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IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
THE GEORGIA LOTTERY CASE RE
MANDED TO STATE COURTS.
Constitutionality of Local Option to be
Tested in the Supreme Court—lnter
state Agricultural Convention - Dunn
Pardoned by the Governor—A Fed
eral S .idler of Savannah Chips in for
the Boys in Gray.
Atlanta, Ga., May 20.—Judge Pardee
rendered his decision to-day in the case of
the State vs. O. A. Lochrane and others,
known as the Georgia lottery case. Wien
the charter of the old Georgia lottery was
forfeited the property of the company was
escheated to the State. The lottery was ope
rated for the support of an orphans' home,
established for the benefit of orphans of de
ceased Confederates. The property, con
sisting of various city lots, is value! now
at Fit,ooo. After the forfeiture of the
charter Judge Lochrane fought the property
at tax sale at a nominal price. Sut/sequentlv
the State filed a bill in Fulton Superior
Court to recover the property.
CROSS BILKS FILED.
Judge Cochrane, the trustee of the old lot
tery. and certain widow ladies, who taught
in the orphans’ home and had claims for
unpaid salaries, filed cross bills. James K.
Clarke, of Savannah, afterward became a
partv by buying eertain!tax fl. fas. in the
hands of the’ City Marshal for taws after
Judge Lochrane took possession of the prop
erty. Mr. Clarke claimed to be an alien
through living in Savannah, and succeeded
in removing the ease to the United States
Court. After long arguments by the various
parties yesterday and to-day. Judge Pardee
coincided with the Attorney General's view
of the case and remanded it to the State
courts.
DE KAI.B'S LOCAL OPTION LAW.
The Miller habeas corpus case from
DeKaib, which is a prooeeling to test the
constitutionality of the local option law,
was decided yesterday by Judge Pardee,
who held that it was constitutional. To-day
it was appealed to the United States Supreme
Court. Mr. Mißer gave $2,000 bond.
An interstate agricultural convention
meets here on Aug. Id. Each of the cotton
States is entitled to one delegate from each
county, and the United States Senators and
Representatives in Congees will be invited
to participate. The full list of Georgia
delegates will • be announced by
Commissioner Henderson to-morrow. The
folio wine are the delegates from the
First Congressional district: Appling,
Michael Branch; Bryan, William Kennedy;
Bulloch, A. J. Her; Camden, E. A. >!<•-
Whoter; Charlton, Dr. F. M. Smith;
Chatham, E. A. Movnelo; Clinch, Dr. J. C.
Mattox; Echols. John Touchstone: Effing
ham, Amos F. Rahil; Emanuel, Dr. E. W.
Lane- Glynn, James Posted; Liberty, J. A.
M. King; Mclntosh, \V. H. Atwood;
Pierce. J. L. Thomas- Screven. J. W. John
son; Tattnall. J. S. Lanier: Ware, W. A.
McDonald; Wayne. 11. W. Whaley."
DUN"If PARDONED,
The Governor has pardoned J. J. Dunn,
convicted in Bibb county of voluntary
manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years,
and who has been in jail since 1*7(1. St rong
petitions for his pardon were presented, in
dorsed by the Solicitor General who prose
cuted the case. The strongest argument for
his pardon, however, was n®de by Judge
Simmons, who assisted the Solicitor General
in the prosecution. He says he was sur
prised 4$ the verdict, surprised at tho sen
tence, and does not believe the man ought
* have been convicted under the testimony.
Capt. Harrison, of the Execu
tive Department, received a
letter to-duy from Savannah, signed
‘Buckeye,” stating that he I uni seen in u
newspaper that he hail an “old
Confed” box in the office for contributions
which he distributed among needy Confed
erate veterans. H enclosed sl. asking that
it he accepted from one who wore the blue.
There is no such box, however, and Capt.
Harrison is ignorant of its publication. If
“Bucikoye” is not discovered tho letter and
dollar will be auctioned off for the benefit,
nf needy soldiers. Five dollars has already
been offered for it.
Alexander and John McMillon, father and
son, were convicted of murder at Milledge
vilie in lSsti and sentenced for lifo. Both
are at Oakdale, and John luis written tho
Governor that his father is absolutely inno
cent, and lias nine children at home suffer
ing. He asks the Governor to investigate
the case and pardon his father.
CHAMPAGNE AND CANCAN.
Peculiar Performances In the City of
Mexico.
From the New York Herald.
Among the passengero tyho .sailed on the
White Star line steamer Britannic yesterday
was Senor Lorenzo Ue Noriega, a wealthy
young Spaniard, whose name for the last
two weeks has been on the tip of society’s
tongue in the City of Mexico. Many
garbled accounts of the Spanish Club ball
scandal have been published. It lias Ito-n
freely stated that. Senor de Noriega bud been
compelled to make a hasty retreat from
Mexico, and that, he had refused to fight
duels with the Spanish Minister, Senor Be
cerra Armesto, and another gentleman, Mr.
Barron. As usual in such cases, it was said
that a lady was at the bottom of the trouble.
Whether it was so or not, without doubt the
affair has caused a social earthquake in the
capital of the Montezumas.
A reporter sought Senor do Noriega on
board the Britannic yesterday in order to
obtain a true version of the affair.
Senor Lorenzo de Noriega is a tall, hand
some man, with broad shoulders, about HO
yean old. He wears a Louis XIII.
dark brown 1 beard, carefully trimmed
and pointed at the end, with a
thick moustache standing straight
out. He is a Senator of the Province of
Oviedo. He is accompanied to Europe by
his brother, Senor Dorenuo de Noriega.
Neither of the brothers speak English.
TIIK qUKHTION DIRECT.
“What have you to say, Honor de Nori-
Ign. about that Spanish Club ball scandal f”
was the Homes hat abrupt question put by a
reporter yesterday.
“I will give you the correct version,
which at present none of the newspaper
have obtained,” he replied, smilingly “I
had proposed leaving the City of Mexico
three days before the ball took place, but I
was urged to remain in order to act us one
f the managers.
“Jt was reported to me on the evening of
the ball that Mr. Barron had lieen dancing
with Mile. Bazine, the daughter of Maro
chal Bazaine, in a stylo bordering near upon
the cancan. At the moment 1 said noth
ing to Mr. Barron because lie was talking
to some ludies. They were a party of six—
throe lailies and three gentlemen. One of
the ladies was Miss Frisbv, a daughter of
Gen. Flrteby; the other Mile. Bazaine, and
the third—l don’t n member her name.
“After consultation with mo Senor
Rivero, one of the directors, remonstrated
with Mr. Barron nliout the dancing, but iiis
remarks were very rudely received.'’
“Was Mr. Barron intoxicatedf
“Yes, lie was certainly under the in
fluence of liquor. The party then went into
the simper room. Hearing a great noise
there I followed them. The men were be
having in a most unseemly manner. One
had sat down on a chair und another sat on
his knee. Then came Mr. llarron, who
<oaß?<l himself on the knee of numlier two,
ufl then another gentleman took a jump
nul seatisi himself oil top of the other three,
in the next elinir sat Miss Frisby, who was
in danger of having the four men fall upon
her.
ABOUT TIME.
“It seemed to mo quite time to interfere,
f did so. sfienking 111 strong terms to Mr.
Barron, the active ringleader of this rowdi
very mueh offended and
and
T 4'. dBHNMMMfIA' I 1,11:1 mid I"' left tin- table.
to w In IV di Mm
! ister, Senor Becerra Armesto, stood and
I said that complaint had been made of his
I dancing the cancan. Upon this the Minis
i ter wanted to know who had said so and
| became noisily demonstrative.”
“Was the Minister intoxicated P*
Honor Noriega paused a little. “No, I
will not say intoxicated, only excited, be
cause he was a great friend of Barron and
tielieved his side of the story. Then loth
began shouting, and I asked the Minister
and Mr. Barron to accompany me to the
Secretary's office in order that we might
discuss matters. They refused, and the
Minister used very b,vl language to me. The
director of the club then attempted to take
the Minister away and received much the
same treatment as nivself.”
“What happened after that!”
“Well, the ball was broken up, as the
ladies went away frightened."
“Were you challenged to fight a duel by
the Spanish Minister or Mr. Barron?”
“No. There was a challenge sent, but it
was from Mr. Barron to Senior Rivero. The
latter gentleman's seconds concluded that
there as no cause to warrant Senor Rivero
fighting a duel."
STRONG DENTALS.
“There liave been reports, Senor de
Noriega, that you were compelled, by force
of public feeling, to leave Mexico.”
“It is a lie;” hotly replied the Senor. “As
I said before, my departure was settled for
three days before the date of the ball. I
have come away without a stain on my
character. The Spanish colony thoroughly
indarsed my conduct throughout the un
pleasant affair. "
“How do the Sponi-h Minister and Mr.
Barron stand
“Both have,been expelled from the club.”
“Have yon taken any action to bring the
Minister’s conduct to the notice of the home
authorities ('
“No, not personally; but a paper signed
by the Spanish colony has been forwarded
to th*- Minister of State in Spain placing the
owdur-r of Senor Armesto before bim sad
requesting hi> recall.”
"What a- you wish to say about Mile.
Bamin- s dancing r
The Senor raised his shoulders about 15
inches on each side and threw up his hands.
"'Ah! what <-an I -ay' I remember that
she is a woman living alone with her mother,
and therefore I forbear saying what I
might.”
A SPANISH gentleman's word.
“One lad question I have to ask you,
Senor, and that is. How do you account for
the version you give of the scandal being so
very different from the published reports
purporting to give authentic accounts of
what transpired at the, to you, eventful
ball?”
“Sir,” replied Senor de Noriega, drawing
himself up and placing his right hand over
his well developed chest, “I pledge you niy
word as a Hpaniish gentleman, a man of
honor and a member of the Cories, that
what I now say Is the correct version of tlxe
incident which occurred at the Spanish bull
in the City of Mexico. I do not choose to
make any definite charge against Minister
Becerra Armesto, but f can tell you that
his reputation among the Spanish colony,
whose leader he ought to be, is anything but
gocsl. What I have now told you is the
only complete account that has yet been
given of the scandal, and I feel that in stat
ing a somewhat delicate personal subject I
shall be given a fair hearing. 1
MEXICAN PLOTS.
Don Carlos Invited by Conservatives
to Visit the Country.
A City of Mexico dispatch to the New
York Herald say*; It is state lin upper
government circles that a plot on the part
of the Conservative party, which is as bold
and ambitious as it is impracticable, has
been discovered. A prominent member of
Congress, in the confidence of President Diaz
and several Cabinet memliers, staled to-day
that there is no doubt but that the Mexican
Conservatives have actually invited Don
Carlos, the Spanish pretender, to visit this
country for the purpose of entangling him
in Mexican politics and eventually muking
him the head of their party.
TnE PRETENDER ACCEPTS.
My informant asserts that all the details
of the plot are well known to the govern
ment. Don Carlos has accepted the invita
tion to visit Mexico, where he was hospita
bly entertained, and made many friends
some years ago. Whether he is a ware of the
intentions of uis Mexican friends is not cer
tain, although it Is believed that he is.
THE POPE NOT TO BE ENTRAPPED.
The promotel's of the plot wrote some
time ago to Rome, so the story goes, asking
the Pope's blessing on their undertaking,
but the answer of the Vatican was not en
couraging. One of the Cardinals addressed
a reply with wholesome advice, counseling
the avoidance of all disturbance, recom
mending the Conservative party to convert
their Liberal opponents, and calling their at
tention to the church's policy of teaching
the children to lie good Catholics.
RIC HKMPER.
Several gentlemen interviewed by your
correspondent, all occupying prominent io
-sltions, confirmed the report of the Conserv
ative plot, but ridiculed it, declaring that
the fate of Iturliide and Maximillian would
be shared by all future aspirants to the Mex
ican crown. Nobody seems to know exact
ly what it is proposed to do with Don ('ar
lor, even should he be introduced into Mex
ican politics. U nder the present constitu
tion no could not be inode President.
CONSERVATIVE PLANS.
One thing Is sure, and that is that Don
Carlos has wen invited to come to Mexico,
lias accepted the Invitation and will be feted
in every jsissible manner by the Spanish
Carlists anil Moxiean Conservatives. The
invitation ivas given when it was supimsed
that, there would be a straggle over the
Presidential succession. The re-election
amendment had been a bombshell in the
Conservative camp. Still it is stated that
they are undismayed and are preparing to
make great capital out of Don Carlos' visit.
A Paralyzed Farmer.
From tile Detroit Free Press.
A Detroit butcher named Joe Willets was
up in Mecosta bounty, a few days ago, to
see some relatives. Joe is built after the
old-style architecture —one story and a base
ment—and any man who picks him up for a
consumptive is bound to feel sad over the
mistake. While out riding one day with a
friend he came across a farmer who was
trying to -‘yank” a stump out of the ground
with a yoke of feeble-looking steers. The
stump hail begiui to “give," out the steers
strained and t wisted and pulled und couldn’t
budge it another inch.
“Whut arc you trying to do?” asked Joe,
as he stopped nis horsy.
“Trying to pull out this infernal stump,
sir,” was the reply.
| ►“Anil tlio steers can't do it;”
“No, nor any other yoke iu these parts.
It’ll take a pound of gunpowder to lift that
stump.”
“Shoo! now, but take off your cattle.
I’m something on the pull myself.”
“You! Say, do I look like a fool? You
can drive on, stranger.”
But Joe jumped down, slipped the chain
off the yoke, drove the steers to one side,and
then walked over to the stump and said:
“Sometimes the dirt flies over half an
acre of ground. Better shade your eyes.”
With that he spit on his hands, clasped his
arms around the stump, and without a
budge of his eyes he lifted the whole thing
out of the earth and flung it aside with the
remark:
“Shouldn’t like any better fun than to
pull these steers backward over the fence,
but we must be going now. So ’long, old
mail.”
And he climbed in and drove off. At a
bend in the road half a mile away they
looked back. The farmer stood there, mouth
open and eves us big as Bermuda onions,
and when they waved their lints at him he
never moved. Ho couldn't. He was para
lyzed.
Joseph Bozemans. aged 0 years. Is reported
to have amazed a critical audience In Paris at a
recent concert by his wonderful skill on the
pin no. both In the playing of selections from
Waller, Chopin, Liszt, etc., aiul by but impru
i vitiations
TnE MORNING NEWS:. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1887.
SHYER TO BE LISTED.
WALL STREET EXPECTS TO SPECU- j
LATE IN CERTIFICATES.
Ex-Secretary Manning’s Western Na
tional Bank to be Registrar of Tons
of Bullion Henry Clews Gives His
Ideas and Other Financiers Agree.
Wall street is agitated, says the New York
Star, by anew sensation. A scheme Is on
foot to make New York the silver centre of
the universe, and it seems capable of fulfill
ment. An organization which comprises
some of the biggest capitalists on the street
is now being effected, which proposes to
trade in silver bullion certificates, after the
manner that prevails in cotton and grain cer
tificates. The plan of operatons is to have
silver bullion deposited in tremendous
quantities at some responsible money centre,
to Issue certificates against the bullion so
placed, and to trade upon these certificates
as stock and grain certificates are traded
upon both here and ip Chicago. If the
scheme is carried through the control of the
silver market will be wrested from Loudon,
and New York will be made the head centre
of silver bullion trade.
The Western National Bank, of which ex-
Secretary of the Treasury Manning is the
head, is to be the depository of this huge
aggregation of silver, and from the brains
of ex-Troasurer Jordan and ex-Superinten
dei-.t of In.-uranee John A. McCall, both
oilte-rs of the new institution, the scheme is
said to have emanated.
The idea has impressed Wall street favor
ably. The majority of its magnates heart
ily indorse the proposition, and think that
the project is bound to prove a success.
The first step necessary to the suc
cess of the enterprise is the co-operation
of the governors of the Stock Exchange,
so as to secure the listing of the pro
posed silver certificates. That Is looked
upon as certain of accomplishment. Then
speculation of silver will become a pro
nounced feature in Stock Exchange transac
tions, almost as much as the trading in gold
overtopped ail other sjieeies of sjieculation
in the days when a greenback did not bring
the amount its face called for. Many san
guine brokers see in the distance the possi
bility of a silver room, as there was once
a gold room, in which silver trading will be
the predominant feature of the market, as
trading in India Council bills Is the con
trolling force In London.
Chief among tho magnates of Wall s-treet,
broad minded and wonderfully gifted in lhs
powers of perception, Is Henry Clews. He
has been identified in some manner or other
with all of the beneficent projects that ever
emanated from Wall street. He 1s ever in
advance of the times and the first to see in
any great movement what is likely to prove
public benefit or disaster. He has, more
ever, the courage of his convictions, and
never hesitates to express them. Tho silver
bullion scheme he regards as extremely feasi
ble and one which, when put in active op
eration, will prove of deemed benefit.
“The New York Stock Exchange,” said
he to a Star rejiorter yesterday, “can ac
commodate such a project and heartily wel
come it. It is an excellent scheme. So se
curities that I know of will be safer to deal
in than silver certificates. There will be
fluctuations, of course, in the value of sil
ver, else there could be no speculation; but
the tendency will lie toward an increase in
value. Why, do you ask? .Simply because
the demand for silver will lie greater
than at present. 'lt will be anew and
comparatively safe-method of speculation,
and people will want it. Silver is about the
most substantial investment a man can
make. It cannot depreciate to any great
extent, for as its quantity remains un
changed its value cannot be greatly im
paired, as in stocks, for instance. The very
best, stock changes greatly in value f rfxfn a
variety of causes, such as decrease in
monthly receipts and the like, bubble silver
is ail there, and remains more like a con
stant quantity.”
“But is there not danger of a forqpr in sil
ver and a consequent abnormal rise and de
crease reduction in value such as occurred a
few years ago in wheat?”
‘•No,” answered the magnate quickly,
“silver is not a product that can be con
sumed like wheat, corn and cotton. The
fact that those last named products are re
quired by man for his * iHumiliate wants
renders it possible for scheming men to get
control of all the obtainable supply, and
thus ‘corner’ the market. Silver is a differ
ent kind of commodity. You do not con
sume it, and it is only used in the arts to a
limited extent and as a medium of exchange.
Hence It is beyond the power of a few men
to raise or depress its price to any appreci
able degree.
“Neither is there any danger,” continued
Mr. Clews, “of a possible parallel with the
famous jump in gold in the Gold Room
some fifteen years ago. Then pajier money
was not worth 100 c. on the dollar, and there
was a natural hoarding of gold. It was
scarce in the market, and hence the task of
running up the price easy. The conditions
are changed now, and such a thing could
not occur.
“With silver in our Stock Exchange, the
power of the few bullion ists in London who
control the market will tie taken away. It
will then become a prominent feature of the
market. If dealt with in the way proposed,
and its price regulated on its merits, the de
mand for silver certificates will lx- greatly
enhanced, and they will be bought ns an in
vestment, tho same as storks, bonds and
other securities, by people who never before
bad silver in their possession, excepting in
small quantities, such ns daily expenditures
call for. That, ns any intelligent observer
can see, will prove a decided benefit. Sil
'ver, forming a part of our circulating me
dium, has, by its depreciation, impaired
confidence in It as money. Under the new
order of things its appreciation when coined
into money naturally follows.
“The fruition of the scheme proposed will
do more than I have outlined here. It will
toko away the control of silver from Lon
don, which has always been its headquar
ters, and w ill in time force an international
system of coinage for the world. This, of
course, would redound immensely to our ad
vantage, as silver is one of our longest an
nual products, and the higher the price ole
tainulile for it the greater will it tie to the
advantage of the country. *
“Another beneficial effect of such a plan
is that it would prevent silver, by the fact of
its increased use and value, from being
monopolized by the arts. Nickel plate ana
kindred metal would then lie called into
requisition by people who want articles of
luxury.”
Mr. J. B. Colgate, tho famous silver
spociulist, corrolioratea the opinion of Mr.
t ’lews in the main. He thinks itis, possible
that the evil of “cornering” mlghi arias, but
that the contingency is exceedingly remote.
The issuance of silver certificates would
greatly facilitate sjicculation, he said, rjul
he was confident it would prove a ikviiU.d
benefit.
Mr. J. 11. H. Nesslage, of No. 2!) Wall
stpvt, a lending dealer in gold and silver
bullion, indorses the theory advanced by
Mr. Clews throughout. It would bo im
possible, he said, to run up any corners, for
the reasons already urged, nnd it would
greatly aid speculation.
Hon. Conrad N. Jordan, Vice President of
the Western National Bank, admitted that
a scheme such ns outlined above ie projected,
but not yet in .slinjie for consummation. He
believed in an efficacious plan, and one which
wtiulil redound to the good of the country.
He wished it- to be distinctly understood,
however, that his bank would not enter into
any sjieculntion in these silver certificates.
His bank was only too willing to receive
tho bullion and act as registrar.
Faskiokadlc low\ I)ahe (in lowa)— Dear me!
It did not occur to me until this moment thal
you always have wine at dinner at home.
Distinguished Englishman —Do not bother
about that, ma’am.
“Oh. it won’t take hut a moment. Marie, has
the footman come back?”
Marie Yes, ma'am.
“Tell him Ui Ko right to his room and got
irk. then toil v, tuuvi.v
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' men meiim fmiilili- jmi ,(ar
ENCOUNTER WITH SAVAGES.
Exciting Struggle on Board Ship-
Story of the Survivors.
from the QUwyar J fa
Among the papers presente 1 to Parlia
ment on Tuesday was a report sent in by
Admiral Tyron with regard to the mas-acre
of the crew of the labor schooner Young
Dick at Malayta. in the Partflc. The evi
dence of the survivors was taken at Mary
borough , and it appears that the crew were
attacked by &D>ut twenty-five natives, who
got aboard whilst the Captain and some of
Ills men were away in the boats. There
was nothing against' the reputation of the
Captain, and the attack was made for the
purpose of plunder. Thomas Crittendon.
an able seaman, gave a graphic account of
the attack and repulse. He said: “I saw
three or four natives scuffling with the sail
maker. I didn't know his name. I had
nothing on but a singlet. I ran
back to my bunk and got my re
volver and "went on deck again,
and one of the natives from shore jumped in
front of me and tried to take hold of me: I
shot him and he fell. I went farther abaft
on deck towards the government kigenfs
cabin; I then saw about a couple of dozen
natives coming tpwards m< fri*n all sides.
I could hear blow's and sihfmug aloft, and
dull sounds as if the natives were toma
hawking the white men. The natives tried
to lay hold of me, and I Urea four more
shots. I saw one man fall and the others
drew back as if they were killed or wound
ed. I had one shot left in my revolver. I
then went down the foreastle. put on my
trousers, filled iny pockets with cartridges,
took my Snider and went on dock
again. I went to the foremast as far
as the foreyard. I could then see the na
tives running about with tomahawks. I
fired at all I could see. I may have fired a
couple of dozen shots. I fired all I had but
two. The firing continu -d for about ten or
twelve minutes. The natives got under the
awnings, and I could not see them. 1 then
went down on deck. During the time Iw as
aloft I heard occasional shots under the
awnings from the after part of the ship.
Before I came down on deck I saw two
canoes, which would hold about twenty
each, and several catamarans. When I
went on deck from aloft some of the re
cruits went and got bows and arrows from
the galley, and one of the boat's crew who
was sick ha/1 a Snider. I armed the recruits
as well as I could, and placed some on one
side of the ship and some on the other to
keep the natives off. After I had fired four
or five shots some of the natives
jumped overboard into the water. After
I placed the recruits on each side of the
ship I went over the top of the house abaft,
and saw three or four natives rushing
round the house. I shot one from the top of
tho house. He was by the wheel and trying
to get away from me. The others got away
out of sight. The mate. Charles Man - . then
sang out: “Is that you, Tom?” I replied:
“Yes; comeout. I think the deck is cleared.”
He ttien came out on dock, and I jumped on
the deck from the top of tiie house. I said
to hint: “Lookout, there are some aboard
yet.” We then searched the ship. We found
one native in the government agent's room,
hiding behind a coat, 1 .shot him while he
remained behind the coat. The
shot went through the coat
and shot him dead. I then saw the
government agent lying on his back across
the floor of his room. He was dead. We
saw the bodies of the carpenter and cook in
a place on deck which we call the dining
room. The sailmakcr was lying in tho Cap
tain's room. He lived half an hour after
wards. The government agent, Mr. Pop
ham, ha/1 his face smashed in. That was the
only wound I noticed on him. There were
live natives and one recruit lying dead on
tlie deck. Charles H. Marr, first mate of
the Young Dick, described his terrible strug
gle with the savages in the cabin. He said:
“The chief gave a yell and caught hold of
me by the wrist of the left arm and higher
up the arm, and another caught hold of my
other arm and tried to pull me out
of the dining-room. The chief caught
hold of the first finger of my left hand and
bit it. It still bears the mark of the bite. I
freed myself of my one hand, and hit the
chief in the face with my fist. I drew back
into the doorway of my room, two natives
still holding on to my one arm; with the
other arm I reached across my bunk and got
my revolver. I then fired at the chief and
the other natives that got hold of m.y arm.
They both drop|K>d down. I believe they
were dead. I was in the act of firing a third
shot, the only one left in the revolver, when
a native, who was in the dining-rom,
snatched the revolver from me; I then
stepped back into my own room and shut the
door half to, picked up a Snider and took
two or three cartridges which were lying on
my writing desk, loaded the Snider,
and looking through the half-open door
saw a native with a tomahawk coming from
the dining-room into tho passage. I tired at
him and he left the passage, ran on deck,
and fell into the water. The tomahawk the
•native had was the first one I hail seen. I
was loading my Snider again when the
room darkened; 1 then had my face toward
the door, and looking round saw a native
with a tomahawk at the side window of my
cabin There are two windows in my cabin,
one of which is on the side. The native was
trying t o tomahawk me; I turned round
with my Snider to tire at him, but he was
too quick for me and got away. I had only
one shot left, the cartridges being in the
lioatswain’s room, which was then used as
the trade room. I stepped across to that room
as quick as 1 COukl, and closed the door,
leaving sufficient space to fire through. I
saw a native coming along the rail on the
port side with a tomahawk in his hand; I
fired at him and he dropped over the side.
In trying to load the Snider again I found
it broken, and could not get the cart ridge
home; 1 was trying to fix it with a knife,
when I heard someone on the top of the
house over my head, and I heard a white
man sing out, ‘Come out, come out, they
are retreating.’ I then went outside of
the room anil saw Thomas Crittendon. I
afterward went into the dining-room for
my opera glasses, and on passing along
the (lock I saw the dead body of the gov
ernment agent on the floor of his cabin.
There are two half doors to the government
agent's room, both of which were own.
There arts curtains over the door, which
were iß|vh l*eck: I Saw a native with a
tomahawk crouching down ifhind the cur
tain on the end of the row. i caught him by
tho wrist and tried to pull him out. Ho was
greasy. Ho resisted, and drew back to the
corner again. I then caught him by the
hair, but was unable to drag him out. I
sang out to Crittendon, ‘There is another
one left with a tomahawk in ids hand: fetch
your Snider.’ Crittendon then brought his
Snider, and I stopped back while he fired.”
THE REPORTER.
Some ot His Experiences Told by One
Who Knows.
“Some Experiences of a Re]iorter” in the
May Lippincott is good reading for the
great class of people who like to know how
a newspaper is made. The writer is Mr. A.
E. Watrous, member of a New York news
paper staff, and n very bright and enter
taining writer. He tells his story in a frank
and manly fashion, perfectly conscious that
a reporter is as much sneered at by some
people as he is unduly revered by others.
Mr. Watrous was oue of tho seven men who
went to Deer Park on the occasion of what
ho calls “President Cleveland’s droll elope
ment.” He “acted like an elderly country
man who has concealed his engagement., as
lie did, gone through a secret marriage, and
then fled with his young bride to avoid the
‘shivarce’which in the place of Mr. Cleve
land's nativity and breeding doubtless
signalizes such unions." The seven rejiorters
who wished to get what, the whole country
as well as their newspapers demanded they
should get, hail u tragic time in doing their
official duty.
A reporter of good birth, breeding andns
sociation is often expected to pocket
“tips” not to soy bribes. “I have had some
droll experiences in that. One of them wus
when an irnitotio.i country gentleman, at
' whose house 1 had breakfasted, having
shown me over hit kennels and stables wus
driving me to the station in his T cart.
We had just reached his lodge-gato when lie
produced a roll of bills picked a §5 note, I
think it was. from them and said something
al>ut my troubie. I did not get angry. I
should have been a fool to do so. I simply
said what was fc-est:
‘Pardon me, Mr. ; we don’t do that
any more There was a time when it was
done, but we’ve done away with it.’
“ ‘That’s a deuced unique lodge of mine,
don't you think V he replied; and so the mat
ter dropped.
“I have in conclusion a single bit of ad
vice to give to the public at large, which I
always proffer in cases ox individual con
tact. If you have any information which
a reporter wants, surrender it instantly. He
will have it anyway. If he does not get it
from you he will get it elsewhere, and tne
fii-st man to whom he will go for it will be
your deadliest enemy. Does this seem nn
idle boast? ‘Doctor,’said Gen. Grant, when
he finished his memorandum of last ins-true
tions and gave them to his physician, ‘keep
this to yourself. If a single other person
sees it, the newspapers will get it.’ ”
WE ARE NOT SO VERY OLD YET.
A Man Who Knew Hamilton and Heard
Bells Toll at Washington’s Funeral.
From the Actc York Evening Sun.
“We think of the time of Washington as
ages ago,” said an elderly gentleman of an
tiquarian tastes: “and yet I can point to
more illustrations which will suggest how
very near the distant past is to us after all.
For instance, until within a very few months
a law partner of Aaron Burr was in active
practice in this city. He had an office in
the building that was tom down to make
room for Temple Court, and yet Burr came
within a hair’s breadth of being the third
President of the United States. His tie
vote with Jefferson threw the election into
the House.
“Peter Cooper, who died not long ago, re
membered very well the day of Washing
ton's funeral. Daniel Webster was born
while the Revolution was in progress, and
yet there are many men still in their prime
In New York who have seen and heard him,
and if lam not mistaken both Mr. Field
and Mr. E vails have been engaged in law
cases in which Webster was also counsel.
“I recently met a hearty man of business
just over the line in Connecticut who was
chairman of the local committee appointed
to receive Lafayette when he made his sec
ond visit to this country. This man’s name
is John Newman, and he remembers very
well how Lafayette looked and what he
said on that occasion.
“Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun were
both lads before this government was
organized, but there is still living a man
who sat in the United States Senate with
them. I refer to ex-Senator Simon Came
ron.
“There are receiving pensions to-day as
widows of soldiers of the Revolution seven
women, and there were living at the time
of the late war five men who had fought
during the Revolution. I heard one of
them, the Rev. Daniel Waldo, preach in
18*51.
“Mr. Poore, the Washington correspond
ent. has told rue that he had seen every
President since Madison, and had shaken
hands and spoken to every one since Monroe.
An old friend of mine named Abijah Res.
siqua, of Ridgefield, who died a month ago,
had voted for every President since Madison,
and he remembered very well hearing the
church bolls toll on the clay of Washington's
funeral. There is in active business now a
man who was two years old when Washing
ton was first inaugurated President. He is
George L. Perkins, of Norwich, and he was
a man grown when he sailed down the Hud
son on the famous trip that Robert
Fulton first made to and from Al
bany with his steamboat. The en
gineer of the first railway locomotive that
•'•■r ran in the country was living some
months ago, and I think still is. There is
now living and in good health a famous man
who was a member of President Polk’s Cabi
net forty-two years ago. I m n an George
Bancroft, the historian. Mr. Bancroft has
met with very many men who took part in
the revolutionary war, and conversed with
them. Very many New Yorkers not yet
old men were well acquainted with the son
of Alexander Hamilton, who died not long
ago. Yet Alexander Hamilton was Wash
ington’s aide during the revolution and his
first Secretary of the Treasury.
“You will see, then, from these illustra
tions, and I might give others, that we are
still a very young republic, and that but a
very few years have passed since the time
when all who now live might have taken
the hands of men who have seen Washing
ton and who fought under him. Very many
men now living have, in fact, been able to
enjoy this privilege.”
The Cross-Eyed Clerk.
From Harper's Magazine for May.
During the late Christmas holidays a
large firm in B employed as an assis
tant clerk a young man who was exceeding
ly cross-eyed.
The especial duty assigned to him was to
act as watchman, and prevent the pecula
tion of all sorts of small fancy articles that
were lying about the counters lor exhibition
at that time.
One day a half-grown boy came into the
store, and after looking all around, pricing
first one thing and tlien another, among
which were some very nice socks, ho finally
started to go out of the door.
At this moment the new clerk touched
him lightly on the shoulder, and inviting
him to come to the back part of the store,
said to him, politely: “Oblige me by giving
me at once the socks that you have "in your
back pocket.”
“How do you know I have any socks in
my back pocket?’ demanded the boy in a
bold tone.
“1 saw you put them there,” said theelerk,
very gently.
The boy looked up into the young man’s
face in utter amazement. “Are you look
ing at me now*” he asked, earnestly. “Do
you see me this very minute?” he asked, still
more earnestly.
“Of course 1 do,” replied the clerk.
“Good Lord, mister!” cried the boy, with
a blanching faefe; “here's your socks.” And
with a bound he was out the back door,
over the fence, and away, having learned a
lesson concerning all-seeing eyes which it is
to lie hoped he may never forget.
Three boys, the Pali Moll Gazette reports,were
found lying asleep on a recent morning In Lon
don by a police constable in a disused rope yard.
A large mongrel terrier was lying on the boys,
who were all fast asleep. The dog was at once
coverlet and guardian, and, when the constable
approached, his attitude became so menacing
that the hoys had to he wakened before the
officer dared approach thrm.
FOOD PRODUCTS.
FOEEST CITY MILLS,
Prepared Stock Food for
Floi •ses, Mules, Milch Cows
and Oxen. Made out of pure
grain. Guaranteed Sweet and
Nutritious.
BondjHaynes&Elton
FOK - M U.
LH)R SALE,
BTONO PIIOSHATE WORKS.
FACTORY AND MATERIALS,
With excellent site, on Ashley River, near
Charleston. S. C., and Fertilizer Material on
hand. Buildings, Machinery, Wharf, &c., In
first-class order.
Apply for catalogue of property and othor
information to
R. M. MARSHALL* BRO.,
Brokers, Charleston, S. C.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
• S \il\l i:\cl R*dO\.
STEAMER POPE CATLIN
Will leave Kelly’s wharf, foot of Bull street,
ON SUNDAY, MAY Eld. 1887,
at 2:30 o'clock, for a trip around TYBEE BELL
BUOY, returning via LAZARETTO CREEK,
THUNDERBOLT and BONA VENTURE. Music
and refreshments on board. Fare round trip,
50c.
This steamer can be chartered for excursions
by applying to the Captain on board or at the
GOLDEN ANCHOR, comer Broughton and
Drayton streets.
NOTICE.
Savannah, Ga. . May 18. 1887.
The Lumbermen’s Association, to Whom it May
Concern:
We. the Association, met and agreed that on
and after the 25th day of May. 1887 we would
work under and about the wharves for 25e. and
30c. per hour. R. H. PARLING.
W. B WILLIAMS.
RICHARD POOLER, '
Committee.
TO SHIPPERS.
S., F. 4 W Ky.. Fkkioht Department, I
Savannah, Ga., May 18th, 1887. f
The station known as ORION, FLA., will, on
and after MAY 20th, 1887, be discontinued as a
regular station, and will be known as FLAG
STATION B, 228. All shipments must be pre •
paid. WM. P. HARDEE. G. F. A.
LOST.
On the evening of May 17th, 1887, either in
Gainesville, Fla., or on the S., F. and XV. R. R.
train, a note of $2,000 drawn by Power &
Moloney in favor of Mrs. M. J. Strous. Persons
are cautioned against trading for same.
MRS. M. J. STROPS.
FOR SALE.
120 Horse Power ENGINE for sale at a bar
gain. Cylinder 20x30. About new and in per
fect order. A. B. HART,
Lake City, Fla.
DR. HENRY S COLDI.VG,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist, Savannah. Ga.
EX< ITRSIONS.
Ciriii anfl Mm\
E.JAXIi’W^A'Y’.
Summer Excursions
Commencing SUNDAY, MAY 15tv, this Com
pany will sell round trip tickets to
CHARLESTON. BEAUFORT AND
PORT ROYAL,
By following Trainsand at following Rates:
By train leaving Sundays only, at 6:45 a. m. ; re
turning, leave Charleston at 3:35 p. m., Port
Royal 3:30 and Beaufort 3:45 p. m. same
day $1 00
By train leaving Sunday only at 6:45 A. M,; re
turning, leave Charleston Monday 3:45
A. M $2 00
By train leaving Saturday at 8:23 p. M.; return
ing, leave Charleston Monday 3:45 A. m. . .$2 50
Tickets for sale at WM. BREN’S, Bull street
and at Depot. E. P. McSWINEY,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
PROPOSALS WANTED.
Proposals Wanted.
I>IDS will be received up to the Ist of JUNE
) for the buildings on the eastern haif of lot
on the corner of Whitaker, President ami State
streets, and also for excavating to the depth of
824 feet the lot above mentioned, measuring 60 by
00 feet. The buildings to be removed within ten
days and the excavating to he finished by the
first of July, 1887.
Bids must be made separately. The right is
reserved to reject any or all bias.
J. If. EKTILL,
I>. R. THOMAS.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM,
RUFUS K. LESTER.
Committee Union Society.
City of Savannah, 1
Office City Marshal, >
Savannah, May 19th, 1887. j
PROPOSALS
YU7TUL he received at this office from Plumbers
▼ ' until May 25. to repair or replace water
boxes on sidewalks. Specifications furnished. The
city reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
ROBERT J. WADE,
City Marshal.
PROPOSALS FOR COAL.
Custom House. Savannah, Ga., 1
Collector's Office, May 20, 1887. j
OEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
i~ office until 12 o'clock noon of SATURDAY.
MA\ 28th, 1387. for furnishing coal to revenue
vessels at this port for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1888. The coal furnished to be anthra
cite or bituminous as may be required, of best
quality, uniform in character; to weigh 2,240
pounds to the ton; to he delivered on board the
vessels at sueh times and qualities as required,
at localities readily accessible to said vessels,
ami to be subject to inspection as to quality
and weight
llidders will name the prices for both steam
ing and stove coal, and also their facilities for
furnishing the vessels with fresh water and the
charges therefor,
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
and to waive defects.
JOHN F. WHEATON,
Collector.
Wool Wanted
The highest cash
prices paid at all times
for WOOL. Shippers
will save money by
consulting me before
selling.
M.Y.HENDERSON,
180 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
jiimiihmiil m mmmnesmummom m mvrn u ■mnw in hi ■■hwm imnMMNMi
r pO COUNTY OFFICERS.— Books and Blanks
1 required by county officers for the use of
the courts, or for office uite, supplied to order by
the MORNING NEWS PRINTING HOUSE, 3
Whitaker street. Savannah.
AMUSEMENTS.
base balFtoTO;
.A. m ate urs
vs.
Savannah B. B. Club.
Both Batteries will be furnished by the Savan
nah Club.
TICKETS AT USUAL PLACES.
Game called at 4 o'clock.
SIMM EhTrESOHTS. ~
Salt Spij Hotel,
AUSTELL, GA.
THIS New Resort Hotel especially adapted
1 for families, has reduced its rates to S. ier
week. The accommodations are first-class* in
every respect. For further information ad.
dress T. J. MAY, Proprietor.
Austell, (ia.
WALE SPlffi,
Btat Coiinly, - Teuntssce.
THIS Health Resort will be open May Ist, 18R7
The most celebrated Dyspeptic Water
known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. Excellent
Table. Telephone connection with Knoxville
Rates: $1 per day; $25 per month for May and
June; $2 per day. $lO and sl2 per week, $35 and
S4O per month for July and August. Haif rates
for children. J. C. ENGEL, Prop.
CLAFLIN HOUSE',
Among the “Berkshire Hills."
BECKET, MASS.
Twelve Hundred Feet above the sea. Savaa.
nah reference. Address
A. G. CROSS, Proprietor.
TUI! WHITE SILPHIR SPRLN’CS,
GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. VA.
The most celebrated of all the Mountain
Resorts, and one of the oldest and most popular
of American Watering places, will open for the
season June 1. Elevation above tide-water
2,000 feet; surrounding mountains, 3.500 feet!
Send for pamphlet describing hygienic advan
tages. B. F. EAKLE. Supt.
CLARENDON HOTEL,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
OPENS JUNE 25th.
Popular rates $3 00 per day
P. STEINFELD,
Proprietor.
POPULAR ~
Congress Hall.
SARATOGA SPRHNGES,
Accommodates 1,000 persons. Rates. S3 per day
for rooms, except those on parlor and first floors.
Open from June IS to Oct. 1.
CLEMENT & COX, Proprietors.
H. S. CLEMENT, Manager.
THE KENSINGTON.
Union Avenue, opposite Congress Springs Park,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
OPENS SATURDAY, JUNE 18th.
For particulars address 220 Broadway, Room
18, N. V., or 420 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
PAUL.C. GRENING, Proprietor.
KITSELL’S PRIVATE HOTEL
91 FIFTH AVENUE, NEAR 17th STREET,
NEW YORK.
VMERICAN and European plans. Location
most central. Rooms en suite or singly.
First-class board and accommodations. Prices
reasonable as a boarding house.
JAMES KITSELL,
Proprietor.
THE “COLUMBIAN
SARATOGA SPRINGS,
THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAHIAXS
Opens June Uoth.
JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor.
Indian Harbor Hotel,
GREENWICH, CONN.
Will Open Saturday, June 18th,
Address WM. H. LEE.
Grand Hotel, 31st street and Broadway, New
York.
’T'HE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rock. S.
1 C. In the mountains of North Carolina.
4,000 foet above the sea. Easily accessible. . lexi
cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low*
est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for to#
season. For inforr at ion address WATAUbA
HOTEL CO., Blowing Rock, N. C.
HOXELsT
WASHINGTON HUTU
7th and Chestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR.
RATES, $3 50 PER DAY.
Centrally located, only a short walk fro™
Penn'a and Reading Depots. New Passed
Elevator, Electric Bells, New Dining Room anjj a
all modern improvements. Polite attendance
and unsurpassed table.
NEW HOTEL TOGNL
(Formerly St. Stark's.)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
r PHF. MOST central House in the city. N’ ear
I Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries. .
New’and Elegant Furniture. Electric be**
Batlis, Etc. :>0 to per day. ~ „
JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor.
8. A. UPSON, Manager. .
HOTEL VENDOME,
BROADWAY & FORTY-FIRST STREET
NEW YORK.
AMERICAN plan. Centrally lasted- All
the latest improvements. Cuisine and ser
vice unexcelled.
Special rates to permanent guests.
I. STEINFELD, Manager.,
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
THIS POPULAR Hotel is now provided whS
1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one n._
city land lias been remodeled ami newly .
liistied. The proprietor, who bv recent pure
is also tho owner of the establishment, sp~rj
neither pains nor expense In the entertain
of his guests. The patronage of Florid*
ors is earnestly invited. Tin; table of
Screven House Is supplied with every /
that tho markets at home or abroad can a _
MARSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - 0A
f t EO. D. HODGES, Proprietor.
VT the Metropolitan Hotel, New York.
Grand Union. Saratoga Springs. L°d?L :,er
tral. All parts of the (fity and placeso, n
est accessible by street cars constantly 1.-
the doors. Special Inducements to ■
ing the city for business or pleasure. —_
THE MORRISON HOUSE-
One of the Largest Boarding Houses m
South. .
FFORDS pleasant South rooms, good tojjjj
/V with pure Artesian Water, at pn _ (VO! n.
wishing table, regular or trjnsien
mndations. Northeast comer Brighten a-
Drayton streets, opposite Marshal! iiouw*