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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

Washington March 21.-The Missis-
sippi river from Cairo to Memphis, is
falling slowly. The third break in the
st. Francis levee system occurred Fri
day night at Chawnee, near Pecan
Point, Ark. An immense volume of
water is passing through the crevasses
into the St. Francis, and, as a conse-
quence, the conditions at Helena have
improved slightly.
Below Helena the rise continues
steadily, and all previous records have
been equalled or exceeded in many
places. Preparations should be contin-
ued for extremely dangerous stages.
Forecasts for f1fty-two feet at Vicks-
burg and twenty-one feet at New Or
leans are again repeated. At Melville,
on Atchafalaya river, a stage of thir-
ty-nine feet, or two feet above the
previous high record, may be expected
within three weeks. At Alexandra, on
the Red river, thirty-seven or thirty
eight feet are indicated, and at Mum
roe, on the Ouachita river, forty-f1ve
feet within a few days. Stages to-
night were as follows:
Memphis, 39.7 feet, a fall of / foot
Nicksburg, sos feet a rise of Q foot ;
New Orleans, 1873 feet, a rise of L
foot
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
Tents For the Refugees.

Washington, March 21-Secretary
Root to-day received kilograms from
the Governors of Tennessee and Ar
kansas, in response to his Geographic
inquiry for information as to the needs
of the people of those states in the
matter of tents, etc, in consequence of
the river floods.
Gov. Frazier of Tennessee telegraph
ed from Nashville as follows:
please send 500 tents to Memphis
consigned TO Mayor ]. ]. Williams.
City of Memphis will pay for transpor-
tation and see that they are returned
after use"
Gov. Davis of Arkansas telegraphed
from Little Rock as follows:
The flood condition along the Mis-
sissippi river in our state is Distress
ing. We have 10 tents in armory for
distribution. Please forward first eX-
press, 100 tents to Judge Derrick Ma
rianne, Ark, for flood sufferers.
pledge honor of state that same will
be carefully cared for and when no
longer needed will be sent free of
charge to Ieffersonville, Ind. Please
rush tents as demand is pressing
No time was lost in complying with
these requests for assistance. Col. Pat
ten acting for the quartermaster gen.
eral. Immediately telegraphed instruc-
tons to the quartermaster in charge
of the depots at st. Louis and Jeffer-
sonWlle, Ind to send with utmost dis
patch $50 common tents and twenty
hospital tents to Memphis, and ninety
common tents and ten hospital tents to
Marianne, Ark.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

From the Womans Home Companion.
Bits of raw cotton or wadding sat
urated with oil of pennyroyal and
placed in corners, on closet shelves and
in boxes or drawers, will drive away
several kinds of Objectionable insects,
cockroaches ants. etc. Placed in a
saucer in the windows it will help drive
away flies. l have been told that IL
does so completely. Saturated pads of
the pennyroyal placed between the
mattress and around the bed win drive
away the plague not given in the list
OF those with which Egypt was scourg-
ed for her sins. For this dreadful pest
another excellent preventive and cure
is an application to infested places of
equal parts of kerosene and spirits of
turpentine. Put the solution in the
joints and cracks of the bed, about the
surbase and in any other places where
the insects have found Judgment, and
NIL all cracks with hard soap that can
be so treated. This is an oldfashioned
and reliable remedy
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
"OH, FOR A MAN."
WOMEN CRIED
Dressmakers Vote Unanimously to Hire Escorts
at Conventions

Chicago March 21.-Members of the
National Dressmakers' Association de-
cided unanimously to-day that male
escorts should be hired to show the
women about town at all future ses-
sions of the association.
The innovation was suggested by
Mrs. Caroline Angford, now of Duluth,
but formerly of London, where she
says dressmakers are in the habit of
renting" male escorts. Manager Fred
G.. Films, Immediately after the adop-
ton of the suggestion by the women,
promised to have men in readiness
when the next semi-annual convention
shall meet in Chicago next September.
1t was during Madam Bakers fare
we'll address that a woman arose In
the front row and said
Il am Mrs. Caroline Angford of Du-
luth. 1 came here to see the city and
to attend theaters, but 1 have been
unable to go anywhere because I am
stranger. London women have been
accorded a privilege not given to
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
SHAW TALKS ON
COUNTRY'S TRADE
Benefits That Will Accrue to the Gulf States With
Expansion of Commerce

! numbers s30,0OOO0O worth per annum,
and import of manufactured cotton
$40 900, 900 worth per annum.
Assuming as much fibre in the forty
millions imported as in thirty millions
exported, the American people con-
sumo, actually wear out, one-fourth of
the cotton fibre of the world. l doubt
that we appreciate the astonishing fact
that per cent. of the people of the
world consume 25 per cent. of the cot
ton fibre of the world. The reason for
it is the marvellous prosperity of the
American people. We have ceased to
darn or mend, and often burn to save
laundry bills.
Nor is this the only astonishing
feature of the cotton industry. The
world exports of manufactured cotton
$625, 900, 600 per annum, of which the
United States gets only per cent. This
we retain. Other countries buy our
raw cotton, manufacture it, and be-
cause of their cheaper labor are able
to secure 50 per cent. of the export
trade on manufactured cotton. Cot
ton mills have increased in this coun-
try in the fourteen years marvelously,
but they have only kept pace with the
ConsumptiVe capacity of our own peo-
pie.
IF we shall ever increase our trade
with the countries lying to the south
of us, or with those washed by the Pa
cific ocean, the Gulf States will be ben
Gifted thereby, certainly as much as
any portion of our common country.
If steamship communication with those
countries shall ever be established,
shipyards are as likely to be built on
the Gulf as on the Atlantic coast, and
their supply and coaling stations are
more likely to be here than elsewhere
IF additional cotton factories are
built, they are likely to be erected
where fuel, lumber, iron and labor are
abundant, and where the raw mate
rial is produced at their very doors"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
WOMEN WHO'D VOTE.
Discussed Their Rights at the New
Orleans Convention.

Orleans Convention.
New Orleans, March 21.-The only
cloud upon the National Woman S
Suffrage Convention to-day was the
announcement from Arizona that the
governor had vetoed the equal suff-
rage bill. Mrs. Gait drew consolation
from the fact that the legislature,
elected by the people, had passed the
bill, while the veto was by one man
appointed by the President"
The morning session was devoted to
a discussion on increase in member
ship. Some favored seeking only active
workers, but it was finally decided to
seek to double the membership by next
year. Statistics show that for the
first time Massachusetts, passed New
York in payments to the cause, while
twenty three states made gains in
membership.
The afternoon session was a memoir
able meeting in honor of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, the principal eulogy be-
ing delivered by Susan B. Anthony,
sole survivor of the four founders.
Mrs. Gait Rev. Anna Shaw and others
spoke, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman
read a poem.
At night there were four addresses.
DR.. Cora Smith Eaton, of Minnesota,
paid tribute to Southern womens
work; DR.. Henry B. Blackwell spoke
On domestic imperialism, finding in
suffrage the remedy for social and po-
litical evils; Mrs. Virginia D. Young,
a South Carolina editor, brought d
message from the most conservative
state" and Rev. Marie Jenny of Iowa,
told why Women do not Vote"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
C0L0RED DELEGATES
ARE NOT WANTED.

New Orleans. La, March 21.-If the
National Council of Women. which is
to hold its convention here next week,
admits into its sessions any negro del
egates, the local council of women. to-
gether with all local society women.
will abandon the preparations they
have made to entertain the visiting la
dies.
That fact leaked out to-day as the
result of spirited executive meeting
of the local council. Affiliated with the
national council is the National Asso-
citation of Colored Women, of which
Josephine s. Yates, formerly of Kan
sas City, and now of jefferson City,
Mo, is president. She will not attend
the New Orleans convention, but sent
her proxy to Sylvania F. Williams. a
highly educated colored woman of this
city. 1t was the discovery of this fact
which stirred up the local council and
caused the meeting.
After the meeting terminated Mrs.
president Horner said that the purpose
OF the meeting was too delicate to dis
cuss. 1t had been decided to walt. she
said, until it could be definitely as
certained whether or not there would
be any colored delegates before MAX
ing known any decision.
But If any colored delegates are
seated" she said, "the local council
will decline to entertain the national
council officially. The local council is
not affiliated with the national coun-
Gil on account of the race question, and
to my knowledge, no other local coun-
Gil in the South is affiliated with the
national body. The national council
does not meet here at the invitation
of the local council, but meets subject
TO call issued by the representatives of
that council. If there are no colored
women then there is no cause for no.
toriety over the incident at all. 1t
would be far better if nothing were
said concerning the matter"
SylVania Williams satl tonight that
she would not accept Josephine Yates
proxy, and had written her not to come
to New Orleans.
The ladies' of the local council of
women need not fear that 1 will in
trude," said Sylvania Williams. IT am
Southern woman, born and reared.
and l understand local conditions
thoroughly. 1 am fully cognizant that
it would be impossible for me to at
tend meeting in the St. Charles Ho-
tel of this city where there are New
Orleans ladies present"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

BETTER SHOW
For Her Children Than She Had.

They will do it because they don't
think carefully, but parents who give
coffee to children reap their own pun
ishment in the puny sickly looking lit
tie ones.
Many and many a child has been
started on the road to disease that end
ed in death, by being Improperly fed
and given coffee, which is a rank poi
son to many a highly organized hu-
man.
A lady of Atlanta, Ga. says: My
mother was a slave to the whims of
her children. and let us eat and drink
anything we called for, particularly
she gave us coffee and lots of it,
Il grew up delicate. nervous, half
sick and miserable. When l was about
grown / began having serious spells
with my heart and my condition be-
came so had my friends decided l could
not live long. At a consultation Of
physicians one of the doctors proposed
that / discontinue coffee. This was
wears ago before Postum was discov-
cred. ! quit the coffee and in year
or two my heart was perfectly well.
Several years later when / had a
home of my own l imagined that the
stimulant Of coffee might benefit me. so
! started In on il and I'm a few days
the old symptoms OF heart trouble re-
turned / quit it and took up Postum
Food coffee for my morning beverage
and the heart trouble disappeared. /
find Postum aids my digestion and has
helped 10 build up my whole system.
II now use II three times "a day and
give ~ 10 my children with the knoWl-
edge that IL is "a powerful, delicious
liquid food instead Of a pernicious
POISON" Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

New Orleans, March 21.-Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw was the princi-
pie guest at the first annual banquet
Of the Board of Trade tonight. Charles
Janvier presided. Mayor Capdevielle.
S. Locke Breaux, ]. w. Porch and
President Z. A. Alderman of Tulane
responded to toasts.
Gov. Heard, telegraphing his inabil-
ity to be present said the river stu
alton made it necessary for him to re-
main at the Capitol to give immediate
attention to the frequent communica-
tions from the territory affected.
The guest of the evening was given
an enthusiastic reception. His speech,
in part, was as follows:
I'VE must now seek new markets.
Let no one suppose that simply OPEN
ing our ports to the free importation
of foreign merchandise will insure cor
responding increase in the foreign de-
mand for our surplus. Our experience
in the West Indies and in South Amer
lean countries is complete demon
stration of the fallacy of such a the
Dry. In thirty years we have bought
of South America two thousand. five
hundred millions, more than IS per
cent. of which has been admitted free
of duty, and in return have sold the
same countries less than nine hundred
millions. The balance against us in
this period has been more than a bill
lion and d half.
I'VE grow in the United States three
fourths of the cotton of the world. We
convert one-fourth of the cotton of
the world upon American sindles. We
export of manufactured cotton in round
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
WATER is RECEDING
AT LAST MEMPHIS BEGINS TO
BREATHE MORE FREELY.
WITH FALL OF THE RIVER
GROWS THE BELIEF THAT THE
WORST HAS PASSED.

Greater Sntisfac tiOn with the Flood
Conditions Than Has Been Felt at
Any Time since the Rise Became
SeriOuS-Barge Sent Through the
CrevaSse For the Relief of the
Flooded District of Arknnsas-Le-
wees Below Memphis Are still Be-
ing Carefully Observed.
Memphis. Tenn. March 21.-To-night
there are many hopeful features in TIE
food situation in the immediate terri
tory about the city, and the officers of
the levee boards and river men are
expressing more satisfaction with the
conditions that now prevail than has
been INDUCED at any time since the
flood first assumed critical proper
tons.
The gauge tonight shows 39.7 feet
and falling, which is a decline of A
since last night at o'clock, when the
water became stationary on the gauge,
1t is now believed that the fall is due
to natural conditions, rather than to
the drainage of water from the Mis-
sissippi by the breaks in the Arkansas
levees to the north. Although the fall
might have been slower if these ere
vases had not occurred, it is currently
believed that the fall will continue
without check and that the crisis IS
passed.
President Killough OF the st. Frsrcis
levec beard this Afternoon succeeded IN
serdinog q large barge through the
c:rvasse at Trices Landing for The res"
cue OF stock and property at Marion,
Ark. The steamer Hugo was dispatch
ei to the crevasse later with a conf
nilsson to enter the flooded territory
and rencel assist ne 10 ST Oh as might
be found in need.
Mayor Williams has been notified by
the government commissary officers at
Jacksonville Ind, that 800 tents were
to-day shipped to this city for the shell
tering of the food refugees.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus,
o., endorsing their remedy, Peruna for
catarrh, consequently carries with it
considerable weight and Importance.
La grippe is acute, epidemic catarrh.
There is no remedy in the world that
meets this form of catarrh as thorough
ly as Peruna. During the first stages
remedy. People who have had la grippe
and have partly recovered, but remain
half sick, will find Peruna exactly suit
ed to their case. There is no remedy
devised that will so quickly and thor
oughly dispel the disagreeable and Sc
rious after-effects of la grippe as Pc
r11na.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
HOW A CAT WENT ON THE STAGE.
Belasco Had an Animal That Took
Her Cue With the Best of Them,
From Golfers Weekly.

From Golfers Weekly.
ut often happens" said Mr.. David
Belasco while talking about some of
the mechanical effects used in THE
Darling of the Gods" that tricks of
the simplest description arouse the pop
ular wonder and curiosity to the great
est extent, while on the other hand the
most original, delicate and daring work
passes unnoticed by all save profess
sional experts. A great many years
ago. when l was learning the business
OF mounting and producing plays, l in
PRODUCED a cat into Hearts of Oaks
the play that made the late James A
Herne famous. We had a live baby IN
the play, too, which excited a ire
mendous amount of interest, but I
think the cat created more talk and
wonder because every one is familiar
with the habits of that domestic AMI
NAL and knows how difficult it is to
teach one to perform even the simplest
trick.
Every night, at a certain cue. this
cat came on the stage, walked across
to the fireplace, stretched herself and
then lay down in front of the blazing
hearth for we burned real fire in a gas
log IN order to make the scene more
iNaliSeiS anu natural. The cat did her
part so easily and naturally that she
frequently got a round of applause.
and IT always happened that before we
mad played three nights in town the
most popular topic of conversation was,
now ala they ever train that cat 10
come on the stage, stretch herself and
lie down in front OF the fire?'
Night after night the cat took her
cue and went through her little act 10
the wonder and delight OF all behold
ers' IL really seemed like "A remark
able performance on her part: bur.
after all her education was a very
simple matter A few minutes before
u was time for her 10 go on we used 10
put her IN a basket just large enough
20 hola her comfortably without giving
ana then leave her IN a cool place IN
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

Americans, despite all their boosted in
dependence. This is the privilege of
renting an escort when one is need
ed. l know, because 1 formerly lived
in London. There the dressmaker
cheerfully bears the expense, both for
herself and the man, and sometimes
on a single outing, spends the savings
of month or more. If the man is a
cheerful companion, he is hired again,
and well, l am sorry to say it, but
the affair not infrequently ends in
marriage.
Il think some such sort of privilege
should be accorded to the dressmakers
attending this convention. 1t may
cause little comment, but If London
ers do it, why can't we?"
The remarks of Mrs. Angford were
greeted with applause and other speak
ers were soon on their feet, anxious
to give the plan their support. A few
said they thought it would be too much
of departure from American conven-
tionality, would cause no end of COM
ment and the woman who could not
get an escort without hiring one, was
not entitled to one.
The proposal was accepted finally by
unanimous vote.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

Omaha, Neb., January 23, 1900.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus.
Ohio:
Gentlemen-"I am 6S years old, am
hale and hearty, and Peruna has
helped me attain it. Two years ngo
I had Ia grippe-my life was des-
paired of. Peruna saved mel. II.
GULL.
Hon. James r. GULL is one of the old
est and most esteemed men of Omaha,
Neb., coming to that city in its early
days when it little dreamed of being
metropolis. He has done much to
make it what it is, serving on public
boards a number of times
The above letter written by him to
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
= -
Why DR.. Humphreys Seventy.
sewn" is the best remedy
for La Grippe:

Because when ~ is taken the in
slant chilly sensation is felt, together
with some form of gentle exercise until
perspiration is induced, it will break
up the Grip then and there.
Because the persistent use Of ~" will
break up Cold that hangs on and has
not yielded to other treatment, pre-
venting Grip and Pneumonia.
Because the tonicity Of IT. sustains
the system during. and restores the vi
tality after the attack, preventing long
and tedious convalescence.
Because "77'' is a small vial Of pleas
ant pellets that fits the vest pocket,
ever handy and ready prepared to
take.
At druggists, % cents, or mailed.
Humphreys Med. Co. Cor. William &.
John Streets, New York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
WILL MEAN 20 PER CENT.
Present Prices VIII Result in High
Wages For Miners.

New York, March 21-The miners of
the anthracite coal regions affected by
the decision of the strike commission
announced to-day, judging by present
prices for coal, will receive an increase
of close to 20 per cent in wages, the
average tidewater price of hard coal
at Perth Amboy being about So a ton.
Mr. Dickinson of Dickinson & Eddy,
coal agents of the Ontario and West
ern, said to-day that the tidewater
price here of CRATE coal was $4.75 and
of egg, stove and chestnut So. This
would make the average price of sizes
above pea coal almost S. and allow
the miners 8 or 10 per cent. in addi-
ton to the 10 per cent. minimum ad-
vance allowed.
This calculation is based on the pres
ent selling price, which is on the win
ter basis. This price is usually re-
duced in the spring, but so far, an
nouncement of such reduction has not
been made.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
AIDING THE COUNTRY
TO KEEP COAL PRICES UP.

Philadelphia, March 21.-George F.
Baer, president of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Company. declined
to discuss the award of the Strike Com
o'clock this morning, and half an
hour later left here on his private car
for Reading. taking the report with
him. On his return to this city Mr.
Baer said he had no comment to make.
c. e Henderson, general manager
of the Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany. when asked for an expression of
opinion, said:
IF the commission desired to aid the
country to keep up the price of coal
they could not have succeeded better"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
tarrhn1 Extraordinarily
Mucous Membranes.


1t reaches the source of all diseases
of the mucous membranes by its action
on the viasa-motor system of the
nerves.
Every person who has had la grippe
during the last year should take a
course of Peruna. No one need expect
perfect recovery unless they do so. The
grip has produced catarrhal inf1amma-
ton of the whole mucous membrane,
and good health is impossible until
these are restored to normal condition
This Peruna will do. A great many
remedies have been suggested for this
condition from time to time, but Pc
runa appears to be the only remedy
that has any substantial value in these
cases.
1t has stood the test of forty years
experience and still occupies the unique
position of being the leading Of not the
only specific remedy for the after-ef-
fects of la grippe.
At the appearance of the first symp-
toms of grip people should stay indoors
and take Peruna in small doses (tea-
spoonful every hour until the symp-
toms disappear. This will prevent a
long, disastrous sickness and perhaps
fatal results.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
SHIPS IN COLLISION.
Men of One Leaped Aboard the other
For Safety.

Fall River, Mass, March 21.-The
Windsor Line freight steamer Norman,
Capt. Chase, bound from Philadelphia
for Fall River and Providence, came
into port to-day with a thirty-foot hole
in her starboard quarter, and with sew
eral members of the crew missing.
The missing men had leaped aboard
the four-master collier John B. Man
ming, bound in ballast for Baltimore,
when she collided with the Norman
last Thursday night in the fog, about
forty miles south of Fire Island. Be
sides knocking the hole in the steam
ers side, the schooner's bowsprit car
ried away her masts and swept the Of
ficers' quarters overheard.
The Manning was not damaged be-
yond the destruction of her headworks.