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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
Ferguson's Saying Praver.

Away back in the COS, says the Seattle
Press Mr.. Ferguson was defending man
accused of beating his wife. The case was on
trial before justice of the peace probably
the same justice who decided that stealing a
sack of potatoes out of a canoe IN the river
was piracy on the high seas" The accused
was convicted, and the justice promptly sen
fenced him to be hanged.
But you can't hang man for beating his
wife" expostulated Ferguson.
The devil, l can't said the justice
bridhng up. "Ain't he guilty? 0ughtr't any
man to be hung who would heat woman and
that woman his wife? And amt 1 the only
judge in this county? If haven't got the
power to hang man, who has, Ell? I'll hang
him within an hour won't we, boys?'' he con
Guided addressing the crowd standing around
whose sympathies were evidently with the
woman.
THAT we will shouted the crowd.
Seeing that the case was beginning to look
serious for his client Ferguson said:
Well, your honor, before the man is
hanged ID like to take him out behind that
big tree and pray with him.
IAN right, said the justice, and of wen
the prisoner and Ferguson. When they got
behind the tree, Ferguson said, in an under
tone: .
Now git. you - houndl" and he got.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
The Rights of Haokmen.

An interesting legal fight is being waged
at Niagara Falls to determine whether or
not railroad company has the right to
sell to hack company the exclusive
privilege of booking passengers and bag
gage in it's trains and stations to points IN
the city The New York Central road has
a contract with Niagara Falls company
by which only the company's carriages
are allowed to enter the railroad yard
The state railroad law of 1892 holds that
no railroad corporation shall discriminate
in granting privileges to any person, com
pany or property, and under this law the
independent hackmen have instituted
proceedings. They demand the privilege
of boarding trains, and soliciting patron
age in trains and depots, just as the agents
of the favored company do.
The custom of letting the hack priv
lege to zone responsible company" in each
town is general all over the New York
Central system, President Depew says
the ''old time highway robbery prac-
ticed upon travellers at Niagara Falls by
the hackmen was IA national scandal, -
and led to the adoption of the system now
employed. Under the old grab game,
Mr.. Depew says, lit cost a passenger s.
to get from our station to hotel around
the block under the new system he is
taken to his stopping place for so cents"
Whatever may be the legal merits of
the case, there can be no doubt that a
ruling of the court opening coach doors
and station gates to hackmen would re-
suit in a maddening nuisance to passen-
gers. The hackmen would, in all proba-
bility, think they had a right to enter
and take passengers out by main force
and would endeavor to live up to that
imaginary right.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
Was a Prince in disguise.

In connection with the wreck Of the Ameri-
can ship Robert L. Belknap on the Natunas
curious story has reached the Singapore
Free Press concerning one of the ship
wrecked crew, a youngster who was serving
on board the vessel as an ordinary seaman.
and who is said to be a Russian prince. In
QuirieS were made about him at Yokohama
by the Russian consul and he was found at
work with the rest OF the crew. 1t Is reported
that these inquiries were the result of tele-
graphic instructions from st. Petersburg to
find the youngster. These have been followed
and the youngster has been sent home i'm a
Russian nan-of-war The boy In question is
spoken OF as clever hnguist but with moth
ing else in particular TO distinguish him from
the others serving on the vessel A stoutlv
built young fellow Of IS or 10, he speaks En-
glish fairly well and has a pleasant.
agreeable manner. But there was
not much OF the prince in his
appearance, dressed as be was in ordinary
seaman's costume He did not wish to give
any other name than Alexis and smilinRlv
declined to say very much about his people
He admitted coming from the Caucasus, and
added: My father was more than prince
before he became attributed to Russia His
wanderings he attributed TO desire to see
the world, but would not give further par
tfcularS OF why he left home. His Journey
ings appear to have taken him first through
the Mediterranean, then to New York.
whence he made voyage to the West
Indies Then he said he thought Of going
home but good time at Havre induced
him to prolong his iouneyings. The Russian
consul at Yokohama went TO look him nm and
found him chipping rivets in the hold. He
showed much respect and endeavored to make
him leave the vessel but Alexis said he liked
Mr. Moore, the chief officer, and was not vet
tired OF free life. When the Robert L. BeIk-
nap was lost Alexis was told of to the second
mates boat and was one OF the five who were
in the water when she capsized The sin
hours in the water, the drifting down to
Iinggl ana the hardshtps he endured seemed
to have convinced HIM that there are worse
fates than being prince in Russia and, he
naively said Now have seen the world: |
will go home.'
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Owed Rothaohild Nothine.

A good story is told OF the late Prince of
Schaumburg- Lippe, who died the other day.
andwhow was known among his royalc olleagues
in Germany AS the richest living prince -
though his country was so Insignificant that
when Prussia considered its annexation,
Prince Bismarck remarked that he would
send a county commissioner over to admins
ter It's wants The incident which gave Prince
Adolph his by name occurred when all the
kings and dukes and other monarchs of Ger
many held congress in FranlSfort-on-the
Main, says the New York Press. Their
majesties, hignesses, graees and disgraces
had one day assembled in conference when a
little man in civilians dress entered the hail.
Everybody got up to greet him; Prince
Adolph alone kept his seat The Elector of
Hesse, who was nearest to him, whispered:
why don't YOU try to be civil to himg DON'T
you know who he iS?n
NO" answered the Prince of Lime
abruptly.
He is the Baron of Rothschild.
What do l care?n cried the prince. 81
don't owe him anything" And he kept his
seat, while all the kings and granddukes and
dukes bowed and scraped to his lordship OF
MANY millions. <i-s ~ '--- > --
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
He Was a Free Born Texan.

Don't know as 1 am so down on federal
judges" said tall, sunburned Texan at'the
'Lindell to a st. Louis Republic reporter.
I've been sorter followin' Jim Hogg's lead
and thinkin' they was nothin' but pizen, till
day or so ago L was in Paris, Tex. You
know they've got federal SQUIRT there that
covers all outdoors; just runs the. Indian
country, everything from carryin' In pint of
liquor to KILN your man-all comes to Paris.
Well, was sitJin' there a sizin' up the thing;
was tryin' a little chap for robbin'
a postof1ce, He was bout years
old and got too wild for his old
nanny up here in Missouri to handle, and
she sent him to her son in-law down in the
Choctaw country. The kid got tired staying
there and concluded to pull out. The son-in-
law was postmaster, and the kid, a-thinkin' II
was all in the family, took 40 cents worth OF
stamps outen the drawer, as, he says, to buy
grub with on the road Well, the, kid told HIS
story, and the jury they says guilty The
Judge-Dave Bryant's his name-he sorter sits
thinkin' awhile and then he says: Charley,
Charley Beachmans the kids name)'
1 tried to get Mr.. Hanney to not
prosecute you, and get the grand jury to let
you out, but couldn't do It, and the Jury,
done; don't know that I've got any right to
do anything but sentence you, but I am not
going to send you nor any other 9-year old
boy, to associate with criminals for 40 cents
worth of stamps. I'm goins to send you home
to your MOTHER and then he gave that kid
talkin to that orter to hold him straight till
he's p and so I'm kinder changin' my mind
about federal iudges-though,h he added, "of
course, Dave Bryants a free born Texan"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19

A New York correspondent of the Bal
timore Sun comments on it as a notable
feature of the financial situation that the
demands for money from the south are
hardly more than normal for this time Of
the year. There are fewer failures re-
ported in the south than in any other
section of the country, which necessarily
"creates the impression in money circles"
that the south is in pretty good condi-
ton. An interview with ''the president
of one of the large hanks in Georgia. is
quoted as follows: THE banks of Georgia
and of the south generally are all in good
shape, and tho same may be said of the
country. We had our trouble in the
south, you know, about two or three
years ago and have got over it now. Our
cotton crop looks fine, and the prospects
for it are very good. Money is close. of
course, in the south now, as elsewhere in
the country at large, but we do not re-
gard the situation down there as at all
alarming. There is not much of last
years cotton to come forward. What is
held of last years crop is mainly held by
rich men. OF course, down south we
think the same as the people up here do
as to the cause of the present financial
stringency. To use the language of the
politicians, the silver law must go. >
Confidence will not be restored through
out the country until the Sherman silver
purchase law is repealed"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
Col. Ainsworth,s Position.


1t is apparent, from reports of proceed
ings of the investigation of the Ford's
theater disaster, that Col. F. G. Aims
worth, who was in charge of the building,
will be for some time a conspicuous public
figure. The demonstration against him
during the illegal inquest the other day
indicated disposition in certain quarters
to hold him personally responsible. And
Col. Ainsworth probably has good reason
to believe the feeling against him con-
tinues strong, hence his demand for rep
rcsentation by counsel before the coroner.
1t is believed in Washington that most of
the feeling against Col. Ainsworth has
been worked up by pension attorneys, who
have not been pleased with his mode of
conducting business.
To more clearly identify the man who
may, or may not, be held to accountability
for the disaster, it may be stated that,
although he is an army colonel, he is not
attached TO any corps. The place he fills
is one of recent creation; indeed, it has
been claimed that it was created especi-
ally for him, Nominally, the Office, or
bureau, was created for the purpose of
facilitating the work of passing upon pen
sion applications. From 1874, when he
was appointed an assistant surgeon in the
army trom civil life, until 1856 Col Aims
worth was in the regular army
service. In the latter year, when
the pension business was in
badly congested condition, tho calls
for information from the hospital records
of the army ran 400 ,000-cases ahead of the
capacity of the existing bureau of informa
ton, In this emergency Secretary Endi-
colt determined to systematic that part of
the work and, if possible, bring the
records up to date. Col Ainsworth was
detached from the army for that duty.
And he was successful in the undertake
! ing. In 1891 Secretary Proctor, pleased
! with Col Aiusworth's work with medical
records, decided to apply Ainsworth S
| system of card indexes to the mill
! tary records To this end all such
records in the offices of the adju-
| tant general and the surgeon general
were transferred to a common Office
called the Office of records and pensions of
the war department. The change of de-
the new Office were legalized by act of the
first session of the last congress. Presi-
dent Harrison appointed Col. Ainsworth
to take charge of the new office
At the time of the transfer all of the
clerks engaged on the several kinds of
records then consolidated were trans
ferred to Col Ainsworth, and it was this
same force of clerks; with somewhat al
tered personnel, of course that went
| down in the crash the other day.
In regard to the present position of Col.
Ainsworth Washington correspondent
says: ''The President can suspend him
from the position as chief of the office of
record and pensions, but he cannot APP
point any one else to the place unless
Col. Ainsworth is dismissed from his
place as a colonel in the army, proceed
ing that can be accomplished only by a
| sentence of -court-martial for cause"
"Well, my boy, how do you find yourself?'''
Il don't" responded the detective with an
| air Of offended dignity. Indianapolis Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
At the Worlds Fair.

Eugene Field in the Chicago News.
The Moors, the Turks, wild men with dirks
Here show their customs curious;
The Japanese, and folks like these,
Wear knives that are Injurious
Here are balloons and foreign tunes,
That skirl bothfast and furious;
And Cairo folks as brown as oak
And Zulus true or spurious.
The dancing girls make startling whirls--
BE careful how you look at them;
All innocent and shy | won't,
And-well-a peep took az them.
Men from Oeylon you IL see anon.
From Sitka and from Toxic
For sights so rare you everywhere
Fees to men white or smoky owe.
Here mosques you see and Japan tea;
And clans they serve romanticallv:
And sliding cars and foreign lars
For which they charge scientifically.
The Ferris wheel with arms of steel.
High as tower will wind YOU up:
II you should fall, for good and ali.
The doctors they would wind youup
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
Edward E. Hale's Pension Scheme.

4 ibAli INC ltlSDdtCn (De1Q.).
Edward Everett Hale advocates new pen
sion scheme as follows: For instance, A is
40 years old and receives a pension of $25 per
quarter. If he is in fair health he is expected
to live to the age Of 65 years Should he do
so the government will have paid him in the
twenty years 5000. But instead of that the
government says to him. Mr.. A. if you will
give us receipt in full for all pension claims
against US for all time we win pays you 81 500
cash in hand Mr.. A perhaps knows where
he can invest that 81 500 in way that it will
yield him larger income than he annually
receives from the government; the govern
ment saves $500 by the transaction and hence
both parties are the gamers and are better
satisfied" This is a plausible scheme but It
would not work as Mr.. Hale hopes it would
On the contrary, the old soldiers-the most
improyident Of people-would soon spend
their allowance and, having spent it, would
return to Washington in search of the lost
pension. And they would get it, The ap-
peals OF the men who saved the nation
could not be resisted. Democrats and repub-
ltcans would join in promoting every pension
scheme And so the last end OF the pension
system would be worse than the first. Let the
pension-rol be purged. That is all that is
peeded
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
Aspiring High,

Uncle Jasper was colored man Of very
devout intentions. but his knowledge Of the
scriptures was of "a somewhat uncertain
character, says the Youths Companion The
next day after the advent of his first born a
gentleman met Jasper In the street.
Il understand you have baby at your
house Uncle Jasperf'
''Yas, sab; we has dat" Jasper replied,
with a broad grin. "We'se got baby, dar,
sho''
rs it a boy or a grip
Hits a boy, sab. Vas, sab, hits most
sholy boy
Have you named him yetY
'YaS sab; we has"
What name have you given himr'
"Wah, sir; you knows 1 Sc done alluS been
pow full han for dem scrfptur folks, cause
Use allus been monst'ous strong b'liever in
de Bible. So l lowed I'd name him arter
some o de big officers what de Bible talks OBJ,
an 1 studied bout which 'un I'd name him
arter, an at las settled onto Beelzebub, sab
Hits monty fine name sah an hit pears
lack Use spirin' powerful high, but lows
dat chile1l sho,ly do credit to his namesake,
sab. Hit most sho'ly will"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19

A Connecticut practical joker was re-
formed with a jerk the other day. He set
out to have little fun at the expense of
his friends with a rope, a cross beam, two
soap boxes and himself as the accessories
TO the joke. But, after groaning horribly
10 attract his friends, he misjudged. the
distance to be jumped from one box to the
other, and received the recoil of his piece
of fun lin the neck" BY prompt action
his friends managed to cut him down be-
fore the vital spark was extinct But
there was not piece of laughter left in
the Joker.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19

In these piping times of political peace,
when the eagle is taking u rest from
screaming and the Republican party is
without an issue, Tammany Chief Richard
Croker, through the editorial columns of
his newspaper, Daily America, regales Us
with this choice bit of gossip about great
men: According to a dealer in men,
furnishing goods who is well informed.
many of the leading politicians have a
fondness for silk underwear. Especially
is this true of fat men, although Senator
Hill is included in the lot. Senator Hill. ;
he said, wears silk underwear that cost
S54 80 suit. He bought six suits from
me only recently. Thomas B. Reed, the
bulky bully Of the House, wears sky-blue
underwear forty-five inches waist meas
urement, costing 500 so a suit President
Cleveland buys more silk underwear than
any other one individual, and it takes a
mighty big suit to fit him Such a suit
costs all of 500, and it looks like a swell
suit when it hangs on the line before a
high wind. ,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
SILVER Sentiment in the South.
From the New YORK Times (Deml

TT
One of the most significant facts in the pres
ent financial and political situation is the
movement in the southern states in favor of
the repeal of the silver purchase law. This
has already become active in the two states
Of North and South Carolina, where public
meetings have been held on the initiative of
chambers of commerce and like organiza-
tons 1t is evident that there is to be sys-
temaii effort to arouse and direct public
opinion until the meeting of congress. The
explanation is not far to seek. The south
sends large part of its product to foreign
markets. and it loses directly by any infiu-
ence that impedes the free flow OF foreign cap
ital in this direction. It would lose still more
by any actual depreciation of our currency.
In the words of a Georgia man in high public
station, when asked why the southern senti-
ment had so changed as to silver; I'VE have
learned TO want gold for our cotton.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
Drawn Battle in Germany.
From tho Philadelphia Press Rep.

FrOm INC InIIlueIphIa PreSs IRep.). =
So far as securing majority for the army
bill is concerned the kaiser is defeated. The
drift is the other way. The out and out sup
porters of an increase of the. army
will be no more numerous in the coming
Reichstag than in the last They will prob
ably be rather less. AS before, Count Caprivi
will have at his back only 100 or $50 members
who support the imperial administration,
which is less his than the emperors and q
government majoriis- win be possible only by
coalition with the Catholic or center party.
In a sense, in all parliamentary senses this
is defeat for the Young kaiser but just as
individually the other side has net won.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19

Shyster lawyers and pension sharks, it
is said, are importuning the widows and
children of the unfortunate clerks who
lost their lives in the Ford's theater dis
aster, Washington, to be allowed to pre-
sent claims to congress in their Names
They offer to procure the passage of
private pension bills at 33H per cent. of
the amount allowed. A more impudent
and infamous proposition is hard to
imagine. There can be no doubt that
whatever just claims the dependent
unfortunates may have will be
properly looked after, without the
interference of these vampires who flock
about Washington and prey upon ignor-
ance and misfortune
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19

Lieut. Gov. Daniels, of Kansas, has per-
fected a scheme of millionaire taxation
which he says will relieve all the rest of
us of the burden disappearing thegovern-
ment. The plan, boiled down, is this
On estates of 81 900, 900 and not more than
$2,0OO,0O he proposes to levy a tax of l
per cent, on estates of from 1000
600 to, S5,000,00O a tax of 8 per cent,
and on estates of from s., 900 900 to $40, OO0,-
900 tax of s per cent, on estates of more
than Sl0,000,000 tax of IS per cent. Es-
tates of less than 81 100000 he would
exempt from taxation. On this basis, Mr..
Daniels says, s., 600, 600. 600 could be raised
and it would all be paid by 10000 persons.
The scheme is meeting with great favor
in Kansas, and will probably be incorpor-
ated in his party's plato IN by the next
state convention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19

Lieut. Peary's Arctic expedition en-
counterod its first difficulty before his
steamer cast off her lines from the dock
at st. Johns, n. F., the other day. Her
crew, six men strong, struck for an in
crease of pay. In this instance, however,
the strike was short-ived; six other men,
willing to work for the wages, were found
in an hour, and the Falcon sailed for
Philadelphia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
AN cd incident. illnstrnting the lone

An odd incident, illustrating the force
Of habit is reported from Long Island. A
man was seen to run out ahead of a
freight train. Turning his back toward
the engine he deliberately laid his head
on the rail, at the time holding his new
derby hat at arms length in order that it
might not be injured. The suicides body
was ground into pulp; the hat was not
harmed.