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rates will prove ruinous.
,VHAT small shippers say op
NEW CLASSIFICATION.
More Testimony Introduced Before
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion—That Ilody A*l*e<l to Present
Ihe Matter to the Attorney General.
Testimony Taken AN ill He Sent to
Him— Some Discriminations That
W ill Be Made.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The hearing be
fore Ihe Interstate Commerce Commission,
, H.led on account of complaint mad? by
shippers against the proposed new classi
fication of freight by railroads oi>e rating
under the “official classification,” was re
sumed to-day.
By agreement Mr. Frank Harriott, Gen
eral Traffic Manager Ferrier, and a num
ber of the “Official Classification” Com
mittee went on the witness stand to testi
ly as to the new classification. He reiler
it.d Mr. Gill’s statement of yesterday
that the new classification was adopt 'd
because the railroads absolutely needed
the increased revenues.
It developed that at a meeting of the
shippers and those representing their In
terests, Former Attorney General of Ohio
K. S. Monnett, Hon. J. H. Bromwell and
Mr. Mortiiper Matthews of Cincinnati,
have been appointed to present to the com
mission the action of the shippers.
Resolution* l>y Shipper*.
Mr. Monnett presented a set of resolu
tions adopted by the commercial interests
olrecting attention to testimony adduced
at the present hearing, showing, it was
maintained, discriminations by the rail
roads against the small shippers in favor
of the large shippers, and to the fact that
he railroads had declined to extend the
lime for the new classification to go into
, ffect. These resolutions were supplement
ed by a petition by a large majority ot the
shippers in attendance upon the hearing
asking that the commission Jay the testi
mony before the attorney general of the
i'tdted States with a view to have him
bring action under the Sherman anti
trust law against the railroads to prevent
the new classification from becoming ef
fective on Jan. 1, 1900.
For tome time the attorneys of the ship
pers argued in favor of the commission
tak ng the suggesied act'on, Chairman
Knapp of the commission, ?na.ntaining ihe
commission 1 ad no more authori y to make
i [veinmendalions to the attorney general
:han had representatives of the shippers.
The commission finally agreed to furnish
a transcript of the evidence to the attor
ney general.
More Testimony Taken.
The shippers then offered some testi
mony and B. W. Brown, representing
Schofield, Sherner & Seagle of Cleveland,
0„ was sworn. He said the new classi
fication on petroleum would be absolute
ly ruirtous to small shippers. On less than
carload lots the increase above the rates
on carload lots was in some Instances as
much as 273 per cent, and in no case was
it less than 88 per cent.
Mr. G. H. DeCoiyier, a carriage manu
facturer of Cincinnati, testified that the
proposed increase in the classification or
vehicles would limit Ohio and Mississippi
valley carriage manufacturers to terri
tory adjacent to their'factories.
This closed the testimony and the hear
ing was adjourned.
AGAINST HIGHER RATES.
Merchants and Shipper* Expect
Them to Be Modified.
Chicago, Dec. 22.—Merchants and ship
pers here have started’a movement which
they expect will Induce the railroads to
modify advances lately made, which are
considered so high as to threaten serious
injury to commercial interests. Not much
relief is expected from the Interstate Com
merce Commission, with which complaints
have been tiled, and steps are being taken,
therefore, to bring about the formation of
local -and state protective associations. Out
of these will be formed a national asso
ciation of merchants and shippers for the
protection of their interests.
LAND FOR NEGRO SCHOOLS.
( dngre** to Be I rged to Pain Senator
Fettn*’ Measure.
Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 22.—President
M\ H. Council, of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College for negroes at Normal,
ihis state has issued a circular letter to
friends asking them to lend all possible
ai l to the passage of a bill introduced in
be Senate of the Fifty-fifth Congress by
Senator Petius, granting 25.0C0 acres of
1 md each to the Normal College at Flor
< ni e and the college at Normal.
President Council recites that the biT
:, | rsel the Senate without opposition, was
unanimously endorsed by the proper com
-1 ittoc of the House, and would have pass
'd but for Speaker need’s hatted for Gen.
" heeler, three-fourths of the members of
'he House having pledged themselves to
support it.
FIGHT WITH MOB OF NEGROES.
Policeman at Newport New* Had to
Fire Into the Crowd.
Newport News, Va., Dee. 22.-A mob of
1 -roes, 1,000 strong, attempted to take a
prisoner away from two policemen in the
'"•gro quarter of the city to-day. The
officers fired on the negroes, wounding
two.
I lie blacks assaulted the policemen wifh
s 1 ks and stones, and the entire police
t‘"ve was called out, preventing further
trouble.
1 ip trouble grew out of the killing of
* notorious negro burglar last night hy
sin White, Sam Jacobs and Abe Devin,
white men.
i he police are keeping a close watch
° the negroes to-night.
moist AIBY AND EASTERN.
Road Will Open Ip n Hlch Un
developed Section.
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 22.—Work is ac
tively progressing on the Mount Airy and
Eastern Railroad, which will extend from
Mount Airy, N. C., to the I)an river,
'rains are running on portions of the
r ' ’ The road opens up a rich, unde
'l '‘bed section of the state, including a
' 'kin forest of 20,000 acres of hardwood.
I ne officers of the road arc: President,
Houston of Chester. Pa.; vice pres
'• 'it. W. H. Tunis of Baltimore; secretary
; 'd treasurer, W. \V. White of West Vir
ginia.
Fulton In Succeed Pryor.
Frankfort, Ky„ Dec. 22.-The State Com
" ion cn elections will meet here to
morrow. It in understood Judge A. J. Ful
of Ftards’.own will be named to euc
' "I Judge Pryor on the comm.salon. Ful
w" one of Goebel's confidential lleu
‘ ", lls I* l ihe campaign. The Stale Cora
lou c f Elections as organised, will
■ri the contests of state officer* except
' vernor snd lejttnaat givrrnor, lie
, ,' r lw o being heard by the Lcglsla-
DEATH OF A DARJEI MAN.
Timber Businens Is Booming—Work
on Doboy Bv to Begin.
Darien, Ga.. Dec. 22.—The announce
ment of the death oV Mr. William Downey,
which occurred at Charleston, Mass., yes
terday, was received here with much sad
ness. He has been North for several
months, hoping Vo improve his health, and
his friends hera, hoped that he would soon
return to Dar.-jen fully recovered, Mrs.
Downey was with him when he died, but
his children were all here. Mr. Downey
was well known in Darien and throughout
this section. He lived here for many years
and was highly esteemed by every one.
Thera was quite a crowd of timbermen
here to-day, over forty rafts arriving from
up the, river during the past twenty-four
houpa. This has been a busy week, and
will continue so until Christmas, as the
rise in the river has given the timbermen
a chance to get their rafts in after wait
ing many weeks.
d\ ork on Doboy bar will begin next
month. This is good news in Darien, as
the deepening of the bar will enable ves
sels to load within a few miles of the city.
The wedding of Mr. Jas. L. Stebbins, of
this city, and Miss Olive D. Gnann, of Sa
vannah, is announced to Hike place at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Willinms, at 8 o'clock, p. m., Jan.
1, next. Mr. Stebbins is one of Darien’s
best and most popular young men, and he
lias won for his promised bride a most
worthy and attractive young lady.
CONSTABLE KILLED A NEGRO.
The Latter When Shot Asked to Be
Sent Home to Die.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 22.—Lawyers,
Christmas shoppers and visiting country
people heard lead whiz on Law Range to
day, and there was wild scattering. Con
stable Bishop lost his head while pursu
ing a negro charged with moving a crop
under a lien, and pulled his pistol and fir
ed down the sidewaik. He chased the
negro into a lawyer’s office, shooting two
shots in the office.
The negro was caught and taken back
into the magistrate’s office. Soon after
he felt in his hack and saw blood on his
hands, then on his abdomen and found
blood there. He cooliy told the magis
trate; i
“I am a dead man. Please send me home
to die in bed."
This, was done, and he died to-night.
SALE WAS DECLARED VOID.
Land* Purchased From the Univers
ity of Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 22.—The trustees
of the University of Alabama in session
at Tuscaloosa, to-day declared the recent
sale of 1,4*0 acres of university lands to tl;e
Sloss-Sheffietd Steel and Iron Company
void, and authorized the executive com
mittee of the trustees to take steps to set
aside the transaction.
This sale was authorized at a special
meeting of the trustees called by Gov.
Johnston, and held on Sept. 22, last. The
Governor recommended the sale of the
lands, and said that he regarded $12.50 per
acre, the figure agreed upon, as a fair
price.
About two months later, when it became
publicly known that the land had been
sold the matter created a sensation.
FOREFATHERS’ DAY BANQUET.
New England Society of Charleston
Give* Animal Dinner.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 22.—The eightieth
banquet of the New England Society ot
Charleston was given at the Charleston
Hotel here to-night. A large and bril
liant company was assembled. The re
sponse to “Forefathers’ Day,” the leading
toast of the evening, was made by the
Rev. J. A. B. Scherer, D. D. The other
siieakers were Mayor Smyth, Gen. M. C.
Builer and Judge Gage of the state
courts and Robert M. Larner of the Grid
iron Club, Washington.
BOLLIN KILLED BY CARROLL.
Had Blood Had Existed Between the
Two for Some Time.
Columbia. S. C., Dec. 22.—At Blackville,
this evening, R. R. Carroll shot and killed
James Bollin. Bad blood has existed be
tween the men since a fight in which Car
rol was severely cut. Bollin had hts pis
tol drawn, but did not, or could not, use It.
Carroll fired three shots. Just a year ago
Bollin shot and killed a young man nam
ed Merritt and was acquitted on the plea
of self-defense.
ROBBED TWO POSTOFFICES.
Safe Blower* Got in Work at Fort
McPherson and East Point.
Atlanta, Dec. 22.—Safe blowers entered
the postoffices at Fort McPherson and
East Point, two small towns near here last
night, and secured ab ut $1,500. They made
good their escape and no trace of them
has been found. It Is believed by the of
ficers the same parties entered both places.
Better Wage* for Laborers.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 22.—The Carnegie
Steel Company posted to-day at its works
in this city notices increasing the wages
of common labor to $1.50 per day and all
other labor, with certain exceptions, pro
portionately. This makes a total of 25
per cent, increase since the last general
scale.
Appointment of Mr*. Lowe.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 22.—Mis. William D.
Lowe, of Atlanta, president of the general
Fedeiation of Women’s Clubs, has received
notice of her appointment as honorary
president from America of the women®
board at the Pans Exposition.
Convent Building* Burned.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The old building
and the dormitories of the Georgetown
convent were destroyed by fire today.
How the fire originated has not yet Le n
discovered. All the inmates and employes
escaped. The loss was SIO,OOI.
North Carolina Railroad*.
Charlotte, N. C.. Dec. 22.—The report of
the North Carolina corporation commis
sion, soon to be issued, will show that 103
miles of ralltojd were built during the
fiscal year, which is a considerable in
crease over the previous twelve months.
Curnfegie’a Gift to Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 22.—Andrew Carne
gie has made Ihe city of Lincoln a con*
dit lona I gift of $75,000 for a public library
building.
Loss of Appetite.
Hertford's Acid Phosphate
Restores snd creates a good appetite,
assists digestion, and gives vitality
and vigor to the entire system.
Gcnuiue bean name liottroso't on wrapper.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1899.
For Constipation
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SECRETARY GAGE ON FINANCE.
SPOKE ON ASPECTS OF THE CUR
RENCY QUESTION.
Assorted the Importance of Having
a* a Fixed and Permanent Stan
dard the Metal A\ liieli Ha* for
Year* Been Used a* .the Measure of
A'alues—Five Head* Under Which
He Discussed Public Finances at
Orange, N. J.
New York, Dec. 22.—The annual Fore
fathers' day dinner of the Orange New
England Society was held to-night in Up
per Music Hall at Orange, N. J. The
hall was decorated with the national col
ors and Christmas greens. About 300 per
sons sat down at the tables.
President C. J. Kidder presided and act
ed as toastmaster.
The principal speaker of the evening was
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage,
whose topic was “Some Aspects of the
Public Finances.”
Secretary Gage asserted that the prob
lem is five-fold, or, rather, it is one un
der five principal divisions, and may be
thus classified.
First. The independent treasury—its de
sirability as a measure of safety to the
public funds, and its economic evil as an
absorbent of that portion of the capital
circulating in the form of money.
Second. The effect and influence for
good or evil, of government issues of legal
tender money.
Third. The money standard.
Fourth. 'Banking and currency.
Fifth, The public debt and taxation.
After discussing the first and second
propositions in a general way, Secretary
Gage took up the question of the money
standard. On this he said:
“Here we come to a question of imme
diate and practical import. It has been
the occasion of much heated debate, as
well as of calm and deliberate study. Po
litical parties have formulated proposi
tions concerning it, and embodied these
propositions Into the body of their politi
cal doctrines. Agitation and doubts, ex
cited by the long debate, have disturbed
business, adversely affected industry, and
brought disaster and ruin to thousands.
Three years ago the voice of the people
decreed a period of rest. That voice de
clared for the preservation and perpetua
tion of that form of metallic money which
has long been in use by us, as the ultimate
measure of value, and the standard of fu
ture payments. The welcome assurance
that for at least four years \he base of our
commercial exchanges would remain un
disturbed, operated to restore confidence,
to stimulate enterprise, to revivify public
and private credit, to put labor into larger
employment, and to increase the rewards
of both labor and capital.
“We have had the demonstration clear
and forcible that the fear of instability in
the money standard works evil and tends
towards industrial paralysis. We have
had demonstration, complete and convinc
ing, that confidence in the stability of the
standard brings life and activity with their
rich harvest of benefits to all the pco|>le.
What .then, Is the duty of those who pos
sess the power to furnish guarantees for
the future? Manifestly, it is to put such
guarantees into form, and to give them
laxly and substance. The one word most
important in our commercial affairs is
stability—stability of conditions; and the
most important feature to that stability
is an established money standard, and so
established that It cannot be subverted or
changed by any hasty or ill-considered ac
tion.
A* to International Agreement.
“It has long been the desire and hope of
many intelligent and patriotic cilizens to
secure needful and enduring stability In
the money standard by an international
agreement in regard to gold and silver,
which would be effective to that end. The
realization of that desire and hope now
seems too remote to justify present con
sideration; but if those who sill' cherish
it shall offer it in objection, it is a suffi
cient answer to say that stability on the
gold standard is the only stability now
possible to us, and if the time should come
when international agreement offers a safe
and desirable substitution, the freedom of
our representative, form of government
will give to. our people the liberty of
choice.
“If it be true, as true It undoubtedly is,
that gold is now our standard of money
value, the future needs only the assur
ance that it will so continue to be. until
at least the people shall be so united in
their desire for a change therein as to
be able to direct the voice of both houses
of Congress, and secure the approving
signature of the rhief executive.”
Under the fourth proposition Secretary
Gage discussed the Importance of a thor
ough credit system, showing how it is ac
complished by the banks. In conclusion
he said; >
“Measures have already been introduced
into both Senate and House which have
for their clear purpose the placing of se
cure foundations under that money stand
ard which, practically for more than six
ty years, had by expressed statute for
more than twenty-five yeare, has. meas
ured the relations in value in all our com
modities, and in the many diversified form
of labor and service.
"The measures proposed reach even fur
ther than this. They propose certain
modifications in the national banking acr,
wh'ch. if adopted, give promise of curing,
to a degree, the construction. Inconveni
ence and embarrassment of a rigid cur
rency system, which has proven its In
capacity to respond to public needs.
"It would be profitless now to inquire
whether bond-secured bank note circula
tion can ever be the ideal system which
the true economic laws demand here, as
in other departments of life, habit and
preconceptions must be taken into ac
count by those who fix public opinion Inio
law. Certain it is that, until we know
the truth and follow it. in ail the Items
of our economic relationship, we shall not
be free—free from the disabilities and
losses which Inevitably follow false opin
ion and false methods. Nature Is. on Ihe
whole, a kind but an Inexorable mistress.
She entices us Into the paths of wisdom
by alluring whispers of reward, while
she follows with a punitive whip the lag
gards and the Indifferent who will not
hear her voice."
Burial of Maine'* Ylrtira*.
Washington, Dec. 53.—'The navy depart
ment has announced that Ihe orrnnonla*
at Arlington attending the burial rf < i>
Alain*-'* dead, which are coming on Ihe
Texas, will take pie at 11 a. m on thv
281 h Ban.
AM* THE NEWS %T WtITROSS.
Several \\ t-tlili ni to Take I’laee.
( apttire of n Criminal.
Waycrosft, Ga., Dec. 22.—Mis* Ola No
bles an<l Mr. Lester Register were married
Wednesday at Ala pa ha.
J. O. Paine, who recently made consid
erable money in Wall street, New York. Is
a nephew of Dr. T. S. Paine, of this
city.
Deen & Bell nre succeeded by J. T.
Strickland & Cos., in the naval stores busi
ness at Bell, on the Wayeross Air Line
Road.
President J. E. Wadley and Vice Presi
dent J. L. Sweat, of the Wayeross Air
Line, returned this morning from Fitz
gerald, where they have been in the in
terest of their road. The outlook Is en
couraging for the road to lie pushed rap
idly to the colony town, thus connecting
it with the Magic City.
Miss Lalia Whiting and Gussle Sharpe,
from Wesleyan Female College; Misses
Della Sorswell and Ora Beach, from Cox
College; Miss Oleo Archer, from Shorter
College, at Rome, are spending the holi
days with home folks.
Dr. Charles J. Paine of Baltimore is
spending the holidays with his parents,
Capt. and Mrs. E. S. Paine.
An examination for a cadetship at An
napolis from the Eleventh congressional
district, will be held in this city Jan. 27,
conducted by Profß. E. A. Pound, G. J.
Orr, E. J. Robeson, J. H. O’Quinn, W. T.
Gaulden and Dr. J. Id. Walker.
Miss Lillie Kirkland and Mr. Augustus
Henderson are to be married! Bunday
morning in the Pearson Methodist Church.
On Christmas day Judge R. K. Turner
nnd Miss Scrap Las linger will be mar
ried ot Nashville, in Berrien county. The
Judge is a brave old Confederate veteran
and is an uncle of Mr. E. L. Turner,
business manager of the Valdosta Times.
The bride is h sister of Judge L. E. Last
inger.
Miss Matilda Vickers and Mr. Henry
Corbett will be married Sunday, Dec. 24,
a few miles north of Pearson, at the home
of the bride’s father.
Sheriff Hawkins of Live Oak, Fla., came
down this morning and carried back to
that place Will Patterson, colore J, who is
wanted there to answer to the charge of
assault with intent to murder another ne
gro a few nights ago. Mrs. McC elf in, wife
of Ware county’s sheriff, is entitled to the
credit for capturing the criminal. The
sheriff had left the letter from Sheriff
Hawkins inquiring about the negro on the
bureau and the good wife it. Yester
day morning a negro woman asked Mrs.
McClel an for employment, aini uppjn que-,
tioning her the lady was convinced that
she was the wife of the man wanted in
Florida. She told her husband and he ar
rested the negro in a few hundred yaids
of hi 9 residence.
It is said the Ruskin people at Duke
will get their broom factory in operation
in a short time.
TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington forecast for Saturday and
Sunday:
For Georgia: Rain Saturday. Sunday
rain in eastern, fair and colder in west
ern portion; light to fresh easterly winds,
becoming northwesterly Sunday.
For Eastern Florida: Fair in southern,
showers in northern portion Saturday and
probably Sunday; light to fresh easterly
winds.
For Western Florida: Rain Saturday.
Sunday fair and colder; light to fresh
easterly winds, becoming northwesterly
Saturday night.
For South Carolina: Rain Saturday and
probably Sunday; fresh easterly winds.
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature, 3 p. m.. 91 degrees
Minimum temperature, 8 a. m... 42 degrees
Mean temperature 52 degrees
Normal temperature , 54 degrees
Deficiency of temperature 2 degrees
Accumulated excess since Dec.
1 23 degrees
Accumulated excess since Jan.
1 289 degrees
Rainfall 00 Inch
Normal 11 inch
Deficiency since Dec. 1 1.31 inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 9.46 Inches
River Report—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m., (75th me
ridian time), yesterday, was 9.9 feet, a
rise of 0.1 foot during the procedlng twen
ty-four hours.
Observations taken Dec. 22, 1899, 8 o. m.
(75th meridian time), at the same moment
of time at all stations for the Morning
News.
"Name of Station! | -;-T’.|’V. 'Rain
Boston, cloudy 42 | L T
New York city, clear .... 44 8 .00
Philadelphia, clear 44 L .00
Washington city, clear .. 36 L .00
Norfolk, clear 49 L .00
Halteras, clear 48 8 .00
Wilmington, clear ........ 48 L .00
I Charlotte, clear 52 Calm .00
I Raleigh, clear 49 L .09
I Charleston, partly cloudy 50 10 .00
; Atlanta, partly cloudy ... 50 10 .00
Augusta, clear 48 L .00
Savannah, clear 52 L .00
Jacksonville, partly cldy 59 8 T
Jupiter, clear 70 12 .00
Key Wist, clear 70 12 .90
Tampa, clear 98 L .00
Mobile, raining 54 L .10
Montgomery, raining 54 L .02
Vicksburg, raining 48 L i .70
Ne-w Orleans, raining .... 92 8 .49
Galveston, cloudy 49 14 j T
Corpus Christ 1, cloudy ... 48 L J .00
Palestine, cloudy 44 8 * .00
Memphis, raining 49 L .29
Cincinnati, clear 42 L ' JO
Pittsburg, cloudy 42 Calm JiO
Buffalo, clear 40 6 , .00
: Detroit, clear 38 ' 8 .00
I Chicago, partly cloudy .. 40 j U j .40
i Marquette, cloudy 38 8 j .(
j Si. Paul, clear 36 I I. I ,W
Davenport, eloudy 40 L .0)
! SI. luuls, cloudy 46 L J 0
Kansas CUy. cloudy 38 i 1, I T
Oklahoma, raining 34 9 .01
Dodge. City, clear 39 L .00
North Platte, clear 39 i L .90
’I, temp- ralurr, *V. velocity" of wi and
H. B. buyer.
I *X'I Forecast Official.
—Bilg. (Jen. Kegliad bob -C.'eiew, of the
Cddatreum Guaid*, to wtiose service* In
the lirat bat'll' el *fodder river Lord Mr
(biwn made *•'* PI refer He*, lied pre
v <u y ill* mg untied Mm|l in t n,. a gh*n
war. In ItCK-iw, *rd in >b- Egyptian war. In
1882. 11l 889 L* IHliV.ll well Ihe Uuitu.Al
erp-dIiMU
RESULTS OF SPANISH WAR.
H t ABE ON HBCOUnLI ITION OK
NORTH AND .WI TH.
loiter From lien. Lawton Head Be
fore New Knit In ml Society of New
York-lit Wished All American*
Canltl Know- the True Conditions
In the Philippine*—Said Contlnu
nnee of Fighting Won Chiefly Due
to Report* Sent Front America.
New York, Dec. 22—Five hundred people
sat down to the fourteen lons table® In the
banquet hall of the Waldorf to-night, the
oica&ion being the ninety-fourth annual
dinner of the New England Society of
New York. Former Judge Henry E. How
land presided at the dinner.
Among the toasts were "Our Reunited
Country,” by Prof. G. W. McCabe of Rich
mond, Va.; "The Navy," Rear Admiral W.
T. Sampson, U. S. N., and "The New Pa
cific," Hon. John Rarrelt.
Prof. George W. MctCabe said:
"1 will say that I was not one who
clamored for war with Spain. Not all the
glories of Manila hay or of Santiago
vou’ld have wrought this reconciliation be
tween North and South, but I believe that
this Spanish war has detlnttely brought
about two results; one, and the paramount
one, the thorough confidence now repost'd
by the whole West and North In the pa
triotism of the South; the other, the
tightening of the blood tie hetw r een our
young Western giant and that gland old
motherland beyond the sea—home nest of
Puritan and Cavalier alike.
"God forbid that war. civil or foreign,
should come again in our time, but should
It come, men of the North and of the
East and of the West, I speak for my peo
ple. you shall hear tile iramp of our le
gions as they wheel Into line to touch el
bows with the sta wart sons of New Eng
land. eater to keep time with raden cl
step to the music of the Union, to bed e
round with stubborn steel that 'Starry
Banner’ that symbolizes once more to us
as to you. the majesty of American citi
zenship and the Indestructibility of the
Republican Institutions."
better From Union,
In the course of his speech, John Barrett
read from a letter he had received within
the last month from the late Gen. Lawton
the following extract:
"I would to God that the truth of this
whole Philippine situation could be known
by every one in America as I know it. If
the real history. Inspiration and conditions
of this insurrection and the Influences,
le>cal and external, that now encourage the
enemy, as well as the actual possibilities
of these islands and peoples and their re
lations to this great East, could be un
derstood at home, we would hear no more
talk of unjust 'shooting of government’
Into the Filipinos, or of hauling down our
flags in the Philippines. If the so-called
anti-imperialists would honestly ascertain
the truth on the ground and not In distant
America, they, whom I believe to be hon
est men misinformed, would be convinced
of the error of their statements and con
clusions and of the unfortunate effect of
their publications here. If I am shot by
a Filipino bullet, it might as well come
from one of my own men, because I know
from observations, conflrmed by captured
prisoners, that the continuance of the
fighting is chiefly due to reports that are
sent out from America.”
UNIQUE INDIAN HIIII,Kg.
They Reveal the Religion* Relief* uf
The Ynqnla.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
Two of the most peculiar volumes ever
compiled in (the name of religion have
passed from Indian possession Into the
keeping of a San Francisco man, Mr. Luts
Eoaiza. They were taken from the dead
body of a Yaqui Indian, un unordalned
priest, or '‘maestro,’’ Who was ehot by
Mexican regulars during the last insurrec
tion of hts tribe.
These sacred books reveal the religious
beliefs and ceremonies of the Yaquls. The
maestro to whom they belonged was one
of a band of Indian marauders that had
been devastating the country* as they
passed through It, and committing ah
kinds of atrocities While on their way to
join the remainder of the tribe. The maes
tro had apparently forgotten his priestly
calling, for he was lighting with the ut
most ferocity when killed. After he fell
the holy Scriptures were found by a soldier
next to his murder-loving heart.
The maestro was an artist of considera
ble imagination and a technique all his
own, as his conception Of Christ on the
cross, St. John, St. Gregory and tlhe Deity
show. His idealization of the ascension,
the victory of the cross over sin and
doomsday Is pathetic In Its qrudlty. A
draped cloth over the cross to represent
the wrapping of the body of Jesus in myr
tle and olive leaves befoup laying Him In
the sepulcher, according to St. John xlx,
40, proves that the maestro must have
been a student. It Is to be hoped *hat If
he has reached heaven the archangels
Michael, Gabriel and Raphael have for
given him for his outlandish portraits of
them. ,
Father Demaslnl of the Jesuit Church,
to whom these books were submitted for
Inspection, says that such drawings were
never authorized by the head of the church
and that unless one knew the I>alln mass
by heart it would be almost impossible
to attempt a translation or interpretation
of the book containing It. The mass seeme
to him to have been taken down while lis
tening to the priest, the words are dis
connected, syllables being Joined to the
wrong words and producing a curious Jum
ble.
The Spanish book M a little better, but
occasionally a word occur# which I* known
only to the understanding of the Yaquls.
■Both volumes are put together with In
finite neatness and painstaking care, are
written and printed with a pen, every
stroke of which evidences a labor of love
and reverence for the task. The frontis
piece, In red and black Ink, arc “fearfully
and wonderfully made.” The cover of on
is of gaudy red caMco, bound with black
and red cotton skirt braid.
—lt I# said that Gen. Joubert’s zeal for
his country amounts to fanaticism, and
he regards himself as divinely appointed
to secure Independence for the Boers. He
has quelled many uprisings of the native*,
his mere presence being sufficient to atrlk
terror into the hearts of the Kaffirs, w.do
regard him with superstitious dread as a
superior being. He studied the military
art In Germany, and has kept'himself In
formed as to all the latest developments.
Arrest *
disease by the timely use of
Tutt’s Liver Pills, an old and
favorite remedy of increasing
popularity. Always cures
SICK HEADACHE,
sour stomach, malaria, indiges
tion, torpid liver, constipation
and all bilious diseases.
TUTT’S Liver PILLS
t Help for You
For honest treatment and a speedy cure
write or go to Dr. J. Newlon Hathaway, whose
great reputation is a sufficient guarantee
of satisfactory results. Consultation o ? l b?maiiFrec
BLOOD POISON
Contracted or Hereditary Syphilis In all
tt, terrible stages, producing copper-col
ored spots on face or body, little ulcers
on the tongue. In the mouth or throat,
falling out of the hair or eyebrows, de
cay of (he flesh or bones, completely and
forever eradicated without the use of in
jurious drugs, leaving the system tn a
pure, strong and healthful state.
VARICOCELE
or enlarged veins, which lead to a com
plete loss of sexual power; also Hydro
cele, Gonorrhoea, Gleet. Stricture and all
Private and Venereal Diseases and
Weaknesses of men quickly cured.
TO
BREAK UP
RHEUMATISM
| Ac
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GRAYBEARD is worth SI.OO a bottle at the drag stores, or
send to us lor it.
RESPESS DRUG GO., Props
DON’T WOIIRY AND WORK SO MUCH TO KEEP CLEAN, BUT GO TO YOUR
GROCER AND OKT z
TREPOLINE,
THE UNRIVAJ.ED CLEANER AND POLISH HR.
IT CLEANS EVERYTHING QUICKLY, EASILY, BEAUTIFULLY.
TREPOLINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ATLANTA. NEW YORK.
ROOKS AND MONEY REt'UIVKD.
Response tn the Appenl In Behalf of
the Children Was Generous.
The response, to the suggestion made by
the Morning News yesterday that a fund
be raised for the. purchase of new school
books for children who lost theirs In the
Chatham Academy Are has been generous.
In cash 221 has been donated, those sub
scribing having.left the money at the
Morning News business office In envelopes
marked "For Schoolbooks.” The subscrib
ers were Mr. C. J. Odell, $3); a lady, sl.
Superintendent Otis Ashmore was met
by one lady before he had prepared a book
for the names of possible subscribers. The
lady will aid In the cauae. Another lady
turned in a number of books of this kind
lost, and these are equivalent to cash.
They will be distributed among the chil
dren. Any others having books like tho j e
lost will aid the. children by turning them
In to Mr. Ashmore. By a reference to the
Its! published In the Morning News of yes
terday it may be ascertained Ju#t what
book.- are desired.
Many of the children who lost their
books will not need public assistance for
their restoration, their parents being am
ply able to defray the extra expense. A
lady saw Mr. Ashmore yesterday, not the
one above mentioned, who said she would
also Contribute to the fund. She has a
son who attends one of the schools, but
said she did not desire him to benefit by
the fund, as she Is able to buy him anew
set of book#. There are many such par
ents, and It Is believed they will be willing
to assist the schoolmates of their children
to obtain new books.
Many children will be gladdened by new
books. The money already in hand wilt
admit of the purchase of a number. It I*
desired to keep the subewrlptton list open
until after tlie holiday#, however, and dur
ing that time the amount should grow
considerably. Mr. Ashmore will act as
its custodian, and, with the Morning New*,
will continue to receive contributions,
keeping a rarefill list of all who #ubertbe.
WILL SHIFT OFFICE* 4 HOI T.
Ofltetnl* Will Make Home Change* In
tlie i en tral’* llullfllng*.
Officials of the Central will move thtlr
quarters about within the next few days.
Traffic Manager E. H. Hinton and ills
force will go to the room# at present oc
cupied by Mr. J. W. Comer, purchasing
agent. Mr. J. C. Haile, general passen,
ger agent, and his force will, in addition
lo their present quarters, occupy the room
vacated by Mr Hinton. Mr. Henry M.
Steele, topographical engineer, and his as
sistant, will go to the basement of the
old office building to make room for Audit
or If. A. Dunn, who gives up hts prerent
office In the old building to the purchas
ing agent.
For some time there has been a difficulty
about room in the red bulidlng. The offi
eials hav, been cramped, and there nas
been trouble in the proper discharge of
the duties of the clerks a# a ie*ult. The
prospective change* will probably be made
afler Jan. 1,
A railroad ticket was used a short while i
ago in Pennsylvania, that hod been pur- I
< based eighteen year* before. Christian j
Has,hr was Hie man who tendered Dp.
tkket a iiu .otvluctor He had bougnt
H m Canton, o , and Intended to ri-P p,
I'libuile ptna. A slop-over privilege was
KIDNEY AND URINARY
Weak Back, Painful, Difficult. Too Fre
quent, Bloody or Milky Urine; all func
tional disease# of (he Heart, Lungs.
Liver and Stomach; also Catarrh. Rup
ture, Rheumatism, Piles, Fistula and all
Blood and Skin Diseases and all Female
Diseases treated according to the latest
and best methods known to medical
e i- nee
HOME TREATMENT
By correspondence always succesafnl.
Write for free hook Just published and
Symptom Blank if you cannot call.
J. MIWTIIS HATHAWAY, M. D.
Dr. Hathaway % Cos.,
2SA Bryan street. Savannah, Ga.
Office hours: 9 to 12 nm., 2 to 6 and 7 to
9 p. m. Sundays 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.
taken advantage of at Lancaster, Penn.,
and Bassler never had occasion to go on
10 Philadelphia until the other day, when
he uaed the coupon.
General Superintendent T. D. Kline of
the Central liullio.nl Is confined to h:a
home by a. touch of Illness. His friends
trust hts recovery will bo speedy.
Vice President John M. Egan ot the C*n
tral la In Washington.
Two new Rogers locomotives have been
constructed for the Atfanta and Wt*t
Point Railroad. They will soon be turned
over to the road for service. The locomo
tives will pull fast trains between Atlanta
and Montgomery.
It 1b understood that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Is after the Wheeler line of
steamers between New York and Boston.
Negotiations are said to be pending ut
present.
Farmers In Kansas are complaining of
a shorlHgo of freight cars. It Is said they
have 2.'0,000,000 bushels of corn that they
are unable to ship East because of the
scarcity of cars.
Mr. C. E. Harmon, general passenger
agent of the We-tern and Atlantic, was in
the city yesteiday.
Mr. L. A. Shipman, general passenger
agent of the Florida Central and Peninsu
lar, with headquarters at Jacksonville, waa
In the city yesterday.
Mr. M. V. Raley, master of transporta
tion of the Florida Central and Peninsu
lar. with htradquarters at Jacksonville,
was In the city yesterday, the guest of the
Do Soto.
THE WISE MAN’S QUESTION.
The Subject ~f n e v. A. J. Smith’s Ad
dre** nt the Y. M. C.A.
“The Wise Men's Question" will be the
subject of the address at the Y. M. C. A.
to-morrow afternoon, at & o’clock. Th
speaker will be Rev Arthur J. Smith,
pastor, First Presbyterian Church.
Hace* at New Orleans.
.New Orleans, Dec. 22.—The weather waa
rainy and disagreeable to-day and the
track heavy.
First Race—S lllng, seven furlongs. Tre
bor. 3 to 1 and 6 to 5. won, with Agitator,
11 to 2 and 3 to 1, second, and Kataca, 8 to
1, third. Time 1:34.
Second Race—Six furlongs. Inlook, 9 to
2 and 8 lo 5, won, with Avalor. 10 to 1 and
4 to 1, second, and Magic Light, 4 to 1,
third. Time 1:20.
Third Race—Selling, one mile. Cuiras
sier. 3 to 1, won, with Klldad, 7 to 2, and
7 to ?>, second, and False Lead, J to 1
third. Time l;fO.
Fourth Race—Handicap, six furlong#
Tom Collin#. 7 to 1 and 5 to 2. won. with
Jutlgn War*Sell, even and 1 to 2. second
and Refugee, to t, third. Tim# 1:1*.
Fifth Rare—Selling, one mile Strangest,
9 to ii and 3 to 5, won, with l’ro*p*ro, (
10 l ands to 5. second, and Col. Cluka. 2
lo I. third. Time 1:49%.
••alive# Dollar" Smith I* Dead.
N< w York, u* . 22 -Chor ea Smith, bA
t> r kie on "Kt wr Dollar" Smith, dtad
to-day ut hta h> me In this city,
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