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STEALING OF THE STAMPS.
The Number Purloined Beliered to Ex
ceed 200,000.
Two Weeks Must Elapse Before the
Full Extent of the Robbery Is Discov
ered—The Stealing Going on for Thir
ty Days-Four Men Implicated in the
Plot— One of the Four Offers to Turn
State's Evidence.
Washington, Oct. 12.—The stamp rob
bery at the bureau of engraving and
printing, discovered yesterday, turns out
io he much larger than at first suspected.
Instead of one package containing 50,<H0
; cent stamps, it Is now believed that over
200,000, and possibly 230.000, stamps of va
rious denominations are missing. Post
masters in all parts of the country, it is
thought, have received fewer stamps than
they ordered and failed to notify the de
partment of the deficiency. When their
o larterly reports are made up these
shortages may be found. It will take two
seeks to discover the full extent of the
robbery. When it is known that yester
day’s shipments of stamps were served
to I.SOO postmasters, some idea of the
enormity of the task of ascertaining what
offices have received short packages is
had.
The stealing has been going on for
thirty days, and seems to have been the
result of a plot. William B. Smith, for
merly of Plainfield, N. J., and George
W. Longstreet, employed in the stamp de
partment of the bureau of engraving and
printing, are under arrest, and the de
tectives are looking for William A.
Beach, who was until recently employed
in a billiard room in a hotel In this city,
and a man whose name is believed to be
Simmerslitz. Both men left Washington
Wednesday for the purpose of selling
stamps.
To-day Smith made a proposition to
turn state's evidence and make a full con
fession if they would sign a paper guar
anteeing him full protection. He said he
would implicate government employes
much higher than himslf. H was told
that such protection could not be granted
Smith then told the authorities that he
knew where Beach was, but w’ould go to
jail before he would tell his whereabouts.
The authorities are at a loss as to what
to make of Smith’s offer, as he has told
many conflicting stories since his arrest.
Longstreet was arrested to-day on the
evidence of Mary Earl, and Cora La
Boss, two dissolute women who went to
New York a week ago or so wdth Smith
and Beach. These women told the de
tectives that Friday night, Sept. 28, Smith
and Beach, accompanied by a third man,
called at their house and wanted them to
start for New York that night. To this
they agreed and the three men asked for
the use of a room for a few minutes. They
entered it. Smith carrying a small satchel.
Shortly after Smith left the house with
a large white envelope. He returned with
some money and four tickets for Balti
more.
They then left the city, leaving the third
man. The officers looked upon this as
sufficient evidence to hold the third party,
so to-day Detectives Weedon and Hellen,
Postofftce Inspector Smith and Postage
Stamp Agent Davis went to the bureau
of engraving and printing, taking the two
women along, as they were positive they
could point out the unknown man there.
In the stamp vaults Cora La Boss pointed
out Longstreet, who was asked into Agent
Davis’ office. As soon as he entered he
blurted out: "Now about those 50,000
stanjips. I know absolutely nothing about
them. My books are straight.”
As the officers had given no intimation
of the nature of their visit, this was con
sidered an evidence of guilt, and Long
street was arrested. On the way to the
police station the prisoner became indig
nant and declared he -would sue somebody
for damages. He was told tq sue Smith,
ns he had made a confession, implicating
him (Longstreet.) This quieted the pris-
Lonsrstreet is about 36 years old, unmar
ried and an expert stamp handler and
packer. He was with the American Bank
Note Company for eight years, ranking
as the company's second best stamp ex
pert. When the government assumed the
stamp contracts a few' months ago Long
street was brought here as an instructor
of other men. He was regarded as abso
lutely trustworthy.
The trip of Smith, Beach and the two
women to New York was a hilarious one.
During the absence of Smith from the
party, only a short time. Beach stole some
stamps from his fellow in crime. The
woman La Boss realizing that the men
were thieves, became frightened and left
them in New York city. The other three
then went to Orange. N. J.. where Smith
and the Karl woman attempted to pass
as man and wife, and were ejected from a
hotel Beach and the woman engaged
in a fistcuft to the sorrow' of the latter.
A policeman arrested the trio and took
them before the chief of police, where
•'.uou stamps were found in a satchel and
those stolon from Smith by Beach were
found in the latter’s pockets. They were
accused of having stolen the stamps, but
they strenuously denied the charge. The
Lari woman became disgusted with the
affair and informed the chief they were
stolen property and he could prove it by
having the Bureau of Engraving and
Criming telegraphed to. For some un
accountable reason the chief was per
suaded to let them go. And he has re
gretted his action ever since.
They returned to Washington Sunday.
Next day Smith resumed his duties as
usual, and Beach went about the city
selling the stolen plunder.
Some of the stamps were of anew is
sue not yet put in circulation.
BILOXI IN A BLAZE.
Twenty-seven Buildings Burned at a
Loss of $75,000.
Biloxi. Miss., Oqt. 12.—About 2 o'clock
• his morning fire broke out in the Bayou
saloon and spread rapidly, destroying
'wenty-geven buildings covering two
squares of ground and involving a loss of
L .1(0. The Insurance Is very light.
■ he following is a list of the sufferers:
Roberts, jeweler; fire engine house; J.
M Murphy, blacksmith; John Estetter,
'wo huildings; Dan Markey, tinsmith;
James Lawrence, shoemaker; J. Kelly,
barber; Charles Redding, grocer; Dr. j.
' Lemon; Mrs. Kelly, residences; Geqjrge
•’hr, Sr., seven buildings; Mrs. A. S.
dry koods; Felix Borries. butcher:
'■ illiam K. Ducatt, residence; S. Picard,
dry goods; Mrs. Rich, residence; J. W.
bweatman, druggist; Masonic opera
house, 'including paraphernalia of the
Masons and Knights of Pythias.
JOURNALISTIC DIFFICULTIES.
Betting Type in Japanese Is a Most La
borious Process.
front the Real Japan, by Henry Norman,
They are very keen Journalists in the
land of the chrysanthemum; but It must
be allowed that the business Is carried on
under difficulties from which even the
hardened western newspaper man might
shrink appalled. "The Internal organiza-
Uon of a newspaper office Is a sail spec
'aele of daily struggle with difficulties un
known elsewhere and really unnecessary
here.
"The Japanese written and printed char
acter consists of the Chinese ideographs,
those complicated square figures made up
of an apparent Jumble of zigzags and
■ tosses and ticks and triangles and tails
the footprints of a drunken fly'—and of
the original Japanese syllabary, called
liana. Of the former there are 20,000 In
all, of which perhaps 14,000 constitute the
scholars vocabulary, and no fewer than
4,000 are In common daily use; while the
forty-seven simple characters of the kana
are known to everybody. Therefore the
Japanese compositor has to be prepared
to place in his stick any one of over 4,000
different types—truly an appalling task.
"From the nature of the problem sev
eral consequences naturally follow. First,
he must be a good deal of a scholar himself
to recognize all these Instantly and ac
curately. Secondly, his eyesight suffers
fearfully, and he generally wears a huge
pair of magnifying goggles; and, third, as
it ts physically impossible for any one
man to reach 4,000 types a totally dif
ferent method of ease arrangement has to
be devised.
"The ’Typo,' therefore, of whom there
are only three or four on a paper, sits at
a little table at one end of a large room,
with the case containing his forty-seven
kana syllables before him. From end to
end of the room tall cases of type are ar
ranged like the shelves in a crowded
library, a passage of three feet being
left between each two. The compositor
receives his copy In large pieces, which
he cuts Into little ‘takes,’ and hands each
of these to one of half a dozen boys who
assist him. The boy takes this and pro
ceeds to walk about, among the cases (ill
he has collected each of the Ideographs,
or square Chinese picture words, omitting
all the kana syllables which connect
them. While these boys are thus run
ning to and fro snatching up the types
and jostling each other, they keep up a
continual chant, singing the name of the
character they are looking for, as they
cannot recognize it till they hear its
sound, the ordinary lower-class Japanese
not understanding his daily paper unless
he reads it aloud.”
PARADISE IN THE DESERT.
That Is, a Tramps’ Paradise, Which Is
Different From the Conventional.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Los Angeles, Cal.. Sept. 22.—Southern
California is the tramp's pardise in sum
mer, and in winter the Mojave desert
is his Eden. This later may seem para
doxical. but it is one of the strangest
features in this odd corner of a strange
country. During the summer months
the tramps bask along the shady streams
near the cities and towns, to which they
make daily Incursions In quest of cold vic
tuals. They camp in the undergrowth
in the suburbs of the towns which have
an Indain population, or near the ranehe
ria of Indian fruit pickers, and supply
the noble red man with whisky. It is un
lawful to sell whisky to an Indian, and
the tramp acts as a go-between. He
takes the confiding brave's half-dollar, re
turns with a twenty-five cent bottle of the
turpentine variety and pockets the other
twenty-five cents. He then assists in
making the whisky disappear. This is one
of the tramp’s sources of revenue which
those in the east do not enjoy. In a warm
climate the system does not require much
food, so he gets along easily In summer
or winter, as the winters here are very
mild Ke sleeps upon the ground without
covering the year round. When It rains
he seeks a hedge or friendly barn.
During the cold months they drift down
from the north in gangs, and make for
the Mojave desert. A desert, it would
seem, Is about the last place a
human being would seek a livelihood, but
it is the tarap's paradise. The raiffoad
town of Mojave is their headquarters.
They camp along the edges of the desert
and in, the gorges that debouch into the
sandy waste or amid the little oases that
are sheltered by some of the huge, black
rocks, or in extinct volcanos. This great
desert has miles upon miles of lava flows,
mud springs, whose depths have never
been fathomed, and transverse canons
extending into the sandy waDe for miles.
Here the tramp finds a resting place and
perhaps remains for the winter. The
question naturally arises why he seeks
the desert, where he can see nothing,
with no particular object in view-. In fol
lowing the railroad he has had a taste
of desert life. There seems to be a fasci
nation about a desert, and when one has
lived, even for a short time, amid one
he invariably returns to the nomadic life.
The tramp trudges along the sands, which
the night air does not cool, and when the
morning sun begins to make things hot
enough for anybody, he lies down beneath
the shade of a rock or (actus, whose
boughs protect him as a shield.
Excepting horned toads and rattle
snakes. the tramp is the only thing that
can live in some portions of the desert.
By day he sleeps and dreams of houses,
towns, rivers whose banks are lined with
green foliage, and of castles in the air.
In his desolate march he is surprised at
seeing a mirage depicting water in a
land where there is no water. After
a few days' rest at one of the mining
camps on the desert, he is off to the next
camp. He has no particular object in go
ing, he does not expect to see anyone in
particular, but keeps moving from the
force of habit; whether It is wise or other
wise he does not know. If hr falls by the
wayside his remains are covered by the
drifting sands, his only shroud. The
rarlfied air Is so devoid of moisture that
the corpse, in many instances, becomes
a real mummy. Should the coyotes and
jackals stray far enough into the desert
and find the remains, they would leave
the poisoned body severely alone. The
atmosphere becomes so heavily charged
with mineral and other poisonous sub
stances that the flesh Is soon impreg
nated.
Along the edge of the desert an occa
sional Indian Wigwan is found. The In
dians do not venture far out, only to some
canon or oasis where they can hide the
horses they have stolen from civilization.
The desert Indains. as they are called,
are excellent trackers and trailers, and
i We utilized in tracking lost mining :.res
pecters. The Indians live on acorns, herbs,
heavily seeded grasses, wild game, in
cluding the festive Jark rabbit, which
they upsel at long range with the boom
erang. Sheep and goats stray from the
ranches end the Indians and tramps
seem to think they are legitimate game.
The tramp finds an asylum at the wig
wam of the desert Indian—there is an
affinity between them—a hatred of civili
zation.
PAINFUL PUNISHMENT.
A Victim Describes the Agonies of a
Flogging in Prison.
From Spare Moments.
A man who was at the last Suffolk As
sizes sentenced to 15 lashes of the “eat"
and to undergo a short term of hard labor
for highway robbery at Great Conrad has
Just returned to his native village in Es
sex, and he has given a description of his
punishment Two other men who were
Jointly indicted with him were sentenced
to similar punishment.
The narrator stated that all three were
flogged the same morning, he being the
second to receive the lash. He said he
was fixed on a frame so he could not move
hand or foot. A bucket of water was
thrown over his head ami neck to prevent
the lashes injuring the cervical vertebrae
The doctor, who had examined him before
he was pinioned, then applied the stetho
scope, and said to the prison officials.
“He’s a tough 'un; you can’t hurt him.”
The man says, however, that when the
punishment was being inflicted he bit the
sheet round his head almost Into shreds
In his agony, and Implored his Jailers to
kill him outright.
He received the whole of the 15 lashes,
the flogging being administered by a tall,
powerful wurder. After being released
from the frame, he avers that he was
compelled to march with other prisoners
for an hour.
The flogging took place tn a Saturday
morning, and the following Monday morn
ing he and his two colleagues were set to
hard labor. In a repentant mood, which
It Is to be hoped will prove lasting, the
man added that no money or other con
sideration would induce him to again un
dergo a similar punishment.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1894.
NEW CONGRESS TO BE CLOSE
Both Parties Making a Hard Fight to
Win the Control.
The Republicans No Longer Claiming a
Landslide Victory in Next Month’s
Elections- Senator Faulkner Merely
Claims “a Working Majority’* and the
Republicans “a Safe Majority”-
Senator Butler Confident that South
Carolina Will Elect a Solid Demo
cratic Delegation.
Washington, Oct. 12.—1n less than four
weeks now the members of the Fifty
fourth house of representatives will have
been elected. The managers of both con
gressional committees are beyond the
stage of talking. Up to this time they
have claimed everything in sight. Each
day’s mail brings news of development
and districts which seemed hopeless last
wefdc now show a fighting chance. Chair
man Babcock of the republican congres
sional campaign committee states that the
advices he has received from the southern
states indicate probable republican gains
or democratic losses in Maryland, Vir
ginia, West Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas,
Tennessee and Louisiana. They are mak
ing a farcical claim for several districts in
Virginia, based on the statement that
the state was once carried by Gen. Ma
hone, and that the conditions now are
even more propitious than they were
then.
Senator Faulkner treats all these re
ports which come direct to him from re
publican headquarters with good demo
cratic contempt. He is letting the re
publicans do the talking, while he Is push
ing forward his work with the zeal of a
missionary. It is significant, however,
that the republicans no longer claim a
land-slide victory. Both parties recog
nize that it is to be a bitter fight, and the
triumphant party will carry the house by
a narrow majority. Senator Faulkner
merely claims a "working majority,’’ and
the republicans "a safe majority.”
From this standpoint the situation
changes daily. Consultations are held by
the leaders nearly every morning and
often the calculations for an entire state
are reversed from that of the day pre
ceding. A district which is considered in
vincible one day has to be practically
abandoned the next, because of some un
fortunate incident in the candidate’s ca
reer. Local dlssenssions figure as im
portant factors, and suddenly change
an assurance of victory to defeat. But a
careful estimate after visiting both head
quarters is that the democrats seem to be
in the ascendency, or at least, the repub
licans do not appear as confident as they
did two weeks ago.
Senator Gray of Delaware and Senator
Butler of South Carolina were at the
democratic headquarters to-day. Senator
Gray said regarding the political outlook
in his state: "We will elect a democratic
legislature, and a member of the national
house of representatives. We never have
any candidates for the United Slates
Senate until our legislature is elected.
Therefore, I do not say who will run, but
1 feel certain that we will have two dem
ocratic senators instead of one in the next
congress."
He would not discuss Ambassador Bay
ard as a candidate. It Is generally be
lieve’ here, however, that America’s rep
resentative at the Court of St. James will
be returned to the Senate.
Senator Butler thinks the entire dele
gation from South Carolina will be demo
cratic. He still thinks he may triumph
over Tillman, but to his senatorial com
peers, and to those w f ho view the situa
tion from an unbiased standpoint, his
fight is regarded as a hopeless one.
The largest order for campaign litera
ture received by the democratic campaign
committee, comes from the state demo
cratic committee of Wyoming, which
wants the speeches of Representative Bry
an of Nebraska on sliver, and Senator
Mills’ on the tariff, by the thousands. The
democrats of Wyoming are devoting all
their energies to electing a legislature, as
the next legislature will chose two sena
tors, ■ one to fill the vacancy already ex
isting, and the other to succeed Senator
Carey, w’hose term expires next March.
Democratic success in Wyoming would in
sure beyond all question the democratic
majority in the Senate during the next
congress.
Because Secretary Carlisle has not yet
notified the democratic managers in New
York whether he intends to make any
campaign speeches in that state has
been regarded In some quarters as an
indication that he is not interested in the
election of Senator Hill as governor. This
is a misconception of the position of the
secretary. He has not discussed New
York politics because he does not know
much about them, and any remarks from
him might be construed as an interfer
ence. While he may not enter the stale
to speak, he is taking an active interest
in the democratic campaign, and Is writ
ing many personal letters to democratic
leaders who are friendly with the ad
ministration. He is certainly not in
different to the result of the New York
campaign. The real fight there is
hinging on local differences, with which
the party in general have but little to do.
The result will unquestionably have an
Important bearing in the future of the na
tional party, but the fight itself, owing to
internal quarrels and differences of opin
ion must be settled by the state democ
cracy. Therefore, if Mr. Carlisle refrains
from any effort to Improve the conditions
in New York he would only be exercis
ing the same discretion which has made
Vice President Stevenson and other prom
inent men hesitate to discuss the New
York situation.
A letter has Just been received from the
Hon. H. C. Tompkins, chairman of the
state democratic committee of Alabama,
In which he assures Senatoj- Faulkner
that the state will be carried by the de
mocracy by a large majority. If the dem
ocrats turn out their full strength he be
lieves every district in the state will go
democratic.
Senator Faulkner has received informa
tion that Illinois Is being flooded with lit
erature on silver sent there under the
frank of Senator Don Cameron of Penn
sylvania. Senator Cameron has had
presidential aspirations for a long time,
and is pluming himßelf to accept the re
publican presidential nomination, pro
viding that he and Senator Quay can
force -the party to declare for free silver.
His distribution of documents at the pres
ent time is taken as a continuation of his
efforts to secure the vote of the silver
men in 1X96.
Sherman Speaks in Ohio.
Akron, 0., Oct. 12.—Senator John Sher
man made his debut in the Ohio campaign
with a strong speech at Assembly hall to
night. The audience was a monster one,
being composed of republicans, democrats
and populists from ail over Summit
county.
“Your mustache Is beginning to force It
self Into notice, Henry," said the young
lady to her lover. "Yes," he replied, with
a blush, "and if it continues to do so, 1
suppose you will be calling It down."—
New York Press.
De Hamme—Back to town so soon?
Barnes Tormer—Yes. We played In
Plunkvllle to no one but deadheads, and
two of them brought suit against us for
loss of their time in witnessing the play.
—lndianapolis Journal.
WHERE WOMEN HAVE SUFFRAGE.
Taken All in All. They Cut Quite a
Figure in the World’* Politic*.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The countries of the world where wo
men already have some suffrage have an
area of over 18,000,000 square miles aivl
their population is over 550,000,000.
In Great Britain women vote for all
elective offices except members of par
liament.
In France the women teachers elect wo
men members on all boards of education.
In Sweden women vote for all elective
officers except representatives; also, i?
directly, tor members of the House of
Lords.
In Norway they have school suffrage.
In Ireland the women vote for the har
bor boards, poor law guardian, and in
Belfast for municipal officers
In Russia women householder** vote for
all elective officers and on all local mat
ters.
In Finland they vote for all elective of
fleers.
In Austria-Hungary they vote, by proxy,
for all elective officers.
In Croatia and Dalmatia they have the
privilege of doing so in local elections in
person.
In Italy widows vote for members of
parliament.
In the Madras Presidency and the Bom
bay Presidency (Hlndoostam the women
exercise the right of suffrage in all mu
nicipalities.
In all the coutries of Russia. Asia, they
can do so wherever a Russian colony set
tles. The Russians arc colonizing the
whole of their vast Asian possessions
and carrying with them everywhere the
"mir," or self-governing village, wherein
women who are heads of households are
permitted to vote.
Women have municipal suffrage In Cape
Colony, which rules a million square
miles..
Municipal woman suffrage rules in New
Zealand, and, I think, at parliamentary
elections.
Iceland, in the North Atlantic; the Isle
of Man (between England and Ireland);
and Pitcairn Island, in the South Pacific
have full woman suffrage.
In the Dominion of Canada women have
municipal suffrage in every province and
also in the Northwest Territories. In On
tario they vote for all elective offices, ex
cept in the election of members of the leg
islature and parliament.
In the United States twenty-eight states
and territories have given women some
form of suffrage.
School suffrage in various degrees is
granted to women in Arizona, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho. Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New York, North Da
kota. Bouth Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Ver
mont, and Wisconsin.
In Arkansas and Missouri women vote,
by petition, on liquor license in many
cases.
In Delaware suffrage is exercised by wo
men in several municipalities.
In Kansas they have equal suffrage
with men at all municipal elections. About
60,000 women voted In 1890.
In Montana they vote on all local taxa
tion.
In New York they can and do vote at
school elections. The question of the con
stitutionality of the law’ is still unde
cided. They vote also in many places in
this state on local improvements, such ns
gas and electric street lighting, paving,
sewerage, and municipal bonds.
In Utah women voted until disfran
chised by the "Edmunds law," when they
promptly organized to demand its repeal.
In Pennslyvania a law was passed in
1889 under which women vote on local
improvements by signing or refusing to
sign petitions therefor.
In Wyoming women have voted on the
• amo terms with men since 1870. The con
vention in 1889 to form a state constitu
tion unanimously Inserted a proft-hdon se
curing them fuH suffrage. This constitu
tion was ratified by the voters at a spe
cial election by about three-fourths ma
jority. Congress refused to require the
disfranchisement of women and admit
ted the state July 10, 1890.
And let it not be forgotten that in the
Senate of the United States , Feb. 7, 1889, a
select committee reported In favor of
amending the federal constitution so as to
forbid states to sex a cause of dis
franchisement. Congress adjourned, how
ever, March 4. following, without reach
ing the subject.
The ever prevailing problem of hOW to
do away with the London smoke has been
solved, It is reported, by Col. Duller of
the Belgian engineers, who has discovered
an easy and economical method of dispos
ing of it. The method is thus described:
The smoke enters a chJmnpy shaped like
the letter N; at the bottom of the left
hand leg it is met by a small Jet of steam,
which saturates the smoke and acceler
ates the draught; at the top of the leg a
spray of water drives down the soot and
noxious products, allowing only almost
pure vapor to escape up the last leg. Half
the acids and 94 per cent, of the soot are
thus removed; they are sent down into the
sewers, where they act as disinfectants.
The system can be applied to a factory for
about $250, and to a single dwelling house
for sl2 or sls.
Mrs. Biddleby—What’s that gold dome
up there, father. Mr. Biddleby That’s
on the slate house where the legislature
sets. Mrs. Biddleby—Oh, indeed. I s’pose
they put the gold so far up so’s the legisla
tors can’t reach it.—Harper’s Bazar.
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FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
I.IXDSAY iv MORGAX
Are on deck to-day with a hip drive in
AXffIiNSTER CARPETS.
Our competitors ask 5i.69 a yard. Our price $1.65.
This being our twentieth season we are in a position to
know just what is wanted, and also know that job lots are
not the things to buy when you want a nice carpet. We
never buy goods from the auction room, but only from the
maker. We never told a dozen times last week that our
line was the only one in town worth looking at. Why buy
odds and ends in carpets when you can come to us and get
the choice of first-class goods for less than you can get
old stock for and job lots? Seeing is believing, and all we
ask of you is that you look at all other lines and get prices
and then come to us, and we will beat any price that you
get elsewhere on
FURNITURE OR CARPETS.
We are prepared and will sell you first-class goods in
either of our departments at almost your own price. We
are not hogs. We do not want all, but only enough to live on.
IMPORTED RUGS.
9x12 feet for sls; regular price $25.
3x6 feet for $2.50; regular price $5.
These are only two of the sizes offered. Come and see
them and get our prices on the other sizes. They arc BIG
BARGAINS.
WINDOW SHADES.
In this line we think we arc on top of the pile in re
gards the assortment and lowness in price. Don’t make a
mistake by buying before you see our line and get our
prices. Our stock of
FURNITURE
is beyond comparison. We are not going out of business,
and therefore our stock is not the remnants of years of
accumulation, but new goods from the best markets, and
is being sold at less than the price asked by our competi
tors for their old-fashioned goods. Eyes are better than
woi di. Take the hint.
CASH OR INSTALLMENTS.
IRON FOUNDERS.
KEHQE'S :i IRON :: WORKS,
Founders, Machinists. Boiler- <gSS|g)
a § makers and Blacksmiths.
Ail Kinds of repair work promptly done. Great
reduction In price of
MILLS AND PANS.
ESTIMATES I'KOMFTI.V FURNISHED.
D Broughton Street, from Kejnoldn to Kxiidolph Mh. Telepliono
M 26H, Savannah, Ga
NOVELTY IRON WORKS.
johFrourke&son,
Machinists, Blacksmiths, Boilermakers and Iron and Brass
Repair work of all kind* promptly
lllg reduction In price* on
SUGAR MILLS AM) PANS.
Send for prices before purchasing elsewhere.
2, 4 and 6 Bay and I, 2,3, 4, 5 and 6 River Streets, - - Savannah. Ca.
IRON FOUNDERS.
MGDONOUGH & BfILLfINTYNE, V
IRON FOUNDERS, _ 1
S Machinists, Blacksmiths and Boiler Makers.
Also manufacturers or Stationary and Porta K'fcyJMSipfi ILJIc
file Engine*. Vertical and Top running Corn fiW*
■ Mills, Sugar Mills and Pans Have also on hand
and for sale cheap one 10-horae Power Portable ißDTJfcyyy.‘Vffdt.. r Aj
Engine; also one 30, one 40 and one 100hor.se fn* iW*
Power Stationary Knglne. All orders promptly
DROVE NAILS IN HIS FEET.
Fun for Hie Playmates May Result Fa
tally for the Victim.
From the Washington Post.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. I.—Willie Brown,
aged 13, residing on Thirteenth street, is
on the verge of an attack of tetanus, the
result of a prank of playmates. Satur
day evening, while at play, the boys fdund
a mule shoe. It was proposed to play
blacksmith and Willie was selected to
represent the horse. The crowd held the
boy fast, while another boy drove three
nails through the iron shoe Into the boy s
foot. One of the nails passed entirely
through his foot, while the other two
penetrated quite a distance Into the fish.
The hoy fainted from the pain and his
companions fieri. VV 1111c* was found and
carried home by employes of th rt Zug Iron
Works. The boy Is In an extremely criti
cal condition. None of the boys con
cerned in the affair has yet been arrested.
FEMALES IN A GLASS “RUSH.”
Some Participants Badly Hurt and
Others Scratched by Oirls.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Columbus, 0., Oct. I.—The members of
the sophomore and freshmen classes of
Wittenberg college, Springfield, 0., en
gaged in a fierce class “rust!” to-day, and
a dozen of them are seriously injured.
Some are in a dangerous condition. The
fight occurred in the dormitory building.
One of the students was knocked sense
less, and It was thought for a time that
he was dead. Alarm over his condition
really brought hostilities to an end. The
female members of the classes took part
In the contest of fighting qualities, and
some faces will carry marks of their
pretty fingers for several days.
“You didn't come anywhere near get
ting the pennant?” said the haughty Bal
timorean.
"No,” replied the humble Washing
tonian. "We'll have to get along with
the cold wave flag, as usual.—Washington
Star.
RAILROADS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
PIEDMONT AIR LINE.
The Greatest Southern System.
IMPKOVIGU schedules. Through tirst class
coaches between Savannah and Asheville,
N. 0.. for Hot Springs and other Westcrii
Carolina points.
Also to Walhalla and Greenville, S. C., anl
Intermediate points via Columbia.
time and Improved service to Wash
ingtou New York and the Fast.
Only line in the south updating solid vestl
buled limited trains with Pullman dining earn.
Double daily fast trains between New * ork.
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington, Char
lotte, Columoia. savannah and Jacksonville
and Tampa, Fla , carrying Pullman drawing
room cars between Savannah and New York
on ail through trains. Also dining cars be
tween Savannah and Washington on trains 37
and BH.
W A. TURK. G. P. A. Washington, D. G
S. H. HARDWICK. A. G. P. A.. Atlanta. Ga
SPORTING GOODS!
Shotguns, Gun Covers,
LeoQins.Huntino Goats,
Dog Conors, Loaded Shells,
Hit [ill's IS.
NURSERY.
TQISLTfiG’S NURSERY;
White Khitr Road.
PLANTS. Bouquets, Deaipn. Cut Flower.
furntebed to order. Leave order* at
Hoarnfeld A Murray *. Whitaker street
Tb* Belt Railway paaaea Utrouxb Uu> uur
•ary. TaUpboa* 24a
_sh:pp Ns
ti sum
FOB
li Ml. Bosion ooi mm
fpilK magnificent steamships of these linen
* are appointed to sail as follows—standard
lime-
TO NEW YORK.
CITY OF MACON, (apt. Lewis, SATUR
DAY . Oct. lit. 2O p. in.
CITY OF AUGTSTA, Capt. I)A(.GETT. MOW
DAY , Oct. I.*, 6.30 p. m.
CI TT. BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Buna,
WEDNESDAY. Oct. 17. 7 am.
Kansas city, capt fisher, Friday.
Oct. h‘* 30 a. in.
ti.vn. CITY Capt. Googins, SATURDAY.
Oct. 20. !>:3O a. m.
NAt Often Kb;, Capt. Smith, MONDAY, Oat
22, 12 noon.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
I For freight onl/.l
DESSOFO. ( apt DougHTT, FRIDAY, Oat.
Itf, 8:30 a. m.
TO BOSTON.
CHATTAHO; irilK.K.t apt. Savage, THURS
DAY, lc:. IH, 7 30a. in.
TALLAIIASSKK. Cape. Askins, THURS
DAY, Oct. 25. 3 p. ni.
Through billsof lading given to Kastern and
Northwestern points and to ports of the Untied
Kingdom and the Continent.
For freight or passage apply to
, C. G. ANDERSON, Agent.
" aldbu-g Building, west of City exchange.
ierenoms’ end Transponaiion ca
For Baltimore.
(STANDARD TIME.)
< tihin ( Hound Trip) 2A OO
Intermediate lO OO
Cahiii to Wanliiiigton . * Id 20
< ahln to Philadelphia 1 7 HO
Intermediate to Philadelphia
Tickets uolil to all points on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
PTHIK steamships of this company are an
-1 pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti
more aN follows standard time:
BERKSHIRE. <*apt. J. W. KiKwan. SAT
URDAY. </6t. 13. 5 p. m.
\VM. CKANfc (’apt. W. J. Bond, WEDNES
DAY, Oct. 17, 7:30 p. ni.
D H. MILLER, Capt. (J. W. BILLUPS,
SAiUuDaY, Oct 20, 10 p. m
from Baltimore) every TUESDAY and
Through bills oof lading given to all point*
V\ i st. all the manufacturing to vns in Now
England, and to ports of the United Kingdom
und the Continent.
J. J. CAROL AN, Agont.
i Baltimore wharf
J. C. W lIITNET .Traffic Manager, Baltimore
PLANT - STEAMSHIP . LINE.
SEMI-WEEKLY SERVICE.
FORI w m WEST AND HAVANI
SOUTH-BOUND.
Lv Port Tampa Mon. and Thors. II :(J0 p. m.
Ar Key West Tuesdays and Fridays 3 p. tn
Ar Havana Wed. and Sat. t! a. m.
NORTH-BOUND.
Lv Havana Wed. and Sat. 12:30 p. m
Ar Key West Wed. and Sat. 7:30p, m. *
Ar Port Tampa Thurs. and Sun. ifp. m.
Connections at Port Tampa with West India
fast mail trains to and from northern and
eastern rules. For stato room accommoda
tions anply to C. PENNY
„„„ Ticket Agent. Port Tampa.
M. lv I*l, ANT, Assistant Manager.
W. M. DAVIDSON, General Pass. Agent.
SUBURBAN RA LWAYS*
iTiriiiTlim
Winter Schedule on und aftpr
Oct. 15, 18U4.
Isle of Hope—Week Day Schedule.
Leave City From V,7 Hope*” Into
*# ola 111 Bolton Kt HlOtg Bolton sf"
7 00 a 111 Holton st. 7 10 a m;Boltoi st
0 oo a m Second av. 8 10 a m [second ar.
10 37 a m Holton st. 9 IS a miJlolton st
I IS pm Second av. 12 20 pm Secondav.
•2 30 p rn Holton st. *2 30 p mjHolton st
•4 30 p m Holton st. *| 30 p m Holton st.
*5 30 p in;Holton st. 30 p in Holton at.
*r oo P rn Holton st. *7 oo p m Bolton st.
10:37 p. m, Saturday nights only from Bolton
street
"Change at Thunderbolt,
hor Montgomery, j auu 10:37 a. m., 2:30 and
5:30 p. in and change at Sandfly. Leave
Montgomery, 7:30a. m.. 1 :15 and 4:50 p. m.
For Thunderbolt, cars leave Holton street
depot on every hour and half hour.
* ' 1
STEAMBOAT L NES.
The Steamer Alpha,
K. F. DANIELS, Master.
On and after SFI*T. 23 will change her
Schedule as follows;
Leave Savannah. Tuesday 9am
Leave Beaufort, Wednesday Bam
Leave Savannah. 1 hurmiay 11 am
Leave Beaufort, Friday bam
'1 he steamer will stop at Biuffton on both
trips each way. *
For further Information apply to
C. H. MLDLOCK, Agent.
For Darien, Brunswick and Inter*
mediate Points,
The new and elegant twin irrew steamer
VIGILA INT,
J. G. GARNETT, Master.
Leaves Savannah Tuesday and Friday 7 a. m.
Returning,
Leave Brunswick Wednes. and Sat. 7am
Leave Darien Wednesday and St. 10 a.m.
Making daylight trip each way.
For further luforinatlon apply
W. T. GHisON, Manager.
GRA N AND PROVISIONS.
seeeToats:
Texas Red R. I*. Oats.
Georgia Seed Kyo.
Cow Peas.
Florida Oranges.
Apples. Onions, Potatoes, eto. >
Jluy, Grata aud Feed.
173 and 175 Bay .y*
W. D. SIM’
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