The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-29

the platform and his resignation de-
manded. Several speakers accused Til
lett of spending his salary of $500 a year
in reckless living while his supporters
were starved. Tillett's influence as an
agitator has waneo greatly.
WAR DISPATCHES.
G. w Smalley's article in Harper's, in
which he claims the distinction of hav-
ing originated telegraph system of war
correspondence, the credit of which has
hitherto been given to the Daily News
through Archibald Forbes, is denied by
Sir John Robinson, manager of the Daily
News Sir John says the New York
Tribune and Daily News exchanged
dispatches during the Franco-German
war of 1870 Though the dispatches of
the Tribune were of great value, he said,
it was not Mr.. Smalley who suggested
the lavish use of the tele
graph. The bulk of the dispatches
were supplied by the Daily News own
correspondents. Mr. Smalley's state
ments, Sir John says, are greatly at va
rance with the facts. The Westminster
Gazette supports Sir John Robinson, but
all of the newspaper men who were con
cerned in the matter Of supplying the
Daily News with dispatches in 1870 know
that ii was the enterprise of the Ameri-
can paper that gave the English journals
the impetus TO get them out of their Gus
tomary Jog trot.
CORBETT's AID TO A CHAPEL.
The sneering comments of a section of
the English and Irish press upon the re
cent visit of the pugilist Corbett to
Ballinrobe, where he gave performance
in aid of chapel in course of erection
there, have elected letter from Michael
Davitt The newspapers characterized
the performance as that of founding
pugilistic chapel" Mr.. Davitt explained
| that the performance was not pugilistic,
but theatrical, and was conducted by the
! same company that performed with Mr..
Corbett in the Drury Lane theater.
as there anything wrong" asked Mr.
Davitt, 'in giving the proceeds of the
performance for the purpose of building a
| chapel?'
Mr.. Davitt adds that the district is
very poor, and the contribution was
veritable Godsend. He says he never saw
| MIR. Corbett, nor did he ever see a prize
| fight, but he praised the generosity of
Mr.. Corbett in helping to build d
chapel in the town which was the birth
place of his father.
OUTRAGE STORIES ABOUT GEORGIA.
The Macon (Ga.) correspondent Of the
| Spectator sends to that paper denial
| from Gov. Northen OF story of the
! lynching and faying of negro in that
state, and i'll the course of the denial Gov.
! Northen writes: II am thoroughly dis
| gusted with the course of the English
papers. l am satisfied that they
! dld not want to know the truth. "
| To this the Spectator answers
| that these stories and other
tales of a woman being rolled in a barrel
! bristling with nails, negro children being
| lynched for trivial offences etc, come
from American correspondents who are
supplying falsehoods to the English press
for the sake of obtaining a few dollars.
! The Spectator adds: "We are glad to get
reliable contradiction of such stories"
MUST BORROW IF THEY FIGHT.
The expectation on the stock exchange
is that if there should be genuine war be-
| tween China ana Japan. both must raise
loans to purchase stores, etc, which
would greatly stimulate trade. AS
neither country holds a sufficient amount
of ready money, each will be obliged to
| borrow, and the war will also involve
large purchases of silver.
Lord Kimberly has instructed the Bri-
tish AMBASSADOR at Washington to furnish
the foreign Office with a report of Sena-
tor Morgan's bill on the Nicaragua canal,
| especially with reference to Senator
Dolphs motions to abrogate the Clayton
Bulwer treat.