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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

was. talk Of fighting. but whether Il was
on this side or the ocean or the other he
didn't really know. As Hans usually
brought back very haxy information, but
little attention was paid to Ii, and our
thoughts went back to the more congsnial
subjects or Joshua's campaign against the
Amalekites, and the entrance OF the Jews
into the land flowing with milk and honey.
ihe summer came, the wheat was getting
ripe. From the house of old Annke Jams,
where lived, / could look over the whole
unduiafing expanse Of the cove, and see
the thick growing wheat bend in be4uti-
Iui long pillows Of green before eSery
zephyr that swept down from the erReir-
ciing mountains In the pastures the cat
tie were feeding in sleek content upon The
knee-high clover, and a line OF mowefy
were swinging their scythes in exacN
iAythm across meadow. Bob Whites
were whistling cheeriiy to their broodinR
mates. and thought as looked that God.
IN all His goodness, had never made a
fairer land, nor one where Peace and
Fienty walked more steadily hand-in-hand
with righteousness. As looked the blare
OF bugle broke in upon the Summer
quietness and drowned and frighted the
Bob Whites into silence. The guineas set
up an awful clamor at the sight OF a squad
or men bearing Confederate flag, who
raised yell as they csaght sight of the
settlement. and gallowpsd down the road
to the mill. / walked over there TO meet
them, and see who they WERE They dis
mounted, tied their horses to the trees.
took liberal drinks out Of TASKS they pro-
dueed from their saddle pockets, heistei
the Confederate flag on one corner of the
mil. gave it three cheers, took another
drink all round, and set drum and fife
which they had brought aIocg. to pIaying
| the "Bonnie Blue Flag" The elders with
Their ram s-horn canes came hobbling up to
see what it all meant. followed by the
young men from the fields.
Gentlemen and fellow citizens said
the leader, after the crowd had collected
and the drum and fife ceased I am
Capt. Bibb Of the Confederate Army.
am commissioned by his Excellency. the
Governor OF Georgia, to raise a company
OF the young men of Wartburg Settlement,
and am here for that purpose. You have
| sqHered the cruel expressions OF the
endurance would be crime, and we are
now engaged in war 10 assert our indie
pendence. L am here to invite you TO join
your gallant brethren in the field. who are
braveiy struggling for Southern liberty. IL
you volunteer now you can go in a COM
pany OF your own choice, made ND OF your
friends and neighbors. If zen don't VOL
unteer. it is my duty to tell you that you
will be conscripted and put into such regi-
ments as need filling up. You viii have to
60 wherever the Government chooses TO
put you. Now. time presses, and have
none to lose. Who will be the first brave
young fellow to put his name down? Re-
member. that you will all have to 90.
sooner or later. and probably sooner than
you think. Come forward. now. in 4
body
We all looked at one another with un-
Speakable anazement."
CTo be continued1
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JUDGE KEgsTES, of Chicago, has made
ruling in the direction of common sense
and justice by refusing TO disqualify jurors
who read the daily papers. A jury was
being empaneied for the trial of the '.ear-
barns bandits gang OF young rufIians
who had been shooting down men with
no more computations than il they were
street dogs. The Chicago people, OF
course, had full accounts of these scoun-
drels, with their confessions, etc, and the
attorneys for the defense insisted that no
man should be accepted for the jury who
had read the papers. Judge Kersten took
the very proper ground that men capable
of being jurymen were capable of reading
the newspapers and drawing their own
conclusions, and were not any more liable
to be Influenced By these than by the spe.
cious arguments Of the defense.
To accept for jurors nobody but mel,
who have not read the newspapers would
be TO make up a jury OF the lowest and
most ignorant men, who would be inca
pable of comprehending what were the
law and the facts in the case, and be
pretty certain to result in the miscarriag %
OF justice.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

Winter. In Summer the horses generally
went unshod. -Their. homemade wagons
and carts had hickory tires. Everything
about them was the work Of their own
hands--work done leisurely, patiently and
thoroughly. There was no hurry, no fret
ting, no tasking. They had ali the time
they wanted for any thing. A man wanted
to make an addition TO his barn. and
needed an anger to bore two-inch holes
The only anger OF that size in the settle
ment had been broken beyond all posi-
bility OF repair by The blacksmith.
Very WELL he<said quietly Hans will
be going down to the town in the Fall.
he'll get an anger, and I'll wait till then.
Il taught the children their letters and
to read out.of books that had been in the
family for several lives, and carefully pre-
served. Most OF them had been rebound
in ealf-skin, strongly scwed on with a
shoemaker's waxed thread They learned
to write with goose quilts and ink made
of maple sap and copperas."
And very good ink 1t is, too" inter
rupted Maria. That's the only kind we
used to have, and / wouldn't give it for
all the patent inks ever made. It's shiny
black from the very start
Shorty recalled the coai-blackness of
the writing on some of the letters that had
brought him world of sweet perturba-
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

FoR convenience In understanding the
news about the appropriations and ex-
penses in Russia and Japan we will reckon
both the Russian ruble and the Japanese
yen at about so cents in our money. The
Russian gold ruble is worth 51.5 cents,
but they have silver and paper rubles
which are at discount. A japanese sill
yer yen was worth 83.1 cents in 1891, but
deprecated to $40 cents in 1896, at which
it is now rated by our Custom officers.
Both have paper money which, ifs they 60
to war, will rapidly depreciate.-
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The Chicago street railway companies
propose to pay the city $4,000 for fran.
chises. While this is much more expen.
siye than buying up Aldermen, it puts the
matter on business basis, and the money
into the municipal treasury instead of into
the pockets of corrupt officials, But the
question arises, why, instead Of makinc
this payment to the city, there is not q
reduction Of fares? This is always A con.
sideratioa in regard to the taxing of rail.
roads and other public utilities. To tax
railroad, or make it pay for its fran.
chise, is giving it a warrant to recoup it.
self and get much more out Of the peopIe
who patrsnize it. It's patrons will have
to pay il much more and suffer other ex.
actions than il they had to pay into the
public treasury taxes equal to this contri.
button. II, for example, the Chicago
railroads pay $4,000 for the franchises
they win make that the basis Of getting
many millions out Of the people who use
the roads. Why not, therefore, do the OBJ.
Eious thing and give the franchises to them
upon the consideration that they lower
the rates to two or three cent fares, which
viii benefit everybody? f
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We HAVE considerable interests in
Korea, and they are rapidly growing. In
1897 the exports of the United States to
Korea were only valued at 500. They
are now in the neighborhood of $500, 600,
but this does not represent the trade by
any means, since great quantities Of Amer
lean goods enter the country by way OF
Japan. The Koreans buy American cot
ton and woolen goods, manufactures of
iron and steel, kerosene, silk and ma
chinery for railroads. The railway from
the seaport OF Chemulpo to Seoul, the
Capital, was built by American contrac-
tors with American capital and Ameri-
can machinery and appliances. There are
about 800 Americans residing in the EN-
pire, which is greater number than that
represented by any European nation.
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The death of Gen. Longstreet has
broken out afresh in the South the ques-
ton Of his conduct at Gettysburg, and at
Savannah, Ga, Chapter Of the Confed-
crate Daughters Of Veterans has made
itself conspicuous by refusing to do honor
to Longstreet's memory because she dis
obeyed the orders of Gen. Lee" This is
all supreme nonsense. 1t has two reasons.
The first is desire to punish Gen. Long
street for accepting the situation and
turning Republican. The second is to find
some excuse for being defeated at Gettys-
burg. Nothing was even heard of Long
streets "disobedience" until after he had
accepted an Office from Grant For two
and half years after Gettysburg he con.
tinued to be Lees most trusted Lieutenant
and most resolute fighter.
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THE evidence supports what was said
horror about there being plenty of law but
entirely too little enforcement. The
Chicago ordinances prescribe that thea
tiers shall be equipped with automatic
sprinklers, that there shall be fire alarm
box in each; that the stage skylights shall
open automatically: that the galleries shall
have independent entrances and exits, etc.
Every one of these laws and conditions
were fagrantly violated. There were no
sprinklers, no fre-alarm boxes, the sky
lights We're wired down, and the gallery
exits were locked and bolted. The re-
sponsibility for this condition OF things
primarily rests upon the Mayor, who
shunted it of on the Building Commits
sioner, who passed it on the Council, who
transferred it to the Judiciary Committee,
with none of them making it his business
to inquire into how the laws were OBJ
served. Then comes the still uglier charge
of graft. and that the theatrical managers
who offended the municipal ring had their
theaters severely inspected, while those
who propitiated the powers that be were
allowed to do rs they pleased. There IL
the best opening now in this country for
q grand movement insisting upon the en-
forcement of ah laws. Laxity IN regard to
the matter OF laws is only sample OF the
great Indifference in all oepartmenta a. to
the provisions on the statute books.
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ridden in upon Pennsylvania settlement,
and the first thing l noticed were the sub
stantial stone walls inclosing the clean.
well-tilled fields. Then took in the COM
Portable houses, barns and stables, some
all stone, some with the upper part of tim
Der. In the distance was an old, moss
grown stone mill with an overshot wheel,
and near it a stone church, even more yen-
erable and moss-grown, with white grave
stones shining in its yard. could even
mark sslid stone spring houses, and the
thought of their deliciousiy cool contents
was very inspiring to a man who had rid
den all those hot days through those inn
poverished mountains, living off the coarse
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

LAST week passed, contrary to all ex
pectations. without decision as to peace
or war between Japan and Russia. Al
we go to press the likelihood seems strong
est in favor Of war, as Japan's last note
has insisted upon her predominance In
Korea. She admits that Russia may safe.
guard her railroads and other interests IN
Manchuria, but that that province shall
remain an integral part OF the Chinese
Empire. Russia has declared the Japa.
nese nete to be entirely inadmissible
Whether this ID actuaily the last word any
day may determine. It seems likely that
a collision may occur almost any day be-
tween the two fleets which are now near
together In the Red Sea.
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THERE is recrudescence OF the bitter
feeling between England and Germany
owing to the Kaiser's toast to the German
Legion in which he said that in remem-
berance of its Incompatible deeds which,
in conjunction with Butcher and the>Prus-
slams at Waterloo. saved the British army
from destruction" For nearly century
now the English have built up words with
no end upon the glory of their especial
victory at Waterloo, which the world has
been led to believe was wholly British
triumph; that the English alone, with
some casual help on their tanks from
Butcher, had defeated and crushed the
Conqueror of Europe. AS a matter of
fact, England had only about $1,000 SOL
the total strength of the allies. yelling
ton himself pronounced it the ''evenest
run that he ever saw and the victory
turned on what might be termed a hairs
breadth. PROFESSIONALLY, if Butcher and
the other Germans had not been there, the
English would have been swept out of the
way in few moments. The p, 900 men,
brave and good as they undoubtedly were,
could have made but brief resistance to
Napoleon's mighty army. Biucher coming
up with 10000 troops saved Wellington's
army from destruction, and the Kaiser
was entirely right in his toast. English
men have written more about the battle
of Waterloo than we have about our
whole war, in which there were greater
number of men killed than England has
lost ON the field of battle in all the 500
years that she has been Nation.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

VIM. Fl. STEVENSON PosT, Moriah Cen
ter, N. T., sends The National Tribune So
to be applied to the fund for the erection
OF monument to DR.. Stephenson, the
founder OF the Grand Army OF the Re-
public.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

EXAMINATIONS have developed that ID
every theater In the country such 9 horror
an that Of Chicago has been possible
There has been plenty Of Law to prevent It
but q criminal disregard 81 the law. il
which Mayors, police. fremen, Building
inspectors. and other oGiciais have been
guilty accomplIces.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

THEY say that there is no profane word
in the Japanese language. How III the
world, then, are the Japs going to drive
mules in the case of war?
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-01-21

MASSACHUSETTS Democrats have regu
larry indorsed Mr.. Olney for the Presi-
Dental nomination. If the Massachusetts
Democrats had ever cut any ice in the
party's affairs this would be more impor-
Ton
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THERE doesn't seem to be any hope fol
real harmony in the Democratic party Sc
long az the Southern papers continue to
speak of the corpse of Clevelandism."
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i s. NATIONAL Tnlnusn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
an Southern
ON Railway.

Trains arrive and depart Savannah
by 90th meridian time-one hour slow
er than city time.
Schedule Effective. Jan. IL. 1904.
TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
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Baltimore, March Is. = Arrived
schooner Jennie Thomas, and sailed
for Savannah.
Sailed, Itasca, Savannah; schooners
Mary Lee Patton, Tampa.
Philadelphia, March 15.-Arrived
steamer Frederick, Savannah; bark
entine Bruce Hawkins. Fernandina.
New York, March 15.-Sailed, steam
er Apache, Charleston and Jackson
vile.
Hamburg. March Is. = Arrived
Schwarzenfels, Savannah, via Bremen
Leith, March 14.-Arrived, Claudius
Pensacola, via Madeira.
Rotterdam, March 13.-Arrived
Voorburg, Fernandina, via Savannah.
Bremen, March 14.-Arrived, Bedouin
Savannah.
Key West, Fla, March 15.-Arrived
steamer Olivette, Turner, Havana, and
sailed for Port Tampa.
Fernandina, Fla, March 15.-Arriv-
ed, schooners Grocer d. Buchanan,
Harrington, New York; John l.. Trent
Gilmore, New York; Frederic A. Dug
gan, Mumford, New York.
Sailed, schooner Jennie Lockwood
Hawthorn. Boston.
Sailed, 18th, barkentine Peerless
Byrnes, Jacksonville.
Port Tampa, Fla, March 15.-Ar-
rived, steamer Lansing, Conner, New
York.
Sailed, Maseotte, Allen, Havana, via
Key West.
Jacksonville, Fla, March 15--Ar-
rived, steamer Seminole, Staples, New
York, and cleared for return; barken-
tine Peerless, Byrne, Fernandina;
schooner Admiral, Pearce, Dunmore-
town.
Charleston, S. c., March 15.-Arrived
steamer Algonquin, Hale, Boston, and
proceeded for Jacksonville.
Sailed, steamer George Farwell, Dill
Ion, Brunswick; u. S. S. Cleveland
Switzerland, Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla. March 15.-Cleared
bark Chaima CNor), Jorgensen, Vic
toria.
Sailed, steamer E. o. Saltmarsh- (Br),
Rogers, Tampico; barks Cimbria (Nor),
Nelson, Gutujewski; Presosurt QtaD,
Schiaffino, Montevideo; Teresa Castel-
lano QtaD, Cacace, Buenos Ayres.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
STOCKS MADE GAINS
voDERATE, BUT WELL SUSTAINED,
DEMAND THROUGHOUT SESSION.
BUYING WAS BROKEN
MARKET HINGED ON DECISION IN
NORTHERN SECURITIES.

Rush of BeIated Shorts to Cover,
Who Had Waited i'm Hopes of n
reaction The Pacihcs, Fries and
PcnnsyIvania Group showed Gains
of Points and Upwards-Honds
Were Firm and ActiVe-U. $. Bonds
Unchanged on CaII--TOtaI Sales OF
stocks Were 4S4,0O0 Shares.
New York, March 15.-There was a
moderate and well sustained demand
for stocks to-day, which resulted in a
substantial advance in prices through
ont the list. Business was not larger
than yesterday, while the delivery of
the Northern Securities opinion was in
progress; but to-day's market was en-
tirely lacking in the feverish tone, and
the cratic fluctuations which charac-
terlzed yesterdays market.
The buying was somewhat intermit-
tent. but there were no intervening
backsets. 1t was the general convic-
ton that this buying came from a
short interest which has counted upon
decline following the Northern Sc
curities decision to buy stocks at a
profit.
There was no evidence to-day of any
pressure to sell on account of the de-
cision and the bears upon perceiving
this. proceeded to buy to cover their
short contracts. They found only mod
crate offerings of stocks and were
obliged to Did prices up considerably
before they were able to supply their
needs.
The Northern Securities case was
still the point on which the whole
market hinged. 1t is evident that aside
from the embarrassment incident to a
redistribution of securities the finan-
cial community has materially modi-
fed it's feeling of the value of the
Northern Securities decision since the
period when its mere mention was suf-
ficient to conjure up buoyant activity
in the stock market.
KnOx's Opinion Important.
Another important influence upon
the sentiment of operators was the as
surance conveyed in Attorney General
Knox's statement that 1.-The govern
ment does not intend to run amuck"
This was accepted as an intimation
that the powers now undoubtedly Sc
cured to the executive and believed to
be applicable to many other important
corporations which have been pointed
to as vulnerable under proceedings
based on the case just determined
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

COTTON-Savannah to Boston, per
100 pounds, Csc; to New York, per 100
pounds, zoe to dock; CSC lightered; to
Philadelphia, per bale, $1.00; Baltimore,
$1.00.
COTTON-Foreign direct to Liver
pool, 30c; Manchester zoe: Bremen, Csc;
Hamburg, 30c; Rotterdam, 24c; BARGE
Iona, 42c; Genoa, Csc; Trieste, 40c; Ven
ice, 42c; Havre, 30c; Antwerp, soc.
LUMBER-By Sail-Freight, active;
to Baltimore, $500; to Philadelphia,
s4.75; to New York, $5.621k; to Port
land, $500.
LJJMBER-By Steam-Savannah to
Baltimore, $500; to p. r. r. or B. and
o. docks, $3.50; to Philadelphia, Is %
per cwt. a pounds to foot; to New
York, 1925 per NJ to dock; lightered,
800; to Boston. to dock, $780,
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were conspicuous in to-day's upward
movement. Northern Securities itself
and securities of the companies imme-
diately affected were strong and gave
a sympathetic tone to the rest of the
market.
BeIated Shorts Rushed.
A rush of .belated shorts to cover.
who had waited in hopes of a reac-
ton, made the closing strong and ac-
tive at about the top prices of the day.
The Pacifics, Fries and the Pennsylva-
mia group show gains of points or
upwards.
The bond market was firm and more
active in sympathy with the strength
of Burlington joint As and United
States Steel second SIS. Total sales par
value $1,770,OO0.
United States bonds were unchanged
on call.
Total sales of stocks were $4,000
shares, including Atchison, IS, 400;
Baltimore and Ohio, 23,9O0; Chesapeake
and Ohio. 100; st. Paul, 2S,10O Erie,
4S.600 Erie, preferred, 6,400; Erie, sec
ond preferred, 500; Louisville and
Nashville, $500; Metropolitan Street
Railway, 1890; Missouri Pacific, 1900;
Norfolk and Western, 1900; Pennsyl-
vania, $500; Reading, 1890; Rock
Island, 7,600 Southern Pacific, 27,900;
Southern Railway, $500; Southern
Railway, preferred, 800; Union Pa
cific, 36,7OO; Copper, 22,400 Brooklyn
Transit, 22,300; Corn Products, 1900;
Tennessee Coal and Iron, 2,400; United
States Steel, 4,400; United States Steel,
preferred, $4,000.
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TO THE NORTH AND WEST.

Trains arrive Savannah as Iollows.
No. 20, daily, from New YORK,
.cgton and Cincinnati. 5:1O q. m sror,
No. 81, daily except Monday. Hon'
New York and Washington, 1O:1e q. III;
No. 80, daily, from New 1olA ~'-~
Washington, $40 p. m. - xveat
No. so, daily, from all points N0SS'
via Jesup. 11:59 p. m. rrrr,
No, 80. daily, except SUNDAY W
the West. via Jesup, 4:2O p. m x-s.t
No. 81. daily. from all points
via JeSup. 100 p. m. - ,rom
Ali trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC
Trains 81 and 80. the SOUTHERN ?
PALM LIMITED, Superb sollu "a
man train between st. Augustus ~
New York, composed of Compartment
Observation, Library and Ore Na a,.S
room Sleeping Cars. Dining cars SCI
all meals Ell route.
Trains SO and "a. THE NEW 1C1n
AND FLORIDA EXPRESS. Msso
buled limited trains. carrying ful ii.aan
Drawing-room Sleeping Cars nelN We =.
Savannah and New York. Dlhlhs ONA7
serve all meals en- route. ,,,1Syc-
TRAINS 20 and so, THE WASnrnEISEE
TON AND FLORIDA LlM1IE IT, :.
Vestibuled limited trains, car yliI y.
Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping "a.
between Savannah and New 1u, .a
Dining Cars serve all meals en- IO 49,.
Also Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Clncln,
natl, through Asheville and Ihe AAnu
of the Sky" .A.a-
For information as to rates. seneca
ules, etc., apply to ,-,.,,
C. H. ACKERT. G. M, WasnlhstOn'
S. H. HARDwIcK. C. P. A.. Wash
ington, D. C. 49,.
W. II. TAYLoE, A. G. p. A.. Allan
r. c. BLATTNER, Depot Ticket
Agent, Union Depot, Savannah "a
vannah, Ca, 141 Bull street. Pnones
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Southern Railway 5s...........112
Texas and Pacific lists ...115%
Toledo, St. l.. and Western 4s.... 20
Union Pacific Observation-Disclosures 1885,
Union Pacific conv. 4s............ 96A
Y. 5. Steel End 5s................., 72B
Wabash lists ...................... 1l55s
Wabash Deb. B................59
Wheeling and Lake Erie 4s....... Sc
Wisconsin Central 4s............. S9A
Virginia Carolina Chemical ....... 81
do do preferred ..................1 los
New York, March 15.-Standard Oil,
Gle
Baltimore, March Dashboard
common, 10% @105s; do preferred, 1880
17Ss. Atlantic Coast Line common,
1O6hG107.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
Notice to Marinern.

Pilot charts and photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters of
vessels free of charge in the United
State photographic office, in Custom
House. Captains are requested to call
at the office. Reports Of wrecks and
derelicts received.
This office operates a time ball on
the roof of the Cotton Exchange,
dropped daily at 12h DOM. DOS. (Sun-
days and holidays excepted), 18th me-
ridian time. In case of failure the
ball is lowered slowly minutes after
II. Clarence Hatch,
In Charge,