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The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13
GRAND OLD BISHOP.
Stephen M. Merrill Asks to Be Super.
ANIMATED,

animated.
Los Angeles, May S.-The chief in
terest of the General Conference FRI
day centered in the great ovation ex-
tended the venerable Bishop Stephen
NJ. Merrill, for many years resident
bishop of Chicago. Bishop Cyrus W.
Foss turned from an exciting debate to
introduce Bishop Merrill.
Amid the waving Of handkerchiefs.
the entire conference rose and saluted
the bishop. Bishop Merrill had decid-
ed to retire from the active duties OF
the episcopate, and instead of waiting
for the committee on episcopacy to
suggest the matter. he made a pro-
found impression on the conference by
taking the matter into his own hands.
Bishop Merrill read his statement,
every word of which was listened to
with intense interest. He said in part:
Il began my ministry in 1845. in
Greenfield, Ohio, in the midst of the
agitation that eventually disrupted the
church. have served the church elev-
en- Years on the circuits eight years on
stations, four years as presiding elder,
four years as editor of church paper
and thirty-two years in the episcopacy.
l am in the seventy-ninth year Of my
life,. and have been fifty-nine years in
the ministry.
Ninety per cent of the membership
has been brought in during my time. l
like the. word superannuated-I like 1t
better than the term non-effective. A
superannuated bishop is bishop still.
He can perform certain episcopal du-
ties IL required. l am not demonstrat-
i've or gushing in my nature. have
never made an appointment under the
bias of feeling. l have never had Bit
terness in my soul to any man in all
my official life. ask that at the end
of the session a superannuated relation
be granted to me-"
The strongest and most vigorous
men in the conference wept when they
heard the words Of the grand old bish-
op bidding farewell to active service.
When he had finished his remarkable
statement, they arose with one accord
and waving their handkerchiefs, stood
in silent salute.
There was great pathos in the resig-
nation of Bishop Merrill. He is still
a man of massive and vigorous frame,
a fitting survival Of the old circuit rid
er, who went his rounds on horseback.
In one moment the conference was
laughing at his drolleries. and in the
next sobbing as he touched some chord
of sympathy in referring to his rela-
tons with them as bishop.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

That insane tramp in Connecticut
who recovered his reason through be-
ing struck on the head with brick
does not represent an isolated case
Many man has come to his senses
by receiving severe Jolt.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

1t is comparatively easy to discover
the germ that produces disease. The
real trick is to prevent the germ from
discovering his victim,
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

We should like to see that school
teacher who is boasting so loudly
about being the champion speller of:
the world go up against a few of the,
words that wriggle through the CEN
sor.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Conservative estimates place the
winters cleanup of the Alaskan gold
fields at a million and a quarter. Ours
was something like that; at least, we
cleaned up about quarter. -
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

The Tibetans who visited the Brit.
ish camp at Chumbi took the maxim.
guns for "cOmical toys" No "uncivil-.
lied race" that gets in John Bulls way,
is permitted to remain long in that de-
lusion.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Manager Conried has gone so far as
to talk Of producing "Parsifal" in San;
Francisco. And II the horror-stricken
widow of Wagner lives long enough,'
she may even hear that it has been;
produced in vaudeville. l
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Says John l.. Sullivan: "Id like,
to get into office so some decent laws!
could get passed" Meanwhile John:
might focus his powers on revised
version of the Marquis Of Queens
berry code.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Presiding Elder Palmer must be a
lively preacher. At all events he told
the conference in New York of the
difficulty of supporting sealskin'
wife on muskrat salary"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Philosophy and religion have
thrown many fits in endeavoring to
explain the nature of human happi.
ness. 1t is very simple. Good health,
financial independence, and love are
its ingredients.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

A Cleveland man drank a quart of
whisky on wager. The undertaken
won out.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Prof. E. Benjamin Andrews has fig
nred it out that no family ought to
have more than ten children. But
suppose the problem is complicated
by twins?
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

DO not drink whisky If you wish
TO avoid typhoid fever" urges Or.
George W. Webster. DIR. Webster is
a spendthrift of words. What's the
use of the last seven?
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

The Washington girl who visited
heaven in trance says she saw
great many people there. Let us have
something more explicit-did she see
any ex-congressmen there?
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

When Charles NJ. Schwab opens his
palatial new residence in New York
il is said that champagne will be serv-
ed in buckets. Why not in trough?
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

The Russian civilians at New
Chwang are leaving hurriedly and
many are fleeing the city In the fear
that they will be subjected to NAL
treatment at the hands Of the brig
ands.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

At Handy. the mountain capital of
Ceylon, is the famous temple of the
Tooth. Sweet tooth. doubtless. Must
be paradise for dentists.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13
Evacuation Of New chwana.

London. May decentralization
seems to have seized on the Russian
forces. They have abandoned New
Chwang without striking blow. dis
mantling the forts there in the dead of
the night and shipping the big guns on
railway cars to Lao Yang to help Ku-
ropatkin resist General Godama, who
is hurrying to attack him at the head
OF the victorious army of the Yalu.
1t is at Lao Yang General Kuropat-
kin has determined to make his de-
cisive stand. and within a few days
the crucial land fight of the campaign
will take place.
New Chwang. May z, 9 a. m.-There
is every indication that the Russians
have decided to evacuate New
Chwang. Troops have been leaving
here all day long. The forts have been
dismantled and all the artillery has
been placed on board trains. All the
local transportation has been COM
mandeered by the Russian authorities.
There Is current here native rumor
that Japanese transports are in Foo
Chau ION the west side of the Liao
Tung peninsula and about sixty miles
north of Port Arthur, but this report
lacks confirmation.
The fear is held here that If the Rus
slams leave and the japanese do not
at once take possession of New
Chwang. the brigands. who are now
across the river, near Ying Kow, will
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Some men. MIR. Carnegie. acquire
the title of hero only to have it en-
grayed on their tombstones.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

A Kansas paper states that New
Jersey man while getting out of bed
broke two legs" Job for the carpen-
ter.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

New York man is learning to
talk without a tongue. This is new;
but many people have learned to talk
without brains
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Bad news for the pesky moths. The
price of camphor gum las dropped
from ninety-three to seventy-nine cents
a pound
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Some people will not consider vot-
ing machines success until they
shell out two dollars when the right
button is pressed
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

The paragraphers who have been
joking about the Petropavlovsk disas-
ter do not realize it.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

Yale professor is credited with
saying that the masses eat too much.
He said this, doubtless. for the benefit
of the classes.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

scientist claims that he has dis.
covered that fish can talk. Good gra-
cious, what lies they might contra
dict.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-13

The British are learning something
about Tibet, and the Tibetans are
learning great deal more about the
British.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
GREEN GOODS GAME
AS NEW AS EVER.

Confidence Men Reawaken Mans
Cupidity by SwindIes So Old They
Are New.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The green goods swindle is rife again.
AT intervals 1t breaks out in spots,
like chickenpoX or poison ivy, but in
the summer of 1904 when II was sup
posed to be almost extinct, it has come
rushing to the front with all its old
time energy and effect.
Lieut.. Andy Rohan has seventeen
complaints from repentant green goods
buyers, who attribute their downfall to
Chicago dealers" That's one of the
peculiar advantages which the green
goods faker holds over other crimi-
mails. His victim is, i'm the last anal
ysis, equally guilty with himself.
It is nearly eight years since gem
uine case Of green goods has been
traced to Chicago crooks. Now the
police are confronted with seventeen,
and the force is buster on this sub
ject than any other. There seems to
be general revival of the lawless in
dustry all over the United States. Chief
of Detectives Desmond of st. Louis
reports that more green goods" swim
dies are reported there than any other
examples Of crookedness.
From Wheeling, w. Va, comes Off
cial notification of the fact that Post
master Thomas w. Tichnal has been
arrested, charged with green goods"
swindle. His correspondence, as dis
closed by the police. revealed the pres
ence Of willing dupes in all parts of the
United states. From Wichita, Kan,
comes information that three sellers
OF bogus greenbacks are operating in
the southwestern part OF the state, and
that stores, banks and railroad Offices
are being daily embarrassed with in-
quiries and complaints about the men
who have unloaded bogus money on
the unsuspecting.
From Springfield. Mo. comes per-
haps the most ingenious performance
Of the new crop of green goods swim
dlers. There, for two nights, an oper-
ator gave special performances IN
which he converted ordinary green
paper into regulation and passable
bank notes by simply exposing the
blank paper TO the rays OF an electric
light. This is certainly new develop
ment OF the green goods business, and
one that should warn all investors
against the man who offers TO show
you how to make money by photogra-
ply.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
Summer Underwear Less Is Per Cent.
Summer Furnishings Less Is Per Cent.
Boys Clothing and Furnishings Less Is Per Cent
Boys Straw Hats . Price.
B. H. Levy, Bro. & Co.

tropical sunlight, the gaudy Austrian
flags looks much like the Spanish.
Several of the American ships turn
ed toward her, under the impression
that she was an escaped Spanish
cruiser. The Texas raced at her,
with the men at the guns all ready
for action; but luckily the mistake
was discovered just in time. The Aus
trian captain had no idea that battle
had just been fought, and his amaze
ment when he was told of the result
was laughable to witness.
On the Havana Blockade Line.
During the blockade of Havana the
American torpedo boats were forbid
den to enter the harbor. This was gem
orally supposed to be on account Of
the supposed strength of the fortifica-
tions and the careful watch kept by
the Spanards, but there was another
reason.
In the early days of the blockade a
small torpedo boat-said to have been
the Winslow-got into the harbor
under cover of darkness and was about
to let off torpedo at a big ship ly-
ing at anchor, which was supposed to
be the blockaded Spanish cruiser AL
phonso XIII. At the psychological mo-
ment she was recognized as a hospital
ship full of yellow fever patients.
The torpedo boat hurried out of the
harbor, her commander trembling at
the thought of the terrible mistake he
had nearly committed. The blowing up
of that hospital ship would have been
worse than the loss of a battle. Imagine
the difficulty of convincing prejudiced
Europe that it was a mistake!
Dispatch Boats Fired on.
Time and again. during the opera
lions off Cuba. newspaper dispatch
boats were fired upon by the Ameri-
can ships and narrowly escaped being
sunk. A dinky little Norwegian tramp
called the Premier, now employed as a
wrecking steamer in the West Indies,
was exposed TO the greatest danger.
She is a low, rakish craft, not I'M
like torpedo boat in appearance. At
that time she was fitted with three tall
yellow ventilating tunnels, almost the
size of a small smokestack, for she had
been a banana carrier when she was
chartered by a New York newspaper.
Thus she looked like a four-funnelled
torpedo boat instead OF a single-fun-
nelled tramp.
Admiral schley's squadron sailed
away from Clenfuegos one night with
the Machias acting as a rearguard
scout against Spanish torpedo boats.
Al daybreak there was a heavy fog,
and the Machias was cruising up and
down across the route Schley had TAX
en-. ready TO blow a Spaniard out OF the
water at an instant's notice.
The Premier. eager 10 catch up with
the squadron and find out what was
doing. came up through the fog and
suddenly found herself right under the
nose OF the scout. The crew Of the
Machias took her for a torpedo boat
I'm the dim light. and we're on the point
of blowing her 10 smithereens when a
pun OF wind blew away the fog and
showed that she was flying the Ameri-
can flag
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
A british AdmirnI,s Mistnke.

During the recent international
blockade of the Venezuelan coast sew
eral mistakes that might have been
very serious were made by naval Of
ficers, and this despite the fact that
they had been cautioned most strin-
gently by their governments, which
were anxious not to transgress the
Monroe Doctrine.
The strangest mistake of all was
made by the British admiral. Sir
Archibald Douglas. and the acting
governor of Trinidad, Sir Courtenay
Knollys. They got together and
issued a formal declaration of war
against Venezuela at Port-of- Spain.
And this at the very moment the
governments of England. Germany
and Italy were exhausting the re-
sources OF diplomacy to convince the
United States that they contemplated
nothing beyond a pacific blockade!
Trinidad calmly declared war on
Venezuela while three great Powers
shrank from doing 80.
During the same blockade, the Brit
ish destroyer Quail while carrying
mail and dispatches to the warships
lying off various Venezuelan ports,
narrowly escaped being sunk one dark
night by the British cruiser Charyb-
dis, which thought that she was the
solitary torpedo boat of the Vene-
zuelan navy escaped from La Guayra.
As matter of fact, that vessel could
not move an inch, even II she had
wished 10 attack twenty modern war
ships, for her rusted engines had
fallen 10 pieces and her boilers were
full of holes.
In the Chino-JHp War.
During the war between China and
Japan. British merchantmen were
thrice fired upon by the japanese I'M
der the impression that they were
Chinese transports. Many other YES
sells were stopped. Luckily. there were
no serious consequences; but the
diplomatists had to get busy.
There is nothing new in such mis-
takes as these They have probably
been made ever since naval warfare
began. During the Civil War, North
ern warships sank some neutral mer-
chantmen which were innocent of any
intention to run the blockade. Going
further back, there Is still preserved in
the archives Of the government of ia
maica an elaborate explanation made
by the captain Of a British frigate Of
the circumstances under which he
sunk a harmless merchantmen. be-
lieving her to be a notorious pirate.
Mistakes Easily Made.
The risk of such mistakes being
made has increased enormously under
the modern conditions Of naval war
fare. When a supposed enemy heaves
in sight, especially In a fog or on a
dark night, there Is little time for con-
sideration or inquiry. A captain must
act Immediately or run the risk of his
vessel being torpedoed.
Thus we see that, even apart from
such errors Of judgment as that made
in the case Of the knight Commander.
there is grave danger Of neutral ships
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

DCNFldl VI LuDSe SLOEl6S are LOlQ IN
naval cities of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, but not all of them have yet
seen the cold light of print
The Maria Theresa Incident.
Everybody knows that during that
war several European nations we're
by no means friendly to America.
Perhaps the least friendly was Aus
tria. But few people are aware that
during the operations off the south
cost of Cuba the American squadron
was twice within an ace of sinking
an Austrian cruiser, the Maria The
resa. If this had really been done
there is no knowing what the result
might not have been, taking account
of the bitter feeling against America
then prevailing in Austria and other
European countries.
The Marie Theresa happened to be
very much like some of Cervera's
cruisers in her general appearance
by the Austrian Admiralty to cruise
in Cuban waters throughout the
war.
one pitch-black night, some time
before the destruction of the Spanish
squadron off Santiago, she was steam
ing a few miles off the coast of ia
maica. The captain and his officers
quarter deck after dinner, listening
to the ships band, and feeling at peace
with all men.
Suddenly. out of the darkness, there
doomed the form of a big cruiser,
coming toward the Maria Theresa.
at top speed. The Austrian officers
were dunn bounded TO hear big COM
motion on board and orders hastily
shouted in English which would have
resulted in blowing them out of the
water In the next few minutes.
The vessels were so close to one
another that the words of the Ameri-
can officers could be distinctly heard.
Ordered the Band 10 10 Play.
The Austrian captain rose TO the
occasion. The moment ne saw the
cruiser, he had an inspiration. With
a single bound. he was at the side OF
his bandamster, and gripping him by
the shoulder.
play something American!" he
shouted. Yankee Doodle. The Star
Spangled Banner anything"
The band instantly struck up yam
kee Doodle" and the Americans were
so amazed at hearing the familiar
strains from the deck OF what they
supposed to be a Spanish cruiser that
they waited TO- explanations
This story was told 10 the writer
shortly afterwards by the Austrian
captain in the wardroom OF the
Maria Theresa" when that vessel lay
~ Port Royal. Jamaica.
few hours after Cervera's feet had
been destroyed the Maria Theresa
again had q narrow escape. She came
steamlng up toward the American
feet from the eastward. Waving in
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

ty of praise as an excellent report Of
a genuine campaign keynote" address.
Saved InEersOlI's Speech.
There is a story afloat, though
cannot guarantee it, that one of Bob
Ingersoll's most famous speeches, de-
livered, 1 think, in the Hayes cam
paign at Indianapolis and beginning
THE past rises before me like a
DREAM" was rescued by a narrower
margin even than Blaine's keynote"
speech of 1884 According to the
story, the reporter sent by one of the
papers to take down the speech
missed n~aHstion. through some con-
fusion of orders.
This was not discovered in time to
assign another shorthand man to do
the work, and the managing editor,
who was present. attempted to make
a report of the speech from his own
longhand notes. This he soon saw
was impossible, and in despair he
hunted up the colonel, just as he was
leaving town, and asked if he had any
notes or memoranda out of which
something like an adequate report
could be made. The colonel was sorry,
but the speech had been made quite
eXtempOraneously; he had no notes and
he had said. The managing editor
was in despair. That the paper should
come out in the morning without a
varbatim report of the Ingersoll speech
was not to be thought of. But how
was a report to be obtained? While
he was agonizedly trying to write I'D
the best report he could, there came
a knock at his door, and in walked a
rather shabby-looking young man with
hNUr M 10 g la
ten on brown paper.
The managing editor hardly under
stood what his visitor had to say at
first, so absorbed was he in the diff
culties of the moment, but presently
there came a phrase that made him
sit up and take notice
What's that?" he queried eagerly.
You have report of the Ingersoll
speech ?"
/. Yes, sir" answered the other. 81
have it complete, il shorthand. and
about half of it is written in longhand.
I'm newspaper man out of a. lob
and I'm carrying the banner I used
to be a shorthand reporter. Maybe
you have a good report already, but
If you haven't and it's worth enough
to get out of town.
Meanwhile the managing editor had
been running rapidly over the writ
ten-out portion of the shorthand notes
Evidently the report was genuine and
the warmth of his reply to the tramp
reporters words was "a STARTER to the
latter. Next day the paper had the
only complete report of the Ingersoll
speech printed anywhere and the
tramp reporter found himself safely
settled in steady job. Undoubtedly
that speech, which was reprinted
many times before the campaign was
over, had much to do with the result
of the election that year.
HarrisOn's Plan of Stamping.
Benjamin Harrison never made a
prolonged stamping tour on his own
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
THE BLUNDERS
OF WARSHIPS
Mistakes Which Might Have Put Governments Into Worse
Position Than Russia Has Been Put by the Sinking
Of the "Knght Commander"
BY JOHN B. AYTON.

The awkward position in which
Russia has been placed through the
sinking of the British ship Knight
Commander by the Vladivostok
squadron is one of those misfortunes
of war which belligerent nations are
constantly escaping by the skin of
their teeth. In the Knight Com
mander case, the Russian captain
seems clearly to be responsible for
serious error of judgement; but men
who know the inside history of naval
warfare in recent years can tell many
stories of worse mistakes which were
nearly committed by naval officers
through sheer accident-mistakes that
would have driven neutral nations
wild with anger and required an i'm
mense amount of explaining away
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
Boys
Department
on
End Floor.

in the war zone being attacked by
either the Russians or the Japanese.
1t would not be surprising, indeed, to
near that neutral warship in thoee
waters had been fired upon by one
or other of the combatants in the
belief that she was the enemy. The
mistake made in the case of the Ma
ria Theresa might conceivably be re-
peated with a less happy result.
Copyright, 1904, by William Thorp.)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

THE Chicago Automobile Club ia
protesting very strongly and foollshly
against the new law requiring them %
carry numbers on their machines.
Numbers are badges OF infamy," they
say This is the first sign which Chi
cago has shown Of having q pain IN its
conscience.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

Confidence Men Reawaken Mans
Cupidity by SwindIes So Old They
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
Boys
Department
on
2nd Floor.
TheLast Week!
AS the Natural Result

Of experienced buyers in the market receiving
large shipments of Fall Wearabes and displaying
Fall Goods about Sept We anxious dispose every Sum-
garment the house before that date and consequently will
continue for week the True Bargains characteristic of
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
Summer Waists ! Price.
Shirt Waist Suits ! Price.
Children'S Dresses ! Price.
Silk Coats ! Price.
Our First Display

OF new Fall Suits last week was indeed crafty
ing, and the praiSeWOrthy comments on all sides
were very pleasing.
New ones are being received and displayed
as quickly as possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

Several of those stories are told in
naval cities of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, but not all of them have yet
seen the cold light of print