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I Ml SR AND MUSICIANS.
fc!, : [ > stiitlini of the Conservatory oi
I Music Hears and Secs.
Singer
f sical Instruments Voices That
I c^arm and Voices That Have No In-
I ppiration - A Number of Things of
I Special Interest.
■ N v. Conservatory, Boston. Mass., Jan.
■ ,Th. Christmas holidays have vanished
B v .* dream, as usual. The tired shop
■ ir s had a little time to brace up before
■ r ... ••upj.r.vedented January mark-down
g_ a- i now the great multitudes sallv
|| r .v, how they can b*'t invest the
K r;iV dimes l*ft ov*r from the season of
|| rh conservatory dining hall has not
off its holiday finery yet. and the
■mrmrous slender pillars an' ringed and
■ r . . i with greenery, festoons of whi.-h
■,, <wung from one end of the long room
H, . other, from post to post, and around
■,-. walls. The effect, especially when the
■*jr rri* lights are on, is charming. But
■ t . Yul**tide and the New Year are not
■q. occasions for universal rejoicing, as
■*irh us of the south. The Puritan hor-
■ r . T>,d or affected, of the gorgeous
■ r ;y , h days, rubs Santa Claus of his pres
:iv t patron saint, and I suppose the
l\. w y. ar brings so much prosaic business
its train that people almost forget to
■ho- • it will be a happy one. I went about
■making generous gifts of my good wishes,
■,< though I had a monopoly of the good
■facy business, for everybody seemed a
surprised at the otters.
■ v . Handel and Haydn Society gave the
■h . hundred and ninety-sixth concert of
■ih'ir eightieth season on Sunday evening,
rn The Messiah was t he oratorio, and
Ks c the custom with the society, it was
■n-cated on Christmas night. The players
from the Symphony orchestra, Mr.
Hc.iti Zerrahn conducted, while Mr. B. J.
Hhing presided at the organ. I had for
■ - . * ii there was an organ in music hall,
■ M -C n ,-uddenly some deep reverberating
■i t - sounded through the violins and
■wood-wind instruments.
ml 5,,; i I to myself,” those are assuredly
■„:•_ us t.mes; and my eyes traveled around
■•t*. \us', ugly building in search of their
■or- n. Perched way up to the left of the
Ism.", far above the balconies, I observed
■,i •;something like a bow-window,
■l. m m with palanquin curtains of clingy
■r * Some of these were drawn a little
■ icet and 1 could catch a far-away
Gf *rr-*- of a music-page, before which
H| • Lang was doubtless sitting. What
■o! ;• uu there could be to drawing the
■ , • bn.- entirely aside I cannot imagine.
■7‘must he some tradition, some un
■v n symphonic* law which translated
■v,.ml 1 real: “Organists must be heard
H not seen.” It must be very eerie to
■sr mid-air like that with only one ray of
■ian: falling upon the music page; the
■gr-.it organ,like a monster in the dark
■before one. and fathoms below the play
■•:-. and singers shouting in the light
■'. fore an audience of thousands..
■ Music Hall Is hideous. Jt looks like an
■i-*i hi;*- ■tural nightmare of the Puritan
■triLvi'. and devoted to the droning of
Hi! ven Penitential Psalms. Perhaps
■iv and the fact of its nintieth perform-
H;v •. made the oratorio a keen dlsap
'lit to me. There were six hundred
- h hums, and 1 expected to be thrilled
a whelmed with the gran dure of
■•nil with the feeling that I had heard a
Himo-Leri.iece of another era of music,
■3 'nd :• 1 in a calm, cool and correct man
■n r on the part of the chorus, and a more
■or less pleasing style on the part of the
Hsclo singers. The bass, Mr. Watkins
■.M ils, 'who is an Englishman,” was far
gj; ; i a way the best of all. His enunciation
Hu clear as crystal, his voice firm, his
■!• >]■ of singing delightful; correct, yet
8P r *'div'diutl, and not too precise, as was the
H< ' with the tenor, who made me think
Hi ' a goud, but slightly worn music-box.
its * fnuch belauded alto, Miss tTary, was
H di-tiic t disappointment. Her voice
H<> ■ in ms without being at
■ ! deep ;n register or quality, and she
H ' 'bout inspiration. On Easter Sun-
Htdy evening, April 14. the society will sing
H 11 oratorio, “The Life of Man,” composed
fg ’ them by Mr. J. C. D. Parker.
■ H ho is one of the faculty of
conservatory. I was told that he lias
Jl r . n working on the composition for the
■ i two years and a half, and feels at a
fffi ' for '-veiling occupation since complet
■ ’ i '- r But of course he will receive an-
H musical inspiration and will ply
9 busy pen again and again. He looks
■ l'K*- an oratorio composer with bis thin
■ f i. face in an iron-gray setting of hair.
H : dink eyes at once kindly and satirical
m skiing behind his glasses. Mr. Elson's
H “ir. •on orchestral instruments which
;!§ • been interrupted by the holidays and
3 1 two special occasions were re
:J§ yesterday. Mr. Guentel, of
If orchestra, brought his bas
il ir >d Mr. Elson gave us a delightful
■ bilk on that queer instrument, called in
|j *be Fagotto because it resembles a
|| of fagots tied together. I had
U r thought much about it and never
H ' looked closely at one before, my ideas
Si 1 • f irg chiefly in connection with Ten-
H byson's,
|| ”*aU night have the roses heard
■ r * K ’ flt Fe. violin, bassoon,”
p tV ie sound of the name always sug
■ nested to me the booming of a sleepy
|| e “bee in a flower garden on a hot
§J ' la >- Truth to tell, my imagina
■ was not far wrong. This "clown of
robestra” has a deep booming lower
I
■ one. which was used with great
H I'd. Mr. Elson told us. in Robert the
■ to represent the rising of the nuns
H their graves When the bassoon is
U "nployed for weird and gruesome ef
■ T , r , . jl T - le instrument composers play
■ T-ractieai with; both Beethoven
S ;. na Mendelssohn, great as they
% vea a nd Mendelsohn, great as they
■ n •?’ c ' n^escen ded to this use of it; nota
■ r ' . - >ast °ral Symphony of the for
■ r'" r ; a:1^ * n l^l ' batter’s Night’s
■ v 1 , trn ' w bere the “fair-eared” Bottom’s
jl depicted on the bassoon
|S s drunken snores on tho ophi-
B 4 dn Christmas day a
Bp a . v , composed by Signor Augusto
S ! was iiprformpd at St. James church
H r Itotoli is a member of the Con-
B ,rv faculty, one of the best voice
s rs in Boston, a line singer himself,
I T i_‘ : ' rn l )0? er of lovely songs, an accompa*
S bat would inspire a wooden image
If : :ir *d withal a man of the world,
8 humor, of sparkling wit and much
If by hi s pupils. He has a most
I bid wife, with a face like a Ma
|, •• and a little daughter w*ho looks
H 1 Raphael cherub. But above all
B - ■ signor is a musician, as his won
| 1 mass alone would prove. He was
B . 1 1 in R >me of the sacred choir
Ij I;’ !lt ' v hich still flourishes. In 1k74 he
S r of the Royal Philharmonic So
-8 1 Rome, a position which he held
I v * f l \** years. Liszt took the greatest
I- in this society and under Signor
I direction Liszt's Elizabeth was
■ Produced.
■ v mass is written for soli and chorus
S in ac ompaniment for organ “celli,”
I . _.' l '‘ l, ' ls es and timpani. This accom-
I hs seldom heard here, but is not
I precedent in the great Roman
I 18 in which the organ is the only
8 TrV. lnslr nment allowed on holy days.
I USIC distinctively Italian and cer
„ orte chromatic, explosive effects
re strange to English ears, especially in
®T* n 1 f horus. Hosanna in Kxeelsie.
war, its culminating doubl. -voiced canon
and lull organ. As one said afterward.
It sounded as if the entire universe
houted The effect was thrilling, grand- 1
*y Joyous as suited the occasion.
I-asl evening the eighth faculty con
e.-rt tooii place in Sleeper hall. Several
n-w- teachers took part, and the audito- 1
num and \ al- ony wire crowded. The first i
number, the Beethoven new G-maJor so- 1
nata for piano and violin, was beautifully
given ly Miss Dewing and Mr Eaton.
They are H>th quitq young and Miss Dew
ing has a fine technique and svm- 1
path-tv „ )u ,,h. sh,- .„o a pinki.h
in-" town nia.le with th.- hue
sleeves and spreading rurfl. s of ih.: fash
ion. and so as she sat at the piano, on.
eould only see the top of her head with
its psyche pyramid and narrow
Mr. Katon's master> of the violin was
not so apparent until the second selection,
a lovely romanza by Max Bruch, which
h< played with the greatest finish, ex
pression and taste.
-Mrs. Marie Oailison. anew member
of the vocal department, showed her v. r
satility in three songs. The first au Aria
from. Saint Saens* “l-amson and Ide
lilah," in which she used the French
text. The second i’lara Schumann's
101 l stand in Dnnklon Traumen." anil
tlic third a gay bit of diablerie by Bohn,
The l.ilac Bough." fin Kngiishi wiiioh
brought the house down. The fair flirta
tious maid of the song Is told that she
shall not be married until apples grow
"upon the lilac bough." Next morning
the lover passes by anil beholds an apple
lied on every twig of the lilae tree in
her garden.
The music is so arch and insinuating
that even if one could not hear fit* 1 words
one would laugh.
The programme was varied by several
recitations from anew member of the
faculty of the School of Klocution, given
with graceful self-possession by the lady
whose proportions are fairy-like and
fetching on the stage. All the performers
were rapturously applauded, and the au
dience dispersed with many compliment
ary comments aii'l expressions of enjoy
ment. c. M. Cm.
HARRIED IX FO.
The Curious Complication That School
ma'm Merriment Brought About.
From the New* York Su.l
Springville, X. Y., Jan. 7.--A teachers'
institute was held here last May. One of
tlie prettiest schoolma’ms in attendance
was Miss Ellen E. Gifford of the town of
Boston. She was 19, and engaged to Ik*
married. Elbert R. Spaulding, aged 21,
is a good-looking clerk in the leading dry
goods store of Springville. He was engag
ed to be married to one of the promi
nent young women of Springville sc n tv,
and an heiress. Young Spaulding is a
young man of great expeetations him-'• •If.
The fiance of Miss Gifford was a humble
fanner of no particular fortune.
At t* e close of the teachers’ institute
Miss Gifford and some other happy young
sehoolma’ms went out for a walk about
the village. One of the girls knew the
good-looking dry goods clerk, and she said:
“G, let’s go see Bert Spaulding! I’ll tet
i e II treat to he cream’”
They went to see Bert Spaulding. Hi*
was busy and couldn’t get out just then,
but the girls went to an ice cream parlor
near by and ordered. While they were
eating their ieo cream young Spaulding,
having got owr bis rush at the store,
came in. He ordered some ice cream, and
while things were lively some of the girls
said:
“Why, Ellie Gifford! Wouldn’t you and
Bert make a nice couple to b * married!”
There v sis a great laugh, and lie fore it
was over who should coin** in but young
James Wells. Everybody knew* him.
“Now vt’s have some fun,” said one
of the r ?pp schoolma’ms. “Bert, you and
Ellie stand up and let Jimmie Wells do a
mock marriage.”
The * o pie st jod up, Jimmie Wei s per
forr’d tie marriage in regulation style,
a. and as a fee Bert treated r ini to ice
mean Fv'mbody hnd a •< od time and
not tin** mo c was though' of it until
Janus Wells * api* rt *ed to think that he
ha J apt elected Justice of th ■ Peace at
the last torn meeting. Then there wa.: a
in s
Now*, '.t haf jrned the parents of Miss
Gifford did ot appro* eof th.* choice she
had made in bei oming engaged to be
married to the fanner, and who i tney
hear of the supposed mock marriage
the; insisted t**a it !>*• m do mo'e valid !
by a certificate. Miss Gifford did not ap- '
prove of this, and Bert Spaulding was not
inclined to cons dor ihe mairiage nmuiru .
Jiut the girl’s parents brought such pres
sure to bear on he young justice of th*
peace that he was obliged to make the
ceremony more valid and issued th cer
tificate. Then Miss Gifford and Mr. j
Spaulding consulted counsel, and the re
sult was tho bringing of an amocbl * ac- j
tion to have the marriage' annulled. !
Judge Ward of the supreme court has
granted the order. Miss Gifford will now
marry h*r farmer and young Spaulding
will marry tho heiress, and it is said A
w ill be a double wedding.
WHAT CHILDREN TALK ABOUT.
Boyß Talked of Girls and Girls of Their
Studies.
From the Kansas City Star.
*‘T once occupied two rooms on the
ground floor of an old-fashioned house
which stood on a corner where a large
number of school children passed, * said
a lady recently. “One day it occurred to
me that it would be Interesting to listen
to their conversation. So. as the pupils
reached my front windows I walked with
them to my side windows, and so to the
length of the house. 1 being unobserved
behind blinds and sash curtains.
"After three weeks’ observation I
found that boys from eight to fourteen
years of age were bragging continually of
their superior prowess in the line ot-*Tick
in’, b'ase ball," ’bike rldin' and 'big
brother.’ Never a word of their studies.
"Girls of the same age talked: 'And—
mamma —said; ’and —teacher said, T
don't care, my numbers are too hard. I'll
Just tell mamma,’ 'and she says.' and my
doll is as pretty, mamma said so,’ etc., in
the same strain, with mamma coming in
at the beginning or end of every sentence.
Both sexes of this age talked as fast as
their tongues allowed- Evidently there
were no listeners.
Of the ages from fourteen to seventeen
the girls talked, with scarcely an excep
tion, of their studies, and there were
plenty of listeners. The boys of the same
age talked, with scarcely an exception, of
girl- girls; with plenty of listeners.
"Now, 1 confess, this surprised me! 1
had always been taught to believe Just
the reverse, anil it took various listening t
and peeps before I would believe my
senses. But the truth was before me. The
bovs talking girls, girls, girls, and the gilrs
talking studies, studies, studies.
"There's no telling about this climate,
a!d the small boy regretfully; no tell
! inga thing. Most winters it snows right
uifto Christmas; then you get a sled, and
1 thf*r *he next day it
i ■■That's so,” replied his companion.
This winter it was different. It kept thaw
in' up to Christmas. Then you dldn t
i get and sled, and the next day it snowed.
—Washington Star. _____
"Now a bribe." said th- statesman, ’’a
ssh* an T take it—” But the roar of de
; hebfed interruption that followed con
vinced* him that further remarks would
not be listened to with the
utterances of a man of nib standing.
Cincinnati Tribune.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, .1 ANGARY 10, ISOS.
MUSIC AND A MURDERER.
He Killed His Han Daring the Playing
oi a Mexican Waltz.
And the Melody Hansr in Hi Brain as
He Paced His Prison Cell A Case of
Acute Madness That Did Not Hold
Out.
From th#' Philadelphia Times.
Ho was th* most interesting murderer 1
ever met. Before the crime he was a pri
vate in mv company and squad, and even
the captain thought him an excellent
trooper. During hN confinement in the
post guard house, which lasted over a
month, hi* actions were tho*e of acute
mania, so that the officer of the guard did
not enter his cell, and the cook’s police fed
him tv meaus of a chute from alove,
about the bast* of which the food had
now accumulated, for he would go for
days at a time without eating.
He was restless as a hyena, and paced
his cell with a monotony of movement
almost hypnotic to one watching him
through the iron bars of his cage. When
sergeant of the guard 1 would lit on my
bunk and look through tho small iron
latticed window in the center of the door
that opened into the prison room, and see
him in his cell, where the view of his legs
and feet wore cut off by the lintel of tho
window. Dimly through its iron meshes
I would watch the slow, regular move
ments of his body as it passed from end
to end of his cage, like a huge human pen
dulum, heating in death strokes the time
which elapsed until it must swing into
eternity. In spite of the horrors which
it suggested, this vision fascinated my at
tention. and if watched for long seldom
failed to produce sleep, for tho prisoner
kept constantly crooning the insistent
measures of a Mexican waltz.
All through the sultry night the sentry
on number one could hear the sharp click
>f hissteps on the com rote floor of his cell
beating regular accompaniment to the
accented notes of this recurrent strain.
Before trial Davis, our surgeon, was or
dered to examine Hr- prisoner's sanity,
and I went with him. He was still pac
ing his cell and slowly humming “Sabre
las Ola*.”
It was during this very waltz, played by
the Mexican orchestra the night of the
“balle,” that ho had brutally butchered
Corporal Jenkins with a bowie knife, so
it struck me as appropriate that this same
air should now be a monomania in his
madness adv 1 control his brain. As h*
paced his cell he was beating tim * to the
swing of the waltz with a pencil by way
of baton. Davis ask* and the officer of the
guard to have the prisoner brught into
th* general prison room, but the latter re
plied that the man was raving mad and
that it was folly to think of letting him
from his cell or of sending men to enter
it. Davis then asked for the key. quietly
unlocked the cage and opened it. Ah he
did so tho prisoner wheeled in his prome
nade and sprang toward him. Davis
stepped quickly aside and struck him a
halt blow behind the ear. which felled him.
Then wo carried him into tho general
prison room, where Davis made examina
tion, during which the prisoner wrenched
for freedom with a nervous, weakening
strength, as. assisted by a file of the guard.
I held him pinioned to the floor. “The man
Frenis insane.” said Davis, speaking quiet
ly to tho officer of the guard. “Does any
one know* th* exact hour and mi nut* at
which tho stabbing of Corporal Jenkins
oc ui red?”
“jt was exactly 11 o'clock,” replied the
officer of the guard. “Sergeant Morrow
stated in examination before the colonel
that taps wore sounding at tho post just
as he entered the dance room, and at that
moment tho stabbing occurred.”
"Were they playing ‘Sabre las Olos’ at
the time?” Davis asked. I replied that
Sergeant Morrow* had told me they wore.
I had mentioned to Morrow that Hender
son raved constantly in this tone. “Ah,
then!” said Davis, speaking in a low tone
to the officer ot’ the guard, "then I under
stand his case. This is a very peculiar
form of monomania. The waltz, tho domi
nant sound during the a t of murder,
will rule his waking hours day and night,
for it was then tho madness struck in
and photographed it on th*' brain. In this
form cf insanity tho brain acts like the
sensitive plate of a phonograph to receive
the ruling sound of tho moment, and
will repeat it incessantly until the brain
wears itself out. If the madness he com
plete there will be but one break; that will
ce'-ur at exactly 11 o’clock, when Ihe pris
oner will cease humming the waltz and
re-enact the tragedy. After a few mo
ments the impression of the murder w*ill
pass away, when he will again resume
th*’ w*altz.”
1 was impressed by the clear statement
Davis made on what seemed to me a most
difficult ease. Lieutenant . officer of the
guard, was also struck by it. for ho asked
if he should send the prisoner into hos
pital. “No,” replied Davis, “keep h!tn
confined in his cell, and without being
observed, watch him closely about 11
o’clock for the completing symptoms. You
can report to me at sick-call in the morn
ing.” Then he replaced Henderson in his
cell, who at once took up his musical
prom enade.
I was detailed that night to watch him
and did so from mv bunk in the gaurd
room. I had cautioned the trumpeter of
the guard to warn me quietly when he
left the guardhouse to blow* “taps.” All
through the evening I witnessed the same
monotonous movement, and listened to
the same monotonous waltz, chant
ed slowly as always before. At
intervals T would rouse myself
and step outside the squad ’ room
and stand in the cool sallyport to assure
myself that I w*as awake and my vision
unimpaired, so drowsy would I become un
der the effort of strained attention. I must
finally have fallen asleep, for the trum
peter touched me on the shoulder and
startled me. I did not see him enter,
but T could have sworn I was still view
ing Henderson’s movements in the cage.
I placed my face against the latticed
window, looking into his cage, which he
was still met hanically pacing. Then, as
the first note of “taps” sounded, he
stopped and reared as quickly as a stag
is startled when he hear? a hostile shot
that has struck w’de and knows not
whence it came. The waltz ceased, ami
in a moment I had all but seen in the
stabbing of Jenkins—then, as always be
fore, th' 4 waltz again.
In the morning I reported. It was
clearly a case of acute madness, or one
whoever performed a tour of guard duty
with Henderson had ever seen madness,
but to our astonishment and horror the
post surgeon thought otherwise, and so
officially reported.
The colonel was furious! He had In
spected the man—the man was mad! He
called up Davis and informed him of these
facts. Davis replied firmly: “The man Is
sane, colonel; and I so reported.” “He’s
not sane!” the commander retorted. “Why
influence me to stir up h civil murder
trial, which disintegrates a command and
disturbs discipline? He should be sent to
an sylum!” Ten years ago Davis would
have explained patiently and at length
why he thought Henderson sane, but since
these callow days he had once offered
gratuitous information to a superior in
command, so he said simply: “I’m not in
fluencing you to anything, colonel, unless
it is permitting you to do your duty by
doing mine.” Davis spoke with the gentle
firmness of one struggling to be respectful,
and showed th* effect of severe staff
training in duty untainted by the despot
ism of absolute command. Th* wor t 'per
mitting” hud been delicately chosen,
and passed below the colonel’s guard.
“That will do. doctor!” said the colonel,
stiffly, his color rising, as Davis left the
office. Even after Arizona service has
killed your respect for a man his opin
ions ar* still entitled to it, for they are
the result of experiences that have cost
the man. Yet my faith in Davis weak
ened. It takes more than five year’s con
fidence in a human being to outweigh our
own fallible deductions . v* n on subjects
of which we are variousiv ignorant. Th**
egotism of being rational is so pleasingD
pleasant! Still the colonel sent Hcndet
son to civil trial, and bullied Davis In th*-
hopes that he would slot* it.
The trial was held near the post, and
many attended it. Before ft proceeded to
th* arraignment the court summoned Da
vis for opinion. Again th*- sum * reports
he had mad*' so confidently to the colo
nel. Every one was dissatisfied, and th*-
court proceeded to trial. The colonel again
called Davis up. “Davis.” said h**. blunt
ly. “this has gone far enough, i was a
witness in that man’s trial to-day, and Hit
man is mad. and the court and every one
knows it except you, who of all person.'
should kno\> it. From th** testimony of th.
jury must convict, vvhi* h means the man
shall be hung. I don’t want a man of my
ivgiment hung unless I'm convinced that
he deserves it. Now , stop your profession
al stubbornness and request some on* in
consultation before the verdict. Would
you have a crazy man hung?”
“The man's as sane as you ar* . colonel;
and even granting he is not—which I don’t
—th** class of Insanity which he affects, if
real, would be subsequent to the act. so
he would be punishab'n whenever reason
or a lucid interval reappeared. It would
he only a little too kind to hang him now,
that is all,’’ replied the surgeon. So the
trial concluded and Henderson was sen
tenced to be hanged, on petition of the
jury the judge granted a at ay of execu
tion until medical experts could be sum
moned from San Francisco. These, after
consultation with Davis, pronounced ihe
prisoner sane.
During the week before the day set for
his execution Henderson confessed his
feigned insanity to me while l was taking
him some tobacco, and said that h** felt
kindly toward every one for his treatment
hi trial except that d— post surgeon, w ho
had played it on him that he might banc.
"If 1 only had my liberty long enough lo
kill Davis.” he said to me one day, “l*d
,lie happy.” He said that I had b* • n good
to him: 1 had fetched him seme - ban
clothes and tobacco, and that h*- would re
ward me. Then ho outlined bow he had
killed a Mexican miner near Las Fruees.
three years before, but that he had robbed
him of but half his burled gold and that
he had Intended to return for the halan* •
and had never done s<*. Then h** gave
minute directions as t*> ph*e and exact lo
cality and amount of th* buried treasure.
"Henderson,” I asked, when h* had fin
ished, “are you still crazy or are you only
lying?”
“Neither.” he said simply ’* As I mount
the scaffold I'll incline my head toward
you. Which is to affirm, in the pr -seiice
of eternity, that I speak the truth.”
The day before his . \erutlon he told
me that he had forgiven • ' • ry one. even
Davis, who had only doin' his duty, and
to tell him that now h* invited him to
come and sec him hang-
After my discharge I actually w* nt
from Deming up to La< Graces cud fal
lowed the rascal’s dire* tions, but found
no buried money, though old IVrez had
been murdered, as state,!. Shortly after
ward f met Dr. Dav’s and told him <f
mv chase. ID* laugh-d plea, untly. and
then I naked him: “Doctor, would you
mind -telling me how you could he so cur
tain that Henderson v\.*s not r-ally in
sane?”
“Why. you should knov. that.” h** paid,
with a slight twinkle. “You helped me
establish the fa* L Do you recall that I
gave you a diagnosis of his cas* before
his cell and had you placed on guard to
observe th*? completing symptoms.
“Yes, but h* really showed them.”
“So would you had you been feigning
insanity, as h** was doing, and overln-ard
me and believed, as until now you evi
dently did believe, that I spoke th** truth.”
I now understand Henderson’s extreme
bitterness toward Davis, who had duped
him into Zelf-convlction.
DRILLING RY BELL SIGNALS.
Riding a Horse Which Knew More of
Street Cars Than Cavalry Tactics.
From the New York Tribune.
He was a National Guard cavalryman.
When at home he rode a line charger arc!
made a stern and martial appearance as
he escorted the governor down Broadway
or galloped across the fields for drill *it
Van Cortlandt Paik. But when h** went
to Buffalo to patrol the railroad tracks
and lumber yards, the state mounted him
on a superannuated car horse. The car
horse has a number branded on his hoof
and still labored under the impression that
he was drawing something heavy. When
out in the fields away from car tracks it
was possible to manoeuver him in a* cord
ance with military ta*■tics, only when be
felt the spurs and concluded that it was
necessary for him to move forward he
did not start gracefully, but spread his
hind feet, braced himself for the effort,
made a convulsive jump and was off.
The guardsman managed very well with
his queer mount for the first few days.
Then, on* morning, he was ordered Into
the city on an errand. This Just suited
the car horse. The. street cars were
familiar sights, and he fdt at home. Ev
ery moving car he sidled up to like, th* 1
third horse who helps a car up a hill, and
the rider in constant danger of get
ting his shins hark and, while his steed
blandly renewed his acquaintance with old
friends. Riding rules went by th** board,
and the guardsman surrendered all pride,
gave up thinking of the figure he cut, and
devoted himself to pulling the animal
about by the hit, an*! urging him on with
fierce application of the spurs.
In this wav he managed to keep mov
ing till the street car barns were reached.
There stood a car with its horses at
the drinking fountain. The gaurdsman
immediately found himself lined up be
side them by his prancing steed, and no
amount of spurring and no amount of In
genuity known to the trained horseman
would avail to make the charger start
up. The drivers and grooms gathered
to hear the explanation of the soldier’s
F rouble* aid welcome their oi l .four
footed friend horn**.
How get him started again w**is a
serious ; roblem. The rider had enough
self respect left to prevent his dismount
ing and leading his horse away. Finally
the car conductor proposed new* tactics.
That was drilling by hells. He rang the
car bell. The car horse braced himself
and pulled. Before h* knew It he was on
his way, leaving th*? street car behind and
followed by the shouts of the grooms.
Beore h*- left Buffalo the guardsman had
perfected a plan for cavalry drill by bell
signals. Only the cessation of the troub
les prevented his attempt to put
it in operation.
A Train Wrecker Captured.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 9.—Robert
Henry, tho negro who tried to wreck
the train on which Senator Hill was
returning to Washington from the south
in December, was arrested here to-day
by Sheriff Bowden. The attempt at train
wrecking was made near Florence, S. C.
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Telephone call No. 3i_ SAVANNAH. GA.
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: ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to make anfessment on
;•*•* *: h companies or agencies doing
; Uualneiw in ih*' city of Savannah.
*tion l Be it ordained br the mayor
c.r. ::..*rmen of the city of Savannah In
• ouncii a -ncr)bled, that each telegraph
company r agency in the city of Savan
' in th*- city of Ba
' Minah in t in- baling any hindnenfl doaa
t** **r from points without the state an 4
not including any business done for tha
g”Y* rnment of the l'nlted States. Its offl
• or agents! shall pay to the city of Ba-*
' nn*h u lie. I.- charge of five hundred
< *• * dollars per annum, which shall be
' / ,n 'l buyable to the city of Savannah
I **v the first day of February of each year.
In th** event the said charge is paid on or
t*efor*‘ the 15th day of January, a dU
! \ unt of lu per cent, shall lie allowed.
I S.iould the said charge not he paid on or
i before th first day f February of eaoh
yenr. then said telegraph company or
ag.-n v doing business as aforesaid shall
I become liable to a penalty of 10 per cent.
t**i the failun so to pay. and the offy
tr asurer shall Issue his execution against
tic said telegraph company or ag-pey for
the said sum of five hundred dollara. to
v th* r with th** i*ena!ty aforesaid and In
l i. st and c>? ts. which shall be made
and 1 \ led as are execution* for city taxes.
s * -’ Be it further ordained, that all
crdittanc* sand parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby
!• j • aled. and further that any company
paying this tax shall be relieved of the
•harg** for ilie use of th*- streets by Ita
fin!* * provided for by ordinance of Dec.
JO. IHT!.
Ordinance passed in council Jan. \ IMS,
and published for information
JOHN J Mr DON OFOH, Mayor.
Attest, F. E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council.
Vti ordinance to establish the official
statement and assessment roll touching
the improvement of Drayton street. In the
dtv of Savannah, from the south side of
Bij street to the north ilde of Brought**
street under and ordinance of the city of
Savannah adopted on the 23rd day of No
vember
Section 1 Be It ordained by the mayor
m l aldermen of the city of Savannah in
council assembled, that the statement
and assessim-nt roll made under the di
rection of council for the Improvement
i' Drayton street, in the city of Savan-
I nail, from the south side of Bay street to
I th.* north side of Broughton street, as pro
| \ 4* I***l for by an ordinance of the city of
: Savannah passed on the EArd day of No
-1 vember IMM, are hereby declared to be
| the official statement and assessment roll
j ft>r the said Improvement under the said
I ordinance, the same being that endorsed
“Statement showing cost of Improvement
of Drayton street fr*m tho south side of
Hay street to the north side of Broughton
street under the ordinance of Nov. T-.
I Hul. and an assessment roll showing gs to
two-thirds of tho cost how It is appor
| timed among the several abutting par
| •*♦ Is including the street intersections and
• nlvlng the sum chargeable to each parcel
with the name o* the owner.” And the
I clerk of the council of the city of Ha-
I van tin h Is hereby directed to mark the
"int and ■ nt roll filed
j as of this date, and to keep the same
' among ih** records of his office for due
authentication and preservation.
Her. 2. Be it further ordained, that the
treasurer of the city of Savannah is here
by authorized and directed to send bills
to tlu? owners of th* property as they
appear upon the said assessment roll, and
! foi the amounts mentioned therein, and
In the event said bills are not pal*] as pro
| vlded by ordinance to proceed In accor
| danr<* with the said ordinance.
S* < Be It further ordained, that all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con
fib t with this ordinal!* ** are hereby re
! pended.
Ordinance passed in council Jan. 2, IMF*,
and published for Information.
JOHN J MGDONOUGH. Mayor.
Attest: F. K. Rebarer, Clerk of Council.
An ordinance to establish the official
statement and assessment roll touching
the Improvement of Bryan street. In the*
[ < lty of Savannah, from the east side of
Drayton street, to the west side of Aher
j corn street, made under and ordinance of
the city of Havannah passed on the 7th
day of November ISO 4.
Hectlon 1. B* It ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the elty of Savannah In
council assembled, that the statement
and assessment roll mad*? under the direc
tion of council for the improvement of
Bryan street in the city of Savannah,
from tlo east side of Drayton street to
the west sll** of Abercorn street, as pro
vide*! for by the ordinance *>f the city of
Savannah passed In council on the 7th
day ot November, 1894, >•• and they are
hereby deibired to lie the official state
ment and assessment roll for the said im
provement under th** said ordinance, the
same being that endorsed: “Htatement
showing th** cost of improvement of Bryan
street from the east side of Drayton street
to the west Hide of Abercorn street, under
an ordinance of Nov. 7, 18&4, and an
assessment roll showing as to two-thirds
of the cost how It Is apportioned among
the s?v< ral abutting parcels and street in
tersections ami giving the sum charge
able to each parcel with the name of tho
owner.” And the clerk of council of ttm
< lty of Savannah is hereby directed to
mark th** said statement and assessment
roll tiled ns of this date, and to keep tho
satin? with the records of his office for duo
authentication and preservation.
Her. 2. Be It further ordained, that tho
! tr ’usurer of the city of Havannah is here
by authorized and directed to send bill*
! t<> th** owners of the property as they ap
i pear upon the said assessment roll, and
I for th? amounts mentioned In the said!
assessment roll, and in the ev**nt the said
bills are not paid within the time pro
vided by ordinance to issue execution*
therefor as directed by the said ordinance.
Her. 3. Be It further ordained that all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con
flict. with this ordinance are hereby re
pealed.
Ordinance passed in council Jan. 2,18 K> #
uni published for Information.
JOHN J. McDONOFGH. Mayor.
Attest : F. F. Rebarer. Clerk of Council.
An ordinance for the Improvement of a
portion of Drayton street In the city of
Havannah under the terms and provision*
of an act of the legislature or Georgia*
approved Oct. 1, 1887.
Section 1. Bo it ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah.
In council assembled, under the terms anfl
provisions of an act of the legislature of
Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, that tho
committee on streets and lanes of th© city
of Havannah be and it Is hereby authorized
and directed to pave Drayton street in tho
city of Savannah from the south side of
Broughton street to the north side of
Anderson street, exclusive of the Liberty
street Intersection (which said intersec
tion has already been paved wdth asphalt)
with shell, laying the shell over the pres
ent pavement of rock, and to use with tho
shell a coating of cinders, to the end that
the said portion of Drayton street may bo
improved, and the said c ommittee is fur
ther authorized and directed to do all
the work incident to the said improve
ment. The said shell pavement to be 24
feet In width.
Section 2. Be it further ordained. That
after the total cost of said work shall
have been ascertained, one-third of the
cost shall be paid out of the city treas
ury, and the other two-thirds by the per
sons owning real estate fronting on the
said portion of Drayton street—that is to
say, one-third from the owners of said
portion at the date of the adoption of
this ordinance according to frontaao
on each side of said portion of said
street, and th<* pro rata amount of tho
cost of said work Is hereby assessed
against the said real estate and Its own
ers as aforesaid. The frontage of inter
socting streets and lanes shall be assessed
as real estate abutting upon the portion,
of said street, and the mayor and aider
men of the *dty of Havannah shall be for
all the Intents and purposes of this ordU
nance, the owner of the real estate so
abutting, and shall pay from the ettv
treasury its just pro rata as such owner
of the cost of said work, according to th
frontage, In addition to its one-third of
the entire cost. If the assessment accord
ing to frontage is not paid by the abut!
ting property owners within thirty <3o>
days after the presentation of the bill
for tho same, which bill shall be sent to
the said owners by the city treasurer it
shall thereupon become the duty of th
said city treasurer to issue an execution
for the amount of the said bill together
with the costs, against the said persons
and property aforesaid, which execution
shall be made and levied out of the prop
erty described therein, as are executions
for city taxes. *
Section :t. Be It further ordained that
all ordinance* and parts of ordinances
conflict with this ordinance are hereby re
pealed.
Ordinance passed in council Jan * lssj.
and published for information ' *
JOHN J. M'DONOUGH. .Mayor.
Attest; E. REBARER. I
Clerk of Council. |
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