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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19

superstitiOus, confidence that was felt in
his personal powers as because of his
ability as general He had himself
quite as blind a faith in his destiny as
had his yellow-sknned followers He
firmly believed that he had been chosen
of God TO terminate the rebellion, and he
was absolutely without fear of personal
danger. This was made manifest In
hundred ways. He never carried any
arms beyond a revolver, and he often
went without even that. He always
placed himself at the head Of the party Of
attack, carrying in his hand q short,
black stick, which he twirled in his
fingers as he urged his soldiers on. Where
ever the bullets and arrows, the swords
and the lances Of the rebels were most to
be feared, there was Gordon Notwith-
standing his apparent recklessne ss. he
was never so much as scratched but once,
and then the wound received was but
trihing.
LED THE SCUM OF THE WORLD.
Gordon's army was made up, as he said
"of the scum Of the world" Some of his
men were Europeans, and the entire force
was disorderly TO a degree, disposed TO
fight in the face of determined opponents
and TO most desperate cruelty toward the
vanquished when victorious. GordOn's
own daring won their respect, his appar-
ent INN unity from danger inspired them
with a superstitious fear, and he speed
lily brought the impenial army to a state
OF discipline never before attained and
not maintained since. He shod his SOL
diers with European boots. and their foot
prints, therefore, differed from o. SO Of
the Chinese, which showed no heels such
was the terror inspired by the footprints
OF Gordon's men among the natioI that
the mandarins of Shanghai distributed
some thousands Of pairs of European
boots, with instructions 10 their depend
ents TO wear them, 80 that the common
people might believe that the soldiers
were everywhere and OF immense num-
bers.
Gordon lost no opportunity Of fostering
the belief in his supernatural powers, and
in the mysterious qualities OF his stick
Once. when II was lost, very large re-
ward was offered for its recovery and
there were ceremonlous re oicings when
it was recovered. Sometimes, when
rebel stockade was 20 be attacked, Cor
don would 60 out alone in front Of his
army TO the stockade, place one end Of
the stick 20 the bottom Of the timber and
the other 10 his ear After little while
he would return and direct that aa at
tack with light artillery DO made at the
particular spot he had inspected When
ever he did this the attack was success
full; the artillery would quickly make
breach in the stockade. the infantry
would rush through the aperture Gordon
always leading, and the stronghold would
be taken with little loss of life.
SOME CHARACTERISTIC STORIES.
Once ia such case the imperialists
tortured six or seven prisoners TO death,
the order TO that effect having been is
sued by the Chinese general. Ling. When
Gordon heard Of this he went IN hot
haste. his drawn aud cooked revolver Ia
his hand, 10 Ling's tent, his avowed in
tention being 70 shoot the general dead
az sight Ling heard of Gordons threat
In time and fed There were no more tor
turings aud the practice of looting cap
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tured VILLAGES and towns was discon-
tlnued. Gordon was very careful 10
avoid loss Of life, but he was utterly mer-
CHESS toward those who showed signs OF
treacherY At first there were many in
dications Of mutiny, but they amounted
very little after Gordon heard of them.
IL was his duty to crush all su h mani
festations, and he did his duty.
On the morning after the story Of the
trouble had been told to him he had the
men lined up and stood a few PAGES in
front At his elbow half dozen trusted
fellows stood with loaded rifles.
Now" said Gordon, addressing the al
legged mutineers, you must have some
leaders. Let them stand out. ard | will
fall out!"
There was some hesitation, but at last
two men advanced. Gordon lifted his hand
and the soldiers who stood beside him
fired. The would-be leaders dropped
dead, and there was no longer danger Of
mutlny. II Is only fair TO follow this
story by the statement to the writer of a
resident Of New York who knew Gordon
few years later. This man denounces
it as a SANDER.
Returning 10 Gordon's stick, IL may DO
said that Europeans as well as Chinese
were somewhat in awe of IT, One who
knew Gordon well, expressed the belief
that it was filled with chemicals, and was
for that reason an excellent conductor OF
sound. Most subordinate officers in Cor
don command came to carry sticks
somewhat like his before the war was
over, but none Of the limitations served
their owners as did his. When the rebel
lion was finally put down the emperor de-
creed that he should be presented with
yellow jacket and an immense sum of
money. He accepted the jacket, but
fogged the men who bore him the money
out of his chamber.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19
MRS. aoULD's DIAMONDS.
Got New Necklace and Going to Buy
House Bigger Than the Astors.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times
Mrs. George Gould has a new necklace
that is positively dazzling and is said to
contain some of the finest stones seen in
England for a long time. 1t seems when
the Goulds sailed to conquer English So
ciety Mrs. Gould, Of course, had Jewels
diamonds and necklaces. for that matter.
These were quite well enough for Amer
lea and Lakewood, but would not do at
all for anything so grand as England. So
the order was given for something that
was shade finer than any necklace Mrs.
Gould was likely TO meet, and the result
is another feather in Americas cap.
1t also seems that we are going to lose
the Goulds-that English society has
fallen so deeply in love with pretty Edith
Kingdom, that was, or she has found them
so captivating, that the Goulds will not
let their society laurels cool, and it NAV
be long time before New York society
has the chance to take the Goulds by the
hand and welcome them into the 400.
In October they may shine on the
United States, but in few weeks will
pack up the family wardrobe, it's Jewel
cases and silver cases, cut some more cou-
pons, and hurry back 10 England.
George Gould is also talking of buying
something that will be bigger and finer
than anything the Astors have in the line
of houses.
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GIANT MUMMY FOUND.
Alabama Scientists Get a Well-Pre-
served Specimen Of an Ancient Race.
From the Philadelphia Press.

served Specimen Of an Ancient Race.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Memphis, Aug l5.-Some weeks ago
two men appeared at jackson Mound
Park with long box which they said
contained the body Of a man they had
found in mine in Norway. Afterward
they told the keeper that they had found
the body not far from Memphis. They
said that they proposed TO exhibit it,
borrowed money from the park keeper
and left. They failed 10 return, and the
park keeper opened the box. He found
in IL giant mummy.
To-day DR.. H. l.. MILFORD, formerly
president Of the Shelby county board Of
health; 3. r. Turner, professor ia the
Memphis Medical College, and an eth
nologist Of some note, and DR.. Pate visited
jackson Mound and examined the
mummy. They found the body 10 weigh
about 400 pounds and 10 be feet ~
inches long. The body was in a splendid
state Of preservation. The teeth were an
intact, and the outlines of the face were
perfect. The hair was still on the head
long, stiff and black. The physicians
saw no signs Of either petrifcation or
Justification. They thought that Il might
be the body Of North American Indian.
though such remains are occasionally
found in Finland and Patagonia.
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THE BANANA is A LILY.
furthermore, II Is the Oldest Of All
the Cultivated Fruits.

and Liked It-How the Cultivation
OF the Plant Probably Came About.
Brazil Has No Native Name for the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19
CHINESE CORDON'S WAR.
How He Bound the BarbaTianS 10 Him
by Superstition.

He Waved a Magic stick-Under It's
Influence His Celestial Soldiers
Would Fight to the Death and He
Promptly Put Down the TAPPING Re-
bellion - Gordon Carried No Arms
Himself, but Was Always Foremost
ia the Battle.
From the New York Press.
What the Celestial empire needs most
m its war with the Japanese is another
Charles George Gordon, with magical
stick. The soldiers of the imperial army
are good fighters once they have conf
dence in their commander; led by the
right man they will go uncomplainingly-
nay, exultantly, straight into the Jaws of
death Without such a one they are
timid and easily demoralized.
"Chinese" Gordon's marvellous achieve
ments in putting down the TAPPING rebel
lion in lS62-'63 created such a degree OF
confidence in his powers over half civil
lied men, that the British government
sent him, with handful of soldiers, to
the Soudan, twenty years later, TO fight
FL Mahdi, and there he lost his life,
though winning immortal fame.
The TAPPING uprising was the culmina-
ton Of about three centuries of disanec-
ton on the part Of the real Chinese with
the ruling class Of the empire, who are
Tartars, and have controlled the govern
ment since l643. They are but handful
compared with the real Chinese, but their
capacity for leadership a quality which
is almost entirely lacking in the character
Of the true Chinese, has enabled them TO
maintain their power In 1862 a leader
who was competent arose among the
Chinese, He was a village schoolmaster
of the name of Hung Tsue Chueng, a re-
ligious fanatic who claimed that "the
Almighty himself had appealed TO him as
the second celestial brother" TO drive out
the hated Tartars and establish genuine
Chinese dynasty. The gods would be
propitiated, he said, if this were done
there would be no more floods, or famines,
or earthquakes.
GoRDoN's STICK.
At the beginning Of the rebellion which
this man stirred up the insurgents were
the winners Of every fight, and the i'm
perial government, DaralYzed with fear,
implored Great Britain 70 loan an officer
who had the ability 10 take charge Of the
regular troops and lead them TO victory.
Gordon was in China, serving as captain
Of company Of royal engineers at the
time. Although he was only 80 years
old, be had shown himself 10 be a man OF
exceptional military ability. and was
selected 20 take command. His triumphs
were so uniform as 70 shortly win for the
imperial forces the title Of "The Ever
Victorious Army" Gordon won quite as
much by reason Of the exaggerated, even
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19

"Why, my dear, what's the matter2"
kindly asked a lady of her friend. "Oh,
/ feel I'm beginning to look quite old, ~
was the mournful reply. Nonsense ;
what ever put such an idea into your
head'" Because was the reply; Il
notice that whenever l cross Broadway
the policemen never take my arm as they
used TO do. Texas SiftinRs.
Browning-Say, Gibbons, believe you
really do regret the death Of your uncle. y
Gibbons Ibis uncle's heir --ReRret It'll
Well. / should say l did His uutimely
death Just cost me a cool hundred thous-
and. BrowninR-Phew Gibbons-Yes;
IL he hadn't been killed, he might have
lived ten years yet, and he was saving ten
thousand a year. Exchange.
A sister-in-law OF William Cullen Bryant,
Mrs. Arthur Bryant, has just died az Prince
ton. H., on the eve Of the Bryant centenary
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19
A SOLDIERS FOUR WIDOWS.
A PuzzlinR Question Arises From
Their Applications for Tension.
From the Phnadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Nashville, H., Aug 15.-This state is
just now furnishing the pension bureau
with peculiarly complicated problem.
A soldier named Hall married a Miss
Daley Of Ashley while home on fur
Tough. He did not live with her after the
war, but without procuring a divorce
married a Miss Lackey.
BY her he has two children, and when
she died he lived with another woman
He did not marry her, but two children
were born 10 them before he wearied OF
her, and he then married Miss Ingram OF
Mount Vernon. One child was born and
then Hall deserted her and married again
in the northeastern part Of the state.
one child resulted from this union when
Hall died
Meantime, wife No / married again
without procuring a divorce and settled
in Iowa. Now she, the children of wife
NO 2 and wives Nos. 3 and and their
children have all filed applications for
pensions and all OF them, II seem, in en-
tire ignorance Of the existence OF tho
other claimants The question which
bothers the bureau is who should get the
pension.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19
ENGLAND'S GREAT BANK.
The Strongest Financial Institution in
the World.

Some Interesting Facts About the
Founding and Growth of the Famous
Little Old Lady of Threadneedle
Street."
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eel for the defence had agreed to make no
further effort to secure = certificate to the ef-
iss. sRssd Just n. same, and we're trIips 10
lind Judge likely to grant one. Judgs Fuis-
TsR.d s Tfoy a:poT.f and SAID ths no
application had been made TO him. and he
did9,t bslisSs any would be mad. When the
the. Judge said he thought IL was
lust one The name. Of justices Hsrriek.
They were sitting in General Term at Albany
yesterday. and they said that they bad not
news came from White Plain. that the Isyyer
had actually made an appeal to Justice pyE-
% .n had SS Sssn ist to sm 81
;:St TaEysr jo.sssn.oS With i 70 witt.
from Justice DJkmsn. who refused fatty to
interiors At al In the ,proceedings LAWYER
forcible argument on the merits OF hls case
and strongly urged that he grant an order TO
Doubt should not be issued. 10 order to Keep
Mckane out OF State prison At least pending
Ssei,i9p In hi. aPpes to the gs9sts Tern.
Judge Dykman said:
. refuse to grant the order you desire for
t re qsi IL s'i h ssE ysS Ssn e
iair trial tefors Justice Bartlett. Justice Cul.
lens decision on the certificate 2, reasonable
To- reporter to- night Judge Dyimsn had
this to say concerning the Mcksne case:
" Why should interfsrcp Should 1consent
TO hear argument on an order to show raure
why a certificate OF reasonable doubt should
not he issued and then denv the application;
the counsel could then apply to smother jus
ticc OF the court and so II would continue I
will not move In the proceedings under any
one throughout"
Lawyer She ard did not hear about this
White Plains application until last night, when
he was informed Of II by a reporter Of The
SuN. He was attending n meeting OF the com
mittee OF Ito In Brooklyn. lie was asked
whether the application to Justice Dysman
was In the nature OF violation Of the agree
ment made with him after the Justices de-
cision was handed dowS. He said:
No agreement was made whatever. Coun-
sci for the people deemed IL to be a proper
thing to accorl 10 Mckane day or two in
which to arrange his personal affairs We
do not believe any application will be
entertained by any other Judge. We
have every reason to heiieve that no
further ono will he made. We did not know
Of the application made this afternoon The |
indulgence granted to Mckane IL only that |
given to any prisoner. We have every reason !
to believe. however. that his attorneys have
been before q lot OF Judges"
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srner. and . story gained circulation in New
az, syen T, 1nst ne died IRON me snects Ola shsh
There Is sIso rnmoS tbst he INIT. and the
pistol which did the bloody work In 1884 and
lsSs are preserved to this day in one Of the
other story fIsi Which says that the Knife after
being buried under the college hagstones for
blade thrown into the college we'll
The criminal record OF the college includes
in issj0 on the morning Of Saturday. Nov. q az
about half past O'Clock, when George Z. stat.
ford va. 81. fatally stabbed in quarrel on Court
drinking. Anotherrarty Of law school students
as SH' s ne snP p.Gs he s'% wa. some
%ctaGss Ts ba, bS.S sipSsH in i:taid
lie struck atownie over the head with slnnR,
shS The s other towps :sE thsr friend
the medical school. is said then to have used
three students were arrested and held for trial.
McGulloch was released on 5000 bail. n. A.
manded to Jail without bail. When they came
into court for trial the first two were die,
SSSR he eSd By state
estsiSSns. and BsiiwS who TOOK 81. desres
The other affair. which resulted In the death
OF a college officer happened about seventeen
observed n crowd OF sophomoTes coming
across the CAMPUS at o o'clock at night. He
saw them throw stones at one OF the college
buildings and he heard the breaking Of glass.
He made Tor the crowd. which scattered. but
finally overlook liobert lassit whom he
knocked down. Tho sophomore warned the
tutor to let him GO and then drew a knife and
struck out Above him three times The tutor
was badly wounded In the thign. but the cut
was not considered dangerous. A week later.
however. fever set In, and three weeks from
the night OF the assault he died. Fassitt
was arrested and nut under bonds. but
At the preliminary examination he was re-
leased under 5000 bal! on a charge OF assault
with intent to kill. The trial was postponed
for a year at which time Fassitt forfeited his |
bail BY not answering. IL Is doubtful 10 he
been an open question whether the fever Of
which the tutor finally died was a necessary
result Of the stabs inflicted by the sophomore. |
FAssitt always asserted that he drew his |
knife merely by way OF threat. and that IL was |
In consequence OF Tutor Uwighrs falling upon
him. and not VI thrusts made by hims sell! that |
Dwight was injured. |
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where Hs-tsraaT's fire. WEI.

A MI q. a II aai 10 East Ff'E aih street.
HsEsman Go ana oTaeTL dAmAgs $1,000, = 10 20
Jackson street. Ma John Ca;-AEhAn. damage SIUO 8
go And eS. hest Forty slghth street James Dtys'
Lsuis kgsssr Ani oibsrs d s. 200, la a. Easl
Thirty'eighih street, J7hR Purdy. damage sIuU %
ass West IgsLty ssysnth stras' n q Nelson darIags
slEht, y - 50 est isrf.ttl street Ams "a Lsuls
damage so 80. !. West IEentistL street I'd Harl
BFsAtoB damage $1,000 20 80 60 EaSt EiEhty Ihird
street hshIy Applsr dAmase slight
y NJ 80 - stgEvss4nt Street. Eugene Ls.And
I Is e ~ . sSidSJ. Ns5hAn s
West Rinisth stEys' Milan r. canon. dan
4Es sac. SO elS bTa4dsay. l. LobsnaIsin
damAEs s2ool . 81. ts1 Flfth sVsnas VI. b. sioans
IS 800 81 az s,s,s Ss sssss
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Two hundred members OF the Presbyterian
Social Union Of New York assembled last even
ing In the banquet hall OF the Hotel Bruins
wick. and enjoyed a literary discussion and
musical entertainment
The Rev DIR. John Hall and the Rev DR.
Chambers were among those who were on the
platform. The subject discussed was: The
Influence OF the Scotch Irish and Holanders
upon the early history OF the United States."
The kev DIR. David Gregg Of the Lafayetts
avenue Presbyterian church BROOKLYN. under
took TO show how ominent the Scotch Irish
led to the welding OF the United
States into a. great, government, while
the Rev. DR. William Elliot GTiffis OF Ithaca
praised tho Dutch. Both declared that the
Puritan legend had been altogether too much
worked by historians and that he true history
OF this country is yet to be written.
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SHE ACCUSES AN OLD MAN
The HousskesP-r or Mr. Wright DsAa
Makes = kaapus In East Niath Street.

The Housskesp-r or Mr. Wright DsIs
Make. - ksApus 4. East Ni.th street.
woman who stood on q fire escape at 232
East Ninth street about o'clock last evening
and shouted at the top Of her voice. MUIR
der" Police" soon caused an excited crowd
to gather in front OF the place.
When Policeman Reed came along on the
run. he was told that murder was being done
up stairs Following in the direction Of the
cries he BURST into the kitchen OF the rear
apartments on tho third floor. He was con-
fronted by an old man Out on the IRE
escape stood the woman who had made all
the noise.
As soon as she saw the policeman she
stepped into the room. Blood was flowing
bruises.
;, save me- she cried running to Reed. and
m N9t kInoSEing how badly hur, tn. woman
Fifth street police station. There an amb1.
lance was summoned. and while waiting for 1t
man, she said was John Wright a coffee sales
two weeks ago he had engaged Ida as house
Keeper; Just before u o'clock last night. she
the 10 the range s%sa d hsr sS X.
IenaIsea his advances wheEeuPon he bscams
the poker and before she could get
out o. the way he struck her repeatedly
over the head with it. Finally she managed
10 open the window Ind get out on the FIRE ss-
policeman.
The man denied this statement He said he
was John Wright Dodd. a broker. 20 yesTs old,
and that the woman had received her Injuries
by falling against Window sill That was
OF islonious assault.
The am lance surgeon found that the wo-
taken TO Bellevue Hospital
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AysTIss % fsb. %. 1876. =

ANsFAks On Feb 90. 1913 -.. 2la. >
WAsHNGToS FORECAST IurspAE
Yer Maine. Ne" Hampshire ana Vermont fair;
warmer; north winds. bscomiRE yaE,Gbls
For MassAchusstts far preceded By saos in soute.
east portion IN tue early morning. warmer. noEth
vinds becoming yara6ls
for the blssFiet Of Columbia eastern PennIylvanla
Delaware MARYLAND and lFg MIA, fair. warmer south
WInda
FOR Reods Island and ConBsctieut. fair preceded By
'now 10 The early morning. warmer winds sLIftlnE %
ss1'heFly.
10 essen No Essk aad H,s Jsty 6au. Ea1asy saas
shlrsHS % 49, hsFE-
FOR fsnasssss ksniueky, western NsE York Eest-
sFn PsHL--iEaniA css. ana WssE ViiEiaiA tar:
NaE2sfi sesg. EsE c. vtIIN
tast4s1ss = -
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Death OF Juax. L,as..y.

WASHINGTON. Feb 26-The Hon. W. d.
Lindsey, Register oithe Land ONCE at Guthrie.
Okla. died suddenly in this city this afternoon.
Judge Lindsey reached the city only a few
DAYS ago on official business.
Previous TO going 10 Oklahoma he was prom
lnent at the bar and In the politics OF Illinois
from the Sixteenth Illinois district. His re-
mains have been embAlmsd and will be tkhsn
to DanYille. Ill. Tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-27
The Weather.

The severe storm from the Gulf travelled rapidly
northeast Yesterday, Ia the morning IL Was central
over Washington city and AL p NJ the storm passed
TO the norihsAsof thIs city folio the coat line
In this city the snow iurRsd into ssst about A N
and back to noon. AtIP NJ the barometer
began TO rise. the wind shifted from northeast TO
northwest maintaining AZ average velocity Of "a
miles an hour and A. night the held up HEhest
velocity Of The Wind 4. miles a. A highest oneal
Temperature $50 lowest ls9 average humidity W psr
cent: total snowfall up 10 5 P. NJ. Il inches
The thermometer a. Psrry's pharmacy N Tvs sVx
5uIa % TIE IA peTaturs yesIeFdaV a. foo,
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II saiy Isa ForEsr.

LEGISGT7N, III, Feb. eat was discovered
tonight that W. II. HshdlT one OF the best
known whlsksT men IN this state. had forged
a lot OF duplicate warehouse receipts. The
discovery was not made until after banking
toTgeFies will reach.
headly Was seeI etaTy OF the Arm OF HeAdly
Ieck. de left on WednsEday ostensihly
for Louisville but his daughter here received 4
letter from him to-dAT dated al Memphis 10
which he said his address In the future NIL Be
Don CATlos Hotel. eity 81 Mexico
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BIE az, o. ,Ls saa,aF..

San Francisco. Feb. 2G-The Santa Fs road
has made big cut in rates from southern Cal
ifornia points TO the Missouri River as follows:
For single nrst-elAss passage from $50 to $50.
and round trip from SiLl 81 To So 80.
The new rates will go into effect on March .
The Southern Pacific declares its readiness 10
meet tho cut. and ann ounces that Il will not be-
confined To- territory reached by the Santa rs
road but that !! will anply as well to all points
in northern and central California.