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The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
Estimating Circums tn noes.

At a meeting of the American ORA
matte Club, says the Brooklyn Eagle,
Dean Hart, who wrote 1.-THE Parish
Priest told this story:
lou know am a hayseed, and live
with my father, an Irishman, 70 years
of age, on a farm on the outskirts of
Wilkesbarre. One day, not long ago,
the old man said to me:
Dan, me bye, you're doin' nuthin',
suppose We come out an give me a
hand putin up that fence
Father said I. I don't know
anything about building fences
Well, I guess you can't spoil it
much, so come along
y nailed on boards indifferently
well. On the hillside, just above US,
was Hungarian miner practicing
with a revolver, apparently rehearsing
for the next strike. Directly a bullet
ea-ae crashing through the fence just
beside me.
-" Good Lord. father, that fellow is
shooting at me- shouted.
Never mind, Dam said he, per-
haps he's seen one OF your plays"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
Grim Humor of Criminals.

The callousness and even the grim
hunor of condemned criminals, says
the London Globe is we'll exemplified
by the following stories:
On walking to the scaffold in solemn
procession a criminal once called to
the governor of the prisons. sJust
eoblige me, guv'nor,' he said, "by tell
ing me the day of the week." Mon
day. answered the surprised gov
ernor. Monday" exclaimed the pris-
oner in disguised tones. We'll this
'ere's a fine way of beginning a week
amt it?" And he marched on with
disgust imprinted on every line in his
face.
On another occasion an officious
hangman whispered for the effort OF
his life. He dabbled deep into a diff
ficulty as he placed the white cap on
his victims head: IF there's any
thing you'd like to arst me I'll be
pleased to answer, yer know" The
victim craned his neck forward and
said in an equally low, but very much
more anxious voice: You might tell
me, isis this planking safer"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Mobile Register (Dem.) says:
Don D.ckinsonss nomination in Lon
don of Choate for President was a
safe far-away cry. The qualification
of the nobility of England to vote on
the question would not pass the in
spection of any Republican election
inspector"
The Springfield (Mass) Republican
Qnd) says: The President is right
in supposing that the people are very
much disturbed over the rise and
spread of the industrial combinations,
and decidedly in favor of effective re-
straining legislation. And this is true
or business circles as well as of the
people at large. The trustees of the
New York leaf tobacco board of trade
for example, have adopted resolutions
which speak of that trade as being in
the grip of trust, mention some evil
features of the combinations in gen.
eral, and finally declare in favor of
placing all corporations whose securi-
ties are offered to the public under
government supervision similar to
that now exercised in the case of ma
tional banks'"
The Chicago Chronicle Dem) says:
Representative Cooper OF Wisconsin,
who is chairman of the Committee on
Insular Affairs. says: I consider all
talk of the annexation of Cuba at the
present time absolutely brutal. That
depends on the kind of talk. If it
is talk of forcible annexation against
the whl of the people of the island
it is brutal now and would be at any
other time. If il is talk of such a
policy of commercial injury and gen.
eral evaporation as is likely to give
us preteXt for forcible annexation
by fomenting revolution and civil war
in Cuba it is no less brutal and would
be at any other time. We have had
enough of the policy of making i'm
placable enemies of people whom we
wish to have under the fiag-enough
of the policy which can only make
them unwilling subjects instead of pa
triotic citizens proud of their politi-
cal association with u.s.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Representative Griggs of Georgia,
chairman of the Democratic Congress
ional Committee, has an 11-year-old
daughter who takes a deep interest
in national politics and has unwaver-
ing faith in her fathers political judg-
ment, says the st. Louis Republic.
At school a few days ago her teacher
was discussing the historical features
of the Philippine situation and asked
for expressions of opinion from va
rious members of the class Young
Miss Griggs astonished the teacher by
expressing very pronounced views
against the retention of the Philip
pines by the government of the United
States.
Ida, what are your reasons for in
slsting that this government should
not retain possession of the Philip
pines?" asked the teacher.
Because my papa said so,' replied
the little miss so emphatically that
there was no further room for argu-
ment.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Aipha Lodge, No. /, A. A.
and A. R. S.
Special Notices-City of Key West,
Fla, o per Cent. Investment Bonds
for Sale, A. Dutenhofer, New York;
Bill of Fare, Union Station Restau-
rant.
Business Notices-Red Cross Laun-
dry; Can Openers. A. NJ. & C. w.
West
Railroad Schedules-Southern Rail-
way.
Pure Drugs and a Good Nurse-Sol-
onions Company.
Low Rate Summer Excursion Tick
ets-Via Southern Railway.
Do You Catch on?-Palner Hard
ware Company
July 15-Get 1t at Rowlinski's.
Food Force.
Asparagus Tips-The S. w. Branch
Company.
Summer Tourist Tickets-via Allan
vic Coast Line.
Steamship Saskatchewan Steam
ship Company.
Beers-A. b. c. Beer.
Whiskey-Murray Hill Club Whis-
key.
Postum Food Coffee and Grape Nuts
Postum Cereal Company.
Medical-Peruna; Paine's Celery
Compound; DIR. Kilmers Swamp Root;
Cuticura; Worlds Dispensary Prepa-
rations; Hostetters Stomach Bitters;
TUFTS Pills; Kodal Dyspepsia Cure; S.
S. s.; DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy; Dead Shot Vermifuge.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
SALISBURY OUT AND BALFoUR IN.


Neither the resignation of Lord Sal
isbury as prime minister nor the Sc
! lection of Mr.. Balfour as his success
sor caused any surprise. Lord Sails
bury's resignation had been expected
for some time, and it was the under
standing that Mr.. Balfour would be
appointed to fill the place thus made
vacant.
There is no doubt that the real rea-
son for Lord Salisbury's resignation
was his health. He has some chronic
trouble, probably of serious charac-
a long time that he was not the force
full man he was when he and Dis
raeli were Great Britain's representa-
tives at the Congress of Berlin. He
wore himself out in the public service.
He had a notable public career. He
was in office or in Parliament pretty
nearly all the time from his arrival
at his majority until his resignation.
He first became prime minister in
1856, but held the position only short
having been born in 1880. After the
general election in 1886 he again be-
came prime minister. That On the
whole he was an able minister and
managed the affairs of Great Britain
with such success as to win for him
self a high place among the great
men of his country will be admitted
even by his political enemies.
There is much speculation as to the
degree of success the new prime min
lister will have. His ability is adj
mitted, and he has considerable popu-
larity as the leader of the House Of
Commons. He is about 81 years of
age and makes friends much more
easily than Lord Salisbury. 1t was
predicted by some that he would be
a failure when he became leader of
the House, but 1t turned out that those
who made this prediction did not UNI
derstand him. He showed himself to
be much more forceful and energetic
than they had thought him. Unless
aroused he does not appear to be deep
ly interested in what is going on in
the House, but, as a matter of fact
very little escapes him. He has made
a popular and successful leader and
that justifies the expectation that he
will fill the new position to which
he has been called to the satisfaction
of his party, if not to the people gen.
orally. AS pointed out in our London
dispatches yesterday, he has been
placed at the head of the ministry at
a time when there are some trouble
some matters to be settled The edu-
cational bill is one of them. In con-
nection with it great deal of relig-
ious feeling has been aroused. 1t will
be impossible to bring about the pass
age of the bill without concessions,
and concessions are likely to be
strongly opposed by Mr.. Balfour's
party friends
And then the aftermath of the South
African war promises to present is
sues that will require patience and
tact to adjust satisfactorily. If Mr..
Balfour has the qualities OF. a great
man he will have opportunities to
display them In the Office he now
holds. 1t is a great Office and it takes
a great man to so administer it as
to command the respect of the EN-
pire
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15


The new commissioner of immigra-
ton, William Williams, is being round
ly abused by some of the alien cabin
passengers on European steamers ar
irving in New York. The immigration
laws require all alien passengers to
answer certain Questions. The ques-
lions are asked by the steamship
agents at the port of departure, but 1t
is the duty of the commissioner of i'm
migration to see to it that they are an
swered. Before the appointment of
Commissioner Williams the law was
practically a dead letter, so far as first
and second cabin passengers were con-
cerned.
Therefore when Commissioner Will
liams enforced the law strictly there
was Indignation. 1t is not surprising
that there was. Some of the ques-
| lions are of a character to make a
| sensitive person warm under the COL
lar. On a steamer arriving last Sat-
| urday at New York there were three
| first cabin passengers who refused to
answer the questions. One of them
was Baron Raymond Seillere, the hus-
band of a prominent New York society
woman. They were bound for New
port for the summer.
| Among the questions are the follow
| ing: Have you more than $50? Has
your ticket been paid for by yourself,
or by a corporation, society, munich
pality or government? Have you ever
been In prison or the poorhouse? Have
! you ever been in an asylum or char
| table institution? Are you crippled or
deformed? Are you black or white?
Can you read or write?"
| OF course Americans are not required
to answer these questions, because they
| belong in the country. The purpose of
them is to keep out undesirable char
acters, and if respectable aliens would
! think a moment they would see there
was no intention to cast an indignity
upon them. If an exception were made
in the law to persons coming in the
first and second cabins, no doubt some
| Objectionable characters would come as
] cabin passengers, instead of in the
steerage. And diseased persons would
travel first class SO as to be sure of
being permitted to land.
In an interview on this point Com
missioner Williams said: 1T is a fact
that among the first ara second cabin
passengers are diseased or other I'M
desirable persons. For instance, IL a
family OF seven aliens comes over, one
| OF whom IS diseased, six come in the
steerage and the diseased person as a
second cabin passenger. Criminals,
as rule, come as second cabin pas
sengers, unless they are real bad, and
then they come as first cabin"
1t is of course of far more Importance
that undesirable persons shall be kept
out of the country than that the SEN
sibilities of sensitive first class cabin
| passengers shall not be disturbed. It
is probable therefore that the law will
stand as it is, and that it will be strict
ly enforced. We may hear of passen-
gers now and then refusing to answer
| the questions, but it can be safely
stated that they will answer them rath-
er than be denied permission to land
on American soil.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Late reports m some of the London
papers are to the effect that the
Kings dinner to the poor was a mis-
cradle failure. Where beer was serv-
ed it was fought for, and the strong
got dozen mugs full while the weak
got none. AS consequence there were
unseemly struggling and maudlin
manners. The meats served were
boiled beef. fat ham and mysterious
meat pies, which had to be torn apart
with the hands. since no knives and
forks were provided. Tradesmen who
donated certain supplies insisted that
their advertisements should be display
ed wherever possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

II am going to give up being good
natured," declared John w. Gates
mantling his jovial face with a frown
says the New York Times. "Wher
Louisville and Nashville was going uI
under pressure of my buying, spec
ulator came to me and said:
Say, Gates, 1 want $1,000. I've
got a sure thing
" All right said I, giving him my
check.
Next day he paid the loan, remark
ing that he had put up the money
as margin and had cleared nearly
$4,000.
" What did you buy?' 1 asked.
L. and NJ" he answered with e
grin.
Hang me, if he hadn't bought the
stock with my money, held it against
me, and made me pay two points more
for it, taking the $1,000 right out OF
my own rocket"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Senator Burton of Kansas, one of
the leaders of the beet sugar insurgent
Republican congressman, made a
speech in Topeka the other day which
seems to put the regular Republicans
into a hole. They came to u.s. declar-
ed Senator Burton, land encouraged
us to keep up the fight" Now, what
have Senators Allison, Aldrich, Hanna
end other leaders to say to that? 1t
seems they must say something or the
country will rest under the impression
that they were playing double game /;
that while they were ostensibly hold
ing up the hands of the President in
his demand for concession to Cuba,
they were secretly working to defeat
the reciprocity proposition.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Americans will be sorry that Min
lister WI Ting-fang is to retire as the
minister of his country at Washing
ton. He has become popular favorite,
and during his incumbency of the Chi
nese ministership has added much to
the gaiety of the nation as well as its
information. We know a great deal
more about the Chinese than when
Mr.. WI came to Washington some
five years ago, and we have greater
respect for their civilization. He has
shown us that even the heather" may
be a man of deep learning, broad mind
and wide charity. Mr.. Wu's innumera-
BILE American friends win watch his
career in his own country with inter
est, and it would crafty but not sur
prise them to see him eventually the
prime minister of his sovereign.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Emperor William is keeping close
track of the mlllionaires of America.
II is said that he gave Mr.. Pierpont
Morgan a surprise the other day By
proving to him, from some old records
brought from Wc:sbaden. that John D,
Rockefeller is OF German blood. The
Weisbaden records showed further
more that Mr.. Rockefeller S
great grandfather had at one time
worked on a farm in Ireland for an
English landlord at the wages OF 21z
cents a day
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Bishop Potter Of New
York and Mrs. A. c. Clark, widow of
the late Alfred Corning Clark. The
marriage will probably take place early
in the fall Bishop Potter is sixty
seven years old, and the bride-elect
is fifty-two and has six children, the
youngest of whom is nineteen years
of age. Alfred c. Clark was the only
son and heir of one of the founders
of the Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany and died possessed of an estate
worth between SIS. 100000 and $40 ,00O,-
00o Mrs. Clark is one of Bishop Pot
ter's parishioners, and has become
widely known for her charitable work
Bishop Potters first wife died in June
1901.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

The Pullman Company. it is stated
has recently voluntarily increased the
wages of all OF It's employees, except
porters. 1t is stated, not as joke
but a cold fact that as a rule the
porters get more pay, through tips,
than the conductors. How long will
the travelling public continue to pay
extra in tips for services which it has
right to expect the company to fur
nish as a part of its transportation
contract?
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Postmaster General Payne has left
Washington for a three months vaca-
ton, leaving his subordinates to run
the department. Mr.. Payne is the po-
litical wire-puller of the administra-
ton, it is understood, and the assump-
ton is that he will spend much of the
three months in stringing wire.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Atlanta should send the Pope a map
of Georgia with a red circle around
the capital. The Pope told a visitor re-
where he had a bishop. but he did not
know Atlanta, and asked where it was.
What q blow to egotisml
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

Convict Tracy begins to appear more
and more like the Pigment of a pipe
dream.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
The weather.

The indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida to-day are scattered
showers ard thunder storms, light va
riable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

No newspaper has yet dared to at
tempt to put into type the name of the
Crown Prince of Siam, who is shortly
to visit the United States.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

A st. Louis judge has rendered the
eminently sensible judgment that a
dog has right to bite anybody who
tries to tie a tin can to its tail.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
HUDSON RIVER BY DAYLIGHT

The most charming inland water trim
on the American Continent.
The Palace Iron Steamers NEW
York and ALBANY" Of the
Hudson River, Day Line.
DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave New York, Desbrosses Street,
$40 a. m.
New York, West I'D street, N.
r., 900 a. m.
New York, West 129th street, N.
r., 9;1o a. m.
Albany, Hamilton street, $50 a.
m.
THE ATTRACTIVE ROUTE FOR
SUMMER PLEASURE TRAY
Ell TO AND FROM
The Thousand Islands and st. Law
renee River
The Catskill Mountains,
Saratoga and the Adirondacls
Hotel Chanplain and the North.
Niagara Falls and the West.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

The University of Georgia is making
serious and commendable efforts to
meet the wants of the people of the
state in the matter of the educating
of farmers sons. The agricultural
courses have been enlarged so as to
embrace short winter course of two
months duration, a one-year course
and a full course. The one-year course
has been newly organized, and will
be appreciated by those young men
who can afford little more than the
winter course and less than the full
course. The department is under eff
cient management and cannot fail to
being of great benefit to those who
can secure the advantages of it.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

In an address before a number of
educators in st. Paul, Mimi, a day or
two ago DR.. T. z. Shields said in part:
Teachers become too mechanical in
their work and neglect to develop the
individuality of the children. The
pupils lean too much on the teacher.
The tendency is thus to develop mental
parasites. The schools develop beautt-
full writers and students who can say
the multiplication table nfcely-but
they are mere mental machines" And
there IS no doubt that in a. great many
instances the Characterization Is .sp-
plicable.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
TICKETS VIA DAY LINE ARE ON
SALE AT ALL OFFICES.

A trip on one of these famous steam
ers ON the noblest stream in the coun-
try offers rare attractions. They are
fitted up in the most elegant style, ex-
clusively for passengers. Their great
speed, fine orchastras, spacious sa-
looms, private parlors, and luxurious
accommodations, in every respect
render them unexcelled. Handsomely
appointed dining-rooms, with superior
service, are on the main deck, afford
ing an uninterrupted view of the
magnificent scenery for which the
Hudson is renowned.
THROUGH TICKETS sold to all
points, and baggage checked to dest-
nation.
Send s cents for copy of Summer
Excursion Book
r. B. HIBBARD, E. E OLCOTT,
GenI Passenger Agent. Gen'l Mgr.
Besbrosses Street Pier, New York.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15

DR.. David Kennedy's Magic Eve
Salve for all diseases or inf1ammations
of the Eye. Csc.
The Washington times., 1902-07-17
BUSINESS BETTER
THAN FOR SOME. TIME

vas followed by a net advance of more
than points III the price OF the stock.
On the purchase o. less than 5,OOl
shares Colorado Fuel made net gain
OF 52i points. and Fuller Construction.
common. which is being handled by the
same operator. was exceptionally strong.
at q net gain of nearly 2la points.
Notwithstanding the increased activity
in stocks. there was a falling off in the
dealings in bonds. In few OF the spec
ulative issues, notably Detroit. Mar
cuette. and Mackinac land grants there
were reactions, hut the market for in
vestment issues was firm. with the note
worthy dealings in c. B. 6 O. Joint fours,
Consolidated TC.aCco fJurs. N X. d T.
second fours. and Union Pacific conver-
tible fours.
In the outside market the most i'm
pcrtant movement was in Northern Sc
cuIities. 1T an advance to l053s. Man
haitian Transit sold at IA and closed
culy 4 little below the higher.
The closing was strong and active, at
about the best prices.
The Washington times., 1902-07-17
GUSHER STILL BURNING.
Operator Has Plan to Pat Out Oil
Flames With Steam.

NEW ORLEANS, July 16.-A special
to the Daily States" from Jennings
contains an interview with o. W. Hay
wood. in which he says that the fire at
Jennings Gusher No. 2, caused by a
bolt of lightning yesterday morning,
still RACES. but that he believes plan
has been hit upon which will control
the flames for four or five days. This
plan, he states, is to collect as many
boilers as possible. arrange them about
the burning gushers and force great
quantity of steam into the flames. The
gate valve is still holding down most
Of the oil. This morning the flames
were but twenty feet in height. while
last night the burning stream Of oil rose
fifty feet or more in the air and lighted
up the surrounding country for miles.
The Belmont chemical engine, which
came over last evening, was unable to
accomplish any results. Two tanks,
each containing 2i00C barrels of OIL
have been burned.