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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-14

an alliance, can very easily be imagined.
The labor men in New York are wonder.
ing II it can be true that Powderly in
tends taking up his residence in their
city. He certainly has many warm
friends in the metropolis For some time
he has been engaged in literary work and
it appears that he proposes to earn
money by the pen. The careers of the
labor leaders of this country have been
very picturesque and dramatic, and the
absolute sway they have exercised sur
passes anything ever witnessed in this
country in any other field of endeavor.
THE MIDwINTER FAIR.
San Francisco's Midwinter Fair is at
tracing great attention from New York
ers. The exhibits of Gothamites are, in
many cases, very elaborate, while almost
daily parties of the more prosperous Of
the city's population start on tours to the
show" The fair is styled a San Fran
cisco enterprise, although its location
hardly justifies such a designation. The
few New Workers who have as yet COM
municated their impressions to their
friends are unanimously enthusiastic in
their praises of the exposition. Some
Gothamites have project afoot
that, so far, has received scant at
tenticn-to organize a fair in Riverside
Park on the lines of the California one.
The idea is to have it as distinctively an
eastern occasion as the other is western
But there are so many worlds fair pro-
1ects in contemplation now that practi-
cally no interest is felt in the undertake
ing. AS it is, some manufacturers are
preparing to ship exhibits to the Dutch
exposition. Then preparations will be in
order for the Paris exposition, in which
New Workers mean to be much in evil
dence. Afterward the London and Mad
rid expositions will need consideration.
DAVID WECHsLER.
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sos. 900 worth of gold down. It was loaded
into wagon, and, like the judges, was
escorted to the town by an armed force.
That night whiskey and other liquor
flowed like water in Denver and the whole
camp was one huge drunk. The brick
was cut up into chunks, and Teats, Chiefs
rider, received lump valued at $1,000
for his services. The remainder the
three Greers divided among themselves,
and so successfully and gorgeously did
they celebrate their great victory that it
is said within forty-eight hours they had
spent their last cent.
While still too drunk to realize what
they were doing they sold Chief for $3.50
to Capt. MCGEE, who was subsequently
tortured to death by the Arapahoes.
When MCGEE was captured he was riding
Chief, but the Indians failed to secure the
horse, and he escaped to the Ogallala
range, and roamed at large with band
of wild horses. He was never recap
tured
Poor Border Rufian seemed to realize
that in this, his first and only defeat, he
had outlived his glory as racer and
speedily degenerated into worthless and
ambitionless animal. For weeks he stood
in his stan and refused to pay the slight
est heed to voice or caress, and scarcely
tasted the feed placed before him. One
bitterly cold morning in the following
November he was found stiff in death on
the floor of his stall
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Georsia's Old State House.
From the Baltimore Sun.

The old state house, at Milledgeville,
Ga, which was destroyed by fire Monday
last, was an historic building. The main
building was erected in 1903, during the
administration of Gov. John Milledge, at
cost of $ll5,000, and afterwards two
wings were erected. In 1925 Gen. Lafay-
cite was entertained there by invitation
of the legislature of Georgia. An ovation
was given the patriotic Frenchman by
the people and the old revolutionary sol
diers. In the halls of this state house
most of Georgia's distinguished orators
made their political debuts as legislators.
In the hall of the house Hon. BENJAMIN
H. Hill made his celebrated speech just
after his defeat for governorship by Hon.
Joseph e. Brown. The trend of his argu-
ment was that he was defeated not dead,
and that when those who heard had
passed away, the principles which he
presented and the cause which he
championed would live on, and live for
ever. In this building the secession con-
vention met, and there gathered many
distinguished Georgians, including Thos.
r. H. Cobb, Alexander H. Stephens,
Robert Toombs, Ben Hill and Francis S.
Barlow, the latter of whom was killed
in the first battle of Manassas. 1t was at
this convention that MIR. Toombs uttered
the famous sentence: 1--WE can make bet
ter terms out of the union than in it, {"
aud it was there that Mr.. Stephens said:
THE point Of resistance should be the
point Of aggression" Since the removal
of the capital to Atlanta the old building
has been used for a college. This was
founded in 1888, and since then it has
turned out number of graduates each
year. For a number of years Gen. d. II.
Hill taught In the institution.
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BORDER RUFFIAN'S RACE.
The Purse Was a Fortune in Shin
ing Cold.

Border Rufian Was a Famous Old
Bang-Tail Horse-The Yellow Dust
Scattered Like Chaff-Two Oppos-
ing Mobs on the Track.
Denver Correspondence st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
In an eastern paper of recent date ref
erence was made to Border Ruffian,
famous old race-horse, whose name many
of the latter-day generation of sporting
men have probably never heard. Yet
Ruflan was wonderful animal, and con-
tested in some of the most notable turf
events that have stirred the hearts and
affected the purses of the old-time sport
ing element of the West. His most famous
race and one which involved the largest
purse ever ran for in the west took place
here over thirty years ago. The race
is still referred to by the old-timers who
saw it.
One morning early in May of 1880 two
men, astride of one horse, arrived in the
then frontier settlement of Denver from
the old Salt Lake trail. Although it was
not an unusual sight to see two men rid
ing one horse, Mexican style. there was
something about these particular men
and the appearance of their horse that
gave them an air of mystery, and the
news of their arrival quickly spread from
cabin to cabin. By the time the two
strangers had reached the Elephant Cor
raj, where they put up their horse, a
goodly-sized crowd of people were al
ready there, anxious to form their ac-
quaintance. The strangers were dressed
In full suits of buckskin and heavily
armed; their horse, a bay, seemingly
laded and tired, was spiritless and hoof-
worn. His sides were covered with
streaks of dry foam and alkah dirt, and
bis back was raw from the chafngs of
the heavy saddle. Altogether the animal
was in pitiable plight, and predictions
were made that the next morning would
hnd him
DEAD IN HIS STALL.
"Give old Rufian the best feed YOU
have got" said one of the strangers,
for he deserves il. He has stood by us
N a mighty hard ride, and has saved our
aecks. If it had not been for him we
would have been swung of by the Nor
mons long ago.
1t was not long before the whole truth
same out. The two strangers were none
bther than Jim Harrison and Tom Hunt,
The notorious Utah outlaws, and the horse
vas Border Ruffian, the famous Salt
Lake race horse. For several years
sumah ndu relRueu Gne luNluClOIe king
II the Mormon race tracks, and under
Iaddle had never been beaten either in
ong or short races. His name was IA
nlliar to everybody in Utah and the ad-
dining territories. and his victories
afforded themes for many interesting
,tories. No amount of money could in
luce his owners to part with him.
Hunt and Harrison, who were profess
lional gamblers, had lost a good sized
iortune betting against Ruffian in various
'aces, and finally decided to steal the
horse and take him 10 some new country,
and there make up what they had lost
against him. Before they had completed
heir plans Hunt killed prominent Nor
non at Salt Lake, and after very short
rial was found guilty and sentenced to
y hanged. gallows was erected near
he outskirts Of the town, on the old over
and road, and all preparations were
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Phaeton Run by Electricity.

The electric dog cart of Magnus Volk,
OF Brighton, has been followed by the
electric phaeton Of Paul Pouchain, Of Ar
mentieres, in France. The hind wheels
are driven by endless chain gearing and
an electric motor fed by Duiardin accum-
ulators, in six boxes of nine elements
each. These and the motors are contained
in the body Of the carriage, which is con-
trolled from the front seat by switches
and brakes. One charge of the battery
serves for Journey Of forty-two miles, at
a speed of about ten miles an hour. The
vehicle has already made its appearance
on the streets of Paris.
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A HUSBANDS DEVOTION.
He Submits to the Process of Playing
for the Sake of His Wife.
From the New York Tribune

from Lne new 4orK TrlDune.
Chicago, Jan. 6.-Ex-State's Attorney
George w. w. Blake and his wife have
been lying for two weeks past in Mercy
hospital Two weeks ago Mr.. Blake sub
mitted to most astonishing operation.
This was nothing less than the removal
Of seventy-two square inches of cutlcle
from his thighs. The skin was taken
of from the knees to the groin in strips
one and one-half inches in length and
and one-half to three-quarters of an inch
wide. The object of the operation was
to save Mrs. Blake's arms, which were
burned so badly in Ottawa last fall as to
make necessary either skin-grafting or
amputation
The operation took place in the hospital
operating room on the afternoon of Dec
~, consuming two hours. Mr.. and Mrs:
Blake were placed underline influence OF
either and laid upon the table side by
side. AS each piece Of skin was cut from
Mr.. Blake's thighs it was dropped into
disinfecting solution and then care
fully transferred to Mrs. Blake's arms
until sufficient numberof square inches
had been secured to insure new growth
upon the raw surface. Several days ago
the bandages were removed, and it was
found that each of the pieces had ad-
hered and taken firm growth, making
the operation absolutely successful.
Neither Mr.. and Mrs. Blake will be able
to leave the hospital for several weeks.
Horseaesh in China has teen considered
great delcacy for centuries. The inhabitants
however, for the purposes Of the kitchen. use
almost exclusively animals Of small 0reeu'
little bigger than ponies, which have thih
legs and small bones, and grow fat on niue
food: They are fed almost entirely on grass
ana hay. The meat Is sold at comparatively
low prices for this reason. Many farmers de
vote their time almost exclusively to raising
these horses for the market.
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Rnsv Dav for Millionaires.

New YORK, May 2.The millionaires
of this town were busy swearing off
what they deem the excess OF their per-
sonal taxes. Russell Sage, who was
assessed for $l,ooo,ooo of personal
property. swore that he was liable for
only 100000. Cornelius Vanderbilt
swore that his personal property liable
to taxation is worth only 81, 500, 000
William H. Flagler swore off al assess
ment Of $3.50, 900 on the ground that he
Is a resident of Florida. The Union
Trust company, trustee for Mrs. Hetty
Green's mortgage on the Stewart build
ing for s1,250,o 900. is assessed for that
amount
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!. MINERS TROUBLES.
The Strike on the Mesabi Range
Grows Serious.
All tho Men Have Been Forced to Quit and
Mobs of Men Guard the Mines to
Prevent Any Resump-
ton of Work.

DULUTH, Mimi, May 3.-The strike
on the Mesa bi range has assumed very
serious proportions. The sheriff has
telegraphed Gov. Nelson for orders
calling out the militia and the adjutant
general is expected today. The sheriff
with three companies will be at the
scene of difficulty before noon. All the
men on the range have been forced to
quit work, 1000 in all, and the strikers
say no work will be permitted until
they all get the rate of wages demand
ed. The life of the strike is body of
500 miners from the Franklin and other
mines at Virginia. They are mostly
Films and Swedes. At Mountain Iron
the mines were visited yesterday by a
mob of 200 from Virginia and all the
men driven out. After the mob left,
men held a meeting and resolved to re-
turn to work this morning and asked
protection. It was learned last night
that the mob secreted itself in the
woods half mile from Mountain Iron,
intending to return at midnight. The
miners organized an armed patrol to
resist attack and bloody tight is prob
able.
Miners are striking for $1.65 per. day
and will not allow any one to work at
that or any other figure until all are
satisfied The men at Mountain Iron
and on the Duluth, Mesabi and
Northern and Duluth and Iron Range
grading are anxious to work if permit
ted. The men at Franklin have a
grievance as they cannot, at the wages
now paid, keep out of debt to the com
pany, but seem to have lost public sym
pathy by the intimidation of other men.
When the sheriff goes up this
morning the men will return to work
and trouble is expected.
ST.. PAUL, May 2.-The sheriff of St.
Louis county has telegraphed Gov. Mel
son that there is probability of trouble
on the Mesabi range and requesting
him to order out the militia to help
to preserve the peace. The governor
has authorized Adjt. Gen. Muehlen-
berg to call out the three companies of
the National Guard at Duluth should he
find it necessary to do SO. Before issu-
ing the order he sent the adjutant
general to Duluth to look the ground
over and decide whether there is any
necessity for such action, not being GER
tain that the sheriff had exhausted his
other means of suppressing the trouble.
If needed the militia will be ordered
out, but all other more peaceful means
of preserving the peace must be first
tried.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Work Of Our Lawmakers In the
ifty-Third Congress.
Tho Progress Made In the senate and
House ON Various Measures OF Inn
portance-Daily Proceedings
Briefly Recorded.
SENATE.

EGNAlH.
WASHINGTON, April 81. - In the
United States senate yesterday Mr..
Jarvis, recently appointed senator from
North Carolina to succeed Senator
Vance, was sworn in. Senator Aliens
resolution censuring the district au-
thorities for proclaiming against the
admission of the Coxeyites to the Dis
trict Of Columbia was discussed and the
tariff bill was further considered.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-No general
business was transacted in the senate
yesterday, the time being occupied in
discussing the tariff bill. A PROPOSE
ton by Senator Aldrich (R. H. to take
feated.
WASHINGTON, April s0-In the sen.
ate on Saturday the tariff bill was
further discussed and Senator Hale de.
clared that plan to reconstruct the
measure was being secretly considered.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The time in
the senat. yesterday was occupied in
discussing the tariff bill. During the
debate Senator Voorhees, (lnd.) said
that in spite of what other changes
may be made, no matter what may be
floating in the air, the income tax will
stay in the tariff bill
WASHINGTON, May 2.-lmmediately
after the chaplain's opening prayer in
the senate yesterday the death OF Sen
ator Stock bridge. of Michigan, was
announced and the senate adjourned.
The House.
WASHINGTON, April 27.The diplo'
matte and consular appropriation bill
l$1.bl3,53S) was passed in the house
yesterday. Mr.: ONeill (Mo) intro
duced bill to protect free labor from
the injurious effects Of convict labor by
confirming the sale of the products OF
the latter class Of labor to the state in
which they are produced.
WARRINGTON, April 23.-1n the house
yesterday tweuty-one private pension
bills were passed. The bill making ap-
preparations of So, $50, 600 for the sup
port of the department of agriculture
for the fiscal year 1895 was reported.
WASHINGTON, April SO. The army
appropriation bill was taken up in COM
mittee Of the whole in the house on
Saturday, but an adjournment was
forced owing to the lack of aquorum.
WASHINGTON, May lin the house
yesterday the army appropriation bill
was passed after adopting an amend
ment limiting the number of assistant
adiutant generals to four.
WASHINGTON, May mo business
was transacted in the house yesterday
on account of the death OF Senator
Stockbridge.
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DROWNED BY HUNDREDS.

Terrible Accident In Rouma MAN Town
Report That 200 We're Killed.
BRAH1Iov, Roumania, May IA
terrible accident occurred here. While
the pier was crowded with persons in
holiday attire waiting for the steamer
which was to convey them 10 Galatz,
on the Danube, the pier gave way and
threw hundreds of persons into the
water: 1t is estimated that not less
than 300 were drowned.
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GUTHRIE, o. T., May THE decision
Of the interior department. egarding
an important corner in Guthrie is that
C. N. Barnes, ex-register of the land
office, cannot hold lots because he is q
government officia'. This bars all fed
eral officials from securing titles to
lots or land and gives actual settlers
over 81, 600, 600 worth of property in the
leading towns Of Oklahoma claimed by
government officials.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
Tor the week Ending May :.

Tor the week Ending May ?.
The Erie canal was opened for navi-
cation.
Gen. Randall, with $50 men, started
from Chicago on the march to Wash
ington.
Maj. Joseph Kirkland, well-known
soldier and author, died in Chicago,
aged 81.
Fire destroyed block of business
buildings at Hot Springs, Ark, the loss
being 800. 600.
F. C. Layton was nominated for con-
gress by the democrats of the Fourth
district of Ohio
Near Abilene, Tex, a cyclone swept
trees, fences and outbuildings from the
face of the earth.
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher was said
to be very poor and benefit would be
rendered her in Brooklyn.
Julian O. Davidson, who had achieved
fame as a marine painter, died at
Nyack, n. Y, aged 40 years
A cyclone swept over Kansas City,
Mo-, doing great damage to property
and causing some loss of life.
The children's home at Temesca, Cal. i,
was burned. One hundred babies and
children were safely removed.
William G. Green killed a woman who
had lived with him for years at Adams,
N. Y. and then killed himself
While playing draw poker in Phila-
delphia Arthur s. Poultner picked up
four aces and at once dropped dead.
The Walter Wellman American ex-
petition sailed from Tromsoe to Spitz-
bergen to begin the search for the
north pole
John Slate and Frank Storer were
crushed to death in an elevator shaft
at Warsaw, Ind, and William Shinu
was fatally injured.
Representative trade unionists met
at Philadelphia to form new national
labor organization which it is intended
shall absorb all others
Herman Stocked, who forged notes
in excess of sc, 200. was held for trial at
Galena, ILL., His father, thy
farmer, died from grief.
The entire division of the industrial
army marching under Col. Calvin, who
stole train, surrendered at Mount
Sterling, ", to the sheriff.
Fifty of the Coxey recruits who stole
a Union Pacific train at Troutdale,
Ore, were in Jail at Portland, and the
rest were imprisoned in box cars.
Citizens of Burlington, Ind, rid the
town of an obnoxious saloon by burn
ing the fixtures, wrecking the building
and splitting out the stock of liquors.
Seven thousand unemployed men par
AIDED the streets of Cleveland. O., and
several riots occurred, in which street
cars were wrecked and number of
persons injured.
In an enieavor to keep smallpox out
Of che state Indiana health officials
will prohibit the sale of clothing made
in Chicago sweat shops unless thor
oughly disinfected.
J The scorpions have made their ap-
pearance at Durango, Mexico, in great
err numbers and with more deadly re-
suits than ever before, many deaths
having occurred from bites from the
DOisOnouS insects
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Telegraph Notes.

CHARLES N1EBE1, of Soldiers Grave,
Wis, was arrested the I'd upon the
charge of robbing the mails. The
thefts cover number OF months: He
was detected by a decoy letter. - -.
The populists of Spokane elected
their candidate for mayor
AN explosion occurred in the dyeing
works of Jolly &, Son, New York, the
I'd. Two persons, man and woman,
were killed.
J. S. CoxEY, the chief of the common
veal army, was arrested in Washing
ton, D. c., the I'd.
AT the postofice at Eddyville, To-, the
morning of the I'd, John Janger, a
wealthy citizen, was found dying with
a bullet hole in his head. He had been
to Oska]oosa with considerable money
and it is thought he was murdered by
highwaymen.
THERE was battle in Cleveland, O.,
the I'd between the police and a mob OF
strikers. The windows of the Variety
Iron works were smashed and the
workmen driven out of the building.
There were three separate and bloody
conflicts between the police and rioters.
The mob in each case were defe ated.
The mayor ordered out the militia of
the city.
THE proprietors of tobacco antidote
in Chicago telegraphed the I'd to Wesh-
ington. offering to hire the whole Coxey
army as an advertising scheme.
The state miners convention of Iowa
the I'd decided to order.a general strike
throughout the coal regions.
THE postmaster general the I'd de-
cided that hereafter saloonkeepers and
bartenders should not be appointed as
postmasters.
COINAGE executed at the United
States minis during the month of April,
'94, was: Gold, $40, 1874, 900; silver, $3.50, 600;
scent pieces, s12, 500; total, $40, 750. 600.
A PETITION was put in circulation the
I'D in the senate demanding that q
cloture rule be passed so that a vote on
the tariff bill may be brought about
CHAs. Ewes, travelling for q St Paul
mailing house, was mortally wounded
at La Crosse, Wis, the I'd, by VIM. Pre-
schele, saloon keeper. Because Enes
would not drink with him, Preschele
assaulted him with a target rifle.
The miners IN the Northern Pacific
mines at Roslyn, Wash, have quit
work. 5.
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Receipts and Disbursements.

WASHINGTON, May "A treasury
statement shows that during April the
receipts aggregated s22, 6a2, 1854 and the
disbursements during the same period
$3a, 072, 1885, The receipts for the ten
months of the present fiscal year are
shown to have been $245 800, 749, and
the disbursements ISL l. 257, 1876, leaving
a deficit for the ten months of $685.
447 AT,
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LOST HIS LIFE.

A st. Paul Bartender Attempts to Stand
Off a Pair of Robbers.
ST.. PAUL, May AT 1927 o'clock
last night two masked highwaymen en-
tered l.. R. Coleman's saloon, at 562
Wabasha street, and shot VIM. Lind
holme. the. bartender. Two bullets
took effect, one penetrating the intes-
tines and the second entering the right
leg just below the hip. The wounded
man was removed to the city hospital,
where he died shortly after midnight
The murderers made good their escape
and up to a late hour no trace Of them
had been found.
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p,h,,c Debit Increases al.18o.971.

WASHINGTON, May 2.-The regular
monthly statement of the treasury
shows the public debt on April 80 was
s1.o17, $780, 79, an increase for the
month of $1,160,971. The cash In the
treasury was $500, S26, 600.
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Headquarters in Minneapolis.

MONTENEGRO, Mimi, May 2.-Of the
five insurance companies organized in
this place in the last few years, the
Railway Mems Accident association is
the latest. 1t is said the headquarters
of the company will be in Minneapolis.
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m Emirrant COMPANY Fails.

New York, May THE Scands.
navian & Finland Emigrant company
of this city, which had done an annual
business Of 81, j 0o, 900, has failed.