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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

Over $4,000 applications for dependent
pensions since June q last! That is an
average of about 7, 800 applications a day,
and there is no let up yet. Who are these
applIcarts Where do they all come from
There must be fraud somew where.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
The Conductor Did Not Understand

1t is a custom on some street railways to give
annual passes. which are numbered. These
passes are not necessarily shown each time a
man rides on the cars of that line, but each one
bears a number. and when asked for bis fare,
the holder of the pass calls the number of his
pass, says the Sea tie Press.
Not long since the holder of pass No. IS on
one of the Seattle lines got on a car, accom-
panied by two ladies, for whom he musE, of
course, pay fare. 1t happened that the CON
ductor was a new man and not acquainted with
the pass system.
The conductor entered the car in quest Of
fares, and the first person he approached was
the holder of the pass.
The gentleman handed him dollar to take
ths laIles fares from, at the same remarking
distinctly ''Thr cen"
The conductor took the dollar and then began
ringing the bell of the register Ding ding.
ding, ding, ding ding, ding, ding" went the
bell
Here. here" broke in the passenger, what
10 thunder are you trying TO doN
Didn't you say that you wanted to pay for
thrteenf"
mo you double breasted lunshead' / hold
pass No. Is. aud want 10 pay for two ladies'"
20" exclaimed the conductor mildly, why
didn't you say so before"
Then the bell-puler gave the passenger back
his change AMI inwardly determined 10 get
even on the FIRST small boy that attempted 20
steal ride.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

A London paper, which has made study
Of novel heroes, bias discovered that out Il
1872 Of these gentlemen that came out during
nine months ending ia June last. eighty
five s.ood siK feet. while many were even
taller The size 4 the bero is usually com
Enensurate with the size II tho story.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
An Aching Void.
Fror, the RaItimore Amsrlcan (Rep.l.

From the Baltimore american tRep.l
We have o. 900 900 Of people in this country.
but IL is clear that the country is not settled as
long AS IL IS possible for seven men TO stop
train 10 one Of The largest states In the UNION.
rob the express car, keep the passengers stll 40
the mouth Of reyolyeFs, and get OH without
being hurt ~ stopped.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

Boss Mclaughlin of Brooklyn, n. Y,
that city for years past, has an itching to
hold office himself, and will probably he
the candidate for sheriff of Kings county
In that care Pennsylvanians will not be the
only ones who Will have an opportunity to
express their approval or disapproval of
bOssism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

An Italian padrone his been doing a land
office business in New York in imporu g
paupers from his native land. The gover--
ment detained eight Of the latest arrivals
consigned to him. and will send them
back That's right. This country is no
pauper asy lufn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

The author Of Little Annie Rooney has
inflicted another song on an unsuspecllng
public entitled, Il Whistle and Wait for
Katie II Katie Is a. long IN coming a.
Annie Rooney Is 10 getting married ard
wl.Edfewing from the public stage, We are
10 for Ing wait
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
The Pennsylvania Cyclone.

A cyclone has vented its fury on a por-
ton of Pennsylvania, and Wilkesbarre aud
vicinity mourn for their dead. Like the
disaster on Lake Pepin it came without
warning, and it adds another frightful
chapter to the CORY history of catastrophes
that is being written in the land. Fortl-
uately the loss of life was not as great as in
the Minnesota storm, but unfortunately the
destruction Of property was greater. Four
hundred houses were leveled, and by the
description of the scene the reader is almost
as much unnerved as the people who sought
refuge among the crushed timbers expecting
every moment to be killed.
The disaster in Wilkesbarre, like that
at Fargo, Louisville and Grinnell,
Ia, shows the power of these awful
storms. No intimation is given how
they may be foreseen and their dangers
avoided. Nothing upon the earth or upon
the broad bosom of the sea can en-
dure before their awful breath. 1t is
still literally true, as it was
eighteen centuries ago, that 1.-THE wind
bloweth where it listetb, and we hear the
sound thereof, yet know not whence it
cometh and wither it goeth." The cyclone
surpasses all things in its swift and de-
structive descent upon the earth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
unnopular With Its Party.
From the Chicago Tribune (Rep).

Congress ought not to hurry the Mckinley bill
through Day by day facts are upsettipg its
specious theories, and if it could remain I'M
acted on a year or there would not be
shred left OF that part of it designed ito protect
the farmer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
The Site Settled.
no N4bC DOUVKCO'
From the Netu York World dem. J.

From the NetU York World (Dem,L
1t appears to be settled at last that Chicago
will locate the worlds fair either on the North
Side the South Side, the East Side, or the West
Side. All rumors TO the effect that it might go
TO the outside were erroneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
CURRENT COMMENT.
Early in the Field.

From, the Louisville Courier-Journal Dem.l
gentleman has announced himself in the
Oldham Ky) Neio Era a candidate for assessor
at the August election, 1894. This breaks the
record for nervousness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

TIE Germans in this country have set on
foot a movement that has for its object the
general Observance Of a German Day."
What's the matter with the Fourth Of july
Its observance is free 10 all. and its cele bra
ton would, tesides. be more American and
patriotic than German Day"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

John L. Sullivan is to impersonate black
smith in his new play. This part was, no
doubt, specially designed for him to get in
some sledge-hammer blows
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

Cleanse the blood with Ayers sarsapa-
rilla, aud realize what poor health you
have had -Adu.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

Kidney affections Of years standing cured
by simmons Liver hegulaior.-J. W. Poynts.
--AdU.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

Love may laugh at locksmIths but when
it goes into the smuggling business it is
liable to come to grief. Howell Osborne,
the young New York banker who gives all
his amorous smiles, and most of his money,
too, TO Fay Templeton, he actress, sent his
valet over from Paris with $50, 900 worth of
diamonds for his inamorata, to wear in a
new play in which she was to appear.
Osborne wanted TO conceal the knowledge Of
his princely gift from the public, also from
the custom house, aud the result was the
valet was arrested for smuggling In the
Wallets possession was found a letter from
Osborne 70 the actress stating that he would
be- IN New York before long. and that when
be did arrive all the suckers" must fly. II
Miss 1empeton has any bigger ones than
. borne on her staff she is In luck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

The interstate commerce commission has
made its annual bow to the public. Every
year it sticks its head out from under the
covers long enough to make report. This
spicy and sensational document is replete
with facts aud figures such as the jolly
commissioners love to hurl at an appre-
ciating public. 1t tells us of the operations
of 500 railroads, and shows the operations
of 153, 30S miles of line. 1t also shows that
the railway property of the United States
is controlled by l.705 organizations. OF the
Gas subsidiary roads making report to the
commission 472 may be properly classed as
subordinate reads. This accounts for 1,0Sl
of the total l, 705 given above. OF the num-
Der accounted for las are roads owned by
private individuals, the balance being small
lines feeders to great systems. The gross
earnings for the year, exclusive of rental,
tracks, yards and terminals, were S964,-
| $40, 1919. or Sc, 200 per mile of line. Having
spoken its little piece the commission will
resume its lethargic state until it is time to
startle the people with another of its
humorous essays of like character
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

Baron Lleblg tells us that horse flesh is
more wholesome than beef or mutton. All
tie same the baron should avid putting
TOO much Of II ia his beef extract
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
An Article of Value.

Senator Blackburn, the popular senator from
Kentucky, says the Philadelphia Press, has
been entertained very often in Philadelphia
This is a story member of the famous Farm
ers Club tells of him. The senator was visit
ing the Indian Territory, and riding one day far
out on the plains of that region he met lone
Indian. How, how?" passed between them
and then the Indian, with the inquisitiveness
which is strong in the race despite tie charac er
for stocism v 18th which the American aborgine
is credited put the question, Where FROM"
Kentucky" replied the senator.
Good" almost gleefully the Indian re-
sponded. From Kentucky; give Injun
whisky
Cant do it," said the senator.
'Injun give horse for WHISKY
NO" persisted the senator.
Horse and gun"
Still the senator refused
The Indian continued to add to his offer other
articles his saddle, girth and other trappings,
and yet failed He would have given me every
thing he had about him. relatel the senator
for half pint of whisky, and his horse, gun
and saddle were all very valuable In fact
never saw ON Indian SO we'll equipped, nor one
so anxious for dram"
IF the articles were so valuable" said lis
tener, why didn't you make the trade? Ger
tainly, from your own showing, you would
have had much the best of the bargain"
Indeed, would not, confidently the senator
declared, for was at least ten miles from my
supplies and that half pint the Indian wanted
was all had with me. But l never saw any.
body want whisky more tnan that Indian did.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

The JEWS IN 2UssIA have been apprised in
those districts where they are permitted to live,
that they will not be judged by the laws, but by
administrative rules adopted by each governor
In Odessa they have been cautioned to be modest
and retiring in public places, and not make
themselves prominent on pain of public whip
ping. At Mohilew the governor assembled the
leading Hebrews and told them that for any
offense given he should hold them responsible,
and have them whipped on the public square,
A sweet country to live in!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21

SINCE the emperors departure for England
this verseet is popular in German court circles:
Little Willie thou has left u.s.
And thy loss we deeply feel,
But It's business has bereft us
1t will ali our sorrows heal
Gone to meet his 81 andmother.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
THE COUNTRY WANTS IT.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Every hour of delay on the part of
the Republicans to report a silver bill
adds to the already existing discomfort of
the people. During the last twenty-five
years no public question has reached a
eliminating point with the people SO
rapidly as this silver question. Congress
men from the west, who have not visited
their constituents since last November,
would do well to visit their homes for a
few days and talk with the people they
meet on the streets They will find a
most remarkable situation, Bankers,
who few months ago were in sympathy
with the gold contraction financiers, are
now silent. Their old arguments are too
absurd for use. No one will listen to
them. Bankers, who few months since
looked wise and remained silent, are now
open advocates of silver. The people,
who few months ago viewed the situa-
ton with wonder, now comprehend the
bearing of the facts. They now realize
the maih cause of the grinding process
that has been going on. They have dis
covered that enterprise, industry and
economy count for little against govern
ment control of money. They are justly
indignant to know that their efforts to
help themselves are banked by the gov
eminent they are taxed to support.
A crisis is at hand in the affairs of this
country. The gold theory means plu-
tOcracy. The silver fight means the rule
of the people in fact as well as theory. f..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

There are great many men who believe
that the Kansas immigration Bureau is a
fraud.-El Dorado Republican.
Who are they, and where do the ''great
many" live? We confess this is the first
intimation Of that sort we have heard,
and are persuaded that our e. c. is draw
ing on his imagination. The insinuation
is anything but complimentary to the
Republicans honOred and honorable fell
low-tOwnsman, c.. c.. Turner, who is
member Of the Bureau, as well as to the
siXty-odd other prominent and respecta-
BILE citizens of as many counties in this
state. On what does the Republican
base its aspersion? Is it because the Bu-
reau has not gone out and gathered up
several thousand millionaires and brought
them in bodily, money and all, and
dumped them down in Butler county?
The EAGLE hasn't the slightest doubt
that Butler and all the other counties
will get full value for all the immigra-
ton enterprise has or Will cost them, to
say nothing of the benefits that will in
IRE to the state as a whole from the
Bureaus efforts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

Beaver Tribune: Range cattle are begin
ming 10 take on fat The grass being well
started gives them plenty 70 eat and
an abundance OF pure water Is always If
easy access. Cattle came through the
winter in fine shape and without any loss
The first settler 10 offer his final proof al
the Guthrie land Office was Mr.. Peter J..
Mason. who introduced his evidence We'd
uesday. Mr.. Mason was he first and only
settler upon the northeast quarter Of sec
tiOu IL. in township - north. of range 3
west. IL is q fine tract Of land, situated
about eight miles south Of Guthrie, near
Seward.
CITY Marshal James II Sauujera. Of
KiuEdsher better known - '-Uucic Jim
ME has received the following Interest
Ing letter.
hTSCFISHEg Apr! o.
Old DoZ-Iour life - short. You uIii
be kiIdiu les than II Ioars unless yau
leave town. Hell and djuamlie Is fixed Tor
You. You have now run onto suaZ ]
want your hart p blood
kIsgFI-HEE DTTANITE Trust
There are ia II Reno three hotels. six
restaurant. three livery Stable three dry
goods -rore- four QT1Ix stores three hard
ware stores. two bsuk-. three lEuf5
yards. zen real estate dealer. two BAUM
dTle-, two lawyers, three doctors, two
blacksmith shops. two butcher shops. 0ae
newspaper and JOB ofiICe. three laAerle-
ono Earue-- shop. one Vhoto-rap let, oae
sunday school, one resident minister, cl.e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| Edmonds VIII have a cotton gin and a
/ Touring and feed mill this fall.
| II Alfred wants one thing 10 strike it
more than another II Is a bank.
| II has never been satisfactorily settled
what Bill Hackney has MS eye on.
There is about as much base ball in Ok
lahoma at present as there : spring lever.
Milr Reynolds has his crops in and his
hens set and Is waiting for the secretary
ship.
You do not see many farmers in Okla
homa towns these days. They are al too
busy.
There Is less wrancling st present than
AZ any time since tIe opening OF okla
homa.
It is rather late in the winter. bat pop
corn parties are still rife IN No Man
Land.
It's now demonstrated fact that cot
ton VIII nave fair trial in Oklahoma TINS
season.
The politicians in Oklahoma only sleep
I've hours IN every twenty Jour now. They
are uneasy.
The Fl Reno Herald has lately turned
into boom paper, and Of course its town
shows the result.
Everything is plentiful il Oklahoma
spring. An industrious exchange a.
nounces that the tsd-P0les are thick
The city council Of Guthrie has passed
an ordinance shutting OUT q eshell gazues,
soap men and al "5hure thing game
Z Puribus Uuum. o. 3'egIFas' and .'Cld
Subscriber are preparing their mann
scripts AID getting ready 10 Ire into the
new governor.
One Of the editors 81 the Territorial Ad
vocAte thinks ~ ge0G.1 make good re-
ceiver for the land otlos 20 BE established
II No-MAD s-Iaud-
There arc lots of fellows who have no
hope Of getting Ia under a territorial form
who rather expect tia, tksg may be tie
governor OF the state
The report that tie geese and ducks 81
gU north by the santa Re route since a
sEJrtsTuen club has ben organized a.
kinC-isher lacks confirmation and j. PROB
auiy untrue.
There Is an increased demand foT claim.
in this vicinity and he prices teing paid
for ACCOMPLISHMENTS % homestead rizhss
are climbing upward ever day, szys she
Norman Transcript
VI ho--ver hecomes the governor q Okla
ho1ga. ie hasa (. night ~ pres az. ANY idea
~ tne nunzEsr q frsendz ~ has II Okla-
bDTua who viii waB1 - slap him @ iae
bacz and call hl1 I'D -lAz4-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

There Is a chance for Wichita papers to
save that windy city Vet. but they must
drive ont the special reporters who are
quartered there, sending out false reports
10 eastern aperS.-Salina News.
The most searching investigation that
could be made failed to locate the .'spe-
cial reporters referred to in this city.
The truth of the matter Is the fellow who
has done most OF the sensational and
damaging lying about Kansas under
Wichita dates does not live here and Is
not here any more frequently than at
other railroad towns of the state ana
southwest. being a perjpatetic character
known by the genteeI sobriQuet of com
mercial tourist. Why he should date
his slanderouS communications from this
city, although mailed or wired from
other and sometimes far distant points.
cannot be couiecWUed unless il be 10
give his contributions p show of respects
bility and reliability. This fellows iden-
tity is pretty wei established and he IS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
REPUBLICANIsM IN Portugal

Fifty members have Just been elected
to the house of deputies of Portugal,
and not one of them is a Republican.
At first thought this result does not seem
to compOrt well with the statement at
the time of the establishment of the
Brazilian republic, that Portugal was
also moving rapidly toward a republican
form of government.
But there unuuestionably exist
throughout that country a very strong
sentiment in favor of Republicanism.
and this feeling has of late been intensi-
fed by the inertness of the young king.
Don Carlos, and by his manifest inapti-
tude for public affairs. The kingdom of
Portugal IS tolerably well governed, save
that the system of taxation is very bur
densome and that the public finances
have long been in a chronic state of con-
fusion.
The people, as a whole, have little to
complain of in the way of oppression. but
among the middle and lower classes
there Is grievous discomfort over poverty
and heavy taxes, and the exceptional
privileges accorded to the nobility and
the aristocracy. This uneasiness is pay
ticularly strong among the young men.
many of whom have been educated in
France, in Germany and in England.
and have been indoctrinated with repub-
icanism
But this feeling has not vet passed be-
yond the purely theoretical stage. There
are few Republican clubs in existence:
but the work of propagandism has not
been pushed, and there IS comparatively
little organized effort that would be likely
to manifest itself in any very pronounc-
ed effect upon elections.
The Republicans of Portugal are not
weak in numbers or infirm in purpose.
and that the current of affairs is set in
their direction can not be questioned. 1t
viii require a great crisis 10 call them
strongly 10 the front as a party. but that
crisis Is not at present TO be found in the
ordinary elections.
Neither. indeed, will Republican oppor-
tunity lie in the popular excitement that
has been preciPitated by the arrival st
Lisbon Of MAJOR Serpa Pinto, who was
the Portuguese leader IN the recent Afri-
can controversy with England. The
feeling against England makes Serpa
Pinto the hero Of the hour. but that sen
tment Is not likely TO assume sufficient
magnitude 10 seriously disturb the gov
eminent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26
SOME CURRENCY FACTS.

AT present, on account of the high
premium on United States bonds. and
the fact that the deposit of bonds for
security on circulation is 800 for every
$50 OF circulation, the banks have been
constantly Withdrawing their circulation,
because 1t does not pay. The aggregate
circulation of national banks in 1881 was
1925, 900, 900; in 'S3, 1905, O00,O 600; in 'S6,
S202, 000, 900; in 'SS, S143, 600, 900; and in
SO it had dropped to S128, 900. 900; loss
in nine years of S197, 900, 900. 1t is easy
to see that it will soon pass away en-
tirely. 1t viii be a great misfortune,
says a financial paper, for the circula-
ton Of these notes, if properly encour-
aged, would be a flexible regulator of
the currency of the country, and would
expand or contract according to the
business needs of the people. But while
all this Is true as far as it goes it is some
what misleading. in that it does not give
a full statement of the case. The volume
of the circulating medium has been re-
duced by the means suggested, but not
to the extent the figures given indicate,
for it must be borne in mind that while
the national bank notes were being with
drawn from circulation the coinage of
gold and silver has gone on steadily at
the rate of something like two and a
half million month, which has gone
into circulation either as coin or by
proxy in the shape of certificates. and
the aggregate of these additions for the
nine years named has been approx
mately equal to the bank notes with
drawn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

A few weeks ago, a sergeant in charge
Of the signal weather station in New
York, predicted a terrible flood calamity
tor the Mississippi: that the crest of a
mighty flood wave would sweep over the
country with the velocity of the wind
md devastate the whole face of the
country. He embraced the city of New
Orleans within the scope of his predicted
flood and thus reused the crescents'
indignation to such pitch that they de
manded the removal OF the offending
officer. But. incredible as the prediction
appeared. it has been verified. in part at
least. The floods came and the crest of
the wave swept high over the levees that
have hitherto withstood the worst floods
know and a vast expanse of country j. at
this moment completely deluged. TX
cept as 20 the city of New Orleans. that
has so far escaped. the prediction has
been fulfilled almost TO the letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-26

Had the names Of the Republican and
Democratic candidates for governor of
Rhode Island in the recent election been
exchanged, and the final outcome of the
contest the reverse Of what it was, how
extremely exasperating it would have
been to our friends, the enemy. Moth
ing could be more tantalizing to the
hungry than to prepare for a sumptuous
repast and, Just as they are in the act Of
partaking thereof, to have the Grub
snatched away. The Republicans of
Little Rhody might have felt something
Of the sensations referred to, only they
were not particularly hungry, having
partaken of their 'meals" regularly and
without interruption for a quarter of
century