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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
PROMOTIONS IN, NAVY.
Captains Change stations and VIII
Get Their Flags.


Get Their Flags.
Washington, March Capt. G. F.
F, Wilde has been detached from the
Portsmouth navy yard and made cap
tain of the Boston yard.
Capt. Thomas Perry has been de-
tached from the Iowa and made cap
tain of the New York yard He will
be succeeded in command of the Iowa
by Capt. Henry B. Mansfield, who has
been detached from recruiting duty at
the New York yard.
Capt. Barclays assignment to COM
mand the Puget Sound naval station
will, it is expected, take effect June /.
He will become a rear admiral soon
after that date.
Capt. Cook will be promoted to be
an admiral upon the retirement of
Admiral Crowninshield, March 20, sub
iect to examination. Capt. Harrington,
who stands No. 2 on the list of cap
tains and has been assigned to the
Norfolk navy yard. will become an
admiral at the same time as Capt.
Cook. ~@a
Capt. Chester will retain command
of the naval observatory here.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
LongIno For senator.

Jackson. Miss, March Gov.
Longino has made formal announce
ment OF his candidacy for United
States senator In letter addressed to
notice that he viii make a thorough
canvass during the spring and sum-
mer. The Governor cites the citizens
Of Mississippi 70 his record as chief
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
SHOT PASSM0RE DOWN.
The Negro Had offered Resistance
to an Omcer.

Columbus. Ga, March 7.-Charles
Passmore. a negro desperate. was shot
and instantly killed by Marshal Camp
bell of Phenix City to-day. Passmore
was a member of a gang Of thieves.
and when the officers attempted TO ar
rest him he resisted and assaulted
Campbell. who shot him down.
Garfield Thomas, a leader OF the
gang, was arrested in Phenix city last
night. citizens having been forced to
assist the officers in securing the ne
gro.
Thomas Is wanted in Buena Vista,
Ca, on a charge OF assault with in
tent 70 mu<der
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
sEABOARD OFFICIALS
Inspected the Company's shops Mt
Americas.

Amer1cuSs
Americus, Ga, March 7.-President
John SHELTON Williams of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, accompanied by
party of Northern directors and high
officials of the road, spent some time in
Americas this afternoon, inspectine
the company's property here, and par
ticularly the Seaboard shops, the larg-
est owned by this company. The party
occupied special train of private
cars and left later in the afternoon
They were highly pleased upon being
shown through the Americas shops'
where 300 men are employed, and init.
mated that its capacity might be in
creased ere long by the addition of
other departments, including that of
coach building.
Several prominent citizens of Amari-
Gus met the railway officials upon their
arrival here and showed them MANY
courtesies.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
CoRTELYOU HAS QUARTERS.

His Department Located in the
Builders Exchange.
Washington, March 7.-Secretary
Cortelyou has secured temporary quar-
ters for the Department of Commerce
and Labor in the Builders Exchange.
His own office and that of Commission
err of Corporations Garfield will be To-
Gated in the building, which, already,
is occupied by the lighthouse board, one
of the bureaus of the new department.
The appointment of w. J. Lee OF
Washington as telegraph manager of
the new department was announced to-
day. Important official positions prac-
tically have been decided upon, but
public announcement of the appoint
ments will not be made for a few days.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08

S pirits S. A
friend who
h a d b e e n
cured by Pc
runa advised
me to try it
and 1 sent
Cor a bottle
at once, and
l am glad
to bay that
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
BELGIAN PROTOCOL.
Signed by Minister Bowen and
Baron Moncheur.

Washington, March Minister
Bowen and Baron Moncheur. the Bel
gian minister. to-day signed the Bel
CLAN protocol for the settlement Of the
claims Of Belgium against Venezuela.
This last convention.A which is the
eighth signed by Mr.. Bowen since mis-
arrival here, follows the lines OF he
american protocol and provides that
me Queen Of the Netherlands name the
umpire IN the event OF the Belgian
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
Depot Burned at Molina.

Columbus. Ga. March AT mid
night last night the depot of the
Southern Railway at Molina burned.
The origin of the fire is not known
here. In addition to the burning of
considerable freight in the building,
four freight cars alongside, one of
them containing corn. We're DESTROYED.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08

Venezuelan commissions failure to
agree.
Mr.. Bowen this morning sent notes
to the representatives of the allies
here, announcing his return to, Wash
ington. and his readiness to continue
the negotiations.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08

- -
will strop a cough
before it becomes
settled. 1t cures all
catarrhal affections
like magic. No
money could tempt
me to be without
this remedy for
even a day. 1t is
just the remedy all
women need, espec-
tally such women
that are exposed to
the vicissitudes of
climate as / am.
II never neglect
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
MERRIAM RESIGNS.
David H. Mercer Is Mentioned as His
Successor.


Successor.
Washington, March w. r. Mer-
riam, director of the census and former
Governor of Minnesota, to-day ten
dered his resignation to President
Roosevelt. The resignation is to take
effect on May Is. He will remove to
New York, to accept the vice presi-
dency of the International Mercantile
Agency, a corporation organized for
the purpose of rating credits in the
United States and Canada.
President Roosevelt has given no in
timation of his intention regarding the
appointment of Director Merriam's
successor. Ex-Representative David
H. Mercer of Omaha has already been
recommended to the President for the
appointment, and several other men
are said to have been mentioned for
the place.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
DR.. Hayes, of Washington, ID. c.,

Writes autograph letter his professional friends
saying n number of chronic after exhausng
medca palliative with negative results
prescribed Kodo with marked and increasing benefit from
first dose until the stomahs disability permanently
relieved Ny experience general and hospital practice
from 1872 and positive that of all the dgestans prescribed
in those thirty hands has thoroughly
effective Kodo
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08

in three days the phlegm had loosened,
and felt better, my appetite returned
and within nine DAYS l was in my
usual health."-Miss Helen Sauerbier.
Mrs. Leslie Carter Says: "Pe-ru-na is
Sure to Prevent a Cold"
Mrs. Leslie Carter, probably the most
prominent actress in America, says the
following of Peruna:
"Peruna is sure to prevent a cold. It
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
KODOL
DYSPEPSIA CURE

the stomach Kodol will diseased
Kodo will it. This famous remedy lays the foundation
health and the upbudng of strength by cleansing purifying
sweetenng and strengthening the glands and
stomach and by supplying the natural juices perfect
digestion, assimilation and nutrition.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08

Beching gas stomach eating all the
of Indigestion relieved by the of Kodol
Kodo gives health the sick and strength weak.
thetr ehmsors
BY G.. VI S.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08

I executive, and bases his claims for
preferment on that showing. He will
oppose Senator Money.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
Governor MzM
Atkinson g,A
OF West Virginia %gIm
OF West Virginia

Writes friend from Charleston under date of
Ihave bottles of KODOL
to be effective and indeed very powerful remedy
stomach troubles do hesitate
who have weak digestive organs"
Indigestion mainly due lack of of
which constitute digestive Kodo Dyspepsia
supplies these and reduces the food condition required
Transforming living tissues Kodo unlike all other
dies in that combines both digestive and properties
enables the stomach and digest assmate
and transform all of the nourshmen contained all of
food that be the kind of blood
BONE snew, tissue muscle, health and strength.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08

Miss Lenore Allen, 4O7 Dowen street, San Fran
cisco, Cal, writes:
81 consider Peruna infaIlibIe remedy for
Catarrhal diseases. For several years 1 have
been troubled with in1uen MA, especially during
rainy 1 used to catch cold 90 easily
that afraid to be out when the weather
was the least bit incIement. I'm the evening
mir. But since L have used Peruna 1 have moth
ing whatever the matter with am in per-
feet health, and find that Peruna acts a tonic,
and to throw all sickness and disease
out of the body. go any vhere now and in all
kinds of weather, seem to have an iron cOnsti-
tuition and enjoy life be cause enjoy perfect
heaIth.'-LenOre Allen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-28
Jewsharp Downs Mosquitoes.

Robert Flaherty, a real estate deal
er. with offices at II Battery Park, is
an enthusiast on the subject of the
determination of mosquitoes, and de-
clares that If his advice is followed
the culeX is to become extinct to the
inspiring tune of THE Arkansaw Trav-
eler," played on the jewsharp, says the
New York Times.
Mr. F'lahertY recently has been in
Producing his friends to the charms of
the jewsharp, and instructing them
how to play the celebrated air. He says
that those who have learned have re-
ported to HIM that there is no doubt
about the efficacy of the combination.
When seen yesterday at his office, Mr..
Flaherty said:
81 am not a scientific man and not
much of a musician. but it is appro-
pirate to the discussion going on IN
the newspapers about the fatal effect
of music on mosquitoes to assert that
though an alto horn played by an anna
teur or the rapid vibrations of tuning
forks may do some good, the best in
strument is the jewsharp, especially
when it is used to play The Arkansaw
Traveller This is no new thing, and
it is surprising that it is not more
generally known. 1 suppose that this
is due to the fact that the harp is all
most obsolete, and the old air has been
forgotten in the ragtime of a later
generation.
I'm 1866 I was serving as a first
sergeant in the Twentieth United
States Infantry. We were in camp for
a while at Cado Lake, near Jefferson,
Tex, where we suffered terribly with
the mosquitoes. 1t was almost impos-
sible to sleep because of their num-
bers and their fierce biting.
I'm my company there was a soldier
known as Skates Conklin. I don't
remember his first name, but he was
an original genius, who did almost
everything except obey orders, just as
any other person would not do.
"One night after taps, while I was
fighting for my life with a hode of
mosquitoes, heard music coming from
the tent of Skates 1t was my duty
to stoR this. 1 went to his tent and
found him playing on a jewsharp. He
told me he was doing it to drive away
the mosquitoes. 1 thought they had
driven him mad and let him alone, with
a warning.
''fIe kept up his tune of The Arkan-
saw Traveller and 1 had to go back to
force him to stop. He showed me that
there was not a mosquito in his tent
except a few dead ones. / invited him
into my tent to play and there was
the same result. He did the same thing
for other men in the camp. The Off
GERS raised a row, but when they found
what was up they had Skates play for
them.
with the first pay day every man
bought a jewsharp and Skates became
instructor to the officers as well as the
men. After taps, and occasionally later
on, there would be wild choruses in the
tents, against all discipline, but neces-
sary for the health of the officers and
men.
after being mustered out I saw
nothing of Skates for a great many
years. One day I found him in Fulton
Market, where he had gained the title
of Skates. the champion jewsharp
player of America Poor old Skates
died two years ago, but I am the pos
SCISSOR of his valuable secret, which I
take pleasure in giving to the world
at large and to scientists in general"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-28
FIGURING UP THE LOSSES.

The newspapers are trying to figure
up the losses that resulted from the
little panic that disturbed Wall street
on last Friday. There doesn't seem
to be much sympathy in New York for
Talbot ]. Taylor & Co, who failed for
a large amount, some say for S6,00O,0OO,
and others for $4,000. 900. 1t is known
that the veteran financier, James X.
Keene, lost $1.5OO,O00 by that failure.
He admits the loss of that amount.
The impression seems to prevail that
he lost a great deal more or else he
would have gone to the assistance OF
Talbot ]. Taylor & Co, Taylor being
his son-in-law and his son being a
special partner. According to the
dispatches, there is a probability that
Mr.. Keene lost the greater part of his
fortune, which, a year or so ago
amounted, 1t is said, to over $4,000, 600.
Why the bankrupt firm was not pop
ular is not stated in the dispatches. 1t
seems that the banks showed 1t no
favor whatever. selling odt AZ securities
as soon as there was a failt-Ne to put up
additional margins when there was a
call for them.
The failure of w. L. Stow & Co. was
of much less Importance, though at
other times it would have attracted
considerable attention. About the
coolest man during the furry was, it
is said, the veteran financier. Russell
Sage. He had $1,000. 900 loaned to Tay-
lor & Co., but that didn't seem to
worry him in the least. He had been
careful to take sufficient security to
cover any possible shrinkage in the
stocks pledged to him. 1t is because
he is always amply secured that he
does not worry when hard times come.
He understands that successful finan-
ciering in Wall street means to be al
ways well protected against shrinkage
in the value of securities pledged for
loans.
Financiers in Wall street that have
| been giving week after week explana-
tons for the downward movement of
stocks and predicting that the bottom
had been reached, now frankly admit
that they don't know what is going to
happen, and that they don't know why
there is such a lack of confidence in
securities and such a rush to sell. IL
is some satisfaction to know that Wall
street is at last getting to a point
where it is willing to be honest with
the public But will it remain in that
| frame of mind long?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-28
Personal.

who is the most astute politician
of your day?" said a New York report
er to Senator Thomas C. Plat. Mat
thew Stanley Quay" Mr.. Platt is re-
ported to have replied. mo one ought
to doubt that who has watched his ca
reer in Pennsylvania and Washington
and in national campaigns. 1 have OF,
ten wished could have had six months
or more instruction in Senator Quay's
office. 1t would have proved invalu-
able to me. AS a campaign organizer
Quay has no superior and 1 doubt if
he has an equal Mr.. Quay, in the
quiet of his home in Beaver, Pa, is
writing his autobiography.
Nine. Calve is singing brilliantly
as ever at Covent Garden just now,
but probably gets less enjoyment from
her art than anyone else. Indeed, she
has seriously thought more than once
of leaving the stage. when l am at
work." she says, Il don't live. ] want
to have plenty of exercise, to see all
the museums and picture galleries, and
to enjoy myself, and all thees things
are impossible if l am to sing and act
we'll 1t is a life of constant sacrifice
and 1 am tired of it," Not unlike
Sarah Bernhard, who is always ac-
companied by her coffin, Calve has had
her sepulcher prepared and her tomb
stone carved.
Prof Edward A. Stainer of Grim
nell College, who has recently returned
from a visit to Russia, spent some
time on the estate of Count Leo Toll
stoi. He says the Count has been ex-
ceedingly Ill of late, but is recovering
and spends a portion of each day
working in his fields. He receives
many tourists. whose visits he does
not crave, yet he treats all with cour-
tesy. He keeps in touch with every
thing going on in Russia of a political
or socialistic nature, but recognizes
the fact that his age and infrmities
will not permit him to participate in
public affairs or discussions of any
sort. He is still writing, however, but
does not expect to undertake any ex-
tended literary labor through fear that
he will not live to complete it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-28
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New York World (Den.) says:
Representative Cannon says the on
ly attraction about the Vice Presi-
dency is the possibility of succession
to the Presidency. Uncle Joe forgets
that the Vice President enjoys the
privileges of the Senatorial barber
shop, bathrooms and bar. and can get
quinine pills and jack-knives at the
expense of the government"
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says:
THAT every child in the South should
find the State ready to give it rudi-
mentary grammar-school education
we believe to be an irrefutable propo-
sition. But nobody is more in need Of
education than the individuals who
CINE that to teach a dishonest per-
son to read will make him honest, or
that to teach a lazy person to cipher
will make him Industrious"
The Charleston Post (Dem.) says:
Gov. La Toilette of Wisconsin is
giving the Republicans a good many
uneasy moments. He is as radical as
Bryan and almost as spectacular as
Roosevelt and is become a real en-
FAINT terrible to the party. Some peo-
pie think he Is trying to draw the Vice
Presidential Lightning, but, as the
New York Sun points out, 1t is not
likely that he will be struck as Roose-
welt himself wants to do the trapeze
acts and will see to IL that a good
safe balance men and net holder is
put in the show with him next year"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-28
4 PRE,IUM ON DISHONESTY,

The point is being made that Wilson
/ & Smith. a Buffalo. y. Y, law firm
placed a premium on dishonesty be-
cause it paid its chief clerk. Frank "
| LaBountie. who stole 100000 of its
trusts funds. only SIS a week. OF course
there isn't anything in the suggestion
that is worth considering. LaBountie
was free to seek employment elsewhere.
He had labor of a certain kind to sell
and the market was open to him. Per
haps his employers would have in
creased his wages before they would
have permitted him to go elsewhere.
but there is nothing on which to base
an assertion that they would. The fact
that he stole from his employers had
nothing whatever to do with the ques-
ton of his wages.
As a matter of fact, however, he was
a genius as a Spectator in real estate.
If it had not been for the untimely
appearance of a fake mortgage the
chances are that he would have paid
back to his employers every cent he
took, and have had left for himself a
fortune of more than half a million of
dollars.
1t seems that he bought a large tract
of land in Buffalo. representing that
he was acting for Eastern capitalists,
and laid out one of the most attractive
avenues in that city of beautiful ave-
nues. Along this avenue he built pref
ty homes, some of them costly, and
sold them about as fast as he built
them. Then in another part of the city
he built model homes for working men
and these he disposed of at profit He
also built large factory and that too
was profitable investment. He lived
in fine house and he gave literally
to the church. one of his donations be-
ing as much as $1,000, considerably
more than mis- entire salary for a year.
Just now he is trying to untangle his
business and the business of the firm.
1t seems to be admitted that the firm
will lose nothing, that LaBounties real
estate holdings are sufficient to pay
back the money stolen, even though
sold at forced sale. In fact it is
thought that there will be 100000 for
LaBountie after the firm has been fully
repaid. The firm. however, doesn't
trust LaBountie as it once did. A de-
tectiYe follows him all day and an
other sees to it that he doesn't decamp
at night. Two questions are agitating
the Buffalo public at present: Will
the law firm retain LaBountie in its
service if it gets all it's money back,
and if so will it increase his wages?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-28
A memory for Faces.

Six-year-old Marie is a minister's
daughter, and Christmas, 1901, found
half-a-dozen dolls under the Christ
mas-tree, says Lippincott's. There
they stood during the Christmas week,
when realizing that six or seven dolls
in addition to other toys was too much
of a good thing, mother, who had the
look-ahead temperament, resolved to
kidnap one of the family and put it
by for the next year. To all appear
ance the scheme was carried through
successfully. as no inquiries were
made, so on Christmas, 1902, the last
years baby reappeared under the new
tree. Next morning Marie, accompan-
led by the usual number of admiring
grown-ups, was taken to view the tree.
Fixing her eyes on the absentee and
holding her dimpled chin with a
chubby hand, after a period of deep
thought she remarked in a puzzled
tone,-
Where the Devil have seen that
face before?"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-28
A Song Against Speed.

Velocity-its praises ring
That those who race may read
The joyousness of hurrying,
The ecstasies of speed
Yet, fiamelike though your progress be,
Some thrills you've yet to gain;
Not dead to all sensations we
Who loiter in the lane.
OF speed the SAVIOR and the sting,
None but the weak deride;
But ah, the JOY of lingering
About the countryside!
The swiftest wheel, the conquering run
We count no privilege
Beside acquiring, in the sun,
The secret of the hedge.
We wait the poet fired to sing
The snairs discreet degrees,
A rhapsody of sauntering,
A gloria of ease;
Proclaiming theirs the baser part
Who consciously forswear
The delicate and gentle art
OF never getting there.
To get there first-'tis time to ring
The knell of such an aim:
To be the wiftest!-riches bring
so easily that fame.
To shine a highway meteor,
De vourer of the map!-
A vulgar bliss to choose before
Repose in Natures lap.
Consider. too, how small a thing
The highest speed you gain;
A bee can sport on gauzy wing
Around the fastest train.
Think of the swallow in the air,
The salmon in the stream,
And cease to boast the records rare
OF paraffine and steam.
Most. most of all. when comes the
spring;
Again TO lay las now
Her hand benign and quickening
On meadow, hill and Dough
Should speeds enchantment lose its
power:
For None who would exceed"
1.-THE Mother speaks) "a mile an hour
My heart Alright can read"
The turnpike from the car to fling.
As from a yacht the sea,
Is doubtless as inspiring
AS aught on lana can be;
l grant the glory. the romance,
But look behind the veil
Suppose that while the motor nants
You miss the nightingale.
-E. v. Lucas.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-28
IADEY 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MISUNDERSTANDING Lodge No. 231,
F. & A. NJ; Savannah Chamber of
Commerce; DeKalb Lodge No. 9, /. o.
o. F.
Special Notices-Corned Beef, Groot's
Market.
Business Notices-Second-H Hand BIZ
cycles, G. w. Thomas; Dove Hams, A.
NJ. & c. w. West; Fresh Figs, at
Munster's.
C. 0. D. Sale of Shoes-Byck Bros.
Beer-Schlitz Brewing Co.
Foods-Force.
Silverware-The Gorham Co.
Our Semi-Annual % Per Cent. Dis
count Sale-The Metropolitan Co.
Linseed Oil-Lippman Drug Co.
Stoves ard Ranges-At Lattimore's.
If You'll Ask For Our Wagons to
Call-Savannah steam Laundry.
Strangers-Go to Rowlinski.
Crackers-The Delmonico Co.
Time Is Money-The Atlantic Coast
Line.
Railway Seheduies-Mill-Haven
Schedule.
Schools and Colleges-Cox College,
College Park, Ga: Morton's School for
Boys.
Medical-Peruna; Mull's Grape
Tonic: DR.. Hathaway.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted. Employment Wanted, For
Rent, For Sale, Lost, Personal Mis-
cellaneous.