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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
LYMAN ARnorr,s FAITH.
From the New york World.

From the New York World.
Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 1s.-Leaning
far out over the pulpit in Appleton
Chapel. his long white beard and fiow-
ing gown making him look like verit-
able patriarch, DIR. Lyman Abbott, in
a sermon to Harvard students tonight
broke away from the theology which
to-day forms the basis of the faith of
millions of orthodox Christians and
sounded the keynote of a new religion
founded, not on the Bible, but on
science, and the out-reachings of the
human heart.
II WONDER" he said, 'if you students
in Harvard will understand me when
say that I no longer believe in a
great first cause. Tomorrow the news
papers viii get hold of this and brand
me as a hereto. My God is a great
and ever-present force, which is mani
fest in all the activities of man and
all the working of nature.
81 believe in a God who is in and
through and of everything-not an alb
sentee God, whom we have to reach
through a Bible or a priest or some
other outside aid, but a God who is
closer to us than hands or feet. Science,
literature and history tell us that there
is one eternal energy, that the Bible
no longer can be accepted as ultimate,
that many of it's laws were copied
from other religions, that the Ten Com
mandments did not spring spontaneous
ly from Moses, but were, like all laws,
a gradual growth, and that man is a
creature, not a creation.
No thinking man will say there
are many energies. The days of poly
theism as past. There is only one
energy That energy has always been
working. 1t is an intelligent energy.
No scientist can deny it. 1t was work
ing before Christ's time, even as it is
now. For three years the clouds broke
and the light flashed through. Then
they closed again.
yet God has a personality. We rec
oglize it as we recognize the personali-
ty of Titan or an angel. Only God
is always working, always creating,
whereas their work is done God stands
near US. The mother of a deaf, dumb
and blind child gives her daughter one,
two, three gifts without being recog-
nized. Finally there breaks through
The child's intelligence the fact that
these gifts, so kind, so loving, spring
from the same source. 1t feels the
mothers hand and face, then throws
its arms around her neck and kisses
her. Even so we, ever in the presence
of Cod come to realize His proximity
and love. God makes for good, mans
progress is a progress upward, each
day is better than the first"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

This story is told among the depart
ment store sleuths of an alleged cpl
sode Of this rush season, says the New
York Sun. A man pushed into a crowd
ed store. wiping his brow. and painted
in the ear of one of the floor detec-
tives:
''See that woman, George; the clever
looking one in the black dress?" indi-
eating woman who had just entered
the store.
George saw her.
Well" said the perspiring stranger,
watch her; she's the limit; she's just
come from our store. We know her;
she's been playing the game there for
some time; she'll load up like a pack
horse if you give her a chance. rye
piped her off all the afternoon and
have shadowed her up here. Watch
her, I tell you"
The woman in black approached a
counter on which was a display of lace
handkerchiefs and, looking around
cautiously, slipped about half a dozen
of them under her cloak.
"What'd L tell you, George? Pipe
her. said the sleuth from the other
store, as he nudged George in the ribs.
From the lace handkerchief counter
the woman in black visited the silk
hosiery counter and then went to sew
eral others. At each she helped her
self, generously and dexterously.
George, with the other sleuth, follow
ed at a convenient distance The
woman, when she started to leave the
store, not only had a load under her
loose fitting cloak, but her pockets
We're bulging.
Leave it to me, George. I know her
game. I'll get her for both of u.s." said
the visiting sleuth. You stand here at
the door,"
George stood at the door for five
minutes. Then he went out into the
cold world and is still looking for:
1.-The woman.
2-The other sleuth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
CONDITIONS AT PORT ARTHUR.

Military experts in London, Berlin
Paris and Washington have been look
ing forward to the early fall of Port
Arthur for two months. But the post
is still holding out, and there is no
telling when it will be captured by the
japanese, if at all. The insistent Japs
are continually hammering at the walls
of the forts, and gradually weakening
the defenses, but the time of the capt.
tulation of the Russian garrison seems
to be as much in doubt now as it has
ever been heretofore. Commander Miz-
zenoff. formerly executive officer of the
battleship Poltava, has arrived at Che
Foo after a perilous trip from Port
Arthur. He expresses the firm convic-
tion that the japanese will never take
the place. The opinion may be based
on the hope that Admiral Rojestven-
skys Baltic fleet will soon arrive to
relieve the beleaguered port. Neverthe-
less, that the Russian officer actually
believes what he Says cannot be doubt
ed.
He reports that the entire popula-
ton of Port Arthur has been put on
regular army rations, and that under
that arrangement there is an ample
supply of food for three months more.
Meanwhile the supply of shot and shell
is sufficient for much more than three
months. The men in the line of forts
number upwards of 10000 That they
are brave and daring needs not to be
asserted. With an available fighting
force of that size, and with a suffi-
cheney of provisions and ammunition
for upwards of three months, Gen.
Stoessel feels that his position is far
from hopeless. And it is his purpose
to hold out against the enemy until
the last biscuit is eaten and the last
cartridge spent.
Meanwhile the fighting is severe and
the casualties large. The Russian Of
ficer reports that Gen. Nogi, the Japa-
nese commander, lost not less than
$4,000 men in the recent assaults on
the forts. But there were always sur
ly and determined Japanese troopers
ready to take the places of those of
their compatriots who had fallen in the
fighting. No quarter is being asked
or given on either side 1t is a fight
to the death between besieged and be-
siegers at Port Arthur. The Russians
are contending against heavy odds, but
they are making a fight that will add
to their military glory through all the
ages to come. And meanwhile they are
straining their eyes towards the hori-
ION to catch the first glimpse of the
smoke of the anticipated rescuing Bal
tic squadron, which may never get
within several thousand miles of them.
The figures of Stoessel and his gallant
men at Port Arthur make up one of the
most striking and pathetic pictures of
modern military history.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
Woman and Art.

connoiseur weer looking at the pic
lures and statues in an art gallery in
which there were beautiful statues of
Hebe and Psyche, says the Woman's
Home Companion. Carefully scrutiniz-
ing the Psyche through her glass for
a moment one of the women said
DO you know, my dear, don't just
like this Fishy, after all. Do your"
mo, cannot say that 1 do" replied
the other woman after a moments re-
Election. But she added with en-
thusasm, II do like that Heeb.'
well, yes, so do I. At least, I like
the Heeb a good deal better than I
like the Fishy."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
ONLY "BILLy cIUB DIMES "B1LLs.y
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Excelsior Springs. Mo-, Dec. 9.-what
is believed to be the only "Bilr club
in the world gave its first annual BAN
quet here tonight. The password
Hello Bill'' was taken up as each
Bill" entered the banquet room, also
a dollar bill. Covers were laid for 40
Bills"
Bill Fowler introduced Bill Thomp-
son as POSTMASTER The Toastmaster
then introduced the mascot OF the
evening. Mr.. Bin Goat. who occupied
the center Of the banquet room. The
speakers were all Bills"
Letters OF regret were received from
Bill Hummer, Kansas City; Bill WAL
lace, Kansas City; Bill Bryan. Lincoln,
Neb.: Bill Hughes, Connelsviile, Pa. :
and other Bills" The "Blll" Club Is
20 be made a permanent Organization.
The honorary bills are: Bill Omitted
States Senator) Stone. Bill (Maior)
Warner and BIZ Bryan,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

National bank notes are good,
whether or not the bank issuing them
has failed. This is made possible by
a system of insuring the value Of the
notes, under national supervision. MIR.
J. c. Hallock Of New York advances
the proposition that national bank de-
posits could be made Just as secure
as national bank notes by somewhat
similar insurance arrangement. That
something of the sort is highly de-
sirable Is from time to time made evil
dent by statements I'm the news dis
patches that national bank has failed
and that the depositors win probably
get nothing. II has been estimated
that an insurance deposit OF 20 cents
on $1,000 would supply fund sufficient
TO protect every deposltor IN ma
tlonal bank. The cost would fall on
the banks. Of course, but the increased
confidence IN them that would follow
the adoption Of the plan, II is asserted,
would more than offset the expense.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
Personal i.

AT Knoxville, Tenn, one day last
week six young women went to the
Court House, asked for Deputy Sheriff
Groner and reproved him for suppress
ing the names of some young men
whom he had caught in a gambling
house. The young woman who did the
talking told him they thought it due
them and every girl in Knoxville who
feels the same way about it that all
names be made public so that they
might make no mistake and be seen
with no such young men," Groner
promised to act upon that view of the
matter in future.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

A newspaper writer recalls the fact
that in 1884 a congressional committee
was appointed TO select names for the
new territories in the West added to
the governments domain. Some fanci-
ful nomenclature was evolved. The
designations first selected were: Syl-
vania, Michigania, Chersonesus AS
senisipia, Metropotamia, Illinoia, Poly
potamia and Pelislpia. II is a cause
for congratulation that the selections
were subsequently modified or reject
ed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Memphis Commercial-Appe
(Dem.) says: -ME Roosevelt is wise
enough to see that Platts bill would
have amounted to the Acknowledgement
of over one-half of the negroes of the
South. Naturally he could not stand
for any such foolishness."
The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.) says:
1--WE venture no opinion about Judge
Swayne's guilt, or even blameworthi-
ness. at this stage. of the proceedings,
but 1t must be apparent TO anybody
that IL United States judge We're to
accept favors from a railroad when
he Is eventually to decide questions
of great moment to the railroad II
would be difficult to name any graver
crime; because. II the courts arc poi
soned. where lies the hope of justiceY'
The New York World (Dem) says:
President Harper denies with more
or less heat the report that the Doxolo-
gy is no longer sung at the University
OF Chicago. The report was crudely
untrue. Everybody knows that the
students version OF the Doxology is
still the favorite hymn az the UNIVERSE
~. II runs in this fashion:
Praise John from whom oil bless
ings flow:
Praise him OIL creatures here below;
Praise him oil Of ye heavenly host
Praise William some, but John the
most
Senator stewards bill 10 Increase the
salaries OF the President. Vice Prcsi-
dent and members ~ Congress leads
the Washington Star nndD 20 OBJ
serve Whatever she weight ~ ihe
argument may BE- af respects political
places. there seems no good ground FOR
diHpufiuF fhc assertion that federal
judges ~ fhf higher grade arc not
~ we'll paid ~ fhfY should b. when
fhey takf ofnft NJ n f0f ilfe and fhrlr
whole Tine lr FIYen ~ fff f0Ffrnnruf
Shat NJ fo saY ihny aDHnNon Gag other
nCfiFr employment fpf rIv"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

A shipment OF household goods by
dray from London was received in
Philadelphia the other day. A wealthy
cotton merchant who had been living
~ London desired 10 remove 10 Phila-
delphia. lie ordered several furniture
drays and a number Of expert pack
crs. When the drays had been
allied the drivers asked. Where tor
TO Philadelphia" replied she mor-
chant And ~ the vehicles were put
abonrd . train and sent 10 Liverpool.
whore thry were hoisied into the hold
q blg Fioamfhip and transporter o.
ihe feunHylfanla ciiy When they
fpmbie1 up fo iho door N fhe phHadei-
fiis hones tbrre naa London mud on
ihg4 fheala.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

Now, 1t seems. Mrs. Chadwick is sus-
pected of being diamond smuggler,
in connection with her other exploits.
The story is that some months ago
she took a party of ten young ladies,
belonging to aristocratic families in
Ohio, on tour of Europe. She paid
$4,000 for their tickets and expenses.
They were her guests, and nothing
was too good for them. In France
and Holland Mrs. Chadwick is sus-
pected of having bought at least $780,
900 worth of diamonds which, with the
aid of her young guests, she succeed
ed in smuggling through the New York
custom house. Where these diamonds
are the authorities are now trying to
find out. The catalogue of this wom-
ans sensational activities seems to be
almost without end.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
The Professor.

The professor handed a quarter to
the street car conductor, says an ex-
change.
The conductor gave him two 10-cent
pieces in change.
He handed them back.
Whats the matter with them?" ask
ed the conductor.
81 want money that talks"
"That talks?"
"Yes-at the telephone booth"
The conductor gave him four nick
els. glared at him, and passed on. He
thinks hen know him next time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

When elijah" Dowie returned from
Europe some few months ago. a
strange young woman was in his par
ty. 1t was announced that she was
Miss Ruth Hofer, Swiss heiress,
worth millions of dollars. who had
been converted by Dowie, and who
would devote all of her fortune to his
queer religious enterprise and become
the bride of "Elijah's" unkissed son,
A. j. Gladstone DoWie. 1t appears
that the young woman was actually
married to Glad" Dowie, but quickly
grew tired of her bargain. A Lon
don cable says that she has returned
to her home in Geneva. after a five
months stay in Dowie's Zion City
much sadder.g wiser and poorer
woman. Miss Hofer is alleged to have
reported the conditions In Zion to be
unbearable. She found herself. not a
wife, but a servant, and ended the
hateful conditions as related to her
self at the very earliest possible mo-
ment. ~ r
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
oOrrINs A. ruHNIrrRn.


NfNtN AtH As'lAHN bAig MIL
4 man living IN Queensbury not only
uses his coffin ne a piece OF household
furniture, but be has also a grave made
I'm the local chufchyard BY "a cmfwvp
in the local churchyard headed by a
Rrayeatone on which be name IA ref
oht lu conventional STYLE. iinnernenfh
~ che line MOI dead. but waiting =
one uau AZ Tong near Bradford
kept ne sunday clothes w bia conIn.
anq 1noiheli hhp fie porri1Ff ~
nTeaffeanf. used hif conn ~ 4 wrri
nlH.
f0mo yeara ESQ q kciFhIey man ksat
butterfly specimens in hlH conn.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

Apparently 90 die IN Havana Is an
expensive luxury Tor an American. r..
D. Jacobs of Chicago departed this NE
in d Havana hotel some few days ago
The hoti put in IL BIN of 500 Tor the
privilege the undertaken charged $50
for hia scraces and thc doctor wanted
fes aim0si al large for q few days
attendance Az maiier N fact. fho
pnFiiogo of dyinE costs goo much about
fYcryHhorr.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

1t is predicted that every iron and
steel manufacturing plant in the coun-
try will be working full time by Jan.
1 next. However. the price of steel
stocks is not based upon the activity
or prosperity of the mills. but upon the
ability of Wall street influences to
manipulate the markets.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

Senator Foraker announces that the
anti-South apportionment bill Of Rep
resentatiye Morrill, OF Pennsylvania
will not be passed at the current ses-
sion of Congress. Nobody expected
that Il would. nor AZ any other session
in the near future Nevertheless. gena-
tor Foraker may be- able 10 pose 90 q
political seer on che strength n hls
announcement
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

Elijah p0wie says thar SITTER az of
his ccbia have been paid De- b. en- 900 p
600 go 100 good" Evidently D0nle has
found some nnanciai rFriem chat boais
alln M. nLnlNl.ha
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

This is the most strenuous week of
the holiday shopping season. Both
clerks and purchasers will be at an
extreme tension until Saturday night.
Streets will be crowded and stores
damned. especially of afternoons and
evenings. In this condition of affairs,
the wise shopper will make it a point
to consult the advertising columns of
the Morning News every morning at
breakfast, and then try to get down
town at the very earliest hour possible.
There are fewer people in the stores
of mornings than of afternoons. and
the salespeople have more time in
which to show goods. BY shopping
early better selections are possible and
prompt deliveries are more certain.
And another thing; the salespeople are
deserving of thoughtful consideration.
They work hard and their hours are
long. Let the purchaser exercise pa
thence and forbearance, and try to as
sist in the satisfactory filling of their
orders instead of making things I'M
pleasant with unnecessary kicks and
complaints.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
The weather.

The indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are for
fair weather with fresh west winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

The revival of the talk in the news
columns about Greene and Gaynor is
almost like turning back to and scan
ming a page of ancient history.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21
DE soTo HOTEL, Savannah. Ga.

DE IoOIO IIOI1 II19 bdFdIIIIdII, OtIs
Open all year. Large airy rooms;
1000 feet piazzas; 100 rooms with pri-
vate bath. Telephone service in every
room. Liberal inducements to fami-
lies desiring permanent board.
WATSON & POWERS. Proprietors.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-21

A government report shows that last
year $1,000 900 gallons Of pure whisky
were distilled, but that in the same
time 10O,000.0O0 gallons of whisky
were consumed in the country. Whence
came the SO, 900 gallons OF stuff that
was sold as whisky? DIR. Wiley of the
Agricultural Department says that the
American people are pouring down
their threats millions of gallons of dan
gerous decoctions that masquerade as
pure whisky, and these figures would
appear to bear him out in the state
ment. Much of the horrid stuff sold
over bars drives the drinkers to crime
and imbecility: yet the lawmakers
are too timid to take up the question
of legislating for the protection of
whisky consumers. National and state
governments derive revenues from
whisky selling, and they permit deal
ers to dispense just about any sort
Of decoction they please under the
name of pure whisky. Any whisky is
harmful, however high it's quality may
be, but the consumer deserves protec-
ton against cologne spirits, prune
juice, wood alcohol, tobacco juice, pep
per tea and the other stuff that is
thrown together and sold as whisky.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-11
GREAT MURDER
MYSTERY I'm
CALIFORNIA
MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN
5RUTALLY SLAIN AND HOME
DESTROYED.
FATHER HAS NOT BEEN FOUND
AND HIS BODY May BE
CREMATED.
BULLET HOLES AND
KNIFE SCARS WERE FOUND
ON VICTIMS
CBy Publishers Press

AUBURN. Cal, Nov 11.-One Of
the most atrocious triple murders in
| the history of the State was commit
ted here early Thursday night at the
home of julius Weber, wealthy
brewer, when Mrs. Weber and her
11-year-o1d daughter Bertha, and son
Paul, 8 years of age, were attacked
with a knife and a revolver. Imme-
diately afterwards the house was set
on fire and the bodies left to be ere
mated.
The fire was discovered at 7:30
O'Clock by neighbors. who rushed to
the assistance of the Webers. to find
Mrs. Weber lying in the entrance hall
with bullet wound in her breast.
She was breathing when carried out
of the house, but died few mo.
ments later. While one of the fire
fighters was searching a room, Paul,
with his face and arms slashed to
shreds, apparently with some keen IN
strument, rushed to him The lad
was also terribly burned, and died
soon after being removed from the
house.
Bertha was found about an hour
later She was terribly burned, but
a tel1-ta1e bullet hole was in her
breast
Adolph Weber, aged 20, was down
town at the time of the terrible affair
and escaped. Nothing has been seen
Of the elder Weber, and his body is |
thought TO be in the ruins
Officers believe the hendish deed
was the work of a mad man, as no
evidences of robbery are at hand. The
.Vebers were very prominent socially,
ind were leaders in the community,