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GEORGIA’S UNIVERSITY.
Yk* Board of Trustees Again In Ses
sion at Athens.
Athens, Gi., June 15.-The trustees of
the state university met this morning. The
fallowing were present: Dr. MiUer and
H. W. Grady of Atlanta; ex-Gov. McDan
iel, ex-Speaker Little, D. B. Hamilton, of
Rome; Bishop Beckwith, Benjamin C. Yan
cey, Joel Abbott Billups, Mclntyre J.
Thomas, P W. Meldrim of Savannah;
Messrs. McCord and Stovall of Augusta.
Committees were appointed, and were at
work on the branch colleges and otcer “al
ters connected with the university. A
strong movement is on foot to retain Prof.
Wood&n, who was last fall served with
notice that his chair of ancient languages
would be declared vacant. The move
ment in his favor is growing among the
students and citizens. He has also
etrong friends in the board of trustees.
It had been urged in some quarters that
Prof. Woodfln, although learned and able,
has not sustained himself as a professor.
The matter has been referred to a commit
tee and will come up Monday.
FILLING OF A VACANCY.
Hon. H. H. Carltou is spoken of for the
vacancv on the board of trustees caused by
the death of Dr. J. S. Hamilton. Dr. Jar
dine is also mentioned. The four years
term of alumni trustee now tilled by Hon.
C. Z. McCord has expired and the friends of
E. P. Upshaw, a young law graduate in this
year’s class, are urging him for the place.
The senior class is sixty strouc,_and is
•aid to be supporting him. Mr. McCord is
verv popular with the alumni, however,
and" as he has made a strong and enviable
record on the board, it is believed that he
will be re-elected. A large delegation of
Augusta alumni is expected upon Monday
in his interest, as it is important that Au
gusta should hold her present places on the
board. This contest is waxing warm.
The class tree exercises occurred this
afternoon. To-morrow Dr. Barrett preaches
the commencement sermon.
COLUMBUS CHAPTERS.
A Move to Retain the Central Road's
Unused Right of Way.
Columbus, Ga., June 15.—Between mid
night and day this morning the Central
railroad put a force of hands to work lay
ing track on its unused right of way, about
a mile from this city, to prevent the Colum
bus Southern from coming on it. An effort
was made to keep the matter a secret, but
it leaked out, and before the work was half
done the Chattaboocheeßrick Company filed
a bill asking for an injunction, and Judge
Smith granted it, The work was at once
stopped.
Another injunction was heard by Judge
Smith to-day. Some time ago the major
ity members of the First African Baptist
church turned out their pastor, Parson
Ramsey, and elected anew one. Ramsey
and his followers filed a bill enjoining the
other cpmd from using the church. Judge
Smith refused the injunction.
BRUNSWICK’S SHOOT.
The Forest City Club of This City Car
ries Off the Honors.
Brunswick, Ga., June 15.—1n to-day’s
contest the Forest Citvs of Savannah won
the championship badge, and George S.
McAlpin of the same club won the gold
badge for the individual championship.
Deiter of the Forest Citys won the indi
vidual sweepstakes yesterday, and not
dußigDon, as was stated. To-day's contest
closed the shoot.
The tents have all been Ditched on the St.
Simon’s encampment grounds and they
now present a military aspect. A detacu
ment of the Brunswick Guards went down
10-night, and more will follow to-morrow.
Crowds are coming in on every train and
the streets are thronged with sightseers.
Wesleyan’s Trustees.
Macon, Oa.. June 15.—The board of
trustees of Wesleyan college met to-day in
annual session. Rev. W. H. Potter was
elected chairman, Hon. N. E. Harris secre
tary, and Rev. W. C. Bass treasurer. Rev.
W. D. Anderson of Atnens was elected to
fill the vacancy on the board caused by the
death of Rev. A. T. Mann. Dr. I. 8, Hop
kit s, president of the state school of tech
nology, was elected to the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Dr. Atticus G. Hay
good.
All About Augusta
Augusta, Ga., June 15. —The annual
meeting and dinner of the Richmond
County Agricultural Society was largely
attended to-day. Speeches were made by
Congressman George T. Barnes, and W. F.
Eve, Hugh H. Colquitt and O. P. Oltphant.
A marooning party of Augusta business
men left for Port Royal to-day, where they
will board a schooner and spend ten days
fishing along the coast.
Electric Lights for Way cross.
Waycross, Ga., June 15.—The city
council to-day closed the contract with the
Thompson-Houston Electric Light Company
for lighting the city by electricity. The
contract covers the franchise for ten years,
with the privilege of the city assuming con
trol of the plant after six years. Thirty
lights of 2,000 caudle power are to be put
on at an early date.
A Teacher Becomes Insane.
Sandersville.Ga. .June 15. —Prof. Rich
krd W. Cone, recently a teacher iu the Nan
nie Lou Warthen institute at Wrightsville,
has been adjudged a lnnatic, and was taken
to Milledgeville last night He is a grad
uate of the state university, and was a man
of unusual natural endowments.
Fire on Beech Island.
Augusta, Ga., June 15.—This morning
•bout 2 o’clock the barn and stables of Dun
bar Lamar at Beech Island, S. C., were
burned, presumably by an incendiary. Be
sides the buildings he lost 2,000 bushels of
oats, eighteen mules, three oxen and a num
ber of hogs.
MARIANNA MENTION.
Crops Greatly Improved Since the
Recent Raine.
Marianna, Fla., June 15.—Crops are
looking up since the rains, and the prospect
is excellent for plenty of corn and cotton.
This section shipped 3,500 bales of cotton
more last year than the year previous.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable reports
on the LeConte pear from points east of
here there has been considerable confidence
manifested in its growth here, and several
hundred acres were set out this season and
more will be planted the coming season.
There is much interest here in fruit culture.
The experiments with fruit that have
been made demonstrate the fact that
nearly all fruits succeed remarkably well.
Apricots are gone and soon grapes;will be
gin ripening. Your correspondent has a
Niagara that is fruiting its third season,
and will have at least fifty bunches ot fruit
on it. The Concord and Delaware seem to
thrive best next to the Niagara. This fall
there will be, probably, some fifty acres
planted in this vicinity in these three vari
ttas.
.
1 her* are at present some fifty or sixty
houses being built. The couuty commis
sioners have let the contract for the build
ing of a SIO,OOO jail, which is much needed.
The Chipola, anew $15,000 hotel, will be
opened in September.
Jacksonville Jottings.
Jacksonville, Fla., Judo 15.—J. E.
McGinnis, a dealer in gentlemen’s furnish
ing good-i, made an assignment last night.
J. W. Finch is assignee. The liabilities are
about $15,000. The amount of the assets is
unknown. The largest preferred creditor is
Mrs. McGinniss for *3,000.
Horse thieves attempted to rob Rev. B. G.
White of La Villa of a valuable ammal
last night, but were unsuccessful.
What more soothing after sharing, or
refreshing after a dusty day. than Lavender
hut the best, by far. you will find is Atkinson's.
CONVENTION OF THE PRINTERS.
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Hand Work on Government Bonds
and Bank Notes Urged.
Denver, Col., June 15.—The typograph
ical convention to-day elected Messrs. Har
rison of Philadelphia ar.d Vaughn of Den
ver delegates to the American Federation
of Trades, and Messrs. Cowley of Cincin
nati and Carol of Montreal delegates to
the world’s labor congress at Paris.
A communication from Houston, Tex.,
stating that the principal daily having
gone out of existence, a practical lockout
existed and asking financial aid, was rec
ommended favorably by the financial com
mittee and the report of the committee was
concurred in.
A report recommending the adoption of
a resolution demanding that the govern
ment return to the process of handwork in
printing government bonds and bank notes
was adopted
A resolution presented by the Chicago
delegation, recommending the appointment
of Capt. W. M. Meredith of Chicago, to be
chief of the national bureau of engraving
was adopted.
The convention indorsed government
control of telegraph lines.
Atlanta, Ga., was selected as the place
for holding the next session, which will be
on tne second Monday of June next.
GALVEBTON’B PRIZE DRILL
The Belknap Rifles of Ban Antonio
Win the Big Money.
Galveston, Tex.. June 15.—The semi
centennial celebration was concluded to-day
by a sham battle at Camp King, which was
participated in by all the troops on the
ground. The regular and militia prizes
were then awarded as follows:
The interstate prize of $3,000 went to the
Belkeap Rifles of San Antonio; for Texas
infantry companies tbo first prize of SI,OOO
went to the Breuham Light Guards. The
Texas state maiden prize of SSOO was
awarded to the Victoria Rifles.
The artillery prize of $750 was won by
the Dallas Artillery.
The zouaves’ first prize of SI,OOO was won
by the Walsh Zouaves of St. Louis, aud the
second zouave prize by the Merchant
Zouaves of Memphis.
The medal for the best drilled captain was
won by A. P. Wizencraft, commanding the
Dallas Artillery.
FLORIDA’S CAPITAL
How the Governor’s Time Is Occupied
—The Supreme Court.
Tallahassee, Fla., June 15.—Since the
adjournment of the legislature Tallahassee
has resumed its usual quiet. The large
amount of work left by the legislature for
Gov. Fleming in the way ot bills passed
has been disposed of, and the governor has
been attending the closing exercises of the
various high schools in different parts of
the state. He has made a fine impression
wherever ho bos addressed the people, and
he grows in favor with the masses.
The supreme court began its June term
on Tuesday last, and is accomplishing a
large amount of work in disposing of the
imraonse number of cases on tne dockot.
Farmers in‘this section have good crops
and the outlook is very flattering. Quite a
number of Tallahassee people have already
left for St. Teresa on the gulf coast, where
they will spend the summer months.
CHARLESTON’S COURT.
The Session to Begin To-Morrow a
Very Important One.
Charleston, S. C.. June 15.—The com
ing session of the criminal court, which
commences on Monday next, promises to be
the most important ever held in this city.
The jury is compossd of 14 mulattoes and
negroes, and 21 whites, an unusually large
proportion of the colored race. The docket
has over 61 cases to lie tried; 3 for murder,
16 of assault with intent to kill,
6of burglary, Bof vagrancy, 2of carrying
concealed weapons, 1 of rape, 3 of bouse
breaking, 8 of larceny and the rest of minor
offenses. The greatest interest attaches to
the case of McDow, charged with the.mur
der of Capt. F. W. Dawson on March 12
last. It is probable, however, that this case
will be postponed.
STRIKE OF THE BALL PLAYERS.
Manager Davidson Slaps an Addi
tional $ 100 on Each Man.
Baltimore, June 15.—Manager Davidson
announced this evening that he had fined
each of tho striking players an additional
SIOO for failing to report at the grounds.
He and President Wikoff had a consulta
tion, but nothing came of it. The men re
main steadfast and declare that they will
not play if the rinee go. Manager Davidson
says he will secure new men as soon as
possible, but expects it will be a week be
fore they cau be obtained. He will continue
fining the strikers every game they
fail to report, and if worst
comes to worst will suspend them. Two
games were to have been played to-day be
tween Louisville and Baltimore, but a
heavy raiu storm stopped the first game at
the end of the fifth inning, and prevented
the others. The striking Louisville players
again failed to report, and three amateur
players were called into requisition. The
Baltimore* won the game in the first
inning, when they secured four runs. The
attendance was 750. The Bcore follows:
At Baltimore—
Baltimore 4 0 0 0 0— 4
Louisville 0 1 0 1 o—2
Batteries: Baltimore, Tate catcher, Kilroy
pitcher; Louisville, Vaughan catcher, Ramsay
pitcher. Errors: Baltimore 4, Louisville 5.
Base hits: Baltimore 3, Louisville 5.
Manager Baraie of the Baltimore Club
succeeded to-night in persuading the dis
affocted Louisville plavers to agree to play
Monday. He kor, Cook and Shannon
called on Manager Barnie, who had just re
turned from a southern trip, and presented
their grievances. Manager Barnie told them
they were making a mistake in not playing
and were rendering themselves liable to ex
pulsion. He told them to play and rely ou
the association to right them. They agreed
to do so, and have notified Davidson that
they will report on Monday.
OTHER GAMES.
Washington, June 15.—Base ball games
were played to-day with the following re
sults:
At Indianapolis (ten innings)—
Indianapolis 0 02010530 5—16
Pittsburg 0 0300005 3 0-11
Base hits: Indianapolis 21, Pittsburg 11. Er
rors: Indianapolis 5, Pittsburg 5. Batteries:
Rusie, Burdiok and Mvers; Staley and Miller.
At Cleveland —
Cleveland 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-4
Chicago 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1-5
Base hits: Cleveland 4, Chicago 12. Errors:
Cleveland 3, Chicago 4. Baßteiies; O’Brien and
Zimmer, Hutchinson and Darling.
At Boston —(rain, seven innings!—
Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 I—2
Base hits: Boston 2, Washington 4. Errors:
Boston 1, Washington 1. Batteries: Clarkson
and Bennett, Haddock and Slack.
At Philadelphia —The Athietic-St. Louis
game was postponed on account of rain.
At Columbus—
Columbus .1 1 1 3 0 0 1 8 1-16
Kansas City 0 00 00 0 00 33
Base hits: Columbus 18, Kansas City 4. Er
rors: Columbus 2, Kansas City 8. Batteries:
O'Connor and Widner, (iunson and Conway.
A Sound Legal Opinion.
E. Bainbridge Muuday. Esq.. County At
torney, Clay county, Tex., says: "Have
used Electric Bitters with most happy re
sults. My brother was also very low with
Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured
by timely use of this medicine. Am satis
fied Electric Bitters saved his life.”
Mr. D. L Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, Ky.,
adds a like testimony, saying: He posi
tively believes that he"would have died had
it not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off, as well
as cure all Malarial Diseases,and for all Kid
ney, Liver and Stomach Disorders stands
unequaled. Price 50c. and $1 at Lippman
Bros.’drug store.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1889,
MEN WHO HAVE NO HOLIDAYS.
How the Professional Cooks of New
York Are Enslaved by thalr Art—
Their Uniform Sadness.
(Copyright 1869.)
New York, June 15. —“Holiday! I don’t
know what it means. I never have a holi
day.”
The speaker was a large, red-faced man,
with a somewhat sad expression of counten
ance.
He was an Alsatian, one of the noble
army of professional cooks who have con
descended to ie ive their lands i estates in
Europe and come over here to tell benighted
Americans what to eat and when to eat it.
His salary is $4,000 a year, and bis perqui
sites from statesmen, fatigued society swells
and men-about-town, whose lives he had
saved time and again by inveutiug “pick
me-up” lunches and indescribable dinners
that made existenoe bearable, made up It
probably to a snug SB,OOO.
“Ach, nem!" sighed this heavy-weight
martyr of the kitchen, “I know not holi
days. Ever since I came to this country it.
has been: ’August, please to do this, or in
vent that, or compose the other’ —always to
eat. Oh, you Americans are the greatest
eaters! You talk of the Broetish, but nein!
They have nothing like it.”
“My friend Baiihe, he gets no holiday.
He prepares for the table of Mrs. Orme
Wilson. Baiihe has served le Baron Reille
at Paris and Milord Vivien, and was the
chef at the cafe Chafon at Bordeaux, but
he was tempted to come here and get rich.
Ha! ha! We all look at the money,” and the
solemn giant heaved his fat suoulders in
something like a lugubrious convulsion, for
certainly it had no resemblance to a
laugh.
“He gets the salary like the rest of us, but,
holiday! nein. He cook and cook and cook,
now in the ci’y, and now at Newport or
Cape May. Audrien Pons, too, woo used
to cook for La Reine Isabella at Madrid,
and Baron Yugerlat of France—ho likes it
not. because he gets no holiday either. So
with jolly Henri Rivera, who makes some
of the finest dinners iaid on Fifth avenue,
aud whom Vanderbilt, your grand gourmet
brought from Paris. Well, he gets three
times more m ney than he could get in
Europe, but he is the slave of otber men’s
appetites. Adolph Gallier, too, has cookea
for nobility and now caters to the appetite
of a New 'York epicurean editor. Young
Henri Boulic is the slave of a young mil
lionaire of delicate gastronomic tastes, who
gives a great many dinners. He is a well
paid artist. And so it is with Schelcher and
Webber, Frederic Hemmerle, who cooks
for another millioniare whose grandfather
sold cabbages for a living, and Gustave
Berand, who gets $5,000 a year for pleasing
the fastidious stomach of still another
Croesus, who sometimes spends $5,000 on a
single dinner for a select party of friends.”
“But, you do not mean, M. Berthelot,
that you work all tle year round, without
a break to vary the monotony ?”
“Not at all, mon ami,” said the complain
ing chef. “We have our days off duty,
like all other mortals, I suppose; but for
annual holiday—ach! well, we get it not.
There is the theater, the opera, the cirque,
for everybody but the cook. A party wants
to goto the play. Well, it is, ‘August,
please have the dinner served at such an
hour, and we will go to the play imme
diately afterward.’ Or if uot, then it is:
August, after the opera we shall have a
light lunch—merely a boned fowl or a
capon, served cold and something else you
may devise to set off the table, you know,
August.’ All this, of course, means a cold
dinner at 11 o’clock at night. It makes no
matter at what hour they arrive or depart,
or where they are going, it is: ’August,
August, August!’ till my poor head racks
ami I pray there were no more things to be
cooked in this world.
“Ah, man ami! the heaven for the cooks
will be a place where there are no dinners
to be served.
“Then comes the summer. Well, some
go abroad, some to the springs to Newport,
the capes. And August# Wbere, you say,
does be go! He goes with them. Wealthy
people, mon ami, carry their cook about
with them just as they carry their check
book. He is to be drawn on at sight, on
demand, to order, and without any prep
arations except such as he can make him
self. And then it is worse slavery
than in the town, for in the country house
one must bo cooking forever, to satisfy
those voracious appetites men have when
they visit the mountains or the seashores.
And now it is ‘August, you may devise a
now jelly, or a dressing to go with these
birds,’ wretched things which no one would
be able to sell in a city market. The most
absurd things are sent in to cook, and one
is nearly wild from the conflicting orders.
Everybody wants to eat his or her own
particular dish and nobody can describe it;
so the result —pah! can you wonder if it is a
failure? Yet they know not that I fail,”
he added, with a really comic grin at the
idea. “One thing is the same as another in
tho country, if only the sauces and the wine
be good.
“Ach! the ladies bless them, they are not
the worst to please. We find tree difficile
the old men—the fellows who have been
everywhere and seen alm st everything.
They know a wine, a sauce, a filet, a salad;
and" their jaded, wornout stomachs are
daintier than those of the ladies. Still,
most of men are readily satisfied with
something t iat is artistic and easily served.
But the ladies! Why, there is no woman in
New York fit to criticise her cook. They
kuow nothing of tho mysteries of the cuis
me. A table, beautifully set and smoothly
served, is everything.
“Do you still wonder, mon ami, that we,
the moil who have never a holiday, are sal,
when you tliiuk we ought to be merry# We
have time for nothing else but to cook. We
have no time even to make love, to gallant,
to amuse. Alas! if fasting would only be
come the fashion, then we might have a
holiday; but as it is, while everybody eats,
we cannot be spared. We are the least
appreciated of all artists, for no sooner
have we reaied with groat care and skill a
beautiful structure, than men proceed to
destroy it.”
“But you make big salaries, August. Is
not that some compensation?”
“Salaries!” We eat and drink very little,
we cooks, and our other wants are few.
Would we resign that we might have time
to spend the money we earn? If we buy
diamonds, we caunot show them, because,
monsieur, there is a law of society
which, while it permits your bar
ber, your hotel clerk and even
your tailor, to disport himself in gems
and brilliants, forbids the maitre de cuis
ine from enjoyiug the privilege of making
an ass of himself. Yet in France, a cook
who knows his art will sit with princes;
but here you pay him well, imprison hun,
debar him from all enjoyment and disdain
him socially as an artist.
“Monsieur, it is not wonderful that we
are sa<j.” G. H. Sandison.
IDEAL RAILWAY TRAVEL.
Ohauncey M. Depew’s Views as to
What Will be Done In the Future to
Insure Bafety on the Rail.
(Copgright 1889.1
New York, June 15.—“ Can railroad
travel ever be made entirely safe?” I asked
of the Hon. Chauncey M. Dopew. “And if
so, in what line of development will the
improvements come? For instance, will
there ever be a car made that won’t roll
down an embankment?”
“No,” said the great man, pleasantly, “to
answer the last question first, there can be
no such thing. As to the others—the sys
tem of passenger transportation is not of
course perfect, for it is of human devising,
and human handiwork, and no human work
can ever be perfect. We can approach
perfection, however, by continual improve
ments, and we are, to "say the least, very
much nearer perfection now than we used
to be.”
“The dangers to be guarded against in
operating railroads,” he continued, “are of
three kiuds. They are collisions, derailment
and fire. In regard to fire, we believe that
we are doing away with that peril entirely,
or practically so, by abolishing the car
stave. Of course the traveling public must
be kept warm uot only in winder, bat also
in that more trying transitional period bs
t wee n the cold and hot seasons. As to the
final successor of the car stove, I have no
opinion to offer. Our ablest inventors and
scientists are, and for twenty years have
teen busy finding anbstitutes for it, but
thus far their results though satisfactory
to an extreme degree, have not met the
want The tendency at present is to em
ploy steam heating.' But besides this sys
tem are others which promise even better
things. Electric storage batteries, electric
stoves, chemical stoves, and compression
engines are among these novelties.
“One scientist has a plan whereby elec
tricity is used as a fuel, so to speak, and is
gathered up by the moving train just as
the New York Central engines take up
water when at full speed. The electricity
is taken trom a wire or other conductor
alongside of the rails, is stored in accumu
lators on the train a.<d is converted into
heat by a mysterious apparatus on board ot
each car.
'*sks to the peril of collision, that is in a
great measure done away with, by the use
of our newest cars which are heavy and
strong enough to withstand any shock that
in ordinary practice they are liable to re
ceive, by tne Miller platform, the latest Im
proved couplings, and b iffers. The tele
scoping of cars which was formerly a us
ual incident of collisions is al
most unknown now, and the horrors of
such accidents are practically things of the
past. It is not unknown now that when a
train smashes into another one, t ie passen
gers in the rear csr will get out to see wuat
the matter is, aud woy the train has
stopped, and when they go for ward find out
that the locomotive is shattered to frag
ments.
“It has even been suggested to provide
the engine with a buffor attachment of steel
and iron, so constructed as to convert
the locomotive into what might be called
a mechanical ram. The b iffer principle is
still in the infancy of its development and
will e. eutually d’> away witu any possible
danger from collision.
“As to derailment, it comes from one of
two causes. In default of the occurrence
of one of these, there is little danger of
derailment. It is always possible that a
switchman may by an error, or by neglect
of his duty, ihrow the train off the track
at a switch. This is a danger that can never
be entirely done away with. You must in
any operation run up against human judg
ment, and yon must roly oa it. It is mani
fes ly impossible to have everything auto
matic. This danger grows smaller every
day with the extension of the automatic
system. This calls the attention of engi
neer and bystander to a fact, which before
v.-as noticed ouly by a switchman. While
an average man is* just as careless as any
other, the probabiiities of two or more
average men being careless upon the same
point, at the same circumstances is a min
ute fraction of that in regard to one man.
The ever-increasing use of electrical appli
ances enables a company to keep a dozen
watches upon every danger point and so
to still further diminish the chances of
carelessness and consequent loss.
“The second cause of derailment is a
brokeu rail. The improvement by which
we seek to obviate this is the use of steel
rails, and them steel rails are being made
heavier from time to time, and con equently
stronger. When we began using them, the
standard weight was forty-five pounds.
It was not long before this standard was
raised to sixty-five pounds, and the last we
are using are eighty pounds. Besides this
great increase in weight and cone omitant
strength aud durability, there is an im
provement in the ma mfacture of both the
rail and the raw steel from which it Is made.
The use of this material iu the place of
wroueht iron is the consequence of the in
ventions and discoveries of Bessemer,
Liemeus and Thomas. But the output
made under their processes was very crude
and poor at the outset. Competition has
changed this to so groat an extent that the
forges of to-day produce a metal that is ns
different from what they did twenty years
ago as day from darkness. Much of the
new made steel is as flue as that produced
by the slow and expensive processes of the
past. This is the chief reason why you
never hear any more of rails cracking
like glass m frosty nights, breaking up into
splinters like worn out brooms or wearing
away at points into hills and hollows like
the patent pavements of Broadway.
“Of course, derailment may occur, when
there is neither a broken rail nor an open
switch. There may be, for instance, a
broken axle, or a defective wheel. Against
such accidents as these there seems to be
no possibility of establishing any perfect
safeguard. It is always possible tuat a
flaw may exist in iron, or that some defect
of workmanship may be overlooked, and
the only wav to fight against such dangers
is by the constant exercise of judgment and
vigilauce.
“Improvements in any human system
are always possible, and probably improve
ments will continue to be made from time
to time in railway service, but 1 do not
know that there is any line of improve
ment possible excepting those in which we
are continually striving to progress, and
those I have indicated, at least in out
line.” Fales-Curtis.
HANGING ME T BY CONTRACT.
A Company Organized to Execute
Condemned Criminals.
From the New York World.
Springfield, 111. , June 10.— Capital is
seeking new channels for investment. Arti
cles of incorporation were filed with the
secretary of state this afternoon creating
the great American Execution Company of
the United States. It is organized under
the general corporation act of Illinois and
announces its paid-up capital at $25,030.
Its declared purpose is "to execute persons
who are sentenced to deals.” Toe inco -
porators are Stephen Lawson, M. E. Clear
ar.d Jacob A. E. lffert, all of Chi
cago. Lawson and Clear were in
partnership in that city in the retail
coal busiuess until a year ago and the firm
became M. E. Clear & Cos. Mr. Lawson is
not in any busiuess at present, but thinks
there is an honest dollar to to made in the
hanging business. The company intends to
establish agencies in each state capital, and
will conduct a general retail and w holesale
execution business at fixed schedule rates.
It will employ only the expert hangmen, at
a fixed yearly salary, and will make con
tract with the sheriffs of counties in states
where condemned murderers are executed
by the county officials. In states like Ohio,
(aud, in tho future, New York) where the
executions must occur only at legally
prescri e l places, the arrangements will
be made with the wardens of the peniten
tiaries.
I talked with the chief of police about
the matter, and he declared most emphati
cally that hedid t’t believe the Cook county
officials would employ any such execution
ers. Each sheriff, when his successor was
selected, couflded as a precious secret the
name and identity of tho professional hang
man. It would never do to employ Tom,
Dick or Harry to swing convicted crimi
nals into eternity.
M. E. Clear was found at. his office, on the
river front. He is a neat, bustling man, of
about medium size, and spoke with perfect
frankness on the subject. “Yes, it is true,”
he said, “that a few of us have organized a
company to conduct private executions
throughout tho country. We have put up
our money, aud are already in correspond
ence witli many sheriffs and expert hang
men throughout the country.”
DIVIDE NO DIVIDENDS ON DEATH.
“What do you expect your dividends to
be!”
“I am glad you asked that question,” was
the quick rejoinder,” because it shows that
our motives are completely misunderstood.
We do not inte id to earn a ly dividends.
If we can simply maintain the integrity of
our capital we shall tie satisfied, aid shall
gladly charge off to the loss account the in
terest the. eon. No, our motives are purely
philanthropic. *Todo good is our religion.’
You see, it’s like this: We are all believers
in capital punisnment. We readout Bible
carefully and believe that whoso sheddetb
man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed
—or words to that effect. To be hanged,
sir, iiy our company’s expert executioners
will be a luxury.”
WO BUNGLING HERX.
“What gave you the idea of this novel en
terprise?- ’
"The recent bungling executions in Mis
souri,” was toe reply. “You must have
read—of course you did—the horrible ac
counts of the bungling strangulations of he
Bald Knobbers. Teat was shocking e ough
to suggest some practical reform, don’t you
think so? Some of the members of the
company hope to secure the co-operation of
the large and organized undertaking interest
throughout the country. Then we shall be
able to make a rate for a neat hanging, a
rather more imposing execution or a com.
plate carrying out of the law and funeral
combined.
SCAFFOLDS PACKED FOB SHIPMENT.
“The rates will depend much upon the
distance necessary to send the executioners
and the condition of the scaffold at the
jail where the la *is carried out. Of course
we shall have a dozen or more substantially
built scaffolds at central points, properly
pacsed for prompt shipment to tie desired
localities where nothing of the kind is ti be
bad. But we shall enoourege hanging by
the approved method in rogue at New
York, where a heavy iron weignt is used to
jerk apart the vertebrae of the condemned.
This apparatus can be rigged up anywnere,
and tne 40U pound weight only will have to
be shipped. The ropes, pulleys, staples and
pinioning straps can be carried in a small
grip-sack. We shall know our engage
ments, of course, aud shall keep them. It
will be a business matt-r with us altogether
—no sentiment dealing with crime.”
“Suppose you get an application from a
man for your gallows and cords who wants
to commit suicide, will it be ‘in the line of
business’ to furnish him what he wants?”
“We shall be suspicious of all applications
from anybody but sheriffs, and of course
we shall have all their names. No, we shall
not assist suicides out of this world.”
A PRACTICAL VIEW.
Jacob A. E. Iffert is a large retail furni
ture dealer, doing business across the street
from Mr. Clear. “I do I’t kno v whether he
sells coffins or not, but he has come to the
conclusion that the present times are ripe
for such an ‘underrating,’ if it can be man
aged without conflicting with state consti
tutions. The idea was largely his. he
admits, and he believes the American Exe
cution Company will be able to contract
with the various county authorities,
whenever they have a hanging on
their hands, to relieve thorn of the
odious work for a certain sum per mur
derer. And the company will then do the
business, under a guaranree of success,
with experienced men and the best of mate
rial. This latest novel enterprise, they
hope, will be warmly welcomed by the
sheriffs throughout the United States where
capital punishment is inflicted, and espe
cially by Sheriff Matson, who dreads to
have another wholesale execution on his
hands, such as he bad wneu the anarchists
were hanged. The incorporators are an
ticipating a brisk demand in this special
line of work in connection with the Cronin
murder. When the World correspondent
entered Mr. Iffert’s private office, now the
headquarters of the company, he saw a neat
sign over the casnier’s desk: “We study to
please.” Mr. Iffert had gone driving for
the day, but one of his clerks confirmed the
dispatch from Springfield.
Delicately Put.
From the Boston Courier.
“What makes you so thoughtful to-night.
George? - ’ asked Nellie.
“Well,” said George, as he threw his eyes up
to the ceiling and took a fresh hold upon her
slender waist. “I was thinking that if your
mother was willing to become ray mother-in-law
I would like it very much.”
“You would?”
“1 would, indeed.”
“Then if it will afford you any satisfaction I
can inform you that I am quite willing that she
should, and that she is also quite willing to act
in that capacity in a quiet and unostentatious
manner.”
And thus under tk t silent stars the arrange
ments were concluded by which two lives hith
erto running apart are to be blended into one,
and a youth hitherto his own master is to stoop
under the yoke of a mother-in-law.
Says a dispatch from New Castle, Ind.: “To
day Walter Reddick was sentenced by Judge
Bundy in the circuit court to ten years in the
reform school for burglarizing the clothing
house of N. E. Black. Young Reddick is only
II years old, but he is one of the most hardened
criminals in the country. He made a confession
before the court, iu wuich ne acknowledged to
having stolen horse3, burglarized stores and
residences, and stolen articles of various kinds
whenever an opportunity was presented. He
told the story of nis crimes with the indifference
of an old and hardened criminal, apparently
enjoying the notoriety he has gained."
MEDICAL.
Ssssasßs.\S&
The Chief Reason for the marvellous suc
cess of Hood's Sarsaparilla is found in the fact
that this medicine actually accomplishes all
that is claimed for it. Its real merit has won
Ma r i + Winc for Iloo<1 ’ s Sar9aparilla
IVlvJf II VV III© a popularity and sale
greater than that of any other blood purifier.
It cures Scrofula, all Humors, Dyspepsia, etc.
Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Cos., I.owell. Mass.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AT A MAJORITY ,
Of breakfast tables “if the coffee is good every
thing is good,” a fact so significant in itself that
no other argument is needed to prove the all
importance of buying coffee of uniform quality,
that will, if properly prepared, produce this
“good cup of coffee."
If you are in the least informed as to “what is
going on about you,” you will kuow, that, as I
alone, of ali the dealers in Savannah, have a
plant of coffee roasting machinery, represent
ing an investment of some $5,000. It follows
just in the same manner as 2 and 2 equals 4,
that you can get better coffees from me than
elsewhere. As in buying coffees I never let two
or three cents a pound stand in the way of get
ting my ideal in the different kinds I handle; so
also, I make no pretentions to "selling cheap”
in the ordinary acceptance of the expression. I
sell as low as I can afford to, and I am satisfied
that, as a rule, like quality cannot be bought
for less anywhere.
JOHN J REILY,
Importer and Specialist,
Roaster of High-Grade Coffees.
30 Whitaker Street.
Telephone 165.
WANTED.
A first-class, experienced Custom Cutter
wishes an engagement with a good bouse. Ad
dress TAILOR, News Office,
MARRIAGES.
PERSSE—HADDOCK —Married, at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist on June 5, by
Rev. Father Cafferty, Jefferson t>. Pxassz to
Magcib T. Maddocx.
Wiimington (N. C.) Star please copy.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
GOULD.—The friends of Mr. and Mrs. John
D. Gould are respectfully inv,ted to attend the
funeral of their e.dest daughter, Scsix. from
their residence, on Second street, at 4:30 o'clock
THIS AFTERNOON.
IN MEMORIAM.
MRS. COHEN'S DEATH.
Mrs. Virginia S. Cohvn, beloved wife of Mr.
M. S. Cohen, died in Atlanta., Ga , June 4, 1889,
after a lingering illness. She leaves Seven chil
dren, Mrs. J. R. Polak, Mrs H. B. Downing,
Misses Jennie S„ Minnie and Etta. Mr. A. S.
Cohen and Marion Cohen. To those bereft of
suen a wife and mother deatn seems terrible,
but how sweet and peaceful to one who has
been faithful to every duty in life, whose gentle
resignation through deepest suffering enabled
her to patiently await|the summons. What a
ccange for her.
“O Jt of the pain of night-watching removed.
Into the sleep that God gives his beloved.
Into the dawn of a glad resurrection.
Into the house of unbroken affection;
Into the joy of her Lord—thence confessing
Death in disguise is his anrel of blessing.”
MEETINGS.
SAVANNAH FEMALE TENT NO. 19,
I. O. R.
All the former members of the above tent are
requested to meet at my residence, No, 259 U
West Broad street, second door southwest of
Henry, on MONDAY EVENING, June 17th, at
8 o'clock, for the purpose of reorganizing. A
full attendance is earnestly requested. Yours
in T. F. and J. STEVEN L. COLF.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices" will be charged $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
A PROMINENT CITIZEnTsaYsI
“I saw your ‘ad’ in last Sunday’s paper about
Sardines you Imported and concluded to try
them. As the best evidence of my opinion of
them you may send me up 50 boxes. They
are the only Sardine I have eaten in years that
taste like the Sardines old man G— used to
bring here before the war. You may refer to
me regarding the quality of the Sardines if
you wish." These are the Onillon Sardines,
which I imported direct. Prices arei
1 tin 20c
8 tins 550
8 tins $1 05
IS tins $2 00
85 tins $4 00
60 tins $7 75
100 tins sls 00
JOHN J. REILY,
Importer lot Sardines, Olive Oil, Olives,
Macaroni and other French products.
30 Whitaker street.
Telephone 165.
A CARD.
To the Editor Homing News:
Sir—As the action taken by the Retail Dry
Goods Salesmen's Association on last Friday
evening may be entirely misconstrued by the
merchants of this city, it may be proper to say
that our idea in calling on Messrs. Jacob Cohen
and L. E. Byck & Son, last Friday evening, was
not to dictate to them what hour they should
close their places of business, but merely to re
quest them to show their consideration and
emulate the example of the other merchants.
Every other dry goods house in the city had
kindly agreed to close, and we thought that in
justice to them we should spare no efforts to
induce these two houses to close also. Mr.
Coheu very reasonably said: “lam in favor of
early closing, but I cannot afford to drive inv
customers from my door into the store of my
neighbor. If L. E. Byck & Sou will close, I will
gladly do likewise.”
Mr. Byck evidently misconstrued our action.
We went to request: we do not presume to dic
tate to anyone.. By going in a body we h pad
to make the request more emphatic. Had we
foreseen that the object of such action would
have been misconstrued, we should have act -d
quite differently. We wish to place ourselves
in the right light before the merchants
and the public. Our idea was
merely to do justice to our employers by
attempting to fiuish by personal persuasion, in
a boiy, what we had so auspiciously begun.
Very respectfully, Retail Dry Goods Salesmen’s
Association. S. G. SUTHERLAND,
J. M. Frans, Secretary, President
READ AND REFLECT t
A dollar spent with parties who do not hoard
it up or export it to a foreign country, will
sooner or later be of some benefit to you. So
be advised and patronize the
SAVANNAH STEAM LAUNDRY.
131 Congress Street.
Telephones 383 and 333.
All physicians agree that the healthiest bev
erage to drink from now until Oct. 1 is
LIME JUICE.
In order to put it in every house in Savannah
am selling it for a time at
25c PER QUART BOTTLE.
$2 90 per case of 12 quart bottles.
JOHN J. REILY,
Sole Agent for Montserrat Lime Juice.
IMPORTER AND SPECIALIST.
Telephone 165.
30 Whitaker Street.
EMPIRE STEAM LAUNDRY.
109 Broughton Street.
Those who appreciate fine laundry work
should give the EMPIRE STEAM LAUNDRY a
trial. Shirts, collars, cuffs, silk and pongee
coats and vests, yachting shirts, ladies’ suits,
etc., done up in first-class style at shortest no
tico.
DIVIDEND NO. 5.
A dividend of $3 per share from the earnings
of this Company for the past six months has
been declared,payable it the office of the treas
urer. 1021* Bay street, on and after July 1, 1889.
The books will be closed from the 20th June to
July Ist. W. L. WILSON.
Treasurer Metropolitan Savings and Loan Cos.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Neither myseif or Derst Bakery have any
further connection, since May 18. in sewing
store 71 Whitaker street, conducted by Miss
Josie Andre. Orders intended for us will be lett
at our respective places of business.
JACOB KRAFT,
JOHN DERS f.
Jr Xu 15, ISB9.
PAINTS,
OILS AND VARNISHES, LEADS, COLORS
AND MIXED PAINTS.
Berry Bros.’Hard Oil and Varnishes. A full
stock of Paint and White Wash Brushes on
hand. Call and get prices at
EDWARD J. KIEFFER'S
Drug and Seed Store,
Corner West Broad and Stewart street*.
FOR RENT.
A suite of connecting rooms, south front, with
use of bath; also a corner basement room. Ap
ply 200 South Broad street.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
IT 16 HIGH TIME TO STOP THIs-VAK\',
Printers can't do good work with second-hand
material, especially when they nave "poor
sticks” for workmen. Some men, because they
have a "kettle full” of material, and can g„ t
somebody to set them up with a few dollars
sling out a sign, and try to “strike terror” into
the hearts of legitimate printers. These botches
very seldom have need for a good journeyman
and the work shows for itself. The day for
amateurs is played out. It is the first-class
printer who goes .ahead. If you want to see
progress call on
TOWNSEND,
FINE PRINTER, BINDER AND RULES,
86 and 88 Bryan Street,
Telephone "34L" Savannah. Ga.
HEBE’S A GO.
EVERYTHING DEAD AS HECTOR. BUT
OUR PLACE A BUSY HIVE. WHY •
Because we work to suit our customers.
Because we work quickly.
Because we worx skillfully, concieutiously
reasonably. j
Because we don't wear a dress suit and dude
collar, but keep on our working clothes and are
content to be plain every day reliable Job
Printers.
Because you know a good thing when you see
it and always bring your work to
THE STRAUSS STEAM PRINTING CO.
No. 6 Whitaker St. 410 Telephone.
BECAUSE WHY?
ORIGINAL BUDWEISKR
AND
FAUST BEER.
The Best Table Beers in America. For sale by
JAS. McGRATH & CO.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Chatham County
Court of Ordidary.—Executors, administrators
guardians and trustees are hereby notifl -d that
according to law they are required to file their
annual returns with the Court of Ordinary on
or before the first Monday in July next, otaer
wise they forfeit their commissions, and a con
tinued neglect will be good grounds for removal
In open Court June 15, 1689.
HAMPTON L. FERRILL,
Ordinary C. C. Ga.
NOTICE.
All persons are hereby cautioned against har
boring or trusting any of the crew of the Nor
wegian bark FREDEN, as no debts of their con
tracting will be paid by Master or
PATERSON, DOWNING & CO.,
Consignees.
NOTICE.
Will build at once, a HOTEL OF WOOD.
Cost, about SIO,OOO. Correspondence with
architects solicited. Address
J. O. MORTON,
J. C. MCDONALD,
r. c. Mclntosh.
Quitman, Ga. Building Committee.
DIVIDEND NOTICE. “
Central Railroad Bane. I
Savannah, Ga., June 7, 1889. (
A dividend of Four Dollars per share from
the earnings of this company and its depen
dencies has been declared, payable on and after
JUNE 29, to the Stockholders as of record this
day. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
FOR 6ALEJ "
ANTIQUE OAK DINING ROOM SET
—AND—
BODY BRUSSELS CARPET
For sale. Call at premises, No. 126 Gaston,
corner Bull.
PURIFY YOUR HOMES.
USE 78HENYLE,
The best disinfectant known. In daily use by
city authorities, and indorsed by our physicians.
Cleanly to use. Sold in quantities to suit. For
sale only at
BUTLER'S PHARMACY.
Corner Bull and Congress streets.
6 GUARANTEED TO CURE MmSjß
OR MONEY REFUNDED,
RAILROADS.
Savannah and Tybee R’y.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 17th (STAND
ARD TIMET.
Trains leave Savannah daily except Sunday
9:30 a. m.,2:80, 4, 6:25. 8:15.
Returning, leave Tybee depot 7, 12 a. Si
6:40, 9:25 P. ¥•
SUNDAY SCHEDULE—Leave Savannah S 33
A. M., 1:30, 3 aud 8 p. M.
Returning, leave Tybee depot 6:45,11:45 a. m.,
5:30, 6:45 p. M
Tickets on sale at usual places.
Trains leave South End 15 minutes earlier
than time of leaving Tybee depot.
R. E. COBB, Supt-
H. H. WOODRUFF, Pass.
COAST LINERAILROAD,
FOR CATHEDRAL CEMETERY, BONAVEM
URE AND THUNDEKBOLT.
SUMMER SCHEDULK-City Time-Week Days.
Leave Leave _ Ceave_
Savannah. Thunderbolt. Bonaventure.
8:00 am 6:00 am 6 ;l3a ®
10:00 am 8:20 am ’ 8:25 a “
3:00 pm 12:30 pm 12:3? pm
4:00 pm 3:30 pm 3:35 pm
5:00 pra 4:30 p m 4:35 pm
6:30 pm 6:00 pm 8 :33p “
9:00 p m 8:30 p m 8:40 p m
SUNDAYS, .
Leave Leave
Savannah. Thunderbolt. Bonaventure.
8:00 am 7:10 am ‘ :20 am
9:00 a m 8:39 a ra 8:35 a m
10:00 am 9.30 am 9:* am
11:00 am 10:30 am 10:35 a®
2:00 pm 12:3) pm 12:35 p®
3:00 pm 2:30 pm 2:®;j p °J
4:00 pm 3:30 pm 3; 2? p 2
5:00 Dm 4:80 pm 4:35 P®
6:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:fopm
9:00 p m 8:30 p m . 8 ; 40 P ®
Take Broughton street cars 20 minutes beto
departure of Suburban trains. _ .
A a DRAKE. Supt._
EDUCATION
ATEW~YORK MILITARY .ACADEMYvCorn-,
in wail-on-Hudson, Col. C. J-WRIG;
S. A.M., Supt.; B. F. HYATT, Comdt"
Cadets.