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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
COLOMBIA OPPOSING THE CANAL.

What is the purpose of Warren R.
Wilson, the Chicago attorney. who
has BE- gun an equity suit in the Su-
bia to stop the construction of the
Panama canal. and who are the par
ties behind him? He says he is act
ing on his own responsibility, but that
statement will hardly be accepted.
What possible interest can he have
i'm preventing the construction of the
canal? AS far as the world knows he
has no interests which would be in
juriously affected by the building of it,
1t may be that he represents the Pa
cific Railroads or the Colombian gov
eminent. OF course, the Pacific Rail-
roads do not want the canal built, but
If they were opposing its construction
ii is hardly reasonable to suppose they
would engage a comparatively I'M
known Chicago attorney to bring suit
for them-a suit that, If 1t were in
tended to amount to anything. would
be entrusted to some of the ablest law
yers in the country.
The dispatches say that Lawyer Will
son has clients in Colombia and it
wouldn't be surprising if some of them,
acting in the interests of the Colom-
bian government, had employed him
to bring the suit.
1t is a safe proposition that Colom-
bia isn't yet reconciled to the loss of
Panama. and the s1O,00O,Q00, together
with the S250,0O0 year rental which
she was to have received II she
accepted the Hay-Herran treaty. Her
first thought was TO recover possession
of Panama by force, but she soon saw
that that plan was impracticable. She
recalled the troops she had dispatch
ed on an expedition to Panama, and
set about discovering other ways TO
obstruct the canal until she received
what she thought was proper COM
pensation for her consent to its con-
struction.
She has brought two suits in Paris,
one to prevent the French government
from consenting to the transfer of the
property of the Panama Canal Com
pany to the United States, and the
other to have herself recognized as a
stakeholder in that company. At first
our government didn't think there was
much in these suits. but recently 1t
appears to have regarded them more
seriously, since it has sent two promi-
nent lawyers to Paris to look after
it's interests in them.
This suit which has just been begun
in the District of Colombia may not
raise any questions which threaten to
interfere with the governments plan
in respect to the canal but it may
cause delay. If Colombia is behind
the suit the purpose may be to force
our government to propose a com
promise of some sort rather than have
the work of construction interfered
with. Some pretty big questions are
raised in the suit, and if these ques-
lions can be carried to the United
States Supreme Court months may
.elapse before a decision of them can
be obtained. Doubtless the true in
wardness of the suit, together with
the parties behind it, will be made
known within a few weeks,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.)
says: 1.-THE compact between Mr..
Sully and his partners in the cotton
corner appears to have been a gen
tlemen's agreement'--the kind that
only holds when it wins"
The Nashville American (Dem.) says:
while Mr.. Cleveland need not be
considered in connection with the
Democratic nomination, the number OF
Democrats in Tennessee who are out
spoken for him, and the manifestation
of Cleveland sentiment in the state
the demagogues who have imagined
1t the proper thing to denounce and
abuse him.
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: Both the two-thirds rule and
the unit rule are obnoxious to the
majority principle. which should gov
ern In the deliberations Of Democratic
nominating conventions. In fact, the
unit rule has it's occasion in the eff
fort of political leaders to escape from
the dangers incident TO the operation
of the two-thirds rule, which has Of
ten enabled an active minority to over
turn the will of the majority, thus
compelling the party 10 dark horse
and doubtful selection. In view OF the
extensive and unusually active effort
to make outright purchase OF dele
gtes 10 the next Democratic Ma
tional Convention, with a view 10 the
mlschievous utilization OF the standing
two-thirds rule. Il In now conceded 10
be important that instructions shall
be yoted for candidates whom the
party might hope 10 elect N they
eho,tlN he ron.foataN ~ h......'.r
there should arise objection 10 IN
structions Tor candidates every state
convention should nevertheless Instruct
its delegates % vote aolidly against
fhe further application 81 the two.
fhir1e rule, n a. nof Dfw0rrafic. IA
ls danRer0uH n har not w0fksg ~
sgyantaas. IT ths majority Fais."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
PERSONAL.

President Eliot of Harvard, recon-
niends the following plan for stu
dents day: Ten hours for study
eight for sleep, two for exercise, and
four for social duties.
Rather a dramatic wedding cere-
mony is reported from Fort Scott
Kans. Some months ago Mr.. and Mrs
H. l.. HalloweH were divorced because
of incompatibility. They had one child
small lad, and the youngster refused
to adjust himself ito the changed con-
ditions. At last, on his account, the
couple decided to remarry. AS they
stood before the Probate judge for the
ceremony the boy took his station be.
each.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30


Walter Wellman, the well-known
Washington correspondent, has been
watching Mr.. Hearst's campaign quite
closely. He writes TO the Philadelphia
Press, under date OF March %, that
Mr.. Hearst tried without effect to at
tach Henry Watterson to his staff, and
gives these details with respect to the
attempt:
Hearst offered Henry watterson, the
brilliant editor Of the Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal. $4,000 to spend this win
ter in Washington and write occasional
letters 10 Hearst's papers. Mr.. Wat
terson declined as politely as he could.
Mistaking the politeness for wavering,
Hearst came back with a renewal OF
the offer.
This time Mr.. Watterson declined,
gtlll politely, but with a little more
posityeness Of expression. He said he
could see no more reason why he
should write for Hearst's paper than
why Mr.. Bennett. Or Mr. Lanan. or
Whitelaw Reid, or any editor, should
DO the same thing. and advised Mr.
Hearst ~ ny some " those gentle
men. nt.il unable 10 understand. Hearst
foF the third time renewed hif OFFER.
AND this time Col Waffefaons reply
Naf % this effect
Dear Glr-You hnvfnt enough
money in your family ana nnyer viii
tsts. ~ ineaef ule y wflte one line
~ yoa"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
Race Preiudice.

The Japanese soldier was faint with
loss of blood and abstinence from rice,
says the Baltimore American.
The Red Cross nurse held a bottle to
his lips.
What is it?" feebIy whispered the
soldier.
whisky" replied the nurse. -.
Resolutely he turned his lips away
from the tempting bottle.
NO" he murmured. II don't like
the last three letters of the word.
They are undoubtedly Russian"
Seeing that he was determined, the
nurse gave him large swig of brandy
out of the same bottle, and he was
soon himself again.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
Undecided.

ematics at Ohio University prepared to
set out on short journey on horse
back, says Lippincott's. He was an
absent minded person, and while sad
ding the animal was thinking out
some intricate problem. Some students
stood near and watched him abstract
eddy place the saddle on hind-part-be-
fore.
ooh professor" exclaimed one of the
group, you are putting the wrong end
of your saddle foremost.
Young man. replied the professor
with some tartness. you are entirely
too smart. How do you know it is
wrong, when l have not yet told you
in which direction I intend to go?"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
Some Bulls.

A correspondent at Birr. Ireland, de-
scribes lady being killed while hunt
ing, and adds: 1.-The deceased met
with a similar accident on previous
occasion" Another had been in the
Transvaal between six and seven
times" and still another correspond
ent declares, with a spirit which only
does him credit, that he has never
put his name to an anonymous letter."
This evenings performance cannot
take place; 1t will be repeated to-mor-
row night" is a provincial anonunce-
mani
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

DR.. Darling OF the Baltimore City
Hospital believes that he has isolated
the doctor has any doubt about it, let
him feed the germs on vinegar and
watch them. Any boy who has ever
had the ailment knows that vinegar
and mumps are deadly enemies. DIR.
Darling says, by the way, that the
rnumps germ is somewhat similar in
appearance to that of typhoid, except
that it is shorter and appears in pairs.
1t is. thicker than the germ of con-
sumption.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
PARTY LINES IN THE SWAYNE
CASE.


The statement given out in regard
to the case of Judge Swayne of the
Northern District of Florida by ex-
Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire,
and ex-senator Higgins, of Delaware,
is an extraordinary one to say the least
of 1t. II seems to be the purpose of 1t
to arouse party feeling, and thus pre-
vent the impeachment of Judge
Swayne, or, if impeached, to prevent
a verdict against him.
These eminent Republicans ask
suspension of Judgment in the case.
They say they participated in the dis
cussion when his nomination was be-
fore the Senate and that they are sat-
isfied that his conduct as a judge has
been above reproach and that there
exists no just cause for impeaching
him. They also say they are sure that
he will appear to the House to "be
completely justified as to any and every
transaction which may be called in
question by the majority report" of
the Judiciary Committee. These gen.
tlemen say further that in their opin-
ion he will appear deserving Of high
praise for ''his just and courageous
action in connection with subjects
which have been most criticised"
If Mr. Chandler and Mr.. Higgins are
right in this matter then the majority
of the Judiciary Committee of the
House are mighty poor judges of the
weight of testimony. The committee
heard testimony for as well as against
Judge Swayne, and although a major
ity of it are Republicans majority
found against him.
Perhaps the subjects to which Mr..
Chandler and Mr.. Higgins refer are
| of a political nature. Unless we are
greatly mistaken the things for which
the committee thinks. Judge Swayne
ought to be impeached have. nothing
to do with politics. Probably the eff
| fort will be made to show that the
prosecution is political in it's nature.
If that is done 1t will be for the pur-
pose of drawing party lines and in
| fiuencing the House to refuse to vote
to impeach Judge Swayne. 1t looks
now as IL nothing would be done in
| the case DelOIe luS next bSSSlOn VI
Congress, or If the House sustains the
majority report the chances are the
trial will not take place at this ses.
sion.
Evidently Judge Swayne depends
upon partisan feeling to get him out
OF the trouble in which he finds him
self. Otherwise two such partisans as
Mr.. Chandler and Mr. Higgins wouldn't
have published a card expressing the
opinion that it will be found that he
deserves praise rather than blame for
the things for which he is criticised.
We do not undertake 10 say whether
Judge Swayne should be lmpeached or
not. not having seen all OF the testi-
mony. but II does seem that the House
IN passing upon the committees re-
port should be guided by the facts
rather than by partisan feeling.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

Senator Bard of California has intro
duced into Congress a bill carrying an
appropriation of S150,OOO to be divided
into two prizes, which are to be paid
TO whomsoever may discover the physi-
cal basis OF meteorology and the laws
which govern the weather. In other
words, Senator Bard wants to know
what causes weather, and how it's vari-
atoms may be predicted accurately.
Uncle Sam could well afford to pay
$4,000 for the Information.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

A comparison of data of automobile
accidents and railway accidents would
doubtless show that more people are
killed or crippled by the former than
the latter. Almost every day there are
reports of automobile accidents in
some part of the country. In New York
a day or two ago a woman was thrown
out of an automobile and killed, and
in another case four people narrowly
escaped death by reason of the chauf-
feur being hit in the eye with mar
BILE thrown by boy. The chauffeur's
sudden pain caused him to lose con-
troll Of the machine, which ran into a
, wall and was wrecked.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
State Department of Agriculture will
be able to assure the farmers of Pike
county that the specimens of bugs
sent them from that county are not
cotton boil weevils. 1t is hardly to
be supposed that the weevils would,
or could. jump from the banks of the
Mississippi river into the interior of
Georgia, without showing themselves
elsewhere between the two points. Be-
sides, there are many kinds of harmless
little beetles that are to be found in
cotton fields.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
DOCTORS ENDORSE HERPICIDE.
Because Its Formula is Submitted to

Alexander Mcmillan, NJ. D. a prom
inent physician of Lansing, Mich,
writes: "On three cases 1 have tested
Herpicide for dandruff and the re-
suit has been all that could be de-
sired"
Herpicide is made upon an entirely
new principle, that is, that dandruff
and falling hair are caused from a
microbe that infest the hair bulb, and
by destroying the micrObe, ones hair
is bound to grow luxuriantly. .Herpi-
eide is the only hair remedy that
claims to, and really does, destroy the
dandrun germs.
Sold by leading druggists. Send
10c in stamps for sample to the Her
picide Co, Detroit Mich.
Livingston Pharmacy Co., Special
Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

1t is difficult to keep posted as to
the political situation in New York,
so far as it relates to the Democratic
party of that state. For instance, we
have it from one source that ex-Sena-
tor Hill is using Judge Parker to get
back into political power. One faction
says he would be Parker's Secretary of
State in the event of the latter's cleo
ton. Another faction says he is work.
ing to succeed Mr.. Depew in the SEN
ate. Is there anybody who knows what
Mr.. Hill is after? And in connection
with these reports there is one from
Washington that Mr.. Hill is prov
ing heavy burden for Judge
Parker to carry. But what about Mr.
Murphy, the Tammany leader? Ac-
cording to a report in the Herald, he
is at heart a Hearst man. This is,
of course, stoutly denied. Anyway, 1t
is admitted that Mr.. Hearst called on
Senator McCarren of Brooklyn-McCar-
rem is the boss of the Brooklyn De-
mocracy-and endeavored to get him to
agree to an uninstructed delegation
from New York. He left the impress
sion on Senator McCarren's mind that
Mr.. Murphy was favorable to his cam
didacy. 1t seems that Senator Nc
Carren spurned this request of Mr..
Hearst. He stated that it was neces-
sary for Judge Parker's success to
have the New York delegation to St.
Louis instructed, and that he should
do all he could to have the delegation
instructed. Daily there is a new crop
of rumors. There will be but little re-
lief from them until after the meeting
of the New York state Convention,
when the delegates will be chosen.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

The civilized world will be pleased
to hear more of Lieut.. Krinitski, Of
the Russian torpedo boat SLIM. He
is one of the dashlng heroes so far
developed by the war in the Far East,
and the probabilities are that his exploit
will not be overshadowed by any future
occurrence during the war. 1t was
he who took the frail little craft out
of Port Arthur the other morning and,
single handed, fought off the attack
ing japanese torpedo fleet and saved
the hatbor from being bottled up.
Notwithstanding the overwhelming
odds against him he dashed fiercely
into range OF his country's foes and
handled his few guns 30 effectively that
the dummy ships the Japs proposed TO
sink IN the harbor entrance were driv-
en- out OF their course and sunk where
they could do no harm. Krlnitskl
lost seven men killed and twelve
wounded, and his little boat was 20
badly pounded that she foundered
shortly after returning 10 the harbor.
but u IL . genuine pleasure - record
that the brave and daring ofiioer e.
capped unhurt ouf ~ the very jaws 81
what appeared Inevitable death.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

An exchange says; "a Colorado
man claims 10 have invented a pro-
cess by which an Indians skin may
be tanned into the finest leather" This
ought 70 be interesting Information 70
those agents Of the government out
West who have Tor years been en-
gagged iu SHINING she Indians. ~ h
opens W . nsW source of revenue 70
them,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

After the first day of next month
the boss plumbers of Alton, ILL.,, will
not be permitted to do any work, save
to hustle around and get jobs and pay
their men their wages The plumbers
union of Alton has adopted a resolu-
tion requiring the bosses to keep hands
off of all jobs, and, to assist the bosses
in keeping hands off, the resolution
requires that they shall wear white
shirts, starched stiff, all. the while
during business hours. In a blue fan
mel shirt a boss plumber might be
tempted to take hold with his own
hands and stop a leak or solder a joint
but with boiled" shirt on, he would
not run the risk of getting his linen
soiled. After April 1, therefore, the
bosses must wear white shirts, on pain
of having their men go on strike.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
east to south winds. Eastern Florida,
fair weather. with fresh east to north
east winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

1t was in ancient Rome, at an un-
assembled to witness the thrilling and
stage-elevating spectacle of two gladi-
ators hacking each other into mince-
meat in the amphitheater. The pros
pective combatants were renowned for
their skill and pluck. Each had filled
private graveyard, hence everybody
wanted to get a good view of them.
There was as much curiosity over muir
derers in those days as in these. The
ancient Roman ladies were decked out
in new spring hats, with immense
plumes and ribbons-the latest crea-
tons from Paris and New York, and
not one of which cost less than 100
drachmas Of silver. There was a MUIR
muir in the rear seats. Shoot the
hats!" called out the disguised citi-
Hens in the rear, who had given up
good money for their seats and wanted
at least look-in at the show. The
ladies with the hats only curled their
naughty lips and thought unpleasant
things about the kickers. But the dis
satisfaction in the rear grew apace, I'M
Ill the gentIemanly ushers and the
equally gentlemanly manager could no
longer disregard it. The protest against
the hats had kbecome an uproar. At
this juncture the manager Strengthened
himself in hissTuxedo made rapid
pass over the Headlight" in his shirt
bosom, walked down to the 'front.'
cleared his throat. and said: Ladies
will please remove their hats" Not
hat came off. 81 mean, of course,
that old ladies and bald-headed ladies
are excepted, and need not remove
their hats he continued. Instantly
every hat in the vast audience was
DOTTED. The story has just reached
Charleston, and they are laughing
heartily over it there.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
-According to a weekly paper pul

ACCORDING 10 weekly paper pub
lished at Winamac. Pulaski county,
Indiana, the United States has new
born son. The announcement reads
as follows: Born to United States
and wife, Feb. IS, 1904, son." This
may seem strange. but there is a negro
in Pulaski county so named, and this
being their first child, United States
and his wife issued cards to their
friends to attend the christening of
the new son on March 8.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

vast areas given over wholly to the
cultivation of opium. The consump-
ton and the manufacture of this drug
far from being on the decline, are on
the increase 20 an almost incredible
extent, says the Scientific American.
The greed for gold is far more pre-
dominant in the human makeup than
is the philanthropic spirit which seeks
to elevate mankind, though it's purse
may suffer in so doing. England reaps
more benefit from the cultivation OF
orium than all other nations put to-
gether. In the district of Bengal alone
there are nearly 100000 acres devoted
exclusively to the cultivation of the
poppy. Its cultivation is legalized and
In every way encouraged by the Brit
ish government, which has an absolute
monopoly of this industry in India.
The two principal districts are pre-
sided over by and under the direct con-
troll Of English officials residing al
Patna and Ghazipur. The Bahar
agency embraces an opium field OF
about 100000 acres and that of Benares
Is close second with 47350O acres
There is a fierce dispute going on iust
now as 10 the relative merits or de-
merits OF opium. Many eminent men
In the scientific world openly declare
that opium is a blessing. The gov
eminent experts IN the country where
II grows go so far az TO say that OPT
vm N blessing instead Of being n
curse 10 the natives. However. the
vast majority ~ mankind VIII long be
OF the undivided opinion that opium
n the most all-crushinK curse that af-
nicts man. The enthusiastic, or, rather,
extremists, Of the International ANTI
opium Society picture the condition 81
india under the ban of opium In the
most dreadful manner possible. Ac-
roF9lnE 10 ono ~ these men. an Of
iff "opp9mq ~ human beings IN Asia
ore exposed 30 tho evils ~ ne 0niufn
trade ~ i'gaiized bY che British gov
eminent