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. THE MORNINO NEWS. I
3 EsT*BUSn*i:)!9jO.INCORPoaTKDISBB. y
) J. H. KSTILL. President. (
CJIILK AGAINJNSOLENT.
[JER MINISTER op foreign 4F.
*FAISS HIGHLY PRESUMPTIVE.
4 Salute to the Spanish Minister as Ee
Boarded the Yorktown Resented.
a Result tho Chilean Secretary of
State Reasserts Chile's Right to Take
Refugees From Any Merchant Vessel
Tbey May Board in Chilean Waters
Washington. Jan. 17.—Secretary Tracy
ba6 received the following cablegram from
C inlander Evans of the United States
itedtnaiiip Yorktown:
Valparaiso, Cbiije, Jan. 10.
To He Secretary of tho fiavy, iVashinyton,
D.C.:
The American minister informs m■* that the
fhiit-an minister of foreign affairs has changed
Ms mind about the refugees now on tho York
tmn and now says that they may be taken out
o( on y merchant vessel touching at a Cuilean
• or: by local authority. Arrangements had
to® made for all of them to sail to-day,
bat this change of base on the part of
t e Chilean minister of foreign affairs
c rnnels me to keep them, which crowds ine
e rr much. Shall 1 land them at Callao, Peru, or
Moiendo? No steamers from here go direct to
neutral territory. This unexpected act of the
Chilean minister of foreign affairs is due, he
says, to my saluting the Spanish minister when
tie came aboard to deliver two refugees. I
have requested the American minister to say
to the minister of foreign affairs that I am
responsible to my own government and not to
that of Chile in such matters, and that I con
sider bis criticism offensive and I will not accept
it. His action seems unworthy of the repre
sentative of a serious government.
Evans.
A SURPRISE TO OUR OFFICIALS.
The action on the part of Benor Petra, the
Chilean minister of foreign affairs, in decid
ing that foreign refugees might te taken off
any merchant vessel touching a Chilean
port by local authority, was a
great surpriso to the officials in Wash
ington. They had been led to believe from
the fact that the refugoes were allowed to
go aboard the Yorktown without molesta
tion, Vat they would bo permitted to leave
tho country without further hindrance.
This belief was no doubt shared by the
United States officials In Chile, for the
navy department had been informed by
Commander Evans that the refugees were
to sail yesterday on their way to Europe.
Notwithstanding this set-back to their de
parture there is no doubt but that they will
be able to get to neutral territory if the
navy department can bring about this re
sult.
TRACY’S ORDERS.
Secretary Tracy said to-night that he
will send a reply to Commander Evans to
morrow morning instructing him what to
do in the matter. He will in all probability
order that the refugees be taken to somo
placo in neutral territory by the Yorktown,
though to what particular point
the secretary would not say.
Neither would the secretary say
what vessel ho would order to Valparaiso
when tho Yorktown departs. The Boston,
now at Callao, Peru, is the nearest to the
Chilean port. There wan no ground for
offense to the Chilean government in the
action of Commander Evans saluting the
Spanish minister when the latter came on
hoard to deliver two refugees, who had
teen under his care. Naval regulations
rejuire commanders of vessels to extend
this courtesy to a visiting dignitary who
may come aboard their vessel.
AN’ ADDITIONAL, INSULT.
The latest move of tho Chilean govern
ment, as voiced by its minister of foreign
affairs in the present case, is very unsatis
factory to such of those officials in Washing
ton as are willing to express themselves
vith respect to the matter. It is felt to be a
<■* ( f adding insult to injury, an additional
affront in an already aggravated case.
Secretary Tracy evidently regretted what
tad occurred and seemed to think it an af
hcnt to the nation. Neither Secretary
aringonthe Chilean situation for the
Press to-night.
rushing work on the warships.
Jan. 1 7 --A special
! Norfolk, V a., to the Sun says: “Over
ti, men are now employed iu
mru a l?.? ard ’ and K° ot l progress is being
j the work on the Texas, Raleigh
8 houble-turreted monitor Amphitrita.”
Mills Returns.
Mii,~ TO N. Jan- 17.—Representative
j? returned from Texas muoh im-
J.i, healtli and in good hope with re
’Pwttothe eonatorship.
POISON IN PORK.
Negro Takes a Fiendish Revenge on
the Family of Another.
crim rMBIA ' 8 ‘ C ‘> Jan - 1 7 --A fiendish
(o ; u6 Bas u °9arthed seven miles from here
and J one P erson wfta killed
The otbers were made seriously ill.
dav f- 6 ° nt> of P° is oning. Last Thurs-
EeUu s u°rp Halford and Champion Cor
jol°r6<i, had a quarrel. Friday
' ur /flarized the latter’s house
te hart „ arsenic into some salt pork that
i'ii6rmiir l^ een /T llarnp * on buy. Yesterday
Ufa: , aud his daughter ato some of the
thefatj,.. ri ett r as taken violently sick,
st 'dght in great agony,
ftetnfpt y ®till attached uo suspicion to
I ®art-‘Ck At five of them who
1 01 death U tbls morn i n K are at the point
I Si P^ESTON'S BREWERY BORNEO
I 088 and the Insurance
■ - $48,000.
■ ®'tto br EST ° X ' S ' C “ JQD - 17 -— The Pal
-10?hs lar gcet establishment
Htr-tvj in the south, was destroyed by
■ Uoon ' P ‘ ve minute* after the
Bfcit,, . " eQ tiro structure, which wp.s
l'* 0 * the city, was a mass of
■ ,Bii m 11-u .! r ’ Uls of the tall structure
,h n aQ thirty minutes. The
■ vt. r i, , f? v ' 9 a “t know... Tho plant
* 1 tI.OOO. It was owned by a
T?’ of whlrb J- H. Hoscher is
■ k 'i of •), , . insurance aggregates
C l about one-third is iu for.
M.Hutus' a,ld one-third in the Caro
■ da,,. ‘ ! { this city. The directors last
H/’tt •(.- a dividend of 10 per cent.
Upward of 100 bands
■ C^Jjfemployment.
of a Composer.
''•—Tho death is an
‘ellry Iy ° ui ' Egmont Dorn,
■-4 u co, npoßer. He was Porn in
-itjr JHufttittg fC*to£
BOOMERS AGAIN ON DECK.
A Lively Fight for the Democratic
Convention.
Washington, Jan. 17.—The Arlington
was buziing with oonvention citv boomers
to-night just as It was several weeks ago.
In the case of St. Paul the boomers are very
much the same people who got the repub
lican convention for Minneapolis. Other
wise the boomers are new, but their methods
and their talk are just the same. They
are all claiming everything In spite of the
fact that very few of the members of the
national committee are here and that those
few are not committing themselves in ad
vance. Chairman Brice and Senator Gor
man, the two most prominent members of
the committee here now, are especially
diplomatic in ail they say.
hill’s wishes.
There la good reason, however, for the be
lief that they want wbat Senator David B.
Hill wants, and that Hill wants the con ven-
Mon to go to Chioago if it cannot go to New
York, as it now appears that it cannot.
Chioago Is not only not making a formal bid
for the convention, but Chioago has men here
who are aidinz all the different other west
ern cities. This latter fact, however, will
give Chicago strength in the end.
WHV CHICAGO IS PREFERRED,
The preference of the sena
torial syndicate for Chicago is
based partly upon the fact that
it has more comfortable quarters than any
other western city and partly upon the sup
posed fact that if not practically neutral, it
is not a Cleveland town. as Milwaukee, St.
Paul and Kansas City are supposed to be.
Detroit, Indianapolis and Cincinnati are
not prominent in the calculations because
it seems to be thought that the democratic
convention must ba in the northwest to
neutralize the effect of the republican con
vention.
Pennsylvania’s representative.
As to the other important question to
oorne before jtho national committee—the
right of tho national|oommitteeman, who|the
Pennsylvania state committee will elect on
Wednesday, to represent Pennsylvania—the
national committeeman here decline to stato
in advance how they will act. Senators
Brice, Gorman and Hill are In favor of
standing by Senator Brice’s position, that
the vacancy was filled when State Chairman
Kerr was admitted by the executive com
mittee, but it remains to be seen whether
they can carry a majorioy of tbo committee
against admitting the choice of the Pennsyl
vania state committee.
A SOaRE AT COAL CREEK.
Firing Off Pistols by Miners Led to
Fears of an Attack.
Memphis. TENN.,Jan. 17.—A special to the
Appeal-Avalanche from Knoxville, says:
“At 11 o’clock to-night alarming reports
were received from Coal Creek. A man
just in from Koathley, on a late
train, savs that miners to the number
of 2,000 are assembling on the mountain
overlooking the soldiers’ camp with a view
of making an attack. At 11:80 o’clock the
telegraph operator in the camp telegraphed
that many miners were massing on the
mountain and that there had been some
firing by the pickets. The miners were do
ing a good deal of shooting, but up to that
time no one had lieeu hurt. The camp was
in much confusion, expecting an attack,
but the men were in good trim to hold tbo
fort at all cost.
NOTHING FURTHER HEARD.
"The operator then said he would Investi
gate and report, but at li:50 o’clock noth
ing further had been heard from
him. To-day was pay day at Coal
Creek and some persons have been
predicting trouble. A number of
miners from Blocton wont to Coal Creek
last night, and this morning one of them
who was drinking, slid they were going out
thereto “clean up” the militia. At this
hour (11:53) the wires seem to be up
and working. Something definite
is expected every moment. The fact that
the wires have not been cut is construed as
meaning no trouble and the firing by the
miuors is thought to be a demonstration to
harass the troops. Should the wires be cut
it may bo taken for granted that there is
trouble.”
NO ATTACK CONTEMPLATED.
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 17.—There was
no fighting at Coal Creek last night. It
was learned to-day that the alarm which
was created there last night grew out of the
fact that some miners on the mountain near
the camp did considerable shooting in the
air and thus alarmed tho operator in the
camp and ho sont out the statement that
the camp was about to be attaoked by the
miners,
MEXICO'S REVOLUTIONISTS.
The Malcontents Rallying Near Car
rlealillo In Force.
St. Louis, Jan. 17.—A speoial to the
Eepublic from Demlng, says: “Alarming
tidings from the border have reaohed here.
Capt. J. S. Hyland, United States mounted
inspector of customs, who arrived here, says
the malcontents are crossing the line in large
numbers and congregating in the vicinity of
Carriaalillo. All are armed and are evi
dently flocking to join Sais and his lieuten
ants, who have taken refuge in
the mountains thereabouts. The
revolutionists comprise the worst
classes and property on the lino is regarded
as in danger. The troops asked for yester
day have not arrived. There is but little
doubt here that a movement is on foot
against the Mexioan government. An out
break may not come for some time unless
those captured in the recent revolt in
Asoension are summarily punished. If the
government takes harsh measures with the
prisoners trouble will undoubtedly be
precipitated at once."
GATHERING NEAR LOS ANGELES.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 17. —A special from
Ran Antonio, Tex., says: “Capt. Hardie
wires from I’ona that Garza’s men are gath
ering in small squads north of Los Angeles,
Tex. He deems It best to allow them to get
well together before making a descent upon
them.”
AN OPERA HOUSE BUBNED,
Wausau, Wiß., the Scone of a $200,-
000 Blaze.
Wausau, Wts., Jan. 17.—Yesterday Are
broke out in the fire room of the opera
house block and in less than thirty minutes
the entire building was In flames. The entire
grand opera house block, containing the
Germania bank.Weinfleld Bros.’ book store,
Dickinson ct Keely's jewelry store A W.
Muiiu’s book store, and Peter Hunt 8 saloon
was soon in a blaze. Heavy losers are
Stewart <fc McCrosseu, owners of the opera
h ouß e *7 5 000; German-American Savings
Bank #25 000 and eleven stores. The tola
low is estimated at *200,000. and is but
slightly covered by insurance.
A Blazo at Kansas City.
k-*vas City. Jan. 17.— Fire to-night de
tags- situated at 1101. UW
Mam street, the very center of the retail
quarter.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY IS, 1892.
•TACK THE SLASH Ell RUN IN'
A POLICEMAN CATCHES HIM CUT
TING A MAN'3 THROAT.
He Confe=ses Hie Identity and the
Murder of Lawyer Carson—Later on
He Repudiates the Latter Admission.
He Proves to be an Englishman of
Good Family.
New York, Jsn. 17.—" Jack the Slasher,"
the mysterious Individual who since Dec.
29 has roamed about the lower section of
the city at night cutting the throats of
drunken men with his ready razor, has been
captured. The prisoner is Henry G. Dowd,
an Englishman born in Liverpool, and who
came to this country when a boy. Dowd
was arrested between 2 and 3 o’clock this
morning. He has been confronted by John
Clark of Elizabeth, N. J., wnose throat was
cut on Jan. 9 and positively identified
by him as his assailant. Dowd then con
feseed, admitting also {that he murdered
John Carson.the Baltimore lawyer who was
found on the street last Thursday with his
throat cut from ear to ear. Then he re
tracted this and doggedly refused to talk.
The prisoner is now in u cell at police head
quarters.
WATCH OF THE OFFICERS.
The attention of the police was called to
the operations of the slasher when John
Heflin had his throat cut on Dec. 29. Then
followed the cases of Louis Lawson, John
Clark of Elizabeth, N. J,, George williams
and Edward Christianson, a Swede. All of
these were under like circumstances. Then
came the Carson murder. Inspector Byrnes
was thoroughly aroused. Twenty of his
most experienced detectives and twenty
more regular policemen in citizens’ dress
have kept a sharp watch In the downtown
section of the city, where the slasher's
operations were oonnnod.
THE CUT-THROAT SPOTTED.
Policeman Masterson was standing In
plain clothing on the corner of New Cham
bers and Roosevelt streets shortly after 2
o’clock when he saw a strange man ap
proach him from the opposite side of the
street. The man bad a hankerchief tied
around his head, partially concealing his
features. He came close to the policeman,
peered Into his face, evidently to ascertain
whether he was intoxicated, and walked
away. The polieoman followed
unseen. The man walked up one street and
down another. When the man stopped the
policeman halted, lu a fow minutes tho
policeman saw a drunken man approaching.
The man he was watching saw the drunken
man at the same time, and walked toward
him. The pair exchange! a few words aud
moved off together, followed by the police
man.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
Near James stroot the polieoman saw the
stranger raise bis arm, grab the drunken
man by the neck and in a moment after saw
the drunken man sink to the sidewalk with
out a word. The stranger darted away
with the policeman in hot pursuit. The
latter was joined by other officers and the
fellow run down. He at first showed fight,
but a tap on the head with a ciub subdued
him. In the man’s hand was a razor cov
ered with blood.
DOWD OF A GOOD FAMILY.
The prisoner comes of a good family. His
mother’s sister married Samuel N. Hoyt, a
brother of the late Jesse Hoyt, a million
aire, whoso will was stubbornly oon tested
by his daughter, Mary Irene Hoyt. About
fifteen years ago Dowd was placed in the
Flatbush Asylum for the Insane, but ho es
caped. Perhaps the itrongest piece of evl
denco agaiust the slasher connecting him
with Carson’s murder is the razor. The
coroner testified that Carson was murdered
with a ragged-edged knife or
razor. Dowd’s razor was found to bo
“nicked” here and there along the edges.
But there Is still another remarkable piece
of evidence against Dowd. When his coat
and vest were removed blood stains were
found on his shirt. These stains were not
new and fresh and could not have been
blood from his victim this morning.
COLD IN THE NORTHWEST.
The Mercury Falla to 21 Degrees Be
low Zero at St. Paul.
Bt. Paul, Minn., Jan. 17.— The oold
weather reported last night as on tbo
way from the extreme northwest arrived
before the night was over, and
early this morning the mercury in
this city was down to 20* below once
more, with some reports of oolder weather.
The same reports came from all over the
northwest and thero was but slight change
in the figures as the day grew older. In
tho middle of the afternoon It
was still several degrees below zero,
and to-night at 7 o’clock in
this city It was 8° below at tho weather
bureau and oolder in other parts of the city.
The cold is growing more intense as the
night passes, and another night equal to or
worse than Thursday is probable. Minus
figures are reported from all parts of the
northwest to-night.
B. and P'e. New Vice President.
Washington, Jan. 17. —Gen. W. J.
Sewell, ex-United States senator, has been
appointed second vice president of the Bal
timore and Potomac railroad, and will have
his headquarters In Washington at the Bal
timore and Potomac station. Gen. Sowell
Is also vice president of the West Jersey
railroad.
Insurance Companies Retire,
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 17.—The Falls
City Insurance Company of Louisville, has
reinsured its $153,500,000 of risks in the
London and Lancashire and will go into
liquidation. The Union Insurance Com
pany of Louisville has reinsured in the
German-American of New York, and will
also go out of business.
ENGLAND’S DEAD CARDINAL.
Preachers of All Denominations Pay
Tributes to Hla Memory.
London, Jan. 17.— Canon Farrar and
preachers of all denominations paid touch
ing tributes to the late Cardinal Manning in
their sermons to-day. While the body of
the late cardinal lay in state to-day 100
policemen were required to keep in line the
people waiting to view the remains. Tho
line was at one time a mile long.
End of the Franoo-Bulgarian Row.
Paris, Jan. 17.— Advicos have been re
ceived from Constantinople to the effect that
the Bulgarian government has accepted,
with slight modifications, the note which
he porte proposes to a idress to France, ei and
ing the Franco-Bulgarian dispute.
A Gale in England.
London, Jan. 17.—The wind blew a gale
to-day in the north of England and in the
Irish "channel. The mails are greatly de
layed. Several fatalities are reported along
the cost.
No Royal Ladles to Attend.
London. Jan. 17.—N0 royal ladies will
attend the funeral of the Duke of Clarence.
The queen, by medical advioe, will not
leave Osborne house at present.
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Senators Rushing Public Building
Bills.
Washington, Jan. 17.—Although the
House has not been able to act upon any of
' the hundreds of bills that have been Intro
duced by its members, the Senate is now in
full tide of legislation. A dozen bills have
already passed that body and been sent over
to the House. Among them
are several bills making ap
propriations for publio buildings,
a class of measures which representatives
very much wish to father. The work is to be
kept up this week, aud as there are already
thirty-seven of these bills on the Senate cal
endar within easy reach, the members of the
House will probably suffer some loss of
prestige in tbe eyes of their constituents
through the activity of tbe Senate.
little more on hand.
There is little beyond these measures as
yet for the Senate to act upon. To-morrow
tho Weil and La Abra claims will be dis
cussed in connection with the pending bills
to the investigate allegatione of fraud in
their allowance.
Tbe bill reorganizing the system of print
ing and issuing of public documents inay
also be provocative of debate; Senator Kyle
will talk about marriage and divorce,
and the executive sessions during tho weok
will probably develop some party feeling,
ns it is expected that judicial nominations
and the Elmira postmastership will figure
in tbe proceedings.
In the House.
After tbe introduction of bills to-morrow,
the House of Representatives will take up
the measure reported by Mr. Richardson of
Tennessee, from the joint committee on
printing, entitled, “a bill providing for the
public printing and binding, and tbo distri
bultion of publio documents.” It is
expected that at least half of the
sessions of the House during the week
will be consumed in consideration of this
measure. Tho bill makes general revision
of the present system of tho printing and
distributing of public documents, aud as
there are fifty-nine pages of it, and ns it
eontalus many things of public iuterest to
the congressmen themselves, It is improba
ble that It can be brought to a vote speedily.
the rules.
On Saturday Messrs. McMlllfn and
Hatchings, democratic members of the
House rules oommtttoe, hold their first con
ference with the speaker on the subject of n
permanent code of rules for the House of
Representative during the Fifty-second
congress. They hope to bo able to report
the rules to the House early in the week iu
order that they may bo taken up be
fore its close, but past experience of
the time necessary to accomplish
congressional work of such a delicate
nature as the framing of a set of rules
would iudicate that unexpected delays may
defer the report longer than is anticipated.
Besides, the illness of the! speaker militates
against rapid work. The rules of the
Fiftieth congress have been referred to tho
committee and will, with some m idlflca
tlons, constitute the rules of this congress.
The Senate resolution making an ap
propriation to defray the cost of the trans
portation of American food contributions
to the famine sufferers in Russia is still
pending In the House, and is in a position
to be called up on a motion to reconsider the
vote bv which the House emasculated the
resolution by striking out the appropriation,
ENGLAND’S SORROW.
None of the Royal Ladles to Attend the
Dead Duke’s Funeral.
London, Jan. 17.—Yesterday the coffin
containing tbe remains of Prinoe Albert
Viotor were removed from Sandringham
house to the parish church, which was
draped with orapeand adorned with flowers.
.The Prince of Wales and bis family at
tended services there to-day.
Special funeral services will be had
throughout the country, atid many not
ables will attend those to be held at West
minister abbey and tho Chapel Royal in
London.
All the sermons heard in London to-day
contained references to the affliction which
has befallen the royal family.
MOROCOO’S CRISIS.
A French Paper Characterizes It as an
International Quarrel.
Paris, Jao. 17.—The Journal Des
Debats referring to the trouble in Morocco,
says: "The crisis in Morocco is an inter
national quarrel in whloh France must not
Interfere. The French government must
not treat Morocco as Great Britain dealt
with Portugal or Afrioa. As toon as
Taugior Is safe and transuil
the European warships will have
to restray. Tho English pre*s in
affecting to confouud Touat with Morocco,
takes the ground that France cannot as3ont
to consider the question. According to the
latest news from Tangier, the situation
there is improving. The sultan agrees to
withdraw the governor, who is unpopular
with the malcontent tribes.”
OUR TREATY WITH FRANCE,
A Satisfactory Agreement Looked
for Within Ten Days.
Paris, Jan. 17.—Unavoidable delay has
arisen in the conclusion of a treaty of corn*
merce between France and the United
States. It is now expected that a satisfac
tory settlement will be reached within ten
days. It is believed that when Foreign
Minister Ribot lays the matter before the
Chamber of Deputies the ultra-protection
ist* will attack the government with vehe
mence. The agreement, although hardly
favorable to France, will retain a secure
majority.
Diphtheria In Siberia.
BkloradS , Jan. 17.—Sorvla is ravaged
by diphtheria. Two children of one of the
ministers died in one night. All the schools
of this city closed in consequence of tho epi
demic.
PLAN TO INSURE BAGGAGE.
A New Scheme Whereby Travelers
Can be Protected From Loss.
St. Paul, Minn., Jao. 17.—A now sys
tem of insurance Is aoout to be placed in
effect upon important railway llnee. It is a
baggage indemnity scheme, tho modus
operandl of whloh is almost identical with
that of accident insurance on the coupon
plan. The passenger who checks his trunk
to any point, and desires to tie insured
against loss, will be provided by the bag
gagemaster with a tickot form,
with attached coupons to the num
ber of ten, each good for one day. The
form Is then tilled In with tbe insured’s
name and address, the Insured’s starting
point and destination of trunk, the name
of each line over which it is to travel, and
the number of the baggage check. Should
tbe trunk be lost the indemnity ootnpanv
pays SIOO, allowing the patron tho privilege,
should the prooerty be recovered, of redeem
ing the same within a certain time limit.
Tbe premium is 10 cents a day and tbe
tickets are made to oover ten days.
CLEVELAND IX THE SOUTH
HE IS HN ROUTE FUR A HUNT ON
JOB JEFFERSON’S PLANTATION.
Only a Couple of Newspaper Men In
Waiting to See Him at Atlanta-He
Declines to Talk of Politics, but
Softens on Mention of Little Ruth.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 17. Ex-Presi
dent Grover Cleveland passed through
Atlanta this evening. Mr. Cleve
land is on his way to New Or
leans, accompanied by another gentle
man, Mr. Welling. No one knew he
was expected outside of one or two news
paper men aud two or three railroad offi
cials, consequently he was inet at the depot
by only John Gee, the correspondent of the
Savannah Morning News and Macon Tel
egraph, aud one or two others. Mr. Cleve
land arrived on the Riobmond and Danville
vestibule train at 7:50 o’clock, over three
hours late, and left on the Atlauta and West
Point road at 8:24 o’clock.
GOING FOR A HUNT.
The ex-President and Mr. Welling are on
their way to New Orleans and are accom
panied by dogs, guns and fishing tackle to
pass a few days in hunting and fishing.
Just where their real point is Mr. Cleveland
would not say, but It is presumed that he
intends to visit Joo Jefferson’s plantation in
Louisiana. His journey has been a quiet
one. Few people kuew that he was on his
wav south. At Charlotte, however, quite
a crowd gathered at the depot to welcome
him. He was called on for a speech but
pleasantly declined, only showiug himself
at tho window ot his state room.
how iie looks.
When tho train arrived at Atlanta Mr.
Cleveland was at dinner. He had been up
late the night before, working hard upon
some pupers, presumably a speech, and re
mained in his state room all day. Ia ap
pearanoe.be Is looking well, just a few years
older than on his first appeurauce In the
south at the Piedmont exposition in 1887.
Ho was cheerful and oven tempered, his
night’s loss of rest not seeming to toll on
him in the slightest. As he sat at the table,
with a japomca in his button-hole, bo oon
vorsed plcasontly.
POLITICS TABOOED.
"Mr. Cleveland, what about poli ”
‘Gentlemen, this Is a pleasure tour,”
interrupted the ex-President, “and polltios
ha vo bo m tabooed. I am not ready nor
willing to have anythiug to say about
national questions on this trip. I propose
to enjoy myself, and to do that I have re
solved to put ail state questions under the
ban of pleasure."
With that the gentlemen who met him
at the depot had to be content,
A MEMORY OF LITTLE RUTH.
In answer to an Inquiry, Mr. Cleveland
replied that his family were well.
"How’s Little Ruth?” was asked.
Mr. Cleveland atoncebecameeuthusioalio
in his talk of bis baby girl and it was really
the only subject on which he conversed with
any sort of freedom, seeming to dread that
each question would lead up to politics.
"Ruth Is the best, dearest and sweetest
child in tho world,” be said with a tender,
paternal smile illuminating his countenance.
"She don’t cry at night,” laughingly said
the ex-President.
Just then the engino bell rang and the
conductor called out " All aboard,” aud the
ex-President’s visitors took tlieir leave.
BELIEVEB GRAVES WILL HANG.
John H. Conrad, Active In tho Prosecu
tion, Declares the Sentence Jußt.
Chicago, Jan. 17.—John H. Conrad of
Helena, Mont., son-in-law of the Mrs.
Barnabv for whose murder Dr. Graves has
been sentenced to be hanged, was at the
Grand Pacifio yesterday.
“I do not believe a new trial can be
secured,” he said. "I can see no possible
ground for a reversal of the sentence by the
supreme court. That sentence wus just. I
can i ay nothing as to tho alleged confession
of Dr. Graves, but from Ballou’s own testi
mony it was shown that he was interested
in her death to tho extent of being in the
conspiracy to rob Mrs. Burnaby, and that
of the money tuken from her his share was
SIO,OOO. I have devoted all my time and
energy to secure the conviction of Graves,
and I shall use the same time and energy iu
hunting down and punishing every person
implicated in the crime.’’
STRANGE EFFECT OF THE GRIP.
A Five Points(~>.) Man’s Hair Suddenly
Turns White.
Mount Sterling, 0., Jan. 17.—A very
curious case is puzzling the people of Five
Points, a small village five miles from this
plane. For two weeks John Burton has
been suffering from tho grip. A few days
ago, however, he felt so much better that
he considered himself well enough to go out
and feed his stoak. He had finished his
work In the barn and was returning to his
house, when he was seized with a severe
pain in tbe head. He staggered Into the
house, and opiates were administered to
ease the pain. In about three hours the pa
tient’s hair was seen to turn white, and in a
short time was as white as snow from a
Soint about an Inch above tbe ear down.
Ir. Burton is rapidly recovering, and feels
no ill effects from his strange experience.
SUBTERRANEAN FIRES.
They Are Near the Surface and Make
the Earth White Hot.
Warrensburo, Mo., Jan. 17.—A party
composed of J. H. Miller, William Miller
and W. B. Hood, while out hunting discov
ered, ton miles southeast of here, what they
claim to be natural gas. Smoke was seen aris
ing from the ground on the top of a bill. Tho
earth around tho top was cracked open, and
after digging down about three foot they
found tho earth to be heated to a white
heat. About half a mile south of this was
found another such place, and as there is
nothing that indicates the presence of any
substance that would burn, they think it is
gas. The odor given off smells like gas, and
as the heat grows greater and tho area
larger, the neighbors have fears as to what
the result will be.
A Lumber Company’s Officers.
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 17.—At a meeting
of the stockholders of the Altamaha
Cypress Lumber Company, held Thursday
at the company’s offloe In Brunswick, Ga.,
the following direct irs were eleoted: Will
iam Neely and J. Gibb Smith of Now
Haven, Conn., E. E. Chandler, Chicago,
III.: A. C. Conn, Decatur, Ga.; W. A.
Smith, Brunswick, Ga. At a subsequent
mooting of tho board of directors, officers
were elected as follows: President, Will
iam Neely; vice president, J. Gibb Smith;
secretary and treasurer, W. A. Smith;
general manager, A. C. Conn. W. A.
Smith & Cos. of Brunswick, Ga., and New
H iven Gpun., have been appointed selling
agents for tho company. The new man
agement will start the mill Immediately,
expecting to run the mill at its full ca
pacity.
ST. VINCENT’S BONES.
Bow Father Duffner Secured Them In
Switzerland.
Pittsburg, Jan. 17. —-The box containing
the bones of KL Vincent, which is in the
possession of Father Duffnerof SL Peter's
church, Southstile, will not be opened until
some time after Easter. The bones are now
sealed In a common wooden box, where they
have been for 200 years. It is Intended to
have them cleaned and placed in a better
box, end then, perhaps, they will he put In
the altar of the church where the people
can see them. The old box had not been
opened for many years until Bishop Phelan
broke the seals recently. No one but a
bishop can open such a box, according to
the rules of the Catholic church.
Father Dulfnev gives the following ac
count of how he got the relics: "When I
was in Germany last fall I heard of the
bones and secured permission from the
bishop of tho diocese to see them, on the
coudltlou that they would be transferred to
a better box and preserved. They were
then w ith a small congregation In Mettau.
Hwitzerlaud. Their numbers were small
and getting smeller, and It was feared they
could not lake care of so precious a charge.
They were too poor to have them
put in anew box, so 1 got them. The
bones had originally been in a monnstery.
Then they were taken to Mettau, and re
mained there 2UO years. I went to Switzer
land, got tho box and brought It here. After
awhile, probably after Easter, the b>nes
will lie deoorated slightly and put In Iholr
now box. Then It will be takou to the altar
and the people can see them; but no fuss
will be made or allowed. I will not ovou
publish the fact to my congregation."
A HAIRPIN IN HER FLESH.
Steubenville to the Front With a Moe
Remarkable Surgical Case.
Steubenville, 0., Jan. 17.— Mrs. John
Palmer, near this city, was the subject of a
surgical operation with very remarkable
results. Dr. Womb, botig called to treat
au abdominal pain, found a hard substance,
which he attributed to weariug supporters,
but this tbe woman denied. Another
surgeon was called lu, who recollocted that
some six years before ho performed on
operation on tho some woman. She was
then troubled with abscess in whloh, in
lancing, the Janoe struck a hard foreign
substance, which was removed and proved
to be half of a common steel hairpin.
In yesterday's operation the other half of
the hairpin was found and removed. Here
oomes the very remarkable part of the
story. About thirteen years ago she gave
birth to triplets. She became suddenly in
sane. One day, with suicidal intent, she
drove a hairpin in her breast just over her
heart. Her attendants saw the act, but
did not know it had been buried lu the
tlesh. All these dozen years the hairpin
worked itself downward, until It has been
removed. It never gave her trouble except
In case of abscess.
NEW ORLEANS’ OLDEST WOMAN
Celebrates Her Centennial and Has
Tales Told of Her Great Memory.
New Orleans, Jan. 17.—Mrs Lydia
Rezau, the oldest woman In Now Orleans,
celebrated her 100th birthday Wednesday,
and received her many visitor* surrouuded
by her grown grandchildren and great
grandchildren. The old lady etlll enjoy*
good health, and seems destined to live
many years longer. She Is a native of New
York, Fier father, Joseph Oaken, being the
first branch pilot in New York, and rowed
Washington from Jersey City upon the oo
cation of the great patriot's inauguration.
Her husband was a Huguenot who escaped
from France and settled on Staton Island.
He carried on a hardware and coppersmith
ing business, made the boiler for Fulton’s
first Hudson river Bteamboat, and forged
the first bell for Tammany Hall.
Mrs. Rezau saw every Preside* t until
Andrew Jackson’s term, and has vivid
recollections of Burr and Hamilton. After
her husband’s death, lu 1847, she moved to
New Orleans, where she brought up a large
family. She has docendants iu all parts of
the union, many of whom came to Now
Orleans to do hunor to the old lady on her
centennial.
POINTERS FROM PKMBROKB.
A Gay Feaeon Among the Young
Folks—A Marriage.
Pembroke, Ga. , Jan. 17.—Since Jan. I
there has scarcely been an evening without
a merry meeting of the young folks at the
house of some of tho neighbors.
During the past weok there were gather
ings at W. C. Jackson’s, Dr. H. P. Wood
ward’s aud Miss Janie McLean's.
Tbe marriage of W. L. Brown to Miss
America Parish on lust Thursday night was
unite an event here. Promptly at 7 o’clock at
tho home of tbe bride’s father, J. W. Parish,
tho bride and groom, followed by J. M.
Shuman with Mbs Janie Parish and W. W.
Larson with Miss Lula Brown, entered the
front parlor, which had been beautifully
trimmed for the occasion, and were mar
ried. Thero were about seventy-five guests
present. An elaborate collation was served
immediately after the ceremony. The happy
couple went to Ellabell, where they took
the train for Savannah.
Mr. Brown is a son of Hon. J. B.
Brown of Bryan couDty, and he and his
bride are among the most popular of the
young folks of the county.
PAPERS FOUND IN A JUNK SHOP
Complete the Chain of Evidence
Against a Bogus Insurance Order.
Wheeling, Jan. 17. —The short-term In
surance order, which was brought to grief
In this olty last July, the Fraternity of
Financial Co-operation, will figure in the
present term of the United States court at
Parkersburg. This oonoern hail agencies
in all purts of tho union, and did an im
mense business among tbo poorer classes,
owing to tbe alluring chances for sudden
wealth that wore held out.
The postofflee authorities secured evi
dence of the fraudulent nature of the enter
prise, learning which the officers of the
Fraternity suddenly shut up shop and fled.
They left beblud a mass of incriminating
papers which they had sold with a lot of
old junk to a second-hand dealer. These
fell into tbe hands of the government au
thorities, and will bo used In the forthcom
ing trial at Parkersburg.
A Plot Against the Sultan.
Paris, Jan. 17.— According to the
Eclaire a plot against the Sultan of Turkey
has been discovered in Stamboul and 8(10
persons arrested.
Britain's Ambassador to Spain.
London, Jan. 17. —Sir Henry Drummond
Wolff has been appointed British ambass
ador at Madrid.
Lord Beresford at Borne.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 17.—“ Lord” Beres
ford and wife, who came from Romo, are In
the city. He slated that he had been ordered
here by his doctor on aocount of his health.
He sad also that bis present plans con
templated a visit to Savannah some time
next week.
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TADIAUK ON THE ECHOES
EZEKIEL SPOKE CF THEM AS THU
BOUNDING OF THE MOUNTAINS.
Represented as a Nymph In Greek
Mythology—The Teaching and Ex
ample of Parents Echoed In the
Character of Their Children—The
Judgment Day to be an Echo of All
Our Other Days.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 17.—Dr. Talmage
gave anew Illustration in his sennoa this
morning of bis mastery of the art of draw
ing spiritual lessons from common natural
phenomena. HU subject was “Echoes,**
and his text: Ezekiel vil., 7, “The sounding
again ot the mountains.”
At last I have fouDd it. The Bible has in
it a recognition of all phases of the naturaft
world from the aurora of tbe midnights
heavens to tho phosphorescence of the
troubled sen. But the well known sound
that we call the echo, I found not until m
few days ago I discovered it in my texts
"The sounding again of the moun
tains.” That is the E:ho. Ezekiel of tha
text had hoard it again and again. Boro
among mountains aud In this journey tr
distant exile he bad passed among moun
tains, and it was natural that all through
his writings there should loom up the moune
tains. Among them he had heard the sound
of cataracts and of tempests in wrestle with
oak and cedar, and the voices of the wiki
beasts, but a man of so poetic a nature as
Ezekiel could not allow anothor sound, vis.
tho Echo, to bo disregarded, and so he give*
us lu our text "the sounding again of tha
mountains."
Greek mythology represented tho Soho os
a nymph, the daughter of Earth and Air '
following Narcissus through forests anij
into grottoes aud every whither, and so
strange and weird and startling Is the Echo*
I do not wonder that the superstitious havaf
lifted It into tho supernatural. You and li
in boyhood or girlhood experimented wit!*
this reeponslveuees of sound. Standing half
way between tho house and barn, wai
shouted many a timo to hear the reverbera
tions, or out among the mountains back ofl
our home, on some long tramp, we stopper!
aud made exclamation with full lungs justtl
to hear wbat Ezekiel calls ‘-the sounding
again of tho mountains." Tho Echo baa
frightened many a child and many a man.
It is no tame thing after you have spokeui
to hear tho samo words repeated by tbe In
visible. All the silences are filled with!
voices ready to arsuver. Yet It would non
be so startling if tiiey said something else,
but why do those lips of the air say jusd
what you say? Do they mean to mock on
mean to please? Who are you and where
nre you, thou wondrous Kobo? Sometime*
Its response is a rolturntion. The shot of is
gun, the clapping of tho hands, the beating
of a drum, the voice of a violin are some
times repeated many times by tho Echo.
Near Coblentz—that which is said ha
seventeen Echoes. In 170(1, a writer say a
that near Milau, Italy, there were seventy
such reflections of sound to one snap of a
pistol. Play a bugle near a lake of
Klllarney and the tune is played back
to you as distinctly as when you
played it. There Is a well two hun
dred and ten feet deep at Caris
brooke castle in tho Isle of Wright. Droa
a pin lu that well and tbe sound of Its fall!
oomes to the top of the well distinctly. A!
blast of an Alpine horn comes back front
tbe rocks of Jungfrau In surge after surge
bf reflected sound, until it seems us if every
peak had lifted and blown an Alpine horn.
But have you noticed—and this is the reason
for the present discourse —that the Echo
in the nrftural world has its analogy in the
moral and religious world? Have you
noticed the tremendous fact that what we
say and do comes back in recoiled gladnesa
or disaster? About this resonance I preach
this sermon.
First: Parental teaching and example
have their Echo in the character of de
scendants. Exceptions? O. yes. So in the
natural world there may tie" no Echo, or a
distorted Echo, by reason of peculiar prox
imity , but tho general rule is that tho char*
acter of the ohildren Is tbe Echo of the char
acter of parents. The general rule Is thali
good parents havo good children and ba<B
parents have bad children. If the old mars
is a crank, his son is ant to boa crank, ami
the grandchild a crank. The tendency Is so
mighty lu that direction that itwillgro
worse and worse unless some hero if
heroine la that lino shall rise and says
"Here! By the hoip of God, I will stand
this no longer. Against tins hereditary
tendenoy to queerness I protest.” And ha
or she will set up an altar and a magnificent!
life that will reverse things and thero will
be no more orauks among that kindred. Iu
another family Hie father and mother ara
consecrated people. What they do Is right!
what they teaoh Is right. The boys may
for some time be wild and the daughter*
worldly, but watch! Years pass on. per*
haps ten years, twenty years, and you go
back to the church where the father and
mother used to bo consistent members.
You havo heard nothing about the, family
for twenty years, and at the door of tha
church you see the sexton and vou as*
blm: "Whore la old Mr. Wobster?” “O!
he has beer-, dead many years.” “Where is
Mrs. Webster?” “Olshe died fifteen
years ago.” “I suppose their sou Joa
went to tbo dogs?” “OI no,” says the sex
ton. “Hels up there in the elders’ seat. Ha
is one of our best and most important mem
ber*. You ought to hear him pray and
sing. He is not Joe any longer; he is Elder
Webster." ** Well, where is the daughter,
Mary? I suppose she is the same thought
loss butterfly she used to be?" “Ol no,’*
says the sexton, “she is the president of oils
missionary society and the directress In tlia
orphan asylum and when she goes down tha
street ail the ragamuffins take hold of
her dress and cry: ’Auntie when are you
going to bring us some more books and
shoes and things T And whan In times
of revival there is some hard oasa
back in a oburch pew that no one olsa
can touch, she gooa whero he is, and in one
minute she has him a-crying, and the firstt
thing we know she is fetching the hardened
man up to the front to be prayed for, and
says, ‘Hero is a brother who wants to And
the way Into the kingdom of God.’ And if
nobody seems ready to pray, she kneels
down in the aisle beside him and says, ‘O,
Lord!’ with a pathos and a power and a
triumph that seem instantly to emanoipata
the hardened sinner. O, no, you must not
osll her a thoughtless butterfly in our pres
ence. You see we would not stand it.” Tha
fact is that the son and daughter of that)
family did not promise muoh at the start,
but they are now an Echo, a glorious Echo,
a prolonged Echo, of parental teaching and
example,
A Vermont mother, as her boy was about
to start for a life on the sea, said: “Edward,
I have never seen the oceau, but I under
stand the great temptation is strong drink.
Promise me you will never touch it.” Many
years after that, telling of this in a meeting,
Edward said: “I gave that promiso to
mother, and have been around the world
and at Calcutta, the ports of the Mediter
ranean, Ran Francisco, Cape of Good Hope,
and North and South Poles, and never saw
a glass of liquor in nil those years that my
mother’s form did not appear before me,
and Ido not know how liquor tastes. X
never have tasted it and ail because of
the promise 1 made to my mother.” This
was the result of that conversation at the
gate of the Vermont farm house. Thestat-
