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STUDENT WORK FOR CHRIST.
f!) V\ENTION TO EE HEIU THIS
WEEK AT CLEVEEAJiD.
_l ]( , Delegates to Represent tlie In
,emotional ' Student Volunteer
li „,i. m rnl for Foreig • ‘Miss on*.
Expected to Re One of the l.ilrm*l
Vi.sioiinr)' Gatherings of the Ceil.
ln rj— Eighteen Countries to Ue
Represented.
Cleveland, Feb. 20.—" The World for
Cj,r • " is the war ery emblazoned upon
th ,. i. ,nnor of one of the most unique, and
wha t is claimed to be one of the most
powerful and efficient Christian enter
ris, —the International Student Volun
ieer Movement for Foreign Missions, which
w.a hold its convention in this city,from
t lie 21d to the 27th of this month. It will
pro: ably be one of the largest missionary
eal rings of the century. Some of the
1,,-t known men engaged in missionary
Wurk, both in the field and at home, and
t , greatest number of missionary boards
wi ,t organizations ever brought together
ut oio time will be here. Fracticaliy ev
ery nation of civilization as well as of
heathendom will send delegates. Stu-
C, (us, men and women, and professors,
a 1 come from the five great continents
of the world and from the Islands of the
sea.
Cleveland will have the latch-string out
to receive these representatives of the ed
ucational world. Five thousand young
jn, n and women of education and refine
ment, many of them the possessors of
more than one college or university de
gree, and hundreds of them pledged to go
into the mission field—such is the charac
ter ol the student volunteer movement,
and of such material will the coming con
vention be composed.
Important and far-reaching results are
dependent upon this gathering. A great
revival and awakening of missionary in
torest in all civilized countries is expected
to follow in its wake.
At a recent meeting in New York, to
which the mission boards were invited to
send representatives, and which was to be
an official conference of these bodies,
twenty-seven were represented. T|is was
regarded at the time as a satisfactory
showing. The character of the student
volunteer movement.which is inter-denom
inational and not officially connected with
any denomination, will be apparent from
the statement of one of the officials that
"Ora r sixty of the denominational bodies
I are sure to send their leading representa
tives to the meeting in Cleveland.
The countries which wiil be officially
represented are Great Britain, India,
Burma h, Laos, Malaysia, China, Korea,
Japan, Persia, Syria, Turkey, Macedonia,
Africa, (north, central, south and west),
Alexi a, Columbia, Brazil, Chili and the
I'nited States. There will also be repre
ei: lives from Southern Europe and some
of the Pacific Islands.
The ,-tudent volunteer movement has
been in existence only twelve years, yet
ii has accomplished, as claimed by its
friends, what other enterprises for the
outit t of missionary zeal have failed in
<l ling. The denominational missionary
boards have been hampered and handicap
| and iii their work by the fact that it was
difficult for them to secure an" adequate
number of men and women, properly edu
v od and equipped, who would go as mis
tionarU s to foreign lands. The student
volunteer movement in its function as an
enlisting and training agency for volun
’ is among college and university stu
b'uis lias, it is said, changed the condi
tion of affairs. Men and women are no
!• ng. r lacking, but the meaps wherewith
to .-end them, 5,000 studehts, largely of the
coili-ges and universities of North Ameri
ca, being now ready to go. In the last
n w years a great change is said to have
taken place among the students in their
attitude toward religious matters, and it
is stated that the colleges are becoming
tne centers of religious influence and mis
sionary zeal.
This convention will bring together rep
resentatives from denominational colleges
like Amherst, Williams, Beloit, Ohio Wes
h ya , i, stale institutions like Cornell, the
3 diversities of Michigan, Vermont, Ohio,
■ sconsln, Texas, California, independent
universities like Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
Virginia, Stanford, Toronto; theological
seminaries of all the evangelical denomi
nations like Drew, the Chicago, McCor
nin k, Princeton, Andover, and many o'h
t<-. And there will be present women
irom Wellesley, Smith, Vassar, Radclilfe
and a number of other women's colleges.
-Vl'me than sixty of the missionary boards
vviil send official delegates, and among
them will be the Rt. Rev. Bishop T. U.
i'n .ey, secretary of the Protestant Epis
copal board; Rev. Dr. A. B. Leonard, sec
' iry of the Methodist Episcopal board;
v. H. c. Mabie, D. D., secretary of ‘he
t iptlst board; Rev. Dr. R. P. McKay,
so litary of tlie Canadian Presbyterian
l ? a ™ i Rev - Walter R. Lambuth, D. D.,
’ r board of the Methodist Church,
south; Rev. Charles H. Daniels, D. D„
or th ’- American board.
1 " speakers and participants fn the va
sessions of the convention will num
“ iboot 150, many of them being men
■ i women of international fame. Among
on will be Rev. Dr. F. B. Meyer of
-i ion. England, Gen. James A. Beaver.
1 - jovernor of Pennsylvania, Judge of
• mijw rior Court of Pennsylvania, and
j, ’ "n s a General in the civil war; Rt.
1 , A ' Canard, Bishop of Ohio; Rt.
' Eishop T. U. Dudley of Kentucky,
Ktv. Bishop M. E. Baldwin of Can
nf . liev ' Bish °P William X. Ninde
J^et bodist Episcopal Church, Rev.
in , a i? ci3 E. Clark, president of the
and Society of Christian Endeavor;
‘.* nt Charles Cuthbert Hall, D. D.,
’ i nion Theological Seminary; Mr. Rob
■ •• Speer, secretary of the Presbyte
-oi'rd; Mr - John R - general
,n .' iry °t the World’s Student
trr' , an Feder ation: Mr. D. M. Thorn
of Cambridge University. England,
M ocretary of the British Students’
■ uient, and Rev. S. W. Zwomer, F.
S-. of Arabia.
v . n ? a * n meetings of the convention
(;]t\ T* * n the new armory of the
, , , Grays, and division meetings In
nurchos in Iho heart of the city.
iking of the movement, one of the
' said: "Tlie students of one thou
, t ’ ■'lieges of the United States, Cana
v . -"‘ft Britain and other lands have
1 n the last few years united them
together lo plan o religious eam
| -u throughout the entire world. Thou
i. ' ’ , t * lp most prominent scliolars and
t 1 in the universities have pledged
uves to foreign missions cither as
( 1 ■ vs. preachers or physicians, and
r, ady at any time to cross the
r. , under the direction of, the various
mission boards as mission
r, . Because the movement is Interde
,national and Intercollegiate, it nt
' ' the church leaders of all
; . President McCosh of Princeton
!• ,‘‘ ,y said Of It, ’Has any such offer -
- ' nvlng young men and women been
n ■ - rued in our age, in our country, in
r ■•‘Re or in any country, since the Day
; < ritecost?’ Among the object* of the
I ’ nl '°n are to increaseffhe interest in
nonary work, to afford an opportunity
DON'T BREAK DOWN.
So Many Men nnd Women Do When
It Is Entirely Needless.
Strong men often die early, not because
their vital forces are exhausted, but be
cause they abuse their powers, waste
their energies and break down their consti
tutions. Hence, careful people often live
long, while people who are robust but
rash go down to early graves. But strange
as it may seem, many men and women by
adopting the right means have been able
to overcome dangerous ailments that
would have killed the strongest man.
With care they have eventually gained a
remarkable degree of health and vigor.
Some interesting examples of this fact
have recently come to light, among which
ore the following:
Miss Anna Muxey, of South Soion, 0.,
recently said: "I suffered from nervous
prostration, indigestion and sleeplessness
following a spe.l of sickness until my life
was despaired of. I took the best tonics my
physicians could prescribe without receiv
ing the least benefit. Finally, he advised
me to take a course of Duffy’s Pure Malt
Wh.skey. I did so, and am now able to
eat wed, sleep well, and am rapidly gain
ing strength."
Mr. J. M. Gaverick of Harrisburg, Pa.,
says: "For several years I was in very
bad health, as my work is very confining
and I do not get enough exercise to digest
my food. By taking Duffy’s Pure Malt
Whiskey, however, I experienced a re
markable change. I now feei better than
I ever felt before. I honestly believe
there is nothing better for an appetizer
and strengthener.”
People m sound health and people who
do not feel as well as they ought to feel
can profitably heed these words. They are
sufficient to prove that’ both as a preven
tion nnd a cure this remarkable whiskey
is absolutely unequaled.
for conference among the leaders of mis
sionary work, and to plan an advance
campaign for missions on the American
continent. The objects of the student
volunteer movement are to enroll educated
men and women to give their lives to mis
sionary service, to arouse the churches of
America to the necessity of giving more
financial support to the foreign mission
boards, to increase the knowledge of mis
sions by the establishment of missionary
libraries in every church and city in the
United States; in short, the object of the
movement may be briefly stated in its
watchword, ‘The Evangelization of the
W r orld in this Generation.’ ’’
w. C. T. LVS HEAD PRESIDENT.
Funeral Services Over Her Remain*
He'd at New York.
New York, Feb. 20.—The funeral services
over the remains of Miss Frances E. Wil
lard, president of the World’s and Na
tional Woman’s Christian Temperance Un
ion, took place in the Broadway Taberna
cle this afternoon.
The service was held in this city by the
official decree of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
On Thursday next, a service will be held
at Evanston, HI. Before final interment
takes place, however, the body will lie in
state in Willard hail at the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union temple at
Chicago, probably the greater portion of
Wednesday next, and while en route to the
Western Metropolis will also lie in state
fora short time in Churchville, N. Y., Miss
Willard's birthplace.
The church was crowded, among the at
tendants being many women from neigh
boring states, representing the state un
ions.
A great number of floral tributes had
been received, and these, together with
palms, were used as decorations in the
church. Such namtts as those of Helen
Gould, Susan B. Anthony,Rev. Anna Shaw
and many of the Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union’s prominent world repre
sentatives, were written on the cards at
tached to the floral gifts.
Miss Willard’s request that her funeral
services be simple was carried out. Por
tions of the Scripture which Miss Willard
loved most were read, her favorite hymns
were sung, and the Methodist Episcopal
funeral service was read.
Rev. E. S. Tipple, pastor of St. James
Methodist Episcopal Church, was the
principal officiating clergyman, assisted
by Bishop John Newman and others.
Presidents of state organizations, of
which Miss Willard was the official na
tional head, were the honorary pall-bear
ers.
BRUTAL BUTCHERY.
Constable's Lungs Sliot Out by Hid
den. Assassins.
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 20.—E. G. Mas
sey, a prominent citizen and constable of
Franklin township, Little River county,
was murdered in a horrible manner at a
point six miles from Ashdown last night
by Ned Aiken and his son and two ne
groes he was trying to arrest.
Massey was shot from ambush, his lungs
being tom from his body by bullets.
Massey had previously arrested Charley
Johnson, Aiken's son-in-law, for carrying
a pistol, and Johnson had escaped. About
midnight last night Massey and Charles
Dickens, a deputy, started to Aiken's house
to arrest Johnson.
Arriving near the house, the officers
were fired upon from ambush, and Mas
sey fell from his horse, his body being
torn to pieces with buckshot and Winches
ter balls.
At the same instant the negroes rushed
from cover and opened fire/upon Dickens,
but he put spurs to his horse and escap
ed.
Excitement is high, and a triple lynch
ing Is probable if Aiken and Johnson are
captured by the dead man’s friends in the
neighborhood.
NAT GOODWIN MARRIED.
Mis* Maxlrne Elliott Become the Ac
tor's Bride.
Cleveland, 0., Feb. 20.—Nat C. Good
win, the well-known actor, and Miss Max.
ime Elliott, the leading lady of his com
pany. were married in this city at 1 o’clock
this afternoon.
The ceremony was performed in the
parlor of the bridal suite at the Holienden,
Rev. Dr. 8. B. Sprecher, pastor of the
Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church, offi
ciating.
The only witness of the marriage were
Miss Gertrude Elliott, sister of the bride,
Manager Appleton of the Goodwin com
pany, Mrs. Appleton, and Manager
Brobst of the Holienden.
Three weeks ago Mr. Goodwin received
official notice that his former wife had se
cured a divorce from him in New York.
CHILE AND PERU STILL OUT.
Neither Ready to Sign a Promise of
Neutrality.
Lima, Peru, Feb. 20.—Private advices
say the negotiations for adjusting the dif
ficulties between Chile and Peru have en
tered anew phase. It is admitted that a
basis of settlement has been reached, ex
cept as to the promise of neutrality. The
latter being the pivot upon which ail
turns, it is thought possible there may
be a failure in the negotiations.
THE 310RNING NEWS: MON DAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1898.
SAM JONES NOT A CANDIDATE.
G IVE Ol T THE AWOI M EMGYr Ail
A JOKE.
Took Tills Means of Attracting Pub
lic Attention to Something He Ha*
to Say on the Political Situation.
Ills So-Called Platform l nderstood
to Be an Endorsement of Col. Can
dler—Crowd Flocks to Hear Jon. *’
Sermon.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 20.—Rev. Sam Jones’
announcement for Governor yesterduy
was a Joke. That is, in the absence of any
better term to describe it. It was a joke,
for when he came to town to-day he de
clared in positive terms that he had not
the remotest idea of entering ihe contest,
in fact, he remarked, when talking on the
subject, "I would rather think of running
for bailiff than for Governor, as my time
would then be my own."
The explanation of yesterday's state
ment is that it was given out by Sam
Jones, and Sam Jones has his own peculiar
way of doing things. He wanted to catch
the public ear to say something on the
political situation, and he thought he
would do it better by producing a sensa
tion, for the noted evangelist is the star
sensationalist of the age.
He succeeded so well that before he left
his Cartersville home this morning he had
received a couple of bushels of telegrams
concerning his announcement, and when
he reached the Moody Tabernacle to
preach this afternoon he found 10,000 peo
ple packed inside the walls, with fully half
that number turned away unable to get
within hailing distance of the doors.
Saturday, when he made his sensational
announcement, he said he would give out
his platform on Monday. Many people ex
pected him to make spme reference to the
matter in his sermon this afternoon, ci and
such was the effect produced that it is
safe to say half the state wqs discussing
his candidacy and the forthcoming (fiat
form to-day, despito the usual Sabbath
observances.
But in his sermon, Mr. Jones got no
nearer to politics than to declare he
wouldn’t be President, because the peo
ple would "cuss" him as they have "cuss
ed" Cleveland, the greatest President of
the generation.
After the sermon Mr. Jones called up a
reporter for the Journal, to which paper
he had promised his platform, and de
livered that document into his hands. To
the Morning News correspondent and oth
ers, whq sought copies of the paper, Mr.
Jones said he could not comply, as lie was
a paid writer for the Journal, and the let
ter went in as a part of his contract work.
He also declined to go into any political
interview, because he was opposed to talk
ing politics on Sunday, he said.
Ultimately, however, the statement was
secured from the evangelist that he had
no idea of running for Governor. He
laughed at the idea, and seemed to think
his announcement of yesterday, which was
made to excite the public mind and secure
a wide circulation for his letter to-mor
row, w-as a good joke.
From a gentleman who has read Mr.
Jones’ platform, the Morning News corre
spondent learned that instead of making
Sam Jones a candidate for Governor, it
is an indorsement of Col. Candler for the
high pfßce. Tiiis is the secret of the Irick
which fitre noted evangelist has turned in
state politics. And not the least interest
ing feature of it is that before giving the
letter to the Journal, he exacted the prom
ise Of that paper to print it in full, just as
it is. The Journal is inclined to support
Judge Atkinson, hence the Rev. Sam has
carried his joke to the full limits by mak
ing an Atkinson paper print his recom
mendation of Candler, His letter deals
with state politics and the alleged rings in
a lively fashion, describing the sort of a
man Mr. Jones thinks the Governor ought
to be, and concluding with the declaration
that Col. Candler fills the bill.
NO FIGHT ON DU ItIGNON.
Beach Declares Story In a Dlapateli
Unfounded.
Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 20.—T0-days's
Washington dispatch in the Morning
News in reference to a fight being made
on Hon. Fleming Sußignon was received
with surprise, and is vigorously denied by
Judge Atkinson's friends.
Prison Commissioner Beach and Judge
Samuel Atkinson are here to-night.
In an interview Judge Samuel Atkinson
said: "The dispatoh is unwarranted by
the facts. I am favorably inclined to
wards Mr. dußignori, and would have
given him loyal support for the Governor
ship. Efforts to up strife are evidently
being made, but they will be unavailing.
Mr. dußignon’s friends here are Judge
Atkinson's friends, and it is impossible for
me to realize any other motive for the
dispatch than to create hard feelings to
ward Judge Atkinson. Judge Atkinson’s
friends have no desire to dictate politics
in Georgia, neither has Judge Atkinson
himself. His campaign will be free from
bitterness toward any section or individ
ual, and the dispatch referred to is most
unjust to every one concerned.”
Prison Commissioner 'Beach said; “The
Intimations and statements contained in
that dispatch are utterly unfounded and
untrue. I have been a supporter and ad
mirer of Fleming dußlgnon for years, anil
was prepared to support him in the event
he had beep a candidate for Governor this
time. To no living being have I breathed
otherwise, and so far as any one being au.
thorized to say otherwise by my actions or
words, I can but express surprise at their
distorted imaginative powers. The Wash
ington dispatch is a fabrication pure and
simple, and I apprehend it Is
from a source unfavorable to
Judge Spencer R. Atkinson. In
so far as making a fight on Mr. dußignon
or anyone else in Georgia is concerned
any statement tending that way is untrue
I am not in the fighting business. How
ever, whenever occasions occur, when I
can help a friend in a laudable ambition
it will be a pleasure to do so. My official
position and duty to the public requires a
great deal of tiine and will get it. I have
no desire to control anyone's polltlclal as
pirations or thoughts, or to fight anyone
Judging from the friendship which has
always existed between Mr. dußignon and
myself, he Is the last man in the world
who will for an instant believe the Wash
ington dispatch."
SAVED TUT FISHERMEN.
The 2<>o Fins Carried Off on nn lee
Floe Readied.
Copenhagen, Feb. 20.—A dispatch re
ceived here from Helsingford says that the
200 fishermen who were carried to sea last
Wednesday on a tract of ice that broke
adrift on the coast of the Gulf of Fin
land, have been suved.
Fnrther Delay In the Trial of Arroyo.
City of Mexico, Feb. 3).—There ha been
a further delay in the trial of the appeal of
the lyaehers of Arroyo, owing to the pin In
tiff's lawyers being ill and the Judge
granting more time. The appeal will be
heard in all probability by the last of this
month.
DANGER IN SODA.
Serious Results Sometimes Follow Its
Excessive Use.
Common soda is ail right in its place
and indispensable in the kitchen and for
cooking and washing purposes, but it was
never intended for it medicine, and people
who use it as such will some day regret it.
We refer to ihe common use of soda to
relieve heartburn or sour stomach, a hu'olt
which thousands of people practice almost
daily, and one which is fraught with dan
ger; moreover, the soda only gives tempo
rary reiief and In the end the stomach
trouble gets worse and worse.
The soda acts as a mechanical Irritant to
the walls of the stomach and bowels and
oases are on record where it accumulated
in the intestines, causing death by inflam
mation or peritonitis.
Dr Hariandson rix-ommends as the saf
est nnd surest cure for sour stomach (acid
dyspepsia) an excellent preparation sold
by druggists under the name of Stuart s
Dyspepsia Tablets. These tablets are largo
20 grain lozenges, very pleasant to taste
and contain the natural acids, peptones
and digestive elements essential to good di
gestion. and when taken after meals they
digest the food perfectly and promptly be
fore it has time to ferment, sour and i>ois
on the blood nnd nervous system.
Dr. Wuerth states that he invariably
uses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in ail
cases of stomach derangements and finds
them a certain cure not only for sour
stomach, but by promptly digesting tlie
food they create a healthy appetite, in
crease flesh and strengthen the action of
the heart and liver. They are not a ca
thartic, hut intended only for stomach
diseases and weakness and will ho found
reliAMe in any stomach trouble except
cancer of the slomnch. All druggists soil
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at 50 cents per
package.
A little book describing all forms of
stomach weakness and their cure mailed
free by addressing the Stuart Cos. of Mar
shall, Mich.
CROWD CHEERS ROCHEFORT.
Editor Lionized on Ills AVay lo TrU
on—Anti-Jevvlah Mot* on tlie March.
Paris, Feb. 20.—Two thousand ]>eople as
sembled this afternoon in front of the
St. Pelagie prison, well known as a prison
for offending journalists, to greet Henri
Rochefort, editor of the Intransigent, on
entering to Serve a sentence of five days'
Imprisonment for libeling Jose Reinach,
Conservative deputy for the district of
Digne, and editor of the Repulfiiquo Fron
caise, by charging him with" intending to
prove the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus by
the use s)f forged documents.
At first there were no signs of force to
preserve order, hut as the crowd increas
ed, a company of Republican Guards,
headed by buglers and drummers, a de
tachment of police and two squadrons of
cuirassiers, wore drawn up on each side
of the square in front of the prison. The
troops were received with cries of "Vive
l'Annie."
It was 4 o'clock before M. Rochefort
arrived. The crowd flocked around his
carriage, shouting: “Vivo Rochefort,"
and “Vive la Commune,” the [silice being
powerless to restrain them.
M. Rochefort alighted, waving his hand
kerchief, and, escorted by tlie people,
walked to the prison gates. About fifty
of his friends, including Ernest Roe he f,
one of the .deputies foe Parkv the editor
of La Jour nnd the Assistant editors of
the Intransigent, accompanied him inside
the building, amid continuous shouts trom
the populace.
The warders, with the governor of the
prison at their side, were waiting, cap in
hand, and respectfully received the pris
oner.
The crowd meanwhile dispersed, singing
the Carmagnole and shouting "Vive
Rochefort” and “Vive La Commune,” and
completely blocking traffic on the Rue
Monge. So far, though there was much
excitement, the crowd was good humored.
Suddenly anew gathering of 3,000, head
ed by MM. Millevoye and Thiebaud nnd
Regis, marched toward the Pantheon yell
ing “Dolvn With Zola," "Death to the
Jews.” The police formed across the road
and stoppid thd progress of the demon
stration. MM. Thiebnud and Millevoye
began haranguing the crowd from some
steps despite the efforts of the police to
dislodge them. They advised the crowd
to disperse in orderly fashion, but to keep
shouting loyal cries and to reserve its
strength for another occasion.
M. Thiebaud eulogized M. Rochefort as
"the man who will toll the knell of the
Jews."
Finally the mob dispersed amid shouts
of “Spit upon Zola.” and similar cries.
MM. Millevoye and Thiebaud went to
the police station to demand the libera
tion of a dozen people, including the edi
tor of the Petit Parisian, who was arrest
ed in the course of the demonstration.
It is variously estimated that from 20,000
to 50,000 people took part in the demon
stration. This suffices to show that pub
lic feeling is unchanged.
M. Rochefort had promised to meet his
admirers on the Palace Monge and had in
dicated his Intended route to the prison
in to-day’s Intransigeant.
On learning, however, that the troops
were to be called out, he changed his
route to the by-streets in order to avoid
a collision.
M. Thiebaud, in the course of his ha
rangue, added, "Down with the foreign
ers” to the other cries, and the same sen*
timent was expressed in violent speeches
delivered at a stormy antl-Jewish meet
ing presided over by M. Millevoye, in the
course of the afternoon at the Salle
Cliayne.
ZOLA SI HE TO HE CONVICTED.
Feeling Against the Jen* So Bitter
That Acquittal In Impossible.
Paris, Feb. 20.—The trial of Emile Zola
and the publisher of the Aurore, M. Pcr
rieux, is regarded as practically ended,and
M. Zola’s conviction is looked upon as a
foregone conclusion.
Public feeling against the Jews is so
overwhelming that any other result Is al
most Impossible.
TRE A UHE RO U 8 A Lid ES.
Russia anil Germany Accused uf Be
traying France und Austria.
London, Feb. 21. —The Dally Telegraph
publishes this morning an alleged expla
nation of the Dreyfus mystery.
According to this explanation, a secret
compact between Russia and Germany
existed before the Franco-Russian alliance
was arranged. Under the terms Russia
undertook to supply Germany with all the
Information obtained by spies or otherwise
regarding French miliiary affairs, Ger
many supplying Russia In return
with information concerning an
other power, presumably Aus
tro-Hungary. "Dreyfus discovered
and traded upon this compact. Whether
the bordereau was written by him or not,
it was merely the ostensible lias's of the
indictment against him. The real secret
document referred to a compact, the reve
lation of which would have emperllled the
Russian alliance.’’
The same motives of secrecy, says the
Daily Telegraph's informant, wlli compel
the different governments to deny the
truth of this explanation, which is, never
theless, correct.
BLACK MAN AND THE BALLOT.
nOOKKH T. WASHINGTON ISSIKS AN
.ADUK I,SS.
It I* for the Prriunl of tlir Cnnstltn- '
tinmil Convention Non- in Session
In Lonisinnn—Says the Newm ,
A*rw Tlmt It I* Knraaary to
Restrict tin* SnlVr ’ gr—Control
Jlust lit* In flit* llamlx of Men of
lutrlllKcnc —Hi- Ileus That .In-
Closing of tht* llalltit llo\ Hi- At--
t-oni|i:i nlt’il by the Opening of More
nntl Better Schools.
New Orleans, Feb. 20.—Booker T. Wash
ington, prominent colored leader and ed
ucator of Tuskegee, Ala., in an open letter
to the constitutional convention, now In
session In this city, in which, after ex
plaining the motives which prompt him to
address the convention, omotig other
things, says:
“Since.the war no state has had such
an opportunity to settle the race question,
so far ns it concerns politics, as is now giv
en Louisiana.
“The negro agrees with you that It is
necessary to the salvation of the South
that restriction be put upon the ballot. I
know that you have two serious problems
before you; ignorant and corrupt govern
ment on the one hand, and on the other a
way to restrict the ballot so that coa'rol
will bo In the hands of the intelligent
without regard to race.
"With the slncerest sympathy with you
In your efforts to find a way out of the dif
ficulty, I want to suggest that no stale
in the South can make a law that will pro-*
vide an opportunity or temptation for mi
ignorant colored man, without Injuring
both men. Any law controlling the ballot
that Is not absolutely just and fair to both
races will work more permanent injury to
the whites than to the blacks.
“I beg of you further that In the degree
that you close the ballot box against the
Ignorant that you open the school house.
More than one-half of the people of your
state ore negroes. No state can long
prosper when a largo percentage of its
citizenship Is In ignorance and poverty,
and has no Interest in government.
"Let the very best educational opportu
nities be provided for both races, and add
ed to this the enactment of an election
law that shall be Incapable of unjust dis
crimination, at the same time providing
that in proportion as the Ignorant secure
education, property and character, they
will be given all the rights of citizenship.
Any other course will take from one-half
your citizen’s interest in the slate and
hope, and ambition to beoome intelligent
producers and taxpayers—to become use
ful and virtuous citizens.
“I believe that nothing will so help my
own [Vtople In your state as provision at
some Institution for the highest academic
and normal training in connection with
thorough training In agriculture, mechan
ics and domestic economy.
“The fact is that 90 per cent, of our
people depend upon the common occupa
tions for their living and outside of the
cities 85 per cent, depend upon agriculture
for support.
"Notwithstanding this, our people have
been educated since the war in everything
else but the very things that most of th.*m
live by. First-class training in agricul
ture, horticulture, dairying, stock-raising,
the mechanical arts and domestic econ
omy, will make us intelligent producers,
and not only help us contribute our pro
portion as tax-payers, but will result in
retaining much money in the state that
now goes outside for that which can he
produced at home.
“The highest test of the civilization of
any race is in its willingness to extend a
helping hand to the less fortunate. A
race, like an Individual, lifts Itself up by
lifting others up. Surely no iieople ever
had a greater chance to exhibit the High
est Christian fortitude and magnanimity
than is now presented to the people of
Louisiana.”
SCARE! AT SOKOTO,
Two French Expeditions Advancing
on the Capital.
Akassa, Niger Coast, Protectorate West
Africa, Feb. 20.—Intelligence has arrived
here that two French expeditions are ad
vancing toward Sokolo, capital of tho
Sultanate of Sokoto, on the Sokoto river,
in the extreme north of the Haussa states,
and that six French officers, with a force
of 200 men, have arrived at Argungu (Ar
gungi) and the Aggau.
The former town Is an important place
on the Sokoto river, about half way be
tween the Sultan’s capital and the River
Niger, and is within the British sphere.
The Sultan of Sokoto has commanded
the French force to halt about forty miles
from the capital. The Royal Niger Com
pany’s representative, Deputy Agent Gen.
William Wallace, Is holding the com
pany's forces, with ammunition and
stores, in readiness and Is awaiting In
structions to assist the Sultan of Sokoto,
and to secure French evacuation of Brit
ish territory.
BRITONS GIVE ORDER TO FIGHT.
Force to R|* I sod If Necessary to
Expel the French.
London, Feb. 21.—1 t is asserted on good
authority that the Royal Niger Company
has given instructions, after trying all
peaceable means, to compel the retirement
of the French from British territory by
force. The Sultanate of Sokoto is a feu
dal territory of the company and was
recently placed under British protection.
Tho situation is regarded as extremely
grave. Great Britain’s forces In the pro
tectorate number between 5,000 and 0,000
men under British officers in Irfigos and the
Gold coast Hinterland, and at the three
separate points of British and French
territorial disputes, Boria, Wac and Ar
gungu.
The Daily Mail says it has received con
firmation of the news from Sokoto.
Tho Times, commenting editorially on
the news, says it cannot credit the re
port, and reproves the levity of the French
press regarding a grave sil nation. The
presence of a French force at Argungu,
the Times declares, would be so flagrant
a breach of any possible construction of
the Say-Barua agreement of 1890 (Anglo-
French treaty at Busah) that nothing but
its immediate withdrawal qpuld avert the
most deplorable consequences."
Other papers publish similar articles
urging Lord Salisbury to Intimate plainly
that Great Britain’s limit of “squeezabil
ity has been reached."
The Morning Post says: “If France Is
really making deliberate plans to unnex
British territory by military occupation
and can only Imply that she desires war
with England. In that case her wish will
doubtless be gratified.”
Toni Allen’s Imprisonment.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 20.—Tom Allen will be
taken to the Gress camp to-morrow morn
ing to begin life service in the penitentia
ry. Allen is not In good physical condition,
but expresses much joy to leave prison
wall* for open air exercise. He hopes to
secure a pardon after* several years im
prisonment.
ANO EVERYTHING^UftBI i Tf STED
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT
PERSONAL,
"B. 4. F. R.” SFRPRISED AT THE ITN
usual success of Figeas. the reliable Jew
eler and optician, 28 Fust Broughton,
know that for H years he has been doing
a square business on the same block and Is
courteous to all. Hence a wedding or birth
day present-be it a finger ring, u watch
or ii pair of spectacles, when guaranteed
by him—ls Invariably O. K. Mail orders
entrusted to the eare of the Savannah
Hair, Jewelry and Shaving Supply House,
promptly filled.
H. 75 FOR CHIFFONIERS. *l2 50 KO.R
oak suits, S6.(X) for Iron bed and spring.
Other goods up to the finest quality pro
portinaiely low. Come around and get ac
quainted. C. P. Miller, Agent.
know yocr'kate and fortune!
Mnte. Rita, the only scientific polmisl in
America, is at 1H Jefferson street, corner
York street lane. Fee till cents.
BABY CARRIAGES IN LATEST DE
slgns, best makes; new Importations of
mattings arriving daily. C. I’. MlUer,
Agt., 207 Broughton, west.
MEDICAL.
HOW ARE YOUR FEET? IF YOUR
feet are troubling you call on me. and I
will give you relief. I cure Ingrowing
nails, corns und all diseases of the feet
without pain. Charges reasonable; can
give the best references in the city; office,
115 Drayton street; hours, 7 to 9 a. m . I
to 3 p. m , 6 to 8 p. m.; will attend patron*
at residences; orders can be left at Wheel
er’s drug store. Bull and Slate otreets;
telephone 235 L Lera Davis, surgeon
chiropodist.
HELP WANTED—MALES.
'^wXNTEDT'A^TicENiH^rrTm
salary s9l, with chance to udvgnce.
Prompt, care News.
WANTED, A N ENKHI iKTIC ENT KID
prising young man with good security or
small capital, to establish a branch office.
Address with best references, P. O. box
123, Sumter, S. C.
~S A I.BSMAN' WANT KD. RESIDENT,
exiiericncod tea and coffee salesman for
Savannah. Address Ervin, Page & Cos.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
WANTED, FI RST-CIXsS SAW, HAM
merer and filer; none but first-class men
need apply. West Bros., Westlake, Fla.
WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS.
and dollars between now and June 1, se
curity eily property, vnlued twenty thous
and dollars, fori years. Address Money,
Morning News.
MONEY TO LOAN.
ONE AND TWO THOUBA'Nd"
lars, separate amounts, to loan city real
estate; 7 per cent. Apply to Isaac Beck
ett, 24 President street, east.
FOR RENT—ROOMS.
FLAT OF FOUR ROOMS, WITH MOD*
ern conveniences. Apply to C. P. Miller,
207 Broughton, west.
“FOR RENT, I)ES til ABLE FOUR
room flat, with all modern conveniences.
Apply at 208 West New Houston.
FOR _ RENt7LARGE'ROOM BACK OF
Launey photographic studio; last used os
u dental parlor.
PLEASANT ROOM, FURNISHED*,
second floor; if taken by two gentlemen
will Itoard them. Apply 412 Mucon street,
east.
'Ff Its 1 SHED ROOM, AT FOUR DOT."
lars iter month, also one ut ten. 298 Ogle
thorpe avenue, west.
FOR KENT—HOUSES.
FOR RENT. ONE AND TWO-STORY
houses. Apply 519 East liroad street. M.
Egan.
** TO RENT, WITH IMMEDIATE Pos
session, house 210 Hall street, west. Ap
ply to J. F. Brooks, 15 Bay street, west.
FOR RENT, AT $20.00 PER MON TIL
until OcL 1, residence 221 Wahlburg street,
west, Jsouth side), nine rooms; modern
improvements; rent formerly $30.00. Ap
ply 8. P. Shelter Cos., Citizens Bank Bulld
ing.
FOR KENT r STORE.
''ihHrßFNTTsTtmifA^^^
Anderson and Habersham streets. Apply
405 Anderson street, east.
"FOR RENT, TWO * STORES ON
Broughton street; and several desirable
residences; all thoroughly renovated; pos
session immediately. Apply Albert Wylly,
12 Bryan street, east.
FOR RENT—MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR RENT, LARGE HALL THIRD
floor Lyon’s block; rent reasonable. Ap
ply, John Lyons & Cos.
FOR gALE—REAL ESTATE.
(TV BEK) FOR SALK, THREE UOT
tages and ten beach lots 50x80; artesian
well on premises; no water rent. 310 Ogle
thorpe avenue, east.
FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS.
condition, party going out of business;
for full particulars apply to La Roche.
"*51.60 FOR 25 FEET GARDEN HOSE,
coupled. Neidlinger, Rabun & Mail.
Hi) IRDIRG,
“7TUAKANT’?tOOMfr<^
tion; good table board. 232 Bull street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BEFORE YOU BUY OR BELI, PROP
erly, consult Robert H. Tatem, real estate
dealer, No. 7 York street, west.
JOHN 0. BUTLER,
DEALER IN—
Paints, Oils, and Glass, Sash Doors,
Blinds and Builders’ Supplies, Plain und
Decorative Wall Paper, Foreign and Do
mestic Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair.
Sole Agent* for Asbestine Cold Water
Paint.
20 Congress street, west, and 12 St. Julian
street, west.
AUCTION SALES.
AT'AUCfTONI ’
WALNUT AND OAK FURNITURE,
CARPETS, REFRIGERATOR. ETC.
JERSEY COW AND CALF.
C. H. DOItSETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell THIS DAY at 11 o’clock.
Walnut IVdroom Set,with dressing ca-eS
Spring Mattresses, Walnut Rockers and
Chairs, F rio Oak Extension Table, Up
holstered Chairs, Sewing Machine, Large
Oariiet, I glee Curtains, Handsome Marble
top Table, New Clocks, Sideboard, Bu
reaus, Cabinet Organ, 2 Show Case*,
Large Refrigerator, Range, Pictures, Wo
men’s Hats, LMahogany Card Table, Par
lor St, Pictures and sundry other articles.
—also—
Fine Grade Jersey Cow and Calf, large
milker.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
The Terminal Hotel, a splendid newt
building, with 16 bedrooms, dining room,
office and other necessary rooms and
ntsirtments, and outbuildings, situated at
Wadley, In Jefferson county, Georgia, at
the junction of the Central with the Louis
ville and Wadley and the Wadley and Mt.
Vernon Railroads, and a private residence
connected with and forming part of tho
hotel, having also 10 rooms and all
the hotel furniture will be sold at publlta
sale at the Court House in Louisville of*
the First Tuesday in March, 1898. For fur.
ther information apply to 9. C. EVAN 9,
at Wadley, Ga,
S. C. EVANS and W. O. DONOVAN,
Administrators estate Wm. Donovan.
Savannah Real Estate Ira*
provemsnt Company.
NO. 10 BULL STREET. ,V 1
SECURE A HOME.
Cottage houses built in a:,/ part of tbd
city:
J 50.00 cash $12.50 per montts
iluo.w) cash $25.0) per monttt
SUBSCRIBE KOR STOCK.
SI.OO per month—shares—sso.oo.
We will buy a lot for you and build 4
home o.i your own plans.
JOHN L. ARCHER, Secretary.
LEGAL NOTICES,
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT*
ORS. i
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.-.
Notice is hereby given to all persons have
ing demands against Montague L. Boyd,
late of said county, deceased, to presen I
them to me, properly made out, wlthk*
the time prescribed by law, so as to show)
their character and amount; and all per
sons Indebted to said deceased are require
ed (o make lmmcdiute< payment to me.
LAURA J. BOYD,
Executrix, will of Montague L. Boyd, de
ceased.
Feb. 17, 1898.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY—
Whereas Isaac D. La Roche has applied
to Court of Ordinary for letters of admin,
tstratlon on the estate of Nora Brown,
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all whom It may concern to be and
appear before said court to make objec
tion (if any they have) on or before the
first Monday In March, next, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Witness, the Hon. Hampton L. Ferrili,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the
Oth day of February, 1898.
FRANK E. KEILBAC H,
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
FLORIDA
AND TlliC
“THE LAND OF THE SKY,"
Asheville Hot Springs,
Aiken and Augusta.
The winter season at these well-known and
wonderful resorts Is now opening and thd
many Improvements In hotol facilities and
railroad service will draw a larger numbef
and more enthusiastic pleasure and healtli
seekers than eror before.
The schedules and service or thi
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
to each an! all of them will be uaer]uale<!L
1118 ft Hi 111 Fftffi] MIsJ
will again be operated, commencing
January 17, 1888.
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS
at low rates from and through Ohio Rtre*
Gateways go on sale Oct. 15, 1887. From
other points Nov. I, ltr. -
SIDE TRIPS
are made a feature by the Southern
Railway. Tourisls and all patrons of
the southern Hallway have most care
ful attention at the hands of Us many)
representatives, who are fully In
formed on all aubjects incident tn
travel.
A CAR LOAD OF
GARDEN TILE
JUST RECEIVED.
COTTON AND RUBBER
GARDEN HOSE.
GARDEN TOOLS.
FOR SALE BY
[IH HU’S IS.
JAMES F. BUTLER
House, Sip 8 Oiuii P|®
Graining, KalsominJ& M
Paper Hanginj and Pictjrj^r* uldjll if '
'I’UUUW is. As. M
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