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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
personal.

The new baby OF the Duchess Of York
makes the 25th great-gTandchild OF Queen
Victoria
Rev DR.. THAN Davidson viii proba-
bly, be the new moderator OF the English
Presbyterian synod
Mrs. George Augustus sala has inti-
mated that she intends 10 write the story
Of her late husbands life.
The latest reports from China say
that Ii Hung Chang. who IS living in re-
tirement in Pekin, is rapidly failing In
health.
-Bjornstjerne Bjornsen, I'm honor OF
his SD birthday, had his new soeialistic
play, What Can We Do2' performed at
Christana- 1t was a great success
1t IS now ANNOUNCED that the reconec-
tons Of ex-senator J. J. Ingalls, have been
written, and viii soon IL published Evil
IDENTITY the financial success OF Senator
Snermans literary venture has encourag-
ed the ex-senator from Kansas TO try his
hand at the same game
"A sister of the poet Longfellow, Mrs
Pierce, is still living at an advanced age
n Portland, Me. She used 10 he a famous
Sunday school teacher. and there are
many women. some OF them grandmOthers.
who have a bond Of union in having been
members OF Mrs Pierce's class.
The friends Of Austin Blair. AIichigsn's
war governor are dissatisfied with the
model Of his statue which Gustave Trent
anoVe. the sculptor, has made, because IL
representS him as an old man. The sculp-
tor SAYS he will make another model of
Gov Blair as young man If the state will
pay him for his time.
-Gotti, one of the new cardinals, who
was lately apostolic nuncio to Brazil, is
The son of a GenOesc 'lOnEshOreman, and
was brought up in poverty and sclf-sacri-
flee. He was educated at the Jesuits' col
lege in Genoa, became a member of the
Carmelite Order, and eventually the gen
eral of the order, the highest post attain
able.
a good story Of the de Reszke brothers
is told apropos of the dinner given them
by the Lotos Club in New York last week.
As they have TO be very careful in their
living in order to preserve their voices. the
brothers rarely accept any invitation dur
ing the season. Once before however, they
did so. and the result was that both were
unable to sing the day after As they re-
ceive, in addition to their salaries. a per
centage of the receipts. they calculated
the dinner cost them Several thousand dol
lars
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
No Chance for Blackburn.

Senator Blackburn of Kentucky has
the democratic caucus nomination for
senator. but he hasn't a ghost of a
chance Of being elected. Until yester-
day the Kentucky legislature was evenly
divided on joint ballot. The death of a
democratic member gives the republicans
the majority and puts them in a position
to elect a senator.
But even if democratic member had
not died Senator Blackburn could not
have been elected In the first place,
the democrats could not have elected
senator unless they could have obtained
a majority in the joint assembly by some
means-of which there was no probable
ity-and in the second place Senator
Blackburn could not have commanded the
fun democratic vote, Notwithstanding the
fact that he was the caucus nominee.
Senator Blackburn will drop out of
public life year from next March, and
the chances are he will never re-enter it,
If he had respected the platform
of his party it is about certain that the
democrats would have carried Kentucky
at the last state election, and Senator
blackburn would have been returned to
the Senate with scarcely any opposition.
He dug his political grave when he dis
regarded the voice of his party and allied
himself with the silverites.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
yerbum sapientibus.

The passion for phiiologyand derivation
searching may occasionally make a man
as hopelessly one-sided as the bicycle fe-
YER says Harper's Magazine. There was
an old professor up in Middletown. Conn,
not long ago whose love for phiIology
was such that the broader principles of
language were generally disregarded in
ucles binding an ordinary English word
to its Aryan or Assyrian prototype
While all this was a source of exquisite
pleasure to the good old Dr. Dryasdust
IT was germ of specific discomfort to
MS classes. The men under him grew
tired of the minute linguistic meander-
lngs in which the good doctor INDUCED
FINALLY one of the holder of the malcon-
tents resolved to give the doctor a hint
with mock modesty he arose and quietly
Doctor, I have been thinking a good
deal lately upon the derivation of Middle
town. What is your own idea of it?"
"Ahem!' said the doctor. Really, sir
l am afraid that is a subject which will
require much concentrated reflection
Now might / ask, sir, whether you have
discovered any light on the subject?"
'Oh, yes!' replied the young man, with
a demure smile. 1T is my firm belief
that Middletown is derived from Moses,
sir"
why, bless my soul! exclaimed the
doctor, with hasty glance over his spec
tacles to assure himself that the young
man was in earnest "And pray, sir, how
do you derive Middletown from Moses?'
Easily enough, doctor" replied the
student BY dropping 'oses' and adding
iddletown.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
She Wns Reckless.

The train ~as about ten miles west of
Ypsilanti, says the Detroit Free Press,
when an oldish man came into the car
with a bill in his hand and called out:
kin any purson here change a $40 bill
fur me?"
Everybody was willing to try, and he
finally got two fives. Then he wanted
one of them broken, and he finally found
a passenger who said he could give him
five ones.
I'm take en-" replied the man, but
then 1 shall want somebody to bust a
dollar fur me-"
''Win two halves do?" asked woman
as she investigated her purse
Yes, if | can't git four quarters" he
replied. I'm sorry to make all this trou-
Bile, but you see how it is. The old wo-
man has sorter decided to stop off at
Ypsllanti and visit her sister fur three
or four days, while 1 go to Detroit and
back. Her sister mayn't be home, and
she'd naturally feel a little queer without
any money. l thought I'd give her a
quarter, but if I can't git it, why I'll
let her take 80 cents, though l know I'll
never see any of it back. She'll go down
town and run through a dollar in less n
two hours, and l have to keep a curb
on her"
He finally got a quarter, and the "old
woman had it tied up in the corner of
her handkerchief as she got off at Ypsi-
lanti.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
A Claim That should he Paid.

One of the merltorious claims pending
in congress is that of the publishing house
of the Methodist Episcopal church south.
This claim has been before other CON
crosses and has been reported favorably.
The only reason it failed to pass both
houses was a lack of harmony among
those supporting it.
There is no question about the facts
upon which the claim is based When the
union soldiers under Gen. Buell. took pos
session of Nashville in 1862 the publishing
house was in fairly hourishing condi-
ton. Gen Buell. announced that no prop
erty would be destroyed and that if any
was taken 1t would be paid for The union
forces held possession of Nashville from
1862 until the close of the war. In 1854 the
publishing house was seized by the fed
eral authorities, who retained possession
of it for about seven months. During that
time much of its business was lost, and
great deal of its printing material was
destroyed. or carried off.
1t is not pretended that the federal au-
thorities were justified in Selling and hold
ing the property, especially after it was
announced by Gen. Buell. that no private
property would be taken unless it was
needed, and that, in that event, it would
be paid for.
The Methodist church south is not rich.
1t is becoming prosperous with the in
creasing prosperity of the south, but it is
greatly in need of money for its many
undertakings If the claim of its publish
ing house were paid the church would be
better able to carry on its work. As there
does not seem to be any good reason why
it should not be paid the present congress
will only be doing an act of justice by al
lowing the claim as quickly as possible.
That George Washington had more body
servants than any other man who ever
lived in this country or probably ever will
is already settled fact to which proof
is being added almost daily. Another of
his servants has just died at Jamaica, L.
l., at the age of III years. This servant.
like the others, was black.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12

The Washington dispatches state that
some Of the sound money democrats Of
the Senate believe a way viii be found
before the end Of the month to pass the
bond BIn substantially as # came from the
House. They do not give any reasons
for their belief except that the bill re-
pealing the purchasing clause Of the sher-
man silver law was forced through the
Senate In 1888. although the prospects for
its passage when ii was introduced did
not appear TO be any more promising
than do those Of the bond bill at present
These sanguine senators may understand
the situation in the Senate much better
than Il is generally uEderstood through
out the country. II they do not we do
not think it worth while for them TO in
duise the hope that there Will be financial
legislation by this congress.
The conditions are quite different now
from what they were in 1898 This is a
presidential year. and nobody can pre-
dict with any degree OF certainty what
the political situation will be when the
presidential campaign shall have been
fairly begun. The silveritos in the two
great parties propose doing their utmost
to commit their respective parties to the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver. The
populist party is already committed to IT,
The silverites have a majority in the Sen
ate. and it is not probable that any OF
them would yield a point in behalf Of
sound money for fear Of injurng the
prospects for silver in the approaching
political contest
Congress is composed Of politicians, who
are now more deeply interested in the
game Of politics than they are in the
welfare of the country. That being the
case. it is hardly to be expected that
under any circumstances they will sac
rifce a single point in the game for the
purpose Of giving relief TO the treasury.
They know that bonds will be issued for
the benefit of the treasury without the
assistance of congress. but upon far less
favorable terms than if congress should
provide the legislation that is required.
and so, rather than do anything that
might interfere with the success of polit-
ical plans, they will permit the public
debt to be increased and confidence in
the country's credit to be weakened They
are doing pretty much the same thing the
republicans did when, having absolute
control Of the government. they burdened
the country with an annual pension charge
of $l4O,OOo.OO0 being greatly influenced in
behalf OF such legislation by the desire
to control the soldier vote
II this were not a presidential year the
sound money democrats might have some
ground for hoping for the passage of the
bond bill, but politics being the matter
of the highest consideration, the bond bill
is doomed to defeat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
Warriors Hniov a Joke.

Gen. McAlpifr always relishes his little
joke, and he always has a good stock on
hand, says the Albany Journal. Now,
Capt, A. A. Yates of Schenectady is an
other great joker, and is never so hap
by as when propounding an apparently
unanSwerable coundrum. The captain
friends know this, and never lose an op-
portunity of firing coundrums at him.
The other day Capt. Yates called at gem
eral headquarters. and had the following
launched on him by Gen. MeAlpin:
''Why is Police Commissioner Roosevelt
like a tailor?"
"Auty pondered and puzzled and finally
reluctantly gave it up.
why, that is the easiest of the cas-
lest" said the general Because he
made the saloon Keepers close"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
Inquiry for MIR. Freres.

One of the panicky ''pikers" in the
street is incensed that Lazard Freres
should make so many shipments of gold
back and forth, says the New York
Press.
Il don't know who the mischief the
fellow is, but Il seems TO me he is running
the whole gold business. It's a million
to-day, two million tomorrow, a million
and half next day. Mr.. Freres must be
a Jim Dandy. Who is he and where did
he come from?"
One of our leading contemporaries spoke
of a gold shipment day or two ago in
these words:
"Lazard Freres has withdrawn 81. 900 900
in gold from the assay office, which he in
tends to ship to Europe tomorrow"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PAGES
lNpEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Congregati Mickva Israel;
s.. F. aud w. and c. and S. Railway
Employees Mutual Relief Association.
Special Notices-Everything to Eat at
Hand. Rothschild & Roos; For Hoarse-
ness. Crystal Licorice Gum Drops Solo
mons & Co: A Solid Standard Robert
Remler; Entertainment and Dancing for
BENEFIT of Our Dadys Aid Society, at
Masonic Hall, Jan. IA; There Is a Point,
James McGrath & Co. Security Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Atlanta, Ga,
4. c. Harmon. General Agent; lie Roy
Cigarettes; lie Panic Cigars; Wanted TO
Correspond. w. n. Robertson, Charles
ton, S. c.; Seed Potatoes, w. d. Simkns;
To Investors, James Hunter, Broker; Pow
er of Cash, G. r. MacDonell; Hyacinths.
at Gardner's Novelties in Candies, l.. cleo
poulo; Suvia Gas Globe Heater r. ID. &
w Lattimore Magic Foam Soap Pow
der, Harriss & Co; State Specific Taxes.
1896; Easy Terms for an Elegant Home,
c. H. Dorsett; w. c. Farris, Wood Deal
er: Success Self-Rising Buckwheat, More
house Manufacturing Company; Savan-
ran Steam Laundry; Engine for Sale.
John Rourke & Son; Cut Prices on Fine
Groceries. Mutual Cooperative Associa-
ton; The Science of Good Living, Jno.
7 Evans & co.
Military Orders-Orders No. %, Savan-
nah Volunteer Guards
Finest Clothing at Lowest Prices-B.
H. Levy & Bro.
Muslin Underwear and Embroidery.
Etc.-At Ecksteins.
Great Sale of Cloaks--At Gutman's
Executors Cash Sale of Dry Goods
Christopher Gray & Son.
1t Begins To-morrow-Leopold Adler
Sixty Days TO Shiver-Mutual Gas Light
Company.
If We Control the Elements-B. H. Levy
& Bro
Railroad Schedules-Centralo of Georgia
Railway Company; Florida Central and
Peninsular Railway Company.
. &C b. La Sprite Corsets-Mayer,
Strouse & Co., New York.
Medical-world's Dispensary Prepare
tons: Munyon's Remedies; Cuticurs REM
edies
The Talk of the Town. Our Removal
Saie-Meyer & Walsh.
Not Heavily Taxed-Emn A. Schwarz's
Son.
New Observation-Disclosures
Replenshing Stock-Appel & Schaul.
Special Notice TO Cyclers-At Collat's.
Drip Cocks, Pipes and Fittings-Edward
Eovelrs Sons
observe These Prices-Kohler's Fire
sale
January Bargains in shoes-At CoIlat's
Wedding Gifts Are At-Wests China
Palace.
Don't Be Blind.--Byck Bros.
You Are Not Interested in Stock TAX
ing, Are You?-Daniel Hogan.
Coal, $5.50-Bond, Harrison & Co.
Auction sales-Furniture, Pictures. Etc,
by c. H. Dorsett
Garden Seeds. T. Shuptrine.
It's a Knotty Question but Prices Win
Solve It-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, 1896-01-12
Bonrd of Pardons.
From the Atlanta Journal Dem).

Wherever a board of pardons has been
tried it has worked well. Experience has
shown that governors are, as a rule, too
free with the pardoning power. Pol teal
influence is often used effectively to secure
pardons from ambitious and not over
ScrupulOuS governors. In other Instances
governors yield to repeated opportunities
where they should stand firm. The supe-
riority Of boards of pardon has caused
their establishment in quite a number of
to adopt this reform and the result is
most gratifying. Since the establishment
of the Ohio board the number of pardons
in that state has been reduced from AZ
per cent. Of the daily prison population
to ~ per cent. The time is not far dis
tant we believe, when in all the states
the parcoTling power will be exercised by
a board instead Of by the governor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
Governments Credit Imperative.
From the New York Mercury Dem.).

The syndicate of New York bank
ers, which believes that it has
cornered the gold stock of the
country would do well to remember
that it can't bite the treasury's nose off
without dying of blood poisoning itself
If it were possible for disaster to have its
compensations, not the least of them would
be the assurance that those who are most
concerned in the endeavor to squeeze the
treasury would suffer most if the gold
bottom dropped out OF the currency.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12

There is a good deal of truth, no doubt
in what Actor Richard Mansfield told the
Atlanta people about their lack of appre-
citation Of first class plays and there is no
doubt that his criticism would apply
with equal force to other cities in this Sec
ton of the country. We have this season
seen the poorest kind of minstrel shows
draw fine houses, while really fine plays
presented by meritorious artists We're
given to majority of empty benches.
Mansfield. however, does wrong to quit.
He should hammer at the people until
they come TO appreciate him and his class
properly. Mansfield has elevated the
stage He should now strive to elevate the
audience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
CURRENT COMMENT.
"soIid Comfort

From Quitman (Ga) Free Press Oem).
prominent citizen of the city said the
other day: ITO go home from business
at night, eat a good supper, get in a
comfortable chair, by a good, warm coal
fire, with a bright. steady, electric light
shining just above your head and read
the Savannah Daily Morning News, the
was what he called "solid comfort" Right
brother
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
The Way to Stop Lynching.

The only way to put stop to lynching
is to establish among the masses of the
people a complete confidence in the ad-
ministration of the law. When trials for
crime shall be speedy and prompt, and
the punishment of those found guilty
swift and sure there will be no more mob
violence. This is the remedy, the only
remedy for lynch law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12

The gathering of South Georgia confed-
crate veterans at Waycross on Lees
birthday, Jan. 20. promises to be quite
large. Reduced railroad rates have been
secured. Several eloquent speakers will
address the assemblage. Lees memory
wiz ever be cherished by loyal Georgians.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12

The democratic national committee will
meet in Washington next Thursday, when
a national convention city will be selected.
New York has been making strenuous eff
forts to capture the convention. but it is
by no means certain yet that she viii sue
coed.
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Registered at the p0stofioe in savannah.
The advocate., 1896-01-22
Poor Old Uncle Sam.

BROOKLYN, January 1S.-Ex- Congress
man W. j. Coombs, President OF the
Manufacturers Trust Company Of this
city, has sent the following letter to Sec
retary Of the Treasury Carlisle; ave
are subscribers to the popular loan and
have accumulated gold to be used in
payment for the same. We are willing
to deposit this gold in the treasury for
the use of the government and receive
receipt therefor specifying that in case
none Of the bonds be awarded to us, that
the gold shall be returned out of the
proceeds OF that which is received from
the successful bidders. We think that
many Of the older banking institutions
will be willing to do the same thing, and
in that way, without lose to themselves,
assist the treasury in the interim to
maintain its gold reserve"
Mr.. Coombs says people all over the
country are accommodating gold with
which to buy the new issue Of bonds.
This is being drawn from the treasury,
and the result may be that the reserve
will be reduced to the danger point.
"We have no doubt" he said, shat
other banking institutions will be will
ing, as we are, to give the government
the use Of their accumulated gold until
February s."
The advocate., 1896-01-22
Topeka, KANSAS JANUARY %, 1896.

appointed to confer with the silver CON
ference at Washington January q.
This committee has no authority to act
or bind the party, but is expected to
find out what the silver people want and
intend to do, and to arrange il possible
to have their anticipated convention
meet at the same time the Populist con-
vention does.
The matter Of representation caused
another extended discussion. The sys-
tenn used in the last convention gave
New York, with $1,000 Populist votes,
144 votes in the convention, while Kan
sas, with l63,1ll votes, had but 40 votes.
After thoroughly discussing this ques-
tion it was decided to give each State one
vote for each Senator and Congressman
and one additional vote for each 1000
votes or major fraction thereof cast for
the Populist ticket in the elections Of
1892, 1894 or 1895, the highest vote con-
trolling. Thus New York, having
thirty-four Congressman, two Senators
and 10000 Populist votes, will get forty
four votes in the convention. Kansas,
with eight Congressman, two Senators
and 163, 3,lllvotes lin 1892 will get ninety
two votes in the convention. North Caro-
lima and Texas are the only States which
will have greater representation than
Kansas. This will place the convention
in the control Of the States where the
Populist vote is and take it out of the
control Of handful Of Eastern States
which do not cast as many votes alto
gether as are polled in Kansas alone,
The total number of delegates will be
about 1900.
Although the committee conducted its
business in a very bungling manner,
Populists generally are hopeful Of salts
factory results.