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i ESTABLISHED 1850 . I
j j. H. EBTILL, Editor and Proprietor, i
CEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IX PARAGRAPHS.
4 Negro Decapitates His Wife in Har
ris County—A Disease Akin to tep
rt,iT Cured at Macon—The Saw Mill
M.n of t he State Organizing—St range
Dream at Amerlcus.
GEORGIA.
T r DvFoor murderers hare been freed,
p ; i.ji ria and rust are plaguing Scriven
eonntr.
\ H >h ala author is having anew horse
w - i vt'aota's artesian well will prob
ably begin sept. I.
\i l. i r ' new schfiolhouses are being
ererti- l in M.i li-ori county.
4, ; - ' water pump will have a
t , gallons per day.
M-- II t". was shot by a rejected lover
ntr, is recovering.
T ■ pr.-i - f>r ihc new railroad and hotel
I to be encouraging.
II 1 -dith Georgia Regiment survivors
s - !-mvoting to nave a reunion m Macon
i t ity v-scssors of Cuthbert have in
cr •• tic- valuation of the city property
v r Itawson a fifteen-year-old white boy
at.. - 1 a negro who was fighting with the
white lad's brother.
At t - meeting of the Thomasville Itnild
iil Loan Association last Thursday a
i. I-. of tl.fr o was made at CO.
i.- rge .Jones will be hung next Monday at
1> - ii. Several thousand persons will
iliMcss w illies- the horrible spectacle.
i tax digest of Wayne county shows
. e pro, erty for the year 1884 of $1,073,037,
tt $ ,:i7 {(oil tax, an increase all round.
s.xtceo persons were baptized at Flat Creek
( ! rch. Gilmer county, on Sundav last, two
of which are over 50 and one over 70 years of
Lynt Potter, of Dawson, who killed a negro
he was deputized to arrest, fled to Alabama
instead of surrendering, as was expected he
would do.
-fudge A. Hood brought in the first bale of
Randolph county cotton last Saturday at
i ithls-rt. It was bought by C. X. Simpson,
Jr., for 10c. per ponnd.
i :ie lir-t bale of cotton of the season was
jilt into Kastman Wednesday by A. O.
iv lam-on. It was classed as :i iddimg and
n.i- iwiught for lo* 4 cents per |(Ound.
Inc new bale of cotton which was sold at
i m el la-t Tuesday was raised bv Iso u
W. Mann, on A. W. Homing's place near
lieu-on. It weighed 536 pound*, and it was
- ; : for 12*4 cents per pound.
A careful estimate of the number of white
■ lrn in aud around EllM-rton of seine-1
-ctwcenCand is years—shows that there
~r. nut 75. of this number not more lliau
.If are in school, nor are they in the
h. it of lining to school.
11,- tir-t bale of new cotton received at
i : ert was brought in last Friday from
uaty by <!. W. Turner, it weighed
l mills, cla-sed good style low middling
9- Isiitghl by C. X. >impson, Jr., at
li-.r. p<-r pouud.
l.a-t Tuesday night the residence of lr.
.1, -M. Ituchan at Eastman was entered,
■ -s tor relieved of aliout one hun
r. ! -l-illars. The thief entered the house
il,: .. a window, which, owingto the ex
treme hot weather, had been left open.
The tir-t Thomas county bale has been re
1, !at Thomasville. It was brought in by
Ii t Rainey on Aug. 15—last Friday—and
u- .ii- 1 1--|mund-. It was classed as mid
- and was sold for 10cents a |iound to
1 - -teverman, who shipped it to Xew
York.
I v.-iii-g men who recently organized a
t.,ryc mpany at Dawson, have adopte I
i.auic of i .dlcge Guards in order to get
- --f the guns now used by that coin-
W hen this is done, t.'apt. Adams will
. i m-w Captain will lie elected aud the
it-,: of the company changed.
. - vs. one white and one negro, w ent
s-rman’s store, near the Georgia Mills,
..* M u on. Thursday, and bmwtit 25 cents
u , f ar.dy. Tliey said they were from
Menu I, and were cdi a tramp. Tf.c white
l . ii i for the randy, and displayed a roll
. • t - v that could not have contained less
t - nor Ris). They left in the direction
of the swamp.
Rainier Thomas. Tax Receiver of Appling
• - l a- completed his digest for 18M. 1 he
, . -ii-.ws that the total value of lands in
Ai: .iiimtiuts to $345,950. fif this amount
tic- -i,:a of iu.ii-l is returned by the colored
v-- , - The aggregate va ue of whole prop
rf -> There are m the county 074
: .. amt 5>5 colored polls, 10 lawyers, t>>tot
ter*. 1 dentist and 1 artist.
tV. N. Thornton has bought the Martin
Ms farm, itbont three miles northwest of
Paws- n. Price paid |7 50 per aere. In turn.
1 a r;. < i Hay has bought the Dill Thomas
i . paying $7 SO |M-r acre. Also IV X.
I •!:.ton* l-uac Hay, Berry llav, and Darius
ltr -un have liought the John Thomas place,
toe, divided up among them. The price paid
forth-Grin is the same as the above. This
tr l -action involves a transfer of more than
no :„ r> -of land.
lion. W. 1.. Scruggs, United states Minister
• . t • t inted 'tales of Colombia, is visiting
lu- lanuii ii- Vtlanta. Mr. Set uggs was ap
ii led Vl in is cr resident at Bogota in 1873.
ja IB7tj the mission was temporarily abandon
, I. , nd Mr. scruggs was made Consul at
i aiton.China. A Idle over two years ago
Mr. -erusgs was again made .Miui-ter resi
d-nt at Bogota. Cnderthe last consular and
iiai'C bill 1 was entitled Envoy Kxtra
ordoc.ry aud Minister Plenipotentiary.
\a old gentleman lives near Athens who is
overt' 0 years old, and was one of the first
setters of Clarke county. He says he can
r- me , l.- r before there was such a thing as a
wheeled vehicle in the settlement, and people
moved to Mississippi by packing their worldly
trees in a large h -g-head, fixed with shafts
*nd drawn by a single horse. The women
and children walked on behind, while the
husband drove the team. Wood was hauled
or -ie s. The Sandy creek IsKtouis were a
great place for hears and panthers.
Atlanta's weather eye is on the proposed
establishment of a Southern military post.
Hie wants it established in her midst. Two
hundred thousand dollars has been appropri
ated by Congress for the erection of the nee
• -ary" buildings. Fifteen hundred acres of
land would bo needed. This post would be a
verv important one. It would be headquar
ter* .for the entire South, and a thousand or
n-,.f soldiers might le quartered in it at any
cine, ft is proposed to get about 1.500 acres.
a-,-i then heantify it until it is about such a
- act ttic soldiers’ homes at Dayton and
A\ -hdigtou. The government would not
no le*s perhaps than #1.060,000 on it. and
u- ue it a worthy post of the army of this
great republic.
A widow lady named Sir*, spellers, who
;.vt-s i„-ar I’alsiliga creek, near Butler, since
her husband's death has been making a living
tw fanning with the assistance of Tier chi -
•hen. There are on ihe creek several wild
ti'-z-. and they have been very troublesome,
_ a great -teal of corn, s in Spelier
and I‘ - cousin, William Turner, decided to
trv and kill them by making a scaffold about
5 i.. t high, and getting thereon with their
gnu-when the hogs came in the field they
weald shoot them. Every arrangement was
uu- .. the gun.- secured, and Nam 'peller- had
cun ... don the scaffold, and while trying to
rv.e >, Ihe gun handed him by Turner, it was
be. eurged, carrying seven buckshot through
- u-r’s heart, killing him instantly.
Griffin -Veirz; Not very many evening since
a ,"i. _' geolleiaau of this city had an en
... i.-fit to visit a certain young lady, who.
mi he way, does not live exactly in the heart
•-r the city. A friend of hs, hearing of this
>--utt mplated Visit, thought it would lie a
• "i joke to drop in, accidentally, of course,
and ---it him out." The more he thought
ai-out it. ihe better the Joke apjieared to him
ar t about 9 o’clock he started for the young
la house. Nomethiug had happened dur
ing the afternoon to prevent the joung gen
ti-man No. I from calling ate, in- so notified
the young lady. Imagine young man Xo. 2’s
sur ri- - when*arriving at the home, he found
r > lights shining through the windows of the
i-ar.-.r. the diHirs closed and everything quiet
a churchvard. He slowly retraced Ins
*t- j - to the city and now says that he will
'cr try the "sitting out” plan again.
n Ur RfiutUm a: Monday morning about
3 hs-k Mr. K. 11. Cheek, who lives a few
t* - - from the city, dreamed that a fire had
1 -Token out in a room of his house where three
ot ius sons were asleep, lie thought he told
li - wife an outside window was open, and
ti it he could throw w ater in at it, instead of
endangering the bmi-e bv opening the door.
At this stage, one of his boys awakened him
in crying out fire. Ii was found that an elder
had risen to go hunting a few minutes
i < r re. ami had dropped fire on a quilt, which
in. -ted, blazed up, and made such a smoke as
'-st stifle the two left in the room. They
iuade h a noise as to awaken their parents,
and to reefU the brother who liad started
Fuming, lie g-d in at the window, threw the
burning quilt out. £.®<l was stamping the fire
out w hen the parents arrived on the scene.
Me have this from Mr. Cheek lumself, who
say* that it was most remark#Me.
T.. t >tal property in Houston county re
tcr -l f,. r taxation this year is valued at
•*”> 50. an increase over the returns for
•" -f #U,BiO. Of this total the property of
<■!. u . l!i . l es is valued at $3,487,790, colored
'., •'<->. Total number acres of landJo t,-
• - dud at ? 1.4.52,050 su. Town property
, ■- • Of*hisland 351,705 acres are owned
'■* lutes, value-1 at $1,419.23', by colored
Valued at $32.e85. Wild lands, 2.793
~f r ' s. valued at $1 341 50. The average value
*; ” ■ ‘ h the land was returned is about $1 t 5
i, r * r ' -an increase over returns of ISB3 of
t 4: {,er acre. There were 2,969 more
acr. - ~f ) au ,| reiujged this vear thau in 1883,
a. 1 a t tal increased valuat'iou of $66,111 50.
•"■ numlier of |iolls :t,064; lawyers 12. doc -
■' 2-. dentists 2. Of the doctors two are
, _‘ ;or * Total value of household aud kitchen
en-Uurc returned—whites $92,055. colored
7 Horses, mules, cattle, etc.—whites
t— *■ colored $65,745. Tools, books, etc.—
wtii; . s|j,H7e. colored $2,829. Number of
lan-is employed on farms, presumably on con
ffaet. xSO.
-t Tuesday night Misses Lizzie and Ida
••■Vactt. two re-pec;able young ladies,
/G igtiters of D. A. Barnett, who lives about
‘Wo inue# below Wintervdle, were awakene<l
oy feeling the cover being pulled from their
heu they gave the alarm, and got up ia
tune to -ee a negro man jump out of the win
'’W. Mr. Barnett at ou *e procured the aid
S, some of bis n -arest neighbors, Messrs, Wm.
G barter aud John H. Mathews, and with a
splendid track dog of Mr. Mathews' ran the
V° lbe houseuf a negro named Xick Woot-
They waited until -lav, and arrested the
sco-in-lrel and'compared his track, and the
evidence was so clear that he owned to it all,
saying that he was hunting for something to
He wm given a preliminary trial and
ut to DatuelsvUle jail. The citizens were
Saninnalt Earning
Tery much excited over this dastardly act,
and had not the preliminary trial oeen rushed
through in a hurry it is certain that the good
People of the neighborhood would have taken
the law in their own hand 9 and hung the
negro. The justice of the peace saw the ris
ing indignation of the citizens, and got him in
jail as soon as possible to avoid the terrible
ordeal of lynching.
In Valley Plains district, Harris county,
Wednesday, occurred one of the most brutal
murders that ever stained the criminal re
cords of that grand old county. For some
time past Sidney Hall, colored, and his wife
hive led a life of domestic infelicity which
culminated in the death of the woman. There
** as no witness to the terrible deed, and from
the fiend himself comes the onlv account,
vv t-dnesday morning he came to Justice An
derson. on whose lands he lived, and stated
that some time ago his wife attempted to poi
son him. but was foiled in the deadly purpose,
and that the night betore they had had an
other fuss, and fearing she would again at
tempt to poison him, he liad tnat morning cut
her head off witu an ax as she slept. So hor
rible was the story that at first his listeners
were incredu.ous, but a visit to the cabin cor
roborated the tale in all its sickening details.
On the bed lay the body of the unfortunate
woman, weltering in her lifeblood with the
head severed from the body. Like wild fire
the news spread, and soon an excited crowd
of whites and blacks had gathered about the
scene of the tragedy, and threats of lynching
were freely expressed, but better counsel
prevailed, and the uxorcide was carried to
Hamilton, where he was placed in jail to
await Ins trial at the fall term of Harris
court and his legal execution afterwards.
About two months ago Dr. William C. Gib
son. of Macon, incidentally heard of a very
bad case of skin disease in Twiggs county. The
subject was a negro man named Virgil Hill,
about 25 years old, who was afflicted for
nearly two years with a disease thought to be
genuine leprosy. The negro had been at
tended by at least live physicians, who had
pronounced him incurable, two of the physi
cians pronouncing it a case of genuine lep
rosy. Dr. Gibson went out in a buggy to see
Virgil, aud in a few minutes he had diagnosed
the case and felt certain lie could cure it. He
had s en hundreds of similar cases in the
Middlesex Hospital, In<ion, and also ia Vi
enua. but never had he seen a case one-tenth
as bad. He saw that it was not leprosy, but
a genuine case of psoriasis, and he was
so glad to get hold of such a case that
he offered to take the uatient to Macon and
board and treat him free of all expense. On
July 7 the negro was brought to Macon aiul
placed in a lions • in the lower part of the city,
ins wofc liemg in atten.lance to take care of
nim and administer medicine. We saw him
on that day. and a more horrib e night we
never beheld. The entire skin of the negro’s
b-vly front head to foot was one sol'd mass of
decayed flesh. It was a sight never to be for
gotten. Dr. Gibson found it impossible to
observe the two modes of treatment
of such cases learned in Lon
don and Vienna, and resorted to a
combination of both with his own ideas. He
paid every attention to his patient, and
Thursday he discharged Virgil sound and
well. I n-ler the doctor's care and treatment
the disease was cured and anew skin formed.
He* is anew man and in a short time will go
to work in the field again.
On July 1 was held in Atlanta a meeting to
organize an association of the saw mill men
ot Georgia and Alabama. That meeting ad
journed to reconvene in Atlanta Thursday.
It was called to order at S o’clock, in the hall
over 9*4 Mitchell street, and the following
named members were enrolled: W. C. Av
cock, Whitesburg; Crouch A Aycock, Talla
p-osa; J. C. Jackson, Tallapoosa; L. M.
Vinton A 'on, Rockmart; 11. J.
Jones & Cos., Rockmart; Jones &
Taylor, Tallapoosa; J. B. Daniel!,
Daniil’s Mills; J. Kitchen waiter. Hooper; C.
H. .Font--, Tallapoosa; J. M. Hooper, Ilooper;
J. K. Garrison, Wacoville; It. J. Parker,
VV aeovillo; J. I*. Miller, Tallapoosa;
J. -V. Atkinson, Tallapoosa; VV. B. Jones,
Atlanta; J. O. Perkins, Atlanta; J.l’. MoVev,
Atlanta; Charles M. Carpenter. Atlanta:
C. T. Parker, Douglasville; VV. D. Yeager
Douglasviilc; Perkins A Holliday, Atlanta;
Mills -v V\ igley, Xorcross; F. O. Hatton. Villa
Rica; VV. VV. Lavender, Lodi; VV. M. Music.
Bremen; Grubbs A Gardner, Orchard Hill;
* ocliran A Xewbill,Dallas; J. H. Ititch, l-pa
toil; P. J. Shou A Bro., Blaine; L. Coffee,
Lula: J. R. 110.-ch, Hoschton; J. C. Summers,
'enoia; J. A. Duncan, West Bowersville; G.
VV. Caradine, Clarksville; Sherrill A Busbee,
Cochran; K. A. Brooks. Banning; Wilder A
.'irapson, Lincoln; Moore, Carmichael & Cos.,
Brooks .'tation: D. VV. Rogers, Kenfroe, Ala:
The name of the organization was fixed as
•‘the Georgia and Alabama Sawmiller’s
Association.’’ The following officers were
elected: President, E.O. Brooks, of Banning;
Vice President, VV. C. Aycock, VVliites
hiirg; Secretary, J. O. Perkins, Atlanta;
Treasurer, VV. M. Music, of Bremen.
The object of the association :s to
prevent, if pos-ible. by a co-operation
of the sawmill men the cutting of prices,
which has proven disastrous to their business.
They desire to complete an organization
which shall regulate and control their affairs
f r the protection of all concerned. The
afternoon session was spent in the discussion
of a constitution. At 6 o'clock the meeting
adjourned, nn-1 nt night met in the hall of the
material men of Atlanta, who extended a
hearty invitation to the millers. It is under
stood that the jnaieriul men of Atlanta and
in the business generally are in sympathy
with the movement. The night session lasted
until 10 o’clock, and about completed the con
stitution. The association met again yester
day to perfect its by-laws and to consider
whatever business may lie brought iH-forc it.
Thursday night a number of millers arrived in
the city to take part in the proceedings, and a
very full attendance was expected yesterday.
Tiie saw* milling interests of Georgia and Ala
bama will tie very Lilly represented, and the.
action of the meeting will lie important.
FLORIDA.
A IT',-foot shark has been caught in Ma
taczas river.
Pettus ami Douglas, of Monticello. went
hunting last week anti slaughtered eleven
deer.
A Cleveland and Perry Club was organized
at Waldo last Saturday with forty-six mem
bers.
A substantial bridge is to be built across the
Aueilla river, at Reams’ Ferrv, in .Jefferson
county.
Three new stores have opened within the
past week at Orlando, and still another in a
few days.
A Democratic Convention will be held in
Monticello on Sept. 4 to nominate a legisla
tive ticket.
The Independent County Convention in St.
•John's county will be held at St. Augustine on
Saturday, Aug. 21.
The Pensacola Fish ami Ice Company is tak
ing advantage of the slack-up in trade to re
pair the fish wharf.
Orange trees in and around Sumterville are
looking well, and the yield of fruit will equal
if not surpass that of last year.
Major Humphreys ha* forwarded his resig
nation as Clerk of the Unit, and States District
and Circuit Courts to Judges Pardee and Set
tle, respectively,
The Tax Assessor could not get a complete
census of the school children of Alachua
county, as a great many refused to give the
names and ages of their children for fear they
would have to pay taxes on them.
The Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany, amt the Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railway Company are engaged in a lively
tight as to which shall secure the transporta
tion of the cotton crop of Middle Florida.
Lake City correspondence News. Aug. 20:
Mr. Duval Self shipped the first bale of sea
island cotton to-dav this season, ginned by
Capt. Hart.—J. E. Young and J. F. Raya,
leave Tor New York to-oay.—Sea island cotton
is worth tip. cents per pound.—Rain is injuring
the crop. Cotton will make an averuge crop.
The Republican nominee for the State Sen
ate in Hillsborough county is F. E Hughes.
After balloting, roll calling and several
rounds of speeches from the 210 delegates the
Hollowing were nominated as candidates for
the State Legislature: M. M. Lewey, Wm
Trapp. Joseph Rowe and J. N. Clinton, all
colored.
The State Democratic Executive Commit
tee has had printed a list of the names, color
and residence of persons convicted in the Cir
cuit Courts of the State and sent to the State
prison from the year I*oß to 1884. There has
been convicted ami sentenced for the years
stated 1,156 persons for various crimes, from
larceny to murder. Of this number IS2 were
white and 974 colored. The number sentenced
from Jefferson county is 6*.
State Politics.
George W. Adams is a Senatorial candidate
in the Fifteenth district.
Hon. David M. Roberts will be pressed for
Judge of the Oconee judicial circuit.
The Republicans will probably put no State
ticket in nomination. Presidential electors
will be voted for, however.
t apt. Henry Persons has determined to
make the race for Congress as an Independ
ent Democrat, and will open the campaign
in a speech at Carrollton on the first Monday
in September.
DANGER IX THE FLASHES.
Lightning Plays Havoc in the Towns
Around Troy, N. V.
Troy, N. Y., Aug. 22. — A severe hail
and rain storm took place in this section
yesterday afternoon. Several houses were
struck by lightning and slightly damaged
in Lansingburg. Two valuable barns
were burned at Brunswick. At Green
bush lightning struck the house of Clark
Lapee. Miss Idella Lee, one of the in
mates was struck. She is badly hurt, hut
not fatally burned.
Thomas Gray, while walking on the
railroad track near Johnsonville, was
knocked down and rendered unconscious
by a bolt ot lightning, but recovered.
"in various places trees were torn up by
the roots, fences destroyed and buildings
injured.
The Hudson River Knitting Mill at
Stillwater was partially unroofefA
The house of John Mattisnn Cam
bridge, Washington county, wlKtruck
by lightning and Sarah Alien was killed
and a daughter of Mattison fatally in
jured. The bouse took lire.
Truly the most important adulterations
to avoid are those which are calculated to
injure the ‘‘staff of life”—our family
bread. We know that merchants who
supply their customers with pure articles
like Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder,
retain better patrons, besides tbe satisfac
tion of having sold an article that can be
used with safety.
THE TALLAPOOSA SUNK.
A COLLISION WITH A SCHOONER
TOO MICH FOR THE OLD TUB.
The Surgeon and Three of the Crew
Lost—The Crash Charged to Gross
Carelessness on the Part of the
Steamer—The Gate City Picking Up
Survivors.
Cottage City, Mass., Aug. 22.—The
United States steamship Tallapoosa sunk
off here last night. The survivors £ave
been landed at Wood’s Hole. She col
lided with a large three-masted schooner.
She lies with her mainmast and the top
ol her smokestack out of water. The Tal
lapoosa is a paddle-wheel vessel of 630
tons, and carries two guns. She was
used as a dispatch boat. It is stated that
two lives were lost by the disaster.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
Washington, Aug. 22. —Commannder
English, Acting Secretary of the Navy,
this morning received the following tele
gram from Lieut. Commander Merry, com
manding the United States steamship Tal
lapoosa, dated at Wood’s Hole, in regard
to the sinking of that vessel:
The Tallapoosa was sunk by collision with
the schooner James S. Lowell about five miles
east of Vineyard Haven at 11:15 o’clock last
night. She lies in midchannsl in about ten
fathoms of water. The schooner struck on
our starboard fore rigging, cutting clear
through to amidships. The Tallapoosa sunk
in about five minutes. The schooner was
damaged about the bow. As far as ascertained
Passed Assistant Surgeon Clarence E. Black
and George A. Foster, a landsman, are miss
ing. We came to Wood’s Hole at daylight bv
the steamer Gate City. The Fishhawk has
gone to the scene of the wreck. Please give
me instructions. The wreck should be lighted
for the safety of navigation.
The Tallapoosa left Boston yesterday
morning with freight for Newport. She
left Washington Navy Yard about July
14 with freight for Northern yards.
Secretary Chandler joined her at New
York with a party of ladies, and sailed
in her to Portsmouth N. H., and vicinity.
THE TALLAPOOSA’S OFFICERS.
Following is a list ot the officers of the
Tallapoosa: Lieut. Commander John F.
Merry, Lieut. W r . 11. Everett, Lieut F. E.
Beatty, Passed Assistant Surgeon C. E.
Black. Passed Assistant Paymaster A.
C. Tiffany, Passed Assistant Engineer
W*. P. Towne, mates J. W. Baxter,
L. B. Gallagher and Hugh Kuhl,
and Paymaster’s clerk James Bishop,
Jr. No definite information can be ob
tained nt the Navy Department as to the
exact character and extent of the freight
and stores on the Tallapoosa at the time
ol the accident. She was engaged in
transporting freight to and from different
yards, and what she had left or what she
had received at Boston is not known here.
Secretary Chandler was to have joined
the Tallapoosa at Newport and some of
his personal effects were on the vessel
when she sunk. Commodore English at
once telegraphed to Secretary Chandler
in New York, notifying him of the acci
dent, and also telegraphed to Rear Ad
miral Luce at Newport, commanding the
North Atlantic station, to at once dispatch
a vessel of his squadron, now at Newport,
to the scene ot the wreck, and to take
such steps as the circumstances may re
quire.
THE TALLAPOOSA’S HISTORY.
The Tallapoosa is a wooden side-wheel
steamer and was used principally as a
transport and dispatch vessel. She was
originally built of white oak at the Boston
navy yard in 1863, and was rebuilt at Bal
timore in 1874, when extensive internal
improvements were made, including a
large and elegant cabiu. During the war
she did blockade duty on the Southern
coast, and was frequently used in the
transportation of troops and sailors.
Since then she has been engaged in carry
ing freight to different yards. She was
also in demand as a pleasure boat, pos
sessing peculiar advantages anu facilities
for the accommodation of passengers.
Secretaries Itobeson, Thompson, Hunt
and Chandler have frequently used her in
making inspection trips. She was fre
quently the subject of ridicule, but never
theless’ was regarded as a good vessel of
her kind. Her last trip in South
ern waters was on the occasion
of President Arthur’s visit to Florida.
Her average speed was 10 knots per hour.
Her dimensions are: Length on the load
line 240 feet and extreme breadth 33 feet.
Her tonnage is6so and displacement 1,270.
She was rigged as a schooner and carried
an area of 4,300 feet of canvas. During
the illness ot President Garfield it was
contemplated that he should be taken to
sea on this vessel, and arrangements were
made for his. accommodation, but the trip
was abandoned as impracticable, and the
dying President was taken to Elberon
instead. From a statement prepared
by the Chief of the Bureau of
Construction and Repair, it appears that
the total cost of the Tallapoosa, up to Oct.
1, 1881, Including all repairs, but without
her machinery, was $303,833. Commodore
English this afternoon telegraphed Com
mauder, Merry at Wood’s Hole to allow
those ol his officers whose services are
not required to proceed to
their homes, and to send the
crew to either Boston or New York,
as may prove most convenient. Com
mander Merry is to remain in the vicin
ity of the wreck to await further instruc
tions.
STORY OF THE SINKING.
Boston, Aug. 22. —The facts of the
sinking of the United States steamer
Tallapoosa are as follows:
The Tallapoosa with 140 men and offi
cers was bound to Newport to take on
board Secretary Chandler. At 11 o’clock
last night during a thick fog,when 3 miles
northeast ot Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vine
yard, she was struck on her how by the
schooner James S. Lowell, of Bath, Capt.
Reed, from Baltimore for Portland, with
a cargo of coal. The Tallapoosa’s side was
crushed in and she sank in live minutes
in about 10 fathoms of water. As she
went down her whistle was blown as a
signal of distress and It was heard by the
Boston and Savannah steamer Gate City,
bound for the latter port. She came up
immediately and, with the schooner Mary
A. Hood, who happened to be in the
vicinity, rescued the crew, with the ex
ception of the surgeon and one man, who
are said to be missing. The Gate City
blew her whistle and the steamer
Fishhawk lying at the wharf at YVood’j?
Hole, sent out her steam launch. The
Gate City lay to until 3 o’clock, transfer
ring the crew to the launch. They were
all landed at Wood’s Hole. The Talla
poosa lies on what is known as Squash
Meadow Flat, and her smokestack and
topmasts are visible. The schooner Jas.
S. Lowell has also on board several of the
Tallapoosa’s crew.
CAPT. REED'S STATEMENT.
Capt. Reed, of the schooner James L.
Lowell, states in relation to the collision
that he was passing through the sound
last night with a strong southwest wind,
having all sails set. The vessel was going
at least 9 knots. The night was clear but
dark. When two miles away the lookout
reported “a light ahead.”
Shortly it was seen to be a red light, and I
said, speaking to the wheelman, "Red light;
keep her straight.” 1 stood near the wheel
during all the time, and the course was n >t
altered until word came that a green light
could he seen. To avoid a collision, seeing
that the steamer was doing nothing to
avoid us. I ordered the helmsman to
bear down, but before it could be
done and before my vessel had altered
her course the two vessels t truck each other,
their stems coining together exactly. Our
yessel’s stem glanced bv the Tallapoosa’s anil
penetrated her hull. After the vessels hal
stopped the steamer swung around alongside
the Lowell, and her crew might have jumped
on board, but it was not then known what
was the condition of either vessel. After get
ting my family, who were on board as passen
gers. into a boat, I examined the vessel aud
found that she was leaking quite badly,
though not in danger of sinking.
THE PLUNGE OF THE TALLAPOOSA.
The Tallapoosa drifted away from us and
sank within ten minutes, before many of her
officers and crew had left her. As she went
down those wlio could do so took to the rigging
and were taken off later. The schooner
Marie R. Wood came along and assisted in
saving the crew, and later the passing steamer
Gate City, of the Savannah line, was signaled
and came to our assistance. After all the
saved had l>een transferred to her she steamed
awav to Wood's Hole. Our vtssel is badly
damaged, her stem being started and the
wood'ends injured. She made twenty-one
inches of water. In a short time we were
under way proceeding to Vineyard Haven.
OTHER STATEMENTS.
There is difficulty in obtaining the story
of the steamer, her executive officer, to
whom reporters are referred, declining to
make any statement. One of the men of
the lookout on the steamer says that he
saw the schooner’s lights 15 minutes be
fore the collision, and reported the fact.
Several of the crew of the steamer ac
knowledged the steamer to be at fault.
Brieflv the facts are that the schooner was
steering southeast by south halt east, and
the steamer in exactly the opposite direc
tion, with the sailing vessel having the
right ot way by law. Many of the men
were a considerable time in the water,
ten of them being fished up nearly half
an hour after the steamer’s sink
ing. Numerous wrecking schooners
and the steamers Fishhawk and Verbena
are cruising about the sound in the vicin
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1884.
ity seeking to secure the bodies of the
drowned and any wreckage that may float.
Later advices from Cottage City report
that tour persons were drowned from the
Tallapoosa, Dr. Clarence E. Black, Sur
geon; Wm. O’Donnell, a seaman of Bos
ton; Wm. Jones, a landsman, of Wash
ington, and George Foster.a colored saloon
boy.
• THE SURVIVORS AT BOSTON.
Lieut. William H. Everett, Executive
Officer. Ensign William B. Whittlesev, and
Mate Hugh Kuhl, with 100 men from the
wrecked Tallapoosa, arrived in this city
to-night and proceeded to the navy vard,
where they go upon waiting orders. Lieut.
Everett says that he believed that the
Tallapoosa acted rightly in the matter to
avoid the line of water which the schooner
would cover. lie was not on deck at the
time of the collision, but from the conver
sation he has since had he feels convinced
that the steamer was in the right. He
says:
The two vessels were coming in
diametrically opposite directions head
on. The schooner should have
kept straight along and we
should have passed to one side of her,
but it would seem as though the officers
in charge of the schooner were afraid that
we would not alter our course, and turned
their vessel’s head from her proper course.
Now it is a perfectly easy thing to avoid a
fixed point, but when that point keeps
bobbing around there is no telling what
to do. The x r ery way the schooner struck
us would indicate that she had changed
her course, coming as she did full head
into us instead of grazing alongside. The
st itements of others ot the steamer, how
ever, would tend to show that a different
set of movements were followed.
COLOR BLINDNESS ALLEGED.
The general opinion among the sailors
is that the schooner was going in such a
way as to leave the Tallapoosa the option
of passing astern or across her bows.
The Tallapoosa chose the latter course,
and in endeavoring to glide in front was
run into by the schooner. Says a sailor
who claims to have been in the pilot
house at the time of the disaster: “The
Captain, navigator and mate saw the
lights of the schooner, but disputed
whether it was a green or red light, and
finally the Captain exclaimed, ‘Well,
do something; turn her one way
or the other, and then we struck. One of
the men at the wheel declares that they
gave the order hard a starboard, when it
ought to have been aport. Wherever the
fault rests certain it is that the schooner
plunged full head into the Tallapoosa on
her starboard bow, and cut clean through
the timbers of the vessel, opening a large
hole for the water to pour in. About 16
men were on the deck of the government
boat on watch on deck, hut according to
the statement of several of the watch they
and most of their comrades were asleep
forward.
A SCRAMBLE FOR LIFE.
The men of the crew below were rudely
awakened by a terrific shock and sprang
hastily from their hammocks. The water
flooded both decks, and instantly the sail
ors, abandoning everything, rushed on
deck through the debris. There they
found the confusing noise so great as to
drown all the words of the officers. It
was caused by escaping steam through the
whistle. The steam was quickly cut off
and then the only order of the hour was
heard: “Man the boats and abandon
the ship.” There was no con
fusion only a great degree of haste.
Some 20 or 30 men took to the water in
stead of the boats. All this happened in
a little ovm* 5 minutes. The Tallapoosa
had already begun to settle, and in a few
minutes her hull was completely sub
merged. Not one of the head officers had
left the craft. Capt. Merry, Lieut. Everett,
Engineer Towns, Master Mechanic Stev
ens and Walker, and four sailors took to
the rigging, surmising that the depth of
water was not deep enough to submerge
the maintop. Ensign Whittlesey aud
Mate Gallagher clung to the ridge rope.
PICKING UP THE CREW.
The colliding schooner had stood by to
aid and the boats made to her as well as
to the second schooner, Mary A. liook,
which hove to in response to calls for
help. Having placed the men on board
the boats returned and took up the sail
ors floating in the water, and rescued the
others from the rigging. Oapt. Merry was
the last, man toleavehis vessel, and Lieut.
Everett left only just before him. No at
tempt was made to save personal effects.
The men were later transferred to the
steamer Gate City, from Boston for
Savannah, which brought them to
Wood’s Hole. The men as above
stated, reached here this evening, Capt.
Merry remaining with a few seamen at
Wood’s Hole. Of the four men reported
lost only two are known certainly to have
perished. Surgeon Clarence E. Black,
at the time ot the disaster, was below in
the ward room. The Captain’s mate
being injured in the hand when the mast
fell, hurried to have the surgeon attend to
the wound. As he was so doing the cry
of “abandon the ship” rang out.
THE SURGEON’S FATE.
The two men hastened on deck. The
surgeon made his way aft to the hur
ricane deck. There he* stood under the
awning, which was spread. Holding fast
to settle he did not seem to realize his
perilous position, anti when Lieut.
Everett perceiving him called out that he
had better provide himsel! with a life pre
server, the surgeon responded “Where
are they? The Lieutenant pointed them
out, but his friend did not move. A sailor
hurrying by heard the officer remark to
himself: “Well, I guess this is the last of
Black,” and almost immediately
the vessel sank. It is supposed
that the awning prevented the
officer from clearing himself from
the wreck and he was immediately
drowned. The second man lost was a
colored saloon hand named Geo. Foster,
belonging in Norfolk, Va. He had quick
ly seized a life-preserver and rushing to
the hurricane deck threw himself, pre
server in hand, over the stern. His body
struck upon one of the monkey rails and
he was probably instantly killed, for the
preserver floated but the body was not to
be seen. The other two missing men,
William O’Donnell, a seaman of Boston,
and AV. E. Jones, a landsman of Wash
ington 5 are confidently believed to have
stowed themselves away on the Gate
City.
THE STATE PAIR.
Everytliing Tending to Insure Its Suc
cess—Georgia at New Orleans.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 22.—President Liv
ingston and the Executive Committee of
the Georgia Agricultural Society met at
Macon to-day to arrange the details of
the approaching State Fair, renting
ground privileges and fixing the order of
the programme. Tuesday of fair week
was set aside for the visit of Thomas A.
Hendricks and the meeting of the young
farmers’ clubs throughout the South.
Wednesday night there will be a pyro
technic display. Arrangements are being
made for a display of Jerseys from all
over Georgia and the South." The pros
pect for the fair is very encouraging.
United States Commissioner Bacon, of
Savannah, met the Executive Committee
to-day regarding the Georgia exhibit at
the New Orleans Exposition.
Florida’s Metropolis.
Jacksonville, Aug 22.—The Pensa
cola Gophers left here this morning to
cross bats with the Savannah Dixies.
The laying of iron on the Jacksonville
Tampa and Key West Railroad com
mences at Palatka on Sept. 1, anu tkill be
pushed to Sanford.
Dougherty passed through this citv to
day in line spirits and hopetul of success.
He reports large meetings and good feel
ing up the river. He speaks at Madison
to-morrow.
The Democratic primaries for the
Duval County Convention were held to
night.
From the present outlook it is probable
that two Republican tickets will be nomi
nated for the Legislature in Duval county.
An Aged School Teacher Turns Rapist.
Eufaula, Ala., Aug. 22.— A man
named Atkinson, a school teacher at Lou
isville, in Barbour county, has been ar
rested for outraging a pupil named Miss
Hicks, and aged 12 years. Atkinson is
60 years old, and has been a widower for
30 years. The news facilities are very
meagre from the locality, but the last re
port received this morning says that the
people in the settlement are greatly in
censed over tbe crime, and a violent end
of the criminal is almost certain. On
committing the deed Atkinson lied to
another settlement, and was making his
way out of the country when pursued and
captured.
Don’t Spill the Milk.
“There is no use crying over spilled
milk,” says the old saw. If you are not
only bald, but have no life in the roots of
your hair, there is no use crying over that,
either. Take both time and yourself by
the torelock, while there is a forelock left.
Apply Parker’s Hair Balsam to your hair
before matters get worse. It w’iil arrest
the tailing off of your hair and restore its
original color, gloss and soltness. It is a
perfect dressing withal—clean, richly per
lumed, cools and heals the scalp.
A PARTY WITHOUT HONOR
REPUBLICANS BETRAY DEMO
CRATIC CONFIDENCE.
Protection Speeches Concealed In Wrap
pers Palmed Off by the Senate Fold
ing Koom on the Democratic Cam
paign Committee as Voorhees’ Speech
on McSweeney's Imprisonment—An
Unintentional Mistake Pleaded in Ex
tenuation.
Washington, Aug. 22. — Secretary Post
of the Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee discovered to-day that
that committee was inadvertently help
ing along the Republican campaign by
distributing Republican documents. The
Democratic Committee has been sending
out as one of its principal campaign docu
ments the speech delivered by Senator
Voorhees on the imprisonment of Me-
Sweeny, the Irish suspect, by the British
officials during the Garfield administra
tion, and copies of these speeches are ob
tained by the committee by re
quisition upon the Senate fold
ing room. They are delivered to
the committee in quantities ot several
thousand at a time already folded In
wrappers, and are addressed by the com
mittee’s employes and placed in the mails.
It appears to have been the custom of the
committee to rely altogether upon the in
tegrity and care of the Senate folding
room officials, and to mail the documents
received by them withe at examination.
To-day, however, an employe of the com
mittee discovered by accidentally opening
one of the documen ts that he was about to
mail that instead of Mr. Voorhees’ speech.
The committee was distributing where
they would do most good, a Republican
campaign document entitled “The History
and Beneficence of Protection,” made up
of speeches ou the protection side of the
tariff question delivered in the House of
Representatives last winter. An ex
amination followed, and disclosed the
fact that all the supposed Voorhees
speeches in the possession of the com
mittee were copies of this document.
Secretary Post went at once to the Su
perintendent of the folding room aud took
him to task about the matter, and was
informed that the'*substitution of one
document for the other was an honest
mistake. It is not known how many of
the Republican documents were sent out
by the Democratic committee, and they
themselves have no means ot establishing
the fact.
Dll. WOODWARD’S DEATH.
Hard Study and an Accident the Causes
Which Led to the Demise.
Washington, Aug. 22.—Mr. McPher
son, who wa9 Dr. J. J. Woodward’s con
fidential clerk, stated to a reporter to-day
that Dr. Woodward’s death was reported
to his friends as due to an accident, and
that, he believed, was what was under
stood bj r the members of the family. The
accident occurred five hours before death
aud produced a fatal hemorrhage. “It is
not possible that he committed suicide,”
said Mr. McPherson. “He was not that
kind of a man.” Dr. Woodward’s mala
dy was caused, his friends state, by over
taxing his brain with study. At the time
President Garfield was shot he
had just recovered from the effects of an
accident while riding on Pennsylvania
avenue, by which one of his legs was
broken, and he was hardly able to get
around. The care and attention bestowed
by him upon the President’s case in his
weakened condition seriously impaired
his health, hut after the President’s death
he resumed his confining and exhausting
labors at the Medical Museum. He was
a persistent student, and after leaving his
office in the evening, carried his labors far
into the night in his studv at home.
CHILDREN LED ASTRAY.
A Vicious Society in Chicago Brought
Under the Ban.
Chicago, Aug. 22.— Henry Mohler, O.
N. Radeliffe, James McEwan, Fidelia
Parker, Mrs. A. E. Pease and Eliza B.
Slater were held in bail this morning on
a complaint by the Humane Society,
charging them with cruelty to children.
It appears that they profess to be leaders
of some sort of a religious sect, the char
acter of which is not clearly shown,
though from certain letters it appears
that some of the men indulge in most vi
cious and licentious practices. Twelve
children were found in their possession,
the older ones claiming to have been
cruelly treated and kept without suffi
cient food. The prisoners claim to be
“caring for God’s orphans,” and say that
they have no means of support except
faith in the Lord. The neighbors say that
there have been frequent deaths among
the children.
PROMOTION FOR SCHLEY.
Commodore English Resigns from the
Bureau of Equipment.
Washington, Aug. 22. —Commodore
English has tendered his resigantion
as Chief of the Bureau of Equipment
and Recruiting, to take effect Sept. 5,
which the Secretary ot the Navy has ac
cepted. He will then* have been promo
ted to the grade of Rear Admiral, and
leave New York Sept. 10 for Southampton
and assume command of the European
squadron about Sept. 18, in place of Rear
Admiral Baldwin, who will be placed on
the retired list Sept. 3.
Commander W. S. Schley, commander
of the Greely relief expedition, will suc
ceed Commodore English as Chief of the
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.
Secretary Chandler in accepting Commo
dore English’s resignation speaks in com
plimentary terms of his management of
the affairs in his office.
MURRAY ON THE MASSACRE.
He Hits Tennessee’s Representatives a
Rlow from Behind.
Salt Lake City, Aug. 22.—Gov. Mur
ray to-day sent the following dispatch to
the Governor of Tennessee:
Salt Lake, Aug. 22, 1884.
irov. W. />. Bate, Nashville, Term.:
D spatches indicate that you are exerting
yourself to vindicate the laws in the matter
of the murder of Mormon missionaries in
Tennessee. I thank you for this action.
Charges of preaching polygamy do not ex
cuse murder. I trust that you may bring the
guilty to punishment, thereby preventing
such lawlessness. Lawlessness in Tennessee
and Utah ia alike reprehensible, but the
murdered Jtaunon agents .in Tennessee
were senHBKl here as agents
have been years by representatives of
organized ci I submit that as the ienn
escee in Congress are to say
the least inftwerent to the punishment of
offenders against the national law in Utah, it
is a cowardly outrage for their constituents
to kill emigrant azen.s sent there from here.
Eli H. Murray, Governor.
A REWARD OFFERED.
Gov. Bate to-day offered a reward of
SI,OOO for the arrest of any of the persons
engaged in the massacre of Mormon
Elders in Lewis county.
KILLS HIS WIFE AVHILE CRAZY.
Fancying Burglars In His House He
Stabs the Woman with a Scissors.
Jackson, Mich., Aug. 22.— Thomas
Murphy, a mechanic employed in Smith
Middling’s purifier and who has lately
been in bad health, became excited at 2
o’clock this morning in the belief that bur
glars were in the house and attacked his
wife and stabbed her with a scissors five
times. One wound in the throat severed
the arteries, and in ten minutes the un
fortunate woman bled to death, her
screams being beard by their children.
They entered and dragged their father off.
When he realized that he had
slaiu his wife he was frantic,
and running nearly two miles to police
headquarters, he gave himself up. Mur
phy is aged 47. His wife was 46. Five
children are nearly grown, and the family
has always lived "happily. The Coroner
held an inquest this evening.
Texas’ Miscegenation Excitement.
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 22,— The re
ported arrest of Gov. Ireland at Houston
is false. Gov. Ireland, accompanied by
Hon. Barnett Gibbs, candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, Congressmen Well
born and Miller, together with about 100
delegates to the late convention, arrived
at Galveston last evening. Marshal Tracy
iulormed a representative of the Associ
ated Press that he had no intention of
arresting Gov. Ireland during his attend
ance upon the State Convention at Hous
ton. The Marshal has no fears that the
Governor will seek to avoid service of the
warrant, and hence be has selected
another time ami place for the arrest of
the Governor under the Francios affidavit.
The rose bud opening to the morn.
While yet the uew hangs on the thorn,
Exhales less sweetness than is wont
To breathe from lips that Sozodont
Has touched with a soft crimson glow
That shows the dazzling teeth off so.
RESUBMISSION ON TOP.
Kansas Democrats and Antl-Prohlbl
tlonists Pool Their Interests.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 22.— At yester
day afternoon’s session of the Democratic
State Convention the conference commit
tee reported recommending that the Re
submissionists be given a place on the
Democratic State ticket. The report was
adopted and the convention proceeded to
nominate State officers. Gov. Glick was
renominated by acclamation. The Gov
ernor acknowledged the honor in a long
speech, reviewing his administration and
declaring in favor of a resubmission of
the prohibitory amendment.
C. K. Hailiday, a submissionist Repub
lican, was then named for Lieutenant
Governor, whereupon a motion was made
to appoint a committee of three to invite
and escort the Resubmission Convention
to the Democratic Convention to see the
latter nominate their ticket. The motion
was carried, and a few minutes later the
members of the Resubmission Convention
appeared in the hall and were greeted
with cheers. Their Chairman, J. G.
Gohler, was invited to the platform and
made a brief speech, declaring for Glick
and resubmission. Other speeches were
made, and then the nomination of candi
dates was proceeded with. Mr. Halliday’s
nomination was made unanimous, and the
ticket was completed as follows:
For Secretary of State. Eugene Hagan;
for Attorney General, G. P. Smith; lor
Auditor, Hugh V*. Garigan; for Treas
urer, \V. O. liutman; for Superintendent
of Public Instruction, S. M. J. Keyes; for
Chief Justice, E. W. P. Campbell; for
Associate Justice, T. A. Hurd. A State
Central Committee was then elected and
the convention adjourned. An immense
ratification meeting was held last night.
RESCBMISSIONISTS CHEERING.
At yesterday afternoon’s Resubmission
Convention the report of the conference
committee came up again, and while be
ing discussed the committee from the
Democratic Convention appeared and an
nounced that they had nominated C. K.
Holliday for Lieutenant Governor, and
invited them to come over and witness
the nomination of the remainder of the
ticket. This announcement was received
with great applause, and after the ap
pointment of a Resubmission State Cen
tral Committee the convention adjourned,
with three cheers for Glick and Holliday.
COOK GOMEZ ARRESTED.
Ha Professes to Believe that the Cap
tain Died a Natural Death.
New York, Aug. 22.— Peter Gomez
alias John Williams, who was steward of
the schooner Julia Baker, whose Captain,
James Lewis, is supposed to have been
murdered by Walker, the mate, was a
passenger on board the steamship Cien
fuegos, which arrived here this morning.
Immediately upon reaching her pier the
Purser gave to a policeman sealed in
structions from the Chief of Police and
the United States Consul at Nassau, giv
ing information about Gomez, and ask
ing that he be arrested.
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
The policeman took Gomez to the head
quarters of the police. The letters from
the Chief of Police and Consul stated that
the cargo of the Julia Baker nad been
stolen; that it was suspected that the
Captain had been murdered, and that
Mate Walker and Gomez were thought to
have taken part in both crimes. Gomez
was taken before United States Commis
sioner Shields, who held him for exami
nation. Gomez stated to a reporter that
he shipped as steward on the Julia Baker
in June last. They sailed from this port
on Thursday. He did not know the date.
LEWIS’ DEATH.
Capt. Lewis was ill. He was no better
the next day and they lay off Red Bank
until Monday, aud then at the order of
the mate went on their course for
Martinique. The Captain grew worse and
on the next Friday died. His body was
thrown overboard. They sailed to Long
Key in the Bahamas, where the mate sold
the deck load ot lumber and said that he
was going to Trinidad for a cargo.
Gomez says he thought this suspicious
and at the next port they touched, Orange
Key, he left the* vessel.* He says that he
does not think that anyone was responsi
ble for the Captain’s* death, but thinks
that the mate did wrong in disposing of
the cargo. He says that he obtained
some of the money. Gormez was held in
$25,000 bail.
OUR AGENT ON THE CONGO.
Mr, Tisdell Appointed on Account of
His Eminent Qualifications.
Washington, Aug. 22.— Official an
nouncement is made to-day of the appoint
ment of Willard P. Tisdell, of Paines
ville, 0., as agent of the United States
to the Congo Association, which office
was created by the act making appropria
tions for the consular and diplomatic ser
vice of the government for the current
fiscal year.
It is stated at the Department of State
that Mr. Tisdell has been closely identi
fied with the commercial interests of the
country during the last 12 years and
has traveled extensively in nearly all
parts of the world. From 1873 to 18*77 he
was General Agent of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company in Mexico, Central
and South America, having entire
charge of the company’s business in those
countries, and having negotiated tne con
tract for mail service which now exists
between the company and the countries
referred to. He also established a steam
ship service between New York and Bra
zil, having negotiated contracts with the
Emperor of Brazil in 1877, for the United
States and Brazil Steamship Company,
the superintendency of which company
he has held up to a recent date.
Mr. Tisdell speaks the Portuguese lan
guage, which is the commercial lan
guage of the Congo, and has had some ex
perience as a traveler in Africa. He also
speaks French, Spanish aud Italian, and
was selected by the President because of
his peculiar fitness for the place. He will
soon set out for his post of duty.
THE LAWYERS ADJOURN.
Officers Elected and Committees to
Look into Important Questions Ap.
pointed.
Saratoga, Aug. 22.— The closing day’s
session of the American Bar Association
was called to order this morning by the
President. The meeting was opened by
the nomination and election of officers, as
follows: President, John W. Stevenson,
of Kentucky; Secretary, Edward Otis
Hinckley, of Baltimore; Treasurer,
Francis Rawle, of Pennsylvania; Execu
tive Committee, Luke P. Poland, of Ver
mont. Simon E. Baldwin, of Connecticut,
and William Allen Butler, of New York.
The Secretary and Treasurer are ex
officio members of the committee. A Vice
President and local council of four were
elected for each State belonging to the
association. The Committee on Inter
national Law were instructed to look
into the question of the establishment of
a bureau of registrarv of births, marriages
and deaths. The Committee on Judicial
Admiuistration were instructed to take
action in relation to the bill in Congress
to relieve the pressure of business in the
Supreme Court. After the passage of
several minor resolutions the association
adjourned sine die.
THE IKON OUTPUT.
Plans for a General Restriction Meet
ing with Success.
Cleveland, 0., Aug. 22.—The Iron
Trade lievieic to-day received the follow
ing:
Louisville, Kr., Aug. 22, 1884.
Up to Tuesday night 823 furnace?, repre
senting an annual capacity of 4,000,000 tons,
bail replied to a circular issued from this city
asking them if they would agree to restrict
the production of iron for a certain time. Of
these 18,000,000 tons capacity are out of blast
and agree to remain so, 750.000 use all they
make, or have contracted their
entire production, and are not sellers
of iron. Of the remaining 14.000,000 capacity
who make iron for market 110,000 agree to re
strict production. The Western Pig Iron As
sociation has just issued a circular amending
the proposition by asking the participants to
leave non-sellers as well as idle furnaces out
of the calculation, as non-sellers do not affect
stocks in cither wav. This will undoubtedly
be accepted, in which case the movement
promises to be a success.
George H. Hull & Cos.
Illinois’ Afflicted Cattle.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 22.— 1n view
of tbe presence of pleuro-pneumonia the
State Veterinarian has sent a notice to all
owners of infected herds compelling them
to maintain a strict quarantine.
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A BIG ROW IK ATLANTA.
COLLINS GRABS A RUNNER AND
SETS THE CROWD WILD.
The Atlanta Directors Decree That He
Shall Not Play On Their Grounds
Again—The Stars the Champions—The
Chathams Snowed Under—Other Sport
ing Events.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 22.—The Stars
won their fourth game in the series with
the Atlantas this afternoon by a score of 8
to 3. The game was notable, so far as the
Atlantas were concerned, for errors,
some of them being beyond excuse. The
nine made twelve errors to the Stars’
three. The Stars made the only earned
run of the came. Johnson, who pitched
for the Stars, was struck six times to
Muller’s one. While the eighth inning
was being played quite a disturbance
took place on the diamond, which for a
time threatened to prove a serious affair.
Heinsman reached first base, and while
there another striker knocked a fly,
which was caught. As soon as the
ball left the bat Heinsman commenced to
run for second base. Collins caught hold
ofhim andby pulling him back delayed
his actions. The Atlantas seeing this be
came wild with indiguatiou. Umpire
Friend decided that Heinsman was en
titled to his second base. Mr. Bussy, the
manager of the Stars, upon being ap
pealed to, requested the umpire to give
Heinsman an entire run, which was done.
This did not satisfy the Atlantas. The audi
ence, which was larger than ever, yelled
itself hoarse with indignation, and wanted
Collins fired lrom the grounds. To make
matters worse the excited hun
dreds filed into the diamond to take
part in the difficulty if war should
occur. Disorder reigned supreme for
nearly half an hour, all hands knowing
exactly how to settle the matter. The
umpire was 6ide-tracked and the audience
took upon itself authority to umpire the
game. Emory Speer, director of the At
lantas, wanted Collins expelled. Mr.
Grady did not see how such a thing could
be done, and wanted peace restored and
playing resumed. Several directors ol
the Atlantas held a short meeting, and
upon taking a vote decided to expel Col
lins. To-night the directors held a meet
ing at Mr. Speer’s office. Upon an ex
amination of the authorities they found
that the decision of the umpire was cor
rect. They, however, decided not to allow
Collins to handle a stick on their grounds
any longer. Mr. Bussey, manager of the
Stare, hearing this, says that he will not
play another game with the Atlantas un
less Collins is allowed to work the firt%,
base as usual; that the redress for the ac
tion ot Collins Atlanta has already had,
and more, too. At a late hour to-night
matters stood in this shape: The Stars
winning the game to-dav gives them the
championship over the 'Atlantas, and if
another game is played between the two
clubs it will be only an exhibition game.
THE CHATHAMS’ WATERLOO.
Ths Macon Volunteers Take Them into
Camp to the Tune of 33 to 10.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 22.—The Chatham
base ball nine arrived here this
meaning and has been the guests of the
Macon Volunteers the entire day. A
large audience, many of v*hom were
ladies, witnessed the game at the park
this afternoon. Much enthusiasm was
manifested. J. F. Cann, of Savannah,
was selected as umpire. The Chathams
wotf the toss and sent their opponents to
the bat. The Volunteers batted the pitch
ing of T. Cann unmercifully, his
straight balls being knocked all over the
field. The Chathams became demoral
ized, aud the Volunteers scored eleven
runs in the first inning. The Chathams
only made one. In the sixth inning Cohen
retired from the Chatham nine, and J. F.
Cann ceased umpiring and went into the
pitcher’s box. G. W. Cann played
short stop. Bailey went to third
base. A. B. Palmer to left field, and Wil
son to centre field. Hal. Johnson, who
was scoring, commenced umpiring in
place of J. F. Cann. The Vol
unteers found Cann’s spiral curves hard
to hit. He kept down the score. Had he
pitched in the first inning the result
would have been closer. He did the best
playing of the Obathams. Bond, on the
Macon nine, who had been transferred
from centre field to first base, had a
finger nail torn off by a hot liner thrown
by the catcher, and had to retire from the
game. Isaacs was substituted in his
place. Subers, of the Macon nine, was
struck on the nose by a hall thrown
from the catcher and knocked down and
had to change his nosition. The Chat
hams played finely towards the close of
the game. Their defeat by a score of 23
to 10 was a great surprise to everybody,
Macon is wild with delight. The deport
ment of the Chathams has won them the
good will of all.
THE SCORE BY INNINGS.
The score by innings is as follows:
Chathams 12000031 3—lo
Volunteers 11 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 1—23
The Chathams were to-night entertained
at the armory of the Macon Volunteers.
THE BROWNS BEAT THE CLINCHES.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 22.—1n to-day’s
Dali game the Browns won by a score of
9to 6. The base hits on Kilroy were 3
and Troy 11. The errors were; Browns
10, Clinches 14.
GAMES ELSEWHERE.
Washington, Aug. 22.—Games of base
ball were played to-day as follows:
At Washington—National 14. Wilmington 0.
At Baltimore—Baltimore S, Alleghany 6.
At Philadelphia—Cleveland 2, Philadel
phia 5.
At Lancaster, Pa.—lronside 8, Virginia 2.
At Cincinnati—Cincinnati and Indianapolis
played three innings without score, wh-n rain
postpon' and the game.
At Chicago—Cincinnati (Unions) games
stopped at end of fifth inning—rain. Score,
Chicago 3, Cincinnati 2.
At Boston—Boston (Unnns) 5, Baltimore
(Unions) 4.
At Kansas City—St. Louis (Unions) 3, Kan
sas City 6. The Kansas City club withdrew
during the ninth inniug and forfeited the
game on account of the decisions of the um
pire.
FAST HIDES IN THE SADDLE.
The Flyers at Saratoga and Brighton
Reach Still Showing their Heels.
Saratoga, N. TANARUS., Aug. 22.—The weath
er to-day was clear and very warm, and
the track dry and dusty. The events
were as follows :
First Race—Purse S3OO for two-year-olds;
maiden and non-winning allowances; live
furlongs. Ten Stone won' bv a length, w ith
Troubadour second and Lulu S. third. Time
1:03%.
second Race—Purse $350; one mile and a
furlong. Eulogy won, with Fred A. second
and Wil'dam third. Time 1:58.
Third Race—Purse $300; for horses that
have not won a race since July 18; weights
live pounds below the scale with additional
allowances; six furlongs. Ladv Lyon and
Lady Loud, with Northanner, were in front
from the start. Lady Lyon lu lil her lead to
within lOOyardsof the wire, where Lady Loud
won by a neck, with Lady Lvon second and
Northanner third. Time 1:16%.
Fourth Race —Purse $350; for all ages; sell
ing allowance; one mile. Inspector made the
running from the start, till a furlong from
the start Ilatchkiek took the lead and won by
a length, with Inspector second and Black
•lack third. Time 1:45.
AT BRIGHTON BEACH.
New York, Aug. 22.—The following is
a summary of to-day’s events at the
Brighton Beach races:
First Race—All ages; three-quarters of a
mile. Mazurka colt won, with Spartacus
second and King Day third. Time 1:22.
Second Race—Selling allowance; onemiic.
Marsh Rcdou tvon, with Frank Runyon second
and Unknown third. Time 1:47.
Third Race—All ages; one and a half
miles. Wave o’ Light won, with YVoodglow
second and Tilford third. Time 2:49%.
Fourth Race—Non-winners; one mile and
a furlong. Borneo won, with Rebel second
an 1 Annie third. Time 2:04.
Firm Rice—All ages; seven furlongs.
Florence W. won, with Miller second and Tal
leyrand third. Time 1:36%.
Gunning at Macon.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 22.—The Macon
Gun Club was greatly disappointed to-day
by the non-arrival of the Chatham team.
Two Macon teams of five each this after
noon tired at single pigeons at 18 yards
rise. The score stood 29 to 31. At double
pigeons at the 15 yards rise the score was
12 to 16. The total score was 47 to 41.
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Ad/Jiua Patti,
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RAVAGES QF THE FLAMES.
The Sibley Mill’s Picker Department
Damaged to the Extent of 830,000.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. 22.— This after
noon at 4 o’clock fire broke out m the
picker building of the Sibley cotton mill.
The fire originated in the second story
and communicated to the third, destroy
ing the machinery and about thirty bales
of opened cotton. The hose belonging to
the mills was turned on the main build
ing, which was not damaged. The fire
department responded promptly, but ow
ing to the distance the fire had entirely
demolished the second and third floors
and the roof before anything could be
done. The tire is supposed to have
originated from a match or
piece of flint passing through
the machinery. The Sibley mills were
erected in 1880, and are situated on the
Augusta canal. The loss is estimated at
between $30,000 and $40,000. There is
partial insurance. No lives were lost.
The mills will probably shut down till re
pairs are made. Considerable machinery
was totally destroyed. The carpenter and
machine shop underneath was damaged,
but the boiler house in the basement es
caped. The Siblev mills’ plant represents
a capital of over $200,000.
A TOBACCO FACTORY BURNED.
Danville, Va., Aug. 22.—At 11:15
o’clock last night lire occurred on Union
street, consuming au eutire three-story
frame factory owned by J. K. and R.
Ober, of Baltimore, and occupied by J. R.
Pearson <fe Cos., dealers in leaf tobacco,
and insured on stock with Ruffia, Blair *fc
Danio for SIO,OOO, in the following compa
nies, $2,500 each,respectively: In the Roch
ester, German-London Assurance Corpo
ration, Liverpool aud London aud Globe,
and the Niagara. By F. L. Walker, on
stock, SIO,OOO in the British America;
SSOO in the Williamsburg, and SIBO on
lumber with Ruffin, Blair & Danio. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
INCENDIARISM AT A TOMB.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 22.— The mau
soleum of the late Gov. E. 1). Morgan, of
New York, in Cedar Hill Cemetery, in
this city, was damaged to the amount of
$25,000 by an incendiary fire last night
which burned the scaffolding and wooden
building around it. The heat has crum
bled the fine Italian marble on whioh were
elaborate and costly artistic designs. The
work was nearly completed, having been
in progress four or five years. The total
cost of the great tomb was $45,000. The
bodies of Gov. Morgan, his two sons and
his wife aud two children of one son were
in* the vault, but the heat did not reach
through the very thick granite walls and
the fire-brick arch of the vault. The loss
Jails on the contractor.
- SADDLERY HARDWARE RUINED.
" Cincinnati, Aug. 22.— Pollock, Wilson
A Sons’ establishment on Sixth and Carr
streets, for the manufacture of saddlery
hardware and chains, was burned this
morning. The loss is $50,000.
A BLOCK BURNED.
Galveston, Aug. 22.—A Colorado City
(Texas) dispatch says: “Early this morn
ing fire destroyed a block of frame build
ings and two neighboring brick struc
tures. The loss is $30,000 and the insur
ance SIO,OOO.
DAMAGING FOREST FIRES.
Detroit, Aug. 22.—An East Tavas
special says: “Forest fires, which
started on the plank road and crossed to
the East Tavas road, have done great
damage to crops, burning-standing grain,
hay in stacks, baking potatoes in the
ground, and burning several miles of farm
fences. Farm buildings were burned in a
number of places. Timber lands are
burning. The belt marshes and cedar
swamps are dried up. It is estimated that
$5,000 worth of crops have been burned.”
SOUTH FRANCE’S GRIM GOBLIN.
The Average Death Hate Still Steadily
Maintained.
Paris, Aug. 22. —There were 5 deaths
.from cholera at Marseilles last night. The
weatber in Toulon is cooler and the pub
lic health is improviug.
The report ol the ravages of cholera in
the southern departments of France tor
the last 24 hours is as follows: Hirault 4
deaths, Aude 5 deaths, Gard 2 deaths,
Eastern Pyrennees 21 deaths.
The daily bulletin of the progress of the
cholera in Italy is as follows: Tiergamo 3
deaths, 14 fresh cases; Camp Obasso 5
deaths, 3 fresh cases; Cuneo 6 deaths, 12
fresh cases; Conia 1 fresh case; Milan 1
fresh case; Parna 1 fresh case; Genoa 1
fresh case; Carrara 4deatbs, 9 fresh cases;
Turin 3 deaths. 1 lresh case.
For the past 24 hours there were 15
deaths from cholera at Marseilles. At
Toulon there were 2 deaths from cholera
to-day. The record of cholera in the Tou
lon hospitals is as follows for to-day:
Admitted 5, deaths 1, discharged 6, under
treatment 52.
It has been officially announced that
cases of cholera have occurred at Geneva,
Switzerland.
Owingto the prevalence of cholera the
holding of fairs, markets and public fes
tivals, and the marching of processions,
are forbidden throughout Italy.
CHOLERA APPROACHES IRELAND.
London, Aug. 22.—A stowaway was
landed at Waterford from the British
steamship Oramore from Liverpool for
Baltimore. He was ill and was taken to
an infirmary. The doctors pronounce his
disease cholera, aud believe it to be of the
Asiatic type. Other stowawavs were
landed at the same time and are now
missing.
IN THE WEST INDIES.
The Damages for the Riot at Port-au-
Prince Fixed by the Chambers.
Port-au-Prince, Aug. 9.— Claims for
damages on account of losses incurred
Sept. 22 and 23, of last year, during the
riots, when three rebel bands entered the
place and pillaged stores, 6et fire to
houses and murdered those that resisted
them, have finally been agreed upon and
are in readiness for the action
of the Chambers. Spanish claims
amounting to $10,378 have been
reduced to $7,&50, and English claims of
$226,490 have been reduced to $87,403. The
figures of the claims of other nations are
unknown. Several of the claimants, es
pecially some of the British losers, are
not satisfied with tbe sums allotted them
and hare applied to Europe for redress.
Trade ol all kinds is stagnant. The
heat is so great that the government has
granted a vacation of one month to all
schools from Aug. 1.
MARTINIQUE’S PROSPECTS.
Martinique, Aug. 16.—Business con
tinues to be excessively dull and money
is scarce. The home legislative body is
discussing the question of the passage of
a law for the protection ot home colonial
sugar. If the law is voted there is hope
for the future, if not the island will have
to be abandoned.
demerara’s finances.
Demerara, Aug. 4.— The weather Is
favorable for the grinding of sugar. Ad
vices from Barbadoes states that the low
prices ol sugar exercise a depressing in
fluence on trade generally and that several
estates have passed into the Court of
Chancerv.
Arsenic Inttesd of Baking Powder
Indianapolis, Aug. 22.— A dispatch
from Sbelbyville says: “Mrs. Treece,
residing near this place, prepared bis
cuits lor breakfast yesterday moraine,
and by mistake put arsenic in the dough
instead of baking powder, the poison and
baking powder being kept in the same
cupboard. The entire family, consisting
of Mrs. Treece, her grandmother, Mrs.
Celia Victor, and Maud Treece, a 2-year
old child, partook of the food and soon
became violently sick. The child died In
two hours, and both oi the women are at
the point of death.”
The Envelope Frauds.
. Washiagton, Aug. 22.—The stationery
investigation in the Post Office Depart
ment is not as has been reported to be
continued, it is at an end. It was thor
ough and complete. Asa result it was
discovered that the only fault lay in the
official envelopes turnished by p. P. Kel
logg & Cos., of Springfield, Mass., which
were inferior to the sample. This con
tract has been annulled. No removals
will be made from tbe postal service. The
Stationery Agent at Hartford gets off with
a severe reprimand.
The Kogadali* Remedy.
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diseases of tbe blood. It has no equal for
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eight years ago I was totally prostrated
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ALBION'S MISSING BANKER
DEPOSITORS CONFIDENT OF
PAYMKVr I\ FULL.
The Fruitier the Burr.ws
Hei„ t° t orce a Statement Again Re
\ tewed A Bank Examiner on the
Oroumi-mw & Cos. 1 , Weekly state.
Albion, N. \Aug. 22.—There was but
little excitement at the First National
Bank this morning Great confidence
that all the depositors will be paid seems
to exist on all sides. Mrs. A. 8. Burrows
with her son, W. R. Burrows, returned to
Albion trom Boston last Friday. Mrs.
Burrows said that the statements circu
lated to the effect that the Albion people
had perfect confidence in A 8
Warner were incorrect. She said that
she had been trying for years past to get
him to account, but without avail. War
ner had promised many times to do so.
."he had suspected that all was not right,
and believes that Warner commenced his
irregularities even before her husband’s
deatb, Uo being laid up for some time before
that event with a broken hip. She had no
confidence in Warner’s honesty. W. R
Burrows, who is very ill, was also seen
He said that having decided that Warner
could not be induced to make an account
ing willingly, he took steps last spring to
force him to do so. He gave W. R. Caulk
ins in whom at the time he hail implicit
confidence—power of attorney to enable
him to get certain bonds and mortgages
deposited in the bank vault at Albion,
which he did.
GOING BACK TO WARNER.
These bonds and mortgages were de
posited in Boston, but afterwards Bur
rows said that he was convinced that
Caul kin 6 was not bis friend, and bo he gave
A. S. Warner another power of attorney.
He says that AY arner got a large portion
of the securities In Boston, and he sup
poses that he has made away with them.
He says that he never had confidence in
\\ arner. Messrs. Bullard and Sawyer,
attorneys tor W. A. Parmaly, have filed
an attachment, to be issued to the Sheriff,
against A. S. Warner. Parmaly’s claim
against WarrAis over SIO,OOO, for money
loaned thc^pß-.
The 1 train this morning
brought Thomas Williams, of Vernon,
0., the bank examiner sent here by the
Comptroller of the Currency. He pro
ceeded at once to the bank and took
charge of its books. The same train
brought William Corkhill and A. B. Nor
cross, the experts sent to open the vault,
and they are at work upon it.
DUN A CO’S REPORT.
New York, Aug. 22.—The business
failures throughout the country occurring
during the last week as reported to It. G.
Dun & Cos. number for the United States
197 and for Canada 22, or a total of 219, as
against a total of 220 last week, a de
crease of 1. The geographical distribu
tion of the failures is about the same as
for the two last weeks, and there is little
change to note in that respect.
FRANCE’S PLANS IN CHINA.
Interference with Foreign Commerce to
be Avoided as Much as Possible.
London, Aug. 22.—A dispatch from
Shanghai says: “Vicomte de Semalle,
the French representative at Pekin, im
mediately after lowering the French flag
at the legation, started for Shanghai.
A dispatch from Pekin of to-day says:
“The French legation left Pekin yester
day. A telegraph station was opened
here to-day. This is the first message
wired.”
Paris, Aug. 22.—Admiral Courbet was
instructed to bombard the arsenal at Foo
Chow this morning and to land a detach
ment of troops, and destroy the war ma
terial and stores accumulated there,
which are of immense value. This action
is intended as a reprisal lor the action of
the Chinese at Lang Sou. At the same
time the French off Ke Lung have been
ordered to occupy the port and coal mines
as security for the indemnity demanded
by France.
Le Paris denies that reinforcements
have been ordered to China. The <iues
tiou whether France will carry the war
into the interior, the paper says, is not
under consideration. For the present
France will only occupy Foo Chow and
Ke Lung.
Le Temps believes that France has no
idea of blockading the open ports of China.
If found necessary, it says, those will be
chosen that will least interfere with in
ternational commerce. Le Temps calls
attention to the absence of an actual de
claration of war.
The German newspapers urge the dis
patch of men-of-war to China to protect
German subjects in that country.
Virginia's Legislators.
Richmond, Aug. 22.— A caucus of the
Democratic members of the General As
sembly this evening decided to take a
recess from Saturday, Aug. 30, until
Oct. 22, there being public as well as pri
vate measures needing legislative action
before the next regular session, which
does not begin until Dec. 18. It was
deemed best not to adjourn the extra
session sine die, but to reconvene in the
full, for which the members will get no
extra pay. *
Cars Wrecked and Burned.
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 22.— Two freight
trains collided this afternoon in the west
yard of the Pennsylvania Railway at Co
lumbia, Pa. A number of ears filled with
sheep and bogs were smashed. The wreck
then caught fire and was totally con
sumed. Upwards of 800 animals were
killed, only fifty escaping unhurt. No
human lives were sacrificed.
Morton’* Flight.
New York, Aug. 22.— 1 t is stated that
Col. Morton, the missing Assistant Post
master of Brooklyn, sailed for Antwerp
on the steamer Belgium on July 19. He
was recognized on board by a fellow pas
senger from Brooklyn, at first denying bis
identity, but subsequently acknowledging
it. He left tbe vessel promptly at Ant
werp and disappeared.
Gen. L. I’ope Walker Dead.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 22.— Gen.
Leonidas Pope Walker, one of the most
prominent lawyers in Alabama, died at
Huntsville at 3 o’clock this morning of
abscess of the bowels. The deceased was
the Confederate Secretary of War. He
has had a very extensive and lucrative
law practice, and was in good health until
within a few days of his death.
Two Young Ladle* Drowned.
Trenton, N. J., Aug.22.—Sallie South,
daughter of ex-Alderman-South of this
city, and Maggie Kinderline, her cousin,
the former 20 years old and the latter 19,
were drowned this afternoon in the canal
at Lamberton, Bucks county, Pa., into
which a horse had backed the buggy in
which they were driving.
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