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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
English Ideas ofArssrioan Lynch Law

English Ideas ofArnerican Lynch Law.
An article on iynchinE in America,
printed iu ro-cnt issue OF the BImiue-
ham England Gazette, must boz very
ciifyng reading for northern republican
newspaper editors A Young American
woman named Ida b Wells is iu England
lccturiuc on the lawlcssness and saw
agcrv 0f her people. She is a northern
woman. and, Of course. intends her de
umcinrary remarks 10 apply only 20 the
section OF country south of Mason and
Dizons line But she has evidently
failed 10 impress upon her English au-
diouces-upou the Birmingham Gazette,
40 least-the fact that there is a north
and a south in the United States; there
fore the slow-witted English have reached
the correct conclusion, quite against the
wish and purpose of the lecturer, that
lvnchinc is Wacticed in all parts of this
country
The Birmingham Gazette understands
Miss Wells 10 say that the American peo-
pie indorse lynch law, therefore those
whoparticipate in it are indifferently
prosecuted The Gazatte further under
stands Miss Wells to say that there is
only one newspaper in the whole country
that has the courage to dcnounce the
crime Of lynchinP and that is a Chicago
paper, and that, despairing Of awaken
ing the American people to the heinOus-
ness Of their sin, she is in England to
arouse public sentiment to the point Of
putting down the practice of lynching
l,1 Il
woman is working on race lines. She
says nothing of the lynching of white
men and white mems corpses in Indiana;
her stories of outrage are confined to
Louisiana, Mississippi and the other
southern states.
The Birmingham paper, it seems, is not
quite sure from what Miss Wells says
that Judge Lynch does not exist in the
flesh and hold his court under lawful au-
thority. 1t thinks otherwise, but the
whole subject is cloudy. except that the
wicked and uncivilized Americans are
doing wrong, and that it is the Christian
duty of Englishmen to induce them to
stop. Such views held by an English
paper are sure to arouse indignant resent
ment on the part of the northern repub-
lican press; not so much because the
Britishers know nothing about the sub
ject as because they make no distinction
between the north and the south.
There is a suggestion of retributive
justice in this report of English opinion
perverted by a northern lecturer. The
north has for years misunderstood the
situation Of affairs at the south, yet the
north has never hesitated to preach to,
or even to attempt to coerce, the south for
thinking or acting contrary to northern
opinion. Now we shall probably see how
the north enjoys the effect of Miss Wells
lectures in England.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
Do You See the Pointp

Poindexter Dunn and Mr. McFarlane were
the only members of the custom house inves
tigating commission who appeared at the
barge office yesterday says the New York
Sun They continued examining the papers
sent from Washington. Mr.. Dunn told the
following story to the reporters, .prefacing II
by saying that daily attendance at the barge
Office meetings reminded him of It:
There was mule he said that worked
in the Mines and it became old and gray and
blind.
One day the contractor decided to pension
it. They put it out to pasture where it could
get all it wanted to eat but wouldn't have to
work They got new mule to work in the
mine. Notwithstanding the fact that the old
mule was officially of duty he would go to the
mine every day and would take his place be
side the new mule and walk up and down and
up and down while the new mule did the pull
ing"
Then Mr.. Dunn laughed heartily. Mock
plantations went with the story
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
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Tlf Washington correspondent or tf,
,rv York Hcri1 -saakue of Scaa'ar
iiN n connection with tho silver gu.s.
t'or. .at .Thn Senate viii bc th,
uHb.u- block 'or thc administration.
senator Hu expects te @qGlr. accounts
uitl Mr. Cleveland Tits b.ins saii here
3d.. that ain. doas not intent 90 stop go
antagou.Aug the Presidents adminIs.rl-
iion. bat viii carry the battle further and
will lead the fight against the repeal of
the vicious sherman silver purchase act. "
senator Hill keeps his own counsel No
one, as far as the public knows. is iu 20
position to say what course he will take
i'm respect 20 silver There is a belief ON
the part of some that he is preparing to
be a candidate for the presidential uomi-
nation of his party in 1886. If that belief
is correct it is hardly probable he viii OPP
pose the repeal of the sherman silver
purchasing act-an act which is con
dcmned, as strongly as it is possible to
condemn it, by the Democratic party in
its national platform, and which is not
regarded with favor even by the silveritcs.
If Senator Hill should adopt the course
indicated by the Herald's correspondent
he wouldn't come rs near getting the
nomination for President in 1896 as he
did in 1892, and he was a long way from
getting it in 1892. He is too shrewd pol
iticiau to oppose the repeal of the Sher-
man silver purchase act, but he may
favor the free coinage of silver with the
view of winning popularity in the west.
BY doing so, however, he would sacrifice
any chance he might have of carrying his
nNNn stafa
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

A patient in a Glasgow hospital had re-
ceived an injury which had resulted in
melancholia says writer in Harper's Maya.
zine Though formerly happy husband and
father, he now repeatedly contemplated the
murder of his wife and children. There were
no phenomena connected with motion in any
part Of the body by which the injury could be
located hut it was discovered by that careful,
close investigation for which this surgeon is
so well known that Immediately after the &C.
cident for two weeks he had suffered from
what is called physical blindness - or mind
blindness that is to say his physical sight
was not at all affected, but his mind was not
able to interpret what he saw. presume he
was stanch Scotch Presbyterian. He knew
that, as was customary, his New Testament
was lying by his side, but when he
looked at it he was utterly unable
TO recognize il. While however
this mental sight was thus affected
his sense of touch was perfect, and when he
passed his hand over the smooth leather
deep indented letters on the back he recog-
nized it as his familiar friend: but when he
opened IT, the printed words were unknown
symbols to him. This gave to DR.. MacEwen
key TO the injury. He located on the outside
OF the skull V-Shaped convolution known as
the angular cyrus :" and found, on removing
a button OF bone, that portion of the inner
layer of the bone had become detached and
was pressing on the brain one corner of il
being Embedded in the brain substance The
button OF bone was removed from the brain
and after removing the splinter was replaced
in its proper position. The man got we'll
and, although still excitable, lost entirely his
homlcldal tendencies and returned to work
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
The Passing of Gold Certificates.

From New York Commercial-BulletinQ nd.)
The percentage of gold certificates received
in payment of customs at New York during
each of the three ten-day periods of May Is
ing been 90 per cent. This has never occurred
before since the issue. of gold certificates was
resumed in 1882. For some months prior to
the passage of the Sherman law more than 80
per cent. Of these payments were made in
gold certificates but the percentage dropped
from $3.50 per cent in May, 1890, to 27.8 per
cent in May, 1891, SO per cent. in May, 1892
and 90 per cent. in the month just ended.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

MEETINGs-Evergreen Cemetery Company
Oemler Oyster Company. DeKalb Lodge No.
8, /. o. o. F.; Georgia Historical Society.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-Le Panto Cigars ]. A.
Thomas & Bro; Neptune Bathing Suits, Falk
Clothing Company.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULES Ocean Steamship
Company: Baltimore Steamship Company.
A BIG ITEM-Apple q Schaul
WHEN WEARING SoCKs-B. II. Levy &
Bro
AUCTION SALEs-Groceries, Dry Goods,
Etc, by J. II. Oppenheim on An Attract
i've Home, sale OF Lots at Ellabell, Ca. by
c. H. Dorsett; Furniture. Etc, by A. X.
Wilson.
RAILROAD SCHEDuLE-The Tropical Trunk
Line.
IT Is ECoNOMY-Fal1 Clothing Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
sHAFTlNG AND PULLEYS.
SHIFTING Qnd PuNGyS Tor sole.

One piece Shafting, 3 inches
diameter and II feet in length;
four 9-inch Bearings; three Pull
leys, 1O-inch face, SO, 24 and 20
inches. All new and in perfect
order. Will be sold cheap to get
them out of the way. Apply at
Business Office or Engineers
Room, Morning News Building
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

If Cuba ever becomes part Of the
United States it viii probably be through
purchase, and upon the plan suggested by
Senior Jose Martinez, of New Orleans
that is, that the Cubans themselves fur
nish the greater part of the money. This
country is not acquiring territory by con-
quest, and that is the only way to annex
Cuba except TO buy it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

new style of duel that may be termed
international" has been given to the
world. Its inventor is Paul Panaud of
France, in the service of a transatlantic
steamship company, and for his service
he deserves "A medal, NJ. Panaui has two
friends on the ship with him, MIR. Doyle,
OF Ireland, who passes coal, and Mr..
BRIGHT Of England, who scrubs decks.
M Panaud, it should be mentioned, is
connected with the culinary department..
M. Panaud's friends undertook to discuss
Gladstone and home rule recently. The
style Of discussion can be guessed. A
challenge to fight a duel resulted M
Panaud was consulted. He consented to
act rs second for both, and each principal
left all details TO his arranging. At the
hour appointed for the meeting everybody
was prompt. NJ. Panaud had placed the
weapons at the proper distance, and over
Ell weapon n cloth was spread. The
contestants had no idea what they were
to fight with until these cloths were pulled
aside. And then TO each man astonished
gaze stood revealed a tub of mellow
onions. But they had come to fight, and
fight they did. They pelted each other
with the onions until the air was odorous
from the melee and NJ. Panaud declared
that honor had been satisfied This style
Of duel is capable of numerous modifica-
tons to suit the occasion In campaign
quarrels eggs might be substituted for
onions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

The Chicago Inter Ocean is authority
for the statement that "a number of col
ored men in New York and Brooklyn are
negotiating for a tract of land on the sea-
shore with view to establishing a sum
mer resort for their own people They
have been denied the privileges at the re-
sorts frequented by the whites and will
establish one of their own, where none
but colored people will be allowed to build
cottages and have summer homes" The
colored brother should hold himself above
retaliation on his friends, the northern
whites.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

Mr.. Astor, the millionaire, who is
now seeking social recognition in England.
and who, it is limited means to become a
British subject with a view to the peerage. is
about IS years old. Unlike more than one
man OF millions, he wears the quietest and
least obtrusive clothes, and no iewelrv what
ever beyond one signet ring and small watch
chain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
The Democracy of the Fair.

From the Memphis AppealAvalanche DEM }.
There is one great beauty about the world S
fair; you don have to dress up in purple and
fine linen when you go there. If you should
appear in the court Of honor with coal
scuttle for a hat and cottonseed meal bag
for coat, you would simply be regarded as a
bowling derviSh, or a harmless Zulu from the
Midway plaisance, and passed by without re-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
The Battle of Tyler's Creek.

Many of the great newspapers Of this
country are needlessly expending round
sums Of money in cable tolls for duh re
ports of half-fought battles in Central or
South America. If they really wish to
chronicle some lively fighting they have
only TO look right under their noses to
find something worth writing about. An
uncommon struggle is being waged in the
states of Maryland and Virginia Locally
it is known as the crab war, and some of
its incidents are quite stirring enough to
warrant the attention of a Halstead,
Reid or a Forbes, as witness this detail
from the Baltimore Suns account of the
battle of Tyler's creek: about 100 boats
from Smith Island were Grabbing at the
mouth of Tyler's creek this morning,
when Capt. Reid came up and opened fire
on them. He shot at the crabbers six
times with his cannon and kept up CON
slant fusillade with his small arms. The
crabbers replied with their rifles and shot
about forty rounds back at him The
cannon balls fell in the midst of the fleet,
not ten feet away from several of the
boats. One of the balls passed over the
leech of foresail and the captain mar
rowly escaped death by lodging. Capt.
Reid is reckless in his shooting and runs
the risk of hitting vessels at anchor,
boats passing along the channel and
houses on Smiths Island"
Capt. Reid, it should be stated, is a
commander of the Maryland oyster navy.
In pursuance of what he conceived to be
his duty he was in Pocomoke sound. of
which Tylers creek is a branch, to see
that the states rights and the oyster
beds were not encroached upon by alleged
crabbers. Capt. Reid had reason to be-
lieve that the boats caught crabs only
during his presence, and that as soon as
his back was turned they went for" the
oysters on the bar; that is why he brought
his gun into play after he had lost pa
tience.
The charge that Capt. Reid shoots
wildly is apparently well founded, and it
is likely that unless he improves in his
craftsmanship, somebody will get hurt
before peace is declared. Hear the cor
respondent already quoted: Capt Reid,
it is said, opened fire at once, and Nelson
was compelled to dive down in the bot
tom Of his boat. His head came in con
tact with She mast, which rendered him
insensible. Some of the balls struck so
close to the boats that water was splashed
over the occupants"
This interference on the part of Capt.
Reid is having bad effect on the business
of Crisfield, where crabs constitute the
currency, and the citiZens are literally up
in arms They say that unless the state
calls Reid off they win get cannon and
go out and shoot some at him. The cor
respondent says livelier times are to be
expected, so the next time we may hear
that instead of splashing water on some
people and causing others to bump their
heads Capt Reid has hit somebody.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

Hereafter there will be no crawling
over Uncle Sans back fence after dark.
Immigrants from Mexico or Canada who
desire to come in must do 50 after a. IN.
and before p. m. This order, made by
the treasury department, is for the pur-
pose of insuring the proper inspection of
persons and baggage by the quarantine
and customs authorities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
A Republican Suggests a Reform.
From the Baltimore american tRenl.

The Importance of legislation forbidding
the leaps from balloons which have become so
popular at county fairs and excursion resorts
is constantly emphasized by the tragedies
which follow the hazardous business. A man
was killed in Buffalo this week, and the
season has just begun. If there was any
utility in the thing there might be some eX-
cuse for it, but there isn't, and it ought to be
prOhfbitpd
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
Justice in Nov York.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean RepD
An old justice of the peace from Newburg
visited New York tho other day to see how
the rammany justice machine works. but
found it so dreary that he went to sleep and
was fined s. for snoring
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

Train Robber Wilson thinks telegraphy
is mighty poor business, hence he is
willing to go to the penitentiary to learn
something better The truth is, it is
Wilson and not telegraphy that is bad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
Splendid Tribute to Mr.. Davis.

From the St. Louis Republic (Dem0
OF all the eulogies pronounced on Jefferson
Davis, none have equaled that Of one of his
former slaves: He never failed to raise his
hat when pulled OFF mine to him. 1t is a pity
such breed OF gentlemen should become ex-
. Y9f
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

The reporters who kept the public in
formed as to Mr.. Clevelands outing at
Of those who wrote up" his former trip to
that resort. We have not heard this time
Of his killing anything like 100 birds at
one shot
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

The auditor of the bureau of publicity
Of the worlds fair says that only 5000
passes have been issued to newspaper men.
Therefore, when the reports of attend
ance say that $4,000 or $4,000 deadheads
passed into the grounds on a certain day
1t must not be imagined that the news
paper "boys" have been exerting their
pull" The holders of the great majority
OF the passes are politicians, who have &C
cepted favors for their "inflooence."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
Drift Of the Blacks to the cities.

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
learns that lin many parts of the south
the negroes are leaving the country and
Rocking to the towns. So general is this
tendency in some sections that it is leav-
ing the farming regions with insufficient
labor to cultivate the crops" There is
hardly more of this drift toward the cities
nov than there has been during the past
several years, though it is, and has been.
all too great for the good of the blacks
themselves
The explanation of the movement quoted
by the Republican, that the blacks desire
to secure better educational advantages
for their children, does not cover the
ground. The percentage of colored fami-
lies that move to cities in order to reach
schools is insignificant. The vastmaiority
of the blacks who seek the cities do so as
individuals and not as families and because
they have an idea that they can live bet
ter and work less in the city than in the
country. In the city they find the demand
for their labor light and the wages low.
They pay little or no attention to sani-
tary regulations, and generally find it
harder to get along" in the city than in
the country. The result is a heavy death
rate among them, as compared with the
death rate among the whites, a heavy
vagrancy calendar in the police courts
and heavy criminal calendar in the
criminal courts. In this city there is a
strict law against vagrancy which, al
though it is not enforced as vigorously as
it should be, tends to keep down the num-
Der of blacks that drift in from the coun-
try and stop, and, becoming Migrants,
prey upon their friends or upon the com
munity. or both
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

Between May and May II only sos ex-
cursionists went to Chicago on worlds
fair excursion tickets over the lines of
the Trunk Line Association OF the
number the Pennsylvania road carried
only 1877 and the New York Central only
twenty-eight. The majority Of the bust
ness was done by the Lackawanna and
the Ontario and Western roads The
roads that failed to get the business they
had expected and made arrangements for
do not know what to think, but they are
rather inclined to think they'll slash
rates little and see what effect that will
have. The New York Herald says people
who wait short while will be able to
get to the fair MIGHTY cheap.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05

It is to be hoped that the Port Royal
and Augusta will enjoy a regular Cleve-
land administration. The new receivers
name is in his favor, and Savannah wishes
him and his road success.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
CURRENT COMMENT.
Remarkable Exhibits.

From the Galveston News (Dem)
The vanity and ambition of some of the
lady managers are remarkable exhibits ut
the world fair
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-05
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

New York Office % Park Row
The herald., 1893-08-27
Locusts .,GL-as A-ocusta.

In the summer Of 1888, in which the
excessive heat and drought had brought
about tle nearly entire disappearance of
vegc' in a'good part OF the country
ano particularly in the broken
coul Banda Oriental, had occa-
sion to make journey from San Jose to
Mercedes. At one place, Las Piedras,
at which tho diligence stopped, noticed
great numbers of locusts of the species
Pezotettix vittiger, Pezotettix maculi-
peDnis and Pezotettix arrogans, which
covered the ground and rocks.
My attention was attracted by the
fact of seeing around one locust num-
Der of other individuals of the same spe'
cies, which were eating its soft parts
even while it was yet alive and protest
ing vigorously. saw different attacks,
in which tho conquerors, two or three at
time, got hold of the weaker members
of their own kind, throwing them over
and opening the abdomen in order 10
devour the entrails, these being the soft
er and more savory portions, since they
still contained some Of the vegetable
food. Cannibalism here appeared in its
lowest development, and the numerous
remains of those which had been eaten
bore witness to the extent to which the
process had beep carried.
In the face Of facts Of this character,
it seems certain that nothing is sacred
in nature when the prolongation of life,
for tho sake of the preservation OF the
species, is concerned Carl Berg in Nat
ural Science.
The herald., 1893-08-27
The Power of tho Tongue.

Go with me to the halls of Yale and
listen to Chauncey NJ. Depew speak with
clean cut phrases of wisdom, salted with
sentences of wit. Come back to the city
and find him delivering an Grafton on
the Centennial in the presence OF vast
multitude Of witnesses, tone and style
and manner and figures totally different.
See him at the dinner of the New York
Press club, where 500 bright witted,
clover headed, nimble fingered, honest
hearted msn applaud to tho echo his per-
tinent, his suggestive, his eloquent SEN
tenoes. Jump thence to the superb
Auditorium in Chicago, where $4,000
yellers and shouters and tooters surround
the 400 or 900 delegates assembled there
to nominate q presidential candidate.
Sec how they listen. Watch as they
applaud. Tell me that Chauncey M. De-
pew, bright, clever, experienced as ho
is, could be the force, the factor In af-
fairs, the distributor of ideas he is with
out what St. James would call an un-
rally evil! The fact is, a tongue, like ev-
erything else, has its upper and lower.
its good and its bad, its sweet and Its
sour.-Howard in New York Recorder.
Is your blood POOR Take Beecham's Pills.