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VICTIM OF AN I'CLY CRIME
Aa 11-Year-Old Child Tells the Story
ol an Assault Upon Her.
tittle Anna Moselle White in a
Critical Condition, as the Result of
an Inhuman Outrage—She Will Be
Sent to the Savannah Hospital This
Morning—Unable to Give the Where
abouts of Her Assailant or His De
scription.
What appears to be one of the most ag
gravated cases of assault on record in the
criminal history of Savannah took place,
8l cording to the story of the little girl
v- ho is the victim of the crime, last Mon
day afternoon.
The matter has just come to light, and
if the perpetrator of the deed is caught,
it is probable that he will be dealt with
less lightly than was the infamous March
Walker.
The victim of the crime is little Anna
Moselle White, a child of 11 years, who
in appearance seems even still younger,
the lives with her mother, a middle-aged
woman in rather poor circumstances, at
>o. 44 Harrison street, between West
Broad and Farm. The mother, while in
pcor circumstances, is a respectable
seamstress, and makes a scant
living by taking in dressmaking
and sewing. The mother and daughter
live in the same house with two other
families.
Yesterday morning seeing that hor
daughter was ill, the mother sent her to
Hr. M. T. Davis. The little girl walked
up to the doctor’s office, and in her inno
cence told him just what her mother's
suspicions were, and asked him to do
something for her. An examination was
imtde in the presence of witnesses, and it
was foud that the little girl was suffering
from a disease of the most virulent and
quickly developing type.
THE CHILD’S STORY.
The child told the physician her story,
in brief, and he took her back to her
mother’s home. Meeting Assistant
Chief of Police Reilly ' on
the way, the officej went
down to the house with them. There, in
the presence of Dr Davis, Lieut. Reilly
and her mother, little Anna told her story
again. !->he. had been sent down town
Monday afternoon by her mother on
some errand. At the corner of Bull and
some other street, she could not remem
ber exactly where, and it was late in the
afternoon, she was met by a white man,
who asked her to go into his house with
him. In her unsuspecting innocence she
went. She said the man took her into a
room, following which she described the
details of how he accomplished the pur
pose for which he had carried here there.
She told her story in a very innocen t
and childish way, which very much im
pressed the physician and Lieut. Reilly,
with the truth of her story. She pro-'
tested that she had mentioned the matter
to her mother before, but if she had, her
mother seemed to have paid little at
tention to her at the time, as she said
that she did not remember that the
child had told her that story before,
although she had told her mother of her
illness.
COULDN'T REMEMBER THE PLACE.
The peculiar part of the story was that
the girl could not remember the exact
locality where she was stopped by the
man, and could give a very meager idea
of his description. She repeated, in the
presence of her mother and Lieut. Reilly,
the same story she had told Dr. Davis
when she was sent to see him. The
mother. Mrs. White, was most indignant
and almost heart-broken when she learned
the full particulars of her daughter's con
dition, and what it had resulted from.
She was outspoken in her indignation
against the author of the crime, and
wanted to see the injustice to her daugh
ter speedily avenged.
Assistant Chief Reilly was no less
severe in his denunciation of the criminal,
whoever he may be. He says the girl is
a bright child, ahd he denounces the
offense as one of the most diabolical and
outrageous he has ever had any
knowledge of. He said he could
hardly be held responsible for his
actions if he could lay hands on
the offender. Every effort will be made
to determine more definitely the circum
stances under which it occurred, and
siiouid the criminal be caught it is proba
ble that justice will be meted out to him
very promptly.
A MERE CHILD.
Anna looks scarcely more thad 7 or 8
years old. She has black hair and brown
eyes, and seemß quite an attractive little
child. There is no doubt that she is in
a critical condition. She will be sent to
the Savannah hospital this morning,
where she will be cared for and treated.
'I he case is a most aggravated one, and if
the facts are as the child states them no
ehert will be spared to capture her as
sadant. There is an air of mystery about
it however, which may give the authori
al some trouble in getting to the bottom
AT THE THEATER.
Mme. Natali and Her Company Give
a Splendid Performance.
Mme. Louise Natali and her company
of singers gave a most excellent presen
tation of 11 Trovatore in three acts last
night. The opera was preceded by a
programme of instrumental and vocal
numbers as a prelude forthe opera which
followed.
‘he artists that support Mme. Natali
"c i specially selected for the present
southern tour. Mme. Natali,
ho has studied with Murchesi,
i ouchard and Damrosch, was
splendid voice and the music loving
poopit in Savannah < ijoyed a rare treat
aini rewarded the noted artist with the
11 >' Hst applause. Mme. Natali's voice
P‘ S'c-sesa remarkablecompassandshows
t' 11 - e.ie, tof the most careful cultivation,
tn the programme, preceding the opera,
sn sang most sweetly, but the triumph
o he evening was “Leonora.” She has a
"inlerful amount of histronic talent.
' fie h combined with her superior sing
, • made the performance doubly enjoy
able aud agreeable.
• r her first solo she responded to the
ncarty encore with ‘‘Suwannee River” in
“ rwt charming manner.
•' lls ® b-mmy Miron has a fine contralto
which was heard to great advan
'Vj' m the role of "Azucena.”
• yilliam Stevens sings the role of
■ inrico.” His tenor voice is full of
““uoqy and sweetness of tone.
r. William Mertens sang the Torea
er s song from Carmen, by Bizet, with
i ,l fer Tor at> d was loudly encored.
he piano solo by Mr. Jacques Fried
,” ‘ ger showed marxed ability, and was
cy result of earnest work of the artist.
■ ' execution is pronounced and his play
■‘V indicates the splendid training of a
u ' "/f and. Friedberter played Chopin's
_ 'eifth Rhapsody in a most brilliant
e and he easily interpreted this mas
/'piece of music.
Ihe company will play a return en
, cement at a matinee Saturday after
nocm, giving three acts of “Faust.”
Landing Men at Nictheroy.
London, Feb. 28. Dispatches from
“ucnos Ayres, dated yesterday, say* the
to'ernment cruiser Nictheroy has landed
n ‘en at Cabo Frio, seventy-five milos
northeast of Kio. Other government
fsseis are making their wav towards
“io as rapidly as possible. The state of
*iegeof Rio has been abolished.
CLEVELAND'S OUTING.
The Presidential Party Sighted by
Steamers in the Canal.
Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 28.—The light house
steamer Violet, which President Cleve
land, Secretary of State Gresham and
Capt. Evans or the United States navy
aboard, pas-ed through this harbor yes
terday bound south, and a steamer in
last night reports passing the Violet in the
Virginia section of the Albemarle and
Chesapeake cknal at noon yesterday. The
President. Mr. GreSham and Capt. Evans
were standing out bn the upper deck
forward as the two steamers met. The
distinguished gentlemen were passing
the time leisurely. The captain of the
north bound steamer saluted the Presi
dent, who returned it with marked polite
ness, a lady being at the side of the
fortaer.
Another steamer in this morning re
ports the steamer Violet tied up at 11
o'clock last night at the light house sta
tion at I-ong Point in the North Carolina
division of the Albemarle and Chesapeake
canal, jnst across Curituck canal, about
sixty miles from this city. If the party
wanted to duck in that section. Long
Point is just the place. The Violet would
be left while the sportsmen took the
launch and returned into Currituck sound
this morning. When the last steamer
above referred to passed the Violet, every
body aboard of the latter was apparently
asleep.
The lighthouse steamer Violet, with
President Cleveland and party, passed
North river light about 8 o’clock this
morning and is now in Albemarle sound.
RIOTING AT A COAL MINE.
One Man Killed and Eleven Wounded
and the Fight Still in Progress.
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 28.—About
400 excited strikers met at Armstrong’s
creek, three miles from here, late this
afternoon and decided to make the Wyant
miners at Eagle, two miles below, come
out. They advanced on the Tipple at
Eagle, but the W’yant men having been
warned, had Winchesters with them and
opened fire on the miners.
A dispatch from Eagle states that one
man has been killed and eleven wounded,
and that the men are still lighting blood
ily.
Gov. McCorkle’s private secretary has
been sent to the scene on a special train,
and at I'J o’clock to-night Capt. Banks, of
Company G, state militia, of this city,
was u ‘dered to at once muster his men
and pioceed to Eagle to quell the rioting
miners. The other companies here have
been oruerea to get themselves in readi
ness.
THE SITUATION GROWING WORSE.
The Fayette county sheriff is at Eagje
with a posse defending the Wyant men.
The governor will send the militia under
Major Banks at LijQo’clock.
A telegram received to-night at 10:45
o’clock stated that the situation is grow
ing more serious and implores quick
action from the governor. The strikers
are on the mountain and the sheriff's
posse at Wyant's in the tipple. The
Huntington troops have been ordered out.
TWO MEN SHOT.
Blood Spilled Instead of Ovrn at a
Frolic on Spillcorn Creek.
Abbeville, N. C., Feb. 28.—0n Spiilcorn
creek, during a frolic Sunday night,
George Hensley told his wife to go home.
Riley Shelton, Jr., told Mrs. Hensley she
could stay as long as she wanted. The
men got into a fight. A bullet from
Hensley's pistol went through Shelton’s
heart. As he fell Shelton fired at Hens
ley, who took to the woods. It is be
lieved Hensley was wounded and is prob
ably dead in the woods.
TWO KILLED—ONE INSANE.
A Father Loses His Reason on Caus
ing the Death of His Daughters.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 28.—A special to
the Post from Birmingham, Ala., says:
“James Hickman, was cutting down a
tree near Glasgow, Ala., yesterday, when
it fell on his two daughters, who were
passing near by, unseen by him. One
daughter was killed instantly and the
other died this morning. Hickman has
since gone crazy from grief and is a rav
ing maniac.”
A WARRANT FOR A CASHIER.
He Is Charged With Embezzlement of
a Bank’s Funds.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 28.—Late this af
ternoon, at the instance of the board of
directors of the St. Louis National Bank,
a warrant was issued for the arrest of
William R. Burr, Jr., late cashier of that
bank, on the charge of misappropriation
of funds and embezzlement of funds. The
amount of the shortage is not yet known.
A BOY KILLS AN OFFICER.
The Latter Levying on Property Be
longing to the Boy's Mother.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 28.—A special
to the Advertiser from Camden, Ala.,
says: “Deputy Sheriff John Coleman, of
East Wilcox, was shot and instaiuly
killed yesterday, by a colored boy, while
Coleman was making a levy on property
of the bo.y’s mother.”.
Kansas Fusion Democrats.
Topeka, Kas., Feb 28.—At a meeting
of the fusion democratic state central
committee last night avail was issued for
a state convention to meet in Topeka qn
July 3, to place in nomination candidates
for state offices. The committee ignored
the proposition of the stalwart committee
for a compromise of the differences be
tween the two factions of parties, and it
is possible that two democratic state con
ventions will be the result. All of the
members of the fusion committee favors a
combination with ibe populist* iX
ticable.
Gen. Bonilla’s Victory.
New York, Feb. 28.—A special from
>\lanagua says: “Gen. Ortiz has formally J
turned over tlio city of Tegusigalpa to
Policarps Bonilla, who has already ar
ranged for an election for members of the |
assembly and president. The Nicaraguan ‘
troops will remain until order is c om
pletely restored. The Villela and Gutier
rez's troops have disbanded and the
chiofs are trying to join ex-President
Vaspiez in Han Salvador. Policarpo
Bonilla has been recognized by Salvador,
Costa Rica, and Guatemala.
DsGaugh’s Hall Hastings.
Evangelist Smith, who is conducting
religious services at DoUaugh's hall,
preached last night on the sub,oct, “Cain i
and Abel,” taking as a text, “By faith
Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice
than Cain.” The subject announced for
the discourse to-night is “The Key to the
Scriptures.” A chart will be used to
illustrate the subject. To morrow night
"What Must i. Do to Be Saved?” will be
discussed.
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THE .MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MARCH I, 1894.
BRAZIL TO BALLOT TO DAY.
It’s the Country’s First Presidential
Election.
Every Indication That the Balloting
Will Proceed Peacefully—No Talk of
Intimidation or Fraud Prudente
Maraea the Leading Candidate.
President Peixoto and Othere Also
in the Race.
(Copyright. 1894, by the United Press.)
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 28.—A1l the prep
arations for the presidential election to
morrow are completed. To American
eyes the campaign has appeared pecu
liarly quiet and devoid of popular inter
est. The nominations have been made
known mainly by advertisements in the
newspapers. There has been little argu
ment in favor of any candidate.
Everyman who has been named forthe
presidency or the vice presidency has
been praised immoderately by friendly
journals. No newspaper has disparaged
any candidate. The questions of national
policy have teen hardly mentioned, and
few persons know or care what lines of ac
tion the candidates are ready to pledge
themselves to. There have been no proces
sions, no stump speeches, ho great public
meetings, no fireworks.
MARIES THE LEADING CANDIDATE.
Dr. Prudento Maraes, president of the
Senate and ox-president of Sao Paula
province, is the leading candidate for the
presidency of the republic. Even the
Journal, whose insurgent editor was
forced to flee from the city, supports him.
Much surprise has been caused
by the appearance of ox-Min
ister Kuy Barbosaso’s name in
the list of candidates. He was
supposed previously to be still loyal to
the insurgents, but. his candidacy is re
garded as evidence that he has forsaken
their cause. He was the financial agent
of the insurgent government, and his de
fection. if accomplished, will be a heavy
blow to Admirals Mello and da Gama.
THE ADVERTISED CANDIDACY.
The advertised candidates for the vice
presidency are Dr. Alfonzo Penna, presi
dent of the state of Minas Garaes, and
the ablest statesman in Brazil; Floriauo
Peixoto, the president of the republic,
and two others of only local fame.
The government organ, O’Paiz, sup;
ports Maraes and Penna. It published
to-day a long leader urging the expedi
ency of electing them. Several influen
tial insurgents said yesterday that Ma
raes and Penna would bn sat
isfactory to them in case it
should prove impossible to restore the
monarchy. All expressed doubts as to
the government's sincerity in supporting
the two candidates in question, or in fact
any other civilians.
THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
This will be Brazil’s first popular elec
tion of a president. The people are chil
dren in politics, but there is every indica
tion that the balloting will pro
ceed peacefully. Nobody is talking of
intimidation or fraud. Congress wi’l
count the votes and declare the result.
That all this will be done in good faith,
is probable, but not certain. Whether
Brazil shall enjoy order and progress or
be torn by anarchy will be determined by
the event of the election.
JUDGE LONG’S PENSION.
Judge Cox Refuses to Enjoin the Com
missioner From Cutting It.
Washington, Feb. 28.—Judge Cox, in
Equity Court No. 1, this morning rendered
his decision in the case of Judge Long, of
the Michigan supreme court, who, several
days ago, applied for an injunction re
straining the commissioner of pensions
from reducing, or seeking to reduce, his
pension of 872 a month, granted him by
Commissioner of Pensions Tanner in
188'J. The decision read to-day by Judge
Cox was an exceedingly lengthy one, and
while Commissioner Loehren was re
strained because the complainant had not
been given the thirty days’ notice required
by the act of Dec. 21, 1898. Judge Cox
declared that otherwise the commissioner
had. so far, acted entirely within the au
thority possessed by him in reviewing the
act of his predecessor, and that, there
fore, Judge Long was not entitled to the
relief prayed for in his bill of complaint.
BULLETS FOR A LOTHARIO.
Waylaid on Missionary Ridge While
Riding With Another Man’s Wife.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 28.—Arthur
Jack was shot yesterday three times, but
not fatally, by Ed and Si Spencer, broth
ers. Jack has been carrying on a flirta
tion for some time with Mrs. Ed Speneer,
and yesterday the pair were buggy riding
on Missionary Ridge, when the two
Silencers waylaid them, and opened fire
on Jack, who, after being wounded three
times, jumped from his ougg.v and ran a
distance of two miles, closely followed
by the Spencers, but managed to escape.
Mrs. Spencer is 33 years of age, has been
married nineteen years, and is the mother
of seven children. The Spencers are
merchants, and about the best known
men of this city.
ENGLAND’S DEFENSE.
A Movement to Combine the War and
Admiralty Offices.
London, March 1, 5 a. m.—All this
morning’s newspapers give prominence to
a long letter urging that the war and
admiralty offices be combined in a minis
try of imperial defense, which
shall command the services of
responsible members of the army
and navy. This letter is signed by
Sir Charles Dilke, Lieut. Gen. Sir George
( heimev, Hugh , Arnold Forster and
Charles Spencer, aU members of "£tie
Houso of Commons. Copies of it were
sent to Mr. Gladstone, Lord Salisbury,
the Duke of Devonshire, Arthur J. Bai
lout- and Joseph Chamberlain.
LIGHT-WEIGHTS IN THE RING.
Stanton Abbott Knocks Out Harry
Gilmore in Five Rounds.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 28.—Stanton Abbott,
the light-weight champion of England,
scored another victory in the ring to
night at Battery D before several thou
sand sports, knocking out Harry Gilmore,
ex-light-weight champion of America, in
the fifth round. The contest from the start
was all in favor of the Englishman, who
had a vicious, persistent way of landing
his left on Gilmore's jaw and wind. The
American stepped into the ring weighing
149 pounds, while the Englishman weighed
IB pounds less. George Siler acted as
referee. _
TEXANS STARVING TO DEATH.
Cattle and Other Live Stock Have Per
ished by Thousands.
San Antonio, Tex.. Feb. 28.—The starv
ing people of Starr county have received
comparatively light assistance in response
to their appeal to the world for help.
Their condition cannot bo described.
Many ranches have been deserted, and a
number of deaths from starvation have
occurred. Cattle aud other live stock
have died by the thousands. The county
is literally burned up, and water for do
mestic purposes, must be hauled long dis
tances.
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A BOMB ON A PORCH.
The Residenoe of a Physician at Lan
caster Badly Shattered.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 28.—The residence
of Dr. J. E. Baker, a prominent physi
cian, was terribly shattered to-night,
shortly after 11 o’clock by the
explosion of a dynamite bomb on the
porch, where it was placed by some un
known miscreant. Fortunately none of
the inmates wer.e injured. Latta Hazzlen,
connected with the revenue office, saw a
man place the bomb on the porch and
hurry away. Mr. Hazzlen was struck by
a piece of the missile, which inflicted a
painful wound on’his leg.
Woman Suffrage Rejected.
Des Moiues, la., Feb. 24.—The Senate
this morning rejected the woman's suf
frage amendment by a vote of 20 ayes to
20 nays.
YOUNG BEEVES’ DREAM.
It Resulted in the Killing for Which
He Is on Trial for His Life.
From the Galveston Daily News.
Dallas, Feb. 7.—Yesterday E. J. Reeves
went on the witness stand in the criminal
court to tell his own story of the killing
of Tom James at a dance in East Dallas
on the night of Dec. 14 last.
Reeves said that two nights before the
killing he dreamed that he met Tom
James. James had a letter In his hand,
and said to Reeves: “Joe, this is from
yourwife. Shedon’tlove you any longer.”
He woke up and thought nothing of it.
He fell asleep again and had another
dream. He imagined that his wife was
writing to Tom James. He saw her seated
at a table writing a letter to somebody.
He saw her fiuisb the missive, kiss it,
and then hide it in the pocket of a silk
dress on the wall. He dreamed he asked
her if she had been writing to James and
she said no.
Then he awoke and found his wife
awake and told her what had entered his
mind in sleep. Just for fun, he said, he
started across the room to where the silk
dress was hanging to examine the pockets.
His wife had been laughing at his dream.
When he walked nqlpss the room ahe
darted to the dress, took something from
the pocket and crumpled it in her hand.
He asked her what it was. She refused
to tell him. He tried to take it away
from her. She fought like only a woman
can resist when she is determined.
Finally he twisted her hands open and a
piece of note paper fell to the floor. He
asked his wife what it meant. She would
not tell him. He persisted. She broke
down after a while, aud told him his
dreams had come true. She had written
that letter to Tom James. She had called
James her darling, and had met him
several times at a house on Main street.
Before all this happened she had boon
caught writing to James, and had promised
never to do so again. Aud be had trusted
her. When she told the story of it all sho
left the room.
He went I*6 work in the little restau
rant he had established with his hard
earned money. That same day other peo
ple came to him, people who called them
selves his friends, and told him more and
more. Finally, he saw Tom James across
the street. James laughed. He called to
James. He upbraided to James for break
ing up his home and heart. James denied
it. He had not heard all of these things
then. That night he went to a dance by
invitation, expecting to meet his jioople
1 there. He met James. They had some
I words in the yard. James shot him in
‘ the hand and he shot James in the heart.
He had not seen his wife from the time
she left his house that morning till she
called on him at the iail after the killing.
Such was Reeves’ story. He told it to
a crowded court room. He told prac
tically the same thing to the reporters
the night of the killing. Reeves is only
20 years of age. His wife haS not been
present during the trial.
A Lion Figures in a Divorce Suit.
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegram.
Paris, Feb. 6—A very queer divorce
suit has come before the courts at Bale.
A certain gentleman of Switzerland went
to Paris, and having poured out many
libations to Bacchus, went off to inspect a
traveling menagerie. The pride of this
menagerie was a lion cub, who, having
been left an orphan at a tender age, was
being brought up with much maternal so
licitude by a large dog, who, having also
lost her puppies, had adopted the forlorn
stranger. The Swiss, on seeing this inter
esting couple, was moved to tears, and
offered so large a price for the foster
mother and nursling that the owner
eagerly closed with him.
Meantime the Swiss returned to the
conjugal domicile, became himself again,
and forgot both his emotion and his pur
chase, until a letter arrived for him an
nouncing that his lion was on its way.
His wife, who was jealous of him. opened
the letter, and. after investigation, dis
covered that the dinner and the baby lion
were acquired in joyous feminine com
pany, so, her conjugal ire being excited,
she left her husband, vowing she would
divorce him because of the lion and other
indiscretions, and as she naturally took
away her own private fortune on her de
parture, the poor man is left lamenting
with a healthy lion an enfeebled pocket
book, an empty house, and a vague hope
that perhajis the lion, who is the uncon
scious author of his woe, will one day
grow up and eat him, thus ensuring c. re
lease from this troublesome world.
China has at last one complete railway, says
the Philadelphia Record. It Is a short line
connecting Tien tsin with Shan hat Itwan, a
town In the Great Chinese Wall where the
latter runs down ta the Gulf of Lieu tung.
There is a certain anachronism In. the asso
ciation of the “iron horse.'' so em lematic of
our modern celerity of communication, with
the Chinese Wall, which stands as the
personification of oostructlon to freo
intercourse. However, this new Chinese rail
road 1s Itself an anomaly: it Is not Intended
for traffic It will oarrj neither merchandise
nor passengers. Having been built simply
for strategic purposes. It will be strictly con
fined to military uses 'Hie sedan chair will
continue to o the vehicle for overland jour
n- ys In China, and freight will still i e carried
slung *o poles home on the shoulders of mus
cular Chinese porters.
TO BEGIN WORK AT ONCE.
Justice Jackson Assents to the Propo
sition Made Last Week.
The Tybee Railroad Will Be Put Back
Before May 1-Nothing to Do Now
But Sign the Contract-It Will Be
Paid for by the Issue of $40,000 of
Receiver's Certificates at 7 Per Cent.
Justice Jackson Signs the Order
Promptly on Receiving It.
There is no further doubt about the im
mediate rebuilding of the Tybee railroad.
The receipt of Justice Jackson's order
assenting to the contract recently ap
proved by all other interests was the only
link needed to make the chain complete,
and that was added yesterday afternoon.
Immediately after the meeting of tho
bondholders Saturday, the )>etition and
order were prepared and mailed to Jus
tice Jackson at St, Petersburg, Fla.,
which place he has selected to spend his
winter vacation.
The petition was from Receivers Comer
and Hayes, of the Savannah and Atlantic
railroad, it set forth that they had made
an effort, but had been absolutely unable
to find a market for the receiver's cer
tificates, which the court had authori.ed
to be issued. A bid had been received, it
stated, to rebuild tho road for a considera
tion of $40,000, to be paid in receiver's cer
tificates issued in terms of the order
granted Jan. 4, 1893. The petition further
stated that all parties interested had
agreed to such a contract, provided the
permission of the court were obtained.
CAN BE DONE CHEAPER NOW.
It was also shown that a great loss to
the property would result unless the
work were done at once, and further that
it could probably be done cheaper
at this season of the year than at any
other time. In the opinion of Recover
Comer it would be to the advantage of
Savannah and Atlantic railroad if the
order of Jan. 4 were so modified as to al
low the contract to be made for the
work to be done in consideration of re
ceiver’s certificates to be issued to an
extent not to exceed $40,090.
Following the petition was a copy of a
resolution adopted by the directors of the
Oglethorpe Saving aud Trust Company,
trustee for the bondholders, assenting to
the contract, and also a copy of a resolu
tion adopted at the Saturday meeting of
the bondholders, which also urged that
the assent of the court to the contract be
given, as all parties had agreed to it. Col.
J. H. Estill s affidavit as secretary of the
meeting of the bondholders certified that
$192,800 of the bonds at par value were
represented and had given unanimous
assent to the proposed plan.
Justice Jackson has a reputation for at
tending most punctually to all matters
which come before him, and he did not
fail to do so in this case.
THE WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE.
The petition and order were mailed
here Saturday. The order modifying the
order of Jan. 4, and consenting to the con
tract under which $49,000 in receiver's
certificates is to be paid for the restoring
of the road was signed Feb. 26—last Mon
day—tho same day it was received. It
was returned to Messrs. Lawton & Cun
ningham by yesterday’s mail and will be
filed with the court at once.
This is the only thing which has been
delaying the beginning of the work on the
road, it is probable that Engineer Dob
son will now take it up at once for Mayor
McDonough and the others who aro in
terested In the contract, and that tho
work will be pushed' rapidly to comple
tion even before May 1. No time has yet
been specified at which the work will be
taken up, but it will doubtless begin this
week, or by the first of next week, as
there is nothihg whatever in tho way to
delay it but the signing of the contract,
which is not a matter for delay. The
question has at last been satisfactorily
solved and settled, and the people can be
sure of spending somo of the summer
days on Tybee.
WILL START A REINDEER FARM
United States Government to Make an
Experiment in the Far North.
From tho Chicago Herald.
Madison, Wis., F’eb. 17.—A Madison
man has just been selected to go upon a
very peculiar and interesting, even ro
mantic mission. William Kjellinan is his
name and he is a young Norwegian of 34
years—a man who for three years past
has been working in this city as a car
penter. He has a wifo aud a 3-year-old
daughter, and all of them will soon be lo
cated at the uttermost western point of
the American continent, surrounded only
by native Eskimos and a few Laplanders
Kjellinan has been deputed by the United
States government to go Lapiand. got flvo
or six Laplander families, and their dogs,
then proceed with them to Port Clarence,
jutting out into the narrowest point of
Bering Strait, there to remain presuma
bly for tho remainder of their days.
The object in transporting Laplanders
to Alaska is to obtain the benefit of their
knowledge in breeding, developing and
using reindeer. The whole scheme is a
government venture possessing tne great
est likelihood of having in it elements of
the highest practical utility. At Port
Clarance a little coast fishing is done, but
in the interior no industry has yet been
established of any value whatever. To
all intents and purposes the land back
from salt water lies idle and non-pro
ductive, and yet it abounds in the choicest
of food for reindeer—moss and other
lichens. Not until within three years
has any effort been made to domesticate
reindeer, but three years ago Dr.
Sheldon Jackson, who, under the
federal bureau of education, has
direct chargo of the educational and
civilizing affairs of the government in
Alaska, obtained an importation of the
animals from across the Strait of Siberia,
and now there about 400 of them in the
peninsula. He also brought over some
native Siberians to instruct the Eskimos
in their care, and the experiment proved
fairly successful. The native Alaskans
took to the innovation kindly, but Dr.
Jackson realized that by no means the
fullest measure of success was being
achieved, owing to the general inefficiency
of tho imported Siberians in treating the
reindeer. He therefore concluded to go
to the real home of the reindeer—ln
land—and secure some of those people to
whom a reindeer is horse, cow, sheep
and goat all combined.
Benjamin F. Hlghsmtth. of Sablnal Canyon,
Tex., is a veteran of three wars, having
fought under Houston In Texas under Gen.
Taylor In Mexico, and under several confed
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wounded, at Bandera Pass, in Texas, and
Bu> ni*A lsta. in Mexico, he Is now too infirm
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