davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
NOT PLEASING TO DEMOCRATS.

! The position taken by Mr.. Bryan in
regard to the Crumpacker resolution
is far from satisfactory to Southern
Democrats. In a dispatch to the Wash
ington Post he said that there would
be no particular harm in an investi-
cation of the suffrage. North as well
as South.
Representative Bartlett of this state
is quoted in the Post as saying that
Mr.. Bryan made a great mistake in
that statement. "We of the South 4"
said Mr.. Bartlett, "are opposed to an
investigation of any Southern state.
and also of any other state-New York
or Pennsylvania. If the provisions of
the constitutions of Alabama, Louisi-
ana and North Carolina are unconsti-
tutional as to suffrage, the Supreme
Court of the United States will so de-
clare, and the people of those states
will abide by the decision. But if
the court upholds the constitutions of
those states in respect to suffrage,
then it is not for ether people to COM
plain" Representative Livingston ex-
pressed similar views. He declared
that the programme proposed by the
House Republicans would not do any
body good
Representative Underwood of Ala
bama said that it seemed to him that
Mr.. Bryan did not understand the inn
port of the Crumpacker resolution.
Mr.. Bryan appeared to be under the
impression, said Mr.. Underwood, that
the purpose of it was to investigate
fraudulent election practices in the
different states.
1t would be strange indeed if Mr..
Bryan did not know the meaning of
it. 1t has been widely discussed for a
long time, and Mr.. Bryan makes it his
business to keep posted on all mat
tiers in Congress which have political
significance. If, however. he sent his
dispatch under a misrepresentation of
the real character of the resolution he
ought to make a correction at the ear
Hest practical moment. Unless cor
rection is forthcoming he will lose
friends in the South.
The purpose of the resolution is of
course to take from those Southern
states which have abridged the suf-
frage-have eliminated the illiterate
negro vote-a portion of their repre-
sentation in the Electoral College and
in Congress. In fact, the investigation
may be- an opening wedge for other
legislation of partisan character. 1t
is therefore difficult to understand why
it should have Mr.. Bryan's approval.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
A REMARKABLE DIsAPPEARANcE

Strange as it may be there seems to
be nobody who can tell what became
of S260O0,OOO of the common stock of
the American Steel and Wire Company
of New Jersey. The fact of the disap-
pearance Of this stock was brought
out on Tuesday last, in a case that is
being tried in New York court. The
case is that of John S. Parks against
John w. Gates for $7,50O,00O.
Parks claims that he was a partner
of Gates in certain transactions-th
formation of trusts-in which 15,0O0,-
900 was made, and that Gates refused
to turn over to him his share. Gates
defense is that nothing was made out
of the scheme in which Parks was
partner, that the millions which he
has, and of which Parks is trying to
get a share, were made in transactions
in which the latter was not concerned.
The features of the case which are
interesting to the public, however, are
Gates rapid rise to wealth and the
disappearance of $4,000, 900 of the
stock of a great corporation.
Nobody pretends to know how much
Gates is worth now. Probably he does
not know himself. On the witness
stand he said that when he began
combining steel and wire plants he had
100000 in cash, and that at the end
of the first year he had IS, 000, 900. That
was making money pretty fast, but it
is certain that somebody was the los
er to the extent to which Gates was
the gamer Since he made $4,000. 900
in one year he has accumulated many
other millions in the forming of
trusts.
1t seems that Gates was one of the
underwriters of the American Steel
and Wire Company of New Jersey.
and, according to his own account.
made 3. great deal of money out of
that position. The preferred stock of
the company was 100000, 900 and the
common stock $4,000, 900. In the suit in
which Gates is a defendant the pre-
ferred stock and $4,000, 600 of the
common stock are accounted for. but
the lawyers can get no trace of the
missing $26,OO0,0O0 of common stock.
In his testimony Gates said that he
did not know what became of it and
that he did not get a share of it.
of course somebody got that stock.
Does it not seem remarkable that ca
pable lawyers cannot find out what
became of it? If what was done ap-
parently in the case of the American
Steel and Wire Company is done in
the case of the formation of other
trusts it is not a difficult matter to
account for the rapid accumulation of
some of the enormous fortunes held in
this country.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
Reflections of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Getting on in the world means get
ting around the people of the world.
The man who doesn't owe some of
his success to some woman hasn't had
any.
Mirrors would be a bad thing to have
in theater, because the women in the
audience are expected to look at the
people on the stage.
Women admire the heroes of fiction.
because there was never a novel where
one of them found fault with the way
the cook got the breakfast.
1t is queer that no matter how rich
you are you can't buy happiness, but
no matter how poor you are, you can
get all the unhappiness you want for
nothing.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

Miss Flora Shaw. the well known
correspondent of the London Times,
was once travelling through Africa in
a bullock wagon. The sun was blazing.
the bullocks were slow, the dust was
indescribable. She was making for
frontier town, where she anticipated
the comforts of a bath. At the en-
trance to the place, Miss Shaw, dead
beat, dusty and irritable, found her
self confronted with the ordeal of
public reception. The officials read her
a welcome; she was as civil as she
could be; then she bolted for the hotel.
She gave but one order, Hot water,
quick!" She sat on the edge of the
bed and waited. Some minutes passed.
At last a black servant entered with
a tin vessel, in which there was some
thing steaming. Selling it, Miss Shaw
poured out a milky, odoriferous LIQUID.
She turned to the servant for an ex-
PLANTATION. The hotel was very short
of water; as a distinguished guest. a
point had been stretched for her. They
had sent her the water in which the
fish had just been boiledi
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

A board of government experts has
discovered that there is no such thing
as burglar-proof safe. and that a
scientific burglar can crack any safe
made. The Treasury Department.
therefore, is going to abandon it's
burglar-proof safe system and substi-
tute novel electric alarm system.
Assistant Secretary Taylor says the
only way to protect money properly
against thieves is to have a man there
with a gun, and with the proposed cleo
trio alarm system the man with the
gun will be in the treasury at the
point of danger mighty soon after the
alarm is given. Safes are to be en-
ployed only for protection against
fire; the alarm and the man with the
gun viii be depended upon to take care
of the burglar.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
EMPLOYEES IN WASHINGTON.

A census Office statement shows
that the number of government en-
ployes in Washington is 27,605. This
is approximately the size of the
standing army of the United States at
the time of the breaking out of the
war with Spain. These employees
serve the executive. legislative and
judicial branches of the government.
There are 20,109 men and 7,496 women.
One hundred years ago Thomas JEFF
ferson sent a message to Congress
giving the total number of persons
employed by the government in the
several departments in Washington.
There were just lis of them. That
number was so large as to astonish
some of the statesmen, and several of
them made speeches directed against
the ''wasteful extravaganza" of hav-
ing so many clerks and messengers
in the service. During the first
rolls of employees grew very slowly.
Then Congress began to be more lib
eral with the departments. and the
liberality has been progressive ever
since. At the present time the Senate
has about four employees to every SEN
ator, and the cost of the senatorial
help is about twice the salaries of
the senators. The staff of the House
is also very large, but it is not as
large in proportion as that of the
20 AID o..
gress creates new offices. The cur
rent congress has created a new Cab
met portfolio, carrying with it num-
Der of clerkships. etc, as well as
permanent census bureau with
great many places attached. These
are merely the big office making bills.
No doubt a number of minor bills
have contained provisions for other
numbers of employees.
Does the public service demand all
of this army of employees? 1t is per-
fectly safe to answer in the negative
1t is said that there are clerks to
committees in Washington drawing
$1,000 a year whose committees do
not meet more than once or twice in
a year. if at all. The sessions of some
of these committees, when they do
meet, last only for an hour or two.
1t appears, further, according to
statements recently made, that there
are employees on the rolls whose sole
function consists in drawing their
salaries. In some of the departments
the helpers are so numerous that they
have difficulty in keeping out of each
others way. The country has
grown rapidly, but the army of en-
ployes in Washington has far out
stripped il. Who is responsible? Why.
Congress. The politicians demand
places for themselves and their
friends at the public feeding trough
and the congressman are compelled
to provide them, under penalty of
losing their seats. Congress lacks
the moral courage to place the public
service on a business basis.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

The uproar in the Austrian Reich
srath a day or two ago between the
Pan-Germans and the Czechs, during
enzOllerns and shouted that they were
in favor of political union with Ger
many, was merely an echo of what is
going ON pretty much throughout
Austria all the time. Austria is ripe
lap of the Hohenzollerns. The life of
Francis Joseph is the slender stem
that holds the plum to the branch and
that cannot hold out much longer.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
Placed on the Teachers Desk.

School teachers get some curious
written excuses for absence. says the
New York Tribune. One of them
reads: Mister, sir, my Jason had to
be late to-day. 1t is his bizness to
milk our COW. She kicked Jase in the
back to-day when he wasn't looking
or thinking of her actin, so he thot
his back was broke, but it amt. But
it is black and blue, and the pane kept
him late. We would get rid of that
COW of we could. This is the fourth
time she kicked Jase, but never kicked
him late before. So excuse him for
me-" A girl absent for half day
brought the following satisfactory ex-
cuse: Miss teacher-My dotter's alb
sents yesterday was unavoidable. Her
shoes had to be half-soled, and she had
a sore throte. Her konstitushun is
delikit and if she is absent any more
you can knew that it is en- account of
unavodabel sickness or something
else" A boy absent for half a day
laid the following explanation on his
masters desk: Dear sir, please ex
cuse Henry. He went to grandpapa's
funeral with me this afternoon. / have
been promising him for several weeks
that he might if he was good, and he
has been very good, so kept my
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

1t is understood that Gen. Miles
plan to end the war in the Philippines
without further loss of life, as sub
mitted to the War Department and
the President and by them rejected,
was to inaugurate a campaign of edu-
cation among the Filipinos. Gen. Miles
was to select six Porto Ricans and
six Cubans and take them with him
to the Philippines. where they would
mingle freely with the Filipinos and
tell them of the benehcence of Ameri-
can rule. Then a number of Filipinos
were to be brought to the United States
to meet the American people and learn
their ways. Gen. Miles asserted that
the Fihpinos could be effectually paci-
NED In this way, without further loss
O. life ana at Insignificant cost
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

Poultney Bigelow, who went to
school with the German Emperor and
has written some books and things,
arrived in New York the other day.
He was met at the pier by the in
formation that his wife had sued him
for divorce. He declined to discuss
the matter, referring to it as "a trifle,"
saying he had a bigger message to
deliver to the American people in
book he was writing on colonial ex-
pansion. The reporters were not sur
prised to find the man who went to
school with the German Emperor still
too high up in the clouds to bother
about "tritles."
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

Senator Tillman of South Carolina
is wearing a satisfied smile these days.
He has received a professional opinion
of the blow he struck Senator Nc
Laurin in the Senate recently, and the
opinion is favorable. The senator,
who puts in a good deal of his time
travelling about the country delivering
lectures, was in Worcester, Mass. the
other night. He and Terry Mccoy
ern stopped at the same hotel. The
two fighters soon scraped an acquaiat-
ance, and Tillman had Terrible
Terry" in his room for half an hour.
There Tillman related the circum-
stances of his mill in the Senate cham
Der and illustrated to Terry how he
had given McLaurin a straight-arm
punch. He said that his arm was
still sore from the effect of the blow.
Terry said the blow must have been
a "beaut," and gave the senatorial
scrapper some Hniment with which to
rub his arm.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

''Marconigram" is rather an UNI
wieldly word, but it seems to have
been tacitly accepted by the newspa-
pers as the name to be bestowed upon
messages transmitted by wireless tele-
graphy. But will it do for all such
messages? The German Emperor, a
Berlin cable says, has ordered that the
ships Of his fleet be equipped with the
wireless apparatus of one of Marconis
competitors, with view to preventing
>Marconi from securing a world mo-
nopoly of wireless messages. VIII the
messages sent and received by these
ships be "marconigrams"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

OF the six Republican senators who
voted with the Democrats against the
ship subsidy bill, three, Allison of
Iowa, Proctor of Vermont and Spoon
err of Wisconsin, may be said to prac-
tically control the Republican party
of their respective states. At all
events, they lead the party and it al
ways follow them. These three states
have twenty-three votes in the House.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
The Wcnther.

The indications for Georgia to-day
are increasing cloudiness, with rain ih
west portion, warmer near the coast,
fresh Winds mostly southerly; and for
Eastern Florida partly cloudy weather
in extreme north portion. probably
showers in east central portions, va
riable winds. mostly fresh, east to
smith
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

An interesting and exciting village
election was held in North Tarrytown,
n. Y, few days ago. One ticket
was backed by John D. Rockefeller
and the other by the Peoples Party.
The Rockefeller ticket was victorious
by majority of 100. A dispatch says:
Nearly 200 Italians and negroes from
the Rockefeller place were sent to the
polls as soon as they were opened. and
by 9 a. m. all had voted" The Rookie
Teller ticket was headed by a saloon
keeper. Notwithstanding Mr.. Rockefel-
lers prominence as a church member
and worker.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

David Bispham, the famous singer,
suffered a peculiar accident at Wor-
cester, Mass, the other night. He had
sung two or three songs and was in
the midst Of another when his voice
suddenly snapped" and he became
practically speechless. After several
hours treatment he was able to artic-
ulate, but could not utter a musical
sound. His physician, however, says
his voice will be restored
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

The latest suffrage qualification to
be considered in the Virginia Consti-
tutional Convention limits the elective
franchise to persons otherwise quail
fed to vote provided they own $500
worth of property on which they pay
taxes, with exemptions only to ex-
Confederate soldiers, their sons and
their grandsons. It seems that there
must be some sort of a grandfather
clause in about every proposition sub
unitted
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

Miss Lottie Greenup. the Kentucky
girl who is attempting to fiddle her
father into Congress and has a fair
prospect of succeeding, is receiving
letters from all parts of the country
from men who wish to take her as
partner for life. One Minnesota chap
wrote her that if she would send him
railway tickets he would come on at
once and marry her and he felt sure
they would be happy. Miss Lottie.
however, it not in marrying humor
just now. She is only seventeen, and
says she wants to see her father seat
ed in Congress before she gives any
thought to her own affairs.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

Joe Walcott, the pugilist, has de-
clared that he will never again fight
a negro. The funny part about the
announcement is that Walcott is him
self negro, and a very black one
II seems to be getting the color line
down pretty fine when negro prize
fighter draws 1t against his own race
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
MONTGOMERY.
THIINDERROLT.

I II OAN y I4IllSN "a
Car leaves Bolton street junction o.OO
a. m. and every thirty minutes tnere'
after until 1880 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 500 a. m.
and every thirty minutes Thereafter
until 1900 midnight, for Bolton street
junction.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
WEST END CAR.

WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of City MaIA99s,
for West End 600 a. m. and every
minutes thereafter during the day w
til 11:30 D. m. IA
Leaves west End at 500 a. m. anu
every 40 minutes thereafter during lne
day until 1900 o'clock midnight
G. o. NAGLE. Manager
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21

IF YoU WANT GOOD MATEhlAhs
and work, order your lithographeu 80
printed stationery and blank UOO
from Morning News. Savannah
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR

FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR.
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves east SIDE o.
city market for Isle of Hope. Tnun.
derbolt and all intermediate points @'
800 a. m. 100 p. M. 500 p. m: =.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderpois
City Market and all intermeoiatsS
points at 900 a. m, HOO a. mu -"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-21
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC co.

For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thun-
derbolt, Cattle Park and West End.
Daily except Sundays. Subject to
change without notice.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-28
PLANTS That COUGH.

SION has not s. monopoly OF coughing.
Before there was a vertebrate on ho
earth. while man was in process ~
evolution through the vegetable world.
Etadl u.sions- that Is what botanists
call him. while We know him as the
coughing bean coughed and blew
dust ont Of his lungs. Recently botan-
lists have been giving special attention
10 this bean, and tell interesting things
about H. II is a native Of warm and
moist tropical countries. and objects
most emphatically to dust When
dust settles on the branching pores in
the leaves Of the plant and chokes
them a gas accumulates inside. and
when 1t gains sufficient pressure there
comes an explosion with a sound ex-
actly like coughing and the dust Is
blown from its Judgment. And more
strange still. the plant gets red in the
face through the effort
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-28
BIG TIPS IN ST. PETERSBURG.

Speaking Of high prices, Henry Nor
mans new book on Russia throws some
interesting light on what it incident
ally costs to visit st. Petersburg. To
begin with, he tells us every house and
hotel there contains a swarm OF SER
wants, and each one expects a tip. The
man who takes your coat and hat at
private house thinks ten cents is lit
tie enough, and if you give dollar or
two to the attendant who performs the
same modest service at an official res
iGence he is only satisfied. The tips of
a wealthy Russian to a waiter at a
good restaurant are something enorm-
Gus. A decent room in n tirst-class
hotel costs about 81 a day, and a closed
carriage to take you TO dinner, ten
minutes drive away, costs 50. \ few
sheets of note paper in your hotel costs
you a shilling, and the cheapest kind
OF bath 81. Mr.. Norman is a great
traveller, and 1t is his testimony that
st. Petersburg is far and away the
most expensive city in the world
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-28

only a few OF the matters which have
caused the shipping rates OF all parts
Of the world to tumble and Norwegian
owners feel the effects of poor rates in
any portion Of the world quickly as
their vessels are trading everywhere.
one finds them carrying American
wheat and canned goods from the
Sound country to Europe, lumber TO
South Africa, cargoes from every part
Of Europe to South Africa, iron wood
from Australia to Cape Colony, and in
dozens Of other capacities which keep
them away from their home ports for
years at a stretch.
Another thing that causes the An
dromeda to go by the boards Is that
Norwegian shipowners are loaded up
on barks. For years they have been
purchasing banks by the dozens from
England and other countries and they
consequently have too many OF this
class of vessel on their hands while
many Of them would like to dispose Of
their big sailing fleets and invest their
money in tramp steamers and 1t would
be hard today to find Norwegian
sailing master whose ambition Is not
to some day be i'm command of a
steamer.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-28
BURIED HIS FR!EkD
IN DEEP Blue SEA

Few sea captains entering this port
are better liked than good hearted
Captain Ames of the freighter Tam
pico. But Ames is not himself this
time. He is all broken up. In Seat
tie one of his oldest friends. w. b.
Maxwell, a wealthy business man,
wished to make the trip to Honolulu
with the captain. and so the obliging
skipped gave him the feathered and
easy job of purser.
All went well for the first five days
OF the voyage, and Captain Ames en-
joyed his friends company. Then on
the evening of the next day Mr.. Maxwell
fell down the companiOnway leading
from the Captains Office on the bridge
to the saloon on the main deck Mr..
Maxwell was not bruised, but despite
the most careful treatment that could
be given an injured man, he died the
next morning.
Then Captain Ames, with tears in his
eyes, superintendent the work of stor-
ing his friends body away in its canvas
CONN. A gale of wind was blowing.
Heavy seas were buffeting the vessel,
yet 1t became Ames's sad duty to con-
duct short funeral services over the
remains OF his best friend before his
body was shot over the rail. II was a
strange and impressive scene that no
man aboard the Seattle Honolulu
steamer will forget
Then, his head bowed in grief, Cap
tain Ames had to labor overtime In
caring for his vessel and her 200 tons
of cargo as the vessel plunged into
heavy seas and a gale that lasted for
six days The Tampico has no bull
warks, only wire fence around her
main deck. and over the main deck
tremendous waves swept without him
drance. The men at the wheel had
considerable difficulty in steering the
monster, and those on duty on deck
had to move with the greatest caution
lest they should be swept overheard.
The steamer will not go to Kahului
this time as there is no cargo there
for her. Shells discharging at lrm-
gard wharf.