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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
IrALY's BANK SCANDAL.
Two Ex-Minissers and several Depu-

Two Ex- Ministers and several Depu.
ties Mixed up in the Affair.
ROME, Jan. 31.-The list Of ex-ministers
and deputies whom Sig. Monseilli,
director Of the bureau of industry and com
merce, who was arrested for completely In
the bank scandals, gave to reporter on the
morning before his arrest as having been
subsidized by the bank now in trouble
includes Baron Nicotera, formerly minister
Of the interior, and ex-Minister Amadei, and
also Deputies MontaRna, GeppR, Dezerobi,
Sinionetti, Mazzionio and Nardoooi,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
Money for a College.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The House ju'
dietary committee to-day ordered favor
able report on the Senate resolution author
izing payments from the appropriation
under the act of August, 1890, to apply a
portion Of the proceeds from the sale OF pub
lic lands 10 more complete endowment and
sronort OF AGRICULTURAL and mechanical arts
colleges. to the state of Virginia. The legis-
leture of Virginia, through misunder-
standing with the interior department, ad-
iourned without giving the required assent
20 the act Of 1890.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

The Queens Speech Read-Many
Ladies' in Attendance.
LONDON, Jan. 3l.-ParIiament reassem-
bled to-day. The attendance in tbs house
included nearly all the members. After the
opening exercises the members we're sum-
moned to the House of Lords to hear the
queens speech. A majority followed the
speaker TO the upper house, where Baron
Herschell, speaker Of the House Of Lords
and lord high chancellor, read the speech.
There was q brilliant throng OF ladies to
witness the opening ceremonies in the House
OF Lords. Both houses adjourned until 4
O'Clock this afternoon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
A Rniler Rxnlndaa-

VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. 31.-Tumbo Island
coal mine was the scene of an accident yes
terday. The boiler used In hosting ex-
ploded, and NJ. q. NJ. Morrison, a contractor, +,
and John M. Harris, assistant engineer,
we're instantly killed. The building in
which the explosion took place was COM
pletely wrecked
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
Forty Men Felled by Powder.

ZANEsvILLE, o.. Jan. 3l.-Five kegs Of
blasting powder exploded this morning in
the Star coal mine at Cooksville, o. Forty
men at work in the mine were all knocked
down. Two were fatally burned, and one
was blown fifty feet and badly burned.
Many others were hurt. The force Of the
explosion was felt three miles,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
Ex-aov. THAYER PENN1LEss.

The Wealthy Friends Who Knew Him
in Eis Prosperity Desert Him.
OMAHA, NEB., Jan. SILT has been dis
covered that ex-Gov. Thayer. who created
such great sensation two years ago by re-
fusing to allow Gov. Boyd to take posses
sion Of the office, is being sheltered by a
poor soldier IN the suburbs of Lincoln. All
bis wealthy political friends turned against
him after his exit from office. He is penni-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
ICE IN THB OHIO.
Heavy Damage to Coal Berges in the
River at Louisville.

River at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Jan 31.-This morning
huge fields Of ice were rushing down the
river carrying everything before them.
Up to noon in this harbor
and at Pumpkin Patch, six
miles llI above, thirty loaded barges and
'0O empty barges have been sunk or carried
over the falls. These were valued at $780,
wv. The towboat Aid was also sunk; the
hotspur had several holes cut In her hold,
anu the little steam yacht Carrie B. was
sent to the bottom. Altogether, the dam
age so far is estimated at 100000.
ne harbor here is pretty we'll stripped,
uut great deal Of damage is expected
eeoove. There are still several hundred
urges OF coal at Pumpkin Patch, aud these
may De swept away at any moment. Forty
Nv I'VE oarges had passed Madison up TO noon
W, vo-uay, showing that the damage farther
up tne river was also considerable
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
A Bllzsard in the Northwest.

MINNBAPoLIs, MINI, Jan. 3I.-Advicss
from various points throughout the north
west show that a blizzard of unusual sever
ity prevails throughout the whole section.
The mercury ranges from 26' to AZ below.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
LONDoMs HUNqRY aoRpE.
About 25o Victims of Poverty Make
a Parade.

q Parade.
LONDON, Jan. 3l.-About $50 wretoheds
looking victims Of poverty and pri4
walton gathered on Tower hilI
this morning and resolved to make
display Of their rags and misery before
the lords and oommoners In parliament.
The mob had no settled plan OF procedure,
they we're too hungry for that, but one and
all they started in the direction OF the par-
Lament houses. IL was pitiful process
sion, and excited the sympathy and sur
prise OF the spectators The police at first
did not interfere, thinking that the gathers
ing would disperse soon, but when It became
apparent shat the famine-strlcken wretches
really meant TO make scene before pArliR-
ment, the police dispersed them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
A Bie Build,no Burned

CINCINNATI. o., Jan. 31.-An
9.story building occupied by the American
Book Company was partially burned this
morning. The loss is estimated at S45, 900.
The amount Of the insurance is unknown.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
Lady Gamblers Indicred.

n CiiNCINNAT1, Jan. 3l.--A special from
,SavleVtsourg, ", KY, says that the grand jury
now in session there has found Indictments
in9ainst number Of prominent society
,adles r.i OF the town Tor playing pedro for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
To Bridge the Tennessee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-Mr. Pugh to-
day introduced bill In the Senate author
ing the Tennessee Bridge and Ferry Com
pany OF Alabama TO construct bridge
over the Tennessee river near sheffield,
Ala
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
Reinforcements Not Co Be Sent.

LONDON, Jan. 31.--In view Of the settle
ment of the Egyptian crisis, some of the
retnforcements ordered to Egypt will not
ba sant
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
HANGED FOR UxoR1oIDE.
He Protested Innocence and Claimed
to be q Martyr.

CAMDEN, ARK, Jan. 3L-Luke Tatun, a
negro wife murderer, was hanged at $3.50
o'clock this morning, and five minutes after
the drop fell he was pronounced dead. He
declared his innocence TO the last He said
he was martyr and would certainly go to
heaven. He met his doom without the
ali0htaeb fear
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
Snow a Foot Deep.

VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. 31.-The storm
which began Saturday night continues una
bated. The snow has reached depth Of
twelve inches.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
VILE RuMoRs ABouT RANKs.

A Bill to Punish the Authors OF IN
founded Stories In France.
PARIS, Jan. 3l.-M. Bourgeois, minister
of justice, introduced in the Chamber Of
Deputies to-day the bill providing that the
authors Of unwarranted attacks upon saw
iugs banks be punished with imprisonmens
for term not longer than two years and
not shorter than two months. The bill
passed by a vote Of 326 to 166.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
ANnw National Banlr-

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3L--Appllcatlon has
been made by citizens Of Columbia, Tenn,
for a charter for the Maury National Bank
Of Columbia, Tenn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
Milllonaire Oontrnntor Dead.

d BROOKLYN, JaA. 31.-Col. William H.
neard, the millionaire contractor and
iGuarTy iny owner, died at his home this morn
lug Of kidney trouble.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
No Western Senatorship

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-The senatorial
situation remains unchanged in Wyoming,
w Washington. Nebraska and Montana.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
A Murderer Captured

TOWNSVILLE, GA, Jan. 5i.-Manse
Gardner, the murderer Of old man John
Washington, has been captured and is now
In jail
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
Five Minera KiIIed

VIENNA, Jan. 3l.--A disastrous coal gas
explosion has occurred In the SkAles Pailer
Gratz, in Stiera. Five miners we're killed
and ten we're reported injured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
LYING WITH STEAM UP.
PAUNCEFOTE NOT TO PROTEST

LONDON, Jan. Silt is learned on excel
lent authority that the British government
has not instructed Sir Julian Pauncefote to
protest against American interference in
Hawaii, as the British government does not
expect the United States to take any step
TO which Great Britain would be likely to
object,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01

The bin was then passed. Yeas. 40; nays,
90. Following is the vote In detail:
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Blackburn, Call.
Careg, Chandler, Cockrel, Cullom, Davis,
Dubois. Faulkner, FELTON,, Frye, Gallinger, Cor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-20

There are at least two well authenticat-
ed instances on record of human beings
provided with tailiike elongations of the
spinal column One of these is reported in
the Asiatic Transactions Calcutta, June,
1859, and the other in the Journal Of the
British Anthrop0loQical society. In the
first instance the tailed human was a Moi
boy of Cochin China, the tail being about
foot in length, but without a bony con
necti0n with :he terminus of the spine
The hoy was supposed to be 12 years old
at the time the report WAS published, but
the noted oriental scholar who made the
examination has since died, and the
society has lost all track Of the tailed
Chinamun. The second instance mention
Ell was reported in the journal of the Brit
ish Authropological society for July, 1890.
and concerns two tailed Papuans. male
and female. who were brought to England
in the spring Of the year last mentioned
aboye-St. Louis Republic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-20

At the birth of his son n father placed
at interest at l,er cent the sum OF s., 900,
and each year invested all the interest at
the same rate When the boy WAS y years
Old. he found himself the possessor OF -,
500. st. Being a young man of pluck and
energy and anxious TO try his hand i'll I'M
aided competition. he told his father to
keep the money and he would take his
chances with the poor boys of his &C
auaintance. When the son was 90 years
old the father notified him that his fortune
had grown to over SIS, 420, using round
numbers. At 40 the father called his
sons attention TO his fortune of over s59,-
900. and since the son had received the re-
wards of his industry he did not still take
possession of the fortune. The father soon
after died. and in his will required his ex-
ecutors to keep the principal and interest
loaned until the son should receive it or
be removed 10y death. The latter lived to
good old age and on his sons Tooth
birthday, besides the Accommodations OF u
busy and prosperous life, was encumhered
with fortune of $3.50, 50o.-kansas
Farmer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-20

The newspaper for which intelligent
men are crying out will not be illustrated
except for u few cuts of diagrams, sketch
maps and other necessary adjuncts To thC
text. The experiment of making daily
picture papers has been fairly tried, and
it has proved a failure. The illustration
do not illustrate, and they are unsightly
in the extreme. 1t is not probable that any
satisfactory process of illustration vii!
ever he adapted to the rapid methods Of
newspaper printing The sensational hoe !
liu-e of the current newspapers, dcfl:u4
of both taste and grammar, will dcpagt
with the pictures to the limbo wherein ar2
TO he gathered all the unhaliowcd device
of the barharous age Of journalism.
The offensive type Of interviewer will
have to go, and he who violates the pri-
vacies of life in less frank and unblushin-
ways, and with them viii go the jarl-oi'
called "reportorial' Engiish-thus fits
styled in its own base dialect. The report
cr. indeed, who writes for the reformed
newspaper will be scholar which uoy
he is not often-ani gentlcnan-which
now he is frequently not permitted to be.
w. NJ. Payne in Forum.
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ne. - to denounee and discard the theatre
and opera because Sometimes they haroor
thinxs of which ve cannot approve
They are intended to supply fixed need.
which re cannot eliminate from Cur nature,
and therefore are TO be looked upon as
bearing the sane relation TO our needs. that
food. clothing ana houses DO
to the physical man, or that religion does 10
the spiritual nszn- They each supply
need which some part of our nature feels
Clothing and food and HOUSES have osen
improved By careful sai scientific invesfi-
g.tion, and ty accepting that which Is found
TO be gsoi. and eliminating, that which Is
found to be bad.
The theatres And the opera a. supply
for 0ne Of human natures needs are 10 De
improved Ia precisely the same way that
these oshsr things have been improves, and
to the same end. that our human needs may
fnd the most helpful Qualification
We have nc right to give undue attention
10 gratifying the wants of one part Of our
nature, 20 the neglect Of other or Aay other
part Of our human being. Religion sup
plies the needs of the spiritual nature. but
the spiriEaa! nature would De selfish 10 de-
ntsni 40 much attention pail to il that there
Is no time 20 be given 10 a proper coasfder-
sti3n Of cur other needs.
A man aonormally developed On the
spiritual side is as ridiculous as one unduly
developed 10 any other part Of his nature.
Too much church Is as bad as too much
theatre and opera God has tempered our
needs TO our highest good and the perfee,
man is developed by the full supply Of ali
his needs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-20
GOSSIP OF THE ORANGES.

AT the last regular meedng Of New SFe-
den Graug', 7. Of O. several members took
first and second degree.
\ delegation from West Bath Grange
visited Topshsm Grange rec' rily and spt mt
an enjoyable and profitable evening.
Orono Grange. No. 312, j. OF H., Dill
hold course of lectures the coming winter
to which the public will be invited free.
The members of Rural Grange, Veazie,
are planning 10 give ball and chicken
supper at their hall on Thanksgiving eve.
The last meeting of Pomona Grange
Pi,tsfeld, was well attended and unusual
interest was manifested. Twepiy-two Nom
brswerc Initiated in the mysteries of the
ffth degree.
At the last neetieg Of Pr3spoct Grange,
Two new candidates were INFLATED. The
members voted t. invite Granite Grarge to
attend the next meeting which will BE- held
November 25sh.
The members of Norway Grange are haY-
ing some literary copteet'. Leaders are
,olccttd and ri les taken. Every part t,kGn
counts something. and even Attendance
scoJ,s some points. The Norway G-anZ e
is one Of the most prosperous organizations
in the order.
Arocttook Pomona Grange hell It's last
meeting with Caribou Grange st Which
seven oranges were repra scented. The Gfth
degree was conferred upon sen members
after which bouEtiful repas, VAS served
TIE next ncfting will be bel the first week
n December With MsysYille Centre Grange,
The next ueetingof Androscog2in county
Grange will be yith Lewiston Grange, South
Lewiston, the first Wednesday in Deem
Der, 10 4. N. The 9TH degree will be con
feTred in the for, neon. In the AFTERNOON
Niss Hattie 3, Pcrki9s viii present pa
per, tubioct, The FollIes Of Fashion -
This 20 be discu. ssd. Prof. A. Il. log
srs of Maine State College will deliver -
lecture on Political Economy"
Granite Grange Of North S nrspcrt i. in ,
very flouri'hing condition. AMI the prospect.
for the coming year are unusually good. A.
the last meeting five new members we're en-
rolled, making total of eighty memb. rs in
all. This grange, as rule. hollis IL. meet
ngs at the homes of it's Members; ani "a
these meetings usually c0Efist Of music1l -
lec.ionF, Rotations. etc. also A supper pre-
pared by the ladies he interest of the mem
bars is not allowed to flag.
At The last meeting of Windsor Granga
elsss Of Line were instruttsd In The ihr
and fourth degree. wbich was followed by
a harvest feast This grange will hold th'it
next meeting November 2lst at which Mr.
IIowari Owen bss kindly consented 70 fe.
liver his popular lecture "Our Goodiy Her
tage.' There Nill also be oisiognss, Il b.
fsux, and music by the members after
9 hieh baked bean supper will b. served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-20

The name of Photograph has been
given to a newly invented German appa
ratus founded on the principle of so hang
ing "a weight that, in consequence OF Its
inertia. it takes no part, in given direc-
ton, in the tremblings and oscillations OF
the point to which it is suspended. In II
series of experiments with this device,
made on board n twin screw vessel OF the
German navy. it appears that the vertical
vibrations always attained their maxi
mum when the horizontal We're at their
smallest and vice versa. This phenome-
non was peculiar to twin screw vessels
only and is explained by the difference in
the number of the revolutions of the two
engines and the reaction of the masses of
the moving parts.
The horizontal direction was exactly the
reverse, and the action of the masses of
the heaviest moving parts of the engines
the connecting rods and cranks-n neutral
lied each other because they We're of equal
size and acted in opposite directions. The
older passenger steamers had much smaller
dimensions, and the engines, as is well
known. ran mt much smaller speeds than
those Of today The smaller the length
OF the ship the greater the number per
unit of time of its vibrations. With the
increase of dimensions the period of the
vibrations become steadily longer, while
the necessarily greater engine power which
was requisite compelled the increase Of
the number of revolutions. New York
Snn
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STOLE SILVER SCRAPS.
Well Known Jewelry House in Boston
May he Compromised.

ATTLEBogo, Mass, Nov. TO- For some
time past the firm of Totten Bros at
North Attleboro have been missing River
scraps from their shop and it hss now
been ascertained that hundreds OF dollars
worth of metal has been sent to Boston
and sold t. a firm in that city.
The arrest of Peter Callahan at North
AttlebOro, Saturday morning, has revealed
An astonishing piece of thievery never
known in town Callahan is employed by
Totten Bros, and has been in the habit Of
taking home nights from half an ounce TO
an ounce of silver scraps When he would
get enough for one shipment it would he
gent to Bost IN to A wholesale house and
dispos ID Of Toe boxes 50 sent would con-
tain about 20 ounces Of silver.
Callahan ha4 confessed to the crime, and
is now giving the officers points as to who
his accomplices are. Totten Bros. esti-
mate their loss Mt something near $1,000
Warrants have been sworn out for the ar
rest Of two fellows whom Callahan
"snuealed" on When the whole affair is
ventilated il will compromise well known
iewelry house in Boston. The firms name
the officers refuse refuse to divulge at pres
onr
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49,
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
Boston Officers scoop in Two Supposed
Conf leuce Men


BosroX, Nov. l9.-"Colonel" Charles
Chadwick and Major" George Anderson
are under arrest at station suspected Of
playing confidence games on some pas,
sengers On the Yarmouth boats. When
they were searched 500 in confederate
money was found upon them, together
with number of bank checks. some
blank and some filed out.
They refuse TO tell where they live or TO
say anything in explanation Of their pcs
session OF the checks
TIE colonel was down at the wharf of
the Yarmouth boat Saturday morning.
and while there he met stranger who
was waiting for the boat to sail. They
struck up an acquaintance and were about
to take a walk mp the street, when oae ef
the employees on the wharf called the Var
mouth man aside and asked him what the
suspicious stranger was saying to hiin-
The latter replied that he hid merely
been invited to take walk, but the stran
ger did not visit to accompany his newly
made friend, and at the sight of the con-
ference between the latter and the wharf
matl, lie left the place with all the haste
which he could make with dignity.
Officer Bench was waiting for him and
took him into custody and little later
arrested the major" who was lingering
in the vicinity. They at first denied any
mutual acquaintance, but later on one of
them acknowledged that much, and said
that they had been in the west and In
Baltimore. \ Yarmouth man lost $50 by
n confidence game at the wharf Friday,
but he has sailed for home, and whether
H. al. fnr
the deed or not the police are unable to
any
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-20
The Theatre and the opera-Their Good and
Iyil-Iheir Use and Abuse.

In the Winthr0p street church Slsiay
morning Rev j f. Leland spoke on the
subject given in the heaiiag of tina article
taxing for his text Prov. III Il. "A lime
for All things.
He proceeded to say that the variety Of
our human p0sers. with the great variety
of phenomena with which they have 10 do,
is evidence that mln Was not to contne
him self to the use Of a single faculty, nor
TO .iagle department of his nature. To the
ex fusion or ne glect of all the others, bnt Is
free 10 use the Whole range Of his faculties
As will best serve It's neeOs,
Wsl!e Nc have syerifc reeds born of our
Individual p4rpnse in life, yet there are Ger
taiu nee,is e,;f mo 10 all mank nd.
AN the cstAbl shed conditions in life
which rel ate directly to man grew out OF
human fort to s4ppiy cur common needs.
Clothing, houses aod prepared food are es-
t4blish d conditions, aui necessary to the
protection of the to y.
1t is Il long march from the primitive
man unc.o.hcd unhoused AMI feeding on
roofs. raw meat AID uncooked vegt tables,
10 The ciyliix ID mao OF the present. we'll
clothed, well housed AMI usirg carefully
prepared food
ne GfaNEs Is tNNlEt ~ Adt " tiS thoit
which men have made TO satisfy the needs
OF human nature.
Another need hich is felt by all in COM
m m il the reed for amusement or coca
si9nal diversion. This is as much an estsb-
| she'd wan. of our nature as is that for
to,i, elothirg or the IRE lection which a
heute affords And i. is as commendable
- endeavor 70 properly rts;ify this want of
cur naturs a. il Is - supply the other needs
common TO us.
The theatre ard the opera came into ex-
i,tense IN the nfocesi IF the effort which
rnen made "a supply dis want of our ns-
tu-e. viii h d. msudei some common
anlis. msL, or Giv,rsi5n for its grs,ifea-
uen.
The q,ssion s not whether there are
some bad Thing. rRerimes associated with
the thestfe and iii- osera.
We nav As wi dts, ass sh, thar there
are tuiuzs sometimes use.l which are bad
for TO 4 /; or bad elsiLing sometimes worn;
or involvement and Ut comfortable houses
sometimes lived in, ani then proceed to de-
nounce and disesrI the use of these things,
because some bad tLings appear in their