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THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES.
VOL. 6.—NO. 6.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
Representative Tucker's Bill to Abolish
the Taxes on Tobacco. I
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Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times. ]
Washington, Dec. 31 —The bill of Rep
resentative Tucker, of Virginia, to repeal <
all internal revenue taxes upon tobacco, pro- ,
vides that all laws and parts of laws whicii I
impose any internal revenue tax upon snuff, ’
smoking and manufactured tobacco of every i
description, and upon cigars, cheroots, cigar- ,
ettes, in all forms made of tobacco or any
substitute therefor, of every description, ‘
whether named expressly or included by
implication in any law of the United States ■
shall be repealed and cease to be in force ; -
it being the declared purpose of this act to
repeal all forms of internal revenue taxa- '
tion upon tobacco of every description. And
all laws now in force whereby farmers and '
producers of tobacco are restricted in the 1
sale, disposition, and dealing in the same, •
shall be repealed,
That on all original and unbroken fac
tory packages of smoking and manufactured '
tobacco and snuff, cigars, cheroots and
cigarettes held by manufacturers or dealers
at the time such repeal shall go into effect,
upon which the tax has been paid, there •
shall be allowed a drawback or rebate of
the full amount of the repeal, but the same
shall not apply in any case where the claim
is less than $lO and has not been ascertained
or presented within 30 days following the
date of the repeal. It shall be the duty of •
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
with the approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury, to adopt such rules and regula
tions as may be necessary to carry this into
effect.
That there shall be appropriated out of
the Treasury so much money as shall be i
necessary Io repay the rebate provided tor.
This bill was introduced in the _ House
last May, and is now in the Committee on
Ways and Means. It is probable that the
Committee will report favorably, but when
the measure comes before the House it is
not unlikely that the Republican members
will vote against it. If the bill is put on its
passage early in January it is likely that a
majority will be secured favorable to its
adoption. A large number of the members
of the House recognize the fact that taxa
tion must be reduced somewhere, and that
the reduction may as well commence on to
bacco.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
A Noted Law Sult—Arrest of Two Con
spirators—An Odd Case—Judge Mc-
Cay’s Health.
Special Dispatch to Savanrah Dally Times.
Atlanta, Dec. 31 —Judge Pardee to
whom was referred the matters connected
with the suit against Frank P. Gray, ad
ministrator on the estate of the late Lewis
Tumlin, of Bartow county, has decided that
Gray owes the estate $57,000. The case
will be appealed to the Supreme Court of
the United States. This is a noted law suit.
The estate was valued at $300,000, and
Gray’s bond which is entirely solvent was
for $600,000.
Two of the Hall county conspirators, Tom
Grant and Oregon Smith, have been sent to
jail. The other two who were arrested have
been released. Smith made a full confession
and implicated six others for whom war
rants have been issued.
An odd case is here beforea United States
Commissioner. • In Haralson county two
young men went to an illicit distillery to
buy a dram. The man who was in charge of
the distillery said: “I have no whiskey
here, but if you’ll run the shebang until I
can go to the bouse I’ll bring you some.”
The young men turned in and ran the dis
tillery for a few minutes. It became known
that they had done the work and they have
been arrested and put under bond for their
appearance to answer a charge of working
in an illicit distillery.
It is reported that Judge McCay’s health
is improving. Judge Pardee has desig
nated Judge Alex. Boarman of the Western
district of Alabama to hold the court when
it convenes on the 19th.
LEASED FOR GRAZING.
Terms Upon Which the Cherokees Have
Given Up a Million Acres.
Little Rock, Dec. 31.—The lease of a
large portion of the Cherokee Nation for
grazing purposes awaits the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior. The land is be
tween Kansas and the Pan Handle of Texas
and extends from tt ! ? one hundredth merid
ian to New Mexico.
The tract is 36 by 180 miles in area, and
contains a million and a quarter acres. The
lessees are to pay $300,000 per annum for
30 years. The Cherokees favor the lease, but
many claim it is invalid. The lessees are
leading Cherokee citizens, among them is
L. B. Bell, J. G Sichrimsler and John
Adair. They withhold the first two pay
ments in order to allow the Government to
pass upon the validity of the lease.
THE WHISKEY MEN
Feeling Happy Over Mr. Brewster's
Decision.
Cincinnati, Dec. 31—The whiskey men
of Cincinnati are feeling good over a pros
pective order from Secretary of the Treas
ury McCulloch which will give a great re
lief to owners of distilled spirits in bond.
During the coming six months taxes will
fall due on 27,137,707 gallons of whiskey,
amounting to $24,000,000 unless the whiskey
is exported. The whiskey trade has been
so depressed that the dealers count it little
less than ruin to either pay their taxes or
export. Their desire has been to retain 1
their liquors for nine months under a
declaration that the export will be made
later. The Attorney General has submit
ted the opinion that this can be done, and i
the liquor men are consequently jubilant. <
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1884.
AN OWNER WANTED. I
A #5,000,000 Estate Left by an American
Who Died in Spain.
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Huntington, Pa., Dec. 31.—Inquiries
have been received from Spain in regard to
a family named Cliggan, supposed to be
heirs of an American who died recently in
Madrid, leaving an estate valued at $5,000,-
000, and who was formerly a resident of this
county. The name of the decedent has not
been learned here, but it is reported that he
was brought up near Mount Union by aman
named Hanawalt. From Mount Union he '
went to Lewistown, where be learned the 1
trade of a jeweler. About 50 years ago he :
went to Philadelphia, where he remained
a shost time, then bought a sugar plantation
in Cuba and lived on that island. Through
his business as planter he became interested 1
in commerce between Spain and Cuba, went j
to the former country and acquired an ,
ownership in a line of steamers plying be
tween the two, and subsequently pur- 1
chased an interest in lines run
ning to other parts of the world. ,
He left neither will, heirs nor relatives in ]
‘■Spain or Cuba. Papers found among his ef
fects give the few facts known as to his early
history, and show that he had relatives
whose name is given as Cliggan. The only
name recollected by people here similar to
that is Clingan or Clingman, a family that I
lived in the county at or subsequently to
the time when their supposed relative is
said to have left.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A Young Man Shoots His Mother by Mis
take.
Carmi, 111., Dec. 31.—Last night David
Morrell, a young farmer, accidentally shot
his aged mother. He had been annoyed by
stray dogs on his premises, and had pre
pared to shoot them if they again made any
disturbance. Last night one of the children
stepped out of the door and came running
back, saying there was a dog in the yard.
Morrell quickly got his gun and went out.
Seeing something that he took to be a dog
he fired. The object proved to be his moth
er, who had stepped out a few moments be
fore, and had a white handkerchief around
her head. The shot will probably-prove
fatal.
THE SPANISH EARTHQUAKE.
Additional Reports Detail Additional
Horrors.
Madrid, Dec. 31.—Reports received th : s
morning from districts in which earthquakes
were most severe, further increase the num
ber of fatalities, and the amount of damage
done Albuquerque, a town of 8,000 inhab
itants in Estremadura, has been completely
destroyed, and 200 bodies have been taken
from the ruins.
A DESPERADO.
The Reprobate Son of a Clergyman.
Bardstown, Ky., Dec. 31.—Thomas
Thurman distinguished himself some time
ago, by nearly braining a negro with a club,
while in jail. After this he nearly killed a
negro prisoner with a piece of window sash.
He was released on bail Saturday, when he
got drunk, and picked a quarrel with George
Purdy, a negro, whom he shot three times.
Purdy lies at the point of death, and Thur
man is again a prisoner. He is the repro
bate son of a widely esteemed clergyman.
JOHN C. FREMONT
To Again Become a Path-Finder.
New York, Dec. 31—General John C.
Fremont is to again become a path finder
in his old age. He is to proceed at once to
Mexico as the head of an exploring and sur
veying party, sent out to fix the boundaries
of a tract of about 13,000,000 acres of land
recently acquired by a syndicate of capital
ists.
ATROCIOUS FARRICIDE.
A Drunken Son Shoots His Father.
Mt. Carmel, Pa., Dec. 31.—Emanuel
Breist, a wealthy farmer, was shot and killed
night before last at Klingerstown by his
son Henry, a dissipatedjfellow. Mr. Breist
found his son carousing in a tavern
with a disreputable woman, and ordered
him to go home. He refused, and made an
insulting reply. The enraged father there
upon struck him in the face, and Henry
fired the fatal shot. He then escaped.
Chicago 'Change.
Chicago, Dec. 31. —Wheat opened $c
higher than last evening’s closing prices;
January 765, May 83$. Corn firmer; Janu
ary 355, February 355, May 38$. Oats un
changed. Lard 2sasc higher; January
$6 525, February $6 775. Pork 12$a20c
higher; January sll 10, February sll 12$,
May sll 55.
Floods in Illinois.
Chicago, Dec. 31—It has rained steadily
for nearly four days throughout Central
and Southern Illinois. The snow has dis
appeared, and all streams are swollen. In
somb places the water is higher than ever
known.
Probabilities.
Washington, Dec. 31.—For the South
Atlantic States, generally, fair weather,
north, southeast winds, shifting to westerly,
lower temperature. 1
Death of Mrs. Senator Lamar. j
New Orleans, Dec. 31.—Mrs. L. Q. C»
Lamar, wife of Senator Lamar, died Monday
night at Oxford, Miss.
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An Increase of Debt.
Washington, D. C, Dec, 31-—The debt
statement for December will show an in- ,
crease in the public debt of $700,000. j
TERRIBLE VENGEANCE
CONFESSION OF GUILT TORTURED
FROM A TRAIN-WRECKER.
A Mob Thrusts a Boy’s Hands Into a Stove
Until they are Cinders and Shoots
the Father on Evidence
Thus Extorted.
New Orleans, Dec. 31—The Times-
Democrat says : A terrible tragedy
occurred on Friday last at a point
on the New Orleans and North
astern road, about five miles north of High
land Station, Miss., which resulted in a
man named Jordan Parker being tied to ::
tree and shot to death by an infurated
mob. It appears, from information which
has reached this city in regard to the shoot
ing of Jordan, that he is the man who
wrecked the north-bound passenger train on
the Northeastern road on last Tuesday
night, and which caused the instant death
of Robert Turner, the engineer, and a negro
fireman named Conway.
The wreck occurred at a points few milts
north of Purvis station. Heavy spikes had
been driven in a cross-tie and lapped over
the rail in such a manner as to cause the
fore-trucks of the engine to climb the rail.
When the engine struck the obstruction
it jumped the track and went down into the
ditch where it turned over on its side. Tur
ner and his fireman had no chance whatev
er to escape with their lives, but were jam
med by the tender against the boiler head
of the engine and scalded and roasted to
death.
The train was the Limited Atlanta Ex
press, and was running at the rate of about
30 miles an hour when the accident oc
curred, and had it not been for the admira
ble manner in which the air brakes worked,
it is more than probable that some of the
passengers would have been killed; as it
was, however, all the passengers escaped
without receiving injuries more serious than
a severe jolting, despite the fact that the
smoking and baggage car went down the
bank.
At the time of the terrible wreck, suspi
cion at once pointed to Jordan Parker and
his son as the guilty parties, and they were
arrested by the officers of the law near
Poplarville, Miss.
The rage of the railway employes over
the dastardly outrage and the death of poor
Turner caused them, in company with a
large number of citizens, to form themselves
into a mob ot about 100 strong and to take
the prisoners out of the hands of the officers
and to administer justice without the aid of
a judge or jury. Jordan Parker and bis son,
who is a mere youth, were brought to High
land station. They were asked if they com
mitted the crime, but both of them dog
gedly denied that they were in
any way connected with the wrecking
of the train. The refusal
of the prisoners to make a confession
seemed to enrage the mob still more, and
amid a volley of yells and oaths, the two
men were dragged to a house near by,
where one of the mob, acting as spokes
man, informed young Parker that if he
would make a confession his life would be
spared. He refused to say anything, and
the mob, mad with rage, and lost to all
pity, determined to torture him into a con
fession. In the house was a hot stove, ard
gathering around it, they held young Par
ker as firmly as if he was in a vice, and
thrust both of his hands into the flames.
The fearful screams of the prisoner as his
hands shrivelled into shapeless lumps rent
the silence of the gloomy winter night, and
were heard by persons living a longdistance
away. The screams for mercy and the
appeals to God for help were not heeded by
the men, who through anger and excitement
had been transformed into demons, but they
held the arms and hands of the writhing boy
in the flames until they burned to a crisp.
The boy at last being unable to stand the
friendish torture, and with beads of cold
perspiration on his forehead, and blood
dripping from his lips which he had gnashed
in his terrible agony, gasped out a confession
that his father and himself had wrecked the
train through malice to the road.
When he had finished his statement his
hands were withdrawn from the stove and
with a low moan of anguish he fell fainting
to the floor.
His bands were so parched and shrivelled
by the fire that when the torture ended the
red-hot hand cuffs slipped from his wrists
and dropped clattering to the floor.
The vengeance of the mob having been
somewhat appeased, and realizing that the
boy was maimed for life, and that he had
suffered the agonies of a thousand deaths,
decided to spare his life. They then took
Jordan Parker, tieci him securely to a tree,
and in the presence of his son shot him lit
erally to pieces.
It appears from information furnished
the Times Democrat reporter that Jordan
Parker had made certain threats against
the road, and that circumstantial evidence
pointed directly to the fact that he wrecked
the train, and was prompted to do so by the
hatred he had for the railroad company.
When the mob had tired of perforating
the body of Parker with bullets, they left
the limp and bloody body tied to the tree,
and the ghastly corpse was seen yesterday
morning by the passengers who arrived on
the south-bound train over the Northeast
ern road.
The tragedy, which is so horrible in its
details, will serve as a fearful warning t'j
train wreckers, who, in order to wreck ven
geance on a railroad company for some real
or imaginary wrong, destroy and jeopardize
the lives of innocent people.
Mr. Hendricks Agrees with Mr. Cleveland-
Indianapolis, Dec. 31.—Vice President
elect Hendricks expresses himself as being
pleased at Governor Cleveland’s letter about
civil service reform.
THE HOPE OF THE NATION.
Children slow in development, unyp
scrawny and delicate use “Wells’ Health
Benewer,”
< -w- • -
The prettiest goods for men, youths and
boys in the city can be found at B. H Levy A
Bro.’!.
AN ABDUCTED CHILD.
Found in the Possession of a Negro in i
Macon, Who Refuses to Give It Up. 1
Special Dispatch to Savannah Dally Times. !
Macon, Dec. 31—Today Mr. J M.
Marchman, of Eatonton, appeared at the
police headquarters, and said to Chie
Wiley, “I am in search of a little 6-year old
boy abducted from me, and supposed to
have been brought to Macon.” A detec
tive was assigned to duty in the case, and
he discovered the child at the resi
dence of a negro man named Wm.
Harris, living near the cemetery.
He refused to give up the child, claiming
he had legal rights to its possession, which
were produced. Marchman returned to
Eatonton last night to secure proper papers
for his receiving the child into custody ac
cording to law.
Marchman's step-daughter, a Mrs. Cooper, I
had three children, one of which she gave I
him. She married in December, and wanted
the child. It was refused her, and she had
it abducted and brought to Macon to prevent
his having it in his care.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Dec. 31.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotatipns were :
Union Pacific..... 45%
Missouri Pacific 90%
Western Union Telegraph Co 54 t
Pacific Mail 56%
Lake Shore 61%
Louisville and Nashville 25%
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver and Rio Grande 8%
Michigan Central 55
Delaware, Lackawanna <S West’n 89%
Northwestern - 84
St. Paul 70%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 114%
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 39%
Rock Island 165%
Jersey Central 13%
Memphis and Charleston 29
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3
East Tennessee, Va, & Ga. (pfd) 5
Philadelphia and Reading 18
Omaha (com) 23%
Omaha (pfd) 83
New York Central 85%
Kansas and Texas 15%
Erie 14%
New York Produce Market.
New York, Dec. 31—Flour steady; su
perfine $2 50a2 85; extra No. 2, $2 65a3 00.
' Wheat No. 2 red winter, for January 84jc.
Corn No. 2 mixed lor December 79c. Oats
No. 2 mixed for January and December 34.
Pork quiet; mess sl2 25a12 50. Lard for
. January $6 95. Molasses dull, from 40t052.
. Turpentine dull, 31. Rosin dull; strained
’ togood, $1 I2sal 275. Rice dull; Carolina
and Louisiana common to fair, 4sass. Sugar
’ dull; refined cut loaf, 6s; granulated, SJ.
j Coffee null; cargoes, 9s.
1 PITH AND POINT.
A Radical Legacy.
Memphis Appeal.
i Cleveland will have to solve the Mormon
r question. It is one of the legacies of the
1 Republican party.
i He Probably Will.
, Boston Herald.
, Mr. Cleveland wishes to go forward, not
backward, and in order to make progress he
> needs men about him who will be in hearty
: sympathy with his views and purposes. We
! believe he will try to get them.
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A Fool’s Opinion.
[ Providence Mail.
Judge Tourgee, the author of that erratic
I book, “A Fool’s Errand,” thinks that unless
the Southern negroes are enlightened they
s will rise in insurrection against the whites,
t Let’s see. Did we hear that Tourgee was
1 soon to issue another book entitled “A Fool’s
s Opinion?”
' Homeopathic Prices.
j Exchange.
, At the National Homeopathic Fair at
, Washington, all the beautiful young ladies
who had charge of booths and other confi
3 dence games, were under strict orders to re
| train from asking anybody to purchase. If
1 the prices were Homeopathic no harm could
I have been done.
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s Let Them Come.
Mobile Register.
s It is a good thing for Northern statesmen
1 to visit the South. They do not come enough
, among us. We send a goodly supply of
’ Southern statesmen to visit the North, and
] we wish some reciprocity in this matter
s Just at this time, especially, when our sec
-5 tion is beginning, like an infant Hercules,
to feel its own strength, and, having strangled
! the serpents of corruption and misgovern
; rr ent, now enters upon an era of great
j labors and great duties, should Northern
statesmen come among us.
He Tried the Experiment.
! He was a bashful wooer, says the Detroit
Free Press, but there was a certain manli
| ness about him which indicated that he only
i needed a little encouragement to let himself
t out. She saw this, and she resolved on a
s policy of encouragement.
I “Do you believe these stories in the funny
s papers,” she asked, “ about the willingness
of young ladies to be kissed ? ”
, "I—l really can’s say,” he replied,
t “They may lie true.” Then, gathering
courage, he added ; “ I hope they are true,”
’ and he drew closer to her.
, “It seems to me,” she said, “ that there is
. only one way in which a young man can dis
cover whether they are true or not.”
; “ And what way is that ?” he asked.
, There was a brief pause. Then, with a
. far-away look in her eye% she answered :
! 11 By experimenting when he has an op-
> portunity,”
He experimented.
• He Hated the Newspapers,
t Burdette.
, “Yes, sir,” said Mr. Phnmbledork, “I bate
’ newspapers. I hate ’em, the blundering,
1 malicious, stupid things. During my po
litical career they published my name,
friends and enemies alike, a thousand times,
and never spelled it right, never spelled it
’ so that my most intimate friends could tell
1 whom it was meant for but once.” “And
that once?” “Was when I was hauled up
and fined by the police judge for being
‘ found drunk and asleep in the street with
nothing but my hat and boots on.”
THE GREAT SHOW. I
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ALL ABOUT THE EXPOSITION.
Work Progressing Rapidly—Stables For a
Thousand Head of Blooded Stock—Ma
chinery Getting into Place—Grand
Christmas Celebratlon--A Per
fect Blaze of Light,—The Cres
cent City on a Lark.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
New Orleans, Dec. 29, 1884.—Every
day shows an increased attendance at the
Exposition, and while work still progresses
in and on the various buildings, grounds,
etc., interest in the success of the World’s (
great Fair does not slack. Within the i
past ten days much has been done toward '
completing details. Os course the formal ■
opening wus premature but postponements
I tend to depress exhibitors more than any-
I thing else, and as the public expected, even
demanded it, the management concluded it
was the best to throw her open and thereby
inspire all connected with the affair to be
stir themselves to get into shape, and give
people visiting the city an opportunity of
seeing already the “greatest show on earth.”
Stables for several thousand head of blood
ed stock have been constructed, and many
car loads are now on the road headed
hither.
Machinery is getting into place in the i
immense cotton and saw mill departments;
and the art gallery will be receiving ite con
tents the first of January, while the Mexi
can octagonal building will be finished by
the middle of January.
Workmen are busy laying the railway for i
the electric passenger train; while the dozen ]
electric towers will shed a refulgence over ’
the whole grounds that will astonish and <
please the world of spectators.
Fountains are playing thousands of jets I
which are caught by the mild zephyrs and ]
gently waited in refreshing sprays over the <
park forming beautiful miniature rainbows i
by reflections of the sun’s rays. ]
Ways and means for reaching the Expo
sition grounds, which has been a serious 1
question for the management to solve, is to 1
be remedied by laying a steam railway to :
run from Canal street, which with the street <
car lines and steamboats on the river will 1
probably be adequate to serve the throngs
that will daily visit the grounds for the
next six months.
A very important evil in the way of ac
commodations for the pubic, which
j threatened to lessen the expected alien
dance by extortionate charge for board and
’ lodging, especially the latter, has been over
come by a sudden reduction over the city
Now"one can rent a room for a week or a
month without being necessitated in pur
chasing the same, seemingly.
Christmas eve the three electric light
companies engaged in lighting the Exposi
1 tion turned on every lamp and burner in
i the building and on the towers, and such a i
hall of brightness has not been seen since ;
the Star of Bethlehem arose in the East, 1884
years ago. It seemed as if a hundred suns,
a thousand moons, a million stars blended
> into a trinity, and that Heaven itself had
! bent forward and smiled down on thi
wicked world on this great memorable <
1 event of the 19th century, the eve of th-. 1
birih of our Lord and Savior. The reflec
tions of the electrics shone for milesjaround, i
and the glass tower of Horticultural Hall
was .particularly attractive as it glittered 1
■ like so many diamonds up above the ordi
1 nary building. Those who saw this won
derful sight will never live long enough to
forget it, and those who didn’t see it wil 1
• never know what they missed.
1 In music hall of the main building a
large Christmas tree was erected Christmas
eve, on which many a plea«ant souvenir was
depended for those who took an interest in
this old fashioned holiday pastime.
Wm. H. H. Judson Exposition Superin
tendent of printing and publishing, has
made an excellent official and being a news
( paper man knows how to deal with the press
and has many friends. He extends the
courtesy due the fraternity and makes them
as comfortable as possible. The managemeni
has liberally arranged for the care of editoi s
and consequently the Fourth Estate will go
to the front.
Os all the gay Christmas eve festivities
. New Orleans had ’em bad. It seems that
Pandemoniam had been let loose. Everybody
with his girl was on the promenaae, and
Canal street was a living scene. Tin horns,
whistles, drums, kazoos and 10 cent show
had the run. The noise was terrible and
the fun was likewise. All were in good humor
and the stranger as well as townsman had
' some instrument of sound and chimed in
1 and enjoyed himself. Grown young ladies
with their beaux were armed with theterri
rible noise producing fish horn, and would
in passing a bashful young man surge the
funnel shape machine to the fellow's off ear
and let him have a Christmas eve salutation
. The y. f. would jump about three feet and
sing out, “hold, enough.” This merriment
was kept up till 1 a. m. with the aid of fire
crackers, when the rain drive all except a
few revelers home to tl eir little be's.
Last Thursday was the coldest day of
the season here. The ground froze slightly
and banana plants and delicate tropical
shrubbery succumbed and gave Jack Frost
the paim.
The city is full of visitors to-day, mostly
excursion parties of teachers and pupils
from many States, who have taken advan
tage of their holidays.
Diamond Cut Diamond.
Philadelphia Call.
Customer: What is the price of this?
Small Dealer: One dollar.
“Did you buy it of the manufacturer?” ;
“No; I got it at Sheriff’s sale.”
“Did the man who was sold out that way 1
get it direct from the manufacturer.”
“No; he got it very cheap at an auction 1
sale ”
“Do you know the manufacturer?”
“Yes; he went into bankruptcy because
he had to sell at a loss.”
“Perhaps he paid too much for the mate- ,
rial out of which it is made?”
“No; he stole the material.”
“I’ll take it.”
Favorite Cigarettes—Just what you want I
J>uy them.
$6 00 A YE 18.
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
How the Dipplay is Getting On—Must bo
Seen to Be Appreciai ed—Looseness
in the City Management Woik
ing Injury Both to the
City and the Fair.
This morning a Times reporter tonnd Mr
M. J. Solomons at his office cn Barnard and
Congress streets, just returned from a ten
days’ visit to the New Orleans Exposition..
To questions propounded, Mr. Solomons
politely responded, giving his impressions!
of the sights seen there as follows :
“Well, I am impressed with the immense)
amount of vim, labor and energy expended!
in getting into such magnificent conditions
the grounds and buildings of the Exposi
tion. It is simply wonderful, and can only
be appreciated when seen, a description
being inadequate to convey an idea. But I
beiieve it would be decidedly best for all.
who contemplate visiting the Exposition to
defer their visit at least four weeks,,
as the largest proportion of the.
exhibits are not yet in position,
and they would only be able to see the
grounds and buildings, which are magnifi
cent in themselves. As to the Art Build
ing, a magnificent iron structure, I took a
look at it and walked through, but there is
not a single picture or art exhibition in the
hall, which is admirably adapted to the
purpose for which it was intended. The.
Horticultural Hall, I am pleased to say, is
complete, the display being simply astound
ing, and comprising collections from all
parts of the country.
“I visited the Mexican Centennial build
ing and was greatly impressed at the stu
pendous display made by that country. Ev
ery product and manufacture of that Re
public is splendidly represented and well
worth the visit alone. I saw a fine military
company fifty or sixty strong, composed of
well disciplined, men and the finest music I.
have had the pleasure of listening to was
produced by the Mexican band, numbering
eighty pieces. Mexico is handsomely repre
sented, and her exhibit is just about com
plete.
“As to the State departments, I observed
that the Territories and Western .States have
not been at all backward, and the exhibits
are very tine and complete. Texas has
decidedly the finest, largest and
most complete display on the ground. Her
products are simply wonderful, Nebraska,
Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, and Montana
are excellently displayed, and quite beyond
the majority of States. I was informed,
however, that one cause of this was, that
these States have just returned fr >m other
expositions, hence had the advantage of
having a fine display already c jllected.
The State of Georgia, -I am scry to say,
is very backward, notwithstanding the her
culean efforts of Major D. C. bacon, who
has spared no pains and expense to perfect
a creditable display for Georgia. It is due
to the fact that no appropriation was mad®
by the Legislature of this State—ths
only State not having made an ap
pr< priation. I met Mr. N. P.
Pratt, in charge < f the Mi e alogical De
par m nt, on last Saturday, and he informed
me mat he had ten car loads of freight in
the city, but could not get it moved, al
though it had been on hand ten days. The
only things to inform one of the fact that
Georgia was represented was the model of
the new “City of Savannah,” the model
of the original “ City of Savannah,” and
the display gotien up by the
Cotton Exchange. These are inside a large
railing bearing the name of Georgia in large
letters.
‘ Florida is well represented. I met Mr.
T. E. Leutze and found him quite busy
superintending the placing of his magnifi
cent map of Florida, which was so well
described in the Times prior to its leaving;
Savannah. This map has excited much
admiration on the part of all who have
seen it.
“There is one thing I wish to call special
attention to, and that is the admirable policy
of the city government of New Orleans.
That city is, in my opinion, the filthiest one
in the United States, and evidently ia
blessed with the most lax set of officials
possible. In the car driver’s strike
which occurred there on Saturday last,
the Exposition has suffered a loss of at least;
$60,000, besides the loss of reputation which
the city of New Orleans has suffered on ac
count of the abominable po ice force, with
which she is blessed. On Saturday I wished
to go to the grounds, and after a long time
succeeded in catching a straggling car, the
only one on the road, and had proceeded
as far as the Lee monument,
when the driver was met by a large number
of the strikers, who demanded that he come
off and join them. He was compelled to
get off and join the gang who would no
doubt have used him violently had he re
fused to comply, although a big burly po
liceman was on the rear platform. When
the driver vacated his position, the per.
liceman took the reins and drove the car
back to the city. This serves to illustrate
the status of things there at present, thanks
to the admirable system of rings with which
New Orleans is at present hampered. Os
course this state of things could be sup
pressed in a few moments, but they are so
tied up by ring monopolies that they dare
not assert their authority. I have
nothing to say about the rights of the
striking drivers, but that they should be
allowed to stop the chief means of locomo
tion when the city is full of visitors, is a,
thing that would not be tolerated anywhere
else in the South, and will do an unlimited
amount of harm to New Orleans unless sup
pressed.
On the head of accommodations;,
I think there is no fear of
there rot being sufficient room for
all who apply and at moderate rates.
There are thousands of restaurants in the
city of all grades, and the bills of fare show
very reasonable prices. ‘Rooms to let’ is a
sign to be seen on almost every door in the
city, and the prices for a night’s lodging
range from $1 to $2 per day. How it will
be later I cannot say, but this is the case at
present.”
The reporter then saw that Mr. Solomon
had nothing further to say, and thanking
him for his kindness departed.
—Captain B. H. Harrell, Eastman; W-
Sunderlin, Darien, and John A. Kennedy, of
Waco, Texas, are at the Harnett House,