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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
Jurisdiotion on1v on the Earth.

The court house of a small country town in
Illinois was filled with curious throng gath
cred TO witness the proceedings Of a divorce
case begun by a young woman. whose huS-
hand was town marshal OF the place says
the Detroit Free Press. A string Of legal
lights supported the suit on 10th sides. which
gave evidence of long and tedious fight.
The Judge to whom the case had been as
signed was enjoying his first term. and his
conscientious face showed that he would dis
charge the duties of his Office with the great
est care; but the town marsha SUIT was
one of universal interest in the community,
and the worn look around his honor eyes re
vealed sleepless nights. which he had spent
IN ponderlng over law BOOKS to hit upon de-
Clsion that would make a lasting impression
upon the people. and to show them that he
was aoly equipped with the necessary knowl-
edge and sense Of justice for the ONCE to
which he had been elected.
The compliments side rested. The de
PENDANT was then called to the stand. and the
opposing counsel began to cross examine
him.
Where were you married. he was asked.
Chicago. the defendant answered bluntly.
How long have you been married!'
About four weeks
Very we'll" said the lawyer. Now, Mr..
Blank where did you go after the ceremony
We came down ana visited the fair
Game down from where:'
From the air." he answered, with
chuckle.
How did you manage to get in the air?'
the lawyer asked. surprised.
We were married 258 feet above the
earth"
How did that happen:''
You see. he explained, I went TO Chi
cago to meet my wife and we both decided
that it would be a novel and inexpensive we'd
ding tour to take ride on the Ferris wheel,
AMI. to improve on the idea, she afterward
suggested that the ceremony be performed
on the trip. L consented, and a minister
came with us, and we were married at the
highest point in the revolution of the wheel. -
At this point the rustic maidens looked
longingly at one another in anticipation of
such glorious wedding trip, while the Judge,
with long breath, arose to give his first de-
ciSiOn.
Gentlemen" he said. 4 find by the testi-
mony that this case is beyond my jurisdic-
ton, and l am wholly without power to de-
eide. In the evidence it appears that the
couple were married 25S feet above the level
of the ground, and there is no authority vested
in me or this Office by which l am given
jurisdiction over events transporting in the
air,
The parties then" he continued as he
threw his head back. with an air of great i'm
pOrtance, will have to appear at the court of
the district in which the ceremony was per
formed. or else remarry on solid and substan-
tial earth instead of in mld-air, and try their
case over again
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
An Investigation Wanted.

Senator Sherman presented to the
Senate on Tuesday large number Of petit
ticns from union soldiers of the civil war
asking for an investigation of the affairs
of the pension bureau. These petitions
should be granted The republican
papers have led the pensioners to believe
that it is the purpose of the administra-
ton to disregard the pension laws and re-
move from the pension rolls deserving
pensioners. The pensioners will not
be satisfied that they are mis-
taken until a committee of congress
tells them they are What the
administration is doing is plainly
stated by the President in his message
He says that many names have been put
upon the pension roll by means of whole
sale and gigantic fraud. and that in order
to detect those drawing pensions not
entitled to them the pens. on commissioner
suspended a number of pensions pending
an investigation. There ought to
be no objection by the union
veterans to such an investigation as the
commissioner is making, and there would
not be, in all probability, if they fully I'M
derstood it. If the opposition papers had
told the exact truth about it there would
have been no trouble about the matter
al all.
The administration intends to make the
pension roll a roll of honor. As far as it
can 1t viii pay pensions only to those who,
under the law, are entitled to them, and
it will strike from the roll the names of
all pensioners who obtained pensions by
fraudulent means.
The policy is a just one. No honest man
will object to it, The republican papers
are Directing because they want to create
the impression that the Democratic party
is not dealing fairly with the old pension
ers. The course they are pursuing
will do the Republican party
harm rather than good. The pensioners
will see that the administration is doing
what is right and they will give it
hearty support,
The pension policy that the admins
tration has adopted will save the
government this year between
81, 0OO,0 600 and $4,000, 600. Much of
the money that was illegally paid out for
pensions under the Harrison admlnistra-
tion went into the pockets of pension at
torneys who aided in committing the
frauds, and they are now particularly ac-
tive in trying to create the impression
that Mr. Cleveland's administration is
hostile to the union soldiers of the civil
war
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
BRIGHT BITS.
I simply dote On Horacer

said the Boston maid Don I VOI1 ."
And the maiden from CbicaSo
WONDERING, oueried Horace Who"
-Puc1r
john, dear, it's such trial to have to
think what to get for dinner! l wish you
would order 1t to-day
IL without having to think All dav If What ~
coming afteT I oct home - proolTivp Ea,Io
-N'
toyer-4 on say your ambition Is to become
finished actor? You ought to start for the
far west at once then.
Hamtolette Buskln-Why the far west?
Foyer with emphasis Because after one
dose OF such acting as you gave us tonight an
audience out there would lie apt to finish you
IN no tlme.-Bunalo Courier.
"Rohhv is attending tn his niano lassons
very faithfnliv ot ioie said Htbat vGTtb'
uncIe "Yes : renred bis rnotber. ~ Son,3
have any trouble with him abont that nov .
How did Won manage ~ =,
| Some Of he ai'Lhtors co,,nnIoirad of tho
noise biS eyercises nIade ANA hold iEi1, ar1I't
| il, Now he thinks lis nm TO tuartice :;
Wosbinerton Star ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1893.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
The First RomanoF.

Cato said Pompey the general to his
friend the philosopher as he laid down the
Acta Durna in which he had Just been read
ing the Pick Me-Gps," what do YOU sup
pose that fresh Young J. CRsariS doing now"
Il don know gruutei Cato, according TO
enough for anything. What is he up to-
Hes whipped that Dutchman with the nervy
eye out OF his boots and is marching across
the Rhine. Why, that fellow won stop for
anything but Will rush around till he strikes
Sarmatia.' I've always told you he aimed
at ktngly power, said Cato, and this proves
it. How so*' said POmpey. why, II he S
going to rush around tin he strikes Sarmatia.
as You say, said Cato. d" he II surely be king of
that land, because don't you see, he S the
first Roman of Great Peer, so he is. "
cried Pompey. And though Caesar did not be
come King OF Russia. It has taken nineteen
cent? ries to see through Cato's Joke, for NJ
Porcius Cato was not precisely what people
call a humOrist.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGs- Solomons Lodge No. /, F. and
a NJ: Haupt Lodge No -. L o. o. f.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-Le Panic Cigars at the
Cross Y Roads. r. Brown; As to Crew Of Brit
ish Steamship Glenmavis; Special Notice to
Merchant Tailors, Charles Cook, Chairman
Workingmen $ Benevolent Association.
LEGAL. NoTICEs-As to Julia c. William
sons Estate.
RAILROAD SCHEDULEs-Charlesto and s a
vannah Railroad; Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
THE BLIND SEE-B. II. Levy & Bro.
WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE FOR LIvIEG?-
Appel & Schaul.
BUSINESS SUITS-At Kohler's.
OUR COUPONs-FaIk Clothing Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMENTs-Hel
Wanted; Emp.o ,ment Wan e /; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal, Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07

The young Emperor Of Germany, ac-
Cording to report, is negotiating for the
purchase of the yacht Vigilant, the
American winner of the international
race with the Valkyrie. with a view to
taking her to English waters for the
racing season of next year. The emperor
is now the owner Of the British built
cutter Meteor, formerly known on this
side Of the water as the Thistle which
was beaten for the Americas cup by the
Volunteer He bought the Thistle to sail
against the yacht of his uncle, the Prince
of Wales; but she proved too slow. Now
he will come at Wales with a yankee
yacht The emperor, however is hardly
cup to snuff" The Vigilant was uu-
doubtedly the fastest Yacht afoat at the
time she won her races But by next
summer she may be a second rate boat
Yacht building is a very progressive
science, and lots of improvements may be
made in year The emperor would have
done theproper thing had he placed an
order with an American firm of yacht
builders, Offering a premium for boat
that would defeat anything that Wales
might produce; then he might have gone
on patching up the peace of Europe dur
ing the winter, safe in the assurance that
next summer he would be able to lead his
esteemed uncle over the racing course at
Cowes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
Can't Be Both Cheaper and Better.

From the Richmond Dispatch (Dem).
If the future local currency which certain
papers advocate is to be as good as the ma
tional which we now have. then it, too Will
fee the rural districts and betake itself to
the money centers, and will. moreover. be as
ditticult to get hold of as the present currency
is And il the c banks lend out this local
currency. without securing its repayment.
their circulating notes will at once be at a dis
count, and they VIII have started on their
downward career. The currency demanded
by the friends of a homing- bank circulation
cannot at the same time be as good as the
national currency, and lendable on better
terms
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07

The trial of DR. Henry c. F. Meyer and
his wife, that is now going on in New
York, promises TO be a notable one They
are accused of poisoning Gustav II M
Baum for the purpose of getting the in
surance on his life. Meyer is an educated
man, and it is alleged that he has poisoned
d number Of people to get the insurance on
their lives. The belief is that Baum was
in the conspiracy with Meyer and his
wife. They were all living in Chicago,
and Baum had his life insured in four
companies for about $4,000. The scheme
they concocted was as follows: Meyer
was to give Baum some medicine that
would make him show signs of dysentery;
physician would be called in to attend
him; at the proper time Meyer would pro
cure corpse and substitute it for Baum,
and they would get a death certificate on
which they would collect the insurance
money. As a preliminary to carrying out
the plot, Baum and Mrs. Never went
through marriage ceremony together on
Feb. II, 1892, and the insurance policies
were made out ia favor of Baum's wife
Then all three principals, together with
another prospective victim. went to New
York. Baum soon became i'll Finally Dr.
Samuel M.nlcn, No. llS East Twelfth
street. was called in. He treated Baum
for dyssntery, but Baum. although he
was not aware OF it, was already in the
shadow of death He died on March 30.
1872. DR.. Minden cave death certif-
cate, ana as soon as the body was buried
MRS. Me- err went TO the insurance offices
To collect her policies. Her precipitation
aroused suspicion The insurance com
panies started to investigate Meyer
and his friends became alarmed and fled.
Detectives were on their track for
months. Meyer constantly changed his
name. He Was chased with his wife to
Chicago, and thence to Toledo. Detroit.
South Bend and back to Detroit. where
he and his wife were arrested last JULY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
Blount and Stevens.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch (Rep0.
ExMinister John l., Stevens has published
an extended document in reply to the report
OF Mr.. Blount on the Hawaiian muddle. It's
nature is not such as to warrant newspa pers
not given over to organic partisanship on the
lingo side in occupying space for its publica-
ton. 1t is one of the curious features OF the
annexationist campaign literature that OF the
two replies which have been made to Mr..
Blount report. that Of Mr.. ThurSton. sup
posed TO represent the auneKationists, is al
least within the bounds of good language.
while that OF Mr.. Stevens, claiming to have
occupied an impartial position. is given over
to personal abuse of everyone opposed to the
anneXationiSt scheme. The fact is that the
person who has most disCredited his Official
conduct Is John L. Stevens himself.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
sorce~y In Pennsylvania.

1t seems almost incredible that in this
enlightened age, and in the progressive
state of Pennsylvania, there should be
persons who believe in witchcraft and
the exercising of the devil by incantations
and horrible cruelty. Yet such is the
tenor of a story that comes from the town
of Maltby, in Pennsylvania.
A man who lives there had an g.
year-old daughter afflicted with epileptic
fits. The past tense is used, because the
poor child is probably dead by this tune,
though living at last accounts. Several
days ago an Arab woman peddler passed
through Maltby, saw the child, and
learned of it's misfortune. She told the
father that in her own country she had
learned to work strong magic; that the
child was possessed of an evil spirit and
that she could drive it out. After some
dickering the father agreed to paw the
woman $500 if she would drive out the
evil spirit. On the woman's part she
stipulated that the child should be
turned over to her manipulation without
reserve or question, to which the father
| consented.
As a first step the woman shaved the
! child's head; and with a red-hot iron
burned a cross on her scalp, from ear to
ear and from forehead to neck. The
poor victim screamed and prayed for
mercy, but the bag said it was the only
way to cure her, and her father held her
while the iron was being applied The
| next day the Arab burned crosses on
| both arms from wrists to elbow, explain
/ ing that this would bring the devil from
/ the bowels to the skin. The third day
/ the child's wrists were cut and she was al
| lowed to bleed until she tainted from the
| loss of blood. That evening she had fit,
and the next day the old woman, saying
/ the devil was strong and must be heroi-
/ cally treated, slit the child's tongue from
root to tip in three pieces. The child
suffered so that the father, at last
alarmed, sent for priest. He called in a
physician, and the physician sent for the
police. The old witch, however, had
flown when the officers arrived. The
physician did what he could for the child
but had little hope of saving her life
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07

Says the New York Tribune: "When
the President made his first free trade
proclamation in 1857 it was not an econo-
mic theory but q situation of surplus rev
enue that confronted him. Now, as the
result of ten months of triumphant
democracy, another situation has arisen"
That is a willful perversion of the facts
The empty treasury is the another sit
uation" referred to. That situation, as
the Tribune knows very we'll is not ''the
result of ten months of triumphant democ-
racy," but of four years of prohigate re
publicanism. The treasury was empty
ten months AGO when the Harrison ad-
ministration, after looting it, turned it
over to the man who had left it four
years before full and oyeraowing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
Prison Reform Needed.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal (DemD.
Mississippi is also wrestling with a convict
problem and is in search of something TO
take The place Of the present leasing system.
which Will expire by limitation Dec 81, 1894.
by the provisions OF the new constitution Of
the state The spread Of prison reform in the
south cannot be too rapid nor the reform
itself too thorough
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
CURRENT COMMENT.
What, Take the Tariff Out of Politics
From the Tammany Times Dem0.

What the tariff question most needs is it's
final removal from its old position as stock
in-trade of partisan politics to place along
side the financial question as an economic
problem, to be so considered by all paroles
from this time henceforth. What the bust
ness world wants is tariff stability.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
The Foot Ball Captain.

From the COurier-Journal.
Pick up his ear,
His work is done:
Find his nose
For the victOry's won.
Where are his hands?
And where his feet?
Death for a cause
Like this is sweet.
In Paradise
He still shall hear
The pleasant sound
OF that mighty cheer
That rose when DER
The grass so brown,
He rushed and made
That last touch down.
Woe, woe is me.
L or his broken shin
And woe, O woe,
For his missing chin!
But lay him away,
And on his bier
Let memory drop
One kindly tear.
Lay him away;
lie was great and brave.
But GlOry's PATHS
Lead 10 the grave.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
Senator Dolnh,s nttack I'm thn Sonar.

Senator Dolph's attack in the Senate
upon Mr.. Blount and the administration s
Hawaiian policy may be taken as indicat-
ing his party S attitude in the matter. He
made no effort TO Justify the action of Mr..
Stevens aud the Harrison administration
his especial effort was directed against
the heinous otfense of returning to dis
sipated and corrupt" queen something
that had been stolen from her and re-
tanned Under duress. Her personal wick
edness, according to Mr. Dolph's idea,
makes it impossible for an American to
do her an injustice In other words, it is
impossible to steal from a thief, or to be
dishonest in dealing with drunkard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
Qualifications for Governor.


The South Carolina experiment is certainly
not a failure in the whisky line. The plan
may be adopted in other states within q few
years 1T may yet become a test of man S
availability as a gubcrna torlal candidate that
be shall know how TO detect bad whisky and
how to buy good whisky at the lowest market
price
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07

A Kansas paper tells a story Of a
hen in that state which lays eggs with
two-ccnt pieces in them, and explains that
the owner fed her on mint
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07
FUuWll gnEs
Excursion VS.. Riyl Prices.
SaVannah'S Interest Goes Up and
Prices Go Down,
HU-RAH-RAH!
FOR THE
CHATHAM FURNITURE CO.
This is what men, women ana
children are saying in their
homes to-day.

When the Chatham cuts prices il Is an
honest cut and the people know thatlt Is MOI
IA fire cut, a receivers cut, bankrupt cut
or fake bargain day, but an honest cu''
Hence prices go down this week on the ioI'
lowing articles:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07

Green B. Raum, Jr., has made failure
of his business ventures at Perry, Ok
Il his esteemed father was only back in
the pension Office the young man might
recoup himself by going down to Wash
ington and. borrowing OF the pension
clerks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07

The more ardent of the iingoists of the
republican press have discovered a new
and terrible practice to which Queen
Lniuokalani is addicted. They say she
throws pigs into a volcano. Considering
the price Of pork, this is sufficient to erys-
tallize American sentiment against her.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07

EASTERN OFFICE, % Park RoN, New
York City. c. 8. FACL6NER, Manager.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-14
Fits Santa Ee Exactly.

The condition of place may always
be gagged by the appearance of its news
papers. When the local journal has a
poverty-stricken look, and live advertise
ments are scarce, it is safe to say that the
town is either on the down grade or never
got very far up. When sensible man is
thinking of settling in a new place the
first thing he does is to get hold of a paper
published there. Unless that shows signs
of prosperity he looks somewhere else.
What front gate off the hinges is to a
house, a poorly supported local paper is
to town.Las Vegas Optic.
The above is true, absolutely; SO the
citizens of Santa Fe will only benefit
themselves by giving this journal first.
class and full support.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-14
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Choice new potatoes $1.50 per hundred
at s. s. Beatty's.
The Gun club meets tomorrow even
ing, July Is, at 8 o'clock at j. W. Akers.
Great demand for extra copies of the
New MEXICAN these days. Many copies
are being sent east.
B company, I'd infantry, N. NJ. NJ, has
over sixty men on it's roll now. About
fifty men attended drill last night.
Yesterday morning the Santa Fe Bicycle
club started tho improvement on the
proposed race track around the federal
building. Races will begin in few
weeks
Up to-day at noon an additional seven
hundredths of an inch of rain had fallen.
This raises the amount of rain during
the second week of July up to 1,61 of an
inch.
A dispatch to the New MEXICAN, re-
ceived last evening, announces that a girl
baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Bergere, at Los Lunas, on yesterday after
noon. Mother and child doing well. The
NEW MEx1oAN's sincere congratulations
to all concerned.
Tom Pierce, the celored porter at the
Arcade had blood in his eye yesterday
morning. He accuses Willis Turner of
having induced his wife to take up her
residence with the Turner family. Yester-
day afidavits we're made out before Squire
Garcia and Pierce was arrested. He had
a trial and was aquitted from all blame.
Mining locations, deeds, mortgages
leases, powers of attorney and all kinds
of Justice of the peace blanks printed
and for sale, in quantities to suit, at the
New MEXICAN printing Office.
At the annual election of the hose com
pany the following officers we're elected:
]. T. Sandoval, foreman; Juan B. sando.
val, assistant; Julian Perea, property
keeper; VIM. Bolander, treasurer; A. P.