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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

Washington, Feb. 21.-How the Unit
ed States have come into trade rela-
tons with a new nation containing ten
millions of people is briefly and mod
estly told in the report to Mr.. Loomis,
the assistant Secretary of State, of
Robert P. Skinner, the American con-
sui general at Marseilles, France, on
his highly successful special mission
to Abyssinia last November for the
purpose of negotiating with King
Menelik a trade treaty, and to col
lect information concerning commerce.
AS result of this mission, Mr..
Skinner negotiated treaty which, if
acceptable, will insure for the United
States the most favored nation privi-
leges in Ethiopia, and will guarantee
to American citizens and merchandise
immunity from determinations in rates
on all public roads, and lines of COM
munication.
In addition, Mr.. Skinner prevailed on
King Menelik to accept an invitation
for his country to participate in the
st. Louis Exposition. MIR. Skinner,
after narrating these facts, says:
Acting on behalf of the Agri0d1-
tural Department / have secured q
collection of the seeds of the more inn
portanat crops peculiar to Ethiopia,
a number of which may be found val
liable in the exploitation of the un-
cultivated western lands of the Unit
ed States now being made available
by the extension of our irrigation sys-
tenn. | have also in hand material
for a report on the agricultural re-
sources of Abyssinia.
THE Agricultural Department parti-
cularly desired to secure a collection of
wild coffee seeds for experimental
purposes. These could not be obtained
during my visit. but have been order
ed and ultimately will be forwarded.
Such a collection could be found only
In Kaffa. a remote province, access to
which involves long and expensive
tural Department have theory that
a degeneration of the modern coffee
plantation is due to the fact that the
coffee culture has been based on seed
originally imported from Arabia,
and that by getting back to the
wild coffee plant, the habitat of which
is the province of Kaffa, a new
variety may be created, the value OF
which will be incalculable."
The presence of the mission In Eth
opia has had the effect OF turning her
attention toward the United states as
q probable source of supply for many
manufactured articles for which an
expanding market is certain to result
upon the completion of the railway and
as probable consuming market for
such products as may be available for
export.
MIR. Skinner gives this picturesque
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22
winter in View Zealand.

Lady Broome, in The Cornhill
The winters were short and delicious,
except for AN occasional week of wet
weather, which. however. was always re-
garded by the sheep farmer as excel
lent for filing up the creeks, making
the grass grow and being everything
that was natural and desirable When
it did not rain, the winter weather was
simply enchanting, although one had
to be prepared for its sudden caprices,
for weather is weather; even at the
antipodes, and consequently unreliable.
Sometimes we started on an ideally
exquisite morning for a long ride on
some station business. The air would
be still and delicious, fresh and exhil-
arating to degree hardly to be under
stood; the sun brilliant and just suf
ficiently warming. All would go well
for four or five hours, until, perhaps,
we had crossed a low saddle in the
mountains and were coming home by
the gorge OF a river. In ten minutes
everything might have changed. A
sou'wester would have sprung up as
though let out Of bag, heavy drops Of
rain would be succeeded by a snow
furry, i'm which it was not always
easy to find ones way home across
ers who set forth so gayly at 10 of the
clock that same morning would return
in the fast gathering darkness wet to
the skin, or, rather, frozen to the bone.
/ have often found 1t difficult to get out
OF my habit, so stiff with frozen snow
was its bodice.
No one ever dreamed of catching
cold, however, from the meteorolosi-
cal changes and chances, and immunity
which no doubt we owed TO the fact
that we led whether we liked it or
not, an open air life. The little
weather boarded house, with it's can
vas papered lining, did rot offer much
protection from hard frost, and /
have often found a heap of feathery
snow on q chair near Ely closed bed
room window which had drifted In
through the III fitting frame. Still these
snow showers and even hard frosts
(which usually melted by midday did
no harm to man or beast.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22
SAVANNAH MINISTER'S
OPINION OF NEW YORK CITY
Rev. j. A. Smith Sees 1t From a Religious Point
of View

New York, Feb. 2O.-Editor Morn
ing News: Since my arrival
here many friends have written
me regarding my work, and others
have requested me to give an outline
of the work that is to be undertaken
on my return to Savannah.
AS to the specific lines of mission
and institutional work that will be
put in operation am not prepared at
this time to say anything definite.
am keeping the presiding elder, Rev.
7. D. Ellis. and Rev. A. M. Williams
in touch with my studies and investi-
cations. We shall at the proper time
project such lines of work as are
the most feasible for Savannah.
No city furnishes such an oppor-
tunity for study and training in mis-
sion and institutional work as New
York. While it is a desperately wick
ed city, and sin abounds on every
hand in its most aggravated form with
It's attendant results chime, degrade
ton, abject poverty and death. Yet
It may be said to the credit of the
Christians of this great city that the
most active, unselflsh and superhuman
EFFORTS are being put forth to reach,
llft up, strengthen and save the peo-
pie. ! have never known such a stall
Wart, practical, aggressive form of
Christianity. Through the wise, united
enorts of the people who have wrestled
with and learned how to solve great
social questions, whole sections of Man
NATHAN have been reclaimed. sections
where a few years ago vice of every
description ran rampant and where
many of the worst crimes and foul
murders were committed.
To Reach the Masses.
To meet and solve these growing
problems, many of the churches have
stepped beyond the ordinary routine of
church work, and by form of life and
service appealing to well nigh every
SIDE OF human nature are giving a
most satisfactory answer to the de-
bated question, How shall the masses
De reaehedT' They are being reached:
The young men and women in the
churches are being helped, developed
and saved.
Recently, in company with two min
lsters spent two hours inspecting the
work in st. Bartholomew Parish
Rouse on East Fortyssecond street.
Our Episcopaiian friends have erect
ed nine-story building well nigh per-
iect in its equipment for the great
work which they are doing. From
the cellar 60 the roof every room is
utilized. Though nothing very special
was on for the night our guide esti-
mated that there were over 1000 young
men and women, boys and girls, in
the various rooms. In one room
COnnf6n thfHfxy- hnNG n
gagged in healthfsl entertaining exer-
else. Are not these boys and girls be-
Ing saved from untold evil--by beifS
drawn OFF the streets--from undue evil
influence, II may be, for only few
hours each night? There are young
men and women who are now leaders
IN this work that proudly acknowl-
edge that through these methods they
We're reached and saved.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22
Cold weather Hard on sparrows.

"Of course this has been an UNI
usually cold winter; everybody knows
that" said the Germantown police
man. 1.-The Weather Bureau can fur
nish the statistics; / don't just know
what they are, but / do know this
that never In my experience have
seen so many dead sparrows as during
the past month. The sparrow isn't
migratory bird. He makes his home in
a certain spot, and there he stays, year
in and year out. A snowy winter like
this Is particularly hard on him. I've
sort OF made a study of the little bird,
and ! know his habits pretty well. He
doesn't mind the snow for a day or
so--in fact, think he rather likes IL
for a change, being hardy sort of
bird-but when there Is snow on the
ground for week at a time he suf-
fers. He wants a warm perch once in
a while. and when every thing is
frozen he gets chilled through, and I
really think he loses control OF his legs
to such an extent that he topples over
and freezes 10 death. At any rate, rye
seen more dead sparrows lying around
in the snow during the past month
than ever before In the same period
OF time"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22
SKINNER REPORTS UPON HIS
VISIT TO THE ABYSSINIANS
His Interesting Comments Upon His observa-
tons in Their Country

description of his reception by the
Emperor:
1.-TWO hours after camping, accom-
panied by M. Chefneux, counsellor of
state, the mission set out for Adarach,
or seat of government, accompanied
by an Ethiopian escort of 5000 men
under the command of a distinguished
general. Although our reception at
Harrar had not been devoid of mill
tary pomp, we were astonished, and
our appreciation of the picturesque
gratified by this first glimpse of Ethio-
plan troops upon a ceremonial occasion.
Arrayed in gorgeous silks and satins,
with lion and leopard skin nantes,
gold and silver-plated bucklers, carry
ing lances from which floated the ma
tional colors, mounted upon spirited
horses, they galloped into formation,
the very order Of which was an APP
parent disorder, shifting like kaleido-
scope and constituting a scene as in
describable as it was memorable.
IA band of Shawn players heralded
our coming with weird music, which
has not changed since the fall of Jeri-
cho.
"At the palace, or Guehi, our escort
fell back, ana the mission, always ac-
companied by the marines and blue
Jackets proceeded through a series of
court yards, and after receiving a sa-
lutte from company of 200 native ar
tillerymen, we entered the Alderach, an
audience chamber of cathedral-like
proportions and form. The Emperor
sat upon this throne, surrounded by
his more important advisers. Our re-
ception was cordial. but formal"
For nine days Mr.. Skinner was in
conference with the Emperor and his
chiefs of state. At the farewell audi
ences the Emperor gave two young
lions and a pair of elephant tusks to
Mr.. Skinner, together with personal
letter of friendship and good will ad-
dressed to the President, which he
gave as testimonials of his friendship
ana good will to the United States. Mr..
Skinner says:
Whatever may be the results of
this mission, it is certain that II the
treaty be ratified it will have regular
lied an uncertain condition where we
had an existing trade interest of value
and have placed us In a position to
profit by eVertualities.
"At present there is an annual inn
portation OF cotton sheetings from the
United States to Ethiopia to the value
of $4,000. II it pointed out that
ETHIOPIA can supply millions of raw
skins, for which there is an increasing
need in this country"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

who tries them fndsthat there is nothing in the world
that equals this remedy in aordng immediate relief and
eectng permanent for Indigestion dyspepsia and
bad stomachs
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets relieve the stomach of
its work and permit that organ to rest and regain its
health and strength. They contain all the essential
ingredients that enter into the digestive fluids and
tons of the stomach and they actually take up the work
and do it just as healthy, sound stomach would.
work and eat enough to keep him in proper working con
dtion. His system is not deprived of its necessary
nourishment it is in the of the starvation cure
the employment of some of the stcass chicken foods
the market. Starvation, even if it were good
thing, could not be continued long enough to effect cre
for disordered and WORKOUT stomach is not going
to become strong and healthy in two or three
days.
contain natural digestives The principal component
parts aseptc pepsn malt dastase and other ingre
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22
BULLET THROUGH THE HEART.

A Mysterious Homicide Occurred mt
salem, N. g.
Charlotte, N. c., Feb. 21.-A mystic
rious homicide occurred at Salem. N.
c.. about / o'clock this morning, Sid
ney Disher aged Il, being the victim.
He received a pistol bali through the
heart. Tom Munday, Ralph Sanders
and Milton Brewer, young men, who
were with Disher at the time of the
shooting, were arrested and are in Jail
awaiting the action of the coroner.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

From the New York Press.

"The food OF the Chinese consists
school geography or history that has
been published since tie noot IT'S all
fOlderol and napdoodle." say a con-
cessiOnnire from the interior Of he
great empire. 1.-THE streams we're
fished out ages ago. and you seldom
find FISH Ia the interior on the coast
yes. Much feh n eaten. But the
nain food o. the Chinese ig pork ana
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22
FIRING AS HE RAN
A Negro Pursued N Young Northern
Woman at Aiken.

A Negro Pursued N Young Northern
woman at Aiken.
Columbia, S. c., Feb. 21.-At Aiken
last night while going from her resi-
dence to that of a patient, 800 yards
away. Miss Kirke, a trained nurse
from the North, was acoosted by a
negro man, concealed in a clump of
bushes in a vacant lot. Miss Kirke
screamed and ram the negro chasing
her for some distance. firing two pis-
toll shots at her as he ran.
Hearing the screams and firing a
young man ran out from the house
to which the lady was going and fired
several shots at the negro, but with
out effect.
Efforts are being made to capture
the wouldbe assassin.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

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CANS are you going to continue through life in this
and be deprived OF the pleasures and happf-
ness that utrong men enjoy? Stop Think for your
self and consult Dr. j. T. Gauit. Savannah's leading
specialist chronic diseases He Will take pleasure
IN explaining you his superior methods Of curing
these n you live out OF the city and cannot call
write him and give full explanation 81 your case
consultation and correspondence confidential
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Suite Is, Board Of Trade Building savannah Ca,
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22
NO MEXICAN NOTE TO CHILE.
Government Organ Denies n Report
Relating to Panama.

Mexico City, Feb. 21.-The govern
ment official organ denies that Mexico
has addressed a note to Chile. express
sing herself favorably regarding rec
ognition of the Republic OF Panama
but intimating desire to extend
that recognition jointly with the
government of Chile, in order that it
might carry greater moral force.
The official paper says the Mexican
government has addressed no note on
the subject to the government of Chile
1t has done nothing more than endeavor
through it's representatives to ascer-
tain the sentiment and policy of other
government of this continent re-
garding the matter, without undertake
ing to act in concert with any of them.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

dents with like properties that
do the work regardless of
the condition of the stomach.
There is no unnatural or violent
disturbance of the digestive
organs as the result of their
action. In fact, the existence of
the stomach is entirely forgotten
as soon as they have had time to
begin their operations. They
also possess very curative and
healing properties and assist
the stomach in getting we'll,
while relieving it of its work.
They perform the duties of
both nurse and physician.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

The 1900 telephone girls in Ger
many are government employees. Each
must be of good character. and live In
a respectable family. The pay is 53h
cents a day, with an advance of 6
cents in two years, and those four
years in service secure II cents a day.
Applicants for these positions usually
walt two years for an opening.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22
The Great National
Political Conventions
Are Divided Many uesons But Agree With One Accord the Greatness
and UnaIing Merits Of Suarfs Dyspepsia Tablets

The prominent politi-
clans of the United States,
who as delegates, make up
the great national political
conventions, are subjected
to many demands that tell
on health. They must be
"good fellows" to a certain
extent. They must attend
banquets, late dinners and
mix up with "the boys"
more or less. These things
are required and have been
required of them ever since
they entered politics and
these things sooner or later
tell on health and play
havoc with the stomach
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

who is this Boil Weevil who has
been making such stir IN cotton re-
cently?" Il don't know. but ms some
New York broker, III bet hat, It's
"a shame the way they Ret into every-
thing nowadays. Cincinnati Times
star.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

and its functions; for politicians like all other men,
have stomachs. To relieve the bad effects produced by
these demands the politicians of the country both great
and small, have all united in the of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets. They fndjust like everyone else
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-22

Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale by all
druggists at so cents box and there is very little
danger of any druggist trying to sell you something
else in its place that is 'just as good" They so
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-28
GET PAY FOR
7 FAC H | N G
THE VOTERS.
State Commission has Notified
City Clerk RieIIey 10 That
Effect.
THE VOTING MACHINES.

City .Clerk Rielley wns yesterday
notified by one-of the voting machine
commissioners, who came to this city
for that purpose, That. according to q
decision recently handed down by
Justice Swayze, in the Supreme
Court, the county must pay the men,
bers of the board of registry and cleo
tion for teAching voters how to use
the voting machine.
The machine in the fifth ward was
the only one used in this city. The
members of the electi on board were
instructed by City Clerk John +.
Riclley, and they, in turn. instructed
the intrioacies of the machine.
There was a considerable amount
due ea ,h of the four members OF tie
fifth ward board, William Fitzpatrick,
Constant J. Coley, John H Mehaffey
and Frank Tooker. The statement
WINS made that the county would not
paw the election officials. The amounts
which they will receive according to
the decision of Justice Swayze is said
to be nearly $50 for each of the four
men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-28
Took Their Patrol Boat to Eliza.
belhpOrt for Repairs to
Watch River Pirates.
HAVE BOATS SPOTTED.
Pirates Along the Sound Which Raid the
Barges Loaded With Coal Have CauseC
Considerable Trouble and ths Police
are Desperate to Capture Some q
Them.

The Patrol, we'll known to tho river
pirates along Staten leland sound as
the New York police boat, wns on the
dry dock of the New Jersey Dry Dock
Company, at Elizabethport, all day
Monday and in consequence there was
considerable CONSERVATION among the
river mon as to why it should dock
there along the sound, in preference
to docking in New YORK harbor at
the BROOKLYN Dry Dock Conpany
where most of tho New York police
boats usually go for repairs. Hints of
sleuth work on tho part of New York
detectives, who came up with the
toat, are entertained, and, in conse-
quene, there are number of anxious
rivermen today,
2 The boat came up the sound Monday
and went into the dock yesterday
morning. In the meantime the coal
pirates continued in their work, un-
thinkinRly, under the very eyes of the
police who were oil board the boat,
and who were also OH the water in
small boats while the alleged repairs
were going on
The boat was taken to Elizabeth
port for a new propeller. But there
is doubt whether there was. anything
really the matter with the old one.
1t las been known to the pirates for
q long time that the New York police
had their eyes on the rivermen q
Elizabethport, but the men, schooled
in the ways of the water, have been
too clever for thom, ana have eluded
the police at almost every turn. The
authorities were at their wits end to
find how the pirates worked,
There was no way to do that but
to bring the boat up to the port under
n pretense of having repairs made,
and, with a corps of careful detec-
tives, the best in the service, along
the water front of the metropolis,
quietly gather the needed informa-
n.while the river mon were at
work, little realizing tl;at they were
being watched.
The repairs were made to the boat
and were completed late Monday
afternoon. Shortly after O'Clock the
boat.slipped oft the dock and proceeded
OH the way to New York, hardly ten
minutes after sail boat went down
the bay loaded with coal which was
heing loaded on her as she sailed by
the patrol boat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-28
TO RECEIVE BIDS FOR
STATE STREET PAVING.

Bids will he received at tho meeting
of the Board of Aldermen Monday
night for paving State street with
vitrifieh brick from the Lehigh Val
ley bridges north to Gadek's park.
One hundred days will be allowed
from the date of tho signing Of the
contract for the completion Of the
work The contract must be signed
within five day S from the date of the
award, or bv week from Saturday.
The approximate amount of brick
needed is II, 800 square yards. There
will be about 1000 lineal feot of 4xG
inch blhestcne curbiDg. and about
5000 lipeal feet of Bag foot cross
walks. The whole pavement is to be
II inches deep. A strip of feet, be-
tween and for two feet each side of
the trolley tracks, is to be paid for by
the Public Service Corporation. AS
the very Lost clause in The contract
states, it Is not required. but it is de
sired, that the same firm do this
work
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-28
THE PROGRAM.
Grand Master Of the State Was
Present Speeches Made by
Leading Odd Fellow Local
Lodge Received a Great
Amount of Praise.

Odd Fellows to The number of four
hundred from this city, Carteret,
Woodbridge, Plainfield. South Amboy,
Elizabeth, West6eld and few from
Pennsvlvanla gathered in Wilder
Music Hall last night to attend the
grand rally of the tenth district. 1t
was the largest attended rally ever
held in any city by the lodges of this
district. ALI of the State grand
officers were present.
The meeting was opened by Grand
Master Ross, of Cape May Court
House He explained the workings
Uf Odd Fellowship, and answered any
question pertaining to the order that
any member OF lodge might oare to
ask. He was followed by Past Master
August Grassman, Mayor of Ho-
boken, who spoke of the good work
the Odd Fellows had done and would
always continue to do. Rev. s.
Travena jackson. pastor Of Simpson
M. E. church, of this city, who was
at one time Grand Master Chaplain
of the Odd Fellows, also spoke
After the speech smaking was over
Lawrence Lodge, No. g., of this city,
exemplified the work of the first de-
gree. 1t was then nearly 10 O'Clock
and the Odd Fellows sat down to q
good old fash ioned supper.
Most all of the delegates came here
by train, but the members of Frank
lin Lodge No. 8, and of ElizabetlIport
Lodge No. 1l6. both of Elizabeth,
came here on steamer they Ind
chartered, while the lodges of Plain
field hired a large stage and drove
over. The members of Lawrence
Lodge No. 62 of this city, and DR.
Crowther, the Distii let Deputy Grand
Master of the tenth district, deserve
great.oredit for the way in which they
handled the rally and today they are
being congratulated by friends.