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T'TE morning NEWS. I
JrT*fu.isHEDlH.TO. Incorporated 1888 y
j J. H. ESTILL, President. |
FEVER TALLIES FORTY ONE.
Xhirtecn of tlie New Victims Whites
and Twenty-eight Negroes.
The Manager of the Commissary-
Stricken at His Post —The Whole
City to be Disinfected After Cold
Weather Sets In as a Precaution
Against a Recurrence of the Epi
demic Next Summer—The Morning
News Correspondent Down For
Three Hours.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 13. —The official
report to-day is as follows:
Deaths —Matilda Greenwood, white,
E. T. Pitman, colored.
New cases—White: C. Perkins, Will
iam C. Wood, Charlie Winkler, Eveline
Gale. Lucy Niles, Rev. H. V. Skipper,
Wm. Winchester, Harris Lavigue,
Thomas Danero, Philibert Perrin, Joseph
Perrin, I.ouis Dingnon, Miss Georgie
Doorflinger.
Colored —Betsy Neal, Roxie Davis,
Brownie Jackson, Sadie Moulding, Dora
Moulding. Minnie Parker, Ed Davis,
Eliza Davis, Jeanie Knox, Will Knox, Al
fred Ashley, Virginia Mitchell, Martha
Pinkney, Rosa Clark, Sam Hinton, Lu
cretia Paris, William Nelson, Lucy
Clark, Elsey Deloach, Jim Deloach, Sofy
Cosue, Alston Cosue, Matilda Miller,
Amanda Gignat, Nora Mason, William
Rainey, Nora Brooks and Moses Grant.
Discharged—J. Neal, Francis Hopkins,
Rebecca Thorpe, Rosa Way wood, Edward
Howley, John Young, Mingo Hawkins, L.
B. Itennesat, Lizzie Robinson, Eisey
Campbell, Mary Reddish, Jane Jones,
John Niles, Gracie Gordon, Charles Arm
stead, Maria Bowles and Louis Troben.
Recapitulation—Cases under treatment
238: discharged 140; died 21; total 899;
ratio of mortality 5.2 per cent.
THE COMMISSARY MANAGER STHIKEN.
Commissary Manager Joseph W. Smith
was stricken this afternoon while hand
ing out supplies to the people. Ho con
tinued his work until his temperature
reached 101, and his friends and the phy
sicians forced him home. He is now rest
ing easily and bids fair to be out again in
a few days. No one has worked harder
for the suffering poor than this noble
hearted man, and his illness is generally
regretted. A few minutes after Mr.
Smith was stricken the Morning News
correspondent’s office boy. Arthur Miles,
succumbed to the disease and is now dan
gerously ill.
T. E. Waff, agent for Ellis, Young & Cos.,
of Savannah, is dangerously ill but hopes
are entertained that he will be pulled
through. Dr. William T. Jenkins, New
York’s health officer, has mail here and it
was thought he was on the way, but to
night he wired Col. Goodyear to forward
it, as rumors of cholera detained him.
NEW CASES ON ST. BIMON’S.
On St. Simon's Island, at the south end,
near the Hilton & Dodge lumber mills,
two cases of fever are under treatment
and Surgeon Murray, who has just re
turned from there, pronounces a death
there last Tuesday as from yellow fever.
Acting under Surgeon Murray's sugges
tion, Rev. A. G. P. Dodge has suspended
all church services and gatherings of dif
ferent kinds on the island. Both the
north and south end are now infected.
LOOKING OUT EOR NEXT SUMMER.
Surgeon General Wyman has been in
formed that after frost and the cessation
of the epidemic in Brunswick it will De
necessary to take steps to render the city
safe for next summer by disinfection of
the houses and other sanitary measures.
In accordance with this information,
Surgeon Murray has been requested to
keep a record for future use of the houses
and localities where fever has prevailed.
This Surgeon Murray has been doing and
every precaution will be taken this win
ter to make Brunswick safe for the fu
ture.
Dr. John C. Legare of New' Orleans, an
expert, arrived to-day to assist the physi
cians m their work, and has a list of pa
tients to-nigiit that he is attending.
Surgeon Faget thinks the cool weather
favorable for an early frost and the stop
page of the epidemic.
The relief train from New York has not
.vet arrived, but is daily expected. Sup
plies from near-by towns and cities have
come and the commissary is feeding many
it could not feed yesterday.
HELPING HAND OF THE NEWS.
Brunswickians have not failed to re
alize the good work the Morning News
has done for their stricken people by ap
pealing for their aid during this epidemic.
Both in its editorial and local columns
the Morning News has repeatedly and
almost continually described the exact
situation here in graphic and
ttues: statement. The appeals,
resulting in repeated additions
hfing made to the relief fund, and through
that body tivthe coj nissar.y and helpless
poor, have filled many mouths with food.
It is impossible for Brunswickians singly
to express their gratitude,but through the
"ihor as representative of the News is
extended the heartfelt thanks of a
stricken multitude, both white and
colored.
r W. Deming, the correspondent of
'he Morning News, had a slight attack
of tli. revet 1 yesterday afternoon, but af
ter lining in bed three hours and taking
Medicine resumed work. —Tel. Ed.]
no change at jesup.
Jesup, G®", Oct. 13.—N0 new cases of
‘ever were re|K>rted to-day.
Gr.e patient was discharged, Miss Mar
tha Gray.
The situation is unchanged.
Mlu edgeville does magnificently.
Milledgevilie, Ga., Oct. 13.— Miliedge-
T 1"" s contribution in money and provis
'iis for Brunswick to-day amounts to
than SSOO. By to-morrow
■“■•lit the figures will be swelled to 3700.
solid car of provisions will be shipped
- ‘°aday and a carload of sweet pota
“s, w ill follow later in the
eiK With $225 previously sent,
%t ‘p collection. with tne potatoes,
li - run MilledgeviUe's subscription to
the most magnificent contribution
’ 1 'aised in Georgia in a town of 4.000
" Business to-day has been almost
M"Tided in the common impulse to help
Brunswick.
dakien sends provisions.
. -.'"ns. Ga., Oct. 18. —The citizens of
.U,. li made up a box of provisions and
* • >■ nt them to the yellow fever sut
‘uvrs of Brunswick.
Iron Works Burned.
j- Oct. 18. —The Lambert
It 10,1 Works were destroyed by fire
M ■ i"i niup about a o'clock. The works
~ zw ueu by Clark A Cuuuingham and
, ‘ c ied at about SIO,OOO They wer
to i ■. i lu *'d'anc. The lire ia though.
‘ n ® Bt eu of incendiary origlu.
VIGILANT AGAIN TEE WINNER.
The America’s Cup to Stay on This
Side For Another Year at Least.
New York, Oct. 13. —For the third
time the Vigilant has passed the Valky
rie, and the America’s cup will stay in
this country foranother year.
With plenty of wind, with a splendid
sea, and in almost ideal weather for
yachting, the beautifuLwhite boat passed
the line, and amid the blowing of whistles
and the cheering of men, while women
waved their handkerchiefs, the flagship
‘•May” hoisted the colors of the Vigilant.
The Vigilant was first on the ground
and soon the Valkyrie came down in tow
of her tug. After some preliminary
maneuvering, the gun from the flagship
declared that the last race had begun for
the cup. The wind at, the start was
squally and it was feared the yachts
would not have all they wanted. For
tunately, however, this proved a mis
take of the prophet, for after a
short time it blew steadily once more.
the start.
The racers made a short run on the
starboard tack, but changing soon took a
long run to port. Apparently their posi
tions did not change. The Valkyrie kept
her lead, and if anything, increased it.
At 1:02 the Valkyrie came about and
made a short board to the starboard, the
Vigilant following her closely'. Then
again to port both boats turned.
The friends of the Vigilant declared
that she hugged a little closer to the
wind than her rival. The Valkyrie
turned the stake with its red Hag at 2:31
and the Vigilant followed at 2:35. As
she swept by the waiting steamers, the
Valkyrie, at 2:36 set her silk spinnaker,
which glistened like a sheet of silver in
the wind. In two minutes the sheets
were home, and the great sail was pull
ing and tugging like a live thing. The
effect was immediately apparent, the
Valkyrie drew away from her rival as
though the latter was tied down,
but the sheets of the Vigilant went
home and she too leaped forward.
THE VIGILANT FOBGES AHEAD.
Then the Valkyrie douced her jib and
forestay sail and set a balloonstay
sail. The Vigilant hauled her balloon
jib slowly up to the top
mast head and set it. She
seemed to fairly jump in the water. From
that time it was a foregone conclusion
that the Valkyrie would be beaten again.
As the white boat drew up behind,
she blanketed her rival and the
silk spinnaker fell in graceful
folds for a time. It was not long, how
ever, before the Vigilant had made a cast
to the south sufficient to enable her to
pass, and the Valkyrie's sails filled once
more. The estimated three-fourths
of a mile between the boats
fell rapidly and at 3:20 o’clock
the end of the bowsprit of the Vigilant
was in line with the Valkyrie’s stern. At
3:30 it had reached hor bowsprit head,
and at 3:33 a line of open water appeared
between the two. This time the Vigilant
was in the lead, and now the whistles
screamed and the people applauded.
THE VALKYRIE’S SPINNAKER SPLIT.
Suddenly at 3:34 the men on the Valky
rie were seen running to and fro and then
a glance showed that the spinmaker had
been split in two, and was flapping in the
wind. In a few seconds anew one was in
place and being hauled up and sheeted
home. The work of the crew was so
quick that at 8:85%, the new sail was in
place and drawing to the full.
Short as the delay, it is to be feared it
lost the Valkyrie the race, for the two
boats were very close. Meantime.’the
Vigilant was driving ahead, everything
pulling and the distance between herself
and her rival gradually •widen
ing. She was a picture as she
tore along undep her mainsal, gaff, top
sail, spinnaker and balloon jib, every
thread drawing, and the. yacht waving
her tall masts slightly from side to side.
THE FINISH.
A flash from the flagship “May,” as the
Vigilant passed the line between herself
and the lightship, was echoed and pro
longed by all the whistles in the fleet.
The cheering filled the air, even the wind,
strong as it was, could not blow this
away. It was a magnificent race, the
finest seen in years.
It is impossible to say with this record
which is the better boat in such a wind
as that of to-day. Forty seconds on a
boat to windward of 15 miles and return,
is so close that the splitting of the
Valkyrie’s spinnaker might easily ac
count for it.
The following is the official record of
the race as supplied by the
flagship May: Corrected time. Val
kyrie 3:25:19; Vigilant 8:24:39. Elapsed
time: Valkyrie3:26:s2, Vigilant 3:24:39.
Time passed finish line: Valkyrie3:s3:s2.
Vigilant 3:51:39, the Vigilant winning by
forty seconds.
FIRE AT DOUGLAS.
B. Peterson’s Barns Burned With a
Loss of $1,500 and No Insnranca.
Douglas, Ga., Oct. 13.—At 10:30 o’clock
Wednesday night the watchman at B.
Peterson’s store rang the fire alarm. B.
Peterson’s barns and stalls were soon en
veloped in flames.
The origin of the fire was undoubtedly
accidental. The barns burned woro new
and most convenien ly arranged
It was only by superhuman work that
Mr Peterson's dwelling and hotel and
store, and Vickers & Son’s store, which
all stood in close proximity, were sat ed.
B Peterson's loss at a rough estimate
is about *1.500, with no insurance.
Miss E. X. Douglas loss in damage to
her millinery stock by removal will
probably reach s>o.
It seems that, the Peterson family are
doomed to suffer by fire, as it is only a
few weeks since his mother lust her ole*
irant new barn and contents by the incen*
diary’s torch.
A Reward for Walker’* Fiende.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. Northen
to-dv offered a reward of S2OO for the ar
rest of the parties who put dynamite in
lie for*** of John Kyan blacksmith shop
n Walker county, w hich resulted in Kreat
it ury to iiyau and the death of hi* son.
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1893.
DEATH ON AN EXCURSION.
A Train Crashes into the Rear of
Another at Jackson, Mich.
Fourteen Passengers Killed,Five Prob
ably Fatally Injured and Fourteen
Others More or Less Seriously Hurt.
Two of the Dead Unidentified But
Supposed to Have Been Husband
and Wife.
Jackson, Mich., Oct. 13.—The second
greatest accident in the history of the
Michigan Central railroad occurred here
this morning, within 100 yards of the
place where fourteen years ago to a day
the Pacific express crashed into a freight
engine, eighteen people being killed.
To-day’s disaster has for a record 14
tfead, 5 probably fatally injured and 14
others more or less seriously hurt.
This morning at 8 o’clock an excursion
train originating at Oswego, N. Y., which
had been turned over by the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western to the Michi
gan Central at Buffalo, was standing on
the track at Jackson station, when a sec
ond special laden with excursionists,
also from the east, crashed into it from
the rear and telescoped the last three
cars of the Oswego special.
TnE KILLED AND INJURED.
The officers of the road give the follow
ing list of the killed and injured:
Killed—Mrs. Caries Starr, Elmira, N.
Y.; B. Masters, Elmira, N. Y.; Miss
Hariette Breeze, Pine City, Ga.; Hoffman,
Saranac, N- h:.; Mrs. J. A. Beardslee,
East Canton, Pa.; Mrs. J. H. Keeler,
Hammoudsport, N. Y.; Mrs. J. Lloyd
Woodbury, Bath, N. Y.; Mrs. D. J. Gibbs,
Wheeler, N. Y.; an infant child of Mrs.
Harrington, Elmira, N. Y. Two un
known; one of these is a dark-skinned
man about 60 years old with a flowing
gray beard. There are no means of
identifying him.
The other is a woman of 35, with dark
hair and sallow complexion, having
some show of beard on her upper lip.
She wears a wedding ring on the forefin
ger of her right hand.
The man is terribly crushed about the
head and face, but the features are dis
cernible.
The unknown dead at the morgue have
not a scrap to identify them, but some of
the passengers believe their name is Buck
and that they were husband and wife.
THE INJURED.
Injured—Mrs. G. A. Graham, New
York; Mrs. J. A. Burlingame, East
Springfield, N. Y.; Mrs. McKee, Canton,
Pa.; Mrs. Ailie Harris. Canton, recovery
doubtful; Mrs. Mary Wakefield, Elmira,
N. Y.; Mrs. E. A. Dolmench, Elmira;
Miss J. M. Anderson, Marsh, Pa.; Mrs
Blanch Beardslee, Canton. Pa.; Mrs. Al
fred Seals, Elinira. N. Y.; Mrs. C. W.
Fay,Elmira; Miss Laura Fay; Mr. W. H.
Humphrey, Chenago Lake; Miss Maud
Battley, Canton, Pa., probably fatally;
Miss Kate Healy, Marsh Run, Pa., seri
ous; Johanna Healy, both legs broken, re
covery doubtful; Mrs. A. Herring, El
mira, leg broken and injured internally;
Miss Sarah Keeler, Hammondsport, leg
broken; Frank Fraley. Columbia, Pa.;
Mrs. Herbert Gardner, Horsehead, N. Y.
Several of the trainmen were injured.
John Beardslee of Canton, Pa., whose
daughter is so badly hurt that she may
die, and Mrs. C. W. Fay and her daughter,
Miss Laura Fay, are also seriously in
jured.
LEFT WITHOUT A GARRISON.
All the Troops Now Withdrawn From
Briceville and Coal Creek.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 13.—A special
from Knoxville says: “The sixteen
soldiers charged with being implicated in
the lynching of the miner, Richard Drum
mond at Briceville were to-day admitted
to bail in the sum of SB,OOO for the entire
number by Judge Sneed of the
Knox county criminal court before
whom they were tried on habeas corpus
proceedings. The entire command was
paid off and disbanded this morning.
They left on a special train for Chattu
nooga, from which place they will go to
their different homes in this and other
states. For the first time in nearly two
years, the Coal Creek and Briceville min
ing districts are free from soldiers.”
PIXLEY TO TROT AGAINST ALIX.
The Two Fast Mares to Be Matched
for $5,000 a Side.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 13.—The Leader
this afternoon published a challenge
from M. E. McHenry, with the consent of
Budd Doble, to Morris Jones of Kenosha,
Wis., owner of Alix, record 2:07%, to
match that mare against Pixley, record
2:8%, for $5,000 a side, three heats in five,
over any good mile track Mr. Jones will
select, the winner to tako the entire
purse.
Pixley is in Doble’s string, but he is too
sick to drive and McHenry will take his
place.
FOUR BOYS BURNED TO DEATH.
The Fire That Cost Them Their Lives
of Incendiary Origin.
Minot, Ina., Oct. 13.—The house of
George Kosinat, six miles east of here,
was burned last night and the bodies of
his four sons, aged 15, 12, 10 and 8, were
cremated. The boys were sleeping up
stairs. Two men were occupying the
same room, both of whom escaped. The
father endeavored to take one boy out of
a window, but frantic with pain he drew
buck and perished. The fire is reported
as of incendiary origin.
UNION PACIFIC’S HARD TIMES.
Three Gentlemen Connected With the
Road Made Receivers.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 13.—Judge Dundy
of the United States circuit court to-day
appointed S. H. Clark. E. Ellery Ander
son and O. W. Mink receivers of the
Union Pacific railroad and other pro|>erty
controlled and leased by it. Mr. Ander
son is one of the government directors of
the road, having been appointed by Pres
ident Cleveland Mr. Clark is the presi
dent, and Mr. Mink controller.
Chicago Lumber Dealers Fail.
Chicagb, Oct. 18.—An assignment has
been made by the Ketcham Lumber Com
pan.v, which confessed judgment for $55.-
(juu last night. The liabilities are esti
mated at $250,000, with assets of $560,000.
A Lumber Company Assigns.
Cincinnati, Out. 18.—The Sow It s Lum
ber Company assigned today The as
set* are $60,000, and the liabilities $40,000.
EXCLUSION OF CHINESE.
The History of the Movement to
Amend the Geary Law.
Washington, Oct. 13. —The amendment
to the Geary law, which is now occupying
the attention of the House, comes from
the committee on foreign affairs, but was
originally suggested by the administra
tion.
A law was passed, known as the Geary
law, because its author was Hon. Thomas
J. Geary of California, which provided
that in twelve months time all the
Chinese in this country who had not reg
istered should be "deported,” or sent out
of the country, by the United States
government. The purpose was to get rid
of all the worthless Chinese in the coun
try, and prevent the entrance of any
more. „
But the Geary law has not been obeyed.
Few of the Chinese have registered.
Most of them are uuder what is known us
“The Six Companies,” and these Six
Companies have instructed the Chinese
not to register. They were advised to
this courso by their lawyers, who made
a test case before the supreme court of
the United States, on the ground that the
law was unconstitutional. The supreme
court decided that it was constitutional,
but it has not yet been enforced for
several reasons, ono of which was the
fear that the enforcement might bring
about friction which would result in hos
tility of the Chinese government towards
ours.
Instead of carrying out the present law,
the administration now desires its amend
merit. The amendment now before the
House is in effect to extend the time for
carrying out the provisions of the law,
six months. This is done at the request
of the Chinese government, as expressed
through its minister here. That govern
ment thinks that within six months all
the Chinese in this country who desire to
register can do so; and all who do not
desire to do so may leave the country.
WOULD PREVENT FRICTION.
If our country complies with this de
sire on the part of the Chinese govern
ment—and it is not at all an unreasonable
one—there will be no disturbance to the
amicable relations now existing between
the two countries.
Another reason why the law should be
amended and the time extended, is that
the deportation of all the unregistered
Chinese now in this country, would
cost our government about $7,000,600.
Tho steamboat lines over which the Chi
nese would have to “go,” have doubled
their rates of passage, in anticipation of
the wholesale deportation which they ex
pected would take place. If the amend
ment becomes a law, and most of the Chi
nese register, as is expected, this neat
little job on tho part of the steamboat
companies will be “busted,” as it ought
to be.
After this amendment to the Geary
law is disposed of, the next important
thing tho House will take up will be the
bankruptcy bill,provided congress does not
take a recess. This bill is in charge of
Col. Oates, of Alabama, who is very ear
nee in Uis'eudeavors to have the bill be
come a law.
Senator Dubois stated last night in
the Senate, in the beginning of the con
tinuous session, that there were thirty
nine senators for unconditional repeal,
thirty-eight against it and eight in favor
of a compromise. That is substantially
the statement made by your correspond
ent about ten days ago, the only changes
being that two who were then classed as
doubtful have since positively declared
themselves.
A MIST OVER THE FAIR.
Nevertheless Minnesotians and Train
men Were Out in Force.
Chicago, Oct 13.—A veil of mist hung
like a wet blanket to-day over Jackson
park. It was Minnesota day and train
men's day, and notwithstanding the
weather, 6,000 Minnesotians, including
Gov. Knute Nelson and over 10,000 train
men. were the guests of honor. Interest
ing exercises were held in Festival hall.
Patrick Walsh, president of the Au
gusta exposition and national commis
sioner from Georgia to the World’s Co
lumbian Exposition, invited the national
committee in session here to attend the
exposition in Augusta which opens Nov.
14 and continues until Dec. 1. Commis
sioner Walsh's proffer of a full measure
of proverbial southern hospitality was
received and accepted with compliment
ary remarks in behalf of the national
commission by Commissioners Roach,
McLaws and McDonald.
Commissioner Walsh also introduced a
written resolution asking ex-President
Harrison to visit the World’s Columbian
Exposition committee in order that the
members of it might be enabled to pay
their respects. The invitation was for
warded to the ex-President.
A MYSTERIOUS EPIDEMIC.
Grave Fears That Cholera Has Broken
Out In an English Workhouse.
London, Oct. 13.—A mysterious epi
demic of diarrhoea prevails in the Green
wich workhouse. Over one hundred and
fifty of the inmutes are affected. Two in
mates of the Greenwich workhouse are
already dead and others are in a danger
ous condition. The symptoms are , in
many respects similar to cholera. The
doctor in charge says he does not think
that the disease is cholera, but he cannot
tell exactly what it is. An inquest to de
termine the cause of the deaths will be
held on the bodies to-night.
Nashville’s Trotting Meeting.
Nashville, Tonn., Oct. 13.—The fall
trotting meeting at Cumberland park be
gins next Monday. A large number of
horses have arrived and other noted
stables are en route. The meeting v#ill
last six days. Forty thousand dollars in
stakes and purses'will be hung up.
River Threatens to Swallow a Town.
Winthrop, Kan., Oct. 13.—The Missouri
river threatens to take away this town
at the first freshet, and many have moved
away. Three hundred acres were taken
away above th ; town during the summer
by caving banks.
Bryan Waives Examination.
Richmond, Va , Oct. 13.—Jefferson
Wallace, charged with sending a chal
lenge to fight a duel to Joseph Bryan,
proprietor of the Times, waived examina
tion to-day, and his case went to the
grand jury.
Windle Makes a New Record.
Springfield, Mass.. Oct. lg.—Windle
made anew bicycle record from allying
start for two-thirds of mile at Hampton
park yesterday, covering the distance in
1:16 1-5. The record was before held by
Johnson at 1:24 2-5.
A New Paper for America*.
Amerirus, Ga . Oct 13.—A new after
noon paper, called the Penny Press, will
appear to morrow. The publishers are
Butcher A Gidding*. The editorial (ores
is headed by Walter Frauds.
OLNEY SOUR ON POLITICS.
The Attorney Generalship Not a Con
genial Position.
Its Duties Distasteful to Him, and the
People He is Brought in Contact
With Not the Kind He Likes—Callers
Treated Very Brusquely—The Attor
ney General a Corporation Attorney,
and Not Use to Giving Any Thought
to What the Public Cares.
Washington, Oct. 13. —Had Mr. Richard
Olticy of Boston been gifted with tho
power of looking into the future, another
man than himself would now be occupy
ing the chair of Attorney General. Had
he realized what was before him ho
would not have given up his income of
$50,000 a year as railroad attorney for the
honor of being a member of Mr. Cleve
land's cabinet. Ho does not like his posi
tion, and he does not like its duties. Tho
thing that cheers him up these days is the
thought that he may not be obliged to
remain all through tho four years of the
administration, but may bo able to leave
his Washington work and go back to his
congenial Boston labors.
CALLERS TREATED VERY BRUSQUELY.
Since lie has been here there have been
put in circulation any number of stories
to prove that all his callers are treated
with scant courtesy, and that he has
taken paius to snub every prominent
member of his party. It is true that Mr.
Olney has not made himself popular with
the members. Ho has taken no pains to
do so. He does not feel at homo-in an at
mosphere whore so many statesmen have
a pleasant habit of slapping each other
on the back and indulging in side-split
ting narratives of dubious character. He
cc jld not feel at home amid such an en
vironment, and he plainly shows that he
could not. Congressmen who have en
joyed a free field on the floor of tho House
with their long-winded harungues have
taken offense when the sleru attorney
general suggested the advisability of con
densing his remarks into more reasonable
compass.
TWO SIDES TO A STORY.
But the Boston member of the cabinet
has his side of tho case, too. It is true
that he is brusque in manner and he un
doubtedly labors under the impression
that the principal functions of his office
ought to be something else than the sit
ting in Judgment upon the merits and
claims of countless applicants for office.
Mr. Olney is not a politician. It is diffi
cult for him to realize that in be
soming the chief law officer of the gov
ernment he accepted a position which
called for as much political astuteness
as legal acumen, and he has wished a
hundred times that lie was back in his
Boston office, where he could lock his
door to all intruders and devote himself
without interruption to the consideration
of a knotty legal problem and the prepa
ration of a masterly brief. He is working
out in his own rather bitter experience
the lesson that to occupy a political office
acceptably even the ablest men must
have been possessed of a little prelimi
nary political training.
A COKI’ORATION LAWYER.
Mr. Olney has been a corporation law
yer ali his iife. Ho has been trained to be
lieve that he owed his first duty to the
man who employed him, and that so long
as he gave them satisfaction and won their
cases in court, orgave them unimpeachable
legal advice, it was of no earthly conse
quence what sort of an impression he made
on the general public. Ho had for years
been steeped in an atmosphere of lore and
logic, and ho finds himself outside his
element in a position where as much de
pends on his skill in handling men and
avoiding personal friction as in laying
down incontrovertible principles andcom
pelling judicial conclusions.
A HARD WORKER.
The Attorney General works hard, as
hard as any member of the cabinet. With
the same thoroughness that he showed
when he worked for his employing rail
roads he works for the government. The
work that he has to do is unpicturesque
enough, and much of his time is spent in
poringover the well-thumbed volumes that
the government has owned for so many
years. He is early at his desk in the
morning and Into in leaving it at night.
But out of his office ho is still Attorney
General. He becomes interested in a case
and spends his evenings in looking it up
more carefully, ana devotes his spare
time to thinking it out. His hobby is a
combination of law and tennis, and be
prefers the society of a law book to any
person here. His afternoons he devotes
to tennis, and the practice that he lias
hud with the veterans of the game like
Dwight and Sears makes him easily the
best player in Washington. His tennis
court is one of the apples of his eye. He
watches it as carefully as a mother does a
child : not a piece of stray dirt or a stone
is allowed to rest upon it; twice a day it
is swept and is always as smooth and
shining as a ball-room floor.
FOND OF BASK BALL.
The Attorney General is also fond of
base ball, fond in a dignified way. That
is, lie does not become excited over the
game and manifest any desire to give vo
cal vent to his feelings. But in a quiet,
calm way he admires good plays and re
joices at the success of the better teum.
He looks at a ball game in a strictly ju
dicial way. He weighs the qualities of
the two teams carefully, and then looks
to see the better team win. in
spile of his lack of political
tact Mr. Olney is one of the strong
figures of the administration. In mental
ability and in the breadth of his intellec
tual scope he surpasses most of his col
leagues in the cabinet, perhaps all with
the exception of Carlisle. He is a scholar
by instinct and by training. He thinks
for himself, but is neither a radical nor
an enthusiast. He is an orator of flue
feeling and literary taste as shown in his
eulogy on Lamar. And under no consid
eration will he have anything to do with
asking for offices from the administra
tion.
MUTINY IN BRAZIL.
Two Battalions of the National
Guards in Revolt.
New York, Oct. 18.—A special cable to
the World from Buenos Ayres says:
“Two battailous of the Brazilian National
Guards have mutinied. Firing is brisk
again and business is paralyzed once more.
Piexoto's government incensed the Brit
ish (Wyndhamj and French (Gerardj
ministers because of the wording of his
notice to the foreign residents to leave
the city.”
Burglars In a Ticket Office.
Malvern, Ark., Oct. 13. -The ticket
oft:, e of the iron Mountain railroad at this
place was entered by burglars last night
and robbed <4 $1,200.
NO PASSION PLAY FOR NORTHEN.
The Governor Refuees to Introduoe
Dr. Barrett at a Lecture.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 13.—Gov. Northen’s
open refusal to-day to tako part in the
program at the Brunswick relief fund
benefit next Monday night at the opera
house, because he does not approve of Rev.
Dr. Barrett’s discourse on the Passion
play, which is to be the feature of the en
tertainment, lias been the subject of not a
little comment.
Several days ago Rev. Dr. Barrett,
rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal church,
who is a man of extensive travel and edu
cation, consented to giro bis lecture ou the
Passion play to help raise funds for Bruns
wick. Without consulting him, because
it was taken for granted that he would
be glad to help the relief fund any way
he could, Gov. Northern was announced to
introduce Dr. Barrett. Dr. Barrett’s lect
ure, which he has delivered in a number
of cities, including Savannah, has several
times excited criticism,and the governor is
one of those who does not approve of it.
He would only be too glad to help Bruns
wick, but cannot consistently take a part
in an entertainment involving even so
nice a question of the sacrilegious as Dr.
Barrett's lecture, and so far has flatly re
fused to make the introductory speech for
which he was put down on the
programme.
A RAIIBI TO LECTURE.
The governor has, however, given his
official indorsement to Dr. Edward B. W.
Browne, the famous Jewish rabbi of Chi
cago, who proposes to come to Georgia
and lecture in all the principal cities for
tho benefit of the Brunswick relief fund.
Ho received a letter from Rabbi Brownn
to-day making this generous offer, and in
reply wrote that his efforts would be
gratefully accepted. In order to pave
tho way for the eminent rabbi the gover
nor to-day wrote a letter uddressed
to the mayors of the cities of the state,
asking them to co-operate with him in his
noble work of raising money for the relief
of the scourged town. Rabbi Browne
writes that he can raise *IO,OOO in the
state, and will undertake the work with
out any compensation for himself at nil.
His lecture, the title of which is “The
Talmud,” has been delivered all over the
country and everywhere heartily received.
A TAX COLLECTOR KILLED.
He Fell Under the Wheels of a Train
and Was Crushed to Death.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 13.—John A. Colo,
tax collector of Fannin county, was
killed by a train on the Western and At
lantic railroad Just beyond tho Chatta
hoochee river last night. He had been in
attendance on the United States court
here as a witness, and last night started
home at 8 o’clock on the Western and At
lantic train. Before leaving he was
pretty well under the influence of liquor,
and it is supimsed that he foil
from the train and was ground beneatli
tho wheels. At 6:30 o’clock this morning,
the section hands, while On their way to
work. Came upon the mutllutcd remains.
The man’s head was crushed into an un
recognizable mass, and tho clothing was
literally torn to shreds. Alongside the
truck lay a small sachcl which contained
tho fragments of a quart bottle, the odor
of which showed it to have beon filled
with whisky. A small pouket purso was
picked up and found to contaiu 61 cents.
A dozen promissory notes from various
parties, made payable to Cole personally,
uml a large number of tax receipts, all
printed on the form of Fannin county,
were also in the purse.
MURDER WILL OUT.
Five Men Indicted in Early County
for a Crime Committed Eight Years
Ago.
Arlington, Ga., O#. 13.—The grand
Jury now in session at Blakely, Early
county, have found true bills against B.
R. I.awrence, Ben Taliaferro, Will Talia
ferro and C. 11. Taliaferro, all white, and
Jim Foster (colored) for the murder of
Seabron Sheffield, which occurred about
one mile from hero sevfcn or eight years
ago. and has. until recently, remained a
crime shrouded in mystery.
Ben Taliaferro and B. R. Lawrence
wore sons in-law of the murdered man.
Sheriff Black and Deputy I’arromoro
passed through here to-day on route to
Blakely with all the guilty parties in
custody excopt Lawrence, who smelt a
mouse mid fled before the officers could
lay hands on him, but they have him
spotted and in due time he will bo behind
the bars of Blakely Jail with his comrades.
Developments of a sensational character
aro anticipated when the trial comes off.
ATLANTA MAKES A KICK.
Asa Result Freight Rates May Be
Changed to Suit Her.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 13. —The rate com
mittee of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, which has been
in session here several days, adjourned
to-day.
The committee struck a snag in the
shaoe of a protest by Atlanta merchants,
who claim that they are discriminated
against in freight rates, and a special
committee was finally appointed to hear
the case, whieh involves the application
of the long and and short haul question.
Judge Newman of the federal
court recently decided in the Social Cir
cle case that centers of trade wore en
titled to lower rates than local stations,
and under this Atlanta shippers demand
a revision of the rates to this point. If
it is granted other cities in the territory
will also make a similar demand.
Lumber and cotton rates were not to be
changed.
A THIEF IN A POBTOFFICE.
One of the Stampers at Atlanta Caught
by a Decoy Paokagfe.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 13.—W. Cooper, a
negro employed as a letter stamper in the
postoftice, wore two diamond rings lest
night, while he was at work, but this
morning he occupied a cell at the police
station. Cooper has been in the [xistoiiice
for two years and during that time has
worn fine clothing and spent money
freely. Several weeks ago Inspector
Baird was notified that letters were be
ing missed from the office and yesterday
he saw Cooper take a decoy package con
taing two diamond rings and put them in
his pocket. He then walked into
the basement of the building In a
few minutes he returned to his work, and
was wearing the rings on his fingers The
inspector arrested him. and ho confessed
having stolen the package. Cooper has.
since he went into tne office, been one of
the most extravagant men In the building,
and U is expected that other losses will be
traced to him.
A Russian Squadron at Toulon.
Toulon. Ot 3 A Russian squadron ar
rived la tne outer roads at about 10 a m.
and was received in maguiib cut style.
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REIGN OF THE STORM KINC.
Old Boreas Keeps on lo the North and
Raises Cain.
The West India Visitor Met at the
Mason and Dixon Line by a Howler
From the West and the Two Have a
Very Lively Racket Telegraph
Wires Down in Every Direction, but
No Loss of Life or Serious Damage
to Property Reported.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 13.—High winds pre
vailed all last night, accompanied with a
heavy rain. Some few of tho Western
Union wires went down, but it is hoped
they will be repaired by noon to-day. The
storm does not appear to be as serious as
was tlie August cyclone.
NO DAMAOE AT CHARLESTON.
Charleston, S. C., ot. 18.—The predic
tion of the weather bureau ofticialsrthat
while the storm was apt to pass close to
Charleston it would do no material dam
age has come true, for there arc no cas
ualties to report and wet and dirty
streets, a number of leaking roofs not re
paired since August and strong winds
and lowering clouds are all there is of
the storm this morning. Mariners along
the water front had warning and were
prepared as well as they could expect for
a dirty night. The, big ocean steamers
and tow boats and steam launches had
steam up and some of the smaller craft
made a run for tho Ashley river, but
most of tho merchant fleet rode tho storm
out at their berths or anchorages.
The highest velocity of the storm here
last night was 65 miles an hour, about 9
o’clock. After that it fell uutil 11:30,whcu
it was only 85. It then rose again and at
1:20 a. m. it was 54. After that it grad
ually subsided. The rain was heavy,
and the tide from one to three foot deep
in the lower part of the olty, but no dam
age was doue.
HAVOC FLAYED WITH TIIE WIRES.
Washington, Oct. 18.—Tho West India
cyclone and a storm from the northwest
joined issues this morning east and west,
and since then telegraphic communication
has been practically at a standstill. After
sweeping over the Florida peninsula yes
terday, tho cyclone mado its way north
through Georgia, North Carolina and tho
Virginias, and the storms in the west,
somewhere in Pennsylvania or Ohio, were
both diffused over a wide area, playing
havoc with all means of wire communica
tion.
An attempt was made to work tho As
sociated Press circuits by dividing them
into smull sections and “relaying,” but it
was even then found almost impossible to
carry the important news of the day. At
7 o’clock tho Western Union Company re
ported that all their wires between
Washington and Harrisburg and New
York were down, that, communication
between Pittsburg and New York was at
a standstill, and that all the other routes
were aln—st useless.
At the postal telegraph office the same
situation obtains, their Washington and
Chicago wires being down and the New
York wii es being so slow as to be of no
value whatever At the present writing
one of the Associated Press circuits to
New Yorit is via Buffalo and Is working
very hard.
Another circuit has been started south
to reach Memphis from Chattanooga and
thence north and south to New Orleans.
A BLOW AT WILMINGTON.
Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 18.—The storm
arrived here last night on time und al
most in exact accordance with the pre
dictions of the weather bureau, and
reached the height of its fury to-day be
tween 11 a. m. and 2 p m., the wind at
taining a velocity of 56 miles per hour.
It came in from the northeast, shifted
to the southeast and is now southwest.
The Capo Fear river overflowed tha
wharves and flooded Water street for
several blocks, the tide and overflow be
ing the highest ever known here. Con
siderable damage was done to goods on
the shelves of the Now York and Wil
mington Steamship Company, and
in tho warehouses of the Capo
Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad,
whose track is opposite the city and is
submerged. The water reached tho
ground floo- of some stores on Water
street, causing some injury to goods.
The heaviest lost is in timber, it being
estimated that 10,000,000 feet washed out
of the timber pens of the various mills
located on tho river. The wharves are
also seriously injured and it will taka
many thousand dollars for repairs. Tho
estimated loss on the timber is roughly
calculated at $30,000. The total loss la
and around Wilmington may reach $75,-
000. This storm was much worse hero
than that of August.
At South Port the wind had reached a
velocity of thirty miles per hour at 11:30
a. ni., when the wires went down. Tha
custom house building there and several
wharves were washed away. Until tha
telegraph wires are restored nothing can
lie known about the damage to shipping
outside, but it is feared that the story
will be a sad ono when received.
At Wrightsville and Ocean View, con
siderable loss is reported.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
In Wilmington business was practi
cally suspended the greater part of tha
day. Thousands of people gathered on
Water street to watch the Cape Fear
river on its mad spree. Eagle Island, op
posite the city, is a solid sheet of water,
as is the country for five miles or more
in a northwesterly direction from the
city. The water is now slowlv receding
and the gale diminishing and it is hoped
that the worst is over. No
loss of life is yet reported.
The storm played havoc with
the wires; five attempts to turn in the
fire alarm from as mauy different boxes
proved a failure, and verbal messages
had to be sent to the engine house. After
that mounted firemen were placed on
duty in each ward to look out for fires.
At Ocean View a large pavilion and a
large number of cottages are a complete
loss. Many others. It is feared, will go
to-night. A largo number of bath house®
and other small buildings, and mauy
yachts and small boats were destroyed.
OPPOSITION FOR M’CREABY
W. Or. Welsh to Run for Congress in
the Eighth Kentucky District.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 18.—A special from
Frankfort, Ky., says: “Col. W. G.
Welsh of Lincoln county has finally de
cided to become a candidate for emigres*
in the Eighth district against Hon. James
B. McCreary. He announced positively
a feu! days ugo that he
would run, and this week
several friends in the district have re
ceived letter# from him asking their as
sistance. It apiiears that be will open
the bail very early, and the fight promise*
to be * lively one. Col. Welch's reason
lor refusing the senatorial nomiwsuoa In
bis district is now apparent "