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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02
THE ATLANTA RETURNED
Americas W ar Vessel Leave COioru-
hiau Watrr.

Colon. BY Cable-The United states
cruiser Atlanta. Commander William
II. Turner returned Friday night
from the Gulf OF Darien. She disoov-
cred December Il n detachment OF Co
icmbisn troops. numbering apparently
about 500 men. but. according to their
statements. totalling 1900 or 1000 men
az Titumasi. on the western side OF the
gulf. Just north OF the mouth OF the
Atrsto river. The commander OF the
Atlanta sent ashore an officer. who
conversed with the Colombian COM
mandcr. The latter protested energet-
icaliy agsinst the presence OF American
warships in Colombian waters. in-so-
much as war between Colombia and the
United States had not been declared.
and politely requested the Atlanta 20
lesve the gulf because II belonged 10
Colombia. Commander Turner ignored
the request. and the Atlanta returned
tc Colon 20 report 10 Rear Admiral
Ccghlan.
The Colombians are clearly busy with
protective and strengthening measures.
Although they treated the Americans
cautiously. they decidedly resented
the presence OF the Atlanta's landing
marty. The Colombian force was com
| posed partly OF the men landed recent
" ~ the Atrato river by the Colon
bian cruisers Cartagens and General
Pinzon.
Early in the morning OF December
| Is. the Atlanta sighted a small schoon-
er in the centre OF the Gulf Of Darien,
I and followed her 10 the western shore.
I where the schooner attempted 20 hide
/ behind an islet Lieut. Harlan =. Per
/ rin was ordered 10 board her. and
/ thereupon a whale-boat was lowered
and pulled towards the schooner
! Through the courtesy OF the naval Of
I fccrs the correspondent or the Asso-
I ciatcd Press accompanied the party. II
was found that the schooner bad on
4 board 100 armed Colombian soldiers
f commanded by General Rafael Novo
who said General Daniel Ortiz. COM
+ -aufc-- OF the Colombian
4 forces OF the Atlantic and Pacific. had
a larrc camp a mile away. on the main
land General Novo requested Lieut.
/ Per-u 20 land and confer with cen
erai ortiz.
Great excitement prevailed amonl
the Colombians on the whale-boats APP
4 preach There were repeated cries o.
..Nfva Colombia" and there was SUD
den concentration OF about $50 Colon
hfan solsle-s on the beach. For som'
7 moments the situation appeared dan
rr-0us. and had the appearance 81 al
. am rr-e.1fe General Ortiz appeared az
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

Shreveport. Ia. Specialize body
Z George Manuel. the negro wha was
thought 70 have Killed HE employer.
J. #. Watkins. q Barou Pierre. IN
RED River parish. WA found about 900
ards from the scene ~ tie killing.
Bis head hal been almost shot awaJ.
= now develops that both the planter
and his negro servant were shot from
snbush IS unknown men whose no
i've was rohierv
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02
..i.c-ll,n nns r1nttrrs.

IL Is stated In Rome that Cardinal
Gotu delivered 10 Pope Plus y So
100000 left by Leo XIII.
II was reported that the Steel Cor
pcratiOn would reduce the wages or It's
employees and reduce expenses other
wise.
Mr. W j. Bryan was reported to
have visited Richard Croker a second
tine and 10 have been urged 90 run Ior
President again.
Joseph Chamberlain is now con
ceded 70 be winning ia his fiscal cam
paign.
Sultan Abdul Hand agreed that the
Governor Of Aicxandretta shall apollo.
gize 10 Unitea States Consul Davis
for the recent anront 10 that Official
Liberals in Colombia are Offering
their services 10 the Government in
IT'S need.
A strike OF Chicago livery stable
drivers interferred with funerals anu
caused much other Inconvenience.
The new Williamsburg Bridge. y
New York, was dedicated and opened
10 traffic.
Celebration Of the centennial OF In
Louisiana Terrltory's transfer Wa
continued at New Orleans.
Seven young negrc5ses perishc
and many were Injured in Are
The Walden University, a negro schoo
q Nashville, Tenn.
United States Senator Charles Il
| Dietrich was arraignei In Omahs
Neb.. on charges OF bribery and COL
| gDiracy.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

A scserfinc analysts Of the growth
OF the human heart Demonstrates the
fact that fbe increase - greatest and
most rapid during the 6rst AID second
years Of lie. It's bulk a. the end of
the second year being double what
Il originally was. Between the sec
ond and seventh years Il f. agzin
doubled 10 size. & slower rate q
growta then eets ia and continues
during the period o. maturity CT
other portions q the body. After the
fifteenth year up 20 the Dftlefh the
annual growth q the heart Il about
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

State Senator George T. Green. OF
Binghamton, n. Y, was held to an.
swer at Washington charges In con
nection with the postal fIauds.
The opening features of three
days celebration OF the Louisiana
purchase were observed at New or
leans.
The Examination OF Charles Il
Alexander was continued in the Unit
ed States Shipbuilding Company re
ownership proceedings in New York
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

Nr. Ecison promises that re are
shortly 70 have electricity 20 cheap
that re meanegt and poorest Of ~
VIII be able % ride over each Of 81
IN automobiles. When the new Ia
tories go caught up with their order
for the new Juice producers We ma,
look Tor bloody times along the hlgb
Ways and byways Of thls great and
glorious republic.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

Norfolk. Specialize save Charles
Bynum, a negro. from lynching, Jus
tice Morris. Of Dover. Va. held court
al 3 O'Clock Sunday morning by th'
light Of the fire the negro Is accused
Of starting. Bynum Is charged with
having burned the barn Of John l.
Bond. The barn contained gevera'
one horses and vehicles and farm i'm
elements. together with several tho.s
aud pounds Of cotton. were destroyed
lie was held for court
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

Washington. Speclal.--The Navy pc
9artment has received the following
telegram in regard TO the sub marine
boat Coccasin from Admiral Harring-
ton. commandant % the navy yard at
Portsmouth. Va: "Wrecking company
has two vessels CT wreck Anchors
planted and hawscrs run awaiting for
cost wind. Hercules there and gunner
and two men caring for battery. Moe
casin all right Must wait for east
wind"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

The Gar OF Russia has appointed .
ron IA lssfon 10 investigate the cause
~ the death Of little Princes Elizabeth
Nho was reported 10 have been pols-
oDed.
J. ". DAVIDSON. United States Consul
q Tamsri. FormOsa. reported that
.'2ssia had 200 600 troops In AaEehu-
"a.
Japanese marines landed st MOTTO.
Kcrea and s@oDfcssed = riot
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Meters of General Interest Ir
short Paragraphs.


Policeman John c. King shot III. j.
kressenberg and then killed himself al
Memphis. Tenn.
In an ARRAY with Walter 1hraxton.
In Charleston. w. Va, William Price
was killed.
The Jordan Oyster bill in the Vir-
ginia Legislature. was recommitted
In the Senate.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

oel % a cubic inch. the increase
ceasing about nftleta year.-connect.
Gus Farmer.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02
Is Self-Help Growing Less i?

TiE last fifty learned
We have political machines Clockwork We
societies clubs without
q
Nothing be done without at least committee
As stock
might share OF stock with
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-01-02

sc % the most dih-ult problems
ties have 20 deal s. the army ,
ne duty separates The or -e- q
the trying consideration inLuc
one o. the features O. t1l= SOFIA
missions % men who have serv
d --wa-. --- -r-r-- ~. n AZ
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

The campaign funds. being small, are
naturally conserved for fighting con-
tests where there is chance of win
ming. Forlorn hopes upon the enemy's
strongholds are almost always led
and paid for-by some wealthy man
who wants to butt in" TO the inner
circle of his party. After he has
fought two or three hopeless elections,
and spent perhaps $780, 900 or $50, 900. the
wire-pullers of the party reward him
by assigning him to some easy seat"
where there is sure TO be walk over"
for one of his political complexion. He
usually repays the gift by a handsome
contribution to the campaign fund,
ranging anywhere from $1,000 to $685.
Oeo.
A 100000 Contribution.
In some cases II is possible for a
wealthy man to buy a safe seat at the
outset by whacking big gift to the
party funds. One Of the best known
Of the present Liberal members did so
by giving the late Mr.. Schnadhorst. the
greatest campaign manager the party
ever had. a check for $780, 900 at a mo-
ment when money was sorely needed.
But this is unusual. The rich and am
bilious man generally has to work and
wait for years, as well as put up his
money.
II often happens that comparative
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

the candidate than upon the platform
and record of his party.
Rough House Elections.
Although a smaller portion of the
people are political partisans and there
Is not so much general interest in a.
campaign, those who are partisans are
apt to be much more violent than their
American prototypes. A keenly-fought
election is extremely rough. Meetings
are frequently broken up by main
force, and it is common incident for
the candidates to be pelted with -four
rotten eggs, and even stones, as they
drive through the streets in carriages
decorated with their colors. Every
body wears party favors, and a favor
lite joke IS to decorate a donkey with
the opposition's emblems.
At one Liberal meeting in a theater.
at which l was present, a rowdy Con-
sentative in the gallery was seized by
the arms and legs and thrown neck and
crop to the floor. His right arm and
three of his ribs were broken. Next
evening, the Conservatives broke up
Liberal meeting, driving the candi-
date and his friends from the platform
by volleys of stones and rotten vegeta-
bles. This was not an unusually vio-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

tion is chosen. the country is not stir
red up so violently from end to end as
II is here in a presidential campaign,
although the electioneering methods
adopted are sometimes much more vio-
lent than those to which Americans are
S2ccust omed. Only the members of the
kfdouse of Commons are to be chosen by
the people, and the nearest equivalent
is, therefore, the election of congress
sional representatives.
In some parts of England there is
hardly more than a ripple of political
excitement over a general election, be-
cause of the preponderance of power
enjoyed by one or other of the political
parties. The county of Kent. for eX-
ample, is so overwhelmingly Conserva-
tive that the Liberals do not even trou-
BILE to contest most of the seats. In
some parts of Scotland, il is hopeless.
even absurd, for a Conservative to seek
election; and over a wide area of Ire
land the Nationalist members are
usually returned unopposed. Nearly all
the Welsh members are Liberals at
every election.
The Defeated Premier's Turn.
When there exist two sharply-de-
fined parties. each with an acknowl-
edged. unchallenged leader. It is easy
for the defeated Premier TO advise the
King whom to send for to replace him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
BY WILLIAM THORP.

self In the old days. when Salisbury
and Gladstone led the Conservative
and Liberal parties. nobody dreamed
of anybody else for premier; but when
Mr.. Gladstone retired from public life
in 1894, with his party still in power,
Queen Victoria must have been puz-
zed as to which of his lieutenants she
should ask to reconstruct and lead the
ministry. There were three of them
at that time with practically equal rep
utation and power in the party-4Lord
Rosebery, Sir William Vernon Har-
court, and Mr.. John Morley.
Morley was out of it from the start,
because he manifested a strong disin-
clination to become premier Mr..
Gladstone at first advised the Queen,
as subsequent revelations have shown,
to send for Sir William Harcourt.
This advice was resented by her maj
esty, who objected to Sir William be-
cause he had taken a. leading part in
opposing financial grants to the royal
family. She wanted to send for Lord
Rosebery. Lord Salisbury, the rival
leader, whom she consulted, strongly
urged the choice of Harcourt, as being
the more popular man; but neverthe-
less her majesty invited Lord Rosebery
to become head of the government. and
he consented to do So after patching
up a hollow truce with Harcourt.
English "Bnr'Is" MiserabIy Small.
None of the three great political
parties-the Liberals, the Conserva-
tives and the Nationalists-cares to
spend money in fighting hopeless con-
stituencies. English campaign funds
are miserably small in comparison
with American, for the simple reason
that the political issues seldom touch
the business interests of the country
in a vital and immediate way. The
only exception is that the brewers and
saloon keepers-or ''publicans," as they
are called-put up a lot of money for
the Conservative campaign, believing
that the Liberals would give power to
the local communities to enforce pro-
hibition if they desired to do So
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

hearty, healthy companionship. No
man in Georgia could be more sincere
ly incurred than this big-hearted, lib
eral-minded, progressive citizen. .
Although my Old and cherished
friend and associate, William ]. Blan,
of the Troy, (Ala.) Messenger, has
been dead several weeks, l have Just
been notified of that sad event, about
which I shall write in a future letter.
He was the old Confederate soldier
who named his only son-Sidney Her
bert Blan-for me, a Union soldier.
To-day that worthy son of noble sire
rs the talented editor of the Troy
Daily Messenger, and a Christian
young man of the highest character.
Col. w. L. Grayson of Savannah says
he saw but one negro soldier at Ma
nassas, and that one saluted him and
he returned the salute. OF this act
Col. Grayson, as a law-a!biding soldier,
need not feel ashamed. A greater than
he, Gen. Robert E. Lee, once returned
the salute of negro by raising his
hat and when questioned about it re-
piled that he could not be less polite
than a negro. / am glad to
see that Lieut.. McIntire and the three
soldiers who tried to hurt some
body in the Statesboro lynching mob
nave NoNaBth a iOui III Is
now in order for the Governor to
award them medals of honor" which
they justly deserve. Lieut..
Gen. Adna r. Chaffee, u. S. A., with
his usual good sense, did not approve
of Gen. Corbin's grand parade and re-
view of foot-sore and weary soldiers
of Wellington. In fact, a great deal
of the whole campaign was marked by
Corbinism. The approaching depart
ure of this officer will be cause for Joy
at home, mingled with sympathy for
the troops in the Philippines that will
be under his command. Fuss and
Feathers" poor old Gen. Scott's nick
name, is more appropriate for Corbin.
The Boston Globe publishes a picture
and sketch of Brig. Gen. Fred. Dent
Grant U. S. A., in which II is stated
that after graduating from West Point
he was assigned TO the Fourth Cavalry
and rose TO be its lieutenant colonel"
This is a grave error. Gen. Grant was
simply a second and first lieutenant in
the cavalry but he was assigned 70
detached service as aide 10 Lieut.. Gen.
Phil. II. Sheridan, with the temporary
rank OF lieutenant colonel. only this
ana nothing more" He resigned IN
1881 as first lieutenant Of the Fourth
Cavalry. Frank c.. Carpenter, the Ia
nous newspaper correspondent, ought
10 have stated the matter more clearly.
The New Orleans Lottery, once
70 famous and Infamous. although Gen.
Beauregard and Lieut.. Gen. Early
we're commissioners Of the rawing. h
SUI alive ~ the Honduras National
Lottery with Brig. Gen. W. l.. Cabell.
q. =. A.. also West Pointer and Old
army ofhcer. and now lieutenant gem
erai Of the n q. ", as the commits
sioner Of ORA wings. fss The AuRuata
Chronicle need not apologize for ~ re-
cent criileifmf ~ me once ~ Adiufanf
General ~ Georgia Tor fhf past twenty
hff years, ] have been familiar with
D. during aii fhoso yearr and while
some ~ my friends have hllel fhf ~.
lef, ] cen heartily inderrc every wQrf
~ az ehfenicle sliforiai Ihe enics
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

daring with which he drove a coach
and eight white horses. He didn't
trouble about speech-making or can
vassing the electors; he simply sat on
the box of the coach, a fine figure of a
man, and drove his eight white horses
round the sharpest corners he could
find. laughing gaily as he faced death,
and calamity saluting all the girls he
passed along the road.
Who cared what Phil Stanhope's
POLITICAL opinions were? Probably he
would have been troubled if called
upon to explain them. But he could
drive coach better than any man in
the county; he was a cricketer of
national fame, and in his college
days, not so many years before, he
had thrashed a famous prize-fighter.
of course, he was elected by an over
whelming majority. The fact that he
was the son of an earl helped him,
for il is still true that Englishmen
dearly love a lord" Curiously
pie which he really held clearly and
strongly was the desirability of abol-
| ishing the House OF Lords. That ap-
| pealed to the voters sense of humor,
especially as he was every inch an
aristocrat in temperament
Not Great National Campaign.
1t may be gathered from what has
gone before that the general election
in England is not a great national
campaign in the sense that 1t is here.
but congeries of local fights. The
central organizations of the parties do
not play anythin like the impor-
tant part they played in this country.
The candidate is chosen by the gem
eral committee of the local party. US
ually called the -Four Hundred"
well-known and popular local man is
preferred, even 10 a statesman OF ma
tional eminence: but II no such man is
available, the central organization
sends two or three would-be Candidates
from London. They address the -Four
Hundred" much like ministerial can
didates preaching before the elders OF
vacant church. and the one who
makes the bdst impression is chosen.
The Man Who Pays, Wins.
Naturally. the man who is willing 10
pay the whole or the biggest share Of
the election expenses il selected, other
things being equal, IL would amaze
an American politician 20 see how
much money the candidate puts up.
and how little the party contributes.
Leaving out OF account the handful OF
labor members. who are paid salaries
By their party, English politics Ia run
By a few rich men who are either anx.
ious to take part 100 the great game Of
htafcrmanship for ite own sake. or who
yearn for the social hallmark which
they think membership of fhe House N
eomomns bfsiown. That b. Why there
ere no feH men ~ real distinction in
HAT assembly az compared VITA SEINE
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
cts of Interest to War Veterans and Others.

Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Sept.
17.-This letter. except paragraphs left
over from last Sunday. has been writ
ten by me with eyes wet with tears
and heart burdened almost to break
ing by the greatest sorrow of my life
My dear wife and loving companion
for the past twenty-five years lies on
a bed of pain and suffering in Stuart's
Hospital at Monroe, N. c., one of the
unfortunate passengers in the terrible
railroad wreck near the Catawba river,
in South Carolina, on the night Of Sept.
8. The freight engine following close
behind the passenger train, fell down
some thirty feet into the car she oc-
cupied and crushed her left leg and
foot so that amputation became neces-
Sary. Through all this horrible scene
of darkness and death and disaster she
bore herself bravely and endured a
long delayed transfer to the hospital
at Monroe, where the operation was
performed. Her sister and her brothers
wife went to her bedside at once from
Charlotte, N. c., and are still with her.
Although she has borne herself so
bravely through il all, there may be
wounded leg is healing properly, but
she now suffers from many sore
bruises on her body, caused by the
fall of coal on her from the wrecked
tender of the freight engine. On this
account, l feel greatly worried as to
her recovery. am overwhelmed with
letters and kilograms of deepest SYM
pathy, and if prayers and tears and
heartfelt desires prevail, her recovery
will be certain and sure.
Only a little while ago l printed a
verse from a song which had for its
object TO show that Everybody has
trouble of their own" Alasl how
true this is, and how few of us can
escape needing the sympathy that
others demand from US. Ny heart
bleeds for Mr.. Black, whose wife was
killed near my wife when the train
went down through the trestle: and
for the telephone man whose wife was
crushed to a shapeless mass by the
freight engine that fell upon her and
my wife. May God comfort them in
their deep distress, as He comforts
me in my lesser sorrow. And
50 my dear old friend Mai. G. NJ.
Ryals has gone from earth. What a
CHEEKY soul ne was and how we All
loved 20 meet him and enjoy his
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18

1t is difficult to compare a Parlia-
mentary general election in Great
Britain to a presidential campaign in
the United States. The spirit of the
contest, the attitude of the people,
the machinery employed by the con-
tending parties, the very object striv-
en- for. are all largely, if not entirely,
different
The rank and file of the British cleo
torate has nothing to do with the
choice of the prime minister. who oc-
cupies much the same executive posi-
ton as the President, although pos
sessing less power. He is selected by
the monarch, usually upon the advice
of the leader or leaders of the rival
political party.
If Mr.. Balfour were to be defeated
on an important question in the House
of Commons tomorrow, he would have
to choose one of two alternatives. He
could go to the King with the reSlg-
nations of himself and his cabinet min
listers, in which case he would advise
the King to send for Sir Henry Camp
bell-Bannerman, or some other Liberal
leader, and request him to form min
istry; or he could dissolve Parliament
anu appear ~ the Country 10 Q6ClQe the
political issue by means of a general
election.
ROsebery's Appointment.
This is not the only instance in which
Queen Victoria picked out for Premier
a political leader who would not have
been chosen by his own parliamentary
party or by the general body of cleo
tors throughout the country. Anything
more radically different from the Amer
lean political spirit and political meth
DDS cannot well be imagined; yet this
British system suits the people and
works we'll. Nine times out of ten,
the defeated Premier gives the best
possible advice as to his successor, and
the advice is taken
If the alternative of a general cleo