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The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
:ooD wonk ron LIrrLE MONEY.

GOOD WORK. FOR LITTLE MONEA'
The people will not find fault with
the bill of the Coal Strike Commission.
1t is much smaller than it was thought
it would be. It will be recalled that
at one time during the investigation
the impression prevailed that Congress
would have to increase the $4,000 APP
preparation very considerably. The
amount spent was only $3S, 900. Con-
sequently there is a very neat sum to
be turned back into the treasury.
The commission did a great deal of
work. 1t was busy for five months and
it heard hundreds of witnesses and
travelled pretty nearly over the entire
anthracite coal section. of course, in
some instances there was need for
special trains, and these had to be paid
for out of the appropriation. There
were a good many employees of one sort
and another besides the seven commits
sioners. The fact that only three of
the commissioners drew salaries helped
to keep down the cost of the work, but
the expenses of all of the commission
ers had to be paid.
And the indications are that the
award of the commission will not only
be accepted by both the coal operators
and the coal miners, but it will insure
peace In the coal region for number
of years. The public seems to be sat-
isfied with it, though the question as
to whether it is or not will hardly be
determined before next fall, when
householders begin buying their win
ter supply of coal. If the price of coal
should be very much higher then, than
it usually is at that season of the year,
there will be an cutlery against the
coal operator, who no doubt will in
sist that the commission hxed the
price of wages so high that coal can
not be sold at lower price.
OF course the public has got to bear
the additional cost of mining coal. The
coal operators don't intend to permit
any reduction in their profits. And If the
public complains they will refer to the
| commissions action as justification
| for their course in raising the price of
| coal. 1t is pretty certain, however
that the increase in the price of coal
will be considerably more than the in
| crease in the amount of the wages of
the miners.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Under the short-lived republic of Ha-
wall, Chinese laborers were permitted
to enter the country under contract TO
work on the plantations. provided $50
were deducted from their wages and
deposited with the government, as a
fund with which to pay their trans
portation back to China in order to
prevent them from becoming public
charges. When the islands were an
nexed to the United States the Chinese
traffic was broken up and no more la
borers were admitted. But the so-called
"Chinese fund" collected as stated,
had grown to be something like $3.50, 600.
What shall be done with this fund has.
become a troublesome question. Some
of the officials have endeavored to
solve it by making raids on the fund
and appropriating parts of it to their
own use. 1t is charged that Treasurer
Wright lightened the fund to the ex-
tent Of some $4,000 and then skipped
out, and that other officials have dipped
their fingers into il. At the time,
however, the fund amounts to about
100000, and is proving to be some
thing of white elephant on the hands
of the authorities. They do not know
what to do with it, and Congress has
failed to give directions with respect
to the matter.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

1t seems that the Irishmen in the
big cities have determined to run off
the stage the farce-comedy called NC
Faddens Row of Flats" Following
the rotten-egging of the play in New
York city came the demonstration in
Philadelphia, reported in our dispatches
of yesterday. 1t seems that the chief
grievance is against the character who
appears as a "monkey-faced Irishman,
wearing green whiskers." The object
ors declare that the Irish race is in
suited by the caricature. But is it
true? Without caricature there could
be no such thing as farce-comedy. In
a play of that kind the typical yam
kee" is shown as a lean, angular indi-
vidual with more thought for driving
a hard bargain than maintaining his
reputation for honesty. The typical
German is shown with stomach made
out of pillow and with a mass of
carroty-red hair. The stage Jew has
a putty nose OF great size and curly
locks that seem to exude oil. But the
yankee" the German and the Jew
do not take offense at the caricatures.
They know very we'll that their races
are not thought the less of because
of the stage exaggerations. It's "all
in fun" and nobody takes any offense.
There are no more fun-loving people
in the world than the Irish, and no
greater jokers. 1t seems, therefore,
that the New Workers and Philadel-
phians who object to the green whis-
kers have suddenly become unduly
sensitive
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

A few years ago it was thought that
the time was close at hand when
there would be a decided falling off
in the number of immigrants arriving
in this country annually. So far
from that being the case the number
is steadily increasing. For the month
that closed last night about $4,000 i'm
migrants landed at New York, as
against $4,000 for March of last year.
And it is said that there are ships on
the way now with 10000 more that
will be landed within a very few days.
OF this last mentioned number 10000
are Italians. The number of Italians
arriving is SO great that the question
as to the effect they will have on the
population is being quite generally
discussed.
In the March Century Gustave
Michaud has an article on 1.-THE Com
ing Race in America" pointing out
the features which the newcomers are
likely to engraft on the present popu-
lation. He says that according to
the twelfth census lover half of our
white population consists of those i'm
migrants who landed on our shores
after the year 1885, and of their de-
cendents. The native stock-that is,
the descendants of those immigrants
who settled in the United States be-
fore 1S35-was still in the majority in
1890. 1t is now gradually becoming a
quence of the fact that every week
brings thousands of newcomers from
Europe, but also as result of the
decreasing natality, the recent imml-
grants, being, on the contrary, proli-
fic." Here we have it clearly pointed
out that the native stock is being
gradually overwhelmed by this mighty
inflow from Europe
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago
there did not seem to be any doubt
that we could assimilate immigrants
as fast as they came, but it really be-
gins 20 look as If they would assimi-
late us. Of course this great immi-
grafton is going to have marked eff
feet on our national character, but
whether it will cause it to deteriorate
or not it is impossible to say. The
chances are that it will not. 1t is a
fact, however, that the distinctly
Anglo-Saxon type is gradually disap-
pearing from New York and perhaps
from some other cities of the East
This type, however. still predominates
in the South and the Northwest 1t
is the type of the pioneer. Fifty years
hence the probabilities are that the
population of New York will have an
appearance quite different from that
which it has now.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: 1.-THE Cuban Congress continues
to give substantial proof of ability to
play the game of craftsmanship with
out discredit 1t has taken President
Roosevelt at his word. 1t is now up to
the beet sugar gentry to play their
last card when the extra session shall
convene for final action on the recipro-
city treaty"
The Washington Post Qnd.) says:
''The frequent defalcation of Hawaiian
officials doesn't necessarily mean that
popular government of the islands is
a failure. ii should be borne in mind
that n great many of the officehoiders
out there were imported from New
England, and the natives have not had
fair chance to show what they can
do in that line"
The New York World (Dem.) says:
"In the matter of Cuban reciprocity, as
necessary to our national honor as it
is to Cuban national welfare, the little
nation sets the big one good exam
pie by promptly ratifying the treaty
in it's new form without time wasting
conditions and qualifications. Congress
can hardly do less than complete the
slow task at the first opportunity"
The Louisville Courier-Journal
(Dem) says: '"rhe much larger
growth of the Southern spinning in
dustry than that of the North already
tells the tale of the South's superior
ity in textile manufacturing opportun-
tiles. If the New England labor unions
succeed in putting up wages 10 per
cent, the Southern mills will flourish
still more; and they will also profit
by any long suspension of labor. This
is not matter to rejoice over, for it
would also hep the European mills,
but it is a fact"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
Remembrance.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Just as the roses hide the thorns
The goldenest of ali the morns
May bring with it day
That shall hold nothing else but pain
And heaviness of sobbing rain,
And bar the joys away.
And, as the thorn turks near the rose,
So. near our glad things are our woes
The cloud is near the dawn;
And grieving follows after cheer
Just as the stubborn thorns appear
When the red rose is gone.
But there is this we cannot lose
This thought that Fate cannot re-
fuse
And it is good and fair;
Wherever, on a withered stem,
We see the thorns, once over them
The roses thrilled the air.
w. D. Nesbit.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
PERSONAL.

Marie CorelH, the authoress, in pro-
testing against the erection of Car
negie library at StSatford-on-Avon de-
clares that the erection of the library
would involve the demolition of an
cient houses. which are landmarks of
Shakespeare time. Miss Corelli's pro-
test has been commended
A sartorial authority in London an
nounced some months ago that before
long well-dressed men would be wear
ing corsets. The statement caused
some ridicule, but it has been borne
out by facts, for the real London swell
of to-day is Enthusiastically cOrseted.
More than that, he is having his hips
padded and there is a growing demand
for the effeminate articles necessary
to giving the appearance of wasp
waists
Manuel Garcia, doyen of the musi-
cal world, has just begun his ninety
ninth year. He was born in Madrid,
but received most of his musical edu-
cation in Italy, whittier his family
went to escape the horrors of the penin-
sula war. He made his operate
debut in New York in 1925, playing
Figaro to the Rosina of his sister Mali
bran. The latter died years ago, but
another sister, Pauline Viardot in her
time a famous prima donna, is still
living.
Ministers of Pittsburg and Allie
gheny City are protesting against
the action of the American club in in
viting Senator Reed Smoot of Utah
to be one of the speakers at the Grant
birthday banquet. S. ]. Wainwright,
Jr.. president of the Americas club,
who went to Washington to get speak
ers, favors the senator's coming, be-
lieving the mormon apostle will prove
a great drawing attraction. Mr.. Vain
wright said the talk about Senator
Smoot being identified with polygamy
was all nonsense.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Two murder trials of more than or
binary interest are to be held during
the current month. This first is that of
James Howard. WHO is charged with
the murder of Gov Goebel of Ken
lucky. which will be called at Frank
fort, KY, next Tuesday. Howard has
already been tried twice, but the SUI
preme Court has granted him third
trial. The second case is that of ex-
Lieut.. Gov. James H. Tillman, for the
murder of Editor Gonzales on the
streets of Columbia, S. c. This case
is expected to be called on Monday,
April Is. 1t is the understandings that
Senator Tillman will attend the trial
and be in active consultation with the
attorneys of his nephew, in the hope of
securing an acquittal.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

The union miners of the anthracite
section find themselves face to face
with dilemma. There is strike of
union men in all of the breweries of
the section, and beer is being brewed
and handled by non-union workers.
Now, it is up to the union miners to
say whether they will drink non-union
beer or become total abstainers. in so
far as the malt beverage is concerned,
until the strike is settled.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

"A bar magnet arranged in connec7
tion with the handle of the razor is the
newest device for keeping that useful
instrument sharp for a long time. AS
you pass the razor over your face the
magnet draws the edge, and so pre-
vents it from becoming blunt so soon
as it otherwise would do; when At rest
the edge lies along the magnet. so that
netic influence,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

At Parkersburg, w. Va, the other
day, when the thirteenth olive branch
in the family of William and Mary
Safreed was brought up to be chris
tened, the minister asked. what shall
the name of this child be?" Gods
Plenty" responded the parents. And
it was so christened.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Senators Alice and Ball of Delaware
were elected at the same time; yet Sen
ator Alice is the senior senator by rea-
son of the fact that his name begins
with an A while Senator Balls be-
gins with a B. President Pro Tenn.
Frye made a ruling to that effect dur
ing the extra session.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

CAP G. Spalding, once famous as a
baseball man, has joined the Theoso-
phists at Point Iona, Cal, under the
leadership of Mrs. Tingley. If Spalding
doesn't organize a nine to play base
ball or an eleven to play football among
the esoterics, he will not live up to
his reputation.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Admiral Dewey gave the German
navy a gentle roasting. Count Won
Reventlow has reciprocated in kind up
on the United States navy. Honors
are, therefore, even, and there is no
cause for hard feelings.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
The Wenther.

The indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are for
fair weather. with light to fresh west
to southwest winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

There is plenty of patriotism in North
Carolina. With the election for Gov
ernor nearly two years away, there
are already seven candidates in the
field for the office, with probably as
many more hidden away in the tall
timber awaiting a favorable opportun-
ity for making their appearance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Golden Rule" Sam Jones is once
more running for Mayor of Toledo. o.
He has engaged a negro quartette from
the South to sing campaign songs at
his meetings and thinks the darkies
will prove great vote-getters
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

moses made to order" is the sign
that might be placed over the door
of a Cincinnati surgeon. 1t is de-
clared in one of the Cincinnati papers
that this practitioner has just changed
the pug" nose of a young woman to
a graceful Grecian adornment. The
means used was the injecting Of par
affine under the skin. 1t will be re-
called. by the way, that Miss Gladys
Deacon, a famous American beauty in
Europe, is at present suffering from
necrosis of the bone of the nose fol-
lowing a similar operation to remove
a slight depression at the point where
the nose joins the forehead.
The April circular of the anthracite
operators, fixing the price of hard coal
for the year, will be issued tomorrow.
There is a good deal of anxiety among
the miners to see whether or not there
will be an advance in the price, since
such an advance, under the terms of
the finding of the Anthracite Strike
Commission, would mean an increase
in the pay of the miners.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Which in 1892 climbed a mountain in
the Karakoram Himalayas %, 900 feet
high. w. Graham in 1883 claimed to
have assembled Kabru (24,O15 feet), hut
new expedition which has Just started
for the Hinralayas is under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Eckenstein.
of the many sights witnessed in
the oceans of the globe, one of the
most curious and most weird is that
described by sailors as 1.-The milky
sea-" ships being surrounded for sew
eral hours by water that appears to
be a snowy Wilderness, says an eX-
change. Compiled from experiences re-
corded during the last seventy years,
an interesting account of the phenom-
enon is given on the North Atlantic
and Mediterranean pilot chart for
March, just published by the English
meteorological office. The spectacle is
restricted to the darkness of night and
rare OCCASIONS, and, while it is limited
mainly to- the warmer waters of the
tropical belt, it appears to be more
commonfin the Indian ocean than in
the; Atlantic and Pacific. From the
white water the light is so strong that
ordinary newspaper print can be read
on beard ship, but the scene all round
is of an awe-inspiring description. The
horizon is blotted out, sea and sky
seem to become one in sort of uni
versal luminous fog, which, like a Lon
don fog. robs the observer of the sense
of distance and direction, the deck be-
ing lit up with a CHASTITY, shadowless
light. Last June off the west coast of
South America a bucket of white WAGER
emptied back into the sea resembled
molten lead. This curious sight has
interested scientific investigators,
Darwin among them; but while it Is,
no doubt, related to the many phospho-
resent displays common at sea, there
is no sufficient explanation forthcom-
ing of this particular manifestation or
of the singular atmospheric effects re-
sulting from it.
The Washington times., 1903-02-08
HIGH RENTS IN LONDON.

Some parts Of London are the most
highly rented places in the world. far
exceeding the most expensive localities
Of Paris or New York, Cornhiu is abso-
iutely the dearest rented district in the
world. One room near he Exchange was
let short time ago at G25O0 per an
mum. Six rooms on the first floor Of
house at Thrognorton Street were adver-
tised recently 10 be let at a rent Of
& . 600 per aGuUm. Bond Street is the
dearest neighborhood in London for
man 10 start business in A small shop
in Bond Street VIII cost its tenant ef 600
per annum, and be It observed the word
shop has strict limitations and only in
cludes the shop and basement, the rest OF
the house being let separately The rents
in the Strand have increased hugely dur
Ing the last twenty-five years. and 2
lease of a shop renewed lately cost the
tenant an increase Of $500 per annum on
his rent.-London Taller
The Washington times., 1903-02-08
HOW BASEBALLS ARE MADE.
Takes Thirty Minutes to Turn Ore Out
by Machine and by Hand.

The manufacture Of basebalIs. such as
are used by the big leagues. has level
oped into a science. It is intricate work
which requires skin with accuracy as
to size and weight absolutely essential
All basebaIls OF this kind are made BY
machinery A solid ball OF rubber an
inch thick IS first placed in the machine
and Is automatically wound with woolIen
yarn. the layer being one inch IN thick
ness.
The ball. two inches thick at this stage
of manufacture, is then STEPPED In an
adhesive fluid. which solidifes the warn
and makes II impossible 70 knock tina
ball out Of shape. Then the ball is placed
back IN the machine and wound with
yarn until it is exactly nine inches n
circumference after which the ball is
again dipped in the adhesive LIQUID.
Covering the ball is the next process.
The cover is made of aIum-tanned horse
hide which is as soft as white kid The
cutting IS done by a machine. which
works swiftly and accurately. The cover
is cut in two pieces. each like the figure
) and IS then seWed by hand Then Il
Is rolled by another machine until the
rough edges have been taken of. when
1t is ready for shipping It takes about
thirty minutes 10 make a ball. half that
time being consumed in sewing the COW
er- It is estimated that several million
baseballs are turned out each year.
The Washington times., 1903-02-08
TAX EXPERIMENTS.

Australia has been long known as the
home of sporting suggestions for taxa
ton Now that the single TAX idea has
been killed by ridicule and other
weapons, a host of little innovations
continually crop up IN its stead. One Of
the latest ideas Is TO tax sports of all
sorts. Melbourne, beyond dispute, is one
Of the finest sporting centeTs n tae
world. Most forms Of sport flourish
there, from horse racing TO cricket, and
IL has not been observed that bad times
have any effect at all on the gates" OF
matches. t is. therefore. proposed that
q penny tax should be levied on every
shilling paid to see any sporting show
It Is calculated that II this we're adopt
ed the revenue would benefit by Gtz0.
000- Il is claimed as a virtue of the
new proposal that 1t would tax people
only for their pleasures. not at ali for
necessities It is only Ia this country
where We are more or less free from
the danger Of personal experience OF
such fiscal experiments, that man can
thoroughly enjoy such discussions. New
ertheless, even here there are few people
who have not their own pet proposal
for doing away with the necessity for the
income tax The Commonest. perhaps. Is
the taxation of cats. and the weakness
OF this and most other amateur suzges-
tions is that they would annoy a great
many people and contribute to the ex-
cheQuer an amount that would be al
most eptibIe.-LCndOn Globe.