomorrow, at which
time the body is expected 10 reach a
decision as between the various de-
signs submitted. To-days session was
secret. but so far as can be learned
there was nothing in the nature of "A
protest against the form of memorial
adopted.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
To Keep Tax on Grain.

London, June 3.-The chancellor OF
the exchequer, Sir Micheal Hicks
Beach, answering question in the
House of Commons to-day finally an
nounced that it was not proposed to
remove the tax on grain from the
budget.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
Small BOYS killed by Lightning.

Gutherie, o. T., June 3.-During an
electric storm which passed over
Beaver county to-day, two small sons
of Thomas Smith and another boy,
whose name is not given, were struck
by lightning and instantly killed.