davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
FOLIL's HARD FIGHT.

Joseph w. Folk. the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Missouri, is
having hard fight. 1t is by no means
certain that he will be elected, not
withstanding the fact that the Demo-
cratic plurality in the last state cleo
ton was about $4,000
Mr.. Folk owes his nomination to
his splendid success in bringing boo
dlers in st. Louis to justice. His re-
form work in that city gave him such
prominence that he was talked of for
the Democratic nomination for Pres
ident. He didn't seek the nomination
for Governor, the nomination sought
him. The party managers in the rural
districts insisted on making him the
nominee, Notwithstanding the oppose
ton of the ring politicians.
Unfortunately for Mr. Folk. however,
he was not permitted to dictate the
other nominees. and the reformers who
had insisted upon his nomination per-
mitted the ring politicians to name the
balance of the ticket. This was due
probably to a desire to have harmony
in the party.
1t is charged that the nominee for
State Auditor and the nominee for
Secretary of State belong to the ring.
That charge is being used to defeat
Folk. Besides. there is a report cur
rent that the ring politicians. the boo
dlers and their friends will vote against
him, or will not vote at all. They are
doing what they can to create the inn
preston that he didn't insist that there
should be no ring politicians on the
ticket with him: that, on the contrary,
afraid that if they were left off he
would fail to win the election.
There is no foundation for these
charges against Mr.. Folk, but doubt
less there are many voters who be-
lieve them. and they may cast their
ballots for tho Republican candidate
for Governor. 1t seems the Republic
can candidate is an exceptionally able
man besides being popular. The hood
lers and their friends seem to prefer
him to Mr. Folk, and their influence
may enable the Republican party TO
carry the state.
II would be a pity If Mr.. Folk were
beaten. There is no doubt he is the
best and most fearless prosecuting Off
Ger st Louis has had in half a ceu-
fury. The people of Missouri who wish
their state well are. as a rule favora-
BILE to his election. but the opposing
forces may prove too strong for the
reformers. If Mr.. Folk should be
elected he would set in motion forces
that would soon relieve the state OF
the boodlers and bribe-takers The
good people want him. 1t remains to
be seen whether he or the bad ele-
ments Of the politics of the state will
be victorious
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03

Representative Bourke Cochran was
seated in his law office one day re-
Gently when one of the clerks an
nounced visitor, says the New York
Herald. The orator was very busy,
but the man refused to tell his BUSH
ness to a clerk, insisting that it was
a personal matter and he must see
Mr.. Cochran himself
Well" show him in said the law
yer finally, in disgust.
L want to get some legal advice,
Mr.. Cochran" said the visitor, land
came to YOU because I am a Door
man and cannot afford to pay a real
LAWYER"
What do you mean?" Numbered the
representative Indignantly.
We'll, l mean that as a politician
you will not be hard on one of your
constituents. Besides, have another
claim on you. My aunt does washing
for one of your cousins"
My dear sir" said the lawyer in
his most whitening tone, as he ush-
cred the visitor out, you don't want
to see lawyer. You want to see a
nerve specialist"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03

Hist" whispered the politicians
wife in the dead of night, there are
robbers in the housev YES" replied
the politician sleepily land in the
Senate, too. But why should that wor-
ry you?"-Philadelphia Press.
-Honors Easy.-"This half dollar"
began the cashier of the restaurant,
scrutinizing the coin. as bad, Ell p"
interrupted the sour-looking patron.
well, it doesn't look very good. -
THAT so? Just bite it, and if it's any,
thing like the dinner I've just had it
will taste even worse than it looks
Philadelphia Lelger.
Vice VerSa.-Elderly, but much
made up LADY, do think it is such
a pity that so many girls nowadays
have such old heads on young should
ers!" Earnest Youth thinking this a
grand opportunity for a compliment)-
"Oh, there are exceptions. Now you
have, If l may say So a young head
on old houlders!"-Punch.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
Clipped" a. King.

Nine. Rejane, who is at present stag
ing at her villa, near Trouville, related
in the course of an interview an anus
ing incident which happened to her
self and her company during a trip to
Rio Janeiro, writes the London Ex-
press Paris correspondent.
They stopped at Dakar, on the coast
of Africa. and an obliging Colonial Of
flcial took them to see the King of
Dakar, who received them with great
solemnity. His Prime Minister, behind
the royal chair, made signs to the Wis
ltors that tip" or two would not be
out of place.
One of the company handed the Min
lster a piece of silver. He promptly
held out his hand for more, and the
visitors in turn contributed.
Seeing this, continued Nine. Re-
jane Il took out a large five-fran sill
YER piece and handed it to the King
himself, who took my hand and gave il
a vigorous squeeze by way of thanks. -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03

Port Arthur was invested by the Jap
anese forces on May Is, and still holds
out. Gen. Stoessel is making military
history, as he is the first commander
who has been called upon to defend Il
great fortress equipped with modern
armament. Nevertheless there have
been many famous sieges in other
times. The Springfield Republican has
compiled a partial list of them, in
which it shows that this is Russia S
second siege within a century, Sebas-
topol having taxed her to the utmost
in 1855.
When the allies drove Prince Men
schikoff back after the Alma he re-
treated 20 Sebastopol. sank vessels in
the harbor to prevent an attack from
the sea, and made ready for long
fight. The allies began the siege Oct.
8, 1854, but it was not a close beleaguer-
ment, as the Russians made numerous
sallies, and the Crimean stronghold
was never wholly surrounded. Russia
was able to send fresh troops and sup
plies to Menschikoff, and his positions
we're not carried until Sept. 8, 1855,
eleven months after he retreated into
the city. If such conditions existed at
Port Arthur, Japan could never plant
the flag of the Rising Sun over the cit
abel.
Russia was the besieger at Plevna,
and the ninety-four days Osman Pasha
held out against the Russian generals
made him a military hero, but the Rus
sian force in 1877 was not as large as
that which Japan is now hurting
against the Gibraltar of the East.
Gibraltar, the strongest fortress in
the world, has the record for the long
est investment in modern times, the
English holding it against the armies
of France and Spain from July Is, 1879,
until Feb. 5, 1888 Military experts say
now that no one can carry Gibraltar,
and those who have seen the English
guns on the rocky hill and the Eng
lish battleships in the outer harbor
will agree with the experts. The only
way in which Gibraltar can be taken
is by starvation, and England has the
fortress provisioned for seven years
now.
England was humbled in just twenty
days at Yorktown, for it only took that
length of time to bring Lord Corn
wallis to his knees and the real fight
ing of the Revolution to an end.
Vicksburg stood the most famous
siege of the Civil War and fell seventy
nine days after it's investment.
Quebec fell before the English in 1853,
after sixty-nine days siege,
during which Gen. Wolfe lost his life
and the city was nearly ruined.
SaragOssa recalls to the mind every
thing that is horrible in warfare and
even the women fought under Palafox
in his desperate straits in the old Span
ish city against the army of Napoleon.
The first siege lasted from July q to
Aug. IA, 1908, and the final struggle be-
gan on Dec. 20. and lasted sixty-three
days. but the houses had to be carried
one after another before the final ca
Ditulation.
In 1870 and II starving Paris held
out against the Prussian forces for 1872
days, but it was too strongly fortified
and garrisoned to be carried by as
sault.
1t took seventy days to starve Ba-
zaine's forces out of Metz in 1870, and
the Turks held Kars six months in 1855
before it was reduced by starvation by
the Russian army. 1t was taken by as
sault after a shorter siege in 1877.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
A sensonnhIc Rhyme.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Dust love me?'' asked the woosome
lad
"Wilt rain in heart OF mine?
Hail. hail the day that we are wed
Mid rays Of bright sunshine.
oh. weather you'll be mine or no
bid you quickly say,
IT'S snow unmeaning lover this
Who bids you name the day."
"Oh, many. many girls there are"
The maiden softly sighed.
And summer anxious 10 be wed
And summer not she cried
''You spring this question suddenly
And bid me 10 he wed.
You autumn make your wooinE. sir,
Much less abrupt" she said
Name. name the day" the lover cried
~ pray YOU make Il soon.
"Wen. let us say" the saiden sighed.
The thirty-first Of June
Tie thus ! get a frost he said.
Nay DO not bid me stay.
This Del ms TAIL He bowed HE head
And sadly winter way
-. w. Foley.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
A Friend to Woman.

The late Nellie Farren. when she WIS.,
tied America with the London Gaiety
Company danced before a well known
New York club, says the New York
Tribune.
At the end of the dance, during an
informal supper, someone began to talk
about the new woman-a burning topic
at that time.
DO the English believe in woman's
emancipation" lawyer said to Miss
Farten. do they believe in opening
the same fields to women as to men,
and in paying them at the same rate?'
"Oh, yes" said the little actress
Even the English tramps believe all
that. A tramp asked country wom-
an Of mine one day for assistance, and
she said to the man sternly:
Why don't you go to work.
Madam said the tramp, twenty
years ago l made a vow not to do an
other stroke of work till women were
paid the same wages as men,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
1T HAS THE PRESIDENTS EAR
MARKS.

The little controversy which has
arisen between William Allen White
of Kansas and former Senator Hill
of New York over the question as to
whether or not the President inspired
Mr.. Aliens magazine article entitled,
How Roosevelt Uncovered the Pos
tai Frauds" is the subject of good
deal of attention and comment in po-
litieal circles. In his speech at the
Broome county CNew York; Fair on
Wednesday, Mr.. Hill said if the ar
ticle was not practically dictated by
the President it was inspired by him
since i bore his earmarks.
Mr.. Hill said that when the Presi-
dent wanted to reach the public in
respect to some matter that he
couldn't very well deal with in his
MESA ges-when he wanted to impress
the country with the greatness and
goodness of his deeds-he has used
some one of his magazine friends TO
whom he had extended the courtesies
of the White House. In regard to the
postal frauds article Mr.. Hill said:
The purpose Of the article is plain.
1t is an effort to convince the people
that the President was not RESPONSE
HE for the postal frauds in his adj
ministration, and that Notwithstanding
his long neglect to prosecute them, he
was really the exalted instrument
which exposed them"
A point that Mr.. Hill made and
which seemed to show the earmarks
of the President was the reference in
the article to the efforts made to pre-
vent the indictment of a state sena-
frauds. The efforts were made by
United States Senators Platt and De-
pew. II was stated in the article
that the President insisted upon the
prosecution of the state senator, not
withstandng the fact that Plat and
Depew threatened him.
Mr.. Allen denies that the President
inspired the article or had anything
to do with it. but Mr.. Hill wants to
know how he knew of the threats of
otidl w . idlI anu OCpCW II LHC i0ol-
dent didn't furnish him with the in
formation. 1t looks as if Mr.. Hill had
the hest of the controversy.
1t is common property that the Pres
ident never misses an opportunity OF
get himself before the public as a
great and good man, soldier and a
statesman. He objects to criticism,
but his appetite for fulsome praise is
enormous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
STRIKE TRouBLEs AND POVERTY.

A question worth investigating is.
how much do strikes have - do with
poverty among the toilers? Just now
there is a great deal of poverty among
the wage earners of Chicago, and it
is increasing all the time. That this
is true is shown by the increase in
the demands upon institutions and in
divduals that dispense, charity No
doubt much of the poverty i'm Chicago
is due 10 the stock yards strike. Thous-
ands Of toilers are out of employment
on account Of that strike. and Il seems
the strike has been extended so as
20 embrace "a large number OF other
toilers. II II should not be settled be-
fore the coming OF cold weather the
suffering in Chicago viii be terrible
10 SIS stated ON very good authority
that there is more suffering in New
York from poverty than ever before.
In proof ~ this. statistics of q free
lodging house n the lower part Of
First avenue are quoted This house
10 supported out OF the charity funds
Of the city Al this place supper.
lodging and breakfast are supplied 90
40 sober men and women who ak
~ them, u % stated ttat during thia
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
A BABY BURGLAR IN PARIS.
From the London Mail.

Paris, Aug. 1O.-"Unruly, mischiev-
Gus, a thief, and a burglar" is the
character given to little Toto" Ler-
rois, aged 8, son of a nurseryman at
Lilas, a suburb of Paris. Not con-
tent with picking the lock of the side
board to. steal jam, Toto has recently
flown to higher game. Astonished at
the quietness of his son the other day,
Nj. Lerrois searched for him, and
found that he was in his parents bed
room with a door locked. Suddenly
there was a crash, followed by groans.
The anxious father burst the door
open, and found his offspring lying
under a handicapped writing table,
which he had pulled down upon him
self while forcing a secret drawer. A
ten-franc 1922 piece was missing. and
Toto explained (says the Petit Jour
nab that the reason for his groans
was that he had swallowed it. He
wanted it to buy clockwork horse.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
No Pay, No Cure.

Mister" said a little child to the
herb doctor or root DOCTOR" as they
are sometimes called in some parts.
says Lippincott's Mister, mamma
says them las pills you sold her
didn't do no good, and she told me
to ask YOU to send her some other
kind this time" and saying which she
placed the empty box on the doctors
rickerty desk.
"Lemme See" said the doctor as he
adjusted his glasses and looked over
his book. After inspecting the book
for a few moments he looked up and
said
"Humph humph I see whar de
trouble is. You tell yo' nanny, honey,
dat she nevah paid fur dem las pills
she got. an tell her she can't spec
fur dem to do her no good 'cepn deys
paid furi"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
Bore Print of the sprinrs.

A politician, upon his arrival at one
of the small towns in North Dakota
where he was to make a speech the
following day. found that the two So
called hotels were crowded to the
doors, says the Youths Companion.
Not having telegraphed for accom-
modations the politician discovered
that he would have to make shift as
best he could.
He was compelled that night to sleep
on wire cot which had only some
blankets and a sheet on it. AS the
statesman is a fat man, he found this
improvised bed anything but comfor-
table.
We'll" asked friend, when the pol
itician appeared in the dining room in
the morning, chow did you sleep?"
"Oh, fairly WE'LL replied the states
man, nonchalantly, but l looked like
a waffle when got up"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
INDE1 To NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Notice to Water
Takers. l. U. Kinsey, superintendent;
Special Notice. standard Fuel Supply
Co; Comfortable Residence For Sale,
c. H. Dorsett; At Joyce's To-day; DR..
Rawston baltimore Has Returned; For
Sale, Standard Fuel Supply Company.
Business Notices-When You Pune
ture Your Wheel. G. w. Thomas; Con-
suit Our Wine Card. Sommers Cafe.
Baseball To-day-Savannah VS..
Charleston.
Choice Building Lots For Sale-C. H.
Dorsett.
New Publications-"Olive Latham"
j. B. Lippincott Company.
Magic Food-W. D. sim1ins & Co.
Look at Our Goods-New York Cash
Grocery.
Tooth Powders and Brushes-The
So'omons Company.
l Enchant My Smokers-Pete Daley
Red Heart Beer-Henry Solomon &
Son.
One Box of MISUNDERSTANDING
Druggist.
Saturday the Banner Day-At Latti-
more's.
Destroys the Germ-Tetterine.
Foods-Grape-Nuts
Costs No More-E. & w. Laundry.
To California--Santa Fe Route.
Good Whiskies-The Delmonico Com
pany.
Medical-Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted Employment Wanted;
For Rent: For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscella neous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Houston Post (Dem.) saws:
Probably If Roosevelt should write an
other book modesty would prevent him
telling the name of the real great, ca
pable President. SO flar he has about
eliminated every President from the
class of greatness but himself"
The Chattanooga Times dem says:
The Republicans have had their own
way for seven years and a half. but
there are now a good many unemploy-
ed, many others complaining of low
wages, and hard conditions. If they
can make prosperity by legislation,
why do they allow conditions to grow
worse? The existing situation proves
the fallacy of these contentious, and
the calamity cry will hardly deceive so
many this year as it did formerly"
The Washington Post Qnd.) SAYS:
"A large rise or heavy slump in the
Republican majority in Vermont next
week would amount to something com
siderable in popular estimation and
would influence the conduct Of the
presidential canvass. The same may
be said of Maine. whose election will
occur a week from next Monday. In
1900 the Maine Republican plurality
WAS 34,132 II is expected 10 show some
diminutiou this year by reason Of the
absence OF Bryanism from the Demo-
cratic platform"
The Philadelphia Record Dem }
says. a deficit Of nearly seven mill
lion dollars in August added to the
large deficit OF July makes the def
cheney Of revenues for two months g2t.-
2S2 ld6. The expenditures for the two
months were nearly sixteen million
dollars more than in the same two
months ~ last year These figures do
not support the Republican boast that
they have provided an adequate rov-
enue. or rather they prove that while
the taxes are hiEh enough. the expen-
dllurnn have hnname lnnIalnale.n
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
-N-4e-e------------
PANAMA'S HEALTH.

Col. Gorgas, surgeon general of the
Atlantic division of the United States
army, and acting health officer of the
Panama canal zone. says that within
two years there will. be no yellow
fever in that part of the isthmus I'M
der the jurisdiction of the United
States, and that by the time the canal
is completed there will be no healthier
place in the world than the canal
zone. II is to be hoped he is right in
this statement. There is no doubt he
believes it.
The work of getting rid of yellow
fever has been begun by inaugurating
war on the mosquitoes. The people
have been instructed to kill the mos
quitoes They find in their houses and
"a brigade of mosquito killers has
been organized to fight the pests out
side of the houses. DR.. Gorgas doesn't
say what the plan is for DISCRIMINATING
the mosquitoes, but it is probable that
the lands will be drained along the
canal strip and the low places filed.
The mosquito must have still water
in which to breed 1t would be an ex-
pensive undertaking to rid the entire
canal zone of all mosquito breeding
places before the work on the canal
is begun. Therefore only the territory
that is close to the line of the canal
will be put into a condition that will
prevent mosquitoes from thriving upon
it.
Dr. Gorgas says the yellow fever car
rying mosquito doesn't move more than
100 feet That being the case, it can
be seen that only a small strip along
the line of the canal will have to be
put into first-class sanitary condition.
But, is it not a fact that the wind
drives the yellow fever carrying mos.
quito more than 100 feet from the
place of its birth? II is a fact that
the wind carries other kinds of mos
quitoes many miles. Ships long way
from the shore are frequently invaded
by swarms of mosquitoes They are
not the yellow fever carrying kind.
but are not the latter kind as easily
carried by the wind as any other?
OF course DR.. Gorgas is an authority
on mosquitoes. What he says in re-
gard to them will be generally accept
ed. unless the yellow fever should
make it's appearance among the men
employed on the canal, notwithstand-
ing the war on them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
SOUND AND SMELL.
Letter to New York Herald

Letter to New York Herald.
A Herald reader seems to be puzzled
to know whether heat, light. sound
and smell could actually exist If there
were no organized substance to sense
them
Now, although the philosophical reply
is of course not" yet that reply does
not include the fact that the physical
cause of these sensations exists inde-
pendent of the organ by which they
are sensed.
Light is produced by a corpuscular
vibration, heat by an atomic vibra-
ton, smell by molecular vibration.
sound by mass vibration, and all these
vibrations have a real existence.
whether there be any organized sub
stance in existence to specialize and
sense them or not.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
NRs. nLkINs, pnI.I1Ics.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
New York. Aug 30-A1rs. stephen
B. Elkins and Miss Elkins were among
the passengers returning from Eu-
rope to-day on the Kaiser wilhelm
II. Mrs. Elking, who Is a daughter
Of Henry G.,Davis Democratic nomi-
nee for Vice President. ana wife Of
United states Senator Elkns. a Re-
publican, was asked her own political
views. but refused TO state them. re-
plying II cannot talk until I have
seen my husband and learn whit he
thinks / ought % believe. ] am In
very peculiar position. and I am
afraid that o. will be- best for me un.
ul after election 20 have no political
views whatever"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03

Gen. Kuropatkin promised that he
would eat his Thanksgiving turkey in.
Toxic. Apparently he has started for
the Japanese capital by way of Muk-
den. Hardin. st. Petersburg, Paris.
New York. Seattle. Honolulu and
Shanghai
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03

As the fortunes of Japan advance.
China's backbone seems to get strong
er. The Chinese government has now
decided that the Russian warships in
the port of Shanghai must suspend
repairs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03

The sugar trust has given notice that
an advance in the price of sugar may
be expected shortly. Heavy rains in
Cuba and consequent shortage in the
crop of the island is given as the rea-
son for the advance. Doesn't it seem
that whatever occurs tends to increase
the cost OF living?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-03
a poUBTING THOMAS.
Had His Failing Hair stopped. and
Dandrun Cured. without Faith.

II. y. Fletcher, Butte, Mont, oct.
20, 1893, says: Like many other
people. | have been troubled for years
with dandruff. and within the last
few months my hair came out so
badly that / was compelled TO have
friend recommended Newbro's Herpi-
eide. confess that ] doubted MS
story; but I gave Herpicide a trial.
now my hair is as thick as ever ana
entirely free from dandruff % De
sirov the cause. YOU remove the ei-
feet Horpiuide Is q delightful hair
dressing for regular use. Sold by
leading druggists Send Zoe in
stamps for sample 10 The Herpicide
Co. Detroit Mich.
LiyinGaton'a Pharmacy. Special
Agent