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Stwammli ohife Simes.
VOL. 6.—VO. 83.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST EVENTS OF CURRENT
INTEREST.
A Frightful Blizzard Through Central
Missouri—Great Destruction of Property
—No Lives Lost.
Lexington, Mo., April 3 A severe
cyclane visited Central Missouri yesterday,
coming from the southwest at the rate ol
20 miles an hour in the shape of a funnel
and burst near Waverly, in Lafayette coun-
Jty. It caused darkness like night, and w s
accompanied by a roar that could be heard
a mile A Itrge wooden church was dashed
to pieces and a half dozen houses were
destroyed; trees were uprooted in all
lions. The damage will reach SIOO,OOO.
No one was injured.
SWINDLING IN PARIS.
Information Wanted About Professor
Clarke, Who Had 51,000,000 Back’ng.
Philadelphia, April 3 —Chief of De
tectives Kelley received a letter yesterday
from Paris, France, saying: “Will you
kindly inform me by return mail if there is
any demand or if there is any charges
again-: Pr .lessor R Elliott CDrke, more
recently of tins city, but who _ a lew years
agoest»b i'hed i.i Piulade pr.i. t.e ‘Penn
sylvari < CvU-etvi-.torv . 1 U ,iv* r-<. E loca
tion.’ I -h- ud be g'ad to kn " aso if you
know anything f Ins an'ece.ienl- before he
came o tr.is c tv. ’ It was .ig i«- 1 “F. S
Lun. D. rec. or.”
The I'll.ef inv •‘•tigated item’ er and
found trai Clarke had est.it. isued < “Con—
serv.itorv t L oivers.l E location tn this
city iu O.'iot.er, 1882. Gj Uctubcr 18 of
that vear 0.-Ci: Abrahamsohn made an affi
davit bet .re Magistrate Ladner, iu which
he declared that he had been engaged by
Clarke to teach German and litera tire in
the “conservatory” at a salary of SISOO a
year. Clarke showed the Professor a letter
purporting to be signed by Cyrus W. Field,
of New York, in which he assured Clarke a
backing of $1,000,000 in his enterprise At
that time a warrant was issued for I lirke’s
arrest, but he escaped from the country. It
is known that he swindl'd many people be
fore leaving the city. These facts were sent
to Paris last night by the Chief of Detect
ives.
ATLANTA GOSS»P.
Captain Howell’s Consular Appointment—
He Cannot Accept—Other Matters.
Special Dispatch to the Dally Times.
Atlanta, April 3. —It is believed here
among the intimate friends of C'apt. Evan P.
Howell, of the Constitution, that he will be
forced by circumstances, to decline the posi
tion of Consul to Manchester, to which he
was appointed by President Cleveland a few
days ago. Captain Howell did not seek the
position, and, while appreciating the compli
ment paid him in the appointment, it is
doubtful if he can accept. Mrs. Howell’s
health is not good, and she is understood as
against Captain Howell accepting. Such a
man as Captain Howell could do the .South
great good at Manchester, and such a fine
opportunity to do his section a service is the
only reason that inclines him to accept.
It is intimated here that the Cleveland
lightning is going to strike again in the
United States building in a few days. John
E. Bryant is on the ragged edge.
The Supreme Court yesterday, in deciding
the East Tennessee Railroad receivership
case, declared the road to be a Georgia cor
poration, as it is operated under the Cincin
nati and Georgia Railroad charter, which
was granted by the Georgia Legislature. The
road will not contest the point, as to do so
would endanger its charter. Under the decis
ion all suits against the road must be brought
in the’ State courts.
WESTERN M IRKE IS.
Leading Features in the Speculative Situ
ation.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Dally Times.
Chicago, April 3. —Crop scares and the
visible supply have n,w come Io the front
as the leading features in the sp-ctl .ive
situation on ’> > mg’- The numerous -ma.,
“longs” wii . sue. ced’d in clinging on
through the 1 te dttlme in hopes tha.
foreign news would be of a more sanguinan
character, and though the feeling is still
weak tie market is essential ? a “short”
one. The bear-are happy and claim there
is nothing io sustain values with a visible
supply oi 481'00 000 pressing on the trade. ]
is true' the “visible” was reduced some 370,000
bushels last week, but it would have to de
crease at at least six times that rate for the
next five months to reduce the quantity to a
low point by the time of next harvest. With
the present'ex port demand, little more than
a shadow, there seems little prospect for this.
S’ufl, with the knowledge that the wheat
crop is badly damaged, all the stock would
not amount to much. Hitherto all
opinions on this point have been
the merest kind ol speculation but we are
rapidly approaching'a time when all these
injurv stories will be settled one way or the
other, as the next few days will pr b.U y
develip the truth with the southern half of
the winter wheat belt. So lar the advices
seem to indicate that the most serf us out
look for growers is in Kansas and the great
cause is a deficiency of spring moisture.
There are rumors afloat that Baker, “Old
Hutch” Davenport and several
other prominent men have
already satisfied themselves that the crop
will prove a bad failure and have invested
heavily on the strength of it. This may or
may not be so, but there is no doubt but
that they stand ready to take hold of it is
found that the wheat fails to appear when
the grass begins to grow. With such pos
sibilites the more conservative men are not
advising short sales
I
CHICAGO’S ELEPHANT.
A Magnificent Building Unsafe—Art and
Drama —Amusements —Generally
Interesting Notes.
Special Correspondence Dally Times.
Chicago, April 2—Chicago’s public
buildings, of whose magnificence its citizens
have been so proud and which it was
thought would be “ hings of beauty and
joys forever,” are in a fairway to tumble
out of sight in a hurry To-day another
one of the great cornices of the new Court
House, which is barely finished, fell, knock
ing off half a dozen projecting ornaments on
i’.s way dnwn and making a wreck at the
sidewalk. This makes about twenty im
mense bl icks of stone, weighing from 500
to 2,000 pounds, which have fallen ofl the
hug- edifice within two months. Each has
bartly missed crushing a number of citizens
out of existence, and now that side of the
street is avoided like a deadline. Indeed,
it is quite amusing to see a man or couple
start leasurely up that way and then sud
denly remembering glance at the building
and dash across the street as if life depended
on it. Architects pronounce the whole of
the imposing pile unsafe and decl ire it will
be but a short time when it will all fall to
pieces. The stone of which the building is
constructed is of very poor kind, and not at
all suited to Chicago’s alternate Jreezing and
thawing. The postoflice, too, is in about
the same condition. It has been condemned
a dozen times as a most dangerous structure
and not more than a glance is nee led at
the great cracks, au inch or more wide,
which traverse its broad sides hither anil
you to believe any statement that may be
against i’. As Mayor Harrison remarked
this morning, the jail is about the only
building that can be relied on.
Mr. Hill, ex-manager of Denman Thomp
son, and pt esent manager of Margaret
Mather, who has recently got possession of
theCilimbia theatre here, is a blunt,
strictly businessman. He if after the dill ir
that is supposed to 1 irk in the coffers at the
box office. When Mr. Hill look hold of the
management of the Columbia, he was taken
through the art galleries and shown all of
the exquisite touches which Me .'onuel.’s
taste, pride and purse has provided. Man
ager Davis showed him the pictuie : que
programme for the Wednesday afternoon
art receptions. Wednesday mattinees and
dilateo eloquently upon the fact that these
receptions, free by invitation, were the
greatest cards for the house that could be
gotten out. Hill listened and saw. He
went down by Lake Michigan and reasoned
like Plato, only more so. He said
“What’s an art reception, nothing.” Then
he ordered the Wednesday matinee put back
and now he has decided to distribute the
“Greek Slave,” and the “Smothering of
Desdemana,” and the “Masque Bill” and
all the other art treasures, which cost a
small fortune, between the two oyster
houses which he ownsand rent the galleries
»hich they have adorned as offices. Maybe
Manag r Hill is right, b l it seems a
I pity i<> see the commeic al baud knocking
out the g>l i ng 1 f this tern, le, '■ hich is now
i without doubt the im-st beaucu.l n America
iif not .u the w<r 1. H>w <ir, Im not sur
prised, I koew wieii I. . in- ■ ll.d it the
G 1 imbia u would have a relsp e.
Jack Have, iy, wh > supi rmtended the
buildiu.! of this theatre—or thought he did
—is here again with his old mins.relsto put
in an eng'igemen'. 1 saw him th; re to-day.
Hi w his eyes did wonder over the house
which once bore his name, and which he
saw go up from the very first dig into the
earth. How he looked into the box which
Mr. Carson gave him for his own, and where
he used to try and sit. I was with him the
night the new house opened. Robson and
Crane in “Twelfth Night” was the attrac
tion. There was a splendid audience pres
ent and the boxes were regal. “Jack” wore
a swallow tail, and a diamond of purest ray
sparkled in his snowy front. He tried to
look pleased. But turning to some of his
friends he said: “I suppose this is all right,
but I would feel a good deal better if I were
up in the gallery there with the boys. This
is too fine for me.” Then he got up and
went out and found Fritz and talked the
matter over with him, and Fritz persuaded
him that his place was in th“ box, and back
he came, but, as he told me himself, feeling
like a boy who had been whipped to school.
Down at Springfield the I'linois House
and Senate have been something over two
months trying to elect a United State Sen
ator and now seem to be no nearer accom
i plishing anything than the day they S’arted.
On a joint ballot the Republicans and
Democrats are about on a tie but the chief
trouble arises from the fact that some two
or three members of both parties have
bolted the caucus nominee and don’t appear
to know what they do want. I was in Sen
ator L gan’s room the night before Sittig
read his long winded apology. In some
way the Senator had learned of Sittig’s
programme and in his sententious fashion
criticised it in the following very few words:
“If a man is right he need make no defense
of his motives. If he is wrong no settlement
he may make will set hint right with his
conscience or the people,” and the vacilla
tion of the bolters of both sides and the
sharp criticisms that are made concerning
them on every hand goes to show that
many a e coming to look at the matter
about as the Senator did,
Horatio.
THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
Gen. Graham Captures Tamai.
London, April 3—Dispatches received
■ from Suakim this morning gives the follow
ing account of the progress of events at the
front. Gen. Graham occupied with his
force all the heights above Tamai last even
ing. During the night the rebels fired on
Ziraba and some of their shots took eflect,
one soldier killed outright and two others
wounded. Early this morning Gen. Gra
ham advanced to Tamai and and at 7
o’clock took possession.
A dispatch from Tamai at 2 o’clock says
Tamai is iu flames. The British loss in oc
cupying peace was one killed and six
wounded.
Speedy cure to all diseases of the kidney
or urinary organs by using Hunt’s Remedy
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1885.
A SUDDEN RALLY.
GENERAL GRANT WONDERFULLY
IMPROVED.
Prospects That He May be Able to Stand
the Surgical Operation.
New York, April 3.-6 a. m,— Gen
Grant has had a prolonged sleep, he took
nourishing food at intervals during the
night and the rest of the time was devoted
to refreshing sleep. His pulse is steady.
He has no pain.
New York, April 3.—11 A. M., —Gen.
Grant’s condition shows a wonderful im
provement and his physicians are now hope
ful that he will be well enough to admit of
a surgical operation, which they have been
contemplating for some time.
At 11:45 a. m. the latest information from
Gen. Grant’s residence is to the effect that
the patient continues to grow strong. Dr.
Newman stated to a reporter of the United
Press this morning that last night was the
best nigbt of the week. The General had
fallen asleep at 10 o’clock and rested undis
turbed until 5 this morning. He awoke
much refreshed and greeted the members
of his family with reassuring and pleasant
words. His pulse was steady and every
thing pointed to a quiet, restful dav. It is
said that the physicians are hopeful that the
patient will rally enough to admit of surgi
cal operation which they have been con
templating for some time.
12:30 p. m. —Senator Chaffee had a short
interview with Gen. Grant this morning,
and reported him to be in a cheerful frame
of mind and walking about his room.
IS SECTIONALISM DEAD?
The Feeling in the South and North.
Macon Telegraph.
In the course of a leading editorial the
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist
holds this language: “We would like to be
lieve somewhat with our Macon contempo
rary that President Cleveland had killed
sectionalism.” If our esteemed contemporary
intends to convey the idea that we believe
sectionalism to be dead, then it is wofully
mistaken. The country was told during the
campaign, very often and authoritatively,
that the election of Mr. Cleveland would
kill sectionalism.
If we are not in error our Augusta con
temporary 'frequently and valiantly swung
that political battli axe. We wete among
the doubters. If sectionalism is dead we
have seen no evidence of the fact. That
Beecher travels throughout the South sell
ing taffy at a very high price fails to con
vince us. Beecher is dead, in the circles
which once flattered and fed him. Neither
have the prospecting tours of Schurz and
St. John in this section convinced us. The
tawdry eloquence daily inflicted upon the
defenseless people who may go to see the
New Orleans exposition is not a satisfactory
certificate of the death of sectionalism.
Even the appointment of Mr. Pearson, a
Republican, to the best paying postoffice iu
the United States, will not pass as a post
mortem.
Sectionalism, so far from being dead, is
not even sick enough to be quiet. The jour
nals of the North are loaded with cowardly,
brutal and false assaults upon Jacob Thomp
son, a dead Southerner, and upon an officer
of the Government who, in pursuance of law,
paid the usual tribute of respect to the mem
ory of one of his successors in the Interior
Department. The fact that this officer, a
Southerner and a Democrat, years ago eulo
gized the dead Sumner, of Massachusetts, the
reviler of the South, has not saved him from
insult and detraction. The South has been
vainly attempting to kill sectionalism, but it
will not die itself or be killed.
It will be kept alive, active and arrogant
by the Northern preachers, who made a war
possible and added horrors to its legitimate
results to the defeated. Side by side with
the attacks upon the dead Jacob Thompson
and the live Lucius Lamar, may be found
the messages of condolence from individuals,
corporations, churches and organizations of
soldiers at the South for the dying Grant
Does this look like sectionalism was either
dead or disabled? We give one incident
that speaks for itself:
“When the Newatk Methodist Episcopal
conference opened this morning, the com
mitiee appointed to draft resolutions of sym
pathy with Genera! Grant reported. The
resolutions make feling references to Gen
eral Grant’s illness, recall the splendid
qualities he shiweu during tie war, and
express the heartfelt sympathy of the con
ference with him in his sufferings, express
admiration for his ca'ra and patient endur
ance in the mi .s’. of the afflictions through
which he is passing, and direct that a copy
of the resoluii ns be forwarded to the illus
trious sufferer and his family.
“In compliance' «i’.h the last clause of
the resolutions il.e Rev. Howard Hender
son, pastor of trimyson Methodist Episcopal
Church, on Jersey City Heights, was ap
pointed br Bishop Walden as a committee of
one to bear the resolutions to the family of
General Grant. The selection was doubt
less due to the fact that the Rev. Mr. Hen
derson is on terms of the closest intimacy
with General Grant’s family. General
Grant’s mother attended his church during
her life, and he led the service over her
bier, and this m tw thstanding the fact that
the Rev. Mr. Henderson is a Kentuckian
and served during the rebellion as a colonel
in the Confederate army. His appointment
brought the Rev. L. K. Dunn to his feet.
He moved that a second man be appointed
to accompany the Rev. Mr. Henderson on
his mission.
“I think,” he exclaimed at th? conclusion
of a lengthy address, “that it would be right
to have one man on the committee who was
on the right side in the great struggle for
liberty.”
The Philadelphia Times, one of the fair
est of Northern journals, has addressed itself
to this subject in this language:
“Secretary Lamar is criticised because
he recognized the death of ex-Secretary
Thompson in the usual perfunctory way of
lowering the flag o f the office at half mast
and giving the employes a half holiday, as
has been done in every like instance since
the foundation of the Government, even in
cluding Vice President Burr,”
“It is only a few months ago that a like
ex-Confederateeoldier and statesman died in
Georgia who had filled the Attorney Gen
eral’s office, and the usual perfunctory signs
of sorrow were exhibited at the office he
bad filled; and one of these days the Post
office Department will go through the same
perfunctory symptoms of sorrow when ex-
Postmaster General Key, an ex-Confederate
soldier and statesman, shall go to join the
great majority.
“Mr. Buchanan’s Secretary of the Interior
left his place with discredit, as have many
others, some of whom have come to enjoy
the fatted calf at the prodigal's feast. The
Senate flag would be at half mast if Mahone
were to die, as the House flag woul 1 have
been at half mast had Chalmers died when
filling a seat into which he had cheated
himself, and the death of Mosby would call
the American flag to half mast on all the
seas that was the cradle of the human race-
The truth is that the American people
began to sponge out the war, and the errors
of its actors, some years ago under Repub
lican Presidents like Grant, Hayes, Garfield
and Arthur, and they have just about
finished the work under Cleveland, much to
the satisfaction of the whole country. They
will give out the usual perfunciory signs of
regret when death comes home to high
station, and the convincing evidence that
the passions of war are entirely sponged out
will, at no distant day, we fear, be given
when in every city and capital of the South
there will be not only perfunctory emblems
of sorrow, but universal sorrow in the hearts
of the people who mourned with Lee at
Appomattox, over General Grant, the con
queror of rebellion, having gone to the City
of the Silent.”
The perfunctory grief of sundry people at I
the South over Garfield failed to kill sec- ■
tionalism, but the Times holds that the i
grief of the South over Grant will finish it. I
Perhaps there may be a sooner and strong-1
er test. As these lines are written General
Grant may be dead, surrounded by the
crowds of a great city. . 1
Down in a little country home, attended
by his wife, a man is dying from the effects I
of a wound received in the honorable de
fense of his country and its flag. He has been j
a soldier, a statesman. He is a Christian. ;
Some miserable political mummery declares j
him not to be a citizen.
He has the res'pect, the admiration and j
the sympathy of the good and great of all j
nations. Around him cluster the I >ve and
aff'Ctions of the people who have shared
his aspirations, his sorrows and his disap
pointments. The judgment of no court
attaches stain to ms name. A life em
blazoned with great enterprises, has no blur
upon its esiutcheon. Jefferson Davis may
go with Grant. At least he must soon fol
low. It will not be forgotten that Jefferson
Davis, as Secretaay of War, saved Grant,
a sub-lieutenant, from lasting di.-grace by
permitting him to resign in the face of a
court martial.
If the North expects the South to weep
for Grant, may not the South expect the
North to dismiss its malignity at the side
of an open grave, and treat Jefferson Davis,
the United States officer, the Uni ?■’ States
Senator, and once the Secretary ul War,
with becoming respect ?
We shall see if sectionalism is dead.
From Washington.
Washington, April 2. —Immediately
after the reading of the Journal Vice Presi
dent Hendricks handed the secretary of the
United Press a bulletin received this morn
ing bearing on the condition of Gen. Grant,
and were read.
Mr. Mornan offered a resolution calling
on the Secretary of the Interior to for copies
of all papers and correspondence filed in his
office since March 4 last relating to the ap
propriation of $300,000 for the Cherokee
nation of Indians and the alleged misappro
priation of a portion thereof. Mr. Ingalls
objected to its present consideration and it
went over under rule.
The Senate then, at 12:10, on motion of
Mr. Sherman, went into executiye session.
Destructive Hurricane in Texas.
Waci, Texas, April 3—At four o ’cl >ck
yesterday afternoon a terrific hurricane
struck Martin, laying part of the town waste.
The buildings destroyed include several
churches, storehouses and dwellings, all
frame structures. Several persons were
injured.
A Heavy Freshetin Niw York
New York, April 3 - Reports from
towns on the Hudson, Mohawk, Delaware,
St’ Lawrence, Susquehannah and Allegheny
show that these rivers are rising and that
considerable damage has been done by
freshet.
Probabilities.
Washington, April 3.—For the South
Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather and
rain; east to southern winds, shifting to
northwesterly; falling barometer followed by
rising barometer generally; colder ■weather.
Chicago Change.
Chicago, April 3.—Opening market
opened nominally, at last night closad dull
and lifel?ss. Wheat 80J. May corn 4lf.
May oats 31$. May pork sll 70. May lard
$6 775. _ _
Anothnr Virginia Appointment.
Washington, D. C, April 3. —John R
Garrison, of Virginia, was to-day appointed
Deputy First Comptroller of the Treasury.
Death of the Mother of Sunset Cox.
Zanesville, O, April 3—The mother of
S. S. Cox, Minister to Turkey, died at mid
night.
Never Open Your Mouth
except to put something to eat into it, is an
excellent motto for the gossip and the suffer
er from catarrh. But while the gossip is
practically incurable, there is no excuse for
anyone’s suffering longer from catarrh. Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy is an unfailing cure
for that offensive disease. It heals the de
ceased membrane, and removes the dull and
depressed sensations which always attend
catarrh. A short trial of this valuable pre
paration will make the sufferer feel like a
new being.
THE RUSSIAN MISSION.
IS GENERAL LAWTON DISQUALI
FIED?
He Think* Not, and Will Endeavor to
Es'ab i-h His Eligibiii y.
The report that President Cleveland had
withdrawn the name of Gen. A. R. Lawton
from the Senate yesterday was heard to-day
with considerable surprise by all.
A reporter of the Times called at his
office this morning and found him busily
engaged in attending to his morning cor
respondence. Inviting the reporter to take
a seat he smilingly remarked tha'
lately he had received a large number
of congratulatory letters and telegrams,
“and you see they still are pouring in,” and
he showed a batch of eighteen or twenty
letters and several telegrams, which lay on
his desk
“I know what your mission is,” said the
General, “and I can only say that the first
intimation I had of the fact was a private
telegram from Washington announcing that
the President had withdrawn my name from
the Senate. Further particulars were
promised by letter,”
“What is the true cause of this, in your
opinion, General?”
“Well, from what I can glean the Repub
licans raised the question of constitutional
ineligibility and the Pre-ideul rather than
precipitate the Senate in'o a warm discus
sion withdrew my name, as I am 1 -d to sip
pose for the present.”
“Well, why should you be singled out
, from among the many others in the same
: position as yourself and have this o’j rcsion
; urged against you?”
! “I don’t know, except that as soon as my
j nomination became public the news
pipers began to bring up my war
record iu a prominent manner, dwell- |
ing with great gusto on the fact
that I had been Quartermaster General
jof the Confederate army had fought and '
| been wounded with Gen. Stonewall Jack j
i son, etc. This had, of course, a tendency to I
, attract more than usual attention to me j
and caused the Republicans to again raise
the cry about too many “Southern briga- I
■ fliers” being appointed to high positions. It |
•is probable that the Repull can Senators :
became obstinate and made up their minds
j to make an example of some one, and that [
some one happened to be myself. '
Hence the question as to whether |
my political disabilities had been removed ,
was raised, and resulted in the withdraw; !
of my name. The constitutional amendment
by which they claim I am disqualified from
holding office was passed in 1868, while I
have a full 'pardon from Andrew Johnson
dated February, 1867, over one year pre
vious to the passege of the constitutional
amendment. As soon as I learned on
Wednesday the cause of my non c-mfirma
tion, I called on a certain legal friend
of mine in the city and asked his j
opinion on the subject, not caring to pass on
my own case. His reply was that undoubt
edly there was no disqualification in the way .
|of my holding the office, and that the par
don received by me a year previous placed
me without the pale of the amendment. I i
telegraphed Merrick, the noted Washing
ton lawyer, so prominently before the pub :
i lie in the celebrated Star Route trials, and
the only one who came out pure, for his j
I opinion on the subject and he telegraphed i
; me that he and Edward J. Phelps, Minister |
jto England, who happened, 1 presume, to !
! be a guest at the house, had studied the ■
case and there was no doubt in their minds 1
that I wrs entirely eligible. This opinion
is backed up by numbers of other promi
nent public officials, whose names I do not
care to give for the reason that they are
confidential.”
“There is no other ground upon which
the refusal to confirm was based?”
“None whatever, as these telegrams will
show. Personally everything is all right.
But I feel particularly anxious that the
question of my eligibility should be made
perfectly clear, since I am due the Presi
dent and Secretary of State, more than any
one else, the honor of my nomination. I
would not have it appear that I had re
mained quiescent and allowed the President
to make a nomination which I was disquali
fied to hold. So far as the position of Min
ister to St. Petersburg is coi.cerned Ido not
prize it so highly, but it is the great honor
I bestowed on me by the Pnsident.”
I “Well, General, if this thing should hold
I good, would it not have a very serious eflect
on many others who are now holding office
I from the South?”
I “It would aflect nearly every man who was
: old enough to aid in the warof the 'rebellion.'
Every one would have to have a special act
passed before he would be legally qualified
for office, and the consequence would be that
several thick books would have to be printed
for the recording of these acts, be
sides it would cause Congress to
sit several months more each year to attend
to this business And the amendment in
cludes State tfficers as well.”
I suppose you intend to do nothing in the
matter further?”
Nothing except establish before President
Cleveland the fact that I am not ineligible
to the office. This done I shall be satisfied.
No I cannot say if my name will be sent
back, but from the tenor of my correspon
dence am ltd to believe it will at the next
meeting of Congress.
♦—
Superior Court.
Court met at 10 a m. this morning
Hon A. Pratt Adams, Judge, presiding, and
the following proceedings were had:
The Insurance Company of North Amer
ica vs. Richardson <& Barnard. Bail and
trover. The above case is still undergoing
trial.
St. Louis Furniture Makers’ Association
et al., comp a nants, and M. M. He.ler <&
Co. et al, defendants- In equity. Order
granted making Paul Dexter & Co. and
others parties complainant’ to the bill.
A man attacked with Bright’s Disease, or
any kidney disease, don't want fine words—
but its conquerer Hunt’s [Kidney and Liver]
Remedy.
“ROUGH ON RATS.”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ar t
oed-bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. <1
Druggists.
$6 00 A YE \R
LIGHTING THE CITY.
The People Want the Electric Light Con
tinned.
C ity Council has now under consideration
and will soon award the contract for lighting
the city for a certain term of years. As it is.
a matter of public interest, a Times reporter"
has taken the trouble to ascertain the views:
of the citizens at large upon the subject. The
general opinion of all seems to be that elec
tricity is the proper thing for lighting
the streets of the city. Gas
is the thing for the residence#,
and stores, it is conceded, but all say
that electricity is fir superior to anything
tor the streets and 1 ine«. It is claimed that
the city is now better lighted than ever be
fore, and that the placing of about 25 more
lights, at proper points, would be
sufficient for all needs. The lanes as well
as the streets are well lighted, and it is al
most impossible for a crime to be committed
it any time of the night which
could not ba seen from one street
to another through any of the
lanes. Many portions of the city are now
well lighted which were heretofore clrthed
in the darkest gloom, and it is safe to say
that the efficiency of the police force is fully
augmented one half by the useof the electric
light. The river front is so well lighted
also that ships might sail up at any hour
of the night without the slightest
danger of coll sion. “Do away
with the electric light,” said one
gentleman, “and then build a fence around
the city, paint it white and put a sign
'Cemetery’ over the gate, and the thing is
done. If you want to kill the enterprise of
Savannah, give up ilectricity. Look at
Charleston. She had elec.ric lights and
gave them up. What is the result ?
All are displeased and want
them back, and will have them
back soon. No, sir, let us keep the electric
light; it is best for that purpose and should
be used.”
Hie reporter did not find a single party
who was notin favor of electricity for lighting
the city at night, and it is probable that
the present system will be continued if the
wishes of the citizens are carried out.
MACON MATTERS.
A G issipy Letter from Our Resident
Correspondent.
Special Correspondence Savannah Times.
Macon, Ga, April 2—Last night between
twel ;e a id three o’clock Lieutenant Wood
ran upon John Stubbs, a young negro ras
cal, in a down town alley, and at once sus—
picioned something wrong going on, as
Stubbs has bsen in limbo several times, so
with this upon his mind the watchful
Lieutenant kept on his way until he
reached the Wall street saloon, when he
heard a noise rather unusual forsuchan hour
of the night. Standing gua d over ibis lo
cality for a short while, lie was soon reward
ed by seeing five negro men <o ne nt of the
enclosure used as a beer garden and ad
joining lhe saloon. They all had their arms
lull of things taken from the backroom-
Lieutenant Wood recognized two of the
men and soon had them, lhe others were
caught this morning early and now rest in
jail for trial before the County Court. Two
negro women were also arrested for receiving
stolen goods. The leaders of the gang are
John Stubbs and Will Stephenson, (the
same who got Engineer Chariton’s over
coat) the others are Bailey Young, Jean
Phillips and Fr*nk Smith.
Early last fall on a dark Saturday night
Alf Truman, a young mechanic, boarded
the Atlanta train to go to the home of a
relative near Mim’s crossing, where his wife
was sick in bed. He had come to Macon
that afternoon to get some medicine for his
wife. The conductor told him he could not
put him off where he wanted to step, but
would take him about two miles further to
the station. This would not suit Truman,
and he jumped off without the conductor’s
knowledge. The next day his remains were
brought to Macon and laid out in the pas
senger depot where, a|,er much trouble and
inquiry, they were recognized and turned
over to his kindred and friends. To-day
the last chapter in this tragic affair was
closed by the wife receiving $2,000 from
the Central railroad for the life of a raan
who killed himself.
Mr. W. O. Cotton, chief operator in the
Western Union Telegraph office here, is the
hero in a very romantic afiair, resulting
from an acquaintance made with a young
lady over the wires between here and
Savannah The lady, Miss Erne B. Jones,,
was an operator at the Savannah end, and
when business was dull and the bosses were
out, these two young hearts did beat and
vibrate over the 200 miles of wire. Soon
Mr. Cotton could stand it no longer, and he
went to Savannah, where he met and talked
with the young lady. They Fked eachi
other better than ever, and Mr. C. returned
to Macon with but cne sweet thought to>
turn over in his mind as the train sped
along. But ala< I tbii state of
affairs soon came to an eud. Mr.
asked for an explanation. None was given-
He went again to Savannah where he was
informed that the young lady was in Jack
sonville, this he did not believe and finally
found her at her home. Matters were ad
justed and next Sunday he goes to Savan
nah for the third time and rumor says he
will not return alone. Harold.
A Handsome and Attractive Place.
One of the neatest establishments to be
seen in the city is the Bailor Green Grocery
of Messrs. T. W. Fleming & Bro, wholesale
and retail butchers, corner Lincoln and Tay
lor streets, Mr. C. A. Fleming, manager.
They keep on hand the very best beef from
the Northern and home markets,the choicest
vegetalles and country produce. It is em
phatically a Parlor Green Grocery, every
thing about it being clean and neat, and it
is constantly thronged with ladies, who pre
fer making their purchases at such an at
tractive place in preference to the crowdrd
market, especially as Messrs. Fleming Bro’s
have such supetiir supplies on hand. See
their advertisement, and if you wish to be
pleased give them a trial.
A fine Howard Watch, 100 penny weight
case, 18 carat at half price, nt Untile Joe’s, 12tt
Broughton street.