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Dlsrobed on Barge Before
Taking Fatal Plunge.
IDENTIFIED BY HIS FATHER
Was Metsu Delanious, Greek, Twelve
Years Old ~ Was Taken Out of St
Joseph's Orphan Asylum Saturday to
Go Egg Rolling Easter Monday.

For reasons unknown to any members
Of his family little Metsu Deianious. a
Greek youth, twelve years OF ago. tool,
his life shortly after IL o'clock yesterday
morning by jumping into the Potomac al
spot located near the Bathing Beach.
Although a number of persons put out
to his rescue. the youth was evidently de-
termined to die, and. making no effort to
save himself. sank before anyone could
reach him. The body of the little suicide
was recovered by the crew OF the harbor
police boat vigiIant and sent to the
morgue.
Disrobed ON a Barge.
The first seen of the youth in the Vi
cinity OF the Bathing Beach was BY num-
Der of boys of his own age. who saw
Delanious walking along the river bank
a short distance away. His actions were
of such a peculiar character as to at
tract the boys attention. Upon watching
him they saw him suddenly discard his
clothing after having boarded an old
barge which was lying close inshore.
Policeman Kenney's attention was then
called to the youth. and he made all haste
to launch a lifeboat- In the meantime
another hsatman called out that there
was a man in the water and that he was
sinking The bluecoat worked quickly.
and was soon pulling toward the scene,
but arrived Just in time to see the body
di isappear. When the body was recov-
cred life was extinct.
Identified by Father.
The body was first identified by Police
man Sampson. of the First precinct. as
that of Louis Zerega, but this was denied
by the Zerega boys father, who stated
that his son was home and alive. Within
couple OF hours afterward man called
at the Sixth precinct station. and readi
ly identified the body as that Of his son,
Metsu Delanious.
He informed Morguemaster Schoneber-
ger that his son was an inmate Of st.
Josephs Orphan Asylum. and that his
mother had taken him out of the institu-
tion the day before Easter. in order that
he might go to the egg-rolling at the
White House.
He spent Monday night at home. and
early yesterday morning accompanied his
mother to mass. After the church serv-
ices were over the youngster was missed.
No anxiety was felt over his absence by
he parents until late yesterday afternoon.
when ne failed to put in an appearance.
This was es much as the parent of Inc
lead boy would say regarding the case
and he refused 10 make public his own
address.
Coroner hewitt has not as yet decided
whether to issue certificate of death
rom accident, or as the result OF a sui
,ide.
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TO BE WHITE HOUSE USHER,
Charles Mascord Appointed to Succeed
Mr.. Stone. Promoted

Charles Mascord has been appointed an
usher at the White House to succeed
Thomas f. Stone, who was recently ap-
pointed to the position of chief usher
Mr.. Maseord was formerly attached to
the household of Comma nder Cowles.
The Washington times., 1902-04-02
Subjects and Weights.

The subjects and weights follow:
1-Efficiency. 90, divided as follows
(a) quality OF work, .; (b) quantity Of
work, %; (cl adaptability, >: Id senior
ity or length of service ). Especial
educational qualifications, ;. 3-Practical
questions in Office work, general and spe-
cial. 10. 4-Writng a report 10. >
Arithmetic. 10. making total of 100
The tests on the last three subjects
will be in writing. 1t is understood how
ever. that they will not be compulsory,
but any employe who fails to attain an
average percentage of 20 en- his efficiency
record for one year shall be reduced in
rank or may. in the discretion of the
Commission. be separated from the sery-
ice.
The rating for quality of work is in
tended to indicate the accuracy, skill.
promptness. penmanship neatness. and
intelligence with which the work Is per-
formed as compared with the standard.
The rating for quantity of work is in
tended to indicate the amount of work
actually performed as compared with the
standard.
The rating for adaptability is to be de-
termined by the aptitude of employees and
the extent to which they have been found
uSeIui on Inherent xmas OF work.
light weight is to be given to length
of service. This is TO be rated on the
basis OF 100 per cent for twenty or more
years, and proportionate rating for less
than twenty years employment in the
public service.
A light weight of . per cent is given
for special educational qualifications for
the work of the Commission. but no
credit will be given for qualifications
which cannot be utilized in the work
These qualifications are to be determined
by optional examinations.
Majority of Tests for Fitness.
1t will be seen that so per cent of the
tests are for ftness-that is, the weights
given to efficiency, practical questions and
special educational qualifications relate
directly to the efficiency OF the employees.
while the other 20 per cent. including the
tests in writing a report and in arlthme-
tie. also bear upon the qualification of
employees for the work of the Commission.
The regulations provide for specific de-
ductions for office habits in the matter OF
punctuality. application. and conduct. .
Excessive absence of employees Is also
to be considered under the regulations.
The Washington times., 1902-04-02

First base by errors--Georgetown, 4;
Yale, l. Left on bases-GeOrgetown, 6;
Yale, s. First base on balls-On Garvan,
2. Struck out-By Cox. 3; by Garvan. 3.
Three base hits-Moran, DeSaulles, Wins
low. Two-base hits-Dorman. Guernsey,
Sacrifice hit-Ward. Stolen bases-MoT-
gan. DeSaulies, Cate. Double play-Gar-
van to Winslow to Chittenden. Hit by
pitcher-By Cox, /. Wild pitches-Cox.
Umpire-Mr. Belts. Time of game, 2
hours,
The Washington times., 1902-04-02
NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD|
GEORGETOWN GOES,
YALE ONE BETTER

(Continucd from FontH rasc.)
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core by innings

Georgetown 20 0 90 l 0 0 1-2
Yale .........0 0 o 0 0 0-1
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

The Boston Post CDem.) says: "The
dollar is the controlling thing in this
Philippine affair But there are no
dollars there for American industry,
whatever there may be for American
spectators in government franchises.
1t is a fatuous and improbable under
taking altogether"
The Houston (Tex.) Post Dem. }
says: "All the world which sympa-
thizes with the heroic burghers will re-
1oiCe that the terms of peace are lib
eral and that the British appreciate the
duty of treating them in a generous
spirit and of really reconstructing the
country and repairing the ravages of
war"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem }
says: "Some Republican journals that
are not hard to please affect the be-
lief that the Hanna war cry: Keep
on letting well enough alone!' will pave
the way to victory. There is undoubt-
edly a cheerful and taking optimism
in it, but it is not always safe The
people who didn't go into the ark with
Noah. or out of Sodom with Lot or
away from st. Pierre on a later occa-
sion. were all bent on letting well
enough alone:' but the consequences
were serious"
The New York Commercial Qnd)
says: "A memorial from the late col
ored-emigration' convention asks Con-
gress TO appropriate $500 ,000. 600 10 send
away-to Liberia or elsewhere-stich
American negroes as desire TO leave
the United States permanently. A pre-
posterOus propOsitionl To begin with.
all attempts at the colonization Of
American negroes anywhere outside of
this country have failed. Some ~
these failures might reasonably be- at-
tributed, perhaps. more 30 fraud and
bad management than 10 the absolute
impracticabillty - the plan-but they
were failures, Just the same"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06
Questions in Arithmetic,

A few problems for grown-up people
on matters that arise in everyday life.
propounded by the Ohio State Journal:
If a man tries to carry two ported
plants from 2the cellar to the front yard
for his wife and one falls and breaks.
what commandment does the man also
break?
If the patron of restaurant has TO
wait three-quarters of an hour for a
pork chop, how long would he have to
wait for two pork chops?
A. and b. are good friends, who live
next door to each other. A. bought his
daughter a piano for $500. How much
would b. give If some one would steal
the piano; also how long will A. and
b. remain on speaking terms?
\ man dies leaving a will. How many
lawyers will be required TO break the
Will and how long will it be before the
lawyers own the estate of the de-
ceased2
A doctor calls on his patient three
times a day How long will the pa
uent live and how much will the doc
tor make out Of the patient before he
dies?
How long can a haif-h0rse power
man run four-horsc power lawn
moMrFH
Mary has three green apples ana
Johnnie has seven. IT Mary eats an
u her green apples and Johnnie eats
all " his green apples, at what hour
VIII the funerals 0ccufG
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

When the Constitution had cleared
for action, and was bearing down to
engage with the Guerrero, says a writ
er in Leslie's Weekly, Mr.. Morris, the
first officer, came to Commodore Hull
and said that he ought to make a
speech to the men; that they expected
that he would say something to them
Commodore Hull was no speech-ma ker
but it being expected, he replied:
We'll, Mr. Norris, pipe the men aft"
The boatswain's whistle rang out, and
when they We're assembled aft, Com
modore Hull said: Men, YOU see that
big ship off there? Well that is a Brit
fsh frigate. If we capture her it is
five hundred dollars apiece in your
pockets. Pipe to quarters, Mr.. Nor
rls; pipe to quarters" The men gave
three rousing cheers. and went to
their stations in high good humor
another incident may be related. 1t
so happened just before war was de-
clared that the Constitution and Guer-
riere were both lying at anchor in
Hampton Roads. and the commanders,
as naval officers We're interchanging
courtesies, dining and taking wine to-
gether. and one one occasion. after
Capt. Dacree's had shown Can't. Hull
through his ship, Capt. Hull said:
Take good care of this ship. Can't
Dacres, for if we have war. and l meet
her on the high sea, | shall CAPTURE
her" Capt. Dacres derisively laughed
and replied; I'm bet you a hundred
guineas you won't" "Oh, nor rejoin-
ed Capt. Hull. II can't bet you a hun
dred guineas, but will bet you a hat"
After the capture of the Guerrero
Capt. Dacres came aboard the Consti-
tuition, and approached to surrender his
sword, when Commodore Hull exclaim-
ed NO, no! No matter about your
sword. Il don't want that, but I'll
trouble you for that bet
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Landrum Lodge, No. 4s, F.
& A. NJ
Special Notices-Ship Notice, ]. F.
Minis & Co, Consignees; Election OF
Directors Citizens Bank of Savannah;
Bill of Fare, Union Station Restaurant.
Picnic-Basket Picnic, Christ Church,
Sunday school. at Warsaw. June Z.
Money Orders-Via Southern Express
Company's Money orders.
Bankruptcy Notices-In the Matter of
Howe & Lewis of Irwin County, Bank
rupt; In the Matter of John B. Roche,
of County of Chatham, Bankrupt.
Friday. June 6.-Get 1t At Rowlin-
skis, Food Fine.
Hotels-Hotel Endicott, New York.
Corsets-W. B. Erect Form Corsets.
Uneeda Biscuit-National Biscuit
Company.
Postum Food Coffee-Postum Cereal
Company.
Beer-Pabst Beer.
Washing Powder-Pearline.
Medical-Blood Wine: Mothers
Friend; Dead Shot Vermufuge; Cuti-
cura Remedies; DR.. Hathaway Com
pany; Alligator Imminent.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted; Employment; Wanted;
For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06
PERSONAL.

stephen Phillips, author of the
Homeric poem, Ulysses" which is the
foremost of the younger generation of
English poets.
Count and Countess Rochambeau.
who came so far to the unwilling of
the Rochambeau statue, made a most
agreeable impression upon members of
washington society who met them at
various functions. The Countess espe-
claily was admired for her gracious
ana unaffected manner. She is i'm
ilensely pleased with this country and
the people she has met She speaks
english with fuency. When asked if
she was not tired from the constant
round or entertainment and sight-see-
ing she exclaimed with graceful en-
thuslam: "Oh, no. l am too much in
terested to be weary. You may know
now anxious l was to see your Inter
estlng country when 1 tell you that 1
nave lett three children in France"
There is no barbaric splendor about
. the court of Japan, nor does the EN-
peror insist on fantastic forms of hom-
age. He is just a plain individual.
His guests he receives standing. and
ne enters freely into conversation with
all. There is scarcely a subject that
doe9 Hol interest MIN or one on which
he is not well informed A delightful
host, it is his custom to surround him
self with clever men-men who are the
shining lights of their professions.
engineers, artists, musicians. writers.
soldiers, scientists-every class of per-
son who has won distinction is welcome
at the royal table. for ii is one of the
characteristics of his majesty that in
the distribution of his favors he is
thoroughly impartial. Twice a year
he and the Empress give a large gar
den party and on these occasions His
Majesty makes himself personally
known to as many people as nossihle
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06
BRIGHT BITS.

The Idea..-Mrs. PATTERSON: Have
you bought all your summer clothesq
Mrs. Catterson. Good gracious. no.
why, I've only just spent my allow
ance.-Detroit Free Press.
The Very Essence of. Honesty.-"Is
he honest?"
Honest! Why. say! I don't be-
lieve that man would cheat an Indian
out of his reservation if he had the
chance. Chicago Post.
-Glorious.-"I suppose" she said to
the owner of the blue Streak" that
you had a fine time on Decoration
Day."
Yes" he answered, "I ran over
three veterans and a ."-Chicago
Record.
Possible Explana tion.-"I haven't
seen a good short story for months.
What has become of all the writer's
of fiction?"
Don't yo0 know? They are all at
work writing attractive little pam
phlets for the proprietors of summer
resort hotels. "-Chicago Tribune.
Clear Out of the Swim.-Col.
Dobbs: Dear me! How time goes by!
l don't know any of these young peo-
pie getting married nowadays.
Maj. Hobbs: I'm worse off than
that don't know any Of these older
people who are getting divorced
Puck.
Reckless Extravagance.-"D you
hear what young Mr.. Softeigh gave his
fiancee as an engagement ring? 1t was
simply royal!
mo. What was it?"
well. you see his father is a big
stakeholder in both the beef trust and
the coal trust, or he never could have
done it; but he gave. her a ring cut
from soup bone, set with a big
chunk of coal."-Baltimore American.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

There died in Massachusetts recently
James j.. Kavanaugh, at the age of
ll2 years. According to the accounts
he had used tobacco for 100 years, and
had taken liquor as a stimulant during
the latter part of his life. These
things, OF course. had nothing To do
with his longevity. and without them
he might have lived to be 100 But in
all probability one thing that aided
him in rounding out his li2 was his
refusal to be worried. Always OF an
even temperament" IL il said. "he
never allowed anything 10 bother him. II"
Worry Kills more people than work.
ana probably as many as tobacco and
liquor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

The strikers in the anthracite coal
regions are supposed to be largely for
elgners-Hungarians, Poles, Italians.
ETC. The drivers on the meat strike
in Chicago are supposed to be largely
Americans. The coal strikers have re-
trained from violence. There has been
no rioting about the mines The Chi
cago strikers have done nothing but
riot since they left their work. This
does not show well for the natives.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06
1T is A QUESTION OF THE ROUTE

The isthnian canal question is now
before the Senate, and it is expected to
hold the attention of that body until
a vote upon it is taken. It is agreed
by both parties and by the American
people that the United States ought to
ccntruct a ship canal connecting the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The abro-
cation of the Clayton-BuIwer treaty re-
moved the last foreign obstacle to the
construction of such a canal. The
question now therefore is this: On
what route shall the canal be built?
Senator Morgan spoke for three hours
on Wednesday. in opening the discus
sion, in favor of the Nicaragua route.
He ridiculed the idea that there was
grave danger from earthquakes on that
route, and urged that the House had
passed, almost unanimously, the Hep
burn bill, which provides for the con-
struotion Of Nicaragua canal.
Senator Morgan has done more than
any other senator, in fact more than
any other member of Congress, to
bring about the passage of an isthmian
canal bill. Indeed, if this Congress
passes such a bill it will be due mainly
to his efforts.
The chief obstacle with which SEN
ator Morgan has to contend in urging
the adoption of the Nicaragua route
is that the Isthmian Canal Commits
sion, which spent nearly s1,O6O,OOO in
hap lot -, 81
of the different routes, has made n
report-a unanimous report-in favor
Of the Panama route.
1t is true that it reported at first
in favor of the Nicaragua route, but
that was before the Panama canal COM
pany offered its property at the price
which the commission placed upon ii.
As soon as the Panama Canal Com
pany offered to accept the price pro-
posed by the commission, the commits
sion's report was changed so as to
favor the Panama route.
There is a bill pending giving the
President authority to choose the
route, but it is doubtful if it will re-
cieve the approval of Congress. And
there is no good reason why it should.
Congress is certainly as capable of
choosing the route as the President.
1t is not apparent how the opposi-
ton to the construction of any 18TH
milan canal propose to prevent the
passage of canal bill, but there seems
to be great deal of doubt that a
bill will be passed by this Congress.
The influence welded by the great
transcontinental railroads is immense
1t would not be surprising if they
should succeed in delaying canal leg
islation at least until next year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

The trials of Miss Ellen M. Stone
the missionary, are not yet over. She
has been sued for $4,000 damages ~
a lecture bureau which alleges that she
broke contract with, it to accept an
other engagement. Next season Miss
Stone ought to be able to lecture on
the relative savagery of Bulgarian
brigands and American lecture mana
gers
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06
JUDGE BARROW AND THE BEEF
TRUST.

Judge Barrows charge to the grand
jury, that If the facts in regard to
the beef trust are as they are alleged
to be, the men at the head of that
trust are indictable in this county, and
every other county in Georgia in
which the trust does business, seems
to have attracted wide attention. Many
of the leading papers of the country
published extracts from it and some
of them are commenting upon it. The
Atlanta Journal, for instance, says
Judge Pope Barrow has declared
war upon the beef trust and is con-
fident that the courts of this state
have power to protect the people in
their jurisdiction from this conspiracy
against their interests.
AT any rate he is making a deter
mined effort to have the Superior Court
of his district interpose in the matter
and it will be great thing for Geor-
ga if he shall succeed.
In his charge to the grand jury of
Chatham county at the opening of it's
session this week Judge Barrow in
sisted that the heads of the great
packing houses who have combined to
regulate the prices of meat are clear
ly indictable in every county of this
SNtNG uliQtI al tOt against IOltotdit-
ing and engrossing which has been
permitted to lie long imperative but
can be made effective.
Judge Barrow is recognized as a
very careful and exact lawyer and this
statement coming from him has
aroused a high degree of public inter
est. If his construction of the stat
ute to which he alludes. be correct, we
may expect to see our safe courts take
hold of the beef trust and other COM
binations in restriction of trade which
have aroused the wrath OF the people. .
We called attention yesterday to the
fact that in this matter Judge Barrow
was in harmony with the sentiment of
the country. There is no doubt about
the Georgia law. 1t is of course as
laid down by Judge Barrow. The diff
ficulty is to get evidence against the
chief men in the beef trust-the heads
of the great packing firms of the coun-
try. If such evidence could be OBJ
tanned by the grand jury OF this coun-
ty, and it should return an indict-
ment, the case, in all probability.
would attract as much attention as the
Greene-Gaynor case. because Judge
Barrow would leave no means untried
to bring the. indicted parties into
court.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

We see it in the Charleston Post that
Gov JEFF Davis Of Arkansas was ex-
PEELED from membership in the Little
Rock Baptist Church on these among
other charges: Drunkenness uhree
eharges); drunkenness and gambling:
drunkenness and misconduct. drunk
enness and treating negroes; gross sins
against the Church" Gracious. but
the man was lucky! It's "a wonder
fhey didn't hang him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

Peace in South Africa will be speed
lily followed by a reopening of the gold
mines and the annual addition of mill
lions of dollars worth of the yellow
metal to the worlds stock. Everything
seems continually to conspire against
poor silver
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06
The Weufher.

The indications for Georgia to-day
are partly cloudy weather, with show
ers on the coast; fresh east to south
east winds; and for Eastern Florida,
partly cloudy weather, with occasional
showers, variable winds, becoming
east.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

In Missouri the other day an aged
millionaire was married to a waitress
who had pleased him with her man
ner of passing the pie. Mattresses all
over the country ought to make a note
of this and govern themselves accord
ingly. There is no telling but any man
they serve with pie may be million
aire in search of a wife of the right
SDrf
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-06

negro of the name of Manluff stole
silver dollar in Wilmington Del, re-
Gently. He was tried and convicted.
His punishment was to stand one hour
in the pillory, to be given forty lashes
on the bare back and to serve two
years in the worklsouse How differ
emily is the man treated who steals a
dollar from the one who steals a fran
cbise, or railroad or an election!