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attorney hill appalled.
deeply aroused over charges
A GAIA ST KAYAK MOORE.
The pefeiiilant Stoutly Denied the
Cbnrges Brought Against ‘ Her.
Characterised ' the I’nris Story As
False—Was Sore That Moore Did
hot Rob Mahon—Moore’s Sentence
Deferred by the Court.
New York, Dec. 23.—William A, E.
Moore, convicted of working the “badger"
game on Martin Mahon at the Holel
Grenoble, was to have been sentenced to
day, but the trial of his alleged wife,
Fayne Strahan Moore, accused of com
plicity in the crime, being still in progress,
Recorder Goff announced when court con
vened that the passing of sentence would
be deferred, the time to be set later in the
day. - >
The cross-examination of Fayne Moore
was continued, The assistant district at
torney, Mr. Mclntyre, sought to elicit
admissions that Mrs. .Moore came from
Atlanta with a man named Ryan, said to
be a gambler; that she introduced him to
Mr. Moore, and that she arranged a game
of billards between the two men, In which
Ryan lost $l,OOO to Moore, but to all the
questions put by Mr. Mclntyre, answers
wore given in the negative.
Mrs. Moore refused to give the name of
the man with whom she went to Europe.
She denied that she had ever traveled
from Europe to the United States with a
confectioner from Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Moore also denied various allega
tions of immorality implied by questions
of the cross examiner. An entry from her
diary gave evidence of her intimacy with
Ellis, the Cuban, who has been frequently
referred to during the trial.
Mrs. Moore said she knew there was a
woman who traveled with Moore and who
claimed to be his wife. Mrs. Moore stated
that this woman had told her lhat she
was not Moore's wife. She thought Moore
had left this woman in South Africa.
Honied the I’nrl* Story.
Mrs. Moore indignantly denied that she
and Moore “badgered” Jules Alexandro
vitch out of 16,000 francs in Paris. She
also denied that Moore’s papers of appoint
ment to the consulate at Durban were
cancelled as the result of any complaints
made regarding their proceedings in Paris.
She said Moore had interests In the Great
Lakes as well as mining interests in South
Africa, and that she owned a two-story
building in Oregon. Moore had a desk In
his uncle's office in Cleveland.
Mrs. Moore repeated her story of yes
terday of the meeting with Mahon on
Nov. 4. She again described the details
of her conduct with Mahon previous to
Moore’s sudden entry. She was sure that
Moore did not rob Mahon. She averred
that Moore'did not strike Mahon with the
revolver, but with his fist. After a
lengthy cross-examination Mrs. Moore was
excused and the defense rested its case.
A motion to acquit was denied.
Hill’s Sympathy Aroused.
Late in the afternoon Mr. Hill began
summing up the case for the defense. He
told of his professional services in Geor
gia, and said he had at one time resolved
never again to take part in criminal pro
ceedings.
“In this case." he said, “my sympathy
tvas so profoundly and deeply aroused that
I volunteered to come here at the request
of the widowed mother to help defend this
girl. Every fibre of my nature was fired
with indignation at the treatment received
by this young defendant. The great press
of this city has raced headlong over the
wounded and bleeding body of this girl.
The detective force of this city have been
busy with her life, and the great powers
of the district attorney's office have been
brought into play against this woman.
“Scandal and defamation have been al
lowed to run riot over her. and I confess
lhat I was appalled and thought (hat the
Anglo-Saxon blood would have congealed
in the veins of the assistant district at
torney before he would make all the
sweeping charges, direct and by innuendo,
which he has made against one of his own
race.”
After reviewing the testimony, Mr. Hill
referred emotionally to the prisoner, whom
he termed “a weeping child,” and made
an eloquent pica lo the jury to give her
the benefit of the doubt and not to send
her a,way a convict to repine in a prison
cell.
Fayne AV'ns In Tears.
After Mr. Hill concluded a recess was
taken until 8:30 o'clock, at which time
Assistant District Attorney Mclntyre ad
dressed the jury lor the prosecution.
“I distinguish this woman,’’ said Mr.
Mclntyre, scathingly, “from ideal woman
hood. She does not do justice to her sex,
for she threw aside the veil of virtue and
honor and is not above the commission of
crime.”
Ho told the jury that it was their duty
io render a verdict in accordance with
the evidence, but that they might temper
their verdict with a recommendation for
mercy.
"A minister of God," shouted Mr. Mc-
Intyre. pointing lo Fayne Moore, whose
face was suffused with tears, “could be
lured and inveigled by a designing wo
man.”
Mr. Mclntyre spoke for fully three hours
and at the conclusion of his address tlje
Recorder said he would not charge the
jury until to-morrow morning.
FRENCH STEAMER RELEASED.
Judge Brawley Holds Tlmt Slie AYns
Not a Prise of War.
Charleston, S. C.. Dec. 23.—1n the United
States District Court here to-day Judge
Rrawley handed down a decision discharg
ing the Olinde Rodriguez, the French
steamship made a prize of war by the
cruiser New Orleans on July 17.
The vessei belonged to the Trans-Atlan
tic Line, and was a most valuable one.
At one time it seemed as though interna
tional complications might grow out of her
retention, and the fight In the United
States courts over her has been long and
bitter.
Judge Brawley's decision is, a very long
document; and it goes into'an exhaustive
discussion of the > iaw and the facts of the
case. He compliments the officers of the
New Orleans, but releases the ship on the
ground that the blockade of San Juan was
not effective on July 5 in the sense in
which that term is accepted by the na
tions.
Soldiers Frozen lo Death.
London, Dee. 21. — file Vienna corres. >on -
dent of the Daiiy Telegraph says; ’ R-v
-■ ral hundred Montenegrin soldiers h 0
were recently overtaken by i snow -torm
in the Lara Pa f, were frozen to death.”
A I slilegriini of Thanks.
Washington, Dec. 23 — President McKin
ley has received a cablegram from Marquis
Hsiaban. president of the Havana City
1 'ouAcii ihanking him for contribution*
•m in aid of the needy poor of that e|iy.
Jones—’’They say the girl Dawson mar
•b-d was eroaa-eyed.” firown-”Y; put
he never fully rea heed if uotk after her
money was
THEY' SELL THEIH AVIA’ES.
In the Klondike Better Halves Can
Be Purchased or Traded Like Or
dinary Chattels.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Startling reports regarding the extent of
the wife-selling traffic of the Klondike
country is the sensation of Vancouver.
That a man can get a buxom, dark-eyed
wife for fifty blankets would seem a sort
of fairy story were not the facts so seri
ous.
- Robert Stead Dun, a graduate of Har
vard, and formerly editor of the Harvard
Monthly, has just returned to civilization
after a fifteen-hundred mile trip by the
Edmonton overland trail to the Klondike.
It was here at Fort Graham that Mr.
Dun discovered the polygamous condition
of society and the widespread trafficking
in young women. He found that nearly
all the clerks and employes had no diffi
culty in buying wives. And they bought
them.
Sparkling Eyes, a noted Indian belle and
the daughter of a prominent chief, was
considered the prize of thv Northwest.
From far and near came offers for her
hand. Ponies, guns, trinkets, brass
watches, yards of tin foil and bales of
copper wire were offered for a quit claim
deed to the maiden’s heart.
But the grim old warrior was not to be
caught by any ordinary purchaser. He
wanted sometihing besides personal prop
erty. He was ambitious for a family alli
ance with some man of social standing
and influence in the community.
Thus it was that when Factor Fox, a
big medicine man, a superintendent of
white-faced employes, made overtures,
with due ceremony and elaborate array
of technicalities, involving the highest eti
quette of the land, the copper-colored
chieftain immediately became an eager
part,}- to the negotiations.
Then Factor Fox took the girl to his
cabin, decked her out in beads and gor
geous trappings, with yellow handkerchief
for her head, purple scarfs for her neck,
resplendent brass rings for her ears and
fingers, and a peck of flashy big-headed
pins for other features of her adornment.
She modestly appreciated her exalted po
sition in the new life, and although she
did not seek to ostentatiously queen it
over the employes of the factory, yet she
had an air of authority and self-posses
sion that won her the respect of the boys
of the settlement.
The old Indian chief must have picked
up some new points from the whites, for
when he found that his daughter was a
jewel of a wife, about the finest thing on
ice in the West, he demanded a codicil to
be inserted in the deed.
He struck for more blankets. If Factor
Fox had no blankets to spare the chief
would take dogs, brass watches or money,
but he preferred guns if he could get
them. •
Mr. Fox refused to be blackmailed. It
should be explained that the copper-color
ed father had threatened to give a low
whistle from the parapet of the fort that
the girl would understand and she would
run away. But the factor had treated her
too well and she knew a good thing when
she had it. She refused to leave home;
she said she liked the white man’s tents
and his children, and for the first time
during her painted career she had found
domesfic happiness.
The old chief was furious and made
wild threats of vengeance. But the girl
was true to her last love. When she look
ed into the big warehouses and saw great
boxes of brass watches and barrels of
copper beads, crates of hardtack and best
of all several barrels of forty-rod whisky,
she remarked t,o her oldest stepson;
“White daddy, heap good.” The boy gave
an Indian grunt, acquired only after long
practice, and said his father was the best
man he had ever known. The wife then
sent a clerk to warn her father to keep
away from the fort until he could behave
himself.
LIKES AND DISLIKES OF DOGS.
Here Are Some furious nnd Amazing;
Cases In Point.
Animals, like human beings, have been
known to exhibit strange antitheses to
ward certain persons and things, dogs per
haps more so than any other of our four
footed friends.
That famous canine, Oriel Bill of Ox
ford, was for a time such a violent hater
of postmen that it was not safe for any
uniformed letter carrier to approach the
Miire, where Oriel Bill held undisputed
sway. Accordingly arrangements had lo
be made for all missives to be left at an
adjoining house by ihe postmen in order
lo save their feelings—physical and well as
mental—and the dog from venting his curi
ous aversion upon them.
The same precautions had to be taken in
the case of another but less famous ca
nine. Until a postman was foolish enough
to throw a stone at this animal, without
the least provocation, it was on good
terms with all the letter carriers who call
ed at the house. After that, however, a
furious hatred of her majesty's postal
servants took possession of this previously
amiable cur. and when it had severely bit
ten one of the postmen they all refused
with one accord to deliver letters at the
house.
The owner of the dog complained to the
British postoffice authorities, says Tii-
Bits, but the latter supported their subor
dinates in the attitude they had taken up,
and in the end the complainant arranged
for his letters to be delivered at a place
where there was no canine lhat delighted
to bark and bite.
At a hotel in a west of England town
there is a dog which exhibits an intense
dislike for soldiers. What are the why and
wherefore of this feeling toward our gal
lant redcoats it is imi>ossibie to say, but
the sight of one has ihe same effect on
this eccentric canine as a red rag has on
a bull. The consequence is that the dog
has to be kept severely under restraint,
so that soldiers can come and go without
running the risk of losing a portion of
their anatomy in the process. What makes
his antipithy toward them all the more re
markable is the fact lhat the animal
shows a decided partiality for policemen.
A terrier belonging to a friend of the
writer will run a mile at the sight of a
siphon. When it was considerably young
er than it is now its owner deluged the dog
with a siphon of soda watej-, and ever
since It has exhibited a mortal dread of a
siphon, full or empty. The remembrance
of that unexpected bath is evidently re
sponsible for this extraordinary aversion.
HOBSON IN SAN FRANCISCO.
There Seems to Have Been No Kiss
ing At 111* Reception.
San Francisco, Dec. 23.—Lieut. R. I’.
Hobson arrives) In this city to-night and
was driven at once to the Palace Hotel,
where he was given a public reception un
der ihe auspices of the Union League
Club.
The great court-yard * of the building
was crowded, and hundreds of people were
unable to g“ in admission. After the re
ception, Ueut. Hoboofl was the guest of
ihe Friday Night Club at Native Moos’
Hall After “ cotillion and supper, me
hero of *he Merritnsc proceeded to iije
University Club, wbb it will he his bona,
during bis sojourn in this city.
THE MOEMKG KEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 189a
At the
Metropolitan
You will find a charming commingling of quaint fancies and sober values.
The beautiful as well as the serviceable
For Cijristflgas Gifts.
Neckwear.
The latest styles and colorings in Puffs, Four*in-Hands, Tecks, Flowing Ends,
and String Ties, in fancy holiday boxes,
50c to $1.50. •
Suspenders.
That are beautiful Silk or Satin Fancy Stripes, Plaids and solid colors, largest
assortment to se ect from in the citv.
25c to $2.50.
Handkerchiefs.
Japanette, plain white and fancy borders, with or without the initials,
10c each, $1 per dozen.
Umbrellas, Suit Cases, Smoking Jackets and Dressing Gowns. Our prices
are the lowest Remember that we are giving 20 per cent, off on Children’s
Suits and Overcoats.
Metropolitan Clothing Cos.,
JOHN W. PARKER, Manager. .
CAMP THOMAS’ BUREAUCRACY.
GENERAL HOWARD'S OPINION OF
THE GOVERNMENT THERE.
Beer nt Tampa and Files at Mobile.
Odors at Camp Thomas Were Va
rled and Repulsive—Howard Says
Lee’s Camp Man in Floe Condition.
Investigating- Commission Ilediio
eil to Two Members—Adjourned to
Tuesday.
Washington, Dec. 23.—The war investi
gating commission to-day was reduced to
two members, chief of engineers, Gen.
John M. Wilson and Col. Denby. Gen. Wil
son has practically transferred his war
department office to the commission's
quarters.
Col. Denby to-day officiated as interro
gator, with Gen. A. O. Howard, retired,
ip the witness chair. Gen. Howard told
how disappointed he had been in not se
curing assignment for active service dur
ing the war, and how he had done the
best thing for his country In accepting the
office of visiting delegate for the Army and
Navy Christian Commission, and distribut
ing tracts and other things through the
Southern camps.
He said these camps, as a rule, were in
good condition, but he noticed confusion
in the railway arrangements at Tampa,
an inundation of beer in one colored camp
there, and a plague of flies on his second
visit to Mobile. He went at some length
into the question of odors at Camp Thomas
during July, where he said they were va
ried and repulsive. He had suggested chlo
ride of lime to Gen. Brooke, who received
the suggestion favorably and distributed
thirty-nine barrels of lime in one day. The
smells continued. He praised the work
of the Army and Navy Christian Commis
sion.
Regarding Gen. I.ee’B command at Jack
sonville, Gen. Howard said he had not be
lieved before it was possible for a camp
to be kept in such fine^coadition.
Gen. Howard said he was strongly op
posed lo bureaucracy, and thought a com
manding genera) should be in absolute con
trol of his camp or corps. Gen. Wilson
interested in (his and asked if Gen.
Howard thought tne management of Camp
Thomas had been hampered by bureau
cracy. It took about fifteen minutes to
get a direct answer, the witness offering
numerous illustrations and examples of
What he thought constituted bureaucracy.
But on ■ the third repetition of the ques-
Uon, Gen. Howard said he thought there
might have been something of the sort in
connection with Camp Thomas. The com
mission adjourned until Tuesday next.
GRANNAN REINSTATED.
Famous Horzenian Pardoned liy the
Jockey t'Jub.
New York, Dec. 23.—Riley Grannan was
reinstated by the stewards of the Jockey
Club at a meeting to-day.
Grannan had been beaten in the courts
and on the turf, and his pardon is a vol
untary act of clemency on the part of the
Jo: key Club. He was ruled off in 189 ti on
the tharge of having violated the rule of
racing, which prohibits the giving of
),rr • Jockeys by any one other than
the owner for whom the Jockey rides.
—ln the gentle art of changing clothes
the Prince of Wale* Is probably with,
ont a peer. Among other things his royal
highness Is two princes, two dukes, two
field marshals, an earl, a baron, eight
knights, a gres* steward, a grand master,
a co.dfie! Of g'tards, of horse, of fool and
of artillery. an admiral, a highlander, a
Trlnny brother, a barrister, a bencher and
an English gentleman. And he wears the
eostuttxt and the or dots of them all.
SHORT STORIES OF GREAT MEN.
Skepticism ns to New Discoveries.
French Acnrlemy nnd the Crab.
From the St. Loulp Globe-Democrat.
Absent-mindedness xeeme to be com
mon failing ambng great men. An amus‘-
ing story is told of the late Louis Pasteur,
who so distinguisned himself by his dis
coveries in regard to bacteria. While din
ing at his son-in-law’s one evening, it
was noticed that he dipped his cherries
in his glass of water and then carefully
wiped them before eating them. As this
caused some amusement, he held forth at
length on the dangers of the microbes with
which the cherries were covered. Then
he leaned back in his chair, wiped his
forehead, and, unconsciously picking up
his glass, drank off the contents, microbes
and all.
A friend calling upon Peter Burrowes, a
celebrated Irish barrister, one morning
in his dressing room, found him shaving
himself wilh his face to the wall, and ask
ed him why he chose so strange an atti
tude. The answer was "To look in the
glass.” “Why, there is no glass there.”
said Ihe friend, “Bless me!” exclaim'd
Burrowes, ”1 did not notice that before.”
Then, ringing the bell, he called the ser
vant. and questioned him respecting the
looking glass. "Oh, sir.” said the servant,
“it was broken six weeks ago." A cet
tain learned professor at Cambridge j s a
very absent-minded man. A friend o'
his had been seriously ill. When he was
convalescent the professor used to send
him jellies and delicacies. One day he
took him a fine hunch of hot-house grapes.
The old friends were very pleased to see
each other, and were soon deep In a dis
cussion. The professor, becoming inter
ested, began absent mindedly picking the
gr ipes, taking one at a time tiii they were
all gone. On going out of the door he
tailed back to his friend; “Now, mind
you. eat those grapes; they will do you
ail the good in the World.” A well-known
archbishop was also noted for his absent
mindedness. Dining at home one evening
be found fault with the flavor of the soup.
Next evening he dined out at a large din
ner party. Forgetting for the moment
that he was not In his own house, but
a guest, he observed across the table lo
his wife: "This soup is again, my dear,
a fai.ure."
Near.y all great scientific discoveries
have been combatted nnd misunderstood,
even by great men. Admiral Sir' Charles
Napier fiercely opposed ihe introduction
of steam power Into the royal navy, and
one day exclaimed in Ihe House of Com
mons: "Mr. Speaker, when we enter her
majesty's naval service and face the
chances of war we go prepared to be hack
ed to pieces by cutlasses, to be riddled
with bullets, or be blown to bits by shot
and shell, but, Mr. Speaker, we do not
go prepared lo be boiled alive!” last
words he brought out with tremendous
emphasis. Steam power in men-of-war with
boilers which at any moment might be
shattered by an’enemy's shot—this was a
prospect the gallant sailor could not face.
Yet in a few years, Sir Charles Napier
found himself in command of the largest
steam navy that the world had ever seen.
Lord Stanley (subsequently the great Lord
Derbyj presided over a select committee
of the House of Commons to examine into
the state of steam navigation. George
Stephenson, ihe eminent engineer, who
was examined, spoke of Ihe probability of
steamships crossing the Atlantic. "Good
heavens! what do you say?" exclaimed
Lord Stanley, rising from his eut. "If
steamships cross the Atlantic I will cat
the boiler of the first boat." That pledge
was never redeemed.
In more recent years a lord chancellor,
even after he had seen a theater Illuminat
ed without candle or oil, poured ridicule on
a scheme for “supplying every house in
London with gas In the same manner as'
they are now supplied with wafer by the
New river company.” Again, so eminent
a chemist ami gas specialist as Sir Hum
phrey Davy himself Is alleged to have
said on one occasion that it was as rea
sonable to talk of ventilating lai. -t.Hi with
wind-ml Is as of lighting ii with fa*. It
la a historical fad that when the Louses
of Partfaneet wi first lighted by <**
more than one famous legislator was seen
to closely scrutinize an ext>oscd portion of
the gas piping and then to touch it ap
prehensively, with the notion, evidently,
that it might be hot enough to burn his
fingers and endanger the neighboring wood
work.
The story of the comment of Cuvier, the
celebrated French naturalist, on the defini
tion of the word “crab,” adopted by the
committee of the French Academy, em
ployed in the preparation of the academy
dictionary, is well known, but is always
fresh and amusing. The definition was;
"Crab, a small, red tish, which walks
backward.” "Your definition would he
lierfect, gentlemen,” said Culver, "only
for three exceptions. The crab is not a
llsh, it is not red, and it does not walk
backward." The Royal Society Is the
English analogy of the French Academy.
Many years ago a sailor,who had broken
his leg was advised to send to the Royal
Society an account of the remarkable
manner in which he had healed the frac
ture. He did so. Hie story was that, hav
ing fractured the limb by falling from the
top of a mast, he had dressed It with
nothing but tar and oakum, which had
proved so wonderfully efficacious that in
three days he was aide to walk Just as
well as before the accident. This remark
able story naturally caused some excite
ment among the members of the society.
No one had previously suspected tar ami
oakum of possessing such miraculous heal
ing powers. Several letters accordingly
passed between the Royal Sociely and the
humble sailor, who continued to assert
mreu solemnly that his broken leg had
been treated with tar and oakum, and
with these two applications only. The so
ciety might have remained puzzled for an
indefinite period had not the man remark
ed in a postscript to hts last letter; "I
forgot io inform your honors, by the way,
that the leg was a wooden one.”
Rather a good story Is told about Prof.
Huxley, when he was delivering a lecture
at the literary anti philosophical society
Newcastle-on-Tjme, some years ago. The
subject was* "The geographical distribu
tion of fossil remains of animals,” and
consequently numerous diagrams were re
quired. Old Alexander, the porter of the
institution, and quite a distinguished char
acter among the members of the society,
was assisting the professor to hang the
diagrams. The screen on which the dia
grams were hung was not very large, and
Huxley, do as he would, could not succeed
without the blank corner of one diagram
overlapping the Illustration of another one
on which he placed great importance.
What was to be done? The professor
asked Alexander to bring a pair of scis
sors. The scissors were brought, but as
the joint was somewhat loose, the profes
sor was not able to cut the paper, and he
threw the scissors down in disgust, adding
that they were useless,
"Vera guid shears, professor,” said Al
exander. "I tell you they won’t cut,”
said Huxley. "Try again,” said Alexan
der, “they will cut.” The professor tried
again, and. not succeeding, said somewhat
angrily, "Bring me another pair of scis
sors.” Is>rd (then Sir William) Arm
strong stepped forward and order Alex
ander to go and buy anew pair. "Vera
guid shears, Sir William,” persisted Alex
ander. and picking up the scissors from
the table and placing his thumb and fore
finger in the handles, he stepped forward
and asked Huxley how he wanted the pa
per cut. "Cut it there,” said Huxley, some
what tartly, at the same time indicating
the place with his forefinger. Alexander
took hold of the paper and inserting the
scissors, pressed the blades together and
cut off the required portion as neatly as
if he had used a straight edge; then, turn
ing to the prefessor with a rather signifi
cant leer and twinkle of the eye, said;
"Sceancc an 1 alrt dlnna ay gang thegither,
professor." Huxley and ail present col
lapsed. Huxley put his hand Into his
pocket, and taking out a sovereign, gave it
to Alexander, adding at the same time,
"Vou have done me.” *The same evening
Alexander related the story with great
gusto over a glass of whisky io a friend.
When akl how he dared.to make so
free with such a distinguished man, he
replied, with great emphasis; “iaord. mop,
they Mis o’ professor bodies gen naethiAg
at a' except Ibeil* bulks!”
THOII VlOVft ENTERPRISE.
He Asked the Pope to Appoint Illm
Trustee of Church Property In the
Philippines.
From (he Chicago Record.
The most audacious enterprise for many
years Is that of Amasa Thornton, who
went to Rome a few weeks ago and asked
the Pope to appoint him trus.ee of all the
church property in the Philippine Islands,
which amounts to more than 1200,000,000.
He has been exposed ns an impostor, but
not until hi gave the church authorities
in this country a severe nervous shock
and hurried Archbishop Keane back to
Home from a much deeded and much rel
ished vacation. Thornton is not even a
Catholic. He Is a ward politician of New
York, with a reputation for originality
and a thrlst for fame. He has made poli
tics his bus'ners for several years, and
until recently was an active member of
Mr. Platt's machine, but he had a falling
out with tlie "easy liosa" and Is no long
er admitted to his confidence. Mr. Thorn
ton advertises himself as a luwyer, but
no one has seen him in court for many
years. He has had considerable cxi>ori
< nee as a lobbyist around the New York
city hall and enpilot at Albany, and has
occasionally appeared In Washington In
the Interest of legislation before Congress
or contracts in the departments. One of
I lie new York congressman remark
ed that Thornton was "a man of
mysterious habits and no visible means
of support," and suggested his mission
to Home as a speculative enterprise. Jf ho
failed to l>o appointed trustee he would
at least have the satisfaction of getting
his name in the newspapers,
A few weeks ago Mr. Thornton railed
nt the White House and was given an
audience on the supposition that he was
a gepulne agent of the Catholic church.
He went to the state- department, where, nt
the request of Senator Murphy, he was
given the ordinary letter of Introduction
to ministers and consuls abroad which is
furnished to American travelers upon ap
plication from senators and representa
tives. He appears to have used this let
ter to secure an Interview with Archbish
op Corrigan, wtio gave him credentials to
Cardinal Rampolia U|ion the supposition
that he was an agent of the government.
Thus he shrewdly played "both ends
against the middle." as sportsmen say. He
also called nt the apostolic legation In this
city, but did not obtain any encourage
ment. On the contrary he excited sus
picion. but was not considered a person of
sufficient consequence to tie mentioned in
communications to the authorities at
Rome. lie appears, however, through
the aid of his Mors from Archbishop
Corrigan and the Secretary of State, to
have convinced the Vatican that he was
an authorized representative of onr gov
ernment and in that chararter obtained a
private audience with the holy father, to
whom he disclosed his plans. He was
niso In conference with several of the car
dinals and was getting on swimmingly
when Archbishop Keane arrived In Rome
and exposed him as an impostor. He has
not yet returned to New York, but he has
had the benefit of a most interesting ex
perience if he was unable to accomplish
his purpose.
Archbishop Ireland called upon the
President to make an explanation, and
found that while he recollected that some
one had been there representing himself
as a semi-official agent of the church,with
a scheme to place Us property In the Phil
ippines In the hands of a trustee, very lit
tle attention was paid to him, and the mat
ter passed out of the President’s mind. He
was naturally annoyed at Mr. Tnornton’s
misrepresentations, and promptly disavow
ed any interest of sympathy for his mis
sion.
—About twenty tilled people, says the
Ixinlton Mall, huve come Into an alliance
of mutual hospitality to spend the coming
Christmas In town. It la an experiment.
Dinners, halls and the playhouses are to
contribute each In Its turn to the success
of this unique, perhaps savin? expert-
MIW.
Ocean Steamship Cos.
-roR
IMew York, Boston
—AMD
the east.
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. Ail
the comforts of a modern hotel. Electrle
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets include
nuuls and berth aboard ship.
Passenger Fares From Savanna]
TO NEW YORK—Cabin. *2O; Excursion,
*32. Intermediate, *ls. Excursion, *2l;
Steerage. *IO.OO.
TO BOSTON—Cabin, *22; Excursion. *3B{
Intermediate, *l7; Excursion. *2B; Steer
use, *11,75.
The express steamships of this line ara
appointed to sail from Savannah, Central
(90th) meridian time, as follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
KANSAS CITY. Capt Fisher, SATUR
DAY, Dec. 24. at 3:30 p. ni.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Bur*.
MONDAY. Dec. 26, at 4:00 p. m.
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, TUESDAY.
Dec. 27, at 5:00 p. tn.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Ask Ins, THURS
DAY, Dec. 29, at 6:00 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett.
SATURDAY, Dec. 31. at 7:00 p. m.
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON.
VIA DIRECT SHIP.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis,
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, at 4:00 A m.
CITY OF Mel CON, Capt. Savage, FRI.
DAY, Dec. 30, at 6:00 a. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
5 p. tn. dully, except Sundays and Mon
days, and leave Boston for Savannah
every Wednesday at 12 noon. Saturdays
at 3 p. m.
W. O. Brewer, Ticket Agent, 39 Bull
street. Savannah, Ga.
E. W. Smith, Con’t Fr. Agt. flsv.. Ox
R. G. Trelevant, Agt., Savannah, Ga
E. H. Hinton, Traffic Manager.
John M. Egan, vice president.
MERCHANTS AND MINERS'
TRANSPORTATION CO.
Tickets on sale at company's office th
the following points at very low ratent
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.
BALTIMORE. 111).
BUFFALO, N. Y.
BOSTON, MASS.
CHICAGO. ILL.
CLEVELAND, O.
ERIE, BA.
HAGERSTOWN, MD.
HARRISBURG. PA.
HA 1.1 FAX, N. S.
NIAGARA FALLS, If. X.
NEW YORK. N. Y.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PITTSBURG, PA.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
BOCIIESTER. N. Y.
TRENTON, N. J.
WILMINGTON. DEL.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
First-class tickets include meals and
slide room berth. Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodation and Cuisine Unequaled.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful han
dling and quick dispatch.
The steamships of this company are up.
pointed to sail from Savannah to Balti
more an follows (standard time):
ITASCA, Capt. James, SATURDAY, Dec.
24, at 4:00 p. m.
WM. LAWRENCE. Capt. Willis, WED
NESDAY, Dec. 28, at 7:00 p. m.
ALLPsMHANY. Capt. Billups, SATUR
DAY, Dec. 31, 8 a. m.
•Steamship Wm. Lawrence does not
carry passengers.
And from Baltimore every MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at 4:00 p. tn.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ox
W F TURNER, O. P. A.
A. D. 3TEBBINS. A. T. M.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
For Bluffton and Beaufort, S. C,
Steamer Dorettu will leave wharf foot of
Abercorn (Elhel'a wharf) street at I p.
m. for Bluffton dally except Sunday and
Thursday. Wednesday’s trip extended to
Beaufort, leaving Bluffton Thursdays at
8 a. m. Returning same day.
For Port Royal and Beaufort, S. G
Steamer Clifton leaves from foot Bull
street on Sunday 12 a. m., Tuesday and
Friday at 10 a. m., city time.
11. 8. WESTCOTT, Agent
soi/annofi itiumDoii turn isis of hops ft
end cify end subor&an ft’y.
SCHEDULE
For Isle of Hope and
Sundays excepted.
Lv clty for Isle HopejLv Isle Hope for city
*6 00 am from Bolton|6 (10 am for Bolton it
7 uu am from Bolton| 7 10 am for Bolton
9 00 ain from 2d avej 8 10 am for 2d ava
10 37 am from Bolton! 9 46 am for Bolton
2 30 pm from 2d ave 1 00 pm for 2d ava
4 oo pm from Boltonj 4 00 pm for Bolton
5 3o pm from 2d avej 5 00 pm for 2d ave
6 30 pm from Bolton; 7 80 pm for Bolton
7 80 pm from Boltonj 6 80 pm for Bolton
9 00 pm from 2d ave|lo 00 pm for 2d ave
Lv city for Mon’g’ryjl.v Mont'g’ty for city
9 00 am from 2d ave! 7 10 am for 2d ava - *
10 37 am from Bolton|l2 20 pm for 2d ave
2 30 pm from 2d avej 4 20 pm for 2d avs
6 30 pm from 2d avej ''
" To take effect Nov. 14. 1898.
H. C. BBNAGH. Supt
THE MARSHALL HOUSE,
Broughton and Drayton sts.
Under new management Thoroughly
renovated and refurnished. Electric lights
throughout. Hot and cold water on each
door. Table cuisine unexcelled. Rates *2
to *2.50. Caro pass the door.
BOYCE & CATHARINE.
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