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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19

The man who told the story to the
Courier Journal. between the puts Of his
.-The tale Of Clay Anderson's life is one
OF the most sOmbre romances one hears OF
about western camp fires. Clay Alison was
a desperate. He lived in the Red river
country. on the western marches Of The
Llano EstacadO- His trigger finger was
busiest in the latter seventies. He had
a record of tWenty-one-twenty- One dead
men, whose graves We're scattered from
Dodge City TO Santa Fe
zone Of his most artistic murders was
the killing Of Bill Chunk. long haired.
smashing. hectcring bravo, and a profess
slOual bad man He, too. has a record
a record that was full of COwardly deeds
and Of blood. He and Allison had no
cause Of quarrel They were rival killers
that was all-and which one was quicker
on the draw was pleasant matter for
debate and wager on the part of their
friends. So IL came about very naturally
that The two men swore 10 kill each other
on sight They met one night in little
settlement in Northern New Mexico.
Ihey sat down at the supper table Of a
fronties restaurant opposite each Other,
and drew their six-shooters and laid them
across their knees. Chunk ordered raw
oysters. When the trencher had been set
before hsm he dropped his hand TO his lap
as II 10 get a napkin, and fired at Allison
under the table. The bullet failed Of its
mark- Quick as lightning Allisons gun
replied 4 little red spot Just between
Chunks eyes told where the bullet en-
tered, and the dead man. sWaying from
side 10 side, bent gradually over and set
tied down upon the table. and was still.
with his face buried in that dish"
Allison went to Kansas City once on a
cattle drive, and there he met and loved
a. beautiful, but fallen woman. He mar
ried her and took her to his Texas ranch
70 I'VE She made him a true and loyal
VIE. A child was born to them-a child
whose face was IS beautiful as it's moth
Ct s, but whose poor little body was hcrri-
bly, deformed. Allison loved the babe with
the love OF his passionate nature. but to
ms superstitiOus mind the misbegotten
lniant was a curse from God visited upon
MN Tor the wantOn crimes of his dark ca
reer. And from the hour of that unhappy
Dlrth Allison became a new man.
No more men fell before his unerring
pistols. He torswOre liquor. and all the
riot ana RIGHTEOUSNESS in which he had
formerly INDUCED He turned his great
nervous energies to business. In a few
years he was rich.Tens of thousands of cat
Tie on the western ranges bore his brand.
one morning, half a dozen years or so ago,
ne LETT his ranch in road wagon and
started for town. AS he drove briskly
along the wagon wheel jolted into a deep
/ fut with a suddenness that threw Allison
| from his seat hcadlong to the ground.
! lis neck was broken by the fall. The
/ ne horses logged on into the distance I'M
| mlndful of the dead man lying there alone
/ upon the prairie, unmindful of the period
| Whlch late had put at the end of that
| wild and stormy life"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
PERSON AL.

PaderewskI's father. who died a couple
OF weeks ago,was @ years Old, but looked
~ he vas made prematureiy old Dy a
seven years imprisonment IA Siberia
Ex-senator Edmunds Is said 10 be in
" ash-ngton for the purpose Of confer
ring with prominent Ep.scopalians on the
subject OF building cathedral in Washing
The Rev Rowland Williams. who sue
eeeds "Clwyd-fardd" as the A-chdru-d %
wales, was for many years the pastor Of
the welsh Congregational church IN FeJ-
Ter lane HIS bardic tltle IS ''Hw-a mon
During the past few days a number Of
imperial and royal personages have recelV-
ed the Order Of ST. Andrew. which IS the
urst ~ Russia, and ranks with the Col
den Fleece OF Spain, the St stephen OF
hungary and the Black Eagle OF Prussia
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes started his South Al
r-can career as cotton planter IN the
colony or Natal, but when the irst rush
70 the kopjes of Kimberly took place,
Mr. Rhodes deserted the cotton field Tor
ne diamond mines, and has remained
there ever since.
Walter Besant is reported as saying
that hundreds of people are making over
400 year by literature Of various Kinds;
that at least thirty N England alone are
making over 1900, at least SIX or seven
over 1890 and at least one or TWO this
year not less than 1900.
Queen Victoria has seen four czars of
Russia, three emperOrs Of Germany, Two
kings OF Italy, and NUMBER OF minor
kings in Italy, several sOverelgns IN SPAN,
a king. an emperor and several republics
in France, and one John Brown, ana Is
sull able to take a little tOddy-
The fact that the Italian Premier, Crispi
leads a somewhat solitary life, and is by
nature silent and seclusive, has lead the
court to regard him as a dangerous man.
For this reason he has no strong party
behind him, as is the case with most Prime
Ministers, though he has many devoted
friends.
The Rev. DR.. y. d. Hills, of Evanston,
Ill, who has been called to succeed the
late Prof. Swing of Chicago, has been Tor
some time a prominent member of the
liberal wing in the Presbyterian church.
He makes the following statement OF his
views: 1 shall not endeavor--provided !
go TO the church-to lead the Central
church toward Presbyterianism. The con
gregation is composed of Bapt-sts, Meth
odists, Jews, Episcopalans and represen-
tatives of all,sects, so that orthodoxy has
no basis there. I shall try TO keep my
work along the lines of extending the
organizations influence as Christian
church. Character construction, the bet
terment of humanity. and the dissem;na-
ton of all good principles OF religion are
the chief things an institution like the
Central church ought to CONSIDER
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
Wasn't UP to SNUFF.

81 Just swiped a leather, jim" said
pickDocket to another of his profession,
as he came across him sitting on a bench
in Union square, reports the New York
Herald.
der hands?"
when she was lookin' into a windy"
''If yer'd been in der biZniz as long as
hev you wouldn't er took it.
Why
"Taint wuth it,"
q Teller might strike er big haul tho
that way some time.
Not on yer life. he wouldn't. I've
swiped a load on EN- an l never got one
Wit that l could git a beer out on. Dey
don't carry money in them feathers. Deys
only q bluff. Try dat one yerNe got ana
see if it's any good"
CHANGING about him warily TO make sure
that no one was watching him, the PICK
pocket opened the purse. He found three
samples of silkolne, patent glove but
toner a card advertising a lotion for re-
of hesh-colCred court plaster, some sam
pies of scrim and Madras, list of price
of carpets a circular showing an illus
tration of a patent hose supporter, a
card of small safety pins, two slabs OF
chewing gum warranted to cure dyspepsia
and a card bearing her address and in
struct'ons to take her there If she met
with an accident.
THAT'S all dere is in it," said the man
who had "swiped" the pocketbOok, as he
turned it upside down and shook il, with
a look of disgust upon his face,
Didn't l tell yer" remarked the other.
I've swiped dem tings till I'm tired.
Dey're all de same. De women don't
carry nothin' but trash in EN-. De money
amt dere, never
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
Ex.p-esident Harrison,s Preferenoe.

The republican leaders are very anxious
to know whether ex-President Harrison is
a candidate for the presidential nomination
of his party and several of them have
been trying to find out from him whether
he is or not. The ex-President is alto
gether TO shrewd to tell them. The editor
of the New York Recorder went all the
way to Indianapolis last week to have a
talk with him about the matter. He does
not appear to have got any satisfaction
from his visit. The ex-president told him
that nothing would be more repugnant to
him than third nomination. Still, he
wants it understood that he has not posi-
lively refused the use of his name as a
presidential candidate The inference is
that he is willing to sacrifice himself for
the good of his party. How large the num-
Der of patriots is who occupy similar po-
siton!
According TO the Recorders editor the
position Gen. Harrison takes is that he
needs no vindication, the last two years
having amply indicated him and his pol
icy.
1t is possible that the ex-president and
his admirers see in the events of the last
two years a vindication of himself and his
policy, but it would be interesting to know
how they figure it out. 1t is about as GER
tain as anything can be that the money
panic of 1893 and the hard times which fol-
lowed that panic were directly due to the
policies of the Republican party The
signs Of the approaching financial troubles
were already apparent during the closing
days of the Harrison administration. That
administration had the good fortune to
come to an end before the troubles actual
ly occurred. Preparations to meet them
in the shape of a bond issue had already
been discussed, however, and there is no
| doubt that the country would have exper-
| fenced even worse troubles than it did If
| the republicans had remained in control of
the government.
There is no present reason why Gen. Har-
rison should not deny in the most emphatic
terms that he is a candidate for the presi-
dency. There is not the remotest chance
of his nomination. About the only purpose
those republican leaders have who are
seeking to find out whether or not he is a
candidate is to get him out of the way
They don't want him as a candidate They
only want to simplify the political situa.
ton by getting rid of him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
The Gunboat was a Dummy.

a Wei known river man who lives in
JeuersonV-lle recollects this story of the
war says the Louisville Courier Journal
confederacy a cool 800. 600. The confeder-
ates had sunk and captured the federal
monitor Indianola at the head of
Hurricane Island, some few miles below
Nicksburg 1t was at the time the navy
was attempting to run the Vicksburg
batteries. A lieutenant of artillery, with
a squad OF men in charge of the boat, had
been left while they sent back to Red
river for assistance 20 raise the vessel. In
the meantime the Joke was planned Who
the originator was IS not known, but Adj
miral Porter received the credit.
a bogus ram was built. On an enor-
nous log raft was erected a superstruc-
ture that resembled a terrible ironclad.
Fence rails and boards were used to make
an imitation iron-clad casemate gunboat.
Guns protruded from the ports and pork
barrels stacked high served for chin
neys. Underneath them a hearth of
earth had been made. Fires were built
of fuel which made the blacklist of smoke.
Without engines. gun or crew this bug
ahOo was set adrift a few miles above
Nicl0sburg. On came the monster
Within an hour 1t had reached the city.
Clouds of smoke rolled out of its CHM
neys, and ii was just breaking day, the
time when both sides anticipated an at
tack, the confederate SentrieS detected
the demon. There was a hurrying and
skurrying, but not a shot broke the still
ness until the dummy had reached a
pOint-bank range. N.cksbuTg will never
be awakened by such another noise. 1t
lasted an hour. Shots raked it and hulled
it, but still it floated Gefiantly. At last
the current swept it nearer to the shore.
Then the beseigers read in rudely made
letters on one side: 'Secesh sold;' on the
other side were the letters: Confederate
States Mail Packet
"In the meantime the discharge of ar
tillery lad warned the lieutenant in
charge of the Indanola that the hour for
action was at hand. In his Imagination
the lieutenant saw gun boats galore
belching forth death and destruction He
would not permit the enemy to recapture
the Indianola. Hastily placing all the
powder he had in the turrets of the mon
itor he applied a slow match and retreated
Only a few moments elapsed, and all
! that remained above decks of the iron
clad was a mass of debris. About that
time the dreaded gunboat came sailing
by and ran onto a sand bank short dis
/ lance below.
1.-THE Indianola could have been raised
| by the confederates. and would have been
/ a formidable vessel in their hands had
not the lieutenant been so nasty in de-
stroyng her She was armed with two IL
| inch and two 9-inch Columbiads, two of
/ which were destroyed. The other two
| were recovered and taken up Red river.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
Duty of Business Men.

Each Of the factions. II is understood,
IS finding some difficulty in getting desir-
able candidates for aldermen Business
men say they cannot afford the time the
duties Of an alderman demand. and a
good many regard the position as a
thankless one.
II is true that there is considerable work
connected with the Office Of alderman, and
there is no pay attached TO the position.
Sun. the place Is an honorable one and
offers opportunities for rendering the pub
lie a good deal Of service.
It is the duty Of business men to make
some sacrifices for the public good. All
Of them are more or less interested in
promoting the city's welfare and they
ought 10 be willing TO give
the city some of their time
and the benefit Of their business expert
ence.
It is highly important that the board
OF aldermen should be composed Of able
and conscientious men--men who are cap
able Of judging what is best for the city
and who would discharge their duties
with absolute fidelity.
There are some very important matters
with which the city will have to deal dur
ing the next two years. There are streets
to be opened. paving 10 be done, sanitary
matters to be attended to and other i'm
provements OF various kinds to be made.
No doubt there are those who would like
to get on the board, because they have in
terests they would like TO serve, and there
are others who would like the honor In
dependent and capable men are wanted.
however. who would put the city's inter-
ests above all other interests.
a good board of aldermen can do much
toward reducing taxation without embar-
RAISING the city. BY the Introduction Of
rigid economy it ought to be possible 70
get along on a less tax rate. High taxes
retard the city's growth and check bust
ness. We are sure that each of the can
didates for mayor wants an aldermanic
ticket made up of the very best men in
the city, and they ought not to be dis
appointed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
The Mask Removed

At the last session of congress. when
Senator Quay offered an amendment to
the Wilson tariff bill to remove The opa-
eighth of cent d.nerentiaI duty on re-
fined sugar-a duty that is . clear gift
to the sugar trust-the republican Dapers
applauded and declared that it would tear
off the mask and let the VOL see who
the real defenders of the sugar trust are
That amendment was not acted upon for
reasons not now necessary to explain.
At the beginning of this session an effort
was made in the Senate to pass the bill
to remove the one-eighth Of a cent differ
entail in favor of the sugar trust, the
bill having been already passed by The
House. And how did the republican sena-
tors vote upon it? Every one of them.
including Senator Quay, voted in favor
of the trust. The work of unmasking
has been accomplished. and the Republi-
can party stands revealed as the sup
porter and defender of the sugar trust.
1t is very interesting to note the changed
tone of the republican papers. They give
various reasons for the action of the re-
publican senators in defeating the effort
to repeal the differential duty, but no one
of them is satisfactory
| The fact is the Republican party has
always been. and is now, the friend OF
made the trust possible, and it is quite
certain that that party will continue tc
! defend and protect it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19

There are said to be 100000 horses run
ming wild in Nevada. Idaho. Iowa and
Wyoming this winter. Horse raising on
the plains is no longer paying business
The prices the horses fetch will not pay
their transportation to market. Whether
it is electricity, the bicycle. or what not,
that has displaced the horse. the fact re-
mains the days of the horse in general use
have passed, and horsehesh grows cheaper
every year. A Sioux City dispatch says
that Mr.. Schneck. New York banker,
who owns a ranch near that place, recently
bought 1000 range horses at Fergus,
Mont, for 50 each and is killing them and
feeding the fish to hogs. The flesh is
boiled in great cauldrons. The ranchman
claims he will get more from his hogs
than he would il he had invested the
amount paid for the horses in corn and
fed that to the hogs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
Carlisle,s Currenv Bill.
From the Baltimore Sun Dem)

1t is thought that the bill will pass the
House perhaps by the end of this week,
substantially in the form in which it is
reported In the Senate its fate is in
doubt, owing to the opposition of the
populsts to any measure not framed upon
their peculiar ideas and to the indispo-
sition of republican senators to permit the
Democratic party to settle any important
question in any manner. There is a pos
sibility, of course, though hardly a prob
ability, that the republicans, animated
by patriotic motives, may welcome the
bill as a basis for a better one and CO.
operate to pass il after helping TO amend
it, Party wisdom would suggest this
course since it could but benefit the re-
publican party to be relieved when 1t
next comes into power of the task of
rency reform.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
Three Leading Scientists
Proclaim the Superior Value of
DR.. Prices Baking Powder.

Scientists devong closer attention food products
Recent examinations of baking powders by Prof Long Dr.
Hanes and Prof Prescott made determine which
powder the purest highest in eavenng strength most
efficient in service, and economical cost They
decide that DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder exce1s all
the essentials of ideal preparation household
They write -
"Chicago March 2Sth, 1894
We have purchased in the open market of DR. Prices
Cream Baking Powder and also other leading brands
Of baking powders, and have submitted them chemical
analysis We find that Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
pure of tartar powder, that it has considerably
greater eavenng strength than any of the other baking
powders we have tested.
PROF. JOHN H LONG, Northeastern Uagersit, Chicago.
DR. WALTER S. HAINEs Rush Medical College, Chicago.
PROF. ALBERT B. PREscoTT, Un1. Of c1gan Ann Arbor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19

1t is, indeed. rather tough on those con-
gressmen who have been members so long
that they had come to think they owned
the seats and the patronage, to find them
selves turned down not only by their con-
stituents, but by the patronage dispensers
at Washington. They had written them
selves down as "indispensables." After
the election they found out they were mis-
taken but entertained the hope that the
Washington people had not also found it
out. But the Westinghouse are up to
snuff; and now these congressional back
numbers are the most detected people on
the globe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19

From the New York Sun.
She spurned the fond attention
OF a dozen l might mention,
And it seemed her firm intention
To live a spinster's life;
In manner most dramatic,
She said with tone emphatic,
That her tastes were too erratic
To make d happy wife.
She refused a foreign title
When it seemed to be most vital
That her heart with sweet requital,
At honor so conferred.
Should smile with proud asserting,
But she still was unrelenting
And her heart as unrepenting;
Although it seemed absurd.
But this maiden soon attended
A football game and ended
What she before commended
Was sentimental gush
She struggled hard to quell II,
But nothing could dispel it,
She lost her heart, pray tell Il,
To Els center rush.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
Georgia's New Registration Laws.
New Orleans Times-Democrat Dem9.

Georgia is to be congratulated on this
action. 1t sets a good example to the
four other states which still cling to the
laws which make fraud possible; we do
not imagine, however, that they will be
able to cling to them much longer. The
demand for ballot reform has grown
stronger every year. The old plea of
party necessity, formerly used to ex-
cuse fraud. no longer commands the SYM
pathy or support of the people: and we
have no doubt that Louisiana, as well as
the other delinquents, win be cOmpelld
by the force of public opinion to give their
voters at an early date laws under which
election frauds will be impossible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
The Armenian Inquiry.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd).


The President very wisely demurred to
having this country take part in the Ar
menian inquiry in sense or
manner that would put our
commissio ner in the same role
as the representative of the powers hav
ing treaty rights and responsibilities.
Mr. Cleveland was willing that Mr.. Jew
EFT should be a witness for the United
States, but not an agent clothed with
rights. duties and authority not guaran-
teed by treaty. The attitude of the Pres
ident has been consistent and dign.tied
He sympathizes with oppressed Christ
ians of Armenia and Mr.. Jewett will
doubtless be instructed, if ne has not been
already, to report the actual condition of
affairs. The United States government
in the interest OF humanity and common
properly go n the direction OF the in
vestigat:On of the cruelties said to have
been pract.ced by the Turks. but it will
not involve itself as "A power in what,
under the laws of nations and established
American policy, is beyond its province.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19

Tennessee viii build a marble house at
the Atlanta exposition to hold her ex-
hibits. South Carolina may erect a
Winnsboro granite building in which to
show her products. Georgia should find
it convenient to set UP a granite building
with marble trimmings, just to show her
sisters what she can do in the way of pro-
ducing building stone.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
CURRENT COMMENT.
Would Be a Great Service.
From Buffalo q. V Times Oem.

If the democratic administration can
succeed in passing a bill for currency re-
form it will be doing the country an
can Sherman silver purchase law and the
republican Mckinley tariff law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19

Locomotives have seldom been cheaper
than they are now. You can buy a new
first-class passenger locomotive for about
$4,000, yet, owing to business depression
many families are compelled to go without
them.-Boston Transcript