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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27
stories of Dick Roche's High P1ay.

Dick Roche, one Of the highest ''fiiers"
Of the Old-time sporting men, passed
through the city yesterday, says the Louis
vile Courier-JOurn Roche's visit re-
called the balmy days Of gambling. and
many were the "reminiscences revived by
the old guard Of Louisville's sports.
Roche was once worth S5l0,o and lived
like a prince. and the absolute indifter-
ence with which ne wegered big sums Of
money was the wonder Of the sporting
world He once put $4,000 in bank and
forgot that he had il. A prominent city
Official stated last night that he saw him
win $1,000 stacking chips" one night IN
tossing the chips-blts OF ivory used By
gamblers-frOm the hand, letting them
turn in the air and fall on each other,
forming column This is A piece OF deN-
terity which all gamblers acquire, but
none could equal Roche. The official who
told the story said Roche was sitting by
a faro table cGreieSSlY stacking cnipS,
when a gambler near by noticed him.
You stack EN- pretty we'll ne &c
marked: do you want TO bet on it2''
"Oh. l don't know. / never tried il, -
said Roche, with indifference.
The match was soon made. and he
louEged there in his chair and stacked
others money. As an old-timer put 81,
Dick Roche could simply stack EN- all
night"
At Saratoga one year he loaned Davy
Johnson. the bookmaker, $4,000. which
johnson lost; won $40, 600 on one race, the
same day, and loaned that also 10 John
son. He always carrietN fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars IN his pocket.
He has lost his big fortune, but still
has the best the land affords, and has lost
none OF his characters tics. which ranked
him as the prince of gamblers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27

Il was in the betting ring at Morris
park once" said Mr.. Lum Pierson. a de-
voice of the turf from Kentucky. to the
Washington Post. and / heard a sport,
who wanted to make a combination that
included twelve horses, arguing ferce!y
with the fellow that wrote the combina-
ton tickets about the odds. The man of
fered him 80 to I, but the sport wanted
1000 and sad he would put up SO against
$4,000. About that time the maker of the
book came along and listened to the wran-
gle. Then he laughed, a mighty laugh, that
was heard all over the ring.
What. not give him 1000 to ], jim
ME, when he proposes to guess twelve
horses? Why. I've been trying all my lie
to guess one, and couldn't do It, Holy
Moses! Give me your pencil. III lay him
some odds thatll make his hair stand on
end"
with that Mr.. Boolzmaksr took the
Faber from his employees hand and rap
idly filling the ticket, handed IL to the be-
tor. who read 1t with bulging eyes. All
the bookmaker did was to lay him SlO0,
coo to 81 or even 100000 against $40. II
nearly looked absurd, but the book
maker was a levcl-heade man, and knew
just what he was doing. A man who can
guess twelve horses right is entitled 10
a million, any day"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27


1t is said that some prominent land
owners who have a few cattle, or who
rent land to negroes, are opposing the
effort to have the law requiring cattle to
be fenced in adopted. Some of these
same parties are interested in real estate
in this city.
1t seems almost incredible that any cit
izen of this county, who has the county's
welfare at heart should object to the
adoption of the law, which provides that
cattle shall be fenced in, so that land can
be cultivated open, that is, without being
fenced. The advantages of the no-fence
law are so apparent, and the law gives
such general satisfaction wherever it
has been tried that no opposition to it's
adoption should be expected, except from
the ignorant.
Aside from the fact that the health Of
the county depends largely upon good
drainage and that there must be drain
age before the lands of the county can
be cultivated to advantage, it is a fact
that the cattle that run at large are Of
little or no value. The few fat cattle
among them seldom yield a profit to their
owners, because the cattle thieves, as a
rule. kill them as fast as they are fit for
market.
If there were law making it possible
to cultivate lands without being fenced
these land owners who are now opposing
the adoption of the no-fence law would
be able to rent their lands at fair price
| Besides, there would be employment for
! hundreds of idle negroes Of this city.
/ many Of whom are on the verge of starva-
/ ton.
There are very few valuable cattle
running at large. There will be no first
class cattle of any consequence in the
J county as long as cattle are turned out
! on the ranges to pick up a scanty liv-
| ing in the underbrush and swamps II
4 the opponents of the no-fence law would
consider calmly and conscientiously the
I good that would come to the county from
the adoption of that law. they could come
to but one conclusion, and that is that
the no-fence law should have been
adopted long ago.
|. The acceptance by the new Spanish min
istry of the resignation of Minister Mu-
! ruaga at Washington has no bearing on
the question between this country and
Spain, or with Muruaga's recent indis-
Greet talk. Muruaga's politics does not
agree with that OF the new government.
and his retirement is merely an incident
Of Spanish politics. just as the resignation
Of the American minister at Madrid upon
! the changing Of administrations at Wash
ington would be an expected minor incl
dent OF American politics. The new Span
ish government, BY the way are said 10
be high protectionists. and to favor a
] severe policy toward Cuba.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27

Cannot one faction or the other in the
Atlanta police board fight furnish a Ii
Hung Chang to bear proposals OF peace
20 the other side?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27

The completion of a railroad to Key
West. with trestles and bridges that
would defy the storms of that section
might well be regarded as an event that
would be followed very shortly by the
connection by rail Of Alaska and Siberia
an often discussed scheme and tie II ak n 2
possible Of a continuous trip in Pull
man palace car from Key West to Paris.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27
BLACK SILK GREP()NS.

Pure SIX Black Crepon. Is inches wide.
81 so per yard.
Pure Silk Black Crepon, As inches wide.
S1.75 a yard actual value 81.
Pure Silk Black Crepon, IS inches wide.
S2.35 per yard; no such goods elsewhere
for less than 50.
Pure Silk Black Crepon. 4S inches wide.
SO. "a per yard; actual value A.25.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27
DRESS GOODS
WHITE GOODS,

And will offer India Linen and will offer
goods sold heretofore at 18c, zoe, 25c and
soc at 1919, Is. 20 and rs cents the yard.
Persian Lawns, Dotted Swiss Muslins.
English and Fine French Nainsooks at
prices equally cheap.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27

The MORNING NEWS is published
every day in the year, and is served TO
subscribers in the city at Si-O0 month
$ for six months and 5000 Tor one year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27

Letters and kilograms should be ad.
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah
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EASTERN OFFICE. o Park Row. New
York City. c. S. Faulkner. Manager.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
POTATOES GALORE.

The Arkansas valley of South Kan
sas is studded with corn shocks and
dotted with stacks and cribs but is
nevertheless the land of the sweet po-
tato. The YIELD of the present season is
enormous and OF the finest quality.
Colorado and Utah are paying more
money for Kansas sweet potatoes this
year than Kansas is paying for Col
orado and Utah Irish potatoes Dad
the prices equal those when Zines
were good, sweet potato nabo6s would
be SO numerous in this section OF the
Arkansas valley as 10 constitute 4
ruling class OF mon0polists. But the
sweet potato. like the Irish variety.
under the depressed prices OF q free
trade dynasty. are drug
There are too many potatoes or t0o
little money in this the year or cur
Lord 1885 This j. not only true OF
Kansas. but of other potato growing
states. aud in fact Of the world The
Orange Judd Farmer ef Chicago,
shows iha; the potato yield OF The past
season Is unprecedented II Irelan.l
ever expects 10 undergo another fan
Inc now i her oPortunity- England.
France and Germany al reported
eaornoas potato yields. fosat"s-s are
selling in Liverpool at s10 ps-s ton g
eae-hslf evan per pound - exporting
polatoes : eat Q. The qgess.oa- rs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
oKLAaoMA OUTLINES

Two doctors are having public quar-
rel in the Perry newspapers.
Mr.. L. Turner has purchased 8, 1000 of
Guthrie school bonds at IS cents.
The ratio of Oklahoma divorces wherein
aNmony is asked Is about one-tenth.
The gold mines over which Norman Is
excited lie six miles northeast Of town.
The Pitzser-scott feud Is going to cause
trouble In Oklahoma politics some day.
At wynnewood charivari party has
been fined so for disturbing the bride and
groom.
The Enid Wave says some OF the Re-
publicans "juiced up" over the election
returns
The Guthrie Leader says that sly ODER
lander wants a divorce from politics with
almony.
II has been umbrella weather all over
Oklahoma 30 far this week and everyone
is rejoicing.
name. II thinks Western Okiahonan
sounds better.
After making two speeches there. Coxey
did not get a single vote for governor OF
Ohio IN Guthrie.
II at least not half OF your taxes ara
paid by the third Monday in December
you will be liable TO a fine.
II is said that at a meeting Of the
Guthrie school board the other night one
member went after another with a knife.
The broom corn crop in Oklahoma must
be immense. Nearly every paper makes
a remark about the loads that are COM
ing in.
Marshal Nix has gone 10 New York.
He might look around and see II he can
find a trace OF that man his deputies let
escape.
John y. Miles. known all over Oklahoma
as an educated Cheyenne. has married
Mrs. Muscogee Block, hAlf-breed OF the
| same tribe
Bob Curtis Is one man In Oklahoma who
believes that now IS the time 70 buy
| farms. and he 10 rzking them In far and
| near In Canadian county.
The Guthrie Capital notes that 10 one
in Oklahoma felt the earthquake. This
Is the FIRST time Oklahoma was ever
known 20 miss anything.
Governor Renfrow has examined the
Norman gold find He doesn't think much
OF the gold but he says silver can be
found there IN abundance.
| The contractors who put up hay 81 the
/ Fort SIN country for the military post are
taxed 80 cents load by Indian Agent
Baldwin. They kick. bs; 81 does no good
e. ?. Dunn has resigned IS general
manager % the choctzS. II - bessev@.
the Once VIII be abolished and The woTx
done BY the auditor a. South IcAlsstsr.
The Richardson's OF Oklahoma City have
been pulled into the Perry bank iro1eis.
/ The average business mar nouns tss Cay
he ever beanie . siockho-cer IN h>4nk-
The Il Reno Herzt1 ssys the Iadzss %
j Eaid give afternooz corses Instead 81
teas. But q failed 20 unsnroa tsaS after
zooa beers are s;fil 9 fad among TIA
/ politicians a. GEthrzc-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
THAT SETTLES THAT.

General Jim Lane was one night de-
livering himself Of philippe at a
political meeting at his home in Law
renee. With his little glinting black
eyes half closed, his elevated fore
finger vibrat ting with intensity in the
face Of his audience, he was SAnning
some unfortunate opponent to the
queens taste. Colonel Jim Blood sud-
denly but majestically rising in his
place Numbered back: "Lane. that is
a damned lier' Pausing for moment
the Grim Chieftain remarked soto
voce, "Well, that settles that, We will
now go on with something else"
The lies of the campaign having all
been satisfactorily nailed and clinched
and everybody realizing where he is
at that settles that, and We can all
now go on with something else.
The Prohibition contingent in re-
submission Sedgwick county having
defeated the head of the Republican
ticket, and the Democrats of Wichita
having done up the Pops of the county
that settles that, and we will now go
on with something else"
Judge Campbell and the honorable
board of Wichita police commissioners
! having been sustained and the Eagle
Dawes Morrill, misunderstanding bur
| led beneath an avalanche of ballots
THAT settles that, and We will now go
on with something else"
Prohibition Topeka, despite its num-
| erouS club houses and drug stores hav-
/: ing gone Unexpectedly for resubmis-
sion. with ex-Chief Justice Horton who
wrote the opinion that nailed the Pro-
hibitory amendment TO the fundamen-
tai law, declaring that resubmission is
inevitable, and the Capital wildly
bowling that all Is lost, that settles
that. and we will now go ON with
something else"
Maryland and Kentucky. and New
Jersey having joined the Republican
states, assuring Republican majority
in the United States senate. and Tam
many holding on through distractions
by the mere skin Of its teeth. and al
the people from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific protesting against the home
and foreign policies of the Cleveland
administration. the while demanding
q high protective tariff. THAT settles
that, and we Will now go ON with
something else
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
OBSTACLES TO STATEHOOD.

Utah's success in statehood will call
attention anew to Oklahoma. Prob
ably a majority Of the people Of Ok
lahoma desire statehood. The in
creased cost Of a state over territory
is lost sight of in a wish for home gov
eminent.
But from present appearances Ok
lahoma has a hard road to travel be-
fore statehood may be consummated.
The road has always presented an I'M
favorable appearance. Today some of
the difficulties are removed One of
those difficulties is congress. 1t is
extremely doubtful If a Democratic
congress would have ever been so dar-
ing as to admit Oklahoma TO the Union.
A Republican congress. with knowl-
edge of success in Maryland and Ken
lucky, will not hesitate to give state
hood to Oklahoma il the territory asks
it. even if the boundaries of the new
state are to include the Indian nations.
in which the voting population is now
Democratic. So one difficulty on the
rocky road to statehood has been re-
moved.
The other obstacles may be more
serious. Oklahoma, as its boundaries
now stand and including the Fort Sill
country. could secure statehood. but
congress may insist and considerable
portion of the people OF Oklahoma may
also insist that the whole territory in
Guiding the Indian nations, De included
in the new state.
Such a course. that is demand for a
single state OF the two territories.
places statehood at some distance. The
Indians are not taking kindly 10 the
! reforms and suggestions Of the Dawes
commission. The five civilized tribes.
dominated by rich tradesmen. have SO
/ far met the suggestions of the commits
sion with successful obstinancy. Com
nitUees 10 confer with the Dawes com
mission are appointed with great eere-
| mony by the tribes, and AZ the same
time the committees are instructed 10
! refuse to concur in anything or to cor
cede anything
Like the commission before IL, the
Dawes commission viii report At
! Washington that the Indians should
BE- given their lands in severalty, but
/ that the suggestion = made without
| the consent 10 seyerslty by me H.
dams. Congress Il aos nSely 10 60
ahead despite the wishes of the In
| dams The feeling II stiii dominant
throughout the east that the Indians
have been oppressed and that they
| should not be forced further against
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
AMERICAN GOLD MINES.

The Eagle the other day editorially
referred to the immense boom in the
output of gold and the probable in
fuence it would have in settling the
silver question on a 10 to I ratio. The
Kaffir. African, mines while they do
not return sudden ind immense for
tunes, pay for working in such a uni
form way that the yield of a given
amount Of ''pay dirt can be estimated
with exactness. The area of this aurif-
erous deposit is many miles in extent.
English capital in going wild over the
untold millions thatsmust come from
these African gold deposits have not
lost sight of America.
Mr.. Hamilton Smith. the mining eN-
pert Of the Rothschilds, upon whose
report three-Quarters Of the stock OF
the Anaconda copper mine Of Mon
tana has been placed in London. Is now
In the Cripple Creek gold mining dis
trict of Colorado, looking for dividend
paying gold mines. with which TO sat
isfy the cravings of British capital.
Four other representatives of Lon
don capital are making Investigations
in the same district, and 1t looks very
much as though there would be much
the same kind Of a rush for the pur-
chase of American gold mines that
have been developed and are paying
dividends, as there was some years
ago for the purchase Of American
breweries.
There are five gold mines in the
Cripple Greek district which are now
paying dividends at the rate Of 5000
coo per year. with ore enough in sight
to warrant the belief that this rate will
continue for some years TO come. II
is stated on good authority that these
mines could be sold in London in TWEEN
ty-four hours If their owners could
only be brought TO terms by the British
capitalists But the present owners
are making from . to 6 per cent divi-
dends per month on the par value. and
they are not anxious 10 sell. This Will
make the London people more anxious
| to buy, and everything has its price
The purchase Of gold mines in Col
orado and California will continue the
work. which has been begun by the
sale OF the Anaconda copper mine OF
Montana. Of stopping the outflow OF
gold by reducing the rate Of exchange
until the revival OF all industries re
stores 4 favorable balance OF trade
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
EuG.Sa FIELD.

II is the writer who in simple themes
and by simple words touches the inner
conscience OF simpler humanity that
living is loved and In dying IS mourn
ed. Eugene Field was a classical
scholar. but he will live not in the
pretentious productions of his pen, nor
as a humorist, which he truly was,
but as a poet whose themes We're OF
home, its loves and babes Person
ally Eugene, like his brother Rose, was
whimsical man, inclined to be Gym
ical. But he was student of human
nature. His schooling was eastern,
his knowledge western. Whatever his
college may have done for him men-
tally, the west moulded his estimates.
broadened his understanding and
lighted his soul with its hopeful life.
If he admired the refinements of the
east he loved the less restrained and
freer life of the west. His love for
the home, his interest in child-life was
unsurpassed by even Whitcomb Riley.
Probably one of the most touching
things ever written by Field is his
Little Boy Blue" which we quote:
The little toy dog Is covered with dust,
But sturdy and staunch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket moulds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was new
And the soldier was passing fair,
And that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
Now, don't you go till come" he said
And don't you make any noiser
So toddl.ng of to his trundle-bed,
He dreamt of the pretty toys
And as he was dreaming. an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
Oh, the years are many, the years are
long,
But the little toy friends are true.
Ay, faithful TO Little Boy Blue they
stand,
Each In the same old place.
Awaiting the touch of a little hand,
The smile of a little face.
And they wonder. as waiting these Ions
years through,
In the dust of that little chair.
What has become of our Little Boy Blue
Since he kissed them and put them
there.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
DYcaE TIE NAN

Dyche is the hast man slated for the
North Pole-for death from exposure
and starvation. Lewis Lindsay Dyche
is Il Kansas man. a Kansas boy. who
holds profeSsorShip in the Kansas
university. He was born in West
Virginia but his parents brought him
TO Kansas when he was but five weeks
old. They waited for his birth to
come 70 this state. he is full OF da--
ing and adventure and stops at nothing
in the way OF hardShips and exposure,
As anyone who Will read his interesting
book giving his experiences as a hun
ter and explorer in the Rock mountains
viii readily understand. So self-re-
liant i he that he never lo-es his head
when in danger. II it is possible TO
reach The North Pole. Professor Dyche
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
wHIRI.S WITH WICHITA.

To,et, Journal: When Senator Baker
vas in wichita he was entertained by
George L. Douglass. which made Marsh
Arurdock so huffy he Wouldn't go to hear
him speak.
Kansas City Mail: IF Colonel Marsh
Murdoch is not the nominee OF the Re-
publican party for governor OF Kansas
ard that party IS successful. he VIII De
the successor of United States Senator
PETER"
Laurence World: Hostility 10 the car
the Million club IS taking east is being
taken too far. We are creditaoly IN
formed that before the train started To-
peka men told around that the car came
from Wichita
Enid Wave: Sedgwick county, Kansas.
Of which Wichita is the capital. has gone
for the fusion Demo-Pop ticket. THIS
is rather sad for the Eagle; 10 gam the
whole United States for its party and
lose the home precinct.
Topeka Democrat; Hail TO Wichita, the
Peerless City by the Arkansas The enor-
nous majority rolled up for Charles Hoi-
uday for chief justice shows unmistak-
ably that the voters of Wichita have the
courage OF their convictions.
Kansas City World: Happy thought in
Lawrence World: Marsh Murdoch will
not print the names of the men he knows
personally drink Niquor in some form
He says he will. but II is all a BLUM. Marsh
Murdoch is not that kind a man
Winfield Tribune: The Wichita Eagle
proposes to publish the names OF ene gov
ernors, and state ofhcc-s, Judges, legfsla-
tors, congressman. prominent politicians
and eminent editors. of Kansas. who have
advocated Prohibition, also show they
have been ordinary drinkers OF red
liquor. What an exposition of hypocrites
| IL will be.
| Augusta Journal: The Wichita Eagle
says that all the nominees on the Re
publican ticket are anti-Prohibstionists
| We suggest that they take down the
| name Republican and sail under their OWL
colors. The Republican party stands fol
| the enforcement of law but the so-callet
| Republican ticket In Sedgwick count,
| stands for non-enforcement. The Re
publican % party in Sedgwick count,
ought 20 be defeated.
| Winfield Tribune: The Eagle CRep.
| and the Beacon Oem) are just now in q
1 fierce contest as 20 which one il tbs
strongest Observation-Disclosures. The Bsa
| con has the longest end OF the st ring from
| the fact it represents a party which ha:
| always opposed fads and crankism. Per
sonally the Eagle Is against the Prohibi
tory law, but its party IN the godfather
| OF the bantlng and win foster Il as Ions
| az the Prohibition vote can be captured b,
professions. Next year we apprehend th'
Eagle will be rather lonesome when IL!
| party resolves, I'VE are In favor"