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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
THE RURAL MAILS
ooxrRACT SYSTEM FOR FREE DE
LIVERY CARRIERS.
WHY REPUBLICANS FAVOR 1T
DEMOCRATS FIND 1T TOO GooD 4
THING.

Chairman Loud Declares That 1t
costs Too Much Money-Pay of Car
riers Has Been Raised From $500
to 5000 and May Soon BE $500 or
S9OD-Under Contract System Ru-
raI Delivery Would Become n Po-
liticaI Machine, Say Democrats.
Present system Is Better for Rural
Communities.
Washington, March 3.-The House
to-day began the consideration Of the
hill to classify the rural free delivery
service and place the carriers under
the contract system. Only TWO
sneeches were delivered to-day. Mr..
Loud of California, chairman Of the
Committee on Postoffices and Post
Roads, made the opening argument in
favor of the bill, speaking for two and
half hours. Mr.. Swanson of Virginia
led the opposition. The debate was in
terrupted before the close of the session
nv the presentation of the conference
report upon the Philippine tariff bill.
Mr. Payae, the majority leader, de-
ciined to allow the minority more than
thirty minutes in which to discuss the
report. and this offer was rejected by
hlibuster followed and the House ad-
journed after the previous question
upon the adoption of the report had
been ordered.
Mr.. Loud of California began the
debate on the rural free delivery bill.
He declared that upon the solution Of
this question would depend whether the
rural free delivery service would cost
ultimately sixty of twenty million dol
lars per annum. The rural free de-
livery service. up to this time, he said.
had been a political one and it had
given many members of Congress their
first taste Of the sweets of public pat
ronage. He traced the history and
rapid growth of the service and its
cost, declaring that it was the most
extravagant in the public service. AT
the inception the carriers received $500
per annun. They received now $500.
If the salary system was continued
they would eventually receive $500 or
5000. At the present time $850,000 was
being spent for the supervisory force.
Mr.. Loud charged that promise had
gone forth that if the present system
was continued the members of Con-
gress would control the appointment of
the carriers in the future as they had
in the past
Mr. Swanson of Virginia argued that
the present system would be more
advantageous to the rural communi-
ties than the contract system. He
contended that if the service were
made effective it would eventually be-
come self-supporting.
Mr.. Swanson contended that the
contract system, under the terms of
the bill would allow the building up
of a political machine by permitting
the department to pass upon the
trustvorthiness of the bidders. He
said that the present system by which
Democratic congressman were allowed
to name half the carriers in their dis
trict should be continued
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
ANY ONE CAN
Prove the Value of Scientific R~ed

Prove the Value of Scientific Esd.
A good straightforward test Of Teod
is worth much to humanity. The fol-
lowing is interesting:
Mr. T. K. Duboraw of Greenfield,
O.. says: After months sickness
with grip 1 found l had lost AZ pounds,
with little appetite and almost no di-
gestion. Wife finally put me on Grape
Nuts and / actually lived on this food,
taking it three times a day, and a cup
of Postum Coffee at each meal for
about four weeks.
When I began 1 was so nervous and
weak that my strength was exhaust
ed even by dressing, and. of course.
was unable to do the work loaded upon
my desk, but / hammered away with
out any tonics or medicines, only my
diet of Grape-Nufs and Postum three
times a day. / found at the end of %
days my nervousness gone, strength
greatly Increased and that 1 had gain
ed 16 pounds.
Finally. after getting back to good
ferent kinds of food, and, as a change,
began using for breakfast At
ter a while some peculiar spells began
to appear In the morning with death
" sickness and nervous lassitude. l
took treatment for biliousness, but that
did not avail.
About a month ago I gave up the
for breakfast and took on
Grape Nuts again. These morning at
tacks left me entirely in a day or two
and / feel that have had sufficient
evidence of the scientific value Of
Grape Nuts as a vitalizing, perfect
food, that does not require the heavy
work OF the stomach occasioned by
the use Of starchy foods we use so
much nowadays"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
PREACHER SOLD HIS VOTE.
Sensational Charges Against Rev. n.
j. Maddox Mt Rome Preferred by
Baptist Church.


Baptist Church.
Rome. Gas< March 3.-Sensational
charges have been brought against
Rev. r. ]. Maddox, well-known
preacher of Rome. Charges of selling
his vote in the recent dispensary cleo
ton and classifying have been preferred
against him by the Baptist Church.
Mr.. Maddox is a Baptist preacher, and
when the regular monthly conference
was held Sunday morning at the First
Baptist Church the matter was
brought before the conference. MIR.
Maddox was ordered to appear at the
next conference, which meets IN April.
When asked If he had been paid to
vote it is said Mr.. Maddox denied it,
and then charges of classifying were
then booked against him.
The electors met at the Court House
Saturday morning and elected the fol-
lowing dispensary commissioners: For
six years term, w. J. Neel; for four
years term, w. ]. Griffin; for two
years term, Frank B. Freeman. Mr..
w. M. Cannon, president of the board
OF electors. being i'll and unable to at
tend, the meeting was presided over
by Ordinary John P. Davis. On mo-
ton Mr.. Davis was elected president
pro tenn. Messrs. w. NJ. Cannon,
Thompson Hiles and r. D. Vandyke
were appointed to look after the in
terest of the electors and act in con-
junction with the attorneys in the in
junction case now pending before the
Supreme Court. The commissioners
will call a meeting atsonce to select
a secretary, clerks and arrange other
preliminary matters pertaining to the
opening of the dispensary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04

war he was practically penniless. In
1865 he removed to New York and be-
gan bushes in a small way. He
adopted the principle of cash trans
actions which he asserted to be the
basis of his success. He was remark
ably successful. and for some years has
been rated as many times a millionaire.
Several years ago Mr.. Rouss became to-
tally blind, through paralysis of the
optic nerve. He had standing offer of
$1,00O,000 to any one who could cure
him. STIMULATING that the experimenter
should first restore the sight of another
man from the same cause. Many eff
forts were made to win the rich prize,
but none succeeded.
Mr.. RousS was a man of patriotism
and liberality. and a Southerner to the
core. He was the founder of the South's
Battle Abbey, which will remain a
monument to his love of country. He
was a patron of education and the arts,
and gave valuable gifts to the Univer-
sity of Virginia. to his home town of
Winchester, and to the city of New
York
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
CHARLES BROADWAY RoUss.
Noted Confederate Veteran and Phi
InnthrOpist Is No More.

y
New York, March 3.--Uha-les Broad
way Rouss died here to-day. Mr..
Rouss had suffered from heart disease
and dropsy.
Mr.. Rouss was born at Woodsboro,
Md, in 1896. He first engaged in bust
ness in Winchester, Va. served in the
Confederate army. and then came to
New York in 1865. He had been in
business here continuously frem that
time. He erected at his own expense
a monument to dead Confederate sol
diers in Mount Hope Cemetery. this
city; founded a physical laboratory at
the University of Virginia, and gave
$100, 900 for Confederate monument to
be located at Richmond, Va. Some
years ago Mr.. Rouss became blind. He
offered 81 ,o00,o 900 to any one who could
restore his sight, but the reward was
never successfully claimed.
Mr.. Rouss was born at Woodsboro,
Nd, in 1886, and was educated at Win
chester At the age of Is he became a
clerk in a store at Winchester In three
years he had saved $500, and set UP in
business for himself At the end of six
years he was occupying the largest
store in the town as a result OF his tire
less energy and business acumen. At
the outbreak of the war he enlisted in
the Twelfth Virginia Regiment. and
fought bravely for the South through
out the struggle. He surrendered with
Lee &C Appomattox. At the end Of the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
MEMORIAL TO BRITISH HEROES.
Sons of Confederate Naval Com
mander First on the List.

Sons of Confederate Naval Com
mnnder First on the List.
New York. March 3.-There was ca st
in the Henry foundry here to-day what
IS said to be the first memorial to be
erected on British soil to the memory
of those who fell during the battles
of South Africa. The first name on it's
roll of honor is that of Lieut.. Charles
Carroll Wood, the son of Capt. j. Tay-
lr Wood, commander of the Tallahas-
see, Confederate war vessel The
latter was the nephew of Jefferson
Davis and grandson of President Zach
airy Taylor.
The memorial rs a statue designed
by Hamilton Mccarthy, the Canadian
sculptor. 1t will be of bronze, twelve
feet high, and will weigh one and a
half tons. 1t represents a soldier in
action, giving the signal, Enemy in
sight" 1T will be unveiled at Hall
fax. Nova Scotia, May "A, Queen Vic
tOria'S birthday
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
----e-9e-e-----
FLOOD WORSE THAN FIRE.
PatersOn's Losses Are Very Heavy.
Damage to East Jersey Water
Company May Reach 1000 900.


Damage to East Jersey Water
Company May Reach $1,5OO,OOO.
New York, March 3.-The great food
that has inundated large part of the
sided somewhat during the night and
it is believed the worst is over. The
damage was very great. 1t is estf-
mated that the loss wrought by the
flood is as large as that by the fire,
while it is said there is little or no
insurance to cover it. Many more
families have been rendered homeless
by the flood than were made so by
the fire.
Along the water front on both sides
of the river, almost everything is
wrecked, foundations and roadbeds
having been eaten away and about
everything in sight more or less dam
aged
The East Jersey Water Company is
by far the worst sufferer from the
flood. The entire filtration plant of the
company, the construction of , which
was almost complete, is wiped out. The
contract price for the work was $500, 900,
all of which is lost to the company. In
addition to this, much of the intake of
the company is destroyed and the prob
abilities are that in all the loss to- the
company will amount to $1,500,00
A bridge at Dundee Island, near
Passaic, N. j., was washed away last
night. 1t was reported that six persons
who were on the bridge were drowned,
but their names could not be learned
Efforts to-day to identify the persons
in this accident were without result.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04

Richmond. Va. March 3.-The flood
in the James river is gradually subsid-
ing, and by tonight all inconvenience
caused by the high water will have
passed.
There has been no great property
damage, but the delay to railroad and
street car traffic has caused a suspen-
sion of large amount of business in
the wholesale district, which is par
tally inundated. Reports from the
watershed of the James are that the
weather is clear and the volume of
water in the valley has passed out.
No lives have been lost.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
THE MEXICAN STORM.
The Damage at Monterey Estimated
Mt 100000.


San Antonio, Tex, March 3.-News Of
a terrific windstorm that swept over
Monterey, Mexico, Thursday and Fri
day was brought to this city by pas
sengers who arrived from that section
of Mexico. The storm began Thursday
morning, increasing in fierceness until
Friday and at times was cyclonic in
strength. No lives were lost in the city
as far as learned but the property
damage, it is thought. will amount to
$4,000 Among the buildings de-
stroyed was the depot of the Mexican
Gulf Railroad, the round house of the
same road and a large smelter.
large foundry was partly demol-
ished and all the moulds destroyed, the
damage being very heavy.
Roofs were torn from business
houses and the walls of a number of
large brick structures blown in, do
ing great damage to stocks of goods.
In the suburbs a number of small resi-
dences were torn to pieces by the
winds and the contents scattered.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
TRANsFERRING GOLD TO CUBA.
More of Our Yellow Metal to Go to
Europe Soon.


Europe Soon.
New York, March S.-The National
City Bank confirms the report that a
consignment of gold, amount not
stated, is now on the way to this coun-
try from Paris by steamer rAquitaine.
The shipment, it is stated, is a special
transaction only in so far as it will
probably be transhipped to Cuba.
Muller, Schall & Co. announce the
receipt of 100000 francs gold from
France. per steamship LaBretagne,
which arrived yesterday. The con-
signment is spoken of as a special
transaction. and 1t is intimated that
the gold will go to Cuba.
1t is predicted that from 100000 to
Sc. 900, 900 gold win leave this port for
Europe the latter part of this week
Some of the leading exchange houses
are reported to be figuring on ship
ments, but as no fast steamer goes
out before Saturday announcements
of engagements may not be made for
several days.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04

Augusta, Ga, March 3-Three lives
were lost here in the flood which
swept down the Savannah river Sat-
urday and Sunday. Burt Lloyd, a
white man, fell from a freight car on
a railway bridge and was swept away.
An unknown negro was carried off the
trustle and the receding waters to-day
disclosed the body of a negro boy near
the foot of Mills street.
The water has declined three feet
from it's highest mark.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
WENT DOWN WITH BRIDGE.
six Men known to Have Been
Drowned at Pnssaic, N. j.

Six Men Known to Have Been
Drowned at Pnssaic, N. j.
Passaic, N. j., March Six lives
are known to have been lost in the
flood last night. The old Outwater
bridge, connecting Passaic with Out
waters Lane in Bergen county, went
out. carrying with it six men, whose
identity is unknown. The men were
standing in the bridge watching the
flood, when the structure parted in the
middle and went down stream in frag~
ments.
1t is said that men are going about
In boats robbing houses in the Wal
lington district. The report has arous-
ed great Indignation, and if the
thieves are caught by the people it
will go hard with them. A force of
constables is out trying to capture the
'plunderers.
The river has somewhat subsidized
and it is hoped the worst is over. The
damage caused by the flood has been
very great.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
NINE. DIAZ IN TEXAS.

only Crossed One Corner and Met
Her Husband in Mexico.
Eagle Pass, Tex, March 3.-The spe-
clal train bearing Nine. Diaz's party
among whom was Mime. Teresa Miriam
"a. wife of the late deceased minister
70 Austria, and who is a sister of Mime.
Dlaz, reached Eagle Pass from San
antonio at 7:30 this morning and at
once crossed the International bridge
70 {. p. Diaz. where the party were
met by President Diaz
AT ';4O a. m. the party departed on
BOARD a special train for the City of
MeAlco via the Mexican National and
Mexican Central Roads.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
ASHEVILLE'S TALE OF WOE.
Damage i'm Western North Carolina
Is TremendOus-Vande Serv-
ants Had Close Call.

Asheville, N. c., March 3.-Reports
which reached here to-day from the
western section of North Carolina are
to the effect that the damage to rail-
roads and county roads caused by the
recent storm and flood is enormous,
but it is known that no lives were lost
Several towns in the western part of
the state have been cut off entirely
from communication since last Thurs
day. The railway situation is slightly
improving, and an accommodation train
left for Marshall this afternoon. The
railroads are employing all possible
means to hasten the repairing of their
lines.
Two of Mr.. George Vanderbilt's ia
vorite horses persisted in the flood at
Biltmore, and several servants en-
ployed at the Vanderbilt home almost
lost their lives before being rescued by
a ferryman.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
A DEPUTY SHERIFF. KILLED.
Was Attempting to Rearrest Es-
capped Murderer.

Easton, Nd, March 3.-Thomas John
Thompson. a deputy sheriff, was shot
and instantly killed late Saturday night
while attempting to rearrest Lewis
Green, negro murderer, who, with
five other prisoners, had escaped from
the Easton Jail by means of a wooden
key, supposed to have meen made by
a fellow prisoner. When the escape
became known Thompson and another
deputy went to the home of Green's
brother near here to search for the flu
gitive. AS they approached the house
the inmates opened fire and Thompson
fell shot through the body. All the in
mates, including Lewis Green and his
two brothers. were arrested.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04

pleted a supplemental report to the
House Committee on Rivers and Har-
bors in reply to a request for more de-
tailed figures as to the manufacturing
interests of the Tennessee Valley. This
report shows that in the decade on
which the report is made, the increase
OF value of manufactured products was
204.S per cent. Seventy concerns MAX
ing reports gave their capital invested
as $11,000,000 The report has been for
warded to the Committee on Rivers
and Harbors
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
TIT FOR TAT AT PANAMA.

ReNolutionists and Government
Forces Take 1t Turn About.
Panama, Colombia, March s.-The
government launch Gen. Campo yester-
Cay passed before the entrance to the
harbor Of Aqua Dulce. Further down
the coast the Gen. Campo met the rev.
olutionary gunboat Gaitan and only
escaped because of her high speed.
The government gun boat Chuouita
has fired on the revolutionary land bat
teries and has dismounted one battery.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
TIVE Deaths in Ware County.

Waycross, Ga, March "a gentle
man from the Wildwood district brings
the intelligence of the death of two
gentlemen of that district in the past
few days. Frank Arnold died from the
effects of typhoid fever. from which he
suffered about month. He was about
45 years of age and leaves wife and
several children. David Pearson, a
young man of probably rs years. died
from a complication of diseases, leav-
ing a small family.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
Daniel ID. Durnnn.

The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Dug
gan will be panied to learn of the death
of their son, Daniel D. Duggan, which
occurred last night at the family resi-
Ience, No. 439 TattnalI street.
The boy was Is years old, and a
bright, manly fellow, was the idol of
his parents. The disease with which he
suffered was of five months duration.
The funeral viii take place tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
Frederic d. Happen, New York.

New York, March 3.-The funeral
services Of Frederick D., Happen,
founder of the Gallatin National Bank,
held to-day in All Souls Protestant
Episcopal Church, were attended by
hundreds of men prominent in the
world of finance. The services were
conducted by Rev. DIR. Mackay Smith,
bishop coadjutor of the Pennsylvania.
The interment was in Trinity Gem
eterY.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
NEW ENGLAND NOW HAS FLOODS.
Rivers Swollen and Much Damage
Done in Manufacturing Districts.

Boston, March 3.-Floods from trib-
utary streams reached the main chan
nels to the sea to-day, and particu-
larly in New Hampshire, Vermont and
the northeastern portion of Massachu-
sets, caused considerable damage.
From all along the Connecticut river
in Northern New England havoc is re-
ported. and in the valley of the Merri-
mac all through New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, mills have been forced
to close on account of the flood. The
greatest damage was done in Vermont,
where the bridges over the Winooski,
near Montpelier, were swept away, re-
sulting in a loss of from $25, 900 to $780,
900. Heavy losses were also caused by
washing out of roadbeds, railroads,
culverts and the flooding of towns and
villages.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
THE sUseUEHANNA FALLING.
Worst Is Over at WiIkesbarre, but
$4,000 Miners Idle.

wilkesbarre. Pa, March 3.-The wa
ter in the Susquehanna river is falling
rapidly tonight and the worst is over.
BY tomorrow morning it is expected
that all the lowlands will be free from
water and people who were forced to
vacate their buses xviii be able to re-
turn.
All the mines on the west side of
the river from Pittston to Nanticoke
are idle and are likely to remain so
for the balance of the week. 1t is es-
timated that $4,000 miners are idle in
the Wyoming Valley. The output of
coal of the next few days will be linn
tied
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
The Tennessee Is Falling.

Chattanooga, Tenn. March 3.-The
food in the Tennessee river has nearly
spent it's force and the crest will be
reached here at o'clock tonight with
a tide of 81 feet, which is four feet
above the danger line. The Tennessee
and it's tributaries above this point
are falling steadily.
The damage has not been as great
as was anticipated, owing to warnings
given by the new flood signal service.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
CAN HAVE SHAMROCK II.
Sir Thomas Takes Up Mr.. A. v
Posts Proposition.

New York. March &C. w. Post. who
offered to charter Shamrock II in Or
der to race her against the Columbia,
the Shamrock to have an American
and the Columbia an English crew. has
received a letter from Sir Thomas Lip
ton Offering him the use OF the sham
rock during the season. Mr.. Post to
pay all expenses.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
PITTsBURG's FLOOD is GONE.
Rivers Again in Their Channels and
Steel Mills Resume.

Pittsburg. March 3.-The great flood
is gone, and the turbulent waters of
the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio
rivers are again within their natural
channels. At noon the Allegheny
marks registered "a feet, a fall of eight
feet and four inches from the highest
point. All danger is over and the dis
tricts affected by the high water are
regaining their normal conditions. All
the great steel mills have resumed OPP
erations or will be running as usual
again within the next twenty-four
hours.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
THE CUNARDER ETRURIA.
Was Sixty Hours Overdue mt Queens.
town Last Night.

London. March "a dispatch from
Queenstown received here at 7:15 p.
m. to-day says that while many in
quiries have beer made regarding the
non-arr!val there of the Cunard line
steamer Etruria from New York for
Queenstown and Liverpool Feb. 22)
which at that time was about sixty
hours overdue, no anxiety was mani
Tested as TO the steamers safety.
The delay in the Etruria's reaching
Queenstown is attributed to rough
weather and easterly winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-04
Three Drowned at Pittston, PA.

Pittston, Pa, March 3.-Three
drowning accidents occurred near here
last night A breaker. whose home is
at Minooka, fell into the Lackawanna
river and was swept away. A small
boat containing two men, names un
known, was capsized at Kingston
Flats. and both of the occupants were
drowned.