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VOL. 6.—NO. 38.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST ADVICES FROM KHARTOUM
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The British Position Desperate—The Gov- ’
rrnnvnt De eraiin'd to sustain Lord
Wolseley a* any,Cost—ltaly Realty to
Co-operate With England—Te
cnrnseh Sherman Says What
He Thinks Wolseley Ought
to Do.
London, Feb. 7.—General Wolseley tele
graphs the War Office from Korti that the
latest information received by him from the
British camp at Gubat, states that the com
manding officer at that place is ill with fever.
The situation there had not improved. The
Mahdi’s forces were constantly threatening
the British [position. At last accounts they
had brought up some heavy artillery, and
were busily at work placing and ranging the
guns on the British camp. r,.„™
A dispatch has been received here from
Rome stating that another expedition ol j
I yiiii is being ntted out, and will start. Imme
diately ibr Igypt. Their destination is Su
*llAfter the Cabinet meeting to-day, Lord
Hartington, Minister for War, had a confer
ence with Lord Northbrook, First Lord of the
Admirality, and Sir Hugh B. Childers.
Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is stated
that as a result of the Cabinet meeting and
of the subsequent conference it has been ar
ranged that eight thousand more men are to
be immediately placed at Gen. Lord Wolse
ley's orders, should he require them as rein
forcements. It is also understood that it was
resolved to uphold Gen. Wolsely iu any de
mand for men that he finds It necessary to
make. _
St.Louis,Mo., Feb. 7—General W T. Sher
man was seen at his residence this morning
by a reporter, who asked the veteran com
mander what he thought of the situation in
the Soudan. , ,
“It is grave, of course, General Sherman
said. “The fail of Khartoum is a great disas
ter, and will necessitate the dispatch of re
inforcements.”
“What should Wolsely do?”
“That is a question that no one but Lord
Wolseley can answer. In a case of this sort
t he only reasonable thing to do is to trust the
man on the spot. I merely give this as au
opinion and without wishing you to attach
anv more weight to my views than to anyone
else. I believe that Wolseley will push on
from Korti to Metemneh, concentrate there
and then take the course that seems best,
whether it is to entrench at Metemneh or to
push on to Khartoum. You see the position
is peculiar.”
The General opened a large atlas contain
ing the work of the Royal English engineers
in Egypt and Soudan, and turning to the
theatre of war, the General put his finger on
Korti. “Here," he said, “is Wolseley at
headquarters with about 4,500 men. Here at
.Metemneh is Stewart’s command with a I
number of wounded. He is across the desert i
from Wolseley, and while it is necessary'
that the two forces should concentrate,
it is very much easier for Wolseley
to go to Stewart than for Stewart
to get to Wolseley. In the meantime General
Earle is up the Nile,and it would probably be
hist as easy for him to get on to Metemneh as
io get bick to Korti. Any man who has hail
the care of wounded soldiers knows how dif
ficult it is, even with the best appliances ot
civilization to transport them. In
the desert, their transport is al
most impossible. I do not see how
Stewart’s forces can get back, but I do not see
anv reason wbv Wolsely should not get to
Metvninni!. Tn ere are other reasons wny ne !
should make his stand on the Nile some j
where near Khartoum. 1 fancy that supplies
would be easier to get near the junction ol I
the two Niles, than Korti, and a forward i
movement would have a worse effect, but, as
I said before, nobody can say what ought to I
be done at this, distance. I rather think tha t
a forward movement will be made to the Nile
near Shendy, and that is about all that 1
could say.”
N kVAL CADE I S
Dismissed from the Academy for Vurious
Causes.
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 7.—The following
named cadets of the Naval Academy have i
been dismissed for deficiency and various '
offenses : M. G. O’Neal, of Indiana, Third
Class; F. A. Murdough, of Pennsylvania,
Fourth Class, and D. F Riley, of Nebraska,
fourth Class. The following will be ; Mowed to
resign, otherwise they will be dropped be
cause of deficiency: J. M. Dashiel, Maryland,
First Class; J C. P. DeKraft, lowa, Second
Class; B-Jacobs, Kansas 4 Second Class; J. B.
Reilly, Wist onsin Second C ass; J W. Stearns’
New Hampshire, Second Class; W. F. Burns,
Kentucky, Third Class; H. Beckwith, New
York; C. p. Brand, Connecticut; H. W. Car
penter, at large; R. Coe, New York; O. O.
Frick, Maryland; R; W. Haygood, Alaba.ua;
11. G.Kemp, Virginia; R. C. Jones, Alabama;
T. C Kieruht, Iowa; J. L. Lafferty, Colorado;
J. M. Scott, at large; and R. M. Smith, Wis
consin all of the Fourth Class. Twenty-two
other cadets were found deficient, but upon
the recommendation of the Academic Board,
they were warned and allowed until the
annual examination in June to make up
their deficiencies, and to be examined. If
again found deficient they will be dropped.
A RELIGIOUS FANATIC
Assaults His Wife and Kills Her Fa lur.
Vincennes. Ind., Feb. 7/ Henry strott- 1
man, a religious fanatic, whose four children i
are sick with typhoid fever, lias prayed in- j
cessantly for their recovery. Last night his
wife remarked that he would do more good
by building the fire than by praying. This
enraged Strottman, who grabbed a spade
handle and struck his wiie several heavy
blows on the head. He then clubbed her
aged father and killed him almost instantly.
The police arrived, and alter a desperate
struggle arrested the mad man. Mrs Strott
man Is not expected to live.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
Over an Attempt at "Wholesale Poisoning.
I »
Macon, GA., Feb. 7.-News comes here
from Perry, on the Southwestern Railroad, of
intense excitement which exists there, owing
to the attempted poisoning of the family of
Judge Nottingham. The son of the cook,
aged 14 years, confessed that he had placed a
large quantity of morphine iu the milk for
the purpose of killing the whole family, as
his mother told him, “Dere was too many
white folks in de world audit was time io
get rid of some of t hem.” The guilty woman
and her son are in jail.
THE PHELAN-SHORT TRIAL.
Captain Phelan Prepared for Emergen
cies.
New York, Feb. 7.—The adjourned case of
Captain Thomas Phelan, of Kansas City,
against Richard Short, for felonious assault,
came up this afternoon before J usticc Patter
sou, in the Toombs Police Court. A large, six
chamber navy revolver was found concealed
in Phelan’s coat sleeve on searching him. He
apologized to the Court, saying that he merely
carried the revolver for self protection. His
counsel asked for a postponement of the ex
amination for one week, which was granted.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1885.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Yesterday’s Proceedings in Both Houses.
Washington, Feb. 7.—ln the Senate to
day Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on
the’Library, presented a Joint resolution ac-
I i-enting, in the name of the United States,
H om William H. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Grant,
! and tendering thanks therefor, the trophies
presented to General Grant by the different
nations of Europe. The resolution provided
1 hat the trophies should be placed In charge
I of the Librarian of Congress for exhibition,
but should be retained In the custody of the
•secretary of War until a suitable library
building was provided. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylva
nia, the House bill providing for a retired
list for privates and non-commlssloned
officers who have served thirty years in the
army was taken up and passed.
The pension bill for the relief of the widow
of General George 11. Thomas came up. The
amendment of the Senate committee to re
duce flic pension from s2,(tut) to 51.200 was
voted down by 17 to 27and the bill as it passed
the House, increasing the pension to 82,000,
was adopted without a division.
In the House the Inter-State Commerce bill,
as received from the Senate, was laid before
the House. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, asked its
present consideration with a view to a disa-
I greemeut and a request for a cons rence, but
objection was made and the bill went to the
Speaker’s tai le. „ ,
The bill to pay to the Trustees of the Chris
tian Brother's College, of St. Louis, 820,000 for
the use of their buildings and grounds
during the war, came up under the hour as
signed by the new rule, and was passed,
oilier bills were offered in the House, but too
many objected to secure their consideration.
The House then went into committee of the
whole on the River and Harbor bill, but
made very slow progress, amendments being
offered aud| discussed on nearly every para
graph. At 6 p. m. the House took a recess
until’o a. m. Monday.
At the instigation of Mr. VanWyck, ad
vantage was taken of the passage of one ol
these private pension bills to incorporate
upon It leading provisions with regard to a
pensioner of the late war, engrafted on the
Mexican veterans pension bill, which is now
tied up in the House, without prospect ot
agreement, because of amendments.
'The pensioner thus honored was Mrs. Sarah
B. Jackson, and byway of amendment to the
bill granting her a pension, the seuateadopt
ed the first three provisions inserted in the
Mexican pension bill, namely, Increasing the
pension oi the widows of soldiers in the late
war from 88 to sl2 a month, providing that
enlistment and service during the war
should be prima facie proof of sound
nessat the time of enlistment, and extending
the provisions ofthe pension laws to depend
ent parents of deceased soldiers. The fourth
amendment, entitling to a pension all sol
diers who had served three months in the
I'ii ion army, during the late war, was voted
down.
Senators Hoar and Pendleton, were ap
pointed tellers on the part of the Senate to
count the Presidential vote on Wednesday
next.
shortly [before 5 o’clock the Senate went
into Executive session, and almost Imme
diately adjourned.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
The Movements in Wall Street Yesterday.
New York, Feb. 7.—Money closed at 1
per eent. Exchange closed flrm; posted
rates, $4 84@4 87%; actual rates, 84 83%@4 83%
for 60 days, and $4 86%@4 87 for demand.
Governments closed firm; currency 6s, $1 26
bid; 4's, coupon, SI 22 bld, 4%’s do. 81 12%
: ma. The bulls had entire control of stock
speculation this morning, and prices were
pushed up steadily fipm t he opening to noon.
I at which time the figures were up % to .1% ■
■ per cent., wit an exceptional advance of 1
percent in .Memphis and Charleston. The
market continued strong from noon up to 2 I
I o’clock, and although ealiiigs were light,!
. prices w“r marked upon ..l.eo-t every trans- j
action. The suspension ol i .8. Hoyt, a small j
operator, was announced tiii- afternoon, but
! it did not have any effect. The closing prices
■ were:
Union Pacific 1 " . t
Missouri Pacific f’ l ’’
Western Union Telegraph Go 62
Pacific Mall 55%
i Lake shore «2‘.,
Louisville and Nashville 2r,
Texas Pacific 1-
Oenverand Rio Grande
I Michigan Central 58
Delaware, Lackawanna & West u
Northwestern 93%
St. Paul 75%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 110%
Oregon Transcontinental 12%
Northern Pacific 38%
Rock Island Hl
Jersey Central 38%
Memphis and Charleston 36
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (corn! 3%
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5%
Philadelphia and Readlug 1-5%
Omaha (coin).... 27
Omaha (pfd) Bs%
New York Central 89%
Kansas and Texas 15%
Erie 12%
Erie (pfd)
Northern Pacific (pfd) 39%
Central Pacific 29%
C& A 132%
C A O o%
Northwestern (pfd) 127%
O& M
St. Paul 75%
St. P ul (pfd) 1H5%
R A- D 47*
R AWP 21%
It A A 11%
N A W, pref 21%
OVR GREAT STAPLE.
1 Cotton Movements at Home and Abr ad.
Liverpool, Feb. 7. —Spot cotton steady;
middling uplands 6d, do Orleans 6 1-16; sales
6,000 bales. Arrivals closed steady, 1-64 lower
than ye tefday.
NEW York, Feb. 7.—Receipts at our ports
to-day point to 10,09 u bales, and compare with
18,912 bales last week and 19,153 bales in 1888.
Cotton on the spot is steady at 11% for mid
dling upland, with sales of 93 bales to spin
ners and 700 bales delivered on contt'act. Fu
ture deliveries were worked up and conse-
■ quently actual transactions were exceedingly
small. The sales of the day are recorded to
amount to 13,000 bales. The market closed
dull and quotations are raised 2 to 2-100 above
I yesterday's Anal prices. February H-16a17;
j March 11-22a23; April H-29a30; May H-40a41;
June H-50a51: July H-60a61; August H-70a71;
September H-30a33; October 10-83a86; Novem
. ber 10-70a74.
Galveston Cotton quiet at 16%; re
ceipts, 2,864 bales.
New Orleans—Cotton good demand at
10%; receipts, 5,000 bales.
Mobile—Cotton dull at 10 7-16; receipts
.500 bales.
Charleston —Cotton firm at 10%; receipts,
450 bales.
Norfolk—Cotton steady at 1013-16; receipts,
422 bales.
Baltimore Cotton flrm at 11 1-19; re
ceipts, 1,050 bales.'
Augusta—Cotton dull at 10%; receipts, 242.
Memphis—Cotton quiet atat 10 1-6; receipts,
1,190 bales.
St. Louis—Cotton steady at 10 7-16; receipts
856 bales.
THE DYNAMITERS.
Still at Work Plotting Destraction.
• London, Feb. 7.—The authorities have been
' informed of an anonymous threat to blow up
; the Eton College buildings.
■ A package containing 75 pounds of dyna-
■ mite has been discovered in a tavern at Ber-
■ wick-on-Tweed. The police are completely
: mystified as to how it got there, and they
• have as yet been unable discover any person
who might have brought it.
TERRIFIC COLLISION
ON THS PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
A Freight and Oil Train Run Into Each |
Other on the Raritan Bridge—Four Lives I
1.0-t and Locomotives and Cars
Wrecked—A Stream of Blazing
Oil Runs Down the Streets of
New Brunswick Many
Hou-cs Burned—
Losses Neaily
$1,000,0000
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
New York, Feb. 7.—A collision occurred
b. tween a freight and oil train on the iron
bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad, span
ning the Raritan river at New Bruns
wick, New Jersey, at three o clock
this morning, resulting in the loss
of four lives, the destruction of two locomo
tives and many cars, and the partial wreck
of one span ofthe bridge. An explosion of
the oil cars caused the burning of Janeway A
Co.’s wall paper factory at New Brunswick,
the Consolidated Fruit Jar Company, six
dwellings and one hotel. Two thousand men
are thrown outof employment. The Southern
and Western mails are detained. The loss is
about 81,000,000.
[By United Press.]
New Brunswick, N.J., Feb. 7.—A collision
occurred between a freight and an extra on
the iron bridge on the Pennsylvania Bailroad
spanning the Raritan river at this point,
shortly before 3 o’clock this morning, result
ing in the loss of four lives, the destruction
of two locomotives and many cars, the par
tial wreck of one span of the bridge, and the
burning of two factories, six dwellings and
one hotel In this city. The damage is placed
at between SBOO,OOO and $1,000,000.
The collision so far as can be learned, was
due to the
CARELESSNESS OF THE CONDUCTOR
of the forward train. The train consisted of
freight and oil cars, the latter being in the
r»ar and was East bound. For some reason,
at present unknown, the train stopped on
the bridge with the tall standing on the
shore spans. No flagmen, as alleged, were
sent back to warn the approaching train of
danger. The result was the locomotive of a [
fast East bound train plunged into the rear j
ofthe oil train.
The shock was terrific and caused the ex-1
plosion of an oil car.
STREAMS OF BURNING OIL
Speedily overspread the bridge, and ran down ;
to the streets below, igniting everything!
combustible in its course. Two brakemen of
the oil train fell through the bridge to the
street with the car they were on, and |
were burned up. The engineer and
fireman of the rear train Jumped from the
call at the George street crossing, seeing the I
collision was inevitable, and saved their j
lives. The shock of the explosion aroused the |
people of this city from their slumber, and |
attracted by the bright light of the burning j
cars, they ran to the bridge and attempted to j
stay the progress of the flames. The entire
fire department was also out promptly, but •
the
GUTTERS WERE FILLED WITH BLAZING OIL. !
which could not be turned from its eon se !
toward the river, and soon Janeway A Co.’s j
immense wall paper factory, close to the i
bridge, caught fire. The Chief of the Fire I
Department recognizing the desperate straits |
in which he was placed, owing to his small
orce, telegraphed to Elizabeth and Jersey j
Citv for assistance, but before steamers from |
those places arrived Janeway's factory ■
was burned to the ground John Dougn-1
city, an employe, entered the office of this ;
building to try and save the books, but was
I overcome by smoke, and perished. Tile lire
! then extended to the large factory of the 1
| New Brunswick Consolidated I'riiil JarConi-
I pany, which was quickly enveloped in shi els
of flame and was t'tally consumed. Next
the stream of oil reached a row of dwelling j
nouses on Washington street, immediately '
I opposite the two factories referred to, mid
I they were burned, together witli tile hotel
ml joining. At it o,clock the rireiin n, with the
aid of the out of town steamers, succeed, d in
getting the flames under control.
TWO THOUSAND MEN OUT OF EM PLOY Ml-XT. |
By the destruction of the two factories I
more than two thousand men are thrown out I
of employment. It is believed that they were
partly insured. Among the cars burned were I
two, each containing twelve horses. All |
East and West bound trains on the Pennsyl-1
vania Road are cut off from direct commit- j
nication with this city, and are compelled to
make wide detours, Philadelphia, Washing
ton and Western trains now going via
Elizabeth and the Bound Brook route. In
coming trains come byway of Monmouth
Junction and South Amboy. Wrecking
trains have been sent to the scene of the dis
aster from Jersey City, and the Superin
tendent of the division says that all trains
will be running regularly by noon. The
bridge is one of the tl nest along the line of
the Pennslvania Road.
THE LOSSES.
The loss on Janeway A Co.’s buildings, stock
and plant will amount to $175,000; insurance, I
s6l 000. The Consolidated Fruit Jar Com-,
pany s loss is $50,000; fully insured. The loss i
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company can j
not be ascertained. The loss on dwelling j
houses Is 810,000 and on the dyeing depart
ment of the Hosiery Company $10,000; lully
Insured. Janeway A Co. will immediately
rebuild. The insurance loss will fall on out
of-town companies, and is well distributed. I
Steps have already been taken to test the ;
liability of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-1
puny iu tie matter of damages before the i
Trenton courts. Tbc mystery is that the
whole town was not burned. The accident j
■seems to have been du> t” the carelessness ot
the telegraph operatin’Oil the east bank ol
the Raritan, who operated the block signals.
He cannot be found.
N w York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 7. Flour opened quiet
and without change. Alinnessota extra fine.
$8.00a5.65; Round hoop Ohio, >1 00a5.50; South- ■
ern dull. Common to choice extra $3.15iu5.75.
Wheat options unsettled and limited trading. ■
The close was steady at slight recline. Spot!
lots closed easy and %a%c lower. Spot sales
, of ungraded winter red, 88%a9<; No. 3, red
86%; No. 2, red State 92.%; No. 2, red win
, ter February at 92%a92%; April 190, 2 a.
95%. Corn options in moderate demand ami i
firm, closing steady; spot lots irregular; spot [
sales of ungraded mixed at 54a56and ungrad-1
ed yellow at 55; No. 2 mixed February atol%a
' 51%; do May 50%. Oats, options dull and
weak, closing barely steady and slightly low
er; spot lots without decided change ; spot [
sales No. 2 white state at 39%, No. 2 mixed at j
' 38, No. 2 mixed February 3/%, bid do March
37%. Pork dull; mess at sl3 50.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Feb. 7—Wheat opened fairly ac-!
• tive and about firm at an improvement of %c ■
over yesterday's close. Corn flrm at opening,
prices %c higher than yesterday's close. Oats |
continue very dull and easier with other ■
grades. Provisions were the strongest arti-
’ cles on the floor, and were traded m by an
I unusually large number of operators. Clos
ing prices were: Wheat No. 2, r ebruary < <"4.
May 83%. Corn No. 2, February 3ti‘ s ; May
40%. Oats No. 2, February, 27; May 30%. Pork,
February $1305; May Sl3 22%; short rib sides,
February $6 55; May $6 75.
Frobabilitiea.
Washington, Feb. 7.—For the South At-
L lantic States warmer fair weather, lolloweu
• by partly cloudy weather and local rains,
winds generally from south to west ami
lower barometer.
New York. Feb. 7.—The steamer Alaska,
from Liverpool January 24, has been spoken
1 at sea, making for Halifax in a disabled con
dition. All well.
A DYNAMITER’S STORY.
Ma* tin O’Connor’s Account of the Plot to
Demolish the of Parliament
and the Tower.
; Pittsburg, Feb. 6.—There arrived in New
' York last Saturday afternoon Martin O’Con
nor, an Irish American, who is at present
stopping in this city, who, accord ng to his
: own confession, was in a manner connected
1 with the great explosion of January 24. He
1 left London three days before the explosion
' occurred, but this statement will show that
he was fully aware that it would take place:
“At a meeting of certain organizations which
has the cause of Ireland at heart, held in
Newark, N. J , on the night of Tuesday, Sep- '
tember 16, 18«4, a resolution was passed I
authorizing the corresponding secreta- ■
ry to communicate witli other organiza-1
tions in Boston, Philadelphia, Jersey I
City and Scranton to ask them if their
members would be willing to send two of
1 heir members to England for ‘work,’ ex
penses paid. All except Jersey City assented
ami furnished the men. We were sent from the
Newark lodge. After being fully instructed
we proceeded to England on different vessels.
We met in London on October k 2. Our place
of rendezvous was a tavern under Charing
Cross Hotel. Ther a we were met by a fellow
patriot, also acting under instructions. Our
chemist, Louis Soutelli, prepared the ex
plosives. Our first work was the partially
successful demolition of the London
Bridge. After that we were compelled
to remain in concealment. After several
secret meetings, finally, on January 3, our
society held a grand meeting, at which time
it was determined to do the biggest jot> ever
attempted before, viz : Both Houses of Par
liament, Westminster Abbey, the Tower, the
British Museum,and Westminster Bridge. At
a subsequent meeting it was decided that
Windsor Castle and Crystal Palace should
be included. The time decided upon to blow
up the d—d English institutions was fixed
for January 20. Twenty men were designated
to the work, several disguised as women. Our
plans were frustrated by a most singular acci
dent. One of our female companions in jump
ing from the vehicle fell to the ground,causing
the veil to come off and the skirts to tilt up.
disclosing both his masculine features and
pantaloons. Greatly alarmed, he hastily
withdrew and informed the other parties that
the police were on the alert. It was decided
that as we were under police surveillance, it
I would be impolitic to attempt the work our
-1 selves. We were ordered home, and on tbe
22d of January we sailed from Liverpool.
Since arriving here 1 have written to my
friends James O'Brien, Michael Sheehan and 1
James Duffy, in Philadelphia. All I can say
in conclusion is, ‘God save Ireland and justify ;
. our course.' ’
A HORRIBLE frTORY.
Terrible Tragedy in Or gm.
I Portland, Ors. , Feb. (i.—A special from I
j Seattle, Washington Territory, says: The
steamer Evangel, which ai rived from a
cruise to San Juan Island, brings news of a
terrible tragedy which occurred on Shaw's
Island, Sanjuan county. la«t Monday. James '
■ Baker had gone for a hunt on the island, and !
j when he did not return alter a lapse of ten i
I la-, s, Sheriff'John Kelly, ill San Juan county, |
oreanlz-i a nartv to Search for the missing
I man. i'liev arrived at the cabin of one Hugh
Barlt’s, an eccentric individual. They were
I leiiisedi tiii-aiiie and even a drink of water. I
Ti-, in ' :ll sv. ..1 .. .I a warrant tor Parks’
I arrest .m •he grnu:.d nf insanity. The men ,
i then f.ai.il .. am'-nsn ail watched the
cabin. Al’. r some i:: u I'.irks was seen to
c-merc--. ‘hanging tm- i. ul;. of a dead : an
wh . V. a- Lil. • w <rd- mum! :o be that m-
: mi--.li. ..'aim-Ila’:<‘ i" 1i :<s again ■
I Unn.-a Bin thecabiu. This oeciiri i don Friday
an l lor three days Hie cabin was watilied. I
At the end of that time not a >i.-n ■>! lite
witliin being manifested, Wilbur V, Ison,
one of the sheriff's men, volunteered : ntiT
the eabi", but as he stepped into the it ■ ’way
the crazy man within shot him dean, llie
sheriff and his men waited no longer, but i
saturating a bale of hay witli coal oil, they
I colled it into the cabin and tired it, burning !
! the cabin totheground. Parks charred body I
was afterward found in tbe ruins ot the |
• cabin.
THE FOREST CITY.
As Seen by Mr. Ausburn Towner.
! It will be remembered that a short time ago
Mr. Ausburn Towner, the genial and capable
correspondent of the Elmira morning Tele
gram, visited this city while making a tourof
the South for his paper. He has written anum
ber of interesting letters from various points
in the South, and in the issue of the Telegram
of Sunday last he devoted considerable space
to Savannah. His entire letter is exceedingly
complimentary to our city, with which, we
are glad to see. he was delighted. Space for
bids our publishing this letter in full, but the
following concluding extracts will give a very
fair idea of its general drift :
“I can only write‘Dulcissimo die!’ after that
; January day in Savannah. Who would not
! do so after a drive over the shell road toward
! Bonaventure, past the Schuetzen Park, where
there is every convenience that Germans re
quire fortheirannual ormonthly sports,even
including lager from Rochester, and on to the
Club House of the Savannah Yacht Club.
The road the whole way is shaded like the
walks In Elysium, and the air as balmy as
; the breath of spring. The Yacht Club house
1 overlooking
A VAST EXPANSE OF COUNTRY,
! with wooden clumps here and there to re
' lieve the monotony of its flatness, and j nst
I out bv its dock the sleepy river Vernon that
in its'winding way to the sea affords a course
of forty miles going and returning for the
! annual regatta. All hail! Commodore Wil
i Ham Hone, sea dog and bead of the club!
Who Jails into your hands is like one invited
toa f-astof fat things. But the summit,
climax apex of it all. Thunderbolt! Not
an exclamation, so much as it is the name of
a spot close by, memorable for its associa
tions. Ju liter marked the place, sending
down one day a lightning shaft and opening
! a spring where it struck, still flows and near
! which Bacchus and Venus hold constant
I court. That was a place to be in on a January
evening, sitting out of doors under tbestar
light eating oysters just pulled from the riv
er just at hand, and roasted in the shell on a
I b’g iron over a fire at your feet! To put,
away a bushel of them under such ci re um
i stances is no great performance. Witli these
to have as an accompaniment, the words of
one who had served as a Confederate officer
i relating
THE STIRRING INCIDENTS AS SEEN
1 from his side, and naming as his Generals,
i Lee, ’Stonewall’ Jackson, Ewell, Early and
! Longstreet. You. get a view of the case to
! which you are unaccustomed, and which is
I as novel and strange as all your surround
ings. Then the subsequent milk punch
mixed by Bannon himself! From the loam
! of which Venus might have arisen as well as
! from that of the sea and Increased thereby
her grace and comeliness, and the taste of
which would have made tbe gods empty their
ambrosia into the river Styx with pure envy.
What more can I say of Savannah or Georgia?
I I have only caught a glimpse of it here and
there, at the best, but it seems to me like
looking through a window at a landscape,
that like that which Moses saw from Mount
! Pisgah can be made to flow with more than
I mlik and honey and which from border to
border should be as beautiful, fruitful, popu
lous and happy as were ever the famed lands
of Grenada or the rich plains of Arabia the
Happy. Ausburn Towner.”
London, Feb. 7.—Advices are received from
West Africa that the Ahwoonli tribe recently
attacked Quiettn. on the North Guineagold
coast. The natives of Quietta and Housa
i were assisted by the English police, under
. I Captain Campbell, in driving the invaders
I back. There was a desperate conflict, In which
■ three of the white men were killed and Capt.
1 Campbell dangerously wounded.
OUR PRESIDENT-ELECT
HIS LAST I'AY IS SEW YOKE.
A Rush of Visitors—Conference with Lead
ing Men of tile Democratic Party-Tlie
President-elect Not Yet Decided on
His Cabinet—Various Delegations
Present tile Claims of Their
Respective Friends Mr.
Cleveland Listens to
All, but Promises
None.
New York, Feb. 7.—This being the last day
I of the stay of the President-elect in this city, ;
I the corridors of the Victoria Hotel were i
I crowded with callers this morning anxious to i
! embrace the last opportunity to greet Mr.
j Cleveland and to offer their services or those .
of their friends to the Incoming adminls-1 1
tratlon. Mr. Cleveland, with his private sec-;
retary, arose early and breakfasted at 81 ,
o’clock. They were just seated when General ! ‘
Farnsworth sent up his card, and that gen
tieman was at admitted. Mayor Grace |
was the next caller, and was also admitted.
Mr. Cleveland greeted both callers cordially ■’
and invited them to a seat at the table. The 1 ’
four gentlemen breakfasted at-9 o’clock. Mr. j '
Cleveland, accompanied by Colonel Lamont, ! 1
visited Barony's, where Mr. Cleveland sat for
his photograph. He returned to the hotel ;
half an hour later and at once retired to his I
apartment. On his reappearance at the hotel |
he was joined by Senators Gorman, Lamar,
Wallace and ex-Senator Davis, of West Vir- j
ginia. The rooms were then closed against I
all callers, and no cards were received for j
nearly an hour, during which time those as
sembled in Mr. Cleveland's rooms were in i
earnest consultation.
It was nearly 11 o’clock before the confer
ence ended, and at Its conclusion a delega
tion of Tammanyltes were asked In to the
presence of the President-elect. They were
pleasantly received, and Gen. Cochrane, the
Chairman of the delegation, presented an
address on the part of Tammany congratula
ting Mr. Cleveland on his election. The
President-elect replied briefly, thanking them
for the kindly sentiments expressed in the
address, after which the delegation retired.
A delegation from Kansas was next ushered
in, and urged the claim of General Blair for
Postmaster General. At 12 m. Mr. Cleveland j
had a consultation with Messrs. Abram !
Hewitt, Edward Cooper, Hubert O. Thomp
son, aud several other prominent leaders of
the State. This gave rise to a report that Mr.
Hewitt had been tendered the Portfolio of the ,
Treasury. Among other <allers where Charles 1
R. Codman. of Massachussetts, James W.
Harper, of Harper Bros., August Belmont,and
Governor Abbott, of New Jersey. Col. La- ■
mont stated to a United Press reporter that | ,
Mr. Cleveland would probably take tlie six
o'clock train for Albany.
The Times says Mr. Cleveland said to a
friend yesterday: “There seems to be an im
pression that the Cabinet has bean selected.
That is notso. Itwould be idle forme to pre- :
tend that I have not thought of men for the I
Cabinet offices. There are one or two names !
that I think will remain onthe slate.yet even
that is not certain. I want to hear whatever '
can be said far any one, and I shall be open
I to conviction to the last moment. The choice
of names will not be officially settled until I
! can consider the qualifications of every man 11
I whose friends may want a place for him. 1
see it has been said also that I have come
j here to finish up the reception business, and
I shall not want delegations to go to Albany ■
after my return. Un the contrary, delega
i lions, or other callers, with views to stale, or
I candidacies to urge, will be welcome at Al
! bany at any time.”
A conference was held early this morning ,
in Mr. Cleveland's apartments. It was at
tended by Senator Gorman, B. B. Smalle,'.
land August Belmont. There was present ■■
another gentleman who has not taken a
prominent part in public affairs for several
years. This was Burton N. Harrison, who
was the private secretary- of Jetterson D. vis ;
; during the wdr. Mr. Harrison is very reti- j ;
| 1 Among the visitors, very cordially greeted, ! *
a delegation from Kansas called. Chas W. ! i
Blair's claims lor the Secretaryship of the
Interior were pressed, and a subcommittee ■
of Tammany Hall presented tbe President
elect with the address prepared by the com
mittee of sixty. The gentlemen congratu- j .
lated the ex Governor upon his elevation, ! '
and pledged Tammany Hall's support to his
administration.
Mr. Cleveland thanked the committee and I
inquired as to Mr. Kelly’s health.
At 1:20 o’clock Mr. Cleveland closeted him- j
self with Abram 8. Hewitt. Edward Cooper, .
Senators Jonas and Gorman and one or two ‘ ]
others spent almost an hour with Mr. Cleve-1
land, though his conversation was inter-: i
rupted continually by callers. Mr. Cleveland ■ .
will not visit Mr. Tilden at present.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Manning arrived at ■ i
Yonkers this afternoon, and are now visiting
Mr. Tilden. ' 1
Pleasing Entertainment for a Worthy
Object. : I
On Wednesday night, next, at the Ford’s ;
Opera House, will be presented the 5-act | s
drama, entitled, “The Social Glass,” by j ]
the Amateurs of Savannah, for the benefit j i
of Savannah Lodge No. 500, I. 0. G. T. • t
Mr. F. Eugene Durbec, President of the ! c
Keene Dramatic Association, has the mm-' t
agement of the play, and will doubtless I
make as great a succes iu presenting this ■
piece as he has on many past occasions 11
Tickets will be sold at 75 cents, and can be
had at Davis Bros., S. P. Hamilton’s, O. ! '
Butler’s, J. B. Fernandez’s, Ludden & ! .
Bates'. Central Railroad ticket office and E. ! !
M Connor’s. The object of the entertain- ! (
ment is a worthy one and deserves a good '
patronage on this account alone, aside from ■ <
the tact that the play is a pleasant and in- ''
structive one.
The Fifty-Hour Walk.
The fifty-hour match between Wreford
and Davis, the two Savannah pedestrians, (
for a purse of SSOO a side, ended at the close (
of the thirty-second hour, on account of i
Wreford’s running against the railing and j
completely disabling himself. He was placed ■
in a carriage and conveyed to his home,
where Dr. Reed attended him. He will be
able to be out again in a few days, as his in
juries are by no means serious. The score,
stood as follows at the close: Davis, 121;
Wreford, 117. Davis made 16 laps after Wre
ford fell, to complete his 121st mile, and is
in good trim. He says he will beat the score
made by McCarthy (Ogeechee John) in July.
He says he is a little stiff, but otherwise is
uninjured.
Didn’t Ring the Bell.
Some of the truck farmers and gardeners!
living out beyond Anderson street, complain
that the engineers on the Savannah, Flori
da and Western Railway do not ring the ,
bells when they cross Lovers’ Lane. Mr.
N. Mumm stated to a Times reporter yes
terday that as he was coming to market at
5:30 in the morning, he came near being
run over by a passing train, as no warning
bell was rung, and the darkness was too
great for him to see. He had to jump from
his wagon and jerk his horse back hurriedly,
else both would have been struck. Mr.
Munn has a stall in the Market, and comes
to the city early every morning.
S6OO A YEAK
A BOLD ROBBERY.
-killfully Planned and Executed—No Clue
to the Thief.
One of the most skillfuly planned and
executed robberies ever known in Savannah,
occurred on Friday evening. Mr. M.
Sternberg, a prominent Broughton street
jeweler, being the sufferer. The following
are the facts : A neatly dressed young man
wearing a double breasted blue sack coat,
with fancy buttons, neat pants, light colored
blue spring overcoat and soft straw colored
; felt hat, walked into the store of that jew
eler in the forenoon of Friday and present
ed the card of Mr. A. L. Desbouillons, an
other jeweler, stating that his name was
C. D. Marshall, and had been sent to him
to purchase a diamond ring, etc. Mr. Jake
Sternberg waited upon the stranger and
showed him at his request a 2| karat dia
mond which suited. This first visit was
between 11 and 12 in the morning. The
stranger left, stating that he would call at
5 o’clock. Promptly at the hour named
Marshal), as he stated his name, came back
and said he would take the diamond, which
had been set in a ring. It was worth
$283 50, making a total of $490. These
articles he was allowed to take possession of
in the store. He then asked Mr. Sternberg
to make a selection of a lot of valuable dia
monds and accompany him to the Pulaski
Hou»e, at which hotel he claimed to be
stopping with his wife and grandmother.
These ladies, he said, would like to make
a selection from the stock, and then he
would pay the entire bill. Unsuspectingly
Mr. Sternberg accompanied the stranger to
the hotel. They went into the parlor through
the ladies’ entrance, Marshall apparently
being well acquainted with the arrangement
of the place. Here he told Mr. Sternberg
to take a seat and wait nntil he could go up
to the ladies’ room and bring them down to
look at the jewels. He went up the stairs
used by the lady guests ol the hotel, and the
unsuspecting clerk awaited his return with
the ladies. A young man named Simmons,
employed in the store, somehow suspected
that all was not right a moment or two after
Mr. Sternberg and Marshall had left,
and hurried to the hotel and asked Mr.
Cummings,'the clerk, which was Marshall’s
room. He was informed that no such party
was in the house and had not been there.
Young Simmons then rushed to the parlor
and asked Sternberg where his customer
was, and he replied that he had gone up
stairs for the ladies. Being told that no
such man was at the hotel, it flashed on
them that they had been duped, and such
was the case. The confidence man had
evidently gone up the ladies’ stairway,
rushed up the hal', down the other stair
way into and through the office. He did
not succeed here, as Muhlberg wanted
time to examine the jewels as well as to be
■ ertain that all was right. This was the last
seen of the sharper. The aid of the detec
tives of the ci y was immediately celled
into service, and they were on the watcli at
.11 the trains leading to the city, both freight
■nd passenger. Steinberg aud Simmons,
vho got a good look at him, were out with
the detectives trying to catch the rascal.
He was at Desbouillons twice and also at
S. P. Hamilton’s, but neither of these gen
tlemen had what he wanted.
THE N. O. EXPOSITION.
A Gran I School of Instruction Worth a
Year’s Travel.
Y’esterday a Times reporter met Mr. F.
A. Randle, of St. Louis, Mo., at the Pu
laski House. Mr. Randle is of the Drum
mond Tobacco Company, of the above men
tioned city, and is now en route to Florida,
for a few weeks’ recreation. In the course
of conversation Mr. Randle remarked that
Be had just come from New Orleans, where
he had spent two weeks visiting the Ex
position. Mr. Randle says that notwith
standing nearly every one who goes to the
Exposition comes home and says it is a
failure, he is impressed with the fact
that it is the greatest thing
of the kind ever before under
taken in this country. As compared with the
centennial, the latter affair pales into com
parative insignificance.
“There is one thing about this Exposition
which people should take into considera
tion when preparing to visit it, and that is,
it will take not less than two weeks to see it
in a satisfactory manner, and one who takes
only three or four days to see it is no doubt
disappointed. I spent two weeks there, and
devoted my time entirely to going the
rounds, and when I left, I am confident that
I had not seen one-half to be seen. Each
day, as I went over the ground, I would
find a new display going up. Things are
moving along like magic, and where it is
j blank to-day a magnificent display will be
seen to-morrow. Immense sums of money
have been expended in completing tn is
grand enterprise, which is certainly a mon
ument cf industry and enterprise to the
whole Union, audit seems to be the worst,
taste possible to decry it, as is now being
done, not to say anything of the ruinous
consequences, which will turely follow.
Any thinking man, after having seen the
grand display, will be compelled to say that
it is undoubtedly a success. I look upon a visit:
spent in seeing the Exposition as worth at
least a year’s steady travel. It is to my
mind a complete school of education supe
rior to any in the world. Why, sir, a man
could spend a year there in observation,
and when he had left he would still be ig
j norant of many points of interest to be seen,
1 In every respect I think it a grand success,
as it now stands, and new exhibits are com
' ing in every day. No one who visits the
Exposition from this date on will regret it.’
—The Building Committee of the Savan
nah Volunteer Guards met yesterday and
adopted the plan as proposed by Mr. J. A.
Wood, architect, of New York, and ordered
the building of their armory to proceed.
The ci st of this handsome armory will be
about $40,000, and in a very few days the
unsightly hole on Whitaker street will bft
filled with workmen !