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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-20
The Brigand Who Captured Harris.
Torpedo Boat Sails for Tangier.

GIBRALTAR, May pa British torpedo
boat No S. sailed today for Tangier in
connection with the kidnapping of an Amer
lean citizen. named Perdicaris, and his
stepson, Cromwell Varley, a British sub
iect by armed Arabs headed by Raisun,
the notorious brgand chief.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
PERSONAL.

Three or four members of the fed
eral House of Representatives are fond
of munching the old-fashioned stick
candy so popular among small children.
Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio keeps
d box of these dainties in a corner of
his desk, getting his supplies from
Col. French, the file clerk.
The Turkish minister, Chekib Bey,
has a cottage at Saville, and when
there, it is said, he works nearly all
night, only retiring when the other
members of the household are prepar-
ing to arise. He then retires and sleeps
until o'clock in the afternoon. Dur
ing his sleeping hours no one can see
him, 1t being an objectionable act for
even any member of the household to
disturb his slumbers.
The London Chancery Court has
given the Marquis of Townshend per-
mission to sell heirlooms of great value
in order to provide himself with an in
come. The family estates came to him
four years ago weighted with incum-
brances amounting to S750,000. A re-
ceiver was appointed at $1,750 a year and
a manager at $1,750, but the luckless
Marquis gets only $1,000. His lordship
finds it difficult to maintain the dig
nifty of marquis on such a beggarly
sum, and so went to court for permits
sion to sell certain ANTIQUE furniture
and some pictures
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
BRIGHT BITS.

You say you have brother re-
siding in Canada?" Eyes: he used to
do some wonderful balancing feats
when he was in New York" ACROBAT
or bank cashier ?"-Yonkers Statesman.
THE buildings of the Yard" said
the sport in his daily theme, Dear the
marks of the past" "And in that re-
spect. wrote the cynical instructor.
they differ from your themes. ''-Har-
ward Lampoon.
Mr.. Backlotz (enviously)-"s has
the greatest luck in selecting servant
girls" Mrs. Backlotz-"Don't talk
nonsense! You mean she has great
luck in having servant girls select her."
Philadelphia Press.
The Soubrette-'I suppose this the
alter is we'll safeguarded in case of
fire?" The Property Man-"Sure.
Why, only last week de manager put
III BRAN new, strictly fireproof safe
In de box office an another exit frum
de same placer'-Puck
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
Would give Him His Place.

H. G. Frick who has presented to
the government $4,000 Chartran
painting, the Signing of the Proto-
COL" was the subject of much lauda-
tory comment in the House when the
announcement of his gift was made,
says an exchange.
A friend of the Pittsburg millionaire,
in discussing his tastes, said:
Mr.. Frick dearly loves a good,
strong sermon, and in an equal degree
he hates a sermon. that is carelessly
composed and insincere. Sitting be-
side him in church one day, l got a
manifestation of this latter trait of
his.
"The minister was talking about a
foreign divine who had died, but his
mind didn't seem to be fixed on his
subject very firmly. He wandered on
and on, in a wordy way like this:
=" What place, my brethren, shall we
assign to the deceased? Was he the
greatest of the apostles? All, no, for
that place belongs to st. Peter. Was
he the greatest of saints? No, for that
place belongs to st. Augustine. Was
he the greatest of philanthropists? No,
for in philanthropy st. Francis ex-
celled him. Then, 1 repeat, what
place
"'Oh, give him my place and get
on I heard Mr.. Frick mutter to him
self with an impatient frown."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

A LIE Sueur, Mimi, man met with an
accident recently which shows the per-
lis of cat hunting at 80 degrees below
zero, says the New York Tribune. The
eat was on a framework supporting a
water tank when the shot was fired.
The bullet killed the cat and pierced
the bottom Of the tank, and in an in
slant the water, gushing out, sur
rounded Mr.. White with a complete
shower bath, in a temperature of So
degrees below zero. Instantly his over
shoes froze to the stone foundation on
which he was standing, and, STOPPING
to unbuckle them, he was changed by
the spray, freezing in the terrible cold
as fast as it FELL into helpless statue
of ice, stiff and tmmovable as a stone.
Only by his STOPPING posture, which
kept his face free from the ice, was
he saved from suffocation. Soon the
flow of the water was stopped by the
sediment in the tank flowing into the
bullet hole, and a little son of Mr..
Wl4e, who had seen the whole affair,
ran for assistance. 1t was necessary
to loosen the unfortunate mans feet
with chisels, and when he had been
carried into the house by three strong
men the ice had to be broken from
him with clubs. He was badly fright
ened by the experience, but otherwise
unframed. The body of the cat was
found frozen to his back.
The last sentence shows the PAINS
taking attention of the correspondent
to the veracious details of his story.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
lNDtA IL NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings. Henry NJ. Grady Council
No. s, ]. o. U. A. NJ.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, Will
hanson & Rauers Insurance That In
sures, w. T. Hopkins.
Business Notices-Why Is 1t? Thun-
derbolt Casino; Private Dining Rooms,
Sommers' Cafe.
Are Ready for Business-Armstrong
Gator & Co, Baltimore.
Savannah Theater-The Payton Sis
tiers, Tonight.
There Is Always One-E. & w.
Laundry,
warburines Fortify Your System
Rowlnski, Druggist.
Ask for the Coupons-At Latti-
more's.
Mocha and Java-The Delmonico
CO.
schntz Beer-Henry Solomon &
Son.
Auction Sales-Dry Goods, Shoes,
Etc, c. H. Dorset, Auctioneer.
Medical-Herpicide; Vnol.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
TO PROMOTE STREET PAVING.

! The owners of property in the city as
rule have given hearty Endorsement
to the authorities in all of their street
paving projects. While there have
been differences with regard to what
materials should be used, there has
been no question as to the advisable
| ity and good policy of paving the
streets. Under the law, concerning the
equity of which there is a question,
| the owners of property abutting on
streets that are paved are required to
pay two-thirds the cost of the improve
ment. This is a heavy tax, and bur-
densome one in many instances to those
whose entire means are invested in
their homes; but still the tax has been
met. In some cases the city has al
lowed property owners to pay their
paving assessments in instruments, as
they were unable to Iiquidate the whole
bill at once. In no case has any prop
erty been sold to pay street paving as
sessments. This is a good record.
1t is understood that the city in the
near future proposes to do a larger
diAlO0lll VI pa hlllS AliftlA CNIA DNAOl e. III
fact, there is scarcely an unpaved
street in the better residence sections
for which paving is not being demand
ed by the persons residing thereon.
The advantages of improved streets are
everywhere recognized, but the project
Of paving them is not pushed with vigor
because of the burden it would place
upon the less prosperous property own
ers. This reason for delaying the work
of improvement would be removed if
the city would make the paving assess
ments payable in monthly or quarterly
instruments extending over a period of
years. If such a plan were adopted it
would not be a great while before ev-
cry important street in the city would
be both paved and paid for.
We have a well-organized street i'm
provement force and at it's head an
energetic and efficient officer. If there
is anything in the city's charter inhib-
iting the authorities from giving credit
for street improvements it would 10
doubt be easy to get the Legislature to
pass a law authorizing payments for
such improvements on the instalment
plan.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
why the Piano Was There.

A stage heroine who happened at
the same time to be an able executant
on the piano had to play night after
night the same part at popular
theater, says London Tit-Bits. She
anxiously Ionged to give the audience
a specimen of her musical abilities,
but her part in the performance af-
forded no opportunity for such a dis
play of her powers. But her inventive
genius came nobly to the rescue and
she discovered a place in the action
where pianist and heroine might go
hand in hand.
When the curtain rose revealing the
desert of the Black mountains the
spectators beheld, to their amazement,
a splendid piano placed at the foot of
the rocks. The heroine, with the haste
of one pursued, climbed down the
rocky path, stopped enraptured at the
sight of the piano and exclaimed
THE savages have burned down our
cottage, murdered my father and
mother and driven away our cattle;
but, heaven be praised-they have left
me my piano. Music shall comfort
me in my distress and, if the ladies
and gentlemen permit, 1 will play
them short selection"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
CURRENT COMMENT,

The Indianapolis News Oem.) says:
I'm the present case both Russia and
Japan are our friends. We have no
quarrel with either. 1t is important
that we should preserve the friendship
OF both. And this we can not hope to
do unless we deal fairly, frankly and
honestly with both of them"
The Wall Street Journal saws Mr..
Rockefeller lis a modest and retiring
man, and shuns publicity of any kind. /"
To which the Washington Post adds.
Secretary Cortelyou discovered some
thing of that kind when he tried to
carry out the provisions of the law re-
lating to publicity concerning trust af-
fairs"
The Columbia State Dem.) saws:
Japan has free schools, religious lib
erty and free press; Russia has no
schools, bigotry and religious persecu-
ton and a muZzled press. The slight
concessions made to enlightenment
have been wrung from Russia by the
moral force of the civilized world. Her
peasantry are as dumb cattle: liberty
of thought or action is unknown to
these white slaves of the white Car.
To such government we are not
willing to commit a greater territory
than the huge area over which the
Bear now casts his shadow. Russia
must advance with far greater progress
If, within two centuries, the people of
the Car are to be raised to that state
Of enlightened freedom now enjoyed by
those of Japan"
The New York World Dem.) saws:
"Mr. Bryan is unnecessarily borrowing
trouble about the Democratic national
platform. His offer of reward of
500 for a declaration of principles and
policy that will satisfy ten leading
Democratic and independent journals
which he names no doubt seems to him
a poser 1t might be sufficient to re-
mind Mr.. Bryan that these journals and
all the rest of the Democratic and in
dependent press found no difficulty in
agreeing upon the Chicago platform OF
1892. upon which the Democratic par
~ triumphantly elected it's President
and carried the Congress. The papers
named will no doubt be willing to take
that platform as the groundwork of
the resolutions to be adopted at St.
Louis, and with such additions as may
be necessary TO meet the new issues
In truly Democratic spirit"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

Apparently Mr.. Bryan and Secretary
Shaw hold the opinion that the Demo-
Gratis are incapable of writing a ma
tional platform that will insure party
harmony. Mr.. Bryan has offered a
prize of 500 for a platform that will
prove acceptable to ten of the leading
Democratic papers of the country,
which he names. These newspapers
are supposed to be representative of
the "reorganizers." Following this
peculiar offer by Mr.. Bryan comes
Secretary Shaw, who, at dinner in
Chicago the other day, suggested that
maybe it would be a good idea for the
Democrats to dispense with national
platform and permit each state delega-
tion to write it's own platform, as was
the case in 1892. In that year the DEM
ocratic National Convention adopted a
resolution as follows: Resolved, That
it be recommended to the several dele
cations in this convention that in place
of a general address from this body
each delegation make such declaration,
by address, report or otherwise, to
their respective constituents, of the
objects, proceedings and result of this
meeting as it may deem expedient."
Under this plan, says Secretary Shaw,
who likes his joke, the campaign could
be localized.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION.

1t is somewhat remarkable that the
newspapers continue to ask why it is
that our trade with South American
countries doesn't increase while it is in
creasing with all other countries of the
world, or at least about all. The ques-
tion has been answered many times,
so many that every newspaper in the
United States ought to be informed
about it.
The reason is that our manufacture
ers and merchants do not cater to it..
They will not pack goods as South
American merchants want them packed
and they will not give the long credits
which South American merchants de-
mand. The intimation il we had more
ships running between our ports ana
the ports of South America we could
easily capture most of the South Amer
lean trade, is not founded on truth We
could capture it now if our merchants
and manufacturers would set them
selves to capture it. AS a matter of
fact, however, they find that trade in
other directions pays them better and,
hence, they do not seek it. We have
all the ships we need for it. The num-
Der is sufficient to carry it, We must
get the trade before establishing steam
ship lines.
When our merchants and manufac-
turers feel they must have more trade
they will go about getting the South
American trade by doing what must
be done in order to get it. namely, Civ
ing long credits and manufacturing
and packing goods as demanded by
trade conditions in all of the South
American states. That is the whole Sc
crot
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

Senator Burton of Kansas asserts
that the indictment that has been found
against him charging the acceptance of
illegal fees from the Rialto Grain and
Securities Company, is an outrageous
political trick, which he will have no
trouble in exposing. He has declared
that he desires a full investigation in
order that he may be indicated. New
ertheless it appears that the Senator
has demurred to the indictment against
him on technical grounds. 1t would
seem that the senator in his eager
ness for vindication would spurn tech
nicalities.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

Mr.. Hearst has sown dragons teeth
for himself in the PROPAGATION of his
boom. in that he claims to stand for
organized labor. The labor people are
now demanding that he show them. "
At Elgin, H., the other day there was
a big kick because the Hearst posters
with which the town was plastered
showed no union label, and the men re-
support him. After a while there will
be delegations calling on MIR. Hearst in
every town he visits demanding to see
the union label on his hat, his coat, his
shirt, etc. before accepting him as a
champion.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

The Insurance Press of New York,
commenting on a recent editorial in
the Morning News on the proposed To-
cal mutual insurance company, refers
to the profits in fire insurance and
makes the statement that. for pc
ROD of ten years ended with 1902.
the profit on the underwriting bus
mess of the country amounted to less
than one-half of one per cent" This
small profit, the Press says. was the
cause Of much capital being with
drawn. to be invested in more profit
able enterprises" The facts are doubt
less that ably and carefully managed
companies made money and those
which were badly managed. lost money .
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

Secretary of War Taft, lately Gov
ernor of the Philippines, is of the
opinion that the United States will
lose perhaps 100000 on the purchase
and sale of the friar lands; but he
thinks the beneficial effects, from a
political standpoint, will amply justify
the transaction. There is almost al
ways something to be said in justif1ca-
ton of a treasury raid.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

The Washington Post of recent is
sue says that C. Edward Crump. of
Alexandria, Va, has recently invented
an electrical typewriter attachment,
which. it is said. will revolutionfze
typewriting. Mr.. Crump is in the en-
ploy of a Washington firm and while
working his typewriter one day con-
ceived an idea for the improvement of
typewriting, which he Immediately put
into execution. His employers saw the
value OF the machine and aided him
Negotiations were entered into with a
New York concern. and with the result
that royalty on the machine was pur-
chased by the company and a position
in their factory was offered to the
young man, who is only 20 years of age.
At the settlement between Crump and
the New York concern $136, 900 was i'm
mediately paid out by the latter. $685.
600 Of which went to Crump. and the
remaining $4,000 to his hackers. The
completion of this young mans idea
has practically made him independent
for life. On the receipt of the SOS. OC0
he made very liberal gifts in money to
his father. mother. brother and two
sisters.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

The Hearst boom in Iowa, that was
said week ago to be spreading like
wild fire, seems to have petered out.
The Democratic State Central Commit
tee met in Des Moines few days ago.
A straw vote was taken on favorite
candidates for the presidential nomi-
nation. Only three of the committee
men voted for Hearst, and they were
men of no considerable Influence.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
PRoFITED BY BEING ROBBED.

As a general thing the profits of rob-
berry are enjoyed by the gent" who
practices tbs gentle art of abstrac-
ton" or the other gent" who receives
and dispOses of the stolen goods, known
to the police as a fence The per-
son who accumulated and owned the
portable merchandise is oftener than
not left to mourn his loss and console
himself with the thought that he will
take greater precautions in future
That is about all he gets out of the
transaction. aside from the assurance
of the detectives that they will do
what they can" for him. But there
occurred in Orange, N. T., the other
day a robbery by means of which the
person robbed actually made money
received a profit on the goods stolen
from him.
The fortunate loser was Mr.. James
B. Dill, a corporation lawyer living in
the town mentioned. He carried a bur-
glary insurance policy, which pledged
the company issuing it to reimburse
him for any loss by thieves up to the
face value Of the policy, $4,000, and up
to the value of the articles at the time
of the theft. The company shrewdly
imagined, doubtless. that in the event
of loss it would be able to show that
the articles stolen had deprecated in
value from the cost price, and there
fore 1t would be able to settle at pres
ent" value. 1t TRANSFERRED, however,
that most OF the articles stolen from
Mr.. Dirs residence were in the shape
of diamond jewelry. The diamonds
had been bought eight to ten years
ago. Since that time there has been
a considerable advance in the value of
diamonds. At the time Mr.. Dill pur-
chased the stones they cost him in
the neighborhood of $4,000, but he could
not duplicate them now for less than
so per cent. on that price. Following
the robbery. therefore. he put in a
claim against the company for $4,000.
The insurers demurred, of course. They
did not want to pay $4,000 for articles
which had cost the owner only $4,000.
But Mr.. Dill got out the policy and
showed the company's representatives
the value" clause, pledging payment
at the "value at the time of theft" By
reputable diamond merchants he was
ready to prove the increased value of
the diamonds over purchase price. and
their worth when they were stolen
Then he blandly asked, would the COM
pany prefer to go to law? 1t wouldn't
The language of the policy was too
plain. The claim was paid. And thus
Mr.. Dill goes on record as the man
who made money by being robbed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

New York's police department, usu-
ally anxious to chase all known thieves
and suspicious characters out of town,
Is now watching such persons to pre-
vent their leaving town. The reason is
that a descent of thieves on Baltimore
at this time would be extraordinarily
The New York police got information
that a number of professional crooks
were about to move on Baltimore, and
set to work to prevent them from doing
it. Ordinarily the Maryland city is
quite able to take care of herself. but
just now she needs the kindly assist
anee of her sister cities in matters like
the foregoing
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15

Is it for the japanese to instruct
the world in the use of modern in
struments of war? Nothing of value
was known of the fighting qualities
of modern warships until the battle of
the Yalu in 1892. The American navy
added to the fund of knowledge in
1898, but it developed nothing of the
efficiency of torpedoes. In the Port
Arthur battle, however, the Japs
showed the world that torpedoes could
be made terrible engines of destruc-
ton against even the heaviest battle
ships. Thus for a second time the
Japs are pioneers in the use of the
most improved military appliances.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-15
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather, except rain
or the coast, with fresh west to north
west winds. Eastern Florida, fair
weather, with variable winds.