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VOL. 6.—NO. 21.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
FROM ALL POINTS OF THE WORLD.
Crimes and Casualties—Striking Workmen
Accepting the Situation—A Scandal In
volving a Florida State Senator—
Congressional Proceedings—
Minor News Items.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Dally Times
Washington, D. C., Jan. 19.—At the
Capitol to-day Mr. Emory Speer stated he
had interviewed President Arthur, and
feels confident that he will be appointed to
the United States Judgeship, f >r the South
ern District of Georgia. He says he was
not a candidate until he learned that Far
row was declared out ot the contest. He
expects his nomination may be sent to the
Senate to-day during the present week, and
he does not anticipate opposition from the
Georgia Senators.
SPEER'S NAME SENT IN.
The President to day sent to the Senate
the name of Emory Speer as United States
Judge of the Circuit Court for the Southern
District of Georgia.
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
This Morning’s Proceedings.
Washington, Jan. 19. —The chair occu
pied by the late Senator Anthony was heav
ily draped in mounring at 12:30 this after
noon, and after the transaction of some un
important routine business by the Senate,
Mr. Aldrich offered appropriate resolutions,
and addressed the Senate in eulogy of the
deceased Senator.
In the House, after several attempts had
been made without success to pay bills, by
unanimous consent, the regular order was
demanded, and the Speaker proceeded to
call States and Territories for the introduc
tion of bills for reference. Among the more
important measures ‘ introduced was the fol
lowing:
By Mr. Broadhead, of Missouri—To es
tablish a grade and rate of pensions for pilots
on gunboats during the late war.
By Mr. Cox, of New York—To authorize
the construction of one steel gunboat.
By Mr. Curtin, of Pennsylvania—Revis
ing the act of August 15th, 1876, providngs
for telegraphic communication between the
United States and Asia.
A FORCED MARRIAGE.
In Which a State Senator is Involved.
Tallahassee, Fla., January 19. —The
facts of a forced marriage involving the
name of a State Senator has just been given
to the public. Miss M. L. Long was a
daughter of John Long, a respected orange
grower. J. D. Smith came to Marianna
from Georgia about a year ago and went into
business. He gained Miss Long’s affections
and ruined her.
THE POPE ILL.
Serious Fears Felt Over His Attack.
Rome, Italy, Jan. 19.—Considerable
anxiety prevails in church circles over the I
alarming illness of the Pope. He is con
fined to his bed with fever, occasioned by ’ a |
severe attack of rheumatism, and grave
fears are entertained lest the attack may j
prove fatal.
Fatal Ending of a Row.
Steubenville, 0., Jan. 19—Late Satur
day night, George Irwin and Thomas Me- I
Donald got into a row at a disreputable |
bouse, when McDonald stabbed Irwin in
the breast near the heart, inflicting a fatal j
wound
A *75,000 Fire.
Dodge City, Kas., Jan. 19.—A fire yes- j
terday afternoon destroyed the Postoffice
blockin this place. It started in Weldon’s
grocery, and the flames spread rapidly. The
total loss is estimated at $75,000.
Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. 19.—For the South I
Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather, and .
on the coast local rains; warmer norther y
winds.
Chicago uaange.
Chicago, Jan. 19—Wheat opened firm
aud higher. January, 91; February, 92;
March, 901. Corn firm; January, 38};
February, 39 Oats steady; February, 26J;
March, 26}. Lard s'rong and higher;
February, $7 16a7 18; March, $7 25.
A Cvrijus Nation.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Finland, whose junction widi the Rus
sian Empire dales from 1809, but which
still retains the title of Grand Duchy m d
some special institutions of its own, incl cl
ing a Diet, presents very strange features as
regaids language. The bulk of the popu • j
lation, being of Ugrian descent, kindred
to the Magyars, speak the Finnic
tongue. From t e ancient connection
of the Grand Duchy with Sweden,
the Swedish language is, however, also
used by a section of the inhabitants
Owing to the present union with the ,
dominions of the Czar, the Russian idiom
is added to it. Thus, at the open ng ot tie .
Diet at Helsingfors a few days ego, the
Governor General read the speech from the j
throne in Russian. Then a Senator repeat- .
ed it in Swedish, and another in Finnic. The '
Marshal of the principality, Freiherr Von
Born a “German-Russian,” replied in
French. The same was done by the repre- ■
sentative of the clergy, Archbishop Bergen- ;
heim. The speaker of the peasant order i
followed with a harangue in the Finnic
tongue. Surely that is the country for a
congress of philologists.
“ROUGH ON PAIN” PLASTER’
Porous and strengthening, improved, the i
best for backache, pains in the chest or 1
side, rheumatism, neuralgia. 25c. Drug
gist or mail,
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
The Great Exposition—Matters Getting
Rapidly Arranged—Mexico’s Splendid
Exhibit—Several Interesting New
Features—New Orleans’ Future
Prospects.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
New Orleans, Jan. 17. —The public
could not wish for more favorable weather
than has been granted this week. To look
out over the parks of the city and around
the Exposition buildings and see the green
grass growing so luxuriantly, is enough to
make one feel there is nothing else but
spring—-hereabouts.
Among the important personages now
visiting this section is Chief Gaul of the
Sioux tribe of Indians, Standing Rock
Agency, Dakota. He is accompanied by his
squaw ard papoose; and they are making
headquarters at the Dakota department in
the government building, where the little
family are the wonder, if not the admira
tion, of the populace.
The canceling of the engagement with
Prof. Currier and baud by the Exposition
Management is nothing serious, as there are
many band", as tine if not so 1 arge, which
will be glad to furnish music, even compli
mentary, at any time. Notably, the Mexi
can Cavalry Band, one of the best organi
zations of the kind in America, tender their
services without charge. Again, the grand
organ in Music Hall is about ready for use,
and will be played every day by celebrated
performers.
The State of Chihuahua, Mexico, has a
piece of silver bullion on exhibition in Main
building weighing 5,640 lbs., worth $114,-
000.
Your readers may be surprised to learn
the Mexican iron building under headway,
though covering a small space, will cost
that Government no less than $175,000. It
is being so scientifically constructed that it
can be taken down in sections, when the
Exposition closes here, and shipped to the
City of Mexico as a memento of its -epre
sentation in the United States; and where
Mexico itself expects to hold high carntvil
next year ; when that Republic hopes to
have the world visit her.
The government building, wherein the
Territories and States display their exhibits,
is occupied in the centre by representations
from the various Departments of the United
States Government at Washington City.
The expenditure of the money appropriated
by the government, amounting to something
like $500,000, and the selection of articles
for exhibition, was entrusted to a Board of
Commissioners, as follows: Colonel S. C.
Lyford, War; C. H. Hill, State; Lieutenant
B. H. Buckingham, Navy; W. F. McLeman,
Treasury; A. D. Hazen, Post Office; B. But
terworth, Interior; Cecil Clay, Justice; W.
Sanders, Agricultural Departments; Prof.
G. B Goode, Smithsonian Institute and
the National Museum, and U. S. Fish
Commission. The principal feature of this
exhibit is an immense globe fifty feet in
diameter, Upon which is accurately deline
ated all the geographical and political
i divisions of the earth. Plainly described
thereon appear various facts relati re to
each country and government, such as its
area, population, principal productions and
industries, commerce, etc. This globe is so
arranged as to be illuminated from within,
so that its appearance as seen by artificial
, light will be both novel and pretty,
j Grouped around the base or below this
! globe are representative specimens of the
| principal economic productions indigenous
ito the different countries represented
jthereon.
| Upon large illustrated chart" an 1 dia
i grams are presented to the eye information
I relative to the productions, manufactures,
| trade and commerce of each country, and
: upon other charts are shown the relative
' distances of the many ports of Central and
South America from the various shipping
, ports of the United States as compared with
I the distances of these same ports from those
lof Europe. This department is surmounted
I by an immense seat of the State Depart
ment, painted on glass for illumination at
night, around and over which is hung and
draped our national emblem, while the
whole is surrounded and framed in with the
flags of all nations.
The postoffice is about finished, an 1 natu
j rally attracts the visitor by its uuiq ie and
I business appearance. It is regulated after
, the manner and under the management of
i the New Orleans postoffice, by Pos m ister
W. f. Merchant One can transact bt: uess
;as well here as anywhere, being supplied
I with all the conveniences even to letter
carriers, who deliver mail anywheie proper
ly addressed within the grounds.
It will be glorious news to every gooi
ciliz-nof this great country to learn ihat
the S. utii is entering on a new life, and New
Orleans will be the busy centre of that life.
The seven million bales of cotton raised
! from the Ohio to the Gulf Mexico, and
, from the Atlantic to the Western border of
Texas, will find a market here, and not only
a market, but a place of manufacture, from
whence it will be dispersed abroad to clothe
the people of the world. The cotton alone
is worth more than $200,000,000. Place
the imports on what it will have paid for at
a similar sum, and you have a possible out
come of commerce of $400,000,000 per an
num, arising from a single article.
Reynolds.
New York Stock .Market.
New York, Jan. 19.—At 1:30 p. m. to
dav quotations were :
Union Pacific 47% [
Missouri Pacific 93% !
Western Union Telegraph Co 56%
Pacific Mail . 54%
Lake Shore 59%
Louisville and Nashville 22 7 s
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver and Rio Grande 9
Michigan Central 60%
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 81%
Northwestern 88
St. Paul 72 >
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 119 j
Oregon Transcontinental 13 ;
Northern Pacific 38% ,
Rock Island 107 i
Jersey Central 35
Memphis and Charleston 2g% I
East Tennessee, Va. <fc Ga (com) 3% I
East Tennessee, Va. <fc Ga. (pfd) 5% ;
Philadelphia and Reading 15%
Omaha (com) 24%
Omaha (pf(D 85
New York Central 85
Kansas and Texas 13%
Erie ....... 12;2
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1885.
FROM WASHINGTON.
HAPPENINGS AT THE FEDERAL
CAPITAL.
The Hydra-Headed Tariff—Talk About an
Extra Session—Sherman as a Kisser
. —A Senatorial Veteran—Fred
Grant’s Necessities—Social
Bankrupts Fine Din
ners aud Fine Diners.
i Special Correspondent Daily Times.
, Washington, Jan. 17—The tariff ques
tion will not down. It rises in various
shapes when least expected. No one sus
pected that behind the mask of the staid,
> and solemn diplomatic and Consular bill
: lurked this tariff spectre, which has haunted
i the halls of Congress now for many months
; i demanding justice. In the consideration of
i | the Consular bill to day, before that meas
. I ure finally passed, the Hall of Representa
tives was filled with the presence of this in
visible, intangible ghost. It revived all the
animosities of the old tariff debates. Mr.
‘ Townshend offered an amendment, request
i ing the President to invite the co-operation
■ of all the American nations to secure the
| establishment of a commercial league, with
‘: the ultimate view (reading the resolution
between the lines) of bringing about un
hampered reciprocity of trade. Under a
point of order raised by Mr. Randall, the
amendment was not received, but it served
. to provoke a significant discussion.
Mr. Townshend maintained that the
measure he proposed would serve more ef
fectually than reciprocity treaties, to extend
our foreign market. Mr. Cox regretted
, that Mr. Townshend’s amendment should
, I be ruled out, and declared that it was time
. | that Congress understood that times were
i hard. Then the House squared itsel.
i for a rattling forty minutes de- j
: | bate on reciprocity and free trade. Messrs
■ ' Dorsheitner and Cox ascribed the present
i I languishing condition of our industries to
i Republican ma! administration and protec-
> | tion. Messrs. Reed an! Hiscock did not I
I meet the issue fairly, but attributed tie
: I business depression of which so many com- I
, I plaints come to the doors of Congress to
i Democratic success. While this debate did
I I not perhaps promote the interest of either
. I side of the controversy , it made manifest the i
1 fact that the condition of our industries and I
; ■ the need of remedial legislation have deep
sj ly touched the conscieuce of Congress. The
’ i financial distress of the country and the de-
i cay of industries come up as substantial
j realities, which shake the faith of honest
, protectionists. Their theories never re
• i ceived so severe a test. The pages in history
. ; which the new Congress is to fill promise to
. ! be most significant, so many relations are to
II be adjusted, so many blanks are to be
| filled. The question of our [
i i foreign commerce, the pending treaties and j
j the proposed increase of the navy, while |
separate and independent subjects of legisla- |
! tion, are closely identified, aud underneath I
! them all lies the necessity of reviving our I
. industries. To obtain a foreign market it |
is considered necessary to open our ports, or ■
to enter into treaties of reciprocity. The I
change in our foreign relations, wh ch would
follow an endeavor to extend our commerce, I
would demand the creation and mainten- I
ance of a respectable navy. Thus it is that
the restless tariff apparition, assuming many
shapes, comes unbidden to break in upon I
the hum-drum harmony of legislative de-|
bates, and will continue to haunt the capi- |
tol until the demand for intelligent and ;
■ effective legislation is met.
While the pressing demands upon Con- ■
- gress, for legislation on matters of import-!
ance indicates that an extra session of Con- I
1 gress may become necessary, it is evident ;
that there is a strong feeling among mem- !
: bers of the House against such a session. :
Mr. Randall is censured by his own party i
1 friends because his attitude regarding the ■
Naval appropriation may provoke an extra
■ session. From year to year, the increasing
demands upon Congress makes it more ap
parent, that the ordinary sessions of Con
' gress are inadequate for the transaction of
' business of the Government. A vast ma
jority of the hundreds of bills, now lying
upon the Speaker’s table, will pass over , j
among the things “that might have been” '
' at noon of March the 4th next, many of I j
them never to be resurrected, and to serve
’ in the House as sad reminders of hurried [
I sessions, of which they were the victims.
A story is pi inted here this evening which : ,
adds another bit of testimony to the mass ,
■ already printed, going to show that General ,
Sherman still maintains his reputation as an
adept in osculation. ' <
General Sherman and General Schenck I
met on a street corner here, the other day. ■ j
After the usual salutations, Schenck inquired: ; (
“Tell me, General, who was that woman ■ ,
you kissed after ’.he reception, the other .
I night?” _ j
■ Sherman was at n loss at first to recall just ,
I the one Schenck referred to, but in a mo-
I ment looked up and said:
“Oh, I remember; but blessed if I know - (
who she was’”
“Did you know,” asked Schenck, “that j.
she was a married woman?”
“No, indeed,” said Sherman; “and 1, j
haven’t seen her since. You, see, they all .
stood up there in line, and I just waded in;
but. I remember the one you mean.”
After the two old fellows had tried in
vain to figure out who the woman could be, <
Sherman remarked:
“Well, she was a fine woman, certainly. 1
Did you notice how well she stood upon her ;
fetlock joints?”
This scrap of conversation affords a big
fund of suggestion. The young ladies were ,
all placed in line for the General to kiss. A
General on the retired list enjoys many
privileges which are denied to persons of ,
less distinction.
One of the most conspicuous and well
known figures to be seen on the floor of the - .
i Senate is that of Assistant Doorkeper, Isaac 11
! Barrett, known among his acquaintances as | (
I “Captain” Barrett. Mr. Birrett has not only I ,
grown gray in the service of the Senate, but
also grown up in it. For more than half a
century he has been daily in attendance on
the floor of the Senate chamber in one ca
pacity or another. He has known two or
three geueratians of statesmen, and has wit -
nessed the most memorable events in the
annals of the Senate. He was appointed a
page in the Senate in 1831, and served in
that capacity and as messenger until 1861,
when he was appointed to his present posi
tion of Assistant Doorkeeper. Mr. Barrett
has a memory stored with recollections o r
some of the most distinguished men of the
country, and is fond of relating anecdotes of
Clay, Calhoun and Webster. He may be
seen any day standing or sitting near the
desk of the President of the Senate, regu
lating with becoming dignity the conduct of
the frolicsome youngsters employed as
pages He is neatly dressed in black, and
his long, white hair and patriarchal beard
are always in the best of trim, and receive
every morning the careful attention of the
Capitol barber.
On the fifteenth anniversary of the day
of his appointment in 1831, Mr. Barrett was
presented with a handsome silver snufi' box
by Senator Bayard, in behalf of the Sen
ators, as a token of the esteem in which he
was held by them.
I have mentioned that venerable door
keeper rejoices in the title of “Captain,”
and upon inquiry I have learned that,
though Mr. Barrett’s military exploits are
not extensive, the title was fairly conferred.
In January, 1862, the employes of the Sen
ate organized a militia company for the
defense of the Capitol, and elected Mr. Bar
rett Captain, and Senator A. P. Gorman,
who was then a page, First Lieutenant.
Their services were not, however, accepted
by the govenrnment,and the only glory won
by them was the military titles in which
some of them still rejoice.
Among the applicants for the vacancy
which will be made in the Quartermaster’s
Department next week by the retirement
of Major Eckerson, is Fred D. Grant,
erstwhile Colonel Fred Grant, whose for
tunes, like his father’s, suffered through
overconfidence in the sagacity of Ferdinand
Ward. Where there ie special glory in the
bloodless field of service assigned to Quar
masters, to a man of broken fortunes the
pay of a Captain with the privilege of wear
ing gauntlets on State occasions offers great
I inducements.
; The President has appointed a gentle-
I man from this city, ami two from New
York, a commission to examine and report
upon forty.miles of Railroad in California,
i 3,000 miles away. It may not have occur
red to the Secretary of the Interior, or who
mever is charged with the selection of such
' Commissioners, that he might, with some
j diligence, in the interest of economy, have
found three men, on the Pacific Coast com
petent to testify that the ties had been
[ properly laid, and the rails spiked down.
These three gentlemen will make a 6,000
| rni|e journey, besides receiving a liberal
compensation, and a very handsome allow
ance for mileage.
No lady, whose husband occupies a high
official position, can expect an easy life in
Washington. Speaker Carlisle’s wife, it is
said, now owes 300 calls ami the delinquency
inc eases every day There is no possibility
of her discharging her social debts before
she leaves the city for her home in the
I spring. Social forms here do not exempt
i even the Speaker’s wife from the burden of
| returning calls. Many other ladies aie in
I the same condition of social insolvency,
j there liabilities far exceeding their means. |
Some of these ladies have caused a publica-
| tion in the society columns of the newspa-:
[ pers, expressing the hope, that if they do I
J not return every call in person, no one will
think them guilty of intentional discour- !
! tesy.
| The week just closed has been an eventful
I one in social circles. Last evening General I
! and Mrs. Sheridan gave a brilliant reoep- I
tion; Senator and Mrs. Miller gave a dinner I
I at their handsome residence on Connecticut
; avenue, in honor of the President. The
President’s sister, Airs. McElroy, held a
. reception at the White House this after-
I noon, which was notable for the large at
tendance and the rich toilets worn. Mrs.
; Senator Butler, of South Carolina, received,
ias usual, on Monday. She was assisted by
1 her daughter and niece, both of whom are I
' very popular. “Bob.” i
The Craze of Politics.
Chicago News.
It was long ago predicted that Americans
would become a nation of politicians. I
Whether or not the crop of this rank grow
ing product of our soil increases year by
year, it is impossible to account by their
number alone for the control which they
have obtained of the affairs of govern
ment. The number of persons who make
politics a trade in this country is, of course,
insignificant, when compared to the whole
voting population. The ascendency which
they have gained whereby they are com
monly able to compel the people to their
will, or to defeat any popular movement to
which they have not given assent, must
therefo e be due not so much to their own
power as to some weakness or wrong
method on the part of those who do
the voting. It does not require a very
long search- in this direction to find
a sufficient explanation of the humiliate
ing evil in our absurd and vicious methods
of conducting political campaigns. As at
present carried on, these are almost wholly
managed on a basis of excitement rather
than sober judgment and conscience, upon
which every important act of mankind
should be based. It is in the “craze of
politics” that is found the opportunity of
politicians and and the extremity of our
political institutions.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Jan. 19. —Flour dull and un
changed. Wheat, No. 2 red, January, 92};
do. February 921. Corn, No. 2 milled, Jan
uary, 521; do. February, 50}. Oats, No. 2
mixed, January, 36J; do. February, 36}.
Rye firm but quiet. Barley nominal. Pork
steady; mess sl3 50. Lard, February $7 20;
March $7 30. Molasses nominal.
Turpentine steady at 41. Rosin
steady; strained to good $1 25
a1.30. Petroleum dull; refined in cans,
87 l-Bc. Sugar firm; refined cut loaf, 6 l-4c;
granulated, 6 1-4; confectioners, 5 7-Ba6c.
Tallow steady, prime city 6 1-8; freights
dull; grain to Liverpool 4 5-Ba4 3-4 c. Coffee
steady; fair cargoes 9 3-4 c.
“ROUGH ON COUGHS.”
Ask for “Rough on Coughs.” for Coughs
Colds, Sore Throat, Hwreness. Troches
15c. Liquid, 25c,
c
; ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
I
EVENTS AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Remarkable Crank at Large—A Liter
ary Genius Soars Aloft—Averdupois of
Atlanta Newspaper Men—Bank Rob
ber Jailed—Notes About Town,
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, January 19.—Quite a remark
able citizen has turned up in Atlanta. He
gives his name as Robert Shaw and his
place of residence as St. Louis. He is the
author of “Creation and Cosmos,” a thousand
page treatise on religion and science. He is
, taking subscribers for his book and does not
develop his cranky inclinations until he
begins to speak of himself. He claims that
he descended from a king of Scotland, trac
ing his lineage back sixteen centuries be
fore Christ, or thirty-four hundred years
' before behind the present day. When he
gets warmed up he says he is the rightful
prince of Scotland and Ireland and the first
. man in England, and exclaims “I am a
veritable Kaesar of Kings and Yarl of
Lords,” whatever that is. This able citi
zen is several laps ahead of the Jackson
county Lord Baltimore. Shaw also claims
to be the Lion of the tribe of Judah and
the Messiah, and yet he is at large.
OFF HIS KER ZIP.
It takes your Atlanta reporter to carry off
the palm. Speaking of the suicideof a mem
ber of the frail sisterhood Saturday, one of
the scribes delivers himself thusly:
“Sick at heart and weary of the torturous
iniquity of her dissolute life, she sought re
lief by means of a potion, the bitterness of
which, by the solace it would bring, was
changed into a honeyed sweetness, ambro
sial, delicious and quieting. Soon the un
happy heart ceased it dolorous beating, the
nervous throb of the pulse grew still, and
the spirit pleadingly winged its way to the
Mercy seat, ‘where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest.’”
The woman was buried yesterday. Requi- f
escat in pace.
ATLANTA NEWSPAPER MEN
It is quite noticeable that the proprietors
of the Atlanta papers are all large in
statue, while the scribes and pharisees are
small fellows. Mr. W. A. Hemphill, Mr.
E. P. Howell, Mr. N. P. T. Finch and Mr.
H. W. Grady, of the Constitution, are fine
i looking specimens of the genus. Colonel
Hoge, of the Journal, is a tall, fine looking
man of commanding presence. Joe Har
ris is small, and modest as a woman. Wal
lace Reed is tall, erect and slender. Pascal
jJ. Moran is the only fat man among the
; writers. Brufley, the police reporter of the
Constitution, is a short man with a long
• mustache. Joe Carter, city editor of the
. Constitution, weighs only 125 pounds. R.
. M. Cheshire, of the Journal, and Ed Bying
, j ton, of the same paper, are small boys but
’ tough workers. Chick Niles, the corre
l spondent of the Macon Telegraph, is small
lof statue, and so is Steve Postell. So it
| seems it takes big men for counsel and
i small men for action.
WANTED TO STEAL.
Yesterday afternoon at 6 o’clock, when
j the Atlanta National Bank porter enteied
I the building to deposit the day’s mail, he
I found a man secreted in the building. The
porter hurriedly called for help, but the
■ man escaped. lie had entered the bank
j through the front door by means of a false
key. Nothing was found disturbed.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
The new Kimball is doing a good busines,
already.
Atlanta is preparing to get rid of the rail
road crossing nuisance.
I It seems Atlanta will be hard up this year.
The appropriations will have to be cut be
low last year.
I There is very little building going on
here now.
! Miss Maggie Sullivan, the beautiful young
| lady who fell in a skating rink a tew days
| ago, and died Friday night from concussion
: of the brain, was buried yesterday.
Superior Court
I Court convened to-day at 10 a. m
Judge A. Pratt Adams presiding, and the
following cases were disposed of:
The State vs. Henry C. D. Suiter. Mis
demeanor; sentenced to pay a fine of SIOO,
or to be imprisoned three months. New
trial asked by defendant’s attorney.
State vs. Levi Donaldson. Simple lar
ceny; sentenced to six months imprison
ment with labor.
State vs. Charles Segurs, Henry Lindon
and Wm. Johnson; vagrancy; 30 days with
labor.
State vs. Robert Herding and George
Smith. Vagrancy; two months imprison
ment with labor.
State vs. John Warren. Assault; dis
charged.
State vs. Silvy Thompson. Breach of the
peace; discharged.
State vs. Anthony Brown. Attempt to
steal. Discharged.
State vs. Thomas Hanlon. Simple lar
ceny ; six months with labor.
Sweet Gum and Mullein.
The sweet gum, as gathered from a tree of
the same name, growing along the small
streams in the Southern States, contains a
stimulating expectorant principle that loos
ens the phlegm producing the early morning
cough, and stimulates the child to throw ott
the false membrane in croup and whooping
cough. When combined with the healing
mucilaginous principle in the mullein plant
of the old flelas, presents in Taylor’s Cnero
tee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein, the
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S6OO A YE AR
RUN DOWN AT LAST.
The Crooked Career of Bogus French
Count, Julius A. Haas, Who Figur
ered as a Swindler {in Savannah,
Arrested in Washington.
In the Daily Times of November 17th
appeared an account of the swindling op
erations of a young swell by the name H. E.
Anderson, who accompanied to this city
- another individual, Julius A. Haas, who
- assumed aristocratic airs and who was be
-3 lieved to be the principal in the actions
s in which Anderson figured, but who man
l aged to escape whilst Anderson was arrested.
’ The charges against Anderson were for
- swindling livery stable proprietors and ho
' I tel people. Haas disappeared from here
I on the day of Anderson’s arrest, and it was
| thought had gone to Mexico. Sabsequent
-1 ly it was learned he had skipped over to
Charleston and had been guilty of some
questionable transactions there.
! The Charleston News and Courier of this
' morning gives the following interesting ac
; count of how he was finally run down and
i captured.
i “On the 21st of November last, Julius A.
I Haas, registered at the Charleston Hotel,
,; and after staying there four or five days
I presented a check on the Bank of Charles
i ton for $l2O, for which he wanted the cash.
, The check was drawn payable to Julius A,
' Haas, and purported to have been signed by
; Mr. D. Bollmann. The clerk advanced
■ SSO to Hass, and the next day, when the
check was sent to the bank, it was found
to be worthless. In the meantime, how
ever, Mr. Haas had left Charleston for
. Wilmington, N. C., forgetting to pay his
board bill. Mr. Jackson, the proprietor ot
the hotel, immediately went before Trial
Justice Gleason and took ont a warrant
for the arrest of Haas, charging him
with obtaining money under false pretences.
Upon discovering that Haas had left the
| city, he made application to the city author
| ities for permission for Lieutenant Heidt, of
the police force, to leave the city in pursuit.
lof him. This permission was refused, on the
■ ground that it was against the rules govern
ing the police department. Mr. Jackson
. then sent one of his clerks to hunt for Haas,
i He was tracked as far as Wilmington. N. C.,
where he had purchased a ticket for Norfolk,
and here all clue of him was lost for a time.
Haas next turned up in Washington, where
he secured quarters at the Arlington
House and represented himself to be a
French count. While he was at this
house, the Washington detectives got on his
track. F rom the tree use of money and his
dissolute habits they suspected that the
Count was crooked, and the proprietors of
the Arlington House were warned against
him. After he had been at the hotel a
week his bill was presented for settlement.
Haas then disappeared again. On going to
the room which he hud occupied the detec
tives found a valise which seemed to be very
full. They opened it and found that the
! contents consisted of two soiled shirts and a
. quantity of earth. Haas in the meantime
secured advances of SSO from two Washing
ton lawyers, on the assurance that some of
his noble relatives across the water had died
and left him a fortune of seven million
I marks. He was then arrested on the charge
; of vagrancy and of obtaining money under
false pretences. By this time the detec
; tives had fonnd out that Haas was
wanted in Charleston for forgery, and as his
conviction in Washington would necessitate
the attendance of witnesses from a long
distance, they determined to bring him to
Charleston. Haas prefe.’red to stand trial
; i and take his chances in Washington. On
the preliminary hearing before the Police
Court he withdrew the plea of not guilty,
and entered the plea of guilty. The officers
I were were too sharp for him, however, and
carried the case to a higher court and en
tered a nol pros., which the court allowed.
Having obtained a requisition from the
i Governor of South Carolina, they ‘bundled
up’ the bogus Count and started with him
to Charleston. Haas reached here yester
i day afternoon in charge of Officer Henry
I Roth, of the Capital detective force, and
was at once taken to the Main station
house. Mr. Powers, the chief clerk of the-
Charleston Hotel, was notified of his arrival,
and went down to the station house and
identified the man.
I “When Haas,was brought out of the cell
in which he had been locked up he pre
i sented a very sorry appearance, resembling
a disfigured dude more than a French Count.
“I can’t stay in that room, you know,” he
remarked to Major Frost, “it’s too _ awfully
cold, don't you know. I can’t do it. It’s
not convenient.”
‘ The chief of police expressed polite re
gret that the quarters were not convenient,
and assured Mr. Haas that he would be sup
plied with a genteel sufficiency of blankets —
enough to keep him warm. He reminded
the “Count,” however, that he could only
provide such quarters as were usually set
apart for the use of such persons as Mr.
Haas.
“But see here,” urged Mr. Haas, “it’s too
cold, you know. It’s not at all the sort of
thing.”
“The interview was terminated by the
chief of police with the remark that he was.
I sorry he couldn’t send Mr. Haas to the
Charleston Hotel on this occasion, and the
Count was escorted back to his quarters’”
Mr. Stephen A. Alpin, Washington, D. C.,
says: “A number ol my family having been
troubled for several years with kidney disease
was induced to use your Hunt’s [Kidney
andLiver] Remedy, and has been completely
cured.”
[ A famous Washington gambler, it is said,
will soon go to preaching. He would have
begun it ten years ago, but he has only just
, , now found a cure for his cough. It is Dr,
■ i Bull’s Cough Syrup.
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Visitors to Savannah, Ga., will find the
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table is a subject of general remark-.-Chi
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