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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-03
rALIAFERRo.s sucCEssOR.

| Will Senator Taliaferro Of Florida
be his own successor or will he be sue
| ceeded by one of the three other can
| didates for the place? His term will
/ expire next March, but the Legisla-
ture that will name his successor
doesn't meet until a year from next
April. In the meantime the Demo-
cratic party will determine at a prim-
airy on May 10 who the nominee shall
be. At present there are four candi-
dates for the nomination. namely, Sem
ator Taliaferro, John N. c. Stockton,
Gov. w. S. Jennings and ex-senator
Wilkinson Call.
The nominee must get a majority of
all the votes cast. 1t isn't expected
that any one of the candidates will
be so fortunate, so, probably, there
will have to be a second primary. At
the second primary only the candi-
date having the highest number of
votes and the candidate having the
next highest can be candidates.
It seems to be agreed that Mr.. Call
twill drop out after the first primary,
though there is no certainty about
that. He is a shrewd campaigner and
may surprise his opponents. Still, it
is the impression now that he has had
his day in politics in Florida. and that
he will run considerably behind the
other candidates.
1t seems to be admitted that Sena-
tor Iraliaferro will receive the highest
number of votes at the first primary,
but there is a great variety of opinion
as to whether the second race will be
between him and Jennings or him and
Stockton. Both Stockton and Jen-
nings have strong followings and each
is making a very vigorous canvass.
Thus far personalities have played
a conspicuous part In the campaign,
but it is expected that they will be-
come even more pronounced as the
campaign progresses. 1t is an easy
matter to set a wrong impression
afloat, but it is difficult to catch up
with it and correct it. If the Florida
voters believe half they hear of the
candidates they will have poor opin-
ion of them, but they will doubtless pay
but little attention to charges which
the candidates make against each
other, unless it becomes evident that
there is reason for thinking that the
candidate against whom charges are
made is unfit for the high honor of
representing the state in the Senate.
1t isn't a difficult matter to distin-
guish which of the charges, if any,
are entitled to serious notice.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-03

Senator Morgan's capacity for talking
about the isthmian canal is one Of the
wonders of the age. II the Congress-
ional Record paid him space rates for
his copy" ne would be a very rich
man.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-03

The Czar has issued an order by
which the provincial governors of Fin
land are empowered not only to re
scind the election to municipal and
communal offices of politically un-
sound" persons, but to appoint in their
places others of the governors own Sc
lection.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-03

Louisiana will show at the Worlds
Fair a model of the levees of the state,
extending from the Arkansas line to
the gulf. including the passes. This
model will be twenty by twenty five
feet, and will be exhibited in the trans
portation department.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-03

The Oldest building in the world
that has been uninterruptedly used for
church purposes is st. Martins cathe-
dral at Canterbury. The building was
originally erected for a church, and has
been regularly used as a place for re-
ligious gatherings for more than 1900
years.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
Introduced.

This story concerns John Scott, man
ager of the Union Iron Works, and
Dave Barry, professional pugilist. Bar
ry had obtained employment at the
works, and one day he and two other
employees hid themselves behind an out
house to indulge in a quiet smoke. Just
as the three were in the midst Of their
enjoyment Scott came upon the scene.
The latter took in the situation at a
glance and frowned perceptibly.
Barry's companions were equal to the
emergency and at once busted them
selves in carrying several pieces of iron
toward the hain works. Barry, how
ever. stood his ground, and Scott
frowned all the more.
well, young man." said Scott, why
don't you get to work?"
"Oh, will, soon," replied Barry, non
chalantly.
do you know who 1 am, sir? I'm
John Scott"
'.Is that so?" said Barry, extending
his arm to shake hands. Pm pleased
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Il Canal TO Rome.

King Victor Emmanueps pet ambi-
ton is to signalize his reign in the an
nails of Italy by converting Rome into
a seaport The project of connecting
the Eternal City with the sea by means
of a ship canal is, of course. not a new
one: in fact, it has been moOted quite
a number of times. But now, thanks
to the energy and determination of
the King, the scheme is about to be
put into execution. The Tiber, which
should be the natural means of navi-
CATION between the metropolis and the
sea, is, unfortunately, useless for the
purpose. as the shifting sands at its
mouth, its winding course and it's ever
changing shoals and pools not merely
render it unavailable for any sea- going
craft, but are likewise of a nature to
preclude any attempt to render it navi-
gable by means of dredging for ships
of large tonnage. The canal, however,
could easily be constructed and offers
no engineering difficulties. The total
cost has been estimated at $11. .OOO, 900.
the idea being to make it wide and
deep enough to enable two vessels of
big tonnage to pass each other, and
the time required for the construction
would be between four and FIVE years.
The distance from Rome to the sea is
considerably under fifty miles and the
canal would have the effect of drain
tng and of sanitating a considerable
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there to take charge OF the campaign
against the Kaiser's rebellious sub
jects-the Hereros. These warlike
natives. $4,000 strong. have provided
she Kaiser's crack army with the
toughest military nat it has been
called upon to crack since the war
with France, and after six months of
blundering by leaders of the lower
rank the Emperor decided to send an
officer from the general staff to the
scene Of action. General Won Trotha.
who enjoys a fine reputation as an or
ganizer and tactician, is taking with
him endorsements Of 1900 men and
horses. and he will assume the active
command OF the colonial army later
in June.
The new commander in chief is 56
years old. From 1894 to 1897 he com
manded the Kaiser's colonial forces in
East Africa and i'm 1900 he accom-
panied Count Won WaIdersee to China
with the rank Of major general
Problems that viii tax General Won
TrOtha's abilities TO the fullest await
him in West Africa. The Hereros
have proved a crafty and stubborn
Zoe. In the serious engagements that
have so far taken place they have sue
ceeded ia defeating the Kaiser's troops
signally. Their resistance has, indeed
become so stanch that the Germans
have practically declared a truce
pending the arrival Of reinf0rcements
from home. Armed with the Mauser
rifles and ammunition supplied them
by German settlers in peaceful days,
the HererOs have shown that they are
strategists as well. On two occasions
they have decisively outwitted their
crack antagonists, killing and wound
ing more than 100 officers and men.
There is considerable mystery about
the result Of one fight and the where
abouts Of a machine gun. with which
the natives are believed to have got
away. The Hereros, like the Beers.
are all mounted. understand the art
OF fighting behind cover and seem to
have mapped out a comprehensive
guerrilla campaign. The Germans.
fresh from the fOrtresses and drilling
grounds OF the Fatherland. find them
selves confronted with the necessity
OF opposing tactics about which they
know practically nothing. The Hereros
occupy country admirably fitted for
tedious defensive campaign. The re-
gion is mountainous and heavily tim
bered and well fitted for harassing the
operations Of an organized enemy.
The difficulties confronting Germany
ia its Southwest African colony have
filed Germans at home with fresh con-
vietions that the Fatherland is not "cut
cut for a great colonial career. The
present rebellion seems TO have been
the direct outgrowth Of bureaucratic
government upon the part of German
functionaries, who have attempted to
govern negro natives in the Jungles
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
The Hunt.


Wake! Wake quit your slumbers. See
on the horizon
The morn's rosy banners are burning
to red.
Upi Up! and away! there are visions in
woodland
And meadow outworth all your dream
ing in bed.
Nay! lose not the moments, the south
wind is searching
The hilltops and thickets unseen by
the sun.
And never was morning more gallant for
The game to be captured without rod
or gun!
Aye. plenty of game to be found for the
Proud trophies the hunter may claim
at his will.
And spoiIs he may win of the richest
Whose mind is to follow. but never to
kill.
For him is the plant of the murmuring
The song that is sighed from the soul
of the pine,
The game far too high for the range of
The FISH beyond reach of the hook and
the line,
The lore of the punctuaI bird homeward
The thought in the heart of the wood
blossom shy
The dreams IDdJ are J0e
zephyr-blown treetops.
Or sailing the deep of the soft sum-
mer sky
The bright winged fancies that fit Ger
the shadows,
And gleam on the breast of the calm.
lilied lake.
The tales whispered low by the gossip
ing grasses,
The secrets that hide in the fern-tan-
gled brake.
Brave hunter is he of the woods ancient
wisdom.
Deft angler. who catches the water
falls tunes,
Sly trapper who snareS from the rock
and the river
Their shadowy legends and mystical
runeS
Then up and away to the chase that is
bIoodless,
Away to the streams, without tackle
or pole
The noblest of game is for spokesman
and angler
Who hunt with the eye and the ear and
the SOUL
The Youths Companion.
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Biblical Warning.

Many Of the railroads in the South
are prone to giving passes indiscrim-
inately. so that on some of the smaller
roads about all the prominent people
who live along the line are carried
free. Storekeepers, sawmill proprietOrs,
politicians-in fact almost everybody
who can afford to pay his fare goes
scot free, while the negroes and poor
country folk pay the large fares ex-
acted-the larger. Of course, for the
roads loss on the deadheads. One
Georgia railroad, however, according
to the Boston Transcript, has set its
face against the evil. and has resOrted
to Scripture 10 make plain its position.
1t has posted in the two or three pas
senger cars that comprise it's equip
ment the following notice:
This means you!
Thou shalt not pass. Numbers
xx:1S.
None shall ever pass.'-Isaiah,
xxxiv:10.
"ssuner not a man to pass
Judges, iii:29.
The wicked shall no more pass
Nahum, Ills.
This generation shall not pass
Mark, xiii:sO.
Though they roar, yet they cannot
pass. ss.'-Jeremiah, v:22.
p so he paid the fare and went
Jonah. i:3"
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The London Bus Dri0er.

The last few days have seen the ar
rival in London of a great crowd of
beauty, fashion and wealth. The
American girl is here and she is teach
ing us all thing or two in manners,
conversation, dress and hustle"
Our Anglo-American hotels are full
to overhowing: there is an enormous
demand for ice cream, soda and Mag
ara nuts: the polite gentlemen from
Messrs. Cooks are showing the mys-
teries of London to the admiring fair;
and the bus driver is in his element.
In spite OF all sorts of temptations
the front seat on the top of an omni-
bus is the great attraction for Peony
/. Potts and her merry sisters. Peony
says that the car driver is altogether
just rippin'-full of interesting infor-
nation, full of sweet stories and quite
a gentleman.
on the other hand, what does the
bus driver think of Peony and her
papa? One of them unburdened his
soul to a Leader representative re-
Gently.
There's Yankees-and Yankees,"
there's bloomin' cute Yankees. And
seem TO have struck the bloomin'
cute ones-and no mistake about it.
There was one gent yesterday, as Bill
pulled the bus up, for gOin' up hill in
Whitehall. He gets on the front seat
and he says, Say. driver. give us the
lay of this ere city of yoursr' And
showed i'm everything from Charles
the bloomin' First 10 the Benk. And
he wags his wiskers and says they're
just all right for an ole-fashloned
place like London; and when I've
talked myself dry, this Yankee he says
Thank you, driver-and good mornin'
to you. And If you ever come to New
York City and call on Silas G. Bland
I'll show you some of our little lions,
he saysl
And he gets down-after stoppin'
the blOomin' bus again-and he never
offers me a cent? But 1 gets my own
in afore he goes. 1 says, Thank you
sir, I'm havin' a two-quid trip to your
city in the autumn"
Well,' says he. call on me and
I'll tot you roundn
Thank you. sir says 1 again.
anu AO SOu hAiOM AlidA Siidll 10 al
ter your great kindness?'
'Well?' says he.
I'll stand you 'arf a bitter for
your trouble ! says. And even that
bit Of lip didn't fetch inn
But the ladies, Wen, they're lit
tie bits Of all right. They're free
enough with Sheir money; and wot's
more, they'll swaller any story you
like TO tell 'emi And I've got a nice
little scheme on my next day off. I'm
takin' three Of 'em from the Hotel
Cecil round to see the sights. I'm only
chargin' them my own days wages
seven bob and exes. London Leader.
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portion Of that Roman Campagna
which is now rendered almost unin-
habitable by malaria.
In ancient times when ships were
very much smaller than they are to-
day, and when the bed Of the Tiber
was less filed with silt brought down
from the hills than to-day, the tri-
remes and the galleys came UP direct
by the river from the sea to Rome and
it was to this that the Eternal City
owed so much of it's grandeur and
prosperity. King Victor Emmanuel
sees no reason why he should not re-
store to his capital it's former impOr-
tance by once more converting 1t into
a seaport. no longer. however, with the
assistance of Father Tiber, but by
means Of a big ship canal Let me
add that at the present moment the
cost of sending merchandise from CT
vita Vecchia, at the mouth Of the Ti-
Der, to Rome, OF from the city to CT
vita Vecchia. is as great as the cost
of freight between Liverpool and New
York, although in the latter instance
the distance is over 5000 miles, whereas
between Rome and the sea there are
little over forty miles.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
Gladstone S RetOrt.

Mr.. Gladstone was once drawing
very remarkable conclusions from
some fgures-an art in which he was
an unapproached master. a member
on the other side laughed out a Hear.
heart! ironically. Gladstone stopped
instantly and turned and looked with
interest at the interrupter, who as
suredly would at that moment have
given a good deal to recall his words.
Then he turned back to the Speaker.
Sir" he said, "the honorable gentle
man laughs" For a minute or two
he quoted from memory a long string
of figures proving the accuracy OF
what he had previously said. The
next time the honorable member
laughs he continued in hOneyed
tones, II would advise him-I would
venture to counsel him-to ornament
his laugh-tO decorate tt-with al
idea
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
MEN analMAaTERS IN
The E9IISZ lie WORLD
MONIES

and wilds OF Africa upon the mail
fist" lines with which Germans at home
are handled. Millions of marks worth
Of property have been destroyed by the
Hereros and whole communities of Ger
man settlers have been massacred. The
little war" has already cost the Kaiser
over 49, 000, 900 and has wiped out the re-
suits OF twenty years Of careful indus
trial and commercial effort. Besides
the military problem, the financial loss
and the economic waste involved in
the war. the rebellion has stirred up
nasty departmental squabble in Berlin,
with the Foreign Oflce the Colonial
Office and the War Department fight
ing each other and indulging in all
kinds Of intrigues.
Meanwhile General Won Trotha must
have been a good deal embarrassed by
the attentions that were lavished upon
him prior to his departure. Since the
news of his appointment was made
public he has been feted throughout
the country Banquets have been given
/ in his honor, and speeches made slori-
fying the great deeds which he was
expected to achieve. Addresses Of con-
graduation and admiration haye been
presented to him by the score, and he
has been serenadsd.
When he left his home at Treves the
entire officers of the corps and all the
military bands of the district escorted
him TO the station, and as the train
steamed out of the station the thunder
OF artillery proclaimed the event to the
country for miles around.
tod for in
that protests were made against such
premature jubilation. Owing to the
enormous difficulties in front of him it
is feared that Won Trotha's mission
may result in failure. In these circum-
stances it is pointed out that demon
strations of triumph in advance are al
together misplaced and will probably
expose Germany to ridicule.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
THE BATTLE OF TELISSU.

IT. HE battles by the Japanese the peninsula
above Port Arthur among the greatest actions
at that have gone into history. The latest
that of Tessu again illustrates the fighting capacity of
the Japanese and their determination not to stay
whipped. Their comprehension of tactics is marvellous
and their courage matohless.
Lieutenant General the Baron Stakelberg, the Rus
sian commander. admits that he sure of victory
when he succeeded in enveloping the Japanese right
Hank, but that point the Japanese turned en-
veloped his right flank and his force pieces COM
pelling retreat disordery that fourteen Russian
guns abandoned the wounded left the field and
many prisoners taken. Yet when the fight began the
Japanese had only single battery of sis-nch guns
and repeatedly repulsed by the superior number
the Russian guns.
All soldiers and military tacticans will appreciate
what meant, under such circumstance persist in
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

advancing until defeat turned into victory. If the
Japanese >force in be in reach off Stake
bcrg's to rejon the main forces of Kuropat
kin, he will be caught without artillery and will probably
be annhilated His force moving under orders to
raise the siege of Port Arthur 1t believed that this
was contrary to the judgment of Kuropatkin and the
Nceroy but in ST. Petersburg offcialdom the cry has
been Con to Port Arthur" and the judgment of the
field commanders overcome
1t seems no longer safe for Russia to depend upon
her supposed superiority in numbers and equipment
Japan has military force of one million Russia
claims millions. But she far from her base. while
Japan i'll ready contact with hers The Japanese have
the respect of the whole military world, and the
non-mitary we'll Japan has generals who
keen experts in the art of Alexander, Caesar,
Marlborough and Napoleon in their day, and skill
ful Grant and Won Motke Then they have observed
strictly all the conventions OF warfare according the
modern ideas They have been gallant prisoners
of war, have given every to the wounded enemy
and have buried their dead foemen with all the honors
of The Western nations we'll afford TO fellow
ship these island warriors and patriots. They
discredt to the civilized family of the world in which
they have incorporated themselves in the short space
of a half century.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
The Useful Lark.

The ornithologists Of the Department
of Agriculture have been making an
investigation of the economic value of
the Bob White, or meadow lark. as we
call him in California, as result of
which it is now announced that that
bird is probably the most useful
abundant species on the farms"
Field observations, experiments and
examinations show that the Bob White
consumes large quantities of weed
seeds and destroys many of the worst
insect pests with which farmers con-
tend, and yet it does not injure grain.
fruit or any other crop
1t is calculated that from September
to April 80, annually, in Virginia
alone, the total consumption of weed
seed by Bob Whites amounts to 373
tons. Some Of the pests which it ha-
bitually destroys. the report says, are
the Mexican cotton boil weevil, which
damages the cotton crop upward of
sl5,000,OO0 year; the potato beetle,
which cuts off $40, 900 from the value
of the potato crop; the cotton worms,
which have been known to cause $50, :
100000 loss in year; the cinch bug
and the Rocky Mountain locust,
scourges which leave desolation in
their path and have caused loss to the
extent of $1OO,OO0,0OO in some years.
The report urges measures to secure
the preservation of the Bob Whites in
this country.
Henceforth whales are to be sacred
fo the NorxvoOfau fishprpaon The Nor
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

The Board of Health after deal of agitation, nves
tigation and discussion has egsated pure milk for San
Francisco. 1t will be interesting to watch what
relation these laws will bear practical reforma
ton of conditions which have become serious
to the health of the city little wachfulness by
officials and little less law from municipal bureaus
might work wonders.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

The industry of eleven years. the dubious endeavors
many anxious and ambitious men and women and the
conmodating acquescence of thrifty publishers have
borne fruit in american peerage Yet is good
to believe that there still many otherwise worthy
american citizens who will disturb the of
their lives and pay heavily of their money be made
publicly foolish.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

They tried to elect school teacher in Texas town
the other day and killed and four others
desperately wounded When the worthy people
of the Lone Star State go in for and light
there halfway with them. 1t is
the morgue nothing and the incident is fully
up to the precedent that generally it is the morgue
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

Kansas banker who played fast and loose with
other peoples money is apprentice tailor con-
vct in the pententiary Leavenworth. While he may
find it difficult adapt himself his environment,
he certainly may glory in the qualification of new
sensation involved in what be novel to him-the
experience of earning honest living
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

An enissary of Japan high in authority has reached
this country with the avowed purpose of extracting
from conditions that he finds here suggest
his Government restrictive legislation which will
keep japanese laborers at home. Can doubt
that the Mikado, wise in his generation, doing every
thing in his power win friendship?
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
To Fight HererOS.
soseIal Co-r.sponaenoe.

Special Correspondence
BERLIN, June Al send here
with the latest photograph Of Lieu
tenant General Won Trotha, COM
mander Of the Sixteenth Infantry Di-
vision OF the German army. who has
just sailed for German South Africa,
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.4nS5gers to Queries.

KING OF GREECE-Enq.. City.
The total income of the King of
Greece from various sources is $260.OOO
annually.
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ELECTRICAL INSTRUCTORS. L.
B., City. Any first-elass bookseller
will furnish you such books as you
may need for the study of electricity.
This department does not advertise the
names of booksellers.
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Special information supplied daily 10
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 230 Cal
ifornta street. Telephone Main 1042-
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COPY OF VILLA. r.. City. A
copy of will that has been filed can
be obtained from the County Clerk OF
the county in which such will was fled.
The valuation of the estate left by a
deceased person is to be obtained by
an examination of the report OF the
appraisers TO be found on file in the
court in which the will is probated.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

Townsend's California Glace fruits in
artistic fre-etched boxesa us Market ST
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

SEEKING INFORMATION-R. L.
B., City. When a person writes to a
stranger asking for information and
wishes a reply by mail the writer
should always inclose a self-addressed
and stamped envelope for a reply. 1t
is enough for the person to furnish the
information without being required to
pay the postage for doing so. The
same rule applies to queries sent to
newspapers.