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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
CIviI Service Extension.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.)

One of the things for which President
Cleveland will be remembered in history
is his extension of the civil service rules
to all branches of the public service, and
to embrace almost all of its employees. A
forecast OF the coming report of the civil
service commission shows that the tenure
OF office under these regulations is now
so nearly universal that President McXin-
ley will have less than ninety department
positions to fill. and can appoint to gov
eminent places. subject to confirmation
by the Senate, less than 5000 persons in
the whole country, Including 5000 first,
second and third-class postmasters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

The Charleston News and Courier Dem.).

A higher tariff will not help the govern
ment; It win benefit the contributors to
the republican campaign funds; and it is
a higher tariff that the republican statos-
men are planning and working for with
one accord. on the whole, the present
tariff will serve until the end Of the demo-
cratic administration, since we cannot get
a better one. which is to say lower one.
II the importatons shall rush in revenues
will be increased accordingly and that will
give the treasury all present needed re-
lief. For the rest the republicans may he
allowed to shape their own tariff schemes
without aid. and to enact Them into law
as best they can.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

A reason for the horizontal reduction OF
aldermanic salaries in Atlanta may be
found in the fact that the police depart
ment war has been ended. and there Is
now no real hard scrapping to be done
in council. Should II become necessary
hereafter for members Of council to 20
into training in anticipation OF council
meetings, the reduction in salaries would
probably be restored.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

The system of rural free delivery Of mail
has been undergoing trial in Lafourche
parish, Louisiana, since Nov. l, and is said
by the New Orleans papers TO be giving
great satisfaction. The route upon which
the trial is being made is between the
towns Of Thibodaux and Pugh. The mail
is given to the carriers at Thibodaux. They
mount their horses and start out, deliver
ing the letters and papers at the homes of
the parties to whom they are addressed,
Instead of carrying them in bulk to the
postoffice at Pugh. 1t is generally the case
in the rural district that the majority of
patrons of postofice live on the post
road leading to that office The free deliv-
cry of mail in the country would be a great
time-saver to many people. At the same
time, there is danger that it might inter
fere with cherished privilege of persons
dwelling in the lonesome districts; that of
going to town for the mail Then again. if
the mails were delivered at the door, the
farmer would have to hunt up some other
excuse than 'going to the postoffice'' when
he wanted to go out with the boys.
-s-o-S
Neither Savannah nor Jacksonville will
be satisfied with the outcome of that foot
ball game. The teams will have to try it
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

1t has been few days more than a
quarter of century since Henry Irving
made his first appearance in The Bells.
1t is very remarkable how any man could
have ridden that horrible night mare off
and on for twenty-five years and main
tained a clear brain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

Is there reason in everything? why, 1
nearly died laughing" is no longer to be
regarded as a silly commonplace. Upon
the authority of an eminent French ply
stefan. laughter is a disease, and may
prove fatal; therefore, when one uses the
expression quoted. it may be that the lit
eral truth is told.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

II is too early yet to tell much about
which way the cat is going to jump in
Florida senatorial politics. The next ses-
until April, 1897. A great many unex-
pected things may happen in four months.
Senator Call may have the call on the
suecessorship to himself at the end Of that
period
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
War and the Gold Reserve.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican Qnd.)

If we went to war even with Spain.
what would happen to business and the
gold reserve? Had you thought of that.
you voter for Mckinley? Amy one who
wants the gold standard maintained in
the United States can have no immediate
use for a foreign war, for wars are worse
than silver agitation in destroying conf
dence" and "expelling gold" Now these
are points not necessarily determinative
under all conditions, yet 1t is just as well
that they be understood
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

Note-tCentral Time.
--Eastern Time
PULLMAN SERVICE.
Pullman vestibuled sleepers from sa-
vannah to New York, Savannah to Cincin.
natl via Asheville, Columbia to Richmond
For detailed information, reservations
etc, apply to any agent of the Southern
railway or connections.
w. H. GREEN, General Superintendent.
]. M. CULP, Traffic Manager.
W. A. TURK, g. P. A, Washington, D. c.
S. H. HARDWICK,A.G.P. A. Atlanta. Ga
r. w. HUNT. T. P. A., Augusta. Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

Tt is alleged that the cruelties of the
Spaniards in the Philippines towards the
natives rival those Of the Inquisition. In
deed, it is asserted that some of the in
struments Of torture actually used in the
Inquisition centuries ago, after having
lain for ages in a monastery at Manila,
have been brought out and used upon
the victims of the modern inquisitors,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
Another DO-NOthinE Congress.
From the Nashville American Oem.).

When all these complications are con-
sidered it is easy to understand why so
many members have come to the con-
clusion that this will be a do-nothing
congress, although there is so much i'm
portant and imperative legislation needed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

condition very nearly approaching
famine is said to exist in eleven parishes
in the northern and middle sections of
louisiana Both the cotton and corn
crops failed, owing to drought. A COM
mittee appointed by the governor made a
tour Of the section, and announces that
100000 TO 100000 bushels Of corn will have
TO be purchased and sent to the section
for distribution.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
A living without work.

In San francisco there is a carpenter
named Reinhart who thinks he has found
the Happy Valley. His plan is to buy
a vessel and carry a colony to Hermit
Island, which is in the South Pacific
ocean. Reinhart says he is tired of the
night and day struggle for bread and but
ter, and on this tropical island nature
has provided the means by which a min
imum amount of work produces a max
imum supply of good things.
The plan is for each colonist to contrib
ute SIS. With this sum schooner and
provisions for the voyage are to be bought.
The colonists are to take seeds and trees,
and hope, in a few years. to export great
quantities Of the products of the island.
A further investigation of the merits of
Hermit Island is said to show that it is
an Adamless Eden. 1t is peopled by wo-
men only, the men having been killed off
in wars with the nations of nearby islands.
Whether Remnants scheme has any
thing to do with making a lot of lone wo-
men happy or not is not positively known
He would not be the first man who wait
ed for a woman ito provide the bread
while he skirmished around for the wa
terA
If Reinhart wants to find the paradise
for men who don't want to work, and
who get a living without doing much
work. he should come to the coast coun-
try of the south and follow the example
of the colored brother. A little corn, a
few hills of potatoes, added to fish. oys-
tiers, crabs and shrimp from the river.
supply his wants. He is the most con-
tented mortal on earth His living is
easy and his morals and his religion are
about the same Reinhart and his kind
should move down this way and cast their
lot with the colored folks on the coast.
-s-o-s
queer story of stamps is being discuss
ed in the New York papers. It is about a
widow whose husband left to her a for
tune of $l25,0O0, every cent of which
is tied up in Columbian postage stamps.
many Of them being of the 50, 50, 81 ana Is
varieties. 1t appears that the late, lamented
husband was a prosperous business man.
and at one time came into possession of a
lump sum of $4,000 in cash. Being desir-
GUS ol WNestluB IL IN some manner that
promised good returns. he asked the ad-
vice Of a friend. 1t occurred that the friend
was stamp collector and enthusiast, who
savior thought he saw--hig things in Col
umbian stamps. He advised that the whole
sum be laid out in stamps. accompanying
the advice with the transformation that
the stamps would always be good for their
face value at the United States treasury.
while corner in them would send the
price sky high. 1t transpired. however that
the prospective corner failed to work out.
and also that the government refused to re-
deem the stamps at face value upon pre-
sentation. The confiding investor died, and
left his widow rich-in Columbian postage
stamps. They are now being advertised for
I sale ~ a discount.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
CURRENT COMMENT.
Merely a Numerical Loss.
he st. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.

The courts have decided that Nevada
will have no lieutenant governor next
year, but the few people who live in that
depopulated stoneyard will not miss him,
except numerically.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
Heavy Legislative Work.
From the Birmingham News Dem)

'Possum legislation in Georgia and high
hat and bloomer bills in Alabama tend
to give the outside world an idea of the
heavy work being handled by the law
makers of the two states.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

Last winter Senator Thurston Of Ne
braska introduced into the Senate a bill
contemplating the granting of pensions to
ex-slaves. 1t seems that a good many ex-
slaves have taken the Thurston bill al
its face value, and have organized asso-
Citations for the purpose of furthering the
ex-slave pension bill, and finally enjoying
the pension payments when they come. A
meeting Of ex-slaves was held in Birming-
ham the other day. In all probability we
shall soon hear Of the operations in Ala
bama among the negroes of bogus PEN
sion agents. who file the claims of ex-
slaves upon the payment of fee, ito
cover the cost Of postage and statlonerY."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

Senator Raines, the author of the New
York liquor license law, declares that
there are 1000 unlicensed places in New
York city where liquor is sold. This should
be interesting information to those mem
bers Of the Georgia legislature who insist
upon the passage of an iron-clad prohi-
piuon law. The Raines law is very rigid.
Al mas not the support of the majority in
New York city. and consequently it is
violated by 1900 proprietors OF drinking
Places according to Senator Raines. II
a prohibition law, instead of the Ralnes
Jaw were on the statute books, the prob.
abilities are that the number Of places
running in defiance Of the law would be
lOOOo instead of 1000. 1t is a difieult
matter to regulate mems personal habits
BY legislation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
PROPOSALS. WANTED.

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u. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, ST.
Augustine Fla, Nov. 26, lSo'-
Sealed proposals for delivering $4,000 tons,
more or less, of granite or other hard anu
durable rock upon the jettles at mouth o.
st. Johns river, Florida, will be recelve.u
here until 2 o'clock p. m, Dec. 18TH 1870
and then publicly opened. Information
furnished on application. w. II. II. Ben
yaurd, 1t. Col. Engrs.
UNITED STATES ENGINEERS OF,
fee, Charleston, S. c., Oct 20. 1S96.-SeaIed
proposals for boring artesian well on SUI.
livan Island, South Carolina, near fo. y
Moultrie will be received here until y
O'Clock noon. Nov. 80 1896, and then pun
licly opened. Information furnished On
application. Frederic V. Abbot captain
of Engineers.
UNITED STATES ENGINEERS or
flee, Charleston, s. c., Oct 49, 1SS6.-Sealeu
proposals for furnishing and denve[lns
materials and constructing battery az su'
Ivan Island, South Carolina, Will De re-
ceived here until - M, Nov. 30 1890 anu
then publicly opened. Information ~,
nished on application. Frederic V. Aopo'
Captain Of Engineers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
PETITIONS FOR INCORPORATION.


GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY,
the Superior Court of Said County: The
petition of William Johnston of England
CHARLES c. Patterson of Massachusetts, and
Hugh M. Conner and John Flannery of
Chatham county, Ca, respectfully shows:
1. That they have formed themselves in
to an association and desire that they, their
associates and successors, be Incorporated
under the name of
GEORGIA EXPORT AND IMPORT
COMPANY.
2. That the object of their association is
corporate gain and profit.
3. That they propose to carry on the
business of shipping agents and ship brok-
ers, and a general commercial, commits
sion and shipping business, including the
chartering, owning, hiring and leasing of
steamships and all other vessels and water
craft, which are or may be used for the
transportation of passengers or property
and also the buying, selling, owning, leas-
ing and dealing in, either for account of
themselves or others, real and personal
property Of every character.
4. That the capital stock of said corpor-
alton to be used in said business will be
the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars, divid-
ed into shares of One Hundred Dollars
each, but the said corporation will not
commence to exercise the privileges con-
ferred by its charter until ten QO per cent
of said capital stock is actually paid in.
And your petitioners desire that said cor
poration shall have the privilege of increas-
ing it's capital stock, from time to time, in
the discretion of it's board of directors, to
any sum not exceeding One Million Dollars,
and of decreasing said increased capital
stock from time to time, in the discretion
of it's board of directors, to any sum not
less than said first named sum of Fifty
Thousand Dollars.
5. That said corporations place of doing
business will be in Savannah in the coun-
ty of Chatham and state Of Georgia. but
that they desire said corporation to be au-
thorzed to do business in any other places
in the United States, or in any foreign
countries, whenever, in the opinion of its
board of directors, the extensions and ex-
igencies of it's said business may so re-
quire.
g. That they desire to be incorporated
for a period of twenty years with the priv
lege of renewal at the end of said term.
Wherefore your petitioners pray that
they and their associates and successors
may be incorporated for the purposes
aforesaid, with the capital stock and for
the term aforesaid, under said corporate
name, and that in addition to the rights
and powers especially referred to above
said corpora ton may have conferred on 1t
all such rights powers and privileges as
are usual and incident to corporations of
like character under the laws of Georgia.
DENMARK, ADAMS & FREEMAN,
Petitioners Attorneys.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

Neither Savannah nor Jacksonville will
be satisfied with the outcome of that foot
ball game. The teams will have to try it
over again, under regulations that will
bar all scrapping.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28

Filed in office of clerk of superior court
of Chatham county, Georgia, this 10th day
of November, 1896
EMILE A. GRADOT,
Deputy Clerk Superior Court, Chatham
County, Georgia.
The herald., 1896-01-19
Thirty Thousand Persons Are There, All Engaged in
Feverish, Almost Fendsh Struggle
for Coveted Gold
Digging Hundreds
New Companies Organized Socked-A Billion Used for
Chips in the YastGa m for

There is strange and subtle fasci-
nation about mining camp-a sort of
microbe of enthusiasm, or l know not
what-thst leads men to strange
actions, that lends itself to romance,
sometimes to poetry and sometimes to
pathos. Nowhere else will men take
such risks in a business Investment as
they will in mine, especially if it is a
gold mine. Nowhere else will you hear
stories and see before you their heroes,
of men who yesterday were poor and
sometimes desperately put to by the
stress Of circumstances, and who are
millionaires today. Nowhere else will
you hear such stories of might-have-
beens-of men who threw away for a
song what week, or month, or a year
after, has proven of enormous value.
Nowhere else will men endure the
hardships, the privations, the lack of
all the pleasant and agreeable things
Of life, as where they have come under
the powerful spell of gold.
No camp that I know of exercises
the fascination in stronger way than
Cripple Greek. The unquestionable
The herald., 1896-01-19

little hosrdings of long years, and who.
catching the fever, recklessly throws
them to the wind, the case is different.
And this is why [ am endeavoring to
point out just how small the chances
for investment for profit in minss ap-
pears to be here.
Though Cripple Greek is young to
the eastern mind, it is jar from being
new in western way. Although it is
only four years ago this month since
the first carload of ore was shipped
from the camp, yet there are today, in
little district not nearly so large as
Manhattan island, Twenty-Five or thirty
thousand persons. You may even hear
of more. This little district, perhaps
four miles wide and ten miles long, is a
bit of upland, set in the midst Of the
mountains, at an elevation of almost
two miles above the sea. Save scant
mantle of grass and thin, stunted
trees, nothing grows here. There is
nothing to sustain population save the
mines. In the latter there are
now something like $500 men
employed, and [ suppose 500 or thou
sand more are engaged in one way or
another in matters connected directly
Herewith. In addition to these l am
told that there are fully 1900 prospect
ors employed in the district, the most
The herald., 1896-01-19

prospectors, but these are, SO to speak
the camp follovers-the men who fol-
low up rich strikes like those at Grip
pie Greek, and then dig holes in the
| hills near by to sell to the first victim
they may ensnare. But these are not
the real breed, and any man who has
! ever had experience will tall you that
your life, your fortunes and your inter-
ests are safer with prospectois than
with almost any other distinct class of
men which you might name.
You will be mistaken, too, if you
come to Cripple Greek with the notion
| that you will here be witness to scenes
Of wild disorder. and that you will
meet face to face with some of the
bad men of the west. They are not
here. They may have been at Lead
vile in the early days. They may even
have been al Creede. But from such
Cripple Creek has been sipgularly free.
During what the ingenious correspond
ents were pleased to call the Cripple
Creek war"-that is, the miners strike
one or two famous bad men did
make their appearance.
One Of these was General" Jack
Smith; and in some way or other which
no one could quite ever explain, the
lullielo uuhuo uiu tuelT l6duST. NE udu
nerve and daring and that sort of reck-
less courage which marks out the Bad
Man as the sort of an unidentified hero
in the minds of many. But after the
war General Jack" drifted back
into his old role of Bad Man, and one
day in little saloon high up toward
the clouds he engaged in an unfortu-
nate encounter with the town marshal
of Altman. General Jack" had only
revolvefs, while tfe town marshal had
a Winchester and WAS good shot be-
sides. General Jacks" partner went
down at the first volley, and moment
later General Jack" himself lay writh-
ing on the floor. A bullet had gone
through his body in such way as to
paralyze his legs, but to leave his arms
free. and muttering and cursing he
dragged himself over the floor and out
of the little saloon door, just to get an
other shot at his enemy. Soon he was
too weak to even lift himself on his ell
bo r, and so, cursing and whimpering
and begging for "just one more shot,
he died. And thereafter believe the
bad man of Cripple Creek has been
minus quality.
The town of Cripple Greek itself is
The herald., 1896-01-19

who waits on your table at the little
Cripple Creek hotel, and who used to
be reporter on one of the Denver
papers, leans over yonr shoulder to
ask il Isabella" is good "buy." All
the girls in the dining room. 1t seems,
are speculating, and one of them Is
deeply envied as having shown spe-
cial aptitude for guessing the stock
which will go up.
1t is the same wherever you go. Half
of the population of Colorado Springs,
it seemed to me, is given over to the
buying or selling or in some way deal
ing in mines and stocks. And in Den
YER, when [ sit down to dictate my let
ter, friend of the pretty typewriter
rushes breathlessly in to inform her
that there has been heavy slump in
&C. X. and NJ" and advises her to sell
at once. My work waits until the
transaction is completed. So it is
everywhere-in the street cars, on the
railroad trains, in the hotel lobbies-it
matters not where you go.
Almost all the stocks that are traded
in are mere prospects. For the most
part their value is only nominal.
There are $50 companies so far capit-
allied to operate in Cripple Creek.
The most of these hahe capital of
round million. This seems to be a
favorite figure, though sometimes it is
higher and sometimes it is lower.
Roughly speaking, the total capitaliza-
ton of the Cripple Creek corporations
TO date is full bullion. just how
much of this is water or worse than
water, mere tissue paper, you can guess
from the fact that probably ten or If
teen millions of dollars, if judiciously
used, would buy every mine and pros
pect in the district, save "Old Man"
Stratton's Independence. That cannot
be had at any price.
| would like to figure out for the
Herald readers The total market value
Of all the properties SO far incorpor-
ated. Compared with actual values, it
would show an amazing discrepancy.
Sometimes companies with capital of
a million and owning prospect worth
a few hundreds, or at best few thou
sands, will sell at one or two cents
share. The par value is mostly dol
lar q share, SO at this figure there are
dozens of mere prospects-they are
nothing more-selliug at the rate of
ten or twenty thousand dollars and
sometimes far in excess Of this. have