Newspaper Page Text
-$* BARRICADED!
HEDGE® in the FRONT and REAR!
The Crowd was Too Much for Us; We were Compelled to Bar the Ladies Out and Let them Wait their Turn.
THE RUSH GREATER THAN A CIRCUS!-
The Ladies Know a Cood Thing when They See It, and are Laying in a Supply for the Future-
Those Who Have not Done so Should Take Heed.
Tii q SHERIFFS SALE still Continues Every Day from 9 A. M. until Noon,
and from 3 P. M. until 6.
Everything Imaginable in Ladies’ and Men’s Furnishing bloods
and Fancy bloods Must be Sold at Once.
50 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR!
APPEL & SCHAUL.
HOTE.--Store Closed ail Day Tuesday to Put Stock in Merchantable Shape. Look out for Wednesday sAd
159 BROUGHTON STREET,
to STERNBERO’S JEWTUT .T= Y HOUSE.
MUST THE MARQUIS DIE!
THE MIRROR HE GAVE MRS. FRANK
LESLIE FALLS FROM THE WALL
Untouched by Mortal Hand, but
Cracked as if by a Center-sbot Bul
let-Yet He is a Crack Shot and Has
Almost Always Won In Innumerable
Duels About Women.
Fi om the Few York Sun.
Mrs. Frank Leslie sat yesterday in a bi|{
straight-back upholstered chair in her office
on Fifth avenue, with a Sun., folded duel
side up, among the litter of papers
on her desk. She did not look as
though the imminent duel in France be
tween the Marquis de Leuville and a re
porter of Oil Bias had worried her very
much, but when the subject was broached
the expression on her face changed. She
looked troubled.
“Do you know,” she said, leaning bar el
bow on the desk, “that I had an omen yes
terday? Do you believe in omens? I’m
very superstitious myself. Late yesterday
afternoon a beautiful little mirror that the
marquis gave me fell from the wall and was
shattered into a thousand nieces, and then,
when i picked it up my Sun this morning,
the first thing I saw was this story of the
duel that might have been taking place
while I was reading it. Strange wasn’t it?’
Fora moment after she had said this Mrs.
Leslie was silent, then she said: “It was a
very pretty little hand mirror. The mar
quis sent it to me one day with a little note.
We were engaged then. It hung there on
the wall, and had been there a long time.
No one was near it when it fell. When I
picked it uo from the floor, strange enough,
not a piece of glass fell from the frame.
I looked at it closely. It had been broken
in the center, and the cracks extended in
every direction over the surface. It looked,”
faid Mrs. Leslie,” looking straight in the
reporter’s eyes, “just as though a bullet had
struck It and shattered it. It was certainly
very strange, was it not? I assure you it
gave me quite a shock.”
The marquis,” continued Mrs. Leslie,
smiling at her own superstition, “is one of
the most superstitious men I have ever seen.
* remember once he gave me a valuable
uiamoud pin. He broke the pin part off be
t'-re he handed it to me. He would never
think of such a think as handing me a pair
°f v CISBj! ‘ a or a knife. I think, perhaps, that
j* he had known of the mirror incident
duel. uo *' have rushed headlong into a
v k®’ 6 as brave as a lion. He is the
test shot in Europe. In one or two con
>es son the other side, out of 100 shots he
®4de bull’s eves. Wnen he was over
ere he shot my initials on a board at Coney
“‘and. I have seen him pick up a rifle
*eigtiing seventeen pounds, and, hardly
ai m, make a bull’s eye.”
“ ke is such a good marksman, you
,S™! do not fear that he will be worsted in
nis duel,” suggested the reporter.
'Be can never be sure of anything in
flan sof this kind,” responded Mrs. Leslie,
-wurally I should be extremely sorry if
j®r °f the men was hurt.”
h| response to another question she said:
h is no t true th(lt j cabled to the
marquis not to fight. I have been thinking
nat I ought to do. Undoubtedly a word
°® me would have stopped the duel, but
■ .o S Tv when I read it was to take place it
was already over, so what could I
obtain, she said, that if the duel
', ot been fought it surely would be. She
implicit confidence in toe story of
1.?, the marquis’ housekeeper. “She
Q her family," she said, “have been in the
° y °* ttle mar quia or his father for
onsi yearß * an( d I would believe her as
Jjf v*v M an y one I know. Her description
nit, r “? m and his pistol practice convinces
Psition ” 6 WODt 10 * know his dis
co- reminiscently and went
He a been in so many duels, you
know. He has fought one other duel on
my account. 1 don’t know just how it came
about, or just what the circumstances were,
but 1 know he bested his opponent. His
opponent, I think, was a German count.
The duel was fought noar Brussels and the
count was wounded. Swords were used on
that occasion. The marquis is a great
swordsman, as well as a wonderful pistol
shot. 1 don’t know all about bis other duels,
but I know he fought bis first when he was
very young. It was on account of the Queen
of Naples, too. The queen was in love ydth
him for a long time, two or three years,
I think. I know the marquis was not
worsted in the fight. He is a man extremely
reckless of his life. He is a man of her
culean strength. He is not a healthy man
by any means, but he has a giant’s strength
and a very violent temper. When he was
in Amei ioa some of the papers made fun of
him on account of his mincing walk. They
said he wore tight shoes, and that he had
ladies’ heels on his shoes. It is not generally
known, but his peculiar walk is the result
of a wound received in a duel. He was
slashed on the thigh with a sabre, and the
operation that was performed made one of
his legs shorter than the other. He wears a
high heel on one shoe to hide as much as
Eossible of the deformity. The duel that
e received that wound in was over a
woman he didn’t care much about, he has
told me. He knew her; that was all. He
took offense at something that was said aud
fought for her.
Mrs. Leslie talked at some length and
very entertainingly on some of the per
sonal peculiarities of the marquis. He is a
very eccentric man, she said. She was sur
prised that the reporter with whom he is
billed to fight the duel was a representative
of Gil Bias.
“Why, that papier five or six years ago,”
she said, “was most lavish in its praise of
him.” She hunted through the drawers in
her desk and brought out a little bock full
of clippings from newspapers, all of them
referring to the marquis, and ail of a com
plimentary nature.
“Listen.” she said, and she read an extract
from Gil Bias of April. 14,1883, as follows:
“He has attained too high a celebrity iu
England, as well as iu France, for us to
dilate upon it. He is the real chief of the
aesthetes, and possesses one of the most re
markable and striking types of face and
expression in existence. He revives in our
time the grand simplicity of the middle
ages. Chivalrous, his dream is a world of
chivalrous men, superbly, grandly and
inaguiflcentlv using the old short sword,
and ever re-idy to die for their lady loves.”
Mrs. Leslie read other extracts from Gil
Bias, all of them of a similar nature.
“You see,” she said, “why I am surprised
that the papier is now attacking him. the
last I heard from the marquis personally,
was the cablegram that created so muoh
talk some time ago. You must remember
it? I answered that. I presume he will
think strange that I haven’t cabled him
about this affair." While Mrs. Leslie was
talking a boy came in with a letter. Bhe
took it and opened in quickly. “This may
be news,” she said, with just a shade of
anxiety in her voice and manner, both of
which changed a moment afterward, when
she said: “Ho, it is not” Naturally she
was anxious to hear the news from the
dueling ground, but said she did not expect
to hear anything before morning, when she
would read it in the papers.
HERB IS A MOTHER-IN-LAW!
Spending Thousands to Procure
Murder Because She Couldn’t Name
the Baby.
From the Netn York Sun.
The most malicious and unscrupulous
mother-in-law on record has just been
brought before the German public in a sen
sational lawsuit in Freiburg. With no
other motive than an uncontrollable desire
to have her own way, she ruined the home
of her son-in-law. Dr. Hoek, sent his wife
in grief to the grave, stole his child repeat
edly, conspired with common criminals for
six years to kill him, and finally offered a
reward of $50,000 to that member of her
army of spieb and thugs who should murder
him.
TOE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1890—TWELVE TAGES.
The name of this remarkable woman is
Bulkley. Dr. Hoek first met her in
Scheveningen in 1876. Ho was a handsome
and prosperous young Dutch physician of
considerable promise, and, altogether, a
most desirable match for the widow Bulk
iey’s marriageable daughter. She got him
and trouble began at once because, as Dr.
Hoek’s lawyer’s recently expressed it, “the
widow Bulkley endeavored to exercise
an undue influence over the af
fairs of the Hoek*. ” The un
pleasantness swelled to riotous propor
tions when a little Hoek was born. Widow
Bulkley insisted on naming it after the de
parted Grandpapa Bulkley, and Dr. Hoek
wished to name it after Grandpapa Hoek.
Dr. Hoek carried his point, but it was a
fatal victory. It instilled wormwood and
ga'l into the Widow Bulkley’s soul and
spirit. After it she devoted ali her energies
to the complete overthrow of the Hoek
household.
In 1882 Mrs. Hoek died, harrassed beyond
all desire of living longer. The Widow
Bulkley disappeared immediately, but re
turned one year later and stole from her
son-in-law’s front door step the child whose
name had cansed the declaration of war be
tween her and Dr. Hoek. After a year’s
search Dr. Hoek, with the aid of English,
Dutch, and German police, found his child
in Chalbury, England. He to qk the small
boy home. A month later Widow Bulkley
had him arrested on a charge of having
poisoned his wife. The body of Mrs. Hoek
was exhumed and examined. A long, tire
some, and expensive trial followed.
Dr. Hoek was discharged as not
a mite of evidence could be
found against him. Then the Widow
Bulkley engaged an army of spies and
blacklegs Ho dog Dr. Hoek’s footsteps,
sandbag him as soon as possible, and steal
his son. Dr. Hoek discovered the plot and
hired a guard of private detectives to watch
him and his son. Numerous attempts were
made to break open his house at night by
the widow Bulkley’s cutthroats. On Sept.
30, 1885, three ex-convicts battered in his
door and entered w ith their hands full of
rope, revolvers and dark lanterns. Dr.
Hoek ad his night watchman were half
prepared for the attack, and fell upon
the thugs with clubs and pistols.
The noise of the battle defeated the
purpose of widow Bulkley’s hirelings and
they eventually fled, leaving Hoek uncon
scious on the floor, and his watchman able
only to summon the police. Dr. Hoek got
a rifle, a pbotguu, a watchdog and two new
guards after this experience. The Widow
Bulkley, too, strengthened her forces, re
gardless of expense, for she was rich and
determined. A few months later they
again stormed Dr. Hoek’s house, but with
such reckless boldness that two of their
party were caught by the polioe before the
door could be battered down. The two
prisoners were tried, convicted and locked
up. The Widow Bulkley was sent to jail for
eighteen months, and her first lieutenant,
Jacob Kloppers, got one year solitary con
finement.
Through an agent, however, the Widow
Bulkley bribed a doctor of reputation to
certify that she was dying of prison con
finement and to stir public and official sen
timent in her favor. By these means she
secured her release after eleven months in
jail, and thea she began again her murder
ous persecution of Dr. Hoek. She found
him in Lugauo, and at once surrounded
him with her creatures, aud even imported
a physician who made his acquaintance, it
is charged, with the purpose of poisoning
him for her. Dr. Hoek’s detectives discov
ered the new plot and hurried him off to
Freiburg. There was a short pause then
before the Widow Bulkley’s supreme effort
to get even with Dr. Hoek because he didn’t
name bis son after Grandpapa Bulkley.
A few months ago the last act of the
melodrama began with the appearance of
two villainous-looking fellows at the office
of Widow Bulkley’s lawyer in Karlshuhe.
They told the lawyer they had been hired
by Dr. Hoek to murder him. To prove the
truth of their story they showed two dis
patches of suspicious impiort. Both dis
patches were tigued Hoek and were dated
from Ereiburg. Then came a hue and cry
against Hoek, and a general investigation
which had the unexpected result of reveal
ing Widow Btilkley as the sender of the
dispatches and the originator ot an elabor
ate plot to get her son-in-law in prison
for life for attempting murder.
Warrants were got her for her and
her two thugs. The thugs were caught,
but she had fled before the officers could
get within gunshot of her residence. At
their trial the two raon said that they had
received already $7,500 as an advance re
ward for murdering Dr. Hook, and that
Widow Bulkley had promised them $42,500
more as soon as they should have accom
plished the deed. Both wore sent to prison.
Widow Bulkley Is still at large with the
army of spies and cutthroats she has organ
ized to consumate the death of Dr. Hoek.
As her financial means are practically un
limited, and the killing of her son-in-law
seems to have become a monomania with
her. Dr. Hoek keeps his litlo defensive army
mobilized in anticipation of her next move
against him.
A REMINISCENCE OF THE WAR.
Destruction of a Confederate Prize
Vessel by the Man-of-War Vin
cennes.
From the Fernandina (Fla.) Mirror.
Our people will no doubt be interested fn
the following occurrence, which took place
in August, 1861, before the occupation of
the city by the Federal forces. It is the re
port of Capt. E. Yuell (Yuleel), assistant
commissary subsistence Confederate States
army, of the destruction of the bark Alva
rado by the United States steamer Vin
cennes:
Fernandina, Fla., Aug. 6, 1851.
Sir —On yesterdav morning the town was
thrown into commotion by the report that two
vessels were on the coast-one of winch was
fleeing to secure an entrance over ourbar, the
other in pursuit to effect a capture. The whole
of our jieople armed and proceeded to the beach,
about two miles from the town. A company
from the post at Fort Clinch, with a six
pi rnnder, was also dispitcbed to the beach,
which, in addition to another six-pounder from
town, made the whole defensive and offensive
armament.
When I arrived I found a bark stranded at
one and a half miles from the shore, with her
sails set and abandoned Iw her crew, who had
just lauded, and in the offing was a large United
States man of-war, which I have, since learned
was the Vincennes. The bark was one of the
£ri/.es of the Jeff Davis privateer, seeking a
arbor, which she very nearly effected. After
much maneuvering the man of war anchored
aud sent out her boats, which, finding it vain to
try to save the vessel, set fire to Iter and she is
burned to the water's edge.
Our six-pounders were unavailing, ana 1 take
occasion to say that we have not a military
company at tbis post capable of service as ar
tillerists. Few of our volunteers tiad ever seen
anything larger than a rauket before coming to
this station. The enemy can at aqy moment
land here and take possession without much
bindrano from our defensive works. We are
entirely at his mercy.
After setting fire to the vessel the man-of-war
left our shores and has not been seen till tosiay.
I learn that she was seen again this afternoon
in the ofitng.
The name of the prize vessel is the Alvarado,
owned in Boston, commanded by J. C.
Whiting. She left Cape Town, Table bay, in
Africa, on June 8. Her cargo was wool, sheep
and gnat skins, old cupper and iron, aud some
crude medicines, and was valued at $70,000.
She was taken by the Jeff Davis on July kl, in
latitude K 5“ 30', and longitude 81°. Cargo
owned by Isaac Taylor of Boston. Mass.
Capt. Whiting and wife, with a negro Stew
ard, were on board of the prize, sent nome by
Capt. Coxetter, of the Jeff Davis. Whiting and
his wife have been landed on our shore* with no
other apparel than they had on. I bad them
sent to a boarding bouse, and shall communi
cate with the confederate states marshall and
put them under his charge. The ladies, with
great philanthropy, have raised money enough,
to clothe our enemies. They will, therefore, her
provided for. The prise crew are all safe, and
were rflad to escape in a boat from the stranded
bark.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
yosr obedient servant, E. Yuau
Captain and A. C. S,
Hon, Secretary of War , Richmond:
Covering bullets with vaseline enables one to
see them easily in their course from the rifle to
the target, it is said. Their trajectory is
marked by a beautiful ring of smoke, caused
by the vaseline being ignited in leaving the
muzzle of the gun, the smoke for some time
being suspended in the air.
LIQUORS.
Have you tried our Good Liquors ? For Quality and Prices we are unriVallud. |y] a j|g(!
SEND YOUR ORDERS, ;;
HENRY SOLOMON & SON, SAVANNAH, GA.
VEGETABLE* FKU ITS. ETC.
SEED EYE,
JUST arrived, also
CABBAGE, LEMONS, PEANUTS,
All Fruits and Vegetables
in Season.
HAT. GRAIN AND FEED.
W. D. SIMKINS.
UKY GOODS.
AN OPPORTUNITY GENTLEMEN ' SICLD ‘‘lf MBS
at—,
GUTMAN’R
141 Broughton Street.
Having decided to close our Gents’ Underwear de
partment we Have placed our stock of Shirts and
Drawers in red and white on our center table, with,
prices marked in plain figures at less than cost.
COME QUICK, THEY WILE NOT LAST LONG.
FU UN ITU RE. ETC.
ML BOLEY & SON
■■ ■ ■" * 1 ir ~~ 1 ' 1,1
We are now prepared to fill orders
entrusted to us, as the stocks in our Bay
and Lumber street warehouses are com
plete. Samples displayed at our temporary
office, 174 Broughton street,
M. BOLEY & SON.
SUMMER RESORTS.
SUWANNEE SULPHUR SPRINGS
Summer Resort and Sanitarium.
SUAWANNEE. - FLA
OPEN ALL THE YEAR. located on a high,
<lry bluff, overlooking the Suwannee River,
with its beautiful seenpry. Tbf unique Co
quina Rock Main Buildings. surrounded by the
comfortable cottages, supplied with hot and
cold mineral water direct from the spring,
offers as a Summer Resort many advantages
that can only be appreciated by a visit. Per
fectly free from malaria, atmosphere dry and
pleasant, cooler) by the southwest breeze of the
Gulf. The remedial virtues of the water for
liheumatism, Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver
Complaints, are too well known to be expatiated
upon Write for pamphlet with testimonials
and circular with rates, SUWANNEE SUL
PHUR SPRINGS CO., Suwapnee, Fla.
MEDICAL.
FOR THE BABIES.
MILK BTERn.IZF.RS, anew invention, highly
recommended.
Handy Nursing Bottles, with graduated
measure on bottie.
Rubber Nipples and Fittings of all styiea
Imperial Granuro, Malted Milk, Media's Food.
Nestle's Food, Wagner’s Food, and Nettle's
Condensed Milk.
SOLOMONS & CO/S
TWO DRUG STORES
MARKET SQUARE AND 92 BULL STREET
PUBLICATIONS.
A. M A.
OF
SAVANNAH.
SIZE 30x8* INCHEa
SHOWING THE TRUE STREET AND PROP
ERTY LINES OF THE CITY.
PRINTED ON BOND PAPER and put upfa
book form. Every property owner aj J real |
estate dealer, and every otner person interested 1
n the city should have a copy.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR/
FOR SALE AT
BULL'S NEB DMT.
I r CENTS A WEEK pays for the
! •PL DAILY MORNING NEWB, deli*,
i Si m lered EARLY EVERY UO&NINQ
(■ vy in any pan of the city.
5
