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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
NIXON ONCE MORE
rs DISCLOSURES IN THE SHIP
RrILDNG COMPANY CASE.
W PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS
scuWAB DECLARED STOCK
uoIDERs WOULD NOT PAY.

s.nvab Demanded That the Beth
,.bem Bonds Have Precedence
=. the First Mortgage Bonds,
10 would Put Up No More
,,ouev-WhO Drew Check for
80 ooOs-NixOn Knew Last April
That Money Was Needed.
No,y York, Oct. 22.-Lewis Nixon oc"
.;od tbe witness chair again to-day
.ha hearing before the examiner or
-. United States Shipbuilding case,
"a gave much valuable testimony
.-ine the finances and general af-
,o;rs of the corporation.
IA testified that he had opposed the
,s.i5on reorganization plan, and had
~ counter proposition urged that
~. stock be assessed in order to raise
~. amount necessary to preserve the
.hiration from default and bank
.,,,tcv His plan of assessment was
aanosad by Charles NJ. Schwab, holder
chat time of $4,000 900 of the stock,
WIN according to Mr.. Nixon, declared
.,o+ the stockholders would not pay
the assessment.
Mr. Schwab, so Mr.. Nixon swore,
d.clined to put up any more unless
,be Bethlehem bonds were given pref
oronce as a lien upon the shipbuilding
rlants TO the first mortgage bonds.
Mr. Nixon's testimony also developed
the fact that there was a wide dis
crepancy as to estimated earnings in
,.tters written by Treasurer Gary to
members of the Reorganization Com
mittee. and Samuel Untermyer, coun-
sci for the bondholders, asked II 1t did
rot show that there had been an at
tsmnt to minimize the value of the
shin Yards and magnify the value of
the Bethlehem plant, but the witness
would not say so.
Found Check for $25O,OOO.
Mucb time was taken up with an I'M
successful effort to get at the history
of a mysterious check for S2o0,OOO
found at the Trust Company OF the
Republic. 1t was drawn to Lewis
Nixon or ourselves" on the same day
the checks were made out for the pay
ment of the cash given to the vendors
for their plants and property. MIR.
Nixon swore that he had never seen
the check before, and that he knew
nothing of it's history. Both sides dis
claimed knowledge of its history and
the destination of the amount of mon
ey for which it was drawn, and the
only explanation offered from any
source was that it had been made out
by mistake and had simply been put
through the banks by the Trust Com
pany of the Republic. The effort to
get the history of the check will be
renewed later in the hearing.
Cast Their Shadow Before.
Mr.. Nixon testified that he knew IS
early as last April that unless the COM
bnation could get some money from
the Bethlehem property, or elsewhere
It must fail, and warned his associates
On the directorate that they must hus-
land resources.
1t was brought out on cross-exami-
nation that the share of promotion
Profits set aside for Mr.. Schwab. of
which Mr.. Nixon told yesterday. had
never been paid. None of the commit
ments on account of promotion were
paid so Mr.. Nixon testified.
The hearing will go on tomorrow
afternoon, and at the close probably,
Will be adjourned for ten days on ac-
count of engagements of counsel. This
adjournment will probably prevent the
taxing of the testimony of Messrs.
Schwab and Pam until some time next
week
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
FRENCH CAPTAIN HAD
$4,000 OF JEWELS.
He Was Trying to Get Them in
without Paying Duty.

New York, Oct. 22.-what officials of
the Custom House declare to be the
largest seizure of smuggled goods ever
made from an incoming passenger was
made to-day when diamonds and other
jewels valued at $4,000 were taken
from Capt. S. Gelat, retired captain
of the French marine service.
Capt. Gelat was a passenger on the
Teutonic. He was arrested, and the
jewels were sent to the public stores
He insisted he was not smuggler.
but that he was bringing the stuff here
for friends.
In his declaration to the customs
inspector he said he had nothing duti-
able
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23

ST. Petersburg, Oct. pa request of
the Associated Press to-day for a state
ment from the foreign office indicating
Russias position in connection with the
Far Eastern question elected only the
significant reading of a less reassuring
dispatch from Toxic. The Novoe Vre-
mya declares that many of the most in
fiuential Japanese newspapers are sub
sidlzed by Americans and Englishmen.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
TYPHOID FEVER AT v. M. |.
Nine Cases of the Disease Reported
to the state Board.

Richmond, Va, oct. 22.-Typhoid
fever has broken out at the Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, Va, nine
cases having been reported to the state
Board of Health here. The report was
made by Gen. Scott Shipp, superin-
tendent of the institute, who stated
that only two of the cases were con-
sidered dangerous.
All the patients are in the institute
hospital. and are receiving the best of
medical attention.
Stringent and radical measures have
been taken to prevent spread of the
disease. Disinfectants are being used
in large quantities, and the patients
are completely isolated from the other
cadets.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
SPRANG TRAP TWICE
TO HANG FELIX HALL

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. ga grew
some spectacle was witnessed here to-
day. when Felix Hall, colored, was
hanged for the murder Of Norwood
Clarke, white.
When the drop fell the rope slipped
and the condemned man hung for ten
minutes, only half choking. He was
hauled UP, and the rope readujsted.
This time the fall broke his neck
Halls last act was to write q declar-
alton Of his innocence.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
PHILADELPHIA THE TERMINUS.
That City and New Orleans VIII
Have a Steamship Line.

Philadelphia, Oct. 22.-The local
Trades League to-day announced that
the Board of Trade of New Orleans
had selected this city as the north
ern terminus of the proposed steam
ship line from the Southern city. A
committee representing the New Or
leans Board of Trade recently investi-
gated the facilities offered by New
York. Baltimore and Philadelphia and
decided in favor of this city. The sec
rotary stated that within six or eight
weeks the line will probably be In OPP
Grafton. Two boats, carrying passen-
gers and freight, will ply between New
orleans and this city
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
DECREASING at Laredo.

in 'f tbe Tex, Oct. 22.-The decrease
in tbo lumber of yellow fever cases
contin,,.ee n.y. which began yesterday,
night js The bulletin issued to-
70 date uses is' u; deaths, 1; total cases
The r,, iJ, total deaths. 80.
Work ir e'ei headquarters is doing good
The ra al distributing food supplies to
Substanty destitute Mexican families.
ming 70 oa subscriptions are begin
ports rs arrive from outside points. Re-
that tbelNed from Monterey state
three dr. ,, We're twelve cases and
N"lLs there on TUESDAY,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
VIC" CRUISER DENVER
FAILED ON HER TRIAL

Motacta oct. 22.-The second class
her COW ,su cruiser Denver failed to make
hour q, oo' speed, seventeen knots an
test "A 'ne governments speed trial
ayersgas ape Ann to-day. The Denver
tidal co. l I02S knots. and while the
favor tsecuons probably will be in her
bring h. Ivy VIII not be sufficient to
Up to the required speed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
WITH TExTIIE WORKERS..
Matters That Were Considered by
Their Convention.

Philadelphia, Oct. ga lively dis.
cussion occurred at to-day's session o,
the annual convention Of the Interna.
tional United Textile Workers over 8
resolution pledging the organization Ia
favor the collective ownership of the
means of production. The recommen.
dation was voted down because OF itI
socialistic tendencies.
The add of the Woman's Labe
Leagues of the country will be asked
to extend their system of union labeli
to goods made by textile workers.
The Executive Committee was giver
authority to raise funds In case Of
strike.
After electing officers and selecting
Lowell, Mass, as the next place o.
meeting, the convention adjourned alma
die.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
KRATz UNDER ARREST.
St Louis Man Is Held I'm Mexico for
Requisition.

st. Louis, Oct. ga special to the
Post Dispatch from Guadalajara, Mex
leo, says: Charles Kratz. member
Of the St. Louis City Council, indicted
on a charge of bribery, who jumped a
100000 bond, was arrested to-day by
the local authorities on orders from
the federal government at Mexico CITY.
lie will be held until officers with red
uisition papers from the United states
arrive.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
TOWED TO BROOKLYN.
Chattanooga and Torpedo Boats
Taken from Crescent Yards.


Taken from Crescent Yards.
Elizabethport, N. j., Oct. 22.-The
cruiser Chattanooga and the torpedo
boats, Nicholson and O'Brien. which
were under construction at the Ores
cent ship yards, to-day were towed by
government tugs to the Brooklyn navy
yard, where the work on them will be
finished. A big government lighter
carried away every piece of govern
ment property belonging to the cruiser
Neither the sheriff nor his deputies
was present, and no remonstrance was
made against the removal of the YES
sells. The cruiser and two torpedo boats
were repevined by the United States
government from the control of the
sheriff of Union county. who has held
the Chattanooga on a libel for $4,000
on a claim made by Babcock & Will
cox, who supplied the boilers for the
cruiser.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23

New York. Oct. 22.-After reaching
the navy yard the lifeless body of ].
McToomey of Elizabeth, NJ j., a me-
chanic, was found in the hold of the
Chattanooga, where he had evidently
fallen from a platform near the cruis-
er's bridge.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
RUSSIA is THREATENING.
Orders China Not to Side With
Japan In the Trouble,

London, Oct. PA dispatch to the
Reuter- Telegram Company from Toxic
says: 1T is reported from Pekin that
M. Lessar, the Russian minister, has
addressed a long note to Prince Ching,
head of the Chinese Foreign Office, say
ing that Japan's interference in the
Manchurian question will compel Rus
STA to adopt final measures and threat
ening China with severe punishment if
she sides with Japan.
This action, while the negotiations
are pending, has caused deep UNI
bragg"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
Hnrt Rohbed the nrniIr.

Charlotte, N. c., Oct. 22.-In the
United States Court at Greenville, S.
c., to-day d. G. Hart, former clerk
in the postoffice at Spartanburg, plead
ed guilty to charges Of robbing the
mails. Judge Brawley sentenced him
to one year in the federal prison in At
lanta,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
ORDERED THEM SOUTH.
Indiana Mob Drove the BushheIds In
This Direction.

Vernon, Ind, Oct. PA mob to-day
marched to the four houses occupied
by the Bushfield families and ordered
them to leave. The Bushfelds, after
moving their household goods into the
street, were ordered to go South, which
they did. The mob then set fire to the
four houses.
1t is supposed that the action of the
mob was taken out of resentment at
the light penalty imposed by the court
on Len Bushfield, who. as charged, at
tempted to kill Frank VanPlease on
Aug. "a
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
w. L. EIlxins DangerousIy III.

Philadelphia, Oct 22.-It was stated
tonight that after consultation of
physicians attending William l.. FL
kins. the multi-millionaire capitalist OF
this city, who is seriously i'll at his
home the family of the sick man was
informed that there is little hope for
his recovery,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
HARVESTER COMPANY
GOES TO THE WALL.
II Places Its Affairs ina Hands of a
Committee.

Committee.
Peoria, ILL.,. Oct. 22.-The Acme Har-
vester Company. one of the largest
manufacturers of agricultural imple-
ments, has been forced to place it's af-
fairs in the hands of a committee rep
resenting the creditors. and ask an
extension of time.
The assets of the company, it is as
serted, are nearly $4,000, 900, and con-
siderably in excess of their liabilities.
The company employed 700 men, and
their business was not confined to this
country, as they had a large trade in
South America
The reasons assigned for the embar-
rassment are a bad season. bad co1lec-
tions and doing a business that was
unwarranted by the capital of the con-
Germ.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
TOSSED BY A STORM.
Schooner Bertha f. walker Had n
Rough Voyage.

HOuRn bOynRe.
New York, Oct. 22.-The coasting
schooner Bertha F. Walker arrived in
port to-day with a jury-rlgged rudder
and badly damaged by the gales en-
countered in her twenty-four days voy-
age from Port Royal, S. c.
Oct. to II a hurricane prevailed and
tremendous seas swept away a large
portion of the deck load of lumber.
The pumps were rendered useless by
the floating lumber, the rudder head
was twisted and the schooner became
unmanageable for time. The make
shift rig had been contrived and sails
and rigging overhauled, when on FRI
day, Oct. 16, another severe gale set
in and drove the schooner before 1t. In
this gale the rest of the deck load and
the matches were swept away.
The vessel took considerable water
and her decks were badly damaged.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
UNREST is GROWING.
Speculation Upon the Reason for
the Hitch in Negotiations.

Yokohama, Oct. 22.-It is currently
reported that the hitch in the negotia-
tons is due to the Japanese demand
for equal railway rights in Manchuria,
but it is believed that a more serious
difficulty exists. Dispatches are ex-
pected here from Admiral Alexieff, the
Russian viceroy. The feeling of popu-
lar unrest is growing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-23
RESCUED TWO MEN.
They Had Chung Nine Hours to the
Bottom of "A DOry.

Newport News, Va, Oct 22.-On the
Newport News schooner John X. Kirk
man, which arrived here tonight, are
two seamen of the crew of the Glouces-
ter fishing schooner. j. T. Williams,
which went to pieces on a reef off Cape
Cod light in the storm last Friday
morning. They are probably the only
survivors of the fourteen men on board
when the schooner struck.
The rescued men, Walter j. Harris,
Of Bangor, Me, and Charles Keeler OF
New York were picked up last Friday
night, sixty miles east OF Cape Cod,
after clinginR nine hours to the bottom
of the dory in which they escaped.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23
picKlNGs FROM FIcTIoN.

The FOOLS ear was made for tn
knave's tongue -Iianaswanni's "Indiau
Fables
Bad habits are Ieeches that would
suck Hercules to efreninacy. - "A
Speckled Bird"
Money buys things and love wins
things: power takes things. - FRInf
For q Woman"
Duty Is what we think about when
III o. are reminded OF by credit0rs.- :
Davidson's Dumas"
when d man ceases 10 make love b
bis wife, some other man begins.
aFabies For the Elite"
People whose lives are anything but
q Joke are usually content with the
smallest jests. The vuitures"
Mothers personify circumstances to
children. We are symbols 70 them Of
battling. cramping fate The Rescne-" "
A woman Is like unto volcano,
which, even when inactive y palpitat-
ing 10 spit forth its fre and which.
when It does vent It's fury. bursts the
bounds Of its late enforced suppress
sion. 'The Wooing Of Wistaria."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23
Five Good Reasosss !.

Tnat the Rio GrandA Route Ia ths
most popular one between the Pacific
Coast and the East. Ia evidenced by
the fact that the greater per cent Of
transContinontal travellers use 1t.
First, the scenic attractions In view
from trains are uneqnaled In the
world.
Second. the daily personally conduct.
ed tourist ear excursions being espeo.
tally adapted eor ladies' travelling
alone or children. affords q oomforta-
BILE mode Of travel ut rates within
reach of all. ~
Third, II Is the only route between
the East and West passing directly
through Salt Lake City Or modern
Zion.
Fourth, three fast through trains
daily between Ogden and Denver
equipped with every modern convent
ence. s
Fifth. threa fast trains daily be.
tween Ogden and Denver, equipped
with everY modern convenience.
There are many other reasons why
this route 10 the most conf Portable and
enjoyable ID the whole country.
You can learn great deal on the
subject OF through travel, and receive
some very beautiful and interesting
booklets, by calling on OF writing to
the undersigned. w. g. MCBRIDE,
Genl Agent or M. T. ROCH 4. travel
ing Passenger Agent, ia4Third street,
Portland. Ore.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23
Girl. rrelp waters . cneas.

Among hotel employees sex doef not
appear to make ans difference 80 faz
as honesty is concerned. says The
Brooklyn Eagle. Certain young women
who act az checkers in hotels work
with certain walters Whenever ons ~
the girls obtains a position the men
soon follow her, and the hotel proprie-
tor Is victImized accordingly. The wait
er who il ii league with the checker
makes d small private mark on the
check with which be desires To- cheat.
She sees 1t, and instead of stamping
the prices against the articles ordered
she puts her fingers over the figures %
the die 90 that a slight blotch ts al
that Is recorded In the place for figures.
The waiter does the rest. She keeps
her account against her confederates,
ana they settle up later on the outside
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23
Toarh Thas HaIds Memory.

Once upon a time there was man
who was d chronic borrower os money,
ana he was never known to slight an
acquaintance through neglect He was
extremely wen known,by q large circle
Of acouaintanees which be was ccntin-
uaily endcayoring to enlarge.
The members Of this growing circle
never forgot him. and even after his
death be remained green In their mem
ories.
Moral-A man to insure being re-
membered must keep In touch with his
friends New York Herald.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23
Read The Weakly NewB.

There Is no better way 70 keep youl
friends posted on the affairs OF the
city and county than by sending them
copy OF TIE WRRKLY News It con-
tains twenty-eight 0olunAns of the hest
of all the newa. and O0sea only adollaS
. year.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23
After a. sunshine

'sWhat became Of that Sunshine club
which Daisy startedg'
s0h. its under a cloud After the
first annual election es eflcers 1t was
impossible to ger a quorum owing to
the fact that no two members Of the
club were 'on speaking terms. = Chi
cago Record Herald.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23

'sAGamma,' said the little girl, her
ayes wide with excitement. Il do be
iieve the minister told storyl''
why, the ideal" said her mother,
"You don't know what you are say
ing
''Isut do mamma. heard papa
sak him how long he had worn whisk-
ers. and .ha said he had worn them an
his llf@'
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23

Don't VERY Il your associates push
you 10 the wall You viii nnd che wall
handy AZ brace when you get ready
% push back. - Vicksburg Herald,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23
Unconventional.

"you spoke Of Gloober as being
queer Il he mentally unbalancedY'
.'Not exactly that He's merely &c.
centric and peculiar. He gives In his
property to the assessor at the same
figure he has It insured for."-C Chicago
Tribuna.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23
wa.at Ne Rsaiissa.

Judge Yoa do not seem to realize the
snogtnity or tho charge against you.
Prisoner No; | aln't got my lawyers
bin yet, but I'm expectin' the charge n
ba enormous all right. Philadelphia
Record.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23

~ AAA4Asf zRsakezb1G@kA = = Ss sNAF @sNAfeNs~ II
my boy Josh writes me that he b
stoppin. at the best hotels, remarked
Mrs. COFntossol
rs he q commercial travelery
sNO He'sdriyin' d transfer wagon"
--WashingtoR Star,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23

zhre = neither thunder nor Light
Alng lshln sas aEcsAe slrclA
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23

"What7 Fifty cents box for those
ptlisr' cried the customer, why. ifs
u wonIan.t say that" returned tho
druggist coolly. @
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23

"No. since pills, are under discup.
gion. I'd try to be humorous and call It
spiilage. y Philadelphia Press.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-02-23

D0UBLE DAILY TakAATE ax1M~x2s9
The Pioneer Dining and sbhnsxx sss4sss,
/ Kaate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
Snenkinx Without Words.

Spanish young ladies hold animated
conversations with their lovers by
means Of Il fan, which they always car
~. Italians use a flower for similar
purposes. and Il young girl who may he
apparently idly pulling the petals from
a rose is in reality making arrange
ments for perhaps secret visit to the
opera house with her lover.
In Malta comparatively few people
can read, yet nearly every one holds 4
prayer book when at church. The rea-
son for this is that prayer book Ian
guage is in existence, and by carefully
watching each others movements two
persons can readily and secretly com
municate with each other through the
various positions in which the books
are held being recognized as code
words.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-10
APHORlSMS.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
John Selden.
All imposture weakens confidence and
chills benevolence.--John
The only wealth which will not de-
cay is knowledge.-Lan
Trouble teaches men how much there
is in manhood. Henry Ward Beecher.
You real influence is measured by
your treatment Of yoursef.-A. Bron.
son Alcott.
Human judgment is finite, and il
ought always TO be charitable.-W
liam Winter.
Kindness in US is the honey that
blunts the sting Of unkindness in an
cther,-Landor.
Politeness is a sort of guard which
covers the rough edges Of our charac-
ter and prevents their wounding others.
--Joubert.
The constant duty Of every man to
his fellows is to ascertain his own pow
ers and special gifts and to strengthen
them for the help of ers.-Ruskin.