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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
An Interestine controversy.

The controversy between the receivers
Of the Northern Pacific railroad and the
employees Of that corporation, promises to
be an exceedingly interesting one. The
receivers propose reducing wages to the
extent Of or 10 per cent, beginning Jan.
l, and the employees acting through their
unions threaten to inaugurate a strike.
There are $500 employees, and if they
should all quit work they would stop
traffic on the road, for time at least.
The receivers, in anticipation of a strike,
have obtained from the United States cir
cult court at Milwaukee an injunction re-
straining the employees and their unions
from combining and conspiring to quit,
with or without notice, the service Of the
road with the object of gripping or en-
barrassing it's operations, and generally
from interfering with the officers or
agents Of the receivers, or their employees
in any manner, by actual violence, intimi-
dalton, threats or otherwise"
This is a most sweeping restraining
order, and, as stated in our dispatches
yesterday, the first Of the kind ever is
sued, except in the case of the strike on
eAS AOACHO anu Ann AEDOT IOdus Oug III
the latter case the strike was in progress
when the restraining order was made.
The Northern Pacific employees may leave
the employment of the road, but they can
not do so in pursuance of an order of their
unions or of an agreement. Each man
may act on his own responsibility. If
there is strike, and it is in accordance
with general understanding, and for the
purpose of embarrassing the road, the
men will be in contempt of court, and be
liable to be severely punished.
The injunction will make it rather difi-
cult for the employees to strike. Very few
will care TO give up their places, unless all
do, in times like these, when employment
is so difficult to get. The expectation in
strike is that, if all go out, the en-
ployers will be so embarrassed that they
will agree to the terms of the strikers,
and all the strikers will be taken back
There could be no such expectation,
should there be strike on the Northern
Pacific. No doubt the court would en-
force its injunction TO the fullest extent,
even if it had to call on the government
for assistance. Therefore, the contro-
versy between the receivers and the dis
satisfied employees will be watched with
great interest in all parts of the country.
If there should be strike, it would pos
sess features that have not been seen in
any other strike.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
BRIGHT BITS,

Mingle-Is Knarrowsole liberal man?
Mangle-On the contrary; were he to hear
that cofins had fallen OF per cent in price
he would die within an hour.-Boston Tran
script
wish he would stop IL.
Nell-Why don't you make him stop It?
Clara-Hows
Nell-Marry him.-Yankee Blade.
JOHNNY wish could sell lemonade in a
circus, papa.
Papa-Why johnny
Jonnny-Because then wouldn't have to
pay to get in.-Harper s Young People
Indignant Old Lady-Your boys are con-
stantly throwing apples at people and you do
not stop them!
Farmer-Why should I? We have plenty
OF them this year.-Fliegende Batter.
He-How many men have you kissed in the
three months have been away?
She-You misiudge me entirely. sir. Do you
suppose am such a cold.blooded. calculating
creature as to have kept count?--Iudianapoli
Journal.
Wurse Grill lost track of Their child, mum
Mistress--Good heavens! Why didn't you
speak to policeman:
Nurse Grill was speaking to wan all the
time, mum.-Puck.
Have you anything to say before we eat
you?'' said the King of the Cannibal Isles to
Boston missionary.
Il have, was the reply. Il want to talk to
you awhile on the advantages of vegetarian
diet "-Harpers Bazaar.
What don't understand" said small
Jacky, lis that Sanity Claus can understand
the letters that write to him when | dom
know how to write
Hot ieered Mollie That's easy
enough. Sanity Claus can read scribblin' as
well as wrltin'. y Harper's Bazaar,
Your hair isn't wet,p said little Tommy to
Mr.. Flyer, who was calling,
mo, OF course not. What made you think
my hair was wetE' he asked, very much sur
prised.
"a heard pa tell ma that you couldn't keep
your head above waUer."-London 1td-Bits.
Sayso--Those who love books almost in
variably love dogs. That is rule with l
| think, few exceptions.
Nowitt-I am one of the exceptions.
Sayso-You love 10 Oks and hate dogs?
Nowltt-Exactly.
Says0-That is strange.
Nowitt- Not in the least-I am a book
agent. p & 5. 5. Co. Bulletin.
Blufkins wandered into the club the other
night and drew his chair close to the ire
II wouldn't be an Englishman for any
thing!' he CALCULATED. They have the most
gluttonous appetites on record"
You cawn't prove that. bah Jove!" said
Mr.. AlEernon Hawkins who live on chops
and swore by her majesty.
lean" replied Bluffkins, with unruffied
composure, and here is the proof. 1 was
riding home In an electric last night. Two
EnglShmen sat next to me. Il ave Just
bought a stove said one. so ave l. said
the other. But mine is the best on earth: it
cooks my breakfast in 'alf an hour said the
first. 'Jove. said the second, that isn't any
thing. lean eat my stove in five minutes ."
And even Mr.. Algernon Hawkins acknowl-
edged that the Englishmen did have a pretty
solid appetite.-Boston Budget.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
Her Pollteness Made Trouble.

A fashionable dentist up town has one of
that peculiar type of servants known as a
jewel, says the New York Herald. She had
Just come from the operating chair of the
dentlSt around the corner the day she was en-
gagged and had made up her mind that it was
a genteel business.
Her employer was a very fussy man and
almost scared her to death with Instructions
dis once was in fiat in a swell neighbOr-
mood ana II was part OF her business to an
swer the bell.
BE sure to treat everybody politely he
said Il have some very nice patients, and
then, you know, people who come to see a
dentist are rather touchy. The least thing
sets them on
Yes, said she.
They may be in great pain, you see."
Yes, sir, said she.
The girl turned out to be a good girl. but in
the course Of six months the dentist began to
miss some OF his best customers. He got out
h books now and then and tried to account
for the falling of. Finally one day he was
talking to his wife about 1t at the table
is IL the lady with the green carriage and
acknowledged footman you mean" suddenly
inquired the girl, who had been listening,
"Yes-Mrs--. She hasn't been here for
MONTHS was the reply.
Yes, sure. You were out when she called
last said the maid
Are you sure you treated her politely"
20, yes, sur. / senther round the corner to
Dr. Blank. He's hrst-class dentist"
"Wh-wh-a-what:" The doctor nearly choked
on what he had in his mouth.
20, he's a good dentist said the Jewel,
with charming naivete. He fixed all my
teeth"
The doctor groaned. "And the-the 9th
ersy'' A sickeninZ sensation overcame him.
II always send them around to DR.. Blank
when you're out, sur. 1t is only polite sur -
Polite" yelled the doctor. yes, it's too
The doctor is still there. but the jewel has
found another situation, where her politeness
won't get her into trouble.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
Drunk. Evidently.

He was foreigner, and the man at the OPP
posite end of the car was pretty drunk, says
the New York World. Presently his curios-
ity prompted him to inquire of the drummer
on his right: What ails that mani" over
the bunk was the reply. The foreigner was
somewhat puzzled, but subsidized till he heard
u school girl refer to the object of his curl
osity as ION lark" Then he appealed to the
sporting man on his left Pretty well
chucked," was the answer.
The puzzled look deepened into actual per-
plexity. He accosted a passing newsUoy.
Worked the growler" was the explanation.
He was still in the dark but he resolved to
know what allied this man. or know why He
asked minister He has imbibed too
freely" said the divine. Next he tried the
bootblack Bug juice collie was the laconic
answer, .Swigged," suggested the orange
boy. On jag" said the conductor. should
call him pretty well corned =" remarked the
country youth TOO stiff bit, - replied the
jockey. BY this time everybody in the car
was laughing, excepting the interrogation and
the objest of his curiosity. Finally, bright
thought came to the relief of the now desper-
ate questioner. Walking up to the man Of
many ailments he exclaimed:
If you please. sir what ails your"
The knight OF the bottle looked him in the
face a moment and then answered:
"Nothin', sir Nothin' at all. I'm pretty
d-d-drunk. that all. The queStioner went
back to his seat satisfied. He had found
man at last who could speak ineligible
English.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
DueIIine Through a Mattress.

Here is the first recorded instance Of a man
who looks under the bed each night before re-
firing says the San Francisco Call. And
here is the first case in this city of a man or
woman being rewarded for looking under the
bed BY the discovery OF any very startling
phenomenon.
Joseph F. Epson, who rooms at 1854 How
ard street. looked to some purpose Monday
night or rather Tuesday morning.
Il came to my room about l 10 o'clock. - he
said. ! sat by the bed and read Monte
Cr1sto' for about an hour. Then l undressed
and prepared for bed And / did what l al
ways do-looked under the bed before getting
into il"
A A calibre revolver was what he saw first
It was too dark for him to see more, hut he
rightly Judged there was human intelligence
back Of that shining pistol.
i made for my trunk to get my revolver"
ne says AS did so the fellow called out to
me that II | pulled gun on him he would
shoot Ialready had my hand on nv pistol
and kept it there.
The man under the bed shot. The bullet
struck my left arm. turned and jumped on
the bed reached down under it and fred.
Twice fired under the bed -
And that Is why it is the man under the bed
VINO told the police his name was John Miller,
got bullet through his cheek. He spat out
the hot lead and told the man on top he would
shoot through the bed.
Shoot and be hanged" said 1. never
dreaming that the bullet would 20 through
the mattress" said Epson.
Miller shot. Epson was standing on the
bed, leaning partly over to watch the other
FELLOW. surely enough, and contrary to Up
sons knowledge of physics, the ball went
breast
Il tried to shoot again" saws Urson. s'but
my gun wouldn't work, and threw il away
In disgust. Then the man came from under
the bed and we had n tussle. 1t seems as
though the tussle lasted an hour, though it
could not have been that long 1 kept nv
hand on his pistol to keep him from using il
on me- and we had it hot and heavy until the
police came. Both of US were about played
out then. unlocked the door and Oficer
mccarthy came in. was never so glad to see
the police
''You.never saw such a sightin Your life"
SAID Ohicer Ryan, who came TO Oficer
mccarthy s assistance and helped make the
There was Epson in nothing but his under
shlrt, and blood from head to foot And
Miller, though he had his clothes on looked
Just as tad. His face looked like a mass of
clotted blood and the blood from the wound
In his cheek had run down all over him Both
men were sight"
The shot from Miller's pistol burned a big
mole In the mattress, which looks now as
though 1t had been penetrated by q cannon
pail To-day DR.. Deane will remove the bullet
from Mr.. Epson breast. And by the time
Mr.. Epson has paid his surgeons bill and
figured up what his illness has cost him he
Will probably realize that he would have been
about as well of had he gone to sleep Tues
aay morning without looking under the bed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
a Stockholders, Movement.

The large number Of railroads that
have gone into the hands Of receivers this
| year has suggested 10 the stockholders OF
some of these roads the necessity for get
ting together and adopting plan for the
protection Of tLeir interests. A repre-
/ sentative Of the stockholders of some of
the wrecked roads is now in New York
with the view Of having a meeting of
/ stockholders Of all the wrecked roads
/ held at an early day. Unless something is
done by the stockholders, he says, many Of
the roads viii be sold at a great sacrifice,
and bondhoIders, as well as stockholders,
viii be sufferers.
This movement among the stockholders
was started by the collapse Of the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad sys-
TEN, which has mileage of 9,344 miles,
a bonded and floating debt of $40, 900, 900
and capital stock of sl02 zoo, 900. If this
vast system of roads should be sold IN
der foreclosure there would not be
enough realized to pay the floating debt
and the first mortgage bonds. The second
mortgage bondhoiders and the stockhol-
ders wouldn't get a cent.
And that would be the case with many
Of the other railroads that are now fnan-
cially wrecked. During this year alone
eighty railroads have been placed in the
hands of receivers, and it is thought that
within the next two or three weeks sew
eral more in the west and southwest will
announce their inability TO meet their OBJ
legations. There are now in this country
railroad companies controlling 1900
miles of road in a bankrupt condition.
These roads must be sold or reorganized.
Most of them will be recognized because
much more can be made for the holders of
their securities by recognizing than by
foreclosing.
The purpose Of the stockholders meet
ing is to find some basis of reorganization
that will give the stockholders chance
toget something out of their property. The
suggestion is made that the interest on
the bonds shall be scaled down
so that the 6 per cent. bonds shall call
for only 4 per cent. and the z per cent.
bonds for only per cent. The bondhold-
ers would be averse to giving up any part
Of the interest they are now receiving,
but it is believed that the great majority
of them would accept the proposed re-
duction rather than let the roads be sold,
because they could not invest their money
to better advantage
The year 1898 is a notable one in
railroad history for the number of roads
that have gone TO pieces financially. II
is sincerely to be hoped that 1894 will be
notable for the number of railroads re-
organized.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
Joe JeGerson's Boxing Lesson.

Rising young actors usually guard their
positions with jealous eye, and during the
early life of Joseph Jefferson he was no ex-
ception to the rule. says the Philadelphia In
quirer. When under the management OF
Lion Boucicauit THE octoroon" was pro
duced, and in the announcement of the papers
Jefferson S name did not appear. Being one
OF the principals In the drama. he naturally
felt indignant. and so he sent his part to the
theater with note in which he resigned from
his engagement until a new Arrangement
could be entered into. About this time Jeffer-
son was suffering from dyspepsia, and con
ceived the idea that the gentle exercise OF
boxing would relieve him. He engaged pro.
lessor of the manly art and his boxing
were given IN the drawing room of the house
In which he was living. The day following
his resignation he and the professor we're i'm.
dulgiag in q fierce exchange" when. sud
denly looking over his opponen is shoulder
he discovered the amazed faces of Dion Bon
cicault and William Stuart. They stood
aghast at the scene, and fancied that Jefer-
son intended settling his difficulties by an an
peal TO science, and had secured the services
of a professional bruiser TO assist him. JefTer-
son dismissed the pugilist and came to a moro
explicit understanding without the aid of the
Marquis Of Queensberry."
What makes you think he married the lady
for money! '
= have seen her. -Meggendorfer Blatter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
Time for a Channa.

II is a source of satisfaction that a good
many of our citizens are beginning to real
ize the folly of permitting the public
squares 10 be ruined during the holiday
season simply because it has been the
custom from time immemorial to turn the
squares over TO the boys at that season of
the year TO do with them as they please.
When the older citizens were boys
very little effort was made to
beautify the streets and squares.
The goats and COWS were per-
mitted to wander where they pleased,
and they seemed to find great deal OF
comfort in the squares. A few years ago
a commendable effort was made to beau
tify the streets and squares, and
a great deal was accomplished in
that direction. The people began
to take pride in the improved appearance
of the city and many cultivated the grass
plats in front of their residences. The
city authorities adopted regulations for
the protection of the grass and shrubbery
and enforced them. If the city had con
tinued to enforce the regulations all the
squares would now be in as well
kept condition as Johnson square. For
some reason the city authorities got
weary of well doing, and some of the
squares now present almost as dilapidated
an appearance as they did before the
work of improvement began.
The Christmas bonfires in the squares
have done them great deal of damage.
1t will be about impossible to get the
grass TO grow in places in them inside
of year. Many of those whose
residences are on the squares feel that
they have suffered an injury, and they
have, because their residences are not as
| desirable as they would be if the squares
were as attractive as they could be made.
Now is the time, while public opinion is
aroused on this subject, for those
living on the squares to petit
ton the city council to change the
ordinance which permits bonfres and
| fireworks in the squares during the holi
! day season. II the matter were placed
before council at this time it is not i'm
probable that the squares would be saved
in future from such destructive usage as
that TO which they have been subjected
this year.
Insurance companies protest against the
use of fireworks in the heart of the city
and there have been times within the last
few days when it has been dangerous tc
drive horse on Bull street or for pedes
trians to pass through some of the
squares. Such condition of affairs is
not creditable to a progressive city like
Savannah. There is room for reform in
this matter. Let reform be inaugurated
at once
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lodge, No. Is. F. &
AN
SPECIAL NorICEs-Notice to Liquor Deal
ers; Laura Mehrtens, Pianist. at Theater,
Jan. IS; as TO Crew of British Steamship
Glenwood; Dew Drop Brand, at w. G. Coop
er's-
OUR FULL DRESS SUITs-Falk Clothing
Company.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Annual Ball Of the
German Aid and Benevolent Society.
BUT THREE MORE DAYs-Appel & Schaul.
BAD WEATHER AHEAD-B. H. Levy & Bro.
LEGAL NorICEs-Applicatlon for Incor-
poration Of the Southern Drug Company.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE-South Bound Rail-
Soad.
A POSITION WANTED-E. H. Retlaw. care
Morning News.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULEs-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
CHEAP COLUMN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale: Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
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''Joe" Marley, Henry Cabot Lodge.
John G. Spooner, julius c.. Burrows and
William B. Allison-how like Blaine
reception committee of the old days the
list reads-are among the leading spirits
in scheme looking to big banquet and
blowout at Detroit, Mich, on Washing
toms birthday, at which ex-Minister to
Hawaii John l.. Stevens is to be the star.
If those people do not mind what they
are about they will have another
Blaine-Harrison fight in their party prior
to the nominating convention in 1896. Mr..
Stevens represents the Blaine school of
politics about as much as any living re-
publican, probably, and if the next ma
tional convention were to nominate him
for the presidency it would amount to
ratification of the Blaine foreign policy
and vote to continue the spirit of
Blaine in politics The Harrison people
will, of course, kick against any proposed
revival of Blaine through Stevens, whom
the Harrison administration took the
pains to sit upon eleven months ago
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28

The Brazilian governments press censor
- Pernambuco, is sending out farce
comedy stories Of the performances of the
dynamite cruiser Nictheroy, formerly the
nerchantman FL Cid. A dispatch the
censor permitted transmitted on Monday
stated that the Nictheroy had sailed from
Pernambuco in hot haste to intercept and
destroy the Aquidaban and the Republica.
OF the rebel feet, which were sailing
northward. On Tuesday he permitted to
be sent another dispatch, which was
printed in the MORNING News yesterday,
saying that the Nictheroy had returned
TO Pernambuco having failed to find the
Aquidaban. The hunfSr of the thing lies
In the fact that the NiStheroy's search
Tor the Aquidaban and theRepublica was
probably something lik9 the per
Torrance Of the littleS black-and-
tan who rushes out land barks
frantically after the mAstiffs have
disappeared around the corAer. Either
Of the big rebel ships, each BIZ which ia
almost if not quite as powerful as the
New York, of our navy, would be match
Tor two or three ships like the Nictherov
which must depend for effectiveness upon
close range, while the big fellows can do
execution seven or eight miles away.