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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21
LAMONT AND ROOT
Will Probably Be Candidates for Governor of
New York

New York, Aug. 2O.-The metropolis
is giving a great deal of attention
just now to the two former War Sec
retaries, Elihu Root and Daniel S.
Lamont, who may be nominated for
the governorship.
New York knows Elihu Root
better than it knows Lamont, though
the latter is by no means a stranger
here.
Root has lived all his life in this
town. Lamont did not come here as
a resident until after he had become
well known to the whole country
through the prominence he at
tanned by the grace of Grover
Cleveland
Mr.. Roots career has been like that
of many typical, self-made Americans
When a boy he was without money.
| and he worked his way through col
| lege teaching school, He had to do
this in New York, for he was not a
country boy. Horace Greeley used to
say that rising from nothing to some
thing in great city was much more
difficult than doing the same thing in
the country"
Anyway, Mr.. Root has solved the
problem far better than most men. At
thirty he was attorney for a city bank
and a great railroad. In 1898 he was
appointed United States District at
| torney for Southern New York by
President Arthur, and it is said he
prepared and delivered what shared
James D. Fish, the president of the
Marine Bank, in the famous case of
Grant, Ward and Fish.
| Roots talent as a lawyer is not that
of an advocate, but that of a master
of facts. He wins by means of pre-
caution and persistence. So far as
| can remember Mr. Root has never
run for office but once, then he wanted
| to be a judge of the Court of COM
mon Pleas but was defeated by Miles
| Beach. When. Col. Strong was
Reform Mayor of New York Root
was one of his closest advisers. When
he was made Secretary of War his
| law practice was one of the most
| profitable in this city of fabulously
paid lawyers.
Mr.. Root must be past fifty, but he
| looks younger His face is that of
one whose methods are both direct
and subtle. He wears only a mus
tache now, but ten or fifteen years ago
| his hirsute appendages included side
whiskers. The Roots can hardly be
considered society folks, chiefly, it is
understood, because Mrs. Root is not
| fond of society, yet during her hus-
| bands term as Cabinet Minister she
entertained much and was thought
a great deal of by capital society
| circles
Daniel S. Lamont, like Mr.. Root.
has repeatedly declared to his friends
and the newspaper men that under no
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

PEABODY CONSERVATORY OF
MUSIC,
HAROLD RANDOLPH, Director.
Mt. Vernon Place and Charles Street.
Baltimore.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT,
MAY GARRETTSON EVANS,
uperintendent
23 and Is East Mount Vernon Place.
REOFENS OCTOBER 1 for in
struction. Apply in September, 10 a.
m. to 4 p. m.
The Peabody offers advantages
which make it a GREAT MUSIC
CENTER.
UNSURPASSED BY ANY OTHER
CONSERVATORY IN THE
COUNTRY.
Faculty of 40 European and Amer
lean masters, including PROBES
SORS BARKWORTH, B o 1 S e.
BROCKWAY, GOODWIN, Helm
ENDAHL, HULSTEYN, HUTCHE-
SON. MINETTI WAD, etc.
Advanced and elementary instruc-
ton given. Scholarships, Diplomas
and Teachers Certificates.
TUITION FEES SIS to $50 for
scholastic year, according to grade and
branch OF study. Glass and Private
lessons. Free advantages to pupils.
Circulars mailed free.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

told him as tactfully as I could that
as he didn't have any baggage he
would have to pay in advance.
"'All right he said. Take it out OF
that He handed me $40 bill.
i pulled out the money drawer to
change it. There was my revolver in
plain sight, and another one with it.
The second gun had been left in his
room by a departing guest, and I'd
tucked it into the drawer with mine
for want Of better place to put 1t.
What do you want with two re-
volvers?" asked the stranger.
"'Oh,' said /, joshing, suppose some
one should come in and find me with
the till out and get one gun and start
to hold me up, I'd have another handy.
My God! What's that?" yelled the
stranger. and pointed to the window.
It's an old trick, but it caught me. 1
looked.
When I looked back. there was the
stranger standing. with his back
against the wall and covering me with
the extra revolver, which he'd reached
over and got out Of the till.
Suppose said he, that I should
grab a revolver while you weren't
looking and cover you-as I'm doing
now--and tell you to hand over the till
and that II you make a move to get
your gun I'll scatter your brains all
over the place--where would your ex-
ira revolver be then? Hey?'
"'And suppose said I, truthfuily,
that told you that the gun you are
holding on me hasn't been loaded for
a month and has a broken firing pin.
And while that was being telegraphed
through his brain / snatched my own
gun and covered him.
1T would show quick wit on your
part he said, and he laid down the
unloaded revolver. And now, IL you
will give me my change, / guess I'll
quit this game Of suppose and go TO
bed
well, I'll leave il to you IL that
wasn't enough to puzzle any man. Had
he tried TO hold me up, or was II just
a fool game Of his?'
Somehow. I couldn't just make up
my mind. So gave him his change and
let him go TO his room, and l figured
on II all night without getting any
nearer a conclusion.
But next morning thing happened
which cleared the matter up About II
o'clock the chambermaid reported that
she couldn't get any answer from the
room to which l had assigned the
stranger.
They unlocked the door. His bed
hadn't been touched. There was an
open window TO the FIRE escape in the
hall. Furthermore. the boss asked me
TO explain how I'd happened 10 turn
over a counterfeit ten dollar bill with
my cash"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21
:: SHORTER COLLEGE
Savannah Preparatory School.
Ormond B. Strong, Alb, Head Master.
DIRECTORS:
Hon. S. B. Adams Rev. J. y. Fair.
Rev. c. H. Strong. Maj. o. B. Strong.

Ormond b. Strong, ABB, Head Master.
DIRECTORS:
Hon. S. B. Adams. Rev. j. y. Fair.
Rev. c. H. Strong. Maj. o. B. Strong.
DR.. J. G.. Van Marter.
For fve years this school has main
tanned an honorable record for thor
ough, conscientious work, having sue
cessfully prepared 80 boys for college
entrance examinations and as many
more for business careers.
In five years il has grown to be the
largest private school in the city,
each successive year showing a mark
ed increase in attendance.
During the past year it has erected
a modern three-story school building.
pointments and completely equipped
with new furniture and apparatus.
Five efficient instructors devote
their entire time to the work of the
school. conducting both afternoon and
evening study periods. The teaching
staff has never been so strong as for
the coming session.
The school has been awarded schol-
arships giving free tuition in three
leading colleges. Its diploma is &C
cepted in lieu of entrance examina-
tons by all Eastern universities, rec
ognizlng this form of entrance.
Six Directors Scholarships, provid-
ing for half of the tuition fee. will be
awarded to satisfactory students upon
application. Tuition 800 per annum
in all classes.
Catalogues at Connor's book store
and Knights Pharmacy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

Hot tips are in circulation on Anal
gamated Copper. The current budget
lie given special interest from the fact
that II is the output of a party of Bos-
ton spectators who claim to have
paid large sums OF money for an init
mate knowledge Of the inside plans of
Standard Oil in regard to the property.
This kind Of information is shop-worn
I'm Wall street, but every now and then
a new group OF adventurous spirits butt
in with something they think is new
and entirely reliable. II has been the
experience OF those who have gone
through the mill that where large
sums are paid for inside information
as 10 Standard OIL plans and purposes.
the purchasers thereof have bought
gold bricks.
There are in reality only three in
siders in Standard Oil so far as street
results are affected These men are
II. H. Rogers William Rockefeller
and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The first
and foremost of these, Mr.. Rogers, il
abroad. William Rockefeller is as
close-mouthed as the sphinx itself, and
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is a close sec
ond to his uncle in this respect. Some
times when DESTROYS of amusement one
of these three or all in collision, put
up Job on suspected clerks and allow
misleading information 10 leak out
through them. That kind OF inforina-
tion bought at any price is likely to
break the purchaser. As a matter of
fact II has done just that thing on
numerous past occasions. Moral
shy Of tips on Analgamated or any
other Standard oil speciality. The
chances are ten 10 one that they will
throw you.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

apart They kind iv offset each other
ike tn supreem coort and Congress.
Dhrink is nicissry evil, nicissry to tn
clsrgy. If they liver admit its nicissry
10 tn consumers they might as well
close up tn churches. Yen niver find
rather Kelly openin' a saloon. He
mates me business but he likes me. He
says dhrink is an evil but I'm a nicis-
slty. If 1 moved out a worse man
might come in me place.
"He ra-aly do think dhrink is a mic
lssry evtl?" said Mr.. Hinnissy.
We'll" said Mr.. Dooley, "if it's an
evil to man, it's not nicissry, an if
it's nicissry it's an evil
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

of super-heated temperature in the
corn belt fails to invoke deep seated
fear of results. Wall street may be
off on intimate knowledge OF farming,
but 1t is set in its opinions, neverthe-
less. and goes more on the record of
past events than on daily statements
Of interested experts sent through the
West to look for trouble, and bent pri-
marily on earning their money. The
average crop expert is more mindful
of the favor of his cashier than he is
of the dissemination of the unvamsh-
ed truth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21
STRANGE EXPERIENCE
OF THE HOTEL CLERK.
Both He and the Polite Stranger
Had Their Nerve with Them.
From the New York Sun.

IVII 0IIN wv AVIh DWIIs
The queerest thing that ever hap
pened to me-" said the hotel clerk"
came of when / was on the night desk
OF a small hotel in Connecticut town.
1T was a second rate establishment,
freauented mostly by drummers, and
the situation was rather lonely at
night. There were stores an about. and
they closed early. so that after 10
O'Clock ours was the only place on the
block open. For that reason, ] kept a
revolver Ia the money drawer.
zone night about half past II
pleasant spoken, well dressed young
fellow came In and asked for n room.
We talked for a few minutes, then 1
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

of the marriages in general in the
United States It IL discovered that out
Of the 1000 considered 1S9 men have
been married az least once before the
celebration under consideration, while
the SOL will have made vows Tor the
first time. or the 1000 women in the
case only ninety-eight VIII have worn
widows weeds before the wedding
Thus. out Of the 1000 individuals. par
ties % the 1000 marriages, 2s7 viii
have bought OF hays worn wedding
rings before.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

The performance in this line which
is now concentrating public attention,
centers upon the issuance Of 500. OO0.-
900 IN new Southern Pacific preferred
stock. The extraordinary disappearance
of earnings of that great system for
period of several years and the con-
fession of a floating Indebtedness upon
the property of $50, 000, 900 to $40 00O. :
600, has been actually used as a bull
argument and an excuse for the
capitalization of this amazing deficit
with reasonable assurance of its all
sorption by the public as a good thing.
The astonishing feature Of the cam
palgn is the manipulated rise in the
common stock Of both Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific. The latter has
actually gone up SIS a share on a. de-
velopment which may foreshadow it's
utter eXtinguishment Union Pacific
by the same crowd and same methods
has been advanced $50 a share. This
is the conspicuously abnormal and m
healthy feature of the present bull
movement.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21
doors of Precipitation
Royal Foot Wash
Removed ~ once
fropu armpits,
feet, etc. bV

5I0D7 'Ianng o1F78 sWeaIInR Ihlng sWolen Tired Feet
Ca.
back n satisfied. Sample
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

the retail buy ing of 100000 people.
and in that is found the tonic and in
spiration of wholesale activity in ev-
cry field. Therein may be found the
basis of the bull movement in securi-
ties against which the bear elements
have fought unsuccessfully.
The curse of the newly developed
bull market has been the obvious
manipulation Of certain conspicuous
stocks. 1t cannot conduce to the per-
manency of the movement or to con-
tinued public confidence to have gross
ly artificial means employed to bull
the securities of properties in need of
such stimulation to help along financ-
ing of doubtful integrity The sue
cessful fiotation of United States Steel
and the unloading upon the public OF
$l.OOOOOO, 900 in watered stocks broke
the back of the market two years ago.
Temporary success of any group of
market manipulators at the expense
of common sense and sound princi-
pies, must inevitably carry with it an
after-weight of disaster or loss of con-
fidence.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

IT Is difficult also to recognize safe
ana sane financial logic in the advance
which has taken place in the groun Of
New York fractions. METROPOLITAN 1.-THE
surface SYSTEM, has been showed IN 20
points, from 104% to 124a Manhattan
mas advanced IL points and Brooklyn
Rapid Transit II points. The Inter
borough and Metropolitan securities
which appear in the background az
the real owners and guarantors of the
various operating systems, have also
advanced in proportion. METROPOLITAN
Is VIGOROUSLY falling short of its guar
anteed dividend requirements. and how
II is going to actually benefit by any
Juggling is not clear. The tape. how
ever, has reported an advance in quo
tations and money has changed hands
on every fraction OF the Improvement.
The street IL guessing as to the real
meaning OF the play, and is confessed
~ In the dark. The traction manipula-
ton Is another unwholesome syfnptonn
and fills the conservative element with
more or less apprehension.
These clearly unhealthy DEVELOPMENTS
do not alter the fact. however. that IN
big way the broad conditions OF busl-
ness are improving There NAV be
further declines I'm the iron and steel
49, AAHAf hhA AhNHt are 10 De expected
and do not presage hardship. Political
economists contend that iron and steel
prices have been unduly and artificial
ly maintained on too high a plane and
that normally they should be much
lower. The financial reports of the
big steel trust indicate net profits OF
more than 40 per cent per annun on
production. The burden Of this tax
falls on the consumers. and they will
welcome conditions which compel man
ufacturers to reduce quotations on their
wares
Wall street continues 10 pay close
attention TO crop reports. II hears
with skepticism reports OF damage 10
the grain crops Not even the sensa-
tional speculation In corn and wheat
on the Chicago Board Of Trade with at
tendant rises here and In other subor-
dinate markets very deeply moves the
rank and file Of stock traders. II has
been noticed that hot weather rarely
damages growing corn where there Is
plenty Of moisture I'm the soil. az
seems 10 be the case almost universally
this year. Hence alarmlsts' bulletins
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21
Episcopal High School

Near ALEXANDRIA VA.
L. M. BLACKBOARD. M. A, LII. D., Principal
The seth year opens September 2s, 1904
FOR BOYS, Catalogue sent on application
MARYLAND COLLEGE for WOMEN
Suburban to Baltimore. Collegiate. Pre-
paratory and Special courses. School OF
Music, Elocution. Art and Physical Training.
Extensive grounds Outdoor sports. Special
attention to health manners and morals. $500
a year. Catalogue and views, address
Maryland College, Box 81, Lutherville, Nd.
University School for Boys,
STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA.
A select Home School, limited to sixty boys
For catalogue write
w, b. GRIFFIN, a. NJ, Principal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21

For months past conditions have been
improving. IN some Industrial lines
there may be still further shrinkage
and depression before bed rock ls
reached, but the enormous agricultural
prosperity viii more than offset this.
Huge crops Of everything that is pro-
duced on the farm VIII stimulate afrcah
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

stage in New-York and the Hamadryad Jinks
of last summer, written by Will Irwin. the
author OF 1.-THE Reign of Queen IsyP' and The
Picaroons'' who has recently Joined the Cali
fornia colony in New-York-
For two weeks before the links are present
ed members the ground, preparing for
the celebration. An open air kitchen is estaD-
Iished, and arrangements are made for serving
meals al fresco to the club members and guests
On the evening of the "jinks," after a leisurely
dinner, spiced by some good speeches, all ad-
journ to the jinks amphitheatre. Colored Ian
terms are strung from the trees. and electric
lights, globed in green to match the color of
the redwood foliage, throw a soft light upon
the stage. All about the inclosure stand the
giant rcdwoOds, their rich red columnar shafts
rising for $50 to 200 feet without branch. Then
the feathery, brandlike foliage of the upper
branches, seen against the sapphire blue OF
the clOudless sky, give an indescribable effect
of lightness and grace In fact, with the sombre
red colorng of the tree trunks and the tracery
of green overhead, the whole place mpresses
one like the interior of dimly lighted Gothic
cathedral only no church built with hands
could ever be so awe inspiring as this great
cathedral of the woods. which has stood here in
the quiet forest since before Cesar invaded Brit
ain or Christ founded the greatest kingdom the
world has ever known. The ground is carpeted
with the dead foliage that resembles pine nee
dies: the tree trunks are so tall that it makes
ones neck ache to look at their tops; the
whole atmosphere is saturated with that ball
samic odOr which is the sign of the pine or the
cedar. At side of the natural amphtheatre
a stage has been erected. with a place for the
orchestra in front 1t is brilliantly lighted by
rows of electric bulbs strung from the trees.
Below are ranged great logs. with aisles be-
tween for the Bohemian audience.
AS for the 'jinks' it is quite impossible to
convey by description any idea of the effect.
Here is, for instance. the legend of The Hama
Gryads'' as fashioned by Will Irwin. the subject
of this summers show. as told in the synopsis:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

ways does the moon lend its mild radiance to
this open air festival as high fogs and clouds
from the sea occasionally obscure its light; but
never is there any fear of rain to mar the fes-
ttvities for rain never falls in California between
June and September. The high jnks," which
began in an appropriate entertainment in the
forest now consist of a masque, or play, written
by some member OF the club and staged and
presented by others All the work is done by
members, and some of the spectacles have been
noteworthy fer their artistic effects. Among
these may be mentioned the Buddha Jinks or
gained by Fred w. Somers, when a giant rep
resentation of the great Japanese idol formed
the centre of weird ThcOsophiC rites; the Druid
links, designed by Joseph ID. ReddinS, now of
New York, TO which the great grove lent addi-
tional impressiveness the Indian Jinks the
book written by Charles X. Field cousin of
Eugene Field, with music by J. D. Redding; the
Montezuma links OF last year, written by Louis
A. Robertson, with music by II. j. Stewart.
which will be brought out this winter the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
BOHEMIAN HIGH JINKS.
Novel Entertainment of San Fran
cisco CIub.

The Bohemian Club of San Francisco, whose
fame is worldwide among authors artists and
actors. is remarkable IN several respects, but
the feature that proves most attractive to those
who live beyond the bounds of California is the
clubs ownership of a grove of giant redwood
trees near San Francisco which enables it once
a year to hold its midsummer high jnks'' in
a great natural amphitheatre whose walls
tho huge shaggy trunks of the primeval forest.
This tract of fine timber is in Sonoma County,
only half a mile from the Russian River and
about ninety miles from San Francisco. Six
years ago a big lumber company, which owned
the grove, decided to cut the timber, but the
Bohemians, who had used the grove for several
years raised $27 500 and bought the splendid
forest, having a special legislative act formed to
permit the club to own more than forty acres
of land. The place has been greatly improved
in the last six years The underbrush has been
cleared away, a swimming place established on
the Russian River and a rustic hunting lodge
built a high bluff of the river, which pro-
vides accommodations for MANY members when
the links festival is In progress, and may be
used at other seasons by members who desire
to escape to the woods for an outing.
Thirty-two years ago the Bohemian Club
organized by a dozen San Francisco newspaper
men and lawyers. 1t grew rapidly the number
of members being increased from two hundred
TO four hundred, then to five hundred, ana nnaHy
to six hundred. There is now a long waiting
list of applicants whose only chance of ad-
mission TO Bohemia lies in the deaths
or designations of present members. The club
has changed its quarters several times, and
last February it decided to buy the property at
Port and Taylor SITS for S125,000. on which fine
club building will be erected in about five years
In all these years the Bohemians have gathered
of the best club libraries in the country
nearly every book is a presentation copy, with
valuable autograph Dedication and nearly every
painting on the walls is the gift of some artist
who has shared in the comforts ana the hospital
tiles of Bohemia.
For quarter of century every visitor to
San Francisco famous in literature art
the stage has been the guest at dinner of the
Bohemian Club, and most of these men have en-
riched the club with some souvenir that has
historical or literary interest. These visitors
who nave been privileged to attend the high
and low jinks' have recorded their appreciation
of the favor. Notable among these was Sir
Henry irving who declared no other club in the
world could present such entertainment by
its o.vn members, and Sir Edwin Arnold who
Shakespeare was right when he gave Bohemia
SeHCoast.
But the links" that take place in the club
rooms are not comparable to the elaborate
monies that are held in the SonOma County
grove during the full moon in August. Not al