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toward three thousand.
He jevc Fund Foots Up in the Neigh
borhood oi $2,700 Now.
Nearly All of the Subscriptions in the
Hands of the Council Committee—No
Flan for the Investment of the Fund
Yet Decided Upon-Not for the Com
roittee to Determine.
The total subscriptions to the fund for
the benefit ot the family of Policeman
\' e ve who was killed while in discharge
if his duty on Saturday, Feb. 10, has now
reached nearly *-2.700. The firemen and
no ice have not yet completed their lists,
' t will probably add over *IOO more to
the fund. The Morning News publishes
this morning the list circulated by Alder
mau Dixon and Mr. A. B. Hull, south of
Congress street. The list shows subscrip
tions amounting to *176.25, almost all of
which have been paid.
The following is a summary of the col
lections to date:
The Morning News
£5
Brvan to Congress 467 00
South of Ceogress 4^.25
Firemen • **
*2,556.00
In addition, the police have a citizens
Usi with subscriptions amounting to
something over *IOO. .... ,
almost all of the money which has been
subscribed has been paid in and is now in
the hands of the committee, consisting of
Aldermen Haines and Dixon and Messrs.
John R. Young, P. A. Stovall. B. H.
Levy and A. B. Hull. Alderman
Haines is chairman and treasurer of the
committee, and all money collected by
others than the committee should be
turned over to him at once.
What disposition will be made of the
fund has not yet been decided upon.
Mayor McDonough said when
aS k'ed about the matter, that he did not
think it was the province of council to
decide in what way the money should be
used. He thought the subscribers to the
fund should do that. Alderman Haines
said the committee had received several
hundred suggestions as to the proper
manner in which the fund should be dis
posed of. I
The majority of the subscribers, how
ever, seemed to favor the purchase of a
home for Mrs. Neve and her children with
a portion of the money, and the Invest
ment of the remainder for their benefit.
This. Mr. Haines seemed to think, the
most desirable plan The committee, he
said, does not desire to take the entire
responsibility of disposing of the fund,
and if there is any movement on the part
of the subscribers in favor of any feasible
plan it will receive prompt consideration.
The subscriptions would have been
double what they are were it not for the
general scarcity of ready money.
POLICEMAN NEVE’S FAMILY.
The Morning News Suggests a Sub
scription for Their Assistance.
There is no nobler death than that
which befalls a man while in the dis
charge of his duty. Policemen are the
watchful guardians of the lives and prop
erty of their fellow citizens. They are
constantly exposing themselves to danger,
and now and then one of them sacrifices
his life in serving the public.
J. C. Neve, one of the bravest and most
efficient members of Savannah’s police
force, was shot to death Saturday by a
worthless negro, a fugitive from justice,
w!\om he had been ordered to arrest.
A widow and young children mourn for
him. They have been deprived not only
of one who was dear to them, but also of
a protector and their sole source of sup
port.
They should not be permitted to sufTer
from want. Policeman Neve did not hesi
tate to risk his life to protect the interests
of the people of Savannah, and they
should not hesitate to extend a helping
hand to those who wore dependent upon
him.
On the suggestion of the Morn
ing News the mayor has ap
pointed a committee to solicit sub
scriptions from Savannah's citizens to a
fund to aid Mrs. Neve and her children.
Those who wish to contribute to the fund
at once can send their names with tha
amounts they wish to give to the Morn
i.'t, News, and their subscriptions will be
acknowledged in the columns of this
paper. Sums for small amounts, fractions
of 1, will be received and acknowledged,
usi or subscribers.
Morning News . * ioo oo
" • W. Mackall j 10 00
H H. Levy it Bro 10 00
1 00
1 A. Rober 5 00
M J Solomons 5 00
-I f • Brooks & Frlpp 10 00
P J. Higgins 5 00
hr. W, H. Elliott 5 00
S P. Shotter Company 25 00
M S. Hansen g 00
J- M. Connelly 5 00
Employes of L. Adler 12 00
Employes of a Broughton street store. 625
< as ? 2 00
? sh 25
-oseph A. Galina 5 00
Gen. A. R. Lawton.. 10 03
J J McGowan 5 00
avannah Pilot Company 25 0)
B. Fernandez . 5 03
$ f-nd 10 00
poison champion & Cos 10 00
C. Bolden 50
Ad,er ; 25 00
Appel & Schaul 10 00
Chestnut & b’NeiU " 10 0)
aimer Hardware Company 25 00
™ rs - Clara X. DeVos 500
Mrs G. M. Thonneaen 1 00
w. G. Turner 100
J l). Bertody *2 00
c r . a *Jl i oo
"• p Myerson 5 0)
George \V. Wylly 10 00
„ r ’- Weed & Cos 25 no
1 Levy & Bro. ’s employes 11 00
7 ash 25 00
Jeremiah Keane 5 (X)
1 o 00
Screven 2 oo
Ush 2 50
TfaUl t 467 53
lIItVAN AND CONGRESB STREETS.
Received yesterday—
ff '■•oualy reported $ 163 00
' ‘‘’hour & Rivers 500
Mavis iia.vms 1 ,X)
•Moses Prager 1 oo
167 00
rnoii r-ngOBM* STREET, eoCTH.
;’ l > 1 0xon * f'o fgr> no
‘“Bfd. Hroe., g Cos lo no
i ~ s ‘ hwarr 10 oi
3*ll IX Hales. ft. M. H 10 0)
'• > Smith ~ I uu
laiilitte.,,,,,, io oo
Hull & Peeples 10 00
Gustave Fox 5 uo
F. J Ruckert 3 00
N. Paulsen 5 00
Norton & Hanley ; 5 00
Cash 1 00
Cash 2 00
S. Solomon 1 ro
Charles Seiler 5 00
Cash 75
Joseph Sagmer .. . .... 1 00
Cash 1 03
Cash 1 uo
J. K. P. Carr 5 00
Frank Clear 1 00
Cash 1 03
Cush 1 00
Gardner & Einstein 5 UO
John Power 2 00
John Snyder 2 00
Simon Gazan 2 00
Cash 1 no
Martin Cooley 5 03
Cash 1 uo
Walter Chisholm, Jr 5 OO
Max Lehwald 5 00
A. L. Desbouillions 2 00
Will am Lstlll 1 00
Dr. fechwao 1 00
E. M. Connor 1 00
Theus Bros 10 00
W. B. Hartrldge 1 00
J. R. Dillon 5 00
H. B. Platen 1 00
Saussy it Saussy 5 00
Waring Russell 5 00
Cash 1 03
W. G. Woodfln 2 00
E. A. Gradot 2 03
James L. Murphy 2 iO
John H McHugh 2 03
Frank F.. Keilbach 2 00
A. H. MacDonell 5 00
Judge Falligant 5 CO
J. H. Fnrber v 5 00
Cash 1 00
Mrs. P. J. Golden 5 00
Cash .. 1 00
P. luberdy 1 00
I. M. Constantine 1 00
‘’ash io
John Lyons* Cos 10 0)
B red Myers. Jr 2 00
Jas. McGrath* Cos 5 00
W. J. Sutcliffe 2 00
J. E. Gutman 1 0)
Crohan & Dooner 2 00
Jos. Rosenheim & Cos 10 00
Thomas West 5 CO
John T. Ronan 5 00
Hamp. L. Ferrell 5 03
E. F. Whitcomb 2 00
Jas. M. Flannery 1 00
Jackson Metzger & Cos 5 00
Cash 20)
Coilat Bros 5 to
s. Krouskoff 5 00
Foye & Morrison 5 CO
Cash io 00
Sternberg Jewelry Company 5 00
Falks Clothing Company 5 00
Jas. F. Lane 2 OO
Cash 2 50
L. Fried 5 03
Max Eisenman 2 00
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Cos 5 03
Andie Jackson 3 03
H. E. Shropshire Jr 2 00
Cash 50
Cash 50
McMillan 8r05...N 25 00
Watson & Powers 1000
J. E. Delannoy 1 00
F. H. Morse 1 50
W. C. Mcl onough 5 00
A. S. Delannoy 1 00
W. W. Almar 1 00
Cash 1 oo
John Grimm 300
S. Eichholz 1 00
M. F. McCarty 1 00
Clark 1 C 0
W. R. Nicholas & Bro 2 Oo
Milton Bearman. 50
Cash 50
E. Eichholz 2 00
Randolph Muller 2 00
Cash 1 cio
Thomas Baflentine 5 00
J. J. Beytagh 2 00
G. w. Meyer 5 00
Jacob Schoen 5 00
Chas. A. Veller 2 00
W. F. Reid 5 00
John Ripke 2 00
P. O’Conner 1 03
J. H. H. Entelman 2 00
William Kehoe 10 00
J. T. McMahon 1 no
Luke Carson 10 03
P. H. Kelnan 1 50
C. tollman & Cos 5 00
W. F. Chaplin 3 00
Julius Kaufman 2 00
David Wells. . 500
E B. Hunting & Cos 10 (X)
S. S. Gerst 2 00
W. M. Bohan 5 00
Ko'.lock * Screven 10(33
W. K. Wilkinson 5 00
Total $ 476 50
RECAPITULATION.
Morning News $ 467 50
Policemen 23100
Bay street 739 25
Bryan to Congress 467 00
From Congress street south 478 50
Total *2,381 25
RUBIES MAY BE CHEAP NOW.
Made Out of Olay For SOO a Carat by
French Chemists.
From the New York Sun.
This is the story that a retail jeweler
on Broadway tells: “A man came in here
J the other morning and took out a magnifi
cent stone, which he put on the counter
and asked me what I thought of it. Well,
I thought it was a ruby worth about ?7(X)
or *BOO. The color was a deep pigeon’s
blood, and while a magnifier, showed little
spots, like bubbles, in the stone, they
didn’t interfere with its transparency or
brightness. ‘What is it worth,’ said I.
‘Sixty dollars a carat,’said he. I looked
at him in amazement. ‘Then’s it’s paste,’
said I. ‘Not a bit of it,’ said he. I tested
it for hardness, and it was all right. Then
the man explained that, while it was a
real ruby, it was produced by artificial
means. A French chemist made it. Very
| few of these stones have come to this
1 country so far, and in most of those that
have there was no material that could be
j used for jewelry, the crystals were so
small. This puts a difforent phase on the
business.”
Artificial crystalization of alumina was
accomplished several years ago. The
color in the resulting mineral was superb,
but the individual crystals were so minute
that a microscope was needed to distin
guish their angles. They were united by
their bases to a crust of amorphous alum
ina, and snarkled like tiny red stars
whenever the light played across them.
The natural ruby doubtless took years,
and, very likely, centuries to form. The
chemical ruby, which is precisely the
same as the uatural ruby, is made in a
few weeks. It is almost pure alumina —
the earth of the metal aluminum—the red
color being due to a fraction of one per
cent, of iron. The sapphire is the same as
a ruby, except for its coloring matter, and
it has quite a rauge of color —yellow, pur
ple, pink, gray and white. Corundum is
the common variety of alumina, and is
much used in the arts, emery being its
commercial form.
The ruby is the most costly of all gems,
a stone of deep color, far outranking the
diamond in value, so the discovery that it
can be made in a laboratory is disquiet
ing to people who deal in this esteemed
mineral. It has got into the courts in
France already, in a suit to recover the
money paid for a ring. The decision was
that the chemical product had no right to
be considered as a ruby, in spite of the
fact that in crystal form, weight, hard
iness, color, and chemical composition, it
was a ruby. Artificial means are em
ployed to produce it. but it is nature, as
sisted by the chemist to be sure, that
shapes, aad colors, and hardens it. It
would be absurd to say that machine
made ice Is not ice. because it was not
taken from the surface of a pond. The
artificial ruby, to allow the term, is as
durable and beautiful as the best product
of the Burmah mines, and it is only the
magnifier that shows the little bubbles
in it It is the only one of tbe precious
slones that is manufactured, although
science uiav duplicate the others in tno
future. The report that diamonds had
been chemically produced is authorita
! lively denied.
Maud—Why don’t you give young
Sewers tome encouragement if yon love
j him;
Nell—Oh. be ought to be able to press
hi* ow n suit. He’s a tailor. —l'hiladel
pbitt Record.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1894.
THE WEEK’S PLAY LIST.
Sensation, Concert and Comedy in the
Attractions.
Oorbett to Spar in “After Dark” Tues
day Night—Tho Louise Natali Con
cert Company to Follow Wednesday
Night and Daniel Sully In “The
Millionaire” Thursday and Friday
Nights.
The theater will be open four nights
this week.
Tuesday night—Corbett and “After
Dark.”
Wednesday night—The Natali Grand
Concert.
Thursday and Friday nights—Daniol
Sully in "The Millionaire.”
Rhea's production of “Josephine” yes
terday afternoon was enjoyed by a large
audience, which gathered in spite of the
bad weather.
Mme. Rhea was at her best in this, her
favorite play. Her portrayal of the char
acter of the unfortunate empress during
the trying scenes of her divorce from the
emperor and the life of bereavement
which followed, were excellent, and pre
sented a realistic picture of this pop
ular historical character. The night
scene of the meeting between
Josephine and Bonaparte after the di
vorce, was particularly good, an! caused
a free use of handkerchiefs by the ladies
in the audience. Mr. Hart as Napoleon
was good, and showed a fine conception of
the character of the great emperor. The
part of Talleyrand, one of the greatest
and meanest of men. was well presented
by Mr. Palmer. The support was very
fair. Avery small audience greeted
Rhea in “La Gioconda” last night, the
condition of the weather being such as to
almost forbid any one venturing out un
less compelled to. The play was cut
somewhat, and was not equal to that of
the afternoon.
“After Dark” will be the first attraction
of the week. The play is not anew
one. It has been seen here before. The
added interest to it this time is Corbett.
There is a vivid representation in the play
of the Thames river, in which the heroine
is thrown by the villain. A tank of real
water is used, and Old Tom, the hero,
dashes to the rescue in a boat, and
plunges after the girl. The concert hall
scene is made the means of presenting a
number of specialties. There are a num
ber of entertaining people who appear on
the stage of the mimic music hall, and to
those who have never seen a refined spe
cialty entertainment, and to those who
have as well, this feature is entertaining.
One of the prominent incidents of the
play has a distinct and prominent place
in dramatic lore. It is remembered with
a smile of amusement by every one who
has seen it. A gambling den is revealed in
full operation and a raid by the police Is
announced. In an instant the pictures are
reversed, displaying familiar mottos.
The tables are changed so as to conceal
the gambling paraphernalia, the hvmn
books are pro\ided so that it becomes to
all appearances a devout assemblage of
Salvation Army people. The play is rich
in sensational features. Incidentally Cor
bett will scionlifically illustrate his abil
ity in sparring in a 4-round contest with
Prof. John Donaldson. This will be the
only exhibition in the south this season
prior to his departure for Europe.
Mr. I. E. Orchard, advance representa
tive of Mme. Louise Natali, is in the city
looking after the preliminary arrange
ments of the grand operatic concert to be
given in the theater next Wednesday
night. Mme. Natali is a distinguished
singer, and is supported by an excellent
company, with such well-known artists as
Miss Emma Miron, a favorite contralto
from the Metropolitan opera house; Mr.
William Stephens, the brilliant young
tenor, late of the Emma Jugh Opera
Company; Mr. William Mertens. baritone;
Mr. Pierre Delaseo, the basso who last
season toured with Musin and divided
honors with the violinist; J. Angelo, a
veteran in the grand opera business, and
Jacques Fried berger, a young pianist,
whose recent performances in New York
and Boston produced a furore. Most of
these artists are well-known in Savannah.
Tlie company is one of the strongest musi
cal organizations on the road this season,
and doubtless will attract a large audience
here.
Mr. Daniel Sully will be seen Thursday
and Friday nights in Leander Richard
son’s comedy-drama “The Millionaire.”
Mr. Sully’s Irishman is a stage picture
which is unique, in as much as it is a rep
resentation of the Irish-American as he
is, and not a caricature. He depicts a
character uncouth in comparison with the
soft graces of a courtier, which, never
theless, gives forth a deep and vibrant
note of sincerity; a truly gentle
bearing that is more telling than artifi
cial manners; a character which is a
dynamic menace to the vicious and a
tower of strength to the weak; a charac
ter which is a source of joy to women and
children. Mr. Sully’s Irishman is not of
the cone-shaped hat. nor of the red flan
nel shirt, but an Irishman whieh we al
ways have with us and about us. In his
characterization, there is truth, without
offense or exaggeration—a veritable
“touch of nature which makes the whole
world kin.”
The Schubert quartette will give a per
formance to-morrow night at Masonic
hall. The entertainment will be under
the auspices of the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association, and a delightful musical
treat is promised.
Of the concert given there the Times,
Kansas City, says:
“The concert given at the Young Men’s
Christian Association auditorium was one
of the most enjoyable that has been given
under the auspices of the association this
season. The audience was large and un
usually enthusiastic. Schubert’s ‘Gon
doliers’ and Buc k’s ‘Star of Love’ brought
out a harmonious blending of the voices
that showed careful work and a poetic
conception.
•Miss MacCorkle, the reader, has the
gift of thoroughly interesting her audi
ence. Her manner is very pleasing and
her selections in good taste.
“Miss Jackson, the accompanist, de
serves a word of praise. Her work was
superb and added very materially to the
enjoyment of the recital.”
FOUGHT A MAD MASTIFF.
A Woman's Plucky Struggle With a
Rabid Dog Saves Her Life.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Alliance, 0., Feb. 19.—At Mechanics
town a mining village twenty miles south
of this city on the Lake Erie, Alliance
and Southern railroad, a mastiff owned
by William Allison, one of the wealth
iest men of this section’ developed hy
drophobia and did some terrible work.
The big brute was out doors when the at
tack came on him. He dashed into tbe
house and springing upon Mrs. Allison
fastened his teeth in her neck and
threw her down. Her throat was torn
and she was bleeding fearfully, but splen
did courage saved her from an immediate
and horrible death. She managed cto re
gain her feet and fought the mad dog des
perately.
Finally, after he had mangled her arm,
she fiung him off. He rolled over on the
lloor, sprang up again and attacked her
little granddaughter, crushing her arm
and shoulder in his bloody jaws. Sud
denly releasing the child, and heedless of
Mrs Allison, who bravely flew to the res
cue- of her little one. ibc dog ran out of
the house and into the s reet. A dozen
shots were fired without effect Finally
a man crushed tbe dog a skull with a
rock.
Official Reoord for th3 Mornin? News.
Local foreoast for Savannah and vicinity
till midnight, Feb. 2i>. 19*4: Rain, possi
bly changing to sleet or snow during to night
(Saturday) or Sunday morning; continued
low temperature Sunday; high northeast
winds and strong gales along the coast.
Forecast for Georgia: Rain or snow;
wanner in northwest portion: high east to
north winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah. Ga., on Feb 24, 1894, with the normal for
the day:
,
Departure | Total
Temperature. from the 'departure
—— normal alnre
Normal. Mean. -I-or— {Jan 1,1891.
57 39 —l5 1 —B2
Comparative rainfall statement:
Departure Total
.. , Amount from the departure
Normal. for normal l since
Feb. 34.1894 -|-or Jan. 1, 1891.
.11 | .61 -i-.5Q I —2.40
Maximum temperature, 4u 0 ; minimum tem
perature 36°.
The hlght of the Savannah river at Augusta
at 8 a. m. (75th Meridian tlmei vester.lav was
10.5 feet, a fall of 0.9 feet during the preceding
twentv-four hours.
Observations taken at the same moment of
time at all stations for the Morning Sk: ,
Rainfall
•c Velocity...
Direction..
Temperature..
Name
or
Station.
Norfolk 24 NE 12 T Cloudy
Hatieras 32 N 28 .(X) Cloudy
Wilmington 26 N E 2ij 02 Snowing
Charlotte 28NE.1S oo Cloudy
Raleigh 28 NE 14 TjCloudy
Charleston 32 NE 22 .30 Raining
Atlanta 30 NE 1 .30 Snowing.
Augusta 32 NEj 12 .20 Raining
SAVANNAH ... 36NE 2L IS Raining
Jacksonville 50 N E 22 .46 Raining
Titusville 68 NW 12 .01 Cloudy
Jupiter 73 S L Oil PtTycloudy
Key W r eat 74 E L .00 Clear
Tampa 70 SW L .03 PtTy cloudy
Pensacola 48 N E 16 .04 Raining
Mobile 40 N L .24 Raining
Montgomery 36 E 18 .32 Raining
Meridian 34 N E 12 .38 Cloudy
Vicksburg
New Orleans 40 N 8 18 Raining
Fort Smith
Galveston 38 NW 20 T Cloudy
Corpus Christl.. 46NW12 .00 Clear
Palestine 30 NW L 14 Snowing
P. H. Smvth,
Observer. Weather Bureau.
U. S. Department of Agriculture, )
Weather Bureau, V
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 25, 10 p. m. )
WEATHER SYNOPSIS.
The maximum temperature at Savan
nah to-day was 42°, and minimum 86°, the
mean temperature being 39”, or 18° below
the normal. The total local rainfall lor
the twenty-four hours ending at 8 o’clock
p. m., was .61 of an inch.
The maximum velocity of the wind up
to 10 o’clock to-night was 36 miles per
hour from the northeast. Storm north
east signals are displayed at weather bu
reau stations from Washington, D. C., to
Jacksonville.
Unsettled weather continues through
out the South Atlantic and Gulf states,
with rain falling at Augusta, Charleston,
Savannah, Jacksonville, Montgomery,
Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans, ami
snow at Wilmington, N. C., Atlanta and
Palestine. Brisk to high winds prevail
along the South Atlantic coast. The
high, or cold wave, has moved eastward
to the lakeiregion, with unabated intensity.
The area ot low pressure has drifted
eastward and now covers the Florida
peninsula. At 8 o'clock this (Satur
day) morning severe freezing weather
prevails in nearly all sections north of
the 34th parallel. The isotherm of 20°
extended from East Virginia westward to
Southern Missouri, thence southwest
ward to Middle Texas. The crest
of the cold wave will continue its
eastward progress over the Middle At
lantic and New England states. This
together with the clbpresslbh covering
Florida, will cause high northeast winds
and gales along the Atlantic seaboard
during to-night (Saturday) and Sunday.
P. H. Smyth.
Observer in Charge.
KILLED FORTY-TWO.
A Gallant Soldier and His Duel In
Defense of Dixie’s Women.
From the Hartwell (Ga.) Sun.
On Tuesday we had a pleasant call from
Col. L. M. Allen,-of Benson county, Arkan
sas. Col. Allen has been to North Caro
lina looking after his Interests there,
and came to Hartwell to visit some of his
old friends and war comrades. Col.
Allan is quite a character and played an
important part in the late war; in fact,
his experienep then and immediately
afterward, if put in print, would read
like a romance with a great deal of trag
ody thrown In. Before the war Col.
Allen was clerk of the court of
Madison county, North Carolina,
and was quite wealthy. When
the war began he volunteered
in the company commanded by Clapt.
John Peek, now a respected citizen of
Hartwell, and was the drummer. In the
short space of one year he was appointed
colonel of the Sixth North Carolina regi
ment by President Davis for gallant con
duct, and we had the pleasure of looking
upon this precious document, of which
Col. Allen is justly proud. The colonel
is a modest gentleman and is slow to toll
of his exploits but Mr. Waites Proffitt,
who was with him in the war, assures us
that in the border warfare oil tbe line
of Tennessee and North Carolina, Col.
Allen slew with his own hands forty-one
of the enemy, receiving in return a severe
wound. This warfare was in the bush
whacking or guerilla style, and was be
tween the natives of secession and anti
secession proclivities. The loss of life in
these fratricidal lights in the oouuty of
Madison, which was sparsely settled, was
over 200 men. After the war that sec
tion became too hot for comfort and Col.
Allen went west.
The following incident, occurring in
1885, in which Col. Allen was one or the
principals, will give an idea of his valor,
love of the south and of the good name of
southern womanhood. It was published in
the papers at the time, but may not have
been read by many of our readers.
Col. Allen was sitting at a hotel table
in Phcenix, Ariz., conversing with a capi
talist who had an idea of investing in the
south, and pointing out the south's nat
ural advantages and resources. At a
seat hard by was a mineral expert from
New York, who began, without any sort
of provocation, to villify the south, de
claring that southern men were, as a
whole, a lazy, good-for-nothing, thriftless
set, devoid of anything that goes to make
up true manhood. Col. Allen paid
no attention to these remarks,
which were leveled at him,
and continued his conversation with
the capitalist. The Now Yorker, whose
name was Dill, finally laid one straw upon
the camel's back that broke it. He said,
in coarse, brutal language, that the
women of the south were no good; that
the best of them were less virtuous than
a New York prostitute. Quick as light
ning Col. Allen hurled his cup of hot
coffee in Dill’s face, following it up with a
sugar bowl and a caster. This resulted
In a challenge to mortal combat
from Dill, which was promptly ac
cepted by Col. Allen. The duel was
fought in Mexico.’ At the word
both principals fired. Dill dropped to the
ground, shot through the body, the ball
entering at his right nipple, and in five
minutes he was dead Col. Allen was
shot through the lower abdomen and hip.
From this wound he is somewhat crip
pled. They fought at sixty feet with 44-
caiiber Colt's pistols. Col. Allen says he
has never felt an v compunction of con
science for killing this wanton traducer
of the noble women of tbe south.
Col. Alien is iio .tears of age, and with
the exception of bis wounda ia hale and
hearty.
INSURANCE.
THE
WASHINGTON
LIFE #in,Co.
of New York City.
Offers Contract for a
District Agency
for this Vicinity.
Liberal FIRST Commission, with Renew
als to an Experienced man wlio attains
snccessM results.
THOMAS PETERS,
Manager Southern Department,
Box 346. ATLANTA. Ga.
Or CEO. S. WOLFORD,
Executive Special Agent.
At Pulaakl House for a few days.
In connection with the above advertise
ment. we take great pleasure in recommend
ing the Washington Life (which we have
represented since 1887) to our friends and the
public, and resignation being tendered solely
on account of our lack of time to give that at
tention to canvassing and promoting the in
terest of this splendid company, which Us
standing and condition merit.
JOHN SULLIVAN A CO.
Agents, Savannah, Ga.
MCLOSIvEY SICNS JANTZEN.
Another Strong Player Added to the
Savannah Team.
The Question of Ground. Bettled by
the Securing of Bolton Street Park.
McOloakey and Mr. Parsons Come to
Terms—The Southern League's New
Trouble.
The work of signing players for the
Savannah base ball, team goes merrily
along. Manager McCloskey has added
Jantzen to his list and is negotiating with
other good players.
Jantzen caught for New Orleans last
year and will fill the same position on
the Savannah team. lie measures 6 feet
7 inches, and is considered one of the
finest back stops in the country. He is a
hard hitter and can throw the ball without
the least exertion. He will make a good
addition to the team that McCloskey has
already signed.
Mr. Harry Parsons and Manager Mc-
Closkey have been in consultation with
reference to the base ball grounds and it
looks as if the Bolton street park will be
sole cted. The grounds will be put in con
dition and the grand stand and bleaching
boards will be repaired. There was some
hitch in the selection of a park, but it is
understood that the railroad appreciated
the benefit it would derive from the
travel and the concessions demanded by
the management of the club have been
made.
a question op rent.
The question of rent cut quite a figure,
and it was quite a surprise to those inter
ested in the welfare of the club. There
will probably be no bonus given as in
other cities, but equally satisfactory ar
rangements will be made.
The proposition of the Wheelmen’s
Park Association was not seriously con
sidered. The distance was too great, and
should the Bolton street park not have
been secured, efforts would have heen
made to use the old Pompeiian grounds on
the line of the Electric railway.
The New York team will probably
reach Savannah the early part of the
month, and remain for about three weeks,
playing exhibition games with picked
nines and also with the Baltimore team,
which will practice at Macon.
MONTGOMERY’S KICK.
There seems to be trouble brewing for
the league. The Montgomery Base Bail
Association is sore over the treatment it
received at the league meeting when the
vacancy made by A ugiista was filled by
admitting Macon into the fold. Mont
gomery sent two representatives to the
meeting to present her claims, but they
were not given a hearing until Macon had
been admitted.
It is claimed that the election of Macon
was a compromise of the injunction suit
begun last summer by that club.
The Montgomery people are indignant
and will probably institute suit against
the league and prevent it from playing in
Alabama. The Montgomery Association
has retained council to look after its in
terests and the league may be consider
ably inconvenienced as a resuit.
An exchange prints the following good
story told by Fred Dunlap when he was
in the habit of spending his evenings with
such chaice spirits as Jim McCormick,
Bill Purcell and others in a little game of
draw:
In those days light-headed youths who
are struck on ballplayers were Just as
numerous as they are now, and at one of
the sittings a particularly soft-looking
guy joined the party Ho was given a
hand, and at the conclusion of the seance
he was about cleaned out. But he was
a dead game sport and made never a
squeal. Turning to McCormick he
said:
“Say, Jim, I’d like to get square. How
will I know when you’re going to send a
man to first on balls?”
This rather took Mac’s breath away,
but the chance for a joke was too good to
be missed and he said:
“Why, easy enough. Whenever I wipe
the sweat oft my face (drawing his index
finger horizontally across his forehead)
this way, I’ll give a base on balls.”
“Good enough,” said thocherub: “I’ll
be at the grounds with a roll.”
It will be remembered that McCormick
perspired very profusely-so much so, In
fact, that, like Billy Taylor, he would
generally take a towel on the field with
him. When MoCormick reached the
ground he had forgotten all about the in
cident of the night before. But not so
with the young man. He was there with
his wad, eager for the fray to begin.
As soon as Mac began to pitch the per
spiration began to stream from him, and.
unmindful of tbe young man and bis roll,
drew bis finger across his forehead and
snapped tbe sweat away.
That was the young man's tip. He im
mediately Let a tenner that the batsman
would reach first on balls, but It was one
State
or
Weather.
DRY GOODS.
ECKSTEIN'S
Great Bargains This Week.
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SHIRT PERCALES,
Warranted Fast Colors.
5 cts.
FINE GINGHAMS,
Reduced From 8 Cents.
5 cts.
Bleached Shirtings,
Yard Wide and Soft Finish.
6 cts.
Outingr Suitings,
Formerly Sold at 10 Cents.
10 cts.
PILLOW CASING,
Nice Quality, Extra Wide.
15 cts.
Bleached Sheetings
Double Width and Heavy.
15 cts.
Feather Tickings,
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12 2 cts.
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the Best Shirting Made,
25 cts.
LINEN TOWELS,
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GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN SCO
of Mac’s Rood days, and ho didn’t do a
thing but strike the batsmen out. That
was a rather discouraging starter for tho
young sport. McCormick, not knowing
the havoc that he was working, contin
ued to mop off his forehead at regular In
tervals, and the young man kept on bet
ting until he was broke.
After tho game, which was won by
McCormick’s side, tho pair met. ‘ Hello,
there, sport,” suid Mac “you got square,
I suppose.”
“Square, the devil,” was the reply.
“Why didn’t we win the game?” he in
nocently rejoined.
“What’s that got to do with it?”
screamed the irate kid. “1 bet on bases
on balls, and now I'm out of money.”
“Yes,” said Mac, “and I’m out of
sweat.” Then tho young man subsided.
Base ball clubs all over the country are
discussing the recent suggestion made to
the ways and means committee at Wash
ington for mectisg the government defi
ciency. The committee is urged to tax
each base ball or foot ball club *lO and
an additional SIOO for every game played.
The Baltimore club is booked to play in
Savannah, April 4, 5 and 8, and will bring
tho following players: Kobinson ana
Clark, catchers; McMahon, Mullane,
Hawke, Inks and Horner, pitchers;
Brouthers, Beits and McGraw, on the
bases; Jennings and Bonner, short stop,
and Brodio, Kelly and Keeler, in the out
field.
Loud coaching, says the Sporting Life,
unquestionably adds interest to tho game,
enthuses the spectators and divests the
game of a dead, machine-like and per
functory appearance. Moreover, it stim
ulates the playehs, and anything that can
do that is a good thing, since nothing is so
depressing to spectators as an appearance
of indifference or apathy among the
players; and your quiet, mechanical
player nearly always has that appear
ance, and often unintentionally creates
the impression that the sport is nothing
more to him than a means of livelihood—
a sort of day-laborer job, as it were.
The lowest average of the swings of
the arm a pitcher makes in delivering the
ball to the bat, is four to each batsman iu
nine innings play. That makes thirty-six
swings to each of the nine batsmen in a
game. The ordinary average, however, is
nearly twice this. It can be readily seen
that with the expenditure of strength to
swing the arm for a swift delivery, that
the pitcher's work in a match is decidedly
arduous. The lowest average is 144 swings
of the arm in a full game, and from this
upward.
In the old Atlantic days a pitcher would
pitch sixty-eight balls to one batsman be
fore the latter was suited, and from 200
or 300 pitched balls was an ordinary
figure.
The training schools for amateurs are
multiplying rapidly. The coming season
will see more minor leagues take the field
than were ever before equipped since the
birth of professional ball.
By the time the season opens there will
be over sixty professional base ball clubs
In operation, Including about 700 players,
who will receive compensation ranging
from *SO to *4OO per month.
No less than ninety base ball leagues
will take the field this summer -at least
that Is the number in sight now, with
more to be heard from.
“This taxin’ Incomes ain’t the thing to do
to make the country rich,” said Uncle
Silas
"They’d oughter tax expenditures.
Peopled spend leas’■’save more then.’’
—Harper’s batur.
39 CfS.
Japanese Wash Silks
the Best in the City.
49 CtS.
HABUTAI SILKS,
Colors Warranted to Stand,
59 CtS.
Real India Silks,
Elegant Line of Patterns.
69 cts.
Black Dress Silks,
Just Marked Down From
SI.OO.
79 cts.
Brocaded Silks,
Cheaper Than Sold Any*
where.
25 Cts.
A Lot of CORSETS,
Odd Sizes, at Half Price.’
25 CtS.
FAST BLACK HOSE
for Ladies, Men & Children.
121 cts.
FAST BLACK HOSE
Suitable for Boys or Girls.
83 cts.
Large White Quilts,
the Regular $1.25 Article.
Some of David Dudley Field’s Friends.
From Horper’s Weekly.
When last 1 saw Mr. Field I asked him
who impressed him as the greatest man
of his time. He at once replied, “Lin
coln.” Then he went on; “Lincoln was
the most-sided man I think I ever met.
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and others were
great men in their way, but Lincoln was
groat in a multitude of ways. Thera
seemed hidden springs of greatness In
this man that would spring forth in the
most unexpected way, and even the men
alxiut him were at a loss to account fop
the order of the man’s genius.”
Mr. Field smiled when Horace Gree
ley’s name was mentioned. “He was a
very great man In some ways,” said Mr.
Field, “and a very weak one in others.
He was almost as many-sided as Lincoln
himself, and was a wonderful combina
tion of goodness and weakness. He was?
mv friend for many years, and my co
worker in helping to nominate Lincoln,
but his own nomination in 1872 struck me
as the grotesque ending of a movement
that promised much As President, ha
would have been used by selfish men fop
their own ends.”
Here Mr. Field took up Gen. Grant, “t
knew Mr. Grant well,” ho said, “though
not over-intiinately. For Grant the sol
dier I hnd the highest admiration, and
watched his career with appreciative In
terest. He was a groat general, but I
always held that he was unsuited for tha
office of President, since his education
and training were not such as to fit him
for the office under the trying conditions
that then existed It afterwards trans
pired that I was in the main right.”
“Samuel J. Tilden," Mr. Field wenton,
“was my friend and neighbor for many
years, and I have always believed that
Mr. Tilden and the people of this country
were wronged by the decision of the
electoral commission. Personally I held
close and friendly relations with Mr.
Tilden. His was one of the keenest
analytical minds I have ever known, and
his capacity for politics as well as real
statesmanship was remarkable.”
1 asked Mr Field to what he attributed
his remarkably good health in his ad
vanced years.
"First, a good constitution, and second
hard work,” was the quick reply. “Hard
work, my young friend, never killed any
one. Idleness has slain its thousands.
Then, again, exercise has helped me. I
have never allowed a day of my life to
pass-hot, cold, wet, or dry—without
walking several miles in the open air.
Cabs and street cars I cannot abide. As
for eating and drinking, I follow no
especial rule. I take what I like and let
the rest alone. I find that policy to agreo
with me.”
It Is said that nearly every human body has
electricity enough in It to light up an incan
descent lamp, and any one may easily de
termine whether It Is the case with himself.
To perform the experiment take an ordinary
Incandescent lamp globe—one that has been
In use Is preferable - hold it at the socket end
with tho fingers aud thumb of one hand, so as
to make electric connection with the conduct
ing wires, and encircle the widest part of the
glass bulb with the other hand, rubbtng it rap
idly back and forth. If this be done in a dark
room, the lamp will glow for some moments
after the rubbing has ceased, lhe experi
ment is very beautiful, but It Is very capri
cious. and does not always work equally well,
even under the same conditions, if all works
well the glow Is proportional to the speed
with which the lamp Is rubbed, and to the
length of the movements of the hand It Is
not the filament of the lamp thut glows, but
the glass Itself, by the electricity collected on
Its surface.
It Is complained of English nurses who
come to Amern a that they are altogether too
genteel, and carry their sense of superiority
about with them in such an offensive and coa
spiouous manner as to greatly Impair their
usefulness
An elevator up Mount Calvary U la cm
strunion lor the benefit of tourists.
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