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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
LITTLE RoCK's ELECTRIC ROADS.
They Are to GO on the Auction
Block Next Week.


Little Rock, Ark, April BIN the fed
eral court to-day Judge Williams handed
down a decision in the case of the receiv-
er of the First National Bank of this
city against the Capital Street Railway
Company The decision was in favor of
the plaintiffs. The bank sued on
notes amounting to $6O0O0 alleged to be
due from the company before 1t was
merged into the City Electric Street Rail-
way Company. Unless other complica-
tions arise the entire electric street com
pany system will be sold April 49, in ac-
cordance with a former decree of the
court, to satisfy the claims Of the st.
Louis and Atlantic Philadelphia) Trust
Companies for the holders Of the first
mortgage bonds, amounting to more than
$500 900. These corporations will buy in
the property, which is valued at over
81, 900. This is one of the series of
suits growing out of deals of Horace
G. AIlis. the former president of the bank,
and street railway company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
srEVENsoN's LAST STORIES.
His Unpublished Works to BE Put
in Print.

San Francisco, April 12.-Charles Bax-
ter. executor of the Robert Louis Ste
venson estate, arrived here yesterday
from Samoa. en- route to England. with
the manuscripts of the noyelist's last
works. which he intends to have publish
I'd. The novel. "St. Ives" which was
almost completed; one-third Of Weir
engaged on to the day OF his death. a
ssries of monthly letters OF life IN Sa-
moa sent to Sidney Colville, Of the British
Museum. a small book of fables and lea
fers TO children are among the unpGb-
llshed works. The estate viii realize from
100000 70 $4,000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13

London. April i2-'red Pritchard who Is
too ill % meet Frank Craig tomorrow.
as had been arranged. has forfeited the
money. craig has agreed 10 box % Hrien
instead Of pritchard. lie has been chal-
ienged by Jcm Smith Tor a tight Ia the
near future,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
UMRA KHAN on THE RUN.
He stiu Holds the Lieutenants> as
Hostages.

London, April 12.-The Earl of Elgin,
viceroy of India, telegraphs from Cal
cutta that the latest news received there
regarding the British Chitral expedition
indicates that Umra Khan is giving in
and that no serious fighting is expected
to occur.
Dispatches dated at Aladad yesterday
and received in Calcutta to-day say that
the Chitral river. He is accompanied by
a few of his partisans, and apparently
is intent only upon keeping safe dis
British force. He still keeps as hostages
Lieuts Fowler and Edwards. The Brit
ish will press the pursuit as energetically
as possible The Swatis have submitted
fuliV
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
IowA's NINE SCARE.
A Military Company on Guard to Pre-
vent Riofing.

Centerville. Ia. April 12.-Everything Is
quiet at the mines at Cincinnati tonight.
Company e, Second Regiment, OF Center
willie, is still there. The miners all worked
to-day. and as there Is no difference be-
tween them and the operators no trouble
Is expected so long as the outsiders are
aWed No appeal has been made 10 the
governor for additional troops. a gen
erll meeting OF miners VIII be held here TO
morrow to consider the situation az Gin
ciunau.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
A COUNTERFEIT 50 BILL.
II Is of the 1892 series of the Amer
lean Exchange Bank.

Washington. April 12--An excellent pho
tographic counterfeit OF the IS note of the
American Exchange National Bank Of
New York city was to-day discovered
in the money sent to the National Bank
redemption division Of the treasury for
redemption. Tho note Is Of the 1892 series,
check letter r., with the portrait OF
Garfield upon II. A warning has been
sent out BY Chief Hazen Of the secret
service.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13

Columbus, o., April t2.--President p. IL.
Penna OF the United Mine Workers has
issued manifesto 70 the miners OF me
country IN which he declares that IL ~
lmposs ole now 20 settle the wage qucs.
ton by interstate agreements, or even
by agreements, and urges that each dis
trict Fix the scale for ITSELF
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
RoBBERs IN A PosToFFIcE.
they secure $500 and Escape Under
Fire.

Montpelier. Ind, April 12.-About s
O'Clock this morning burglars entered the
postofice and blew open the large safe
and robbed It Of its contents. amounting
to about $500 IN money. No stamps were
taken. The explosion attracted the at
tention Of the police, who hurried to the
rear Of the building, arriving In time to
see the men making their escape. The
officers opened fire, which was returned
by the robbers, one Of whom was wounded
but how badly cannot be said, as they
were successful in making their escape
The Van Buren bioodhouuds have been
put on thc!r trail and an effort viii be
made 20 capture them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
A DAM GIVES WAY.
An Old Man Loses His Life In the
sweeping Away of Ills House.

Angels Camp. Cal. April FIFTY feet
Of the Utica Mining company's dam. three
miles from here. broke yesterday. and
otto Lundt. an old man who lived with
his sister on Antonio creek. perished IA
the food. He re-entercd his house 10
secure money and jewelry, when the mass
Of water swept away the structure. The
company claims a loss OF $1,000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
A CONTRACT TO BE CANCELLED.
New Bids to Be Asked on the New
York Navy Yard Dry Dock.

Washington, April 12-Secretary Her
bert this afternoon annulled the contract
with John Gillies of Brooklyn for the New
York navy yard dry dock, and adver-
tised for proposals to complete the work
The contract was made Nov. II, 1892. the
dock to be delivered to the government
In thirty-two months. The price to be
paid was S462, ,619, and up to date payments
TO the amount of about Sl65,000 have been
made to Gillies.
1t has been a foregone conclusion for
some time that the contract would never
be completed, and several days ago the
departments permitted other builders to
take measurements with a view to esti-
mating on the remaining work
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
moRsE's GRAND NEPHEW DEAD.
His Relatives Had Searched for Him
for Forty Years.

Chicago, April 12.-The funeral of Evan
da Morse, a grand nephew of the tele-
graph inventor, for whom the relatives
have been searching for forty years, was
held here to-day from his late residence,
134 West Harrison street. Rev. c. e.
Morse, pastor of the Ninth Presbyterian
church of this city. who is one of the IL
lustrious family, said he had never heard
az the missing relative until to-day, but
he was sure the man had been found now
Evanda Morse was arrested in Canada
during the insurrection for carrying fire
arms, served through the Mexican war.
and had lived In Chicago for more than
dftv wears
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
A SUMMER HOTEL nunNED.
The Structure situated ON Crescent
Beach Near Boston.

beach Near Boston.
Boston, April 12.-The large summer ho-
tel known as the Strathmore, located on
Crescent Beach, in the town OF Revere,
with itD adjoining buildings. wns to-
tally burned tonight. The loss is $1,000
The fire was first discovered in the base
ment and burned so rapidly that thirty
minutes later the west side OF the build
ing collapsed and the entire structure
was a mass OF flames.
When the wal! fell Charles Chisholm,
member Of Hose Company No. 2, was
struck by timbers and had his leg broken.
while Frederick Carr OF Hose No. 8, was
slightly burned about the hands
The hotel was owned by Washington
pied. The origin OF the fire is unknown.
The building was only partially insured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
BoGUs STAMP CROOK sKrps.

The Officers Locate Him at Buffalo,
Bat Fail TO Get Him.
Buffalo, N. r.. April 12.-Whlle the Uni
ted states secret service detectives and
postofiice inspectors were searching the
country for George Morrison, the chief
operator In the gigantic bogus postage
stamp swindle. that willy Individual was
resting quietly In a room at "A cheap boar,l-
ing house 5n South Devlsion street. When
the police got on his track he disappeared
Postofhce Inspector Ryan arrived here
to-day and found the room where Morri-
son lived, where all trace of him was lost
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
a Cotton WAREHOUSE ABLAzE.

Building After Two Hours Fight.
Charlotte n c., April 12.-This morn
ing al II o'clock fire was discovered in the
warehouse Of the Ada cotton mills There
were 84s bales Of cotton in the ware
house. The building was brick. eighty
nv forty feet with q corrugated iron
roof A truckman going In for cotton
discovered the fire. For two hours the
dremen fought the fire, keeping Sc In the
building The end walls were then pulled
down ana as much Of the cotton as possi-
be rolled out. The loss is about 81, 90.
fullv insured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
MANITonA's SCHOOL LAWS.
The officers win Refuse 10 obey the
DOminfon's order.

Toronto. April 12--In speech at Hagers-
vile, Ont. last night Hon. Mr.. sifton. at
toruey general Of Manitoba said that the
legislaturs Of Manitoba. which would re-
sumo on May Q, would refuse to carry out
the order Of the dominion and the later
would be compelled to resort 10 coerciva
legislation. He dispelled any idea Of armed
roz.alanoe on The larL ol Manllola.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
a split over Frances budget.

Paris. April 12-The Senate to-day pass
sd the budget. The deputies rejected the
Ssnate's amendments and returned the
nuqset. The Senate reossemblod at Q
eeputies met at 10 o'clock and did the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
LOOKED LIKE A LYNcHING.
Negroes swarm the Court House at
Lexington, Ky.

Lexington, KY, April 12.--Wnliam NJ.
Shipp, Jr., who killed the negro Sam
Brown here Sunday night. was taken be-
fore Judge Bullock for examination at
10 o'clock this morning. Owing to the
fact that the grand jury is investigating
the case. the hearing was put off until
Tuesday next, A mob Of 1900 negroes and
whites swarmed In and around the court
house Shipps friends from Midway
were present In large numbers. For time
the authorities feared the negroes would
attempt 10 lynch Shipp.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
A BATTLE WITH JAIL BIRDS.
They Surrender After One of Their
Number Is Wounded.

Albuquerque. N. NJ. April IA tele-
gram received here this afternoon from
Roswell says the prisoners in the jail
there overpowered the iailor and locked
him up Then they armed themselves and
started out. Three Of them are murderers.
The alarm soon spread and everybody
started in pursuit OF the prisoners. A few
miles from Roswell battle occurred. The
prisoners surrendered after one Of them
had his shoulder Shattered by a bullet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
DEBs' TRIAL.

The Conspiracy Case TO BE Taken Up
Again on May @.
Chicago April 12-The Debs trial for
conspiracy will be taken up again on May
in the federal court, the time origin
ally set by Judge Grossoup. A month
ago an agreement was made to advance
the trial one week. The district attorney
was doubtful If the trial could be adj
vanced without the presence and assent
In open court Of all the defendants. and
he has, therefore, set the trial for the
original date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25
EIectrOcutiOn of Shade Trees.

From the Chicago Record.
1t is a question whether the stringing of
electric wires in cities and villages will not
destroy a large proportion of the shade
trees Complaint is made in several cities
that where the v Tres pass through the
foliage the trees in nearly every instance
have died, presumably from the effects of
the electric current. 1t has been noticed
also that the death Of the trees almost in
variably follows a season of rain, when the
wet leaves are coed conductors Of cleo
tricity and carry 1t from the wires to .he
trees. In some cases the death of trees has
been caused by wires supposed to be thor
oughly insulated, the covering having been
branches when moved by the wind. The
evidence that the trees have been killed
by electricity is furnished by the fact that
in numberless instances the trees through
which the wires pass died in an hour dur
ing storm, while those standing a few
feet from the wires were uninjured These
results will raise the question as to the
liability of electric light companies for the
damage caused by the killing of shade
trees. The right to string electric wires
does not give the further right to destroy
the shade trees which may constitute the
chief value of a piece of real estate. Neither
does it give the right to lop off the branches
and otherwise disfgure ornamental trees
simply because such branches happen to
be in the way of the wires. This has been
done by an electric light company in one
of our suburban villages, and many large
and beautiful trees have been practically
ruined by such vandalism. This 6eStruc-
ton of trees is quite likely to lead to ex-
pensive litigation before property owner S
right to receive damages for his loss is
established by the courts. A good deal of
trouble could be avoided if electric light
Ing and power companies would take pains
to place their poles and string their wires
SO as not to interfere with the ornamental
trees along their lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

the 50-caliber nor the 45-caliber companies
have anything Ike an adequate supply Of
ammunition. and. II they had. the chances
fer the cartridges being mixed are many.
The light battery has two three-inch guns
OF the model Of 1851, and these could not
be transported through the Indian country
by any less force than fifty clever en-
gineers. with the assistance of a practi-
cauy inexhaustible supply of good horses.
There are. however, no horses in the serv-
Ice OF the state. nor is there any appropria-
ton for purchasing or hiring any. There is
no appropriation ror provision for the pur-
chase Of stores; there is no hospital corps
and no signal corps. OF the extremely i'm
rortant matter Of guard duty the command
must be practically ignorant, for there has
not been any encampment Of the state
trccps since 1892. With the various COM
panies widely scattered-they being Sta
toned at tel widely-separated points-the
drill duty performed is necessarily Of the
primary SORT There are NO pre-arranged
plans In the Office of the adjutant general
OF the state for the use of the troops in
case of an emergency: the state does not
own transportation facilities of any kind,
nor has any provision teen made for pro-
viding them when an exigency arises;
there has been so little attention paid to
possible contingencies that the state does
not even own a military map of its terri
tory. 1t would be extremely unreasonable
to expect the Wyoming National Guard to
render anything like fairly effective service
while such conditions prevail as are out
lined in the report Of the army officer who
is on duty as inspector in Wyoming. 1t is
to be hoped that the Indians will not prove
to be hostile, but 1t is also to be hoped that
either state pride or national legislation
will soon give to Wyoming and to other
states that are careless in this important
matter something like the militia efficiency
| which they ought to have.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

Whenever there Is serious proposition to
render state troops more efficient by such
means as those proposed in bills presented
to Congress in recent years for the reor-
ganization of the National Guard, there In
variably ersues great clamor over the
dangers of Capitalization and federaliza-
ton. From all sorts of places there bob t9p
champions of states rights who insist that
the militia forces of the respective states
respectively please without ony regard
whatever for efficiency or anything else
that seems to be serious in its nature
Now comes infornlS ton frcm the west that
the Wyoming National Guard has been or
dered to hold itself In readiness to move
in the direction of disturbing band of In
dians. The Wyoming Natior al Guard is
probably composed of most excellent ma
terial-active, vigorous men, in whom
dwells the martial spirit of which there
must needs be good deal to make cam
paign against Indians succassful-but it is
evident from the official records that the
Wyoming National Guard is of practically
little value a military fierce. The bu-
Ieau of military information of the War
Department makes this plair IT. its latest
report All told, tie entire command num-
bers but $50 men; nine companies of in
Soma of the infantry companies are armed
with the old 50-caliber Springfield rife,
while others have the +5-caliber; neither
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

Legally there has been no such thing as
an overhead trolley railroad within the
city limits since June 80. Just now the law
IL being defied. with the unwilling assist
ance of the courts. but in the course OF
time the defiance will not avail, for the
statute Is surely going to be enforced and
The obstructing poles and dangerously
exposed wires must inevitably come down.
This result, however, might reasonably be
expected even were there absence Of the
legislation by which Congress sought to
compel the lexington company to abate
the nuisances that disfgure New York ave-
nue., for in business, as in all other lines of
human endeavor. the fittest must survive.
From the electrical standpoint the fittest
motor is that variety which is now ready
to be operated on the Ninth street line
Early this morning two of the new motor
cars of the Metropolitan road ran over the
entire Ninth street route without Interrupt
ton and in manner entirely satisfactory
to even the most critical Of the roads
officials. Skilled electricians have scruti-
nized the plans and mechanism and are
convinced that the system must be COM
pletely successful. There is no reason why
1t should not be. for it Is an Americanized
adaptation Of a system that has worked
with admirable smoothness in one of the
principal cities of Europe for several years
every charge that has been made seems to
be decided betterment so that 1t Is en-
tirely reasonable to conclude that the
ingeniously-am ideas which were
financially profitable in their comparatively
crude state will be operated much more
successfully here. Therefore there is moth
ing premature or visionary in the state
ment that the overhead trolley will here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

1t would for obvious reasons be impossible
to secure from Congress a statute confin-
ing work upon our municipal, public build
ings to residents of the District. 1t may be
that the Commissioners will discover that
there are sound reasons for not making
this requirement as to local residence a
formal stipulation in contracts for such
work. But local pride and the INTERVENING
OF local interests will inevitably give the
preference to local workmen. other things
being equal; and IL contractors are required
to employ the best workmen at the maxi
mum wages other things will be equal, for
the strongest temptation and inducement
to import cheap, inferior workmen from
outside the city will be thereby removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25
A Worthy Aapirant.

Have you ever done anything which de-
serves recognition from your country?"
asked the serious man.
"N-no." replied the ambitious politician;
1--WE never exactly done anything. I'm
what you might call a negative patriot"
II don't quite catch your meaning
IT have conscientiously abstained from
springing any freak financial schemes on
my fellow citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

Information from Atlanta is to the effect
that a committee of Atlanta's representa-
tive citizens is preparing to visit New
York for the purpose of comforting with
President Spencer of the Southern Railway
relative to the Atlanta-proposed transfer
from this city to Atlanta of the Southern
Railways headquarters. No rational being
would have any difficulty whatever in I'M
Outstanding why the Atlantans want to
have the headquarters offices in their city;
their desire is to add to Atlanta's popula-
ton and commercial repute and to exalt
Atlanta's horn as much as possible. These
are about the only reasons the Atlanta
committee can possibly urge in behalf Of
their request so it does not seem to be even
will do any more than treat the committee
courteously and promise to take the re-
quest into consideration. To move the
headquarters offices to Atlanta would SIM
ply be to add nearly a thousand miles to
the distance to be travelled from the great
railroad and business centers Of the At
lantic coast. Not so very long ago the
Offices in question were located in the city
that wants them again, but the inconven-
fences suffered by the railroad officials by
reason of the comparative inaccessibility
of Atlanta brought about return to Wash
ington. AS railroads are rarely or never
governed by sentiment the chance for At
lanta's success in this matter is as one in
"a million, and infinitesimal at that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

1t is strange that the contributions to the
conscience fund in the Treasury Depart
ment rarely run higher than twenty-five OF
thirty dollars. 1t hardly seems possible
that nobody with a conscience gets 9
chance to steal more than that amount
from the government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

Among the people who are killing time
at the summer resorts should be men,
toned the men who are employed on the
new post-office building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

Whatever the exigencies may demand in
the way Of diplomatic expression. there is
absolutely no method of regulating popular
sentiment in this country on the Cuban
situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

An aQueduct tunnel that will carry water
into town with the same facility that 1t
has manifested in carrying the taxpayers
money out of town Is one of the crying
needs of our civilization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

In view of the distractingly -jumbled con-
dition in which the local garbage collec-
ton and disposal problem seems to be,
might it not be a good thing for the Dis
trict Commissioners to make a fresh start.
In the present perplexing situation the
slate is covered with confused mass of
almost undecipherable hieroglyphics The
remedy will be found in metaphorical
sponge, sufficiently moist and vigorously
operated or the states surface. Let the
malodorous past be disinfected and buried.
Give the best modern ethods of garbage
disposal chance ard, uninfluenced by po-
litical or personal considerations, confer
upon the national capital the blessing of
a garbage service economically effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

From the Detroit Free Press.
There is an impression in some quarters
that free silver means free money and they
| do not go far enough to recognize that free
money would leave them in the same pre-
| dicament as no money at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

Today there were only eighty-two men
employed upon the city post-cffice building.
The worlds record for slow construction is
still held by this government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

No doubt some of The friends whom the
Jackson City gamblers have made in Wash
ington will be willing to come to their
material assistance in the event of a sup
preston of their occupation by the Virginia
authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25

Japan should not fail to demonstrate her
resources by furnishing employment for
her own laboring population.