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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
Gen. MiIes, Poker storr.

Il don't poker. myself.' sad Mai Gen.
Miles according TO the New York Nal
that the game he's rather gcns oct in the
army, but ! think I can claim TO have
been witness Of the biggest game as to
stakes that was ever played -
Tel US about 70. general" sad Gel
Ocnl.lree. 4 have some pretty good poker
stories IA stock myself
And 50 have I. sad Henry Waiter
son. For Instance. Joe Blackburn's
about the game played IN the trenches
at the battle Of Shiloh. with a table made
Of the bodies Of the comrades OF the
Well said Mr.. John w. 8lackay. "as
70 stakes, i VIII enter "A claim for some
Of the games played in the good old days
IN Nevada, when the boys had the Com
stock lode to draw upon. But, general,
let US have your story
1t was IN the spring of 1s65-just thirty
think Of it-when Davis. Lee and the rest
OF you cOnfederates. Col WattersOn.
were in full retreat from Richmond to-
ward DanvIlle, and We We're pressing You
night and day. hardly stopping to eat
Sailors creek"
Il was there" said Col. Ochiltree. 1T
was IN that battle that l was wounded"
That day. continued Gen. Miles I'VE
overhauled and captured a confederate
wagon tram, and found, greatly TO the de-
night OF the boys, that several of the
wagons were loaded with confederate
Dohcs ana confederate money in transit
from tle confederate treasury depart
ment IN Richmond TO wherever the gov
eminent now on wheels might make its
last stand. The soldiers simply helped
themselves to the bonds and the money.
and the officers did not care to deprive
them of the spells to which they were
r1chly entitled. At n s4ht when we lInockeI
OF work for supper and a few hours rest
and sleep 1 had occasion to ride along
the line, and found greatly to my amuse-
ment, poker game gong on around al
most every camp fire. Stopping TO watch
one or the games, this is what l heard:
How much is the ante?''
"A thousand dollars"
And how much TO fiji? Five thorzand
Well here goes. ! raise IL ten thousand. +"
Good; see you and go you ten thou
sahd better Twenty-Five thousand to
draw cardsr"
Then cards were dra wn. and PRESENTLY
a bet was made of fifty thousand some
one Went hundred thousand dollars bet
ter, but he was ruled down Fifty tnou-
sand was the Emit. However. there was
uVe hundred Thousand dollars IN The
pot when 1t was hauled down by the
winner, who had three trays and a pair
OF Jacks / EXPRESSED my surprise at the
size CT the game, and told the boys that
they had better go slow or their funds
WOulr run out.
Never fear, general replied one Of
tneIn- We VIII keep within our means.
you ought to have been here Just aow
why, We had a jackpot of s.. 10000"
. 1 mink you VIII agree with me-" con-
unued Gen. Miles,, that no bigger poker
game shan that was ever played"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
The State of Chicago.
From the chicago Tribune Rep3.

A representative from Greene county
has introduced a resolution for a consti-
tutional amendment giving this county a
leeus nature of its own, so that IL may tax
itself. make its own laws, and have its own
supreme court. Cook Is to have nothing
to do with the rest of the state except as
Tar as the election of state officers and
sena tors is concerned The scheme. which
Is an unavoidable one, doubtless was meant
as a joke. Chicago win be patient and
wait. Her pride might be fiattered by a
proposition TO become the great city-state
Of the union, burt on rejection she will not
cisassociate herself from the rest OF Illi-
no!s either entirely or partially. She feels
will not desert them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

In Rhea county. Tenn, there Is a colo
ny of some 800 seventh-day Adventists
Some months ago nine of them, including
a minister, were convicted of misdemeanor
and sent to jail for working on Sunday
They said their religion did not forbid
working on that day. and claimed the law
interferred with their religion when it I'm
dertook to prescribe what day they should
regard as the Sabbath. The governor OF
the state has just pardoned those con-
victed. They will not be permitted to
work on Sunday, however. To grant them
the privilege Of carrying on their usual
avocations on Sunday would involve ex-
tending the same privilege 10 all shop
keepers and artisans throughout the state
who might claim another day than shnday
a. their Sabbath.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
A '"GOIdbug' scheme.
Springfield (AIass). Republican Qnd.).

Senator Morgan Of Alabama Is watch
ing Great Britain, now that the Nicaragua
canal Is in abeynce and Is continually dis
covering some new way In which that gov
eminent is scheming to get the best of the
United States, especially IN South Amer
Tea. lie now thinks that he has struck the
true inWardness OF the British claim on
Venezuelan territory up 10 the Schomburg
boundary. II IS all due to BRUSH gold
bugism. The rich gold deposits of the
ofinOcO valley are coveted On order 10
Of that metal and prevent other nations
especially the Unsted States. from incueas-
ing theirs Morgan does not want fhe
Lnited States 10 stand idly by and allow
her 20 carry this policy into eneci'-and
every free silver man is expected 10 say
amen"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Alpha Lodge. No l. A. and
A. s. r. f. NJ.
Special Notices Weekly Rehearsal,
Gesangeverein, Thursday; Infanta Eu-
lalia and lie Panic Cigars. W. c. A.
Dierks; Fleishmann's Perfection Gin,
Fleishmann q Co, Cincinnati fetish.
mann's Perfection Gin, George Schroeder &
Co.. New Spring Beverages. at Beck
mann's Cafe; Notice to City Court Jur-
ors; Water Proof Suits for Men, Fall1
Clothing Company; Can't Wear out. Fallx
Clothing Company
Owners of Boys-B. II. Levy & Bro.
We Can't Afford-Appel & Schaul
Another Gem-Falk Clothing Company
Cheap Column Advertisements ~ Help
Wanted. Employment Wanted, For Rent,
For Sale. Lost. Personal. Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
I 90
MAN
Silks

That's what's the matter with
us. The fact is, they were so en-.
ticing, so cheap, so just what our
customers would want that we
bought too freely; and there's no.
body to blame, no resident
buyer to jump on; nobody but
Yourself" did it. Then in that
comforting language, what's our
loss is your gain. So come and
show your appreciation. Let our
loss be more than repaid in the
saving to you and in the pleasing
of the incest line of customers
anywhere in the world. just re-
member, please, these are all this
years goods, and the reductions
are from the prices prevailing
LAST WEEK. We want the
Silks to go-the price benefits
you only.
At soc the yard, Black
China silk; REDUCED FROM
use.
At 75c the yard, Black surah
SILK; REDUCED FROM 81.
At 75c the yard, Black silk
CrepOn' REDUCED FROM 81.
At 4Oc the yard, 22-inch Fig
ured China SILK; REDUCED
FROM 75c.
At soc yard, Figured China
silk, suitable for waists and
dresses; REDUCED FROM s5c.
At 65c yard, Figured China
silk, in exclusive designs and
coIOrs; REDUCED FROM 81.
At $1.75 per yard, one lot
French Moire Antiques, in
black and coIored stripes; RE
DUCED FROM $3.50.
100 pieces fresh Canton
Mating just received. Prices
ranging from 25c to soc the yard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

oh, what a perfectly adorable diamond
pm. cried the young woman with the
violet bonnet. according to the Chicago
Yes. and my husband gave it to me Of
ms own accord, replied the young wo-
man with the black silk gown
~ GU mean he thought he did"
mean nothing Of the kind I'll die if
l don't tell somebody, and it might lust
as well be you as anybody else; but don't
Il won't. I'll let him think your husband
gave It to you out Of pure generosity-he
hates to have anybody get ahead OF him. q"
u know. Wen, my new gown came home
ruin. an absolute wreck and, to tell
the truth, / took most of my rage out of
Antonlus, because / wasn't afraid of him
and l was of her. A day or two later his
new suit came home from the tailor. II
was perfect fit except that the coat
sleeves were half an inch or so too Ions
l told him that & didn't really matter
much, for they could easily be shortened
He replied that he wasn't afraid of his
tailor If ! was of my dressmaker."
"Humph; He would be if his tailor was
IN Inn. He said he would go right down
ana give MIN piece Of his mind-that
ned tel him that he wasn't At to make a
pair OF bicycle boomers. Indeed, he used
such awful language that 7 was really
alarmed. That made him more feroctous
yet, and trembled for the consequences -
oh, well, you know il takes nine tailors
to make = man
80 Antinius remarked. tried to calm
MN ny reminding HiA tnat the poor man
was probably a weak, nervous crea ture.
with a large family depending upon him.
but he refused to listen and rushed of
downtown "
Then he sent a messenger with the
coat and q polite note saying the sleeves
were too long"
Nothing of the kind. He came back
in a cab an hour or so later with his over
coat torn, a piece of court plaster on his
cheek. and oh. such an eyen'
How cross he must have beenH
"Oh, not as much as you might imangine
l didn't lose my presence of mind. / just
cried out:
'Antonius Bittersweet, hone YOU
didn't quite kill the poor tailor?"
And he got you the pin the first day his
eye was fit for him to go out? Well I'm
sure YOU are a remarkable woman"
"Oh, well. not so remarkable as YOU
might think modestly replied the young
woman with the black silk gown You
must remember that Antonius is my sec
ond husband "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
GondeG TO Indifference.

1t was darker than four kinds of Egypt
in-the-time -of-Pharoah, when Mrs Hiy-
ginbottom had shaken the sleeping Mr.
HigginbottOm until he opened his eyes
and felt the darkness thrust upon him
says the Detroit Free Press.
"Whlt-wha-what IS it, my dear2" he
asked with an effort that would have beer.
"Oh, Hiram" she whispered. in a ire
NOR, there's a burglar in the house"
How do you knoW?''
81 heard him"
Probably it's the cat"
Il couldn't hear a cat walk upstairs. g."
she snapped.
Did it walk upstairs?" he inquired
sleepily.
No; said heard the burglar, up.
stairs
How do you suppose he got up"
He didn't get up she whispered an
grily.
stairs o. he asked, gently.
NO; l said heard him downstairs
when were you downstairs, my dear?"
he asked with an awakening interest
y wasn't downstairs, Hiram" she re-
piled. II was upstairs and heard the bur
glar downstairs. Can't you hear?" and she
gave him a vigorous shake.
Hear what, my dear? 1 don't hear any
thing"
Mrs. Higginbottom was provoked al
most to the battlepoint.
Well Hiram Higginbottom," she said
in a firm tone, ''if you don't care whether
burglars come in and murder us in our
beds, l guess I don't either" And ey;-
IDENTIFY Mr. Higginbottom didn't for lon.r
before she had recovered from her nerV-
Gus fit, he was snoring at a pitch thar
would have driven burglar to a boiler
shop for relief.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
The Price OF Cotton.
From the New orleans Picayune Den

'-1'1117 ~ 4I1V1 VI00III'J.
sharp as the recent advance has been,
Cnere is really no present indication that
II mas yet reached its eliminating point
IN iact II Is now more apparent than ever
that, Notwithstanding excellent trade and
good prospects ahead, Manchester spin
ners nave allowed their stocks to run very
low, having taken much less than their
usual proportion of the American crop
Trade has recently improved greatly IN the
United states, and the advent of peace be
tween Japan and China is likely to greatly
stimulate the demand for cotton goods in
the far cast. There is. therefore, every
reason to expect brisk competition for the
remnant of the crop of 1894 and, conse-
quently, further advance in prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
a sound Money Letter.


sound Money Letter.
The Presidents letter 20 the Chicago
committee that invited him 10 visit that
city and deliver an address on the hnan-
oial question is calculated to do a great
deal Of good. In a short letter he could
not, Of course. go into a long discussion
Of the money question. but what he SAYS
is wen said. He points out the evils that
would flow from a debased currency. and
he shows clearly that If the views OF the
silverites prevail we shall have a cur
rency Of that sort. Those who are pre-
tending that If our minis are opened 10
the free coinage Of silver. gold and sill
yer currency will circulate on a parity
are mistaken. Some Of them. OF course.
know better. They know that free silver
coinage by this country alone would re-
suit in a debased currency. that GOLD
would go to a premium and disappear
from circulation and that silver would
become the standard. That is what they
want. what they are aiming at. and what
some few OF them are frank enough to
admit
II is fact. as the President says, that
the great mass Of the people are not In
formed in respect to the money question
They have felt the pinch Of hard times
and many of them. in casting about for
the cause of the prevailing distress, have
been misled by specious arguments into
believing that there is something wrong
with our monetary system. and that the
trouble can be cured by opening our mints
to the free and unlimited coinage of sill
YER
The time has come for vigorous effort
to make them acquainted with their er
ror. The only way in which they can be
made acquainted with it is to furnish
them with a perfectly clear. compre-
money question. presenting strongly the
Dement'S that flow from sound money and
the evils that are certain to come from
dishonest money.
There is no convincing argument that
can be made in behalf of a silver stand
ard, and the silverites do not attempt to
make any. They avoid the real issue in
all they say and publish. They do not
admit that they are aiming at making
silver the standard, because they are
afraid to do so. They seek to get the
finances Of the country on a silver basis
without letting the people know what
they are doing.
In concluding his letter the Presi-
dent says: Disguise it as we may, the
line of battle is between the forces of
safe currency and those of sill
yer monometallism. will not
believe that if our people are
afforded an intelligent opportunity
for sober second thought they will
sanction schemes that, however cloal1ed.
mean disaster and confusion" Every wage
Garner, every depositor in savings bank.
every business man, every creditor and
every well wisher of the country ought
10 read these words of the President care
fully and ponder them. A silver
standard means a bebased currency. a
debased currency MEANS a reduction in
the purchasing power of the earnings of
those who work for wages and salaries
and it means disaster and confusion in all
kinds of business. This fight against sill
yer is made more of a poor mans fight
than a rich mans fabt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

Events must necessarily move rapidly
in the Japanese Chinese war during the
next few days. The armistice expires by
limitation and without notice at midnight
on April 20, before which time some con-
clusion must be reached by the peace coun-
ell
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
The Advance of Beef.
From the New York Tribune CRepl

Secretary Morton is on the wrong track
in his search for the causes chat have fore
ed the oppressive increase IN the price Of
beef. Instead of sending out to the wes-
tern ranches to see If it were due to any
great ShrinkaSe in the cattle crop, hts
agents should have stopped right in Chi
cago. where they would have found that
the advance in prices was caused bv the
the monopOlists who control the beef mar
1900
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

-Four theaters in Chicago have been
closed during the last two weeks on ac-
count of poor business. The condition Of
the show business in the south is not
great deal better than that at this season
OF the year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

Nicaraguas back-down to Great Brit
ain was not very graceful; stin it lets
this country out of complication that
might have grown tickish.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

The Cuban troubles. it seems, have
grown to such an extent that they inter-
fere with the mails to this country. That
fact is a pretty fair indication of strength
on the part of the insurgents and nervous
ness on the part Of the government officials
at Havana
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
The Dog Nuisnnce.

Is the city enforcing the dog tax ordi-
nance? II not why not? Does IT not ap-
pear to the city council that there are
altogether too many worthless dogs run
ming about the streets? Few if any of
these dogs are of any value, and for some
of them it would be difficult probably to
find an owner.
Two dogs caused very serious acct
dent last Saturday. The commissioner of
the freight bureau was knocked down
by them, and his leg was broken by the
fan
The dos tax should be enforced and
a1gs which are unclaimed should be
taken to the pound and properly dis
posed of. There is no good reason why
dogs should be permitted to practically
take possession OF streets and squares.
TAey serve no good purpose.
Dogs that are valuable should be kept
at home by their owners. That is the
proper place for them. The public GER
tainly should not be annoyed by them.
If the city should enforce the dog tax
ordinance there would soon be a notable
falling off in the number of dogs in the
streets And if all of them should disap-
pear from the streets there would be no
regret. The goats have been banishd,
why not get rid of worthless dogs also?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

That prosecution against the newspa-
per men and other witnesses who refused
to answer questions put by the Senate
sugar scandal investigating COMMITTEES
continues to drag along without ever get
ting any further. IL ever the trial comes
off, the report of it will be Ike a page Of
ancient history.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16
CURRENT CO0IMEXT.
who. Free silver would Hurt.
From the Louisville Cour,er-JournaI CDen

FREE silver would not nUrt the banks one
whit more than ii would hurt RI Iseoyie
whose savings are deposited IN the banks:
tne people who work for wages; the people
VINO nave saved or Invested q dollar or ex-
peel 70 earn dollar. A deprecated cur
rency such as would follow free silver
would lnihct upon the people the greatest
injury possible through legislation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

Just where Secretary Greshams letter
TO Minister Willis, at Honolulu, got lost
is pretty much of a puzzle. The secre-
tary's letter was dated Feb. p and was
mailed that day. 1t should have reached
Honolulu on March Is. but did not do so.
1t has been suggested that the letter VIII
reach the Dole government whether MIR.
willis ever sees IL or not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16


A new invention designed to diminish
the number Of collisions at sea was ex-
hibited at New York few days ago.
electromagnetic coils are connected with
a new chemically prepared compass. The
approach of a vessel is signalized by the
ringing of a bell and the pointing of the
compass needle in the direction from which
the vessel is approaching. In the exhi-
bition test steel tugboat influenced the
compass needle as far as six miles away.
FLORIDA, Tennessee. Delaware ana wash
tngton are the only states of the forty
four which do not require some kind of
annual reports made by the railroads to
the state auditor. Thirty of the states
now have railroad commissioners. one
state, Pennsylvania. exercises supervision
over the railroads through its secretary of
state. Many of the state commissioners
hold yearly meetings with the interstate
commerce commission. Such meeting
Of state and federal authorities on rail-
roads is called to be held at Washington
on May IA.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

a romance of lost memory comes from
San Francisco. Twenty years ago w.
H Allen owned considerable real estate
in San Francisco He went to New York.
where he was hurt in an accident and lost
hisrnird. For twenty years he was a harm,
less imbecile. Then the impairment to
his brain passed away, and he found him
self an old. gray-headed man. With his
sanity returned his memory, and he be
thought himself of his San Franeiso prop
erty, which had increased in value TO
millions of dollars while he wandered
helpless in an asylum. He returned TO
the golden gate. to find some of the finest
buildings in the city on his property.
which other men claimed by right Of pos
session and under the statute of limita-
tions. His titles are perfect and on rec
ord, and the records do not show any
transfer on his authority or that the
property ever passed out of his hands.
He has instituted suit for possession. The
real estate involved is worth about St.-
100000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

Wash" IS a mighty clumsy abbrevia-
ton, and the people OF the state Of Wash
ington are getting tired Of #. The dlspo-
sltion seems TO be 10 substitute the tole-
graphers' abbrevation, "Wn.." for It. The
newspapers might give the Washington
fans great assistance IN the matter By ia
miliarizing readers with the substitute.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-16

Letters and kilograms should be adj
dressed MORNING NEWS Savannah,
Ca
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EASTERN OFFICE. % Park Row. New
York City. c. S. Faulkner. Manager.