The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-17

per, I'm spite OF which. in normal condi-
tons. he was a most lOvable man. Peo-
pie who never had headache don't know
what Il Is, nor can they imagine what re-
lief Is when ii goes. Overmastered by one
OF them, Halptn took room in the Aston
house, bound his face in a tower saturated
with chlOrOfOrm and was found dead in
the morning.
The World. was started as a religious
daily-the irony OF fate-and its first dol
lar was heolOgical-lOoking person nam
ed Spaulding. The paper failed and the
editor retired. One afternoon dear old
John SwintOn. man OF big brain and big
ger heart, was attracted to a wretched,
Vermin-clad tramp. annoyed by BOYS in
the street. He extended helping hand,
and to his intense bewilderment and dis
may, encountered the glance Of his old
friend Spauluing, who had escaped from
some place OF retreat up the river and
found his way back TO the scene OF his
professional labOrs He. too, soon depart
ed A. ID. Richardson was the leading cor
respondent of the Tribune, holding a place
then something like that of George w.
Smalley of late years. He had violent al
tercation with a man by the name of Nc
Farland, in whose wife he felt the inter-
est of a friend in a time of need. one af-
ternoon. as he was entering his office,
he was shot in the back by the cowardly
assassin Mcfarland. Quickly his friends
took him to hotel, where, Just before he
died, Henry Ward Beecher made him and
Mrs. Mcfarland man and wife
Ihe stats Zeitung, once a great power
and always great property, was started
by an honest German and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Uhl. Their hearts pride
centered In their son, whose education
was their thought by day and by night.
young Hermann's growth justified his
parents interest. and, after the fathers
death, his mother then being Mrs OF
tendorfer, the COMMUNICATIONS of this
city turned to young Uhl as a natural
leader. Precisely how or why | never
knew, but while handling a gun the
young fellow blew his head on The
only rival the Stats Zeitung ever had
In the German field was the New Yorker
Journal, edited by Feodore Nelson. who
was a red-hot radical, moderated by poll
icy. He was extremely gallant and quite
as much so with the ladies of his own
family as with others. His wife was an
invalid Anxious to be of service to her
on an occasion when she returned from
a visit, he extended his hand to assist
her in alighting from a car. with
shrek and clang belated train rushed
along the other track, where poor Nelson
was standing, and mangled him beyond
recognition.
One of the most useful presidents of the
New YORK Press club, an able editor
known on the sun as the great American
condenser was DR.. John Il. Wood. Wan
dering in a characteristically thoughtless
way Brother Wood stepped off the dock
and was found dead in the icy embrace of
a December water. one of his best friends
was Maj. Morse publisher of Ben Wood S
News, who. for some reason, selected mis-
own Office as the scene of his taking off
which he accomplished by blowing out his
brains in the bAuripu "A nd a ba ST oh
of his amazed and awe-struek associates.
For many years Franklin j. Ottarson
was one of the Tribunes most trusted
employees, serving as city editor and man
aging editor. lie was at one time night
editor of the Times and served several
years In that capacity with me upon the
Star. His dramatic criticisms over the
signature of Byard attracted great atten-
ton, and all his work was excellent In
his old age he cut his throat