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per salturn evolution Of a new intel
lectual type, if we may not rather call
it a spring. poisoning out of ages of
winter. There is now every appear
ance that similar eff1orescence is COM.
ing with the negro race, only they have
begun with utter ignorance and slavery
and have more to learn and find less
encouragement"
Our friend, who for the sake OF ar
gument, should be fully quoted. pro-.
ceeds to say the negro Is equal to the
Caucasian. He is as tall and as strong.
He has all the physical basis and all
the brain capacity necessary for the de-
veiopment of intellectual power. No
evidence has yet been adduced which
proves that the negro is physically, in
tellectually, essentially, necessarily of
an inferior race and that he must re-
main so, whatever may be his environ
ment and education for a number of
generations.
Senator McEliery's position Is taken
from acquaintance with a race which
has not only been degraded but ele-
waited by slavery. He judges from
what he sees around him and feels
from his intimate association with the
Colored race surrounding him.
The crossing of the blood caused by
miscegenation into which this argu-
ment leads, proceeding TO the almost
whitening of the negro blood by inter
marriage with whites should be pursu-
ed to it's physiological end. 1t can only
mean degeneracy. The purity of breed
along proper lines is recognized by all
students of the law of primogeniture
and reproduction. Nature never crosses
herself. 1t is only a malformation of
her plans that leads to inter- breeding
The ass, although the progenitor of the
horse is not its equal, but 1t follows
we'll in it's place as shall the black after
the White-its later and best develop
ment. ~
One theory ridicuIes the other when
it becomes a matter of theory alone
but as far as proved by science, and,
amply, it is evident that the white race
came into existence IN Northwestern
Europe even before the age when those
parts of the earth were semi tropical
in climate. The researches of Huxley
maintain this argument. Not only
that, but the latest Investigations point
to ha belief. From the ancient home
the ice probably compelled the first de-
preston of the white race 1t drove
many southwark over what was then
the Italian isthmus, into Egypt and
Chaldea. Flinders Petrie, BIaspero and
other great Egyptologists agree that
the first race Of great warriors. priests
and architects of Egypt, anterior to the
twelfth dynasty, We're of the white
race. Afterward they amalgamated
with dark peoples and degenerated into
Copts. The white ChaIdeans of the
same origin were preserved from this
curse by the divine genius of Moses
who by sword and circumcision and
shlbboleth saved his people
The early Greeks. among the most
perfect of our people We're blonde. The
dark, modern Greek, through miscege-
nation is a sorry declension. Vedic
warriors from the fatherland behold
how fearfully they changed by adrnix-l
ture with India's blood. Again behold
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GAME OF THE WEST

compelled to occupy an inferior place.
This as one who writes intefligently
and not we'll but who represents some
of the best thoughts Of civilization,
says: Raises the question whether
the assumption is true that the eau
casian IS physically, Intellectually and
essentially race superior to the negro
and all other races. This is not to be
instantly assumed, but Il is to be prov
ed. 1t is not proved by saying that
white is a better color than black or
red or yellow-that would be absurd.
1t Is not proved by saying that negroes
in Africa or in the United States have
not reached the stage Of intellectual
requirement or training achieved by
the Caucasian; for multitudes of them
in the United States. in Mexico, Brazil
and Cuba have reached the standard
set by their Caucasian neighbors. Be-
sides we can go back in history to the
time when, through the circumstances
of their birth, CaucaSians We're inferior
in attainments and culture to the more
civilized commanding races of their
time. Races have a way of continuing
long ages in barbarism and then. when
brought by migration or otherwise into
inspiring relations" of taking a sud-
den start upward. We seem to see
such a paroxysmal impulse now taking
possession of the negro race in this
country. At no time in history has a
race made more surprising advance
in so short time than the negro race
has made in this country in the last
four decades.
We have seen during the last half
| century the japanese nation, not eau
casiau, take a front rank among the
strong and intellectual nations of the
| world. AS scholars, as statesmen, as
business men, as men of action in time
| of peace or war they stand fairly with
the Caucasians. We have no right to
call them an inferior race. They
would have been called an inferior
race, a hopeiessly submerged race,
| half a century ago. But they have
made a sudden change. This has been
no slow, Darwinian development but a
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Special to The Globe.
ANN ARBOR, Mich, April lido we
breed for style or purpose? Is the black
equal to the white? Yes or no. That
seems to be the hankering, carking
care of the public mind at the present
moment.
That the question is one of great in
terest to the world in general cannot be
doubted. AS a scientific subject it is.
clC sely considered, a great one. 1t is a
dominant feature in the Darwinian
theory. There, although an unwritten
law it may be considered that the
negro is supposed to form a llnk-not
the missing one. but a link in the Sc
quence of human development.
The question that should be raised
by those most interested in this matter
IS: Has the colored race ever done
anything toward the civilization Of the
worId?"
We have our documents. human as
we'll as historical such as they be, ad-
mittedly imperfect, but with a logical
sequence that can almost be consider
ed perfect argument. That these rec
Ords were preserved by the white race
are almost in themselves proof of the
superiority as a race of those who pro-
tected and continued them.
The civilization of the world today,
such as z is, admittedly not an ideal, is
in the hands of the white race and CEN
tered in the Western hemisphere
through their efforts their struggles
and their persistency in fighting for
the right which is the ruling principle
of the universe, making Prof. Alfred
Russell Wallace say that man is the
central, if not the controlling power
here.
Personal prejudice. aye, racial feel
ing, will go long way to assert itself
Some of those who feel most warmly
on this subject. for instance Senator
McEnery, of louisiana, may assert
that the negro is inferior to the every
essential of manhood-his racial char
acteristics cannot be eliminated" He
may go further and say that ''he ought
not to aspire to Office, and will be
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England. a very dissolute British cour-
tier of Celtic antecedents. known as
Sir Owain (Owet) had a singular ex
perience in an islet Of Tough Derg.
in the north of Ireland. Whether it
was a vision caused by the delirium OF
fever, or whether 1t was (as Sir
Owain's contemporaries believed q
supernatural experience. he believed
that when he entered cave in the
islet he was led through a subter.
ranean passage to the lower world.
where he beheld the souls of mOrtals
doing penance for the sins they had
committed in life. 1t was this story,
which spread rapidly through Europe,
that gave to Dante, doubtless. a sug-
gestion for his great poem. the ''Di-
vine Comedy"
Calderon, the Shakespeare of Spain,
wrote the great play known as "St.
Patrick's Purgatory." In the first part
of this he follows pretty closely the
narrative of Patrick's early life as a
slave, and of his return to Ireland
as a missionary. Then follows an in
definite gap between scenes and the
experiences of Sir Owain are portray
ed. So astonishing an interval between
the scenes Of drama was probably
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More About St. Patrick.

In the whole matter of his escape, for
he was given to prayer and piOus con-
temptation. and he believed that his
prayers were answered.
Patrick's memoirs are entitled
"Confessiones," being written in Latin.
He apologies for his diction, saying
that his life has been given more to
pioneer work than to scholarship. His
book was written in his later years;
but, despite the great achievements of
his life, it is singularly modest and
simple In its recital
More than 700 years after Patrick's
death. and in time of King Stephen OF
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BY HUBERT M. SKINNER.

Ever since st. PetHcks day there
has been going on something OF pop
ular discussion Of the great apostle to
the Irish in the columns Of the Sun
day press. A very vide range of opin-
ions has been expressed. Some have
gone so far as to deem the saint a
wholly mythical and purely imaginary
character. Others have presented
strange and contradictory theories as
to his time and place.
Regarding st. Patrick as being SIM
ply a legendary character the writers
have felt free to speculate broadly con-
corning his life and work. This is most
singular in view of the fact that Pat
ricks life, written by his own hand,
bearing every evidence Of simple, un-
affected truth, and un<uestioned by
any critic as to its genuineness, Is still
in existence, and may be read by any
who will take the pains to study the
subject.
Probably not one of the bold specu-
lators who have spun theories written
the past two weeks knew of the exist
ence of such book. Further, there are
few Americans who are aware that
Patrick is leading character in a
great drama some centuries old, which
is based on the incidents of his early
life, as related in his own memoirs. 1t
is true that there<has been much doubt
as to the time and place Of st. Pat
rick's nativity. This is not because We
are uninformed as to these data, but
because we have not been able salts
factorily to interpret the information
given. RID
He was born at Rannaven Tabernae,
in the time of Milctos The difficulty
lies in the fact that 1hei geography and
chronology of his tine are very uncer-
tain to us. 1t was pAarstthe close of the
fourth Christian century that Patrick
was born. The present system OF
chronology, which dates from the sup
posed year of ChrRsts birth, had not
then been adopted, and there was no
uniform scheme of RECKONING the years.
It was customary to fix the time by
references TO contemporary events.
When these were local. and outside OF
the great crises which the world has
remembered, they Became very vague
in few generatiors;, And as for the
names Of places these were subject TO
great and sudden 1nutations in the
general shaking up2Hhich Europe I'M
derwent through 2tfie migrauons OF
tribes and races in the early Christian
centuries.
1t would seem that DIR. Lanigan had
made it very clear that Patrick was
born in France. AS a boy. Patrick was
carried to Ireland and held as a slave.
Milcho, chief of North Ireland. was
his master. After period of patient
seryitude, Patrick escaped TO the
southern coast. where he found ship
which bore him TO his own country
He was guided by a dream. which he
deemed a ProvidentiaI direction. 10
seek this ship; and. indeed he re-
! garded himself as directed OF heaven
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a vast mistake. He may be fitted, and
with proper training will be duly
equipped. to follow his white brother
in the march of civilization, but to put
him on the same plane IS not to rec
oncile ourself with either history or
demonstrated fact.
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how quickly the blood Of invading.
Goths, Vikings and, Yandals darkened
and. degraded the blood of Southern
Europe. b1ssa
To attempt by argument to place the
black man in juxtaposition to the
white man would ssem therefore to be,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
LONG AND HARD FIGHT
CLOSES IN MARYLAND.
There, Too, Both Sides Seem COnIi-
dent of the Result.


Baltimore, Oct. 31.-The campaign in
Maryland came to a close tonight
after siXweeks' period of speech
making in every county and in the
city of Baltimore almost unprecedent-
ed in the history of the state for en-
thusiam and partisan activity.
The Democrats had their last grand
rally last night, and tonight the Re-
publicans had a final great gathering
in Music Hall, where thousands listen
ed to speeches by Stevenson A. Will
liams, the Republican candidate for
Governor, United States Senator Nc
Comas and other noted leaders.
The end of the campaign finds the
Republican and Democratic campaign
managers equally confident of victory
on Tuesday next.
John r. Hanna, chairman of the Re
public State Central Committee in a
formal statement late this afternoon
said he would not give out any fig
ures as to the expected actual MAORI
ties in the various counties, but claims
that decided triumph is assured.
Murray Vandiver, chairman of the
DCilioCi dIlC oldle OeulIdl OOHllIlIIee,
also issued a statement this afternoon,
expressing confidence and making
more specific claims as to the state
and legislative tickets. He said:
1--WE will carry the state by $4,000
majority and ought to have ninety
members of the Legislature on joint
ballot. In fact, l cannot see where
the Republicans are going to get the
thirtv-ei-ht votes their statement
claims. We expect to control both
branches of the Legislature.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
SAYS DOWIE DISoWNED
The Man Who UnauestiOnabIy Ii
His Father.

Atlanta, Oct. 31.-Samuel A. Runcie,
captain in the Salvation Army, who
states that he was formerly a cook for
John A. Dowie, self-styled Elijah H."
Of Zion City, makes a rather sensa-
tional statement relative to Dowie 5
father. He declares that John Muir
ray Dowie. formerly of Australia, is
the father of the prophet" despite
the latters recent sensational state
ment to the contrary.
There is no doubt whatever in my
mind" Capt Runcie says, that John
Murray Dowie is the father of Prophet
Dowie. AS private cook to the 'proph-
ct 1 was brought into close associa-
ton both with the prophet and his
father, and 1 was also struck with
the remarkable likeness between the
two. They have the same shaped fore
heads the same commanding appear
anc and build; the same piercing eyes,
and their voices are decidedly similar.
when John Murray Dowie came to
Chicago from Australia in 1894, his son
met him with open arms, and frequent
ly referred to him as one of the great
est benefactors of the church The son
made his father an elder in the church.
THE trouble all came about, l am
satisfied, when the elder Dowie mar
ried the second time. This new wife
did not get on well with the prophets
wife, and this is what caused the
estrangement."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

The young women performed heroic
work. Though the bodies We're in sew
eral instances horribly mangled-one
completely and one partially beheaded,
they took upon their laps the heads of
the dying and injured and soothed their
sufferings as best they could until the
surgeons arrived.
A general alarm was sounded, and
every assistance the city could afford
was rushed to the wreck, which was
three miles from the business center.
While the dead and injured were being
carried to the morgues and hospitals,
the work of tearing away the wreck
age and rescuing those pinned beneath
went on.
Big, muscular students wept aloud
as they stood over the bodies of their
dead friends or gazed helplessly upon
the sufferings of their colleges mates,
Writhing in pain. To add to the horror
the wreckage caught fire, but the flames
were extinguished by the students
after a hard fight.
Were Thrilling Escapes.
There were many thrilling escapes
and experiences. Among those who
had almost miraculous escapes, were
Robert Wilson, Asbury Park, N. J.;
w. L. Robinson. Danville. Va: N.
Thixton, Louisville, KY; d. Hanson
Fairbury, Neb., ana w. J. " DITCH Vi
Helena, Ark.
The injured are in at least twenty
cases, in a very serious condition. A
dozen or more have broken bones, and
in several cases there are compound
fractures of two and even three limbs
The death list is expected to grow.
Two of the injured died after being
taken to the hospitals.
c. o. Tansman of Cincinnati, is
probably fatally injured. He is being
cared for at the home of DR.. Cum
ningham. Il. A. Bailey of Richmond
Ind. also is in a critical condition.
While the work of rescue was going
on, there arrived In the city, over 900
cheering followers of the red and white
of Indiana University from Blooming
ton. AS the happy and excited stu
dents poured from the train news OF
the tragedy to the black and gold OF
Purdue was received. Instantly all
was sadness and sympathy. The
throng melted into Borrowing groups
that separated to search morgues and
hospitals for friends, or to the scene
of the. wreck to lend any possible aid
Surgeons are still working over the
injured, and it is believed the death list
will be swelled to twenty.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
PRESENTED PETITION
FOR RUSSIAN JEWS.
The Instrument VIII Merely RepOse
in Government Archives.

The Instrument VIII Merely RepOse
in Government Archives.
Washington, Oct. 31.-The last chap
ter in the history of the agitation, for
the present at least resulting from the
Kishineff massacre was written to-
day when Simon Wolf, of this city,
representing the Executive Committee
OF the B'nai Birth, called by appoint
ment at the State Department and
presened to Secretary Hay the petition
which has been in circulation through
out the United States for several
months past, directed to the Car and
which the Russian government declined
to receive. 1t will remain permanent
ly at the department.
The text of the petition itself has
already been published and attached
to it when presented to-day were the
signatures of $4,000 persons represeu-
tative Americans of all creeds. The
whole was handsomely bound together
and enclosed in a magnificent mahog
any casket about two or three feet
square On the cover was a silver
plate, bearing this inscription:
Petition to the Emperor of Russia
by citizens of the United States of
America in relation to the massacre
of Jews at Kishineff, Bessarabia, 1903.
Deposited for transmission by the
independent Order of B'nai Birth"
Immediately upon receiving the
casl<et Secretary Hay caused IL to be
forwarded to the White House for the
inspection of President Roosevelt. 1t
was then returned to the State De-
partment.
Mr.. Wolf delivered a letter to Secre-
tary Hay from Leo N. Levi, president
of the Executive Committee of the 1.
o. b. B.. referring to the services rem
dered the cause of liberty by the Presi-
dent and his advisers in accepting the
petition and expressing grateful APP
probation. To this letter Mr.. Hay
replied, Saying:
Although this copy of your petition
did not reach the high destination for
which it was intended, it's words have
attained a world wide publicity and
have found n Judgement in many
thousands of minds. In future when
the students of history come to peruse
this document. they will wonder how
the petitioners, moved TO profound in
dignation by intolerabl wrongs perpe-
trated on the innocent and helpless,
should have expressed themselves in
language so earnest and eloquent and
yet so dignified, so moderate and so
decorous."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
Joy in an Approaching Gridiron Struggle
Changed to Mourning.
AWFUL BLOW FALLS UPON PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Fifteen Killed, over Fifty Injured and List of Dead
May Grow.

Indianapolis. Ind, Oct. 31.--Fifteen
persons were killed and over fifty in
jured, some fatally. this morning by
a collision between a special passenger
train on the Big Four Railroad and a
freight engine drawing coal cars.
The accident happened in the edge
of this city. The passenger train of
twelve coaches was carrying 954 per-
sons, nearly all of whom were students
of Purdue University and their friends
from Lafayette to indianapolis for the
annual football game between the Pur-
due team and the Indiana University
team for the state championship, which
was to have been played this after
noon.
In the first coach back of the en-
CINE were the Perdue football team,
substitute players and managers. Three
players, the assistant coach, trainer
and seven substitute players of the
university team were killed, and every
one of the fifty three other persons in
the car were either fatally or seriously
injured.
The List of the Dead.
Following is the list of dead:
Charles CRUDE, Butler, Ind, substi-
tute player
Charles FUR. veedersburg, Ind,
guard.
E. c. Robinson, indianapolis, assist
ant coach and captain of the team two
years ago.
Walter L. Roush, Pittsburg, Pa,
substitute.
R. ]. Powell. Corpus Christi, Tex,
end player.
w. D. Hamilton. Lafayette, center
rush.
Gabriel Drollinger, Lafayette, Ind,
substitute.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
NOW FOR BALLOTS
TO SHOW HOW PEOPLE OF OHIO
REGARD CANDIDATES.
CAMPAIGN is ABOUT OVER
AND THE CHIEF FIGHT Is FOR
THE SENATE.

Hanna and Clarke Have WaEed
Vigorous Warfare, while johnson
Has WithstOOd the Brunt of Re-
publican DenunciatiOns - While
Democrats May Lose the State
Ticket, They Hope TO Gain the
Legislature.
Cincinnati, Oct. 31.-The campaign in
Obi practically closed tonight with rail-
lies everywhere.
The election Tuesday is for a full
state ticket and members of the Legis-
iature that selects the successor of SEN
ator Hanna. For the first time in Ohio
the two parties have had nominees for
Senator. John II. Clarke of Cleveland.
and Senator Hanna have canvassed the
ehtire state for Senator, and the sena-
torial fight has predominated over state
affairs.
John III. Clarke has been known for
years as an orator and his eloquent adj
dresses have been directed against Sen
ator Hanna, while Mayor Tom L. John
son. the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, and other Democratic speakers,
nc aASO i.ldue I1dIlnd the target OF
| their attacks.
Senator Hanna aimed his philippics
at Mayor johnson more than at his SEN
/ atorial opponent. Johnson was charged
with being the real candidate for Sena-
tor as well as for Governor, and pros
pectively candidate for the Democrat
&c nomination for President next year.
While Hanna and johnson were not
candidates for the same place, yet the
night has been one throughout between
these two men.
The indications are that johnson will
get mosct of the socialist vote, which
was over 1900 last year, but 1t is very
doubtful If the whole of that vote would
equal his Democratic losses.
All predictions are that the Repub-
licans Will elect their state ticket by a
large plurality and the only claims OF
the Democrats are for the Legislature.
1t Is held by the Democrats that the
Republicans might elect their state
ticket by large plurality and the only
claims of the Democrats are for the
Legislature. It is held by the Demo-
Gratis that the Republicans might elect
their state ticket by $4,000 plurality and
yet lose the Legislature.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
UNITED STATES STAND
SECOND ON GOLD LIST.
Australasia Produced More OF the
Yellow Metal.

Australasia Produced More OF the
Yellow Metal.
Washington, Oct. 31.-The total
worlds production of gold in 1902, as
estimated by the director of the mint,
is 1926, SS9, 800. and of silver, coming
value, $215, S61. 800. For the United
States the figures are gold, $4,000, OOO
silver, 81, ISL, 800
AS compared with 1901, these figures
show an increase in the production of
gold of 1,572,914 ounces, and decrease
of S,O42,934 ounces in the production Of
silver. During the year Africa in
creased its gold production from 49,
7O4 ounces to 1,SS7,773 ounces, and Aus
tralasia increased it's gold production to
$S1, 57S, 800 which is over million and a
half dollars in excess of the productions
of the United States, which again takes
second place.
The production of precious metals in
Southern States was as follows: Ala
bama, gold $4,000; silver $129; Georgia,
gold, O97 800; silver. $517; North Caro-
lima, gold, 90.7O0; silver, $27,O22; South
Carolina, gold, $121,900 silver, 1888;
Tennessee, silver, $15,9O3; Virginia,
gold, $3,100; silver, $7,62S.