The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, October 01, 1887, Page 2, Image 2
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C. M. DEPEW AT HOME.
LONDON IS A GREAT TOWN, BUT
NEW YORK IS GOOD ENOUGH.
He Fo-nd the Prince of Wales a Good
Fellow, with a Respect for the Good
Opinion of Americans, and Mr. Blaine
in Robust Health and Having a Fine
Time -Politics and Railroads at Home
•nri Abroad.
From the Sew York Sun.
President ChaunoevM. Dopew, of the New
York Central and Hudson River railroad,
arrived home yesterday in the German
steamship Elbe, from a four months’ study
of royalty and civilisation in the old coun
try.
Hr. Depew went at once with Mr. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, who met him at the pier,
to his office in the Grand Central depot and
remained until 6 p. m., buckling to business
and entertaining friends who called with
equal ease.
The first thing to meet Ills eye on his desk
was a cartoon in /*uc/.', printed in his ab
sence, and representing the Prince of
Wales ami in arm with Mr. Depew on one
side and Mr. Blaine on the other side,
drinking champagne ami singing “For lie’s
a Jolly Good Fellow.” Mr. Depew laughs
as easily as he used to, and lie laughed at
the cartoon, and then sai 1 seriously:
“Why shouldn’t an American going to
Europe see the members of royalty ? He
wouldn't naturally go to see Americans,
would he, especially such Americans as he
usually runs across over there? Where one
is admitted to the hospitalities of social life
in the Old World it is an exceedingly de
lightful experience. Then* is no hospitality
more charming than that which is extended
to a guest in the house of an English,
Scotch, or Irish gentleman. Besides all
that, it is interesting, to me at least, to
study the kind of a man that grows up under
the best conditions of social and political
existence in the Old World. Justus i met
and studied the old Kaiser a year ago, I met
this year and studied the Prince of Wales.
The!'' rince is witty in conversation, wherein
be differs from many other Englishmen;
he has tact, wherein he also differs from
them, and he likes to stand well with
America. He has never forgotten the re
ception he received here as a young man,
and he told me it was the finest ho ever iiad.
He never forgets that he may become the
head of the British nation, and he is anxious
to be well thought of by 60,000,000 Ameri
cans. He is a man of the world, and he lias
many American characteristics. He can
make an effective speech on any occasion,
and he studies to say what will take with
the audiences. The Prince is well informed,
too, as to American affairs, while not one
Englishman in a thousand has a chance to
know anything about America from the
English newspapers. He gains this knowl
edge by seeking the society of intelligent
Americans. All these things 1 learned and
much more at Homburg while sitting with
him over apollinaris and cigars in the moon
, light on the terrace.”
“How is the problem of home rule in Ire
land looked upon in England?”
“It is the sole topic talked about, where
politics are talked git all. I was a guest at
a great many tables in England, and almost
without exception 1 was called upon to
make an after-dinner sjieech and explain to
those present the American conception of
the meaning of home rule, and, most of all,
to explain why Americans to a man are in
favor of giving home rule to Ireland. 1 had
to tell my English friends that wo are a cos
mopolitan nation, and that we take deep
interest in the home affairs of all who come
to us from abroad lor lilicrty and in the
pursuit of happiness.
“Political feeling in England,” continued
Mr. Depew, “is exceedingly bitter, more
bitter than at any time since the repeal of
the corn laws. Tories are kept in power
Only by the Liberal-Unionists, while the re
markable spectacle is exhibited of Irish and
Libera! leaders speaking from the same
platform. The Irish and the English dem
ocracy have united. In many districts the
Tories have lost three-fourths of their
power, and anew election will six* a triumph
lor the Liberals and bmne rule.”
“What is the outlook for a war between
France and Germany?”
"France and Germany are shaking their
fists at each other. Each nation has all the
force in the army that can be gathered,
and,they are prepared to go to war to-mor
row, but neither nation dares to make the
first onset. The truth is, they are afraid of
each other.”
Mr. Depew visited Paris, but he didn’t
speak withenth iasm of the French capital.
“Paris has ceased to be a centre of inter
est,” he said. “London attracts the atten
tion of the world at present. Paris attracts
the fashionable people. I Jul ies go there to
get dresses, but London is a cosmopolitan
city, and at the tables and in the draiving
rooms of the metropolis you are sure to meet
representatives of all the civilized nations
of the world.”
“You met Mr. Blaine in Europe!”
“Yes, in Homburg. Mr. Blaine is per
fectly well, but, like everybody else who
goes to Homburg, lie takes the water cure,
and like most healthy people, he takes it to
fet cured of the desire to get cured. Mr.
ilaine, let me assure you, is not laying any
pijies for the Presidency of fixing conven
tions or arranging delegates. He is per
fectly satisfied with the situation, us it takes
care of itself. However, 1 presume lie feels
as every good American feels, that lie could
Bwt refuse so honorable a nomination if it
should be tendered to him.”
“And that reminds me.” added Mr. De
pew. “that I have been mentioned, or ratio r
there lias tieen some talk about me. in rela
tion to the Presidency, apparently during
the vacation term, but I have never had an
aspiration in that direction. lam entirely
satisfied with the presidencies wh oh I have
held, and with the results already obtained
in regard to both profit and pleasure.”
Mr. Depew was inclined to laugh at the
idea of leaving his present very comforta
ble life forthe White House, and preferred
to talk of other matters. He was asked
about the Continental railway system, as
compared with the American, and said:
“No one can study the railway system on
the Continent without seeing the vices and
defects of governmental direction. Leaving
out the enormous factor of political power,
which hundreds and thousands of railroad
employes give to a party in control of gov
ernment, the governmental railway once
finished is always the same railway. Under
our free railway system n railroad is never
finished. The railway which is owned by a
government is managed by a Cabinet Min
ister, whose sole object is to extract enough
service from it to meet the obligations in
curred in its purchase or its construction,
and then at the expiration of his term of
office to pass it over in good order to his suc
cessor. He can’t afford to try experiments,
<0 test, and finally to adopt or reject
new inventions, or to build branch lines or
side tracks for the development of new to
oalities or mines. The enormous develop
ment which is going on all along the lines
of American railways has certainly no coun
terpart in the French, German, or Belgian
railways. With us, lietween proper laws
for regulating railways and proper comtnis
rions to see that the laws are obeyed, the
railway corporation* are held to the exer
cise of their legitimate functions, and ex
tortion and unjust discrimination are made
impossible. Rivalry lietween competing
lines compels each railway company to offer
superior inducements to secure traffic. Even
if railway comjiaines combine and agree
Upon a rate they are couqieded
to secure their business by bettering
their accommodations and their equipment.
The result is that the best inventive genius
of the world is constantly utilized in Ameri
can railways, while on the Continent the
railroads are 100 years behind us. You still
find everywhere on the Continent the com
partment, the light railway carriage, in
which you are tossed about like a pea in a
hot skillet, and a plentiful lack of toilet
rooms. At railway stations accommoda
tions can be lmd only for a fee. II you
llave a complaint against an American
railway you have recourse to the courts and
the Railway Commission, while fear of
traffic being diverted to a rival line com
pels a railway company to listen respect
ably. On the Continent you have a claim
against the government, and any man who
has had a claim against our Federal govern
inent for twenty years knows what that
means.”
The subject of newspapers was suggested
by the reporter.
“They don’t have newspapers over there,”
i said Mr. Dojiew. “Not such newspapers as
we have in America. Englishmen know
comparatively nothing ot America, or of
i our representative men. In this country
1 you can't find a car driver or a laborer, if lie
| has lived here long enough to become
Americanized, who will not be able to tell
| von pretty accurately what the row is in
I English politics, and who their leaders are,
with something of their histories, but in
England you find even in their leaders the
densest ignorance of what is going on over
here, and who are our representative
politicians. They know Mr. Blaine
only as a jsjlitician who has hoen
credited with tin* intention of
twisting the British lion’s tail when he gets
a chance, and he is looked at as a curiosity
on that account. Mr. Blaine, Simon Cam
cron, Senator Joseph It. Hawley, Gov.
Alger, of Michigan, and other men were in
London this summer, hilt they wen* scarcely
mentioned by the London n* wspajwrs lie
cause the pajiers didn't know what, to say
about them. The biggest paper in London
prints toil lines daily about America. An
other prints twenty lines. I can learn more
of London happenings in a New York news
paper than in a I guidon journal.
“Finally,” said Mr. Depew, “any Ameri
can who goes abroad with his eyes open
comes home knowing that in every element
which makes life worth living, save one,
America has infinitely better advantages
than any country on the globe. That one
exception is in the enjoyment which always
comes from the treasure*,s of antiquity. A
plndh which can’t produce on the other side
plenty of objects, either artistic or histori
cal, MO years old, lias no interest for a tine
American.*’
MACON IN HARD LUCK.
I3pn. Jefferson Davis Will Not Attend
the Georgia State Fair.
Atlanta has sent out the following social.
When the managers of the Piedmont Fair
secured thq presence of President Cleveland
as the leading attraction they caught the
managers of the State Fair, which takes
place in Macon a week later, by the ears.
Macon had to get up some counter attrac
tion in order to draw a crowd to that point.
President Northen, of the State Fair, was
dispatched to Beauvoir to prevail upon Mr.
Jeliereon Davis to make the offset. A Con
federate memorial day was announced, when
Mr. Davis would review the veterans. Other
points in the South began pressing Mr.
Davis to extend his visit. The Biloxi Her
aid, however, throws cold water upon the
statement that Mr. Davis will even visit
Macon. As Biloxi is Mr. Davis’ postoffice
town, and as the editor of the Herald is in
a position to know, his statement is signifi
cant. The Herald says:
The following item regarding the Hon.
Jefferson Davis circulated all over
the United States, and has attracted a great
deal of comment from the newspapers in
every section:
The Hon. Jefferson Davis has accepted an in
vitation to attend the State Fair of Georgia, to
beheld iu Macon on Oct. 29. A reunion of ex
Confederate soldiers will be an interesting
feature of the occasion.
Some two weeks since, in referring to
this assertion, Mr. Davis said to the writer
of this:
One of the greatest of my annoyances is
the various announcements that l will appear
in public here and there, made by unserupulous
persons to serve their own ends. In addition to
the opportunity this gives my enemies to make
a pretence for partisan criticism, they mislead
my friends all over the country. It is hopeless
to attempt the denial of a newspaper paragraph
when once It gets afloat. Now, this gentleman
from Macon who called on me used most
strenuous arguments to induce me to attend,
and if my health was better nothing could give
me more pleasure than the opportunity tnus
afforded me to greet our Southern people. I
told him plainly, however, that it was not prob
able that my physical condition would per
mit of this journey, but his insistence was so
great that I finally said that if my health was
such at the time of the fair to safely permit of
it, and no uuforseeu circumstance should arise,
1 would endeavor to attend, and that we would
advise with each other later upon the subject .
From this very qualified answer has grown this
positive announcement of my intentions, and
given the partisan press of the North another
opportunity to make invidious comment and
manufacture political material for the ignorant
and unthinking.
Mr. Davis' health is, we regret to announce,
not very good at present. While he suffers
from no severe illness, his physical condi
tion is not as good as it was two weeks ago.
AN ALLEGED PRAYER CURE.
The Case of Fourteen-Year-Old Flor
ence Fishblatt.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 28.-—A case
of prayer cure came to light here recently,
which, if later reports bear out all that is
claimed for it at present, is one of the most
remarkable yet claimed in this city. The
case is that of Florence Fishblatt, the 14-
v ear-old daughter of Dr. E. N. Fishblatt.
The daughter has been ill for over a year,
and has been, her father says, partially par
alyzed daring that time. In addition to
paralysis she Ims lx*en a sufferer from
spasms, which have reduced her to a pitiable
state of weakness. It is stated by Dr. Fish
blatt that his daughter had LcOO of these
spasms in the last year, and some of them
were so severe that blood-vessels burst in
her body. Dr. Fishblatt has tried physi
cians ali over the country, and es|>ccially in
Chicago, where the case is known to*the
papers on account of her having been
treated at the Palmer House bv the profes
sor of nervous disease from flush Medical
College. Dr. Fishblatt came to Minneapolis
nearly two years ago and tried many
physicians or this city without success.
Five months ago a council of physicians ad
vised him that t he girl would live but a few'
months and that medicine could do nothing
for her.
Dr. Fishblatt says; “My wife had at
tended some of the faith-cure meetings and
was acquainted with the facts in the case of
the girl said tv) have? been brought to life in
Northeast Minneapolis, and I resolved to
try it. We have had prayers after tea at
my house every night. Last night, we had
pray ere as usual, and 1 prayed very earn
estly for my daughter, and several others of
the family did tin* sime. Then we were all
surprised to see Florry get up and walk
across the room. My daughter laughed and
walked into the dining room. After a little
conversation over the wonderful cure, I
could contain invsclf no longer, and started
off to see my friends. It was the happiest
hour I have known for a long time. It is
nothing but special providence.”
The case has poitus of interest, and will,
no doubt, be watched closely by those in
terested for and against the faith-cure the
ory.
Mr. Hanson Will Get It.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. MO. —A meeting of
the stockholders of the Knauirer-Svn Pub
lishing Company was held to-night. The
question of sidling the pajier was under con
sideration, and finally it was decided to sell,
Hilda committee comp-->*cd of John King,
C. A. Kliuk, John Peabody, R. A. (’arson
and John Bloc I* mar w;is ap]x timed t<> make
the sale. H. C. Hanson, of Macon, is hero
negotiating for its purchase.
.Judge Brooks issued thirty-three marriage
licenses during the month of September.
The Engttdme
Bouquet. Atkinson s new jjerfume. This
mijjerb distillation swvetly recalls fragrant
Swiss flowers. Bright jewels in a sotting of
jierpetual snow.
Sih Lyon and Lady Edith Playfair, who have
lx*en visiting Lady Playfair's parents at Nabant,
Mass., will return to England early in October.
That 50c. Mixed Tea at Strauss Bros. 'is
excellent.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1887.
TOLD BEFORE HE DIED.
i
THE REMARKABLE STORY OF AN
AWFUL CRIME.
The Confession of Convict James
Young Made at Joliet How Mr.
Allen, of Sandwich, Was Brutally
Murdered.
From the Chicago Daily Sens.
Joliet, 111., Sept. 27. - James Young,
lmi'glar and self-confessed murderer, rliod in
the prison hospital lost night. He was serv
ing a ten-year sentence for a lmrglary com
mitted in Carroll county. Yojmg was one
of the most remarkable men ever sent to
; Joliet-, and his confession of the Allen niur
; der at Hand wit *h, 111., in 1880, is a literary
gem. The murder of Mr. Allen was a most,
brutal affair, and for it William Thomas, a
resident of Sandwich, was tri *d and sen
tenced to seventeen years in Joliet. Thornes
always maintained his innocence, and it is
said his conviction was procured on doubt
fill evidence for the reward offered. Young
was taken from the prison to Sycamore, ar
raigned for the Allen murder, pleaded guil
ty, and was sentenced for life. The con
fession of Young, as given below in his own
words, is certainly a remarkable produc
tion :
“The plain truth is the most, mystifying thing
in the world. It will fool the shrewdest men,
and when they cannot find a reasonable motive
for it they imagine the most ridiculous ones. It,
has been suggested that my motive in doing
what 1 have was because Thomas, or some or
his friends, were known to me, and I counted on
their help incase 1 got the man out and was
convicted myself. Now, there is nothing more
senseless than this. How in the world could
they help me when they can't help Thomas
himself?
“Up to the time of killing Mr Allen I had
never even won ruled anylsxly. I had very little
regard for the rights of property, but to shoot a
man dead at night in his own house was a oli
max of villainy 1 hud never counted on. A pro
fossional thiel is not so bloodthirsty a wretch as
he is thought to l>e. To take life is the very
last thing he thinks of. Then? is a door or a
window left oi>en for a clean run, an 1, although
he may threaten or strike a man. if lie gets a
chance to run at all he will go through a third
story window head first lie fore he will fire a
shot. And again, even some very brave men,
when they awake at night and find a burglar
in the house, feel a little nervous. The burglar,
it he is intelligent at all. knows this feeling well
enough, and if any one should awake while he
is in the house he feels greater security
in this terror, which his presence may in
spire, and in his legs, than in any intention to
use a weapon.
“I am setting up no defense for the crime of
murder or burglary it is all horrible enough.
What 1 have said is only to show that ev**n the
worst may not be* as bad as they are painted.
It was a miserable combination of circum
stances that caused the shoot ing that night. 1
was not feeling well, and so went into Allen s
house with my overcoat on something I had
never done before. It was buttoned to the
throat. I was standing with my back to Mr.
Allen. I had looked at him just a moment be
fore, and he was sound asleep. I had then
turned and taken down the clothes pants and
vest, I think with a watch chain hanging from
tire vest. I had a candle in one hand and had
taken the clothes in the other, without making
any noise. 1 would have left in a second of time
when, suddenly and before 1 could turn, Mr.
Allen spoke in quick words—‘Ah, you are
there,' 1 think is what he said. As quick as the
word he had his arm thrown around me; the
candle went out and we were in the dark. We
fell over on the bed he on his back and me
with my back on his stomach and his arms
clasped iirmly around me.
“Now. I could hardly remember afterward
how it all occurred. As I have sud, 1 was not
feeling well, the room was small and close, a
handkerchief was tied across my mouth that
was suffocating me and which 1 could not
remove.
“There was no time to think. I was helpless
as a baby in tire position I was held. My part
ner did not come to help me at first when he
heard the scuffle, as he should have done, and I
did not know but he bad left me. Then? is no
time for reflection in a struggle like this. He
was holding me and I was struggling to get
away. I told him several times to let go or I’d
shoot. I was nearly crazy with exeitein *nt, and
it was simply the animal feeling of self-preser
vation that caused me to fire the shots.
“I was so weak when I got outside that in run
ning I fell down two or three times. What fol
lowed after this has been told already. That,
Sunday night in Chicago I was in hopes the man
was only wounded, and if such was the case I
had determined that I was going to quit the
business. We had to go to the ’Ames- office to
gef a paper, and when l opened it and saw the
head line, *A (lory Record,' and read the ac
count underneath, all 1 can say is. that, although
1 was in the city and pertVctly safe, with as
little chance of ever being discovered as if I
were m another planet, I would have taken my
chances whether it would have been five or
twenty years for the burglary- if it were only in
my power to do the thing over again. I did not
care much what I did after this. I thought I
could be no worse than I was.
“In a few months I was arrested and got five
years for a burglary in Wisconsin. That was in
June, 1880. In the fall of that year I read of the
arrest of Thomas for the Allen murder. I think
his trial began in February. I read what 1 could
of it from what papers I could get, and for the
first time I saw what a deadly web circumstances
and the conceit of human shrewdness may
weave around an innocent man.
“The trial went on. 1 did not open my mouth,
because I knew there was a common course of
reasoning which arrived at the strange conclu
sion that the citizen of a peaceful town, where
the incentive to crime must be small, who, not
withstanding. will plan the robbery and perhaps
murder of his neighbor, or maybe friend, is less
a criminal and more f’©serving of lenity than
the thief from the city, who perhaps never
hoard anything but crime talked of in bis whole
life, and who still may tire a shot in extremity.
1 knew if I said a word and went into court
fresh trovn the penitentiary I would most cer
tainly be hanged—and I laid not yet reached a
point at which I was ready to sacrifice my life
tor ast ranger. Still, I was glad when I read of
the light sentence Thomas had received. I was
surprised, also, for l read of how it was thought
he had done the killing becau.se, leing recog
nize Iby Mr. Allen, be feared identification. If
such were the case I cannot see how it could be
regarded in any other light than a mostdiabolic
act to kill a man in order to save one's self the
inconvenience of leaving town. Thieves never
do this when they have the wide world to hide
in from the comparatively simple crime of
burglary.
“in the feverish life 1 led the short time I was
out of pr.son I completely forgot all about this.
Then I was sentenced to Joliet for ten years. It
was hard and I did not like it, although r had
pleaded guilty and certainly deserved it. And 1
then thought: There is a man in this big prison
<loing hard work, eating roars** focal, deprived
of everything that makes life worth having, and
suffering for a crime of which he knows as much
as the dust that is yet to be created to till these
miserable cells. I thought what a hell the place
must Im* to him.
"No one has worked this confession out of me;
It has been voluntary. I wish to implicate* no
one but myself, and that ought to serve every
purpose. If you will not believe what 1 say
now. and Thomas stays in prison, it is very
likely the truth will never be known. But if, in
the future, such a'thing should occur as the
man who was with me ou that ni.-ht coming to
the front, whether I am alive or dead, you will
find that what 1 have told you is as true as the
law of gravitation. I was never in the town of
Sandwich before that night or since. I did not
know whom I had killed till I reed of it. I do
not know Thomas or any of kis friends. But I
do know that he is perfectly innocent of the
crime that he is in prison for. I know better
than any one in the world, because I committed
tlie crime myself. Very respectfully,
“James Young.”
BLAINE TAKEN ABACK.
The Knightly Tourist Flies Into a Rage
and Loses His Wits.
Special Cable to the Chicago Daily Xews.
Geneva, Sept. 27. — Mr. Blaine has
reached here too late to meet any of the
transcontinental Americans. I think the
plan outlined in Scotland is being carefully
carried out. The ex-Senator is at present
neither meeting nor seeking anybody. His
next rest will be in Paris. There Messrs.
Hale and Garrett and many other friends
are awaiting his arrival.
ILs trip through the south has been very
quiet. In Bavaria, Austria and {Switzer
land be is unknown, and consequently he
has received neither sdcial nor political at
tention. He gdded along through one after
another of the cities of the ancient s without
greeting a single foreign admirer or meet
ing so much as a welcoming paragraph in
the press. The entire circuit was made
with a rush which permitted of little re
search and less reflection. Doing Nurem
lierg in one day, Muuich in two, Vienna in
two, and flying through Saalzburg. Inn
spruck. nndYhe curious communities of the
Tyrol a enquiries with only nightly
pauses is a very expeditious way of seeing
Europe; but such activity can be of no ma
terial benefit either to Laxly or mind
The truth is, and it is pathetic truth, Mr.
Blaine wilts completely under quiet. Ex
citement is his panacea for both physical
and mental ills, and in no place does his dis
temper become more apparent than while
traveling; for he is forever bobbing in and
out of the trains, changing compartments
and fussing to his own scan dal and the dis
gust of the guards. Going from Innspniek
to Zurich Friday he was particularly unfor
tunate. First, he was directed to the coach
in which 1 had secured a compartment to
gether with a German tourist
All the other compartments were
occupied in part and ho in
sisted on having one exclusively for himself
and family. lie was led to another, but
presently the crush of travelers exposed him
to intrusion, and ho besieged the guard
again. Three extra cars were then coupled
on. Of the rear one Mr. Blaine took pos
session. Unluckily these coaches were des
tined lor detachment at a station only a
short distance up the mountain. Upon be
ing compelled to vacate his quarters. Mr.
Blaine once more remonstrated with the
guard, but to no avail.
Finally he re-entered the coach ho had
been originally assigned to. I was getting
a eup of coffee m the station. The German
was exercising on the platform. Our com
partment was peculiarly comfortable. It
was advantageously located for si 'tit-seeing,
at the head of the coach, and furnished with
an angled observatory window. Mr. Blaine
and the family walked in and complacently
settled down. When I returned and found
myself displaced I was really gratified to be
of service to the party, for I would have
long before offered it to Mr. Blaine were I
not fearful less my motives might be mis
appreheude I. The German, less inclined to
make a sacrifice, was hanging around the
compartment door angry and indetermin
ate.
“Senator,” I suggested, “if you will per
mit me I will remove nty satchels so that
you may have more room.”
“Ah,” exclaimed lie, his face instantly
aglow: “are you an American?”
The pantomime pleased me.
“I am,” said I.
“And your name sir!”
“Cowen.” •
“()-o-h!” and his face became oblong with
affected surprise.
Mr. Blaine’s pretended discovery of my
identity after three months of frowning ac
qaintanee, after having pointed me out to
his friends at Homburg. and after the Sav
age club meeting when he thought to estab
lish my relationship with the deceased Sen
ator Cowan of Pennsylvania, was decidedly
refreshing. While I was lifting my traps
into the passage he said:
"I am sorry to crowd you out.”
“It is a pleasure to accomodate you. Sena
tor,” returned I; and, after having made
good my own capitulation, I induced the
German to remove his things also.
At the noon lunching station Mr. Blaine
was pacing the platform, when I accosted
him and asked:
“Would you mind informing me, Sena
tor, what your plans are for to-morrow?”
Drawing himself up belligerently he re
plied:
“Mr. Cowen, I don’t know that you have
any right to speak to me.”
Inasmuch as Mr. Blaine had only a few
moments previously accepted a favor at my
hands I failed /to see the implied imperti
nence. Though I offered no response his
own words enraged him so that he lost his
bearings and wandered about the train in a
helplessly bewildered way. Two cars had
been detached and the locomotive had cut
off for water, changing the appearance of
the train slightly, but not sufficiently to
puzzle anyone. His coach was on the end.
After having boarded a second-class car and
gone through it he alighted and walked
down to his own coach; but, decid
ing that it was not the right one, hurried
back the entire length of the train, crossed
behind it, and paced down the other side,
returned, and was vainly trying to explain
to a German loiterer that he had lost his
car, when, overhearing his words, I pointed
out his coach to him. Uttering a half
grateful “Oh!” he hastened aboard.
There was something deeply touching in
this incident. It sufficed to show me, as no
other circumstance of my three months’
observing had done, the really enfeebled
condition of Mr. Blaine's mind as well as
body. He is a Madly shattered man. It is
what. 1 have written about his health that
lias especially embittered him. Nothing but
his prominence as a public character could
justify the discussion of Ins physical ills,
and, mindful of the consideration due sensi
tive sufferers, I would be one of the last
persons in the world to maintain that Mr.
Blaine was in a decline unless what I saw
and heard from reliable sources convinced
me that such was the fact.
E. D. Cowen.
groceries.
Fresh Goods
New Edam Cheese,
New Pineapple Cheese,
New Canned Goods,
-ALL KINDS NEW-
Preserves & Jellies
PLUM PUDDINGS,
Sauces, Catsups, Pickles, Etc.
KALAMAZOO CELERY
White Onions, Etc., Etc.,
OF THE FINEST QUALITY.
My Prices the Lowest.
WM. G.~COOPER,
28 Whitaker Street.
URAlii AND lIAI.
Rust Proof Seed Oats
COW PEAS,
Keystone Mixed Feed,
HAY and GRAIN,
BY
G.S.McALPIN
A. Li HARTRIDGE,
SECURITY BROKER.
TJ UYS AND SELLS on commission all classes
I > of Stuck* and Bonds.
Negotiate* Imiris on marketable securities.
New York nuctations furnisbod by private
ticker every fifteen minutes.
WM. T. Wlb'.lAMs. W. CUMMINS.
W. T. WILLIAMS & CO.,
Bz?o3s:e>z?S
--i ORDERS EXECtTTET) on the New York, Chi
" " oago ami Livertiool Exchanges. Private
direct wire to our nmoe, Constant quotations
fjom Ohicaco ami N*\v i nrk.
< *( )T # IV > V ’ ( 'ITANGTC
DEATHS.
THOMAS.—Died, at Brunswick, Ga.. Wednes
day, Sept. 38th, Mary Summer, the infant
daughter of Jordan S. and Jacqueline P.
Thomas.
MEETINGS.
T. I*. A. ~
A meeting of SAVANNAH POSJ 1 D will be
held THIS EVENING, at 8 r. M., at the Marshall
House. A full attendance is requested of the
members. H. M. BOLEY, Secretary.
BURGLAR ALARM AND DISTRICT
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
An adjourned meeting of the stockholders of
the above cumpany will be held at Metropolitan
Hall on TUESDAY EVENING, Oct. 11, 1887, at
8 o’clock. J. H. ESTILL, Chairman.
I. G. Haas, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Not ires'' will be charged. £ 1 00 a Square each
insertion.
NOTICE.
Tie undersigned begs to inform the gentle
men of Savannah and the traveling public that
he has leased the
PULASKI HOUSE BARBER SHOP,
and solicits their patronage. He has secured
the best assistance to be obtained and guaran
tees satisfaction. Patrons will not be annoyed
with conversation by the proprietor or his jour
neymen, and can rely upon the quiet of their
own dressing room. MiLI.ER F. GIBSON,
Late of the Screven House Shop.
NOTICE.
All hunting on the SAVANAC and COTTON
VALE Plantations is hereby prohibited. All
permissions heretofore given are hereby with
drawn. E. M. ANDERSON.
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the
British steamship KATE, whereof Durkie
is Master, will be responsible for any debts
cont racted by the crew.
A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
NOTICE.
All persons are hereby cautioned against bar
boring or trusting any of the crew of the Brit
ish brigantine ISABELLA, Capt. James, as no
debts of their contracting will be paid by Mas
ter, Owners or
M. S. COSULICH & CO.. Agents.
October Ist, 1887.
DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS
SOUTHERN BANK OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA,
Savannah, Oct. Ist. 1887.
Interest for the Third Quarter of the present
year is due this day, and will be paid on demand.
Depositors desiring to have the interest entered
tip to their credit will please leave their books
at the bank on and after the 10th inst.
JOSEPH C'OPPK, Accountant.
THE OGLETHORPE SAVINGS AND
TRUST COMPANY.
Savannah, Ga„ Oct. 1, 1887.
Interest for the Third Quarter is now due, and
payable on demand. Depositors will please
leave pass books at the office of the company.
JOHN M. BRYAN, Cashier.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HALL ASSOCIA
TION.
The SECOND INSTALLMENT on stock in the
above association is now due, and payable from
the Ist to the 15th inst., at S. Gazan’s cigar
store, corner Bull and Broughton streets,
TUESDAY and SATURDAY EVENING, from 6
to 8 o’clock. \Y M McHARRIE, Treasurer.
NOTICE.
MR. DAVID B. FALK being a member of our
firm the style hereafter will be A. FALK &
SONS. ABRAHAM FALK.
WASHINGTON FALK.
NOTICE TO TAX PAVERS.
CITY TREASURER’S OFFICE, I
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 1, 1887.
The following taxes are now due:
REAL ESTATE, Third Quarter, 1887.
STOCK IN TRADE, Third Quarter, 1887.
FURNITURE, ETC., Third Q under. 1887.
MONEY, SOLVENT DEBTS, ETC., Third
Quarter, 1887.
Also GROUND RENTS in arrears for two or
more ouarters.
A discount of TEN PER CENT, will be al
lowed upon all of the above (except Ground
Rents) if paid within fifteen da us after Oct. 1.
C. S. HARDEE. City Treasurer.
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the
British steamship CORONII.LA t whereof Gavin
is Master, will be responsible for any debts
contracted by the crew.
A. MINIS A SONS, Consignees.
AN EXHIBITION
Will be given by Messrs. GEORGE V. HECKER
& CO. at the City Market, on SATURDAY
AFTERNOON, from 3to 8 o’clock, to show the
baking qualities of HECKER’S SELF-RAISING
BUCKWHEAT and GRIDDLE CAKE FLOURS.
I .miles are cordially invited to attend.
DR. GEORGE C. HUMMEL
Has removed his office to
OK. HENRY is HOLDING.
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
THE MORNING NEWS
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE,
3 Whitaker Street.
The Job Department of the Morning News,
embracing
JOB AND BOOK PRINTING,
LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING,
BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT EOOK
MANUFACTURING,
is the most complete in the South. It is thorough
ly equipped with the most improved machinery,
employs a large force of competent workmen,
and carries a full stock of papers of all
descriptions.
These facilities enable the establishment to
execute orders for anything in the above lines
at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con
sistent with good work. Corporations, mer
chants, manufacturers, mechanics and business
men generally, societies and committees, are
requested to get estimates from tile MORNING
NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send
ing ttieir orders abroad. J. H. ESTILL.
ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is iuvaluable 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 buttle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D„
Pharmacist. Savannah. Ga.
POTATOES.
I BARRELS POTATOES lust received
It#"/ and tor sale lev by
C. M GILBERT & CO.
EXCURSIONS.
ditto aM Sayalafi
EAILWAX.
Summer Excursions
Commencing: SUNDAY, MAY 15th, this Com
pany will sell round trip tickets to
CHAR LESTON,
By following Trains and at following Rates:
By train leaving Sundays only, at 6:45 a. m ; re
• turning, leave Charleston at 3:35 p. m., same
day $1 00
By train leaving Sunday only at 6:45 a. m, ; re
turning, leave Charleston Monday morn
ing S3 00
By train leaving Saturday at 8:33 p. m.; return
ing, leave Charleston Monday morning... $2 50
By train leaving Saturday at 12:20 p. m. : return
ing, leave Charleston Monday morning .$3 00
Tickets for sale at WM. BREN’S, Bull street ,
and at Depot. E. P. McSWINEY,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
CLOTHING.
FALL 1887.
We are pleased to announce that we are now
exhibiting samples from which to
make selections for
Clothing to Order,
and feel confident that this season will add
greatly to our already widespread popularity in
this branch of our business.
We are showing: all the newest designs, colors
and textures of materials, the best productions
of foreign and domestic markets, and guaran
tee stylish, easy and graceful String garments,
thoroughly made, and at moderate prices.
We would advise the pl acing of orders with
us early, that the garments may be finished in
lime. Although we have largely increased our
facilities in this department we may not be able
to keep pace with the demand later on.
If goods do not please in every particular our
customers are requested not to take them.
Satisfaction is guaranteed.
To our old customers we make the above an
nouncement, satisfied with the result
Of those who have never dealt with us we ask
a trial. Respectfully,
Please, Sir!
Wait for the Fall and Win
ter Display of
Mila! (M!ik
Underwear,
Neckwear,
Furnishings and Latest Shapes in
Hats at the Clothing Palace,
ARRIVING BY' EVERY STEAMER.
While you wait, look over our bargains to
close out remaiaing Summer Suits and Medium
Weights.
JAEGER SYSTEM SANITARY UNDER
WEAR AND OVERWEAR. Equal to anything
on the market and at lowest prices.
101 CONGRESS STREET.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
JL.. 33. HULL,
Wholesale Grocer,
Flour, Hay, drain aud Provision Dealer.
THRESH MEAL and GRITS in white sacks.
I Mill stuffs of all kinds.
Georgia raided SPANISH PEANUTS, also
COW PEAS, every varietj'.
Choice Texas Red Rust Proof Oats.
Special prices car load lots HAY and GRAIN.
Prompt attention given all orders and satis
faction guaranteed.
OFFICE, 5 ABERCORN STREET.
WAREHOUSE, No. 4 WADLEY STREET, on
line Central Railroad.
Seed Oats,
Seed Rye, Seed Rye,
CORN, OATS, Hay, BRAN, FEED MEAL.
Special prices on car lots.
P 1 1 O I> U CE.
APPLES, ONIONS. CABBAGE, POTATOES,
TURNIPS, LEMONS, FLORIDA ORANGES,
GRAPES, etc.
169 BAY ST,
W, D, SIMKINS & CO.
siimv cases.
SHOW CASES "rs CASES
ARTIST!.’ •- *M ' Hat, ,:l>. i \HI\IT
SVOBK, CEDAR CHEST. Stuff* Wants. Ask
for Pamphlet. Address TERRY SHOW CASE
CO., Nashville, Tran.
DY E>.
LADIES I
DO your own Dyeing, at home, with PEER
EESS DYES. They will dye everything
They are sold everywhere. price iikj. a package
40 colors. They have no equal for strength,
brightness, amount in package*, or for fastness
of color, or non-fading qualities. Tney do not
crock or smut. For sale by B. F. Ul.HErt M D
Pharmacist, corner Broughton and Houston
streets; P. B. Rum, Druggist and Apothe
cary. corner Jones and Abercorn streets;
KnwAßo J. K IKK sun, Druggist, comer West
Broad and Stewart streets.
IRON PIPE.
RUSTLESS IRON PIPE.
EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PIPE AT
MUCH LESS PRICE
J. D. WEED & CO.i
EDUCATIONAL.
SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
OGLETHORPE BARRACKS.
JOHN A. CROWTHER. Principal.
CHAS. A. L. MASSXE, A. >!., Assistant
'V’EXT session begins Oct. 3d Careful and
i. N thorough instruction in all the departments
of a first -class preparatory school. Sp,*cial
attention to Mathematics and English Natural
Philosophy, with apparatus. Principal refers
by permission to following patrons: Capt. John
Flannery, Capt. W. G. Raoul. Rev Thomas
Boone, Dr. Osceola Butler, Col. C. 1). Owens
Capt. James B. West, Col. 11. 51. Crane. Messrs’
George C. Freeman. W. E. Guerard, A. S. Bacon
and W W. Chisholm. Catalogues at offices of
Morning News, Daily Times, at Estill’s News
Depot, Butler’s, Strong's and Thornton’s <lru -
stores. For further information address the
PRINCIPAL, Savannah, Ga.
The Savannah Academy
Wjll open its Nineteenth Annual Session on
MONDAY, the 3d of October.
Instruction given in Ancient and Modern
Languages, Mathematics and English.
Catalogues at all of the book stores.
Office hours from Ba. m. to sp. m., commenc
ing the 26th.
JOHN TALIAFERRO. Principal.
CHARLES W. BAIN, Univ. Va., First Assistant.
THE OGLETHOIiHE SE.IILVIRY
FOR
YOUNG LADIES AND CHILDREN.
WILL be opened on TUESDAY. Oct. 11. a’
It 13!) Drayton street, facing park extension.
Mrs. R. W. Barnwell will assume charge of the
Boarding Department. It being expedient to
have a resident French and German teacher,
the services of Mile. Marie Engelhard, a teacher
of large experience, have iieen secured. For all
desired information address.
MRS. L. G. YOUNG, Principal,
Corner of Barnard and Bolton streets, Savan
nah, Ga.
University of Georgia.
F. H. MELL, D. D., LL. D., Chancellor.
THE 87th session of the Departments at Ath
ens will begin Wednesday, October 5, 1887.
TUITION FREE, except in Law Department.
LAMAR COBB,
Secretary Board of Trustees.
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL
IN’ear -A.lexatid.rirv. Va.
L. M. BLACKFORD, 51. A., Principal;
L. HOXTON, Associate Principal;
With able Assistants,
-A Preparatory School tor Roys.
Founded 183!). Session opens Sept. 28, 1887.
Catalogues sent on application.
Edgeworth Boarding and Day School for Girls
lxW West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Md.
MRS. H. P. LEFEBVRE, Principal. This
School will reopen on THURSDAY, the
22d of SEPTEMBER. The cou*?;e of instruction
embraces all the studies included in a thorough
English education, and the French and German
angtiages are practically taught.
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND.
/COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE for Young Yadies
V and Preparatory School for Little Girls,
Embla P. 0., three miles from Baltimore, Md.
Conducted by the Sisters of Notre Dame. Send
for catalogue.
SOUTHERN HOME SCHOOL FOR GIULS.
015 and 017 N. Charles Street, Baltimore.
Mrs. W. Vl Cary, \ Established 1842 French the
Miss Cary. ( language of the School.
MAl'PlVs UNIVERSITY SCHOOL,
Kllieott City, Md.
CIXTH SESSION opens 15tn September. For
catalogues address CHAPMAN MAUPIN,
M. A., Principal.
HOTELS.
NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark’s !
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
WINTER AND SUMMER.
f T'HE MOST cW’tral House in the city. Near
i Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New and Eleg".n! Furniture. Electric Bells,
Baths, Etc. $2 50 to S3 per day.
JOHN il TOGNI. Proprietor.
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
r |MIIS POPULAR Hotel Is now' provided with
Ia Passenger Elevator (tho 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
ors is earnestly invited. The table of the
Screven House is supplied with every luxury
that the markets at home or abroad can afford.
" THE MORRISON HOUSe7~
One of the Largest Boarding Houses in tha
South.
\FFORDS pleasant. South rooms, good board
with pure Artesian 55’ater, at prices to suit
those wishing table, regular or transient accom
modations. Northeast corner Broughton and
Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House.
PORTRAITS.
The Great Southern Portrait Company,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA.
Ij. 15. DAVIS,
Secretary and Manager of the Great S
era Portrait Company.
\N inspection of samples of our Pori raft *at
our office, with Davis Bros., 42 and 44 Bull
street, will gieatly interest thost'who contem
plate having small pictures of themselves, their
friends, living and deceased, copied and enlarged
in OIL, WATER COLOR, INDIA JNK, PAS
TELLE and CRAYON. We guarantee a per
fect likeness and excellence of work. We have
about TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES AND ,
GRADES IN SIZES OF ENLARGED POR
THA ITS from BxK> to 50x00, and our prices nr
from $2 to S3OO each. EMPLOY FORTY ART
ISTS; been twenty-six years in the business;
have a <5,0 >0 candle-power ELECTRIC LIGHT,
and are fully prepared with all proper expedi
tion and skill to execute all orders promptly
and sat isfactorily. We respectfully solicit your
orders. L. B. DAVIS,
Secretary and Manager The Great Southern
Portrait (Jo.
PAINTS AND OILS.
JOHN G. BUTLER.,
\I7TUTE LEADS, COLORS. OILS, GLASS,
I* VARNISH, ETC.; READY MIXED
TAINTS: RAILROAD, STEAMER AND MILL
SUPPLIES. SASHES, DOORS, BUNDS AND
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agent for
GEORGIA LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CE
MENT, HAIR and LAND PLASTER.
6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia.
mi CTO MORPHY, m~
House, Sign and Ornamental Painting
U'XECUTED NEATLY and with dispatch.
I j Paints, Oils. Varnishes, Brushes, Window
Glasses, etc., etc. Estimates furnished onap
plicat ii m.
CORNER CONGRESS AND DRAYTON STS.,
Rear of Christ Church.
PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER.
1834.-FIFTY-THREE YEARS-1881
At 4tie Business, and up
■with the Music all the Time.
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
PRINTING, RINDING
4ND
ISLANK BOOKts.
*: very thin* complete for the
Hestt Work, No slouch) work,
in it'd, hi o poor work.