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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
PANAMA CANAL PLANS.

The engineers for the Panama canal
have not yet decided upon a plan for
that great work. They have four
plans under consideration. One calls
for a sea level canal, one for a 30
foot level. one for a 6O-foot level and
one for a 9O-foot level canal. 1t is
expected it will be a considerable time
before a decision is arrived at in the
matter, because 1t is not known how
long 1t win be before all of the esti-
mates will be available.
1t was stated day or two ago by
the chief engineer, at a dinner given
him in Chicago, that the American en-
gineers had made discovery in the
four months they have been in charge
OF the work that the French engineers
failed TO make in the twenty years
they We're on the isthmus 1t Is
means OF getting rid of the surplus
water of the Chagres river. The Amer
lean engineers have found a way to d.
vert the river into the Pacific ocean.
These American engineers started out
TO make complete survey Of the
river, and. in going to the head waters
of it, they were surprised to find
the maps the French engineers had
made were incomplete and incorrect.
There were no rivers where rivers were
marked on the map, and there were
rivers where none was indicated, show
ing pretty clearly that the work Of the
Frenchmen was largely guess work.
They discovered one river, about
twelve miles from the line OF the ca
nal. which ran towards the Pacific.
This they surveyed carefully. and we're
gratihed TO find IL could be utilized
for getting rid OF the flood waters
Of the Chagres. The French engineers
were never fully satisfied as 10 what
they would do with this river. II was
a part OF the canal problem that was
seemingly past their comprehension.
II the high level plan for the canal
Is adopted, the saving by diverting the
choEres river 90 the Paolns poran will
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
Another Version.

Cabby's apology for horse was evil
IDENTIFY badly hurt, and his ancient We
hicle bore evident traces of a collision,
says Punch. The furniture van looked
none the worse for the encounter.
It was the cabman who first but
tonholed the policeman and gave, in
lurid language, a description of the af-
fair, with candid opinion of the fur
niture movers man.
With the exception of an occasional
You're another" the driver of the
van allowed the Jehu to do all the
talking until called upon to give his
version of the smash.
Tell you 'ow it 'appened? o. course
l WILL he began. 1.-THE driver O. that
played out framework and he
glanced pityingly down on the pros
trate cab horse-"ought to be ashamed
of hisself. ELS been overfeedin' the
'oss-gave i'm two beans this mornin'
instead O. one. l reckon-an' made i'm
sleepy. That wouldn't a mattered so
much if I'd been told as the 'oss 'ad
been a gorgin' of hisself, an might go
to sleep. But l wasn't told, an when
= leaned up agin my van an snoozed
off, / didn't see 'm-nobody could be
expected to see that razor edge. Con-
sequently 1 moved on my 'osses. Then
1 ears a rattle o. bones, looks round,
and-there you are. When the van
moved there was nothing left to prop
i'm up"
"But the cab?"
"Oh, the cab, reckon, fell to pieces
out O. sheer sympathy. Or, maybe,
somebody's been striking a match on
it an pushed it over"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
PERSONAL.

Susan B. Anthony at 81 is more
alert, physically and mentally than
most women a quarter of a century
younger. The veteran woman suffra-
gist has benign sympathy, not entire
ly unmixed with scorn for the faddists
who for many years have advocated
a multiplicity of rules for the MAIN
tenance of health among members of
her sex. She has never swung dumb
bells, eschewed corsets, battered over
wet grass in her bare feet, taken to
vegetarian diet or been kneaded and
rubbed by masseuse. Miss Anthony
smilingly declares that she has never
known a day of real Illness.
William Maccabee, Americas old
est naval veteran and an inmate Of
the sailors home near Philadelphia, Has
been celebrating his one hundred and
first, birthday. The old man, who
was born in Baltimore Sept. %, 1903,
entered the navy as an apprentice boy
on the frigate Constitution. His birth
day anniversaries in recent years have
been memorable events. Last year
Attorney General Moody, then Secre-
tary of the Navy, was in Philadelphia,
and made 1t q special point to con-
graduate the old man. Billy is still
nimble on his feet, and on his birth
day danced couple of steps of the
sailors hornpipe; to the unmeasured
delight of his aged fellow inmates.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
lADEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Landrum Lodge No. 4S, F.
& a. NJ.
Special Notices-Crew Notice, J..
Brown. Master: Ship Notice, j. F..
Minis & Co., Agents; Ship Notice.
strachan & Co.. Consignees; Notice,
Thomas Reese.
Business Notices-Private Dining
Rooms. sommers' Cafe; Bicycle Repair
ing. G. w. Thomas.
Simply Stunning-Connor & Sullivan.
Mineral Water Disqualification s
Pharmacy.
For Eczema and all Skin Diseases
Tetterine.
Garth Cigar-J. S. Pinkussohn Cigar
Company.
Hot Water in Abundance-Latti-
more's.
The Cigar of the Future-Pete Dali
ley.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
Sweet Maiden soap-Henry Solomon
& Son.
Writings stationery-The Solomons
Company.
Sherries-The Delmonico Company.
Friday. Special sale-Gustave Eek
stein & Co.
Seed Rye-W. D. Sinkins & Co.
Rugs, Mattings, etc.-Estate Daniel
Hogan.
Buying Boys Clothes-Falks, Around
the Corner.
Can BE Returned To-morrow-E &,
w. Laundry.
Savannah Theater-To-day, Matinee
and Night. Fields Minstrels.
Auction Sales-Fine Furniture by C.
H. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of Chas.
H. Levan of Chatham. Bankrupt.
Medical-Pinkham Remedy.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
The President Would Do.

While James Jeffrey Roche was tav-
ing a chat with President Roosevelt
in the White House last week the tele
phone bell was ringing somewhat per-
sistently, says the Boston Herald.
There being no attendant at hand the
President excused himself and went to
answer the repeated call. This is the
conversation that took place on the
line. according to the testimony of the
distinguished gentleman at the Presi-
dents end of it:
well, what is it,"
Hello, is Archie there?'
mo, he's not"
"Who's this I'm talking TOT"
THE President"
"Well, you'll do. Tell Archie to come
over and play ball"
And the President proceeded to exc
cute the order, as directed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
Does 1t ray to he Goods
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the chicago Chronicle.
The man whose course of conduct most
Calls forth judicial structures
OF great publicity may boast
Each day we see his pictures,
Each day long articles we read,
His rise in fame attesting.
The man who's simply good, indeed,
Is seldom interesting.
The wholly bad or semi bad
We cannot understand it.
Gets fame enough to make him glad
He may be rogue or bandit;
Whatever wicked course he takes
He always gets attention,
While he who no commandment breaks
We very seldom mention.
The city where a party boss
Rules by a system feudal,
Where year by year there is a loss
Caused by the use Of Doodle,
Is written up, with views and charts
To prove It's ways are awful
No writer ever tries his arts
on towns whose ways are lawful
Also the state that Is accused
OF having wicked mentors
Prompts stories that are not refused
BY up-to-date ten-centers.
The bad and base are poured into
The literary hopper
Who seeks for honors he can do
The man mr. nlacs that's proper
w. ID. N.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07

The decision Of the Wisconsin su-
preme Court in the matter of the Re
publican fractional quarrel, TO the ef-
feet that the LaFollette ticket is the
regular Republican ticket, means that
there will be only one Republican
ticket in the field. This is assured by
the statement that S. A. Cook, who
was the candidate for Governor on the
Stalwart (Spooner faction) ticket will
withdraw leaving the way clear for
Gov. LaFollettes reelection, and one
Republican electoral ticket. The DEM
ocratic party, therefore, can no longer
hope for an open factional fight in
the camp of the enemy to give it
the state. But Wisconsin is not yet
lost to the Democrats. 1t is well known
that intense feeling has been engen-
dered in the Republican ranks by the
fractional fight, and so strong is this
feeling in the breasts Of the defeated
faction that members of it will prob
ably either vote the Democratic ticket
or remain away from the polls. Mean
while the independent vote is inclined
to the Democratic side, and the party
is in good working shape. There is
still reason to count Wisconsin as a
doubtful and probably Democratic
state.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
(Dem.) says: "Of course, First Assist
ant Postmaster General wynne will
not succeed Payne. Wynne was the
first official to begin in earnest an in
vestigation of the postoffice frauds, and
he has been a persona non grata with
the administration ever since"
The Galveston News (Dem.) says:
1.-THE Russian newspapers declare that
international law is a myth under
which the strongest nation does what
1t pleases to the weaker nation. The
explanation of the Russian papers was
wholly unnecessary, since the world
always knew that the Russians con-
sidered international law as set forth
by the Russian press, and acted on this
view of 1t. And there are others"
The Louisville Courier-Journai
(Dem) says: There is every reason
to believe that the report that the Re-
publicans are preparing to import ne
groes from Kentucky and Tennessee
where they are not needed, to vote in
Indiana next month. is well founded.
This is an old scheme of the Indiana
Republicans whenever they are scared
and its revival at this time is satisfac-
tory evidence that they are alarmed
about the vote of the state this year"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: when the indisputable proof is
presented that a very large proportion
Of the manufactures that are protected
by high duties are sold to foreigners
for much less than at home, Il Is EVIL
dent that American consumers bear
the whole burden OF the Ubiquitous
system. n each voters share OF this
enormous burden we're presented In tax
collectors duplicates an Irresistible
political revolution would sweep over
the land. No tariff -monger could stand
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
A Temporary job.

A story credited to the late Repre-
sentative Campbell of Tammany fame
tells of an amusing conversation be-
tween two Irishmen in the employ of
the municipal government of New
York city, says Harper's Weekly.
That's a good position the lad Null
cahy has" said Milligan.
AYE, good position" replied
Dougherty, but he'll not lasht long
Not lasht long! Why, wot do We
mane?"
He'll not lasht long," doggedly re-
iterated Dougherty. II said so whln
he took the Job foive years ago, and j
say SO sthiilI"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
THTrNnERROTT TT1yU

City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $50 a. m. cars leave
CITY Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 200 m
after which cars run every Is minutes
until 1880 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction l.
minutes after leaving time at city
Market.
Beslnnlng at 1888 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for CITY every hair
hour until 1888 p. M, after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
1908 midnight.
Car leaving Casino at 1855 will run
south on Barnard street to Fortieth
street
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07

When Lenor Fresnel LOree left the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to take
the presidency of the Rock Island
system there was much discussion with
respect to the salary he was to re-
ceive. 1t is said he was given a cash
payment of 100000 and a five-year
contract assuring him of a salary of
$4,000 a year. This contract, with
unheard-of liberality. provided that in
the event of his leaving the Rock Is
land, his salary should continue dur
ing the life of the contract, and that
in the event of his death his widow
should continue to receive it. Within
less that one year after signing this
contract Mr.. Loree has resigned from
the Rock Island, giving up the best
paying railroad presidency in the coun-
try and probably in the world. The
suggestion is that he has been forced
out by financial interests controlling
the system.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07

Ex-Civil Service Commissioner Will
liam Dudley Foulke says that "all this
talk about the changes going on in Mr..
Roosevelt's character" has been maxi
ing him tired for the past twelve
years. Evidently MIR. Foulke Is not
easily made tired. or he would not
have held on to the treasury teat as
long as he did. He would have re-
signed and gone away where he could
not hear any criticism of his strenuous
ana changeable friend.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
FREIGHT AND PARCEL car

~. leaves east side OF City Market for Thunder
bolt Cattle Park, Sandfy, Isle of Hone and eli
Intermediate points-9:I5 a. M. lis D. M. Sis
Leaves Isle OF Hope for Sandav. Cattle p,r,,
Thunderbolt and all Intermediates nointsr s.s ~;
a.. m, li:00 a. m. 800 D. m P0'uSS-0'O'
Freight car leaves Montgomeryat5 a 10,
ular parcel car foi city VIZ"
Parcel car from the city carries freight -
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer nm aacb
trip for accommodation of passengers
Any further information regarding passen-
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying 70 L. R. NASH. Manager
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
BRIGHT BITS.

-'I believe that little Chumley is
pretty sure to get ahead in time"
well, he needs one right away -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A fool and his freedom are soon
parted" remarked the bachelor, upon
hearing of the marriage of another
friend.-Yonkers Statesman.
-Gracie-"M Maud made a hit as a
beauty while in London" Lucy-"well,
it is so foggy there that they couldn't
see what she really looked like. Chi
cago Daily News.
But you have no ruins, no grand
old piles, in the country" said the COM
planning foreigner. Say, come back
10 the safe and let me show you My
pile of steel common certifcates."-
Chicago Record Herald.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07

A flood of money, apparently, is to be
turned loose by the Republican Ma
tional Committee in New York for the
purpose of carrying that state. 1t has
been stated on what is regarded as re-
liable authority that the committee
has agreed to furnish Governor Chair
man Odell any sum he may need up
to s2,O00,O00 for campaign purposes.
This, it is said, is the largest cam
paign fund ever put up to carry an
election in any state. And where does
all this money come from, and what
is it being put up for? There is only
one reply that carries conviction with
it, namely, the trusts and protected
interests are furnishing it. to pay the
Republican party to stand pat" on it's
policy of favoriteism.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07

President Eliot OF Harvard, in his
address to the freshmen the other day,
defined what a Harvard gentleman is
sometimes thought TO be in college, and
what one really Us. The spurious gen.
tlemen, he said. occupies about half
way ground between excellence and
failure. He works just enough TO
graduate. and is as Indifferent and
shlftless as he can be to pull through.
on the other hand. the real Harvard
gentleman must work hard and be
quiet. He must never do anything
that will hurt a woman, a child or an
inferior. He must be generous and
sficient, and deferential 70 age. beauty.
,exeellenca skin and az worthy things"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07

Mr.. Watson will do most Of his
campaigning from now on in states
that are regarded as doubtful. He
will appeal, as he has heretofore done.
TO voters whose sympathies are with
the Democratic party rather than with
the Republican party. That shows
pretty clearly whether or not Senator
Jones was right. when he character
lied Mr.. Watson as an assistant Re
publican"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
stories About weII-Known Men.

This is a story that John D. Rookie
Teller recently told to his Bible Glass;
says the New York World:
A negro hack driver in Washington
was driving along the street when he
encountered funeral. A long line Of
coaches was behind the hearse, which
was moving along at lively rate. The
negro was superstitious and did not
want to cross between the carriages
in the funeral procession.
He tried to drive around in front Of
the hearse. but could not make suf-
ficient speed. After driving along side
the hearse for two blocks the negro call
ed out to the driver:
Say, boss, hold up an let me go
past. My passenger is in an hurry,
and yours isn't
They were discussing various men at
the Players club when William Norris
remarked that some actors legs were
too short.
That can't be-" said one listener.
Abraham Lincoln said that a mans
legs should be long enough to reach
the ground. Blanks legs do that all
right
Il hardly think so.' said Mr.. Norris,
che is up in the air a good share OF
the time
Herbert Standing. the actor, who is
sometimes introduced as the father
of Guy Standing" says that he was
once blessed with twins in his family.
Zone day friend whose habits
would have discouraged a temperance
advocate, called to see me-" said Mr..
Standing. while he was in the room
the nurse brought in the twins and sat
them in a chair.
"'What do you think of that?' I ask
ed the bibulous one, pointing at the
chair and it's fat and smiling occu-
pants.
HE gazed at the babies a minute,
rubbed his eyes and shook his head,
looked again and then said: He is
a mighty fine baby.
He saw them both all right, but
would not believe his own eyes"
Judge Giegerich was talking recent
ly with an acquaintance, more blest
with money than brains, who had just
come back from his trip to Paris.
who were your bankers?' asked
the Judge.
"Lazard & Freres" (Lazard & Broth
eISJ, IepllSu tIe lSbul llOu
land a fine pair of men they are
"Oh, you met some of the members
of the firm, personally, then?'' asked
the Judge in some surprise. (which
of them did you meet?"
Let me see" answered the travel
er, after considering for moment.
"Oh, yes!I remember, now. Mr.. Lazard
was out of town while I was there, but
Mr.. Freres insisted on my coming
around and taking family dinner with
him. Nice of him, wasn't it?"
More than NICE" agreed the Judge.
TT was actually 'brother-ly.'
And the traveller does not yet see
why every one laughed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07
THE WATSON DOLLAR DINNER.


THE WATSON DOLLAR DINNER.
The Republicans are spelling Mr..
Watson by telling him he is a great
man, genius. He is beginning to take
himself too seriously. That such is the
case is evident from the speech he de-
livered at the dollar dinner given in
his honor in New York on Wednesday
night.
The account of the dinner says he
arrived late. He waited, of course, I'M
til all the other guests had arrived, and
had become impatient for his arrival
Then he put in an appearance, and.
says the account, "he walked through
the long line of tables looking neither
to the right nor the left, and took his
seat at the center of the guests la
BILE" He looked neither to the right
nor the left because he felt he was on
exhibition. He was enjoying the SEN
sation he thought he was creating, the
hero-worship he believed he was in
spring. That he was nursing some
such feeling is evident from the open
ing sentence of his speech. He said:
ooh, if that pretense up at Esopus
would only get out of my way" For
the candidate of a fragment of what
was in its best days a comparatively
insignificant party, the Populist party,
to speak of the candidate of the great
Democratic party as that pretense"
shows that Mr.. Watson has a bad
case of the disease known as the big
head" There is no doubt he is very
much in earnest in thinking that he
is much ADLER and much greater
man than Judge Parker, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the latter for years
was the chief judge of the highest
court of the greatest state in the Union
and filled the position to the satisfac-
ton of the ablest lawyers of the coun-
try. And Mr.. Watson thinks Judge
Parker is in his way. Why, they are
not travelling the same road.
In the course OF his speech Mr.. Wat
son intimated that he thought If he
had the forces behind him which Judge
Parker has he could defeat Mr.. Roose-
Welt, because he said, II am fighter"
Mr.. Watson may be a fighter, but
he has been pretty we'll whipped out
in the fights he has had. Like some
other defeated fighters, he lacks judg-
ment He couldn't get the forces
which are supporting Judge Parker to
support him. He isn't the sort of man
the people want in the White House,
and he doesn't represent the ideas
that any considerable number of peo-
pie want expressed in the policies of
the government.
Besides, Mr.. Watson isn't practical.
He doesn't talk good common sense.
Indeed, it is doubtful if the few who
follow his lead practice what they
preach. There isn't the least danger
that Mr. Watson and his followers will
ever be given any more power than
they have now. Instead of telling his
audiences he is a fighter it would be
ever so much more interesting IL he
would tell them why he is helping
elect Mr.. Roosevelt.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-07

Whatever criticisms may be passed
on Christian Science, the practice of it
as healing art is legal in New Hamp-
shire. The Supreme Court of that state
has handed down a decision in which
Christian Science treatment is put on
a footing with medical practice. In
the case considered by the court a pa
tient who had resorted to Christian
Science treatment sought to recover
damages from the ''healer" because the
treatment had failed to restore health.
The court pointed out that, under sim
liar circumstances no suit for damages
would have been brought against a
physician, and asserted that there was
nothing in the law of the state that
prescribed healing" by faith. The
court held. therefore, that in so far as
the law is concerned, Christian Science
treatment and drug treatment were on
the same footing.