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KOW OF THE DRUMMERS.
A BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
RECOMMENDED.
Atlanta Given Thirty-six Delegates,
Savannah Fourteen, and Macon,
Augusta and Jacksonville Five
Each—Savannah Men Outvoted on
the First Proposition that Came
Before the Convention.
Atlanta. Ga.. May 6.—The convention
of the Southern Travelers’ Association met
at 8 o’clock this morning. The question of
admitting Atlanta’s delegations, which the
board of directors consumed the whole of
yeeterday in trying to decide, was finally
j-ft t* a committee on credentials, when an
organization was at last effected.
After prayer by Chaplain Gilmore the
president read the order of business, and
elated that motions would be in order.
Director George Collier of Atlanta of
fered a resolution making all ex-presideats
of the association life delegates to all future
conventions.
SAVANNAH MEN PROTEST.
The Savannah men declined to vote, on
the ground that the convention was not
prepared to do business, as no agreement
had heed reached as to who had, and who
had not a right to vote. The
other delegations carried the resolution
over Savannah’s protest. A motion
was then ottered that three members from
each of the branches represented in last
year’s convention be appointed to act as a
committee on credentials. The committee,
having been nominated, retired, and the
convention adjourned till 12 o’clock. When
it reconvened it found that the committee
■was not yet ready to report. Delegates
from Savannah, Macon, Augusta and At
lanta made addresses, which lasted till
nearly 1 o’clock, when the committee came
in.
RECOMMENDATION OK THE COMMITTEE.
They recommend that 36 Atlanta, 14 Sa
vannah, five Macon, five Augusta, and five
Jacksonville men be seated; also that the
newly established brauchs at Home,Colum
bus and Birmingham be allowed respect
ively five, five and nine votes. Before act
ing upon the committee’s report the con
vention adjourned in some confusion
till 7:30 o’clock to-night. Immediately
afterward they proceeded to Grant park,
beaded by u brass band, where a big bar
becue and a base ball match entertained
them during the afternoon. The fat men of
Augusta played the fat men of Atlanta.
The score was: Augusta 7, Atlanta 16.
THE REPORT ADOPTED.
The report of the committee on creden
tials was adopted before the evening session
adjourned. This evening a committee on
rules was selected.
After the committee had gone out Presi
dent Newman and Secretary Douglass sub
mitted their annual reports.
Thomas M. Allen was then intro duced as
the oldest drummer in Georgia and given a
seat on the stage by a unanimous vo >e. He
made an interesting address to the travelers.
• The sergeaut-at-arms, who lives in Au
gusta and is generaily known by the foggy
title of “Sloppy Weather,” was made ser
geanLat-arms by a unanimous vote, and
all his descendants were declared sergeants
at-arms after him.
The legislative committee reported that
action favorable to the drummers would be
taken on the sleeping car bill by the next
legislature. Mord Abrams, the chairman
of the committee, was complimented by a
rising vote of thanks.
The railroad committee reported that the
question of issuing 5,000-mile tickets and
the excess baggage matter had been laid be
fore the officers of the different lines and it
was hoped that action would be taken in
favor of the drummers.
Other committee reports were received
before the convention adjourned until to
morrow mornitig.
THOMASVILLE TOPICS.
A Negro Horribly Injured by a Train-
Personal Points.
Thomasvillk, Ga., May 6.—Mrs. Isaac
Griffin died yesterday at 9 o’clock in the
morning, and was buried to-day.
Isam Malone, a negro train hand on the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway,
fell between two moving cars at the depot
yesterday, and had one leg cut off and one
band crusned. Dr. T. M. Mclntosh patched
him up, and be is doing as well as could be
expected.
The new jail has been received from the
contractors and will be occupied immedi
ately. There is, however, only one prisoner
to move. The city has contracted with this
county to take the county convicts and re
lieve the county from all costs of keeping
them. It has rented the old jail as quarters
for tte convicts until new quarters can be
provided.
Dr. A. P. Taylor and wife have gone
north on a visit.
Miss Dena Mitchell is home from college
to recover from a spell of sickness.
Very heavy rains fell here yesterday, and
the wells, creeks and lakes are full once
more.
Commencement at Athene.
Athens, Ga., May 6.— The state uni
versity is getting ready for the commence
ment exercises. The names of the following
young men were announced to-day as suc
cessful competitors from the sophomore
class for speakers’places: E. C. Black of
Atlanta, J. G. Blassingaine of Griffin, J.
Christie of Dawson, E. R. Hodgson, Jr., of
Athens, W. T. Kelley of Honticello, J. F.
Lewis of Atlanta, M. A. Lewis of Eaton
ton. Walter Park of LaGrange, 8. H.
Sibley of Union Point, and J. E. Welch of
Gainesville.
Death at Gibson.
Gibson, Ga., May 6. —The community
about Zoar was clouded witn sadness yester
day. Samuel Smith died last Tuesday and
on'Saturday following his wife died,'leav
ing four children. He was a well-to-do
farmer.
It is rumored that the Gibson Enterprise
is about to'sell out. CoL Gibb Sanders is
here looking around.
Death at Sylvania.
Stlvania, Ga., May 6.—Maj. Harry
Cranston died at his home in this place this
morning from congestive fever. He was
sick only a few days. Maj. Cranston was
formerly a citizen of Augusta, and then
lived in Atlanta until a few years ago,when
he came here with his wife." His remains
will be carried to Augusta for interment.
Death at Eatonton.
Eatonton, Ga., May 6.— Capt. John
Xv right, one of Eatouton’s most prominent
citizens, died yesterday after an illness of
two weeks. He received a severe stroke of
paralysis a few weeks ago and lingered
until he died. The funeral took place to
day at noon.
A Barn Burned.
V; el aka, Fla. , May 6 —About 6 o’clock
Sunday morning the barn of Mr. Hooveu
was burned. His horse and wagon and
tools were saved. The contents of the
main room, about eight barrels of wine
were destroyed. The barn was insured!
a he nre, it is supposed, was accidental.
Both Legs Broken.
Albany, Ga. May 6.—Si Frazier, a
colored man, who works at Cruger & Pace’s
brick and lumber yard, had both of his legs
broken between the knees and ankle to-day
b) a pile of lumber falling on him He is
resting well to-night. ls
Death at Tallahassee.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 6.— George
Damon, the oldest merchant of
known and honored all over Florida’
dropped dead with heart disease this even'-
BATTLES WITH BALL AND BAT.
The Results of the Day's Games All
Over the Country.
Washington, May 6.—8a1l games were
played to-day as follows:
national league.
At Chicago—There were 200 in attend
ance. The score:
R. B h. r.
Chicago 6 10 6
Cincinnati ....... . 5 8 3
Batteries: Foreman and Baldwin, Sullivan
and Kittridge.
PLAYERS’ LEAGCE.
At Chicago—There were 1,500 in attend
ance. The score:
R. aR. E.
Chicago 14 11 5
Pittsburg 6 6 7
Batieries: Dwyer and Ferrell, Galvin and
Carroll.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Columbus— r. b. H. E.
St. Louis 7 6 4
Columbus o 1 1
Batter.cs: Ramsay and Oten, r’.aston and
Bligb, Ford and Doyle.
At Syracuse— b. an. e
Syracuse 3 9 2
Rochester • 2 5 3
Batteries: Keefe and Briggs. Fitzgerald and
McGuire.
Rain postponed the following games; At
Brooklyn—Athletic vs. Brooklyn; Brook
lyn vs. New York (League). At Philadel
phia—Boston vs. Philadelphia (League).
At Cleveland—Buffalo vs. Cleveland
(Brotherhood). At Philadelphia—New
York vs. Philadelphia (Brotherhood). At
Brooklyn—Boston vs. Brooklyn (Brother
hood). At Cleveland—Pittsburg vs. Clove
land (League).
HE BIT OFF DOOR KNOB:?.
Destruction of Property Wrought by
a Mysterious Cur.
From the Philadelphia Times.
A mysterious dog, big as a calf, ugly as
Cerberus and vicious as Snarleyow, created
a reign of terror in the ordinarily placid
viciuity of Seventeenth street and Columbia
avenue in the small hours of last Saturday
morning and accomplished a remarkable
amount of destruction to property besides
making a rather ridiculous showing of the
police department. He did not conduct
himself like a mad dog. He was sober and
methodical and his evident inteution was to
break into one of the handsome dwelling
houses in the neighborhood. He bit off
doorknobs, tore off locks and plates, and
rent the woodwork of c.stly doors until
half a dozen of the buildings on the south
side of Eleventh street, a ove Columbia
avenue, looked as though they had resisted
the efforts of a gang of accomplished house
breakers.
TRIED TO BITE OFF THE DOOR-KNOB.
The dog began operations at No. 1705,
where reside Mrs. M. S. Marks, an aged
lady, and her daughter. Mrs. Marks was
aroused from her sleep at 3 o’clock by a ter
rific noise at tho front door and looked down
from her chamber window to see the huge
animal, with eyes like dim, decaying flre
coals, in the act of tearing a piece of the
walnut trimming from the wood-work. The
women were helpless and could do nothing
better than to scream from the window' for
assistance. The dog, apparently alarmed,
abandoned his attempt at 1705 and tried the
next door, where he pulled off a plate bear
ing the name of Eckert and then made an
onslaught upon the residence of M. Bowman
vt 171 L Mr. Bowman’s door was speedily
ruined aDd the canine housebreaker was
making rapid progress toward the interior
when the master of the house issued from
his rear door in search of assist
ance. But it was an hour when
honest watchmen are generally asleep, and
Mr. Bowman's excited search, although
reinforced by a couple of his elderly neigh
bors, failed to discover a patrolman until
the dog had had full swing at the premises
for upward of an hour. Then Officer Ham
stead was found on Columbia ave iue, but
after a glance at the dog from the corner
he excused himself on the ground that be was
unarmed. One of a gang of street railway
laborers who was brave enough to attempt
to pull the mastiff from the steps by tho
tail was put to flight, and no further inter
ference was indulged in.
BARRICADING THE HOUSES.
The woine n in the besieged houses had
engaged themselves in the meantime in
pouring hot water from upper windows
upon the attacking animal, and under this
deluge the dog was finally put to flight,
just as a quartette of officers from the
twelfth district station, armed with re
volvers rounded the corner. Surrounded
in an alley running off Eleventh street, the
brute yielded up his vicious career after a
dozen or more shots, one or two of which
took effect.
The only casualty, singularly enough, oc
curred after the death. One of the blue
coated guardians who nervously raised a
cobble stone to crush in the dog’s brain
beyond the possibility of revival, smashed
the toes of an oulooking laborer known as
Logmaro, who stood half a dozen feet
away.
SEEKING THE DOG’S OWNER.
Active search was made all dav for the
owner of the dog, whom the victims of tbe
rampage were desirous of assessing for the
not inconsiderable damages sustained to
property. It was claimed that the owner
ship of the animal rested with some o o of
the brewers in the neighborhood, and, as
complaint at the non-appearance of officers
during the trouble was lodged at the Twelfth
district station, a couplo of them were de
tailed to canvass tho wholesalers and bring
in the responsible individual. This they
failed to do, and orders have now been
issued to shoot mysterious dogs in the neigh
borhood on sight.
The gaunt carchss of the brute that cre
ated ail the trouble, with a lump in tbe
side like a knot in a pine board, supposed to
be a swallowed door knob, is still resting at
the Twelfth district station house awaiting
a claimant.
Policeman Hamstead, in commenting
upon the occurrence, said: ‘Tvo been on
this force for seventeen years and this is the
wonderfulest dog arrangement I ever see.”
AN EXPLANATION OF DREAMS.
Survival and Manifestation in Sleep of
Man's Animal State.
“ Listener ” in the Boston Transcript.
An experience of this sort bears out the
assumption that the dream is tho survival
of the c nseiousnees of the animal state in
man. Supposing man to have been evolved
from a lower aud animal type the instincts
and impulses of the animal state would be
most potent when, as in sleep, the watchful
inhibitory faculties, the result of civiliza
tion and development, are dormant.
In other words, the old, primitive animal
is waiting close by to dome in aud take pos
session when the evolved soul has abdicated
its function. That would account for the
fact that we seldom have any conscience in
our dreams, and do in them without the
shade of a shadow of compunction things
which all the wealth aud honors of the
world could not induce us to do iu our wak
ing hours. Tbo moral sense seems to bo to
tally wanting in a dream.
That is a theory wnich does very well as
far as it goes. But it does not by any means
cover the ground. In the case of real im
aginative dreamers, the dreaming state
often seems to be a superior in point of in
telligence to tlie waking state; that is to say
great flights are possible to the mind then
which are beyond the reach of waking
consciousness. Ineffable conceptions, celes
tial visions, intense realizations or recog
nitions of spiritual things, which sometimes
survive in waking thoughts and really
illuminate them, often fall to the lot of the
true dreamer.
If the moral sense has no place in such
dreams, it i3 because the soul seems to have
risen superior to a moral sense. If the ani
mal hypothesis seems reasonable sometimes,
what are we to do in making up our
theories of dreams with such visions as
these, which rise only whej the veil of
flesh is drawn from before the inward eye?
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1890.
A BLOW DEALT IN COURT.
TWO SENSATIONAL SCENES IN
THE CLAYTON CASE. .
Judge McClure Strikes Lawyer Arm
strong in the Face for Calling Him
a Vile and Infamous Slanderer.
Armstrong Had Demanded that the
People be Given a Hearing.
Little Rock, Ark., May 6. —About 200
witnesses yesterday testified before the
Claytoa-Breckinridge investigating com
mittee. A majority of them were negroes,
and swore that they voted for John M.
Clayton for congress. One hundred and
fifteen of them lived in Riverside Township,
Woodruff county, and the remaiuer in
Cotton Plant and Augusta, Woodruff
county, and in Howard Township, Conway
county. The greatest sensation that ever
took place in federal court room in this
city occurred about 8 o’clock last evening.
A PLEA FOR THE PEOPLE.
Mrs. Thomas Hooper had just finished
giving evidence, in which she testified that
she was acquainted with Sater, when Hou .
Carroll Armstr ng arose and addressed the
committee as follows:
“Mr. Chairman: There have been some
foul charges made against the people of
Morrillton and Conway counties by the
Bioutbpiece of Powell Clayton. I dlesire
to enter an appearance for the people of
Conway county.”
“Note that Mr. Armstrong desires to
enter an appearance for Conway,” said
Maj. Lacy to the stenographer.”
A THREATENED INJUSTICE.
“I understand that this committee intends
to adjourn within a short time after having
received testimony here that would cast a
cloud upon the people of Conway county
aud retire to the city of Washington for
tho purpose of making their report,”
“I think that is quite possible,” said Maj.
Lacey.
“I insist that this committee shall sub
poena witnesses from the people of Conway
—from among the good people of Conway
county —to refute the charges that have
lieen made by infamous and vile slander
ers.”
DEALT A BLOW IN THE FACE.
No sooner had Mr. Armstrong uttered
these words than Judge McClure sprang
from his seat aud struck the attorney in
the face. The court room was packed, and
everybody was on his feet.
Col. W. H. Clayton reached for his pis
tol.
“Hold onl hold on!" exclaimed Powell
Clayton, “we don’t waufc any of that.”
Friends caught hold of Mr. Armstrong,
who was struggling desperately to get at
the judge to r< sent the blow.
BRECKINRIDGE ORDERS A HALT.
“Stop that right here; stop it,” shouted
Mr. Breckinridge. “That won’t do.”
“Seize him und see if he is armed,” cried
Col. Clayton.
“Why don’t the committee arrest him?”
exclaimed Powell Clayton, "that would put
an end to this. ”
In a moment afterward Mr. Armstrong
was led out of the room, and quiet being
restored the investigation proceeded with
out further interruption.
ANOTHER EXCITING SCENE.
There was a great deal of excite
ment created in tho court room
about 9 o’clock by Mrs. Hooper.
She was seated by the side of her
daughter on the east side of the room, when
suddenly sie got up, and went over t J the
opposite side where Mr. Sater was seated
near Gov. Eagle and in the rear of the at
torneys for tue contestees. There was a
vacant seat next to the one occupied by
Sater, and Mrs. Hooper threw herself into
it and commenced a conversation with the
man who accused her husband of murder
ing Clayton.
TOLD HIM HE LIED.
“Why did you want to swear those lies
against my dead husband, Sater?”
"Oh, 1 don’t know of any lie,Mrs. Hooper,
I swore against your husband,” Sater re
plied.
“Yes, you did. You know that my
husband had no more to do with killing
John M. Clayton than you did.”
“Your husband told me every word I
testified here that he said to me.”
“Sater, you know better than that. You
know he never said anything in his life
against John M. Clayton, and 1 want to tell
you right now that you had better not say
anything against me.”
“X have never spoken ill of you.”
“Well, I just dare you to do'it, that’s aIL”
HIS REFERENCE COMPLIMENTARY.
“I could not say anything against you.
If you will read my testimony given last
Saturday you will find that I spoke very
highly of you, and you ought to bo proud
of tho compliment 1 paid you.”
Mrs. Hooper about this time was begin
ning to elevate her voice, and Sater, to
prevent a scene, got up aud hurried to the
rear part of the room.
As soon as he left Mrs. Hooper sprang
from her seat and strode across the room,
laughing and clapping her hands, to the
great amusement of the spectators.
ANOTHER BIG BATCH OF WITNESSES.
The committee listened to the evidence of
over 100 witnesses to-day, a majority of
whom wore negroes put bn the stand for
the purposo of proving how they voted at
the Presidential election." Shortly
after tho committee met in the
morning Hon. Carroll Armstrong arose
and made an apology for the strong lan
guage ;ho used on the evening before de
nouncing slanders against the people of
Coaway county. His apology was made to
the committee. Before tho adjournment
this afternoon Chairman Lacy announced
that i was the intention of the committee
to conclude its labors to-day.
ONE OF THE SUSPECTS.
The most important witness called to-day
was O. T. Bentley, the man whom Mr.
Clayton suspects of having killed his
brother. He is deputy sheriff of the county,
and claims to have been in Mor
rillton on tho night that Clay
ton was killed at Plummerville.
To-day he handed tbe committee papers in
tbe divorce case of Luther vs. Luther,
which he served on Lyda Luther and others
on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 29,1888, across
the river from Morrillton. He returned
from across the river about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon. About dark that night he
served a notice on Jo in Hinkle, an attor
ney, to take a deposition of the case on
Feb. 8.
Mr. Hinkle appeared before the commit
tee and corroborated the testimony given on
this point by Bentley. The witness is pre
pared to prove that after he left Mr. Hinkle
he went to supper, and from there went to
a dance.
A SPECIMEN OF HIS HANDWRITING.
After the witness had given this testi
mony he was asked if ha had any objection
to giving a specimen of his handwriting, to
which he answered in the negative. Chair
man Lacy then requested tho witness to
w rite tho following, which he did very rap
idly;
State of New Hampshire, June, 1889.
Totrn Marshal, Morrillton, Arkansas:
You may soon prepare your coffin and bid
adieu to your family, as you shall soon take the
road that Col. Clayton took. lam a little sorry
of killing Col. Clayton, as we thought it was old
Powell Clayton. He is the one we shall kill be
fore many suns does set over his head,
and you yourself, —— your soul,
t-o the depths of——. You, too, shall soon bite
the dust. You passed a great insult on the
streets of Morrillton once and I have not forgot
it and ‘neveri shall until I put your brains
out. This no fooling, you rascal, and you
need not doubt it I shall kill you in spite of
.and . You seen me'awhile ago
and did not know it. You will soon-see me. but
it will be too late for you to live. Respect
fully. Jack the Ripper No. 1.
As soon as Bentley concluded the above
article; he handed the sheet of paper to
Maj. Lacy, who compared the writing
with that of the original. There was no
similarity |whatever in that of Jack the
Ripper No. 1 and that of Bentley.
THE DEADLIEST OF SERPENTa
Killing Two Cobras on a Sunday
Morning.
From the Christian Intelligencer.
It was a hot Sunday morning in India,
without a cloud in tte brazen skies. We
had just come home from early morning
service, and had taken our seats at the
breakfast table. At the open door of our
diuing room our Teiugu school teacher ap
peared, saying: “Sir, a big cobra nas just
been chasing a frog through the whole
length of your front veranda. He struck
at it again aud again as it sprang past the
open doors of your sitting room, but the
frog, utteriug piercing shrieks (as a frog
can wnen pursued by a serpent), sprang
each time quick enough to elude its jaws,
and together they rusned off the end of the
veranda, and the frog sprang under a box
that is standing there, too near down upon
the hard floor for the big cobra to get
under, and so escaped.”
“Well,” said I, “where is the cobra now?”
“That is just what I don’t know,” said he,
“for white I was looking to see what bad
become of the frog, how ne had got away,
tho .cobra disappeared among toe flower
pots, and I cannot see waere he has gone.”
“He must have a hole tnere close by the
veranda somewnere,” said I. “Will you
please go and watch until I come, and"sue
if you can get sign: of him agaiu, for he
must be killed if possible if he lives as near
the house as that."
I don’t go a shooting on Sunday,*but I
went for my pistol then, for I considered it
decidedly a work of necessity aud mercy to
put an end to the danger of ourselves or our
people being bitten tiy that deadly cobra.
Soon appearing with a revolver, which I
keep for traveling through the jungles bv
night, I went to huutiug for toe cobra's
hole.
Two large native flower pots stood about
six feet from the end of the veranda, with
each a beautiful rose glowing in it, of
which my wife was very fond, and beside
which she almost daily stood picking off
dead leaves, or watering and tending the
rose-. I soon discovered a hole in the
ground about as large as my wrist, partly
concealed by the grass that was growing
right between tne two flower pots, whicu
were far enough apart for a person to stand
between them. Tne hole went down per
pendicularly, growing larger as it went
deeper. It took but a moiueut to bring a
haud mirror, and throw the reflection of
the bright sun right down into the hole. It
revealed a horizo itnl chamber only a foot
or so deeia aud the glistening scales of a
cobra coiWd up at rest.
Taking a piece of a broken wagon tire in
my loft haud to stop up the hole with, and
placiug the end of it slantingly in the hole,
I fired down into tho hole. Not a motion
was seen. I had missed. Turning the tire
up edgewise I fired again. \V hat a squirm
ing tnere was! Xno cobra had been
wounded. He struck up viciously at tho
iron, which was turned flit as soon as I had
fired, to keep him from darting out at us.
I turned the iron edgewise and fired again.
When I had unloaded the sixto barrel
I let him strike his head out, aud
caught it against the side with the iron
tire. I had brought out with me a pair of
largo hedge shears. With these 1 caught
hold of his protruding neck, and, with a
stout pull with both hands, pulled him out
and gave him a flirt out into the compound.
What a scattering there was of men, women
and children! My attention had been so
taken up by the snane that I had not
noticed what a crowd had gathered around.
How they screamed and ran! For they did
not know that the grip of the shears had
dislocated the fellow’s neck, and, seeing a
full-sized cobra flying out toward them,
they seemed to think that he was springing
at them,
As I had grasp?d the head of the cobra
with the shears, 1 had given the wagon tire
to the teacher, asking him to insert the end
again instantly that I drew the cobra out,
for where one cobra is you will usually fl.id
a second. I came back and threw the rays
of the sun in again. Yes, there were bright
cobra’s scales aud another cobra wriggling.
Loading my pistol again I repeated tho
firing, hoping that he would strike his head
up out, so that I could catch his head also.
Squirm and strike as he did, his head did
no't come out of the hole until I bad
fired many times, but he finally came,
and I secured him also. On drawing him
out and examining him closely we
found fourteen pistol ball holes through his
body, and still there was fight in him. Any
three of the wounds would have proved
fatal in time; but he died making a splendid
fight. Wo laid the cobras out in the veranda
and measured them. One of them measured
five feet eleven inches, and the other six
feet and two inches, than which one rarely
finds a cobra larger. Their hole showed
that they had evidently been living there,
right among the flower pots that were
tended daily and within twelve feet of my
study door, for weeks or months. Though
tho cobra is the deadliest serpent known,
and thousands of persons die of their bite
yearly in India, no one in our mission has
ever been harmed by one.
AN HEROIC WOMAN.
Terrible Experience of Miss Lacy in
the Recent South Pacific Shipwrecks
From the Fall Mall Gazette.
By the Australian mail we have for the
first time full particulars of the Quetta dis
aster. in which 116 lives were lost, and the
narratives of the survivors. We subjoin
the principal points in tbe granhic state
ment of Miss Lacy, undoubtedly tho most
interesting figure in the events of that
calamitous night in Torres straits. Miss
Lacy says she was sitting in the saloon
writing a letter, the other ladies being prac
ticing tor a concert, when, without a mo
ment’s warning, they heard a loud grating
sound, tho ship rocked violently, and a
chorus of confused noises broke out on deck.
Miss Lacy rushed on deck, and already the
ship was sinking.
“Going aft,” she says, “was like walking
up a hill. The part to which I was making
my way was high above the water." But
hardly had she reached the aft part of the
vessel than it too rapidly sank, and in a
moment 200 human beings and a large
number of sheep “were all in the water in a
heap, the people struggling and shrieking
terribly.” Miss Lacy with great difficulty
managed to extricate herself from the
confused mass, and, being a practiced swim
mer, succeeded in getting clear of the
whirlpool caused by the sinking ship. She
then relieved herself of all superfluous
clothing and swam about for two hours in
the hops of comiug across some of the
survivors.
At midnight she heard a cry from a
distance, and .swimming toward it, found
that it came from a raft rudely and hastily
constructed by tho chief officer. She
availed herself of this temporary refuge,
and remuined on the raft until noon next
daj - , when, finding that it was making no
progress, and fancying that she saw an
island on the verge of the horizon, Miss
Lacy determined to trust once more to her
swimming powers, and iu spite of the strong
remonstrances of the chief officer she dived
into the ocean and struck out m tbe direc
tion she had marked out for herself. But
she had grievously miscalculated the dis
tance of the island.
All that afternoon and far into the night
she was iu the water without lifebelt or sup
port of any description, relieving herself by
swimming alternately on her face, back,
and sides. She said she felt no fa ,r of the
sharks that ab mod in those tropical waters,
but the fearfully hot sun scorched her ter
ribly, and every now and then sho had to
thrust her head under water to savo her
self from sunstroke. Sho is unde” the im
pression that for a part of the til •:e was
asleep in the water. At length, ...l or being
for twenty hours altogether alone in Torres
straits, she was picked up in an almost ex
hausted condition by a bo it belonging to
the search steamer Albatross.
For some hours after her timely rescue
she was delirious, and fancied herself living
in a submarine hoteL No more signal
proof of the value of swimming as a lady’s
accomplishment has been furnished for
many a day than this extraordinary experi
enca of Miss Lacy’s.
TALES OF THE TURF.
Opening: Day of tbe Spring Meeting
at Lexington.
Lexington, Ky., May 6.—The opening
day of the spring meeting of the Kentucky
association was well attended. The weather
was clear and cool and the track in fair
condition. The events were as follows:
First Race— One mile. Ballihoo won. with
Palisade second, and Catalpa third. Time 1:4”.
Second Race— One mile an 1 seventy yards.
Castaway won, with Spectator second, and Sil
ver King third. Time 1 :bl%.
Third Race—One and one-quarter miles.
Famine won.with Huntress second.and Meadow
Brooke third. Time 2:14.
Fourth Race— Nine-sixteenths of a mile.
Harry Smith won, with Sir Planet second, and
Little Phil third. Time 1 minute.
Fifth Race— Four furlongs. Penny Royal
won. with Emma Fields second and Paola third,
Time 52 seconds.
Death of a Prominent Hebrew.
Richmond, Va., May 6.—lsadora Bins
wanger, a prominent and philanthropic
Israelite of Philadelphia, died here to-day
at the hotel where he was temporarily stop
ping. He was a retired merchant aud
manufacturer of Philadelphia. He had
been president of|the Granite Company of
this city for twenty years.
Electric Lights at Cordele.
Cordele, Ga., May 6.—The city is to
night lighted by electricity.
M KDICAL.
Dyspepsia
Makes tlio lives of many people miserable,
causing distress after eating, sour stomach,
sick headache, heartburn, loss of appetite,
a faint, “ all gone” feeling, bad taste, coated
_. tongue, and irregularity of
Distress the bowels. Dyspepsia does
After not get well of itself. It
- requires careful attention,
bating an(l a remedy like Hood's
Sarsaparilla, which acts gently, yet efficiently.
It tones the stomach, regulates the diges
tion, creates a good ap- Ciok
petite, banishes headache,
and refreshes the mind. NeadaCrl©
“ I have been troubled with dyspepsia. I
had but little appetite, and what I did eat
distressed me, or did me
h little good. After eating I
I) Urn would have a faint or tired,
all-gone feeling, as though I had not eaten
anything. My trouble was aggravated by
my business, painting. Last
spring I took Hood’s Sar- aOU '
saparilla, which did me an StOlTiaCh
immense amount of good. It gave me an
appetite, and my food relished and satisfied
the craving I had previously experienced.”
George A. Page, Watertown, Mass.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. £1; six for $5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD <fc CO., Apothecaries,Lowell, Mass.
iOO Doses One Dollar
SFECIAL NOTICES.
A SPLENDID DOW\-TOWV HOME FOR
SALE.
A home convenient to Bay, Congress and
Broughton streets, to the car lines, the churches
and the theater, with all of the convenience*
necessary for comfortable and pleasant house
keeping. is not easily obtained.
No 1!>1 State street contains large dining
room, handsomely wainscoted and papered,
kitchen, pantry and storeroom and servants’
room. There are three rooms on the parlor
floor, marble mantles throughout, and three
hed rooms with bath-room, besides a large attic,
wed plastered.
There is a fine large veranda on the south to
the parlor floor, and a nice side verauda on the
south and east on the bedroom story.
This is a splendid chance for a good home,
well built and kept in excellent condition. Lot
fee simple, 26x90. Possession given June 1.
M. J’ SOLOMONS.
“WE ARE THE PEOPLE.’
Walls need finishing, whether with decora
tions or otherwise, but modern house builders
find by experience that by far the most desir
able and pretty finish is a handsome “Wall
Paper.” Wehavean
OVERWHELMINGLY LARGE STOCK
Of thousands of different patterns, and offer
our patrons this large variety to select from.
It might pay you to examine the many patterns
suitable for all requirements. The Kitchen re
quires not quite as nice a quality as the Spare
Room, and the Dining-room a shade different
from the Parlor, the Hall and Bedrooms still a
different quality and pattern. We have numer
ous styles for each. Alabastine is still a popu
lar wall covering. Try it.
A. HANLEY.
BUILDERS’ SUPPLY DEPOT.
Whitaker Street.
FOR bale:
Two choice Mules; aiso two choice horses in
A No. 1 condition. Apply to
DENIS J. MURPHY.
Will give away to anybody draying from my
wharves enough old slate to cover 40 squares.
WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. _
It is a broad assertion, but nevertheless true,
that Ulmer’s "Liver Corrector,” a faultless
family medicine, is worth its weight in gold.
Prominent medical men indorse it, and thou
sands of citizens who have used it bear willing
and cheerful testimony to the above assertion.
Silver medal and diploma awarded over com
petitors. Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M. D„ Pharmacist,
Savannah. Ga.
Price, One Dollar Per Bottle.
If you cannot obtain the “Corrector” from
your druggist, send vour orders direct and it
will be forwarded by express, freight paid.
SPECIAL notice;.
After this date all bills against the Young
Men’s Christian Association must be presented
at the rooms, corner of Bull and Jones streets,
prior to the first Monday in each month.
JOHN NICOLSON, JR., Treasurer.
May 6, 1830.
NOTICE. ’
Neither the Master nor Consignees of the
Norwegian bark EUGEX, A. Bache, Master, will
be responsible for any debts contracted by the
crew of said vessel.
HOLST & CO., Consignees.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Liberal loans made on Diamonds, Gold and
Silver Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Silverware,
Guns, Pistols, Clothing, Tools, and on almost
anything of value, at the old reliable Pawn
broker House, 179 Congress street.
E. MUHLBERG, Manager. *
Highest prices paid for old Gold and Silver.
TURKISH SALES ~—
OF OTTA OF ROSES
By Pear's Soap manufacturers have been enor
mous. The genuine Otta of Rose Soap, Glycer
ine, Unscented Shaving Sticks, and Fuller’s
Earth received direct at
•
BUTLER’S PHARMACY, >
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
DR. T. F. ROBERSON,
—D E N TIS T,—
149 Broughton Street.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
HUNTER.—The friends a-'d acquaintance of
Mr. Joseph Hunter and Mr. and Mra. John
Bridges are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral of the former, from 243 Bryan street,
at 3 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON.
WILLIAMS.—The friends and acquaintance
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams and of Mr. and
Mrs. T. R. V. Bradley and family are inv ted to
attend the funeral of the infant daughter of
the former, from the residence, 10644 Whitaker
street, at 9 o’clock WEDNESDAY MORNING.
MEETINGS.
GEORGIA Cll VP TER >0.3, R A M. '
A regular convocation of this tosmMm
Chapter will be held at Masonic Temple ./Xzi
THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, May 7. WBfe
at 8 o’clock. CT3K*
The P. ad M. E. degree will be conferred.
Transient companions are cordially invited
to meet with us. By order of
J. R. SAUSSY, H. P.
P. H. Ward, Recorder.
GOLDEN rile LODGE NO. 12T17>. O. F.
There will be a regular weekly meeting THIS
(Wednesiay) EVENING at 8 o’clock, city time,
at hall, corner Jefferson and President streets.
Members of sister lodges and transient broth
ers cordially invited to meet with us.
D. F. McCOY, N. G.
W, B. Shttptrine. Secretary.
SAVANNAH TKIDE NO. 4, I. O. B. M.
The council fire of this tribe will be kindled
THIS (Wednesday) EVENING at 8 o'clock, at
wigwam, K. of P. hall.
Prompt attendance requested. By order of
WARING RUSSELL, Jr., Sachem.
C. O. Godfrey. C. of R.
SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB.
A special meeting of the Club will be held
TO-DAY at 12 m., at Fords' hall. Election of
members and other important business will be
transacted. Full attendance desired. By order
COMMODORE WM. HONE.
Attest: S. K. Mayers, Secretary.
THE EQUITABLE LOAN AND BUILDING
ASSOCIATION.
Tbe forty-fourth 144th) regular monthly meet
ing of this Association will oe held at the office
of the Secretary, 118 Bryan street, THIS
(Wednesiay) EVENING at 8 o’clock.
J. S. COLLINS, President.
J. L. Whatley, Secretary.
SPK Cl ALNOTICEj
There will be a meeting of the Ladles' Auxil
iary Society of the Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation at the rooms FRIDAY AFTERNOON at
5 o'clock. By order of THE PRESIDENT.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA.
A meeting of the Directors will be held THIS
AFTERNOON at 4 o'clock, at the Secretary’s
office, Morning News building. By order of
GEORGE S. OWENS, President.
J. H. Estill, Secretary.
MILITARYORDEKS.
SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS.
Headquarters Battalion, 1
Savannah Volunteer Guards. -
Savannah, Ga., Mayo, 1890. j
Order No. 27.
Th' corps is ordered to assemble at the ar
mory uniformed, a med and equipped (wiih
ratigue caps), on FRIDAY, May 9, at 8:15 o’clock
p. M., f r aunual inspection, in accordance with
orders from state headquarters. By order of
LIEUT. COL. GARRARD.
Wm. P. Hunter. Ist Lieut, and Adjutant.
SPECIAL 'NOTICES.
On and after Feb. 1, 1890, the basis of meas
urement of all advertising in the Morning
News will be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an
inch for the first insertion.
CHATHAM ARTILLERY.
Headquarters Chatham Artillery, )
Savannah, Ga., May 6, 1890. 4
The special train for the company and their
invited -guests will leave the Tybee Railroad
Depot at 11 o’clock, city time, on WEDNESDAY,
the 7th inst.
Baskets may be sent to the depot of tbe Tybee
Railroad, where they will be taken in charge by
•the committee.
Parties going on any other train but the
special, leaving at 11 o’clock, must pay their
passage. Parties can return on any train free.
LIEUT. R. F. HARMON,
Chairman Committee.
MANY BOOKS
Purporting to be the only genuine lives, biogra
phies and memorial volumes of Jefferson Davis,
have been announced as being authorized by
Mrs. Davis, or in which she is supposed to share
a proportion of the profits. All such books are
spurious, unauthorized aud unautheutic. The
work "Jefferson Davis. ex-President of the Con
federate States; a Memoir by His Wife,” pub
lished by the Belford Company of New York
18-22 East Eighteenth street, is the sole au
thentic, authorized and genuine life of Mr
Davis, ami tbe only one in which Mrs. Davis
and her family have any interest, personal
material or pecuniary. I, the authorized agent
of Savannah. Mrs. M. E ROSSIGNOL, have a
letter trom Mrs. Davis, from toe Beauvoir
House, in which she makes this statement.
SAVANNAH’S GREAT ENTERPRISE^
.j**- L
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY *
PILS E.\ BEER
THE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE.
the savassah brewing company
Beg leave to inform, the public that
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, 20th INST.
ALL LEADING. GROCERS AND DEALERS
OF THIS CITY
WILL ATTEND TO AND PROMPTLY FILL
ALL ORDERS FOR
FAM IL Y US E
Of the Savannah Brewing Company's
EXTRA PILSEN BEER,
MUNCHENER HOFBR.AU BEER,
A pure and unadulterated brand of choicest
Bavarian Hops of our own importation.
INSURE YOUR TITLES. ’
The Title Guarantee and Loan Company of
Savannah, 135 Congress street,
INSURES LAND TITLES,
And guarantees owners, mortgagees and others
against losses and lawsuits.
' THE DIME SAVINGS BANK
Of this Company receives deposits and pays in
terest thereon from tte Ist and 15th days of
every month after deposit.
OFFICERS. _
Or on or 11. Stove, President.
E. L. Hac kett, Treasurer and Cashier of Sav
ings Department.
Isaac Beckett, Secretary and Solicitor.
J^ ,CHAKDS . Advisory Counsel.
mn-zm GUARANTEED TO CURE
GOKOBBHCLA and GLfiST
Bgy| OR MONEY REFUNDED.
N. T. PIKE^^
Sole Agent, Savunuah, Ga.
AMUSEMENTS.
Fisier EiSta
BAZAR BUILDING,
South Broad and Whitaker Street*
The Savannah Floral & Art Association
WILL GIVE THEIR
ANNUAL EXHIBITION,
Commencing on TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5
and continuing four nights.
LIBERAL PREMIUMS OFFERE&
NO CHARGE TO EXHIBITORS.
W E 88,5 the citizer s assist us in making th<
y exhition a credit to our city. Seud some
thing, if only a single plant
We request the Ladies to send their work ol
Painting, Drawing, Needlework, and other wo-k
of art. Contributions of Cut Flowers solicited
Doors open at 7:30. Admission only 2v •
children. 15c. •
EXCURBIONB.
Gr ai Epii
TUESDAY, MAY 6th,
STEAMER
CRESCENT CITY
WILL MAKE AN EXCURSION TO
Tybee Bell Buoy,
Leaving wharf foot of Abercorn St. at 3 p. m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY,* 7th,
GRAND EXCURSION TO
WARSAW ISLAND,
Leaving wharf at 9 a. m . connecting at Thunder,
bolt with train leaving city at 10 a. m.
Fare, round trip, 53c. Refreshments serve!
on board.
LOTTERY.
LOTT E ItY
OF THE PUBLIC CHARITY.
ESTABLISHED IN 1877, BY THE
MEXICAN
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
Operated Under a Twenty Years’ Contract
by the Mexican International im
provement Company.
Grand Monthly Drawings held in tbo Monwnn
Pavi.lon in the Alameda Park. City of Mexxxx
and publicly conducted by Government Ofll
ciala appointed for the uurpose by the fitecre
tary of the Interior and' the Treasury.
Grand Semi-Annual Drawing, Jane 5t IS9O
, CAPITAL PRIZE,
#60,000.
80.000 Tickets at |4, 8323,00 b
Wholes, 84; Halves, g 2; Quarters, 81;
Club Rate,: 655 worm of Tickets for
$56 U. S. Currency.
. „ LIST OF PRIZES.
? SLUIN' E5 IZE °F sl-0,000 is $ 0,000
1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF 20.000i5.... 20 000
1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF 10,000i5.. ,.H jo 000
1 GRAND.PRIZE OF.. 2 000 is 2000
3 PRIZES OF LOOOare. 3000
6 PRIZES OF ’SOO are.. .. 3 000
20 PRIZES OF JOOare 4000
100 PRIZES OF ]ooare, 10000
340 PRIZES OF 50are 17,n0
55; PRIZES OF 20 are.?.. U.m
APPROXIMATION PRIZES,
f 0 Prizes of SBO, app. to SBO,OOO Prize... $ 9,000
150 Prizes of 850, app. to 20,000 Priz 5.... 7,510
15 ' Prizes of S4O, app. to 10,000 Prize..„ 6,040
759 T rminals of S2O.
decided by ~560,000 Pri*3. . 15,930
2276 Prizes Amounting to $178,560
All Prizes sold in the United States full pail
in U. S. Currency.
SPECIAL FEATURES
By terms of contract the Company must de
posit the sum of all prizes included in the
scheme before selling a single ticket, and re*
ceive the following official i^rmit:
CERTIFICATE.—I hereby certify that the
Bank of London and Mexico has on specuil
depowthc necessary funds to guaranies the
payment of all prizes drawn by the Loteria
de la Benejicencia Publica.
A. CASTILLO . Interventor.
Further, the Company is required to discrib*
ote 56 per cent, of the value of all the tickets i
prizes—a larger proportion than is given by any
other Lottery.
Finally, the number of tickets is limited to
80,000—20,000 less than are sold by other lot*
teries using the same scheme.
For full particulars address U.
Anartado 73d. City of Mexico, Mexico.
—— m 1
BOOTS AXI> SHOES.
Boots and Shoes! Shoes and Boots!
For the Fall and Winter Season
of 1890.
HH. SASNETT, representing that old and
• reliable house, M LIN HARD BROS. & CO.,
of Savannah, Ga., will call on his friends and
patrons and the trade in general in t lat part of
tne territory he travels with a full and complete
line of Boots and Shoes for fall and winter
wear. The contracts for these goods have been
placed with the very best factories in the
United States, and at as low figures as those of
any other house North, East or South.
Meinhard Bros. & Cos., therefore, will guaran
tee prices, quality of goods and terms. So wait
and see SASNETT S line before you place your
orders for Fall and Winter Shoes. If you want
to see the line of goods before Sasnett gets to
you on his regular round, write for him. His
address is Waycross, Ga.
SHOES AND BOOTS! BOOTS AND SHOES 1
BANKS.
"SAVINGS BANK.']
SAVANNAH BANK k TRUST CO.
Deposits of $1 and Upward Receivol
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING.
Q.ET YOUR BLANK BOOKS p
ONE BETTERTIIAN THOSE MADE BY p
HE HAS THE BEST PAPERS J
JN STOCK, AND YOU
QAN MAKE YOURSELF AND HIM 'J'
J JAPPY IF YOU WILL
QNLY GIVE HIM AN ORDER FOP, A SET.
pOTS of BANKS and BUSINESS HOUSES Q.
CEND TO lIIM FOR THEIR BOOK3. 93
O BAY ST
PAINTS AND OILS.
JOHN G. BUTLER,
Y\7HITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS.
>T VARNISH. ETC.: READY MIXED
PAINTS: RAILP.O ID. STEAMER AND MILL
SUPPLIES; SASHF.DOORS, BUNDS AND
BUILDERS' HARDWARE. Sole Ag-nc for
LADD LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CEMENT,
HAIR AND LAND PLASTER.
140 Congress street and 139 St. Julian
Savannah, Georgia.
