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2 GOTHAMSGRAND ORATION O’BRIEN BANQUETTED AT THE HOFFMAN HOUSE. A Distinguished and Brilliant Array of Leading Citizens Assemble to Do Him Honor—Toasts of the Evening —Mr. O’Brien’s Address Received With Rapturous Applause. New York, June 7.—The reception to Editor O’Brien to-night at the Hoffman House was a brilliant affair. The leading citizens united in the ovation thus tendered under the auspices of the Irish National. League and the Hoffman House committee of the Irish Parliamentary fund. The large banquetting room was tastefully decorated wit h Irish and American flags, and flowers adorned the table. Ex-Mayor Grace pre sided. On his right were Win. O’Brien, . ; , Sishop Ferrell, Gov. R. S. Green of New Hftersev. Mayor Orestes Cleveland of Jersey Bjfcitv,’Recorder Smyth. Rev. l)r. Ilepwortli, ;Ejr aj. Bundv and John A. Green. On his were Mr. Kilbride, Eugene Kelly, A. Dana, Rev. W. T. Lloyd, ex- Gov. Dorshoimer, Col. W. L. Browne Hid H. R. Beckman. At other tables were Justice Daly, Judges Donohue Browne. Col. F. A. Conkling, Gen. Jolin fcHewton. Commissioner Coleman, Father i'M'ordan, Congressman William Bourke -sßoekrnn, P. S. Gilmore. District Attorney mid Judge Gorman. The toasts responses were as follows: ■ I. “Our Guest," the chairman, Hon. Wil- R. Grace. |BJ2. “The United States,” C. A. Dana. H3. “Ireland and Her Exiles,” Rt. Rev. M. O’FaiTell, Bishop of Trenton, lit “Gladstone,” Rev. W. T. Lloyd, D. D. “Our Sist*T Suites.” lion. I). 1). Green, > >f New Jersey. “The Press," Col. W. 1,. Browne. i'B -Yftcr coffee, ex Mayor Grace introduced *le guest of the evening in an eulogistic in which he said bis earliest, laboi-s back to the time of the Irisli famine, lißßien, with all the enthusiasm of youth and that noble self-sacrifice which has so R^fcti nguished lus whole earner, ho gave not his services anil liisjtime for the suffer EHg people, hut contributed so largely of his Ibß'shs that he ear no 1 the fervent thank- of |Hc nation. Through his iiaper he aided in from Dublin Castle, into imprison uHfent, the men whose depravity was a men to the people’s honor. With John l)il he was the originator and |ierfector of fHd plan of campaign which has so lately crowned with triumphs, over exacting rlßidlords, and which are yet fresh in the Hhlic liiinil. Mr. O'Brien in the course of fIB response, said: “I have had a fair share during this mission to America, ■t I assure you, my principal difficulty is this last, occasion, when I shall address an audience.” ' H’Upon this occasion I am not sure I ought B i efer to the httle stirring episodes which advertised our visit to New York, Bring which a few gentlemen with pro- Bfeions of interest in the Irish cause upon lips seemed disposed to envy the laurels 7 Bthe Lansdoxvne mobs in Canada, and did Bt blush to refer with complacency to work. They ai-e not Irish Nationalists Brl Ido not believe they are true Anicri- Mis. [Cheers upon cheers, the audience to their feet and shouting.] American Hpuinn has already judgisl- the methods ißy resorted to and the language they em ed. and 1 lielieve that the judgment, is as emphatic and over- as has licon recorded against l.ord from shore to shore of great eontinent. I do not to say one unnecessarily haisli word yHKnight against Mr. McMaekin, but it is the truth for luc to say that it became a between gratifying Mr. McMaekin M destroying Mr. Parnell and wrecking movement that lias cost the Irish jcople a year of lnlmr and bitter sacrilice to up, a movement which lias brought cause to the very threshold of a glorious That was the issue—n cruel and issue-that 1 was obliged to face. the hopes of our people for this were to be east to the winds, and Mr. Parnell was to be handed oxer London 7YnieK, to lie overwhelmed by sB lying taunts, und all in order that Mr. |BrMackin might have his way and might .■joy his personal triumph in spite of remonstrances, and in rebellion even the xvill of his own committee. I believe there are not many Irish I^Btinmi lists throughout fir* globe to da v Ho do not realize that (lie movement has saved from one of the most deadly that ever threatened its existence, an. i although it xvas a painful episode, I be lieve the Irish millions feel to-night that the L/ifety of the Lrisli cause has not been pur chased at too dear a price when they re member that Mr. McMaekin and some of his friends are disappointed and angry, but the Times newspaper will he still more angry [cheers] and disappointed, and the tongues of the slanderers in England are struck dumb forever and ever. [Wild eu thanasia.] As to Mr. Me.Mackin’s threats against myself, well enough. It is hateful of me to speak of my own personality in such a matter. Mr. McMaekin is, of course, at perfect liberty if ho chooses to enter into a competition with me for the confidence and affection of my countrymen, who know every act of my life. God knows it is ab horrent to me to spool: in this way. Only fur t}ie representative capacity I unfortun ately occupy, only lor the heavy responsibil ity that rests upon me, I should disdain to onen mylips on such a subject, but when Mr. McMaekin talks of standing between me and the hearts of my countrymen, xvhen he talks of getting my countrymen in line with Kingston assassins and with the Eng Its h government against me—well, I am farced to tell hint that my xvill remember, if he not. that 1 have stood by tha side of the people in many hours of trial and dim Br, xvhen lie was not by to give us the ben *Bt of his guidance. I xvill bo standing to shoulder with them again iu the peril and suffering tlull is approach when jici littps Mr. McMaekin might not Bthere to share the consequences timt his LBts ill New York would haw entailed on cause, which is entwined lie vend all causes, with tic very tcnilrils of my heart. 1 thank the American press the way they havesjioken of us. I thunk | IB<> the men of other opinions Iroin ns that spoken in our favor. I know that not the sympathies of the American jH-oplr, oßt that of the English, and Welsh, and democracy, are witli us, and all for the sake of our Christianity hope to sec the long Ifflßht of Knglisli misrule bale liefore the -Bet end is not far distant; that thanks, .'■Bain re-echoed, shall soon proceed from nil |Bsh Parliament lield in Dublin to give to |Bii and your generations a generous meed |Bpraise. 1 thunk you again tmd again— l cannot thank you; words are so when the soul is so full that they xvill Bt express them; but in the end you, my friends, will, I promise you, l- satis- gratified." [A terriflccheer.] R L MR- DANA LETS HIS “SUN” SHINE. pHMr. C. A. Dana then spoke briefly, sny- “What is it, that in the brief spare of BBlittle more than a century has raised this Western Republic from Ja position of xveak ne*s anil insignificancy, and conx-orted it into one oft! b groat tlowers of the earth! It is tlie pr tession of homo rule. It is the fact of our li: erty. Our republi can government has n<; had to bear the burden of a court, and iit aristocracy. The substance of the jieople lias not lioen con •umed in* crushing taxation for the raain- StßttMßpm a gnat military establishment ary mduomii his own land, or has le to owirat.” p O’FnrrLl was the next speaker. it was Bo first time iu his life lie r been atma public dinner, und the i ,of bis sympathy might be gauged aK by that tfai-t. But he had been me and exptVs this admiration for rien and his cause, and he congretu rn on his victory over his people's n oppressor. GLADSTONE PRAISED. The toast, “Gladstone,” was then re sounded to by Rev. William Lloyd. He sjxxke of the nobility of the life of the groat Englishman and of what he had done for the Irish people. The speech-making of the evening ended with the toast to “The Press,” re sponded to by Col. W. H. Browne, after which the guests crow'ded around Mr. O'Brien and bade him farewell. He then walked through the corridor of the hotel out on the balcony and delivered a speech to the members of the Hixty-ninth regiment, who xvere waiting in the street in front of the hotel to conduct him to the steamer. Many letters of regret were received from distinguished men, among them Roscoe Conkling, Mayor Hcxx-itt, ex-Gov. Hoadly and President Fitzgerald, of the Land League of America. A GOOD GREETING FOR PARNELL. Editor O’Brien will bear to Ireland a let ter from Mr. Eugene Kelly, President of the Parliamentary Fund Association, to Mr. Parnell, enclosing $25,000. O’BRIEN INDORSED B\ r THE LEAGUE. New York, June 7.—Editor O’Brien xxas opening the letters in his morning mail to day, when a reporter asked him if he re ceix i'd any important or interesting ones. “They would fill a dozen columns ill the papers,*’ xvas his reply; “hut I have not had one—hot one—that xx-as signed by any prominent man that did not approve my conduet of last Saturday night. I hax’e a cablegram from the Executive Committee of the National League in Ireland, as fol loxvs: “The Executive Committee of the Na tional League m Ireland, in meeting assem bled, heartily approve of your action in keeping the Irish questions free from the American issues. Ireland’s course appeals to American lovers of liberty without, any dis tinction of party, and we feel convinced that no sincere friend xvill wish us to involve that sacred cause in any issues that may delay or hinder its success. “Harrington.” SCENERY FINE BUT NO FISH. The President Catches No Trout, But Enjoys the Scenery Greatly. Prospect House,N. Y., June7.—The Presi dent xvill got his last full day of the fishing to morroxv. His arrangements for leaving the woods are completed and xvill ho carried out Thursday. He went off this morning to make an effort to catch a fish big enough to match the twenty-three-pound one presented to him yesterday. He used only the longest bait and trolled with 250 feet of line in deep water. He caught nothing, however, but came back at night fully as enthusiastic as ex r er about the beauty of the lake and the charm of the fishing, even without success. Col. Lament caught two good sized trout and Dr. Rosman caught three. The pro gramme for tomorrow has not yet l>een arranged, but it will bo one that xvili keep the gentlemen of the party out of doors from an early hour in the morning until late in the evening. Thursday after noon the party xvill be driven to Paul Smith’s station, by the way of Paul Smith’s hotel, and at the station will find awaiting the sDecial train that brought them to the woods. The run to Albany will be bx r the way of the Vermont Central railroad, arriving in that city at an early hour Friday morning. The President will ac cept the invitation of Gov. Hill and he and his party will breakfast at the Executive Mansion on Eagle street. After a stay of three hours the journey to Washington will lie resumed and it is expected the party xvill reach the Executive Mansion there during Friday evening. There will be no public re ception to the President in Albany. VIRGINIA’S COUPON CASES. Attorney General Ayers to Test the Question in the United States Su preme Court. Richmond, June 7.—Judge Bond, of the United Stall's Circuit Court, having en joined the proper officers throughout the State from enforcing the act of the assembly known as the “Coupon Crusher,” Attorney General Aver-, to bring Judge Bond's action under review by the Uuitivl States Supreme Court, this evening placed himself in contempt by serving notice of a suit on an agent of the Wheeler <V Wilson Sewing Machine Company. It is expected that his proceedings xvill lie reported to Judge Bond; that Judge Bond will order him to lie com mitted for contempt, and that then At torney General Ayers xvill sue out a xvrit of habeas corpus from a justice of the United States Supreme Court. YACHTING RACES. The Shamrock Declared to be the Fastest American Boat Afloat. New York, June 7.—ln the Atlantic Yacht, Club regatta to-day the Atlantic beat the Priscilla by Idm. 41s. and the cutter Galatea by 28m. 87s. The Shamrock beat the Titiania by 20m. Is.; the Cinderella lieat the Reamer by 18m.; the Adeline beat the Enterprise by 10m. 205.; the Mistrial heat the nfderan by l\s.; the Kangaroo lieat the Arab by 4m. 55.; the Livene bent the Pilot by 22m. 545., and the Marjorie lieat the Mosquito by llin. 575. If this race can be taken as the standard the Shamrock is the fastest sloop in America, as on the time allowance she would liax'e beaten the Atlantic and taxon an easy winner in the first-class race by about ten minutes. JEROME PARK RACE3. Arrest of Pool-sellers to Test the Le gality of the Law. New York, June 7.—The weather was drizzly to-day and the track bad. The fol lowing were the events. First Race—Five-eighths of a mile. My Own 'von, with Petulance second and Sensation (Stil letn geldiugi thiol. Time 1:0!%- Second Race One and one sixteenth miles. Saxony xvon, xvitli Canter Bess second and Jen nie B. third. Time 1:51*4. Third Rack— One mile and a quarter. Tar bouche xvon, with Hypasia second and Onoko third. Tinu'2:ls. Foi’HTH Race- One mile and a quarter. Rich mond won, xvitli Lottery second and Strathspry third. Time 2:14. Fifth Rack— Seven-eighths of a mile. Lx Claire xvon, with l’hil Lewis second and Blue Line third. Time 1:8%. Betting xvas ton to one against the winner. Mutuals paid $145 Sixth Rack Steeplechase, short course, ilas- Ivirough won, xvlth will Davis second and Jack third. Time 4:30. For the purpose of making a test case on the pool selling law. a detective to-day bought a ticket on Young Duke 1 uud one of the Jerome Purl, elite from tin* clerk of lfolmes A Co.s poolsellers, on Park Row. and bookmakers at tlie Jerome Park. The money xvas taken after the detective laid signed a blank form, ill which It was stated that Holmes <fc Cos. xvere to act ns his agents in placing the bet on the race track during the progress of the races, and that the se. they charged him was for (he payment for their trouble in taking the money there. The clerk xvas arrested, and an examination will he held tomorrow. Tho St. Louis Races. St. Louis, Juno 7.—To-day was the third (day’s racing at the fair grounds hero. Tho following are the events: First Race— Nine furlongs. Gold Flea xvon, xvitli Jim Nave seconilam! War Sign third Time 2:07. Second Race—One and a quarter miles; four starters. Durand won, with Voltigeur second and HI. Valentine third. Time 2:12. Tinkd Ram Oat and a half mflria; Hsrsc starters. Wary won, with Unite second and Touchepas third. Time 2:4314- Foi’btii Race—One and one-sixteenth miles; six starters. Rosalind won. with Insolence second and W. H. H. third. Time 1:53. Fifth Race—Steeple dime: full course: three starters. Tennessee won. xvitli Welling ton second and Aurelian third. Time 3:2414. Tho Engad’.ne Bouqupt, Atkinson’s new perfume. This superb distillation sweetly recalls fragrant Swiss floxvßLji^jrtrifi■ yif Hkt setting of 1 •* i: ■ll SttV; 1 THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1887. TALLAHASSEE TOPICS. A Running Comment on the Legisla ture's Work. I’allahassk, Fla., June 6. —After all the delays and disappointments incident to the action of the Legislative session just closed a good showing has been made in the number of bills passed, nearly all of which were acted on during the last few days of the session. About 200 bills were passed, nnd among them numbers some of the most important that have ever been enacted in Florida. The railroad commission bill is of prime imfiortanco and its success or failure is of serious consequence to the entire State. It is different from the Georgia law chiefly in its provisions for an appeal from the deci sions of the throe commissioners to five mem bers of the Governor’s Cabinet, who are constituted a board of rex'isors with full power to supervise and regulate the actions of the Commissioners through the agency of the appeal process. time to select good material. Gov. Perry has sixty days in which to se lect his men for positions of this highly re sponsible commission, and it is to be hope l he will be fortunate in his selections, as the success of the measure depends entirely on the men who compose the commission. Numerous names have been mentioned in connection with the position but nothing has been decided upon, and probably xvill not be for several weeks. the apportionment equitable. The new apportionment of the State is entirely different from that heretofore ex isting, but it is as near equitable as it could be made. No county has more than two members of the House of Representatives, while txx r enty-one of the smaller counties have only one member. The Senatorial dis tricts remain x’ery much as before, with the exception of one increase in South Florida at ihe expense of West Florida. THE BALLOT BOX PP.OTECTED. The election laws have some new features that may tend to preserve the purity of the ballot Isix, und chief among the new pro visions is the appointment of a supervisor of registration in each county, by the Gov ernor, xvho shall have charge of the matter of registering all legal voters, and who re eeives a salary from the State in proportion to the amount of the services required in the different counties of varying population. The failure of the Board of Health bill is to be regretted, particularly now that it would hax'e been so useful in preventing the spread of yellow fever. A large number of other bills hax-e been passed, but have not been approved by the Governor. He still. has several days in which to consider them, and the chances are that very few will be vetoed. Only one veto has been imposed so far, and that was of little consequence. Stark Gossip. Stark, Fla., Junes.—A rainfall of unu sual extent occurred here yesterday. The town xvas literally flooded with water, and many of our merchants sustained losses from leakage, or overflowing of the gutters from the tin roofs. Messrs Richard & Pace xvere damaged fully SI,OOO. Dr. Hayne’s dental office was flooded and much valuable stock destroyed. The storm appears to have gathered and exhausted itself in this imme diate x'icinity. Prof. G. E". Looney, who has so success fully conducted the Htarke Institute during the last three years, has received an offer from the Bunny South Female Seminary at Atlanta, and xx’ill move to that place during the next fexv weeks. The professor and his family have endeared themselves to the peo ple of Starke, who contemplate this loss w'ith serious regret. Dr. Henry Talbird has resigned the paste rate of the Starke Baptist church, owing to physical infirmities, consequent on advanced age, and goes to live xxith relatix-es at Switzerland, on the St. John’s. The doc tor is 75 years of age and has been in the ministry for oxer fifty years. He was born and reared below Savikuiah, on Hilton Head Island, and belongs to one of the oldest and wealthiest families of South Carolina, his grandfather having been an officer in the revolutionary xvar. In speaking of the possibilities of Florida a few days ago Prof. G. P. Young, of Orange College, Starke, was heard to re mark that lie had been raising his oxm vegetables here for thi-ee years, and during all that time a day had not passed without having vegetables of some kind, fresh from his gardens, on his table. The farmers report the crops os looking unusually well, corn nnd cotton especially. The orange crop of this section xvill be*a large one, notxvithstanding unfavorable reports. There arc many xxatermelons in market here, raised in the vicinity, yet the price asked is rather high for the average pocket' IRON AND STEEL WORKERS. Forty-five Hundred Members Repre sented in the Convention Now in Session. Pittsburg, June 7. —The annual conven tion of Amalgamated Association of the Iron and Steel Workers xx-as opened in this city at 10 o’clock this morning by President William \\ eihe, with 100 delegates in their seats. The convention is the largest ever held by the association. Eighty delegates represent 154 lodges xvitli an increase in membership of 4,500 over last year. It xvill be in session at least ten days' and before the adjournment xvill adopt a scale of wages for the ensuing year. THE TYPOS’ CONVENTION. Election of Officers for the Ensuing Year. Buffalo, N. Y., June 7.—William Aimi son, of Nashville, Term., was to-day re elected President of the International Typo graphical Union. At the evening session of the tyjxxgraphers Edward T. Plntk, of San Francisco, was elected First Yiee President; Charles M. Atwell, of Washington, Second Vice Presi dent, and David M. Paacoe, of Philadelphia, Secretary and Treasurer. THE COMING OF THE CROWS. A Favorable Omen Discovered at the White House. From Washington Letter to Mew York Herald. Tho President and Mrs. Cleveland are ab sent, far axvay from the Blue room, where they took each other “for better, for worse” one'year ago to-day. In the White House there were only a fexv keepers to celebrate the anniversary, and of course they cele brated in their own way, hut without state ceremonies. AN OMEN. The anniversary, however, xvas marked by a very unusual event. The crow is a bird generally of little or no domestic instinct. Asa rule, it avoids the habitations of men. In the rare instances when the crows gather around a man’s dxx-elling nnd build their nests in the trees around his house the man is said to he favored of fortune beyond the luck of his fellows. No wise man. It is said, ever tried to chase the crows from his door. They bring good luck along with them. A PRESAGE OF HAPPINESS. Their presence means, according to those who know these things, that tho family .under their patronage will live long and nroi>cr; that the nieinlieij) thereof xvill not be scattered or divided,rtuid that the head of the family xvill not soon be disturbed. It means, according to tho sages, bappx' con tinuance of present felicity. To-day it was discovered that the crows had begun to build their nests iu the trees in front of tlie White House. One black crow sat cawing all day in a tall tree near the window of Mrs. Cleveland's room. This attracted the attention of Doorkec]ier Dubois, whose de tective instinct discovered that the crow lmd built its nest there. It was the firet crow's nest ever discovered within the limits of this city. The coming of the crows on the Whin. House grounds portends that President and Mrs. Cleveland xviJl live happily together in the White House for many years to conus. AN OIL KING. Facts About Rockefeller, the Standard Oil Company’s President. From the .Vein York Morning Journal. Thirty-five million dollars. Promptly at 10 o’clock each morning the man xvho is worth that much, and probably sex-eral millions more, gets out of an ele x ated railroad train at Rector street and walks to his office at No. 20 Broadway. He is of medium height and stout build. He is slightly stoopH. His brown hair is fast turning to a dull gray. His eyes are brown and are overhung by heavy brows. He wears a short, dark beard and an uncared-for moustache. A stern, but yet a kindly face, seamed with small xvrinkles, as if by concentrated thought. This is John D. Rockefeller, the famous oil king and the President of the Standard Oil Company, one of the xvealthiest and most powerful corporations on earth. Mr. Rockefeller’s clothes might hax-o been purchased at a second-hand store. They seem to have been throxx-n on carelessly, and the battered silk hat lias needed brushing for a long time. Scores of clerks in his em ploy are dressed a dozen times more expen sively than the oil king. Mr. Rockefeller might be taken for the oxx-ner of a small grocery store, and that is what he was not so many years ago. Noxv he has a palatial home in this city tilled to the doors with splendid paintings and rare works of art and a summer residence ut Greenwich, Conn., which ranks among the finest along the Sound. John D. Rockefeller is about 50 years of age. He was a Now England boy, and does not hide the fact that, in company with his brother William, he began life by selling nexvspapers in the streets of New Bedford, Mass. He possessed a partial education ac quired at the common schools, and was bright and shrewd. When yet a young man Mr. Rockefeller, like so many other Nexv England boys, left home for the West. He did not get very far West, however, as he settled at Cleveland, 0., and became a clerk in a grocery. In a few years young Rockefeller oxvnod the gro cery. He continued the business until about 1870, when his first big boost into tlie ranks of the millionaires texik place. At that time Samuel J. Andrews, xvho had lieen a day laborer in Cleveland, after years of patient experimenting and invest igation, invented several new processes for refining crude oil. He went to John D. Rockefeller and showed him xvhat he had. The shrewd groceryman at once saw the fortune within his grasp, and he became a partner in the firm of Andrews & Rockefel ler. That firm xvas the original Standard Oil Company, and every man connected xx ith it at the start has become many times a millionaire. The pushing business qualities of Rocke feller soon made themselves felt. It xxas obvious to him that control of the oil fields meant a virtual ownership of the oil wells. One by one the small refineries in Ohio—in Pennsylvania and everywhere else, in fact, were absorbed bv Andrew & Rockefeller. They were bouglit out, squeezed out ami frozen out, and then the larger concerns in the big cities were attacked, the scheme be ingto obtain control of the petroleum trade of uie xvorld. In three years Roehefefier xxas worth $5,000,(XX), and he then let his brother Wil liam into the business and formed the Stand ard Oil Company. Associated with them was Peter A. Watson, then President of the Erie Railway, and his assistance proved in valuable in aiding tho Standard to crush out its weaker rivals. Many of the Standard’s competitors xvere bought out and retired with big fortunes; those xvho xvere foolish enough to fight the big monopoly were re morselessly sent to the wall. Mr. Rockefeller’s fortune kept growing larger and larger, uutil, like most wealthy Americans, he concluded to remove from Cleveland to New York. A year or two ago the Standard Oil Company erected the mammoth building Nos. 18 and 2fi Broad way, and on the seventh floor cf that great structure the oil king has his plainly-fur nished office. No one can secure an audience with him without first running the gauntlet of a door keeper and private secretary. Th'e oil king is sharp ana quibk in his answers, and has no time for reminiscences. His last and greatest scheme is said to be a plan to ob tain control of the Russian oil fields and to establish the Standard monopoly in tho Balkan peninsula. Mr. Rockefeller has a wife and several children, and on his remox*al to this city he purchased a magnificent house at No. 4 West Fifty-fourth street. It is said that he paid SOOO,OBO for the property, which he purchased from Mrs. Worsham, the xx-ealthy xvidoxv xxho lias since married millionaire Coliis P. Huntington. The house is ex pensively and elegantly furnished, and is a miracle in the way of frescoing, paneling and in decorations of all kinds. Its in terior is more like the house of some Ori ental monarch than of a plain American citizen. Mr. Rockefeller's hobby is paintings, and he has lavished hundreds of thousands of dollars upon foreign and native artists. On his return from a recent trip to Europe he brought back over $50,000 worth of paint ings with him. His art gallery is one of the finest in America, but only his personal friends hax-e an opportunity of gazing at the rare art treasures. Mr. Rockefeller is a dex-oted Christian and a member of the Baptist faith. Ho taught a large Sunday school class in Cleveland for yeara. and has given a great deal of money to various religious institutions. Among his donations xx-as $25,000 to the University of Rochester, in this State. Mr. Rockefeller enjoys a drive behind a fast team, and he has sex-era! trotters xvith low records in bis stables. He frequently drix-isi out on t.he road, and likes to handle the ribbons xvithout tlie aid of a coachman. It is said that Mr. Rockefeller knows ex ery verse in the Bible by heart, and he delights in theological discussion with his intimate friends. His home life is quiet and sedate, and he is seldom seen at the opera or in fashionable circles. At hi* elegant summer residence in Green wieh the Rockefeller family spend most of the xvann season, the Oil King going there every night and returning to tlie city in the morning. It is abundantly supplied with hot-houses, in which the choicest flowers are raised. Hundreds of l’ruit trees lend a grate ful shade to the ground, and a short distance away the blue waters of the sound can ho seen glistening in the sunlight. Among his neighbors Mr. Rockefeller is very popular, and his private charities arc said to be many and large. Such is the man who is the head of Ameri ca’s greatest monopoly, nnd whose millions are rolling up so rapidly that he himself ac knowledges that -he cannot tell xvithin $5,000,000 how much he is worth to-day. The Deadly Base Ball. Toronto, June 7.—Hughes, pitcher of tlje Newark club, was hit on the head behind the ear by a ball to-day and knoeked sense less. He was restored to consciousness with difficulty, and his condition is now critical. Books in Colors. From the Philadelphia Times. Among the popular fa Is in Now York so ciety is the binding of books in colors which harmonize with particular costumes and which may thereafter bo considered a part of the costumes themselves. One wealthy hello, who atfis-ts the lamented Mr. Shake speare, has had all of that author’s hooks hound in a brilliant reel, not because it is any more serviceable than brown or black, hut because it adds to the richness of her brunette complexion. Still another, a blue eyed beauty of the typical blondo type, reads, ‘‘ln Meinoriani” bound in blue and gold, anil fancies all the while that the Lau reate’s linos are more thrilling because blue and gold are her colors by divine and human right. Thus it is that "the literary move ment in Nevr York" receives a fresh impetus, for the richest of the heiresses want a book with each costume, and some as many as a dozen. The export of ice from Norway u a growing trade. iv>,o(M tons lm ;ted last hi a ’ •' • <u>. iii-tfiap*, it * i l. |hi.. ble for an A merican In Eitibp* to a ■'ti nr a glass of ice-water without bel i SKr.ftleda a lunatic. The Savanna! Weekly News. V Sixteen Images. For Saturday, June 11, 1887. READY THIS MORNING. CONTENTS. First Page—Two Lives; The Man a Train Ran Over, an illustrated story; Jackson Obeyed Or ders; Horsey Men and Women, illustrated; Beauty Always Wins; New York's Restaurants; A New Speculative Craze; Schools in Europe. Sf.com> Page —Sherman Addresses the Illinois Legislature; A Georgian in London; Interstate Notes; Indiana Lynch Law: Mississippi Storms; All Sorts of Mistakes; Washington Gossip; Bril liant Victory of the Thistle; Women Who Look Upon Wine Whfcn It Is Red; Florida's Legisla ture ; Jacksonville Gossip. Third Page —Bills Ground Out by Florida's Legislature; Alachua's Baptists; Bogus Money Sold in Jacksonville; SII,OOO Secured by a Pair of Clever Swindlers; Washington Brevities; The President Fishes on His Wedding Anniver sary; A Lively Volcano; Gate City Happenings: A Georgia Cyclone; A Train Robber Confesses; O'Brien in New York; Old Sorrel;’ The Slayer of Sixteen Men; Labor's Grim Troubles; New Ways of Bodging the Rhode Island Prohibitory Law. Fourth Page.— Attempts Made to Tamper with the Sharp Jurors; Dun & Co.’s Trade Re view; The Golden State Shaken; The Irish Troubles; Grover an Unlucky Fisherman; Yel low Jack’s Victims; A White Slave in Kentucky; Atlanta Sensations; Columbus Notes; Fleeing from Key West; The Little Man Failed to Turn the Other Cheek; What the South Has Done; Swindler and Bigamist; Some Miracles; Arson Case at Macon: Florida’s Legislature Adjourns; Frightened by Pills; A Puzzle. Fifth Page —Sensation in Atlanta.; Fleeing From Yellow Jack; Columbus Notes; Gamblers Killed at Cedartown: What the Florida Legis lature Accomplished; Wm. A. Wheeler Dead; Gen. Wing's New Canal Disturbs the French Deputies; O'Brien Refuses to Associate With the Dynamiters; Charleston Items; Jacksonville Pointers; Labor's Discontent; Minor Tele graphic News Items. Sixth Page— Rev. Talmage Tells How Christ Quieted the Storm; The Strange Variety of People Seeking Our Shores; Renovation of the White House Going On; A New Industry that is Beginning to Attract the Attention of Women; A Story on Frank Mayo, the Actor. Seventh Page —Agricultural Department: Economy in Labor; Covering the Seed; Beekeep ing in Florida; Upland Rice; A New Crop for Florida; Good Advice; Household; Farm Notes; Popular Science; Cotton Prospects Good. Hor rible Child Butcheries iu the Name of Science; A Destructive Cyclone in Carroll County, Eighth Page —O'Brien Holds His Own; Talla hassee Notes; A Heartless Robber; Weekly Crop Bulletin: Yellow Jack Epidemic; Cutting Bob bing Up; The Biggest Man in London; An Im prisoned Burglar Petted by the Fair Sex; A New Y'ork Woman the Mother of Twenty-three Chil dren; A New Story of the Origin of the Mormon Bible; An Old Feud Causes the Death of Nine Men; Waning of the Thistle; Miscellaneous. Ninth Page —lrish Homes Broken Up, the National League Disagrees With Da vitt; Battling for Ireland, the Leaders Preparing for the Great Struggle; Drowned in the Creek, Drunken Orgies of a Party of Picnickers; Holman is Respited, the Governor Grants Him Thirty Days. Tenth Page— The News in Georgia, Gathered from Correspondents and Exchanges; South Carolina Items. Eleventh Page— Round About in Florida; Base Ball; Holman, the Dalton murderer, to be Swung; Beginning of the Trial of Moore's Lynchers; Sale of a Florida Railroad; Yellow Fever Precautions; May’s Cold Days. Twelfth Page— Editorial: The Republican Party and Prohibition; The Extra Session Ques tion; “Old Confed.”; The Oats Swindle; Cotton to the Front; That Boston Author; A Board of Pardons; Buffalo Bill's Success. Gen. Alexan ders Views on Long and Short Hauls; Wander ings of the Planets During the Mouth of June; Brief Telegraphic Summary. Thirteenth Page. Local Department : Drowned by the Under Tow; F. W. S. Wool hopter Dead; Death of William Swoll; A For ger's Clumsy Job; A Wronged Husband Uses a Knife; Mercury Climbing Up: Savannah’s New Industries; A Confidence Sharp Caught; The Health Board's Plans; Coffee on a Big Boom; Robbery iu Robertsville; Old Landmarks to Fall. Fourteenth Page.— South Florida’s Boom; Singular Case of Self-Destruction; The British Barmaid and Her Dangers; Success of Georgia Yankees; Funerals in England: A Mormon Elder Killed iu Arkansas; Honest Old Uncle Rufus; The Pink-Eyed Pittsleys; Austin Corbin and the Unruly Scholars. Fifteenth Page— Burglar Bill: The Remark able Record of a Baggage Master; Women on a Stage Coach: Caught by a Pool-Playing Cow - boy; Studying Men's Character by the Way They Use Toothpicks: A Self-Made Lad; Hope Springs Eternal in the .Human Breast; Current Comment; Bright Bits; Personal; Items of In terest. Sixteenth Page—Review of the Savannah Markets: Fruit and Vegetable Market: The Macon. Short Line; Mackerel Corning South; Minister Lawton's Departure for Austria; Future of the Negro. Just the yin per to send to your friends Single copies 5 cents. For sale at Estill’s News Depot and at the of fice, 3 W’bitaker street. PICNICS. FOR ST. PATRICK’S HE ANNUAL” picnic UNDER THE AUSPICES OF The St. Patrick’s T. A. & B. Society, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1887,' AT MONTGOMERY! For.the Benefit of St. Patrick’s Church. Tickets 25c. and 50e„ for sale by memliers of the Soeietv and at Fernandez Cigar Store and Connor's Book Store. EXCURSIONS.' Claries! and Savaanali ZR._A.I3 Summer Excursions Commencing SUNDAY, MAY 15th, this Com pany will sell round trip tickets to CHARLESTON, BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL, By following Trains and at following Rates: By train leaving Sundays only, at 6:45 a. >!.: re turning, leave Charleston at 3:85 p. M., Port Royal 8:30 and Beaufort 8:45 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. u.: return ing, leave Charleston Monday 8:43 a. m. $4 50 Tickets for sale at WM. BREV'S, Bull street and at Depot. E. P. McSWINEY, Pro,', / rent. MARRIAGES. LUCAS —LAMAR.—Married, at the residence of the bride's father, on the evening of Ist inst., by Rev. Charts H. Strong, Jonathan Lucas to CjAitoi.iN-: Virago Lamar, daughter Geo. W. Lamar, Esq. CROVAT—BECK.—Married, in Savannah on June 6th, 1381'. Mr. H. 11. Cf.ovat. of this city, to Miss E. A. Beck, of Grahamville, S. C. I- l N ERA LIN VITA I ION'S. BRIGHAM. —The friends and acquaintance of Mrs. Mary < Brigham and family are invited to (■trend her funeral services nt St. John’s Church THIS AFTERNOON at 4 o'clock. \ ““ '- * MEETINGS. GOLDEN RI LE LODGE NO. I*. I. O. O. F. A regular meeting of this Lodge will be held THIS EYENING at 8 o'clock at new hall. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers are invited to attend. By order of C. S. WOOD, N. G. H. G. Ganahl. Secretary. ATTENTION, OGLETHORPE LIGHT IN FANTRY. You are hereby summoned to attend a * special meeting of the corps THIS EVE- 01 NING at 8 o’clock, at your Armory. Invita ggj tions will he issued for the picnic. Hon fTI orary, Exempt and Pay Members are re- jI 1 quested to be present. By order of ttuta CAPT. FALIJGANT, Com'd'g. A. J. Franklin, First Sergt. IRISH JASPER GREENS. The corps will assemble at the Armory in X i full uniform, etc., with pompons instead of 01 plumes, at 3 o'clock THIS (Wednesday id] AFTERNOON, Bth inst.. for annual targetCAj exercise, which will lx- at Greenwich Park.llf Honorary and Pay Members not having If uniforms are requested to be present in citi s&H zens’ dress. JOHN FLANNERY, Capt. Commanding. P. F. Gleason, O. S. THE .MERCHANTS’ AND MECHANICS’ LOAN ASSOCIATION. The sixty-first (61st) regular monthly meeting and the fifth (sth) annual meeting of this Asso ciation will be held at the office of Jackson & Whatlev, 118 Bryan street, THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. D. G. PURSE, President, J, 1.. Whatley, Secretary. June Bth, 1881. PULASKI LOAN ASSOCIATION. The regular meeting of the Pulaski Loan Asso ciation, being the 70th of Series 8.. will be held upon THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, at 8:30 o'clock, at the offices of Garrard & Meldrim, 133 Bay street. R. D. WALKER, President. William Garrard, Secretary. NOTICE, Subscribers to the capital stock of the Pioneer. Steam Brick Company are requested to meet at office of Messrs. Lester & Ravenel. 3 Whitaker street, THIS AFTERNOON at 4 o'clock to or ganize said comyiany and to elect officers and adopt by-laws. SPEC IAL NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. The firm of J. S. COLLINS & CO. is THIS DAY dissolved by the withdrawal of SIR. JOHN A. HENGES. J. S. COLLINS will continue the business and assume all the liabilities and col lect all outstanding accounts. J. S. COLLINS, J. A. HENGES. NOTICE. To My Friends and Patrons: I will continue the Produce business at the old stand under the old firm name of J. S. COLLINS & CO., and will be pleased to serve my patrons, and promise the same attention in the future as in the past. Very respectfully, J. S. COLLINS. WATERMELONS ! One car load choice MELONS for sale in lots to suit purchasers at Savannah, Florida and Western railroad THIS DAY. _ A. H. CHAMPION.^ ELECTION NOTICE. An election of Nine Directors to manage the affairs of the Citizens' Mutual Loan Company for the ensuing year will be held at the office of the Company on THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1,887, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 12 o’clock M. GEO. C. FREEMAN, Treasurer. CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANY. June Bth, 1887. The TWENTY-FOURTH INSTALLMENT is now due.* Saturday being the last day, this office will be kept open until 8 o'clock p. m. M. J. SOLOMONS, Sec, and Treas. DIVIDEND NO. 19. Augusta and Savannah Railroad, I Savannah, Ga., June 7. 1887. j On and after THIS DATE a Dividend of THREE DOLLARS AND A HALF per share will lie paid to the Stockholders of the Augusta and Savannah Railroad, at the hanking house of CHARLES H. OLMSTEAD CO., between the hours of 10 a. m. and 1 p. u. W. S. LAWTON, President. SPECIAL NOTICE. From this date and until further notice the STEAMER KATIE will be withdrawn from the Savannah river, for the purpose of general over hauling. Due notice will be given of the re sumption of her route, JOHN LAWTON, Manager. SPECIAL NOTICE” The Snvannali Fire and Marine Insurance Company. A call is hereby made upon stockholders, in accordance with the charter, for an installment of TWENTY FIVE (03) DOLLARS per share of the capital stock of this Company, being the balance due on said stock, payable at the office of tile Company, No. 33 Bay street. Savannah, Georgia, to the Secretary, on or before the 13th JUNE, 1887. By direction of the Board of Directors. W. 11. DANIEL, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE. Central R. K. & B’k'g Cos. op Georgia, I Savannah. Ga., June Ist, 1887. ( A dividend of FOUR DOLLARS per share from the earnings of this Company audits de pendcncles has leeri declared, payable on and after tin- 22d inst, to the Stockholders of record JUNE 10th. The transfer books of the Com pany will lie OL< >SKD ON THE 10th, and remaiu closed UNTIL THE 23d INST. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier._ DR. MONTAGUE L. HOY If Has removed his office and residence to 139 LIBERTY STREET, between Whitaker and Barnard. ULMER’S LIVER rOHRF.CTOR. 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 eanDot 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. IRON PIPE. RUSTLESS Iffl PM EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PirE, AT MUCH LESS PRICE. Wood & Cornwell. esor . __ ' J - 1 sttes 1,:; and G-onr-aP " 1 f : I,' >l4p|K OMKMotiw Vrilh < i-tib -q iiiiim'f W un~r.l~ i ' ’ J une: $3 jaPW^W^nrlSlYper wvet" sH a “ - MWOS WHITE Sir MM (Gala Post Office.) BOTETOURT COUNTY VA W * Circulrlrs t o be BEAN & TAYLOR, Managers. 11 WHITE Sl'LPHll SPM GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. VA ' The most celebrated of all the Resorts, and one of the oldest and most nnsS'” of American Watering places, will .me„ Rf season June 1. Elevation above tide ... 2,000 feet; surrounding mountains 3 300 & gmdfor pamphlet describing hyggfc CLARENDON HOTElf^ Saratoga Springs, IV. Y, OPENS JUNE 35th. Popular rates iuo per da, I. STEINFELD, Proprietor. CATSKILL MOUNTAINS GLENYVOOD HOTEL, r pHE finest and healthiest place in the moua. tains. All kinds of amusements. Board $3, Send for circular. V. BRAMSON. Catskill. N. y The “Mentone” VilTaj Sea Cliff, Long Island, N Y, IS now open for the reception of guests. Term, $lO to sl3 a week. All apoointments strictly first-class. This is an exceptional place for Southern families to spend a pleasant summer at - A. SPEED. ATTHERE are you going this summer with * - your family? For comfort, pleasure, grand and picturesque scenery, delightful, eooj climate and powerfully tonic waters, trv the SWEET SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA accommodating comfortably 800 visitors ' Hoi and Cold Baths; Water; Gents’ ami ladies' Swimming Pools; a fine String Band. Board per day, $2 50; per wees. sls; ner month. SSO. For pamphlet address J. WATKINS Le£ Manager. Prospect park hotel, Catst-m x. Season of 18R7 opens June first. First-clasi summer resort, of easy access, on the banks of the Hudson, 250 feet above the river, command ing a view of the river in front for miles north and south and the grand old mountains in the background; beautiful park, 20 acres in extent; terms moderate. For description, circulars etc address PROSPECT PARK HOTEL CO., Cats kill, N. Y. ( ’ APON SPRINGS AND BATHS, Alkfdma V Lithia and Superior Iron Waters. Hamp shire, county. W. Va.—This celebrated mountain resort for health and pleasure; Baths of any temperature: a summer climate unsurpassed; a charming summer home with its many improve meats, accommodating 800 guests, opens June Ist, Send for circular and rate sheet i for medi cal and other testimony). WM. H. SALE, Pro prietor. THE WATAUGA ] HOTEL, Blowingßock, C. In the mountains of North Carolina. 4.000 feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Medi cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low est iu North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the season. For information address WATAUGA HOTEL CO, Blowing Rock, N. C. BUTCHER HOUSE. PAWLING, N. Y, on the Harlem railroad; a A large brick structure, first class in every particular. Now open. Terms reasonable Send for circulars. WM. H. BURROUGHS. Proprietor. Mountain 'lake, "giles county. tI Elevation 4,000 feet. Pure, cool air and water. No hay fever or mosquitoes. Grand scenery. Unequaled attractions. Rates per month S4O to #SO. Write for pamphlet. Ad dress manager. '"THOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, I Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, X. Y “Unquestionably the finest location in the Thousand Islands."— Harper's Magazine , Sept, IH- t. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F. INQLEHART, Proprietor. ~~ " HOTELS. WASHINGTON HOTEL 7th and Chestnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR. RATES, &3 50 TER DAY. Centrally located, only a short walk from Penn’a and Reading Depots. New Passenger Elevator, Electric Bells. New Dining Rootn and all modern improvements. Polite attendance and unsurpassed table. __ Fifth Avenue Hotel, MADISON SQUARE, 11 rj'HE largest, best appointed, and most Utee ally managed hotel in the city, with the most central and delightful location. HITCHCOCK, DARLING 4 CO A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle House, Mobile. . , c HIRAM HITCHCOCK, formerly of the *• Charles Hotel, New Orleans. _ NEW HOTEL TOGNt (Formerly St. Mark's.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla THE MOST central House in the city. >' Post Office, Street Cars and all 1' ® rries CA n. New and Elegant Furniture. Electric t* Baths, Etc. $2 5(1 to $3 per day. JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor. 8. A. UPSON, Manager. - HaesiiallTiouse, savannah, - - GA- J /■I EG. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly o A I the Metropolitan Hotel, New 1 ork. sn Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location trul. All parts of the city and place* o ' est accessible by street cars constantly pa-. the doors. Special inducements to those lng the city for business or pleasure. DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE. THIS POPULAR Hotel is now provide a Passenger Elevator (the only one city) and has been remodeled and newi' . nishod. The proprietor, who by recent p is also the owner of the establishment. 1- neither pains nor expense in the entertai of his guests. The patronage of r lona* - ors is earnestly invited The table Screven House is supplied with •▼cry • that the markets at abroad tn ■ THE MORRISON HOUSE- One of the Largest Boarding Houses South. i FFORDS pleasant South rooms, good A wtthpure Artesian Water, t l> r ‘°"' those wishing table, regular or transieid " L allJ modations. Northeast corner Brough Drayton streets, opposite Marshall llou-*^^. educational. UNIVERSITY OF VIRCU niA * ,Founded by Titos. .Irrmasos.i filth Session Begins October !•- Send for < ‘4^M|&IH# e; ' letary of A' 1 ," UNIX iRSITY OF MIG INI A. ' ”IKIVERSifrjF VIRGINIA.