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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13
BURNED ALIVE BY
FIRE HE KINDLED

Coehurn, Va, Aug. 12.-Caesar
Young, colored, proprietor of a restnu-
rant at Toms Creek, mining operation
of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
Company, as the result of an attempt
To burn his way out of the town lock-
up, was roasted alive before assistance
could reach him. He was arrested on
charge of selling moonshine whisky.
Young had on his person $l0S, which
WAS burned.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13
TRAINS IN COLLISION.

Equipment Was Damaged in An Ao-
oid0nt at Rome.
Rome. Ga. Aug. 12,--The regular
northbound freight on the Central
Railroad crashed into an extra double
header early this morning near the
Broad street crossing The caboose
and several cars of the extra We're
wrecked.
No one was hurt The engineer, w.
s. Melt, of the regular train could
not see the extra train on the track
on account Of sharp curve. The
engine on this train was badly dam
aged.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13
FUNERAL OF CAMERON
Was Largely Attended ny Friends
in Americus,

Americas, Ga. Aug 12.-The funeral
OF Fire Chief Cameron of Dawson, a
native of Americas and formerly con-
nected with this department was con-
Quoted this afternoon from his former
home here. Delegations of citizens and
flaternal orders of Dawson attended
the obsequies. while officials and
lodges here attended likewise. The
entire fire department headed the pro-
cession, while the fire alarm signal
gave a muftled salute. The funeral
was attended by hundreds of friends.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13

Rome, Ca, Aug. Id d. Mosteller
fell fifteen feet from scaffold this
morning and sustained serious in
1uries lie was at work on house
when the soafolding gave way and
he was precipltated 20 the ground.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13
Hold Tor car RobbinE.

Waycress, Ga, Aug. John Hop
kins, the negro arrested several days
ago for burglarlzing freight cars on
the Atlantic ana Birmingham Rail-
road. was given "A preliminary trial be-
fore Justice Sweat to-day, and was
bound over for trial in the Superior
Court
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13

Valdosta. Ga. Aug. 12.-During a
terrific thunderstorm at Hahira yester-
day lightning struck a negro hall and
knocked out one end of the building
and all Of the windows out OF the other
end No one was in the building.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13

Waycross. Ca. Aug 12-Hsrper Nc
Donald. coloTed. was lodged Ia fail
this morning, charged with bgdmy.
lie claims he believed his hrst wife
was dead when he married the 49,
uud
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13

River Report The hight Of the Sa-
vannah river at Augusta, at a. m.
(75th meridian time), yesterday, was
1910 feet, a fall of 5.5 feet during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Cotton region bulletin Savannah, Ga,
for the twenty-four hours ending al
s a. m, 18th meridian time, Aug. IL,
1QOA
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13
DEATHS.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

HIGHSMITH-Th relatives and
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. High
smith are respectfully invited to at
tend the funeral of the latter from 40S
Thirty-ninth street, east, this morning
at 10 o'clock. Interment. Laurel Grove
Cemetery.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13

Remarks--ShOWers in al districts eX-
cept Savannah and Oklahoma. Tenn
perature unchanged.
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time Aug. IL, 1904, 8 p. m,
18TH meridian time. =~.,e.>
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13
BUSINESS NOTICES.
BUSINESS ROIlCES.
SEE WHAT THE
New York Cash
Grocery Co.

OFFERS THE PUBLIC TO-DAY.
Northern Cabbage, cents per head
for cents.
Northern Cabbage. extra large
heads 5 cents.
Fancy Kalamazoo Celery.
Fine New Sweet Potatoes 40 cents
per peck.
The best Irish Potatoes in the city,
80 cents peck.
Bell Peppers, cents per dozen.
Egg Plants, Green Corn. Tomatoes.
Fancy Pears in bushel baskets, Csc,
Fancy Pears in half bushel baskets,
S5 cents.
Extra fine large Lines loo per doz.
Fancy Massina Lemons 1c each.
Northern Apples. Peaches and
Grapes, and as usual the best Water
melons in the city, cheap.
New Mackerel, just in, 10c each.
The finest Elgin Creamery Butter in
the city, in one-pound prints, 2Sc per
pound.
Finest Tub Butter 22c per pound.
Try our zoe Butter. extra fine.
Cream Cheese. 15c pound, pounds
for % cents.
New Canned French Peas, 1oc per
can.
129 Congress, West.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13

Texas acknowledgements .O2 Pales-
tine, .O6; Beeville, .O2; Brentwood,
trace; Corsicana .O4; Dallas, trace,
Hearne, .01; Huntsville, trace; Tenn
pie, trace; Wharton, .06. Heavy Rains
-Thomasville, Ala, 1.76; Meridian,
Miss. .S6; Charlotte. N. c., 80.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13
Races! Races!

A match race has been made be-
tween two of the fastest horses in
the South.
Two of Savannah'S prominent
citizens, owning fast SteedS, have
decided to race horse for horse to
see which is the better of the two.
The race will be run on the
beach at
HOTEL TYBEE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Aug.
II, half mile daSheS, best two in
three.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-13
THE WEATHER.

Morning News barometer, Aug. u,
1870 p. m. Observation-Disclosures. 30. II
Morning News thermometer, Aug.
II, 11:3O p. m. ....................U
Washington, Aug. 12.-Forecast for
Saturday and Sunday:
South Carolina, Georgia, Eastern and
Western Florida: Showers Saturday
and Sunday; fresh east to south winds.
Yesterdays weather at Savannah:
MAXIMUM temperature 3
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-11

means more deaths. more dead bodies
and consequently more danger OF dis
ease caused by the stencil from the de-
caying animal matter. Conditions in
the city cannot possibly grow better
and must needs grow worse.
In addition to this, the Japanese
hlookading fleet seems to have at last
reached a stage Of efficiency and dis
patches during the past week indicate
that the supplies which have leaked
through the blockade have been prac-
tically shut Off Chinese who have es-
capped from Port Arthur to Chez Foo
bring the news that the soldiers are
starving. Mule meat is eaten by those
who can afford 1t. but even 1t Is sold
at almost a prohibitive price. In brief,
the outlook for General Stoessel and
his brave garrison is very dark and
growing darker every day.
4 During the past few days a naval
battle at Port Arthur has resulted in
the disabling of the best vessels the
Russians had in the harbor. This will
aid the Japanese in preventing block
ade, runners from carrying supplies to
the city. All things considered, the
surrender of Port Arthur, long await
/ ed, is imminent
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POOR OLD TOM.

Tom Watson is masterpiece of cd
dity. Tom, judging from his speeches
would make splendid barker" for a
side show or street fair attraction,
but instead of that he is running for
the presidency. Admitting that he is
facing sure defeat he goes about the
country telling his audiences that it
wouldn't be so, but for Parker and the
stand the democrats take who have
cast their lot with the Esopus candi-
date. In recent address at New
York Watson grew emphatic in his de-
nunciation of the Hill candidate. With
out any preliminary remarks he burst
out with the following:
ooh, if that pretense up at Esopus
would only get out of my way and
give me the democratic papers and
give me the Jeffersonian speakers and
give me the noble army that followed
Bryan in 1896; if he would only give
me all these would show the repub-
lican party and Theodore Roosevelt a
great militant democratic party from
sea to sea. would accept the chal.
lenge. might not whip him, but he
would know he had a fight. / am a
| fighter.
"In July was not even newspa-
per item; but now they are figuring
me with newspaper cartoons and ed.
itorials. l long for and love the thun-
der of guns and If only Parker would
get out Of my way and let me com
mand the army that he commands, l
would give Theodore Roosevelt bat.
tie royal"
It is really too bad that Tom can't
have his wish gratifed. He is one of
the old Bryan school who has not sur.
rendered to the new democracy. He is
one whom the Reorganization" failed
to reorganize. He is an outcast of his
own volition and he is apparently un.
able to arrive at the true solution of
the problem presented by the change
of the democratic party, or the bulk
of it. from Bryanistic principles to the
Parker kind. Poor old Tom.
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WILL THERE BE INTERvENTloN7

Review Of Review.-H is pretty
generally admitted even In Russia,
that the Japanese have won the pres
ent campaign and as all the world
with the possible exceptions OF the
belligerents Observation-Disclosures that
both armies will very shortly go init
winter quarters, talk of peace Is ria
Each government had announced thai
oVertures must come from the othe
side-that each expects long war ant
will fight to the bitter end. The In
terparliamentary union, recently I,
session at st. Louis; was planning u
request President Roosevelt to proposl
that the neutral powers which vert
represented at The Hague peace con.
ference attempt, by Joint Intervention,
to put an end to the war. Simuftane-
ously there had been a revival OF thu
report that the German emperor wat
planning to bring about concerted
lnterposition by neutrals. 1t may h
confidently asserted that no OFFER Of
mediation or intervention will bt
made by the United States govern
ment under any circumstances at
present, not at all, unless there should
be some reasonable expectation that
such offer would be acceptable to
both nations involved. AS for Euro
pean intervention, it would seem to be
an impossibility. France and England
are DolH ulSQualIleu= lot = taking the
lead in such movement by reason Of
their alliances with the, contendlng
powers. Germany is looked upon b,
Japan with strong suspicion as being
pro- Russian, and the United States
is very generally regarded in, Russia
as having interests in the far east
which are substantially identified
with those of Japan Indeed, the Rus.
sian newspapers contain more articles
directed against England and America
than against the Japanese. Accord.
ing to all the testimony thar reaches
us from the interior of Russia Gas Is
strongly borne out by DIR. Dillon's
thought provoking article) the war ia
regarded by the Russian people as un-
desirable and disastrous. The general
view according to trustworthy corre-
spondents, is that the war was desir-
able for Japan, but not so for, Russia.
japan is calmly facing the possibility
of long war and, as Baron Kaneko
points out in his thoughtful article,she
may surprise us by her ability. This
feeling Is shown in the remarkable ar
ticle In a recent number of the Novoye
Vremya, Of st. Petersburg. There
seems to be, however, no feel
ing in favor of making terms until
Russia is victorious
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demonstrated in many ways and in
the vacillation of the democratic can.
didates that they are seeking merely
the confusion of republican doctrines
and by contending for the honors
which rightfully belong, in spite OF
democratic obstacles, to the republican
party alone"
OF course there is no reason for a
change and the voters realize this
Facts show that they realize it. Every
day there is some new recruit, of more
or less prominence, who enters the
republican party because of his disgust
with the methods of the democratic
party. But do we read of republicans
going over to the other side? No
and why not? Because the democrat
ic platform and the democratic can.
didates furnish no reason for such a
change. There is ample reason, in the
action of the democratic party on the
money question, why democrats
should come over to the republican
party, but there is absolutely no prom.
Use made by the democratic party that
can lure republican away from the
party which has administered SO wise
ly and so we'll the affairs of the nation
during the past seven years.. McKin.
ley guided the government up out of
the slough of despond where Cleve.
land left it, brought it to a place
where it could look back upon the
days of 1893 without fear of their repe.
tition SO long as the republicans were
kept in power. Roosevelt carried on
the work where his martyred chief.
tain released his hold on his work and
on life. The younger man ple..ged
himself to carry out the work mapped
out by Mckinley, and he has kept his
pledge. Reason for republican to
change? No more reason than for the
earth to reverse its motion.
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ply tariff bill and made schedules
to suit the conditions Of business at
the time and restore prosperity. The
house passed bill as reported from
the committee on ways and means.
The senate added the reciprocity
feature of the law several months aft
er the house passed the bill. 1t was
a senate amendment. Mr. Dingley
knew nothing about the senate amend
ment when he drafted the bill. When
the amended bill went back to the
house this reciprocity provision was
modified so as to permit the house to
have a voice in all proposed trade
treaties. There was house reel
procity section but 1t provided for rec
iprocity in non-competing products, and
the final action left the approval of all
treaties to the house.
Judge Parker has shown both igno-
rance and recklessness in his discus
sion of the tariff laws. That could be
passed over If he had not deliberately
sought to misrepresent republican
statesmen who are dead. When any
many, whatever his position, claims
Blaine. Mckinley and Dingley as au-
Iuoiily lOI any uenOCraulC LarlH doc
trine, he may be set down as one who
is reckless of the truth for no three
names in American history stand out
SO conspicuously as the defenders of
protection as there three great repub-
licans who have passed away
Judge Parker gives one assurance
of his democracy in his letter of ac-
ceptance, which ought to make him ac-
ceptable to the bourbons Of the party.
He has the democratic weakness for
going to the graveyards and defacing
the tombs of republicans who have
lived to see their policies triumph,
and have died honored by all the peo-
pie. They have tried to write false
inscriptions on the tomb of Lincoln,
and now the democratic candidate for
president tries to write democratic
tariff doctrine on the tombstones of
Blaine. Mckinley and Dingley. Per-
haps some day the democrats will lay
claim to the reputation of Theodore
Roosevelt and quote him as a demo-
cratic authority.
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THE PRIMATE AND THE NEGRO.

Cedar Rapids Republican. When
the primate of the Church OF England
reached New York about the first per-
son he asked about was Booker T.
Washington, the colored educator.
Where is Booker 7. Washington?
Shall l be able to see him?" We're tile
questions asked by the primate. A
day or so after that he learned that
Booker T. Washington was in New
York and he had him sent for immed-
lately. The two men had a chat OF
half an hour and then they went out
walking and driving in New York City,
especially through the slum districts.
The significance of this may be real
lied when it is stated that the primate
that is, the Archbishop Of Canterbury,
is the highest parsonage in England,
next to the members of the royal fam
lily and has an income Of $4,000 q
year.
Just why he should have asked for
Booker L. Washington and make the
journey with him. 1t Is not stated, I'M
less 1t was to rebuke those American
personages who set themselves UP az
superior to the colored educator and
who want him treated as low down
black" In spite of his achievements. In
any event, the primate of England
showed that he was more interested in
the education and the uplifting OF the
negro than he Is in lynchtng or burn
ing him at the stake.
Both the primate and the colored
educator were interviewed after their
visit and each praised the other. TT
is most encouraging" said Mr. WASH
ington, ito find men like the archbish-
op interested in the problems Of the
negro"
The primate has set lofty exam
pie of mankind and Christianity which
1t may not be out of place to commend
to some eminent Americans. -
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PARKER MIsREPREsENTs DING
EN

Judge Parker in his letter of accent
ance. says that Mr.. Dingley, author of
the present tariff law which bears his
name, admitted that many of the tariff
duties in that act, were purposely
made excessively high with the avow-
ed intention of using them in trade ar
rangements for concessions to other
countries. This statement is not new.
It is an old tale that has been used
before and proven to be false. It's re-
yival by Judge Parker in his letter of
acceptance is reckless and throws
suspicion on the whole document. Mr..
Dingley is dead and can no more de-
fend his own reputation than can Nc
Kinley and Lincoln from the misuse
OF alleged statements by them, but
there is ample proof Of the falsity of
Judge Parker's assertion and he ought
to have known it. Had he consulted
John Sharp Williams, leader of the
democratic minority in the house. or
Congressman Champ Clark to whom
his letter is addressed, he could have
been informed that there was no shad-
ow of truth in his utterance, that in
fact, 1t is an old story which demo
Gratis in congress have learned cannot
be used without exposure.
The Dingley bill was drawn without
any reference to reciprocity as now
provided for in the act The sched-
ules were fixed by the house commit
tee on ways and means after weeks Of
patient hearings and investigation as
to what rates of duty would restore
the various industries that had been
stricken down by the Wilson German
tariff act. The committee with Mr..
Dingley as chairman prepared sim
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THAT FREE TRADE MENACE.

Judge Parker in his letter of accept
ance lays considerable stress on what
he calls the impossibility of any
change of the tariff in the near future
No doubt the judge would like very
much to have the people believe that
no such change could take place, he
would like to have the manufacturers
and their employees lulled into inactivi-
ty by believing that the tariff could
not be altered. and vet it is time that
the American people realized that
should Judge Parker be elected, even
If the senate weres not = Immediately
democratic, which is within the range
of possibility, yet this could be
brought about in another two years,
and before the close of Judge Park
er's term tariff law enacted which
would be as Ubiquitous as was the
Wilson German law Of 1894, the Mills
bill Of 1888. or the Walker tariff of
1876. 4 siAs, at5s &...y. 54Gls.,ap y,
1t will not do for our people to rest
in fancied security in the belief that
the tariff cannot be changed for years
to come no matter which party is sue
cessful next November. 1t is time the
people awaken to the danger which
threatens our institutions, our indus
tries, our laborers, our homes, and our
very existence as an Industrial and
commercial nation. Even could the
danger of tariff revision be averted,
should Judge Parker be elected next
November and with him a house of
representatives, we should live over
again during the coming fall and win
ter the same scenes of 1892, when the
people lost confidence and capital be-
came timid The American people
have learned to be afraid of democracy
whether it is in complete power or
only in partial control of the govern
ment, and if panic is desired in COM
mercial circles, if a curtailment Of in
dustry is desired, laying off of en-
ployes and the lessening of our pnr.
chasing power. the way to bring II
about and to bring it about quickly
and most effectively is to vote fol
Parker and Davis.
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NO REASON FOR A CHANGE.

The resolutions adopted yesterday by
the biennial convention of the Ameri
can League Of Republican clubs,
though short, are full of truth and
logic. A paragraph follows:
Weighing carefully all the argu
ments advanced in the name Of patriot
ism or in the art of politics with an
intent to reach a correct Judgment
this convention is unable to find where
In anything has been shown by the
democratic party to justify change
of faith on the part of a single repub
lican. On the contrary. it has been
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THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

Though the ultimate object is a
good one the international peace con
ference now in session In Boston
seems to be working on rather i'm
practicable basis. Perhaps, If kept up
for generations and generations with
out pause some good might be real
lied from the practical application of
some of the ideas approved by the
conference. To be sure, the whole
world, or that part which is civilized,
would welcome an age when war
would be unheard-of except among
savages, and when international diff
ficulties, if any arose, would be settled
entirely by arbitration. But the reso-
luton adopted in all seriousness yes
terday by the peace conference, ex.
pressing a sentiment that all nations
should adopt a plan for general and
simultaneous disarmament, is several
generations ahead of it's turn. Before
the world can be educated up to that
stage an entering wedge must be in
serted-nay, must be driven home.
The practical plan and almost the
only one that is now practical, for
obtaining world wide peace, Is that
which is being pursued by the United
States government with all possible
speed. President Roosevelt has spent
much time fostering arbitration ltrea-
ties with other powers and some have
been signed. Others will be signed as
speedily as possible, but even this
takes great deal of time. Meanwhile
the peace conference gets together and
solemnly passes a resolution which
cannot be put into practice and can
not be thought of seriously for years
on years, possibly never.
This is the age of the practical and
so long as the peace conference deals
only in ideals it is wasting time.