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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

are so large that hundreds of thou
sands continue to contribute.
Quit Stocks for Cotton and Grain.
In their anxiety to "get action the
rank and file of chronic spectators
turned from stocks, when they got dull,
into cotton, grain, coffee and provis-
ions. They were directed into these
special fields of trading by commission
men and brokers, and the public has
lost an immense amount of money.
When speculation breaks loose in these
commodities the bulk of the money
that changes hands passes to the bank
accounts of the specialists or some
group or combination of men who un-
derstand the game thoroughly and take
advantage of unusual conditions.
Even the cleverest among these
specialists oftentimes lose money. 1t
is said of Sully, the cotton king"
that he overstaid his game and played
back millions of the profits of his series
of spectacular deals. According to
current gossip, w. B. Brown, the New
Orleans plunger, is about the only
cotton specialist who got out anywhere
near the top, and secured his profits.
This great trader is said to have set
tied $l,000,000 on his wife, and 81 900, 900
on each of his children, and that after
doing this he had a balance to his
credit of between $4,000 900 and $6,000,-
900. According to the common under
standing in Wall street, Mr.. Sully was
less fortunate, although he is still far
ahead of the game. Like many an
other player, he drew cards once too
often.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
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Humanity Wenk Spot.

There are more deaths directly due
to weak lungs than to all other dis
eases combined. They are humanity's
weak spot-the breeding-place of con-
sumption. When the slightest symp-
tom of trouble is felt in the lungs you
should begin the use of DIR. Boschee' s
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strengthen the lungs, throat and bron-
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druggists. knights Pharmacy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
NOTICE.

City of Savannah, Office Fire De-
partment, Savannah, Ca, Feb. 26,
1904.-Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the undersigned until IL
o'clock noon of Tuesday, March 16,
1904, for furnishing the Fire Depart
ment with summer uniforms accord
ing to specifications now on exhibit at
the Office of the Fire Department, cor
ner of Indian and West Broad streets.
All bids to be made on blanks fur
nished upon application at this office.
The Committe on Fire reserve the
right to award the contract in part or
as a whole, or to reject any or all pro-
posals. JOHN L. MAGUIRE,
SUPERINTENDENT.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
New York's Fire Fighters.


This brings up the question of fire
fighting.
It is a matter of national pride that
the United States contains the best fire
fighters in the world. Our firemen are
quicker, more resourceful, and have
more endurance than the firemen of
Europe. Our firemen are also fur
nished with better apparatus in the
main, so that while our buildings, ex-
cept the so-ealled fireproof structures,
ar slighter and more easily burned
down that the buildings in European
cities, our aggregate fire losses are
kept down to something like a proper
proportion.
But, efficient as the fire departments
of other cities may be, it should prob
ably be conceded that the New York
department leads them all. At all
events, this was admitted yesterday
by a visiting chief of a fire department
of an interior city.
1t was ten days ago, perhaps, that
n fierce fire broke out in a very COM
bustible old building on Park Place. 1t
stood in the middle of the block, and
there were two equally as old and
combustible structures separated from
ii only by a party wall. The fire was
so fierce that it was impossible to
save anything of the burned building
except the 'front.' WallS, every men OF
floors, every beam and every parti-
ton being absolutely consumed, the
whole falling into the cellar in the
form of ashes and debris. Yet so eff
GENTLY did the firemen of New York
grapple with the problem of prevent
ing the fire from spreading that
neither of the adjoining buildings suf-
fered any damage to speak of, and the
firms doing business in them were not
obliged to move or suspend operations
more than four or five hours, during
which time the fire lines closed their
part of the street
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Not Throwing Bluffs.

Not Throwing Bluffs.
That he would throw bluff" at
keeping the lid down everybody ex-
pected: that he would be in earnest a
few who knew him well predicted, but
the others, both Tammany and anti
Tammany men, shook their heads in
creduously at the bare idea. 1t is only
right TO say that the mass of the anti
Tammany folk are still unconvinced
that the lid will stay on, but this is not
true of the police. They are thoroughly
convinced that so long as McAdoo is
commissioner no fragrant "Openness,"
such as signalized the Van Wyck adj
ministration," will be allowed. Curl
ously enough, these elements are not
particular sore at Charles Francis
Murphy for allowing McAdoo to be APP
pointed, though all who are supposed
to know the facts agree that he could
have had somebody else than McAdoo
named. Murphy, says those who are
sore at McAdoo has bigger fish to fry
than the graft that would result from
a loose or weak police administration,
and cannot be expected to risk his
game by stopping McAdoo. now that
the latter has shown his sincere in
tention Of keeping the town shut.
Regarding the lid" it ought to be
added that cards are being passed
around daily, bearing the names of va
rious well-known gamblers and also
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
Cleaned up sa.ooo.ooo ON Coffee.

Two men, Herman Sielcken and L. L.
Smith, are said to have made the star
killing in the coffee boom. Sielcken
has long been recognized as a leading
authority in the coffee trade, and as
one of the most successful merchants
in that speciality. Mr.. Smith was a
member of the old Gates Steel and
Wire crowd. Between them they are
reported to have cleaned up $4,000, 900
in one short campaign, getting out at
the very top and distributing a great
mass of the commodity to a large and
enthusiastic Hebrew clientele. Mr..
Smith has had a remarkably success
full career since he entered Wall street,
and by his own admission has about
$6,O0O,000 invested in New York real es-
tate
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
Chief Croker a wonder.

Naturally, the Mcclellan administra-
ton is holding that this remarkable
work was largely due to the reinstate-
ment of Edward F. Croker as fire
chief. Whatever may be this young
mans qualities and conduct outside
his official life, he is certainly a Won
der in his line. He maintains a mon
ster touring automobile, which he uses
in going to fires, and he makes it a
point to be present at every fire of any
consequence whatever. The ordi-
nances of the city respecting the speed
of automobiles are suspended, so far
as he is concerned, whenever Fire
Chief Croker is on his way to direct
his men. Only the other day he made
a record in its way by travelling six
teen miles and directing the extin-
guishment of three considerable fires
in two boroughs inside of three hours.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

There has of late been marked in
crease in the volume of manufactured
products from the United States to
almost every foreign country. This
is in confirmation of the schedule laid
down two or three years ago at the
hight of the craze for industrial conf
b'nations. The plea was advanced
at that time as one of the stock ar
gumentS in favor of such combinations
that when the period of industrial de-
preston should arrive the great COM
binations would be in a position to
make a world market for their goods
in competition with foreign manufac-
turers, and that by this means they
could give continued and permanent
employment to a large number of
American workingmen who would
otherwise be idle. The largest recent
increase in manufactured goods is in
the iron and steel speciaIties. The
United States Steel Corporation is not
alone in it's enterprising efforts to find
a foreign market for it's goods, but
1t is the most aggressive and the most
successful. At the rate American man
ufactures are going out of the coun-
try now. the exports for the current
fiscal year ending, June 80, will APP
proximate $420,0O0,O00, which will ex-
coed all previous records.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

ministration. are being held in check.
Newspaper readers will remember
that 1t was DR.. Parkhurst who sug-
gested the term some little time be-
fore election by predicting that If
Tammany got in the town would be
hell with the lid off, Unquestion-
ably the good doctor was perfectly
sincere in his prediction, and unques-
tiondbly. also, the rank and file of the
Tammany forces believed he told the
truth. but the fact remains that the
prediction hasn't come true; that in
truth the town is closer shut than it
was under Low-closer shut, indeed,
than in any one of half dozen in
terror cities the writer might name.
Grafters Disguised.
But the satisfaction felt by the law
respecting part of the community is in
no sense duplicated by the sentiments
OF certain Tammany elements. Not to
put too fine point upon it, these ele-
ments are Disguised beyond the power
of any vocabulary they have at their
command.
The police force make up a large por-
ton of the Disguised elements. This
factor of the present situation felt NOR
ally sure of a brace of years in which
plenty of easy graft" should abound
and the disgust carries with 1t a de-
gree of wrath that would be appalling
were it not so important. but which in
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
The Green Copper Deal.


Wall street has not recovered from
it's surprise over the triumph of Col.
Bill" Greene over H. H. Rogers in
the fight for control of the great
Greene Copper Company. Rogers and
his friends in Amalgamated Copper
and Standard Oil thought they had
Greene done for and they had already
divided his raiment among them. At
the eleventh hour Phelps, Dodge & Co.,
one of the largest individual copper
producers in America, came to the
help of Greene and turned the tables
against his enemies. By means of
alliances with this strong interest Col.
Greene remained at the head of the
corporation, although owI%ing at the
present time only about one-seven-
tieth part of the stock. He was shaken
out of severa thousand shares of
Greene Copper stock through the
Vaccinations of the Analgamated
Copper party, suffering loss of many
millions of dollars. The stock was
pounded from $40 a share to under
$40. How far Phelps, Dodge & Co.
will go in sustaining Col. Greene is
problematical. For the present, how
ever, the redoubtable Texan is on
top.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
NEW YORK'S YOUNG MAYOR
MAKING GOOD
Keeping the Lid on in Spite of the Wide open
Element

New York. March 5.-There seems to
be no doubt about it. Mayor George B.
Mcclellan is making good" at least
so far as personal popularity goes.
He does not show self-conscious-
ness, he does not burden the columns
of the newspapers with long, heavy,
"preachy" statements of what he has
done and what he hopes to do next
and his manner toward those with
whom he comes in contact is not such
as to send them away feeling that
they have been in the presence Of
a greatly superior MANN his own
estimation.
Had his predecessor been able to
make himself as well liked, PERSONAL
ly, as Mcclellan has, there is more
than doubt whether Tammany would
have come into its own" again, as
it did last fall.
Furthermore, he seems to be per-
fectly sincere in his assertions shat
he means to keep the lid on" For,
according to the best information l
have been able to get, the lid is
really on" bolted down, clamped and
puttied tightly around the edges. OF
course this is most satisfactory to the
really sincere element who worked
so hard to re-elect Low.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
McCIelIan's Future.

Concerning Mcclellan, there is real
ly quite contingent whose members
believe it Tammany's intention to run
the young Mayor for the presidential
nomination. Some OF those who
would seem to have better chance
of knowing what's what, however, do
not subscribe to this.
They agree that career of conse-
quence is being marked out for Nc
Clellan. but think it more likely that
the presidency with the Presi-
dency for Cleveland) or the Govern
orship is on the carpet for the Mayor
The Governorship would seem to be
the more sensible office to groom him
for, since should Cleveland be nomi-
mated for President, precedents in po-
litical practice would suggest the
nomination of Western man for his
running mate.
Test of Fire Proof Buildings.
On the whole, architects and build
ers here think the results of the re-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
CITY PRoPERTY no RENT.

City Marshal's ONCE, Savannah, Ga,
Aug. ., 1903.-For rent, the store and
warehouse at the northeast corner OF
River and West Broad streets. For
particulars apply 10
HENRY p. DREESON.
City Marshal
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
The Lid on New York.

For the benefit of such readers as
are not thoroughly in touch with the
latest New Workers" it may be ex-
planned that the term the lid is on"
means that the town is not an open"
one, that the gambling houses and
other questionable resorts, the clos
ing of which was the chief and large
ly unsuccessful aim of the reform ad-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

certain addresses. accompanied by the
verbal warning that strictly NUNS
the word" From this ii is apparent
that after all there is sport" for
those lin the know"
All the same. the town is closed ito
the general tighter than it has been
for years.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

Use sloan's Llniment ns a gargie. II
VIII cure sOre throat and diphtherin.
owing 30 its antiseptic and geun kill
ms qualities. I'D.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

ders to have it passed at once. In the
estimation of such people the western
boundary of the United States is the
Hudson river.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
WALL STREETS HIGH FLYERS
SPENDING LESS MONEY
Fewer BoUqUets Box Parties and Winter Trips Ac-
cont of Delay In Securities Decision.
By w. @. NICHOLAS.

New York, March SIT is the
Northern Securities decision which is
hanging over the market. The delay
handing down this decision is offered
in explanation of the paralysis which
seems to have overtaken the stock
market at this time. For a year or
more the announcement has been made
with great frequency that any deci-
sion which might be rendered by the
Supreme Court had been discounted.
1t. would appear however, that this
discounting has to be done over again
about every thirty days.
Wall street is grumbling loudly over
the apparent Indifference of the Su-
speculation and to the urgency of the
demands of commission earners. When
their business gets slack the great
horde of men in and about the brok-
erage and commission houses feel the
pinch sharply. There are fewer BAN
quetS, fewer box parties at the opera,
a diminished number of winter trips
to Florida and California and a gen.
eral curtailment in the personal ex-
pense of the high-f1yers. Consequent
ly whenever anything happens to kill
off speculation enthusiasm there is
much discomfort in the street.
Not Enough Business to Go Around.
There are scores of commission and
brokerage houses in Wall street whose
daily expenses range from $500 to ST.
900 each. 1t is estimated that there
must be an average business of from
10000 to 100000 shares on the eX-
change to pay the expenses of the
game. For weeks the average has not
been above 100000 shares. There have
been days when as high at 100000
shares have been traded in, but these
have been rare and at the present time
the volume has run down to below 200,-
600 shares. This means tribulation
for hundreds and thousands of brok-
ers in the financial district 1t means
heavy losses to the proprietors of all
of the larger houses. Very few people
have ever taken the trouble to make
careful estimates of the cost of main
tanning the machinery of speculation In
the New York stock market. The to-
tai is enormous and the public foots
the bill.
A careful calculation was made some
years ago that $4,000 q day was re-
quired to pay the expenses of MAIN
tanning the Chicago Board of Trade,
no account being taken for interest on
the capital invested. The cost of keep
ing up the machinery of the New York
stock market is at least three times
as much as that, or $150000 a day. a
grand total approximating $4,000 900
a year. This huge sum the public
pays annually for the privilege of do
ing business in securities on the New
York exchanges, it is estimated. But
that amount. large as it is, by no
means represents the total tax upon
the public. 1t does not take into con-
sideration the speculative lossess which
are borne by the great army of play
ers. Not one trader in ten comes out
with a whole skin at the end of a
years operations, yet the fascinations
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

the circumstances is simply amusing.
This anger is not directed against
Mcclellan to any extent. Those who
ming, can shut the town up tighter
are swearing and gnashing their teeth
direct the bulk Of their Indignation to-
ward McAdoo. the police commission
er.
"McAdoo," they said at the begin
ming, Ca nshut the town up tighter
than anybody else ever has, If he
chooses to-"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06

of the game are SO great and the prizes
are so large that hundreds of thou
sands continue to contribute.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-31

FOR RENT OR sALE--On crop payments,
several choice farms. Send for list.
JOHN MULHALL, Sioux City, Iowa.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-31

to 1896, only to see it come to nougnt.
And now am too old and infirm to do
much.
That sell-out or blunder, which
ever it was, killed the party in Vir-
ginia, just as its principles were be-
ing understood.
However, if the people could be
awakened, they would come again ten
to one, for they are sick of democ-
racy as we have it here in our state
government. But voting is one thing
and counting votes is another. If Mr..
Bryan can indorse such election laws
as we have in Virginia, | would never
vote for him again. If democracy
means majority rule, surely Mr.. Bry-
an knows we have not got 1t in V1r-
ginia. And if he is on the side OF the
people, what is the difference between
a party of the people and a peoples
party? II words are good only when
backed by acts, we may expect acts
soon, for he will soon be crying out,
Thou, too, BrItus," because he has
many false friends. Well, here is to
the old boys of 1890 and 1892. God
bless you and give you courage to
stand up for right and justice. That
is all we have right to demand-and
all we do demand. For that we should
be ready to die If necessary.
Mr.. Editor, give my love to that
dear brother who says, Don't give up
the ship" Fight till she sinks. Yes,
let's do more: let's dig up the dust OF
Patrick Henry. John Hancock and
others who would rather die freemen
than live slaves. We must have some
thing to arouse the people to the
danger that is upon them. Here is a
dollar to help the cause. 'Ras! 'Rah!
On TO Springfield! T. w. LUSBY.
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The Cali.

The Joint committees of tie reform
forces, representing the peoples party
OF the United Safes, assembled in the
city Of st. Louis. Mo-. on the 22nd,
23rd, and Gath days Of February. 1904,
hereby call a national convention to
meet in the city OF Springfield, ILL.,. on
the Fourth (4th) day Of July, 1904, at
IL o'clock noon Of said day, for the
purpose of nominating candidate for
the Office OF president of The United
States, and a candidate for The Office
" vice president of the United States;
for the purpose 81 selecting a national
committee Of said peoples PARTY: for
the formulation of national plat
form; and for the transaction Of such
other business as may legally come
before 1t.
The basis OF representation shall he
one delegate FROM each congressional
district in each state, with an addi-
tional delegate at large for each 1000
votes or major traction thereof, cast
for Gen. James B. Weaver for presi-
dent in 1892; the indian Territory and
Oklahoma Territory delegates each;
and delegates from each Of the other
territories, as follows, to-wit:
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Trust-Ridden Tobacco Growers

Editor Independent: | greatly APP
preciate the work you are doing. We
are in tobacco country and the to-
bacco trust has set down hard on our
farmers and the outlook for prices is
very discouraging.
The tobacco farmers are not organ
lied now. We once had the farmers
union in Kentucky, but the democrats
broke us up and now they see how
they have ruined the farmers.
wanted to be in St.. Louis the Ed of
February, but could not spare the
money. |. A. WESSON.
Graves Co., KY.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-31

S1eep1essness Is a
Sign Of Nerve Trou-
bic and Should
Be Looked To.

There are three different manifesto
lions Of sleeplessness.
First. hardly to sleep wink all night,
second. to lie awake a long time before
falling asleep; third, to fall asleep soon,
waking UP after several hours and then
ind It hard to sleep again.
They mean that somewhere In the
nerve fbres, somewhere In the brain
cells, somewhere In the blood vessels
that carry blood to the brain, something
Is radically wrong, and must be righted,
or the end may be worse than death.
To right it, take DR.. Miles Nervine.
Some other symptoms Of nerve trou-
Bile are: Dizziness. Headache, Back
ache, Worry. Fretfulness Irritability,
Melancholy. Lack of Ambition.
They indicate diseases which may lead
to Epilepsy, Fits. st. Vitus' Dance,
Nervous Prostitution. Paralysis Insanity.
Nothing will give such quick and last
ing-relief as DR.. Miles Nervine.
my husband had been sick for weeks.
could not sit up to have his bed made.
With all the medical help we could get
he continued to grow worse. He could
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cause he could not stand a bit OF talk
ing. I read OF case Of nervous pros
tration cured by DR.. Niles Restorative
and In few days he was able to be
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