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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
MAKING A BAD MATTER WORSE.


Representative Dalzell only empha-
sized his mistake on Tuesday when he
returned to the charge he had made
against Representative Bourke Cock
ran, namely, that Mr.. Cochran had re-
ceived pay for making speeches for Nc
Kinley in 1896. and attempted to sustain
1t by statements made in one or two
newspapers at the time 1t is remark
able, to say the least of 1t, that a Re-
publican leader should have tried to
bring into disrepute an orator who had
done so much to assist the Republican
ticket in 1896. Mr.. Dalzell not only
showed ingratitude. but a willingness
to be guilty of bad faith-to make use
of party secrets to get even with a po-
litical opponent who had worsted him
in debate.
Mr.. Cochran, however, came out
ahead in Tuesdays encounter just as
he did in Saturdays. He offered a res
olution calling for an investigation of
the charge. That alarmed the Repub-
! licans, because an investigation was
what they did not want. 1t wouldn't
esta blish that Mr.. Cochran had been
paid for making speeches for Mckinley,
but II would open the way for showing
the amount of the Republican cam
paign fund in 1896, who contributed it
and to whom it was paid. Information
of that sort would be the very best
kind of political capital for the Demo-
Gratis.
The present secretary of the Repub-
lican National Committee who was
Senator Hanna's private secretary in
1896, says he doesn't think the commit
tee paid Mr.. Cochran anything in 1896
easily established. OF course it could
but Mr.. Dalzell isn't going to have an
investigation of the affairs of the Re
publican National Committee The
Republican leaders are not going to
agree to anything of that kind. The
wonder is that they permitted Mr. Dali
zell to renew the attack on Mr.. Cock
ran on Tuesday, knowing that he had
no proof with which TO support his
charge. The fact no doubt Is, as Mr.
Cochran states it, namely. that he not
only received no compensation for his
| speeches, but that he paid his own ex-
penses. In future, the Republican
party will not find it an easy matter to
secure the services of independent
orators or make alliances with third
party organizations. y cannot DC
trusted to keep faith with those with
whom II deals.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

A Chicago organization had advanced
and is discussing the proposition to
change the date of Washingtons
birthday to some time in the picnic
season." Since Washington's birthday
is a legal holiday, the members of the
organization want it to fall upon some
date when they can go into the coun-
try, roll on the grass, pluck flowers
ana disport themselves generally as
people do when the weather is warm
and the lemonade tastes best. But
while the organization is about it, why
does it not propose the changing OF
the dates of other holidays and fes-
rivals? Why not have them all come
in the good old summer time? And
they might be punched, so that there
would be continuous holiday stretch
ing over week or ten days. Should
the viii of a sovereign people be set
at nought merely because George
Washington was so inconsiderate as to
be born in February? If a Pope of
Rome had the power to upset the
whole calendar once upon time. why
may not the people of Chicago change
about few dates in it to suit their
-~..-.~..sN.,~No
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
PROPOsALs WANTED.

--@-~-~~~-~-------~-~-~- -~-~~-~-~-~---~-~-~~-~
PROPOSALS FOR FUEL-OFFICE
of C. Q. M, Atlanta, Ga, April l, 1904
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will be
received here until IL a. M, April 80
1904, for furnishing such wood and coal
as may be required during year COM
mencing July l, 1904, at Atlanta, Ga,
forts, Barrancas, Dade, De Soto, McRee,
Pickins, and Key West barracks,
Florida; Fort Caswell N. c.. forts
Fremont and Moultrie, S. c.; Columbia
Arsenal, Tenn; forts Mcpherson.
Screven and Camp George H. Thomas.
Ca; Fort Morgan, Ala and for re-
cruiting stations at Knoxville and
Memphis, Tenn, and Savannah, Ga:
information furnished on application
here, or to officers at stations named;
U. S. reserves the right to ac-
cept or reject any or all proposals or
any part thereof. Sam. R. Jones, c.
@. NJ.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
IrreguIarity in Punishment.

There are two boys who manage to
be rather unruly in school. and their
teacher was 50 eAasperatei one day
that she ordered them to remain after
hours and write their names 1000
times, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
She watched them plunge into the
task. Some fifteen minutes later one
of them grew uneasy and began watch
ing his companion in disgrace. Sud-
denly the first one burst out with a
roar of despair. and between his sob
said to the teacher:
''Tisin't fair, mum! His names Bush
and mines Schulttermeyeri"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
Awful Rage of the Pretty Girl.

The Pretty Girl (who enunciated the
doctrine that you mustn't love any
thing that you can't hug was not at
church Sunday, and for reasons, too!
says the Richmond Missourian. She
had selected her new hat eyes, she
had spent most of the week a-picking
it out from all the millinery stores),
but, her good luck would so have it.
she had not taken the hurrah's-nest
home, so on Friday she was down
town-when, 10 and behold, she saw a
muchly colored cook a-wearing a dead
match to her Easterlet! That made
her so mad that she like to have had
a fit. She wouldn't go to the Bon
net show" and she even turned
down" note from her right particular
mani
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
Personal.

Hugo Won Kupffer, editor of the
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, one of the larg-
est and most influential newspapers in
the German empire, has arrived in
this country and win act as special
commissioners for his paper at the st.
Louis fair. He was here at the World s
Columbian Exposition, which he de-
scribed for the Lokal Anzeiger. Herr
Won Kupffer will make a study of
American methods in dealing with pub
lie charities and corrections. He ex-
poets to remain about two months in
this country, visiting different large
cities and inquiring into the work of
state and municipal institutions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
BRIGHT BITS.

UGH" exclaimed the exchange
ticket, withdrawing as far as possible
into the corner of the pocket. you're
from a pawnshop." Suppose 1 am, "
retorted the pawnticket, Il am The
pawnshop's one redeeming feature. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
-"She's a lovely girl. and so simple
in her tastes. l told her that l hadn't
much of an income yet, but that
hoped L could provide for her every
want" "And what did she say?''
She said that would be all she could
ask ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.

1t is about certain that the River
and Harbor bill will not contain the
provision authorizing survey for
thirty-foot channel in Savannah har-
Dor when it becomes a law. We point
ed out a few days ago that the SEN
ate, at the request of Senator Bacon,
put this provision in the bill when it
reached that body from the House.
On Monday the House refused to APP
prove any of the amendments which
the Senate had made in the bill, but
it did not ask for a conference. The
effect of that action was to kill the
BILL but the Senate had the privilege
of asking for conference, which it
did. At the conference yesterday all
of the surveys provided for in the SEN
ate amendments were stricken out
1t seems that the Senate amendments
provided for number of new projects.
The House is emphatically against rec
ognizing any new projects in an emer-
gency river and harbor bill. The pur-
pose of the bill. it says. is simply to
keep existing improvements from suf-
fering from neglect until regular
river and harbor bill is passed at the
next session.
The position taken by the Senate is
the correct one. The amendments Of
that body provided for surveys of new
projects, so that the Rivers and Har-
bors Committee. at the next session of
Congress. would be in possession of
data on which to base a decision as to
whether these projects ought to be
authorized or not. If, for instance. a
survey of the thirty-foot project for
Savannah harbor should not be au-
thorized at this session of Congress the
only thing that would be done in re-
gard to the matter, in the regular river
and harbor bill at the next session.
would be to order a survey. and then
it would be two years probably before
an appropriation could be obtained.
OF course Senators Bacon and Clay
will do all they can to have the amend
ment restored, but there is very little
probability that they will be success
| full.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

Maj. Russell B. Harrison is still at
law with his stepmother, in Indian
apolis. He thinks the widow is getting
too large a part of his late fathers es-
tate. Among other things Maj. Har-
rison says the widow should not enjoy
the income from certain bonds, for the
reason that Gen. Harrison did not pay
anything for them. The bonds were
given to Gen. Harrison, according to
his son, for agreeing not to appear
against the company issuing them in
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

The news dispatches few days ago
contained the account of a thrilling
rescue of mailman on the ledge of a
window of the seventh floor of a New
York hospital by Capt. Clark of the
fire department. The announcement is
made that Capt. Clark will be the
first hero to be considered and reward
ed by the trustees of the Carnegie
fund for heroes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
MIR. RRYAN,s PURPOSE.

Mr. Bryan's speech in Chicago on
last Saturday night, in which he Sc
verely criticized the platform adopted
by the Democrats of New York, and
declared that Judge Parker was not
a fit man for the Democratic party to
nominate for President, has brought to
the front the question, viii Mr.. Bryan
bolt if the st. Louis convention doesn't
follow his lead?
There is no good reason for believing
that Mr.. Bryan has a thought of bolt
ing. What would he gain by 1t? He
would not have any following of
Importance. There are, of course,
few here and there who would still
recognize him as a leader, but they
are in states which are hOpelessly Re
publican. He knows very well that he
couldn't control as many votes as were
polled by the Palmer-Buckner ticket
if he were to act independently.
Mr.. Bryan said some time ago that
he counted on twenty-five years of ac-
tive political life yet BY that he
meant to be understood that he did
of political promotion. There is no
doubt that he hopes to be a candidate
of the Democratic party for President
again. What folly would it be, there
fore, for him to break with his party!
lie would destroy whatever political
future he has.
No matter what the platform which
will be adopted at st. Louis contains
or who are named as the candidates,
Mr.. Bryan is going to stay in the
Democratic party. His talk now SIM
ply means that he is going to control
the st. Louis convention if he can.
He wants to down the men who didn't
support him in his two campaigns, or.
if they did support him, did so in
half hearted way, and he is going to
do his utmost to accomplish his pur-
pose. But if he fails he is going to
accept the situation and make the
best of it.
He is attacking the platform adopt
ed by the Democrats of New York as
if it were something that Democrats
should spurn with contempt. At the
same time, as one paper points out, he
must be aware of the fact that one
Of it's planks that receives his severest
condemnation, is copied word for word
from the platform on which Samuel
j. Tiden stood in the memorable cam
paign of 1876, and another plank con-
tains principles laid down by Thomas
Jefferson.
OF course, Mr.. Bryan isn't so ego
tistical as to hold that the only plat
form containing Democratic doctrines
is the one that he outlined, the Kan
sas City platform. Other platforms
contained just as good Democratic
doctrine as that one, and if the st.
Louis convention chooses to follow the
platform on which Mr.. Tilden stood
rather than the Kansas City platform,
Mr.. Bryan will have no just ground
for complaint, or for boiling.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

1t has been found necessary to take
the mirrors out of the elevators in
the Philadelphia city hall. Women
passengers delayed the elevator serv-
ice too long. while they re-arranged
their frizzes and saw that their hats
were on straight
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

A Philadelphia scientist has been ex-
perimenting in the way of changing
the skin of the Ethiopian for some
time, by the use of the x-ray, He
had several negro subjects" who
were being bleached. The process is
slow, and only a small spot can be
whitened at time. The other day
the scientists laboratory was destroy
ed by fire; and now it is said there
are half a dozen negroes going about
Philadelphia both feeling and looking
spotted. Nor is their any immediate
hope for the relief OF the embarrass-
ment of the half colored negroes, as it
will take many months to replace the
destroyed apparatus.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

The suggestion of Hon. John w.
Akin of Gainesville that the date of
Memorial Day be changed from April
26 to June 3, the birthday of Presi-
dent jefferson Davis, has much to
commend it. The consolidation of the
two celebrations would doubtless have
the effect of increasing both the at
tendance upon and the interest in the
ceremonies. Weather conditions dur
ing the early days of June in this CHI
mate are nearly always perfect, which
cannot be said of the April weather.
June is more of a time of roses and
other blooms than April, so that the
decorations of the graves and monu-
ments would be richer on the later
date than on the earlier. There APP
pears to be no strong reason why the
consolidation should not be made, and
there are several good reasons why
it should be made.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

The shrewd scheme of some smart
fellows in Reading, Pa, to separate
gullible visitors to the st. Louis Ex-
position from quarters and half-dol-
lars has just come to grief. A year
ago these schemers shipped car
load of Stag from the iron furnaces at
Reading to New York. The Stag had
no value, hence the only expense of
putting it into New York was the
freight. In the big city the stuff was
put into little bags and labeled, VOL
canic Lava from Mont Pelee." 1t sold
like hot cakes at % cents per bag,
and the enterprising fakirs cleared
something like $4,000 on the car load.
They were making arrangements to
send several car loads of Stag to st.
Louis, to be similarly sold to fair Wis
itors, when the secret leaked out and
the men skipped town.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
The weather.

The indications for Georgia and East
ern Florida for to-day are for fair
weather, with fresh northwest to west
winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

The Sun is responsible for the story
that, If Judge Parker is nominated at
ST. Louis. he will ask Senator German
to take the Craftsmanship of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee. That
would be a combination to make the
Republicans tremble; a hawless can
didate. managed by the ablest poll
tician in the country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

Mr.. Cramp, the Philadelphia ship
builder, thinks the nations ought to
unite and prohibit the use of torpedo
boats in war, just as they have put
assassination outside the pale of clvih-
cation. But why wouldn't it be bet
ter to enlarge upon the proposition
and prohibit battleships and cruisers
as well as torpedo boats? The larger
vessels, as well as the smaller, are
designed to destroy life and property
1t cannot be, of course, that Mr.
Cramp is looking at the matter alto
gether from the builders point of view
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

Mr.. Dalzell now knows that it is Just
about as dangerous to monkey with
Bourke Cochran as with a buzz saw.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

Mrs. Carrie Nation is now a dime
museum freak in Chicago, where her
agent says she is receiving IAN hon
orarium" of $500 a week. There is no
country in the world where notorlety
is so easily coined into cash as the
United States.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28

He'd the President appointed District
Judge Brawley of South Carolina to
succeed the late Judge Simonton on
the bench of the federal circuit
court the people of the circuit over
which Judge Simonton presided would
have been much pleased But it was
hardly to have been supposed that
the President would advance a Dem
ocrat to the position so long as there
was a single piece of Republican tim
Der available Still, there will hardly
be any complaint with respect to the
selection that has been made. Ex-
Senator Pritchard of North Carolina
was doubtless as good Southern Re-
puoiican as could be found. While
strong partisan, he has not been
an Offensive" one, and enjoys the
respect of the people of his state.
While not known as brilliant man.
he is possessed of considerable ability
and will doubtless discharge the du-
ties Of his new Office with credit. He
is forty-seven years of age. and has
: 3aen in public life since 1880.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-12-28
HAPPY RESULTS.
Have Made Many Mt. Sterling
Residents Enthusiastic.

John Black. now residing at the
corner of Clay and Elm streets,
says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are a
good medicine and l have no hest
tation in saying that IL anyone who
may be suffering with any of the
complaints Tor which they are rec
commended will give them a good
fair trial they will be benefited.
Fer some years l was subject to at
tacks of rheumatism or lumbago in
my hips, legs and in my shoulders.
At times the pain would be so Sc
we're in these parts that | could
scarcely be able to get around, and
there was also a dificulty with the
kidney sesretions which was an al
most constants Irritation. Hearing
OF Doan's Kidney Pills l procured a
box at F. c. Duerson's drug store,
and, although l did not give them
a fair trial, not taking them as reg
ularly as the directions called for,
l can from the good effects say that
l think highly of the merits Of this
remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffa-
10, N. Y, sole agents forthe United
States. 1f
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other. 90 2t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-12-28
Desperate.

"Do you realize how serious \
thing marriage is?'' her father.
who was the president of the CO.,
pany, asked after the young NAV
had laid the case before him.
eyes, sir. Eye thought it AiE
over. I'm fully aware that it will
be mighty serious, but it'll b.
worse if l don't get her. The gen
eral managers taken dislike to
ne, and if I'm TO keep my job here
there's got to be something dOing
right away" Chicago Record
Herald. .+
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-12-28
SUTTON s. HARRIS.
Prom Drinking Wood Alcohol on
Prei0ht Boat Six Men Died.

Capt. Snriggs Shade Daniels,
Harrison Spencer, Curtis Adams,
Sam Harmon and Winfield Daniels,
the majority of the crew of the
push-boat which left .Prestonsburg
Friday afternoon, lie dead at the
mouth of Beaver Creek from the
effects of drinking wood alcohol,
while John Goble, Ike Derossett and
Tom Salmon were at deaths door
from the same cause on Saturday
evening.
The boat left Prestonsburg with
cargo of freight for Pikeville. In
the cargo was can of wood alco-
hol. The boat was ever..a.ss in
the darkness at the mouth of
Beaver creek and put into port.
Supper was prepared and one of the
crew discovered the can of alcohol.
Returning to the cabin he suggest
ed to his companions that they take
their Christmas. The drinks were
prepared. When they sat down to
supper all became violently i'll. No
one of the crew being able to go for
medical assistance, six were dead
within an hour. All nine men were
residents of Paintsville. The
bodies were taken to Paintsville.
Later Ike Derossett, Henry
and Thomas Salmons and John
G0ble died at PresOnburg. Two
more are sick.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-12-28

Judging from results, Mr.. Cleck
irrigated this acre farm not only
with water from his two wells,
but also with brains. The ability
to stimulate tue soil TO such efforts
borders on the gift of genius
Such an example is an inspira-
tion to men with small means and
small farms. Those of us, who
with sweat and toll reap fifteen
bushels OF wheat or Thirty bushels
If corn-often less-from one acre
cannot we'll understand how Mr..
Cleck managed to lay out his land
to hold what he did The Inyen-
tory of those 43, $50 square feet,
as given by Mr.. Cleck is as fol-
lows:
Cottages and porches, 30x30
feet; barn and corral space, includ-
ing chicken coops, ETC., Texts #. I;
Two windmill towers, 16x16 feet
each; garden 40x94 feet; black
berries, 1890 feet; wberries,
65x90 eet; citrus nursery, 90x98
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-12-28

feet, in which there are always
four hundred budded orange trees !;
a row of dewberries along the
fence, 100x2 feet; apricot trees,
2 oak trees 2 peach trees; 6 Az
trees; 10 locust trees z eucalyptus
trees; 30 assorted roses 20 assort-
ed geraniums; IL lemon trees,
seven years old lime tree from
which were sold last year 100 doz.
lines 4 bearing bread fruit trees I;
8 bearing orange trees; pomegra-
nate trees 6 beds of violets about
6x2 feet each; l patch of bamboo (;
l bed of Gala lilies; 4 prune trees !;
6 cypress trees l6 stands of bees /;
4 huge grape vines: he'd Of sage (;
l seed bed, besides honeysuckles
and many rare shrubs. Besides
the bread fruit trees. the little
ranch has a curious tree from the
South Seas known as the paradise
tree.
Mrs. Cleck is now continuing
the work on the same lines as car
ried on by her husbaRd--Inland
Farmer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-12-28
Society NEGROES Men and Woman

They wers having a good tame.
came from their home down town
and just stepped into a saloon TO
add another or two, but sadness.
begging and weeping came wheA
policeman Smith stepped in, took
hold of the upper-tens and said 90
with me. They spent the night in
Shannon Castle and before day the
following morning had reported.
confessed. raised the amount ~
fines and wendell their way home
more wiser" coons.