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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
GETTING HrMsELF DIsLiKED.

1t hasn't been So very long since
Booker Washington was popular with
the better class of the white people of
Alabama. They thought he was doing
a good work, and was trying to lead
the coiored people in the right direc-
ton. But, 1t seems, he is losing his
popularity in the state in which his
school is situated. The dinner incident
at the White House appears to have
wrought remarkable change in him.
Congressman j. Thomas Heffiin of the
Fifth Alabama district, is quoted as
saying:
Time was when the conservative
white men of the South thought
Booker Washington sincere and earn
est in his professions along the line Of
training the negro for useful industry
without any suggestion OF political am
bitiors or social equality with the dom
inant race,
Bit "a change has come over the
spirit OF his dreams with the incoming
of the Rooseveltian regime and since
his dinner at the White House table,
these same conservative white men
have come to realize, that Booker
Washington is, a changed negro and an
unsafe leader for the negro race
The negroes, as a rule, have never
had any confidence in Booker Wash
ington, and now il he loses the support
and good viii of his white friends nc
will not find his life quite as pleasant
as 1t has been. His visits to the White
House have. it seems, put new ideas
into his head, and now the tone of his
discourses at the North and hIs advice
to the negroes in the South are some
what different from what they once
were. 1t may be that he has political
aspirations or that he hopes to build
up a great Republican party in the
South by organizing the negroes and
fighting for the ballot In the states In
which II is practically denied them.
Evidently his views on several sub
jects have undergone a radical change
or the Alabama congressman would
not have uttered the comment on them
that was deemed OF sufficient impor-
tance TO telegraph TO all parts of the
! country.
At one time Booker Washington gave
promise Of doing a great work for the
people Of his race. Has hts association
with the President spoiled him for that
work?
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
ATE ss POUNDS bEEF.
from the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Dubuque, Ia, Oct. Hills stomach
distended to three times its normal size
after he had eaten eighty-five pounds
of raw beef, Phil" Melloy. who pos
ed as the worlds champion eater, died
in terrible agony here to-day. He was
found dead on the floor Of his bedroom
by his wife, with his hand on his stom-
ach, and his face distorted as if in
tense suffering had preceded death. An
autopsy was performed by six doctors,
and they found the walls Of the stom-
ach literally permeated by the juices
of the meat.
A week ago Melloy issued a challenge
to any man in the world to eat against
him for a wager of $500. He was in
tensely proud of his gastronomic feats,
and it was the taunting of a dozen
youths that drove him to death. On
Sunday afternoon Melloy met the
youths in resort in the heart of the
city. Talk turned to his wonderful
performances in eating. and MeIloy
boasted he could eat eighty-five pounds
OF beef in twenty hours. One of the
young men in the party then offered
to bet MelIoy 500 that he could not
eat the amount. MelIoy hesitated in
accepting the bet. and was laughed at
for a "quitter-' He was. called "fakir'
and -husher." and was told that
any one in the party could equal him
at eating when at his best.
l.. Unable to bear the derision, Melloy
nnally said he would make the bet.
The money was staked, and fresh beef
was optalned from a packing house.
Two doctors pronounced it of excellent
quality, and Melloy was locked with
1t IN a room. A guard was placed
over the room, and at the end of nine
teen hours Melloy knocked to be re
leased. The door was opened, and only
rev small bones Were found in the
room. Ordinarily Melloy was trim in
figure, but he came out of the room
pfoated So elated was he with his
proqlglous capacity that he went to
restaurant and ate three large cans
OF salmon. and four apple pies.
Melloy was hardly able to walk home
he gave his wife the 500 he had won
ana then staggered to his room. -Four
hours later. Mrs. Melloy found his body
growing cold. He had apparently Slip
pea from bed to the floor. His head
was slightly lower than his body and
some OF the. beef which had got into
MS throat prevented him from making
an outcry.
If Two weeks ago. Melloy ate 1870 raw
eggs in twenty minutes and wound nm
ny oeVourlng five large porterhouse
stedhs IN quick succession. At his
regular meals he ate sparingly, but
When he set himself down for a con-
Test ne seemingly could consume an un-
limited quantity of food Five weeks
ago Melloy went into a restaurant here
ana ordered all the steaks, chops. chick
ems, hsh, oysters and vegetables in the
place to be prepared and set before
MN. He cleared the restaurant of
everything eatable and then said he
wished he had something more to eat
'Mieiloy's stomach stretched like q. .tinv
paIloon, and he had special suit Of
clothes to wear at his eating contests
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
one Of Poc's ExpcrienIIct'e,J..

Poe, one night during those last
weeks he spent in Richmond. related
his personal experience, adding that he
would carry it with him to the grave,
says the Lamp.
Il was living in Philadelphia during
the epidemic of the. cholera there. All
day l would pace the streets, seeing
the dying and dead, until my heart
was faint and Sick within me Late
one evening. on coming home after
one of those aimless wanderiugs,
broken down. and with a thousand
pictures OF suffering and death dancing
hideousfy before my eyes, ] lay upon
the bed. In a moment I was asleep
and dreamed that a black bird like a
raven came into the room and perched
over the door. ! asked what il was.
The bird replied; 4
"'1 am the spirit of the cholera, and
you are the cause OF mel! .
u woke With start. but the appa-
r1tion was so real that II made an Inn
preston on me l shah never forget"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
BABY NTILLIoNAIRE SETS FAsuIoN
From a New York Letter.
Already that itnfn ,, tilo -.sa.a.--

TIOiH IL new York Letter.
Already that infantile possessor of
10 round millions of dollars-John
Nicholas Brown-though only 4 wears
OLD, Is setting the fashion for his less
fortunate contemporaries. Hardly was
the lucky youngster off the ship when
every mother who saw him vowed to
nave for her boy a pretty peaked hood
such as he Wore. The little multi
mlllionaire had a knowing air under
his Haunting headgear, as If aware he
was a baby Berry Wall. His hood was
bought in Europe, where a similar COW
ering adorns the ctsAls of every small
boy whose mamma is. in touch with
the mode. Young Johns hood is scar
let and is attached to a cloth coat Of
the same hue. The peaked hoods worn
this season will be blue, brown, black
or white, but it is believed red will be
the prevailing color. Already the style
Is popular in Canada, being merely a
modification of the toque. which
youngsters throughout the Dominion
have worn for generations. Tt promises
to have a. vogue in the states equal to
that of the GlengarrY cap-also bor-
rowed from the domain of the COVER
nor general-which was the rage fn
Juvenile circles almost thirty years
ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
JAP WAR AND BoY BAt1IEss.
From the Philadeiphia Record

FROM Ine Pnlladelphia Record.
Chicago, Oct f7-Based upon fhe
birth record of the first eight months.
Chicago. in 1904, will produce ], 800 more
boy than girl babies. The markable
Increase has started tho superstitious.
but physicians and scientists say it is
due to the martial spirit abroad In the
world. They claim that the war be-
tween Russia and, Japan, which has
aroused the martial spirit of all men
and women, is directly responsible.
Many people, especially foreigners,
believe the great increase in boy babies
portends a war in which the United
States will engage.
For the last three years the ratio
has been increasing, and this year it
is expected the boys will outnumber
the girls by 20 per cent. Physicians
also say the numerous strikes in Chi
cago have something to do with the
result
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
LOST DIAMONDS ODDLY FoUND.


Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 16.-Mrs.
Herbert .Howes of Montclair, N, J.,
lost a handbag yesterday containing
Jewels worth $4,000, while on an auto
trip from New York. While listening
to an. orchestra at her hotel playing
the Holy City" the bar corresponding
TO the words, u heard the children
singing reminded her that she took
her handbag out OF the auto at cot
tage where some children We're sing
ing. She retraced her route, reache
the cottage, and found the bag, with
its precious contents undisturbed. half
hidden under the pump, where she had
taken a drink.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

PERSONAL.

Ezekiel Hinda Of Newport, Me-,
aged 7S, has just taken UP cigarette
Smoking. He says he has had his fill
of whisky and rum and hard cider,
smoked pipes and cigars and chewed
all kinds of plug, and as he hasn't a
great while longer to live he thought
he would get his whack at cigarettes,
not caring to miss any part of the
FUN of this life.
The Prince of Waldenburg, a
wealthy Viennese nobleman, and his
newly welded bride. are spending their
honeymoon in an original manner. Ac-
companied by a white mule which
carries a small travelling outfit, they
are making a walking tour through
Italy. A large staff of servants with
heavy luggage travels ahead of the
bridal pair to arrange for their re-
ception at the best hotels of the towns
visited.
Countess Cassini, niece of the Rus
sian ambassador to this country, per-
sistentIy refuses to adopt the short
walking skirts which have come into
a considerable degree of favor of late
So far from taking to the 'trotters, -
as they are called, the sprightly Rus
sian has amazed even the ultrafash-
ionable by the length of her trains and
the great size Of her hats. Picture
hats worn by American matrons. pale
to ifisignificance beside the enormous
headgear on the. Cars piquant sub
ject. Their trailing frocks looks like
walking skirts alongside the stupend-
GUS trains. of the Countess. One of
her faYorite combinations is a purple
gown. with a black hat so large that
MO hnvxy ch hoI
her viyacious head. Another of her
striking hats is a big plaque of green
straw, adorned with a wreath of jon
Qtiils
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
VENGEANCE ToR HELLO GIRLS.
From the Philadelphia Record.

Cleveland, Oct. 17.-If an absent
minded man forgets TO hang up the re-
ceiver when through using the tele-
phone, 1.-The .- "howler" gets. after him
here. The Cuyahoga Telephone Com
pany has just adopted It. 1t does Just
what its name implies-lt howls, and
keeps on bowling until you hang up
the receiver.
Technically speaking, howler is a
low-resistance buzzer, and connects. by
a special circuit with batteries. With
out howler the company has no way
of notifying a subscriber that his re-
ceiver is down except by Sending a
man to him from the, office, With a
howler there is no rest until the re-
ceiver is back where 1t belongs.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
A BREATHING SPELL.

After nearly two weeks of such fight
ing as the world has seldom seen the
armies of Russia and Japan are TAX
ing a breathing spell. They are pret-
tly nearly exhausted, are almost out
of ammunition and the roads are so
bad, on account Of heavy rains. that it
is next to impossible to move from
one position to another. The armies
are facing each other and. as far
as can be judged from the dispatches,
are determined to continue the conflict
as soon as more favorable conditions
prevail.
Neither army appears to have gain
ed any great advantage. With a force,
supposed to be about $50, 900 men, Gen.
Kuropatkin attacked Marshal Oyama,
having it is said, an army of 100000
His purpose was to return to Lao
Yang, with the hope of affording relief
to Port Arthur.
The slaughter has been appalling.
During the fighting at Shakhe river,
whole companies, and even regiments,
We're swept away. Each army being
provided with the most improved weap-
ons of modern warfare and the men
at the guns being well trained for.
their work, the destruction was so
terrible that in all parts of the civiliz-.
ed world there were protests against
it. The hope that a way would be
found to settle the differences between
the warning nations, and that the
slaughter Of human beings would cease.
found expression in the public prints.
But there is no movement in the di-
rection of peace, no sign that the
causes of the war will be adjusted
without additional bloodshed. Like.
tired wild beasts the opposing armies
VIII spring at each other again as
soon as they have sufficientty recov-.
cred from their exhaustion.
1t looks as if Gen. Kuropatkin's ad-.
vance had been checked, but it would
not be safe to assume it has. The
japanese may have suffered more than.
his army has. If they have, he will,
not be Slow in finding it out and TAX
ing advantage of it. If, on the other
hand, the Japanese show a firm front,
he win retire to Mukden again, and
there decide upon his future move
ments.
Even before the establishment of The
Hague Tribunal it was the theory Of
the nations that preparedness for war
would prevent it, but it seems to have
only made militarism more burden
some and war more dreadful. The ma.
tions of Europe now have great stand
ing armies and mighty navies, both of
which they want to make larger, and
their peoples are groaning under the
burdens thus imposed upon them. This
country, as far as its navy is concern
ed, is following their example. Glory
new and more rapid means of distruc-,
tfon. The Hague Tribunal, that was
called into being by the Car, will
answer for the adjustment of minor
matters, but no nation relies upon it
for the settlement of great ones. De-
pendence is placed upon the instru-
ments of destruction and the men who
handle them. And the more men and
guns a nation has the more peren3p-
tory it will be in demanding the set
tlement of its international questions
as 1t wants them settled.
Peace tribunals and big military and
naval establishments do not prevent.
war. The latter make the slaughter
greater when war comes. We are hay
ing in the Far East an Illustration
Of what preparedness for war means.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
A Divorced woman'. Plea.

Abe Hummel the New York law
YER tells the Boston Record this story
OF pretty woman who declared. upon
securing a divorce, that she would
not marry again for at least two
years. Just a year later her engage
ment to another man was announced.
with the Information that the mar
riage would take place IN three
months
''How's thls?" asked one OF her
friends How about that tWo-yehr
buslness?"
Oh" she replied. II have concIud-
ed that I'm entitled 70 eight months
on for good behavior. same as they
get IN jaA. you know"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

South Georgia has been virtually
put on notice that North Georgia IS
going to fight for her share" Of the
new counties authorized by recent
legislation and constitutional amend
ment. The movement, as win be re-
called, was originated in South Geor-
gia and carried through 10y South
Georgia enterprise for the benefit Of
this section of the state. A bin was
proposed to create a commission for
the selection ana organization OF the
new counties. but # was defeated.
The status OF the matter. therefore,
is that the new counties WIN have to
be created by act OF the Legislature.
probably az the next session. II be-
hooves South Georgia, therefore. TO be
up and doing II she hopes TO reap the
fun benefits OF the new counties
amendment to the constitution. or she
may learn after the session h wen
advanced that North Georgia has cap.
aufed pretty much everything.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
remarkable

1t is remarkable how many
whisky victims" are being found in
New York these days. following the dis
covery that certain saloon keeper
was serving his customers with an al
legged whisky made with wood alcohol.
Now, apparently, every time a mystic
rious death occurs the allegation is
that the dead person is a whisky VIC
tim" Formerly it was heart failure"
that carried them off.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

Mexico is about to make an increase
of something like Is per cent. in the
strength of her navy. AT present she
has six or seven vessels, and has or
dered another, to be built next year.
And since Mexico is strengthening her
navy by so considerable a percentage,
is it not to be expected that President
Roosevelt will call for still more ships
for the United States navy? Must we
not maintain our relative strength on
the ocean?
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

1t is highly amusing to note At
lanta's claim that she is fighting the
battle of the state in the matter of
the freight rates. The other cities
of the state have failed to discover
wherein she is doing otherwise than
working against them, for her own
ends. The trouble with Atlanta is that
she imagines herself to be Georgia.
'.L'etat; c'est moi" says Atlanta.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

Wall street is said to have gone
speculation mad" agan. No such
lively times have been seen in the
street for three years as have been
reported during the past day or two
Bankers and brokers are happy. "rhe
public has come in again" is the
glad news that is being passed UP and
down the street In other words, the
lambs have grown new crop Of fleece
and have returned to be sheared. And
they will be. good and close!
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

The steel trust has notified the en-
,ployes in its Illinois mills of a reduc-
tion Of % per cent. in their wages. The
reduction may have some effect on the
full dinner pail, but the Republican
spellbindets are reminding the workers
that they still have the full coffee pot.
And, as Mr.. Bryan says, they may
next be talking about the full water
pitcher
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
TOMS FOLLY.
From &c Albany CA Herald.

IVIII Wy HIUdIIy NHa,J Herald.
The Hartford Journal says 1T seems
to US that II is folly for Tom Watson
TO go over the country huRging a de-
lusion when there are so many pretty
girls in the country who are just anx-
ious to be embraced"
The Hartford Journal has evidently
never seen Tom Watson--in the flesh.
He is not only red-headed and freckle-
faced, but withal entirely too homely
TO do much business as gay Lothario.
And then. too Tom il out for some
thing more substantial than hugging
girls.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather, except rain
on coast. with fresh northeast to east
winds. Eastern Florida. rain, with
fresh northeast winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

Gen. "Joe" Wheeler is desirous of
going to the Far East to view the war
between Japan and Russia, but his
personal means will not warrant the
expense. The government might do
well to put up the money for the trip.
There isn't a man in this country who
knows more about war than Joe.
Wheeler or who could bring back a
more intelligent account of how the
maneuvers were carried out by the
fighting armies.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

There died in Denver, Col. the other
day Mrs. Gillespie, aged 81. She
was the mother OF most remarkable
family, numerically, but apparently not
otherwise She had thirty children.
consisting Of fifteen pairs Of twins
But Notwithstanding this exceptional
contribution TO the p6puhtloh, a dis
patch says that she died in poverty in
The county hohpltal.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
THUNnERBOIT LINE

CITY Market, 20 Casino and Thunder
Dolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at 6.3O. a. m. care leave
City Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour Until 1900 3. M,
atter which cars run every Is minutes
Cars leave Bolton street function l.
minutes after leaving time at City
Market, L -a
,Reginning at 5:53 a. m. cars. leave
Live Oak station for, city every half
hour until 2:3s p. M. after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
11.0Q TnI6uiOl,f 1900
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

If it is correct that the Russian
cruiser Bayan has been sunk by Jap
anese gunfire in the harbor at Port
Arthur, as reported in yesterdays dis
patches, then she makes the fourth of
the Russian vessels destroyed in the
harbor since the investment of the port
by the Japanese. And. according to
report, others of the fleet have been.
seriously damaged by shots from the
japanese land batteries, and may be
sent to bottom at any time. The Port
Arthur fleet, therefore. would seem to
be in a practically helpless and ruined
condition, incapable of rendering any
effective service in the defense of the
port
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20
-Dr. Koenlg Of Hoechat. German

DIR. Koenlg OF Hoechst. Germany.
has announced to congress OF sclen-
lists IN Berlin that he has succeeded
completely IN solving the problem Of
colored photography, through a simple
process. whereby every shade OF color
IN the Photographed subject was re-
produced 70. perfection In The photo
graph.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-20

In Cincinnati woman is suing for
$4,000 damages for a stolen kiss. If
that is what Cincinnati kisses are
worth, only trust magnates will be
able to indulge themselves in them.