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The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-27

The well known Wealthy and Fa-
meuse apples are wonderfully adapted
to cold storage purposes. The former
is hardy, productive. is of excellent
quality, and its only drawback has been
it's keeping qualities. Apples of this
variety stored in Denver last season
on September Goth showed ninety-sev-
en- per cent. sound on January 18th.
and on February 14th ninety-six per
cent. sound. The Fameuse kept equal
ly well. On the other hand, some va
rieties are not adapted to cold storage.
and it is important for the orchardist
to know what not to store as we'll as
to store. The Mcmahon and Wolf Riv-
er. stored at the same time as the
Wealthy and Fameuse, showed decay
on January 14th of fifteen and thirteen
per cent. respectively. The Seek No.
Further showed forty-eight per cent.
decayed on February 14th and the
White Pippin thirty per cent. Other
varieties showed such large percent
ages of decayed fruit in March that
it evidently would not be we'll to hold
them later than March 1st.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-27
Investigating the Strike.

Denver, Nov. 23.-Major General
John C. Bates, commander OF the De-
partments of the Lakes and Missouri.
arrived in Denver yesterday forenoon.
accompanied by his aide. Lieutenant S.
L. Mills The general is here under
orders from President Roosevelt to ex-
anime into conditions in Colorado with
reference to the strike situation. and
report upon the necessity Of sending
United States troops here to aid in pre-
serving order.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-27
Worlds Largest Steamer Launched.

Belfast. Nov. 22.-The White Star
steamer Baltic. the largest steamer in
the world. was successfully launched
here yesterday. Her displacement Is
29, 800 tons
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-27
GRAIN.

Wheat. choice milling, per 100 lbs.
$1.05. Rye, Colorado. bulk, per 100 lbs,
SOC. Oats. bulk. Nebraska new white.
$1.15: mixed. $1.11; in sack. Colorado
white, $1.35. Corn, in bulk. SAC; corn
chop. sacked, Gle; Colorado corn and
oat chops, sacked, $1.3O; bran, Colo
RADIO, per 100 lbs, SOC.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-27
Hay.

Upland, per ton, s12OO@1s 90; second
bottom, choice to fancy, $9.0O410O0;
good to choice, $7.00@s.00; timothy
and clover, $11.0O; alfalfa, prime, $3.50:
straw. $450@5.0O; South Park wire
grass, $500.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-27
Butter.
Eggs.

Eggs, fresh, loss OF. doz. .......
Eggs, fresh. case count, dog
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-27
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle. { 4

ue lOllOWlHS QuOtdLlOnS F6DreSRut
the range of prices paid on this MAJ
ket:
Beef steers. choice grassers.
1,100 to 1880 lbs. ...... 3.4o,a3 ~
Beef steers. medium to good.
1000 to LOO lbs. ..... 3.OOa3. 10
Beef steers, common to fair 2.5o42 90
Cows and heifers. choice
grassers. 1000 to LOO lbs. 2.GOd2 50
Cows and hedfers. common
to good grassers ......... 2ooa2 p
Gamers. ................ 15Oa2 90
Calves. veal. choice ......... 3.5O44 80
Bulls, stays. etc. ........... 1.5O42 ~
Feeders, 900 to 1,150 lbs,
good to choice, F. P. r.. 320dS 60
Feeders, 600 to 900 lbs.
common to fair. F. p r.. 2.5O,a3 90
stockers. choice. F. P. R.. 3.0Otd3 80
Stockers, fair to good. 2.5043 %
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17

cort and wagons enough to carry away
all the wounded that were able to be
moved, 1t was soon reported all along
the border that los Americanos had a
dreadful rifle, that they used by magic
of some Sort which would shoot as
long as they wished without reloading.
Canales offered a great reward for one
of these new guns. He was we'll ed
ucated man, and realized at once that
the Americans had some sort of arm
that was not generally known, and was
vastly superior in rapidity of fire and
reloading to anything in use. 1t was
nearly two years, however, before he
could get his hands on one of them.
Col. Samuel Colt had pledged himself
not to furnish his new arm to any but
Americans, and men who would not
suffer it to get into the wrong hands.
The United States army, particularly
the three mounted regiments then in
service-the First and Second regi-
ments of Dragons and the Mounted
Rifies-were equipped with Colt revolv-
ing pistols as soon as the Ordnance Blu
reau of the War Department could be
persuaded to adopt it.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
HALF A CENT DAMAGES
FOR MARIE C0RELLI.

Birmingham, Dec. 16.-Marie Corel-
Ii, the novelist. was to-day awarded
half a cent damages, each side to pay
their own costs, in a libel suit brought
by her against the proprietor of the
Standardization Herald. in connec-
ton with a recent controversy in which
Miss Corelli opposed the erection of
a Carnegie library, on the ground that
it involved a desecration of Shake
speare's birthplace. The libel consist
ed in statement that Miss Coreili
desired to erect a library at the same
place.
The case attracted considerable at
tention. and the court was crowded,
many fashionable people being pres
ent. Miss Corelli testified in her own
behalf for two hours, and emphatically
denied that she ever intended to erect
library }-... s-.3i.5,Y .,,rt,..- mrs AZ
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
HAPPY COUNTRY, THIS,
TO HAVE THE NEGRO.
Carnegie Holds Forth Upon the
PenceabIe and Lovable Race.

carnegie Holds Forth Upon the
PeaceabIe and Lovable Race.
New York. Dec. 16.--At a meeting
here to-day of the Armstrong Asso-
citation Andrew Carnegie surprised his
hearers by asserting that he believed
Great Britain would surely some day
lose South Africa. He said:
1T is about as certain as we are liv-
ing that Great Britain will lose South
Africa because the Dutch population
there is increasing while the British
are not. The Kaffirs won't work.
What would Great Britain give for o.
600 900 negroes as peaceable and as low
able as those in his country? These
men give us about II, 100000 bales of
cotton every year and this, 1 contend,
helps make the United States the most
powerful nation in the world. Suppose
a feet of British warships should at
tack us.
1.-THE President, as commander-in-
chief Of the army and navy, need only
raise his hand and say stop exporting
cotton and the war would be won.
What happy country this is to have
the negro!
my knowledge of the question leads
me to the opinion that no political
measure can ever benefit the negro.
The Hampton Institute shows the only
useful solution"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
SILENT SALUTE OF JAPAN.
often More Impressive Than En-
thusinstic Cheering.

often More Impressive Than En-
thusinstic Cheering.
From the Sydney (Australia) Town
and Country Journal
At the recent grand review of the
Japanese fleet, when the Mikado's
launch went by, the civilians removed
their top hats and the officers stood sa-
outing in absolute silence. In the
same profound silence his majesty was
received on board the Asama, lined
along the sides with motionless men.
There was something much more i'm
pressive about this than the most en-
thusiastic cheering would have been.
1t is considered more respectful by the
Only once was he greeted
otherwise, which was considered quite
an ovation. That was on the occa-
sion. of his entry after the victorious
war with China, when the enthusiasm
and loyalty of the people burst forth
into an ovation such as few monarchs
have ever received. IS
AS he stepped on board the royal
standard was fioated from the mizzen-
niast-a great crimson flag, with the
chrysanthemum in gold. Precisely at
$50 o'clock the Asama began to move
in the direction of the fleet, and then
ali the assembled ships, including
those of foreign nationalities, fired a
royal salute simultaneously.
The Mayakao and .Shihaya took up
their places behind the Asama, which
slowly and deliberately steamed down
between the lines. She passed between
the Japanese admirars flagship at the
head of the line and his majesty's ship
Glory, the flagship of the British ad-
miral, which, respectively, headed the
lines of Japanese and foreign vessels.
The Emperor was greeted with three
British cheers as he passed, and, as
the Japanese have taken the British
navy as their model, each Of their
ships replied with three cheers to the
words "Ho hail" (honorably salute.)
Including the foreign ships there
were four lines; the tonnage of the
Japanese amounted to 100000 tons. The
Emperor passed down between the first
and second and returned between the
third and fourth lines. The Chen Yuen,
captured from the Chinese, was at the
end of the second line-a fine war
trophy for that young fleet. Passing
through these lines of grim death ma
chimes. one was struck with the
thought of the wonderful things these
people had accomplished in thirty
years. ... 4
What a retrospect might pass
through the mind of that man on the
bridge of the Asamal Marquis Ito
stood behind him, to whom more than
any other that fleet owed Its existence.
1t was a proud day for him and for
those who had labored with him in
the great revolution or reformation.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
THE ROMANCE OF FIREARMS.
Origin and Development of Ameri-
can Revolver.
From the Washington Post

There is a romantic side to weapons
of war that is as interesting as any in
our national history. The origin of our
purely American arm. the Colts re-
volver, furnishes an instance that will
illustrate this. 1t seems perfectly
adapted to American frontier condi-
tons. 1t has given it's skillful WELD
ers victory on many a well-fought field.
And this is why it's rise and develop
ment should be part of our country's
military history.
In the thirties we were charging our
national boundaries in the Southwest.
We could not consistently develop in
any other direction, for the country to
the northward was not very desirable.
We were looking for a region that was
especially adapted to Southern products
to be cultivated by slave labor. The
South was in the saddle and meant to
remain there if Southern blood and
valor could accomplish it. The young
and thriving Republic of Texas was
the point toward which the attention of
the region south of Mason and Dixon's
line was turned. A handful of daring
young Americans had wrested from
Mexico a region five times the size of
any state in the Union. 1t was then
called the Republic of Texas. The
state of Tennessee was primarily re-
sponsible for this daring step. Gen.
Sam Houston had gathered together a
daring band of young men full of hot
blooded courage. The blood of the
pioneers that took Tennessee from the
warlike Indian tribes on this CONT
pent was in them.
Col. "JacI1" Hays,
For a long time it was an up hill
fight. Not only the Mexicans, but
the Comanches and Lipans-unequaled
warriors and daring horsemen-harass-
ed and raided the scattering frontier
settlements and towns along the Texas
border until 1t really appeared as if
the entire scheme of the settlement of
Texas must go down in blood. But the
men who had started out to do this
work were not of the quitting kind.
They were Of that Tory hating, Indian
fighting stock that obstacles did not
daunt nor dangers quail. And they set
their teeth hard and swore they would
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
CONCERNING SUICIDE.
A Court of License Suggested by n
Newspaper Philosopher. t'

Victor Smith in New York Press.
The world has long been at logger
heads on the question of the right to
commit suicide. In old Roman days
self-murder was the fashion. Emperor
Antoninus made a law rendering a
suicides will valid. Under the canon
law suicides property was confis-
Gated. His family were punished for
his choice Of a voluntary death by his
own hand. There were more than
5000 suicides in the United States last
year, as nearly as can be learned. A
large number of deaths credited to-
disease are self-murders, concealed for.
obvious reasons. One statistician be-
lieves that only about one-half the
suicides are reported.
The chief evil attending suicide is
that it is too often entered upon with
out due ceremony, without regard for
consequences, and without arranging
the act itself so as to cause the least
possible inconvenience afterward. We
have fewer suicides in the country
than In town, because In the former it
is only the body that suffers, while
in town it is the mind. The farmer
has not time to be melancholy. Those
who kill themselves are the idle, who
are supposed to be happy. 1t is re-
lated of Creech, the commentator on
Lucretius, that he wrote on his manu-
scripts-"N. B. Must hang myself
when 1 have finished" He kept his
word. Had he chosen bigger SUBJ
ject he would have lived longer.
The love of life is the primary and
strongest instinct not only in man,
but in all the animal kingdom. If
this were not true, all animated crea-
ton would soon come to an end. In
the early ages suicide in certain cir
cumstances was the only road to hon
or. 1t is not impossible that persons
who gave up the ghost" in the Bible
were suicides. Among notable sui
cides were Hannibal, Demosthenes,
Mithridates, Cato the Younger, Bru-
tus, Cassius, Mark Antony, Cleopatra,
Nero, Chatterton, Give, Boulanger, the
Crown Prince of Austria, the Earl of
Essex, Philip Mordaunt, Castlereagh,
Admiral Fitzroy, Frederick Archer,
Louis II of Bavaria, Hayden, Balma-
ceda, Tannahill, Berthier, Romilly,
Sappho, EmpedocleS, Vatel the cook,
Blount the Deist, Eustice Budget,
Maitland of Lexington, Lord Scar
borough, Hugh Miller, Pigott, Ward
the painter Prevost-Paradol Pichegru
and M. Roland.
In view of the fact that suicides
make such mess of things 1 suggest
that we establish a Court of Suicide,
to which application shall be made by
all persons contemplating the shutting
off Of the mortal coil To be, or not
to be, is what worried Hamlet; and it
has worried hundreds of thousands of
others. All proposals for suicide should
be considered on points of equity, and
with regard to personal and public ad-
vantage, in camera" and without a
jury. All of us know sundry individ-
uals who might effect a sudden self
departure with advantage to them
selves, the domestic community and
the state. Applicants to the Court of
Suicide should be able to prove that
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
REYES WOULDN'T COMMENT
Upon the Statements That We're
Made by LOOmis.

w AfOUhISs
Washington, Dec. 16.-The speech of
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis
last night at the banquet of the Quill
Club in New York. in which he laid
bare some pertinent facts regarding the
attitude of Colombia toward the Hay
Herran treaty, was the subject of con-
siderable gossip here to-day and there
was much speculation as to the effect
II would have on the future course of
zen. Reyes, the special envoy of CO.
lomoia, now in Washington. When
seen to-day Gen. Reyes admitted that
ne had read Mr.. Loomis' address. but
declined to make a statement. II am
a diplomat" he said, land it would
Ill become me to make any comment"
Gen. Reyes is still engaged in the
preparation of the statement he will
make to the State Department. and
while refusing to disclose the nature of
1t, said that much of it will be devoted
to an argument setting out the reasons
why the United States should see to it
that Panama shall assume her share
OF the Colombian debt
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
WOMEN A SURPRISE
WHEN VOTES WERE CAST.

Melbourne. Victoria. Dec. 1s.-The
first of the commonwealth general cleo
tons, at which women exercised the
right of suffrage, was held to-day,
with the result that all political call
culations were upset. The struggle
was chiefly over the fiscal question.
The women voters were excellently or
ganized and cast a heavy ballot, al
most exclusively in support of the
labor ticket, regardless OF other con-
siderations, the result being that the
labor party won many seats, mainly
from the protectionists.
The feature of the results is the re-
markable success of the labor vote in
Victoria where, at the last elections the
laborites were badly beaten.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
That Gas Bill,
From the New York Press.

John D. Rockefeller sells to Eng
land annually petroleum to the value
of $4,000, 900. He sells to New York
annually gas and electric light to the
value of $23, 900. Thus he is COM
peting with himself-oil against gas
and electricity. When you swear at
your gas bill you are swearing at
Mr.. Rockefeller. Every householder
and fiatdweller swears at his gas bill
once a month; therefore Mr.. Rookie
Teller is sworn at $50, 063 times a month,
or 6672,756 a year. How does he man
age to stand it? No wonder he is bald
and Wrinkled.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
OFFICIAL.
LIQUOR LICENSE.

City of Savannah. office clerk of
Council. Savannah, Ca. Dec. IL, 1903.
The following applications to retail
liquor during the year 1904 were read
at meeting of Council, Dec. 9. 1903.
and referred to the Committee of the
Whole:
J. RoBT. DREAMER.
Clerk of Council.
Atlas & Cramps, East Broad street.
second do.r from Bolton street.
Anglin, Thomas, northeast corner
Bryan and Barnard streets.
Almond, No. 401 Prendergast street.
Brinkman, H. c., ZIG st. Julian street,
west.
Brinkman. C. J. s. Co. 4O1 Broughton
street. east.
Bewan, j. O.. corner Bull and Best
Bernman, L., No. COL Bolton street.
east.
Connery. C. P, No. ITO st. Julian
street. west.
Doyle, M. j., Market Square.
Deignan, Daniel. COL River street,
EnteIman. ]. F.. GA Liberty street.
east.
Entelman, A. H., us East Broad
street.
Flint, t. J., No. s1s West Broad
street Central HoteD.
Golden, Tom. CPS Bay street, west.
Hitchman, A. H. Sl9 West Broad
Hendrix. B. A., No. 4OS Prendergast
street
Hudgens. ]. E.. corner Lumber and
Walker streets.
Helmken, J. H., southeast corner Lib
erty and Whitaker streets.
Jackson & Perry, southeast corner
Alice and West BROAD streets.
Kutsures. p, No. 1O1 East Broad
street.
Kuck. ]. c., S39 East Broad street
Kalamaras, E.. 500 West Broad
street.
Kiley, A. Mrs, 4Os Broughton street,
west.
Holman, Mary, 533 Indian street.
Knox, Jos. F., 545 Bryan street, west.
Krastens, Aug, 1911 Bull street.
Luerssen, c. F., 1923 Bull street.
Morrison, Sarah, 500 Oglethorpe ave-
nue., east.
Manning, p, % Bay street, east
Moehlenbrock, Chas. & Bro, south
west corner Whitaker and Jones streets.
Mccormick, VIM, Indian street, near
Farm street.
Ohsiek. Chas., No. 2O2 Reynolds
street
roughs and Park avenue.
Papadeas, Nick K, AL West Broad
Poe & Co., No. 4O5 Prendergast
| street.
Pappadea, G.. 21S Bryan street. west.
Rocker, John & Bro. No. 4O1 West
| Broad.
Raskins S. & Son, southeast corner
Henry and West Broad streets.
Roche, ]. b.. 1901 Plant street, cor
ner Thirty-third street
Rossheim Bros, corner Waldburg and
Burroughs streets.
Ripke, John, 229 Drayton street
Rauzin e. Son, 80 West Broad street.
Slater, ]. c., 22s and 232 West Broad
| street.
Scherer ]. H.. 127 West Broad street.
Schwartz, Geo. c., southwest corner
Congress and Whitaker streets.
Serpa, Joe, southwest corner Hous-
ton and Oglethorpe avenue lane.
Spinks, G.. A., $40 West Broad street.
Schroeder, Geo., 1901 West Broad
street.
Taylor, ]. X, southeast corner Hous-
ton and Oglethorpe avenue lane.
Toehl, Henry. corner Stewart and
Traub. H. & Son. IS West Broad
| street.
Vollers, VIM, southeast corner West
Broad and Taylor streets.
Vasile, A, Duffy and West Broad
streets. . a-. s
| Wilkins, Harry, 452 Jefferson street
Wade, John T., southwest corner
| Oglethorpe avenue and Houston streets.
| Zavis, Nick, 201 West Boundary
street.
Application of sligo Myers for per-
mission to transfer their wholesale
liquor license at Central Railroad yard
| to Big Spring Distilling Company at
same place of business.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
BEGGED TO BE KILLED
TO END HIS MISERY.

Fort Scott, Kan, Dec. 16.-One man
lost his life, two were perhaps fatally
hurt and several others were more or
less severely injured in a, collision of
two sections of a freight train on
long bridge on the Frisco system
south of Pawnee. Kan, to-day. The
members of the crew who escaped
death were forced to jump from the
high trestle or be burned in the wreck
age.
P. M. Hermitage. a brakeman, was
roasted alive in view Of other members
of the crew who were unable to help
him. He begged to be killed and placed
out of misery.
The bridge burned under the wreck
and one engine and several cars went
down.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
SLAYER Is BESEIGED
BY SEVENTY-FIVE MEN.

Riverhead, L. l., Dec. 16.-William
H. Rafford, deputy sheriff and war
den of the county Jail here for more
than fifteen years, was shot dead to-
day by A. futile Reaves, at Aque-
bogue, a village three miles from
here.
Rafford had gone to serve an exc
cution upon Reaves, who has for years
had the reputation of being very &C.
centric. The murderer dragged the
body out of the house, barricaded the
doors and windows, and, armed with
double-barreled shotgun, resisted ar
rest.
Seventy-fve men are besieging the
house tonight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
CRUISERS AT NEW ORLEANS
On Account of the Centennial Ami
versary of the Trnnfer.

On Account of the Centennial Ami
versary of the Trnnfer.
New Orleans, Dec. 16.--The French
second class cruiser Jurien De La
Gravierre, Capt. Lemogne command
ing, which comes to represent the
French government in the celebra-
ton of the centennial anniversary of
the transfer of Louisiana to the United
States, arrived before the city to-day.
The United States cruiser Minneapolis,
the Yankee and the Topeka entered
the river at the passes to-day They
were preceded by the United States
training ship Hartford, which arrived
yesterday.
The Hartford is of special interest
because she was Admiral Farragut's
flagship when he captured the city of
New Orleans.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17

Gen. Edward F. Jones, formerly
lieutenant governor of New York state,
has made an offer to the School Board
of Binghamton to pay for the exam
ination Of the eyes Of pupils in all the
public schools of the city, to furnish
glasses where they are found to be
necessary or to furnish treatment for
the eyes of poor children that may be
found necessary. Several years ago
Gen. Jones began to lose his sight.
and in spite Of the efforts Of the most
eminent oculists he has become totally
blind.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
SEALED BIDS

will be received until Jan. IA. 1904,
for the erection of City Hall for the
city Of Savannah, Ga, according to
plans and specifications prepared by
H. w. Witcover, architect, Savannah,
Ca. Biz to be accompanied by certi-
fed check for per cent. of amount
of bid. Copies of plans and specifica-
lions may be obtained upon applica-
ton to the architect, and a deposit
of twenty-five ($25) dollars, which
deposit to he returned to the bidder
upon return of the plans and speclfi-
cations. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17


of said statement and assessment roll
by the Council of the city
of Savannah it shall then be-
come the duty of the city treas
urer to send to the abutting property
owners their proper bill for the same.
as it may be ascertained by the City
Council, and If such bill so sent be not
paid within thirty 800 days after the
presentation or sending of the same,
it shall then become the duty of the
city treasurer to issue execution for
the amount, together with costs against
the persons and property aforesaid,
levied out Of the property described
therein, as are executions for city
taxes. The said statement and assess
ment roll shall also show the amount
payable by any railroad company, and
should such company fail and refuse
to pay bill for the same thirty 800
days after the presentation or sending
OF the same, 1t shall be the duty of
the city treasurer to issue execution
against said company and its property
for said bill, together with costs, which
shall be made and levied as are exc
cutions for city taxes.
Sec. o. Be 1t further ordained that
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance ara
hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the
first time, Dec. 8, 1903, and published
for information.
j. ROBT. DREAMER,
Clerk of Council. =
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-17
Ships reach Honolulu.

Honolulu, Dec. 16.-The Raleigh, Gin
cinnati, Albany and Pompey of the
United States Northern Asiatic SQUAD
ron, under command of Rear Admiral
Cooper, arrived here to-day from Yo-
kohama, via Midway Island. Later in
the day Rear Admiral Robley D.Evans,
commander-in-chief of the Asiatie
fleet, arrived on the flagship Kentucky,
accompanied by the battleships Wis
consin and Oregon.