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About Savannah weekly news. (Savannah) 1894-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1897)
2 BLQXHAM’S TERM HAS BEGUN. THE NEW GOVERNOR OR FLORIDA INAUGURATED. 4 Sketch of Hin Life and the Text of Hi* Inaugural Addrear—Good and Bad Government Defined—The State as a Field For Immigration. Necessity of Public Education. Lynching Denounced. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. s.—The Inaugural programme was carried out to-day. Sev en companies of militia were present, and a large number of people from different portions of the state. The reception to night was in keeping with the occasion, and the inaugural ball is now on in great brilliancy. Patrick Houston was to-day reappointed adjutant general of the state troops. The resignation of B. S. Liddon, justice of the supreme court, has been accepted by Gov. Bloxham. It is thought the position has been ten dered to ex-Gov. Francis P. Fleming of Jacksonville. Following is the full text of Gov. Bloxham’s inaugural address: Fellow Citizens: By the suffrages of the electors of our state, I have been called to a second term as chief magistrate of Flor ida. The call not only carries with it du ties of the most delicate and responsible character, but it is the highest honor that the people of the state can bestow. I know of no means more appropriate to attest my appreciation than by an earnest effort to exercise the high functions of the position solely for the purpose of se curing an honorable, economical, just and progressive administration. It Is proper, however, to remember that the best state government can do but lit tle directly in promoting individual suc cess or individual prosperity. The evils of bad government can more readily mar those desirable results than good government can secure them. Vicious government, in fettering the hopes, efforts and energies of individu als, spreads its baleful influences over all •■lasses, and tends strongly to the disor ganization of society. Good government, while shielding us from such destructive agencies, can act affirmatively only in giving the undisturb ed opportunity of securing the rich re sulting fruits of well directed individual ef fort. The true function of government is to protect us in our natural and inalienable rights. Those rights are defined by our consti tution as "Enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protect property; and pursuing happiness, and ob taining safety.” The best government is that which in terferes the least with the legitimate bus iness vocations of its citizens, and im poses the lightest burdens upon property and labor; whkjh administers prompt Jus- vllSnv Gov. W. D. Bloxham of Florida. *tlce to all, regardless of station, and with out discrimination; which throws the pro tecting shield of its sovereign power over every Inhabitant, and secures the greatest liberty consistent with the public good; which leaves personal prowness and per sonal effort free to accomplish legitimate results, untrammelled by governmental Interference; which avoids paternalism and stimulates individualism as the true jihilosophy of a democracy. Fellow Citizens, with our climatic con ditions secured by geographical position; with our varied and fertile soils admitting a range of production without a rival in our great sisterhood of states, and suited to both temperate and tropical climates; with our forests studded with natural con tributions to commercial ana manufactur ing wealth; with thousands of miles of water-ways, where myriads of food pro ducing fish out with golden oar the sil very stream; with extensive herds graz ing alone upon nature's bounty; with vast phosphatio deposits necessary to enrich the world’s worn soils; with remunerative and increasing manufacturing interesis; with admirable transportation facili ties, and unrivaled seaports; with a generous and law-abiding people, we can confidently invite immigration, and claim profitable remuneration for cap ilnl. immigration and capital are two of the necessary factors to invigorate the growth of a great state, and we should give our • arnest and best efforts in securing for Florida those unrivaled motive powers of development. With them will come trans portation f u cil It les to those sections of the state still requiring it, and the de velopment of our varied, vast and valu able resources. Recognising that an intelligent suffrage Is the best safeguard of constitutional liberty, we should fully sustain the para mount claim of public education, and not rest content with surpassing our neigh boring slstera, but press forward to a still higher goal. Our commercial growth should be block ed by no Improper impedimenta, while our enviable health record should be sustain ed by proper quarantine and municipal hygiene, to be enforced through the chan nels of our legally constituted health au thorities. In accordance with the most ad vanced scientific thought. It la the exclusive prerogative of the elate to redress wrong and to execute jus tice. an unrelenting opposition should be given to any effort to stain our state's fair name by the assumption of those du ties by individuals. Let our people see that no charge of blood guiltiness can be truthfully brought against their loyalty to law. Society’s only safety rests with just laws, vigorously and impartially adminis tered. We must give no excuse for individual redress of wrong, by allowing criminals to ba encouraged to crime from hope of immunity. Mercy is of divine origin, but it should walk the pathway of our civilisation band tn hand «’lth justice—justice to the living as well as to the dead. Mercy to the bad is oftentimes cruelty to the good. The sovereigns of our social fabric are law and Justice. Let us crown them and keep them enthroned as the only security to society, the only means of perpetuat ing government. Fellow Citisens, In the language of Mr. Jefferson—"! shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right. I shall often be thought wrong by those whose |H>sitlona will not qommand a view of the whole ground. 1 ask your Indulgence for wy own errors, which will never be inten- tional; and your support against the er rors of others, who may condemn what they would not if seen in all its parts.” I have no interest that can be served that will not be the same to all; and claim no higher honor than to share the future with the people of my native state. Our heiarts, our hopes, our love, our prayers, go out together, to our beloved Florida. May every sunbeam kiss her fair brow with tfie kiss of peace and prosperity. May the guardian angels of love and humanity hover over her people. May the God of truth and justice guide and direct them. Hon. William D. Bloxham, Florida’s new democratic governor, was born in Leon eounty, July 9, 1835. He was elect ed a member of the lower house of the legislature in 1860 and chosen a presiden tial elector in 1868. In 1870 he was elected lieutenant governor and served as a mem ber of the state democratic committee in 1876. He was appointed secretary of state in 1877, which position he held for four years, and was elected governor in- 1880. Serving his people as chief magistrate for four years, President Cleveland appoint ed him minister to Bolivia in 1885, but he declined the honor. He was appointed United States surveyor general for Flor ida in 1885, serving four years in that ca pacity. In 1890 he was elected to fill a vacancy in the office of controller, and elected for a full term in 1892. Last Oc tober he was elected governor for the sec ond time, and he is the only Floridian ever thus honored. FULTON’S HOT POLICE FIGHT. Judge Lumpkin Knocks Ont the Whole Department. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. s.—Fulton county is now without a police department. Judge J. H. Lumpkin this afternoon signed the order asked for by certain citizens of the county restraining the county commission ers from further continuing the perpetua tion of the department, on the ground that the commissioners have no authority to use the money of the county tor the em ployment of policemen. The order com pletely abolishes the police force, which has been in existence for the past four years, as the commissioners cannot now apply any money for that purpose, and the police will not, of course, be disposed to work for nothing. The abolition of the county police depart ment waj brought about by a fight for po sitions within the department, as told sev eral days ago in these columns. Some months ago Chief Vernor, who was a can didate for re-election to the position of chief, made charges against Officers Har rington and Bradley, the latter being a candidate for chief against him. The men were suspended from duty and an inves tigation is now pending. They were ac cused by the chief of having accepted bribes. The men, however, claimed that the chief had been actuated in making the charges by the desire to get Officer Brad ley and his friends out of his way in the contest for chief. Accordingly they went to work to cause Chief Vernor’s downfall by filing counter-charges against him, and also by inspiring the action in the courts attacking the legality of the whole depart ment. This phase of the affair was argued last Saturday before Judge Lumpkin, and, as stated, he to-day held the department to be without authority, and declared it abolished. Other serious complications may develop on account of Ihe fact that the department has been making arrests and spending money Illegally for the past four years. The branch of the case relating to the charges and counter-charges against Chief Vernor and Officers Bradley and Harring loo is Jsooked for a hearing ; before the to •• morrow 4 mqkning , FLANAGAN TO WHITE A STORY. ————— f He Will Put on Paper His Version of the Trngedy. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. s.—Ed Flanagan, the man, now in the Fulton county jail for the murder of old Mrs. Allen and Miss Ruth Slack, in his bloody attempt to ex terminate the whole Allen family, at their home in DeKalb, county, has written a, complete history of his horrible crime and the incidents leading up to it. This document was delivered to his attorneys to-day, and will probably be given out to the press to-morrow. The statement is in the nature of an autobiography of Flanagan’s life, and is very lengthy, covering twenty or more typewritten pages. It is said to be a very sensational document in that part which relates to Flanagan's infatuation for lit tle Leia Allen, the 12-year-old daughter of George Allen, one of the persons wounded. The purpose of securing the self-written account of the horrible affair by Flana gan’s attorneys is supposed to be to show by his halucinations as he puts them on paper himself, that he is a monomaniac, and that his mania in relation to little Leia Allen was such as to cause him to want to kill her father on account of his imagined ill-treatment of the child. Mrs. Minnie Slack, residing at 394 Ma rietta street, called at the jail to see Flan agan. in company with Chief of Police Connolly, to-day. She thought from his description and pictures in the papers he might be a man whom she saw commit a burglary in broad daylight several months ago, the burglar in question steal ing about $1,500 from a store on Marietta street. She failed to identify Flanagan as the man. BANK CASHIER A SUICIDE. Temporary Insanity Brought on by Illness the Cause. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. s.—Christian Schauer. Jr., cashier and treasurer of the National Bank for Savings, Allegheny, committed suicide this morning by hang-, ing himself in a closet at the Allegheny gymnasium. His lifeless body was discov ered by the janitor, who summoned physi cians, who made efforts at resuscitation, but they were unavailing. It is supposed that Schauer was laboring under a fit of insanity, caused by illness. An examina tion of his affairs at the bank showed them to be all right. He leaves a widow. Schauer had been in the banking business for many years, and was well known. More Medical value in a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla than in any other preparation. More skill, more care, more expense in manu facture. It costs proprietor and dealer More but it costs the consumer less, as he gets more doses for his money. More curative power is secured by its peculiar combination, proport, on and process. More wonderful cures effected, more testimon monials. more sales and more increase. Many more reasons why you should take Hood’s Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. AH druggists, fl. , , . . i ■*» n srP tlM * on,v to tnko riOOU S HiliS w ith Hoods twsapanUa. THE WEEKLY NEW T S (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY. JANUARY 7. 1897. CASH SQUANDERED IN CUBA. WEYLER DENIES THAT THE COR RUPTION IS WIDESPREAD. He Cites the Dismissal of Several Judges For Fraudulent Practices. The General Expects to Put an End to the Rebellion in the Havana District Within a Fortnight—Ne groes Reported Deserting on Ac count of the Appointment of Ruis Rivera to Succeed Maceo. Madrid, Jan. s.—The Imparcial publishes a report of an interview had by the cor respondent of the paper in Havana with Capt. Gen. Weyler yesterday. Gen. Wey ler is quoted as saying that he is greatly surprised at the course taken by certain Madrid newspapers in charging that gross corruption exists in the military adminis tration in Cuba. Doubtless, he says, there have been some abuses, but these have been remedied whenever they have be come known. In proof of this, the captain general gives instances of his dismissal of several judges for fraudulent practices in the purchase of horses and mules in the last campaign in the Pinar del Rio province. Gen. Weyler says he expects to put an end to the rebellion in the Havana dis trict within a fortnight, and to accom plish the pacification of the island to the Jucaro trocha in the Mantanzas province long before the rainy season sets in. The entire situation, Gen. Weyler thinks, pre sents an exceptionally good aspect. He is still of the belief that military action ought to be allowed to have a free course until the end of the rebellion, and he is also convinced that no reform in the ad ministration is now necessary. A dispatch from Havana says that the negroes in Cuba are greatly displeased at the appointment of the insurgent leader Rlus Rivera to succeed Maceo, and are deserting in large numbers. , Havana, Jan. 5.—C01. Baquero reports having met a force of rebels holding a position on the hights of Boupueron, near Guanatonamo, in the Santiago de Cuba province, dispersing the enemy with the ,oss of eight men killed and many wound ed. Yesterday. Col. Baquero had another sharp engagement with a band of rebels at Altos Sorpresa, in which the Spanish loss was two guerillas killed, and one cap tain and twenty-two privates wounded. Hon. H. D. Money, member of the United States House of Representatives from Mis sissippi, who arrived in Cuba a few days ago, will return to the United States to morrow on board the steamer sailing for Tampa. Mr. Money refuses to talk about the results of his visit. Mr. Money, accompanied by Consul Gen eral Lee to-day visited Capt. Gen. Weyler and was received very cordially. Gen. Weyler expressed regret that he was not in the city when Mr. Money arrived. He added that had he been here* he would have invited him to join him in his trip to the province of Pinar del Rio, and he would then have had an excellent oppor tunity to see the country. Mr. Money said he was enchanted with the little he had seen of Cuba. He allud ed to the comments that have been made on his trip to San Jose de las Lajas, to which Gen. Weyler replied cheerfully that he had paid no attention to what had been said. He declared that he would be p eased if others came to Cuba with the same purpose as Mr. Money, that is, to admire and study the country. Key Fla.. Jan, s.—Cub&npsffdßQSll city are enthusiastic over the reporter ! .anding of a large expedition consisting rs I 1,048 Mauser rifles, one 12-pound field piece, with 200 shells, 400,000 rounds of ammuni tion, 200 pounds of dynamite and forty men, on the east coast of Cuba last Sunday night. Early this morning Col. Nunez, J. E. Cartaya and three others came into town. It is supposed they were landed from the Dauntless and it soon became known that the Cubans had received good news. Several times last week strange Cubans were seen in the city, but they al most immediately disappeared. About the same time it was rumored that the Three Friends had failed In her endeavor to land on the Cuban coast and had land ed the men and ammunition on No Name Key, where some other vessel would take them and make another attempt to land them in Cuba. The Cubans are very close-mouthed as to the locality of the landing, claiming that they expect to try another in the same place at an early date, and it would only be placing the Spanish on their guard. FILIBUSTERS LAND IN CUBA. The Dauntless Put the Three Friends Expedition Ashore. New York, Jan. s.—The Cuban paper El Porvenir, published in this city, received to-day the following dispatch from Key West, and signed by Emilio Nunez, refer ring te the Dauntless expedition: "Expe dition was happily disembarked at Sagua, in combination with Gomez.” By this it is understood that the Daunt less successfully landed her cargo and that the supplies were received by Gomez. The Dauntless took the flfty-one men and the arms and ammunition which the Three Friends left on No Name Key, near Key West, after failing to land them in Cuba. The cargo Is sa.d to have contain ed 1.1&4 rifles, 500.000 cartridges, 600 ma chetes. 1,000 pounds of dynamite, medi cines, supplies, etc. *» Sagua, were the expedition was landed, , | is an important town of Santa Clara prov ince. and is on the north coast. The land ing was probably made on one of the • beaches west of the port, which is protect ed by one or more Spanish gun boats. Gomez was last reported a few miles south of Sagua. Cubans here are rejoicing over the re ] port of a successful landing of an expedi -1 ■ tion after the failure of the Three Friends I and the sinking of the Commodore. THREE FRIENDS AGAIN LIBELLED. 1— The Accusation Against Her May Develop Into One of Piracy. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 5—A new libel was filed against the steamer Three Friends to-day in the United States court by District Attorney Frank Clark. In this libel the steamer is not charged I with violating any particu.ar section of the th© revised statutes, and it is possible that , th.s omission was for the purpose of charg i ing the vessel with piracy. In the libel it is alleged that the Three Friends was armed and fitted out in the j port of Fernandina on Dec. 14. 1896. with a j large amount of stores, rifles, cartridges, machetes, dynamite and a large Hotch kiss gun or cannon; that she was so armed and fitted out for the purpose of conduct ing hostilities against the subjects, people and property of the King of Spain in the island of Cuba; that the fitting out was done by John O’Brien, W. T. Lewis, John * Dunn, J. M. Barrs. H. P. Fritot and J. A. | Huau, and that on or about Dec. 19. on l the high seas, the first three named and others unknown, mounted on the bow of I the vessel the Hotchkiss gun for the pur- I pose of conducing hostilities as aforesaid. I The libel is for the forfeiture of the ves sel to the use of the United States. An 1 attachment was at once issued and served by the United States marshal and the boat is once more tied up. The district attor ney claims that the owners will not be* permitted to give bond to secure the re lease of the vessel this time. Washington, Jan. s.—Senor de Lome, the Spanish minister, received to-night a tel egram from Havana stating that Mel guizo had returned to his headquarters from an incursion into the hills of the province of Pinar del Rio and brought with him 250 insurgents, who had sur rendered, and about 500 non-combatants, consisting of old men, women and chil dren. HYACINTHS IN THE RIVERS. A Report on the Subject Laid Before Congress. Washington, Jan. s.—ln response to a resolution, the Secretary of War to-day sent to the Senate the report of the chief engineers of the army on the obstruction of the navigable waters of Florida and other southern states by she aquatic plant known as the water hyacinth. Gen. Craighill suggested an appropriation of SIO,OOO for experimental work as to the best method of exterminating the pest, and states that the only instance where efforts have been made in that direction was in the Tickfaw river, Alabama. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for the comple tion of the work and no report has been made. A special report is made on the St. Johns river, Florida, where the bridge of the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian river Palatka is alleged to contribute to the difficulty of navigation by catch ing the floating plants and alterations in the plans of the new bridge are suggested to prevent this. He encloses correspond ence with the department of agriculture as to the methods of killing the plant by the use of salt, crude petroleum, etc. PLEA OF THE RICE MEN. Theodore G. Baker Makes the Argn ment for the Delegation. Washington, Jan. s.—Representative elect Elliott, Samuel G. Stoney, Theodore G. Barker and Isaac Ball of Charleston; Col. John Screven of Savannah, and Mr. Ernest of New Orleans were the repre sentatives of the rice interests at the hearing before the ways and means com mittee to-day. Mr. Barker made the talk before the committee, having been selected by the others. Mr. Ernest supplemented what Mr. Barker said with a short statement. Mr. Barker presented a written statement covering the demands of the rice men. He said the industry was one absolutely de pendent on protection and then gave fig ures to prove his claims. He was given close attention and was asked many ques tions. Col. Elliott arranged for the hear ing and assisted the delegation in every way. PENROSE TO SUCCEED CAMERON. Wauamaker ban Second in the Cau cus Balloting With 75 Votes. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan s.—The full republi can caucus of the Senate and House to night to choose a candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator Cam eron, resulted in 133 votes for State Sena tor Penrose of Philadelphia, 75 for ex- Postmaster General Wanamaker, 1 for Senator Cameron. 1 for ex-Congressman John B. Robinson and 1 for Judge Rice, presiding judge of the superior court. If the'decision of the caucus is obeyed in the Mr. Pen- PeniA I to sueceed Mr. Cameron. A FIGHT WITH A BULL. A Phosphate Prospector Encounter ed Him in the Woods. Ocala, Fla., Jan. s.—Mr. J. W. Pearson, who ten days ago was in the woods be yond Floral City with Ed Nelson, inspect ing phosphate land, encountered a wild bull. The bull showed fight at once, mak ing full tilt for Pearson, but a friendly tree was his protection. The animal struck the opposite side of his friendly shelter. The bull came round the tree and Mr. Pearson could not pass on the opposite side as a large dead tree lay in the way, so he made for another tree twenty feet distant, but ere he reached it, the bull was on him striking him full on the left ear and back of the head, felling him to the ground and partially stunned him. With presence of mind he seized thg bull’s nostrei and horn. Mr. Pearson could not get up as the bull was standing or his coat. He cried for help and Mr. Nelson came to his assistance. The ani mal was tied, and with one of his fore feet tied over his horn he was left to his fate. Mr. Pearson is satisfied that Nel sons’ -presence saved his .ife. He came home that night and for ten days was un der the doctor’s care and confined to his bed. His ear and back of head were badly bruised and the doctor is fearful erysipelas may yet set in. WILSON’S NEW BERTH. May Become a College President When the Cabinet Goes Out. Washington, Jan. s.—Postmaster Gener al Wilson, it is rumored, will, upon his re tirement from President Cleveland’s cabi net, accept the position of president of Washington and Lee University, now va cant Mr. Wilson is an alumnus of this famous educational institution, and it would be an agreeable position for him. i —: . tr l —■ i i I 4 1 Cramps, i 1 Croup, I * USKii | I Colds, 11 ache, | J | Diarrhoea, 6 A Dysentery, J J and an g owe | Complaints. { • A Sure, Safe, Quick Cure for • A these troubles is A [® e 4 X It is the trusted friend of the I Mechanic, Farmer, Planter, • Sailor, and in fact all classes. • i ! «$> Used internally or externally. A Beware of imitations. Take * J none but the genuine “ Perry J Davis.” Sold everywhere. • 25c. and sOc. bottles. • i SHERIFF RONAN IN CHARGE. THE BUSINESS OF P. TUBERDY IN THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER. Mortgages Given to Secure Promis sory Notes Aggregating $13,700. The Petition For Receiver Filed by One of the Largest Unsecured Creditors—The Petition to Be Heard Saturday—L. P. Culloden Ac quitted—A Negro Given IO Years For Robbery—Mrs. Kate Daly Giv en Alimony—Pension Papers Ready For Signatures. The business of P. Tuberdy, the well known shoe man on Broughton street, was placed in the hands of a receiver yester day under a petition filed by the Bay State Shoe and Leather Company of New York, through its attorneys, O’Connor & O’Byrne. Sheriff John T, Ronan was made tem porary receiver and took charge of the stroe and contents. He will retain posses sion at least until Saturday when there will be a hearing before Judge Falligant on the question as to whether the receiv ership should be made permanent. The petition of the Bay State Shoe and Leather Company alleges an indebt edness of $3,521.54, besides an Account amounting to $526.89, which is not yet due. The claim of the plaintiff is not among the secured liabilities. It is alleged in the petition that the defendant is indebted to various parties in various amounts and is insolvent. The secured liabilities of the firm amount to about $13,707.64 as follows: To the Southern Bank, $912.40; to Maurice Flynn of Lynn, Mass., $611.39; to the Miller & Ober Shoe Company, $131.95; to Meinhard Bros. & Co., $400; to E. A. Weil & Co., $589.80; to T. M. Consodine, $300; to W. D. Harden and U. H. McLaws, $500; to Packard & Field of Brockton, Mass., $2,000; to Joseph Resenheim & Son, $289.85; to John Bren nan, $300; to Batchelder & Lincoln, $1,900; and to Dan A. Tuberdy, $4,800. All of these amounts are secured by mortgages, which were drawn by Messrs. Harden and McLaws and filed in the su perior court. The mortgages are on the stock of goods in the Broughton street store and the mortgage to Dan A. Tub erdy was further secured by the open ac counts. It is not known what the unse cured liabilities will amount to, but it is supposed, from a consideration of the receivership petition, that they will go at least to SIB,OOO. i John Grimes, colored, and L. P. Culloden, a white man, were tried in the superior court yesterday on a charge of larceny after trust, preferred by Joe Morris, the proprietor of the Turkish bath establish ment on Drayton street It seems when Morris was out of the city last summer, Culloden was left in charge of the estab lishment, in which were a number of arti cles of wearing apparel, furniture, etc. When he returned some of them were miss ing, and he had Culloden and the negro arrested. Culloden admitted he had pawn ed one or two articles to pay off a wash erwoman belonging to the house, and to get himself something to eat at a time when the establishment was not paying expenses. Further than this he denied having done anything further than this. The jury acquitted the defendant in a very few minutes. ELECTORS. i The Governor Certifies to 11 Regain licnns and 1 Democrat. Washington, Jan. s.—The Secretary of State to-day transmitted to the Senate copies of certificates of final ascertainment of the electors for President and Vice President from the states of Kentucky, West Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Idaho, Florida, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Mninesota, Vermont, Wyoming, Montana, Maine, Col orado, Washington and Michigan. Gov. Bradley of Kentucky certifies that eleven republican electors had received a plurality of the votes cast, as had also W. B. Smith, a democratic elector. J. S. R. Wedding and H. S. Howes, republican electors, received a less number of votes than Smith, and each received the same number. As to the question as to which of the two —Wedding or Howes—shall be the thirteenth elector, is to be determined by the other electors when they meet. The governor certifies to the election of but twelve. WRECKED ON A TRESTLE. Three of the Six Persons Injured Ex pected to Die. Carson, la., Jan. 5.—A passenger train on the Carson branch of the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy road was wrecked near here this morning. The rear coach left the rails while passing over a trestle, and dropped to the bottom of a ravine. It took fire from the stove and was destroyed. The bridge was also burned. By hard work, train men and uninjured passengers rescued the injured and prevented loss of life by fire, though some of the injured may yet die. The injured are: Robert Aikens of Henderson, will prob ably die of internal hurts. William Mann of Sidney, will probably die. William Lamb, agent, probably fatally hurt. John Sorts, conductor, will recover. Miss Mae Paul of Henderson. Bert Curran, brakeman, shoulder dis located. BILE ISLAND’S BROKEN BANK. Application Slade For a Change in Receivers. Chicago, Jan. s.—State Auditor Gore filed a petition in the circuit court this morning, asking that a receiver be ap pointed for the defunct Calumet State Bank of Blue Island, HL The bank made an assignment a few days ago to M. C. Eames, its vice president. Auditor Gore claims the assignment was fraudulent, and he asks the removal of Vice President Eames. The bill also states that the bank’s failure is a bad one. At torney Darrow, representing the state auditor, after filing the bill, took it before Judge Gibbons to ask for a receiver. He met with oppositon from the assignee of the bank, on the ground of nq jurisdiction. Judge Gibbons said he would give his de cision to-morrow. FOR WEAK WOMEN. Horsford's Acid Phosphate. It soothes and feeds the nerves, helps digestion and imparts strength.—ad. Mail Service to the Bahamas. Washington, Jan. s.—Postmaster Gen eral Wilson has issued an order establish ing. on Jan. 19 next, a mail service twice a week between Miami, Fla., and Nassau, in the Bahama a »-d a mail service between New Yoin and Nassau once in two weeks. A SPIRITUALIST SPEAKS. Advice from a Prominent Member of this Society. She Tells a “Moon” Reporter the Secret of Her Good Health and Happiness. - . . - -- X From the Moon. Battle Creek, Mich, When a person has been cured from a malady that has troubled him for years and the best physicians in the country were powerless to grapple with it. When the patient had suffered for years all the agonies . that pen can describe, and then was cured by a remedy, it is no wonder that the patient who has thus been cured would be loud in the praise of that remedy. This is the case of Henry Weston, whose story was told in the Moon several months ago. It will be re membered that Mr. Weston doctored with one of the best specialists in the country and found no relief, and then after a few boxes of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills had been taken he was well. Mr. Weston is so jubilant over ■ his recovery that he never tires of telling | his story to others. It was through him that Mrs. John Estell, of South Avenue, was in duced to try them. She is well acquainted with Mr. Weston, and through his advice anil knowing that he had been cured by this remedy, she was induced to try them. A Moon reporter called on Mrs. Estell and asked her if the story of her cure was true. She said that she knew of .the remarkable cure of Mr. Weston, and she was suffering f om the after effects of the grippe and a bad case of indigestion. She doctored with a local physician and received no special bene fit. Mr. Weston had urged her to try the pills, and after she had made up her mind that it was useless for her to doctor with the physicians any longer, she decided to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. She went to Amberg & Murphy’s drug store and asked th°m about the remedy, stating her case. The druggist told her that they knew of many cases like hers that had been cured by the pills, and they had not the least bit of doubt about her receiving great benefit if she took the medicine. She bought a box and in a very short time she was a new woman, the effects of the grippe were all gone and her stomach which had troubled her for so many years was better. For years she had to eat only the easiest food that could be digested, and many articles of diet that she longed for had to be let alone. She was troubled with that awful disease of indiges tion and the long train of diseases that go with it. She suffered with all of the hor rors that persons affected with that malady are subject to, but after she had taken the pills a short time she found relief and now she eats everything she desires, no fears at all. She ea 4 s things now, and has no after pains, or trouble with indigestion, that a few months ago she would not have thought of taking into her stomach no more than she would a dose of poison. To a Moon reporter she said: “The Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills made a new woman of me.” Mrs. Estell is the picture of health, and says she feels bet ter to-day than she hap for years, and attri butes her good health to the use of the reme dy that everyone is taking. She cannot say enough in favor of it and never misses a chance to tell her friends of what it has done for her. One to look at her would not think that she had ever had a sick day in her life and she says she feels better than she has for years. a < Mrs Estell is well-known in this city, her husband owns the Estell cottages on South Avenue, where she and her husband reside. The lady is president of the Ladies’ Aid, and she is a prominent worker in the First Society of Spiritualists in this city. She is known in almost every home here and a re commendation that eomes from her has weight. When she tells her friends of what this' great remedy has done for her and they see the healthy look on her face, they cannot doubt it, no matter how much they might desire. It is certainly a marvel what it has done for her. To the scribe she said that she thought it was her duty to her friends to tell them of what the Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills had done for her. She had been cured and when BID IN BY THE BONDHOLDERS. ELECTRIC RY. BOUGHT BY THE COLLINS SYNDICATE FOR *211,000. Mayor Myer« Made the Highest Bid. Capt. H. Cunningham Bid Up to *210,000 For the Minority Bondhol ders, But Pres. Johnston Stopped Short at *I2O,OOO—A New Company to Be Organized Which Will Spen t *75,000 to *IOO,OOO in Building a New Power House and Improving the Property. The Electric railway was sold yesterday at the office of the company at Gwinnett and Price streets, by order of the United States court. The property was pur chased by Mr. Herman Myers, acting for the majority bondholders. The price paid is $211,000. The property is to be reor ganized at once, the track will be relaid with new rails, and the equipment of the property will be practically new. The members of the syndicate which se cured the property seemed very well sat isfied with the price, and one of the Nash ville men remarked that it was less than they had already put into it. Regrets were expressed in certain quarters that the minority bondholders did not bid a higher figure for the property. There was also surprise at the low bld of President Johnston, representing Mr. Parsons, owner of the City and Suburban and Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope railways. The property would have been a bargain, it is said, to Mr. Parsons, at $250,000, or. even, $50,000 more than it was sold for. How many thousands of dollars Mr. Par- i sons has spent In the last three years in fighting the Electric railway is not known, but the figure must be a large one. Mr. Kirkman, who is evidently one of the leading spirits in the reorganization, left for his home In Nashville last night. Messrs. Fall and Wrenne are still in the city. Before his departure Mr. Kirkman said that a meeting for the purpose of re organization will be held in Savannah in about two weeks, which will be at tended by himself and several others of the Nashville security holders. There are about fifteen persons in Nashville inter ested in the Electric railway. The form of reorganization has not been agreed upon nor the officers selected, Mr. Kirk man said. It is likely, however, that those who have taken an active interest in the property heretofore will continue on the board of directors. “Between $75,000 and SIOO,OOO will be spent at once to put the property in good run ning condition,” said Mr. Kirkman. “Os this amount about $50,000 will be spent in a new power house, which will be built somewhere on the river front and equip ped with the best modern machinery. By placing the power house on the river front we w-ill save a considerable amount, proo ably $3,000 annua iy. in freights on coal, machinery and supplies. The track will be relaid and new rolLng stock will be ad- get relief from their maladies by doctoring with the physicians and after taking treat ment for months and secured no relief, she believed that it was time for them to try something that would cure them. In all the cases that she had recommended this remedy for she had not heard of one that had not been greatly benefited by it. To the reporter she stud, “ You cannot pvt it too strong for me. I am overjoyed at the result of my experience with the remedy, and I have not only recommended it to friends in this city, but have written to a number in other places who have taken my advice and bought the pills, with the same remarkable results as I had. It is a remedy that should be in every , home.” I J. W, Murphy, of the drug firm of Am- I berg & Murphy, was seen by a Moon re presentative in regard to the case of Mrs. Estell. “Yes,” said he, “her case was a remarkable one, but on 1- of many, yl's, iperhaps ' city alone. We i never have any fears about recommending these pills to our customers. We do not as a rule guarantee patent remedies, but there is no risk to run in guaranteeing this remedy. No one who has ever taken it can say any thing but praise for it and what everyone says must be true.” Mr. Murphy then cited the cases of a number of our prominent citizens who had been cured by the pills and whose cases had been almost beyond cure so many thought. We have so many calls for these pills and hear so much about their cures that it be comes an everyday occurrence with us and we do not keep track of the parties who are cured by them.” he said to the scribe, “but if we kept a list of our patrons on the reme dy we could furnish you a long list of per sons to interview, who have not only been made well, but happy also by this medicine.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People are handy to take and carry. They can be carried in the vest pocket and taken at any time during the day. • The cases of Mrs. Estell and Mr. Weston i»entioned in this article were treated by doctors for months. Mr. Weston payingout hundreds of dollars to doctors and then given up. He was cured with a few boxes of Pink Pills. Mrs. Estell only bought two boxes, just a dollar did she spend. This was vastly different from paying out a dollar a visit from a physician. It is no wonder that peo ple are so anxious to tell their friends of what this remedy will do. , Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People ‘ are prepared by the Dr. Williams’ Med icine Co., of Schenectady, N. Y., a firm whose ability and reliability are unques tioned. Pink Pills are not looked upon as a patent medicine, but as a having been used as such for years in general practice, and their successful results in curing various afflictions made it imperative | that they be prepared in quantities to meet the demand of the public, and place them in reach of all. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial i paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neu i®jgia, rheiunatism, nervous headache, the of U , pafeMtation .of the | heart, pale and sallow Simp™ ions, and the ' ' fired feeling resulting from nervous prostra- I <ion, all diseases resulting from vitiated hu mors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic ■ erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for II troubles peculiar to females, such as suppres . | sions, irregularities, and all fo’rns of weak- i 1 ness. They build up the and restore t the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks, r In men they effect a radical cure in all cases t arising from mental worry, overwork, or t excesses of whatever nature. j Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose form by the dozen or hundred, and the t public are cautioned against numerous imi f tations sold in this shape) at 50 cents a box 1 or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all i druggists, or direct by mail from Dr Wil ■> limns’ Medicine Cotnnsny. ded. One object of the improvement will be to enable the road to make better sched ules and thus give more satisfactory serv ice to the public.” Mr. Kirkman said there was no inten tion, so far as he knew, of entering the electric lighting business in competition with the Brush Electric Lighting Company after the building of the new power house. Mr. Kirkman was asked how the Nash ville people felt about their Investments in Savannah. “We have sunk considerable money here,” he said, “but we feel that things have reached rock bottom now. Instead of wanting to draw out we are putting in more money. I have thoroughly canvass ed the situation and I believe our latest investment to be a good one and that we may expect a fair return. If the proper ! ty has been able to earn running expenses and something besides during the hard times we have had we have good reason to expect that with better times and an increase in the wealth and population of the city that the property will become very valuable. I am a great believer in. southern investments. I am firmly con vinced of the future growth and prosper ity of this section, and Savannah is cer tain to share in whatever prosperity visits this section.” TWO MURDERERS HANGED. One Killed a Woman and the Other a Sailor on a Schooner. Norfolk, Va., Jan. s.—Two murderers, William Downing and Charles Williams, both colored, were hanged here this morn ing. The drop fell at 8:13 o’clock and ten minutes later the jail physicians pro nounced both dead. Williams died from strangulation and Downing’s neck was broken. • Browning killed a woman named Emma Lane in this city last May. He went to her house prepared to meet another man. He was in one room and she in another, and when the door opened he shot, think ing it was the man. Since his arrest and confinement he has been a desperate pris oner. Williams killed George Bess, another col ored man, on board a schooner lying in the harbor, on April 18. He confessed his crime shortly after he was arrested. Every possible effort had been made by their attorneys to save their necks, but Gov. O’Ferrall, to whom was made the final appeal, refused to interfere. This is the first double hanging in this city since June 1, 1821, when two Spanish sail ors were executed for killing a young Frenchman. To Pay a Penalty for Dining Is rather hard, isn’t it? Yet how many are compelled to do this after every meal. Dyspepsia, that inexorable persecutor, never ceases to torment of its own voli tion, and rarely yields to ordinary medi cation. But tranquility of the stomach is in store for those who pursue a course of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. This fine corrective also remedies malarial and kid ney complaints, rheumatism, constipation, biliousness and nervousness.
