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VOL. 6.—NO. 79.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
THE WAR SITUATION GROWING
MORE AND MORE CRITICAL.
A Sensation Created In Condon by an ? n
nouncement in the Globe that Lord
Granville Hat Sent an Ultimatum to
Russia—No Let Upto the Excite
ment—Dynamiters Commit.ed
for Trial—The Markets—
Items of Interest.
London, March 27. —A spec al edition of
the Globe, just out, hrs aroused most in
tense excitement throughout the city. The
Globe says it h.-s positive ifforma
tion that Rp’Bsia hrs refused to
aec'de to England’s r piest for a mutual
withdrawal of l oops from the c” put i
territory in A f gh»"stri. The Globe "i
somewhat of an authoritative tone further
sta'es that ; n consequence of the refusal I ' d
GranviPe, M’n’ster of Foreign A Ta'rs,
hrs sent an ultimatum io Ru ia, and has
demand'd that he shall receive an answer
thereto no later than Monday next.
There is no let up in the excitement. This
morning the streets are thronged in font
of all the newspaper offices by
crowds of excited men, anxious
to learn the latest developments)
with regard to the Anglo-R' dan d’spute
The situation up to noon, was without
change and no news tending to improve or
further involve the situation ha 1 been re
ceiw d.
A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
Propose Regnlafng ’ Abuses in New Or
leans.
New Orleans, March 27.—A meeting of
prominent citizens was held last night to
consider the organization of a vigilance com
mittee on account of the continued failure
of the municipal authorities to prot'et the
town, clean the streets o : rrest the h< r les
of malefactors who nightly commit crim
of every sort. There are five murderers in
jail waiting for the Governor to fix the date
of their execution, and twenty-five othe
accused of murder, are awaiting trial. Y
terday Jean Baptiste, a colored youth, wr •
convicted of criminally r vaulting an ag- d
German lady. The penalty is death.
FROM ATLANTA.
Collector Crenshaw’s Appointment a Com
plete So p. ise-A Possible At.-ange
ment.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, March 27.—The appointment
of Mr. Thomas C. Crenshaw, of LaGrange,
as Internal Revenue Collector for Georgia,
created great surprise when announc'd here
yesterday. Mr. Crenshaw'’s quite a young
man, and is a member of the present House
of Representatives. It was hardly known
here that he was pre-sing his claims for the
Collectorship. It is understock that Mr.
Crenshaw wrs antagonizing Capt. John W.
Nelms, both of whom were applicant for
the Marshalship. Captain Nelms is cham
pioned by Senators Brown and Colquitt,
and it is believed that an arrangement was
made by which Mr. Crenshaw wrs given
tte Collectorship and the other plum sp]
portioned to Captain Nelms, wh'-se appoint
ment is expected very soon, possibly to-Jay.
The Collectorship pays $3,200 a year, and
a bond of $120,000 is required. The Col
lector appoints forty <>r fifty subordinates.
Mr. Crenshaw is a you ig man of great en
ergy, and will done 1 >s fill the place ac
ceptably. If Captain Nelms is appointed
Marshal he too will make a good officer.
The fearle-s manner in which he has ad
ministered the affairs of his present office
has had much to do with keeping chain
gang matters in order.
FROM MACON.
Assignment of Juhan & Co. —Causes of
Their Failure.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Macon, Ga., March 27. —W. A. Julian
& Co., the largest retail dry goods house
here, made an assignment last night toC. D.
Pearson, head clerk of the firm. Liabili
ties. $51,925; assets, $75,462. The asse s
inc’ude the two large brick st- res now occu
pied by them in Triangular block, Second
street. The cause of the failure is given
that trade has been exceedingly dull, profits
close, and too much capital invested in
real estate which was unremimerative.
the french press aroused.
Policy of the Government in Cb’na D -
nounci d.
Paris, March 27.—A1l the morning pa
pers contain editorials denunciatory of the
government’s policy in the present war with
China and attributing the recent reverses
suffered by the French in the Tonquin dis
tricts to its folly in endeavoring to c >pe with
the Chinese with a small force of French
troops in that country. They assert that so
far the war hrs resulted in nothing but an
outlay of a large amount of money with but
Fttle or no hope of obtaining any substantial
results therefrom.
THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES.
Cunningham and Rm-ton Committed for
Ti tai.
London, March 27 -At the Bow Street
Police Court to-day James G. Cunningham,
alias James Dalton, and Harry Burton, both
charged with high treason and felony in con
nection with the dynamite outrages at West
minster and the Tower, were fully com
mitted for trial.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1885.
MURDER WILL OUT.
Arrested in Texas for a Homicide Com
mitted Twenty-three Years
Ago in Virginia.
Lynchburg, Va., March 24.—Twenty
three years ago A'mond F. Ellinjton, a
well-to-do farmer living near Rice’s Depot,
in Prince Edward county, this State, disap
peared, and the only trace of him that could
be discovered was his hat floating on a mill
pond in the neighborhood of his house. An
exhaustive search, without result, was made
at the time, even to the draining of the
mill-pond. Seven yean later a negro,
while poking in a pile of decayed logs on
the Ellington farm in search of a fugi
tive rabbit, discovered a skeleton, which
was identified as that of the missing
man by means of a ring on the
little finger and gild plugs in the teeth.
The detectives again set to work, and seve
ral persons were brought under suspicion
and examined, but discharged for want of
evidence. The circumstances connected
with the affair clouded over the life of the
miller whose mill was at the pond men
tion' I; and though he di'd denying the
crime, many thought he untfott I it. A
few weeks ago, on the louthe.a border of
Texas, a gentleman overheard three colored
men talking. One of them, in relating his
history to his companions, said he had mir
dered a man in Prince Edward county, Va.,
early in the war. His knowl-.dge of these
particulars indue: 1 the gentleman to write
to the clerk of Prince Edward county about
the matter. An investigation follow 1, and
its result is that the colored man, Craw
ford Jeter, a runaway slave of Ellington, is
under arrest and en route to Prince Edward
county to be tric l for the murder of his
mrster in 1862.
THE EXTRA SESSION
Prolonged Until Thursday at theß quest
of the President.
Washington, March 27.—Imm-diitely
after the reading of the journal this morn
ing the Senate proceeded to the con
sideration of ex> .’Utive busines-.
Du’-ing the executive se ’on Mr.
Sherman, from the committee ap
pointed Io wait upon the President, re
ported that the committee bad performed
its work and that the President d'sir' d that
the “special’’ session of the Senate be con
tinued until Thursday next. A ter con
firming a large batch of nominations, the
doors, at 12:40, were reopened and the Seu
ai - adjourned until Monday at 12 o’clock.
New York Stock Market.
New York, March 27. —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific9U
Western Union Telegrapo Co
Pacific Mail -
Lake Shore
Louisville and Nashville3l%
Texas Pacific
Denve. and Rio Grande 7%
Michigan Centra'6l
Delaware. Lackawanna A Wesl’u .
St. Paul,6»M
Chicago, Burlington and 1-3
Oregon Transcontinentallß
Northern Pacific
Rock Island“s
Jersey Central
Memphis and Charleston 39
East I'enuessee, Va. & Ga (com) 23
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pidj
Philadelphia and. Reading 14%
Omaha (com)
Omaha (pfd) i
Kansas and TexasJ7%
Erie 13
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 27.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat, No. 2, red winter, for
April, 811 bid. Corn, No. 2, mixed, for
March, 50J; for May, 50|. Oats, No. 2,
mixed, for March, 37; for May,
37 bid. Pork dull; mess 513a13 25.
Lard for April $7 16; for May,
$7 23. Molasses dull; Porto Rico, 25a30c.
Turpenrine easier at 31|c. Rosin dull;
strained to good, $1 20al 22J. Petroleum
quiet at 9}c for plain brands.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, March 27.—Wheatopen-d high
er, but is falling ofl again. May 83. Corn
s eady, firm a> d dull May 24| Oats
s eady and dull May 31} Pors higher
and firmer. May Sl2 37J. Lad qiiet
and firm. May §6 97} Rihs uncli uged
and nominal. No sales at opening.
Confrmatlons by the Senate.
Washington, March 27 —The Senate in
Executive Sc ’ion t< day confirmed the fol
low! g . ominatior s : Capt. David B. Har
mony, of Pennsylvania, to be Chief of the
Bureau of Yords and Docks Navy Depart
ment with relative rank of
Commander; Thomas C. Crenshaw, Jr., of
Georgia, to be Collector of Internal Reve
nue for Georgia. Postmasters: L. Hensly
Grubbs, Decatur, Alabama; J. R. McCul
lum, Newnan, Georgia; W. D. Whelchel,
Gainesville, Georgia.
A #500,000 Fire.
Detroit, Mich., March 27 —The Michi
gan Carb in Works were destroyed by fire
ibis morning. Loss $500,000; insurance
$200,000
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Livaapool Races.
Liverpool, March 27—The grand Na
tional steeplechase was run to-day, and was
won by Rogue first. Frigate finished second,
with Black Prince third.
Probabilities.
Washington, March 27. —For the South
Atlantic States ; warmer and partly cloudy
weather, local rains and southeasterly winds
and falling barometer.
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Hoarseness relieved In fine minutes time
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RUSSIAN DESIGNS.
CREEPING ON AND ON TOWARDS
INDIA.
The Capital of Afghanistan the Destination
of Russia Constantinople, However,
Her Real Objective Point—Tactics
of the Bear Should He Get His
Paws on India—Opir’ons of
Col. Pretyinan, of the
Royal Artillery.
Albany, March 26 —Lieut. Col. G. T.
Pretyman, of the British Royal Artillery,
who took part in several engagements dur
ing the Afghanistan campaign of 1878-80,
went with General Roberts to Cabul after
the murder of Sir Louis Cavignari and was
Military Secretary to the General from
1881 un’il November, 1884, is visiting
friends here, being absent frem the army on
sick leave. In au interview in the Evening
Journal he gives an interesting view of the
present situation in Afganistan and the
chances of an outbreak of hostilities
between England and Russia. “Our
government,” he says, “has been warn
ed frequently by experts of the con
dition of things in Afganistan for
years. Our policy has rather been to
induce Russia on toward the disputed terri
tory. We have pursued a weak and vacil
lating course We -houl 1 have said to her:
‘So far and no further,’ and established a
firm but courteous policy. Russia Its been
creeping on and on, year by year, toward its
objective point, Herat. We must not let
Russia put her foot into Afghanistan. It is
of the most vital importance to us to keep
her out. Should she get possession of Herat
she has the kev of Afghanistan. The road
from Herat to Ca ■ the capital, is the best
i aisage lur whetleu artillery in Afghanis
tan. If she gets Herat she will ultimately
attempt to press on to the capital, and while
they are thus occupying the attention of our
forces a deapeiale attempt will be made by
Russia to take Const iniiuople, which, io my
opinion, ; s their real objective point.
“If Russia could hold Afghanistan as a
depot she would incite the greedy Afghan
tribes to invade India and plunder. The
power that holds Herat has great political
influence over both Afghanistan and India.
You are aware that the present dispute is
relative to boundary between Afghanistan
and Russia. Now, our Government sent Sir
Peter Lumsden, who knows all about the
territory of the disputed boundary, to draw
a line with the Russians, who purposely ne
glected to send their Envoy to meet him. In
the meanwhile Russia has been pushing on
troops on the roads converging at Herat.
From their depots at Merv and Sarakhs,
which places they took possession of in 1880,
they have sent out posts to Panjdeh, on the
Murghab river, and to the Zulfikar pass, on
the road from Sarakhs to Herat which runs
along the Harie-Rud Valley. Our troops
are at Quetta, which is fully 500 miles from
Herat. Herat is only 202 miles from the
Russian depot at Sarakhs. I’ve no doubt that
Sir Peter can make Herat impregnable un
til assistance arrives from Quetta, even if the
worst conies to the worst. It would be a se
vere blow to our prestige in India should
Russia get possession of Herat.
“On the other hand,” lie continued, “if
Russia is beaten I think the Turcomans,
wiiom she conquered by massacreing tbeir
women and children in 188' by the thous
-1 ands, will turn on Russia for revenge. Rus
sia is merely hilling the Turcomans down
■ by force of arms. We have allowed Russia
j to take control of Persia and they will un
, doubtedly assist her with supplies and trans
* portation. We should have kept the Per
’ sians firm allies to help us in an emergency
In 1880 we had a large force at Caadahar,
which is 369 miles from Herat. The rail-
I road was being constructed from Sibl in the
direction of Candahar. We ought to have
remained and made ourselves strong there,
r completing the railroad to that point. But
the policy of the Liberal home government
’ decided to withdraw the troops to Quetta.
’ end even went so far as to tear up the rail
road which had been built. The Indian
government commenced to reliy this road
in double quick time about eighteen
i months ago. When the railroad was taken
up a great many virtually gave up Herat to
Russia. Oir policy almost invited her to
come on. Ido not think Russia is quite
. riady totake decided action. When England
and Russia do meet and the inevitable cn
' sis does come it it will be the greatest war
’ that England has known since the days of
' Waterloo One or the other must go: Eng
land or Russia must fall. If Russia should
1 get possession < f Afghanistan she will
promise the Afghans th .• loot of India, and
they will fight for her. Nevertheless, 1
think it wi 1 many years before Russia
1 will be readv to itiv-.v e India.”
“The people, ’ be .said, “are as a rule,
. especiadv about Cabul and Shuznee, fanat
. ical Sunns Mohamm'dans. They are a high
. spirited, warlike race. Every man is armed
f to the teeth. They are constantly fighting
f among themselves, he usual causes of quar
. rel Leing water(f.r irrigating purposes), and
women. There are a great number of differs
. ent tribes, the most peaceful of which is
that known as the Shilzai tribe, and this is
’ again divided into sections. Afghans gen
erally are greedy of money and treacherous
by nature. At the same time they have cer
tain generous traits, especially as regards
. hospitality. Instances have been known
> where an Afghan has entertained right roy
ally his bitterest foe if the latter
has sued for his protection
and hospitality. So long as he
rema’ned as a guest he was sate, but after
proceeding some distance on his journey his
’ host would follow after him and try to kill
’ him. They cherish blood feuds, and take a
life for a life without hesitation. All their
villages are really small forts more or less
strong, according to size and importance.
1 The walls are made very thick, impervious
’ often to field artillery, and have comtnand
i ing flanking towers at the angles—the form
of the forts being more or less rectangular
Fruit trees and cultivation surround these
vill iges, and immense skill is shown by the
, inhabitants in leading water along great dis
lances for the purpose of irrigating the
' crops.”
Oscar Wilde talks of coming back, and
says he won’t mind the ocean trip, so long
as he can get plenty of Dr. Bull’s Cough
Syrup to kill off colds.
HOW A PANIC WAS AVOIDED.
Children in the Five Points Mission Kept
Quiet During a Fire—The Work of
Resolute Teachers,
A New York special of the 23d inst. says :
The regular morning devotional exercises
in the Five Points Mission School, New
York city, were protracted yesterday. More
than the usual num' er of morning chants
were sung by the pupils. They were kept
singing to occupy them and prevent a panic-
At 9:15 o’clock, just as the little people
were about to be dismissed before going
into their several classes, fire was discovered
in the main Mission building. There were
over five hundred children in the large
school room on the first floor of the building,
standing just in the rear and communicat
ing with the four-story brick structure in
which the fire started.
The latter is No. 63 Park street, and has
a frontage of nearly one hundred feet on
Paradise Park. It is divided into small
tenements and occupied by fifteen widows
with their children, numbering fifty five
Nearly all of the women had gone out to
work, and their little ones were in the
school-n >m with the exception of half a
dozen too young to go to school. Janitor
Hartman was informed by some of the wo
men that they smelt smoke in the building
and he investigated its origin. He traced
it to the apartments of Mrs. Hanan on the
third floor. Bursting open the door he
found a pile of soiled Clothing in an adjoin
ing bedroom all ablaze. Three hand gren
ades were broken. The fire was subdued,
but not extinguished. B fore going down
stairs again he thought of the two little
children whom Mrs. Datchi, living opposite
Mrs. Hanan, had left asleep when she went
out early in the morning to clean up a
bank. Unlocking the door he waked the
children, aged two and five years, and car
ried them to his own tenement.
The Rev. O. R Bouton, Superintendent
of the Mission, had been told, and going to
the school room notified the principal, Mrs
Georgiana Vanakin, of the true slate of
aflairs. Calling up her assisants she posted
them at the five exits and ordered them not
to permit any of the scholars to go out.
Then the exercises were continued.
Meanwhile Superintendent Bouton had
crawled on his hands and knees through the
dense smoke to Mrs Hanan's apartment cir
rying two more grenades. Failing to put
out the fire, he called on the women, who
were excitedly rushing through the halls, to
assist in quenching the fl imes. They formed
a line leading to the hydrant in the yard
and passed up bucket after bucket of water.
Absorbed in their work they were soon
quieted. Finally an alarm was given. The
engines were soon ready for work and the
volunteer force relieved.
Although occupied with their singing,
some of the scholars saw the smoke rolling
into the court yard from the endangered
building.
News of the fire spread quickly through
the Fourth and Sixth wards, where nearly
all the pupils live. Hundreds of people
were attracted to the scene, and P ndise
Fark was crowded. The place swarmed
with Italians and other residents of the
neighborhood. More than a hundred
women who were there had children in the
school. They forced their way through the
office into the open place surrounding the
school building. Entrance was also found
through a narrow passageway that opens
from Park street. Relatives and friends
began pounding at the doors, crying and
demanding that their children be given
into their keeping. The denser the
smoke became the louder grew the
lamentations and battering at the doors’
Some of thejwomen were half-frenz'e 1 and
it was a piteous sight. The children were
alarmed at the commotion outside and some
of them began to cry when they heard
their mothers’ voices calling to them. Su
perintendent Bouton, fearful of the conse
quences and realizing how difficult it would
oe to prevent a panic should the women
force their way into the schoolroom, was
obliged to call on the police for protection.
While they were driving back the crowd
the children kept on singing, and their
voices could be heard by the great throng
in Paradise Park.
The firemen worked hard and the fire
was confined to Mrs. Hanan’s rooms and
soon extinguished. Not until the engines
departed was the crowd appreciably lessened
and then the weeping and moaning mothers
and anxious relatives returned to their
homes. Shortly before 10 o’clock the schol
ars went to their class rooms and their
studies began as if nothing unusual had hap
pened. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Willie Hauar, ab: y 12 years old, has been
in the habit ot si seping in the front room on
a mattres-. In the daytime this is placed
in the b< droom, where the fire started. The
boy carried it in there before he went to
work at 7. It is supposed that in dragging
it past the stove a spark or coal lodged on it,
which kindled the big blaze. His mother,
j who is a washer-woman, did not go out
| until 8 o’clock, leaving her little boy and
j girl, Beatrice and Allie, aged respectively
7 and 5 years in the room. When the
scho 1 bell rang at 8:50 o’clock they locked
the door and went out. Smoke was dis
covered soon afterwards. The loss on the
building will not exceed $500; fully covered
by insurance Mrs. Hanan loses every
thing, including a quantity of clothes taken
iu for washing. She is a poor woman and
her loss falls heavy.
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Amo g the many beautiful places which
’ catch the eye of the passer-by on Bull street
( none probably can compare with the hand
somtly furnished parlor tailor establishment
of Mr. M. Levy, a merchant, who has been
. in the city only a few months, but never
; thiless has made him self popular among
all classes, both on account of his pleasant
; manners and the low prices at which he sells
. his goodi. How Al goods can be sold at
i such remarkably low figures is a mystery
■ which has puzzled more than one gentleman
> who has patronized him, but that be does it
. cannot be disputed. One reason is that he
. sells so many suits that he can afford to
> I u.ld them for a closer margin than others
wiio don’t seil one third as many as he does.
He says the reason he sells so many, is,
1 that he advertises freely and lets the peo
; pie know what he has to sell. Call and
i see him, he has new goods each week and
etn suit all who call.—Adv.
CLEVELANDS PLANS.
OUR SENATORS AT SEA REGARD
ING THEM.
The Executive Departments to be Ar
ranged Before the States Receive At
tention—The Savannah and Bruns
wick Collectorships Surprises
to be Looked For—The New
York Post mastership—''un
set Cox’s Successor.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Washington, March 25.—Senators Col
quitt and Brown have made several calls
upon Secretary Manning and Attorney Gen
eral Garland with reference to the Federal
appointments in Georgia. Senator Colquitt
informed me to night that he had been
unable to glean the slightest particle of in
formation on the subject. He says he
understands that the President intends to
place the executive departments upon a
thorough business basis before going into
the subject of State offices. Os course,
whenever a vacancy occurs, an efficient
Democrat will be appointed.
The Senator says he has no idea how the
struggle over the Collectorsbips at Savan
nah and Brunswick is going to terminate
All the contestants are well supported, and
it is difficult to tell how the President wil.
decide in the matter. He may have a sur
prise in store for Georgia, as he appears to
be given to that kind of business just now.
The Senate will probably come to a final
adjournment Saturday, but the Senator has
not decided when he will return home.
Postmaster General Vilas is said to be op
posed t the reappointment of Mr. Pearson
as postmaster in New Yorkcity. While dis
cussing the subject with a party of personal
friends he remarked that he did not propose
to take any part in the fight, as it was a
matter in which the President was person
ally interested. He seems inclined, how
ever, to attach very little importance to the
statement alleged to have been made to
the President by one of Mr. Pearson’s
friends that the latter was better qualified,
in a business sense, to discharge the
duties of such an important office than any
other man in the city of New York. The
Postmaster General disposed of that asser
tion by saying that if New York City could
could not produce a Democrat sufficiently
qualified to perform the duties as well as
Postmaster Pearson, there were hundreds
of good Democrats in Wisconsin who are
equally as capable as the present New York
postmaster.
Now that “Sunset” Cox, of New York, is
to leave the House of Representatsves and
become United States Minister to Turkey,
Representative John O’Neil, of Missouri,
will probably be called upon to enact the
roll of “Jester of the House.” O’Neil is
fully capable of filling Cox’s place in this
particular, as he has already gained the
reputation of being one of the wittiest men
in Congress. He recently called upon the
President. As soon as he announced him
self a member of Congress from Missouri,
the President was almost certain he had a
favor to ask. He was surprised, however,
when he learned the nature of the request
O’Neil cracked numerous jokes at the ex
pense of his colleagues, and by the time he
was ready to state the real object of his
visit the President was iu an exce lent
humor. The Missouri statesman cleared
his throat several times aud finally s.id:
“Mr. Presidert, I have not called to ask you
to put any one in office. I have read care
fully all of your pumic utterances, aud I
understand from them that you are favor of
‘turning the rascals out.’ Now, out in my
State, we have locked up in the State peni
tentiary one of the d—st rascals known to
publiccircles. His health is very poor, and
he may not live another year, so I want you
to direct Attorney General Garland to turn
him out, or, in other words, issue an order
for his pardon.” The request was put in
such a novel way that the President could
not refrain from indulging in a hearty
laugh. There were at least a dozen gentle
men present, who heard the conversation,
and they joined in the merriment. It is
probable that O’Neil’s rascal will be turned
out.
The Cabinet ladies held their last recep -
tionsyesterday afternoon,until after Eister,
when they will be resumed for several wee’s,
if not longer. Mrs. Vice President Hen
dricks, who ranks any of the Cab
inet ladies on account of her posi
tion, has had a very large number of callers
since she has been here. The Attorney
General’s household, is presided over by his
mother, Mrs. Hibbard, who finds much
more pleasure in performing the social
duties for her son than she expected. A
number of Senatorial families are holding
their final receptions for the season this
afternoon. Miss Cleveland has several hun
dred calls to return before the close of this
week, and she devoted most of the day yes
terday and to-day performing that duty.
The date of the first public levee at the
White House has not yet been fixed. It is
the desire of the President to make this an
occasion long to be remembered.
“Some day some one will write a very in
teresting book about signatures,” said an old
government clerk who has seen service in
the departments since the days of Pierce,
“and I think a great deal of good material
will be found in the official tiles. Some of
the officials who are compelled to sign their
names a great many times every day grow
into the habit of rushing things, and in con
sequence from a good clear hand they soon
descend into pothooks and cat-tracks. Take
Assistant Secretaiy Coon as an instance.
Ordinarily he writes a clear, bold hand that
anyone can readily read. Before he was
made Assistant Secretary his signature was
as clear as print. But he has had to sign
his name more than one thousand times
each week during the past year, and now all
superfluous letters are left off and the simple
work ‘Coon’ appears. That is to say ‘Coon’
is what it is meant for, but there are simply
four or five curves and a little dash or line
at the end.”
“Have you noticed the sign manual of the
new President and his Cabinet?”
“Cleveland writes rather a delicate hand,
not very clear, but very much plainer than
the average lawyer. His signature is rather
cramped, but quite clear. Manning writes
a coarse, beefy hand, which gives one the
S6OO A YE kR
idea that hie instincts are more or less
brutal. I have not yet seen the hand
wri’ing of the other members of the Cabi
net.”
“Who, among the Secretaries of the Treas.
ury, wrote the most careful signature?”
“Well, I cannot remember exactly; but
Richardson, of Massachusetts, now Chief
Justice of the Court of Claims, was a very
careful man in this respect. I remember
that he bad the certificate for the Alabama
award prepared with pen and ink and he
signed it in copper plate hand. The rec rd
of that fifteen and a half million transaction
was photographed and copies were presented
to his friends as mementoes. Salmon P.
Chase wrote a fair signature when he first
assumed the duties of the office, but he soon
got tired and at last his signature was noth
ing but a jumble of crooked lines. Hugh Mc-
Culloch wrote rather a feminine hand, while
Judge FolgePs was carefully written, but the
heavy lines were so heavy as to make the
name rather difficult to decipher. M. B.
Field, who was the cause of Chase’s resigna
tion, was Assistant Secretary under that gen
tleman. He always signed his name with a
’lower ca «’ ‘f,’ and for that reason he received
the sobriquet ‘Littlefield’ and by that name
he was always known in the department.”
“How did he cause the resignation of
Chase?”
“Chase wanted to make him sub-Treasurer
in New York. Lincoln would noteonsent and
Chase resigned.”
“John C. New wrote a very fair signature,
one that could not readily be mistaken; and
William E. Chandler wrote, when Assistant
Treasurer twenty years ago, exactly as he
dots to day, a clear, legible hand that can
easily be read.”
“Who wrote the worst hand] that you
ever saw ?”
“Two bark cashier< were the very worst
that ever lived I thiuk.Oue was H.G Noton
cashier of the Bank cf Commerce, in Buf
falo. It looked like nothing so much a»
the serpent in the Garden of Elea, crawl
ing along looking for his breakfast. But.
there is a cashier in New Jersey who dis
counts anything e~er seen iu the way of
a signature. This gentleman first makes
a dashy line with an upward tendency, and
a ha'f arrow-head attachment on top.
That is meant for a little “C.” It is follow
ed by an iregular ace-shaped line resembling
the parabola described by a 50-toa | r ject
ive. That represents “Armon” at the end
of this line which is about four inches
1 >ng are what appear to jbe wreaths of
s noke The whois represents “Carmon
Parse,” cashier of the First National Bank,
f Plinefield, N.J. Bob.
PROHIBITION AGAIN.
A Public and Not an Individual Question-
Editors Savannah Times: Realizing
the importance and vastness of the subject
which called forth my reply to an editorial
in the Times of the 25th, I fielthat it is
difficult in the brief space of a newspaper
irticle, hurriedly written, to do it justice.
I have no other desire or feeling in the
matter, save an honest purpose to speak and
act conscientiously, so that the world may
be no worse, or any fellow being influenced
for evil by aught that I may say or do
inching this question. The question merits
calm discussion, and those agencies whose
potency in moulding public sentiment are
so widely recognized and easily felt, should
come to its discussion free from passion or
prejudice. The editor who can not discern
the public welfare from individual inclina
tions er tastes, or the minister who has not
the courage to speak the truth to his hear
ers, rs God and the world sees it, should be
s lent on this question, to say the
least of it. I wish in this
spirit to notice a few points made in the
Times of yesterday. You say my article
bad flaws in it because the question was
treated from an “individual rather than a
public standpoint.” The fact is I think our
positions are reversed. The question
was considered by me purely from a pub'ic
standpoint. It is here that the question
resumes its vastness and greatness. The
public welfare is jeopardized, the body poli
tic is diseased, tiie civil organism is cor
rupted, the sovereign unity is destroyed and
every interest of the people in their public
capacity is more or less injured by the
liquor traffic and its ns ills. Is this an indi
v dual stam p >inl? It is as far above the in
dividual who narrows it down to his right to
take a drink ss the State is above the subject
when the question is which of the two shall
be protected. The safety of all lies upon the
State, and in a matter of such moment the
State does not stop to consider individual
inclinations any more than she does when,
she hangs the murderer or imprisons the
thief. The State occupies the exalted posi
tion of governing, and she must consider
above all else not individual tastes,not individ
ual habits or desires, but the general welfare.
Now the State yields a part of her supremacy
to communities in order that she may watch
the experiment they would make on a vexed
problem. This is local option. From those
experiments she gathers knowledge as to
which policy promises most to the public at
large. The testimony is produced, the facts
stated, the results shown and
no good citizen can truthfully say that the
experiment has not been fairly conducted.
On that experiment prohibitionists are
willing to rest their case. When commu
nities under license are shown with empty
jails and no criminal docbets, when 1 cense
advocates show us lessened taxation and in
creased prosperity under that policy, as has
been shovn under prohibition, then we may
say the public welfare after all was not so
much endangered as was thought. The
good citizen should consider this. Though I
have the right to take a drink and may ex
ercise it innocently enough to myself, but if
in doing ' o 1 must maintain a system that
ruins others, blasts lives and damns souls,
had I not better surrender it to the
State in order that the general welfare
may the belter be preserved? The State
after all is the people, and it is for the press,,
the pl .tform and the pulpit to study great
questions, that in discussing them the pub
lic be not mislead into errors and dangers.
This is in brief a full outline of the policy
of prohibition, Mr. Editor, and the people
are studying it. There never was a graver
or more important question .before them,
since it enters into every principle of civil,
social and p' litical life and happiness.