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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02
RUNAWAY LOVERS CAUGHT.
Papa Touched the Wire and the Police
Did the Rest.

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. &c. L. Gaskins, a
well dressed young man wearing a red
neck tie and a karat diamond in his shirt
front, was arrested here this afternoon in
company with Miss Lily Lott, the pretty
rs year old daughter of l.. Lott of Shep-
herda, a small place in in Coffee county
The arrest was made as the
pair got off an East Ten
nessee train on a telegram from the young
lady's father, who had been pursuing
them all day to prevent the marriage.
As luck would have it the
chief Of. police just in the nick
of time, and if iron bars and parental
wrath can accomplish it, there will be no
need for a marriage license for some time
yet
S L. Lott is a wealthy turpentine far
mer and merchant at Shepherd, which is
26 miles from Hazlehurst, the nearest
railway station. He has three daughters,
of whom Miss Lilly, the one taken in
charge here by the police to-day, is the
eldest
THE LOVER IN THE CASE.
Gaskins, who is 20 years of age, is the
son of half brother He has been in
Mr.. Lofts employ for several
y Years. lNlHR db HIS uOuSC
He had decided to take a
course in dentistry in this city and babe
his friends good-by Saturday afternoon.
Saturday night, however, he returned to
Mr.. Lofts house with buggy, and ac-
cOrding to prearranged plan took the
young lady out of window and started
for Hazlehurst, twenty-six miles away.
The drive took up most of the night and the
runaways did not feel safe from pursuit
until they were aboard the Atlanta train
at 6 in the morning AS they expected,
the irate father followed as soon as he
discovered his daughters fight, but did
not make the Hazlehurst depot until the
runaways were well on their way. His
telegram to Chief Connally did the bust
ness, however and tonight Gaskins Ian
guishes behind prison bars signing for his
love, while the young lady is quartered at
the Kimball under guard, awaiting the
arrival of the angry papa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

Albert s. Willis. new minister to Hawaii
will endeavor to sail by the steamer which
leaves san F'rancisc Oct 4 He viii have the
secretary Of legation He was appointed con
sui general with the understanding that he
would also perform the duties devolving upon
the secretary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02
a western Union Manager Dead.

New Orleans. La, Oct l.-Col. James
T. Alleyn, for the past IS years manager
Of the Western Union Telegraph Compa-
uy in this city and prominent member
of the Army Of Tennessee Association Of
Confederate Veterans died this evening
AGED 51 wears
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02
TRAMPs FIRE A CAR.
They Escape Despite Five Shots Fired
by a Guard.

Louisville, KY, Oct. Three tramps
playing cards in box car set fire to the
lubricating oil shed of the Standard Oil
Company this afternoon at 3o'clock, caus-
ing a loss of $40, 900, the sheds and con-
tents and seven freight cars being burned,
a Waterman fired on the tramps five
times, but they managed TO escape. The
Western Union wires to Nashville and
Memphis were burned down but the
break was soon repaired.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

~ Chartran, who painted the celebrated
portrait 81 Pope Leo XIII, now on exhibition
40 the worlds fair has recently been the
guest Of Perry Belmont al Newport.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02
R1sarlo Reeaptured.

Buenos Ayres, oct L--Rosario was
rCcaptured bY the government troops TO-
day. and an the rebel leaders were taken
prisoners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

The women Of Middletown, n. Y, who
are going TO vote for the first time in a
school election shortly to be held have
provided themselves with an issue early
in the campaign. The issue is shall
school teachers DE permitted to box chill
dren's earsl Hot speeches are already
being made on the subject with the adj
vantage probably on the side of the ants.
People who have heretofore doubted the
ability Of women 10 understand campaig
issues, even II they were given the
suffrage, viii begin 10 perceive that they
have underestimate the versatility VI
the Sex.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

One thing brought out in the trial
in New York of Frank Ellison, the club
tough who brutauy beat the father Of
the woman who Tilted him, is that a
smart lawyer may, in his cross-examina-
ton of woman witness, be just about as
coarse, brutal and suggestive as he please
without transcending the rules of the
court. In the cross-examination of Mrs.
Neame, the young woman whom Ellison
wished to marry, against whose charac-
ter there was no ground for suspicion, and
who was not on trial for anything, qucs-
tons We're asked that would bring a flush
to a hardened cheek, and the court or
dered that they be answered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

A Russian prison expert, now in this
country examining our prisons, says they
are the "best in the world" He ought
to investigate the lease system in this
and some other southern states, and let
the world know what he thinks of it..
However, there is ground for hoping that
the lease system will not last much
longer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02
The Registered Mail.

Congress is to be asked, either at the
extra session or as early in the regular
session as practicable, to make a change
in the registered mail service. While
letter postage has been reduced within
the past few years and various improve
ments made IL postal cards, the registry
service has for years remained the same
except in so far as affected by the reduc
ton in letter postage and whatever cleri-
cal changes may have been made to the
end of keeping better records of registered
packages in transit. The registry fee.
ten cents, is the same now that it was fiji
teen years, or longer, ago. And that fee
is charged f0r-what2 Not to assure safe
delivery; not to insure the sender against
loss, but merely to pay the government
for keeling record of the transit of the
package. Should the package be lost the
sender has absolutely no redress; the gov
eminent is responsible for nothing: it
takes your money and you take the risk.
The dishonest mail agent who purloins the
package may be punished. But how does
that benefit the loser?
The service performed by the post
Office department in transmitting valu-
ables through the registered mails is sim
liar to that performed by an express com
pany in its money department. But the
government does not permit express com
panies to transmit such packages with
out liability for losses. The express com
pany is forced by the government to in
sure the package it transmits; yet the
government shirks that very act of JUS
tice in its registered mail service
The registered mail is one of the most
lucrative branches of the mail service
The registry fee is exorbitant. The
clerical work has been systemdtized until
it is quickly and cheaply done, and there
appears to be no good reason why, if the
ten cents fee is to be continued, the gov
erumcnt should not insure the package
for that fee A Baltimore gentleman.
who has given the matter considerable
study, basing his calculations upon the
/ department reports, says the insurance
feature and all extra clerical work made
| necessary thereby could be carried on for
one per cent. Of the registered mail re-
ceipts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

Some Of the southern senator's say the
people of the south are clamorous for the
free coinage of silver. How do they know?
Have there been meetings held in any
southern state and resolutions adopted
demanding that the coinage of silver be
made freel If so, when and where2 On
the other hand there have been resolu-
tons adopted in the principal towns of
about all the southern states calling for
the immediate and unconditional repeal
of the Sherman silver law. 1t is safe to
say that the southern senator's who are
demanding free silver coinage are not as
well informed as they should be
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

The New York grand jury is investi-
gazing the Office of county coroner, and
some of the New York papers are urging
it to recommend that the Office be abol-
ished. In Massachusetts the coroner's
Office has been abolished, and the duty of
ascertaining the cause of death is vested
in an experienced physician of standing.
The task of determining whether a crime
has been committed and bringing the Of
fender to Justice is, after the report of the
physician, left to the authorities. This
system,it is said, has been found to be
more efficient and less expensive than the
coroner system, and has been free from
the fragrant abuses fostcrcd by that
system.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

1t is said that Frank Lawler may yet
be postmaster of Chicago. He is the man
who got up petition in his own behalf
for the Office that contained g., 200 names
1t is said the Chicago congressman have
patched up their differences and have
agreed to favor his appointment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

What particularly interests the people
of Chicago just now is whether or not
their children shall be admitted to the
fair on Chicago day for 10 cents each2
To this matter the Chicago papers are
paying more attention than to any other.
If 10-cent admission is adopted, about
all the kids Of the Windy City will see
the great show.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

Snow fell at Pittsfeld, Mass, few
days ago. There are no signs of frost
yet and little cooler weather than we
had yesterday would be very agreeable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

During the last year or two Gov. Till
man, ofSouth Carolina, has repeatedly ex-
pressed himself in communication of lynch
ing. Under certain circumstances he has
declared, he would be willing to head
lynching party. In dispatch printed in
the MORNING News of yesterday he is re-
ported as having again declared in favor
of the practice-"There are some cases in
which it is proper" etc. Under the
present criminal code of South Carolina
there is no discrimination in murder cases
in favor of lynchers under any circum-
stances whatever. Gov. Tillman is a man
with the courage of his convictions, it is
claimed. If he believes lynching, under
such circumstances as he names, to be
right, it may be expected that he will
recommend to the next session of his
legislature that lynching under those cir
cumstances be legalized. Indeed, he must
recommend such change in the laws, or
prove himself inconsistent. He has sworn
by the great horn spoon that he will have
the whisky law enforced; can heafford to
continue to take mo official notice. of VIC
lations of the laws for the protection of
human life while taking instantaneous
official notice of infractions of the whisky
law? He certainly cannot hope to CON
tinue to uphold lawlessness on the one
hand and the law on the other hand. Let
him prove himself sincere in this matter
by proposing to the legislature, in the
same message that will suggest more and
stronger safe guards for the states
whisky traffic, that men who are &C
cused of rape be outlawed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

A theatrical manager and a composer in
New York made a novel bet the other day.
as one result of which the manager was a
close prisoner at last advices The man
ager had made some sighting remark
about the amount of brains and labor
necessary to the production of an opera Of
the class of one the composer had written
The manager was sure the grinding out Of
operas was nothing more than child's
play. Indeed he could compose an opera
himself, plot, verse and score, in forty
eight hours; he'd bet 500 that he could
And he put up the 500 to back his brill
fancy. The composer covered it with
another 500 before the manager had time
to think, and the bet was sealed. The
manager was a little later locked in a
room with stationery and a few sand
wiches. At the end Of the forty-eight
hours his production will be submitted to
o jury Of competent critics If it is wor-
thy Of metropolitan production he wins,
and vice versa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02
Farmers and Their NAL.

soon after Mr. Wauamaker became
. Postmaster General he suggested a
f scheme for collecting and delivering the
mail Of farmers. The scheme was quite
generally discussed 40 the time. but for
some reason or other nothing was ever
done toward carrying 10 into effect.
a great deal could be done toward as
sisting farmers in getting and sending
their mail without greatly increasing the
cost of the mail service. II is veryoften the
case That farmer has TO go from ten TO
twenty miles to a postofiice TO post let
ter and to receive any letters and papers
that may be in the postofice for him, and
in going 10 the postofficc he travels per-
haps the identical route taken by the
mail carrier in going from one postoffice
10 another.
Why could there not be stations
arranged along the routes Of the mail car
riers where letters and papers could be
left by the farmers and collected by the
mail carriers, and where the mail carriers
could leave letters and papers, Boxes for
the reception of the mail could be
arranged at the stations and the farmers
living in the vicinity could have keys to
them. Now and then there might be
some loss of mail, but, as a general thing
the boxes would not be disturbed. 1t
would be known that they contained no
valuables, and a law providing a heavy
penalty for breaking box would afford
ample protection against those inclined to
malicious mischief.
If the system of giving out the con
tracts for carrying the mails were
changed so that those actually doing the
work would get all the compensation the
mail carriers would be willing to render
the additional service suggested. Now
very large part of the compensation for
carrying the mails goes to contractors,
who live in Washington, and who have
ways of knowing about what they will
have to bid to get a mail contract These
contractors take the contracts and farm
them out to poor men, who reside in
the vicinity of the route over which the
mail is to be carried The Washington
contractors, it is understood, make
very handsome profits.
Why not let the superintendent of the
railway mail service give out the con
tracts in their respective districts, basing
the compensation upon what the govern
ment now pays, and increasing it as the
country improves 1t seems to us that in
this suggestion respecting the mail of
farmers, there is a chance for the govern
ment to do a very large and deserving
portion of the people a great service.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

IL is admitted that the Valkyrie is a
fast boat, but is she fast enough 10 beat
the Nigilaut' That is the question TO be
determined next Thursday There is a
great deal Of interest ia the race and II
the weather is favorable the race viii be
a memorable one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02
DANIEL HOGAN.
HOGAN.

We offer this week COM
plete aud attractive lines of
FOREIGN and DOMES-
TIC Dress Goods. Hop
sacking, Storm Serges,
Plaids, Stripes, Checks,
Cheviots and Homespuns
comprise but a small
portion of what we propose
to offer in our Dress Goods
Department during the en-
suing week.
We would also call spe-
cial attention to our new
lines of Table Linen, Tow
els and Toweling, Napkins
and Doilies, as we'll as to a
well stocked Domestic De-
partment, in which will be
found some special bargains.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Ro>S, New
York City, C. s. FAULGNER, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

The Minnesota health commissioners
have notified school teachers that they
must either prevent school children from
exchanging pencils or have the pencils
disinfected every day The children have
a habit of putting pencils in theirmouths.
and there is no surer way, the commits
sioners say, of transmitting certain
diseases particularly dinhthe,.ia
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
cor TIE WORLDS FAIR.
The Senate Committee Asked for Addi-
tionaI Appropriations.

The Senate Committee Asked for Addi-
tlonaI Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA delegation
appeared before the senate committee
on appropriations yesterday to show
cause why congress should make addi-
tional appropriation for the Worlds fair.
President Willetts, Of the government
board, asked for scot, $50 in order to
enable the board to complete its exhibit,
pack and ship it to Chicago and make it
ready for exhibition. This sum, he said,
would bring the total appropriation up
to the $l,00O,000 originally estimated as
necessary for the government exhibit.
Lieutenant Tassig, representing the navy
department, asked for 100000 to fully
equip and man the brick ship.
John Boyd Thatcher, in behalf of the
commission, wanted S51O,SS0 TO defray
the expense of procuring medals and
diplomas and employing judges. The
committee wished TO know what pro-
portion of the judges would be females,
and the discussion that followed left
that subject still in doubt, the commits
sion promising that the women would
be proportionatelY represented among
the judges.
At President Palmer's request, Mr..
St.. Clair, speaking in behalf of the
commission, urged an original appro-
priation Of S14S 1Sj and a deficiency ap-
preparation of $4,000, which was neces-
sary to compile the commissions work.
Mrs. Potter Palmer was present and
will appear today on behalf Of the
women.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
RloT AT WHEELING.
Two Son-Union street Car EmpIoye,
Mobbed and Badly Beaten.

Il
Mobbed and Badly Beaten.
WHEELING, w. Va. Feb. 11.--The
| electric street car strike assumed its
most serious phase Yesterday, when two
| riots occurred between the strikers and
| the men in charge of the barns in South
| Wheeling. The disturbances outdi d
| anything Of the sort ever occurring in
| this city, or even in this portion of the
state. Two non-union men were serious
ly, and one of them probably fatally
hurt. William Newton, the chief elec.
trician of the company, and Henry Hart
man are the injured men. William
Tucker, the foreman of the barn, was
also hurt to some extent.
The first fight occurred at o'clock in
the morning, when Shop Foreman
Tucker, with Henry Hartman from
Martins Ferry, went to the outside of
the barn for the purpose Of pulling in
one of the cars for repairs. Two strikers
approached and with great vehemence
threatened to do the two company men
up. One of the strikers had stone.
After considerable squabbling the two
men escaped to the barn. They then
went down to Benwood to secure war.
rants for the men who assaulted them
They were on their way back when they
were chased by crowd of outsiders,
but among whom they saw strikers
The mob caught up with the two men,
Mr.. Tucker made motions to the effect
that he had a revolver and he was
allowed to pass. Hartman was not SC
fortunate. The mob caught him and
threw bricks at him until he fell to the
ground insensible. They then turned
him over on his stomach while some of
them jumped upon him.
The second fight occurred shortly
afterward at the barns. A company of
outsiders, with a few strikers, were
standing on the opposite side of the
street from the barns. William New.
ton, the electrician, and a man named
Wright were coming to the barns for
work. One of the strikers approached
and he was backed up by the crowd.
Wright and Newton pulled guns. In
the meantime some one got behind
Newton and struck him an awful blow
with a brick on the right side of the
head. Newton dropped to the ground,
his right eye crushed out and the bones
along the side of his face was fearfully
mashed. Several blows with bricks,
fists and stones were raineG on Newton's
prostrate body. Finally the crowd was
pulled off and Newton was taken into
the barn.
The news of the trouble created great
excitement in the city. The mayor has
called on the state authorities, as the
police seem to be unable to keep order.
The strike seems to be broken, a mum.
Der of the strikers having applied for
their old positions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
Enstcrn Ohio TroIleys.

SALEM, Feb. 11.-Since the announce
ment of the project to form an electric
railway circuit, embracing half dozen
leading towns in Northwestern Ohio,
another enterprise has been started by
capitalists of Cleveland and this county.
This undertaking is to build an extension
of the Liverpool and Wellsyille Electric
railroad to New Lisbon, the county seat,
eighteen miles, and then extend the
Salem line ten miles to meet the extern
sion from the southern end of the
county. With this combination built, a
further extension Of about twelve miles
in almost a straight line would connect
this end Of the system with Alliance,
where it would meet the other Northern
Ohio circuit now being arranged.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
THE OHIO RIVER BOOMING.
Much Anxiety at Cincinnati Caused by
the Swollen Stream.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-THE river i.
rapidly rising at all points above Gin
cinnati and food seems certain. The
snow and continued rain of Thursday
caused the waters to climb up the bank:
in remarkably short space of time, sc
that now the prediction is made by
river prophets that the Ohio will swell
beyond the danger line. The river is
rising at the rate of four inches an hour
and the condition of affairs above the
city indicate that the rise will be con
tinuous. The danger line is placed al
fifty-two feet, although at fifty feel
much damage is usually sustained.
At Pomeroy the river is rising two
inches an hour. At Maysville the rivel
has risen five feet since o'clock last
night and is rising three inches an hour
today.
At Fremont last nights heavy rair
has had a noticeable effect upon the
Sandusky river, which is gradually ris.
ing. In many places it has overhowed
banks, inundating some Of the lower
streets, and many of the cellars of the
business houses are rapidly filling with
water. The outlook for a food is now
more serious than ever.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
Against Madame ZborowsI,I.

PARIS, Feb. 1.-THE first chamber of
the civil tribunal of the Seine yesterday
delivered an expected decision in the
suit of Madame Zborowski, formerly
Madame de Stuers, to secure possession
of her child, now in Paris convent.
Madame Zborowski claimed the custody
of the child by authority of decree of
divorce granted her in South Dakota
from her former husband, the Dutch
minister to France. The French court
refuses to grant the execution in France
of the American decree of divorce, or
even to discuss the merits of the case,
on the ground that foreign diplomatic
representatives are not amenable to
French law. Madame Zborowski is
ordered to pay the costs of the proceed
ing