The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-23
interviewing Royalty by Wire.


Keepers of the back stairs in the royal
palaces of Europe were startled, a few
nights ago by an extraordinary tangling
of door bells. Rushing to ascertain the
cause each of the fUnctionaries found be-
fore him telegraph messenger boy. Each
boy bore sealed envelope addressed to
"H[is (or Herr Royal Highness This"
or THAT" and emblazoned with the
legend, PAY no charges to messenger
unless written in ink" There were no
charges written in ink, so the kilograms
were accepted and taken inside.
AS the messages were all of the same
import, to quote the probable language of
one will be sufficient. 1t read something
like this: "New York, May -. To H. r.
H., the King of Dash: Going to Chicago2
Whenl HOWE Send five hundred words.
Stick to facts. Rush copy collect" The
query was marked paid, and the filing
time showed that it had been sent at
the hour that the "night press rate"
takes effect. The signature was that of
(or for) newspaper that thinks no more
of asking king, "What are you going to
do about it," than it does of printing each
day papers enough to reach from New
York to San Francisco by way of the
moon, and making affidavit to the fact
Most of the kings addressed, or their
representatives, folded the dispatches and
stuck them in the top pockets of their
waistcoats, to be preserved as souvenirs
of great show of cheek; some others
dropped them in the waste baskets, and
three, according to report, sent answers
of some seven words each, saying they
would not visit'the fair.
On the whole, this querying of kings
was not a brilliant success. Still it was
not failure. Their several royal high
nesses had a free exhibition of American
newspaper enterprise"
The Baltimore News a few DAYS ago
published 64-page worlds fair edition"
one of the largest papers ever published
in the country The edition abounds in
facts and figures concerning the south
that will prove of interest to foreign Wis
itors during the Columbia fair period.
Among other things, the News SAYS that
during the years between 1881 and 1891.
population, the increase in wealth in the
south was very remarkable. Here are
some OF the figures: ''The south increased
its grain production from 404, 900 600
bushels in 1881 to 672, 900, 900 bush els in
1S9l-a gain OF 66 per cent. its cotton
crop increased from $500, 000 bales to
| 100000 bales, or "a per cent It practi-
cally created in that period its early veg
etable and fruit business for northern
markets, which now yields upward of $50
100000 a year, and largely added to It's
cotton, rice and sugar crops Its pig iron
production, which was 45l, 600 tons in 1881.
was 100000 tons in 1892; its coal output
rose from 10000 900 tons to y, 600 600 tons :;
its cotton spindles from 667, 600 to $500. 900:
its cotton seed oil industry from an invest
ment Of $500 600 to about Sd, 600 600; its
railroad mileage from 23,Sl1 miles to a.
500 miles; it largely more than doubled
its banking business, increasing the num-
Der of its national banks from 223 to G77.
and their aggregate capital from 5000
600 to Sl02 GOO 600; it added to the assessed
value of its property nearly 81 600, 900 600.
or % per cent, making the average as
sessment per capita in 1892 S27l, against
4 $lS7 in 1880" The News is to be com
/ mended for its enterprise and congratu-
lated upon the success of its big edition.
/ There is a prospect of the elevation of
Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia. to
| the federal bench. Judge jackson. of the
/ United States district court for West Vir-
ginia, isl soon to be retired on account of
advanced age, and there is move
ment afOot to have Senator Faulk-
ner succeed him. However, there
is no prospect of the repub-
licans profting by such a change. Should
Senator Faulkner go on the bench good
democrat would take his place in the
| Senate.
| Michigan, il seems, has come to the
conclusion that the abolition of the death
penalty was "a mistake. The House of
/ Representatives has passed bill rcstor-
ing capital punishment, and there is little