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VOL. 6.—NO. 73.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST ADVICES BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
Destructive Fire in Augusta—Loss #IOO,- |
000—Advance of the British Forces iff |
the Soudan on Tamas —Germany’s
Duty on Cotton Grods —End of the
New York Telegraph Strik
Nominations Sent in by
the President—Miscel-
laneous Items.
Augusta, Ga., March 20. —A fire began
at midnight over the tobacco store of Carter
& Co., where a quantity of Virginia tobacco
was stored. In less than an hour the whole
block, extending from Ellis to Green street,
was in flames* The store of Carter & Co.,
wagon repository of A. R. Goodyear, plumb
ing establishment of Chapman Bros., pro
duce store of W. Ramsey, and Demere’s
tin shop were destroyed. The Odd Fellow’s
hall in the old post office building was
burned, and buildings on Green street were
threatened. The loss will probably be
SIOO,OOO. The insurance is unknown.
THE GEORGIA EDITORS.
Their Safe Arrival in New Orleans —All;
Comfortably Quartered and Happy.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
New Orleans, March 20.—The Georgia
editors arrived here at midnight last night,
and all have secured comfortable quarters.
The weather is delightful, and the entire as
sociation, with the ladies, visited the Exposi
tion this morning. A majority will remain
over to Georgia day. Every attention is
shown by the press and officials here.
VARIOUS ITEMS
From Montgomery, Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala, March 20. —John t
Nunn killed Hamilton Jordan at L'eds, on
the Georgia Pacific Railroad, yesterday,i
while they were gambling together. Nunn I
was arrested at Meridian, Miss. Dave,
Kahn also cut Mike Michael in the head |
and neck.
C. G. Billinglea, of Lafayete, Ala., was |
found dead in the woods, a day or two ago.
Foul play is rumored.
Jack Tarpin killed Mingo Hudson, both
negroes, at Bragg’s Store, Ala, to-day in
self defense.
Monsignor Cape 1, now in New Orleans,
will lecture in Mobile, Montgomery, etc ,
shortly.
The strike on the New Orleans and North
eastern, and also’ on the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroads, is ended.
THE EXTRA SESSION.
The Morning’s Proceedings in the Senate.
Washington, March 20. In the Senate ,
to-day, after the reading of the Journal, the
chair laid before the Senate a memorial
from the State Legislature of Maine, advo
cating the adjustment of differences in in
ternational laws by ,a high couit of arbitra
tion. Referred to the committee of foreign
relations.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Manderson, authorizing the appointment of
a committee of five senators to be selected
by the committee on territories to proceed
to Alaska during the recess of Congress to
make sertain investigations, was then laid
before the Senate.
THE SOUDAN WAR.
Advance of the B.itisb ou Tamas.
Suakim, March 20—The British troops,
under command of General Graham, beg n
another forward movement on Tamas early
this morning. The troops broke camp at
daylight, e«ch man being sun) lied with only
two days’ ratioi s and bar< ly enough water
to supply his wants. The men marched out
with .everything in readiness for action.
The troops have six Gardner guns with
them. Scouts report that reb. Is are drawn
up in large numbers on the hills bebit d
Hassin, and a battleis immii ea if they ho d
their ground until the troops came u,.
A TEMPERANCE LECTURER.
Arrtsted on a Grave Charge.
New Orleans, La, March 20—Mrs.
Kate Howe, temperance lecturer and known
as the “Drummer Boy,” now here on a
lecturing tour, was arrested yesterday in a
requisition from the Governor of Colorado,
on the charge of securing six hundred dol
lars from John D Ernerings, of D over,
under the false pretence that she had one
thousand dollars worth of jewtlry deposited
with Tiffany & Co, in New York.
A FRATRICIDE. '
His Victim Dies Exonerating His Slayer.
Windsor, 111, March 20. —John Kerr,
who lives about lour miles from here, shot I
and fatally wounded his brother William I
yesterday. They had quarreled as to who I
should care for an orphan niece. The I
wounded man died at four o’clock yesterday, <
protesting that his brother was not to
blame.
The Virginia Coupon Cases.
Washington, March 20.—Hon. Wm.L. ,
Royal, of Richmond, counsel for foreign ,
bondholders, began an argument in the Vir- ,
ginia coupon cases before the Supreme ,
Court this afternoon. Argument pro and
con will occupy much of next week it is
expected.
Fatal Mistake. ,
Dallas, Tex., March 20.—Early yester
day morning, Charles Green shot and killed
Samuel Carey, his guest, mistaking him for
a burglar. 1
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1885.
(FROM ATLANTA.
A Youthful Perjurer ‘The New U. c . Dis
trict Attorney—Off for the Ex
position.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, March 20—In the United
States Court to-dav a boy 15 yeais old was
sent to jail for perjury. The boy is from
Haralson county Before a commissioner
he swore he saw Thomas Chandler working
in an illicit distiile y. lu the court to-day
he denied the truth of that statement and ;
said he had sworn falsely. When ordered
under arrest he explained that his life had
been threatened in case he swore against
Chandler.
Mr. B. H. Hil’, Jr., the new District At
torney, is at home. He will probably as
sume the duties of his office at once.
The Governor’s party which leaves for
New Orleans to-morrow will be a large and
jolly company. Great interest is lelt in the
tri P’
THE TELEGRAPHIC STRIKE.
A a Agreement Reached and the Men Re
turn to Du y.
New York, March 20 Tire strikin’-
operators of Barker’s aud Merchant’s Tele
graph Company this morming appointed a
committee to wait ou Receiver Buller, and
I lay their grievances before him. Mr. But
ler talked over the matter and finally sue
! ceed&d in reaching an agreement by wnich
the men returned to work. They were
out only a few hours. It is believed that
the term of the agreement provides for the
payment in full of the men within a few
days of all monies due them up to date.
WHIPPED IN FIVE ROUNDS.
Exciting Prize Fight in New Orleans.
New Orleans, March 20.—Charles
i Bixamos and Jack Dempsey fought a prize
1 fight to the finish yesterday at Sportsmans
Park for $250 a side and the gate receipts
l in presence of 1,000 persons. Dempsey
1 weighed 142 pounds and Bixamos eleven
i pounds more. Bixamos was whipped in five
| rounds. Dempsey devoted two rounds to
. ths Frenchman’s stomach, and in the next
j three planted his left on his opponent’s face.
| They clinched and he broke away after a
cruel upper cut a number of times in each
i round. Bixamos was powerless against
i Dempsey’s tactics, but fought pluckily. The
: third time he was knocked down he could
not get up. The time of the match was 18
minutes and 52 seconds.
New York. Stock Market.
New York, March 20.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific •••
Western Union Telegraph Co
Pacific Mail
Lake Shore gft'B
Louisville and Nashville •
Texas Pacific I £.- / 2
Denver and RiojGrande
Michigan Central w
Delaware, Lackawanna & Westn
Northwestern
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Oregon Transcontinental 134
Northern Pacific
Rock Island
Jersey Central
Memphis and'Charleston 3</&
East Tennessee, Va. <fc Ga (com) 23
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd)
Philadelphiaandjßeading lb’s
Omaha (com).. ~?>'4
Omaha (pfd) »
New York Central 88 .
Kansas and Texas }• >6
Erie *3/4
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 20.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat —No. 2 red, winter,
April, 89 bid; do May, 90$; do June, 925.
Corn —No. 2 mixed for March, 49{; do
April, 50$ bid; do May, 50} bid. Oats-
No. 2 mixed, 37$ bid for March; 37$ April;
37$ May. Rve firm; Canada 73._ Barley
nominal. Pork steady; mess, sl3 50a13 75.
Lard, $7.15a7.17 for March and April.
Molasses dull; 20 for 50 best. Turpentine
quiet; 31|a32. Rosin dull; strained to good
$1 20al 23. Petroleum steady; relined in
cases Bsalo}. Butter firm; Western imitation
creamery choice, 21. Cheese dull; Ohio
flat; prime to choice, 10al0}. Eggs dull,
19}a20 for Western and State Rice nomi
nal. Sugar did ; refined cut loal, 61; gran
ulated, 6 Tilbw qtliet; prime city, u.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, March 20. —Wheat opens strong
er and $ cents higher; April, 755; May, 80$;
June, 82$. Corn, better feeling and slight
advance; May, 41}. Oats steady and un
changed; May, 31$. Pork quiet; May, sl2 15;
June, sl2 27 J. Lard more active; May,s6 90;
June, $6 95. Ribs stronger; May, $6 15.
A Woman in the Case.
St, Ignace, Mich., March 20. —Felix
Paquin was shot three times and seriously
wounded Wednesday night, by Andrew Diso
tell. The latter afterward shot himself
through the heart. There is a woman in the ,
case.
More Nominations by the president.
Washington, March 20 —The President
to-day sent the following nominations to j
the Senate: James D. Parker, of Tennessee,
to be Assistant Secretary of State;"John D.
C. Atkins, of Tennessee, to be Commissioner !
of Indian Affairs.
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Probabilities. ‘
Washington, March 20. —For the South (
Atlantic States, genera ly colder in the ,
northern portion, t light changes in temper- j
ature; in the northern portion westerly j
winds becoming variable with rising ba- f
rometer. •
Duty on Cotton Goods. £
t
Berlin, March 20 -The Richstag Com- ,
mittee has fixed the duty on cotton goods
at 1 20 parks per 100 kiLs. t
»—- ♦ £
The Stephpn« Relief Fund.
London, March 20.—Mr. Parnell has j
übscribed /10 to the Stephens Relief Fund. a
A LODGE OF SORROW.
IMPRESSIVE MASONIC CEREMON
IES IN MACON.
A Large Audience Prefent—H-autifu
Scenes at the Opening—March to the
Temple—Calling the Roll of the
Dead in Solemn Silence —Address
by the High Priest—A Long to
be Remembered Occasion.
Special Correspondence to the Daily Times
Macon, March 19.—The Lodge of Sor
row, under the auspices of Macon Lodge
No. 5, A. F. & A . M-, and Zerbal Lodge of
Perfection No. 3, A. & A. S- R., with the
ceremonies of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, at the Aca
demy of Music to-night, attracted there
the largest audience that has ever been in
one single building in Macon. There were
2,000 people and many more came but
could not find even standing room. Over
200 ladies were forced io stand during the
entire ceremonies, which lasted three hours.
The Lodge opened with a scene in the I
Lodge room, showing the beautiful cere
monies of Masonry in a most imposing man
ner. This was followed by an overture by
the orcbestra and the song “Hear My
Prayer” by a quartette of male voices—
Messrs. Lawry, Everett, Wood and Price
The second scene, part first, was the Tem
[ le, the fraternity marching in to the “Dead
March in Sail,” fißowed by 25 beautiful
little misses, in white dresses and ftower
baskets on their arms, strewing flowers in
their path as they marched tlowly around
the catafalque.
“Remember Now Thy Creator,” by the
quartette, was rendered with delightful and
harmonious effect, as was also the “De
Profundis.” Next w. sasilo by Mrs. Theo- !
dore Wells, “Beyond the Smiling and the .
Weeping.” This was so sweet and so capti. I
vating that s.lenceat once seiz. d every one .
of the 2,000 souls in the building.
Ci lliog the ri II of the dead by the Secre
tary was istened to with bowec heads and
marked respect. The dead for whom these
ceremonies were held are: T. W. Mason, A.
P. Small, C. B. Heidi, J. T. J' ssey, JameS
Wood, John Lieure, T. B. Benson, A. L.
( hnkscales, J. J. Carm 11, John Jaugstetter,
James A. Hill, O. W. Massey, R. H. Light
foot, C. H. Baird, L. E. Crackett, T. A
Griffith, George Payne, John C. Curd. Jas.
B. Artope, George D. Mozo, J. L. Sauls
bury, Jr , N. T. Johnson.
Amid silence and darkness “Low Twelve”
was sounded.
Part second opened with entree of the
funeral procession around the tomb, and an
address by High Priest J. Emmett Black
shear. After this the anthem “Among the
Dead Our Brother Sleeps,” by the quartette.
Then the Rev. Mr. Winchester deltvend
the oration, which was listened to with pro
found silence and the greatest respect. Al
together these ceremonies were received
with the deepest let ling and most profound
sympathy for the fam lies, kindred and
friends of the departed Masons. It was an
occasion never to be blotted from the mem
ory of those so fortunate to gain admit
tance to the academy. Harold.
KILLED BY KOLLER SKATING.
Death of Joseph Cohen, One of the Madi
son Square Gard-n Contestants.
One of the most premising men on the
track at the beginning of the six days’ roller
skating match in Madison Square Garden,
New York city, on the morning of March
2, was Joseph Cohen. He was of dark com
plexion, 26 years c Id, and of a slender figure.
He skated easily and gracefully, but some
thought he might lack staying power. At
midnight on Monday, the first day of the
race, he was next to Hart, the last man in
the race, with only 108 miles to bis credit,
and 24 hours later he was nineteenth in the
race, with a score of 244 miles. On Tuesday,
however, he did not attempt any of the
gracefi 1 manoeuvres which had distinguished
him at the start. He looked a trifle dragged.
At midnight on Wednesday he had rolled
up 351 miles, and was eighteenth in the
race. On Thursday he was last in the race,
and he skated slowly, as if he was tired. At
midnight, however, he had added 51 miles
to his score. He skated 89 miles on Friday
night. At the finish on Saturday night he
was last in the race with a record of 548
miles.
He lived with his wife and two-year-old
child at 150 H< yt street, Brooklyn. While
he was talking with his wife about the race
on the Sunday after the race closed, she re
marked that he looked tired.
“Not at all,” he said with a sigh. “I
feel first rate.” Nevertheless he did not
sleep well that night, and on Monday and
Tuesday he sat about the house. He was
very much worried, his wife says, because
he had not received the SSO the manage
ment had agreed to pay each man who
skated 12 hours a day for six days.
“ I go to work for Vogel next week,” he
said on Tuesday night to his wife, “ and if
they would pay me the SSO they owe me it
would put us on our feet again.”
The next day, Wednesday, he was very
ill, and was forced to go to bed. He com
plained of severe pains in the head and .
back, and admitted that he had not been ,
well for several days. That night he was j
semi-unconscious and Dr. George W. Cush- ,
ing, 221 Schermerhorn street, was called to i
attend him. Dr. Cushing, Mrs. Cohen ,
says, told her that her husband was suffei
ing from brain exhaustion, produced by the
excitement and fatigue of the six-day
match. Cohen constantly raved about skat
ing matches. He wou d strike out with .
his feet and wave his hands as if skatin'’,
and shout “Mark me 200 and 1 lap,” ,
“Bring those things to my table,” “I’m
ahead now,” “I’ll win,” and olher things
that showed that his brain was 11 led with j
recollections of the match.
Mrs. Cohen went t,o bed late on S inday
night for the first time since Wednesday, 1
and when she awok£ her hueband wds cold. ‘
Dr. Cushing was hastily summoned, and he
pronounced him dead. He told Mrs. Cohen, i
she says, that roller skating had killed him. <
“I did not know my husband was a skater,”
said Mrs. Cohen last night, “until he told
me so a day or two before the race began
He was lull of hopes, and insisted on enter
ing, although I advised him not to. He
had not been working, and was anxious to
earn money for the family. He kept at it
all the week so as to be sure of the SSO
promised, and in the end the management
did not give him a cent. He worried over
this. This and the fatigue killed him. They
treated him shamefully, and I will sue the
company, for I am almost penniless and
friendless, too.”
THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Miss Chamberlain and Her Alleged Social
Triumph in England.
London Letter to San Francisco Argonaut.
Whatever 1 may have at any time writ
ten Argonaut of or about Miss Cham
berlain in England has, I claim, not on'y
been borne out by facts, but has been not
nearly as severe as what has been said of
her. She has not been the belle and the
success in England that the general run of
American papers would have one believe,
j What the Chambeilains are at home at
or what Miss Chamberlain is thought
if in Cleveland I don’t know and I don’t
care I have on y spoken of her as she ap
peared in England—not to Society news
paper reporters or correspor dents of Ameri
can journals, but to E g ish people of the
best society who happened to see or hear
her. Now I am, 1 dare say, saying what
will surprise a good many of your readers,
but it is nevertheless true that the existence
of Miss Chamberlain has been, and is, a fact
unknown to many English people of the
upper classes.
' The name of Chambrrlain is rather a
I common one in England, and outside of the
j Prince of Wales “set” (in which it appears
• the young lady was the “bright particular
[star”) and those who keep au fait of what
| appears in the society weeklies, I doubt if |
i even to-day, should you mention Miss j
Chamberlain’s name, people would know I
whom you are talking about. By those, j
howe'er, who did and do know the young
lady, either personally or by reputation, I
the way in which her name has been asso- ;
c.ated with that < f the Prince of Males has j
been universally condemned, and her par- |
ente, in pei milling it, have been greatly !
blamed.
You see, this is how it is in England. No |
young (unmarried) lady can accept the [
Prince of Wales’ notice or favor in the faint
est degree and maintain her reputation. In
fact no English young lady has ever had her
name coupled with that of the Prince in any
way whatsoever. All the professional beau
ties whom he has admired, and with whom
he has flirted and amused himself till they
became “famous,” have been married women.
Take them all, from Lady Mary Craven
down to Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Cornwallis
West, and they all have husbands. There
isn’t one “miss” among them.
Os cours I am talking of ladies, to which
class I have always supposed Miss Chamber
lain to belong; and I beg to assert that it
would be utteily impossible for any English
girl who holds in England the rank and
position which Miss Chamberlain Haims to
hold in America, to know the Prince of
Wales except in the most dignified and dis
tant fashion. Anything like the public
notice which he is said to have favored
Miss Chamberlain with, no English young
lady would be allowed to receive. Nor
would he offer it to one.
Therefore, it is that I have said, and I
reiterate it, that in the favorable notice
which Miss Chamberlain received from the
Prince of Wales she did not gain any credit
to herself in the eyes of right thinking
English people. To have her come over
to England and imagine that she has
achieved a grand triumph because she ac
cepted attentions from a man who would
willingly—indeed, far sooner—have be
stowed them upon dozens of English gills
had he dared, see ms a trifle absurd. Indeed,
it is grotesque.
A PLEzYSANT OCCASION.
First Mass of a Priest Who Was Once a
Savannah Boy.
Editor Daily Times: A very pleasant
time and scene for many of the old Catholic
citizens of this city, has been in the visit of
the Rev. Thos. P. Brown, a native of Worce
ster, Mass., but who spent his childhood in
Savannah. He has just terminated a long
course with the Redemptorists, and is now a
worthy and honored priest of that great and
wonderful Order of the grand old church.
How beautiful it was to see the once little
Tommie Brown, the altar boy, who so often
served the mass of the last good priest, the
Reverend Father Whelan, of the grand
and world renowned Bishop England, the
pioneer of the Church South, now standing
in the very spot, offering up that holy and
tremendous sacrifice during which torrents
of loving' tears were/ 4he<l itfSbnd remem
brance and after which whole congregation
flocked around him to get the blessing of
the young priest. In this, his first mass, he
was assisted by the R«v. T- A. McConville,
also a native of Worcester, Mass, now an
exemplary and worthy priest of this diocese,
who was permitted to come a long distance
fojjJie gjoccasion, by the kind and fatherly
tendr raeas of our good Bishop Gross who
spoke most beautifully of the dignity,
grandeur and also the duties and terrible re
sponsibilities of the Catholic Priest. May
God grant that he may ever maintain the
cne and perform the ether. “C-”
Promptly Scratched Off.
Pretzel’s Weekly.
“Yer Honor, will you excuse me from ,
serving?”
“State your excuse,” said the judge, “or 1
take your seat among the jurymen
“I has ther itch, ver Honor.”
“Scratch him off, Mr. Clerk,” said the
judge.
Fine lunch every Saturday night from 7:3
to 10 p. in. at C. F. Graham’s Merchants’ Ex
change, 149 K Congress street.
Good news ought to be told; and it is good
news that Hunts Remedy has cured the woril
of kidney diseases, aud can do it again.
ELECTRIC TROUBLES.
IHE BANKERS AND MERCHANTS
OPERA TORS STRIKE.
Interview with the Manager of the South
ern Telegraph Company—History of the
Entire Difficulty—The City Tax Ques
i ion—Mr. Gustin Expects the
Trouble Soon to be Satisfac
torily Ended—An Opposi
tion Line Certain.
Last night about 9:30 o’clock Manager
Gustin of the Southern Telegraph Com
pany received information that the opera
tors of the Bankers and Merchants Tele
graph Company in New York had struck
on account of a disagreement between them
and the Receiver, who is in charge of the
business of the Bankers and Merchant-
Telegraph Company, Mr. J. B. Butler, as
to the payment of their salaries. Mr. Gus
tin immediately took measures to have all
the night messages then on tile transmitted,
and saw that everything was dispatched and
the files cleared before 12 o’clock.
This morning a telegram was r< ceived
from the Manager of the Bankers and Mer
chants office in New York, ordering messa
ges to be taken for that city “subject to
delay ” Mr. Gustin at once wired to the
Superintendent of the Southern Telegraph
Company at Richmond, asking if messages
for New York and Boston could not be
transferred to the Baltimore and Ohio, so as
to avoid all delay, and was assured that if
the Bankers and Merchant’ were unable to
ha idle tie business it would be sent via the
Bilimireaud Ohio lines. At 10:20 this
morning, however, a message was received
from the Manager of the Bankers and Mer
chants office in New York, saying that the
men had returned to work and that business
would be handled as usual.
It is perhaps known to many of our read
| ers that some two years or more since an
: arrangement was made between the South
’ ern Telegraph Company aud the Bankers’ !
. aud Merchants’ Telegraph Company by I
I which the latter company assumed control !
i of the lines of the former and the two com- j
l p. nies were operated under one direction j
and practically as one company. At the '
time, however, of the great crash in Wall
| street last year the Bankers’ aud Merchants’,
I became involved in difficulties which re- i
suited in the appointment of receivers for j
that company in New York. Some time in !
December last a move was made by certain
of the bondholders of the Southern Tele
graph Company to obtain control of the busi
ness of that Company, and suit was brought
by them in the United States Circuit Court
of the Eastern District of Virginia in which
they alleged that the business of the South
ern Company was conducted tn a wasteful
manner by the Bankers’ and Merchants’
! aud prayed for the appointment of a receiver
for and in behalf of the bondholders of the
Southern Telegraph Company, which peti
tion was granted and A. L. Boulware ap
pointed receiver of the Southern Company.
The Bankers’ and Merchants’ obtained the
appointment of receivers in the different
States under the authority of the State
Courts, but thise receiverships were again
vacated as soon as the cases came up before
the United States Courts, and Mr. Boulware
now has control of the Southern lines.
This, of course, cuts off from the Bankers
and Merchants a large part of their revenue,
aud the litigation between the two compa
nies has increased the financial difficulties
under which that company was already
laboring.
Speaking of the non-payment of the city
tax of five hundred dollars upon the office
of the Southern Telegraph Company, in
this city, Mr. Gustin said, that in conse
quence of the action of the Bankers and
Merchants in securing the appointment of
receivers in the different States, the funds
of the company had been diverted from the
control of Mr. Boulwaie at the very time
when this tax should have been paid, and
that he (Mr. Gustin) had called upon the
Chairman of the Finame Committee and
r» presented to him that there was no dispo
lion upon the part of the Southern Compa
ny to place difficulties in the way of the
collection of the tax, but that as the circum
stances above related had prevented Mr.
Boulware from being able at that time to
dispose of sufficient funds for this purpise,
it would be a great favor to the company
if a dtlay of a month or six w.eks
could be allowed in its payments. The
finance committee did not see its way clear
to grant the favor asked, and the receiver
was put to the disagreeable necessity of
suing out an irjunction restraining the city
authorities from collecting the tax until
such time as they shall appear before the
court and show reason why they should not
be made parties to the suit of the bond
holders and placed on the same footing
with the other creditors of the company.
Mr. Gustin did not seem at all discour
aged by the present appearance of the af
fairs of the opposition telegraph companies,
but believes that the outcome of the whole
matter will be that new combinations will
be entered into which will give the opposi
tion a firmer footing than it has ever yet
erjoyed, and that under whatever name it
may be called, the Western Union will still
have a rival here to dispute its supremacy
and break down its monopoly.
A NORTHERN TOUR SPOILED.
A Would-be Thief Plays a Shrewd Game
But is Delected —Placed in Jail to
Await Tiial.
This morning as Conductor R. B. Ballard
was attending to the regular duties of his
train, No. 6, one of the train hands named
Turner Redford, handed him a purse, which
he had picked up in the Florida coach.
Mr. Ballard went through that coach and
asked a party named Robert Vogan if he
he had lost it. Vogan said not. Later,
after passing through Jesup, the conductor
again passed through the car and Vogan
called him, stating that a man named Harry
Armstrong said he hail lost the book.
Armstrong was sitting with Vogan. He was
asked to describe the purse which
he did in a vague way saying i
S6OO A YEAR
contained a trunk check and a eonple o
dollars or so. As th »t seemed to hit the de
scription M’-. Ballard pave bim the nocket
, book, thin i i gno moie about t e m itter.
’ Vogan remarked to Armstrong at trie time
that it was a good thing the conductor
had found it, or he would have lost it en
. tire y. Arriving in Savannah the passengt
ers got off and left. After a time Mr. Bal
lard notbed Mr. George R Patterson, trans
fer agent of the railway, and a gentleman
going through the car looking about as
though they bad lost something. Inqusry
elicited the fact that the
strangers name was Joseph
Roderigue, and that hp lost his pocketbook.
He said he had two one dollar bills, and
either 10 or 20 cents in siver in it, besides a
trunk check and some few papers. Mr. Bal
lard became at once convinced that Arm
strong had played him a trick, and so stated.
The trunk of Mr. Roderigue was identified
by him from among the baggage, and Mr.
. Harmon took oft the duplicate check so that
the swindler might be caught when he ap
plied for it. Soon Armstrong called
and presented the check. Nir. Har
mon saw at a glance that
he was the party who had
got. the purse from the description given by
' Mr. B. Hard and telling him to hold on a
minute, led him into the private office,
where Mr. Riderigue was seated making out
a release for the Company for the delivery
of the trunk without a check. He told Mr.
. Riderigue that this man had the check for
i his trunk, and ca:led an officer, who took
him in charge. He and Vogan were
bo'li taken to Magistrate M. Frank
. Molina’s office, where Mr. Ballard identified
. him as the party who had claimed the purse,
s and Vogan as the man who was with him.
f The evidence was conclusive, notwithstand
i ing that the purse had been disposed of.
. Armstrong was committed to jail on the
charge of attempting to be a common cheat
| and swindler, and Vogan on the charge
of being accessory to the at.empt. Vogan
I swears he knows nothing of the affair what
i ever, and that he was too sick to take any
! notice of what was going on. He is about
i 35 years of age. Armstrong is about 20 or
!21 years of age Says he is from Philadel
; phia aud has been working on an orange
I iirove in Florida He positively
swears he did not get the pnrse
I and that he found the check
I and took it to the baggage office to give it
. up aud this is the thanks I get for my kind J
i ness. Oh, it is a mean world, and 1 had my
[ ticket bought for New York, toe.” After
passing a few remans of a complimentary
> nature regarding the South, he was sent to
i the Chatham county jail to await trial.
MORE ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE.
Aildiiional Information Regarding Hi r
Sinking in Chesapeake Bay—Captain
Marsh |Fully Exonorated.
In the Baltimore Sun of yesterday, we find
the following additional particulars ol the
recent sinking of the steamer Berkshire, of
the Merchants and Miners’ Tiansportation
Company, in Chesapeake Bay, near Balti
more. It will be seen that no blame whatever
is attached to Captain Marsh, and all dam
ages to the sunken steamer will be settled
amicably. Says the Sun:
The local steamboat inspector will begin
on Saturday the investigation of the col
lision between the steamers Berkshire and
Frostburg. Captain Le Tournau, of the
Frostburg, yesterday made the following
report to the inspectors: He says that the
Be, k hir<,: fir turning up the Brewerton
channel, being about one mile distant from
the Frostburg, gave two blasts on her
steam whistle, which was answered by
the Frostburg by the same signal, and the
helm of the latter put to starbo.rd. The
Berkshire altered her course and gave one
blast on the whistle. The Frostburg also
gave one blast and put helm to port. The
Frostburg, running at the time at half
speed, did not answer her helm. Captain
Le Tournau being convinced that a collision
would ncci’r, stopped his engine and back
ed the ship at full speed, to try to prevent
it. He says the Berkshire was apparently
running at full speed across his bow, and
in his opinion had sufficient time to have
seen that the Frostburg did not answer her
helm, otherwise the Frostburg would not
have been across the channel. Captain
Le Tournau says he found after starting
that the Frostburg answered her helm
slowly and steered badly.
The directors of the Merchants and
Miners’ Transportation Company, owners of
the Berkshire, have exonerated Capt.
Marsh from all blame in the matter. This
was done after hearing Capt. Marsh’s ex
planation and the statement of the other
side. The Merritt Wrecking Company’s
vessels left New York Tuesday night for
this place to raise the Berkshire. The
Merchants and Miners’ Company and the
Consolidated Company, which owns the
Frostburg, will probably settle the
question amicably and without resort to
he law. The Frostburg is insured
against such accidents and against loss that
the steamer may be liable for by colission
with other vessels. In case of settlement
the Consolidated Company will pay the cost
of raising and repairing the Berkshire and
also for the delay and loss of business. Capt.
Marsh will make no official statement until
the investigation. The cargo of the Frost
burg will be transferred to the Charles F.
Mayer.
GUSH IN THE GLOAMING.
’Tis But a Pair of Steps From the Sub
lime to the Ridiculous.
"Ah, sweet!” he says, with all his tender
spirit beaming in his eyes. “Is not this love
ly? The perfect peace over hill and dale, the
plashing waters of the restlessocean far below
us, the twinkling lights breaking one by on.
on the growing darkness. Is it notdivine””
“It is divine, my darling!”
There is the plashing or two lips, soft aS
the murmur of the sea itself, and as the door
behind them opens, a gruff) unsentimental
voice bieaks on the growing daikness like
the crack of a plank.
“ You darn fools, don’t you know those
steps have just been painted ?”
And that fellow never sees a sunset no
but he thinks of turpentine.