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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
MAKERS IN DANGER.
pIBDgeTS Who Lose Can Go Into Court
and Recover.

A Chicago Man Plays the Baby Act and
Wins His Cause.-The Talent Badly
Dumped by the Defeat of Five Favor
ties at st. Asaph-Results ofthe Days
Events on the Other Tracks.
St Louis, Nov. IA decision has been
rendered by an East St. Louis justice of
the peace. which if sustained by the
higher courts, will knock out book-mak-
ing and race tracks throughout the state
of Illinois, and possibly in many other
states. The ruling was made in a suit
instituted in Justice James A. Wyatt's
court in East st. Louis by H. +. Barnes.
Barnes claims to have lost S1S4 at the
East Side track during October last.
When the case was tried, he produced
losing tickets representing the amount
he claimed to have lost, and succeeded in
convincing the judge of the truth of his
statement, whereupon a decision was rem
dered in his favor. The defendants Of
fered no witnesses to disprove the truth
If his statement and aside from contend
ing that they had right to keep money
won from the public on the ground that
the public would keep money won from
them, they made no defense whatever.
Judge Wyatt said that his decision in
the case was strictly in compliance
with the state statute governing such
cases, which defines clearly that per-
son, upon proving that he has lost an
amount equal to or more than $40 upon
anv gambling device whatever, can obtain
the full amount lost from the parties re-
ceiving the same, and if not from them,
from the lessees or owners of the prop
erty upon which such games were con-
Iducted A similar case has been COM
promised by the track people, but this will
he carried uD.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
TRIAL OF THE LYNCHERs.
The Six Widows of the Murdered Men
Take the Stand.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 15.-After a weeks
delay in securing a jury, the trial of w. S.
Richardson and F. N. Smith, charged with
being parties to the Kerrville lynching,
where six negroes were murdered, was
begun to-day. 1t looks as if the trial will
last thirty days.
The sensation to-day in the murder trial
of Smith and Richardson, charged with
the sextuple lynching, was the appearance
on the witness stand, one after another,
of the six widows of the murdered men.
They told the circumstances of the arrest
of their husbands by Detective Richard
son, and showed that he might have taken
the prisoners to Memphis by train, in
stead of i'm a frail wagon over a rough
road at night. They also told of the
bringing home of the bodies of their hus-
bands, shot full of holes. 1t developed to-
day that the warrants upon which they
were arrested were drawn up by Richard
son at his own office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
BIG DAY FOR THE BOOBIES.
The Talent Dumped by Every Favorit
but One at st. Asaph.


but One at st. Asaph.
Washington, Nov. 15.-The talent quit
heavy losers at the st. Asaph track to-
day, only one favorite getting a decision.
In the six furlong event Jack of Spades
was heavily backed, closing a decided IA
Ivorite at Il to 20 and barred in some books.
|Derfargilla, however, was in prime con-
8diton and easily defeated the favorite by
1.-Two lengths.
Il Prince George, the only successful first
Ichoice, made new seven furlong track
4, ecord in the fifth race, taking the event
seasily from Copyright by length and
8half, and covering the distance in LIS 3-4.
Nineveh won the opening race after a
tclose finish.
Doggett was considered a certainty for
sthe fourth and a lot of money went down
on him, but Flush went ahead at the far
burn and had things his own way to the
8wire.
n Panway, a long shot, came on with a
gush at the finish in the third event and
bested Flirt at odds on, by short head.
Setauket, an outsider, won the closing
race handily by two lengths from Nc
Intyre
II Summaries follow:
81 First Race-Haf mile. Nineveh, 103,
Griffin, to l. won, with Buckeye, 100 H.
wv H. Il LOls SGtOilu anu Elise MOE1lSOn
4illy 100, Simms, to ., third. Time 0:50.
Il Second Race-Six fUrlongs. DerfargilIa,
D., Doggett, to l, won, with Jack of
sEpades, 112, Griffin, IL to 20, second and
Harrington 109, Simms, to 1, third. Time
d 10
a Third Race-SiX and one-half furlongs.
Panway, 1O7. E. Tribe, 20 to l, won, with
q lirt, 1903, Smms, l to ,, second and Ro-
busta' 100, Doggett, to I, third. Time
j :22l2.
4 Fourth Race-Five and half furlongs.
q Flush, l0l, Lamley, u to l, won, with
Doggett 1OS, Doggett, 7 to 5, second and
Phoebus, 102, Penn, 10 to l, third. Time
4 lOla.
q Fifth Race-Seven furlongs. Prince
Feorge, 10, Simms, to 10, won. with
Nopyright, ITO, Bergen, Is to 5. second and
Zero, l07, Cottrell, 40 to l, third. Time
3 2Sal
Sixth Race-One mile Setauket, so,
&keefe, to l, won. with Mcintyre, 10S,
#imms, 4 to 1, second and Plenty, 1913,
Nrtftin, to ). third. Time l:42.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
GOOD SPORT AT LEXINGTON.
e Bookmakers and the Plungers
Split About Even.

lexington, KY. Nov. 15.-Perfect wealth
4 70 large attendance. q good track, and
EXCELLENT sport marked the fourth day of
ne races here. The talent and bookmakers
I pparently split even. three favorites and
llIee outsiders winning. but close obser-
'uon Of the betting showed the bookmak-
4 US playing with a confidence that cost
lsm dearly. Summarizes follow:
flrst Race-Five furlongs. The Com
'pher' 10, A. Clayton. to 3. won, with
.llsuna second and Glen Lilly third.
4 Inc l0lA.
second Race-Fivc and half furlongs.
olsh Timber, %, n. Williams 4 20 1, won,
n lh Queen May second and Nalkyrie
llrd. Time :0sl,.
hifd kace-Seven furionEs. Greenwich
' Ihorp. 2 20 o. won. with Clinue c.
.ond ana Cerro Gordo third. Time
FOURTH Race-Milc. Rem Avon. 90. B
OWNS To j. won, with Fred Gardner
,"ua ana Piutug third, Time il2ia
,ilh liacc-Six furlohga. Victorious
'rahhm to Q, won. with Alabama
'nl ana Aecedah third Time ll5ia
-..ih kare-l'iye and half furlonFs
Lein. o. Perkins. 90 O. won. with Sir
N' second and Say when third Time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
BRAzo's COTTON FIELDS BARE.
The Crop Rushed to Market by the
Planters as Fast as Picked.

Houston, Tex, Nov. 15.-Dispatches
the Brazos valley state that in some
counties nearly all the cotton is picked.
though not all ginned. The Brazos county
uplands are all clean, while in the bot
toms half of the crop at least has been
gathered and marketed. Letters coming
here say that no cotton whatever has
been held back and that as soon as the
railroads relieve the present blockade
very little will be left TO haul. There has
been a stampede to get to market, as the
season has been open.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
NIoARAaUA's CANAL.
San Francisoo's Commercial Bodies
Favor Government Control.

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 15.-Repre-
sentative bodies of San Francisco met to-
day to discuss the Nicaragua canal pro-
ject. A memorial to congress, which con-
cludes as follows, was adopted: I'VE re-
call the fact that both great political par
ties have demanded favorable action on
the Nicaragua canal in their national
platforms, and that the presidential can
didates have approved thereof, while most
of our state legislatures have adopted
joint resolutions of the same tenor. The
American people urgently request the nee
essary legislation at the ensuing session of
congress."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
A NEW YORKER GOES MAD.
Sent to Texas for His Health He Be-
come a Raving Maniac.

come a Raving Maniac.
Dallas, Tex, Nov 15-Ed Webster, son
of wealthy parents in New York, was
brought here to-day a raving maniac
from Childress, Tex He was sent out to
ranch for his health three weeks ago.
Webster was a guest of Col. w. F. Hughes
of Dallas, on his great Pan Handle cattle
ranch. He had letters for most liberal
credit. He had just drank a cup of hot
coffee and fell over in the fire stark mad
ranch foreman sprang to his assist
ance, and Webster turned on him with
ferocious strength. Parties rushed to the
rescue and saved the foreman's life. Sew
eral men overpowered Webster and took
him to Childress for medical attendance
Then he was brought to Dallas sewed up
in a strong sack, stretched on a cot, and
he is having the best of attention at the
city hospital, but is closely guarded to
prevent violence to himself and others.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
Weevers to Return TO work.

Pawtucket. r. l., Nov B.-The striking
weavers at the Lorraine mills here. who
have been out since oct. 2, voted last
night to return to their looms next Mon
day. The settlement was accomplished
through the intercession of Mayor Tiepke.
II is claimed by the management that the
employees will, by the introduction of i'm
proved loom-heads on the machinery, be
able to earn more than before the cut
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
A SOCIAL EQUALITY ROW.
Members Of a Woman's Club Divided
Over Admitting Nesresses.

Over Admitting Negresses.
Chicago, Nov. 15.-The committee on
member 'p of the Aristocratic Womans
Club. after a stormy session to-day, re-
fused to admit to membership the noted
colored lecturer, Mrs. Fanny BARREN
Williams. The application of Mrs. Will
Jams for membership has been considered
at several secret sessions, and a quarrel
of the first magnitude was developed by
the discussions. A strong faction of the
club, led by Mrs. Charles Henrotin. wife
of the millionaire broker. strongly OPP
posed the drawing of the color line and
to-day's action of the membership COM
mittee is likely, it is thought, to disrupt
the organization. A reconsideration of to-
days action is not improbable and
should Mrs. Williams be admitted to the
club, the names of several other promi-
nent colored women will be pressed for
membership.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
DAVIS TO HEAD THE GIANTS.
Manager Ward Signs Him to Be Cap
tain of the Club.

Charlotte, N. c., Nov. 15.-John NJ.
Ward, captain and manager of the New
York base ball team, who is here on
hunting trip, said to-day in an inter
view with Charlotte Observer reporter
that he had signed George Davis as
captain of the New Yorks for next year.
This is the first time Capt. Ward has
made this fact known.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
M'ALLIsTER's DEPARTURE.
he Discovers a Rule to Distinguish
Datween Orthodoxy and HeresY

From the New York Mail and Express.
Mr. McAuister. like Alexander the
Great, signs for new worlds to conquer,
and, unlike Alexander. has succeeded in
finding what he wanted and reducing il
to subsection at a single whack Without
abandoning his post as arbitrator of the
eleganCies, he has come forth in a new
role as the critic of religion and the own
er of an only sure test of orthodoxy and
heresy Who can doubt that this is so
who has read his recent pronunciamento
on the Church of England, in which he
announces with the terseness and fncon-
trovertbility of a proposition in Euclid
that you can spot an evangelical by his
saying amen" while a broad churchman
or ritualist will always say "ah-men."
What could be more exquisitely simple
than this unrivaled means of distinguish
ing the sheep from the wolves? What
use is there of canon and confession, OF
creed or declaration, of councils or of
dispensatons, when all differences can
be detected by a process as simple as
applying a porous plaster? Reflect how
delightfully."- il would work. For instance,
a bishop might suspect one of his clergy
of heterodoX views. He need not how
ever call him to explain his opinions in
order to inform himself. BY no meansI
All he would have to do. by this formula,
would be to invite him to join in PRAYER
and then If the suspect says 'amen" the
suffragan would know that he is one
thing, and If he says "ah-men" he is
tother, 1t Is beautiful 1t ought to be
patented. Mr.. McAllister is, however,
less happy in his efforts to explain to us
some other mysteries of the English
church, as, for instance, when he says:
The bishops Of England find that they
have themselves so strengthened the rit-
ualists that they can now openly defy
them" Careful study of this sentence,
which | have quoted literally, fails to re-
veal whether the writer meant to convey
the idea that 1t Is the bishops or the rit-
ualsts that have been so strengthened
as to be able to defy the other Let us
hope that the good bishops will however
the fact may be. refrain from defying any
body. much less the rtualists, even though
the latter may have been greatly strength
ened. since It would be real mean for their
lordships to have tolerated those earnest
people and then to thump them with the
club of episcopal displeasure, as Mr. Nc
Allistermay have had I'm mind to say was
likely when he wrote the clear and lucid
sentence which ] have just quoted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
TARsNEY IN a TILT.
He Refuses to Comply With Gov.
Waita's Request to Resign.

Denver, Col, Nov. 15.-Adjutant Cen
eral Tarsney has refused to comply with
a request from Gov. Waite for his resig-
nation. saying he will resign when the
governor, whose retirement has been
determined by a majority OF 10000 does
the same IT is understood that the gov
ernor will now remove the adjutant gem
eral Mr.. Tarsney was opposed to the
denomination Of Waite for governor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
a sohoolboY Killed.

st. Louis, Mo, Nov. ia band of
school boys dug cave on a vacant lot in
the northern part of the city. To-day
seven of them were buried by the roof
caving in. Henry Raedner, s years old,
was killed and Herman Walkenford, aged
y, was badly injured. The others were
unhnrt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
Joins the brethren in christ.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov 15-Rev. T.
g. Garter, ID. D., for twenty-five years
a prominent minister in the NJ. =. church,
has left that body and has Joined the
superintendent OF their work In the
south. with headquarters IN Chattanooga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
Irnole snn hid Atlanta,a De Show.

washington, Nov. l5.--F. !. Renlck and
=. W. Clarke, representing the state and
interior departments OF the United States
government board Of the southern states
exposition Of 1895, and " Irving Adams
secretary OF the board. left for Atlanta
last night 20 consult the exposition Of
ncialF.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
a. Iowa row Burned.

Mason city. Ia. Nov. 1.-THE town OF
Sheffield fifteen miles south OF here, on
the Iowa and Central railroad, was to-
tally destroyed by hre last night. The
loss h. 500 Co.,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16

washington. Nov. 1j-Twenty-nlne
clerks OF The census office were dismissed
to-day. This will be followed in d few
days hy the dismissal OF 2) more. The
cnuse h the completion ~ The work of The
eleventh census.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16

Rio Dc Janeiro. Nov. i5-Gen. Prudente
Moraes was formally installed to-day az
president OF Brazil
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16

Sir George Tyler the lord mayor of Lon
don, has been decorated with the Japa-
nese order of the Sacred Treasures. These
treasures are of divine origin, and We're
given as heirlooms by the sun goddess to
her grandson, the first mikado.
SIgnor Crispi may be a trihe disappointed
in Italian politics. but he is basking in the
sunshine of matrimony, having recently
married for the fourth time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY co.
PIEDMONT Air LINE.
SR
The Greatest SNuiharn SYsiar.

4 coaches between Savannah and AshevflIo
n. c. for Hot Springs and other Western
Carolina points
Also to Walhalla and Greenville, S. O., ana
intermediate points via Columbia.
Quick time and improved service to Wash
ington New York and the East
Only line IN the south operating solid vesti-
buled limited trains with Pullman dining cars
Double daily fast trains between New York.
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington, Char
lotte, Columbia. Savannah. and Jacksonville
and Tampa, Fla, carrying Pullman drawing
room cars between Savannah and New YorK
on all through trains Also dining cars be-
tween Savannah and Washington on trains 81
and ~.
W. A. TURK, @. 2. A.. Washington, d. c.
s. II. HARDWICK, A. G.. Z. A., Atlanta Ca
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
Better
Health
Than Ever

"An attack of La Grippe, three
years ago, left me a physical
wreck, and being naturally frail
and delicate, it seemed as if l
never should rally again. In
duced at last to try
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-10-04
perence is said to be without a par
allel So we should think,
Interest ,ng Experlments.


The following experiment will be
found useful in evening entertain
ments or for childrens parties. They
are all harmless, and no trouble can
result from them.
The first one is an optical illusion.
Cut two figures, just alike, out Of
black paper-crosses will answer the
purpose-and place them in front Of
a white paper, about three inches
from the eye. Have the extremities
Of the crosses about half an inch
apart, Look at them steadily and
you will see three crosses, all black,
and the middle one entirely separate
from the others. If the crosses are
made of two colers, as red and green,
and placed on black paper, the
third one will appear white.
Another effective experiment is the
floating lights; this is easily accom-
plished, and it is hard for people to
see how the trick is done. Insert a
medium sized nail in the lower en6
Of half candle. If there is trouble
in pushing the nail in warm it a
little. The candle is then placed in
a tumbler and just enough water
used to reach the top of the candle
without touching the wick. The nail
is used for weight. The candle is
then lighted, and 1t will burn at
the top Of the water until the
candle is all used up. One would
naturally suppose that the blaze
would soon reach the water, and be
eXtinguished, but the fact is, as the
candle burns away it grows lighter,
and being lighter, rises in the water.
BY using colored glasses to hold the
water, it makes very soft light for
use at night in case Of sickness.
Another singular experiment can
be easily done, Procure a piece of
tulle and have a glass filled to the
brim with water Moisten the cloth
thoroughly and place it over the top
of the glass, pressing it down tightly
to the sides SO it will adhere to the
glass, Hold one hand tightly over
the top Of the glass, so no air can
enter it, and turn the glass upside
down. Then by drawing the glass
away carefully sidewlse from the
hand, it will be found that the water
will remain in the glass, and not
even a drop will come through the
tulle, 1t is well to try this over a
sink the first time, as If one gets ex-
cited and removes the glass too sud
denly, the water will all escape. The
whole secret is in drawing the glass
slowly sidewlse away from the hand,
instead Of lifting it,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-10-04
Escape from a Geyser.

A Montana paper tells Of the won
derful escape Of a young man from q
geyser, into which he had fallen.
His companions, who were watching
his movements, shrieked as they saw
him fall. They Immediately pro-
cured a light, and lowered il into
the crater for as great distance as
they could with the means at their
command.
Nothing could be seen; but by
dropping pebbles and bits of wood,
they discovered that at the depth of
about fifty feet the crater was filled
with water. They gave him up for
lost and with sad hearts left the
scene.
They carried the news to the near
est village, but before any steps could
be taken to rescue their companion
be appeared among them alive.
He stated that he fell into the
water feet foremost and quickly rose
to the surface and caught hold of a
projecting rock, by which he sup.
ported himself. The water was warm
and buoyant and soon began to rise
rapidly.
AS he rose with it he grasped the
rocks that jutted out from the sides
until he was able to crawl out just
as the water became very hot, when
he tainted Oh the edge of the crater
from sheer exhaustion. Such an cx-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-10-04
WALKED HIMSELF TO DEATH.

One of the Queerest Diseases In the His
tory of Medicine.
John Owen Snider, Of Mill Grove,
Ind, was his name, and he came to
his death from constant walking. His
affection began in 1885, but it then
centered in his arms. He felt i'm
PEELED to chop, or drive stakes, or do
some other equally severe physical
work all the time, being able to stop
only when exhausted. At night he
would pound with q scrubbing- brush
on the floor Of the family kitchen.
The doctors were puzzled, and Sni-
der and his family panic-stricken
After three months of almost cease
less activity he became suddenly well.
A few weeks later similar nervous
affection manifested itself in his
legs, and from that time to his death
he walked almost constantly. He
once tried to pillow as he walked, but
when the plow struck a root he was
compelled to keep right on, and so
gave up that idea. The last winter
of his life he spent in dime museum.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-10-04
CRY CT THE COYOTE.


NNFoFiohoe OF hounk OlHcof JuhV EfoAM
from the Military Acadomy
On graduating from West Point i
Joined my regiment at bleak post,
far out on the frontier. One cold
winter night, not many months after,
when the snow was piled deep on
mountain and In valley and creaked
noisily at each step Of the heavy
arctic overshoes we were obliged to
wear, was trudgIng YEARLY around
the post, making my last inspection
OF the sentnels as officer Of the
guard. Suddenly from just across
the parade and dSectly behind the
line Of officers quarters there came q
short, sharp bark, followed by sew
eral more In quick succession, the
time growing faster and the pitch
higher until In a moment they all
ran together In one long.drawn and
lugubrious howl. Then the noise
stopped, but before l could recover
breath 1t began again In the same
way as before, only louder, and in a
more walling tone, until 1t seemed
as il chorus OF llends was lament
ing the invasion OF their haunts by
the white man, says an army Off
Ger In the st. Louis Globe Democrat,
We were In the heart Of the Indian
country, and thinking the unusual
noise was the signal for midnight
attack | was about to run back to
the guardhouse, turn out the guard,
and arouse the garrison, when q sharp
"Who comes there?" warned me that
| was approaching sentinel, After
had been duly advanced this man
proved to be an old soldier of nay own
company, who had probably enlisted
not many years after was born. 1t
occurred to me that 1t would do no
harm to see II he knew what the
noise was, especially as he seemed to-
tally undisturbed by 1t,
higgins, do you hear that yelling
across the parade9"
"Yes sor
Here thought / saw the begin
ming of grin at the corners OF his
mouth, and in consequence became
very dignlAed,
"What was it, HlgginsP"
"Nothin' but coyotes, sor,"
Here the grin became unmistaka-
BILE and had to be checked with u
stern glance.
But, Higgins, If that noise was
made by coyotes there must have
been a hundred and / would have
seen them on the snow"
Begging the looten'nt's pardon.
sor, think there wuz only two"
About this time / recalled what
the older officers had told me about
coyotes, and with a disguised air l.
continued my rounds.