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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

More than two weeks time has
elapsed since the Hay-Herran treaty
between the United States and Colom-
bia expired by limitation. Nothing.
has been done in that interval look
ing to the ultimate construction of an
isthmian canal. What are we waiting
for? The art of Congress providing
for the construction OF the canal on
the Panama route. under certain con-
ditions, empowered the President TO
open negotiations for the use of the
Nicaragua route in the event of the
failure of the completion of arrange
lnents for the Panama route within
a reasonable time" What is a 'rea-
sonable tire?" 1t was the understand
ing that this government desired work
on the canal to begin at the earliest
practicable moment. 1t was the UNI
derstanding, furthermore, that in the
event of the failure of the Panama
scheme, the Nicaragua project was to
be taken up at once and prosecuted
vigorously. Is not two weeks ample
time in which to ascertain what Colom-
bia proposes to 40 in the premises?
There is telegraphic communication
with the Colombian capital, and the
United States are represented at DO
gotta by d diplomatic agent. Yet no
promising word has been received in
dicating that the Colombian Congress
will reverse itself and grant the con-
cessions demanded as prerequisite to
the United States undertaking the
great work. The anti-treaty faction
a majority faction, by the way-seems
10 be as strong as ever in Bogota, the
very best hope being that a bill may
be passed authorizing the President to
negotiate a treaty along certain more
or less nebulous lines that are re-
garded to be practically impossible of
acceptance by the government of the
United States. 1t is the belief that
the Colombians are holding out for
more money. Is there the slightest pos
sibility that they will be offered more?
1t doesn't appear 50. The United
States have reached their limit. If
the Colombians think they can get
money from the French company. that
is no affair of ours, and we should not
wait on it.
But in Washington there appears to
be a disposition to delay matters. Why?
Any delay is to the advantage of the
anti-canal element. Congress will be
in session in the early days of Novem-
Der. 1t is well known that in Con-
gress and the lobby there is a strong
and well organized opposition to the
construction of a canal on any route.
Unless matters are given shape before
the assembling of Congress there will
certainly arise distractions. Is it in
view of this certainty that delay is
being occasioned? For many years the
United States have been committed to
the building of an isthmian canal. Now
that the way Is open for the beginning
of the work on one route or another,
why is time being wasted?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
Naming the Presidents.

An Italian stood before one of the
United States Commissioners in the
Federal building to answer the neces-
sary questions which would enable him
to take out his first papers. says the
New York Sun.
He was young and had a strikingly
picturesque garb and manner. He had
evidently made himself up for the oc-
casion, and his replies showed that he
had been industriously. if not correct
ly, coached.
WHO was the first PRESIDENT" ask
ed the commissioner.
Washington" was the quick reply.
Yes; that is correct" said the COM
missioner, encouragingly.
The Italian evidently was not sure.
for he Immediately supplemented his
answer as follows:
"Genral Washingtin-Georga Wash
ingtin, Central"
The commissioner, as il to test the
young applicants intelligence, asked:
WAS 1t George H. Washington"
ma, na," was the quick answer.
washington, Georgia washington, Cen
raj"
WHO is President now?" asked the
commissioner.
''Makinnela,' very quickly.
NO" said the commissioner. "Mc-
Kinley was President. but he is not
President now. Can't you think of the
name of the President p
''Makinnela,'' very quickly.
Mo- said the commissioner. Nc
Kinley was President, but he is not
President now Can't you think of
the name of the PRESIDENT"
Yes. Makinnela," the applicant
persisted.
"Oh. no." said the commissioner rath-
er impatiently for he was disposed to
help the young man. Now think
again,
"Maknnela - washington. Georgia
washington, Central. he was lirsta
Pres, Makinnela was secon Pres"
The commissioner sent him away,
rather sorrowfully, and told him to
make inquiries and come back later.
When his friend took him out in the
corridor he asked him why he did not
say Roosevelt as he had been told
The young applicant replied:
"Makinnela secon' Pres"
"D'mma foolla." shouted his friend.
"Makinnela secon' Pres. da Roosevelt
he coma mex" and, suiting the wor Is
to the action, he put up three fingers
Then they went away, one of them an
CRY, the other disappointed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
Peanut Poker.

Have you ever played poker with
matches for chips?" asked the Player,
according to the Philadelphia Press.
We'll, there's one worse thing than
matches-as l just found out.
you see. it was this way We were
on little sort of d picnic-about a
dozen of us fellows-and, as the game
was only impromptu, we hadn
brought any chips along-in fact, wed
only brought the cards. Naturally as
soon as we found there was some dlf-
ficulty about playing, we were more
anxious than ever to play and so we
cheered with delight when one genius
suggested that we use peanuts. On
the way out we had bought two quarts
of peanuts-we players-and these, 1t
was agreed. should be used as chips.
well, the scheme worked pretty we'll
at first. The game went along in the
regular way, William acting as bank
err, and l must say that, for once, L
had luck. All around the table there
were little piles of peanuts and only
about twenty-five were left in front
of the banker, who was looking very
blue when Jimmie came up.
Now, Jimmie had left the party an
hour before, and, it appeared, had been
buying peanuts for himself. He had
two quart bags full of them. He look
ed scornfully at the little piles around
that table, cast another glance at the
few peanuts before the banker and the
one or two on the board and then sniff
fed.
Say, why are you fellows so stingy
with your peanuts?' he asked Here,
have a few And before we could say
a word he'd emptied those two bags
full all over the table.
"Of course, that broke up the game"
The listener smiled.
WAS Jimmie friend of the bank
err" he asked.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

That the ship subsidy beggars do
not intend to forego their importuni-
ties of Congress is made evident by
the literature they are sending out
and their activity in collecting data
in Washington and elsewhere which
they think will make their case
stronger. 1t is announced that as soon
as Congress convenes the ship sub
sidy bill will be brought to the front
and urged. Senator Hanna virtually
said as much in Ohio the other day.
Having broken the ice of begging, the
subsidy-hunters are not going to let
up as long as there is the slightest
prospect of their wishes being graft
fed, and there will be that prospect, of
course, as long as the Republicans are
in the ma jority in Congress.
But it is unlikely that there will
be any subsidy legislation during the
approaching winter. The congressional
elections are to be held next fall How
ever much it might please the Repub-
lican majority to hand out some mil
lions of government money to their
good friends of the shipping trust, they
are far too shrewd to do it at a time
when the congressional elections are
in sight. The subsidy idea is not
popular with the masses, and the Re-
publicans know it. Take a hard head
ed merchant or farmer. and it is a
difficult matter to convince him that
the government ought to give money
to great corporation as a bonus for
carrying on its business. The mer-
chant or the farmer wants to know
right off why the government does not
give him a bonus for carrying on his
business. He thinks. and he is cor
rect, that he is just as much entitled
to government aid as the shipping
trust or any other corporation. In the
West, which will be good fighting
ground in the next campaign, there
is a strong and growing sentiment
against government favoritism to
trusts and great corporations, and
the Republicans are not going to run
counter to that sentiment by pass
ing bounty law at the approaching
session They will bring the bill for
ward and discuss it, for the reason that
the time is at hand when they desire
to touch the shipping trust for cam
paign contributions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
BRIGHT BITS.

Aren't you ashamed of that last
MASSACRE" Il don't see why should
be-" answered the Sultan. 1T wasn't
such a very small one. ashington
Star.
-She-I shall have to refuse you
again.
He-But this is positively the last
time l shall propose.
She-Oh! well, that's different. Why
didn't you Gay so?"-Detroit Free
Press.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Miss Rachel Kanter, the Chicago
young woman who has brought suit for
$4,000 for breach of promise against
Dr. Victor Bell, New York dentist,
says that she was impressed by the
sympathy he showed when she went to
him to have her teeth fixed. She says
every time she said ouch" the doctor,
too, said ouch" The dentists tender
sympathy may be explained upon the
ground that Miss Kanter is d strikingly
beautiful young woman. She now says
her heart is badly wrecked. and that
she would rather have toothache than
heartache.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

1t is quite interesting to be informed
by the auditor of the Postoffice De-
partment that expenditures amount to
S13S.7s44S7 and receipts to $134.22A4i3.
We should like to see his report after
he had taken month or two to figure
up the amount of stealing that has
been done in the department.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Those Northern Pacific dynaniters
will yet be caught. Though the world
has Williams inflicted upon it. there is
compensation in the knowledge that
there are men just as shrewd who will
finally run them to earth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia re-
marked in Chicago that he wouldn't
know graft il he should see it. Now
some of his home papers are showing
it to him in cartoons on their front
paRes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Graft! One would think it the secret
word that gains the leaders of munich
pal factions admission into the inner
most councils. Great is graft and
those who flourish upon it. Is 1t be-
cause the American people like to be
robbed?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Twice recently Savannah has been
disappointed when she had expected a
visit from Gov. Terrell. The greater
pleasure, therefore, is caused by the an
o1uneement' that he will be the guest
of the city during the fair.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

German first. then Senator John w.
Daniel of Virginia That is the way
Senator Bailey of Texas would like to
see the Democrats view the tract of
presidential timber from which they
are to cut the tallest. soundest and
straightest tree.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

White school children of Chicago rose
In revolt when a negro woman was
placed in charge of their class in the
temporary absence Of their white teach
er. Their parents should rise in revolt
against school authorities that would
permit this.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Reports of prosperity in Georgia and
throughout the South seem to refute
the old belief that Wall street panics
mean the sympathetic financial sorrow
of the entire country. This demonstra-
ton of the fallacy of this belief must
be pleasing to Southern farmers, who
have never entertained much love for
Wall street
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Now Chicago is to get busy and fer
ret out the grafters. st. Louis and
Minneapolis are neighbors that might
give her little instruction as to how
the job should be done.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Rear Admiral Lambton and Gen. Sir
Archibald Hunter have agreed to bury
the hatchet. Hunter says he is sorry
he said that the English jackies could
not shoot at Ladysmith and that
crowd of school girls could have done
as well. He says he is sorry he said
it. but that it was true. nevertheless.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Now New York is laying claim to
being the fountain of youth. Mrs. Mary
Shepard. 1O2 years DID, went to the city
from Poughkeepsie day or two ago,
the trip beng her first in forty years.
She declared seeing all the wonders of
the city made her young again.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for showers, with fresh SOUTH
shifting to west winds. Eastern Flor
ida fair weather, with winds shifting
To fresh west.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Ohio farmers declare that a man has
stolen 1000 of their chickens. Strange
to say they do not mention his color.
Possibly they think il unnecessary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

In an effort to say newspaper no.
toriety'' a New York political orator
compromised on 'newspaperiety. Now
someone wants to know why 'newspa-
periety" cannot be. embraced in the
language and made TO serve the pur-
pose of the two words when used in
conjunction. If the President could be
induced to use. the word it might stick.
Presidents and newsboys can do great
things to the language.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Sometimes bold schemes work. some
times. A we'll dressed young man
walked into a Fifth avenue store, and,
announcing that he was j. Pierpont
Morgan. Jr., selected an opera cloak
for his wife" The price was $500. The
clerk must have heard of one Mamie
DeCris. for he called in two detectives,
and young Mr.. Morgan" is now very
sorry.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Good collections are always evidence
Of good times. The banks rep r
good collections. so the good times are
"0doDhtedlv here.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Labor scores a victory and the Ma
tional Guard of Colorado an inglorious
defeat in the charges that are brought
against officers of the troops engaged
in the Cripple Creek campaign. 1t is
a reflection upon the honor of the vol
unteer soldiers of that state that can
scarcely be effaced that charges of so
severe character could be preferred.
They are made, too, during a period
of service. when the troops were called
out for duty in restoring and m 'intain-
ing order. If such rottenness as is
charged pervades the troops ordered to
the duty those affected by it should
be stripped OF their uniforms. Law and
order reap no profit when such SOL
diers are employed in its cause.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Not without it's measure of wisdom is
the view of former Associate Justice
ALBANIA. who considers that President
Roosevelt has proven himself the ne
gros worst enemy. Judge Somervine
declares that the President has re-
opened the wounds of race prejudice in
the South. The disturbing effect of
President Roosevelt's attitude toward
the negro" he says, can never be adj
eQuately estimated, in its retardation of
the solution Of the race problem which
is staggering American statesmanship."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

John D. Rockefeller says his religion
is what made him. He says there are
many men who hunt a little, fish lit
tie, drink whisky a little and attain
only a little success in life, all for the
lack of little religion. The burden Of
others woes is weighing so heavily
upon Mr.. Rockefeller that he says he
is thinking about going on the lecture
platform and making religious talks.
The oil king ought TO be able to de-
liver a pretty smooth sermon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08

Three pretty maids of Greenport, L.
l.. thought 1t would be a good joke to
dress up as men and fiirt on the
streets with women. They tried it, Sc
Letting a moonlight evening. Their at
tempted Irritation would have been
harmless enough, but the lady upon
whom their attentions were directed
grew excited and called policeman
The lambs in wolves clothing did not
fool the officer at all. He rounded them
up and sent them home in hurry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
TEST FOR CAVALRY MEN.
Soldier Reaches West Point Thirty
. Nine Days After Leaving Oklaho.
ma-Whole Trip ON Horseback.

Ayoung man, who has come 2 900 miles
on horseback. has arrived at Newburgh,
N. Y. He is William Davis, member of
the Eighth United States cavalry, and
has been travelling across the country
on q test ride. The government is maxi
ing a number Of test rides.
Davis and II other members OF the
Eighth cavalry left Oklahoma 3S days
previous, bound for West Point. They
were allowed to eat and sleep when they
liked, the object being only to see how
quickly they could reach West Point. OF
the IL. Davis was the first to reach his
destination.
Davis is lighter than the others who
made the trip, and when he start.
ed out he went with a rush. The Fe-
suit was that he led all the way, and at
each place he had his pick Of the horses,
80 this helped him. Just before he
reached Garrison his horse gave out
and when he reached there the ferry had
stopped running. He reported by signal
to West Point.
When he started Davis weighed 1871
pounds, and on his arrival at West Point
his weight was 1903 pounds. He is tired
but happy. and thinks he has broken the
record. The government aims to test
the stamina Of man and horse in the
long ride, which is said to be sugges.
ton Of the new chief of staff.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
CONSUMPTION CURED BY KNIFE
Physicians Pierce Lung of n Patient
IN q Most Remarkable
Operation.

Miss Lizzie Grennell, of Hampton,
N. H., has had her right lung opened
by the surgeons at Stamford hospital,
Stamford, Conn.,, in an endeavor to
save her life. She was suffering from
consumption and the operation was
one of the most remarkable known to
the medical profession.
An examination revealed a large
cavity at the apex of the right lung
and an abscess in the upper part of
the middle lobe.
The operation was to establish a
drainage through the chest wall.
Three and a half inches of the second
rib was cut, five inches Of the third
rib and three and a half inches of the
fourth rib. The pleura was bound
down by adhesions, brought into the
wound and stitched there. The lung
was explored by All aspirating needle
and both cavities located.
The pleura was then opened and
the abscess was thoroughly cleansed
as we'll as the cavity in the apex
This drained the cavities and the
wound was closed with the exception
OF an opening sufficient for drainage
The chest wall was strapped and
dressed.
The operation lasted IS minutes.
Miss Grennell was then awakened and
experienced only a slight pain in the
back. She grew steadily stronger
from the reaction of the anaesthetid
and a complete recovery is looked for.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
SEPT. Is

SEPT. 10
Married.-In New Oregon, Iowa,
Sept. 10, 1865, by Hon. d. o. Preston,
Mr.. Henry Alleman and Miss Helen
G. Moore, all of New Oregon.
"Obituary-Called away from New
O. eg IN, Iowa, on angel wings 10
realms of bliss, Sept. 10, 1865, Mary
Annie Evens, aged years and s
n onths."
"Nore Returned Soldiers.-Since
the date of our last issue several more
soldiers have returned to the county
We h,v. been unable to obtain the
names of all of them but give such as
we have as follows: Grin D. Curtis,
James Forester, Geo. Fl. Manning and
Geo. r. Humphrey"
eve are permitted to announce
that V. B. Averill, of The Diocese of
Indiana, will of1iciate at the Episco-
pail Hail next Sabbath at 1880 O'Clock
and in the evening at early candle
light. Mr. Averill is a young man of
excellent character and of pre-eminent
ability, we'll known to our people as II
youny but successful practitioner at the
b.r # this county during the years
is s a, d 1859"
"We are authorized to announc-
Hon. Chas. f. Berry as az indeperd.
ent candidate for representative from
the 52nd Representative District
composed of the counties of Howard
aud Mitchell, In opposition to the ne
gro-suffrage plank of the convention
which met at Des Moines, June II
! 1865. We believe the Judge possesses
more legislative ability than any m IL
who ever represented the district q
Des Moines."
"Notes by the Way.-A recent trip
partly by land but chiefly by wat r
through the western portion Of thi
county and through Chickasaw, pei
mitted US to have view Of the cour