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The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

The Postoffice Department investi-
esting. And not the least edifying
among the latest developments is the
fact that the trail leads in the direc-
ton of the office of the Postmaster
General himself Not that Mr.. Payne
is personally involved; there has been
no suggestion of any such thing. But
the name of Mr.. Payne's private and
confidential secretary. II. H. Rand of
Wisconsin. has been drawn into the
mess. Mr.. Payne declines to believe
and it is to be hoped his confidence
will be indicated. 1t appears that Mr..
Rand is vice president of copper
mining company of which A. w. Ma
chen, until recently head of the rural
free delivery system, is president. The
secretary of the mining company is ].
d. King. also of Wisconsin, who is
chief of division in the rural free de-
livery service, and one of its directors
is D. II. Fenton, a law clerk in the
Postofiice Department. The connection
of all of these postal officials with the
mining company, which is a stock con-
Germ and has shares for sale, aroused
suspicion and is being investigated. 1t
is limited that there were close connec-
lions between the mining concern and
number of the men involved in the
scandal and several of whom have been
arrested.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

The assessments of the franchises of
era1 are not, in all probability, sur
prise to the officials of the roads. OF
course they did not expect they would
be so high before they heard the views
of the Controller General on the sub
ject, but they have been in conference
several times in regard to the
franchises and knew pretty well the
valuation he would place upon them if
no agreement were reached.
The railroad officials would have
much preferred to settle the matter
with the Controller General. There
are reasons for thinking they did not
want to carry the matter to a board of
arbitration, and, perhaps, into the
courts. At the session of the Legisla
ture at which the bill taxing franchises
was passed the railroads did not make
a very vigorous fight against the bill.
They were apparently willing TO pay
a small franchise tax, and perhaps
thought that the franchises would be
assessed at but little more than the
valuation at which they were returned.
The valuation at which the Controller
General has assessed them, however,
will increase the taxable burden of the
roads very greatly. In the case of the
Central of Georgia Railway, for in
stance if the valuation of the Control
Ter General stands, the taxable burden
will be increased pretty nearly one
half.
As to whether the matter will be car
ried into the courts or not, nothing
can be stated at this time with any
degree of certainty. If no substantial
reduction is made by the arbitration
boards it is probable that there VIII be
an appeal to the courts. 1t was said
by the attorneys of the railroads at
the time the franchise bill was passed
that the bill was defective.
But it is a question whether there is
much TO be gained by attacking the
law in the courts. If it should be
shown to be faulty the Legislature
would amend it, or enact new law
that would stand the test in the courts
1t is the purpose of the people 10 tax
franchises. Franchises are taxed in
several of the states, and. doubtless,
in the course of very few years will
be taxed in all of them.
1t is probable therefore that the own
ers of franchises that are taxable in
this state will devote their efforts to
getting as low an assessment as posi-
BILE. And it would seem to be wise
policy on the part of the state not to
put a burden upon the roads that
would tend to discourage them from
making improvements and extending
their connections. The true policy
would be to start taxing the franchises
at valuation that wouldn't handicap
the roads, and increase the valuation
as the earning power of the roads in
creased.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11
A Story About Poe.

The late John Sartain, the eminent
engraver of Philadelphia. knew Edgar
Allen Poe intimately. He was free to
admit that Poe in his youth had been
somewhat profiigate, but he always
denied stoutly that in later life the
poet was anything like the drunkard
gossip paints him.
AT the University of Virginia" Mr..
Sartain once said, Poe did drink too
much. In the middle of his fresh
man year there he gave peach and
honey party. Peach and honey was
the drink of those days-a mixture of
honey and peach brandy that was as
overpowering as it was sweet and
pleasant.
Poe sat at the head of the table.
Boys he said to his guests, shall
we behave like men or like brutes?
Like men, of course a senior am
swered in a rebuking voice.
"'Then,' said Poe, well all get
drunk, for that is something brutes
never do"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

According to estimates of the pen
sion bureau there were in 1902 approx
imately 9303S0 surviving veterans of
the federal army of the Civil War. OF
these there were 1875 100 on the pension
list, with a sufficient number of wild
ews of soldiers and dependents to
bring the list Up 20 ;ts fetal of nearly
1000, 900. The estimate also has it that
between 2 and per cent. of the sur
viving veterans have never asked to
be pensioned. That is to say that 81
to SO out of every 100 survivors have
made application for pensions.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11
The strenuous Lie.
From the outlook.

o Lord, we most of all give thanks
That this thy world is Incomplete:
That battle calls our marshaled ranks,
That work awaits our hands and
feet:
That Thou hast not yet finished man.
That we are in the making still;
As friends who share the Makers plan.
As'sons who know the Fathers viii.
Beyond the present sin and shame.
Wrongs bitter, cruel. scorchinR
blight,
We see the end al which we aim
The blessed kingdom % the RfRht,
What through It's coming long delay
With naughty foes Il stiil must c0Dei
u gives us that for which 10 pray.
A Geld fof Toll ana faith and hope
Since what Ne choose is what We ere.
And what We love We yet shall BE-.
The goal may ever shine afar,
Aae VIII 20 Nln IA makeF W. free
william ~ WA Hyde.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11
The Drummer. Retort.

A commercial traveller, so the story
runs. according to NJ. A. P. once call
ed on the firm and requested to see Mr..
Cranston. He was informed that Col.
Cranston was out.
"Oh, well, can see Mr.. p"
Major - is also out" was the re-
ply.
''Ahem," said the traveller, then per-
haps l can see Mr.. -"
VERY sorry, but Capt. - is at
tending a musketry class"
Disguised, the commercial traveller
turned on his heel and was leaving,
when he was stopped and asked II ne
would leave any message.
oh" he replied, its of no conse-
auence. but you might just say that
Lord Wolseley looked in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11
THE MORNING NEWS is published

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CHE MORNING NEWS, by mail. six
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THE WEEKLY NEWS, two issues a
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Remit by money order, check or reg
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measurement. Classified column adver-
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No advertisement accepted for less than
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ed.
Letters ano kilograms should be adj
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

prising that Great Britain objects to
anything which tends TO lessen it.
It seems that the closing of the Gus
tom houses in question also interferes
with the commerce of this country. and
Minister Bowen has been instructed to
notify President Castro that it would
be agreeable to the government of the
United States if he would reopen them.
1t is probable that President Castro
will comply with our request, and also
with that of Great Britain. 1t must
be CALLING to him to have to respond
favorably to all such demands of other
governments
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

Recently there has been running
through the newspapers a paragraph
to the effect that wedding presents
given now are much less expensive
than those given awhile back; that
they are rather of a personal charac-
ter and intended as keepsakes. If
there has been a change in this mat
ter, that is, If less expensive presents
are being given now than formerly,
the fact was not apparent at the we'd
ding of the daughter of Senator
Hanna, at Cleveland yesterday, to the
son of Ambassador Mccormick. Ac-
cording to the accounts that have been
appearing in the Western papers the
presents that Miss Hanna received are
worth small fortune. Many of them
were very costly. No doubt many
of the presents were from political
friends of Senator Hanna, and the
purpose was not so much to express
kindly feeling and good will for the
bride as to discharge political obli-
cations or to lay the foundation for
securing political favors.
Doubtless the Hanna family would
rather not have received presents from
such sources, but under the circum-
stances such presents could not very
we'll be rejected. 1t is reported that
the Senator's gift to his daughter was
check for $4,000 and the deed to
a house. That is the sort of wedding
gift he made to a daughter who was
married a year ago If the Senator
his many more daughters and treats
them all as literally as he did those
who are married, his wealth will be a
much less burden to him than it was
when all of his girls were under the
home roof.
The wedding has just little interest
for this section since the bride and
groom met for the first time here in
Georgia, at the Senator'S winter home
at Thomasville. Perhaps that place
will continue TO have attractions for
the young couple.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

Gov. Bailey of Kansas promised dur
ing his campaign that. if elected, he
would get married so that the fine, new
executive mansion might have a mis-
tress. The newspapers took the mat
ter up and spread the promise broad
cast. As a consequence Gov. Bailey
received 1000 proposals from women in
all parts Of the country. Tuesday
he was married TO a woman who had
waited for him to propose--a widow of
his home town.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

John p. Holland, the inventor Of the
submarine boat. having solved the
problem Of underwater navigation. is
now going 20 devote himself 70 that
Of air navigation. He says the flying
machine has not been invented because
would-be inventors have proceeded
along the wrong lines. which IL prob
ably true, His idea is that the air viii
Be conquered BY man within the next
few years not with a ship. but With
wings. Zach individual vii wear bis
e~n wings and ~ just ps bird does.
Af hPHanq - deeply euerosasd ln tbe
study " WINGS.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11
"Hello, Central!"

Hello, Central!"
'Hello!"
Give me any one of these grocers
who do not happen to be busy"
some moment, I'll read the list in
this mornings paper: S. w. Branch
Co., Delmonico Co., John Lyons, Har-
dee & Marshall. A. NJ. & C. w. West,
McGrath & Ransford, l.. B. Greer, C.
y. Munster, Nicholas Lang, George
Schroeder, C. H. Monsees, Theo Groot,
and Southern Grocery Company"
Il want to get a bottle of Kalola
Company's Pure Extracts, with the
natural fruit flavor. I am interested
in these pure food discussions and Mrs
Commonsense, next door, says their
Vanilla is the purest she has ever
tried
"Am sorry, all busy; will call you.'
Thank you. Goodbye"
Goodbye"
Don't forget, please. Goodbye"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

The cotton mills that were wrecked
in South Carolina the other day by the
floods were situated In narrow valleys,
down which the waters rushed after
the cloudbrusts. The understanding is
that the mills will be rebuilt, though
there is a possibility that some of them
may not be re-erected on the old sites,
where there would be the ever-present
danger of repetition of the floods and
destruction. Formerly it was necessary
to construct water-power mill direct
ly on the stream from which the en-
ergy was to be derived. That is no
longer the case. Transmission of power
| by electrical conductors has been
brought TO such state of perfection
that the mill may be situated at about
any convenient distance from the
stream, canal or waterfall. Power is
sent by wire from Niagara to Buffalo.
At Columbia some of the mills are run
by electricity carried some distance
from the canal 10 the mills. This sys-
TEN may possibly be employed In the
rebuilt Paeolet mills. IL would permit
OF the buildings being placed on high
ground. out Of danger Of foods rush
sing down the valleys.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

The record BARRIERS tip was given in
New York the other day to barber of
the name of Duncan by Douglass Cor
don, whose claim upon notoriety is
based on the fact that Senator Hanna's
son married his sister. Gordon, who is
called high roller, was pleased with
the shave that Duncan gave him and
bestowed upon that knight of the razor
a tip of 81, 400 with the casual remark
Here, go buy yourself a shop with
this"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

Senator Bailey's Endorsement of Sen
ator German as the Democratic presi-
Dental candidate has been received
with much interest in Texas. One of
the leading newspapers of the state
refers to it as the first really impor-
tant concession on the part of for
mer Bryan supporter whose influence
is still potent in the councils of his
marty.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal is
moved to protest because a London
workingman was arrested the other day
and fined ten shillings for using the
word damn" Our contemporary ex-
plains that the word is derived from
the Latin "damnare," meaning to con-
denim, and asserts that there isn't a
more respectable and legitimate word
in the English language than damn .
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

Senator Hanna is credited with hav-
ing selected Myron t. Herrick of Ohio
as running mate for Roosevelt. Mr..
Herrick's initials are against him.
Every railroad man knows that the
letters IN T" mean Nothing in il"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

The President is said to have vetoed
Miss Roosevelts desire to own an au-
tomobile of the red devil" type. Good
Now if he will veto her press agent
he will earn the gratitude of the pub
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for showers. except fair wealth
er in northwest portion, with light
north winds. Eastern Florida, partly
cloudy weather, with variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

A modern Leander has appeared in
the West He 10 ,. A. soard OF st.
Joseph Mo, aged 50. The other day
he swan the flooded Platte river where
u was haif d mile wide and q raging
torrent in order 10 reach bic Hero, a
bride ~ 90 weeks, who was visiting
relatives on the other eide ~ thc river
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11
POLISHED PLATE GLASS

We are the Southern distributing
agents of the Penn-American Plate
Glass Co. We carry at our Atlanta
warehouse the largest stock in the
South.
WINDOW GLASS. lots of it, all
sizes, single and double, at our ware
houses both in Savannah and in At
lanta. Dowell Pins, Blind Staples,
Glaciers Diamonds, Putty and Points.
Mail orders promptly shipped.
F. j. COOLIDGE & BRO,
SAVANNAH. ATLANTA.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11
lon't forget, please. Good bYe. ="

-- Az" a. .
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11

DIR. LEWIS A. HINES, Refractionist
14S Whitaker ST.. near Oglethorpe ave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-20
The COLD WAVE.

Rarely does the country experience such low
temneratures before Thanksgiving Day as have
heen recorded this week. Equally unusual is
tho extent of the area affected during the last
few DAYS. On the face of the returns Montana
was the worst sufferer. The mercury went
20 and "a degrees below zero in that State
The amount of the fall, however, is the more
significant phenomenon, and that should De
gagged by comparing the figures for periods OF
twenty-four hours or multipleS thereof. Be-
tween 4. 10. on Monday and the same time on
Wednesday the change of temperature IN the
vicinity of Cairo and Memphis was fully 80
degrees. In the northern part of Georgia and
Alabama the drop in a single day was 80 and 80
degrees. or a trife more than that observed in
Nex-York City in twice as long an interval
from a. m Tuesday to S a. m. Thursday. In
respect TO abruptness. the South and Southwest
Jared worse than the lake region or the Atlantic
Coast The lire OF freezing temperatures ran
very close to the Gulf, and actually reached
Savannah and Charleston, while Atlantic City
showed \ lower minimum than the metropolis
yesterday.
Owing to a lack Of precipitation, the cold has
not yet been attended with serious conse-
ouences. except along the path of the depression
which invaded the North Pacific Coast on
Wednesday The snow furries which occurred
in the East early in the week were harmless
No gales of truly wintry severity have been OBJ
served and il is too soon for frozen water pipes.
There is no reason TO cherish special solicitude
for the crops not even for cotton and oranges,
while quotations for poultry ought to be dis
tinctiy benefited. Owing TO careless exposure
during the last few days perceptible increase
in the number of cases Of bronchitis, pneu-
monia and diphtheria may soon be reported. but
even these belong TO the future. not to the i'm
mediate present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-20
A NUISANCE and WORSE.

For several years Mrs. Carrie Nation has been
one of the most conspicuous persons in the
United States. Possibly the newspapers have
been more or less at fault in bestowing upon
her the publicity which she Graves, but we are
not sure that they are much to blame, for the
womans performances have usually been OF
such character as almost to demand that ac-
counts of them should be printed as part OF
the legitimate news of the day. That is GER
tainly the case with her doings at the White
House and in the Senate Chamber yesterday.
1t would be absurd for the papers to ignore the
fact that she appeared in the executive offices.
refused TO accept as final the secretary's decla-
ration that she could not see the President in
dulged her propensity for violent speech and
at last made it necessary to put her ont of the
building and the grounds. Nor was her subse-
quent obstreperous conduct in the Senate gal
lery a thing to be left unnOticed by the press
any more than by the doorkeepers. The ques-
ton is whether she must be allowed to keep on
indulging her disorderly propensities indefinite
ly and virtually compelling the newspapers TO
give her the attention which she enjoys and
thrives on.
After her interruption OF the Senate proceed
ings she was properly arrested and fined SO,
which she promptly paid Consequently she is
again at liberty to make another offensive ex-
hibition of herself as soon as she feels so IN
clined. She boasts of having been arrested
score of times and, for aught we see, may
easily achieve record two or three times as
long before she dies if the sort Of treatment
which she has received thus far under the adj
ministration of the laws of various States is
to continue. Perhaps nothing more could have
been or can be done, but we doubt it. Unless
the facts have been greatly exaggerated in
many cases, she has repeatedly committed
vicious assaults persons whose occupation
or conduct has dispeased her, and has destroyed
in the aggregate considerable amount of prop
erty. There ought TO be, if there is not, law
enough to put person who deliberately repeats
such offences where she will be physically I'M
able to prolong the series. She has become an
unnitigated nuisance. 1t is impossible to sup
pose that she has ever done particle of good.
The woman's proceedings disgrace to hui
man nature, and all the more disgusting because
she is woman.
Ii might be scarcely worth while to say these
things if there were no hope of finding means
to bring this person under restraint If there
is public authority for putting an end TO an in
sufferable course of life it ought to be invoked
without longer delay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-20
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[FRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU. ]


WASHINGTON Nov. 19.-Colouel Raspopo~, MIL
ner last night at his apartments in sixteenth-st.
Countess Marguerite Cassini. the Belgian Minister
and Baroness Moncheur and Theodore Hansen nrsI
secretary II the Russian Embassy.
The counsellor of the German Embassy ana
Baroness Won dem Bussche- Haddenhausen gave
dinner tonight In honor Of the mother and sister
Of the latter Baroness Martinez de Hoz- ana MISS
Garcia Martinez de Hoe. who are here TOT the
winter Invited TO meet them were the counseiior
of the Austrian Embassy and Baroness Won Gis-
kra Mr. and Miss Seckendorn. Charles e Wauters'
counsellor of the Belgian Legation. and COMMANDER
Schaefer, Of the German Embassy
The Austrian Ambassador and Mme- Hensei-
miller returned to Washington to-day.
The Argentine Minister and Sehora Merou have
taken the house No. 1872 Twentieth.st-
General Isaac Khan. the Persian Minister mas
resumed mis- diplomatic duties here. after an
absence of eight months in which he has visited
several South American countries. exchanging rat-
fcatIons of treaties Of friendship and commerce
Minister Kogoro Takahira, Of japan. has lost no
time in filing the vacancy his staff caused oy
the recall Of the second secretary Shotaro koku5u
who sailed few days ago from San Francisco for
Yokohama. Mr.. Akatsuka. the third secretary
Of the japanese Legation in Berlin, has been ac-
credited to this capital. Mr.. Akatsuka is about
thirty years old. He is expected here in a short
time TO take up his duties. Mr.. Kokubu. wno
speaks the Corean language like a native, will be
stationed in Seoul as second secretary OF legation
the post he filed before coming to the United
States year ago.