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, KSTABI.ISHKD 1850. I
] J.II. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. j
GEN BRINK Ell HOFF’S VISIT
WHAT lIK SAW OX HIS TOUR
THIIOUOH THE SOUTH.
CliaritaOle and Reformatory Institution*
Admirably Managed—The State Insane
Asylum at Tuscaloosa, Ala., Worthy o f
1 abounded l’ralse—Congenial Employ,
juent for the Insane tile Key to Suc
cessfu' Treatment.'
Washington, Juue 7. —Gen. 11. Brin
kerhoff, of Ohio, who was a delegate to the
late Commercial Convention at Atlanta,
and is now in Washington as a delegate
to the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections, spent tho time between
the convention and the conference in
making a leisurely journey through the
States of Georgia, Alabama, Florida and
South Carolina. He has been for years a
memlier of tho State Board of Charities of
his State, and as a student of charitable
and reformatory problems has visited, for
purposes of inspection, all the typical
asylums, prisons and reformatory insti
tutions of the North and West.
“>lv journey in the South,” he said to
a;i Associated Press reporter, “was pri
marily to see what they were doing down
there for their penitentiary criminal class.
1 had heard nothing ol their institutions,
ami I think very lew of our Northern peo
ple ever took the pains to enquire what
they were like. 1 hardly expected to find
anything to admire iu comparison with
our establishments of the North, and
especially of the West, where we are a
little ahead of the East in this regard. In
fact, leading Southern people themselves
expressed the belief, as a matter of course,
that 1 should find nothing remarkable in
the way of public charitable institutions.
1 was, however, very agreeably surprised
bv what 1 saw.”
Gen. Brinkerhoff found that everywhere,
except in Georgia, the vicious system of
leasing convicts was rapidly falling into
disfavor and disuse, lie visited many
jails and found them no worse than those
of the North, which for these “schools of
vice" was the best lie could conscien
tiously say. He visited social industrial
schools, both charitable and reformatory,
and found them admirably managed.
The several State insane asylums were
tinder the control of humane,’ intelligent
and cultured officials, and that at, Tusca
loosa, Aiu.. was worthy ot unbounded
praise. “This institution,” Gen. Brin
k-rind) said, “would stand in comparison
fully abreast ol the half dozen lending in
stitutions of the North. its head was a
close student of all problems of manage
ment of the insane, and had brought his
institution up to the highest point of
efficiency. Not a straight jacket,
crib, muff, strap or like
instrument for restraint, or more
properly perhaps, for the torture, of tho
insane, was to lie found, nor would such
things be tolerated. The doors were wide
open, and no inmate was conscious of
any restraint, although always
under the eye of experienced
keepers. The secret of success in
the management of the insane by
this method was in finding congenial em
ployment for each patient. Many insti
tutions iu the North had entered upon
tins course of practice, hut not more than
k ill a dozen of the larger oues had made
greater progress than the Alabama
asylum, while in a great majority resort
as still had to ancient instruments of
restrai.nt lor violeut cases.”
In the matter of finding congenial,
sometimes profitable, employment for in
tone Icmalcs, the Alabama’ institution,
ben. Brinkerhoff’ thinks, has distanced all
ethers. Among the novelties he saw
*tre a half dozeu old-fashioned spinning
"heels in full operation, this employment
laving been iouud best, suited to the
mental condition of some of the inmates.
THAT IDAHO POSTMASTER.
The Government 1 nterceptlng Itts Mail
In thin Country unit Caiimln.
Washington, June 7.—The Sunday
Capital says that the losses of the govern
ment from tin' dishonest operations oi the
Postmaster at Lewiston, Idaho, will not
t* 'try large; that the Post Office De
lulttient lias got on tho track of sad in
ter<pted fourteen of the thirty letters,
acti of which contain S(KKI worth
of money orders, which were sent
M Bibbs, the defaulting Postmaster, to
Links iu the West for collection, and the
< •uuiilian Post Office Department bas
mapped all mail intended for Hibbs at
Victoria, and any registered package
*h!cb may come to him containing money
fruilulenily obtained will be returned to
file United Stales Government.
' OUR MEXICAN MINISTER.
A Reception and llanquet to Gen. Jack
son lu the City of Mexico.
* try of Mexico, June 7.—At n meet.
liiz of Americans last night a committee
"a* appointed to go up the Central llail
-1 ad on Monduy morning to welcome the
r ' l "' Minister, Gen. Jackson, who is
'■■mingonii special car. A speech of
" •'•oiiio will 1,,' made by Superintendent
i l ( ' kenzte, or (he Central Road.
1 parations am being made for a ban-
V" fto the new Minister, to which the
Le-ideiit ami Cabinet aud foreign
1 1’,‘“mats xv; 1 j lie invited.
""Unions were passed at last night's
D'-eiitig 11mplimonlary to the retiring
-tU'imier, Mi. .Morgan, itudConsul General
Strother.
FLORIDA'S CONVENTION.
V I sue, tj,, Probable President—The
1 Gy Filling with Visitors.
Jau aiiasskk, Fla., June 7.—Many
mt'KAtes have arrived here and the indi.
C “G e x point to the selection ol 8. Pasco,
' •l"!!'i sou, as the President of the cou-
PWtion.
iJ, I '' io numerous visitors in the city
" hotels present a lively appear
-I,l' V I ' , ri vis detained in Pensacola by
* mess of his daughter.
* "-ponded liy a Trace Chain.
. N. Y., June 7. John H
'"q a wealthy farmer of the town of
find reason to suspect his wife of
! 'v. On Saturday night he started
, , 1 1 I's. taking in* son, aged 12 rears,
j, "■ Returning home about 9 o'clock
1 'etilng Its round Charles Whit
“ 1 .inner of Cicero, in company with
•etidersoti’s) wife. Henderson as-
Whiting, but tiie latter escaped
th road. Ahum midnight
,' ' "ah found dead tit Ills burn, sus
-11 the i ~;t ra by ii trace chain.
7 "'M °n the Eve of Departure),
k •■\i'<>N, .lune 7.—Mr. Lowell left L0n
..1 .. "liwnoon for Kuton Hall, the
. Ih'ko of Westminster, where
id remain until YVedncsdny. when ho
J y*''Mkon the Scythia at Liverpool
ruosion. Minister Phelps accompanied
the ball i,lwl 01 IjMS way on hi* Journey
BOG AX AT THE CAPITAL.
The Invincible Club to Fire Their Salute
In Virginia.
Washington, June 7.—Gen. and Mrs.
Logan, surrounded by a bevy ot pretty
young ladies, sat on the veranda of the
Logan mansion on lowa circle to-night.
The General chewed his cigar meditative
ly, while the pretty girls congratulated
Mrs. Logan upon the General's Senatorial
victory. The General looked tired and
his garments were travel stained. “We
didn’t give him time to change his
clothes,” said one of the young ladies.
“We were too anxious to run iu and tell
him how glad we were to have him with
up again for six years.”
The General said he had no plans for the
immediate future. “1 have work enough
to keep me busy tor a couple ot months at
least,” he said. “At the end of that time
Airs. Logan and 1 will return to Chicago,
where we wilt probably remain until Con
gress convenes.”
“Why did you decline the reception ten
dered to you by yonr friends?”
“Many of them are in the government
service and 1 was afraid their participa
tion in such au event might injure them
with the administration. I appreciated
the compliment, but I could not’attord to
accept it. feeling that it might cause some
sacrifice.”
Notwithstanding the General’s objec
tions, the Invincible Club of this city will
fire a salute ot 103 guns in bis honor
to-morrow. The District authorities re
fused them this permission. They
thereupon telegraphed to Gov. Cameron,
of Virginia, who gave the desired consent.
The salute will be tired on the Virginia
side of the Potomac, almost directly
opposite the White House.
DEMOCRATS IN THK DEPARTMENTS.
The liat of Democratic appointments In
the executive departments here form but
a very small part of the Federal patron
age of the nation. There are 12,717
civilian employes ot the general govern
ment in Washington attached to the vari
ous executive departments, to the Gov
ernment Printing Office and to the severul
commissions, etc., not directly responsi
ble to any one department'. Ot this
number 5,4*0 are clerkships drawing
salaries ranging from SOOO to SI,BOO. which
are included in the classified service, ap
pointments to which can only he made
from among loose who pass a civil service
examination. The remainder includes
officers appointed by the President, cbiet
clerks and otiiers, whose salaries exceed
SI,BOO per annum; persons receiving sal
aries ranging from SOOO to SI,BOO, but
whoso employment is of a special charac
ter and is excepted from examination;
copyists, messengers, laborers aud others
whose salaries are below SOOO, and em
ployes who do not receive annual salaries,
but are paid by the hour, day or month.
ll is this contingent who are the most
nervous and who show the greatest ap
prehension that they are to lose their
official heads. Those wiio are in the
classified service are, as a rule, confident
that they wilt not be removed, except for
cause, which, ot course, is a fate as likely
to come under a Republican as a Demo
cratic administration. Every member of
the Cabinet bas given assurance that
their actions toward the removal of office
holders coming under the classified ser
vice will t*e solely for cause, and so far
t here is do good reason to believe hut that
they mean what they say.
A DEMOCRAT OF THE DEMOCRATS.
Third Auditor Williams prides him
self on being “a Democrat of the Demo
crats.” The clerks in his bureau have
been in a constant state of terror ever
since his appointment. It left to himself
there is not much doubt but that Wil
liams would turn every Republican under
him out of office, and fill their places
with Democrats the next morning. He
is held iu check, however, and is
not especially dangerous, although
he is making it lively for the Re
publican clerks iu the bureau. A day or
two ago Mr. Williams sat in his office
wondering how he could “turu'ttie rascals
out.” Hin eve rested on the portraits of
Grant and Wilson, which have adorned
the walla for many years. Ringing his
hell energetically he ordered the messen
ger to take them down and store them
away. Mr. Williams is an Indiana pa
triot.
HOW THE PRESIDENT SPENT SUNDAY.
President Cleveland attended a meet
ing of the delegates to the Convention of
Charities and Corrections at Dr. Sunder
land's church this evening, aud was an
attentive listener to tho speeches on
prison reform management delivered by
Secretary Rounds, of the Prison Associa
tion of New Y'ork; Capt. G. H. Brock way.
Superintendent oi the Elmira (N. Y\)
Reformatory: ex-Gov. Anderson, of Ken
tucky, und Dr. Byers, of Ohio.
The President did not drive out Uwiay,
but in the afternoon took a walk down
the avenue as far as Ninth street, where
lie got on oue of the open street cars and
returned to the White House.
HE SAW WASHINGTON’S FACE.
It hardly seems possible that there
should lie a man yet living, who would
even profess pi remember having seen
vv ashingtou’s face, but there is, and what
is still more curious, he professes to have
seen it only about fifty years ago. It is
W. 11. Burgess, of Alexandria. He says
that he was employed in 1836 as a laborer
to assist in building tne tomb at Mount
Vernon, and in removing the bodies of
George ami Martha Washington from the
old to the tew tomb. “1 waa but a lad.”
he said, “and remember this was atiout
my first piece of work. When the vault
was completed I assisted In removing
the bodies from the old tomb to their pres
ent resting place. It wus decided to open
Washington’* coffin, and when it had been
conveyed to the new tomb the lid was
raised. A number of people were present
and stood in breathless silence while the
workmen extracted rusty aorews. When
the top of the coffin had been lifted I
looked in. The body was apparently per
fectly preserved. The features of the lace
were complete, and there was nothing to
Indicate the length of time Washington
had been (lend. The exposure to the air,
however, bad its immediate effect. In a
minute <>r two the body suddenly col
lapsed and shrank into an almost unrec
ognizable form. Giber than this my re
collections are very indistinct. Ido not
remember how tho body was dressed, or
anything further about it. The features,
as I remember them, were like pictures 1
have seen.” Mr. Burgess is now a wtiite
himed man 71) years Of age.
Pension Agent uf Knoxville.
Washington, June7.—Tiu Post says:
“Robert Taylor will to-morrow bo ap
tminted Pension Agent at Knoxville,
Tenn., vice K. li. Gibson, suspended.”
A Tern* Hunch Isiticd On.
Galveston, Tkx.,Jiiii* 7.—A dispatch
from ban Angelo says: “The Knicker
bocker ’ranch, near here, owned by Urwel,
Tweedy A Reynolds, was evlod upon yes
terday by N. A. Morgan, of New York, to
satisfy a claim of $65,000. The mortgage
under which possession was taken em
braced 22,000 acres of land and 28,000
sheep.”
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1885.
HIVINGTu SEIZE A BANK.
HOW AN ASSIGNEE'S ATTORNEY
FAKED IX DAKOTA.
He Is Unceremoniously “Fired” Oat by
the Depositors of the White Lake
Bank for Interfering With the Cashier
—The Depositors Paid In Full and the
Key of the Hank In the Cashier's
Pocket.
Mitchell, Dak., June 7. —A lew days
ago the Bank of Mitchell closed its doors,
and the assignee is ready to report, but
the depositors are figuring with the Presi
dent for a settlement without the routine
of the court. Air. Huyson, cashier of the
White Lake branch, when ordered to close
his bank, refused, and said he had no
funds belonging to the Mitchell Bank, but,
on the contrary, the Mitchell Bank owed
the White Lake Bank $11,690. He further
said that money belonging to his White
Lake depositors would not and should not
be swallowed up in tho Mitchell Bank
failure.
On Saturday Judge Wulfing, attorney
for the assignee, went to White Lake to
take possession, and was informed that
he could not enter the batik. He posted a
notice that the bank was closed, but
Cashier Huyson and Assistant Cashier
Ryan were present with their depositors
and tore off the notice and proceeded to
open the bank. They posted guards
at the entrances and began paying
off their depositors, whereupon
Judge Wulfing leaped over the
counter and ordered a halt. Ryan then
informed the crowd that a trespasser was
inside the gate. No sooner were the
words uttered than the attorney was
pitched over the counter and out into the
street. Huyson continued to settle with
the depositors until the last one was paid
in full. He then locked the bank and is
now carrying the key in his pocket.
A FIGHT WITH BIG BEAR.
Capt. Steele Man Three Wounded au the
KuuHKnieut at Two Lakes.
Fort Pitt, June 7.—Capt. Bteele, with
seventy mounted scouts and police, had
an engagement with Big Bear at Two
Lakes, fifty miles southeast ol here, yes
terday. The report says iie eame upon
the Indians in the morning, as they were
striking camp, and he immediately at
tacked them. Finding their front too
strong he executed a flank move
ment, killing the Indians in the
rear, and driving them in disorder
across a small creek, where he
was unable to follow on account of his
small force. The Indians numbered fully
250. He saw no signs of any prisoners.
During the fight Capt. Steele sent Inter
preter McKee with a flag of truce, hut as
he advanced he was tired on. He got
near enough to lie heard, and called out
to Big Bear in the Indian tongue, but the
chief replied indistinctly. McKee then
said: “If yon will deliver up our people
we will cease firing.” The Indian re
plied: “We intend to clean you out.”
Steele’s lobs was three wounded.
VIRGINIA VIG Hi ANTES.
Threatening Letter* to Prevent an In
vestigation Into Terry’s Lynching.
Lynchburg, Va., June 7.—Several
prominent lawyers and a newspaper here
have received letters purporting to be
written bv the secretaries of the vigilante
associations of one hundred in Amherst,
Bedford and Rockbridge counties, warn
ing them against defending criminals or
publishing am thing about the late lynch
ing in Bedford under penalty of alike fate.
The members ot these associations profess
to be upholder* Of law ill the place of in
efficient courts and jurors, but are be
lieved to be members ot the mob that
lynched young Terry, who are trying by
threats to prevent ah investigation.
BASK BALL.
Some Changes in the Kales of the
Americau Association.
Philadelphia, June 7.—There was a
special meeting of the American Associ
ation base ball clubs held in this city this
afternoon. President McKuigbt pre
sided, uud every club of the association
was represented. Rule No. 23 ol the
playing rules was altered, removing
ail restrictions from the pitcher in
the manner ot delivering the ball. The
foul bound was abolished to make a put
out. The ball must lie caught on the fly.
The home club, instead of the umpire, will
decide whether or not the ground is fit to
play upon. These changes take effect at
once.
Is Nho a Democrat or a .Mugwump?
Cleveland, June 7.—A middle-aged
motherly-looking woman, Mrs. Mary Cul
len. was taken into custody to-day for in
sanity of a peculiar type. She imagines
that she was elected M ayor of the city lor
four years at a salary oi $12,000 a year,
hut her husband wants to draw the salary
and compel her to make all the appoint
ments. Hlie objected to this, she says,
and her husband had her arrested. Now
stie wants to resign the important office.
The woman also imagines that she is
wealthy and has four trunks full of silver
in one bank. She believes that a numiier
of men are digging beneath her house for
a place to manufacture money.
Drowned in the Delaware.
Trenton, N. J., June 7.—This after
noon a man named Nicholas Cook and u
boy named l’hlillp Wise were drowned in
tbs Delaware river near this city. They
were iu a sail Hunt when the mast broke,
striking the boy and knocking him over
board. The man jumped Into the water to
save his companion, but the latter wound
his arm about the neck ot his would-be
rescuer and both sank.
A Desperado Killed,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Juno 7.- A
special front Tracy City, Tenn., says that
John Manning was shot and killed to-day
by a desperado named Frauk Taylor,
while playing cards. Taylor then fled,
but was pursued by the Bheriff and a
posse. He rest,.ted arrest and was shot
dead In a running fight.
WUmlngG.ii'* Municipal Election.
Wilmington, Dei,., June 7. Complete
roturns from the municipal election
show that Rhoades, Dcm.. was elected
Mayor tiy 425 majority, and Foray, i>ein„
President of the Council by 514 majority.
B alking Match in Haltitnoce.
Baltimore, June? — A six-day go-as.
you-pleiise walking match began at mid
night. Among the contestant* are Hart,
Noremac, Vint and Panobot,
Tiie Divisions to lie Bottled
IxHfDOW, June 7.—The SUimiard states
that tho divisions In tbs Cabinet over the
crime* act are In a fair wav of settlement.
Ucn. Grant’s Condition.
New Y'ork, June 7.—Gen. Grant suf
fered tn#D pain to-day, but bis condition
is otherwise unchanged.
COLORED SUPERSTITION.
Details of the Outrage on a Supposed
Witch In Alabama.
Gadsden, June 7.—l>. M. Gilbreath, a
Justice ol the Peace for precinct No. 11,
of Etowah county and Big Wills valley,
eame in last Monday evening with nine
negro men and three negro women,
charged with the burning oi Saruh Mur
phy’s house, beating her and dragging
her titty yards from the house and leaving
her tor dead. Sarah Murphy is a had,
disreputable, indeed lewd woman, and is
regarded as a witch by the superstitious
negroes. Her testimony and that of
her daughter, a 12 year-old girl,
squarely proves that two ol the
negro men knocked her down in the
bouse, dragged her about fifty yards front
the house aud left her for dead. Her
bouse and all that she possessed was
burned. Everything was found next
morning charred and in ash“s. it seems
that there was a very sick woman living
near her house, aud some 20 or 25 of the
neighboring negroes ruet there ostensibly
for prayer and singing by request of the
sick woman, and there tiie diabolical act
was concocted. The evidence developes
tho tact that ono l>r. (?) Slaughter,
a negro faith doctor —a man of
immense size and great, muscular
strength—claimed that the woman, Sarah
Murphy, had used her witchcraft upon
this old sick woman, and that she could
not recover until Sarah Murphy was put
out of the way, and by suoli means in
cited the poor, Ignorant, superstitious ne
groes to aid him in committing tips foul
deed. The case has been undergoing trial
since Monday before Mr. Gilbreath and
W. 11. Standifer as associate. The de
fense is represented by Cols. J. 11. Dlsque,
W. 11. Denson, J.L.Connitigbaiu, and the
prosecution by Hon. W. L. Whitlock A
Son.
Tho case was decided this evening and
all were bound over.
A VALUABLE FIND.
Unearthing *IB,OOO Worth of Dlatitumls
Hurled by a Thief.
Chicago, June 7.—According to a story
made public here this morning, lawyer
Frank C. Smith has at last been success
ful iu discovering and digging up dia
monds to the value of s*,ooo that were
buried in Lincoln Park by a client, An
drew J. Auderson, who in November was
sent to the penitentiary. Anderson’s mo
tive for hiding the jewels was the tear
that they would betray him should he fall
into the hands of officers. He described
to his lawyer the spot where the package
was buried, and m spileof lour failures
on the part of the latter to find it, per
sisted in declaring that the gems were
there.
A tew days ago Mr. Smith was at tho
park, and from force of habit wandered
down to the spot. There were a number
of lumps of earth just as be had left them
on a chilly December nmning. He care
lessly kicked two or three of thrtlumps.
They crumbled to pieces, ami from one of
them rolled a small piece of brown paper.
His hands trembled with excitement as
he hastily unwrapped the paper and ex
posed to view four large diamonds and a
magnificent emerald. The jewels were
still in their settings. The lawyer wrote
at once to Mr. Walker, ol Milwaukee, to
whose wife some of the gems are sup
posed to belong. Mr. Walker has come
on to Chicago to identity and claim his
property. Anderson is said to be a mem
tier of a wealthy familv in New York.
CRYING FOB A HUsBAND.
How an Tlonest Farmer Was Moved by
His Daughter’s Copious Tears.
Milwaukee, June 7.—Less than six
months ago Charles Hamilton engaged to
Farmer Caulson, in Winnebago county,
as a farm band. Farmer Caulson has
three hur.dKome daughters, a large ami
well improved farm aud a good bank ac
count. The younger daughter, Miss Nellie,
lfi years old, learned to love the strong
armed Hamilton, but. their fond glances
across the dinner table were observed
by Farmer Caulson, and Hamilton was
was cast out front the fold.
Miss Caulson followed him and they
went to Jamesvtlle, 150 miles from their
starting point. Here they passed several
days, but were discovered, and Hamilton
was placed under arrest upon a charge of
abduction, iie was taken to Oshkosh,
but yesterday the iron doors ol bis ceil
were thrown open and there stissl before
him Miss Nellie, her father and a minis
ter. The tears and pleadings of Nellie
had finally moved Iter father’s heart, uud
Hamilton, instead of going to trial, went
to the altar, lie now possesses a ehurming
wile and a prospective interest iu an es
tate worth not less than $200,000.
ANEW CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Dedicated in Hsmlsm te Yesterday
with Imposing Cneioonte*.
Randeksvillk. Ga., June -The and >d
ication of the new Catholi"enuren, ;n t l’s
place, occurred this morning witu imp >s
ing and Holetnn oeremoute- The eci-vl. es
were conducted by, and unib r '• dll c
tiou of, Rev. H. P. Northrop, I. shot of
Charleston, assisted by IP vs >■'. ( if
erty, of Savannah; W. '■
of Augustu; A Me tally, of
Savannah; I*. Wilson,of AlLm *. .;
J. J. Mouogban, oi (Iro i .h
Clifford Dalton, A. Semmes. (.:• . on, e
well and W. A. McCarty, Macnuf .mi T.
A. MoCowille, ol Milled’gev >li.
Tne church, which Is aha dsooietmr lc
structure, was built and p <d h r thtoi ;h
the efforts of Father McCa. to j v, i • i is
been In charge ol the Sumh .vi .i enn ; , li
gation about two years, am is ••■it A)
the town.
Many people were preset ' • n
nab, Macon, Augusta a is
towns.
THE CENTRAL
A Marring* Causes a Plut <t II-
Istt Leave for An is
Macon, June 7.—Con <•]•,■> bo c n
ment was caused here to- ir
rlage of Mis* Minnie Her l " > • C J.
Julian. Doth are well- j' (*■ c!< ty
people.
Mr. Ernost I’oschke, Hie * ,'ei. whose
demise was reoorded ;.j> lav, v. s
burled this afternoon.
The Macon Ba.se Ball'Cl 1 t to-nl ht
for Augusta, where they Wi play lfi e
straight games.
Killed by the A ia lies.
Tombstone, Akl, JiO 7. < . I'.
Nightingale, just arrived f ro ' Mn< •• I,
honors, Mexloo, reports u < Am- m u
miners—Fred Huntington I hr Met'ur
tio nnd I’eter Palmer—uml l- tl. •
kilted by the Apaches on . ay Hi-
An Unprovoked 7 < d*r.
Nw York, June 7.—1 > t sui t
fireman in a Worth sti Ty s
bouse, shot and killed tw .—*auiu to
day. The murder was unprovoked.
THK DOCTRiNK_t>F CHANCE
A SINGULAR RESULT OF AN IN
TERESTING G AME OF I'OKKIt.
New Yorkers Leaving for Their Out-of-
Towu Homes—The Composition of the
Society of Manhattan—Au Old but
Gueer Story About Kditor Uurlburt
and n Fair of Trousers.
New York, June s.—The death of Mrs.
Charles Tracy, on Monday, calls atten
tion to tho regularity with which tlioso
New Yorkers who possess them seek
their summer houses on the first day of
summer. Mrs. Tracy was struck with
apoplexy just as she boarded the steam
boat which was to have taken her to he r
country house in tha highlands of the
Hudson. She died almost before she could
be conveyed back to the house In Seven
teenth street, which sho hud quitted in
apparently good health not inuoh more
than an hour before. Had Hie “insatiate
archer,” Death, aimed his fatal shaft at
all the New Yorkers who were going to
their country houses oa Monday, there
would lie mourning in scores, if not hun
dreds, of wealthy homes to-day.
Ami Monday was but the beginning of
the end. Every daj ibis month will see
those who can afford it quit, the hot, city
for the cool country, an 1 by July 1 “every
body”, will tie outed town. That is,every
body that is anybody. The number, how
ever, who will go away, even including
those who go no further than Staten
island and other resorts within a few
miles ot the city hall, will Ire considerably
less than 100,Ohio, while more than ten
times that number will bo left behind, the
larger part in unhealthy tone
iuents, to await, it may be, the
coming of cholera in discomfort
and heat. Of the UK),000 who quit the
city, the large proportion of the men are
obliged to spend the day in their hot
offices and places of business In town, and
only spend the night, In the country.
Few rich men even can shake the dust ol
their feet on the hot city when summer
begins, and pass the entire season of hot
weather in cool places. Consequently
Now York is very ueurly as lull of people
when “everybody is out of town” as it is
when the social season is at its height in
winter.
MRS. TRACY AND HICK HUSBAND, A LAW
YER OF SOME REFUTE,
who preceded her to the grave less than
two months ago, illustrated how New
York society is composed of contribut ions
from all pails of the country. They
originally lived in Utica, and so many
other Utica people liesidrs them have
settled in New York that one can g>
hardly anywhere without meeting some
body who lias something to do with Utica
in some way or another. Of course,
what is true ol Utica must be true of
other places. The New England Society
is proof that there are a good many
descendants of Puritans hi re. The
Tracy's, of whom there are two families,
are reputable representatives of Utica.
They claim to be descended from the
De Tracy who wus one of the four
murderers of Thomas a Beoket. Their
social position is excellent. A daughter
of Charles Tracy ts the wife of I’ierre
pout Morgan, and it granddaughter of
his brother, the late William Tracy, is
the wife of Mr. Becket-Dennison, n
wealthy Englishman. Considering lier
sell descended trout one ol the murderers
of Becket, Mias Lee must have noted the
coincidence when bho took the name ot
Becket-Dennison.
An aunt of Mrs. Dennison, by the way,
is the wife ot the brilliant Willlatn Henry
Uurlburt, formerly editoi of the World.
In England Mr. llurlburt hobnobs with
lords and ladies, but in this country he is
seldom mentioned in the newspapers, ex
cept in connection with a mysterious
pair of trousers which scandal says he
stole from somebody.
AN OLDER HARVARD MAN THAN MYHBLF
who was proportionately nearer to Hurl,
tiurt’s Cambridge career, told me lately
that the scandal was as old as Huilburt’s
college days. When at Harvard he was
said to have stolen his chum’s trousers,
and the story hits clung to him ever since.
Mr. Dennison, when in this country, was
quite horrified to discover in wlial bad
repute tils brilliant relative by mar
riage was held in his native bind.
Speaking of scandal in connection w ith
New Yorkers from Utica, I once met at a
reception, at whieh some of the best fami
lies in New York—such, for instance, as
the Montgomery*,(who have an ancestor in
the continental general who was killed at
(Quebec ir. the Revolution, and wlm also
claim descent from the Count de Mont
gomery, who, by accident, killed Henry 11.
ol France, in a mock tourney were rep
resented, and was presented to a young
woman, who announced that she had of
ten visited Utica. 81ie also told tne who
was her host on these occasions, but,
as I did not recognize the name, 1
asked her if she knew Mias Doolittle.
This w as just before that lady’s marriage
to Judge Coxe, nephew of Mr. Conkling.
Mv fair friend was net acquainted with
Miss Doolittle, nor did she know Miss
Seymour, niece of Horatio Seymour, uud
half a dozen othe.' Utica ladies of less dis
tinguished names. Now not to know
these persons in a small town like Utica,
where everybody knows everybody else,
is to argue one-elf unknown, und ttds
made me try to recall the name of my fair
friend’s I'ti’ca host.
I FINALLY RKCOLLKCTKD THAT lIK WAS
AN IGNORANT MAN,
whose wile’s father was a butcher who
probably supplied tho Doolittles with
meat. Could there be a better Illustra
tion of the sham society in New York?
Here was a woman at ono of the best
houses in this city, who, when in Utica,
sojourned with the butcher, the tinker
and the candlestick maker. Mrs. Coxe
may meet gome day at a New York re
caption tie guest of her butotMr’l
daughter. I wonder how many butchers’
daughters, as well as their guests, go Into
New York society. Tfeou UMBO must
be legion, I fancy. Apropos to real or al
leged descendant* of historical js-rsonagea
of centuries ago a local psjicrnr last
Bundur said that one of the members ol
the Yale graduating class is a de
scendant of u son of iletirv
IV., ai.il Mine, de Main tenon I In other
words, that he is descended from the son
ol a woman who never had a child by a
man who died about half a century before
the childless woman was born, fcven If
Henry IV. was named by mistake for
Ixtuls XIV., Mme. de' Maintenon's
childlessness would render the Yale's
senior’s claims somewhat apocryphal.
IT IS WONDERFUL HOW. WHEN IT WILL
RESULT
In something disagreeable, the doctrine
of chances is violated. A story is told
here of a Nsw Y'orker, when playing poker
on an Atlantic steamer, becoming re
duced to a rare coin which was worth
SSO), as there were but two others ot the
same kind in the wide, wide world.
He staked it as $5, reserving the
right to redeem it, if lost.
He raked la the next pot, but whan he
value to count bis winnings the coin was
not to be found. Tbs other flavors, with
| one exception, consented to be searched,
and as the coin did not come to light, the
man who rofused to he searched was natu
turally considered guilty of pocketing it.
He was consequently sent to Coventry
the rest ot the voyage, and tho American
colony in Londou, when the story reached
it. turned tho cold shoulder to him. After
liis return to this city the loser of the coin
called on him with an apology. He had
mechanically put the coin in a little used
pocket on tiist getting it back at tho card
table, and forgetting all about it had not
found it lur a lung time. Hisexplanntiou
was accompanied with tho addition
that it the other had been a little
less huffy, and .had consented to be
searched, the disagreeable consequences
wliieli resulted from his refusal would
have been avoided. “On the contrary,”
was the reply, “they would have been
more disagreeable than they wore. lam
the possessoru>f one of the other two coins
like yours, and hud it with mo at the
time!” When one considers the many
millions of millions of chances there were
against the owuor’s of two out ot three
coins in existence meeting on the same
steamer in such a way that disagreeable
results followed, one is tempted to think
that some mischievous sprite sometimes
has a hand iu the government of the
universe.
so hiink, at least, the members
of the Joseph Jefferson Company, which
played in Brooklyn a week or two ago.
Tiger, a dog belonging to the manager of
the Brooklyn Theatre, bad a grudge
against them for some dogmatic reason,
and he made a raid on their street clothes,
which they lelt in the green room when
they went on tho stage. Be chewed up
all their hats and tore their clothing more
or less to tatters. As they slunk to their
lodgings in their tattered garments they
looked like tramps tlmt had tackled the
wrong customer. Tiger hiul reason to re
pent of his exploits, as be devoured much
ol the tobacco which he found in the poun
ds of some of the coats, und it mudu him
correspondingly sick.
Have you heard the advertising
trick of the actor Curtis, of
“Sum’l of Boson” fame. He gots
the local newspapers to announce him
as a purchaser ot property in ttie towns
where he plays, if ail these announce
ments are true, ho must be the largest
real estate owner in the country. D.
A MAN'S LEG ON EIRE.
A lircatllolu lliirnoil lu it Without 111 m
li IIOWlFlIlfl).
Cincinnati, Juno 5.— A peculiarly
ludicrous accident befel Sol Martin us he
was driving out to tho l.atouin race
course yesterday. He, in company with
an Interesting companion, was prooeed
- leisurely to the course, enjoying the
inw •it'lll weather and flue scenery on the
way. I 'consciously Mr. Martin dropped
a cigar w l *ioh he had been smoking on
the lap robe, and was not apprised ol the
fact until a very plain smell of smoke ami
limning cloth was distinguishable In the
atmosphere. Both occupants of the
fiuggy noticed the smell, hut did not in
vestigate closely until blue wreaths of
smoke were discovered rising from the
lied of the buggy.
A hurried examination then discovered
the fact that the lighted cigar had set fire
to the lap-robe and Mr. Martin’s trousers,
ind that a big bole was fust being burned
in Mr. Martin’s leg. The two at once or
ganized themselves into au amateur firo
department, nnd very quickly extin
guished the smouldering fire. But the
flames that were consuming his leg were
not so easily subdued. The contents of a
bottle were poured out Hi no purpose, and
then the horse, which was becoming
frightened, was stopped, and the useful
member was dipped several times in a
watering trough which was conveniently
at hand.
Mr. Martin wears a cork leg. The wet
ting did not. impair its usefulness, and be
was able, notwithstanding the scorching
it had received, to walk from the grand
stand to the pool shed several times.
WHY blip? KILLED HER LOVER.
Petitioning Governor to Commute a
Girl’s Death Heutence.
From the Now York World.
Newport, It. 1., June s.—Annlo E.
Cutler, the young woman who lies in tho
Philadelphia jail under sentence of death
for the murder of her lover, William H.
Knight, belongs in this city, where her
mother resides and hold* a respectable
position In the community. Mrs. Cutler
ami her daughter came here from Lynn,
the former now residing on Fllntore place.
Hite is a member of the School street Bap
tist Church, and has the confidence
and esteem of all her friends nnd
neighbors in and oukof the church. She
brought up bur fatherless daughter with
scrupulous cure and educated her well.
About three years ago Knight cainu here
for the summer. A party of young people
took a moonlight drive around the Ocean
Drive oue evening, and Annie met young
Knight. From that time during the sum
mer the young oouple mot frequently, and
bolorc Knight left for Philadelphia they
had bocomo engaged.
Nut long after tho parting Knight lie
gun to wrlto to his fiancee, urging tmr to
go to I'hiludelpliia and prepare fur their
wedding. His appeals were so earnest
and so persistent tfiat at last Annie con
sented, but on her arrival there she dis
covered tlmt they were not In n position
to marry, and accordingly sho look a posi
tion in a family, who became much at
tached to her. There she remained for
nearly three years, giving Knight the
hulk <>f her salary, no promising that he
would add to it and prepare a home tor
her. In March last Annie discovered
that Knight, having Udtuyed another
woman, had been compelled to marry her.
She then shot Knight In broad daylight
and upon the public streets. Affidavits
are now being prepared setting forth the
alsive laets and stating that the girl, who
in now only 22 year* of age, has always
licen of a good moral character and of a
most amiable disposition. A petition to
the Board of Pardon* j* Is.dng signed. Mr.
J. Murray Ht-eor, formerly editor of tho
Primneri’ rfietid, is ber coMtaotlitg the
arrangement* for tho lot-warding of a pe
tition to the Governor of Psnnsyivauln,
asking that the sentence of death he com
muted. Mina Cutler ia most highly
spoken of here.
Chtircß Corner-Stone Laid.
VK'khiii kg, Miss., June 7- The cor
ner-stone of St. Mary’s Episcopal church,
colored, was laid this uiternoon with
Masonic ceremonies. Notwithstanding
the Intense heat a large crowd was
present.
Confbrence Adjournod.
Rome, Juno 7.—The International San
itary Conference lias adjourned line die.
The delegate* will take a three days’ trip
to Nap K-sat the expense of tire Italian
Government.
Italy’* Proposal Accepted.
London, June B.—lt H rumored that
Engl >nd aud France have accept*d the
Italian modified proposal regarding the
supervision of the Hue/ canal.
j PRICK *• A VBA. I
Ia CENTS A COPT. 1
HORRORS J.V CASHMERE.
CONTINUOUS SHOCKS OF THREE
HOURS’ DURATION.
Whole Villages Engulfed ant! Boh terra
nean Noises Driving *be People Fran
tic w ith Fear-Thousands of Bushels of
Drain Swallowed Up In theC'hasm* and
Famine Added to Other Disaster*.
London, June 7. —The earthquake
shocks at Herinagur and other points in
the Vale of Cashmere continue at Inter
vals, averaging three hours in length.
Whole villages have been engulfed,
and terrible subterranean noises ate
heard, driving the people frantic with
fear.
The horrors of approaching famine are
added to the other results of the disaster,
as thousands ot bushels of grain in store
have been swallowed up in the chasms,
which are constantly opening.
THK NEWFOUNDLAND DISPUTE,
Renewing; an Old Offer to Exchange One
uf the Leeward Islands.
Loudon, June 7.—Mr. Ford, late Eng.
lislt Minister at Athens, has been sent on
a mission to Paris in connection with the
Newfoundland shore dispute. Prior to the
fall of the Ferry Ministry tin agreement
was nearly concluded with M.Ferry in ac
cordance with which one of (be Leeward
Islands was to lie ceded to France in ex
change for the complete surrender by
France ot her claims in Newfoundland,
but the negotiations wer6 suspended
on M. Ferry insisting upon retaining tho
Bt. Pierre Miquelon group. Mr.Ford will
renew tho offer of agreement.
ENGLAND AND THE PORTE.
The Former Wants • l’srmaunnt Gar
rison at Alexandria.
London, June 7.—Mr. White, the Eng
isb Minister ad interim at Constantinople,
is negotiating for theoonseutot theHultun
to tiie establishment of a permanent
British garrison at Alexandria. IT tho
Porto assents tho evacuation of Egypt
will bequl ikened. The aim of the English
policy is to obtain security against the
possibility ot occupation by any other
power alter the English leave, and Pi
maintain English dominion over Egypt
and Uie Suez Canal.
THE GERMAN ARMY.
Drafting an Increase on tli I'omii.ff
General Census.
Mkui.in, Juue 7.—-The Imperial War
Minister is drafting a plan for a large In.
urease of the army, based upon calculated
results of tiie coming general census.
Tiie peace effective will tie raised from
118,000 to 4*0,000. Besides this two new
butteries will iie added to* each corps
d’arniee and two guns to each lmltery not
mobilized, practically uugmeiiUng the
artillery6o percent. Theoavuiryincrease
has not yet been decided upon.
Cholera in Mutlrid.
Madrid, June 7.—lt is persistently re.
ported Unit there have been some cases of
cholera iu this city wtiich have been con
cealed by the authorities.
The death rate Irom cholera In Valencia
hits doubled. People are alarmed aud are
fleeing from the infected districts.
Notwithstanding reports to the contrary,
it is now absolutely asserted that there is
no genuine cholera in Madrid.
The Mayor of Madrid has issued a pro
clamation ordering sanitary mua , ures in
stables atul houses, and oflurlug gratui
tous analysis of suspicious loud.
Inspecting the Milltury Districts.
St. PRTKKBBURffi, June 7.—The Grand
Duke Vladimir lias started on a tour of
inspection of the military districts of
Russia.
A scheme for the navigation of tho
Aral beu and the River Oxus has been
completed.
The government gives a company the
whole Aral flotilla, and the company un
dertakes to provide transportation for
U.OOO passengers and 100,000 pounds of
cargo monthly.
T lie Auicer Not \Ksiisslmiicd.
London, June B.—The Iktily Leh-graph,
states that there is absolut- iy no tounila-'
tion for the report of the assassination ot
the Ameer, and that the report wus tele
graphed to the Bt. Petersburg A oeamt
from Vienna and not from the Caucasus,
as alleged.
A Consul Recalled.
Bkklin, June 7.—lt Is rumored that
England has recalled Consul Kirk on the
complaint of Germany. He wus engaged
iu inciting the Sultan ol Zanzibar against
Germany.
Peace has been restored in the C&m
roons.
Protesting Against the Liquor Tax.
London, June 7.—A mass meeting at
tended by 4JKHI persons was held this
evening to denounce the action of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer in increas
ing the duties on later amt spirits.
Destruellvfl Hrc in Coimtaiillnof<lo,
Constantinople, June 7.—Three bun
dled houses, til ty shops aud three mosques
in the Ktamboul quarter of this city were
destroyed by lire to-day. One person waa
killed and many wounded.
A list rlii and flic Gougo.
Berlin, June 7.—An Austrian exnedi.
tlou to the Congo, commanded by Prof.
Oscar l.unz, will nhII from Hamburg
on June 30. The Austrian Geographical
Society pay* tin- expenses.
RiiNHtu Declines the Offer.
Paris, June 7. --The <iunluU says Rus
sla decline* all offers of AnuTicaus and
Irishmen sent through the Russian .Minis,
ter at Washington to equip a privateer
licet against. England.
Turkish Troop* to Halonica.
Constantinople, Juno 7.—The Turk,
ish Dovernm.'Ul lias sent 17,000 troeps to
so ntca <m account of tho thrcateuing
latitude of Russia on tho Bulgarian
Iron Her.
Condemning the Government.
Madrid, June 7.—A large meeting of
free trailers to-day condemned the guv
crnmcul !<>r breaking off the negotiations
with England lor a commercial treaty.
'ilie Reticle Retiring
Buakin, June 7.—(t is report* 1 that tha
rebels Iu the vicinity of Kassalu u Her.
her nre now retiring owing to the lkuinii
and small-pox.
A French Mim-of-Wur L-<st. .
I-ONHON. June The Free uMj-of.
war Ucnard, with a crew of 9 ur?). la
believed to have been founder jU i t ,<i
Red Sea. /
Miners' Bodies itecovm *
I okDhn, June 7.-Thu bodie VH
men entombed in Uie Durham m havg
l M:eii recovered.