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VOL. IL NO. 68.
IT IS UNANIMOUS,
Haj Io Trust to llio People ala
' General Primary Election.
THE CITIZENS’ CLUB TURNS OUT
1,000 STRONG AT THE THEATER.
By a Practically Unanimous Vote It
Accepts the General Primary As a
Solution of Party Complications—
But None of the Managers of the
Last Municipal Election Are to Serve
at the Primary—Eloquent Speeches
By Prominent Members.
Fully 1,000 members of the Citizens’Club
attended the meeting at the theater last night,
and the cartel agreed upon in the tri club
conference was unanimously ratified by the
club.
President Osborne handled the gavel and
Secretary Alexander the quill. After the
minutes of the pievious meeting had been
read and approved, 26 applications were re
ceived and referred to the proper committee,
swelling the roll of the club to 2,137, an an
nouncement which was received with cheers.
The vice president> and members of the
conference committee were invited to seats
upon the stage, after which the chair ex
plained the circumstances under which the
agreement had been reached and the cluses
which led uo to the conference, disclaiming
that the committee had bound or sought to
bind the club, which latter would now be
called upon to consider it. The secretary was
then requested to read the agreement, which
is as follows:
THE AGREEMENT.
“Resolved, That we recommend to the dif
ferent political clubs and organizations be
longing to the Democratic party of Chatham
county and those members of the party not
allied with any club or organization, that a
general primary election be held at the court
house in Chatham county on July 10, under
the law regulating primary elections in this
state, and additional regulations hereinafter
provided, for the election of twenty-live (25)
democrats of Chatham county, who shall
constitute the democratic executive com
mittee for the county for the ensuing two
years from the date of their election, for
delegates to the gubernatorial, senatorial,
and congressional conventions and for mem
bers of the legislature from this county.
“That the same number of ballot boxes and
arrangement be provided at said primary as
are provided at state and county elections,
and each of said ballot boxes shall be presided
over by tour (4) democrats as managers, two
to be chosen by each of the opposing factions
of the democracy, providing that no one
holding office of any kind, either municipal,
state or federal, shall be competent to ['reside
at such primary.
“That only qualified registered white voters
of the county shall be entitled to vote at such
primary.
“ I hat a test ol the voter’s democracy shad
be his support of the nominees of the demo
cratic parly in. the most recent national and
state election,ami the managers shall have the
power to administer an oath as to this test.
“That the 25 candidates receiving the high
est number of votes for the executive com
mittee shall constitute the democratic execu
tive committee for the county as aforesaid,and
this committee shall elect its own chairman;
that the six gubernatorial, senatorial and con
gressional delegates, respectively, receiving
the highest number of votes, shall be de
clared the duly elected candidates; and each
delegate so elected to either of said conven
tions shall have the right to select his own
alternate. That the three candidates for the
legislature receiving the highest number of
votes shall be the regular nominees of the
democratic party of Chatham county.
“That the managers of each box shall duly
and legally certify the result of the vote at
their box to the Hon. Walter G. Charlton,
chairman of the democratic party, not later
than 48 hours after said primary is held, who
shall consolidate the vote of all the boxes and
shal' make a public announcement of the re
sult ol the primary, and when said announce
ment is sp made it shall be binding upon all
members of the democratic party ; provided
that in the event any contest shall be filed
such announcement shall not be made until
after such contest shall have been decided in
accordance with the law; and provided further,
that any notice oi a contest shal! be so filed
within 48 hours after the holding of such
primary election.”
POPE BARROW ADDRESSES THE CLUB.
I lon. Pope Barrow spoke at length urging
the ratification of the agreement. He as
signed a number of reasons why a practical
solution of the present uncertain and unde
termined situation should be had, and ex
pressed confidence that the people would
turn out and settle the matter at a general
primary in such a manner that would unite
the democracy and that the Citizens’ Club
had nothing to fear by a submission of the
vexed question to the primary.
T. D. Rockwell, Esq., was the next speaker,
: nd joined in an approval of the agreement.
A primary was what the club bad first
wanted, and if the club ratified the agree
ment, there would be no doubt of the result
when left to the people at a general primary
election, as there were hundreds of citizens
who were not members of any club who
would be found voting with the Citizens’
Club.
Mr. A. N. Manucy was called out. He
spoke for himself and Mr. Starr as having
favored district primaries at the conference,
but had yielded the point in order to come
to an agreement. He was satisfied to go into
a general primary because he felt satisfied that
the people would be found voting with those
who had given them the Doolan registration
law and the Osborne Australian ballot law to
secure tair registration and honest elections.
The people know that if the legislative candi-
Übe IDwpatcb.
dates of the Citizens’ Club is beaten, that
these laws will be stricken from the statute
books, and therefore there is no danger in
trusting to the people to sustain these meas
ures and men who represent them. He ap
pealed to the club to ratify the agreement for
a general primary
DR. FALHGANT CALLED OUT.
Dr. Louis A. Falligant was the next speaker,
and the only one who expressed dissatisfac
tion with a resubmission of the election of
executive committeemen. He reviewed the
mass meetings in the city districts, and his
description of that in his own (the Third) dis
trict was humorous, caustic and eloquent.
He was liberally cheered, and the truth of his
review of the situation was recognized bv the
enthusiasm with which his remarks were re
ceived, but while the club enjoyed the speech,
it was inclined to give Tammany another test
of its strength, and took no steps to oppose
the agreement.
Maj. John Schwarz was called on and spoke
briefly, and was cheered vociferously. Al
luding to the mass meetings he said: “we
did win and there is no doubt of it.” He
said that at first he was not inclined to con
sent to anything but a district primary, but
he was not afraid to trust to a general primary,
and therefore accepted the agreement, and
counseled its adoption by the Club. “All we
have to do,” said the speaker, “is to roll up our
sleeves and go to work, and once more the
victory will be ours.” His allusion to the
other faction as bolters was roundly cheered.
MR. HERMAN MYERS’ REMARKS.
Mr. Herman Myers, in response to calls,
said it was a source of deep gratification to
him to see such a large organization of citizens
banded together for the purification of the
ballot, and to succeed it had only to nominate
good and capable men for office. He felt it an
honor and a privilege to be a member of the
club, and he assured the club that it would
command the respect and support of good
citizens if it selected men ol ability, integrity
and capability to represent the county in the
legislature. The county had been ably repre
sented in the last legislature, and he believed
the club would return those men as represent
atives in the next legislature except Mr.
Osborne, whom, he said,should be sent to the
Senate.
Referring to the present party complica
tions, he said that he recognized there were
differences, but that every honorable man’s
opinions deserved careful consideration. He
had carefully considered the agreement pre
sented to the club, and he hoped it would
be adopted unanimously. He believed it
was a solution of the differences, and that
by a general primary it would be found
when the public had expressed itself that a
handful of gentlemen could not control elec
tions by the free use of money. The peo
ple will never consent to elect men who
would repeal the good work of the repre
sentatives in the last legislature. All that is
necessary to avert this is for all to pull to
gether and success will be assured, that Hie
good work may be finished. Mr. Myers
concluded by saying that, “in unity tltere is
strength, and we should act as a unit—we
should stand like a rock —as firm as Gib
raltar ,and the victory will be ours.”
Mr. Myers then moved the adoption of the
agreement. A hundred voices seconded the
motion, and it was put and carried with a
shout, only a half dozen negative votes being
cast.
NO MUNICIPAL MANiI’UAI.TORS.
Hon J. J. Doolan moved that no manager
of the last municipal election shall be per
mitted to serve as a judge at the general pri
mary election on July 10. The motion was
received with a perfect whirlwind of applause
and voices “we don’t want any more of that,”
“you are right.” The motion was seconded
in all parts of the theater, and was unani
mously adopted.
Mr. J. S. Collins said he had noticed a few
negative votes on the conference agreement.
He hoped that the motion would again be put
to ratify it unanimously, which was done, and
the agreement was declared unanimously
adopted.
On motion of WAV. Chisholm, the thanks
ot the club were tendered to the members of
the conference committee who have repre
sented the Citizens’ Club, after which the
meeting adjourned.
HAVE YOU SEEN IT?
Frank Leslie's Seines ami Portraits of the Civil
War.
The only officiaPillustrated history of the
late war ever published.
The greatest book of modern times, which
illustrates the principal events of American
history, with an introduction by Maj. Gen.
Joseph B. Carr.
Hundreds of stirring battle scenes, grand
naval engagement, blockade running oper
ations of cruisers and privateers graphically
pictured.
Nothing recalls the past so forcibly as
pictures of the scenes taken at the time and on
the spot.
A picture is impartial; it cannot represent
the success of the victors, without represent
ing the heroism of their opponents; it does
justice to both sides.
Like Memorial day, which the north and
south both keep holy, it strengthens the
bonds of sympathy between all true American
citizens.
Don’t fail to examine this publication before
purchasing any other war history.
Kenilworth Inn.
Manager Rhodes writes from Kenilworth
Inn “that his resort for the summer is now
open and he has again secured one of the best
orchestras in the country.” The music at
Kenilworth is of the highest order, and this
season will be better than ever. Guests are
pouring in from all over the south, even from
northern cities where this resort is popular.
The winner of The Daily Dispatch free trip
is to be entertained for two weeks at the
Kenilworth at the expense of this paper.
Every subscriber participates in the award.
Subscribe to The Daily Dispatch and get
vour coupon, The award takes place July 1,
1894. Every month during the summer The
Daily Dispatch will give a round trip ticket
and two weeks board at some well- known
resort. This gives our subscribers an excellent
opportunity to get a pleasant vacation free.
Livery.
If you want a road horse the only place in
town to get one is at the Pulaski House
stables. More of them than all other stables
combined. Landaus and Kensingtons for hire
by the hour or day. No plugs er cripples.
E. C- Gleason, proprietor, 138 and 140 Bryan,
next to Pulaski house.
WINGED A BURGLAR.
A MIDNIGHT MARAUDER SURPRISED
WHILE EXPLORING A ROOM.
Mr. Hariet of West Savannah Has an
Encounter in the Dark With a Bur
glarious Darkey—The Burglar Es
capes, But Carries Off a Brace of
Bullets That Will Probably Prove
Fatal.
Last night Stephen Elliott, a notorious ne
gro chicken thief, was shot and probably
fatally wounded by Mr. Henry Hariet, who
resides in West Savannah.
For some time past the people who reside
in West Savannah have been complaining of
repeated attempts to rob their houses. The
residents sought relief of the city, but none
was to be had, and they organized a vigilance
committee, which was the only course that
they could have pursued in the matter.
This was several weeks ago. On Sunday
night Mr. Evele, who was doing duty in the
early part of the night, noticed that there
were an unusual number of men in the vicin
ity of the race track. He watched them, and
it was not long before he came to the conclu
sion that they were ti amps. He left them to
go and get aid so that the men could be
caught, brought to town and sent to jail
Wheu he came back with two other gentle
men they were gone. Nothing was seen of
them or any one else until last night.
WAS IN THE KITCHEN.
Last night Mr. Hariet was not on duty. He
went to bed early, but was awakened at
1 o’clock this morning by a noise • which
seemed to come from the kitchen. Making a
hasty toilet, he went downstairs, and when
he opened the door that leads to the kitchen
from the hallway a negro, who afterwards
turned out to be Elliot, tried to force open
the window on the west side of the house.
He failed and then made a rush for the door
in which Mr. Hariet was standing.
He ran against Mr. Hariet, who could not
see well, having been in the light before en
tering the room, and knocked him down.
This aroused the entire household. The negro
ran to the front door and kicked one of the
panels out, makiug a hole large enough
through which to escape. Just as he kicked
the panel, however, Mr. Hariet, who had re
gained his feet, fired two shots at the fleeing
negro. One of the bullets struck him in the
leg.
IS HE SEVERELY WOUNDED ?
It is thought that the other shot took ef
fect, as there was considerable blood on the
stoop when Mr. Hariet and his son went
in search of the negro. The latter was not
to be found, much to the surprise of Mr.
Hariet, who, no doubt, thought he—haff
killed a robber. The negro evidently had
ran across the road and into the bushes op
posite Mr. Hariet’s house. This morning
Ed. Houston, a negro who works for
Mr. Fell, told Mr. Hariet that he met Elliott
al the 7-mile post on the Augusta road in a
wagon, and claimed that he was shot in the
breast.
Mr. Hariet lost nothing at all, as Elliott
had not been in the house long enough to
get off with anything. The entrance to the
house was effected through a window on the
eastern side of the house. Elliott, the ne
gro who Houston claims is so seriously'
shot, is one of the most notorious and des
perate chicken thieves and all around toughs
in the county, and has served a number of
sentences on the chain-gang.
DEATH-DEALING.
Str. Turpin's Gun Could Destroy Purls lu an
Hour—lt Is Irresistible.
Paris, June 19. [By Postal Co.] —Figaro
publishes a communication from M. Francis
Laur on the subject of M. Turpin’s inven
tion: “It was in prison," says M.Laur, “that
Turpin gave me a glimpse of the scheme on
which he is working. He was sufficiently
explicit Between what I am going to de
scribe and the perfected apparatus there is all
the distance which separates a mere study
from a complete plan, but 1 believe that my
account contains all the principal points.
“ ‘1 have,’ said Turpin, ‘applied to the
cannon the principal of the mitrailleuse, with
absolutely automatic loading apparatus. The
gunner is done away with, and liquefied gas
or other explosive is at once my motor and
my ammunition. It is only a question of
machinery, but the trouble is with the sup
plies. To take my weapon into action I want
an immense quantity of ammunition, and that
is why I need a steamer or a train to cairy all
at once.’
“The railway would thus become a sort of
line of defense, and a hostile force might be
inclosed in them as in a polygon of iron. An
army on the inarch would only have to put
in its front one of my weapons, armored, of
course, to be able to advance whither it
liked with impunitv. It is a fan of fire
covering, if need be, a circle twelve kilome
ters in diameter and sweeping away every
thing before it. ”
Turpin’s tube cannon would, says M.
Laur, discharge little shells only a few centi
meters in diameter. He seems to have
started from the idea of the revolver can
nons, fixed on a pivot, which are used in the
navy, but he has found the means of load
ing automatically and keeping up a continu
ous and all-destroying fire. That is why he
requires a steamer or train to carry tons of
ammunition.
By methodically turning the gun every inch
ot a circle 12 kilometers in the diameter can
be covered, and, as each shell contains an
explosive, it would, on touching the ground,
burst and scatter destruction around it. Such
a weapon placed on the 1 pera could destroy
Paris in an h<.ur.
•‘Old Hoss” Sale.
Attention is called to the advertisement of
the “Old Hoss” sale of the Central Railroad
and Banking Company, which appears in
to-dav’s Daily Dispatch. The sale will occur
on Wednesday, July 11, at 11 o’clock a. m,
at the warehouse on New street, near West
Broad, and will be conducted by the genial
and popular auctioneer of the road, Mr.
Daniel O’Donovan. By referring to the list
can be found hundreds of useful articles, all
of which will be sold to the highest bidder.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1894“
FOR POLITICAL HONORS.
(onvcntloDs lu Cession To-Day to Nominate State
Officer# ant! Congressmen.
Little Rock, Ark , June 19.—[By Postal
Co.] —Gov. Fishback has decided to take the
stump in behalf ot his candidacy for the
United States Senate and opens his campaign
to-day. Gov. Fishback recently wrote to
Senator Berry of his intention of taking the
stump, stating that he had heretofore refrained
from doing so on account of Senator Berry’s
enforced absence in Washington, but that
since he had learned of the activity of his fed
era! appointees he felt that he must take the
stuqjp in counties not yet instructed, not to
attack his opponent or to say anything against
him, but to say a word or two on his own
behalf. Only a lew counties will hold sen
atorial primaries betbie the probable release of
Senator Berry from congressional duties
They are Drew, Columbia, June 23; Pope,
July 5, and possibly Clarke and Independence,
July 16. In these counties Gov. Fishback will
make speeches, opening his campaign at Mon
ticello, Drew county, to-day.
KANSAS HAS MANY ASPIRANTS.
Topeka, Kan., June It).—[By Postal Co.]-
Tho republican state central committee met
on June 8 and adjourned until to-day, when
it will organize. Cyrus Leland, Jr., of Troy,
or W. E. Stern of Topeka will be chairman.
Three senatorial booms will be launched to
day. A. W. Smith of McPherson, ex-Senatof
B. W. Perkins and Maj. Calwn Hood of Em
poria will announce that they will be candi
dates before the legislature next January. J. R.
Burton and J. W. Ady have been in the race
for a year or more.
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS MEET.
Sacramento Cal., June 19—[By Postal Co]
I he republicans of California meet in conven
tion to-day to name a state ticket. All its
leading state officers are to be nominated. For
the first time in the history of politics in San
Francisco a delegation has been sent to a
state convention unpledged for particular
gubernatorial candidates. In the delegation
there are friends of Barnes, Estee, Coombs,
Dimond, Chipman and other aspirants.
THE EAST ST. LOUIS DISTRICT.
St. Louis, Juna 19.—[By Postal Co.]—
A call for the republican congressional con
vention of the Twenty-first Illinois district
to meet in the McCasland opera house at
East St. Louis to-day has been issued by the
republican congressional committee.
IN BUNDY’S DISTRICT.
Portsmouth, 0., June 19.—The republi
cans of the Ten h congressional district will
meet here to-day to name a candidate. This
is Congressman Bundy’s district. Hon.
John K. Richards is a prominent candidate.
CALLED TO MEET AT WACO.
Waco, Tex., June 19.—[By Postal Co.]—
J. S. Bradley, chairman of the People’s party
of the Thirteenth congressional district, has
issued a call to the delegates to meet in
Waco to-day for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for congress
THE SECOND VERMONT. ■
White River Junction, Vt., June" 19*
[By Postal Co.] —The republican convention
for the Second congressional district ot Ver
mont will be held here to-day.
Loaned Mail) Millions.
Dubuque, la., June 19.—[By Postal
Co.] —A bill was filed in the United States
court on June 9, in which eastern stock
holders ask that a receiver be appointed for
the American Investment Company of Em
mettsburg, la. Subsequently John Stewart &
Co. of Manchester, Eng , who hold over
$1,000,000 of tile defendant's obligations,
filed a bill in intervention asking for a joint re
ceivership. Judge Shiras issued an order to
defendant to show cause why the receivership
should not be granted. This order is re
turnable to-day. The complainant's bill
charges the, American Investment Com
pany with insolvency and its officers
with mismanagement. A. L. Ormsby of
Emmettsburg is president, and W. L. Tel
ford, Emmettsburg, secretary. The author
ized capital stock is $1,000,000, of which
SBOO,OOO is paid up. The company has loaned
between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000 on farms
in South Dakota, Western Kansas and Ne
braska, Wyoming, Colorado, Washington,
Oregon and Texas. It Ins outstanding about
$3,000,000 of guaranteed loans and $2,001),-
000 of debenture bonds, and of these $5,-
000,000 of mortgages 40 per cent, has been
defaulted, and defendant company is unable
to make its guarantee good.
Summer Hates to Delightful Resorts.
On June 1, the Western and Atlantic
railroad and the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis railway will put on sale cheap round
trip tickets to Marietta, Dalton, Ga., Lookout
Mountain, Estell Springs, Mont Eagle,
Sewanee, Tate Springs, Term., Asheville, N.
C., White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and all
the summer resorts in Michigan, Wisconsin,
Colorado and Virginia. For circulars, maps,
rates and other information call on R. D.
Mann, ticket avent, No. 4 Kimball house, or
C. B. Walker, ticket agent, Union depot.
Write for list of hotels and elegant boarding
houses at Marietta, Acworth, Cartersville or
Dalton. C. E. Harman,
General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga
Pennsylvania Tennis Tournament.
Philadelphia, June 19.—8 y Postal Co. ] -
The Pennsylvania state tennis tournament
will be held on the grounds of the Merion
cricket club at Haverford, beginning to -day.
Nominations In Canada.
Toronto, June 19.—[By Postal Co ] —The
Ontario legislature was dissolved on May 30,
and the writs for a new election have been is
sued. The nominations will take place to-day
and the elections on June 26.
Tickets for I! aria rd Graduates.
Boston, June 19—[By Postal Co.] —The
sale of class-day tickets to graduates of Har
vard will be held in the Parker house to day
and to-morrow.
(ar Aceountants of America.
Old Point Comfort, Va , June 19.—[By
Postal Co.]—lnternational Association of car
accountants meets here to-day. -
Try Suwannee Springs water, infallible
curefor dyspepsia, rheumatism, g. ut, sk'n,
and blood disease.
HILL QUITS THE CLUB.
HE HAS GONE TO HIS HOME AT
QUINCY, ILL.
McCloskey Has Placed Him on the
Suspended List and He Cannot Play
Unless McCloskey Says So—Two
Games to Be Played This Afternoon.
There is something that has stirred the
baseball fans to talking again. Hill,who
has pitched such winning ball since Manager
McCloskey bought his release from Macon,
disappeared very unceremoniously last
night. Hill was given some advance monev
yesterday. Last night Manager McCloskey
learned wi ll much surprise that Hill intended
going back to his home, which is at Quincv,
hl.
He talked to Hill, who at first denied that
he intended going home, but when cornered
admitted that it was true. Manager Mc-
Closkey told Hill that if he jumped the
team he would be suspended, but Hill went
just the same. President Nicklin was wired
by Manager McCloskey that Hill was sus
pended, which, of course, will prohibit him
from playing ball anywhere.
This act is a complete surprise to the many
friends Hill had made since his connection
witli the Savannah team. This leaves Savan
nah with but Iwo pitchers, Ramsey and Pep
pers, as Duke has been released.
There will be two games Hi's afternoon.
Ramsey will pilch the first game and Peppers
tile last one. Frank Graves says he is going
to win both games, but McCloskey says nut ;
that with Welch back on first he can win.
Drummers of America.
Milwaukee, June 19.—[By Postal Co.]—
John A. Lee, national president of the Travel
lers’ Protective Association,and the local com
mittees have been for weeks busily engaged
in making preparations tor the national con
vention of the order, which meets at Milwau
kee to-day. The delegations from the di
visions of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Ken
tucky,Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi met
in St. Louis and proceeded together by special
train to Milwaukee yesterday. The Missouri
delegation have as guests Gov. Stone and i
other state officials. President Lee expects
the Milwaukee convention to be the greatest
in the history of the order. The association is )
composed entirely of commercial travellers ,
and is valuable to members of the order be
cause of the benefits and accident insurance ,
attached to it. In case of death the associa- ,
tion pays $4,000, and to members injured in ,
an accident the association pays $25 per week. ,
National Secretary Le Baume says that al- (
most every state in the union will be repre- (
suited. At a banquet to be given on the
closing day of the convention Gov. Peck is to
spent, arid a number of thc most prominent
Wisconsin and Chicago business men as well, i
Indianapolis will probably be chosen for (
the next national convention.
For Tennessee’s Centennial.
Nashville, Tenn , June 19.—[By Postal
Co.]—The committee on the Tennessee
centennial celebration has called a state con
vention for to-day, to put the ball in mo
tion. The committee has been in corre
spondence with the mayors and other offi
cers of every city and town in Tennessee,
and with the county officers, as to the pro
position to celebrate the centennial of Ten
nessee’s admission into the union. The re
sponses have been so uniformally favorable
that the convention has been called. The
celebration will be an exposition embracing
all the product of the state in every line of
industry and relics and reminders of past
history.
The Junior Order of Mechanics.
Asheville, N. C., June 19.—[By Postal Co.]
—The annual meeting of the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics convenes
here to-day. The officers are: National
councillor, II A. Kibbe, New Brunswick, N.
J; national vice councillor, D. G. Richter,
Canton, O.; national treasurer, J. A. Sohl,
Baltimore, Md; national conductor,-A. J.
Solomon, Allegheny City; national warden,
Henry W. Cole, Detroit; national inside
sentinel, Dr. J. O. Cooper, Fort Worth, Tex.;
national outside sentinel, M J. Farr, Phila
delphia.
Much Talk, Little Work.
Washington, June 19.—[Special.]—The
limited number of bills introduced and laws
enacted by the present congress is almost
without precedent. Up to to-day 85 public
measures have been enacted into law, and the
private laws are limited to the unprecedented
number ot 18. The falling off of bills, re
ports, etc., has been so great that it has been
one of the main causes for recent wholesale
reduction of force in the government printing
office.
UcKunc's Friends to tho Rescue.
Albany, June 19.—[By Postal Co.]—At
torney General Hancock has received an ap
plication asking that he bring an action in
the supreme court to have the law annexing
the once notorious Gravesend to Brooklyn
declared unconstitutional and set aside. The
attorney general has decided to give a hear
ing on the matte.’ to-day.
To-day’s College Uoniinenccmenls.
New York, June 19.—[By Postal Co.]
Battle Creek, Battle Creek, Mich.; George
town College, Washington, D. C.; North
western University, Evanston, III.; Smith,
Northampton, Mass.; University of Notie
Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.; Wellesley, Welles
ley, Mass.
lowa's G. A. 11.
Council Bluffs, la., June 19.—[By Postal
Co.] —The state department, G. A. R., opens
its annual encampment here to-day, with Phi
Schaller, department commander, presiding.
The Woman’s Relief Corps of lowa also meets
to-day.
Hosing Day nt Morris I'arß.
New York, June 19.—[By Postal Co.] —
Morris Park closes its spring meet to-day,and
on Thursday the Coney Island Club opens for
its summer season.
EVANS TO RETIRE.
lie Is In Atlanta To-Day Arranging for a Formal
Withdrawal from the Field.
Atlanta, Ga., June 19.—[Special.]—Gen.
Evans is here consulting with his friends as
to his formal withdrawal from the guberna
‘ torial race. Gen. Evans' retirement is now
believed to be only a question of a few days
at most.
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CITY LACONICS.
Communication was cut off this morning
between here and Tyhee on account of the
wires being in trouble.
EAdler’s great sale of boys’ clothing is at
tracting crowds. His children’s suits at 98
cents and upwards are the best bargains ever
offered here.
The tug Bristoe arrived this morning from
Beaufort towing the schooner John H. Tirigue
from Port Royal. She will load lumber for
Cooney. Eckstein & Co , for New York.
J. F. Minis 8c Co. cleared to-day the Aus
trian bark Triton, for London, with 3,507
barrels of rosin, weighing 1,685,640 pounds,
valued at $18,600; cargo by the S. P. Shotter
Co.
The Germania Fire Insurance company
has informed its agents, Messrs. Kolshorn
& Manucy. that it has no objection to poli
cies where building is on leased ground,
provided it is stated in the policy.
A fresh shipment of the famous Harris
Lithia water, so popular in Savannah, has just
been received at the headquarters in the
Guards’ armory, Bull street, and Estate of S.
W. Branch. Orders by telephone promptly
filled. Telephone No.
The largest sword fish ever captured ou
Tybee Island, measuring 11 feet 6 inches long,
aswoid3feet long, weighing 501) pounds,
was caught by fishermen of the Naylor house
yesterday. The fish will be on exhibition
for the balance of the week, free of charge.
This morning Robert Fletcher (colored)
was arrested by Officers Cronin and Floyd
for cursing and threatening io kill his wife.
Robert says that he is the second Abe
Smalls, that the negroes of Georgia do
not know how to treat policemen and
white people down here; that he is a North
Carolina desperado and he would make the
people watch out for him. It is safe to sav
that if Robert starts such tactics here he will
not get away as easy as his friend Abe Smalls
did.
The Savannah Carriage and Wagon Com
pany, whose popularity is coextensive with
the south, has just received a 14-passenger
main buck board, which has been sold to :
Messrs. T. F. Gleason & Co. A Dispatch 1
man was invited to take a ride in the new
vehicle behind three beautiful gray horses, I
which sped through the street with a proud i
step. This is the largest vehicle of the kind I
ever brought to Savannah, and, in fact, the '•
only one this side of the mountains. i
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Quick schedule via Savannah, Florida and
Wcsfcrn ntid l*oxi TonnoxaiCC, and
Georgia to Macon, Atlanta and Chattanooga, j
In tnclo Sam’s I’lntches. j
l ire United States suag boat Satilla, lying ‘
on the north side of the river opposite the gas 1
house, was broken into a night or two ago '
and all the tools belonging to the boat were
stolen. |
William Griss and another employe at Fort I
Pulaski came up to the city yesterday and i
were soon on the track of the thieves.
They arrested two negroes and lodged i
them at the barracks last night.
This morning they were taken out i
on a warrant. They will be held for trial i
before Judge Speer in the United States cir
cuit court. The rope ladder used by the
theives is at the police barracks.
No Money to Pay the Militia.
Martinsburg, W. Va., June IS).—[By Pos
tal Co.]—The cost of the state’s keeping
troops in the field by the miners’ strikes
aggregates SIO,OOO, and there being no funds
with which to pay, and the regular appro
priation not applying, Gov, McCorkle gave
his personal note for $2,500 to pay the
troops at Eagle Station. He will have to do
the same for the Benwood troops or they
must wait until the next meeting of the
legislature.
To Be Elevated to (he Peerage.
LONDON, June 19.—[By Postal Co.] —It is
announced that Sir William Vernon Harcourt
is to be elevated to the House of Lords at
the close of the session. The liberal lead
ership in the House of Commons will lie
between Bannermann, Asquith and Morley.
The Deadly Kerosene Stove.
Philadelphia, June 19.—[By Postal Co.]—
An oil stove exploded this morning so se
verely burning Mrs. Barnes that she will die.
Charles Kemp, William Kemp and Samuel
Barnes, who rushed to the assistance of the
unfortunate woman, were badly burned.
Thoroughbreds Killed in a Collision.
Chicago, June 19.—[By Postal Co] —Five
glooms and jockeys were severely injured and
nine valuable race horses were killed in a
wreck last night on the Chicago and Great
Western road in Stillman Valley. Tne horses
belonged to a Mr. Rawley.
The Plymouth Still on the Hocks.
New York, June 19.—[By Postal Co.J —The
steamer Plymouth is still on the rocks with a
bad hole in her bottom, but it is believed that
she is not seriously injured. It is expected to
get her off this afternoon.
Civil Engineers Convene,
Niagara Falls, N. Y.,June 19.—[By Pos
tal Co.] —The American Society of Civil
Engineers meets in annual gathering here
from to-day to June 26.
Aborigine Wins the Ascot Stakes.
London, June 19.—[By Postal Co.]—The
Ascot stakes were won by A. Faylor’s Abori
gine, Jardine’s Red Ensign second.
To the Mountains of North Carolina.
Take the Florida Central and Peninsular
train No. 38 at 11:45 a. tn., and reach any of
the resorts same day.
PRICE 3 CENTS
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How the Little Fellow Lost His Leg-
A Base Ball Responsible for the
Accident—R. Henry Cole’s Suit for
a Discharge Without Cause to Be
Thrown Out of Court on AticJfintoi'*'
the Uncon<«tltibnality of the Law.
The suit of J. J. Waller, by his father,
George Waller, against the Savannah, Floridt
and Western Railway Company for $20,000
for the loss of a leg, came up in the city
court this morning. Much interest has been
manifested in this case, which has been tried
twice before. The first trial of the case was
a verdict for the railroad company but the
supreme court granted the plaintiff a new
trial.
The second trial of the case several months
ago resulted in a verdict of SIO,OOO for the
plaintiff, who is only 12 years ofage. Erwin,
dußignon & Chisholm repiesented the rail
road through Mr. W. W. Chisholm, the
junior member of the firm, who moved for a
new trial, and ludge MacDonell granted it
THE THIRD TRIAL.
This, the third trial of this case, was taken
up this morning. Mr. W. W. Gordon, |r ,
represents the plaintiff. A number of wit
nesses were examined, but the case was
brought to an abrupt end. The manner in
which young Waller lost his leg was a peculiar
one. He carried his father’s dinner to the
railroad shop,after which he sat down to rest.
Some of the young boys and men were
playing ball and one of them muffed, the
sphere going under the cars on a side-track.
One of the men told young Waller to go
under the car and get the ball. After Wal
ler had got the ball and started from under
the car the engine, which nobody seemed to
know was coupled to the cars, moved off
and the boy was caught and so badly
mangled that it became necessaiy to ampu
tate the leg at the knee.
SPRUNG A SURPRISE.
Everything moved along smoothly this
morning. Alter a tranroei “r ■*!<,«« ...
been examined, Mr. Chisholm moved a non
suit. This was a complete surprise to the
other side and caused quite a sensation in the
court room. Judge MacDonell discharged
the jury until to-morrow morning at 10
o’clock, at which time he will render his de
cision.
Mr. Chisholm moved the non-suit on the
ground that the railroad company was not
liable to damages because one of its em
ployes told Waller to go under the car.
He read decision after decision to sustain his
position.
•‘The railroad company,” said Mr. Chish
olm. “have no way to get the testimony in
this case. They have to take that of the
plaintiff’s witnesses—the men who were
playing ball and the boy Waller. But in
view of the fact that signs are dis
played throughout the railroad yard,
cautioning people to keep off
the track, it would seem that the
road should not be responsible for any in
jury young Waller may have sustained as a
result of his indiscretion, and counsel will
fight the issue on this line.”
Mr. Chisholm had not concluded his argu
ment up to 2:30 o’clock.
COLE’S FATE SETTLED.
The decision handed down by the supreme
court yesterday to the effect that a railroad
corporation shall not be compelled to give
reasons to any men whom it desires to dis
charge, has been the tatk of the lawyers and
officials of the court house all day. In this
connection Mr. R. Henry Cole, who was dis
missed by the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway without cause, so he says, will have
a shadow cast over his dreams, as Mr. W. W.
Chisholm will move in a day or two to throw
the case out of court.
Cole, it will be remembered, made quite a
reputation in the city court—for having his
declarations thrown out for want of proper
preparation. He was indefatigable, however,
and persisted that the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway should pay him $5,000,
There was no use in talking against him ; he
was going to win and did make many an ef
fort to do so. He finally agreed to let the su
preme court decide the case, and now that
the case is against him, his $5,000 will go
glimmering.
TYBEE FREIGHTS.
Mr. Ryan Replies to Supt. Sa ussy’s Card to Yes
terday's Press.
J. T. Ryan called at The Daily Dispatch
office to-day to reply to Supt. Saussy’s card in
yesterday’s Press. Mr. Ryan says he does not
like to be put in the attitude of a kicker
against the Savannah and Atlantic railroad, but
at the same time he wants justice.
In regard to the freight charge on
a sewing machine Mr. Ryan said
he was notified that if the machine went un
boxed he would have to pay $1.50; if boxed,
50 cents. He had to purchase lumber and
box the machine himself.
“Here are some figures, however,” said
Mr. Ryan, ‘‘that I hardly think will be dis
puted by Supt, Saussy. Ice, per 100 pounds,
20 cents, last year 10 cents, keg beer 30
cents, last year 20 cents, cask bottled beer,
75 cents, last year 50 cents, one joint stove
pipe 25 cents.”
Grover Coma Buck to the White House.
Washington, June 19—[By Postal Co ] —
After a pleasant trip to Old Point Comfort,
President Cleveland returned at 6:30 this
morning. He is much improved by the short,
trip to the salts.