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LAMAR AND THE SUPREME BENCH.
Red Tape In the Departments—A
Story of Ben: Perley Poore.
Washington, Juno 35. —The impression
grows stronger that Secretary Lamar will
be offered the vacant place on the Supreme
bench. It is stated, that while the President
has not yet formally tendered the position
to him. there is every reason to suppose that
he will. Everything is drifting tnat way,
nrt this situation has come about very natu
raJlv but rather by accident than design.
It seems Senator Hampton, of South Caro
lina. was the first to suggest the appoint
ment of Lamar, and the suggestion first
made by him has frequently been repeated
by others, who have seen the President,
apparently without any knowledge in each
case that any one else had made the same
recommendation. Mr. Lamar himself had
before this been asked by the President as
to the character "and general fitness for the
place of prominent persons who had been
named. It in time came to his knowledge,
however, that ne himself had been urged
for the appointment, and as soon as advised
of this fact the secretary recognized the im
propriety of giving Ins opinion thereafter'
about other candidates. The fact that ho
declined to do this is believed to have con
veyed to the president the very pertinent
information that Mr. Lamar would be glad
of appointment himself. Some of Lamar's
friends say that the appointment to this po
sition is regarded by him-as desirable rather
■ because the gratification it would afford his
wife, requiring less publicity in a social way
than is necessary in'the case of the -wife of a
Cabinet' officer. While doubtless entirely
true that no formal tender of the office has
been made to Lamar his friends infer from
the marked anxiety he has shown during
the past few weeks to hurry up the prepara
tion of data for his annual report that ho
contemplates retiring from the Interior De
partment. No one professes to have had
the slightest information from him that he
is going to leave the department, but many
tlungs he has recently said entirely coincide
with such an intention.
TOO MUCH RED TAPE. .
While them is no better paymaster to its
employes who are employed in the city of
Washington than'the government of the
United States, there is none so bad in the
world as this same government, when its
servants are engaged in their labars away
from the shadow of the capital. This is
especially tnie of officials and emploves con
nected with the Department of Justice.
While the clerks in the Attorney General’s
office here received their salaries for
the first half of the current month
on Wednesday, the assistants to the Dis
trict Attorneys in cities outside of
Washington, as well as marshals, court
officers, witnesses and others needed to aid
in maintaining the dignity of the United
States courts, have not been paid for work
done during the month of April. Every
account against the government contracted
outside or Washington seems to have a
faculty of winding up in red tape, and
no platter if the public servant is provided
Tor by law, he cannot get his salary until
his account has passed through a hundred
hands. Those interested have been trying
for years to get ftomo system of payments
adopted which would insure more prompt
payment, but up to the present time they
uave been unable to get any satisfaction.
A STORY OK MAJ. POORE.
As the Morning News has already pub
lished that the place made vacant by the death
of Ben: Perley Poore has been filled by Sen
ator Manderson, the chairman of the com
mittee which controls the place, some days
days ago I asked the Senator to tell me the
circumstances attending Maj. Poore’s re
tention by him. in the clerkship of this im
portant committee when he became its
chairman.' as I had heard the Major refer to
it with grateful recognition of'his courtesy.
He replied that the facts were very simple,
merely that when he was assigned to the
chairmanship he was.much surprised, be
cause being so‘new a Senator he was not
strictly entitled to any chairmanship, es
pgpecially of a prominent committee, and
wondered that Gen. Hawley, who was
entitled ‘to it, had declined in
his favor. Gen. Hawley ex
plained to him by saying that he had a pri
vate secretary whom he should be loth to
displace, ana should wish to carry him into
the clerkship of any committee over whiuh
he might preside; hut that Maj. Poorqp
long service on the work of that committee
under Senator Anthony had given him a
feeling of proprietorship in the place, and
be could not put himself in a position to re
quest his - resignation, especially as he was
an honored Republican citizen of a neigh
boring New England State. The Nebraska
Senator, having no private secretary to
tarry with him into that committee, was
quite unembarrassed, and accepted the posi
tion. Within a few hours Maj. Poore
came to him, and in a manner which
which touched him very much, tendered his
congratulations on Ills recession, with the
ceremonious politen>* of an old-school gen
tleman, but in a voice which had a tremor
Df anxiety in it. The Senator, reaching out
bis hand, said: “Thank you, Maj. Poore.
One of the pleasantest 'features in this mat
far to me is, that It enables me to associate
you with me in the same position you so
.dbg and honorably fill*# to the lamented
Senator Anthony.” The old Major’s heart
was too full lor words, but two tears slowly
trickled down from his full blue eyes, one
of which had for years been sightless from
tataract, and coursed their way over his fat
cheeks. “I believe,” said {Senator Mander
ton, “it would' bavo broken the old man’s
heart if I had displaced ’him, npd the cor
dial feeling inaugurated in that hour re
tnained unbroken to his death.”
A CABINET RUMOR.
The rumor that Secretary Endicott is to
withdraw from the Cabinet • attracts some
attention. As told, the story is tliht Mr.
Endicott feels very much humiliated and
insulted by the manner in which the papers
have referred to .him in connection with the
battle-flag sensation. Some of the New
York jiapers especially liave denounced him
in very emphatic terms, and tho' Secretary
is represented as believing their denuncia
tions to have had'home inspiration at least
at the White House- It is uot at ail unlikely
that Secretary Endicott regards him
self as very badly treated, and
be may possibly feel that the President is
somewhat to blame in that he has not taken
any pains to contradict the insulting refer
ences of which the newspapers havo in
dulged. While this is possibly true it is none
the less a fact that the President is exceed
ingly careful, in all he has said to visitors
who have talked to him about the flag mat
ter, not to say anything directly oondemna
tory of either Secretary Endicott or Adit,
lien. Drum. It is naturtU he should do
kTupulously careful in this respect, but
|t is very likely none the loss that no would
rather weloome than regret tho resig
nation of Mr. Endicott. It is an open
mcret that Secretary Endicott has been the*
most marked failure •in President Cleve
land's Cabinet. He is an eminently res] >00ta-
ble but, a prominently useless officer. He
has doue nothing very bail, but he has cer
tainly done nothing mom than let his de
partment run itself, not always succeeding
tven in doing that much. This is so goner -
illy admitted by everybody in Washington
that no one would expect the President to
Interpose any objection if Mr. Endicott
iliowed any inclination to withdraw.
MIKE JOHNSON THE BURGLAR.
the Way He Escaped the Clutches of
. an Officer.
New York, June 35.—“ Yes, criminals
Ire very clever at times," said Doctective
Kelly, of the Broklyn police, “so clever that
they pull the wool over the eyes of tho most
sxperienced officers. I don’t mind telling
bow Mike Johnson, tho burglar, once played
Us all for all we were worth and secured his
yat the some time. I was
batlolling one night in Williamsburg near
Bedford avenue, when I heard someone
lert'am 'Police! Thieves 1’ I ran toward the
sound and saw a man coming toward me at
full speed, carrying a bundle. He saw mo
Inoat as noon as I did him and turned down
a aid* street. 1 followed, but finding that lie
was a faster runner than I was, drew my
pistol and fired three or four times, more to
raise an alarm than to injure the fellow. He
didn't frighten at all, but the shots were suc
cessful, as they brought mv neighbor to the
scene, and we had no trouble in capturing
the man. He refused to answer any ques
tions on our way to the station house, and
on his arrival preserved his policy of silence
before the desk. So far as any of us knew
we had never seen him before, and so put
him down for a New York thief. He and
the bundle were examined and a lot of
jewelry, silverware and other stuff found
iu his possession. He was locked up in a'
cell and a man sent to find out wno had been
robbed.
“Johnson hadn’t been in the cell five min
utes tefore he said he would like to speak
with the Captain. The latter was on duty
at the desk and told me to bring him in. He
came in looking nervous like and down in
the mouth and stood at the rail without say
ing anything.
“The Captain wAitod a minute and then
said:
“ ‘lf you want to say anything, speak up.
I can’t wait all night.’
“ ‘Tlie fellow screwed his mouth into a grin
and answered:
“ ‘Much obliged, Cap. If I confess to you
and show you where the rest of the stolen
stuff is will you and Judge Moore make it
ed-sy for me? Of course you’ve got me dead
to rights and I want to get out of it as easy
as possible.’
“Tho Captain said:
“ ‘l'll do all I can and I can answer for
Judge Moore. Ho always lets up on a crook
w ith a light sentence who squeals and gives
the authorities no treble.’
“ ‘All right,’said the thief, ‘send two officers
with me and I’ll take them to a room where
I’ve got the stuff pnt away.’
‘ ‘The Captain assigned me and my partner
to go with him. I was a little suspicious at
first, and to prevent any possiblo escape
handcuffed him to myself. He didn’t mind
it a bit, but walked along with us and talked
about how long he’d servo in the penitenti
ary and of his family, and got so soft alto
gether that we took pity upon him and
treated him to a couple of drinks on the
way. Wo finally rerched the place, which
was a high four-story tenement in a very
tough neighborhood. It was very late or
rather very early in the morning and there
was no one stirring. We wont into the dark
hfill and climbed the steep stairs. It was
rather ticklish, I tell you, and I had my
hand on my pistol all the way up. He stop
ped us at a door on the third floor. We
opeuec it, went in and found ourselves in a
room that was half a lumber room and half
a bedroom. It was beastly dirty; hadn’t
been cleaned, 1 suppose, in ten years. He
said the stuff was in some filthy boxes under
a broken down bod in the further corner of
room. We two officers didn't like the idea
of getting our clothes ruined. So I unfast
ened thenracelects and told him to get the
property out. He grumbled a little and
then began to move away the trunks, bar
rels and boxes that were piled together. He
worked fast and in two minutes had cleared
a passage way, under the bed into which he
crawled. All of a sudden he stopped work
ing and I supposed he was getting his wind
back. I waited a minute and asked him
what the matter w r as and got no answer.
We were puzzled and began to be afraid he
had fainted, After another minute or two.
we began to clear away the heavy rubbish
ourselves and finally succeeded in moving
the bed out from the wall. There was no
one there, but there was a small trap door
through the floor into the room below, bv
which he had escaped after filling his pockets
with the contents of an empty valise we
found beneath the lied. We never laid hands
upon him again, but got the story back in
side of a week from some New York officer
who heard it from one of Johnson’s pals.”
W. E. S. Fales.
NEW YORK FIRMS SCANTILY IN
SURED.
Heavy Losses by Fire Predicted in
The Wholesale District of That City.
New York, June 25. —A peculiar circum
stance about the recent great fire in the
Havemeyer sugar refineries was the com
paratively small proportion of insurance.
According to the published statements the
loss was nearly a million, whereas the in
surance was only $850,000. As fire insur
ance rates are not heavy and the risk of
fire is great, it would seem at first thought
that the Havemeyer Company had been
careless in not taking out a heavier insur
ance. The fact is that not one-quarter of the
big maufacturing firms and wholesale busi
nesshouses in New York and Brooklyn can
escure within 50 per cent, of the fire insur
ance that they desire.
H. B. Clallin, Mills & Gibb, Lord & Tay
lor and hosts of other large business houses
are continually on the lookout for chances
to insure. Their stock is so very valuable
that none of the New York companies will
take the risk of insuring more than a small
share of it. By the terms of a law passed
in 188-1 insurance companies not duly repre
sented in the State cannot bid for insurance
in the State, and the restriction applies also
to tl)e parties who insure.
No insurance company will take a very
great risk in one house, but each spreads its
risks as much as possible. Consequently,
the many millions of dollars invested in the
wholesale districts cannot be covered by the
fifty or sixty insurance companies in the
State. Proprietor of some of the largest
business houses iu this city have assured me
that millions of dollar would absolutely be
lost by them in case of fire, as they are all
insufllciently insured. Some of them have
agents abroad trying to secure sufficient in
surance, although it is against the New York
law. Many have themselves constructed at
great cost such appliances as will make a
large fire almost impossible.
I happened into one of flie business houses
thus protected the other (lay. The building
is made of iron, seven stories high. Small
pipes run along the ceilings and walls inside,
and are connected with a number of enor
mous tanks on the roof. These are kept
constantly filled with water, and by an
electrical arrangement connected with tho
pipes it is only necessary to touch a button
on any of the floor to send the water flying
in every direction throughout the building.
The water comes down through little holes
in the pipes, each of which is made like a
hose with a groat many nozzles.
All tho appliances that human ingenuity
is capable of devising for summoning assist
ance and aiding in smothering Are are placed
on every floor. Of course the damage to tho
stock would be very great if the water was
turned on, and it would only be done as a
last resort when ordinary preventives had
proved futile.
In talking over the matter with the man
ager of the liouse he said that with all their
care a large fire would prove very disastrous
to them. Much of their stock they had
stored in different warehouses so as to lessen
the risk. Wero a Are once to gain head way
in thd wholesale district, in which bis house
is, the. damage to tho business interests of
the city would l>e tremendous. He ridi
culed the law which had l>een passed in the
interests of the insurance companies and
which declares it to be*a misdemeanor for a
merchant to attempt to secure his property
by insuring outside of the State. In no other
State is this the case, and it gives outside
merchants great advantages over New York
merchants.
“Some stormv, windy night,” he conclud
ed, “wh<*n the firemen will be busy in an
other part of the city, there will lie a great
lire in the wholesale districts down town.
The result will be a panic in business circles
and a severo blow will te dealt the business
interests of the country. Ask any large
merchant and he will tell you that suqh a
present iment exists in the minds of nearly
all our leudiug merchants. We feel sure it
will come.” Charles J. Rosbbault.
Tin: theatres will soon be closed. Will the
ladies continue to wear the high hats that have
of late been the style* No; they will wear low
crowned sailor hats until the amusement sea
son opens. Then they will pile Ossa on Pelion
again In arranging their head-gear.— Boston
Courier.
The United States Senate for the ensuing
twelve months will cost $380,000 for salaries of
members, and tEVKX) for their mileage fees,
with nearly os much more <#:M4,4M BSi for Sena
torial officers, clerks, mcu smgers, etc.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JUNE 27, 1887.
GOOD TIMES COMING,
Comptroller Trenholm Predicts an Un
usual Era of Prosperity.
Washington .Special to New York Herald.
Mr. Trenholm, Comptroller of the Cur
rency, referring to tho recent financial
flurry in the West, said to-day: “The busi
ness "of the country is, I should say, in good
condition generally. A safe and satisfac
tory business is being done, and in the main
it is conservative. There seems to me to be
nothing to cause apprehension or to antici
pate any great financial disarrangement.”
“Is there not a somewhat dangerous ten
dency to speculation in real estate, Mr.
Comptroller?”
“In a measure yes, although I do not
want to be understood as saying that the
banks are not properly protecting them
selves or to cause any feeling of alarm.
While in some respects real estate is the best
security possible, on the other hand it is not
a security that a bank should deal iu. This
is a fact that I have for some time continu
ally tried to impress upon the banks. A
bank should not lock up its money in real
estate, because of the uncertainty of the
market for such property. The 1 unctions
of a bank are to constantly have its assets
in a fluid state to be able to turn them over
and over readily. This cannot be done if
they are locked up in real estate.”
“Do you think then, that the banks are
tying themselves up in real estate loans?”
“No, not at the present time, but I have
pointed out the possible dangers and the
need of caution.”
REAL ESTATE SPECULATION.
“Just now there is a great movement in
real estate throughout tho entire country.
Is this speculative or legitimate?”
“it partly comes from the improved con
dition of trade and the natural growth of the
country. It is partly due to speculation.
Whenever land is valued at more than it
will produce it is speculative; whenever its
price is fixed at what it is believed it will.
be worth, say ten years hence, its price is
speculative, ixst me cite you an extreme
case. In Northern Alabama are two
towns, eighty miles apart. The owners
of the property along tho line of the
railroad between these two places already
see the time when these two towns will be
so densely populated that tho interven
ing property will be of almost inestimable
value. Consequently, to-day they base the
value of their holdings on that future and
of course this is pure speculation. This
case is an extreme one, yet in a lesser degree
it can frequently be found elsewhere. There
has been a tremendous development during
the last year in the great iron States of the
South, and also in many of the Western
States. The starting of new enterprises
has created a ‘boom’ and speculation has to
some extent followed. But while there has
undoubtedly been some over capitalization
and inflation, on the whole the prosperity is
solid and substantial.”
THE RECENT COLLAPSED CORNERS.
“Have the recent panics in the New York
coffee market, and the Chicago grain market
any real significance?”
“None at all. Now that the cliques have
broken, it is a good thing, because the
money that has been locked up will again
go into active circulation, and business
which is injuriously affected by manipula
tion will resume its normal condition.”
“Do you not regard it as dangerous that
Kershaw, Wiltshire and their partners
conld get money enough from the banks to
carry 16,000,000 bushels of wheat? Does it
not show recklessness on the part of the
banks, or that they must have more money
than they know what to do with?’
“One of the proper functions of a bank,
one of its duties to the community, is to
advance money on proper security.
Whether these 16,000,000 bushels were held
by one man or by sixteen men, or sixteen
hundred men, makes no difference, provided
the bank’s security is all right. It is legiti
‘ mate business for it to advance money on
grain. If, however, this money has been
got without security; if A indorsed B’s note
and got it discounted, and B indorsed A’s,
no collateral being deposited, but tho in
dorsement alone being regarded as sufficient,
that is another matter. Of course, lam
giving no opinion in advance, and have no
facts on which to base an opinion. I have
no doubt the banks have been prudent, but
you will recognize that anything I might
say on this subject is apt to lie misconstrued.
I have no doubt that had 1 been in Cincin
nati or Chicago last week, in the ordinary
course of business, my mere presence might
have given rise to rumors and caused em
barrassment.”
MONEY PLENTY.
“Do you notice any tightness in the money
market f”
“There appears to be ample money in the
country. Tne surrender of liank circulation
consequent upon the extinguishment of the
3 per cent, loan at the end of the present
month will not be felt because the Treasury
will make some very large payments in July.
The return to low price of breadstuffs, con
sequent upon the failure of the bull specula
tion, will cause a resumption of exports and
place this country in a position to draw
from abroad any supplies of gold necessary
to bring the volume of the currency up to
the requirements of the autumn. I can
close os I commenced, by saying that I re
gard the business of the country in good
shape, and with reasonable caution and
prudence we may look ahead and see good
times before us.”
COL. MONDRAGON ON TRIAL.
The Mexican Officer Who Kidnaped
and Shot Naturalized Americana.
A dispatch from El Paso (Tex.) to the
New York World says: The peremptory
action of tho Mexican authorities in order
ing Col. Avisu and several Mexican army
officers to be shot who came across the bor
der into Texas and attempted by force of
arms to rescue a prisoner from a Texas
Deputy Sheriff, gives particular in
terest to a criminal proceeding in a
similar case now being heard before the
courts in the Mexican town opposite Eagle
Pass.
In July last a body of Mexican soldiers,,
commanded by Col. Mondragon, a]>plied
to the extradition agent at Eagle Pass, Tex.,
for the surrender of a former Mexican
named Arresures, but who, it is claimed,
had been naturalized here, on a charge of
horse stealing. Tho agent surrendered
Arresures, whereupon he was taken across
tlie river and shot. E. D. Linn, American
Consul at Piedras Negros, made the follow
ing report upon the matter:
“Francisco Arresures was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Diaz at Eagle Pass by order
of Sheriff Oglesby, on the night of the 36th.
Ho was handcuffed, and in fifteen minutes
was delivered to Mexican officers across the
Rio Grande. Oglesby claimed he acted on
the warrant of County Judge Hofstetter,
who says Oglesby persuaded him to sign this
order for arrest and delivery. There were
no papers from Mexico for his arrest except
ft letter from Mondragon, a Captain
of the State Rangers in Coahuila,
which made a general charge of horse
stealing against Arresures, Protest against
being delivered to Mexican officers was
strongly made by Arresures, who insisted
that he would be killed by Mondragon, his
persona! enemy. He appealed to mo for
V refection on the morning of the 37th, and
at once demanded his return to Texas, on
the grounds of his being kidnaped. I also
had Oglesby to demand the prisoner’s re
turn on the same grounds. Both demands
were refused by Mondragon, and at 1 o’clock
in the night Arresures was taken from jail
and brutally murdered by three of Mon
dragon’s troops.
“11l IK?3 Arresures made a declaration of
citizenship in Maverick county. He lived
with his family in Eagle at the time of his
arrest, being an otnnilni rtiriver. The best
citizens in Eagle Pass and Ticdras Negras
testify to his good character. Oglesby says
be had a privute understanding with Mon
dragon by which an escaped murderer from
Texas, for whom a large reward had been
offered, was to be delivered to Oglesby in
exchange for Arresures. Public indigna
tion is very great on both sides of the river
over the affair.”
Gov. Ireland at once revoked the eommis
sion of the Extradition Agent and made a
report to Secretary Bayard, in which he
said:
“This man, Francisco AiTesures, has been
most foully murdered by the Mexican au
thorities, and it is but a repetition of insults
and outrages committed on American citi
zens by the people and authorities on the
right hand of the Rio Grande. While no
possiblo excuse can be given for the iart
taken by Texas officials for the illegal arrest
and delivery to Mexican authorities, still no
palliation of the foul murder has been or can
be offered by the Mexican authorities. The
persons, whoever they are, engaged in the
illegal arrest will be prosecuted, and I de
mand in the name of the State and its peo
ple that this wrong by Mexico bo atoned for
and punished. If this State and her people
must depend upon themselves for protection
the necessary redress can and will be ob
tained."
It appears, from the proceedings in the
case now on trial, that the relatives of
Arresures put in a claim for SIOO,OOO, and
the United States forwarded the claim to
the Mexican government. Mondragon
claimed that Arresures was a Mexican citi-.
zen. The murdered man’s friends deny
this, but add in their plea that if it was
true, the fact of his non-citizenship offered,
no extenuation for the act of Mondragon
in kidnaping him. They have offered
proof that Arresures had given Mondragon
a sound thrashing shortly before the k d
naping, and the inference is drawn that
Mondragon had his conqueror killed for re
venge.
After a long delay Mondragon was
brought to trial by tlie Mexican authorities,
and the result is eagerly anticipated by resi
dents along the border. The prompt action
of the Mexican authorities in the case of
the recent outrage at Nogales would promise
full reparation in tho case of Mondragon
were it not that the promptness of action
by the Mexican authorities in the Nogales
affair is understood to have been due to the
instructions of Gov. Torres, who is very
friendly to American interests, while most
of the Mexican Governors are just the re
verse. |
DEPOSING A KINO OF THE TURF.
Long Bill Selden’s Race at Arabaca
Against the Horse “Oats.”
From the New York Sun.
Calabasas, N. M., June 34.—The turf
season in this locality has come to an abrupt
end, and no one knows when there will be
any more sport of that sort. Long Bill
Selden,a sharper, long familiar with set
tlers on the border, who went to Mexico a
year or two ago, returned in May with a
horse which he declared was the fastest in
the Southw r est. The beast was not particu
larly handsome, but he was a stepper, and
one after another of the crack horses of the
territory was ignominously beaten by him.
Long Bill had more money than he was ever
known to possess before, and, as he grew in
solent, he began to talk about taking his
horse East and entering him on the grand
circuit. At first it was proposed here to
collect enough money to buy a good
horse and clean out Bill’s steed, but this idea
has been given up, for Bill, as a sport, is
now no more.
Last week Bill went over to Arabaca for
the purpose of racing his horse against a
local favorite known as “Oats,” and owned
by ar firm of saloonkeepers, who were will
ing to back him heavily. Bill’s horse was
so homely that most of the natives bet
heavily against him, and when the race
was started “Oats” was the favorite at odds
of two to one. Arabaca never hadabigger
crowd than that which assembled to wit
ness this race. Everybody was there, and
everybody was against Bill. Probably if
Bill had not teen spoiled by bis success at
other places he would have seen that he
was in danger, and would have hedged out
of trouble in some way. As it was he went
in for all he could get," won three straight
heats, and, after he had got most of the
money in that section in his own pockets,
got drunk and liegan to brag on his horse.
This made some of the people excited, and
just at daybreak on the following day a
man in the crowd began to yell that Bill’s
horse was his, and then he fully identified
Bill as a horse thief who had stolen several
animals from him before.
It was useless for the enterprising “King
of the Turf,” as he called himself, to expos
tulate. The evidence was too convincing.
Half a dozen men were willing to swear
that Bill had stolen horses from them, and,
after a short session by an extemporized
court, it was decided that Bill should be
hanged that forenoon. Things began to
look serious for the old sport, and when the
men came with the rope he wanted to make
terms. Singularly enough, his proposition
received the closest attention, and, after a
long parley, it was agreed that if he gave,
up allhis money and his horse, and would’
agree not to show his face in Arabaca for
ten years, he would be permitted to go.
This he did, and a lug delegation escorted
him out of town and then chased him out
of sight. The money obtained was divided
between the principal losers, and then a big
party of Arabaoa people took Bill’s horse
and set out for Mexico with the intention of
lacking him against local favorites.
Rumor has it that they will take in Cala
hasas on their way home, and some of Bill's
friends are talking about getting up a big
posse to corral the entire crowd. _
A BOLD TIMBER THIEF SINGED.
Discovered on His Way to Brunswick
with Over SIOO Worth.
From the Darien ( Ga.) Timber Gazette.
Henry Zeigler, alias Frank Jones, a bushy
bearded mulatto, with features of a typical
sneak thief, lias proved himself to be one
prominently connected with timber stealing
around Darien.
About five weeks ago thirty pieces of
hewn timber was missed from one of the
booms, and the deliberate cutting of the
ropes with which the timber was secured
showed plainly it had been stolen. A
search was made at the time but unsuc
cessfully. A few days after a long and
valuable line was cut and stolon from an
other boom. On Monday it was rumored
in the city that about fifteen pieces of hew%
timber had been seen the day previous at
the mouth of McCoy river. Acting under
this information the Mischief was chartered
for the puriioso of recovering the timber,
and if possible, to capture the thief or
thieves. This river is seldom traversed by
drifters or steamboats, and the chances of
success were good.
About 3 o’clock something dark floating
in the water was observed ahead. On ap
proaching it was found to be tho timber
which was the object of tho search. 011
the timber was stretched a magnificent
awning, and under this in the peaceful
slumbers of imagined security laid Henry
Zeigler. Henry was told to come along
and to all appearanees he seemed prepared
to submit, when all of a sudden he leaped
into a small lxtat and made for the marsh.
Before the Mischief could turn round and
pursue him ho was about twenty or twenty
five yards ahead of his pursuers. Zeigler
was warned to stop and several bullets
wore sent whizzing uncomfortably near his
ears, but he evidently had not tlie slightest
regard in the world for these. On reach
ing the marsh HeDry started off in race
horse style, and six other negroes started off
in pursuit. After chasing him hotly for
about half amile Zeigler made a determined
stand, and, drawing a revolver from his
pocket, invited ail his pursuers “who
wanted to get hurt” to come along. The re
sult was a general retreat, and thus the
scoundrel escaped.
The names of several parties who acted in
concert with Zeigler have l teen jotted down
for future reference. The question: “Wh>
are the people in Brunswick, who, knowing
the character of these scoundrels, persist in
buying their stolen Koods,” has also been
solved, and the announcement of their
names would prove a surprise to a good
many people around here.
Dan Lane, who made a name for himself in
the mprebunt marine service through his re
markable coolness and braver„• In 18W, when the
crew of the Borah Parker - , of which he was a
member, rescued tin- .191) paasengei-s from the
burning ship Caleb (Irimshsw. has turned up at
Bay City, Mich., as an applicant for a job before
tbo mast on a lake schooner.
A PLAGUE OP ROSE BUGS.
The Peach Crop, Which Promised
Well, Nearly All Destroyed.
From the New York Sun.
Wilmington', Del., June 34.—When the
convention of the peach growers and dealers
was held at Dover, May 13, the whole talk
was based upon a yield of possibly 10,000,-
000 baskets, and surely not less than 6,000,-
000 baskets, and it was confidently expected
that the “phenomenal peach year” of 1875
would be far distanced. There' was talk that
if free baskets were given with the peaches
the manufacturers could not turn out enough
to supply the demand. Preparations to pre
vent gluts in the market were made, and a
plan of distribution and a bureau of informa
tion was suggested and adopted. But the
situation is 3l changed now, and, instead
of a “phenomenal” year, it begins to look
as though the crop would be only a one
fourth one. The growers are disheartened,
for not only are the peach prospects very
gloomy, but toe crops of grapes, pears,
plums, apples, currants, gooseberries, cher
ries. and, in fact, every growing thing, in
cluding vegetables, are blighted by an un
precedented plague of rose bugs. They
nave attacked forest trees, the ivy, and al
most everything else they can get hold of,
while the growing wheat is being ravaged
by a worm varying in length from half an
inch to an inch. It has a pair of claws
working like the arms of scissors, and with
them it cuts off the wheat heads, but makes
no attempt to feed upon them. This wheat
pest is said to be tjtie larvae of the saw-fly,
but not known to damage wheat crops m
this country until within two years.
There are many kinds of bugs at work,
but it is the rose bug that has spread the
most devastation. The bugs gathered in
clusters on growing fruit and reduced it to
a dry pulp. They collected on the leaves
and riddled them full of holes. They ate
the roses before they were in bloom and
flourished on the green blackberry. Nothing
except smashing effected a cure, and they
increased and multiplied like office-seekers
after a change of administration. The male
bugs are of a dirty yellow color and the
females a shade darker. They have wings
and are about throe-eighths of an inch m
length. Out of 3,000 peach trees in three,
orchards near Felton, Del., there will not
be picked enough fruit to pay for the plow
ing. In one of the orchards there was not a
peach to be found, a day or two ago, that
had not been ruined.
For over two weeks rain has fallen every
day, creating a favorable condition for the
propagation of the bugs. On Thursday,
however the sun came out hot and strong,
and there was a notable decrease in the
number of theipests. They do not seem to
like the sun. The reports received yester
day and to-day are encouraging, although
the peach crop, as nearly all the growers on
the peD insula agree, will be only about one
fourth of what It promised in May.
The rose bug, unlike many other beetles,
does its work when in the completed state.
They come in swarms, and disappear as sud
denly as they come. They remain from
thirty to forty days. The males perish and
the femaleg enter the earth, deposit about
thirty eggs, come to the surface, and die in a
few days. The eggs hatch in twenty-fourdays,
and the larvae feed on the tender roots
within their reach. In the fall they are
full size, three-quarters of an inch long qnd
one-eighth of an inch in diameter. In Octo
ber they go into the ground to appear in
June a full grown beetle, seven-twentieths
of an inch in length, and ready to begin the
work of destruction. When the roso bugs
attack the fruit they gather upon it in clus
ters, as many as twenty-five having'been
found upon one green peach the size of a
hickory nut. In most cases the whole side
of a peach, apple or pear is eaten off to the
stone or core, although in many instances
the fruit is so eaten away as to be almost in
distinguishable. •
HER OLD LOVE.
A Bride Who Cannot Make Up Her
Mind.
From the Columbus (0.) State Journal.
Among the marriage licenses daily pub
lished few awaken anything more than
usual interest except with personal friends.
But often with these names are linked se
crets which would stir the common heart
were they but known. Buch cases might be
few, but now and then one comes to the sur
face with a veritable flood of romance. To
one perusing the pages of the records in
Judge Saffin’s office Tuesday, the usual form
declaring that George W. Hoglan and Leo
nora Calhoun Grate wore licensed to wed,
might carry with it no strange significance.
But attached to these names is a peculiar
romance, -which bears with it something
mysterious, and yet of a positive nature.
About two weeks ago the society circles
of Memphis, Tenn., were surprised with in
vitations issued by Mrs. U. Calhoun, of
that city, for the marriage of her daugh
ter, Miss Leonora, to Dr. George W. Hog
lan, of Columbus, 0., at the Central Baptist
church, of Memphis. The reception was
announced to occur at the residence, 57
Mosly street, at 8:30 p. m. Elaborate prep
arations for the event were made, a line
trousseau being provided. The wedding
was to boa brilliant affair, and all the ar
rangements had been completed, the brides
maids, ushers and attendants being selected.
But a few days before the wedding was to
occur a paragraph published in one of the
Memphis papers states 1 that on account of
the illness of Miss Calhoun the ceremony
had been indefinitely postponed.
But behind all this was something with a
meaning. A few nights previous the bride,
accompanied by her brotner,fhad departed
with profound secrecy to an unknown desti
nation. The reason for this sudden de
parture reveals a story of love. When
Leonora Walcott w*as quite a child she was
adopted by Mr. N. Calnoun, her mother be
ing a niece of that gentleyian. Leonora
was tenderly cared for, and received a
thorough education, graduating from a
seminary last year. Before leaving for
school the young lady had promised her
hand to an ardent admirer. But among
her acquaintances became numbered the
young physician, and after a long absence
and marked attention from her new ad
mirer she returned, believing that Dr. Hog
lan was the object of love, and that the old
had given place to the new. To her Mem
phis lover she imparted her convictions, and
the matter-bet ween them was settled.
With these relations the two parted, and
afterward seldom saw each other. Prepa
rations for the marriage followed, and then
it was she began to think seriously over the
step she was taking, and the more she
thought over the matter the more firmly
she seemed to become convinced that she
could not fulflUjer promise. Mrs. Calhoun
was informe<yflner of the state of affairs,
and, entreaGßrXdviee, the doctor was writ
ten a lettcr^^Brlation.
Mrs. O. jflLn <'ott, of this city, the real
motherofTrl, arrived to attend the
wedding who, learning of his
sister’s olunteered to assist her.
Dr. Hoglan also arrived in Memphis and
the situation was freely discussed, the mat
ter ending by his return home.
Last Saturday Miss Leonora arrived here
and went to the home of her step-father,
Mr. O. F. Walcott, and arrangements were
made for what promised to lie a settlement
of the estrangement between the lovers.
Arrangements were again made for the
wedding, and the date fixed for last even
ing. The minister who was engaged to per
form the ceremony arrived, and the con
tracting parties prepared for the event. But
the spell was broken, and the minister was
dismissed with tho knot still untied.
Mr. Walcott stated Tuesday night that he
had made his last attempt to reconcile the
lovers and secure their marriage. Last
Wednesday he got tho parties together at,
Cincinnati, but to noavuil. They could ar
rive at no agreement. What liad been the
cause of the postponement of the affair
Tuesday he did not know, and he could not
say when they would be married. The whole
matter stands a mystery between the two
persons concerned, and what the result will
be no shadow of it has been forecast. Time,
perhaps a day or wo, may settle the matter,
and find the young couple joined happily in
the bonds of matrimony.
DEATHS.
TUNNO,—DMB, at Marietta, Ga., on the 23d
of June. 1887, in the eighty-fifth year of her
age, Mrs. Elizabeth Miles Tunno, relict of
J. Champneys Tunno, of Charleston, S. C.
Charleston News and Courier please copy.
MEETINGS.
DeKALB LODGE NO. 9, I. 6. O. F.
A regular meeting will lie held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 8 o’clock.
Election of officers for ensuing term.
There will also be an initiation.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers
are cordially invited to attend.
By order of J. S. COLI.INS, N. G.
John Riley, Secretary.
CALA.VTHE LODGE NO. *H, K. OF P.
June 27, 1887.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will F at A
be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, at Kfjfcjq
8 o’clock. Members of other Lodges
and visiting Knights invited to atteud.
Conferring of ranks and election of
officers. G. H. MILLER, C. C.
W. Falconer, K. of R. and S.
GEORGIA TENT NO. 131, I. O. R.
Attend a regular session of your Tent THIS
(Monday) EVENING, 8 o’clock.
Election of officers.
Every member expected. By order
C. O. GODFREY, C. R.
Thomas Hoynes.
~1 SPECIAL NOTICE.
All those who desire to become members of
the Cricket and Athletic Club are cordially in
vited to attend a meeting for an election of
officers at the office of Mr. W. Robertson, Eng
lish Pro-Consul, 89)4 Bay street, at 8:30 THIS
EVENING.
SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB.
There will be a meeting of the Club at Ford’s
Opera House on MONDAY, 27th inst.,totake
into consideration the altering of Rule XIII of
the Sailing Regulations and for other business.
A full attendance is requested.
WM. HONE, Commodore.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES FROM JULY
Bth TO JULY 13th, INCLUSIVE.
JAMES COBB,
Secretary.
> DR. HENRY S COLDLNG,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
ELECTION NOTICE.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, 1
Office Clerk of Council, V
Savannah, Ga., June 16th, 1887. )
Under and by virtue of a resolution adopted
by Council at meeting of June 15th, 1887, Coun
cil will elect at its next regular meeting, that is
to say on WEDNESDAY, June 29th, 1887, a Cor
poration Attorney to fill vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of H. C. Cunningham. Salary
$1,500 per annum. Applicants must hand in
their applications to the Clerk of Council at or
before 2 o'clock p. m., AVEDNESDAY, June 29th,
1887. By order of Council.
FRANK E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
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.
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 LAAVTON,
Manager.
EXCURSIONS.
Charleston & Savanuahßy.
In! fiirlle his!
Through Pullman Service.
CIOMMENCINO June 12th a through Pullman
1 Buffet service will be rendered daily be
tween Savannah and Hot Springs, N. C., via
Spartanburg and Ashville.
Leave Savannah 12:26 pm
Leave Charleston 4:55 p m ■
Leave Columbia 10:20 p m
Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 a m
Arrive Asheville 7:ooam
Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 a m
EXCURSION RATES.
To SPARTANBURG.. #l3 30
To ASHEVILLE.. 17 15
To HOT SPRINGS 17 15
Sleeping ear reservations and tickets good
until Oct. Slst, 1887, can be had at BREN’S
TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at depot,
E. P. McSWINEY,
Gen. Pass. Agt.
Charleston and Savannah Ry.
Reduction in Rates
-TO
NEW YORK.
THIS company has now on sale tickets
at sls to New York via Atlantic Coast
Line and the magnificent steamships of
the Old Dominion 8. S. Company, sailing from
Norfolk, Va., every Monday, Tuesday, Wednes
day. Thursday and Saturday, arriving at New
lork on following evenings.
Passengers should take train 78 leaving Savan
nah at 8:23 p. m. on days previous to those men
tioned above.
This route affords a delightful sea trip, avoid
ing Cape Hatteras.
Pullman accommodations and elegant state
rooms secured on application to Win. Bren
T. A., 22 Bull street, or J. B. Oliveros, T. A
Depot. E. P. McSAVINEY,
Gen. Pass Agent.
BRICK.
Wm.P. Bailey &Co^
BRICK MANUFACTURERS,
KEEP CONSTANTLY on HAND, in large
quantities, at their yard on the SPRING
FIELD PLANTATION, and will deliver the same
In any part of tho city upon the shortest notice
The best
Well Brick, Pressed Brick, Hard Brown Brick,
Gray Brick, Soft Brown Brick.
Officr-Corner Bull and Broughton, at SI
MON GAZAN'S CIGAR STORE, where all or
ders will receive prompt attention.
I AWYERB, doctors, ministers, mereliunts,
■Lj mechanics and others having books, maga
lines, and other printed work to be bound or re
bound can liave such work done in the best style
at the MORNING NEWS
BINDERY, J AA hi taker street.
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVANNAH ’THEATRE'
Tuesday and Wednesday,
JUNE 28 A.7ST 13 29.
GRAND FAMILY MATINEE
Wednesday Afternoon at 3 O'clock,
THE EVENT OF THE SEASON
The First and Only Double Bill.
THE FORDS!
In DRAMA AND FARCE.
The Beautiful Pastoral Drama
DORA.!
Founded on Tennyson’s Poem. To be followed
by the Roaring Farce
THE YOUTH WHO NEVER SAW A WOMAN.
Prices 75c., 50c., and 25c. Seats on sale at
DAVIS BROS.’ without extra charge. Matinee
Prices 50c., and 26c. Box Sheet opens Monday
at 8:00 o'clock.
The Glorious Fourth
AT THUNDERBOLT.
Trotting Race for a Purse of SIOO,
Open to all Savannah Raised Colts.
FOUR OR MORE to enter; same to start;
three in five in harness. SSO to first horse,
SBO to second, S2O to third. Entrance fee ten
per cent, of purse. Entries to close Thursday,
June 30th, at 6 o'clock, with
M. J. DOYLE,
Market Square.
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SUMMER RESORTS.
IlVMlPll
Blount County, - Tennessee.
THIS Health Resort will be open May Ist, 1887.
The most celebrated Dyspeptic Water
known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. ExceUent
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. Half rates
for children. J. C. ENGEL, Prop.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
Cornwall Heights, New York,
ON slope of Storm King Mountain; elevation
1,900 feet. Now open for reception of
guests. Climate positive cure for malaria.
Healthiest summer resort in United Stated: 1)4
hours from New York by AVest Shore railroad,
2)4 by Mary Powell. Dancing in grand pavilion
every night. Electric bells, new bowling alley,
billiard parlor, tennis court, horseback riding.
Refers to Austin R. Myres, of editorial staff
Savannah Morning News. Address J. W.
MEAGHER,
BIEMANN’S HOTEL,
Walhalla, S. C.
SITUATED at foot of the Blue Ridge Moub
tains. Delightful summer resort. Good
climate. Excellent water. AJso, a direct hack
line to Highlands, N. C. Terms reasonable.
D. BIEMANN & SON,
Proprietors.
DAGGERS WHITE SCLPHUrIpRING^
BOTETOURT COUNTY, VA.,
WILL open JUNE 20. Circulars to be had
at this office.
BEAN & TAYLOR,
Managers.
THE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rock N.
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 in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the
season. For information address WATAUGA
HOTEL CO., Blowing Rock, N. C.
THOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel,
Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.—
“Unquestionably the finest location in the
Thousand Islands.”— Harper's Magazine , Sept.,
1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F.
INGLEHART, Proprietor.
HOTELS.
Fifth Avenue Hotel,
MADISON SQUARE, N. V.
r J , HE largest, best appointed, and most libei>
ally managed hotel in the city, with the moot
central and delightful location.
HITCHCOCK. DARLING & CO.
A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle House,
Mobile.
HIRAM HITCHCOCK, formerly of the St.
Charles Hotel, New Orleans.
WASHINGTON HOTEL
7th and Chestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR.
RATES, #2 50 PER DAY.
Centrally located, only a short walk from
Penr.'a and Reading Depots. New Passenger
Elevator, Electric Bells, New Dining Room and
all modern improvements. Polite attendance
and unsurpassed table.
NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark's.)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
WINTER AND SUMMER.
THE MOST central House In the city. Near
Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella,
Baths, Etc. $2 50 to $8 per day.
JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor.
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
THIS POPULAR Hotel is now provided with
a Passenger Elevator (the only one in the
city) and has been remodeled and newly fur
nished. • The proprietor, who by recent purchase
is also the owner of the establishment, spares
neither pains nor expense in the entertainment
of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit
ore is earnestly invited. The table of the
Screven House is supplied with every luxury
that the markets at home or abroad can afford.
MARSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GA.
YIEO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of
VJ the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, ana the
Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen
tral. All parts of the city and places of inter
est accessible by street cars constantly passing
the doors. Special inducements to those visit
ing the city for business or pleasure.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
One of the Largest Boarding Houses in the
Bouth.
A FFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board
rt with pure Artesian Water, at prices to suit
those wishing table, regular or transient accom
modations. Northeast corner Broughton ana
Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House.
FOIt < H ARTER.
FOR EXCURSIONS!
BARGE WARSAW. Towed by Steam Tug
WINPENNY. Church and Sunday School
Picnics solicited, being provided with Awnings,
Benehes, Stools and roller requirements for t he
safety and comfort of passengers. Tybee Bel!
Buoy, Warsaw, Potter’s Grove and other points
selected by committees. Apply to ULO. F.
BYRNES, office No. 6 Drayton street.