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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-21
suNoL BEATS THB RECORD.

He Turns q Mile in 2:09Jz, and Beats
the Time OF Maud S.
STOCKTON, CAL, Oct. 20-sunol beat
the worlds record on the Stockton track
to-day, making a mile in 2:Oe'4, beating
Maud SIS time half a second. Il was
fast mile from the start
and the mare finishei strong. She
went the first quarter IN 0:3isl, the bali in
l:O4 Hat. the thres-quarters IN ~ and
came home strong and scored IN 2;oo5<.
There we're six timers. and every watch was
the same. Tie crowd went wild when the
time wai made known.
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MADRID, Oct 20.-The workingIuen Of
Valladolid have struck Their dsmands are
FOR an eisht-hour day. and not for aa ad-
vance u wages
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NaBRAsKA's aovERNoasHIp.
The United States Supreme Court Ad-
venc IS the Hearing.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The United
States supreme court to-day advanced the
hearing Of the case of Boyd vs. Thayer.
arising ont of the contest over the Nebraska
governorship, and assigned it Tor argument
on the first Monday la December after the
cases already assigned for that day. The
previously assigned cases are those Of the
two New York murdere-s under sentence Of
death by eleetrocution aud the Chicago an
archist cases.
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BROOKHAYEs. Miss, Oct. 20-fhe boiler
Of ths HrpokhaYea Aechane Company ex-
Hosklns, the frea 80. and uoaa8kng Ct A.
Woodbury.. HpEAiuss nead wa blown en-
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A BLAZE AT BRUNSWICK.
A HARDWARE sTO p E AND SHIP
CHANOLERY BURNED OUT.


The Loss Claimed to be $1oo,ooo-One
of the Buildings Three and the Other
Two Stories High-A List of the
Losses of the Insurance Com
paniss.
BRUNSWICK, GA, Oct. 20.-Brunswiclr
was the scene of a disastrous fire to-day.
which destroyed about 100000 worth OF
property. including the entire wholesals
and retail stock of the Brunswick Hard-
ware Company, the wholesale and retail
stock of +. Fl. Mason & Co.'S ship chand-
lery, one three-story brick building, occu-
pied by the Brunswick Hard ware Company.
and one two-story brick building, occupied
by e. II. Mason & Co.
THE INSURANCE.
The insurance on the hardware company's
stock Is divided as follows. through agen~
cies represented by w. d. Burroughs,
John p. Harvey " Son, 0'Connor SS
Thomas and Soarlett & Dent:
Hartford ......,.-' 5000
Etna ......................,...2 $500
Lancashire ....................... 2501
| Liverpool. London and Globe ....'''.. '' 950s
| London and Lancashire. -. .............. 2,5O0
RoFWlch ..... ...... ................ 300
United Underwriters ...................... $500
|
| New York Underwriters. ,........,.. ..... 2,5GJ
| Royal ........... $500
| Continental ...... .,.,,....,............. 1900
London Assurance Corporation .......... 1900
| Insurance Company Of North America -. 4,0G0
Niagara. .o..........'.. .,.............- 3.0s0
Sun............ ..-..... ....-,-....,.., 5000
ATKINsoN's INSURANCE.
| The insurance on the three story building
owned by b. a. ID. d. Atkinson was di-
vided as follows:
| Rochester German. Observation-Disclosures. $500
| Liverpool. London and Globe ............ 5000
sun FlIe .......; :....--.:........ 1000
North British and Mercantile. ............ 1900
North Assurance ......... .....,... 1000
The loss OF the Atkinsons is estimated al
| $1,000.
Mason's stock was insured for 50, 500. His
estimated loss is 1000.
ID. ID. Kellars insurance on the building
occupied by Mason was $4,000, and his loss
is 81 800.
The Macon Brewing Company lose $780,
They are fully insured in the successor OF
the Savannah Fire aud Marine Company.
MASON RESUMES BUSINESS.
Mr.. Mason has ordered new goods and
opened q store a few doors below bis old
stand,
The fire department was unable TO cope
with the fire at first, but dead walls and
hard work prevented spread.
The East Tennessee railroad cotton docks,
| fifty yards away, were saved aud also
| many neighboring dwellings.
The origin Of the fire is unknown. It was
| first discovered in the second story Of the
| hard ware store by volumes OF smoke issuing
from the windows. The entire floor was ia
flames Ave minutes after the alarm was
| 6otnded
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LOSS OF THE DISPATCH.
A Court of Inquiry to Investigate the
Wreck ing Of the Vessel.

wreck ing or the vessel
WAsnINGToN. Oct 20 The Secretary Of
the Navy has directed tho appointment of
a court of inquiry in the case q the United
States steamer Dispatch Ia order 10 deter
mine II any or al of the officers q that
vessc' shall be tried ~ eourt-martiai Tor
neglect q duty. resulting IN it' lols The
dsiail Of the essrt viii es announced to-
morrow.
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BUEs0s AgHEa Oot 20.--Dr. Vicgnte n
Lopsz, minister n taenes has Fssigaea lie
pqftfglio.
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ANDALUsIA's FLOOD.

The Inhabitants of Albox Take Refuge
in the Church Towers
MADRID, Oct. 20.-Advices from
Almeria, iu Andalusis, report the pre-
valence of great foods in that vicinity.
The town of Albox, forty miles nor rtheast
of Almeria, suffered greatly, the inhabi-
tants being forced to take refuge in the
towers of the churches aud other elevated
places to save their lives. The damage to
proDertY il immense
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FRANCE AND Qua PORK.
The Committee in Favor of a Duty o.
25 Francs.

25 Francs.
PARIS, Oct. 20.-The Senate tariff com
mittee met again to-day, when the subject
Of the admission of American pork was de-
bated at considerable length. Finally the
committee decided in favor of the pro-
position to impose duty of 25 francs per
100 kilos on sailed meats of all kinds, in.
Guiding pork, ham and bacon, instead OF
oHe of 20 francs which the Chamber Of
Deputies had already passed.
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NOT JAILED.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 20, II P. M.-The
mayor and council of Newport, who were
brought here to-day for contempt and
sentenced to Jail for six months, or until
Company was complied with. were not
actually sent to Jail. Sentence was sus-
pended by request Of SenaGor Carlisle, coun-
sci for the gas-light company until Satur-
day. In the meanwhile the council will
meet and comply with its contract. The
sentence also compels the city Of Newport
to pay the costs of the litigation. The
members OF the council gave q written
pledge to take the required action at their
meeting Thursday.
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CITY OFFICERS IN JAIL.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Newport
in Contempt of Court,

in Contempt of Court.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 20.-Judge Loney
sent Mayor Berry aud the city council of
Newport to Jail to-day for refusing to obey
order of the court to use lights furnished by
the Newport Gas Company pending de-
cision of the court. The officials of the
city were declared in contempt and were
sent to Jail for six months or uutil further
order Of the court.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11


broke out, and while East Tennessee
was in turmoil and everybody was
looking to him to take decided stand,
he held conference one day with some
friends and wrote an editorial for his
paper, the Wing, taking the part of
the South and sturdily unfolding the
right of the Southern States to secede.
He gave orders for its insertion on the
following day, and went home. The
foreman forgot his instructions, and.
instead, inserted an editorial of no po-
itical significance. The next morning
Brownlow got up and looked for the
editorial. Of course he did not find
it, but on picking up the opposition
paper in Knoxville, which had already
sided with the Confederacy, he was
made very angry by bitterly abusive
article on himself. He went to the
office, called for the proof of his arti-
Gle, killed it, ordered the type distrib-
uted, and sat down and wrote another
article, taking the Northern view.
The fate OF East Tennessee was de-
cided by that foreman's mistake, for in
the mountains there we're any number
of men who were ready to follow Par
son Brownlow anywhere, and he led
them into the Federal army.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

army. Who is your man and what did
he do?"
@He is Tom Gilbert, and was a pri-
vate in my company. Two mon were
packing ammunition in wagon at
Baton Rouge, and some powder ex-
ploded in the wagon and killed one of
them. The wagon contained thirty
two twenty pound shells loaded with
powder. The shells were packed points
down, and the orifce in the rear end of
each one was filled with oakum, which
is to be pulled out and replaced by
fuse when put in the gun. The ex-
plosion of powder set fire to the cakum,
and it was burning toward the powder
when Gilbert saw the situation. He
first drew the injured man away from
the wagon, and then, finding pail of
water conveniently near, picked the
shells up and dipped the burning ends
in the water. None of them exploded,
or he would not have been here to go
by the window to-day" detroit Free
Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
What Board Means to the Hired Man.
WAGES and hoard in the. family mea

What Board Means to the Hired Man.
Wages and board in the family mean
to the average hired man that board
amounts to nothing or next to nothing.
Let him pay his board, then he will
realize its value. but as long as that
patient drudge, the farmers wife, can
be compelledto carry the added burden
Of cooking, washing, mending and caring
for his room he regards it as debt due.
Paying for his washing he will see it in
q different light than when he care
lessly losses down dozen or more
heavy garments every Monday morning
for the farmers wife to amuse herself in
washing, starching and mending.
Women must not suppose for one
moment that the progress of events and
ideas which carries women into almost
every department of public service will
leave them outside the sphere Of politi-
cal action and. influence. It is out of
all justice that intelligence should be
governed by ignorance, and moral pur.
poses overcrowded by gross passion and
greedy instinct. The liberties of the
women of this country to-day are largely
at the mercy of hordes of half-civilized
men, whom the tide of emigration casts
upon our shores. where their votes soon
become the property of the political
party which appeals most strongly to
their love of gam or love of power.
Tnis state IF things is anomalous and
Cannot continue. -4.
The uuc.eus Of the batter education
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
too patriotic to wish to leave his com.

700 patriotic to wish to leave his com.
pany.
In little while the chaplain con-
Guided the services of the day, and
Bill Smith and Zeke Cullens started
back 3 to the battery. On the wy
Zeke had but little to SAY, and Bill
Smith. feeling the solemnity Of the 90,
casion, did not himself say much IA
zeke. just before they reached the
bsttery Zeke broke the silence by
saying:
William, when we get back Ia
where our boys are. don't say anything
to them about what I did over yonder
at that camp-meeting. as I believe !
shall back out from that sort of bust.
ness and from going with that preach
OF, and stand by the old guns of the
battery"
The story was too good to keep, and
in short time Bill Smith let Il out.
OF course, the boys had their fun
over the incident, but Zeke was true
soldier Of the Confederacy until the
war was over.-Robert L. Rodgers. in
atlanta Constitution.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

recall the incidents which vara ,oth
pleasant and painful, "for the Blues to
e. 10 Mexico. I went to the CAPTAIN
ne couldn't take me. In those dave
We did not have railroads. W. hsd
stage coaches. I went to tho .+.s 49,
ONCE. "eA' " 'ne sseee
J.. IT want to iine my company, said
70 TO-, the stage man. He was nv friend.
~, Wnas companyr he said. sTrue
n1uss. He looked at me al over.
lone round here Tomorrow NIGHT At
m,anlght. then, he said.
And so went. without q shirt but
mo one on my buck. But the coach.
man slowed me away on top. He did
did not charge me, either. ieot down
~ mobile and crossed to New Orleans.
! hsd no money, had run away from
my home. and wandered out on the
ievee and cried-like any good little
boy; ' ''''
a11er while some Kentucky regi-
ments-one Of them Henry Clay's and
ormsby's. They came right on past
me, and what should lido but fall right
IN behind them. was a soldier. Won
see. They boarded big boat, and /
slipped on, too.
When we got out they found me
huddled up on coil of rope.
Where are you going?' they asked
Coin to jine my company
They looked at me hard. you're
pulled too soon.'
Yes; but, Capin', I'm the biggest
pull you ever saw And they picked
me up in their arms and carried me
down among the Kentuckians.
when the lighters came to take us
off at Brazos, San di Ego, I was the
first to jump from the ship. There
were lots of soldiers on shore, and I
walked up to the Blues. knew 1 was
all right then.
Hello, Billy they said. what are
you doing here? They always called
"Monterey-Jeff Davis-yes, saw
him there. We were all up on house
top-in Mexico the roofs are fiat and
have parapet around. The streets
below were filed with Mexicans. I
had thrown away my drum, because I
could shoot like the-devil." He
paused as if ladies might be in hear
ing. Il was poking my gun over the
parapet and-zip came q bali and
knocked piece Of mortar off right by
his side. It was Davis. He never no.
ticed it. I caught him by the coat and
jerked and jerked, but he wouldn't lie
down behind the parapet.
Great Godv / told him, you'll be
killed. The street is full of Mexicans
down there But before knew it we
were all shooting. could shoot like
ths-devil, and the Mexicans down in
the street were paralyzed."
"That was jeff Davis?"
Eyes. / went to see him in Macon
again-sfter all those years. General,
asked him then, do you remember
Monterey? DO you remember the
housetop and the little fellow who kept
pulling ct your cost?' He remembered
in q moment. Well. General, I'm that
boy, though not 80 much of boy now
as them He took me by the hands
and shook them until I cried"
He paused. We were all silent. Our
little circle had widened until nearly
half the camp was listening.
II was Q drummer boy-no,
wouldn't beat the drum, but I could
shoot like the-devil.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
Extract from a modern Novel.

@What!" Numbered the beautiful girl
as sparks of fire flashed from her mag
nifcent eyes. "Would you insult
nineteenth century maiden by asking
her for kiss? Begone, base varlet. ere
I summon the aid of the gods and crush
you beneath the tremendous weight
of my terrible wrath and indignation,
and leave nothing but smear to mark
the spot where once stood the form of
presumptuous man."
The young man quailed before this
terrible avalanche of anges. He tried
to speak, but his tongue refused its Of
fee; and he who had bravely dashed
through blood and fire, faced shot and
shell. now stood pale and trembling be-
fore this proud, imperious beauty as
she stood, beautiful even in her anger,
like an avenging goddess pouring out
her torrent Of concentrated fury upon q
rebellious nation. He glanced around
the gymnasium for q means of escape,
but divining his intention, she few to
the door with lightning rapidity, and
having placed thousand pound weight
against it, said in a voice ringing with
whitening contempt:
Listen to me, young man! Ever
since the commencement of the world,
woman has been the slave of domineer-
ing man; but, thanks to dumb-beils and
Indian clubs, the time has at last arrived
when she can assert herself.
mo longer need she take second
place in the world!
mo longer need she spend weary
hours alone while her husband goes to
his club, or for short co run on his
bicycle!
"No longer need she beg with tears
in her eyes for q new bonnet!
"Do you understand me?" she said,
with stamp of her foot which shook
the building.
sYe-r-r-yes!" he said, abut-"
what dare you contradict NO." she
stormed, the flame of her anger burst
ing forth again.
"But the w-.w-woman w--w-was
made for the"
"He did not finish the sentence, for
with look that would have set fire to
load of hay, she took in his measure,
and with strength born of desperatioD,
she siezed fifty-six pound shot and
threw it with such terrific force that it
penetrated the six-inch iron door aud
was lost in space.
The young man, feeling very small,
crept through the hole the shot mad
made, and he is now on his way to
Europe to see Jules Verne with view
to securing his passage to another
p!anet.-Fa'ee lress.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

already exists among us and its in
duence is becoming appreciably felt.
The highest conquest of which a woman
can dream is no longer that of her OPP
posites in sex.
She can aim ut what they can aim at
the crown of scholarship. the badge
of service, the distinction of character.
And the fruits of this new tree of
knowledge are already sweet in many
home, in many charity, charities of
deeper wisdom than those of old and of
higher hope.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

Vile, who was First Lieutenant of
Captain Howell's artillery company.
The company was composed of men
of Washington County, and no better
or drawer soldiers were in the Confed-
crate service. The story is concerning
one of the men, E. w. Cullens, COM
monty called and known as Zeke Gull
lens. He was good hearted fellow,
kind and generous in his nature, pleas
ant in his disposition. and courteous
towards every one. While they were at
Vicksburg the times were pretty hard,
and the men were not certain of ia
vorable conclusion Of the difficulties
which environed them.
In that summer, one morning early
the men at the battery heard great
noise of brass band and singing. 1t
was such as to give them assurance
that no battle was on, but was regu--
lar hallelujah of some sort. Two OF
the battery men agreed they would go
over to the place to see what was the
matter. The two were William Smith
and Zeke Cullens. Arriving at the
place they found Chaplain OF regl-
ment engaged with his men in religious
services. They had begun early so as
to take advantage of the cool of the
day. as later in the day the sun would
he too hot to admit OF any sort OF OK
ercise. devotional or otherwise. The
two men from the battery gave earnest
attention to the Chaplain. As he
warmed to his text, he exhorted the
men to make ready for the final day,
and to be prepared for place OF peace
and rest. that they might escape the
place of torment, where it would be
even hotter than the trenches about
Vicksburg, under that sun which
seemed to shine with special intensity
Of heat in that Mississippi Valley.
After good lecture he invited all who
felt that they wanted to be true SOL
diers. and desired to go to. 9 better
place, to come up. give him their
hands, let their names be enrolled, ana
enlist as soldiers of the cross. The
axhortation was so fervent, and the IN.
citation was so earnest, that many OF
The soldiers went up and gave their
hands. c.,,o,.
There was no doubt of his desire at
that time to get cooler and better
Mace if he could. by any method Q.
INV route. He was as serious as could
he but he was too good soldier and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

paducah to Shiloh, and from there to
Atlanta, and then to the sea with
Sherman. I hauled one of them fifth
wheels all of the way, and never found
use for it; IN fact, I never, in all the
four years I was on that trip, heard of
fifth wheel being needed. Some
other part of the wagon was sure to
break, but wheel never.
"But the Government began to haul
a fifth wheel during the revolutionary
war, and is still at it, if that picture
correctly represents tie army wagon
now in use.
"The practice was introduced by
Washington, who lost one OF his
wagons during the revolutionary war
by the breaking of a wheel. Nobody
has since countermanded the order he
then issued, although the army has
never since lost wagon in this
manner
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

and listen to story that, simple and
commonplace it may appear in cold
printed words, yet touched the TO-
nance in us all as we heard it fall from
the narrator's lips. I cannot convey
to paper the simple charm of its ex-
preston.
We looked up and saw him standing
among us before we realized that our
little circle had been enlarged.
But he was welcome. The pleasant,
almost childishly winning smile that
hoTered over his face, and the long sill
very beard that reflected the pale camp
light, the snow-white hair that chung
IN effeminate curls beneath the brim
Of his crumpled felt hat, and the gen.
eral air of simplicity and unconscious
ness welcomed him warmly among us.
All, my dear Doctor-Dr. Philpot.
oovs. Allow me TO introduce him"
ne wore the uniform of the Southern
rnes, and it sat as we'll upon his patri-
archal form as upon the most graceful
among us.
And he sat down to listen to our
stories.
Tell lis of Mexico, Doctor" when it
came his turn.
His fading blue eyes sparkled with
animation. His whole appearance
changed. For . moment he was silent
~ we all gazed ct him intently: l
could almost read his thoughts Is they
struggled for collections they tray
=. efSed the path of half century,
through the vicissitudes Of two wars.
=, was fourteen them" he began
slowly. with glance around at US: Il
was little ma, ker boy in tho First
RS11n nss n. Ny company was the True s
Of them?"
And he paused moment, as IT in
aoubt. He probably thought of his
comrades Of old.
The order came" he proceeded,
.Mlusingly, in voice that was half pa
'oetlc, half joyful in tone, as though to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
No. Quito Dead.

An old Union sailor tells this story
of mules last kick:
In the First Division, Second Corps,
we had. mule noted for his wonder
full kicking powers. In fact, he was
ready to give any one kick, upon all
occasions. On the road to Richmond
he got his leg broken in bridge, and
was taken out of the team and shot,
and was, to all appearances, dead,
when soldier ran up, seized the mule
by the tail. and exclaimed:
SNOW kick!"
And the mule, having just one kick,
let him have it, breaking the soldiers
jaw, and sent him rolling in the ditch
The soldier never heard the last OF
being kicked by dead mule.