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A CONFLICT regarded AS ;
INEVITABLE.
Russia Still ConJinnes Her Advance ]
ia Afghanistan.
Parleying Reported Having Ceas <l, and
Nothing Left but an Appeal to Arm.-.
London, Marchll. —Despatches received
at the War (slice this ait. rn< <■!', 11 rlll tin
reports of he Russi in a< nice into Afg
iilan, instead of withdrawing .heir troops p
northward, as tequested by i>Dglnud. The 1 1
Rus ians have pushed further routhward :
and a col’ision between them and the Al- j
grin advance po ts m -,y occur a <
any m< ment* The Ru-s.au Government . <
in reply to inquiries by Earl Gnmviile, : t
Minister of Rin i-,>n A flairs, admits that the | i
advance of the Russian c Curtin in Afghan- : I
istan has not been cheeked, but asserts the ’ ,
movement is not intended as a menace to i<
England, and that the troops have been |
pusned farther south in order that they ,
may reach a more suitable position fir i
camping purposes. I
These adverse statements from Si. Peters ,
burg are looked upon in diplomatic circles <
in Lund >n as being barefaced attempt <to , ‘
gain time, all confidence has been destroyed : i
by the latest Russian dispatches, and war i- I <
now looked upon as certain. Most active ;
military prepara’ions are in progress, both j ■
in England and India, and troops are being
hurried forward by both sides with a haste
which leaves no room whatever for doubt
as to the critical turn which negotiations
have taken in the past twenty four hours.
It is even rumored in some quarters that
parleying between England and Russia has
already cea«ed, and that nothing remains
now but an appeal to armies.
A HORRIBLE SPECTACLE.
An Enraged Lioness Tears and Mangles
Her Trainer in a Circus.
Paris, March 11-—The great lioness in
the Winter Circus here attacked Edward
Williams, lion tamer, while he was putting
her through her regul <r performance in the
cige last niirht. The scene at once threw
the ' ast audience into horror, aid, fcr
a while the people were spellbound.
Williams made a most desparate
struggle, an! the ffch' between I
him and the en aged beast listed!
fir some minn es, during which he was er
ribly lacerated, ihe lioness bounding about |
the cage howling with rage. The (irons l
a’lend i:«ts who ran to illiams’ assis' 1 < ■
with iron birs and prongs, while they Ii .1- ,
Iv succeeded In .saving his lif-, gw. 4 I
linnets to such ferocity that her actions I
threw the • i ••• or- i ■■ i pud , -.u ><i uiey j'■
rushed pell in*’! ■ m tin- pi ic , the men ‘
crushing th •wme i d criil-nen down 1
and p.-.-.-bover t en. Utt ng all ihi.- ■
excitement the ii--i lamer pr servid bis r
self-control. "nd -rriualiy ne-ircd the gate;
of the cage, his per- m torn and rnargled
and bleeding from innumerable wouu- s. .
At a favor .hie moment the door w;sopened. ;
and Williams quickly cl’e'd out and j
sprung it behind him. m moment he |
touched the ground lie sank down from f, x I
hiustion into a prolonged swoon- He had I
to be removed to the hospital, where liisi.i
juries were pronounced very serious.
MELTING DOWN TRIDE DOLLARS.
The Only Hope of the Speculators Who
Tlio glit. They Had Big Bonanzas.
j
Philadelphia, March 11.—When the
trade dollar was first demonetized, several
syndicates in Philadelphia bought very
largely of them for speculative purposes.
The purchases were extended to every im
portant point in the United States, through
agents, and the amount of them secured by
the Philadelphia syndicates, it is estimated,
approximated 2,500,000. They were obtain
ed all the way from ninety-five down to
87 cents It wi.s thought that some acticn
would be taken by the last Congress re- |
str-ring them to a par value, but. as no ac- I
tion was taken and is ire rt in even by the i
next Congress, the ownfts of these dollars I
have combided that they had better rea-1
lizeon tl.-m.znd, .o porchusers f>r then
are hard to ti-.i' ! , (ire s riding them to the [
United Stums ni.-t robe niel’e-i down or I
reduced ‘ !■>.Pi in, in wh“.:b sl ate the'rcifc |
dollar yiel s th-* owner ab'ti* :-J -en s 'flu i
Siint has < working steaifi yf> :i r<. ■ t-i j
on about f uty roousaod of them per •■ . i
THE FORTY-EIGHTH SRBSIOS j
No ini rations ‘ cut in to the Serial-.
Washington, I) C, March 11— Atie
some unimport -r-i business, the Senate was I
about to adjourn when Secretary Prudeii
appeared and submitted a message in writ
ing, which contained the fol'owrog nomina
tions: Edward D. Clarke, of Mississpipi, to
be Assistant Secretary of the Interior; Ryd
ner D Jackson, of Texas, to be United
States Marshal for the Western District of
Texas; Lieutenant Downs L. Wilson,
United States Navy, Junior grade,
to be lieutenant and ensign; Henry
Mayo, to be a lieutenant, Junior grade.
The Senate then, at 12:35, went into ex
ecutive session, but without making any
confirmations, at 12:45 the doors were re
opened and the Senate adjoutned.
Arrest of Nihilists in Russia.
St. Petersburg, March 11. —There have
t, been within the past few days two hundred
arrests for Nihilism in St. Petersburg and
the larger cities of Russia.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
WESTERN PRODUCE.
Specula’ors Still Nonplussed Over Wheat
—Corn Finn—Provisions Spasmodic. ,
Special Dispatch Daily Times.
Chicago, March 11.—The wheat market
on ’Change is still extremely sensitive to all
outside influences in the shape of rumors
concerning the foreign situation and the con
dition of the new crop of winter grain at
home. In regard to the former, the lament
able lack of blood-curdling news makes the
bulls unhappy, and crop scare stories appear
to be worn, out, there being a faint suspicion
that the majority are manufactured very ‘ ,
near home. The crowd are bearish, and talk - ,
70c. They know that Andrews, J. IV. Bliss, ■ j
W. T— Baker, and one or two other heavy L
men, have closed ent part ol their big loads ,
and are now working to galvanize the mar
ket only to dump the rest. This i-:ii:s< aI ,
slumpv lee ling. The surplus from the last j (
crop in this country is now known to be j .
about 50,000,000 tushels more than last year. ■ (
The demand appears dead. In about 20 i j
davs, too, the new I’rendi tax on wheat will i
go into operation, practically putting a stop |
to all further imports into that country, and I
although the amount of grain sent there cuts 1
but a small figure, compared to that taken by 1
other countries, the new law certainly has a *
depressing influence.
"M.iteiiai depletion of these :i 1
necessarily dependent, upon remunerative ‘
markets to which they may be sent, and the I
present outlook is without encouragement to 1
shippers,” said George Brine to-night. “At 1
current foreign quotations,” he continued, 1
“the ruling prices here show a serious loss ‘
to exporters, and with our seab iard stpess f
of winter wheat far from exhausted, it i- 1
improbable that Western accumulations of
spring wheat can be marketed al current
May figures.”
Yet,on theotherhand, many veterans in t
the trade refuse to believe that anything can 1
warrant short sales at the present range.
“.Many men 1 ” remarked RobertSnedb'ow. :
“have attempted to make money by sidling
wheat at 80 cents, but the history of our 1
Board does not record one success. About
: the time everybody is ready to give away
property something always happens 1 have
a faint suspicion that something will happen I
in wheat and my advice is this: Let the 1
baars get it down as low as possible, and
then buy. Don’t try to sell below 80 cents i
If it goes to 70 cents, all the better for the
bulls.”
Corn is firm and higher; the cash de- 1
mand for shipment and consumption con- ’
tinues unabated. Many shippers are load- '
ing vessels when they can get corn enough,
thus saving storage and getting freight to 1
Btiflal i for 2fc per bushel
Trading in provisions is fair in volume,
' but of a spasmodic character Aside from 1
the increased shipping demand there are no
! new factors of a pr notmcid character
i Speculative interest cent -s i- pork, which
lie subjected to sev.-re m-.nr-.'eri ig by the! 1
i wreckers, and thos - . ho w - eh the m r! < < I
< 1 >sely are remind.(l of : ■ onslaught
-
jo.o-'e wanted, or, in f ,-t, '■ -4 I have it f . .
more th .n a sc Ibut t: - .- qut ezing pro I
cess is i.iainfull •- remenib -re-l b ' t :; ' se w-h-■ ■
sell. The truth is, bri generslly con- ! I
r it *
duct One d ; 1-r says to ■-i 1..: "ixst I '
year th- crowd all knew it w s g . : to i-S, j
and it, went to S2B. This year i f s expected . <
to go to $lB, and it may go to SB.”
A NEGRO FEUD
Terminates In a Terrible Crime. I
Columbus, Ga., March 11.—There an >
i employed on the America t and Lumpkin j
Railroad a number of negroes from B:r-I |
minghatn, Alabama. Bad feeling has for j <
sometime existed between then and thti l
negroes of the neighborhood of Lumpkin,
and Monday it found vent in murder. One .
of the Stewart Counlv negroes lost his pock
i etbook and offered fifty cents rewa.d l.r ,t :
recovery. One of the Birmingham negroes I
produc'd the pocke'br k, and was at once
accused of stealing it. He indignat'y denied
theebargeanda general sigh: e isir d b itwein I
the two factions. The accused man wa- I
serionsl • beaten, ti-d hand and toot and
thrown into a log hut, which wa-; fire t<
and burned :<> the ground- Peop. win i
visited the scene soon afterwa ds say. >
nothing of the unfortunate min but hi
charred remains. The ringl -arters ot tin- i
li.hi have (led ihe country, and at 1 .si ac- :
counts ini'i not been a restid.
A JEALOUS RIVAL
Mu (tvi-u His Sweetheart and Her Husband.
i Charleston, W. Ya., March 11.—News :
has reached this city of a. desperate affair at
I Bonds Mills, Va., which occurred a weel.
: ago. Saturday, February 28, Charles Hen j
s>n and Martha Reynolds were marrii d. A ■
■ rejected suitor of the girl named “Bud”
I Mitchel! swore vengeance. A dance was I
i held ... „..i nd several fights occurred. :
in o. Mitchell was badly punished by
Hens r. Sunday night all the parties
were at church.
i Al the close of the services Henson and
j wife started off alone. Not reaching home,
I a search was made Monday morning, ana
both were found dead in a lonely spot. Ihe '
flesh was cut in long slices from the woman’s '
face and one hand was chopp. d oft
Henson’s head was battered into a shape
less mass. A search was made for Mitchell,
but he was not found at last accounts. He '
will be lynched when he is.
Trouble Anticipated in Texas.
Herne, Tex., Marchll.—Last evening a
freight tram on the International and
Great Northern Railroad passed through
this place, going in the direction of Pales
tine, carrying several pieces of artillery. It
is thought there is trouble ahead of Pales
tine and Marshal.
“Boarseness, sore Tnroai amt Croup cured
by gagling the Throat with Holmes’ Was
Dlentlfrice
LUXURIOUS HABITS
NO LONGER TO RULE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
Business vs. Aestheticism—Jeff rsonian
Simplicity to Take the Place of Arthut
iau Luxury Th« Servants at the
Executive Mansion Surprised by
a Niue O’clock Breakfasi
P>esi<lent Cievel*n<l Mak
ing Inroads on Itadic 1 1
“Etiquette.”
Washington, March 10.—Although a
week has passed since the new President
was inaugurated, the chm-ge of programme
in the manners ahd eus oms vstahiishid a
the White House during the Republican
rule ot the past twenty four jeir.-, is s.i.i
exciii m rke 1 attention at the l-'ederal
|'ipit.! To a great m.-j.ti yitis (re ela
ti.in. -‘..Ltiers man simp i it),” is s ... e.,
thing oi whieh they 1-ave read, but neve.’
until b'.w. m i tieally realiz-d, and the new
pr-gramme inaugurated by I’rtsideni Cieve
an.i is a source of surprise to all lint the
"t (:.> Timers” f,miliar v ilti ”a. te helium”
lays Grover (Jevei ind has decided th it
tiie Pre-idem 01 a repu die can “i i-t up in
the moriiing,” ail ' that i e needs no gr.inu
chamber niu. Pnsi-eut Arthur i-.ad luxii-
Hous habits. 11.- did not getup in the morn
ing. His nights were given either to work
or to p e isure, and l.'.e repres; ntati- es of the
people often assembled to commence their
daily duties before the President had break
fasted. Mr. Arthur, in the three years ol
bis administration, bad one reception for
the people,in addition to the reception of one
hour on New Year’s day, and he could
receive no considerable number < f
guests unless the peo; le were presented li
the Grand Chambi-rlatu—that is, the mar
shal of the district in accordance with the
strictest rub sos etiquette. The new Presi
dent had not been twenty-four hours in the
White House when, without ostema'ion or
any pullic protlrmation, he indicated that
I. intended to observe toe usual hours of
busineSvS men, that the gil led doors of the
White House are to be opened to the p-o
--pl , and that the rigid rul-s of etiquette
which have been observed here for four
years are not hereafter to control the inter
course between the President and the peo
ple. How this has been accomplished will
appear from the following detailed story (f
the President’s first day at the White House
Mr. Cleveland has said that the efficient
shall be retained in the publ c service, hut
the drones must go. It is al-o clear that
the dudes must go.
It was about eight, o’clock on the even
ing of March 4th when Mr. Cleveland as
sumed nossession of the White House
About five o’clock in the evening he an-:
ex President Arthur retired from the re
vie ing stand to the White • -o'.-.-s*; a Im c
had been spread in the state dining r--i m
by Mr. Arthur’s Old' ’3 'll ero m mid t.i- '
hie were -'ecorate'l - f>r a state dinisct
■ ■ ’ :
11, ■ s i">ii .‘ ‘ im'.llet, li.- ' b. ir i ff t-
the i.i f Jti-iii.:e, !•. o th-- private .'a- i-i
ries ■f tl : tiri- - :1 -i <1 ice eoinin; :
Ihe hour was .--tiil - ■ ly ;mn l’i-v-m ut
< level , id :md hi- reh - web. I al-- ' ■
it was still eatly. according to rec-ini I’rosi
dential eustoms, when Mr. (Tcveland next
morning was served at an earlier noiir t: ii:
can be recalled bv the present While Jh i:>e
employes. At ft'o’clock, exactly, Mr. (Itv< -
land made his appearance in that part nfthe
mansion devoted to official work, i lie li
brary, which has before been the undisputed ■
domain of the sweepers and house cleaners
until high noon, became the Presidential
workshop. 1-rom 9 till 11 the President,
his private secretary and stenographers were
at work. There was not a great deal to do.
The resignations of the old Cabinet were not
acted upon. At about the customary hour
for rising or -breakfast at. the White House,
President Cleveland had disposed of his mai l
and other pressing matters. He was ready
for the social requirements of the first day of
his administration.
When Marshal McMichael and Col.
Rockwell announced that tiie Supreme
Court and several military and civic organ
izations wish<d to ptv their respects, Mr.
: ievi land w i rc.d-. The President descend
e l to the S .ite apartments and took his po
sition in the m" ; d eof the Blue Parlor.
'J’his w s I’■< ■ '’em Arthur’s customary
place L. .be eras in'-irmed that an im
mins:-- -w ' f eit d assemtled, but
were n ta<L l.'i-i I' t cnee ordered
that the doors be ' ■ v- - pen The Presi
dent went to the E.-wt It om, and arrange
ments f r an inq rom .u reception were
made. :b u - ... i ~eo; le filed in, ptfsid
the Preside: . and shook his hand
Marshal McMichael vcluntered _to
make the presentations, but
Mr. Cleveland suggested th at such formality
was meaning- e-s and unnecessary. _No
presentations -vere made. The Pre ileut
grasped the extend d hands, smiled and
bowed and occasionally spoke, witu ait a
pretence of being acquainted whit, his
callers or having them introduced. This
was an i novation in White House c' quette.
For several hours the President subin tted
with good grace to the band-slaking or
deal, until the arrival of the dinner hour
ended the levee.
A Suspicion* Charact* r.
Judge, to witness: State what you know
of your own personal knowledge regarding
the character of the accused.
Witness: All 1 know, Judge, is this; he
is a newspaper reporter, and I have often
known him to have money in his pocket on
Friday night. 1 look upon that as suspi
cious.
“ROUGH ON COUGHS.’’
Ask fcr “Rough on Coughs.” for Coughs
colds, Soie Threat, Hc.pieness. Troches
15c. Liquid, 2 c
Mayer’s Magic Soap is the most economtca
nthe market. Saves time and money. Man
uwetured by William Hone & Co.
MACON MATTERS.
Madame DuFlat Creating a Sensation—
Personal Mention—Base Ball Items.
Special Correspondence to the Daily Times.
Macon, Ga., March 10. —The French
female dentist, Madame DuFlat, who it is
reported was paid a handsome sum to leave
Savannah, is creating great excitement here
amongst the negroes and a great many
whites. She had for patients, this after
noon, more than 200 suffering men, women,
and children; people came for miles to hear
! her beauti.ulf?) French talk, which s inte.-
' preted by a Frenchman, and who speaks |
j such miserable English that he, too, needs I
|an in'.erpreter. due young girl. Frankie
I Snow, Wi'S knocked down in the crowd and
I 1 -st from her aunt, who went to Officer Me
j Cafi.-rtv for iis.-i-tance, and was soon made
happy by ti idu.g her all safe Officer Me- I
I Cafferty is one of the best men on the
, f rce.
, j Dr. A. L. Me ■ ruder, who has for sever I ;
I years n .--n suffering with rheumatism, j
' called on the doctor, or dentist, or both, ana j
' i received relief. She cures anything from
j ! tooth iciie to canes r of the tongue.
. J >hn Jamison, the negro boy arrested last ;
' : week, f r attempted poisoning wi h pow- j
! dered glass, the family of .Mrs. F. Gardner,
on the 2 d ins., was released by Justice
Freeman to-day, the evidence being en
j lirely circumstantial, and not sufficient
j to convict.
i Charley Dell, who stole a pocketbook
! (rota -. nemo woman in the crowd around
j ' the female dentist’s carriage on Saturday, i
| was sentenced to the chain gang for three
i nouths by Judge Holt in the county court I
' 1 to-day.
. Mr Tiiomas Moore, of Jackson, Ga , will
take charge of the Wilburn House oppes te I
the Union depot, very soon. Mr G. E.
Walker, ti.e present proprietor, returns to
firm life in Jones county .J
Mr. Jerrell Griffin, ol New Orleans, La.,
nephew of Co). L N. Whittle, of this city,
[died ni New Orleans Sunday last, and his
• remain- were brought here lor interment.
[ Mr- Griffin f rmerly lived here.
' B. Skalowiski, the furniture dealer ou i
Poplar street, m-ade an assignment to day I
' j far the benefit cf his creditors. S. Joseph ;
Sn, is the assignee. Liabilities, $10,114.75; j
asseis, $11,299 55
| The Thalian Social Club has chartered j
' the ska’ing rink for to-morrow night The |
Thaliaus propose to dance the German on j
skates. Can Savannah beat this?
J. Rafferty, of Boston, third baseman for
i the Macon Base Ball Club, arrived to-day.
' He is eager for the fray, and says he and |
' Collins, short stop, w'ill beat any club that
icomes here, if the Macon club don’t. Col
lins says no better club has ever played in I
i the South.
! Evervhodv interested in base ball regrets [
that Savannah will not be in the Hase Ball |
; League.
: It is said that Leslie (Clarence Walker\ ’
ihe manager, will quit the proses- it Ma-
: con is beaten by Atlanta or < oltmiL s.
The Macon Base Ball Association v.as for
mally organized this afternoon by the elec- \
'tion of Willis Sparks, President; Henry,
Maine, '.’ice Pre.-idenl; \. iTo t.Secre
i tui-v and'l reasui-cr. ii .ni.n ,
A TLANTA AFFAIRS.
Ep •<i‘i' , o.'AJ ti s—Divorf Suit
S; - iai Dispatch to tlie Daily Times.
A ilanta, March 11. —Atlanta is passing j
: . !; _ ii what amounts almost to an epidem-!
: meningitis. There have ben quite a;
o-.niber of deaths from the disease lately. [
There i ere four deaths yesterday caused by I
I the di - sn. A considerable amount of tin- I
i easiness is felt by the people. The general
health of the city is up to the usual high
standard.
George W. Kate j , a well known man
! here, has instituted a suit for divorce against
his wife, alleging desertion. A few days
ago Mrs. Kates tiled a suit for alimony,
‘ alleging that her husband, while earning!
SIOO a month, has failed to support her.
She did not sue for a divorce. Yesterday
Kates filed his suit for divorce.
English & Murphy and Love & Steele
have not yet settled their differences over
the Lockett convicts.
New York Stock Market.
New Yop.k, March 11 —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 48
Missouri Pacific 90%
Western Union Telegraph Co 60
Pacific Mail 01%
Lake Shore 04%
Louisville and NashvilO 32
Texas Pacific
Denver and Rio Grande 7%
Michigan Central 60%
Delaware, Lackawanna & West n 105% j
North western 95’ 4
St. Paul 71% I
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 113%
Oregon Transcontinental 13% I
Northern Pacific 43 ,
Kock Island 115 ■
L -• v ( • ntral '
Memphisand’Charleston i-
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 25J. ;
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 7 Z * 2
Philadelphia and Reading 15
Omaha (com) 2i»
Omaha (phi) * s,:: 4
New York Central
Kansas and Texas I s .
’ Erie 13%
Erie (pfd) 29>; 2
New York Produce Marker.
New York, March 11.—Flour quiet and !
without material change. Wheat, No. 2
red, fur March, 91}. Corn, No. 2 mixed, for
. April, 52}. Oats, No. 2 mixed, for March,
, 37.}. Pork dull; mess sl3 50@13 75. Lard,
$7 27 for March. Molasses dull; PoJto Rico
» 40 to 45. Turpentine quiet. Rosin dull;
t strained to good, $1 2001 23. Rice steady;
( Carolina and Louisiana common to fair, 4 {6*
5. Sugar dull; refined, 6}@6s. Cotlee dull;
fair cargoes at B|.
Chicago ’Change.
, Chicago, March 11.—At the opening,
s wheat higher and excited. May, 81f; June,
83|. Corn firmer and higher: May,42l; July,
44. Oats steady and higher; March, 31J.
J Pork firm and unchanged; May, sl2 82J.
Lard a trifle lower and steady; May, $7 10.
, 1885.
THE FEDERAL CAPIT AL
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NEW PLAN FORTH E DISTRIBUTION
OF OFFICES.
Defeated Democrats to be Consoled—Fx- 1
Secretary McCulloch and the Sp nl»h '
Treaty—How Blaine is Alleged to |
Feel —The Southern People More
Desirous of Good Government
Than Offices.
i
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times. *
i Washington, D. €'., March 11—The 11
i -‘Michigan Plan” is now bring adopted un- i 1
| der the new regime. That is the patronage : !
of the Republican Districts is to be given to 1
the defeated Democratic ciu’ilid.ie'. Thi I
introduces a new feature in th- division of I
)/i ronnge. It is not only ruv.l, but 1
eating. To the d-seated it bri -. sabalm .
| not heretofore spoiled, and com; ei-snti .:s ; i
■ for defeat which it has net been ns.i;. -■ 1
! grant. Hereafter there will be a chance fcr
; rewards to those Democrats (ho con-ent to
run in hopeless Republican Districts. The : i
i eminent fairness of the preposition must I
; commend itself at a glance to al! who have ;
ever been defeated- that is, to a long l ine j
i-f Democratic worthies who have grown j
giay in serving their party fcr lin-ks.
Ex-Secretary McCulloch,in speaking to- |
day about the Spanish treaty, stated that i
our business troubles arise as much from our
ability to overproduce, as from the stupid i
provisions of our tariff. Overprodue ion i
arises directly from a limitation of ourabia- .
ty to reach advantageous markets. From 80 ;
: to 200 miles from our own shores, are two I
I islands, which would, if recognized, relieve!
| us of fifty millions per yeir of the much- I
! bemoaned glut of manufactured commodi
ties. Tb e new treaty opens their ports to
us. It may not be all that we conld desire,
but it is better than anything we have had,
and is a long step in advance He trusts the
Senale will consider it carefully in all its
bearings.
Mr Blaine appears daily on the avenue
with elastic step and bright eye. He chats
freely ai d says that he has no idea cf enter- ;
I ing public life again, and his friends in
I Maine understand his position very well.
I Senators Hale and Frye are his personal
i friends, and he would do nothing, even if
lie had the powe r , to displace either of
. them. As for the House, Mr. Blaine said 1
[ he did not care to go back to that body.
I His district had done quite enough for him,
I and he was perfectly willing that others
I should be rewarded for their ser
| vices. Mr. Blaine likes literary work
- since he has got into it belter than any
thing else, and he will write other his’orical
j works, when the gr at book, “Twenty Years
of Congress,” is finished. He said he had
[ nut, in all the excitement of l .e campaign, [
forgotten bis book, and that he had plenty
of material for his next volume. The ‘
J trouble, he said, was to condense, as he !
could n : i jut a hundred tons of hay in i 1
aiit< n stable. He recognized the fact that
Mr. Cleveland was elected President, and
i ti ec rdirary regrets which he acknow'e Iged, p
■ did not disturb him
Representative Ml ney, of Mr-sF-ipi.i,
who is to be First Assi.-li-nt Postmaster-.
: Gener: I, says that the peojle of the South '
are. more eager lor. good governnn nt lie-i.i ,
I r the spoils of victory, ami, as a <1 iss, ti" y
will not embarrass Clevtlmd by pr s ure ;
[ for office, hut wi 11 leave him free to con
duct his administration so .- s to make it a
i success and render Demceiatic use.-,d
--| aucy permanent.
Str: nge Monument Io Washington.
New York Sun.
! Among the many monuments to Wash
i ir.gton is one which every visitor to the
1 Cape Verd Isles will remember as one of
the most c ’ossa 1 and marvelous freaks of
natural sculpture in existence. Along the '
further side of San Vicente (the principal I
town) rises a bold ridge of dark gray vol- .
canic rocks, the crest of which forms an
exact likeness of Washington, lying face .
| upward as it in sleep or death. The hero’s '
large, bold features, the backward wave j
of his hair, the sweep of his
massive shoulders, and the very frill of his
shirt are all reproduced on a gigantic scale, ,
with a fidelity worthy of the stal ictite for
mations of Adelsberg grotto or the Mam
moth cave of Kentucky. This strange 1
monument, sharply outlined against the |
deep rich biue of the tropical sky, is ore of
the first objects that meets one’s eye on ap
proaching the island, and presents, with
the boundless ocean for its appropriate
background, a tableau of such overpowering
magnificence as might well drive any sculp- j
tor to despair.
CANCER IN THE MOUTH.
A Prominent Citizen of New Orleans Dies ,
of the Disease.
New Orleans, March 11. —William
! Easey, a well-to-do resident here, was I
! buried yesterday, having “died of cancer [
in the mouth. The physicians believe the !
disease was caused by smoking cigars made ,
in Havana by diseased Chinamen. They do |
not hold that tobacco causes cancer, but ray
the disease is often introduced through its
use.
Probabilities.
Washington, March 11.—For the South
Atlantic States, fair weather, nearly star
tionary temperature, followed by warmer ,
weather, variable winds and fading, pre- j
ceded in the northern portion by rising '
baiometer.
Handsome Provision for General Gordon’s j
Family.
London, March 11.—The Government
has in good profitable securities the sum of
£20,000, the interest of which is to be paid
annually to the family of the late General
Gordon.
—Two cases were tried in the Police Court
this morninc-, but wei e dismissed.
A discount of 20 per cent, will be allowed on
all goods at L. Freld’s for the next 30 days.
S6OO A YE *R
StOO.OOO FOR IMPROVEMENT j.
New Warnlionses at the Wert End—The
Railway from the Wharves-
About two weeks since mention was made
in the Times of the contemplated building
by the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany of Georgia and the Ocean Steamship
Company, of a couple of warehouses beyond
the Central Railroad wharves and the plac
ing of two iron bridges across the Ogeec-hce
Canal. At the time no particulars could be
given, but since then plans have been per
fected and the work will begin to-morrow
and be pushed forward to an early comple
tion, with the usual spirit of progress exem
plified by this large corporation.
Piles are now being driven in
the canal at the foot of Joachim
street u.un which a substantial iron bridge
will be erected, the lower portion of the
11 -or of which will be ten feet above high
water. There will lie only one span and it
..i:l be f rty Let wid- j . The abutments are
Io be of brick- This bridge it is thought
will be comple’.-d bv he lath of June, or
at furthest the Ist of July. Joachim street
will be "railed and pa-ed from West Broad
to the i.e-w bii -ge cro-si g which it will ex
tend into Wadley street. Wadley street
will also be put in go d condition fr >m
Joachim to Canal the distance of one
block. This being done a new roadway
[ will b? opened up from West Proad
out Joachim to Wadley, and through Wad
ley to Canal, where the present course now
i lies. Then the traffic which now passes
ver the wooden bridge on Canal street
i will be diverted thence to the new way,
[ the wooden bridge removed and a hand
some iron structure for both wagon and
railroad purposes erected.
Work on the sec nd bridge wi 1 be begun
as saon as the first is complete ! and a line
of railway laid from the wharves amng
Canal street to the upper hydraulic ware
house, on the east side of West Broad street.
How much farther the railroad may be ex«
tended in time is not known, but it will be
pushed that far at present. The railroad
wi I be on the south side of Canal street,
and will end in the alley which is the con
tinuation of Canal street. The cost of these
improvements are not yet known, as all
the bidshave not been received.
The building of two large warehousts wis
in contemplation during the summer, but
on account of the lack of time only one will
be built probably. The first work which
will be the laving of a track will be begun
to morrow. The necessity for strring in
terior compressed cotton has forced the rail
way to this measure ar.d a first class lire
proof metal roof brick warehous with
twelve compartments built to comply v ith
all insurance laws, each compartment cap
able of holding 1,000 bales of compressed
cotton will soon begin to assume shape.
This finished, the lari'e number of bales of
cotton left txpi s-d to rain and the danger
of fire, from the sparks of passing engines
during the cotton season, will no more be
seen in the Central Railroad yi-riL, as liere
'otorr. It will also place the rates cf h - ir
anc at a much lower figure.
The warehouse wil beCSOfiet long Iy 145
feet wide It will be built at the upper end
..f the wharl with a frontage on the river
of 145 feet. On the s uih side will be a
road fi r the passage ot ■ rays, on the north
ide will be three rail we i Hacks. he
warehouse will be c- uq •• ed ■ y the first
>f Aurust. N-xt sear a waivho:..<■ of
similar proportions will be In: It along le
md to tne north of thi- a : a new rai.way
ami a dray road provided
As this will take up
fu’ly 300 ft. of the wharf now devoted to the
use of the lumber men, the lumber wharf
will be at once extended 300 ft., higher up
the river, and the river dredged that dis
tance. Canal street will be extended and
graded to the new warehouse to make it ac
cessible to the hea-y drays, etc. The cost
of improvements, i. e., the one warehouse
the extending of the wharf, the dredging of
the rivei, and the extension of the street
will amount to SIOO,OOO. When the second
warehouse is completed $50,000 more will
have bean expended. These are improve
ments of large importance to the city and
will add much to its commercial import
ance.
United States District and Circuit Courts.
Hon. Emory Speer, Judge, presiding.
Court met to-day at 10 a. m., when the fol
lowing proceedings were had :
United States vs. B. F. Mason. Criminal
information. Charged with ex'ortion in
receiving money under threat of informing.
Verdict of guilty. Sentenced to six
months in jail, SI,OOO fine and cost of
prosecution.
In the case of Richard Haivey, tried
yesterday on the charge of violating the
revenue law by selling liquor without
a license, a verdict of not guilty was ren
dered, the evidence being coutradic-.ory and
the jury accep ii g the evidence ot tl e de
fendant. To day the court ordered that the
three witnesses, who testified againt tne de
.endant, namely,John Mills,Nathan Walker,
and Dan Arrington, all c-lored, be
.aken in custody by the Mar
shal and taken bes. re a ci mmis
sicner for a preiimina.y exami
! niation to in mire into the lacs s to
whether they were guilty ol pe j ay. In
this cese D. A. O’Byrne, E q. was c - u sei
for the efendant, and was the first to make
an argument before a jury under the new
Judge. The case seems to be about as fol
lows : About three weeks ago these three
negroes, who seem to be gamblers, started
out from Macon on a trip of pleasure, and
. reaching Wheaton, a station on the East,
| Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway,
| they learned that the hands at the mills in
| the vicinity would be paid oft thst night,
j and there would be a “festival” or “skin
I game” to follow. This was on Saturday
night. The next Monday morning they
rushed to Savannah and hunting up Deputy
United States Marshal Locke, swore that
they had purchased liquor from Henry,
who had no license to sell, as was necessary
under the laws of the United States. Henry
was arrested and brought to trial with the
result as above stated.
Interesting services are being held every
night at Wesley Monumental Church.