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CRUEL DESTITUTION IN CUB/L
POLICY OF ( IIV KVTH VTI(I> TO
• BLAME FOR IT.
Returned Boston Capitalist Dratix a
OlntM'KthiK Picture of the < audi
tions on the Imliuiil—Small < lifldren
Shot Down If They Attempt to
Cromt the Guard l.lue —Women
Kicknl About by tlie Spanish Sol
diers ns If They Were I)otss.
Washington, Feb. 22.—Cuba usurped the
place of Hawaii in the executive proceed
ings of the Senate to-day. and was under
consideration for an hour or more. The
proceeding was based upon a document
presented by Senator Morgan of Alabama,
as the result of an interview between him
self and a Mr. Kooj> of Boston, Mass. In
presenting Ihe document, Senator Morgith
said Mr. Koop was a capitalist, who had
but recently returned from Cuba after a
most exhaustive exploration of the island.
Senator Morgan laid considerable stress
upon Ihe importance of the document,
which resulted from a stenographic, report
of the interview between Mr. Morgan anil
Mr. Koop. The document consisted of
Questions by Senator Morgan and replies
by Mr. Koop. The la'ter said he hail been
in thirty-four provinces and had spent
more or less time in each of them in the
prosecution of his inquiries.
In no place outside of Havana, he said,
was any effort made to take care of re
eoncentrados, and he declared that the
people were dying in great numbera in all
places where they had been collected to
gether by the Spanish authorities, both as
a result of the cruelty of the Spanish
troops and for the lack of food. He de
clared there was no evidence in the prov
inces of a more liberal treatment of these
unfortunate people under the administra
tion of Gen. Blanco than there had been
under* the Weyler regime, and said that
the people in general were In Just as de
plorable condition now as they had been
before the change. In no case were the
reconcentradoes allowed to go, outside the
military posts to collect food, and while
there were some efforts In certain in
stances to grow crops in the immediate
vicinity of tlie garrisons, these crop areas
did not extend more than 50ti yards from
the forts. He added that if the people
were allowed to get out they could get
enough to eat to keep soul and body to
gether, but that when oven small children
attempted to go outside of the guard
lines they were shot down as ruthlessly
as if they were enemies In arms. He said
lie had seen women and children abused
by the Spanish, soldiers, and that a favor
ite past time seemed to lie to kick the
women about as if they were dogs.
Mr. Koop also devoted considerable
space at Senator Morgan's suggestion to
the scheme of autonomy under the liberal
ministry and pronounced it a failure from
on£ end of the island to another. He said
that business was at a standstill through
out the country, that few crops were
growing and that desolation and ruin
stare the traveler In the face wherever he
goes. Asa consequence property was
much depreciated in value and the people
were generally discouraged. He said the
general estimate was that the war had
already resulted in the loss of 600,000 lives
and Mr. Koop said he did not consider
these figures exaggerated.
There was some comment upon the doc
ument by Senators Morgan. Galllnger and
Masun, but no official action was taken.
Senator Mason said the statement was
no more than he had expected to hear,
and Senator Galllnger declared that the
picture as drawn was a deplorable one.
He said that twp years ago he bad advis
ed that the United States should inter
vene to put a stop to the war and that
every development since had confirmed
the wisdom of the suggestion then made.
DISTRIBUTION, OP RELIEF.
Local ConiiulltroM Assisting In the
Work In Culm.
New York, Feb. 22.-A letter has been
Just received by the Central Cuban relief
committee from the chairman of the com
mittee selected by Consul General Lee at
Havana for the purpose of assisting in
the disposition of relief supplies sent by
the United States and donated by citlz“ns.
The committee states that American sop
plies are apportioned according to the ne
cessities among local committees, comsosed
of trustworthy and competent individuals.
These local committees establish bureaus
where the sufferers enroll, and the com
mittees make personal investigations of
the cases. Each deserving applicant te
ceives a ticket with a number, and this
ticket serves as a means of identification
at the distribution of clothes and food,
which occurs once a week.
It is announced that Gen. Lee is avail
ing himself of the experienced services of
the Red Cross sent to Havana by the de
partment of state, and that he Is gradually
turi\ed over to Miss Barton the matter of
distribution throughout the island.
"There are said to be thousands of chil
dren in the streets or gathered into
wretched dens, or so-culled hospitals, in
all stages of suffering that can develop
from hunger, malaria, and exposure.
“I shall attempt no description. We
have seen the worst of the groat gather
ings, and jointly with Gen. Leo, have de
cided that a hospital shall be opened at
once. We have examined buildings for
this purpose and decided upon which wo
will commence to fit up at once. I will
see Gen. Blanco the first moment possible
In order to secure his aid to make up what
is practically needed by the multitude.”
The commltiee's letter thanks the Amer
ican people for their generbus donations
and tells them that their eontributtons
have reached many who, had It not been
for their timely aid, would be now dead
and burled.
RELIEF FI JI) SENT TO 111 SIF.LL,
Ills Complaint Itrlnus n Response In
the Slmpc of $025.
Washington, Fib. 22.—Hon. Charles W.
Russell, United States attorney In the do.
partment of justice, has received a letter
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the receipt of relief money for the starv
ing inhabitants of the island.
Mr. Russell investigated conditions on
the island last fall anil about two weeks
ago receive a letter from Consul Barker
appealing for supplies. This letter was
given to the press. That received to-day
reads as follows:
“Sagua, Feb. 17.—My Dear Mr. Russell:
To show you the quick response emanat
ing from the ‘interview you gave the
press of the United States, I have receiv
ed from Philadelphia, Boston and other
points in Massachusetts and Connecticut,
1625. With this small sum by the good
management of an excellent committee
of ladies and gentlemen, we have provid
ed the sick with 70 b'ankets and 16 cots,
as also two cases eonderised milk, 178
garments for women and children, con
sisting of light underwear and calico
dresses, the ladies buying the materials
and sowing day and - night to get them
ready for use. In addition I have rations
of Jerked beef, rice, lard, hominy and
crackers to feed them comfortably for
four days to seventy-three families, num
bering all told 356 persons, not counting
children under 7 years of age. 'This done
without having received any money or
supplies sent to Havana, as Gen. Lee has
not been able with what reached him to
provide for all the destitute Immediately
surrounding him."
MARDI GRAS AT SEW ORLEANS.
Harvest Time tlie Subject Illustrated
In tlie Parade.
New Orleans, Feb. 22.—Bright and beau
tiful weather marked the celebration of
Mardi Gras here to-day. Except that the
air was chilly it was typical carnival
weather.
There were the usual scenes on the
streets and the customary large number
of promiscuous maskers.
The Rex parade was the feature of the
day. The subject chosen was Harvest
Time, which was brilliantly Illustrated in
a series of twenty moving cars. The king
of the carnival Is Charles A. Farwell,
prominently identified with the sugar in
.terests of the state.
The Mystic Krewe of Comus appeared on
the streets with one of the most gorgeous,
and at the same time interesting pageants
that has ever appeared in New Orleans.
The theme was "Shakespeare.” ami all the
familiar characters and plays were pie
turesqued with a faithfulness and splendor
unsurpassed. There were twenty tableaux,
representing “Comus," “Shakespeare,”
“Midsummer Night's Dream.” “Othello,"
"Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” “As You
Dike It,” “King Dear,” “Merry Wives of
Windsor,” “Hamlet,” “Twelfth Night, or
What you Will,” "King Henry VIII,”
“Much Ado About Nothing," “Pericles,
Prince of Tyre," “The Merchant of Ve
nice,” “The Comedy of Errors,” "King
Richard m,” “Cymbeline," “Antbny and
Cleopatra,” “The Tempest.”
After the parade the (Mystic Krewe en 7
tertained with a grand ball at the French
opera house.
To-night Rex entertained his loyal sub
jects with a bad ut the Imperial palace,
which was gorgeously decorated. The
throne was erected at one end of the spa
cious ball room and decorated in the royal
colors of garnet and ermine.
The king chose as his queen Miss Noel
Forsyth, a beautiful young woman, who
graced her high position ns though born
to the purple. Both balls were thronged
and were immense social successes.
MEMPHIS PARADE HISTORICAL.
Events In the Growth of the United
States Illustrated.
Memphis, Feb. 22.—The Mardi Gras fes
tivities were concluded to-night with a
parade consisting of thirteen floats, Hqlre
sentlng historical events of American his
tory.
The entire day and night was given over
to merry-makers, the streets being packed
with citizens and visitors.
Two grand masked balls were given to
night, t>oth largely attended. The celebra
tion passed off without a single disturbing
feature.
FLOATS PICTURE LOVE.
The Carnlvnl at Mobile Closes In n
lllaze ol' Glory.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 22.—Mardi Gras was
celebrated to-day by five mystic parades
and by public concerts.
The day parades were those of Emperor
Felix on his rolling throne and with
mounted escort aud preceded by his Impe
rial band, the Mardi Gras Pilgrims, who
caricatured the police, the coqjic cow
boys, who showed the folly of last sum
mer's panic, and the Knights of Revelry,
who turned out six floats illustrating facts
and fancies. /
At night there was the closing displays
of the carnival, the order of myths parad
ing with nine floats entitled “Dove,"
showing ail varieties of the amatory pas
sion. The floats were named: “Universal
Dove,” "Maternal Dove.” "Biblical Dove,”
"Olympian Dove.” "Homeric Dove,”
“Classic Dove,” “Rural Dove,” “Egyptian
Dove," and “Patriotic Dove.”
The streets were brilliant with all color
ed fires and the procession was greeted
with great applause. The attendance to
day was the largest ever seen at a carni
val here.
NAVAL SIGNAL STATIONS.
OftieerH of the Reserves to Plnee
Them Along Florida's Const.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22.—The officers
of the Jacksonville naval militia have been
detailed by Adjt. Gen. Houslon to place
signal station* along the east coast of
Florida. Just as has been done on the St.
Johns river. The officers will also make a
trip to Nassau for the same purpose.
THE a. Oi VINO NEWS: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, IS9&
THE OBLIGATIONS OF WEALTH.
EA'-PHEVIDENT HARRISON SPEAKS
AT CHICAGO.
Ills Address Delivered nt the Union
League t lull's Celebration of
Washington's Birthday—Alludes to
the Set I*-Posses si i, n of the People
in tlie Face of the Crisis Brought
on by the Disaster to the Maine.
Chicago, Feb. 22.—Ex-President Benja
min Harrison spoke to-day ai the Audlto
rium at the central meeting of the annual
celebration of the Union la-ague Club in
honor of Washington. 4 All the historical
and civil societies of the city were fully
represented.
Among the distinguished visitors present
were Dr. John Finley, president of Knox
College; Gen. John M. Palmer, Maj. Gen-
John R. Brooks, ex-Gov. Richard J. Ogles
by, and ChaTles Emery Smith of Phila
delphia. The Apollo Ciub of tOO voices fur
nished the music lor the programme.
Ex-President Harrison took for his sub
ject, “Obligations of Wealth.”
He referred briefly to the Cuban ques
tion, saying: "We stand now in the aw
ful shadow of one of the most tragic events
that has ever happened in our history, and
yet we stand with the self-possession of a
people who understand their might and
can abide the developments of time. We
are not hysterical people. We can wait
and we will know our duty when It shall
be revealed. We can understand that in
a time like this there are grave responsi
bilities devolving upon the President of the
United States, single responsibilities that
he may not divide with any man. Let us
stand about him, strengthening him in the
calm assurance that this great country
desires only vvhat is right, and can wait
until the facts are known before It issues
its proclamation." Reyerting to the theme
on which he was to speak, he said:
“In choosing for my theme, The Obli
gations of Wealth’ I am not wresting this
anniversary from its legitimate use. We
do not need to forget—indeed, we cannot
forget, Washington, when we reflect upon
our obligations to the state. His life
leaches no lesson more strongly than that
the citizen is under obligation to serve
the state: never to shirk his full share of
burden and labor and sacrifice, but rather
to do more.
"The word ‘wealth’ in its modern use
has suffered a limitation if not a perver
sion. Originally and strictly it means
weal or welfare, external happiness. When
Paul admonished the Corinthian, Chris
tians ‘tot ho man seek his own, but every
man another's wealth,’ he was not an
ticipating the modern law of the wheat
pit and the stock exchange.
"Wealth is a comparative term; and my
address is not for that very limited body
of multi-rqillionaires. called by the Pop
ulist orators ’Plutocrats.’ .A smaller audi
ence chamber would have sufficed for
them and perhaps the orator should have
been of the guild. I want to speak of the
obligations of the ’well-to-do’ people, the
forehanded, prosperous men and women
of our communities, whether their estates
are reckoned by thousands or by millions.
“We live in a time of great agitation, of
a war of clashing thoughts and interests.
Men, no longer satisfied with what appears
above ground, are uncovering roots. There
is a feeling that some men are handicap
ped. that the race is sold: that the old and
much-vaunted equality of opportunity and
of right has been submerged. More bitter
and threatening things are being said and
written against aecummulated property,
and corporate power than ever before, it,
seems to many that, more and more, small
men, small stores, and small factories are
being thrown tqion the shore as financial
drift or wreckage: that the pursuit of
cheapness has reached a stage where only
enormous combinations of capital, doing
an enormous business, are sure of re
turns.
"The seams which mar the face of the
social landscape seem to be widening
chasms, and If these gulfs are to be filled
we must establish dumps on both sides
of them. It will aid the work if those on
either side use the bridges to get a view
of it from the other side. Wealth should
neither be the object of our enmity, nor
the basis of our consideration. The indis
criminate denunciation of the rich is mis
chievous. It perverts the mind, poisons
the heart and furnishes an excuse for
crime. No poor man was ever made rich
er or happier by it. It is quite as illogical
to despise a man because he is rich as be
cause he is poor. Not what a man has.
hut what he is. settles'his class. In the
discussion of all these social questions
good temper is essential. Men must get
together and use facts, not rhetoric.
•The special purpose of my address to
day is to press home this thought upon the
prosperous, welt-to-do people of our com
munity, and especially of our great cities,
that one of the conditions of the security
of wealth is a proportionate and full con
tribution to the expenses of the state and
local governments. It is not only wrong,
but it is unsafe to make a show in our
homes and on the street that is not made
ill the tax returns.
"Equality is the golden thread that runs
all through the fabric of our civil institu
tions—the dominating note in the swelling
symphony of liberty. Equality, not of con
ditions. not of natural endowment, but of
rights, Is the foundation stone of our gov
ernmental structure. And as a corollary,
necessary and imperative, to this doctrine
of nil equality of right, is the doctrine of
a proportionate anil ratable contribution
to the cost of administering the govern
ment. The duty of the state to protect
life, liberty and property is conditioned
upon a fair contribution to the cost of
government. A full and conscientious dis
charge of that duty by the citizen is one
of the tests of good citizenship. To evade
that duty Is a moral delinquency, on un
patriotic act.
“If we do not. hold by this rule of pro
portion, which I think Is an essential part
of the definition of taxes, then everything
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lature. The whole revenue of a state may
be derived from contributions exacted
from a very small minority of its popula
tion, the majorfty going free. To allow
such a system is not only to rob the mi
nority thus unduly burdened, hut is to rob
the state of that which is essential to its
healthy existence, and, indeed, to the life
of republican institutions. Honesty and
carefulness in public expenditure will have
no effective watchers, The watch of the
minority will be ineffectual and the major
ity will be eareless as to the use of funds,
to the accumulation of which it has not
contributed.
"For very many years an opinion has
been prevalent that the’ great bulk of the
personal property of the states, especially
of the class denominated ‘securities,’ in
cluding stocks, bonds, notes, mortgages
and such like, has escape l taxation. With
a very fqw exceptions the great fortunes
in this country are invested in such secu
rities. The delinquency appears to be lo
cated largely in our great cities. Recent
investigations of students of political sci
ence, and recent tabjes prepared by state
officials, have disclosed an appalling con
dition of things. The evil seems to have
been progressing until, in some of our
great centers of population and wealth,
these forms of personal property seem to
have been almost eliminated from the tax
list.
“In New York state the proportion of
personal property assessed for taxation is
only about 12 pet* cent, of the total amount
of property taxed. Yet Controller Roberts
of that state expresses the opinion that
the taxable personal property owned in
the state is at least equal to the amount
of real estate. Illinois and many other
states present the same condition, differing
only In degree.
“It Is easy to see how this offense
against patriotism has grown to such pro
portions. The very sense that inequality
is injustice has promoted it. One man sees
that his neighbor is not making a con
scientious lax return, and that if he re
turns his property honestly he will pay
disproportionately. The result is that hts
conscience finds a salve in the saying.
‘Everybody does it.’
“It is probably also true that under the
tax laws of many of our states double
taxation results, and tax-payers take !t
utpon themselves to remedy this defect in
the law, not by the methods prescribed in
the constitution, but by leaving off from
their tax returns such stocks and securi
ties as they suppose to be taxed In other
Etates.
“The most serious aspect of this state
of things is the injury which results to
those who practice these fraudulent eva
sions. The man who is robbed has not
lost his character or self-respect, but the
other man has lost both. Taxes are a
debt of the highest obligation, and no
casuist can draw a sound moral distinc
tion between the man who hides his prop
erty or makes u faljse return in order to
escape the payment of his debt to the
state, and the man who conceals his prop
erty from his private creditors. Nor
should It be raofc difficult to-follow the
defaulter in the one case than 111 the
other. If our taxes were farmed oat to
an Individual or to a corporation they
would be collected as fully as privafe
debts are now collected. There would to
a vigilant and unrelenting pursuit. The
civil and criminal processes of the law
would be invoked with effect; just as
they were against fraudulent debtors un
der the bankrupt law.
“When to this enormous and crying evil
is added the corruption which it is alleged
has characterized the appraisements of
real estate, we have a condition of things
with which we dare not palter. We must
inaugurate, and at once, a system that
shall equalize tax burdens. The men of
wealth ip our great communities should
lead the movement. This great club, or
ganized as a rallying center for loyalty
and patriotic citizenship, should hear a
call as loud and imperative as that which
came to it during the years of the civil
war.
"Mr. Lincoln’s startling declaration that
this country could not continue to exist
half slave and half free, may be para
phrased to-duy by saying that this coun
try cannot continue to exist half taxed
and half tree.
“This sense of Inequality breathes a
fierce and unmeasuring anger—creates
classes, intensifies social differences, and
makes men willing to pay their debts in
half dollars. The just Sneredness of these
money obligations, Ihe rights of the hold
ers to be paid in money of full value, will
be clearer to these angty men if they ree
that these securities are paying fully thoir
lawful taxes.
“Where is the moral distinction be
tween the act of putting one hand in his
neighbor's pocket and clandestinely ab
stracting his pooketbook, and the fraudu
lently shifting of a debt that 1 owe to an
other?”
ALABAMA’S IRON MAKERS.
Representatives of Seven Rig Con
ecrim in Conference.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 22.—Represen
tatives of seven big iron manufacturing
concerns held their third meeting here
since Feb. 1, to discuss the condition of the
iron situation throughout the country, and
especially in yio South.
An official announcement was given out
after the meeting to-day to the effect that
the best of spirit prevailed In the meeting,
and that all the furnaces would co-operate
with each other in avoiding reckless com
petition. and in obtaining the best market
prices that the competition of the North
ern furnaces would permit.
They condemned the reports sent out
from this cits* last week, to the effect that
there wonld lie a wholesale cutting of
rates by the big furnaces to drive out the
little concerns.
STRIKERS READY TO SHOOT.
THEIR .MARCH CAUSED A REIGN OF
TERROR AT LATTIMER.
A Woman Testifies That the
Warn Armed \\ ttb Clubs anil Tried
to Force Her Husband to Join
T belli—A Man Fired on by the
Strikers ns He Han to Hide in the
Hushes—Two Other W ltucssscs Tes
tifies to Being Fired on.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 22.—Owing to the
mass of business in court, Judge Wood
ward decided there should be no holiday
to-day. “But,” said he, “I deem it appro
priate* that we observe the day by hearing
Washington's farewell address, and I have
requested Mrs. Carroll to read it.”
There was a hurst of applause at this
announcement, and the reading was given
careful attention.
The first witness of the day was Mrs.
James Edmunds, who lives at Harwood.
She said that on the day of the shooting
she heard a neighbor shout: “Skin out.
the strikers are coming. I saw the men.
They all had clubs. They found my hus
band and tried to get him away. I grab
tod him, and after a lot of words, they
let him go. A neighbor gave me a big
stone, and I said I should throw it if they
tried to get my man again. They did try,
and I threw some stones. They threaten
ed to knock my brains out. Some trigd to
get into my house to take my sick son.
Idit I told them that if they came in they’d
to dead when they went out. They went
away.”
James McGraw, of Harwood, said he was
pursued by the strikers, and as he could
not run because of his advanced age, he
hid in the bushes, and as he dropped two
shots were fired at him. He remained In
.hiding until the men had gone.
Charles Mullen and two friends were
pursued by the strikers, who shouted: “We
will shoot you,” and finally they fired two
shots at them as they got into the bush.
John Ripple told how he was threaten
ed by armed strikers, but they did no
harm.
MI ST NOT RUSH INTO M AR.
Senator Davis Speaks oa the Atti
tude of tlie Administration.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 22.—Republican
leaders of the Wolverine state enjoyed a
gastronomic and political feast to-night
on the occasion of the thirteenth annual
banquet of the Michigan Club. Nearly 600
club members were seated at the tables
and as many more of both sexes looked on
from the galleries.
Great interest centered In the utterances
of Senator Cushman K. Davis of Minneso
ta, whose topic "Our Foreign Relations,"
was considered of special Import on ac
count of Senator Davis' position as chair
man of the Senate committee on foreign
relations.
Conterning our Spanish relations, he
said: “We have suffered from Spain's
procrastinating policy always. While no
overt act of war has transpired
there have been several occasions when
we were perilously near it. There has been
raging in Cuba an insurrection, a terrible
strife for liberty, which has been met by
Spain with examples of horrors which
have deeply shocked the civilized world,
and more especially the people of the Uni
ted States, Such things have transpired
in Poland, Hungary and Armenia, and the
procrastination of the nations in dealing
with these horrors has pressed heavily up
on the hearts of the people.
“I speak, however, from the head not
from the heart. Ido not wish to fire
your enthusiasm to any unwarranted con
clusions. The duty' of the Congress and
of the President are confined solely to the
Interests and advantages of the people of
the United States. However profoundly
our sympathies may be stirred (and God
knows my heart sympathizes with these
struggling patroits as much as any man’s)
we are still brought back to the question
of what, in connection with our foreign
relations, is for the interest, honor, and
dligniiy of the people of the United States.
“What wouki Washington say were he
here to-day. ‘No entangling alliance; no
entanglements with foreign powers.’
“When the South American states re
volted in 1810 many of our people clam
ored for belligerent measures; the his
toric time of Monroe and Adams reads
much like that of the present, but it was
not until 1820 we recognized the bellige
rency of those struggling nations. Where
the hand of cruelty or indignity is laid
our people, better war by land and sea,
than peace under such circumstances, but
so long as no American is deprived of his
rights and liberties (speaking from the
head, not the heart) in the interests of my
own country, only. I implore you (and I
would that my voice could reach all our
people) I Implore you, let us to moderate
in act and in word.
"I am commissioned to bring you no
word from the government, but I have
seen our President weighing these ques
tions of the hour. A large portion of our
people wish to drive him forward and
into war. tot us the advice of Capt.
Slgsbee, and suspehd judgment on the
Maino disaster. If then our dark forebod
ings are Justified by the investigation, to
assured President McKinley and the
United States government will not to
found wanting in any act which that
dreadful circumstance shall render neces
sary.
“Does anybody suppose that McKinley,
the ex-oldier, that our John Sherman,
olir own Gen. Alger, John D. Long and the
United States Senate, lightly feel or stint
ingly put aside these great questions? It
is mighty easy for one not having these
responsibilities to urge doing something
right away, but impose those responsibil
ities upon those who thus complain, and
they would approave the course of the
President of the United States.”
Some cough mixtures
smother the cough. But the
next breeze fans it into life
again.
Better put the cough out.
That is, better go deeper
and smother the fires of in
flammation. Troches can
not do this. Neither can
plain cod-liver oil.
But Scott’s Emulsion can.
The glycerine soothes and
makes comfortable; the hy
pophosphites give power and
stability to the nerves; and
the oil feeds and strengthens
the weakened tissues.
50c. and SI.OO, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
Do Not Condemn
Cottolene because yon had unsatisfactory results from some that was not
fresh. What else could you expect# You would not think of using rancid
butter, nor yet do you say all butter Is bad because you get some occasionally
that is not good. Be Just as honest and fair with
COTTOLENE
Like other cooking fats, Cottolene becomes stale and
rancid In time and under certain conditions, and when (U C")
so should not be used. Insist on getting It sweet and
fresh, and use It according to directions. Perfect satis- f] •*-*
faction is then assured. 41 \
The genuine Is sold everywhere In one to ten pound yellow tins, \ '/H
with our trade-marks—“CWtolene'' and ilwrikn. m cotton-plant KSg '.fljtffwtya
wreath—on every tin. Not guaranteed If sold In any other way. ! /
Made only by TIIE PL K. FAIR HANK COMPANY,
Chicago. Bt. Louis. New York. Montreal.
5 Luxurious Trains
VIA
PLANT SYSTEM
“The New York & Florida Special.”
y* Electrlc-liKhteil,
fc. iMAA*
for'FLORIDA. •
Trains leave Savannah 2:10 a. m., 7:10 a. m., 8:35 a.
m., 9:06 a. m., and 5:15 p. m
For Charleston and New York at 1:45 a. m„ 6:00 a.
m., 1:05 p. m., 7:27 p. m.
For detail information inquire at Ticket Office.
B. W. WRENN,
Passenger Traffic Manager.
Still Greater Reduction
—IN—
BICYCLES!
Barnes White Flyer Tandem $37.50
Warwick Combination Tandem $37.50
Also equal reductions on every wheel in the house. That elegant 1898 Combi
nation Tandem In window will be sold for SIXTY DOLLARS.
We want to put one on the streets, as we know it is the finest one in the land.
Only one at this price. First come gets the bargain.
BARGAINS ALSO
in FURNITURE, CARPETS, AIATTING-S. Now is the lime to leave your or
ders for Awnings.
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
L\vr\ \ \my\ 14 Broughton St,, West.
imte ...
* < ’ J- Lirx7isi7ii7^S.
Easy to find what you want in our line of
Mim 5 SMSHT WAISTSo
Novel styles at popular prices.
or Ladies' Silk Underskirts. Lat t a nd,
Ladies’ Collars and Cuffs. ■
HOTELS OF THE FLOR/OA EAST COAST SYSTEM
Reached only via the Florida East Coast Railway from Jacksonville to Miami. The
Miami and Key West Steamship Line from Miami to Key West. Parlor Car Buffet
Service now running.
ALL OPEN.
KEY WEST—Hotel Key W>st. U. S. Naval Station.
NASSAU—New 8. S. Miami from Miami. Abroad In a night.
MIAMI—Hotel Royal Palm. Hotel Blseayne, Casino Swimming Pool. Bicycling,
swimming, fishing and hunting. 1 **
PALM BEACH-Hotel Royal Poinclana, Palm Beach Inn, Casino Swimming Pool.
Bicycling, golf, winter ocean bathing. “
ORMOND—HoteI Ormond. Bicycling and golf.
ST. AUGUSTINE—HoteI Ponce de Leon. Hotel Alcazar. Casino Swimming Pooh Bi
cycling, swimming, golf, hunting and fishing.
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