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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
CREW OF THE RUSSIAN BATTLEsHIP RETvlzAN.

for details concerning the operation of
the road, the number of trains, the
average passenger business, they al
most always answered:
Dunno"
How can l get this information?"
ASK Vreeland." replied one.
Vreeland was the conductor, a tall,
raw-boned man, who had just passed
through the car.
"I'd like to see Vreeland," said Mr..
Whitney, and Mr.. Vreeland was sent
for. The two men talked for several
minutes, and then Vreeland said:
Pardon me, Mr. Whitney, but you
will have to excuse me, I've got 10
look after my train" Months passed.
and Mr.. Vreeland receievd a telegram
from Mr. Whitney inviting him to call
at his Office. Vreeland had been pro-
NOTED to assistant general manager by
that time, but still better things were
in store for him. On his visit to Mr..
Whitney's office he was introduced to
the directors of the West Houston
Street and Pavonia Ferry Company.
who informed him they had Just elect
ed him president.
one of the first men TO make a truth
ful assay OF Grover Cleveland was Mr.
Whitney. At the State Democratic
Convention in Syracuse in 1882, when
there was some talk about the veto
Mayor" of Buffalo for Governor. Mr.
Whitney approached Daniel Manning
who was talking with a man OF rather
formidable stature. and said:
The man who can defeat the Re-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
HOW THE CAR GOVERNS.
Uses His Power as a Legislator and
as Head of the Executive. y.
From the London Times


The Car. uses his autocratic power
theoretically and practically, in two.
ways-as a legislator and as the SUI
preme head of the executive. mo leg
islative measure can be initiated with
out s-approval, and when a1bill has
been prepared in the departments con-
cerned, and discussed in the council of
the empire, it lis submitted to him for
his assent If he gives his assent the
bill becames law, though. the majority
in the council, of the empire may. have
voted against it, and from that mo-
ment he has to respect the law until it
is annulled by legislative procedure. If
the bill is not fortunate enough to OBJ
tain the imperial assent, it goes back to
the departments and the council, to be
modified in accordance with the i'm
perial wishes, or it is quietly put away
in the archives and is no more heard of
As supreme head of the executive his
Majesty has to use his autocratic pow
er much more frequently, because in
the ordinary course of administra ton,
whenever 1t is considered desirable to
make an exception to the existing laws
and regulations, the matter has to be
submitted for supreme permission by
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

ito the Berkshires. But the big land
owner knew human nature so thor
oughly that he took no alarm. He
employed the disgruntled farmers to
improve his estate. paid them good
| wages, and now and then gave them
present besides. When it was discov-
cred later that his taxes amounted to
more than the entire revenue of the
town before he came, the villagers were
so apureciative of what he had done
that they offered to strike a new seal
of the township, bearing upon it his
face.
az declined" said Mr.. Whitney, some
time afterward. because didn't have
the face to accept"
However strategic Mr.. Whitney may
have been in business. he delighted in
open battles on the field of sport. He
enjoyed even to lose a race, he one time
said, rather than to see no race at all.
At the last Brooklyn handicap Mr..
Whitney and his son Harry both had
entries. The fathers mare, Gunfire,
was pitted against the sons colt, Irish
Lad. The two men stood close togeth-
er throughout the race, each with eyes
intent upon the flying horses, and, when
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

New York, Feb. 16.-The intention OF
the Quill Club to hold a symposium OF
epresentatives.of Russia and Japan at
the dinner of the club tonight at The
Manhattan Hotel. was frustrated by
the absence of the Russian guests. They
were Count Lodyzenski, Russian con-
sui general in this city; Count Paul
TieZenhausen- and Baron Schilling. 1t
was said that they were absent under
orders from Count Cassini, the Russian
ambassador at Washington. S. Uchi-
da, the japanese consul general in this
city, was present.
1t was declared after the dinner that
the Russians had stayed away on ac-
count of the feeling in Russia that this
country is hostile to it's interests in
the present difficulty.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
INVENTOR BLOWN UP
WITH THE YENISEI

st. Petersburg, Feb. 16.-Capt. Ste
panof, who was blown up with the tor
pedo gunboat Yenisei, and who, him
self, invented the system for laying
submarine mines, which is considered
responsible for the catastrophe, had
caused the Yenisei to be fitted with his
device for the rapid laying of mines,
whereby a trolley line extended be-
yond the vessels stern along which the
mines slid out and dropped into their
appointed places. The accident was
due to the excessive strain on the Ye-
-nisei's anchor cables while the mines
were suspended, pending their INNER
sion. The two cables snapped and-one
mine collided with another.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
TORPEDOES IN CHURCH.
boy "Japs" In Mimic War CALI Con-
gregatiOn ssRussians."
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The Roman Catholic Church of St.
John the Evangelist at Fifty-fifth
street and First avenue, was the scene
last night of a mimic battle between
boys who called themselves Japanese,
while designating the congregation as
Russians. For twenty minutes, in two
separate clashes, the boys dropped noisy
torpedoes on the mosaic aisles of the
church. ...s.
Probably because it was a boyish
prank, and possibly also because the
boys were extremely young, the church
Off caused only two arrests, the
prisoners being Richard Mulligan, IA
year old ct No. AL East Seventy-sixth
street, and Joseph Bubla, IA years old,
of No. l014 Second avenue.
The noise OF the first attack of the
laps" came as a thunderclap from
the rear of the church while the pastor
was preaching. Like pistol shots the
tiny torpedoes echoed through the
church, and when the panic-stricken
congregation turned to see what had
happened the boys shouted defiance,
calling them "Russians!" and repeat
ing the torpedo attack.
The service came to a stop. A num-
Der of men in the rear of the church,
headed by Joseph Everhardt, started
for the BOYS, who numbered about
twenty. They fed ignominiously. Or
der was restored and the service went
on, but no watch was kept of the
street door. Twenty minutes later the
boys returned. This time a group of
men slipped out of side door, and
the "Japs," to their surprise, found
that the Russians" had cut off their
retreat by closing the doors. Some of
the boys tried to fight their way out,
but were prevented. Patrolman Null
ligan, of the East F,ifty-frst street sta
ton, dashed in and arrested the two
boys. who were pointed out as ring
leaders
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
ARE YOU SATURATED
With CatarrhP $4,000 Awaits
Amy One Proving That Blood
Wine Will Not Do as Adver-
tiSed.

Catarrh is a disease of the blood.
Even if it only shows itself in the
shape of nasal or head catarrh, still
it is most likely all over you. 1t may
attack you somewhere else in the
stomach, bowels, bladder, or kidneys.
It may work down into your lungs -
then you will have consumption. If it
appears as an ear disease, you'll be
deaf. Suppose your very brain is at
tackled and you have softening of the
brain, or meningitis (both are fatally.
This probability is always present until
you cleanse your blood of the foul
catarrhal poison.
Read our letter from Mrs. Annie
Krechhubel of 424 street, Louisville !:
For fifteen years l suffered with
catarrh, which led to stomach
trouble. grew worse and worse, and
could hardly walk across the room. As
had taken all kinds of medicines with
no results had almost given up hope.
When Blood Wine commenced to ad-
vertise in Louisville sent for sample
bottle, and later purchased three more.
have now finished my third bottle,
and can truthfully say that my catarrh
has wholly left me, and can walk
around without getting tired. My
strength Is returning and / feel like a
new person. will say to all sufferers
with catarrh that Blood Wine is the
medicine to take if they want to be
cured"
Catarrh is the same in you as in
any one else, and amenable to the same
treatment. Blood Wine cures catarrh
wherever it exists, and it will cure you.
For Constipation ask for our Liver Pills. 100
for IS cents.
SOlomons Company lS3 Congress,
west, and Bull and Charlton streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
JAPAN TO TAKE SPACE
RUSSIA MAY GIVE UP.

ST.. Louis, Feb. 17.-Upon the heels of
the announcement from ST. Petersburg
that Russia will abandon her proposed
exhibit at, 1.-The Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, Mr.. Hajimota, assistant COM
missioner general from Japan, has an
nounced that every foot of exhibit
space that is given up by Russia will
be applied for by Japan.
No confirmation of Russia's an
nomcement has reached the fair Off
Gals from official sources. Meanwhile
the proposal of the Japanese commits
sioner cannot be. considered, except
itenta lively,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

gH .f.
the minister concerned. AS there is
nothing which. corresponds to cabinet.
the ministers have no joint responsible
ity and the only center, in which the
activityo of all the different departments
qonverges is the Emperor himself He
may, of course, order that a matter is
to- be submitted to the Committee tof.
Ministers, or he may summon a num-
Der of 'personages in whom he has con-
fidence, toe discuss IA question In his
presence; but this forms no part OF, the
ordinary method of conducting busi-
ness. ,r 9t.r' -
Thus a Gear who attends to his du
ties and has IA great capacity for work
can control thoroughly the great legis-,
lative and executive machine by which
he governs his empire; and, as he pos
sesses many unofficial means, OF obtain
ing informntson. any. minister who
should systematically attempt to de
ceive him would very soon be found
out. With regard to foreign Affairs. he
Is sure 20 be exceptionally well info-m-
ed, because all crowned heads consider
that the relations of their country with
foreign powers require their personal
SUPERVISION, and TO this rule the Rus
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17


the tfi1'sts place it. must be remember
ed that lautoorats, like ordinary states
men in other forms of government.
do. not always foresee the ultimate
consequences of their decisions, and
are liable to find themselves unex-
pectedly in a situation from which war
is1 the only means of exit consistent
with the national interests and the
national honor. Even the pacific Mr..
Gladstone let. himself be drawn into
the Egyptian campaign, and after
ward drifted dangerously near to a
great war with Russia. 1t must be
remembered, further, that the auto
cratic form of government has it's
drawbacks as well as its advantages
IN matters. of foreign policy. 1t does
not require to watch and be guided
by the everchanging currents Of pub
lie opinion. and 1t can therefore adopt
"a politique de Tongue haieine: but Il
rs not nearly SO +independent OF popu-
lar sentiment as Is commonly suppos-
ed for its strength lies IN It's being
the representative Of national con-
,ceptions and national aspirations. and
II Il falls 10 be true 10 these, Il weak
ems itself. He would be a very bold
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
TELL OF THE FIGHT.
Wounded japanese Have Arrived at
Toxic.


Paris, Feb. 1.-THE Petit Partisan
this morning publishes a dispatch from
Toxic, dated Feb. IA, in which the COR
respondent says that wounded Japa-
nese who have reached Toxic from
Port Arthur, declare that on the morn
ing of Feb. the Japanese squadron,
composed of fifty-fiye vessels, including
transports, received orders to sail for
Port Arthur. The night attack was
made by the torpedo boat destroyers,
none of which was injured.
During the bombardment of the Rus
sian fort between IL o'clock and noon
on Feb. all the attacking vessels
were hit by the Russian fire.
The CRUISER Iwate had her three
decks pierced by a shell and the bat
tleship Fujrs smokestack was de-
stroyed; no ship, however, was injured
to the extent of necessitating dry
docking.
Upon the same authority the CORE
spondent says Japanese squadron
has seized the Russian coal depot on
Rose Island off Chemulpo.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
NO FIGHTING ALLOWED
UPON CHINESE SOIL.

Tien Tsin, Feb. 16.-Yuan Shi Kai,
COMMUNICATIVE of the Chinese i'm
perial army and navy, has officially
informed the French general, who is
dean of the European commandants,
that he purposes moving Feb. IS the
imperial troops now at Pao Ting Flu
to Kin Chau, near the head of the
Lao Tung Gulf, to guard the frontier.
Fighting, Yuan Shi Kai added, will not
be allowed in China proper and de-
feated belligerents crossing the from
tier will be disarmed. 1t is believed
that the Pekin troops are also moving
overland toward the border. ~
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

publicans..wors is that huxoms Buffa-
lonian, Grover Cleveland. You upstate
Democrats want to unite with the New
York County Democracy on Cleveland.
and we'll not only elect him Governor
this fall but President a little later. L
have never met him, but 1 know he's
all right"
Mr.. Manning smiled, and, turning to
his stout companion, said: Mr. Whit
ney allow me to introduce you to Gro
yer Cleveland of Buffalo"
Mr.. Cleveland was nominated, and
elected by over 10000 majority. Three
years later when he became Presi-
dent of the United States, he appoint
ed Mr.. Whitney Secretary of the Navy.
Like many other leaders of finance,
Mr.. Whitney did not do himself what
others could do for him. He made the
plans. Others worked them out. To
such a great degree did he delegate
labor to others that some of his friends
used to tell him jokingly that he was
lazy. On one occasion, when some one
asked him how he could anlass wealth
so rapidly. and yet so easily, he re-
piled:
1.-The harder jockey pulls on the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
Dodgc seekn Hnheas Cornus.

Houston, Tex, Feb. -16.-Charles F.
Dodge, who was arrested yesterday by
Texas rangers at Alice. upon tele-
gram from Gov. Lanham in a second
effort to extradite him to New York
on charge of perjury, sued out a writ
of habeas corpus to-day before Judge
Wilson at BeeVille. The date for this
hearing has not been fixed Dodge
was recently granted bail by the fed-
eral court for the Southern district of
Texas, and was also given his liberty
by Judge kittrell of the State District
Court. Gov. Odell of New York has
wired Gov. Lanham that new requisi-
ton papers have been forwarded.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
Damages to the Ships.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The Japanese
minister to-day received a dispatch
from Toxic, stating that trustworthy
information has reached the Japanese
government, to the effect that, as re-
suit of the Japanese attack on the Rus
sian squadron off Port Arthur on mid
night of Feb. s, the Russian battleship
Retvizan is still aground outside the
port, the Czarevitch has been towed
into the port, and the Pallada is still
aground at the entrance of the port.
All three. the dispatch says, are hors
du combat The dispatch says that, as
a result OF the Commandment on the
morning of the 9th, the Novik was Sc
riously damaged, but the Askold, Diana
and Poltava We're only slightly dam
AGED
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
Quiet MT BogOta.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Mr. Snyder,
the United States charge at Bogota,
has cabled the State Department from
Bogota, under date of Feb. 10, as fol-
lows:
9 Complete quiet prevails everywhere.
Election passed off quietly. but no one
knows whether Reyes or Velez has
been elected President. Talk of Pam
anna seems to have completely sub
sided -
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

at last they swept past the grandstand
and: Irish Lad nosed out rGunfire. the
father turned toward his son, cIapped
him heartily on the back, and said with
a CHEEKY laugh: IN
''Fll have try at you again some
day. my boy; and I'll give you such a
beating as you deserved for so un-
mercifully trouncing your father in a
public manner like this. 1t was a
great race. and as Sir Thomas would
say, the best boat won"
When victorious at the track Mr..
Continued on Ninth Page.)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
TALES OF w. C. WHITNEY.
PrOmptness and Decision Were
Strong Points in His Makeup.

FROM the New York Tribune.
Among the elements which con-
tributed to the success of William Col
Inns Whitney, the dead fnancier,
statesman, politician, sportsman, the
chief was his ability to tell what was
bone and what was flesh in human ma
ture. He could size any one up" as
a close friend of his once said, 80
that at a glance he had an X-ray pho
tograph of a man.
striking illustration of the way
Mr.. Whitney could read men is to be
found in his first meeting with H H.
Vreeland, the president of the Metro
politan Street Railroad Company. One
day Mr.. Whitney was making a tour
of inspection of the Putnam division
of the New York Central Railroad.
Several other inspectors of the road
were also in the party. When Mr..
Whitney asked his fellow passengers
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
Committed for Trial.

Paris, Feb. 16.-The preliminary in
quiry into the charges of perjury
made against ,Lucien Mas, and Alfred
Moranne in connection with the testi-
mony given by them with regard to
the death of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L..
Fair, who were killed in an automo-
bile accident in France in August.
1902, has been concluded. The accused
were committed for trial.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

st. Petersburg, Feb. 16.-Informa-
tion has been obtained at the Foreign
Office that Secretary Hays proposition
to limit the area of war operations. is
considered practicable" and that a
response will soon be Forthcoming.
Viceroy Alexieff is being consulted re-
garding the matter and the authorities
are doubtless awaiting an indication as
to how the proposition will he re-
ceived by Japan. ~.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

New York, Feb. 16.-Dr. Anita New
comb MCGEE, prominently identified
with the American hospital service
during the Spanish War, will take to
Japan a corps of trained nurses for
hospital service with the Japanese
army. Japanese Consul Uchida stat
ed to-day that he had arranged for
the acceptance of DR.. McGee's offer by
the Japanese Red Cross Society.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
Perfect Confidence in Chamberialn's
COuph Remedy,

Where there used to be feeling OF
uneasiness and worry in the house
hold when a child showed symptoms
of Group. there is now perfect conn
dence. This is owing to the uniform
success of ChamberIains Cough Rem
edy in the treatment of that disease.
Mrs. NJ. 1. Basford. of PoOlesviHe, Nd,
in speaking of her experience IN the
use of that remedy, says: Il nave a
world of confidence in chamberlain
with perfect success. MY child Car
land is subject to severe attacks OF
Group and 1t always gives him prompt
relief" For sale by all druggists.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

Van Horne and others Are AssOci-
ated in the Deal.


ated in the Deal.
Mobile, Ala. Feb. 16.-Robert H.
Manser, manager of the United Fruit
Company at Belize. British Honduras
who is in Mobile, says that an Amer
lean company, including Sir William
Van Horne of the Canadian Pacific,
Minor C.. Keith and other capitalists
and railroad men, also the United Fruit
Company, have acquired the Guatema-
Ian Railway "a line running from Port
Barrios, 1876 miles inland. The new
company is to take over the manage
ment Of the road after the meeting
of the Guatemalan Congress on Feb.
/, and binds itself to extend the road
sixty-five miles, tapping the most fer
tile regions of Guatemala.
Mr.. Manser confirms previous state
ments that there is at present no rev.
olution on in Honduras.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
Socialists for Peace.

st. Etienne, France, Feb. 16.-At a
meeting of the Socialist Congress, M.
Jaures, the Socialist leader in the
Chamber of Deputies, read a long
declaration on the subject of the war
in the Far East and on the Franco
Russian alliance, and said, if neces-
sary, the Socialist party would bring
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
AIexien Is Confident.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 16.-viceroy
Alexieff on Feb. Is issued an order of
the. day admonishing the soldiers with
regard to patriotic duty and express
ing his confidence in victory.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17

up the matter in Parliament. In con-
clusion, M. Jaures said:
I'VE want peace; we all desire war.
against war. We will strive to our
utmost for peace and social iustice.Y
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
Beveridge i'm Hnnna,s Seat.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Bev-
eridge will occupy the seat which SEN
ator Hannas death makes vacant. For
the past four years Senator Beveridge
has had a seat on the Democratic side
of the chamber. IS
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
Observation-Disclosures, LAKE CITY.

Lake City, Fla, Feb. @16 Miss Ollie
Turner and Mr.. Nathan Rutledge,, both
of this city. were married Sunday at
the home of the bride, by Rev. ]. o.
Harris. The young couple left for
Mayo, where Mr.. Rutledge has a posi-
ton with the Drew Lumber Company.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-17
RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THE MARCH TO THE YALU RIVER
Recent Report Says
Frontier and the Clash Cannot Long Delayed

these epidemics OF. religious folly being
only morbid return to a very. prini-
tive mental and moral state.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-28

been making . Study Of the general
questions Of irrigation and forestry
q rela.ed 10 manufacturing and sales
o. factory products. and al is annual
meeting decided 10 lend ihe subject
is active support The matter has
been Iii the hands ~ q special commit.
Tee appointed last spring The asso
eiation concluded that the settlement
ot the arid land By homebuIlders Was
d subject ID which they were deeply
and directly interested and that they
could lend their support % no nov
ment. development Of South American
trade. expansion of Oriental markets
or anything else which promised such
returns IL the habllitation 81 Arid
America The report expresses strong
views against the timber and land
non rife In The Rest and
stands fcr TIE repeal II HE land laws
CITY II MITCHELL.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-28

before Il will be allowed TO enter.
Upon receipt 81 notice BY you III
writing from any such inspector thai
any owner has refused to allow his
stock TO be inspected. or has failed td
have i dipped Or treated after the
same has been ordered by the inspect,
or, you Will at once notify such own
cr, u an applicant for the grazing priv.
ilege. that his stock will not BE- Ill.
lowed IN the reserve, whether a per.
nit has been issued To him or not,
until ne has complied with the order.
II the stock has already entered the
reserve you will require its immedi.
ate removal.