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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
CANS WAS TOO MANY
FOR STEVE CROSBY.

Hot Springs, Ark, March 11.-After
an eleven-round fight tonight with
Steve Crosby of Louisville, Joe Cans,
lightweight champion, successfully de-
Tended his title after doing most of
the fighting.
The two men weighed in at 1874
pounds. Tommy Ryan, the middle
weight champion, acted as referee and
Honest John Kelly as time keeper
The fight was a Cans affair from the
beginning, although there were times
when Crosby showed in form. The
latter's hugging tactics not only saved
him from early defeat, but brought out
Kisses from the spectators.
In the eight round Crosby was
knocked through the ropes. He was
repeatedly knocked down, and when in
the eleventh round Cans was punch
ing the Louisville black all over the
ring, the latter's seconds threw up the
sponge and Referee Ryan gave Cans
the fight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
DISCUSSION WAS FIERCE
In the House of Commons on Ac-
count of Col. KinIich.

In the House of Commons on Ac-
count of Col. KinIich.
London, March 11.-There were I'M
usually stormy scenes in the House of
Commons tonight on the discussion
of the case of Lieut.. Col. Kinlich of
the Grenadier Guards, who was placed
on half pay for permitting the hazing
of Junior officers in his regiment. On
the motion of Mr.. Pierce, Liberal. to
give officers dismissed from the army
the option of demanding a court-mar-
tial, Col. Kinlich, brother-in-law,
VIM. Bromley Davenport, Lord Hugh
Cecil and other lords Vehemently at
tackled the War Office, accusing Earl
Roberts of being improperly influence
ed.
Mr.. Brodrick in awrathful speech,
defended Lord Roberts. and the War
Office and denied that aristocratic
pressure had been used to procure Col.
Kinlich's dismissal, and in stormy
sentences he asserted that pressure
was exercised on the other side, and
that the titled people had threatened
every prominent member of the War
Office Mr. Brodrick characterized this
pressure as terrorism. Mr.. Pierce's
motion was rejected by 1875 to 81.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12

Hamilton and provisions Of the con-
stitutiOn of the United States in this
connection.
DIR. Draso explicitly disclaims any
intention TO defend bad faith or ir-
Irregularities and deliberate and volun-
tary insolvency.
I'VE do not pretend. neither can we
pretend" ne says, that these nations
shall occupy an exceptional position in
their relations with the European pow
ers who have the uudoubted right to
protect their subjects as amply as in
any other part of the globe against
prosecution or from any injustice they
may have been victims The only thing
that the Argentine republic maintains
is that the principle already accepted
that there cannot be European terri
torial expansion in America, or oppres-
sion of the people of this continent,
because the unfortunate financial con-
tition might oblige one of them to put
off the fulfllment of it's obligations.
The principle which we maintain is
that public debt cannot give rise to
an armed intervention, and much less
to the territorial occupancy of the soil
of American nations by any European
Power
Complying with hts instructions
Minister Merou left copy of the COM
munication received from his Minister
of Foreign Relations with the Secre-
tary of State. In his reply Mr.. Hay
did not express assent or dissent to the
doctrine of public law set forth in the
note of the Argentine Minister of
Foreign Relations. He cited the
minister to the messages of the Presi-
dent of Dec. 3, 1901. and Dec. 8, 1902.
Secretary Hay stated further that
advocating, and adhering in practice,
in questions concerning itself, to the
resort to international arbitration in
settlement of controversies not adjust
able by the orderly treatment of diplo-
matte negotiations, the government of
the United States would always be
glad to see the questions of the justice
of claims by one state against another
growing out of individual wrongs or
national obligations, as well as the
guarantees for the execution of what
ever award may be made, left to the
decision of an impartial arbitral tribu-
nal before which the litigant nations.
weak and strong alike, may stand as
equal in the eye of international law
and mutual duty
"One of the features of the Argentine
note is the recognition and indorse-
ment given by the government of that
republic to the Monroe doctrine, which
for the first time is acknowledged and
accepted as a principle of American
public law by nation of South
America"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
ASKING QUESTIONS.
An Inquiry Changed a Mans Whole
Life.

When you get a man to recognize
that his bad feelings come from i'm
proper food and that he can get well
by using scientific food, the battle is
half won. One of New York's business
men says:
II was troubled for long time with
indigestion, headache, and stomach
trouble, and had taken various medi-
cines but with no good results. 1 con-
cluded to see how a change of food
would affect me. I never cared par
ticularly for cereals of any kind, but
ate meat and pastry continually and
drank coffee
II found on inquiring, that Grape
Nuts were highly spoken of and de-
cided to give them a trial. To say /
was surprised at the result would not
begin to do justice to my feelings. My
headaches left me; my brain became
clearer and active; my attacks of in
digestion grew fewer and fewer until
they ceased entirely and where / once
went home tired tagged out and in
disposed TO any eXertion whatever.
now found a different state of affairs.
my color was good, my muscles
strong and firm and fully equal TO
anything ] asked OF them instead OF
soft and habby. live two niles from
my business and walk II daily back
and forth. II the weather permits.
am IS years old and feel as well and
strong as when / was 80, and can ride
20 miles a day on a bicycle without
feeling any bad results" Name given
BY Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
ARGENTINE VIEW
OF DEBTS OF NATIONS
Statement Given Out Relative to Some Features
Of the Venezuelan Incident-Monroe
Doctrine Accented

Washington, March 1.-THE follow
ing statement was given out tonight
at the legation of the Argentine Re-
public:
Recent publications referring TO the
note of instructions sent by the Ar
gentine government to its minister in
Washington, DIR. Garcia Moru, in re-
gard to some features of the Venezue-
Ian incident, give the erroneous i'm
preston that Argentina asked for an
alliance with the United States and
that its proposal was rejected by the
Secretary of State.
I'm fact. the dispatch of DIR. Drago,
Minister of Foreign Relations of the
Argentina republic, aimed to explain
to his diplomatic agent in Washington
the views of his home government rel
ative to the corrective collection of
public debts of American states by
European nations, and instructed him
to convey those views to Secretary
Hay, expressing his hope that the doc
trine of international public law set
forth by the Argentine government
should prove acceptable to the United
States.
Taking into consideration the real
character of many of the obligations
contracted by the governments of the
minor South American republics, the
Argentine government has felt that
there is no great danger to the peace
of the continent if the compulsory de-
mand of immediate payment of public
debts, or national obligations. is to be
accepted in silence, without discrimina-
ton, as a right of the stronger Pow
ers of Europe to control and dominate
the weaker and struggling states of
Central and South America.
ION this point the Argentine Minis
ter of Foreign Relations in his note
remarks that the capitalist who sup
plies any money to a foreign state al
ways takes into consideration the re-
sources of the country and the more
the poverty the less the probabilities
that the obligations will be filled with
out difficulty. DIR. Drago says further
on:
1.-THE compulsory and immediate de-
mand for payment at a given moment
of a public debt by means of force
would not produce other than the ruin
of the weaker nations and the absorb
ton of the government altogether with
all it's inherited faculties by the pow
erful nations of the earth"
DR.. Drago also cites enunciations by
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
LABOR CANDIDATE GETS SEAT.
Conservatives Are Beaten on the
Labor Question.

Conservatives Are Beaten on the
Labor Question.
London, March 1.-THE election of a
successor to Lord Charles Beresford,
as member of Parliament for the
Woolwich division of London, took
place to-day and resulted in a ma
jority of 1929 votes for the labor can
didate, William Crooks, over Godfrey
Drake, the Unionist candidate. Lord
Beresfords retirement from Parlia-
ment is due to his appointment to the
command of the Channel Squadron.
He was elected unopposed as a conser-
vative in 1902.
The result of the election at Wool
wrich, the loss of a seat to the Con-
servatives, is disappointing, but not
such serious blow to the government
as the figures would appear to show
The constituency was for many years
consistently Conservative. The pres
emf. election turned entirely on labor
and not on political issues.
William Crooks is a county council
lor and is of the John Burns type. By
active open air canvass, with Wool
wich Arsenal woTkmen, he won over
large numbers who had recently been
dismissed. He commended that the
government ought always keep the
arsenal fully employed, instead of
placing contracts abroad, while the
Onionist candidate had the unfortu-
nate record of having voted in Parlia-
ment against fixing a minimum wage
of "a shillings for arsenal labor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
Four-year-oId LInguist.
From the Denver Times.


II am four years old and L can
speak three languages said diminu-
tive specimen of humanity at the City
Hall this morning.
The information was so startling that
caucus was Immediately gone into by
two city officials and two newspaper
men to ascertain the truthfulness of
the youngsters statement He was
asked his name, and promptly answer
ed, 'Nels Johnson. My mamma is Mrs.
Louise johnson of 1927 Fourteenth
street. l can speak English, Swedish,
and German" There remained no
doubt that Nels could speak English,
for he ratified it off in a manner which
would have been creditable to a cam
paign orator. 1t was his German and
Swedish to which the tiny lnguist
was to be put to a test.
Mr.. Latte of the German Herold was
chosen as a committee of one to in
vestigate the claim of little Mr.. john
son, and after a few minutes of earnest
conversation between the two the COM
mittee reported that Nels spoke his,
Latte's, native tongue even more flu-
emily than English.
Nels is a Swede by birth, and it was
naturally supposed that he was a mas
ter of the language, but he was not
excused until several hundreds words
of the difficult Swedish tongue had
been hurled at him by a rapid-speak-
ing native of Sweden.
Mrs. Johnson stated that her re-
markable son had always had a great
fondness for talking 10 foreigners, and
remarked that Nels at present had de-
signs on the language OF the French-
man who conducts a bicycle store next
door
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
TOBACCO COMPANIES MET.
Reports Were Received and Direc-
tors Were Elected.

Reports Were Received and Direc-
tors Were Elected.
New, York, March 1.-THE annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
American Tobacco Company was held
to-day in Jersey City. The old board
of directors was reelected, with one
exception, Charles N. Swartz being
chosen to succeed Thos. S. Jeffries of
Richmond, Va.
After deduoting all charges and ex-
pensss the net earnings for the year
We're $7,450,574
The stockholders of the Consolidated
Tobacco Company also held their an
nual meeting to-day. The old board OF
directors We're reelected. The report
of the assistant treasurer showed to-
tai earnings of $14,291 ,450.
The annual meeting of the Continen-
tai Tobacco Company was also held to-
day, when the old board of directors
We're reelected. The treasurer's re-
port showed net earnings, after de-
Quoting all charges and expenses, of
S11,776,934
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
FRANCES RELATIONS
Made known by the Foreign Minis
ter to the Chamber of Deputies.

Made known by the Foreign Minis
Paris. March 11.-Foreign Minister
Delcasse made a vigorous presentation
to the Chamber of Deputies to-day of
the part France is taking in the var
ious international questions. Although
he dwelt chiefly on the Macedonian,
Siamese and other questions in which
France is especially concerned, his re-
marks, extended over the whole range
of international affairs now engaging
attention influencing the part taken by
the United States in the recent Vene-
zuelan affairs.
During his speech Minister Delcasse
declared that the independence of Mo-
rocco was essential to the security
While expressing hopes that the move
ment for a general disarmant might
eventually succeed, the Ministry said
France was not called upon to take
the initiative in such a movement. He
explained in detail the part France had
taken in connection with Macedonia
and referred also to the satisfactory
status of the alliance between France
and Russia and to the reapproache-
ment of France and Italy.
At the conclusion of the speech the
chamber adopted a resolution express
ing confidence in the course the govern
ment was pursuing towards foreign
questions. This was a, notable personal
tribute to and triumph for NJ. DeIcasse
and was significant of the strength
of the Ministry on the eve of the open
ing of the debate relative to the ap-
plication of the law of association to
the various religious congregations.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
STORY FROM HAVANA.
Opposition to the Treaty Proved to
be but Weak.

be but Weak.
Havana, March 1.-THE Senate to-
day, by a vote of 16 to 5, ratified the
reciprocity treaty with the United
States. The treaty was thus ratified
by exactly two-thirds of the vote of
the Senate. Fifteen Republican Con-
servatives, or administration Senators,
and one Nationalist voted in favor of
the treaty, and five Nationalist
against.
There We're three absentees, all of
whom, tits believed, favored the
treaty. The ratification required only
a majority vote so that there were
more than three votes to spare.
Senior Sanguilly. the leader of the
opposition, complained that his oppo-
sition was designed chiefly to draw out
whatever could be advanced in support
of the treaty, and that the arguments
of Senior Bustamente was put forward
in the Senate yesterday convinced him
that the island would be more prosper
Gus with reciprocity than without 1t,
but nevertheless his attitude of opposi-
ton and disapproval of the acts of the
executive department of the govern
ment forbade him voting yes.
The vote was taken Immediately on
tne conclusion or a further appeal of
Senior Bustamente. He insisted that
whether the trust or the producers
were the chief beneficiaries of the 20
per cent. reduction of customs duties
1t was not possible that such differcn-
tial treatment favoring Cuban sugar
competition with that of Europe could
result other than favorably to Cuba s
trade. Under the treaty, he said, the
European producer would be unable to
compete with Cuba. If the European
nations were really trying to prevent
the ratification of the treaty in the
United States Senate it was not on
account of the little they would lose
in the Cuban tariffs. but because they
would no longer be able to send sugar
to the United States. The treaty would
give national entity and allow her to
enter into commercial relations with
the nation which was hitherto consid-
cred only her guardian.
Senator Bustamentes speech was
loudly applauded.
The custom of approving the treaty
by articles was dispensed with, and
the recommendations of the committee
were approved in their entirety.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
TURNED THE HOSE ON
RlOTOUS STUDENTS.


Lafayette. Ind, March n.-The
fercest fought battle in the history OF
student fights occurred here tonight
when 500 freshmen bombarded with
stones and clubs Columbian Hail.
where the sophomores were in session
at their annual banquet. They Storm
ed the stairs and succeeded in tenn
porarily breaking UP the gathering.
This was not accomplished until about
twenty of the attacking freshmen
were more or less hurt.
A riot call was sent, but the score
of police who responded were unable
to handle the crowd of rioters stu
dents. Not until the city fire depart
ment was called and two streams OF
water we're brought into play did the
freshmen disperse. The students in
juries were dressed at the hands of the
nOIiCe
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12

From the Philadelphia Record.
Washington, Feb. 24.-"The most
marvellous man in the Senate is Quay"
said an ardent Pennsylvania this af-
ternoon. He is slicker than any of
them and his system of keeping tab
on things in Pennsylvania is a Won
der
He did a favor for me once. and
seemed glad of the chance. About a
year afterward there was a political
trick to be pulled off in my county. 1
received the letter 1 had written to
Quay asking for the favor and on the
back was written his request. There
were only a few words: Dear Jim
VIII you do so-and-so for me?' and
signed by Quay. 1 went out and got
to work at once"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
VEGETABLES ADVANCED.
Prospects Are Bright About Bar
tOw-Other News,

tOw-Other News.
Barlow. Fla. March IA visit
among the vegetable farms of this sec
ton reveals the fact that a larger
acreage than in former years is being
devoted to truck this season, and, ac-
cording to statements from the lead
ing planters, the outlook was never
brighter for a fine crop. Vegetables
are all we'll advanced, being fully one
month ahead of last year. Farmers
expect to begin shipping tomatoes early
in April
Probably 300 acres are planted in
vegetables in this immediate section
of Polk county.
A gentleman of this city gives it as
his opinion that the Spanish moss that
gives the beautiful oak trees of South
Florida such a lovely tropical appear
ance, is really sapping the life from
the trees and will eventually kill every
part of the tree where it gets a hold.
He is of the opinion that an effort
should be made to destroy the moss.
He contends that the moss is a para
site that meants death to the trees.
Brick have been ordered for the new
hotel in this city, and bids are being
asked for the construction of the
building. 1t will contain about forty
rooms, and it is expected that it will
be in res diness for the tourist season
of 1903 and 1904.
Work will be pushed as rapidly as
possible on the extension of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad from Punta
Gorda to Fort Myers. Mr.. T. L. Mar
quis has just returned from Jackson
Vile, where he closed a contract for
building a portion of this road. He
helped build the old South Florida
Railroad, the first one to go through
this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
BILL OF EXCEPTIONS
Filed by the Wabash to the An
swer of the Trafnmen

st. Louis, Mo, March lin the
United States District Court the Wa
bash Railroad Company filed a bill of
exceptions to the answer of the de-
PENDANTS IN the injunction proceedings
brought to prevent employees and 9TH
ers from calling q strike on the sys-
tenn. In it's bill of exceptions, the road
claims insufficiency in that certain pro-
ceedings of the defendants and letters
exchanged do not appear in the an
sWer. There was also a motion filed.
asking that a rule be enacted requir-
ing the defendants to produce at the
hearing of the motion to dissolve the
injunction next Tuesday, various let
tiers referred to in the answer filed by
the defendants, it being claimed that
the contents of such letters should be
known in order to a full understand
ing of what was done and the pur-
poses.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
Plantations Not Destroyed.

Mexico City. March 11.-There is no
truth in the kilograms sent out from
this country regarding the destruction
of coffee and other plantations in the
state of Colima near the volcano which
is in active eruption. The country that
has suffered by the eruption is arid
and uncultivated and close to the
mountain.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
NEW BISHOPS NEEDED.
Mgr. Grudi Makes His Philippine
recommendations.

Rome, March 1.-THE Vatican has
received from Monsignor Guidi, the
apostolic delegate at Manila, propo-
sitions regarding the appointment of
new bishops under the Archbishop of
Manila, the center around which the
Philippine Catholic hierarchs will
gather. Mgr. Guidi proposes three
American bishops as candidates for
the new see. The Spanish bishops Of
Cebu and Jaro having resigned, there
are now four bishoprics, two of which
The apostolic delegate proposes to fill
by natives and the two others by
americans.
1t is understood at the Vatican that
the two Americans proposed are per-
soma grata at washington and with
the government.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
WOMAN KILLED IN A
TRESPASSING ROW.

Orange, Tex, March 11.-Mrs. Ella
Russell was to-day shot and killed by
Daniel Richardson. 1t is said that Mrs.
Russell had forbidden the use of a
portion of her lot for the passage of
the Richardson family to and from their
home. When Mrs. Richardson attempt
ed to go through the lot, 1t is said
that Mrs Russell fired on her with d
shot gun, whereupon Richardson fired
twice, in1icting fatal wounds. The
dead woman has four sons.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
Amounted bN President.

Washington, March 1.-THE Presi-
dent to-day sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations:
Observation-Disclosures: Charles A.
Austin. Welsh.
ississippi-Samuel r. Brazelton
Gulf Port.
Combinations by the Senate:
louisiana. T. Hart, as postmaster
at Payne
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
Won't Reduce the Army.

London, March 1.-THE House of
Commons, in Committee of the Whole
to-day, continued the debate on the
army and estimates and rejected, by a
vote of 245 to 1874, the amendment made
yesterday TO reduce the army establish
ment of 25O,761 men of all ranks. by
q, 900 men. Eighteen Ministerialists
voted with the majority. The bulk of
the Nationalist abstained from vot-
ing
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12

Washington, March 1.-THE condi-
ton of ex-senator j. X. Jones of Ar
kansas, who has been III for some days
is reported as improved tonight. A
paroxysm OF hiccoughs. which lasted
two days. greatly disturbed the pa
tlent but the physicians now have this
unfavorable symptom under control
and the family express the hope that
he will entirely recover.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
KANSAS SOUTHERN STRIKE.
Employees of the Mechanical De-
partment Stop Work.

Shreveport, La, March n.-Between
$50 and 200 employees in the mechanical
department of the Kansas Southern
shops at this point laid down their
tools this evening and walked out, their
demand for a uniform increase of 2
cents an hour not having been COM
piled with. Tonight only a few OIL
ers are working in the mechanical de-
partment of the shops. There are a
number of engines in the shops and
traffic will be seriously affected by
the strike.
Strikers say a complete tie-up of
the mechanical department of the road
is threatened.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
Run over by an Engine.

Macon, March 11.-Nesper Irving, a
negro, was run over by a Macon,
Dublin and Savannah engine to-day,
and his foot was mashed off. 1t was
his first effort to jump on an engine.
He had just secured a job as fireman,
and was trying to get aboard to make
his first run.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-12
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED
By the National Florence Critten-
ton Association.

ny the Naiohdh rlOrence Cr1tten-
ton Association.
New York, March IA conference,
celebrating the twentieth anniversary
of the National Florence Crittenton
Association, opened to-day in the Mis-
sion House in Blocker street. The
president, Charles N. Crittenton, as
sisted by Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett,
general superintendent, extended cor
dial hospitality on behalf of the Old
Mother Mission. The following dele
gates were present: Mrs. Josephine,
Norfolk, Va; Mrs. Wolff, Alexandria,
Va; Mrs. Holtzclaw, Chattanooga,
Tenn; Mrs. Fisher, Lynchburg; A. ST.
mons Holt, Savannah. Ga.
Papers on various subjects connected
with missionary work were read by
visiting delegates. The convention will
continue until Saturday.