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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
CINCINNATPs aALooNs.
The Police Sure to Raid Those Found
Open TODAY

CINCINNATI, July 27.-the chairman Of
the saloon-keepers' mass meeting, which,
on Thursday, resolved to defy the law next
Sunday by keeping their places open, went
before the board to ask it to rescind its or
der of a few weeks ago. so that the police
would not make arrests in their cases until
Monday. The chairman Of the board took
occasion TO deliver a short address with the
approval Of his follow members, to the effect
that they had no power TO suspend the
operation Of the law, and that, although
they might not be personally in favor Of
the passage of the Owen law, they wene
bound as officers and as citizens 90 obey it
and SEQ to its enforcement. He pictured
the attitude OF he saloon keepers In such a
seditious hight that even the chairman of
their mass meeting was obliged to say that
they must obey the law, and he thanked
the board for its courteous treatrnSnt Of
him. There Is no doubt that the police wi Il
be active tomorrow in enforcing the law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
WRECKED BY AN OPEN SWITCH.
One Train Man Killed and Three others
Badly Hurt.

MEMPHIS, TENN, July s7.-Passeuger
train No. z, south bound, on the Chesapeake
and Ohio and Southwestern railroad, was
wrecked between 0 and 10 o'clock this
morning at Brighton, thirty miles north of
Memphis. Joseph j. SomeyiAe, the mail
agent, was killed, and Baggage Agent
Bowers, Engineer Charles Haskins and his
fireman, v hose name is unknown, were
badly hurt, and number of passengers
we're slightly shaken up and bruised The
wreck, which was caused by an open switch,
was "A bad one. The engine aud mail car
we're completely demolished, and the bag-
gage car badly smashed. The wounded
were taken to Pad1cah
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London's Bogus Jaok-the-R e-Ripper.

man, who, while in a state bordering on
dellrlum tremens, stated that he had com
mltted the murders and mutilations OF
womoniu and about Whitechapel, was co.
day discharged from custody, there being
no evidences on which to hold him, and the
physicians pronoUncing him sane. He was
immediately re-arrested, however, on a
charge of fraud
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
HAYTrs BBLLIGhRBNTs.
Advices to Blaine's Departme ent Brin
Nothing New.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The state de-
partInent has received advices from our
representative in Hayti UP to July Is, but
they contain nothing new. Minister
4nompson makes no aliusion in his COM
mqnication to a request Of Gen. Legitme
that he (Thompson) use his good offices with
G9n. Hippolyte to bring about a cessation
cf hostillties, which leads the department
officials to infer either that Mr. Thompson
declined to act, or that nothing came Of his
EFFORTS with Gen. Hippolyte.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
nonhle Plot in Rome.

ROME. July 27.-1he vatican and quirinal
are doubly guarded owing to the receipt Of
informsNon Of plot to blow up both with
dynamite.
1t is runored that the departTe of the
pope will be forcibly resisted, and that the
government secret police watch the exits OF
The vatican.
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EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
An Official, Statistical and Compare
tive Statement.

WASHINGTON, July, 27--The value Of the
imports of merchandise during the last fis-
cal year amounted to $745, 127, 476, and of the
exports to S742, ,401, 100. An excess of i'm
ports over exports OF $2,725,677 OF our
exports the value of domestic merch andise
was $3.50, ,2S2, 500, and the value of
foreign merchandise Sl2, ,1l9, 1893. The total
value of the imports and exports of mer-
chandise was 81, ,4S7, ,529, ,2T5 as against ST.
400, ,9l1 ,621 during the fiscal year 1888, an
increase of S67, 7,617, ,654 The value of the
imports of merchandise amounted to $745,-
127,376 as against $723, ,957. ia during the
fiscal year of 1888, an increase of $2l, no.
362. The exports of merchandise amounted
TO $742 40l 799, as against S695, 9j4 507 during
the fiscal year Of 1888, an increase of S46,-
Al, ,292
The value of the exports of merchandise
during the last fiscal year was larger than
during any other year since 1888, and was
only exceeded by the exports Of 1881, 1882
and 1885. The value of theimports of mer-
chandise during the last fiscal year was the
largest i'll the history Of our com
merce, being larger than in the
year 1892, when it amounted to
$724, ,639,574 During each Of the years
from 1878 to 1897 inclusive, there was an
excess OF exports over imports of mer-
Nl4"1NAAS9s bA' DCfAAl ~ sANcAtiS5 AOl bIfb pc
riod being $134, 1856, ,312, and amounting in
1881 to $3.50, 7t2,7 us During the fiscal year
of 1888 the value Of the imports of mer-
chaudise exceeded that of the exports by
s28, COB, COZ, and during the last fiscal year
only $3,725, ,677
GOLD AND SILVER.
The exports and imports of gold and sill
yer during the last fiscal year were as fol-
lows: Exports 500, ,64l ,533, imports $2S, $685. :
O73, an excess of exports over imports of
S6767S, 400. The excess of the imports over
the exports of specie during the fiscal year
of 1888 was 80, 90, ,S09, and during the fiscal
year of 1887. $24, l73, 10i. The exports of
gold during the last fiscal year we're the
largest since 1864, and amounted to
$50, ,952, ,2S5. The imports of gold
amounted to only $40 ,65S, an
excess of exports over imports of
$49, ,667, 427. This excess OF exports over
imports of gold occurred mainly in May
and June last, amounting during those
months to $4,000, 900. There has been
considerable decline in the volume of
immigration into the United States during
the last fiscal year, the number arriv-
ing being 1854 as against $50. .9S5
during the fiscal year of 1885, decrease of
10l,20l. This decline was mainly in arri-
walls from the following named countries:
From Great Britain and Ireland a decrease
of 27,607, from Italy, &c ,229; from Norway
aud Sweden, "a 1876; from Austria Hungary,
1857, and from Germany 10,033.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Two Killed bv aewar aaa-

NEW York, July 27.--WhiIe James Sui
livan, IA years Old, and Patrick DOYLE were
cleaning out an old we'll at One Hundred
and Seventy third street and Webster ave
nue. to-day they were overcome by sewer
gas and died. John Sullivan, the father of
tae boy. VINO went TO their assistance. was
also affected by the gas, and is in critical
condition
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Gratitude of the Gladstones.

LONDON, July 27-Mr. aud Mrs. Glad.
stone have requested the newspapers to ex-
press their appreciation OF the many gifts
and congratulatory messages received by
them on the occasion OF their golden wed
ding 1t would be impossible, they say, to
reply to each well-wisher senarnteiY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Kinaln's Expected Arrest.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 27.--AlthQugh the
state department. viii give no definite ine
formation in regard to the Kilrain requi~
sitlon fro II tho governor of Mississippi, the
indications are that Detective Norris has
finally obtained warrant from Gov. jack
son for Kiirain's arrest
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
No Dengue at Gainesville.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-A dispatch was
received at the marine hospital bureau to-
day from DR.. j. L. Posey at Gainesville,
Fla, in which he says that there is no
dengue fever at that place. He adds that
there have been some cases of typhoid and
typho-malarIal fever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Cropa Poor in Austria.

VIENNA, July 2z-The official report OF
crops IN Galicia, Slesia, b ohemia and
Moravia is unfavorable. In the Tyrol the
crops are unusually good, while unfavor-
able reports are made of the remainder of
the Alp aud Karst country. Beet root is
promising, but the grape crop is in poor
condition
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Mre. MaYbrick Indioted.

LIVERPOOL, July 27.--A true bill has
been returned against Mrs Florence Eliza
beth Maybrick, an American, on charge
of having poisoned her husband, James
Maybrick, who was wealthy cotton
broker of this CITY.
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THE FATAL SHOT.
Lake superior's Ore smpments.

MARQUETTE, MICH, July 27.--The ship
ments Of iron ore from the Lake Superior
mines for the season have reached total
of 8, 121, ,027 tons, this being 1.421, $40 tons
in excess Of the quantity forwarded by
water at the corresponding period Of last
season. The weeks shipments foot up
236, $50 tons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
A Fertilizer Factory Rurnad.

INDIANA POLLS, IND, July 27.-During a
heavy ram storm last night, the fertilizer
factory Of Z. Rauh &c Sons was burned.
Tne less Is stiuated at $4,000. The iusu-
rance is Sl9,500 The loss on the stock was
$4,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28

HOMER, La, July 27r-Five buildings on
the south side Of the public square and three,
on the west side were destroyed by an in
cendiary fire to-day. The loss is $4,000 and
the insurance $4,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Failure of q Cotron Rr3'-ar.

New YORK, July 27.-The failure Of
G. B. Taintor wal announced on the cotton
exchange this morning The liabilities are
small and the failure IS unimpUrtant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
The Railway Mail Service Changes
Formally Approved.

Formally Approved.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-President Harri-
son has approved the changes in the civil
service regulations applied to the railway
mail service, recommended by the civil
service commissioners. These changes PEI
NIT the appointment, without examination,
of printers employed as such and of substi-
tutes to take the place of regular appointees
when not employed for more than thirty
days. The civil service commission have
recommended that the rules governing the
appointment of employees in the Office of the
supervising architect of the treasury be
changed SO as to permit of the employment
Of the best class Of talent in that line.
CAUSE OF THE CHANGE.
1t was shown by investigation of the
office before the Senate committee last
winter that the best class of architects will
not submit to competitive examinations
for appointments, and consequently the
architect has been hampered by an inferior
force. Architect Windrim laid the matter
before the commission some days ago. They
saw the force Of his suggestion, and the
desired change was recommended to the
President
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Hvdrophopia After 7hirteen Years.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, July 27.-Prof J..
w. Howell, well-known educator of Rut-
ledge, Tenn, is dying of bydrophobia. He
was bitten thirteen years ago by black
and tan terrier
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Fleeing from Creta.

LONDON, July 27-Advices from Crete
are that wealthy families are fleeing from
the island on account OF the revolt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Purchases Of Bonds.

/. WASHINGTON, July 2z--The bond offer
HnGs today aggregated sos, 600. The secre-
tary accepted $4,000 at 12S for 4s aud 1861
tor as.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
Sea Trip of the YORKTOWN

NEW YoRK, July 27-The new naval
cruiser Yorktown started to- day on her
four days sea trial
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
A Roy VOOLFOLK.
Brutal Murder of Man and His Wife
In Iowa.


In Iowa.
CHICAGO, July GA special to the
Times from Mason City, Ia, says:
wednesday night last. in Elk township,
Clayton county Wesley Elkins, but little
more than IL years Of age, murdered his
father and stepmother After committing
the crime he took his infant sister in a
carrisge and drove four miles to
neighbor's, reporting that he
had discovered his parents murdered
and fed to preserve his own and his sisters
life Yesterday he confessed himself the
psrricide. To Judge Hatch Wesley ElMns
related the story Of the crime. He had
some difficulty With his father. Tho night
Of the murder he slept in the barn Be
tween 2 and 3 o'clock he got up and went in
tho house and took dowR a rifle which was
hanging in the kitchen, loa led it, aud went
into the room where his father and mother
and sister were sleeping.
THE FATAL SHOT.
81 placed tho muzzls Of the rife near my
fathers head, he said, "and sent bullet
through his brain. This frightened my
mother and she arose. Knowing that was
discovered, went into the dltchen, seized
a club, went back into the bedroom and
killed my mother. | stayed around she
house about thirty minutes and then de-
cided to arouse the neighbors. | took the
baby from the bed, where 1t had lain be-
tween its dead mother and father, took it
into an adjoining bedroom, removed its
blood-stained clothing, aud with it in my
arms, went to a neighbor's, related that tho
crime had been committed, but shielded
u1yself | ann guilty OF the crIme.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
TWO BREAKFAST PARTIES.
AZ rHE GRnoMls HOME.

On arriving at Sheen house, the newly
welded pair were enthusiastically vel
comed They passed between files Of vene-
tian masts decorated with floral festooas.
Their path was covered with carpets. upon
which wild flowers were strewn by girls
dressed in white. Tonight Mortlake and
Richmond, in the vicinity of the Earl of
Ffe's house, were illuminated. The Prince
of Wales gave a reception at Marlborough
house this evening, which was attended by
LOCO guests.
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VA to Fgif11Go FiI4Go up my valise, and went
'ils b l ms Is 'eko the train for MadjS
I, o. tie raj'-S..qi 1'-'-s.q the train and walked
~ iis1agl,Ilta. ! pt4 -. and pike. When Ct pot
-..d . 1u5w r. 'i3sd ia 20 fiad some peo6is
:. 70 Simon B-.l, ~ ne .tucky. and wha6 4T T
i1e I did paSl'o ms. house the detecfives
/ lls none, 10y '9ke Col. Jones' vs., wstc51 80
s.sl Or ais me-, L did nor know he had "GIcn til
,9sli5ns h. b,s'oLlsy ,y WITH hin.g In spsa. u as
BON Dr. - g5aIalttsd that ne had dr1Ter spoIeI
ss y, tine go ''1a9.gsa ~ Of Richmond 'Sten Re
/ s4sliug Il !" a. ats nFst said he was aoo,,.yy.g
'1Sn That he got part Of ia Il
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A FATAL BLOW,

n..l,I became angry and as the doctor
pasG'l pSaS !; Gy me picked up bit of oak stick
I9sr s5-,In,. u oiailng hay and using both hands
bsc, sctuck q n nm blow from behind on the
ci lesc b,t 81 The head. He fell aud was speech-
now neS ouI L not dead. He was not able to
NV M g,.L, ne only breathed. went on with
|wIoT WI "GFk 7 K IN the garden until $50 O'CLOCK
|beaTnI ~. l z 7 sack in the barn that had
Hs uaS aSsu u Tor oats and put his BODY in it
So thai @as breathing yet and drew hp his legs
the ,, sscL = , SouId easily push his body into
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-31
Sunday Services.

The text for the morn ng was Matthew XIV. 40:
IA d the ng shall answer and say unto him.
Yer l, say unto You. Ina much as have done
t un t" one of the least of these my bretiiren,y e
abstract of the sermon:
When Christ 81 AXE these Ords the people were
fill ed with amazement. They sad among then-
selves ''how this be?' Then the Judge ex-
plains. hrst is one with all his brethren. lie
what one ght call universal man. You
me Ell man whom you have desire to make
your friend; you meet another person to whom at
once you are drawn. What is the reason? There
is point of contact between You and the f..rmer
there is between you and the latter. Christ a
universal man and all men are drawn Him.
All men coming to Him find point # contact
Putting As de all prejudice n" man can read the
life and works of Chr,.t a outlined Matthew
Mark. Lut e and John, without being drawn to
III M in love. And remember. all men are his
brethren and IA wrong done to any one is wrong
done to Him. If Chr st walk ny down this
aisle this morning how reverently every head would
bow; but if the least of us should walk down we
must remember that a kindness or res ect shown
to h M is shown to Chr st himself. Christ looks
at the inner fe of Il man and sees linn as he is
and not as what he appears to be; and it is His
JOY to make p. rfect his manhood.
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FALL IN LINE.
pictured.

Don't quarrel with HE world. Because
it does not think as you do don't imagine
that you would be any happier if it did.
Remember that you are only one i'm many
hundred millions OF beings each IF whom
has some ideas and interests peculiarly h.S
own, and that each a>pires to be indenend-
ent. If your interests seem to be at cross,
purposes with the trend of the world you
are running counter to the NneXOrably eS
tabliShtd order Of the march of the great
int" line and keep step 10 the notes of the
grand march waited back from the worlds
orchestra i'm the van. you will be juStled
under foot and the army will sweep on
prey to jealousy. passion and halred-the
enemies that forever harass the Footsteps
of mankind. EXiStruct is sweet under any
conditions to the man whose pulse beats i'm
unison with the heart of the world: but 10
the man swayed by suspicion and con-
trolled by Jealous passions life under all
circumstances is wretchedntSS-ht hears no
melody in the birds song: music and merry
laughter mock him; he bthoIdS not the
loneliness of the flowers and his nostriIs are
inSensible to their r'ch perfume; all gen
crosby is prompted by mean motives: pleiy
is only the evidence of hypocrisy. and be-
lieving in neither the virtue or integrity of
others, lie himself is usually Il treacherolls
scoundrel at heart. Don't be dog i'm the
manger.
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a he IltlactOr.

He who makes two blades of grass grow
where there was but one, is deserving of
the highest public commentator: and he
who goes further than this and makes the
roses bloom and flowers shed their fragrance
on the air. and Gods grand Sentinels. the
trees. to spread their brawny arms and
shield the Wayfarer from the piercing rays
of the noon day sun. has accomplished Il
feat grander and more lasting than the
hero ON the battlefield or the politician in
the forum or the senate. Take away the
grass. the trees. the flowers. the birds. the
sparkling water. the quiet hooks and deIs
in tn, household of nature. the mans heart
becomes scared and blackencd and dwarfed
and narrow. He lives. he struggles for one
end-money. His brain revolves to one
point Onll-buSneSS. He d eS for no other
purpose than-to ecOnOniZe. But give him
nature in all her appointments: give him
the balmy air. the ripping streams. The
carol of the SOng>terS. the ravne. the mount
aim the forest. the diadem Of the prairtS.
with its variegated cOlOrS. velvtty lawn. and
the thoughts of the Creator aS they assume
form in the bursting petal of the rose. or
the purity of the calIa lily. or the clinglng
affections of the creeping vinp and he
broadenS out into the SublimeSt elements Of
manhood and ripenS for that ultimate end.
the perfection of Il better lift.-T. Nj. New
son. in Midway News.
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he has at some time in rs ife known a
msanthropic eX convict and Judged that
all others are like him. That such nsti,u
tionS do reform large proportion of those
criminals treated IN them, is true beyond
all possibility of dulbt-ihat is if the state
nor TX convictS are worthy of belief At
the Elmira New York. Refornlatory they
have reliable Statl>' c> and records, To show
that of the many hundreds who have passed
cent have become law abiding men. Elm ia
is not the only institution of the kind
where such results may be shown. \ large
number of the men discharged from the
known to be leading proper lives. There
are thousands upOna of eX comvclS
scattered all over the United States who
are as good citizens the average. and
they may be found occupying positions of
trust and of high standing IN the honorable
professions. But there are persons. and per-
haps the above writer is one of them WHO
believe that when antX- convict prufesseS an
honest purpose and settles down to Il quiet
life he is only pract'cng Il deep deception
with the intention Of taking his prey off his
guard; and if he dies without showing his
hand. it is simply because the favorable op
pOrtunty never presented itself. The
writer seems To havr he opinion also that
convctS are class Of beings having nat
ureS different from The rest of humanity.
for he believes THAT A CONVICT NATU-
RALLY HATES HIMSELF" He probably
said that. thnkn il odd and that it would
sound original But il is not original for
we have heard the same up.nioH expressed
BY persons whom cunNirtS are wont to re-
fer to as men who hate san
thropes. No; the convict does not hale
hinlSt f. but on the contrary. he naturally
considers himself hs own best friend.
There is no denying that conv.cls are
hard class of people, but they are not. as a
class. the malice harbOrng. vengeance
breathing, blood thirsty monsters. 80 often
pictured.
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OF LITTLE FAITH.

The ST. Paul Daily News. of Oct. %
contains, ii special correspondence from ST.
Cloud describing the Rtfornatory and some
of the methods that will be tried with the ob
ject of reforming the inmates. The writer
steps aside III the course of the description to
give his own ideas about convctS and con-
wet reform. and says: while have tile
faith in the reforming influence of any in
>titution of this character, bel ewing As do
THAT \ CONVICT NATURALI.Y HATES
HIMSELF and thinks On.y OF getting evtn
there is just possibility that small pro-
portion of the prisoners sent to st. Cloud
may be morally benefited" The foregoing
would be unworthy of notice were it not
that many who know but little about con
victs and the possibility of reform ny them
might be misled 10y seeing such IA state
ment i'm respectable newspaper. The
writer shows a wonderful ignorance of the
nature of a convict and the power of re-
formatOry institutions to reform. Perhaps
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TO THE PUBLIC.

lished in the Minnesota state prison. All matter
published in its columns is contributed by the
inmates, except that properly cred ted. Its sup
port must come from the outside very inmate
s given paper without cost. 1t is published in
the interest of the prison library md after pay
for the pr nting outfit contributed $l50 to the
library fund the first year. Its objects are to en-
courage individual intellectui effort. provide Il
healthy journal for the inmates Of this and other
prisons, and. above all, to acquant the outside
world with the needs of the prison by reflect ng
its inner life and thus aid the Of moral add
vance nent and prison reform.
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editor if at times his judgment runs con
trary to yours and he occasionally assigns
YOU I" the waste basket. The circilm-
stances under which our paper is pub
ISht'l makes it necessary to be very cir
cunspect at all times and conservative
a quiet way i'm order to avoid arnllS
ing antag"niSm which we N ght not be able
to overcome You know that there are
many persons who think that IA cunv ct
breathe and are ever ready to take advan.
tagt of AN; mistakes of the convict to make
the cutlery II told You So
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We received the following letter from
Mr.. NJ O. Hall. cashier of the State Ma
tiOna Bank of Duluth: "EnclO>ed find nv
check for Sl.OO as subscription fee for THE
PRISON MIRROR. | want to get posted on
matters i'm and around the prison. and | Ito
not know of any way | can Use this amount
of money to better advantage in doing so
than by paving subscription to your inter-
e>tng publication. copy Of which an,
just in receipt Of" Mr. Hall is the new
member of the board of prison managers.