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2 A POST OFFICE USURPER. THE GOVERNMENT LEAVES LOCH LOOSA IN THE LURCH. A Shortage Whlcla the Last Regular Postmaster Must Make Good Arre dondo’s Post Office Cracksman Arrested at Gainesville The News of Florida’s Metropolis. Jacksonville, Fla.. July •>.—George J. Bates, of I/oehluosa, Alachua county, was before United States Commissioner Wiltz this afternoon charge*! with unlawfully carrying on a post office. hen the former postmaster there resigned it is claimed Butes obtained possession of the office ly repre senting himself as having the appointment. He was held in SIOO for trial. There is a shortage also which the former official will have to settle. A man was arrested at Gainesville to-day who robbed the Arredondo post office last night. A warrant was issued and Marshal Binl left last night to get him A man named Legem was lodged in jail here this afternoon charged with stealing $75 worth of fishing tackle from Gen. Ixil svith at Mayjiort. Stealing fishing tackle down there is a capital offense. BURGLARS AT WORK. B. M. Fuller’s house at South Jackson ville was robbed last night. As the owner is North it is impossible to ascertain the amount of the loss, but it must lx* great, as the whole house was ransacked, trunks wrenched open and their contents scattered over the floors, and much damage caused to the clothing, etc., left behind. To day the city Telephone Exchange was connected with Pablo Beach, which will prove of great convenience. The editorship of Church onrl Home , the Episcopal church paper of the State, was to-day tendered by the committee appointed by the late Dioees'nn Council to Rev. K. H. Weller, of this city, the present editor, at a salary of $1,500 pci annum. If he accepts it. will cause a vacancy in the rectorship of Kt. John’s church, the'largest and wealthiest church iu the Stats' The salary of the rector is the same as that of the editor. THK MAYPOKT RAILROAD. The directors of the new Mayport and Ar lington railroad held a mis ting this after* noon for the purpose of taking steps for t lie early completing of the road. J. B. Logni and L. S. Burrows, it is said, have sold their interest in the road to the other directors, Alexander Wallace, A. Solary and F. M. Dolby. The Board of Trade met this afternoon and hail quite a warm debate on tho lumber shipment question. It was shown how much Fernandina han secured of this trade and Jacksonville business men think if full time to stop it. A committee was appointed to devise means to effect the desired result. In the last six years over 280,000,000 feet of lumber has been shipp'd from this port. Steamer competition and lack of facilities here for the handling of large lumber ship ments are the main causes of Fernandinn's success. JACKSONVILLE REAL ESTATE. Jacksonville real estate is appreciating very rapidly ns seen by the good prices paid here for property in different portions of the city. As an instance A. B. Campbell paid SI,OOO the other day for four acres at the junction of the Savannah, Florida and Western and the Florida Railway and Navigation railroads, some little distance from the main part of the city. Four years ago he sold some laud adjoining this tract for $225 per acre- rather a good interest, $750 on a $225 investment in four years. The property is known ns tho Scott place. Tne Seminole held their first, meeting in their new and handsome quarters last night. F. R. Osliom, a din* tor, was elected President and J. It. Tyson was elected a director to till the vacancy, Nix new mem bers were received into the club THE SUMMER EXODUS. The exodus to the summer resorts con tinue-.. Muj. L. R. Tuttle, the faithful knight of the fair "Ellen N.” and family, accompanied by Mrs. Rockwell, left this morning for Gainesville, Ga. Maj. W. P. Coups , general land agent of the Florida Southern, and wife, left this afternoon for St. Simon's Island tor the summer. Lot on M Jones, a prominent attorney, left this evening for the mountains of Kentucky The Traveling Passenger Agents will' meet in this citv the flint week in January next. The Florida Railway and Navigation rail road is now running regular trains through to Plant City. J. Kauffman, n prominent merchant, will shortly tear down the building, corner of Church and Julia streets, used as a store, and erect a handsome residence t hereon. The prospects for the new opera house ap pear to brighten. A meeting of the direc toi-s of the Park Theatre Company was held last evening, and after a discussion the plans submitted by Manager Burbridgo were adapted. Work will begin this week, and it will bo pushed to completion. At a raffle last night at the Palmetto Pharmacy, for a handsome toilet case valued at $75, George W. Mnrkens won, throwing forty-one out of a possible fifty four. Three others tied on thirty-eight, SHERIFF HOLLAND GRIEVED. Sheriff Holland’s 5-yeaf-old son died here suddenly this morning. Mrs. Weldon Lund, a social favorite, leaves to-morrow on the Cherokee for Bos ton. via New York, to lx- alisent tMI (letolier. ||Miss Aiwa Conipte and J. Rivas will be married on July 19. In accordance with an old French custom the couple will be mar ried inside the altar rails. Postmaster Clark went to Pablo last night and swore in E. S. Lee, clerk of the Pablo Beach Hotel as special clerk till the depart meat nets in the matter of anew Postmaster for the Beach. FLORIDA’S CAPITAL. A Brief Review of Chief Justice A. E. - Maxwell. Tallahassee, Fla., July o.—Hon. A. E. Maxwell, the new Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, is a native of Geor gia and was educated at the University of Virginia. When quite a young man he re moved to Florida and soon attaints! a high place among the leading men of the State. He has been a member of both branches of the State Legislature, and serv*d at differ ent tines as Secretary of State and Attor ney General. In IAMi he was elected to tho United States Congress and was re-elected in 1854. After this he deelinud further elec tion anil practiced law until.Uyid. when lie wus elected to the Confederate Senate. Iu 18tkl he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court by Gov. 1). S. Walker, and served until the Republicans assumed charge of the State government, He presided over the State Convention w hich nominated George F. Drew for Governor in 187 b, and rendered valuable aid iu redeeming tho State that year. In 1877 he was npiminted Judge of the First Judicial Circuit, which gxution he h.-ld until his resignation in ivci. e was a leading member of the lute Con stitutional Convention, and his promotion to tbe Chief Justiceship gives universal satisfaction. Gov. Perry is making no haste in the sc lection of the members of the Railroad Commission. It is thought by sqme that ex-Chief Justice McWhorter, of West Florida; the prevent Attorney General, Mr. Cooper, of East Florida. and lion. K. C. F. Sanchez, of South Florida, will compose tho commission, but. of course, this is mere speculation and may have no foundation in fact. It seems absurd that two great countries should quarrel over codfish., If it were shad, or even brook trout, there might be some sense about It; but codfish! Codfish makes us ttred.—ihiefc. John Pbestos died recently at Ilro'vntown, /<’ J., aged 10. 1 ) yearn, When he was 103 years of oirc be walked eight miles a day and cut cord wood. He tiuver retired without his glass of applejauk. YANKEES GAVE HIM THE CUE. A Celestial Student Weds an Heiress and Will Enter Journalism. New Haven, Conn., July (5. —Yan Phon Lee, of Fragrant Hills. China, who gradii ated with high honors at Yale's last com mencement, whs to-day united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Maude Jerome, a New Haven heiress. The ceremony was quietly performed at the residence of the bride's mother by Rev. Dr.,Twitchell, of Hartford. The groom was sent here to bo educate*! several years ago. After his re turn to China he became tired of home and at the first opportunity ran away, and finally reached New Haven. He again entered in the clans* of 1887, and greatly distinguished himself throughout his college course. This wedding is the first, ease on record in New Haven where a Yankee girl has married a Chinaman, and the event ex cites considerable I'omment After a wish ding trip to Narragansctt Pier the pair will reside in New Haven, tile groom intending to enter the journalistic (iold. FACTS ABOUT YAN PHON LEE’S LIFE. A dispatch from New Haven, Conn., to the New York Herald savs: ‘‘l am going to stay in the United States and do as much good for my race os I possibly can,” said Yan Plum Lee, the young Chinese graduate of Yale whose manly and eloquent oration at commencement yesterday on “Tho Other Side of the Chinese Question,” brought forth much merited applause. Yan l’hon Lee was found iu his room at No. 110 North Middle College. He dresses in a suit of navy blue flannel, and is as neatly and tastily arrayed as a West Point cadet. He long since discarded his queue. His is a verv tidy apartment, and the ar rangement of pictures and other articles of hric-u-brae indicates a well cultivated and lest hot ie taste. LEARNING ENGLISH WHILE YOUNG. Yan Phon Lee greeted the correspondent warmly, and gave a short sketch of his life in answer to inquire* substantially as fol lows: “When 1 was 13 years of age, in the year 1873, I caine from China to the United States, and became mi inmate of an Ameri can family in Springfield, Mass. I studied hard to perfect myself in the English lan guage and succeeded very fairly. I was quite young when I began to study, and it ought not to be difficult for any one to ac quire any language if any one begins young. I stayed with my friends in Springfield five years, and as riiv father had been a business man in China and my grandfather was the literary chancellor in a large educational institution I wanted to acquire a good ivlu cation. In fact, my grandfather occupied the sanio position where he lived a* Presi dent Dwight, of Yule, does here in New Haven So I came to the Ilopkins Gram mar School in IH7B, when I was 17 years of age, and for two years I studied hard, and was re ward is 1 bv being made the valedicto rian of my class. There were twenty-five other students in the graduating class. ORDERED HOME. “Then I concluded that I would go to Yale College in 1881, but, nt that time, you will remember, the Chinese government re called all tho young Chinamen who were attending schools and colleges in tho United Slates. We all had to go home or the con sequences would have have been grave probably. I went home and was placed in the naval school of China. I was there about six months when I took French leave and finally managed to reach Hong Kong, where I found myself under the protection of the English flag. Then for two years I paddled my own canoe in tho best way I could. I managed to got a place in the law office of Sharp, Toller A Johnson, at Hong Kong, which is an English colony. There are quite a number of Americans who re side there and transact business. I man aged to support myself by teaching and by acting as translator, sometimes doing tins for the court. Mr. Sliarp was the Crown Solicitor. I was in Hong Kong for about two years, when I got a chance to come to America, und I then determined to complete my education nt Yale and [ have very for tnnately managed to pull through.” “What are your plans for the future, Mr. Lee;” TO BECOME A NEWSPAPER MAN. “Well, I am going to take a post graduate course for a year and study with special ref erence to journalism. I believe that I can do as muon for the advancement of my countrymen in that way us uny other. 1 feel, though, that the schools and courses of journalism do not give a person that prac tical knowledge which every aspiring news paper man desires.” “Why don’t you pitch in, Mr. Lee, and join the staff of some paper.” “I have not thought much about, it, and do not know that I could. However, I may see my way clear in that direction in the future. While at college I have written some few articles, and have lectured on Chinese customs. 1 have delivered, perhaps, 100 lectures in New York, Pennsylvania and in tho New England States.” ALWAYS WELL TREATED. ‘Did you ever have any trouble with the Yato students, or did you over experience from them any demonstrations of caste or race prejudice V' "Never. 1 have always been treated with perfeirt courtesy, and 1 nave never received any treatment from them that was unpleas ant or disorderly. They never regarded me otherwise than an equal, and I shall always remember my four years’ career at Yale University with pleasure.” In regard to his lecture yesterday Yan Fhon Loe said : “I felt that it was a good time to speak for uiy people and to give what I honestly believe to be the other side of the Chinese question. There is a great deal of misunderstanding among tho Ameri can people about, China. While I intend to he an American to all intents and purposes and mean to bo naturalized by a sort of special dispensation, if possible, yet I love my native land. China ts much more demo cratic than might lie supposed. There any deserving young man can work his way froni the low est round of the ladder up to the Prime Minister if he Ims good luck. And I shall try to educate myself in law and po litieal economy iu inv post-graduate course. My wish and desire is to tie of advantage to my countrymen.” Yan Phon L-o is rather small and slight, and weighs about lift pounds. 11c is as lithe and straight as an Indian and as quick as a cat. He lias a very pleasant expression of countenance and a bright black eye. He always looks one directly in the face, and his address is of the most pleasing kind. Not one of the nearly 1,000 students in Yale can lie found who dislike Yan Phon Lee, either personally or because of his na tionality. He has among all who know him the reputation of being u man of the strict est honor and integrity. Ho is honest and straightforward, and his word Is not to bo questioned. President Dwight mid several of the professors of Yale this morning said in eubstanev that the university was proud of the young Chinaman. The Crimes of Napoleon. .Villi’, Hlaze in the NV w Princeton Rei'ie lf. When on** reflects what the frivolity and selfishness, the betrayal of public trust the sins of commission and omission of the Bourbons had been situs* the advent of Loui* XIV., and when one thinks of the victories with which Nnjioloon lvsnl glutted s** vain and ignorant a people as the French, uud ill*' s|siils he luul brought home to them one enu hardly measure, at first, the evil of those deeds of his which reconciled such u community to such suervssors. But Napo leon had lost tbe sense of what is dll** to humanity, ami humanity had bo be avenged. The man who quietly said to M. do s>tu'- bonne, when referring to the unpopularity of the Russian campaign: “Why, after all, what did it cost me' Not more than 1100,000 men, and among those a good many were Germans!”—this man luul to lx* set aside by human law, and, as wits quickly shown, he wus set aside too leniently. Wire - I think, my dear, that we had belter name tbe baby Bill. ’ Husband— ‘'Bill!” What do you want him named that for? Wife So that be will Is* called "William " w'*en Ii * xrows up.-AV/c I'm k Sun. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1887. IN' A JAPANESE CAGE. THE HORRORS OF LIFE IN A TOKIO PRISON. The Experience of a Political Prisoner as Described by Himself Men Sent to Prison Without Trial and Crowded Into Small Pens. From the I Vanhinqton Stnr. Tatni Baba, a Japanese now visiting this country, writes the following account of his recent experience in a Tokio prison: “The Japanese government has, during the last ten years, been introducing many superficial elements of European civiliza tion. such ns dress, dancing, etc., but more fundamental reforms necessary to the wel fare of the 37,000,000 of people are entirely neglected. One of the matters requiring re form is the Japanese prison system. I was put in the Japanese prison at the end of De cember, 1 Hh.‘), and kept there under the sus picion of a political offense for six months without auy public trial. When a public trial came the public prosecutor could pro duce nothing worthy of notice, and I was set free. My arrest came about in the fol lowing way: “At the time I intended to come to this country, and went to Yokohama, where the Pacific mail steamships start for .Sun Fran cisco, to m ike inquiry aliout the voyage. I made several purchases as part of the preparations for my journey. I was with another young Japanese gentleman. We passed near a shop kept by an Englishman ■for the sale of dynamite. We concluded to go in and see dynamite, simply to satisfy our curiosity. We went in and stated that wo wanted Is) see the dynamite. We were told that the man had no dynamite in the shop, as it was kept in a warehouse, and tlint con sequently he could not show it to us. .So we left the shop. But the government spies lurking about there gave information to the Japanese government to the effect that I had made a contract for the purchase of dynamite. The Japanese government, always suspicious of those who criticise their policy, immediately arrested me and my friend, without any further investiga tion. “At first I was brought before Keibu, or three constables, and asked several useless questions, such as: Who are your friendsf Whom do you know! etc. I was kept in a temporary prison for ten days and then sent to the main prison in lvaji bashi. THE PRISON. “This prison is situated in a central place of the capitol, Tokio, and is under the direct control of the Minister of the Interior. The building is two stories high and made in the shape of a cross. In each story there arc forty cages, making eighty cages in all. Each cage is nine feet square. The Japa nese government managed to keep many prisoners in this prison for two or three years without any public trial. Each cage generally contains ten or eleven prisoners, who cat and sleep in this small lox. Or, perhaps, it is better to say the prisoners try to sleep heaped up one over the other. There are always from 800 to 900 prisoners kept in this way. Many become sick and die. I have seen two of the prisoners die within six months. But I am surprised thut, considering the bad sanitary system, want of exercise, bad food and drink, etc., so few die. iam told more prisoners die after they come out of the prison, where they are sustained by a sort of excitement. THE CAGES. “The outside of each cage is protected by a strong wooden frame. The frame itself becomes a door to let the prisonersin or out. The side facing the yards has a large win dow, protected with an iron frame, of which the door must not be closed without the per mission of the officials, even in the severest winter night. Thus, it is a common oc currence that prisoners are found covered with snow. At the comer of this cage, a small tub, containing water for the purpose of drinking and washing, is placed lieside two wooden vessels for sewage puiqiosoM. The water is impure as well ns filthy. The food furnished to the prisoners consists of a small quantity of a mixture of rice and oats, about a quarter of a pound, served some times with three pieces of pickle or with boiled vegetables. Although they give meal three times a day the quantity is so small that the prisoners become as thin as skeletons. There is an arrangement made which is supposed to be for the ben efit of the prisoners. The friends of the prisoners are permitted to send a quarter of a pound of meat once a day, but several absurd formalities must be gone through with before a prisoner can get his meat. Generally the meat is sent away if one makes a very slight error, such as failing to mention the particular prisoner’s name, or his place of residence, or the date of his arrest. The most of the prisoners have no moans of communicating with their friends. When they are arrested tho gov ernment spy or police tell them that they need not bring any money with them, as they will be sent back to their homes in a few minutes. When they go to the prison they are kept there six months at least. During this tune, if they have any money to pay postage, they are permitted to send their letters; but if they buve no money, no letter can be sent bv public expen.-*'. They are never permitted to see their friends until the judge of a secret examination makes up his mind to send a prisoner to the court of public trial. THE SECRET EXAMINATION lasts one year, and sometimes threo years. Even when the judge of a secret examina tion decides to send the case toa public trial the prisoner cannot write to Ills friends un less lie has money. So, in many cases, he cannot obtain the help of a lawyer. Tims, it is a farce to say that t heJapane.se govern ment gives a fair chance to prisoners to de fend themselves before the court of justice, ’t he prisoners are deprived of means of ob taining legal advice. When they are per mitted to sis* their lawyers they have to see them in the presence of two officials, sitting between them. The prisoner is not per mitted to speak to his lawyer in a confiden tial manner. As to the clothing of the prisoners, the regulations are most cruel. Even in severe winter the prisoners are not permitted to wear drawers and socks, and are compelled to walk in naked feet with thin straw sandals. Prison clothing is lent to those who came to the prison during summer, and who have no means to communicate with their friends to have them send them clothing for winter. But it is a thin gown, made of cotton, ami each prisoner is gi von only one. Three of these gowns are not enough to protect the wearer from cold. There being no heating arrangements, tin* prison is simply freezing. The psir prisoners are in a most miserable condition during tb • winter. It is but nat ural that prisoners who have a supply of clot hing should take pity on their less for tunate fellows and give or lend their cloth ing lint if they do they are severely pun ished, as it is against the regulations of the prison for prisoners to lend their property to one another. Two blankets are supplied to eacn prisoner for use os bed-clothing, but during the daytime they cannot ho used in any way to keep the prisoners warm. The prisoners uie compelled to sit on mats, but it they place the blankets on the mats and sjt upon them they are punished and the blankets taken from them. They are not j/erniitted to write or do anything to pass away the time. No writing mat -rial is allowed in a cage. If a piece or pencil is found on the person of a prisoner he is severely punished. When ever permission to write a letter is given a prisoner, he is taken out of his cage to a room where he is allowed the use of paper and ink. Books used to he supplied, but they are no longer allowed. But the books, even when supplied, wore the liooks on the Chinese morality, such as the Book of Con fucius. and wen* scarcely interesting to any reader. Histories, scientific or’ philosophi cal works were not allowed It is scarcely l>ossihle to lay p prisoners from attempting to do soniethiug to pass away the time Borne try to make network from the |si|s*r allows*l th**n 'Or writing letters, but in win as they are found out the paper is | taken away, and the prisoners are pun | ished. DEPRIVED OF FOOD. “The punishment is what is called shoku batsu or the punishment of food. The food I of prisoners is generally reduced to one third, anrl the term of punishment lasts from one to two weeks. Food is given in small quantity ordinarily, but when a man is sub jected to this punishment it is simply starva tion. If it lasts three days the prisoner can scarcely walk. Thus, when a prisoner is to be punished for more than a week, it is irn jiossible to carry out the sentence without starving him to death. Sc, in case of one week's punishment, the ordinary quantity of food is given one day during the week, and the punishment is carried out in eight days. This punishment is inflicted for slight offenses. I know one case of a young man or boy of 18 years who was kept in the prison two years. Thinking to avail himself of his time to learn arith metic, he made a calculating instru ment out of paper and rice which he saved from his scanty food. But one day he was found out by the prison keepere and pun ished with shokubntsu. The keepers are generally walking stealthily about liefore the cages in order to catch prisoners violat ing the regulations. In case of illness there are doctors who will see the prisoners. Whenever a prisoner gix to the doctor’s, the rule of these doctors is to say that tho prisoners eat too much, and that thin gruel must be given. So the prisoners, for fear of being starved with weak rice gruel, eon eeal their illness until they are dangerously sick. When it is n fever that might infect the other prisoners in the same cage, the prisoners petition the Governor to send the sick prisoner to the prison hospital. Some times the petition is granted, and the inva lid is sent to tho prison hospital. THE PRISON HOSPITAL. “But the prison hospital is no better than the ordinary cages, and is frequently worse, for many sick persons are crowded into a sinnll space. Some dying prisoners groan throughout tho whole night. I was kept in this prison hospital several weeks. In the same cage there was a mad old man, who was arrested by the Japanese' authorities on suspicion of being an incendiary, as he was standing with a match in his hand among dirt heaped up in a narrow lane in Tokio. lie used to cry out all night, disturbing the other prisoners. In the cage next to mine there was another prisoner, who was kept there for three years, and who died groan ing all night. An insane prisoner never be comes well in this hospital, because the keepers tease him as a means of amusement and uso all sorts of means to excite him. Bathing is permitted to prisoners twice a month, but the bathing is one of the dirtiest things I ever saw. There is only one bath place, a square wooden box about ten feet square, which is filled with hot water. Twenty or thirty prisoners .are taken out of their cages anil are ordered to press themselves into this box. Only ten minutes are allowed to the prison ers to wash and dress themselves. The water is not changed. The first company of prisoners may find water not very dirty, hut after this tho water is simply a mixture of mud and dirt. The prison is managed by one governor and four chief keepers, who have as subordinates about fifty under keepers and fifty prison servants. The gov ernor loaves the management of the prison entirely to the chief keepers, who superin tend the prisons. They wear a uniform and sword, and go around the prison. Under keepers carry out the orders of tho chief keepors, and wear swords also. But the prison servants attend to the humbler duties, such as distributing food, carrying clothing, etc. Night watching is done by the under-koepers and prison servants. The treatment of prisoners in general is most cruel, and these keepers are always ready to show their petty authority. I know one young man who was beaten and kicked be cause he said, in speaking to one of the keepers, You misunderstand me. It is impossible for these keepers to misunder stand anything, and thus the expression was ono of contempt for the officers. POLITICAL PRISONERS. “The Jupanese authorities do not under stand the distinction between political of fenders and common offenders. Political offenders are kept in the same cage with thieves and murderers. They have scarcely any exorcise. They are, at rare intervals, allowed to about ill a narrow j-ard for ten or fifteen winutes. From time to time they are taken from their cages to be exam ined in a secret court. But whenever they are taken there their hands are put in irons und tied with a strong rope, the end of which is held by prison servants. No ex ception is made even in the case of a little hoy or a feeble old man. The prisoners are subjected to many brutalities and annoyances. The authori ties place every obstacle in the way of justice to the prisoners. It takes one or two weeks for a letter to go from a prisoner to a friend of a prisoner living at the distance of only a few minutes walk from the prison. The letter must be examined by the Gov ernor of the prison, the chief keepers, the Judge of trie Secret Court, the Public Prosecutor and others beforc*it is sent out of the prison. The present Japanese Cabinet hope to obtain the confidence of the Euro pean powers by introducing European dancing, changing women's dress and in other superficial wavs aping the European civilization. So long, however, as such a disgrace us the present prison system exists in Japan no civilized government ought to have any confidence in the sincerity of Japanese reforms.” How Poor Puss Was Rescued. From St. Kicholns for July. One beautiful summer evening the ave nues of a large city were thronged with people on their way to the different churches. At a certain corner, however, several persons were standing, gazing ap parently into the air. Others soon joined them, until so large a crowd was gathered that the way was completely blocked. Soon the windows along the street were thronged with people, and a number of persons wore seen on the tops of the houses in the neighborhood. And whnt do you think they saw ! Cling ing for dear life to a jutting ornament near the top of a tall church steeple that pointed straight up into the air was a black cat. “How did ft get theref” was the first ques tion every one asked, and “How will it get down f" was the next. The poor creature was looking down, and at frequent intervals it uttered a pitiful cry, os if railing to the crowd below for help. Once it slipped and fell a short distance down the sloping side of the steeple, and an exclamation of pity came from the crowd, now intensely interested in its fate. Luck ily the oat’s paws caught on another pro jection, and for the moment it was safe. Some looker-on suggested that it l>e shot in order to save it from the more dreadful deuth that seemed to await it; but no one was willing to tire the shot. Ere King a lit tle window some distance above the place where the cui was clinging was seen hi open. Two boys had determiner! to save it. they had mounted the stairs to where the ls-ll linug, and then by a ladder had reached the window. They lla<l taken a board up with them, anil they now pushed one end of it out of the windiAv and lowered it till it was within roach of the eat. Then, by encour aging words and signs, they t ried to per suade the creature to step on the plank. Puss seemed to understand, and put out one paw, but drew it bal k ininiediatelv: and at that instant one of the boys accidentally let go his hold, the board turned over, and the eat would certain! \* have boon dashed to the ground hail it trusted to that means of es cape. The hoys withdrew the hoard, and soon re-ap|xaring at the window, were soon to b > lowering a basket down the side of tbo Ms'|ile, Pussy having now censed to cry, watched ii intently ns ft canto nearer and nearer When it was within reach the eat c irefully put out one paw and took hold of one side of the basket, than ns carefully re peated the action wit j the other puw. then drew itseli up, and with a violent effort (lung itself over the sido and into the hot tom of the basket The next moment it was safely drawn up to the window, amid loud cheers front tl* -*•■ lielow. PERILOUS BALLOON INCIDENT. Tim Baldwin Jumps from an Elevation of 5,000 Feet. The. following dispatch to the New York World from Quincy, 111., gives a fuller ac count of the thrilling performance of the aeronaut Baldwin in that city o’i July -1 than appeared iu the Morning News of July 5: A thrilling performance was en acted here to-day as the principal attraction of the celebration. Tim Baldwin, tie' aeronaut, was advertised to jump from a captive balloon at an elevation of 2,000 feet. At a few minutes pnst 4 o’clock Baldwin jumped into the basket The balloon was cut loose and rose gradually into the air, carried eastward by the wind. When about 2,000 feet high Baldwin grasped the ring of his parachute which hung from the netting and gave the lines a shake, straightening them out Ho parted the ropes between the ring and the basket and steadied himself for the leap. The balloon in the mean time had reached an altitude of 4,500 feet. The watching thousands were giving up, and in a few moments more would have started home. Another movement is visible in the balloon. The cotton of the parachute is shaking in the wind, and interest in Baldwin and tho balloon is again excited. The pluck}' man has jumped. For a hun dred feet he drops like lead. The parachute partially fills and the next hundred feet the velocity is decreased. The crowd holds its breath. Not a sound is heard. Every eye is turned on the man suspended in air hang ing by his hands 4,000 feet aliove the earth. He shakes his foot, the crowd takes it as a signal and a huzza breaks forth that might have encouraged the plucky man in his perilous descent. He now travels at a slower pace, though the parachute has not filled. The cords are tangled and though the speed is slackened tho parachute careens in its downward course and the tired aeronaut sways with his umbrella. In three minutes and twenty seconds after leaving his balloon Baldwin’s feet strike terra firma. The ro|>e strings about his wrists relax an instant and then tighten, as tho wind catches the parachute, and turns him over a couple of times before he is able to release his hands. With a quick move ment the parachute collapses, leaving him prostrate for a moment after the most peril ous aerial voyage ever chronicled, and two miles from his starting point. When Bald win left the balloon it was at an altitude of 5,000 feet and a mile east of his starting point. Baldwin is a native of Quincy, and is 26 years of age. For several years he was an attache of the Quincy Herald , but ten years ago adopted the profession of athletics. His first great feat was the walking of a rope over the bay at San Francisco. In Septem ber last he jumped 1,000 feet from a captive balloon in that city. He was seen by a World reporter after the jump to-day. but was too much prostrated to give any defi nite account of his experience. He was to huve made a jump on Staten Island, N. Y., on July 11, but the loss of his balloon will undoubtedly delay that performance. BEDDING WITH A SNAKE. Strange Freak of a Chattanooga Citi zen. From the Chattanooga Times. On West Ninth street, near the corner of ’Fine, lives Caleb O'Bannion and his sister. Caleb is well advanced in years, and is an original Chattanoogan, having been born and reared in Chattanooga. He grew tired of hearing it said that snake charmers and animal tamers w ere all forgeries, and made up his mind that as Chattanooga had pro duced every other kind of a curiosity, the town should also turn out a snake charmer. A few days since he was seen by several of his friends with a very badly swollen face, one of his eyes heing almost out. "What’s the matter F” inquired Alderman Dugger, who has known Caleb for a long time. “Well,” said Caleb, “that was caused by my bedfellow. You see I have great power over animals, and can charm snakes. I got me a regular king snake not long ago, and it has been sleeping with me ever since. It would twine around my arms and neck and coil up under my arms, and was perfectly contented. The king snake, you know, is very poisonous. Well, the other day, after he hud licked himself all over, after tho nature of his kind, completely covering himself with the saliva, he wrapped him self around my head, just as you see the line of inflammation on my forehead, and the result was I was poisoned; he never bit me a single time. After the king snake licks himself in that way he usually crawls through the mud, and in that way rubs it all off j my snake did not do that, and so I am poisoned. My sister became frightened, and yesterday she took an ax and cut my snake in two, killing it. "But I have ordered nine new snakes of different kinds from the country, and I will show you how to charm them.” Mr. Dugger said he preferred that Mr. O’Bannion keep the snakes caged, and he was seconded by the reporter, who actually shuddered at the bare thought of the thing. A Rocky Mountain Hostess. From the Overland for June. “We don’t have many ladies stop here,” dubiously remarked the hostess, introducing the artist to her room. A hot little oven like apartment, containing a bed assertive of feathers, g.stand, and a lamp attracting a whirring swarm of moths and mosquitoes through the small open window. No other furniture whatever. No water—no towels — no toilet conveniences of any sort. “Ah, very comfortable indeed,” with amiable hypocrisy exclaimed the weary and dust-grimed guest, while her heart sank. “If you 'rill kindly give' us water, and towels, ami a wash bond.” But the lady of the ranch was not to be caught rashly committing herself to any thing. “We don't have many ladies come along,” she repeated reflectively. And after a con siderable pause, she added, as making a gen eral remark apropos of nothing in particu lar. “Most folks that, come along jest come down to the back stoop to wash up.” “But we prefer to ‘wash up' in our room,” suavely retorted this unusual visitor. And it was evidently borne upon the hostess' mind that ladies, when they did come along, were perhaps entitled to es pecial consideration, for presently, as the travelers wore desultorily chatting on the front doorsteps, she came’ to them. “lie you used to sleepin’ between sheets?” she asked, with all the rejhim’ of manner at tributed to the cast of Vcre do Vere. “Wo generally do,” returned Piseator gently. “Some folks docs, but most folks that come along would jest rather lay between the blankets when the night is chilly; so. thinks I, I'll ask,” and with grave compo sure she retired. - rut K K.EED. SEED .PEAS, Keystone Mixed Feed, —AND— All Kinds of Feed For Horses and Cattle, Sold By 172 BAY STREET. CONTRACTOR*. P. J. FALLON, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, 22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH. INST! MATES promptly furnished lor building J ot any class. MEETINGS. WUlHOirt LOB6B NO. I. F. * A. M. A regular communication will bo held at Masonic Temple THIS (Thursday EVENING, July 7th. 5887, at 8 o'clock Every member is urged to be present; ' w \ business of importance. Visiting and. transient brethren cordially and fraternally invited. Bv order J. ft. SAUSSY, W. M. Thomas H. Laird, Secretary. GEOH.iI \ TEXT NO. 191, I. O. R Attend special meeting of your Tent THIS (Thursday) EVENING at 8 o'clock - . Initiation and degree work. Bv order C. O. GODFREY. C. R. Thomas Hoynes, R. S. S WANN ill YACHT CUB. A meeting of the Club will be held at Fords’ Opera House THURSDAY, 7tr inst., at I'd o'clock, to make arrangement for approaching cruise. WM. HONE, Commodore, W. D. Johnston, Secretary. WORKMAN'S AND TRADERS’ LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION. The forty-fourth (4fth> regular monthly meet ing of this Association will be held at the office of the Secretary, 118 Bryan street, THIS (Thursday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. GEORGE W. LAMAR, President. J. L. Whatley, Secretary. GREENWICH PARK ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Greenwich Park Association will he hold at the office of the undersigned on Thursday, the 7th inst, at sp. m. for the elec tion of a Board of Directors and determining on the by-laws. Every stockholder is requested to be present in person or by proxy. GEO. W. OWENS, Chairman. BOARD OF TRADE. A special meeting of the Board of Trade will be held To MORROW, at 11:30 a. m , for the purpose of hearing Maj. John A. A. West in the interest of the Birmingham and Atlantic Air Line railroad. By order of PRESIDENT. John Henderson, Superintendent. SPEC!A L NOTICES! THANKS. Editor Morning Nows: The Knights of Labor return their sincere thanks to Messrs. Ludden & Bates for the use of flags so generously donated them for their use at Montgomery on July 4. This house is always ready to assist with their valuable donations any institution whose prin ciples are the elevation of the human race. Let all true Knights remember them. JOINT COMMITTEE K. OF L. OWNER WANTED FOR A WATCH. A watch has been placed in our hands, sup posed to have been stolen. Owner can have same by proving property and paying charges. HAYWOOD, GAGE & CO. By last New York steamer a small lot of fine Felt and Cloth Hats; also a few dozen white Helmets, for sale very low at JAUDON'S, • 150 St. Julian Street. NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS. City Treasurer's Office, I Savannah, Ga . July 1, 1887. ( The following taxes are now due; REAL ESTATE, second quarter, 1887. STOCK IN TRADE, second quarter, 1887. FURNITURE. ETC., second quarter, 1887. MONEY. SOLVENT DEBTS, ETC., second quarter, 1887. WATER RENTS, six months in advance, from July 1. 187. to Jan. 1, 1888. GROUND RENTS, two or more quarters in arrears. A discount of ten per cent, will be allowed upon all of the above (except Ground Rents) if paid within Fifteen Days after July Ist. CHA RLES S. HARDEE, City Treasurer. ERNST ROSEXKHAXZ, Dresden, Germany. Piano Manufacturer. Es tablished 1797. Awards of twelve gold first prize medals. Wo have been appointed sole agents for the above named factory, and several of these celebrated instruments have been shipped to Savannah. SCHREINER S MUSIC HOUSE. DR. HENRY b FOLDING, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer's Liver Corrector and take no other. Si 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D„ Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 8 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Morning News, embracing Job and Book Printing, Lithograph ing and Engraving, Book Binding and Account Book Manufacturing, is the most complete in the South. It is thoroughly equipped with the most improved machinery and employs a large fore# of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of PAPERS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. These facilities enables it to execute orders for anything in the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices consistent with good work. Corporations, merchants, business men and others are requested to get. estimates from this establishment before sending their orders abroad. PROPOSALS WANTED. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Bids will I>p received by the Board of County Commissioners of Thomas county for the alter ation am) remodeling of the court-house in Tiiomasville, (ia. Kitis will lx* received until or on the lirs? Monday in August. The work will include brick, plastering, plumbing and car* pentering. A good Itoiiu will be required from the contractor. Liberal advances will lie made by tbe conenitisiouers according to the progress oi the work. The board nerves tbe right to accept or reject any or all bids. Plans and sp*-<'itlcations can be seen by calling ou A. P. Wright, cliuirmau Hoard Countv Commission el's, at the banking bouse of A K*. Wright &. Cos. A P. WKIUIIT, J. L FINN. II B. AINSWORTH, M. R. M A LOETTE, J A. BULLOCH, Board County Commissioners, Thomas County. Steam luj •> dri . savannah mi laldE 131 Congress Street. BlailM Lace Curtains Cleaned as Good as New. SEE OUR NEW REDUCED PRICE LIST. \v orlt Called for and Delivered. SARDINES. 100 CASES AMERICAN SARDINES. —— for RALE BY C. M. GILBERT & CO. wholes w.f, (,k<n'Ena. AMUSEMENTS. SAVANNAH THEATRE. FRIDA Y 7 JJT Ij Y 8 th. A Society Event. Grand Benefit TENDERED BY THE FORDS —TO TILE — EPISCOPAL ORPHANS, On which occasion the Great Comedy Success PINK DOMINOES WILL BE PRODUCED. Committee— Mrs. J. D. Weed, first Directresn; Mrs. W. H. Daniel, second Directress; Mrs. W. G. Charlton, Secretary; Mrs. L. M. Warfield, Treasurer; Mrs. Thomas Boone, Mrs. D. B. Hull, Mrs. H. M. C. Smith, Miss Screven, Mrs. J. K. Clarke. Miss Cosens, Miss Owens, Miss J. M. Bryan, Airs. E. M. Green, Mrs. A. R. Lawton. Jr., Mrs. 11. D. Stevens. Tickets sl, 50c. and 25c.; can be procured from Committee. Reserved Seats on sale Davit Bros.’ without extra charge. EXCURSIONS. Charleston and Savannah Ry. Reduction in Rates -TO— ISTEW YORK. THIS company has now on sale tickets at 815 to New York via Atlantic Coast Line and the magnificent steamships of the Old Dominion S. S. Company, sailing from Norfolk, Va., every Monday. Tuesday, Wednes day. Thursday and Saturday, arriving at New York on following evenings. Meals and state* room on steamships ii eluded. 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 elegaut state rooms secured on application to Wm Bren, T. A., 22 Bull street, or J. B. Oliveros. T. A., Depot. E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass Agent. COTTON SEED WANTED. TO PRODUCERS AND SHIPPERS —OF COTTON SEED, THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY will be ready to buy Cotton Seed by Sept. Ist. 1887, and will want it shipped to our Mills at Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., and Columbia, S. C., whichever city is nearest to you, by rail road. Air. C. FITZSIMONS is our Traveling Agent, and will take part in discussions as to the rela tive value of Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed ileal at any agricultural meetings, if they desire it. We consider this important, as there are many erroneous ideas about buying, selling and exchanging Seed for Meal. Address all communications to SOUTHERN’ COTTON OIL COMPANY, and send your post office address to the mill that is nearest you, if you wish us to quote you prices. We ask shippers to remember that it is the erection of our Mills that will give you better prices this year, and ask your support in return. We refer you to the banks in the above cities for our financial responsibility. SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY. P. S. OLIVER BROS, beg to inform shippers that they have no connection with the "Oliver Oil Company" Mills at Columbia, S. C.. and Oariotte, N. C. Although these Mills will run under the name of “Oliver Oil Companies,” they are owned by the AMERICAN COTTON OIL TRUST. Shippers wishing to deal with the OLIVES BROS, will please ship to SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY" MILLS. OLIVER BROTHERS Former Owners Oliver Oil Company Mills. CLOTHING. VERY THIN COOL GARMENTS FOR GENTS. Pongees, Alpacas, Flannels, Seersuckers, Etc. IK COATS AKQ VESTS. Demand heavy, but will try and supply all. Plenty of Summer YVeigbt Woolen and Mixed Goods in DRESS SUITS, BUSINESS SUITS, SUMMER UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR AND HOSIERY AT CUT PRICES. STRAW HATS SACRIFICED. Gents’ Fine Furnishing Goods In greater variety and at lower prices than elsewhere. 161 CONGRESS STREET. B. H. LEVY & BRO, ( OJ’I'EE. NICHOLAS LANG. COFFEES AT BOTTOM PRICES. OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA, Parched, 30c. per pound, pounds for SI. BEST RIO. Parched 25c. per pound CHOICE RIO, Parched 20e. per pound BEST OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA, Green 25c. per pound BEST P.IO, Green 20e. per pound TURKISH PRUNES at sc. per pound EVERYTHING IN PROPORTION. —AT— Nicholas Lang’s 19 BARNARD STREET MGSMIMiI -OF SAVANNAH BAN K & TRUST CO. 4% Allowed on deposits, subject to Bank regulations and contract. lAWYERS. doctors, miniature. niwbant* a mechanics and others having books. nvur* zins. and other printed work toV bound or rj* bound can have RUch work done in the best sty If of the binder's urt at the MORNINO NKVC r.IVOETIV. '■ Whitaker strict.