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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
How Ochntree Missed a Million.


1T q recent Washington dinner the conversa-
ton was spicy and lots Of good stories were
told, writes Frank Carpenter The subject Of
money making came up, and Tom Ochitree
said:
Did you ever know that 1 came within an ace
OF masing S1.0OtOl0? Well. ! did, and I lost lt
through my reputation for exaggeration. was
at a dinner at John ChaniberlIn's N VAS. z
ton, ana senator Hearst, John Russell Dung
ana several other prominent Americans Re at
/ the table with me We got to telling stories
| over the waluuts and the wine, aad Senator
Hearst, whom you know died worth several
million pounds, was giving his early expert
euces. lie told how he amassed his great
fortune, and he described the struggles Of
MS early life. lie tod how ne worked and
saved to get enough money to take him TO Cali
lorna. He described his long and weary jour
ney IN wagon across the plains and grew pa
thetic as be spoke Of his hardships along the
Pate river IN Nebraska. When they came TO
TINS river they found flood had made il almost
impossible and they waited for days Tor the
river to 20 down. The waters, however
increased instead of diminishing aud they were
In despair. AT last said Senator Hearst, four
or five Of US concluded to make a raft and get
across by it. We tied lot of wagon beds to-
gether. put our bedding in them and finally had
quite respectable boat made. Then the queS-
ton was to get a rope across the raging torrent,
IN order TO pull the raft over. No one of the
party could swim, and for even the bravest
swimmer it looked like death to go into that
raging flood We cast about for some time as
to what to do, until at last q fat little red
headed. blue eyed boy came up to US aud said
that he could swim the river, and that he could
carry the 70. Q In his teeth. He was sturdy,
muscular and courageous, and we concluded to
let him do il. He jumped into the river and
after wonderful exertions reached land. Two
hours later we were Gu the other side, and,
gentlemen, | never felt so happy in my life.
We threw up our hats and shouted for joy, and
| never think of my early life but that remem-
Der that red-headed boy. l have looked for
him everywhere and l cannot find him. Had
he not been there l would have probably gone
back to Missouri and my gratitude to him is be-
yond escriptIon Why, gentlemen, if l could
ind that red healed boy to-day would give
him S!0C0,0O0. mean what / say. l would
him 81, 100000.
up to this time had been very modest"
continued Ochiltree, as he ran his hand through
his auburn locks and then brushed the back Of
II across mis- blue eyes, while his tat rosy cheeks
shone. But could stand it no longer. rose
and said, with tears in my eyes: Senator,
was that red-headed boy"
Hearst looked at me a moment. He then
brought his fist down on the table SO that the
glasses ratified and exclaimed, with more EN-
phasis than elegance: Tom Ochiltree you are
blank, blank liar, and SO lost the million"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
The Gold Certificate Order.

The order Of the Secretary Of the TreaI-
ury TO issue no more gold certificates has
not had as yet suY appreciate effect in
financial circles. The secretary had no op-
ton in the matter. The law provides that
he shall suspend the issue of gold certificates
"whenever the amount of gold coin in the
treasury reserved for the redemption Of
United States notes falls below 500, 900, OO0."
The reason the order was issued is that there
is not more than 500 900 900 of gold ia the
treasury.
For months before the free gold in the
treasury was exhausted there was n great
deal Of speculation is financial circles as to
what would happen if gold coin IN the
/ treasury fell below that limit. Many enter
tanned the view that there would be panic.
but thus far there has been no panic and
there are no signs that there will be one in
the near future.
There does not seem to be auy doubt that
| the Secretary of the Treasury intends 10
continue gold payments. The question that
presents itself is how is he going TO do it!
Win he encroach upon the 500, 900 re-
served in the treasury, or will he repenish
his supply Of gold by selling bonds for gold.
There is difference OF opinion as to
whether or not he has authority to sell
bonds for such a purpose, the weight Of
opinion being that lie has not. It
is difficult, however, TO see how
he can avoid selling bonds. There are
something like 100000 co., of demand
notes and 1864 900 900 of greenbacks out
standing and the amount of the demand
notes is steadily increasing on account OF
the purchase Of silver. Under the oircum-
stances it would not be advisable to let re-
served gold coin in the treasury fall below
the 500 ,0OO,O 900 limit
failure to pay gold on demand would
have q serious effect upon our currency. IL
would shake confidence in our ability to
meet our obligations in gold, aud vast
amounts of our securities would come home
to be sold The outflow of gold would then
be far greater than at present.
There is no good reason, however, for ap-
pretending that gold payments will not be
maintained. it can be accepted as certain
that if it becomes necessary to do so bonds
to an amount sufficient to meet the needs of
the treasury will be sold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
The Boy Didn't Count.

She was one OF those pretty, fragile little ones
who really seem always turning their soft and
dreamy gaze upon something away above ana
beyond the eyes Of ordinary mortals SAYS the
Chicago Post She was evidently trving to get
fairly interested in the historic cal sketch OF the
wicked EerOd, which vas being graphically
drawn for her edifcation by a fond mamma
but the smiling face of little Red Riding Hood
looked up from the picture book upon her lap
and made the task difficult one In the book
the gift Of dear old Santa Claus-reposed
bears and wolves and little girls no bigger than
herself mounted upon popies, with other en-
trancinR sights, and this Story Of the wicked
king seemed tame and unreal In comparison
to oil this. But when Moses, a sweet faced red
Tipped, laughing baby, was brought upon the
scene she began to warm. Her grave eyes
never left her mothers face while the tender
victim OF evil circumstances was being kissed
despairingly. Hidden, now here. now there,
the vigilance of love pitted against the vigilance
Of hate, watched over by his sister, wept over
structure of bullrushes upon the rivers bosom.
And Moses slept in the little boat, which
was pretty one and good one, for loving
hands had fashioned it,, went on the mother
until the kings daughter, coming with her
maldens to battle, found and awoke him.
THE sister, who was watching it all, had to
keep very still, and o, how hard it was. She
wanted to rush out and catch him to her bosom
and kiss him hundred times, Just as you would
want to do if our dear little boy upstairs were
being taken away by strangers" a tremble
creeps into her voice-"and you did not know
that you would ever see him again."
A thrill of conjunction stirs the mothers
heart. Ought she to play upon the sensibiiities
of this delicate childs
do you know, little girl, she went on, that
can often see that scene-the softly flowing
river, the wondering maidens the child looking
first at the kings daughter, then at the sister
who had drawn near?"
Yes, but who"
THE kings daughter took him and kept him
for her own, my dear
20, the boy!' nonc6alantly, ''but who got the
boat?i
And the mother, looking into the seraphic
face beside her, had not strength wherewith to
make reply.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
Thoughts of Spring.

From the Philadelphia Times.
We kinder think it's comm; there's a softness
in the breeze,
An the green is almost peepin' from the winter
witheled trees;
An where the rivers streamin, or the lake
like silver shines,
The village boys are dreamin' oftheir hooks an
fshin lines,
We kinder think it's comm, for there's some
thin in the air
That makes you think that vioets are gettin'
mighty near;
An the farmers sent his children to the blue
back speler school,
An he's sittin' in the cotton field acussn of his
mule.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
The Financial situation.

From the Philadelphia Ledger Cnd).
But there is not the slightest cause for alarm
in respect to the action of :he secretary lin sus-
pending the issue Of gold certificates, as in
case he supplements it with the sale of per
cent. bonds (which will be eagerly bought for
all the free gold needed SO that the treasury
will not be obliged to go up and down the land
among the country banks bartering small notes
for little sums of gold. No such petty make
shift as that VIII answer the needs of O great
country like this
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
The Flag Incident at Hawaii.
From the CHICAGO Times (DemJ.

The pro essional patriots who are bowling
about Commissioner Blounts hauling down the
American flag from the Hawaiian government
buildings aud condemning his action with &C
companying rabid remarks about his confed-
crate affiliations should transfer their allegiance
and their jeremiads to the service of England.
Minister Stevens hasty action was in line with
British land grabbing policy; Commissioner
Blount's was according to Mr.. Cleveland's in
structious and distinctively American In its con-
servatlsm and dignity
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
QUA NEW YORK. OFFICE,

Ma. IL. Flynn General Advertising Agent
., .bs BoHsrso NKvs office d Park Row,
New York. All advertising business Ou'S'H0 o'
the states OF Georgia, Florida and South oar0-
Tina will be managed by him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

The difference between the Georgia colo
mel and the Missouri colonel in Washington
is this: AS soon as the Georgian gets his
Office be is no longer a colonel, while the
Missourian insists on retaining the title,
even in Office
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

A Topeka dispatch says Mrs Lease re-
ceived $500 from the republican national
committee for writing for the Chicago
Inter Ocean an account Of her trip through
Georgia last fall including the egg incl
dents. Those were certainly golden eggs
for Mrs Lease Yet she continues to exert
herself to kill the goose that laid them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

The threatened dispute between the Pres
ident and the Senate did not arise, not
withstanding that several minor nomina-
lions failed Of confirmation. None of the
failures furnishes an excuse for a quarrel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

A Denver dispatch says: "Dr. Graves
will not be put on trial for his life second
time, but will be set free, owing to the ex-
pense entailed by the first trial" In Colo
RADIO, then. it would seem, they measure
Justice by the cost of it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19


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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
The Bind Pool.

Wall street does not look with favor upon
the blind pool into which Drexel, Morgan &
Co. haze invited the Richmond Terminal
security holders to enter. Nobody outside
of the banking house knows anything Of
the plans for the reorganization of the Ter
minal properties. 1t is rumored that the
Terminal stock is to be assessed $40 a share
and that East Tennessee Virginia aud Geor-
gia stock is to be assessed heavily-some say
SIP per share for the common stock and
$l7 DER share for the preferred stock.
Wall street, however, hasn't much to do
with the matter. If a majority of the
stockholders of the Richmond Terminal 20
into the blind pool the others will have to
go in or lose their stock. 1t is reported that
! enough of them have gone in to make il
certain that Drexel Morgan q Co. viii go
on with the reorganization of the property.
But it is q much easier matter to get the
Richmond Terminal security holders to go
into a blind pool than it would be to get the
security holders Of the properties
which the Terminal controls TO
do 80, because the securities
of the Terminal are practically valueIess
at present. But holders Of securities that
are valuable would hesitate to go into a
scheme Of which they know nothing. es-
peclally when they have reason to believe
that their securities would be treated in the
most radical manner. What Drexel, Nor
gan q Co. aim at is success In their under
taking 1t is matter of little consequence
to them how little they leave for security
holders
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

At the recent state election in Michigan a
vote was taken on what Is known as 1.-THE
good roads" amendment TO the constitu-
ton. The amendment was carried. 1t per
mits any county through the board
of county supervisors, to put the
construction and repair of its roads
in the hands of competent engineer, and
tax itself for the cost. 1t is unnecessary to
state that the amendment was intended for
the benefit of the country districts. But. re-
markable as it may seem, most of the farm
ers voted against it, and it was only by
reason of the almost unanimously favorable
vote in the towns and cities that the amend
ment was saved. AS the towns will pay
most of the taxes and derive very little
benefit from the improved roads it is diff
cult to understand why the farmers should
have opposed the measure,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

The body of Charles Longfellow, eldest
son Of the poet Longfellow, who died in
Boston last week, was cremated at Phila-
delphia on Monday. The burning of the
body, it is presumed, was in response to a
desire, born of poetic sentiment, to have
the ashes repose in bronze urn in the home
of the family. At the same time the in
ciueration was in line with the policy Of
advanced and practical sanitarians.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

New York society is all one big, ami
mated Interrogation point. The rumor is
everywhere current that the Earl of Craven
pronounced Crah-vain, accent on the last
syllable,) who married Miss Bradley Martin
yesterday, is a tattoed man. Somebody
who recently saw the earl in plunge bath
noted his corporal adornments In blue and
red india ink, and mentioned the fact at his
club. The story goes that he is literally
covered with coats Of arms, scrolls, fancy
figures and faces, etc. From the clubs the
rumor reached the boudoirs, where even
greater curiosity is felt. and which Is
doomed to burn itself out uusatisfied, I'M
less, indeed, some dime museum man should
induce the earl to grace the platform for a
consideration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
The Blacks Want Recognition

The blacks have as yet been given no inn
portant position either in the diplomatic or
the civil service under the present admin
istration, and some of them think they
have not been treated fairly. There are
several good offices which were held by
black men under MIR. Cleveland's first ad-
ministration, and the blacks express the
opinion that these places should be given to
them again. Among them are the follow
ing: Minister to Hayti, minister to Liberia,
recorder of deeds for the District of Column
ba and several smaller places
The President has given them no promise
that he will do anything for them. There
is no good reason why he should. Com
paratively few of them voted for him, and
it would be rather difficult to
find them. Many say they voted for
him and that they are democrats. They
ought to be required to prove their democ~
racy, however, by their deeds and not de-
pend upon assertions to get share Of the
public patronage.
No doubt the President will give them
something. He seems to be very kindly
disposed toward them, but he will hardly
make the mistake Of appointing blacks to
Office simply because they are black. Black
democrats have Il right TO ask for a share
of the public patronage, but black appli-
oants ought to be required to show they are
democrats.
The number Of blacks democrats is in
cressing slowly, and in time their number
may be sufficient to justify them in asking
for much larger share Of the offices than
they are likely to get at this time. A pretty
large percentage of those who are now
claiming TO be democrats are hoping to
make their democracy profitable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

Occasionally we hear OF an ambitious but
poor young man who is working his way
through college. But it is not often that
one hears of college student who is &C
tually making money at the time that he is
attending. nominally or actually. to his
studies. That is what one young fellow at
Yale is doing, however. He is manager of
the Yale Commons, which yields him 81 500
year. He has charge of the Yale CO.
operative store, which brings him about
$500 a year, and he has the direction OF and
the profits arising from the training table
Of the track athletes and boat crews, which
is worth $500 year. All of these items
bring his income up near the $4,000 notch,
which is a great deal more than many
capable college men find it possible to earn
after they have finished their courses. The
student who enjoys these privileges was too
poor to pay his way without assistance.
The greatest amount ever made by any
other Yale student under similar circums
stances was $4,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

Some Gratifying Information.
From the Nclc York Herald tI,ldl.
The prejudice against color is rapidly dying
out in the north, where it was always more in
tense than in the south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

In a recent address a Kansas populiss as
Bured his readers: I'VE are on the very
verge of great upheaval both politically
and socially" Reference to the files of the
papers will show that the populists have by
their own declarations been on that every
verge" for at least two years. There is a
difference in the situation, however. Prior
to last November their toes were on the
''verge;" now they barely hold it with their
fingers, and it is only question OF short
time before they will drop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

ALICE know a wrinkle or two.
Beue--Yes, by the mirror, Truth,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19


The Brooklyn Eagles Washington CORE
spondent says: 1.-THE President will call an
extra session of the Fifty-third congress for
Sept. Is next. l get this information from
one in high authority" The Philadelphia
Ledger's correspondent says the session will
be convened mot la or than Oct. l." There
has been no authoritative announcement
that an extra session will be called at any
time. But so thoroughly convinced arc the
members Of congress that it is the Presi-
dents intention 90 call them together be-
fore the regular time for assembly that
many Of them have rented houses in Wash
ington, with proviso that they are to have
possession during September.
With the approach OF Mayday, which
he's OF late years become the labor New
Years almost everywhere, the unrest among
workingmen and the anxiety among EN-
ployers in Europe and certain parts of this
country become greater. On this side of
the water, from present indications, there
will be no great strike, unless it be among
the miners Of Pennsylvania and Ohio. In
the Pittsburg coal district it is said 2, 600
miners will 60 out on Mayday if their scale
is not signed before that time. In Ohio the
demand Of the miners is similar to that Of
the Pennsylvanians. 1t is believed in both
Pittsburg and Columbus that q strike will
be the result.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

The premier of the populist party. Mrs.
Lease, has dropped all temporizing and is
now an open advocate Of socialism. In an
interview with New York Times CORE
spondent she said: my idea is that we
should commence by introducing socialism
into municipal affairs, such as municipal
ownership Of street railways, water works.
electric light or gas plants We should
select some city. like Topeka, for instance
aud concentrate all our forces to work out
our ideas in one place" After that she
thinks it would not be difficult to induce
She people to set w a socialistic govern
mentin Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-19

The people of the island of Zante had
hardly begun to recover from the earth
quaxes of last month when they we're again
thrown into a state Of terror and their few
remaining houses into ruins. A general
appeal for aid will probably have to be
made, or the effects Of the calamity will be
quite as disastrous as was the earthquake
itself Considerable sums of money were
raised among the Greeks in this country
after the March earthquakes, and they will
probably again rally TO the relief CT their
stricken countrymeu.