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The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
MURPHY PUNCTUREs A REPORT.

Some of the New York papers have
been publishing a story that Mr.. Muir
ply, the Tammany leader, and former
Senator Hill had met and agreed to
settle their differences and give the
New York delegation to the Demo-
cratic National Convention to Judge
Parker for President. 1t was also un-
derstood that Mr.. Hill should continue
to be the head of the party in New
York outside of New York city and
that Mr.. Murphy should have full
swing in the city.
This story seemed to start quite
boom for Judge Parker, and on the
strength of it leading Democrats in the
South and other parts of the country
have been telling about the popularity
of Judge Parker in their respective Sec
tons.
Unfortunately for the Parker BOOM
ers, however. there wasn't any truth
in the Hill Murphy story. In an inter
view. published in the New York pa
pers of Monday, Mr.. Murphy says that
he hasn't had any conference with Mr.
Hill. In fact. he declared he hadn't
seen Mr.. Hill since the New York mu-
nicipal election. And he set at rest
another story, namely, that there was
a GOODNESS between him and MIR. HILL
He said that he had only a feeling of
friendship for Mr.. Hill.
There is no doubt, OF course. that
since the publication of Mr.. Cleve-
lands letter, saying that under no cir
| cumstances would he be the Democratic
nominee, there has been much more
talk of Judge Parker than there was
| previously Some of the Democratic
leaders seem to think he could carry
| New York and some of the other
doubtful states. That is the main rea-
son for his popularity in different parts
of the country. There is no doubt of
course of his fitness. While he hasn't
been very prominent in politics he is
an eminent lawyer and an all around
first-cass man.
1t is worthy of notice that he knows
how to keep his own counsel He
hasn't said anything since he was men
toned for the presidential nomination
that could be used against him, or, in
fact, used in any way with much eff
feet. He evidently believes that the
policy of silence is good one for a
candidate.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
differences in the impression made on
the public mind by established char
acter in different men is we'll illus
trated by the fact that when Mr..
Cleveland says he will not be a can
didate everybody accepts it at once as
settled. but when Mr.. Hanna makes
the same declaration it does not seem
TO possess the same convincing quail
ity. The point appears to be well
taken"
The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser (Rep.) says: THE President of
the United States is not a Joshua, to
make the sun stand still upon Gideon
while he creates Brig. Gen. Wood a
major general by recess appointment.
He cannot officially turn the hands of
the government clock both backward
and forward to make a hypothetical
gap in the session of Congress where
no gap really exists. 1t is certainly
a much less evil that a number of
army officers should be left in the air
as to their commissions and their stat
US than that the President should set
a dangerous precedent, and assume a
power that he does not really pos
sess." .,'s
The Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.)
says: IF there were time for a recess
at the expiration of this special ses-
sion of Congress, it, would be but NOM
inal. The reason for recess appoint
ments would not apply to a trifing in
terVal of a few hours or a day. In
the meaning of the Constitution, how
ever, a recess is q recess, and when
one occurs the President can name a
great many officers. who will hold on
during the whole of the next session
of Congress, unless sooner displaced.
The course of Mr.. Roosevelt in Office
has demonstrated how fond he is of in
tiicting his favorites on the country in
spite of the reluctance of the Senate.
Undoubtedly, he was prepared to avail
himself of the smallest imaginable re-
cess to make a large number of ap-
pointments including those of some of
his disreputable friends.
The New York Post Qnd.) says:
""The people of Panama. says the
President, rose literally as one man.
Who said Mr.. Roosevelt had no hu-
NOR? He could scarcely have meant
that NJ. Bunau-Varilla really did 1t all.
His phrase is, in any case, hard upon
the Junta. They thought there were at
least three men who rose. Literally
as one man! 1t SOUNDS like the comic
paragrapher, instead of the uncon-
scious lapse of severely earnest Pres
ident. We hear talk of a new MEM
Der of the cabinet-a Colonial minister.
What is really needed is a literary ad-
wiser, a secretary to keep the Pres
ident from slips and indiscretions.
Such an official would never, we may
be sure. have allowed Mr.. Roosevelt
recklessly to turn over deadly ammu-
milton like this to the enemy: While
there may have been as much official
corruption in former years. there has
been more developed and brought 10
light I'm the immediate past than IN the
preceding century Of our cOuntry's his
tory What. with the Democrats pre-
pairing to raise the cry, Turn the Ras-
calls Outr make them a present OF
such "A confession nsthati II looks as
IL President Roosevelt wished 10 rival
Lord salisbury's fame for blazing IN
discretiOns.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
SPECTLATIONS IN COTTON FU-
TURES

I
| From the statement made by Mr.
w. c. Heath. president of the Ameri-
| can Cotton Manufacturers Association,
at the meeting of members of the as
ISOLATION in Charlotte, n. c., Tuesday
it seems that cotton manufacturers do
great deal of specializing in cotton
futures. Evidently there was a dispo-
sition at the meeting to criticise
Brown, Sully and Frank Hayne, the
men who were the alleged leaders in
the cotton corners last season, and who
are believed to be the leaders in the
| bull movement this season, for their
efforts to put up the price of cotton.
IN noticing this disposition Mr.. Heath
is quoted in the dispatches as saying
| that he knew that "two-thirds of the
men before him did what was termed
gambling in the cotton market"
| Is it a fact that so large a percent
age OF cotton manufacturers specu-
late in cotton futures? If they do, it
can be safely said that they drop about
all of their mill profits into the pockets
of the cotton future brokers and the
big cotton future operators. Now and
then a man like Sully, or Brown or
Frank Hayne makes a ten strike, as
it were, and within a few weeks wins
a great fortune, but for every one who
is the winner of a sum sufficiently
large to attract general attention there
are hundreds who are losers. And it
is generally the fact that those who be-
come rich in specializing in cotton fu-
lures die poor because they cannot
keep out of the market, and sooner
or later they get on the wrong side of
it for a large amount and their &C
cumulations are swept away.
AS a rule, it is better for the man
who has only a small amount of money
to let cotton futures alone. Those who
can afford to hold on to their cotton
when the market goes against them
are the ones who win in the long
run. They can put up margins and
wait until there is a turn in the mar
ket in their favor 1t is probably
within the bounds of reason to say that
since the close of the Civil War the
South has lost enough in cotton flu
lures to make her cotton farmers the
richest farmers in the world and the
South the most prosperous section of
the United States. At this time, in
all parts of this state, and, it is prob
able, in every other cotton state there
is an extraordinary amount of sup
pressed excitement respecting the cot
ton market. Farmers, country store
keepers and others are dabbling in cot
ton futures, all intent upon making
fortunes quickly. So eager are they
to get the latest cotton future quota
tons that they do not wait for their
newspapers, but gather at the railroad
stations and question passengers on the
trains. They will have but little peace
of mind until there is a decline in the
fever Of speculation. And it is prac-
rically certain that the most of them
will lose a great deal more than they
will win. Probably the great majority
of them will be in debt when the cot
ton season closes, Notwithstanding the
high price of cotton. There isn't any
doubt that cotton futures prevent the
South from being as prosperous as she
would otherwise be.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
REBATES MEANS HIGH RATES.

The peach growers of this state are
now trying to get a reduction of rates
on peaches. The point they made be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion a few days ago was that when
there was a big crop the low prices
and high freight rates left nothing
for the growers. The railroads answer
ed that the rates were as low as they
could afford.
1t is our understanding that the
fruit is carried in iced cars of the Fruit
Growers Express Company, which
company is practically owned by ].
Ogden Armour of Chicago, the head of
the great Armour packing house. 1t
seems that there are bankruptcy pro-
ceedings in progress in New York, in
Volving a firm in that city that did
great deal of business with the Fruit
Growers Express Company, and in
tehse proceedings a statement was
made that the president of the Fruit
Growers Express Company had re-
ceived as much as 100000 in rebates
during the past six years.
We call attention to this matter for
the reason that if the president has
received rebates to the extent mention
ed, probably some one else has been
receiving rebates also. and that these
immense sums, coming out of the rail-
roads, explain why the roads are not
able to so reduce rates as to leave the
peach growers of Georgia little
profit.
Mr.. Armour was on the witness stand
in Chicago on Monday, and said that
he knew nothing of rebates which the
president of the express company may
have received, but it doesn't follow that
because he doesn't know of rebates
received by the president of the COM
pany there were none.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion ought to look into this matter
closely By doing so it may find the
reason why the railroads are making
such a hard fight against giving the
peach growers rate that would en-
courage the fruit industry in this state.
1t wouldn't be surprising if there were
more grating in connection with trans
portation lines than is generally
thought to be the case.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
BRIGHT BITS.

II believe he made fortune out
of Action Indeed! What kind of
fiction?" "Wall' street rumors."-
Puck. - - a'.'-'
-Ethel-"Do you believe that Maude
loves her fiance?" Jean-"I do. She's
so silly!"-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat. -.
Miss Pass hasn't what one would
call an expressive face" Except to
those who can read between the lines. "
Brooklyn Life
Please boss, won't you
gimme a dime To- Jenkins-"See
here! 1 gave you dime yesterday"
Beggar-"Well, haven't yer earned any
more money since den?"-Philadelp
Ledger.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

This latest and most disastrous of
the failures of Prof. Langley's at
tempts to conquer the air with a fly
ing machine patterned on the lines of
the buzzard will probably be final, in
so far as that special model is con-
cerned. He has now seen that, how
ever attractive his theory may have
been as an abstract proposition. in the
concrete it will not work, therefore
it is to be expected that he will give
it up. Whether he will branch out
on new lines remains to be seen. His
failures will probably not have the
effect of discouraging him to the point
of abandoning the whole thing as inn
possible. Dozens of efforts were made
to construct a practical submarine
vessel before a successful one was
made. And so it will doubtless prove
with the airship. Prof. Langley has
failed, but he has learned many things
respecting aeronautics during his ex-
periments that will be found useful to
him and others hereafter.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

The New York Commercial Adver-
his action in sending in recess appoint
ments to the Senate when there was
actually no recess or interval between
the ending of the extra session and the
beginning of the regular session. 1T
is a dangerous precedent" says the
Commercial Advertiser. But is that
anything unusual for President Roose-
welt? Has he not been establishing
dangerous precedents" ever since he
took the oath of office? His administra-
ton will go into history as having
overthrown more safe precedents and
set up more dangerous" ones than
any OF its predecessors.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

Perry Heath announces that he does
not intend to resign from the secre-
taryship of the Republican National
Committee under fire" But how does
he propose to secure vindication? 1t
was stated in the Bristow report that
action could not be brought against
Mr.. Heath, because of the interven-
ton of the statute of limitations That
being true. and Mr.. Heath being barred
out of court, it is a little difficult to
see what he is waiting for and how
he proposes to set himself right before
his countrymen.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

A dead pig is said to have had much
to do with the latest uprising of the
Moros in Jolo that has given Gen.
Wood an opportunity to again display
his military prowess. A 'juramen-
tado" or Mohammedan who had sworn
to kill one or more Christians, was
shot to death in the streets of the city
of Jolo after he had disemboweled a
member of the Fifteenth Cavalry One
of the bullets that struck the native
ranged upward and killed the chief
bugler of the comamnd. The bugler
was buried with full military honors.
The body of the native was stripped
and thrown into deep grave. Over
the grave a pig was suspended, its
throat cut and it's blood permitted to
drip on the body beneath. Then the
dead pig was placed alongside the body
of the Moro and the two were thus
buried. This is conceived to be the
greatest insult that can be visited on
Mohammedan, whose religion teaches
that contact with pig defiles and pre-
vents the soul of the deceased from
entering heaven. Several hundred Mo-
ros saw the burial of their fellow coun-
tryman with the pig, and their muir
murs were deep and loud, and shortly
thereafter the outbreak occurred.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

The great army of United States
pensioners must view with alarm the
action of Gov. Bliss of Michigan and
a widow in Massachusetts who last
week renowned their pensions on the
ground that they did not need the
money. Gov. Bliss receives a salary
of $4,000 a year from the state, and the
widow has just come into an inheri-
lance. which circumstances led the
two TO inform the pension commissions
er that they could get along comforta-
bly, without government aid. But are
not these presidents dangerous 20 the
pensioners? suppo-e the people should
become impressed with the idea that
only those who need pensions ought 10
have them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

President Harper of Chicago Univer-
sity says John D. Rockefeller never
sees the cartoons and the articles of
criticism of which he is the subject.
Then Mr.. Rockefeller will never know
what the people of his country think
of him. Some friend ought to induce
him TO read Miss Tarbell's History of
the Standard Oil Company" a work
that Mr.. Rockefeller would doubtless
find Interesting.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

Capt w. G. Watkins of Clinton,
Mo-. has in his possession his own death
warrant, issued and signed by United
States officers during the Civil War.
Capt. Watkins was sentenced TO be
shot for recruiting Confederate soldiers
inside the Union lines HI escaped
from Gratiot prison ia s. LOals where
he was confined awaiting the death PEN
city, ard VAS never captured. Recent
ly Capt Watkins secured the warrant
for his own death. lie prizes the war
relic highly
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

The fire tables of the New York Jour-
nal of Commerce show that the fire
losses in the United States and Canada
during the month of November just
ended, were 1858, $50. an increase OF
nearly $4,000 over the corresponding
month of last year. For the eleven
months the increase is about $4,000. 900
over last year. but about $1,000. 900 less
than year before last. II is regarded
as practically certain that the losses for
the full year 1908 will exceed those OF
1902 by several millions Of dollars. But,
Notwithstanding this" says the Jour
nal OF Commerce. the insurance COM
panies VIII have had a good year as
far as their underwriting operations
aEs concerned"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
SECURING YOUR SCALP.
viii Remove the Loose DandruR Scales
But 1t won't Cure Dandruff.

If your hair is brittle and thinning,
you. have dandruff. The mere securing
of the scalp of the loose scales, Won
cure dandruff; because dandrun Is
nothing but scales. of scalp being
thrown up by pestiferous little germ
in burrowing it's way to the root OF
the hair. where it saps the vitality'
causing falling hair and, in time, BALD
ness. Now you can't stop dandrun
nor falling hair. nor prevent badness
unless you destroy that germ; ana
the only preparation that can do u Is
the new scientific discovery, Newbro's
Herpicide. In fact no other hair pre-
paration claims to kill the dandrun
germ-all of them will clean the scalp;
soap and water will do that but only
Newbros Herpicide gets at the roof
Of the trouble and kills the dandrun
germ. Sold by leading druggists. SEND
10c. in stamps for sample TO Inc
Herpicide Co., Detroit Mich.
Idvlngstons Pharmacy Company
Special Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

A New York court has before it a
case turning upon the point whether
or not mans mother is a member of
established home for himself. The
man carried an insurance policy for
the benefit of his family" The widow
contends that his mother was not a
member of the family.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
1.-THE circus poster is to be made {
site. A committee has been appoil
! to draft plans and specificatio
n eliminating the so-called objectio
ole and inartistic features of the pC
,rs.l
Mister, spare that bill!
Touch not a single line.
In youth it sent a thrill
OF ecstasy divine
A-whooping through my heart
And tingling DER my brow.
You claim 1t is not art"
But I'll protect it now!
You say the hippopot-
Anus must close his face!
A murrain on thee! What?
Have you no eye for grace?
Nay! Let the hippo cape
And fiercely show his teeth,
And on your brow I'll drape
A decorative wreath.
The camel with his hump
Must balance with the truth?
The kangaroo a-jump-
Fond memory of youth
o, mister, say not so
Alas, it makes me weep
To think of long ago.
The good circus bill,
Where lions f1ercely chewed
A man or two to fill
Their great demand for food!
The bareback lady, too
A sylph of gauzy grace
1t cannot be that you
Her beauty will erase!
Mister, spare that bill
Raise not your vandal hand
on hump or mouth or frill,
For that we cannot stand.
Retain the pictures old
The camel and the hip
Popotamus so bold
o, don't you dare to ripl
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

The most desperate thief OF the sea-
son burglarized the pest house at Fort
Wayne, Ind, the other night and car
ried away lot OF bedding that had
been used by smallpox patients. The
detectives are looking for the burglar
with SPY glasses
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

from Huntington. Mass. Mrs. Rosa
Perkins, who lives in that town and
who is 81 years old, had been tooth
less and nearly blind for several
years. Now she is cutting new set
of teeth. of which several have ap-
peared, and her eyes are so much i'm
proved that she can see without glasses
to read or sew.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

Jerry Simpson declares that money
is a dead issue in politics. SO is the
lack of socks as an argument for politi-
cal preferment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

The indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are for fair
weather, with fresh west to northwest
winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10

A report from Concord, N. H. says
it transpires that the recent robbery
of the residence of Mother Eddy of
the Christian Science Church was not
for the purpose of obtaining valuables
but of getting possession of her WILL
In which are named the beneficiaries
of her millions and her successor as
the head of the Christian Scientists
Mrs. Eddy is eighty-four years old.
Some months ago, feeling the weight
of her years, she determined to ar
range for the disposition of her prop
erty and the succession to the leader
ship of her church. 1t is believed that
she named Mrs. Stetson of New York
as her successor. though on this point
there is no definite information. When
her house was robbed recently the will
disappeared and has not been found.
She has executed another will.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10


holder or servant is up the fire is burn
ing briSkly and the water is boiling
1t is claimed that these new devices
may be so set that they will start fires
whenever wanted and thus have q
home thoroughly heated before the oc-
cupants stir from their beds. From
the back of the clock used in connec-
ton with the automatic fire kinder
extends shaft on which is mounted
d rotary friction disk or pulley the
periphery of which is milled or other
wise designed to create friction when
rotated in contact with a relatively sta
tionary member. BY the operation of
a pivotal arm, q lug and spring and
other attachments in connection with
the rotary disk, this entire external
mechanism is set in motion when the
alarm is released. Instantly a fuse
with an easily ignited illuminate at
its end and held in place in a slot open
ing against the friction wheel is set
aflre. The flame, properly confined
within the metallic slot, travels instant
ly over the illuminate strand which is
saturated with a free burning ingredi-
ent. The clock may be set on a near
by shelf or on the back OF the stove
or "A furnace projection. As even a small
and cheap alarm clock may be utilized
and AS the tube incased fire strand
may be safely controlled, that part
Of the problem Is very simple. More
over. any kind Of kindling substance
ordinarily used may be utilized. The
fuse may be employed merely TO ig-
note paper under the regulation kim
ding wood fire, with coal or cord wood
on top. In such cases the action r.
similar 10 that Of a match. or, rather
several matches lighted simultaneously
and burning longer than ordinary
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