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The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
HOW MORMON CHURCH INTERPRETERS
IN AFFAIRS OF STATE in UTAH
1t Was Shown That the Church and State Are by
No Means Separated

Washington, April ga thorouob
review Of Mormon interference in the
political affairs of Utah was given to-
day by Judge o. w. Powers, the only
witness before the Senate Committee
on Privileges and Elections in the in
vestigation of the protests against
Senator Reed Smoot.
Judge Powers said he had examined
persons who applied for naturaliza-
ton. In regard to an application by
one Neil Hanson, Judge Powers said
he was informed by Hanson that he
would obey the laws of the church,
rather than laws of the land, if they
should run counter to each other"
The application for citizenship was de-
MED.
Judge Powers reviewed the political
history of Utah to show the close re-
lation of the Mormon Church with po-
litical affairs, also the intimate asso-
citation of the church with the local
and municipal governments. He show
ed that the church controlled in civil
as we'll as ecclesiastical affairs. In
one case it was shown that a man was
disciplined and was summoned by
Abraham o. Smoot, president of the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
GAVE BRANNEN
AN OVATION
BEFORE NEWS OF HIS DEFEAT.
sTATESBORO HEARD BRYAN HAD
GIVEN HIM A MAJORITY.

Col. Brannen Put in n Wagon and
Taken Through the Streets While
the Crowds Shouted "Hurrah for
Brannen and BuIlOch County,
Hon. G. s. Johnston Would Prob
ably Have Been BuIIoch's Choice
if the Convention Had Been Tied.
Brannen Likely to Be the Candi-
date Two Years Hence.
Statesboro, Ga, April 22.-Statesboro
had an intimation yesterday afternoon
of what the celebration would have
been had Col. ]. A. Brannen received
the congressional nomination. When
news came from Blitchton that Bran
men had carried Bryan county, thus
tieing the convention, Mr.. r. Simmons,
Hon. A. M. Deal and about half a
dozen others gathered Mr.. Brannen up,
threw him onto the Sommons Com
pany's delivery wagon and dashed up
and down the streets, Simmons driv-
ing and throwing his hat into the air
and all hands shouting, "Hurrah for
Brannen and Bulloch county"
was as quiet as the grave, but in less
than a minute the streets were full of
shouting men and boys, and a large
United States flag was set waving over
Col. Brannen's yard gate in front of
his residence on West Main street. Or
ders were given to the clerks to not
sell any more gunpowder until the
news could be confirmed. What lent
color to the report was the fact that
the ballots of this county had not all
been counted out and it was supposed
that the official count in Bryan had
changed the former figures as given
out.
Had the news been true and the
convention been unable to agree on
Brannen, Hon. G. S. Johnston, the pres
ent Mayor of Statesboro, would no
doubt have received the support of
Brannen's IA votes as a compromise
candidate.
Although Bulloch's candidate is de-
feated everybody is in a good humor
and politics will be laid aside for a
while. 1t is thought Col. Brannen will
stand for the nomination TWO years
hence, though he has not made any
announcement.
The Executive Committee has adopt
ed a resolution authorizing the chair
man, Hon. A. NJ. Deal, to name the
district convention delegates, and
those to the state convention will go
uninstructed. Parker, however, it is
understood, is to receive the vote of
this county.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
|. DORSE L, IL congress, West.

word descriptive of the love of the
sexes. Love covers up all defects, in
Guiding those which the subject, in a
sane state of mind, detests; it ere
ates a galaxy of virtue in it's object
which never had any existence; it is
highly amusing to sane people who OBJ
serve it. it is certain to pass away,
though sooner in some cases than 9TH
ers, and when it has passed away it
leaves the subject wholly unable to ac-
count for the delusion and greatly dis
tressed at the indiscretions to which
it had led.
The aptness of love to mislead per-
son in the selection of a mate is an old
theme. That delicious satirist, John
Billings, wrote: 1T has been said that
love is blind, but there are young men
of my acquaintance who can see more
in their girls than can" Accordingly
writer's who are not humorous tell us
that the majority of married people,
while thinking well of matrimony, feel
that as for them they made unwise
selections of mates, and in fact Sc
lected those who were the exact OPP
posites of what they needed to make
them happy.
On the other hand, there are cogent
reasons for repudiating the theory that
| love is disease. 1t certainly does not
stand connected with other disease. No
other disease leads to it, flows from it,
or is associated with it. People who
| are paragons of physical and mental
| soundness yield to it's influence The
| idea of the seventeenth century paint
ers that lovers are anaemic can only
| be taken as a joke.
1t is obvious that love is an integral
feature of human nature designed to
promote mating and to prevent a
humdrum and selfish mode of exist
| ence.
In any race or community the love
| Of the sexes is the exact measure of
| civilization, because without it there
could not be virtuous home. If it
should disappear there would disap-
pear with it the drama, the novel, the
poem and almost the entire romantic
and spiritual element in life.
Whether love is a disease or not, it
is a blessing, and it is safe to say
that it has come to stay.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

High Council of the Utah Stake of
Zion. 1t was not shown that any re-
lationship existed between Senator
SInoot and the man mentioned.
Judge Powers spoke of Thatcher's
candidacy for the Senate, and said that
four days after Thatcher announced
himself on platform opposed to church
interference in politics. he was deposed
as an apostle. After his defeat, an
effort was made to bring about an
investigation by the Legislature of the
charge that the defeat was accomplish
ed by ecclesiastical interference in the
election. This effort was unsuccessful,
and, according to the witness, Thatcher
then was made to recant his antagonis-
tic view of church interference.
The witness told of two teachers in
Mormon churches and schools being
deposed from their ecclesiastical nu-
thority because their political prefer
ences were not approved by the church.
The teachers were James Charles
Bowen, who peddled tickets at a school
election for candidates opposed by the
church, and Nichol Hood, who wrote
a letter adversely crfticising the cleo
ton of Reed Smoot to the Senate on
the grounds that high church authori-
ties should not accept such positions.
The committee adjourned until to-
morrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
G. r. & A. MAY SECURE
TWO NEW RAILROADS
One Reported Bought and an Option
Said to he Held on Other.

One Reported Bought and an Option
Said to he Held on Other.
1t was reported in Savannah yester-
day that the Carrabelle, Tallahassee
and Georgia Railroad has been secur-
ed by the Georgia, Florida and Afa-
bama road, and that it will in the
near future be operated by that line.
Mr.. ]. P. williams, who is the presi-
dent of the Georgia, FLORIDA and Ala
bama, declined to discuss the matter
at all. but it is stated that he had an
option on the property reported
purchased. and it is understood
that this deal is either closed, or to be
closed shortly.
1t is believed that the Georgia, Flori-
da and Alabama is soon to make an
other purchase, that of a small line
projected from Tallahassee to Perry,
Fla, and built part of the way. 1t
is believed that these roads, though
not very important as individual prop
critics, will be valuable because of the
intended connection with the larger
line.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

be at least $50 to enjoy any sort of
local reputation.
ut is quaint and refreshing to step
aside for a moment from the hustle
of modern life and make acquaintance
with men whose fathers or grandfathers
were Barbary corsairs. 1t is a treat
to drop into coffee houses, where pub
lie story tellers rivet the attention Of
crowded audience, and where the
jars of Ali Bahia are still in common
use; to frequent public squares, where
snake charmers, barbaric musicians
and other story-book delights ARE a
commonplace; to meet kadi riding to
court on white mule and to mix with
people who tell you stories of djinns
as if they were everyday occurrences.
"All this and more you can enjoy
in Morocco, Algiers and Tunis-though
the French are doing their best to
spoil the old world charm of the last
two countries. But of all the strange
things 1 saw there the strangest were
the Old people. There are so many of
them, and they are so strenuous. Every
traveller in the 'Barbary States as
they used to be called, is impressed
by this remarkable abundance of cen
tenarians.
"a gray-bearded old man of seventy,
who is trying to sell curios to a tourist
for thrice their value exclaims: BY
grandfather die if what 1 tell you is
not truen Looking at his gray beard,
you think he is quite safe in calling
down that curse upon himself, but
when you make inquiries you find that
he really has grandfather living, aged
about ITO, and that the old gentleman
is still going about doing business on
market days. Life is not wearing in
Moslem Africa. A man never does
anything in a hurry there. Natural
ly, he does not even grow old in a
hurry. When he is seventy he is be-
ginning to get over the first hot flush
of youth; he is no longer counted as
one of the boys, but not until he is
at least ninety does he expect people
to pay honor and reverence to him
as veteran, and even then he must
take back seat and listen deferential-
ly when the hale and hearty centenar-
ians approach"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
TYBEE VISITORS
To GET LOW RATES
THREE FAMILY DAYS A WEEK
TOGETHER WITH REDUCED RATES
ON COMMUTERS TICKETS.

Prices Governing Picnic Movements
and school Tickets Remain I'm
changed-Persons Living on the
Island viii Be Able This summer
to Make Round Trip for - Gents.
Railroad Anxious to Increase
Growing Popularity OF the Resort.
Believed Present season Will BE
Most Prosperous in Its History.
The Central of Georgia, in its con-
tinued efforts to increase the popular
ity Of Tybee, has decided not only to
operate the usual number of eXcur-
sions from the upper part Of the state
to the island this season, but also to
reduce fares from the city, so that Sa-
vannahians will be given added in
ducements to visit the island. The fol-
lowing rates are announced:
Individual round trip whole tickets,
on sale daily and limited for return
to thirty DAYS after date of sale, 40
cents: the same class of half tickets,
rs cents Individual family excursion
tickets, on sale Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays from June Is to Aug. 81,
inclusive, whole tickets and halves, %
cents. This is the same ticket that
was sold in former seasons only on
Wednesdays and Fridays. The road
has added another day on which the
cheap rate is effective.
Inducements to visit the island are
not confined to transients, however.
Persons who spend the summer on the
island are also to be given reduced
rates. TO which end the road will sell
family communication tickets containing
fifty-six single trips on sale daily and
limited to one year, for $3.50. Last
season these were sold for 81. For
those who do not wish to purchase so
many tickets at one time another COM
mutation ticket containing twenty
eight single trips, the conditions being
the same as the other ticket, will be
sold for $3.50. Such a ticket will be
issued this season for the first time.
The customary rates for picnics will
be allowed, and school tickets will
also be the same as formerly, forty
four single trips being sold for $50.
The advantages that those who live
on the island will enjoy this season is
shown by the fact that those who
purchase the fifty-siX tickets single
rides will cost but II 6-10 cents, or APP
pIoAlindlely 20 cents loI tue IOuilu
trip, while those who buy the lesser
number of tickets will pay but 12ia
cents trip, or 25 cents for the round
trip.
From the many improvements that
are being made on the island. both by
those who own homes and those who
cater to the wants of the public. as
well as the number of organizations
that have planned picnics there, the
outlook for an unusually prosperous
season for the resort is promised and
is, in fact. practically assured by the
number of excursionsts that the various
railroads viii bring from all parts
of this state, Florida and Alabama,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
"IS LOVE A DISEASED"
Problem That Is Causing an Epi-
demic of Debate in London.
r-.a,., A. 6,t,;aoc-a r.k~o,,iaIo

demic of Debate in London.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Englishmen are proverbial for their
sober Judgment of things, and the Lon
don Lancet is probably the ablest and
most conservative medical journal in
England. 1t will strike most people,
therefore, as somewhat astonishing
that several London newspapers, in
Guiding the Lancet, have been engaged
for some time past in gravely discuss
ing the question whether the love OF
the sexes is a disease.
The discussion has taken wide
range, including a history of the the
ory, and the Lancet, in learned arti-
Gle on the subject, contends that it has
been held from the remotest antiquity
that love is q disease and that this
belief finds expression in all the Greek
and Roman classics. A contributor to
the same journal marshals in its sup
port all the medical authorities, from
Galen to Horatius, and even the paint
ers of the seventeenth century, who
delighted in portraying love sickness
as an anaemic young woman
The reasoning of these disputants has
not yet reached us. There
can be no question that the pas
sion of love bears a strong resemblance
to the abnormal condition known as
hypnosis. That is to say, it is found
ed in delusion.
The salient features of hypnosis are
a temporary suspension of ones nat
ural taste and judgment. which makes
him a phenomenon and q laughing
stock TO other people. and which Is
succeeded by a feeling of shame and
embarrassment; and this Is word for
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS
MUST ATTEND NEXT FALL.

Columbia, S. c., April 22.-The state
Legislature in February created 124
new scholarships at Clemson College,
designed more particularly for agri-
cultural students. President Nell re-
Gently asked the Attorney General,
through the state superintendent of
education, If all these scholarships
should be available at once. He evil
IDENTIFY feared that the school would
be crowded by this large increase. The
Attorney General has given an opin-
ion to the effect that all the benefi-
Charles must go to Clemson this fall,
as the act is effective after July 1.
He does not, however, think that the
act requires all of the men to enter the
freshman class.
This may help conditions Some of
the men could enter the freshman and
others the sophomore classes.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
KING AND COURT IN HOOK.
Also Queen and Dog G'Gou-Pata-
gOnians for ST. Louis Fair.
From the Neu Yorlr rr,.tnupA

gOnians for st. Louis Fair.
From the New York Tribune.
Hail to the chief and his court "in
hock' on Ellis Island and also to his
dog, 'G'Gou! Sircacho, of Patagonia,
five of his faithful followers. his queen
and the princess, K'chou (not Sneeze)
are held on Ellis Island until their
manager, Vincent Crane. can find the
funds for their transportation to the
Patagonian village at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
GGou, the dog, is of the "yaller' va
riety. He shares his fieas with King
Sircacho, who loves the dog, he says,
almost as much as he does firewater,
and refuses to let him out of sight.
In the day the dog sleeps and scratches
in the Kings arms, and makes G'Gou
eyes at his master. and at night he
serves as the royal pillow.
All of the party, which arrived on
the Cedric yesterday are giants, the
Queen. the shortest by several inches,
standing a good five inches above six
feet. The men are all nearly seven
feet tall and are finely proportional.
If washed. they would be handsome
savages. over bright red underwear
they wear much soiled guanaco skins
with the hairy side turned in. On
their feet they wear square pieces Of
skin, gathered in and tied at the ank-
les with rawhide thongs. The hair is
worn long and tied in a single scalp
lock-. Across the forehead. drawn level
with the eyebrows, a dirty white cloth
is tied, turbanwise. When the party
was taken to Ellis Island, 1t was found
that the manager did not have the
funds necessary to insure that they
would not become public charges, and
the savages win be kept on the island
until Crane receives money enough to
get them out of pawn, which he ex-
poets to do to-day or tomorrow
When King Sicacho and the dog of
uncertain ancestry, with the rest of
the party, first reached the island Com
missioner Williams ordered them pho
| tographed. and found that while a
Patagonian may be driven to a pho
| tographer he can't be photographed.
AS soon as the savages saw the cam
| era they decided that II was bad med
| icine." and wrapped their faces in the
| skins to protect themselves from the
evil eye. Then Commissioner Will
liams thought they might want to
battle, so he had the party taken
down into the bathrooms. AS soon
rs they saw the running water and
learned it's use the Patagonians paled
and trembled at the thought of los
ing the dirt which had served to pro-
tect their bodies like a suit of mail
for so long, and refused to make use
of their opportunities.
| Later in the day one of the attend
| ants tried to make friends with the
| 'yaller" dog and gave 1t a big piece
| Of boiled ham. The chiefs wife saw
that the ham looked appetizing. and
/ grabbed one end as the dog grabbed
the other. There was a fight on in a
| second, but after the dog had been
| pulled around the room half dozen
! times the woman won and ate the
ham. Some one gave the chief a but
tonhook. After carefully Strengthening
out the hook he rubbed the end Of Il
on the floor until he had worn IL to a
point. Then he used it as a tooth
| pick.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

Prince Louis Napoleon, who has
been appointed to command of Rus
sian cavalry in the Far East, is re-
garded as the most formidable aspir-
ant to what was once the French
throne. This is because he does not
intrigue against the republic and thus
make himself ridiculous, but sticks to
his military duties and thereby con-
tinues to maintain good reputation
as soldier. So far he has had no ex-
perience under fire, but should he dis
tinguish himself in the East he may
become source of worry to the French
government.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

vile, Chattanooga and ST. Louis; ].
w. Thomas, JT., general manager Of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis, and Maj. McCullom. superin-
tendent of the Western and Atlantic,
are in Atlanta inspecting the site of
the proposed freight terminals of the
Louisville and Nashville and the At
lantic Coast Line. 1t is said the party
is also on tour of inspection of the
other properties controlled by the At
lantic Coast Line and that several
days viii be spent in and around At
lanta going over the different improve
ments that are to be made.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

The Atlantic Coast Line announces
that its first popular excursion of this
season will be operated from Jackson
Vile to Savannah. and intermediate
points, via special train May 2. AS
those who visit this city at that time
will be enabled to see the ball games
May 2-3-4, between Jacksonville and
Savannah, it is expected that the
Florida fans will take advantage OF
this opportunity and come in large
numbers. The rate for the round trip
will be 81. so.
Mr.. w. H. Leahy, division passen-
ger agent of the Atlantic Coast Line
returned to Savannah yesterday morn
ing from trip in Florida.
Mr.. r. A. Brand. superintendent OF
transportation of the Atlantic Coast
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
Young MEN AT A HUNDRED.

Scores of Centenarians Found
Among the NOmads in Northern
Africa.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Perhaps it is the nomadic, outdoor
life they lead; perhaps it is merely
due to heredity, but the fact remains
that the Arabs of Northern Africa are
among the most long-lived people in
the world. Il saw lot OF queer things
during my wanderings through Moroc-
co, Algeria and Tunis," said a man who
recently returned to America from a
long tour in the north of Africa. But
the queerest thing of all was the multi
tude of centenarians. They were as
common as blackberries here in An
gust, and man or woman had to
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

nate complicated
C h r onlc diseases
for the reason that
they have not had
the special training
and experience ne
cessary to under
stand them. Few
diseases are now
incurable, and IL
you have not been
cured IL is because
your case has been
in the hands OF the
wrong doctor. My
skill and knowi-
edge OF Chronic
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the premier
Of Canada, could not speak a word of
English until he was eighteen years
of age. He then lived with a Scottish
family and owes his wonderful knowl-
edge of Saxon to the fact that the BIZ
BILE was almost his only reading book.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

physicians W h o
often send patients to me suffering
from these diseases requiring an ex-
pert's skill. 1 extend a cordial invi-
tation to everyone to call and see me
about their case, and get my expert
opinion and advice, for which I
make no charge whatever. Those who
cannot see me in person should write
mt once for determination blanks
and free Information about my perfect
system Of home treatment All corre-
Rpondence strictly confidential. Adj
dress
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, NJ D.,
25 A Bryan street, Savannah. Ca.
once hours: a. m. to II m, 2 to
., 70 .. m. Sundays 10 a. m. TO l.
p. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

The announcement comes from Flor
ida that the Tampa Bay Hotel will be
open the entire summer. This will be
the first time since the Spanish Amer
lean War that this house will have
been conducted during the summer.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

1t is announced by the Atlantic
Coast Line that the new line of that
system between Punta Gorda and Fort
Myers will be opened May 10.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

The Millen and Southwestern road
announces the completion of it's line
from Stillmore to Vidalia. This opens
up new territory to Savannah mer-
chants and is therefore, Of more than
usual interest to the business men of
this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23
Stubborn Diseases
Require the Skill Of an Expert

Very few practicing physicians are
tent 10 successfully treat obsti-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

Line, with headquarters at this city
is in Jacksonville.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

The Central of Georgia has an
nounced the following rates on account
Of the Southern Baptist Convention, to
be held in Nashville May 1918: One
fare, plus 25 cents. for the round trip
from all parts of the Southeastern ter
ritory, tickets to be on sale May 10-11-
IL, final limit ten days from date Of
sale. except by depositing tickets with
special agents at Nashville, not before
May 10. and not later than ten days
from date of sale, and a fee of so cents
at the time of deposit. BY this ar
rangement tickets can be extended to
June c.
Mr.. George Dole Wadley, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the At
lantic and Birmingham road, was
among the guests of the De Soto last
night
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-23

Capt. w. B. Denham, general super
intendent of the Atlantic Coast Line,
is on a visit over the southern part
of the system.