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A BIG DAY ON THE GIBBET
TWO HANGINGS IN GEORGIA AND
SEVERAL ELSEWHERE.
Blackman Swung: Off at Ellavllle for
the Murder of S. .1. Tondee, Who
Once Lived in favannah-Ed Fry
Pays the Penalty for Killing H'.s
Wife.
Ellaville, Ga, Jan. 25 —Sheriff Alien
arrived here wita Charles Blackman on a
special train at 8 o'clock this morning and
carried him to the jail. Blackman on his
arrival said: “I have got no conf-ssi n to
make. I did not kill Mr. Tondee and I
don't know anything about it I cant com
pose my mind to write and I can t eat any
breakfast. I will be 24 years old in March.
I was bora in Macon county.”
Rev. Flanders iwhite offered praver In
the jail for theco' demr.ed man. Blackman
•aid “I have peace with my God. I
feel perfectly willing to meet God. I did
not sleep last night. I could not sleep.”
heading the death warrant.
At 12 o’clock this noon in the jail the
death warrant was read to the condemned
man bv Sheriff Allen.
The order of Gov. Gordon wa then read,
that the execution *h .u!d take place on .fan.
25. and also the telegram from the Gov
ernor saying that he should ref us- to in
terfere with the execution of the death sent
ence.
TO THE GALLOWS.
Blackman seated on his coffin was driven
to the gallows. On arriving there Black
man ascended the ste-.s assisted by the
•heriff. Rev. Charles Spivey (colored) on
the gallows sang “And am I born to die
and lay this body down, 1 ' Blackman joining
in the "singing.
HIS LAST SPEECH.
Blackman spoke as follows on the gal
lows 4 *
Fellow Citizens— This is the last time you
will hear my voice iu this lowgroimd of sor
row. I die to-day an innocentjinan. 1 will soon
make my peace with mv God. Persecutions are
ever within this world My law vers have done
all they could in my behalf. By the will of Uod
I am willing to go.
After prayer by Rev. Spivey the black
cap was pulled over the head of the con
demned man, and the rope adjusted by the
•heriff. Blackman said: “It will smother
me.”
The sheriff said: “You have one minute.”
Blackman then aid: "Farewell to this
world. ”
The trigger was pulled at 1 o’clock, and
Blackman's soul was launched into eternity.
In nineteen and one-half minutes life was
pronounced extinct by Drs. Chaney and
Smith.
The body was cut down and placed in a
pine coffin.
STORY OF THE CRIME.
The following is a history of the crime:
On Sept. 5, 1885, 8. J. Tondee, a young man
about 22 years old, and a son of Charlie
Tondee, Sr., one of the oldest and most re
spected citizens of Scliley county, was shot
in the back while he was standing at a desk
making an entry of the day’s sales in the
store of J T. Carter, for whom he (Tondee)
was clerking. There were several parties in
the store at the time. 8. J. Tondee had his
back toward a back door. Blackman slipped
up near the door in the dark and fired
Three buckshot struck Tondee, and ranged
near his heart. Tondee cried out, “Oh
Lordy! Ob Lordy! I am a dead man,” and
ran to the front door and fell into the street
and expired in a few minutes. Suspicion
pointed to Charles Blackman. He
was arrested and an inquest held
over the body of Tondee, and the
verdict of the coroner’s jury was against
Blackman. On Oct. 5, 1885, Blackman was
places! on trial He was convicted of mur
der without being recommended to mercy
of the court. The case was carried to the
supreme court, and Blackman was granted
anew trial on the ground that counsel
should be allowed time t.op:epare their case.
Blackman was agaiu put on trial i:i Sep
tember. 1886, and was again convicted
without being rocomended to murov of the
court after three days’ trial. Blackman
moved for a continuance of t he case on t his
trial on the grounds of absent wit esses by
whom he swore he could prove an alibi. The
court had the witnesses brought into court,
and Blackman refused to use them, and the
prosecutor commented on this fact, which
comments were objected to by defendant’s
counsel. The court overruled the objec
tion. the case was agaiu carried to the su
preme court and anew trial grante i on the
ground that the court erred in allowing
counsel to comment on the action of the pris
oner. Blackman was again put on trial in
July, 1887, and was again convicted without
being recommended to the mercy of the
court, and the supreme court affirmed the
verdict of the jury and Blackman was to
have been hanged last October, but the
governor respited him sixty days and then
respited him again. Blaekrna i was co i
victed on circumstantial evidence. The
motive for the killing was jealousy.
8. J. Tondee was justice of the jeaco and
held court on the day he was killed at
night. Tondee was a favorite with every
body He was kind and obliging and made
friends. His father, Charlie Tondee, died
last September in the 84th year of his age.
His only wish was that he might live to see
Blackman hanged. He was the father of
twenty-two ohildren. He once lived In Sa
vannah and kept a hotel, which fact is
mentioned in "White's History of Georgia.”
FRY’B FATAL FALL.
The Noose Artistically Broke His
Neck and Death Was Easy.
Marietta, Ga., Jan. 25. —Notwithstand-
ing that it has been raining for the past
two days, the people began to gather in the
city early this morning and congregate
about the court house and jail to got a look
at Ed Fry, the wife murderer, who was
sentenced to be hanged here. About 11
o’clock Fry, accompanied by Sheriff Mc-
Lain and W. P Stephens, came from the
jail and took a seat in an open hack and
•tarted to the place of execution, which had
been prepared about a mile and a half
northeast of the court bouse.
SMOKING A CIGAR.
On the way Pry smoked a cigar and
talked and laughed with the sheriff. At
the gallows between 3,000 and 4,000 people
were gathered to witness the execution.
The colored ministers sang and prayed for
the doomed man, who began to show signs
of weakening when placed 01 the trap.
When naked if he wished to uiuko any state
ment he began to totter, and said he kn -w
nothing about the murder of Howard, the
night watchman. He only knew about his
wife. He admitted that he killed
her. The drop fell at Iti ;04 o’clock, and
in ten minutes the body was cut down. The
neck was broken, and death ensued without
much struggling. The prisoner was siid to
have confessed to the murder of Watchman
Charlie Howard three years ago, and the
reason alleged for killing his wife was that
she had knowledge of Ms other crime, and
threatened to betray him.
His CRIME.
The murder for which Frye is sentenced
was one of peculiar atrocity, 'ihe uegr ■
and his wife, Patty
quarreling, it seems, for several days. K 1
was a worthless fellow who was continual I v
drunk, and while under the influence of the
bottle used to play cards and quarr -l w,th
bis wife. Patsy is said, by the Marietta
people who bad hired her, to have been a
quiet, inoffensive, industrious, honest
woman.
One Sunday morning Ed had his last
quarrel with his wife. She arose in no
very good humor with him, on account of
his drinking and abuse of her. Bhn pre
pared breakfast, E<l said, in his statement
at the trial, for herself only. At an v rate,
Ed said he got mad, and asked if she was
not going to cook something (or him. She
said that be didn’t deserve any breakfast.
At this retort Ed said he became “madder
than he aver was in his life,’' and opening
his knife he rushed up behind her and
s abbed her three t ines, on ti e leftside and
on the back of the neck, and once in the
back.
Ed's testimony was the only account of
the Killing.
The stabbing occurred about 8 o clock in
1 the moruiug. A few minutes after that
hour a pnysician was called in and found
Patsy almost dead. The wound in the left
side of her throat had been fatil.
•be crime was committed in the city of
Marietta, and Ed Willi uns was soon cap
tured. At the trial the evidence—even Ills
ovn statement —wa- again-t him, and he
was sentenced to be hanged. On appeal,
the so: reme court affirmed the death
sentence.
ONE GUILTY MAN AT LAST.
A Virginia Negro Admits that His
Hanging Was Justifiable.
Danville, Va., Jan. 25.—At Yancey
ville. N. C., to-day, John Yancey (colored)
was hanged for the murder, during last
April, of Bob Oliver, also colored. The
execution was public aud fully 2,000 persons
witnessed it- Yancey’s neck was broke i,
and he died without a s'ruggle. The mur
der of Oliver was a most brutal one, and
Vaneev made a full confession, saying that
his punishment was just.
CALM AND COLLECTED.
Nineteen Minutes After the Drop Fell
He was a Corpse.
Montgomery, Ala., Jau. 25. —At Eu
taw, Ala., a negro named James Sean 03
was baugoi to-day for the murder of
Deputy Sheriff Autrey of Tuscaloosa, about
six months ago. He was calm and £pl
leoted, nu 1 died in nineteen minutes after
the drop fell.
AN INDIAN STRUNG UP.
He Swears that He Is Innocent Just
Before Dying.
Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 25.— Richard
Smith, a Choctaw Indian, was banged at
12:40 o’clock to-day for the assassination of
Thomas Bringle in Indian Territory, March
28, 1888. After a short prayer, and taking
the crciflx in his hands and kissing it, he
said: “I swear that lam innocent of the
crime for which I suffer. Good-bv.”
Ita Fir3t Hanging In 30 Years.
Cameron, Texas, Jan. 25. —Charlos
McGill was hanged here to-day for the mur
der of Willie Leonard. It was the first
legal hanging in Milan county iu 30 years.
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY.
The Georgia Department of the G. A.
R. Organized.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 25.—The Georgia
department of the G. A. R. was organized
h -re to-day by the six posts in this state.
Toe following officers were elee’ed :
Department Commander —G. F. J. Lewis
of Atlanta
Senior Vice Department Commander—
A. E. Sho’.es of Augusta.
Junior Vi e Department Commander
David Porter of Savannah.
Assistant Adjutant General—C. M. D.
Browne of Atlanta.
Assistant Quartermaster General—James
F. Farrell of Atlanta.
Consul of Administration —S. C. Morlev
of Atlanta, J. T. Denning of Augusta, T.
F. Gleason of Savannah, George X. Graham
of Tallapoosa, and S. A. Darnell of Jasper.
The department meeting was held in the
confederate veterans’ hall, which was
tendered them by the ex-confederates, the
Mitchell ha l bring otherwise occupied. A
full length portrait of Robert E. Lee looked
calmly down on the proceedings. The camp
fires were lighted to-nig .i, and a number of
confederates were among the guests, and a
number of fraternal speeches were made.
All participated in a banquet prepared by
the ladies.
A MOCK MARRIAGE.
A mock marriage was reported at police
headquarters to-day, the sad story being
told the chief by the young lady who lias
been descried by the alleged husband. She
gave her name as Miss Willie McCoy of
Jackson county. She was engaged to J. F.
Drake, a young man pretending to be a
railroader. Her parents objected to him
and he persuaded her to elope and get mar
ried here. They came here several weeks
ago and wnt through a form which she is
now satisfied was not legal. He left her
several days ago and the landlord took her
baggage and clothes to sa; isfv a board bill.
A possessory warrant was sworn out for
tiieir recovery this afternoon.
KILLED BY A TRAIN
The Danger of Jumping from Moving
Cars Horribly Illustrated.
Valdosta, Ga., Jan. 25. —Johnnie Moore,
aged 15 years, son of E. L. Moore, a promi
nent merchant here, was killed by the east
bound Albany express train of the Savan
nah, Florida and Western railway at 10
o’clock last night. He had gotten aboard
the train while it was not in motion at the
station and intended to ride until it stopped
at the water tank, some distance from the
station. The train was in very rapid mo
tion when the tank was reached an l did not
stop. The young man then attempted to
get off safely by swinging to the ground,
but as his feet struck the damp, slippery
embankment, he was hurled under the mov
ing wheels and one leg was severed com
pletriy from the body. Ho also received
other bruises on different parts of the body.
NOT KNOWN ON THE TRAIN.
None of the train cre.v knew of the acci
dent n and the train was not stopped. The
cries of the unfortunate boy brought assist
ance from neighboring houses and ne was
carried to hi, father’s home iu a dying con
dition. He lived until 5 o’clock this morn
ing, when his ag nios were ended by death.
Drs. Burton, Saxon and Tallo;. were in at
tendance and rendered all the medical assist
ance possible. Tlie dead boy was bright,
intelligent and well thought of by his asso
ciates and by all who knew hlin. The blow
is a severe one to Ins mother, lather and
sister and they are almost crazed with grief.
BRUNSWICK BRIEFS.
Mr. Wright's Dangerous Illness —A
Ball at the Hotel.
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. ‘JS. —A feeling of
sadness has been spread over the entire city
since the receipt this morning of a telegram
from Navai.nah, announcing the critical
illness of J. B. Wright, a prominent mer
chant of this place. Mr. Wright was acci
dentally shot in the arm while on the
steaan r Egmout a few days ago, and went
to Sa\annuh to receive treatment from l)r.
Elliott, the family physician and an old
time friend. Mr. Wright’s many friends
hero await anxiously fur further nows from
him.
F. Conkling, Jr., a nephew of the late
Roscoe Conkling, is in the city.
A ball was giveii to-night at the Ogle
thorpe hotel by the Oerinau Club.
Marriages at Eatonton.
Eatontov, Cl a. , Jan. “s. —Wednesday
George W. Nelson and Miss Nallio Bog '
man wire married. The bride is me of
Putnam’s swe>t daughters. Mr. Nelson is
the senior partner of the tirui of Geonge W.
Ne sou & lire.
On Thursday night Prof. W. C. Wright
ai.d Miss Nora Reid were married. The
bride is a lovely Eatonton lady. Prof, i
Wright formerly lived in Eatonton. The
happy couple wifi reside In Jackson, Ga.
Shot and Killed.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 25. —A special from
A km tothe Hegiater says: “A difficulty c
curred th.s morning between Nathan Bod
die and ‘Doc’ Gunter, during which the
latter was shot and killed. An old feud
had existed between them for several"
years.”
TIIF, MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1889.
ALL ABOUT AUGUSTA.
A Gang of Burglars—Railroad Men in
the City.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 25. —There is much
concern in Augusta over the frequent at
tempts at burglaries. Each time the point
of attack has been safes. The presence in
the city of a lot of strange men has put the
police on the alert. Lost night the notice
were called to the grocery house of Loflin
& Mercer, where burglars attracted atten
tion by a noise. No arrests were made.
A meeting of the Georgia railroad direc
tors was held to-day. Gen. Alexander was
present. Only routine business was trans
acted.
The Augusta and Chattanooga railroad
matters were generally discussed on the
stree’s to-day through the presence here of
W. H. Hart, W. O. Peeples aud W. E.
Basket, prominent business men of Chatta
nooga, who were all day in conference with
the officers of the road. They all were
reticent when approached and questioned,
but the general impression is that some ar
rangement has been made by which the
outlook of tue road is greatly promoted.
FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS.
The Destruction of Infected Property
Completed.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 25.—Mr.
Paige, wlio was in charge of the furnace at
the mills whore all the infected bedding,
etc., has been burned, closed up to-night.
He estimates that fully $85,000 worth of
stuff has been destroyed.
About 100 of the .-Usurious destined for
the Lake City tobacco fields arrived on the
Clyde steamer Seminole this afternoon.
They will remain here over night, nnd go
on in the morning. They are a poor lot,
but most all are well built, and seera good
material for immigrants.
B. A. Strange, treasurer of the Buena
Vista and Americus railroad, arrived in the
city yesterday.
MUST JUDAISM GO ?
To-night Rabbi Kahn of the temple Ata
vath-Cnes and, delivered “Aphorisms of the
Mosaic Code,” a prologue to a discourse soon
to follow on “Baron Hirsch; or, Must Juda
ism Go?”
Another afternoon daffy (republican) is
talked of. The Chronicle of Messrs. Bar
tholomew & Smith will branch out into a
daily edition.
The furniture and fixtures of the Bay
State house have been seized and will hie
sold at sheriff’s sale on the first Monday iu
February.
DUVAL OFFICERS APPOINTED.
News was received late this evening of
the appointment by the governor of the fol
lowing Duval county officers: W. C. West,
clerk of the criminal court of record; Ex-
Governor Noble A. Hull,clerk of thecircuit
court; Daniel P. Smith, tax collector; E. R.
Vanßureu, tax assessor; William Ledwith,
school superintendent. The last two are
republicans who were elected, but whose
bonds were rejected and it is said
to-night that they will refuse to
accept the appointment, claiming to
be elected to these offices. Mr.
West was formerly a reporter on the News-
Herald, and is now assistant city recorder.
He is a first-class man, and probably the
only one on whom n fight will not be made.
It is expected that the bonds of these
officials will he scrutinized closely by the
public, especially by the republicans.
CEDAR KEYS OHIP3.
Tourists From the North Enjoying the
Fishing.
Cedar Keys,Fla., Jan. 25. —The Florida
annual conference of t ie African Methodist
Episcopal church is in session at this place
with forty-four clerical delegates. Bishop
Newman presides.
Visitors and tourists are increasing daily.
Several are members of the Staten Island
and other clubs, aud find fish abundant and
gauiey.
The yacht Myra sailed yesterday with a
party of New Yorkers bound down the
coast on a pleasant trip Others follow to
day on the Asa Lowe.
The schooner Hattie H. Barbour sailed
yesterday for Pouco, Porio Rico, with lum
ber
Tobacco men are investigating the west
ern part of this county, and so far are
pleased with the prospect for securing
tobacco lauds.
COMBINE OF THE FURNACES.
The Originator of the New Scheme
Makes an Explanation.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. ‘25. —Concerning
the combination of furnace own
ers, the Iron Trade Review to-day pub
lishes the following telegram from G. 11.
Hall, dated New York, who is the origina
tor of tho scheme: "The American Pig
Iron Storage Warrant Company is organ
ized under the general manufacturing laws,
with a capital of #1,500.000, and possesses
none of the ft attires of a trust or pool. It
is organized to (level p and secure improved
methods and economies in the production,
st rage, transportation, distribution, hand
ling and salq of pig iron.
not sectional
“Its operations are not confined to any one
section of the country. It is similar in its
plan and features to the storage warrant
system of Great Britain, which has been in
successful operation there for many years.
This company went into operation in No
vember la.-t and has already formed a con
nection with many of the largest furnaces
in the United States. A movement some
what similar, but by no means equal to it
in scope and detail, was started by Mr.
Hall in August, 1884.
WHAT IT CONTEMPLATED.
“It contemplated a general agreement
among the furnaces to restrict their output
until prices were restored to their normal
level. Out of 691 furnaces in the United
States 50-1 responded to this circular letter,
and out, of these something over 400 were
counted as iu condition a id favorable to
joining in the movement, but tho required
unanimity was not secured aud the project
fell through.”
FRANCHISE FORFEITURE.
An Attack on tho Richmond and West
Point Terminal Company.
Richmond, Jan. 35. —Couu el from New
York and Philadelphia, ropr.’seating un
named parties, presented a petition to-day
to the s ato's attorney general asking that
it be tiled i.i tho circuit e urt. It is a plea
for a writ, of warrant against the Richmond
and W nst. Point Terminal Company for t lie
purpose of forfeiting its franchise.
Among the allegations made were the fol
lowing:
That by the acquisition of competing
lines they have violated the limitations of
their charter, and by the acquisition of
stock in and control of different lines owned
by the company, they have exceeded the
powers conferred in ihe act, which in sev
eral respects is declared to be unconstitu
tional because it unbraces provisions not
express!*! iu its title. The counsel of the
Terminal compa ly were not served with
the allegations, but app ared before the at
torney general and asked time to prepare
an answer, which was granted, and Feb. 9
iixed as the day of liean g.
TIMBER ON THE TRACKS.
A Diabolical Attempt to Wreck a Train
iu Kansas.
Kansas City, Jan. 25.—An attempt was
made at ll o'clock last night to wreck a
Colorado and Utah passenger train on the
Union Pacific road rear Alton, Kan. A
large lot of heavy timber and boards had
been pilod upon the track, part of which
was knocked aside by tho engine and the re
mainder was run over by the train. The
spot selected was whero the track run* on a
high embankment, and had the train left
the rails there must have been a fearful loss
of life. No reason etesp robbery can be
assigned for the action of the would-be
wreckers.
HARRISON I” TIRED.
Tho Constant Rush of Cfficeseekers
Wearing Him Out.
Indianapolis, Jan. 25.—Gen. Harrison
is looking better than for some days past,
but the wear of the constant reception of
viators is beginning to tell on him. He
has not completed his inaugural address
yet, and still has the selection of his cabi
net on hand. If those who de
sire minor appointments could be
convinced that it is no use
to present applications to him
it would lighten his burdens wonderfully.
He and will not examine anything of
the kind, but simply order- them indorsed
and filed away. Word was received this
evening that another delegation from Ala
bama is on its way here. It is supposed
that they are coming to try and offset any
thing the late delegation from Birmingham
may have affected.
CABINET TIMBER.
Alllison Still in Doubt—Gen, Wilder
to Be Pushed.
Washington, Jam 25.—Mr. Allison is still
undetermined, apparently, as to what he
will do with Gen. Harrison’s invitation to
the treasury department. He told Mr.
Clarkson before the latter went home last
night, that he would stand by him, but to
day ho has been importuned by other sena
tors, representatives of G-m. Harrison, to
consider Gen. Harrison'- iffer further, aud,
if possible, favorably. He is still consider
ing it.
GEN. WILDER FOR THE CABINET.
Chattanooga, Jan. 25. —The republi
cans of this section have determined to
press the claims of Geu. John T. Wilder, of
this city, for Secretary of War in Gen.
Harrison’s cabinet, (in. Wilder is popular
with republicans in the south, and his
special champion is Congressman-elect
Evans.
INDIANA’S SENATE.
A New Election to Be Ordered in One
of the Districts.
Indianapolis, Jau. 25. —The debate on
the contested election case in the Senate
closed at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The ma
jority report unseating Mr. Carpenter was
then adopted by a party vote. The repub
licans, before the result had been announced,
discovered that the resolution unseating
contained the words “unseat and expel.’’
They raised a p iflt of order tnat it re
quired a two-thirds vote to expel a mem
ber, ami the point was sustained by the
chair. Upon resolution to seat Mr. Ray,
Contestant, Mr. Howard, derm, moved
an indefinite postponement, and his motion
prevailed. But nine democrats voted in
the negative. The action leaves the sena
torial district composed of Shelby and
Decatur counties unrepresented In the
Senate and the governor will order a special
election.
NORWOOD’S CONTEST.
The Arkansas House Rejects the Sen
ate’s Resolution.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 25.—The House
of Representatives having rejected the
Senate resolution forbidding C. M. Nor
wood, late the union labor and republican
candidate for governor, to contest Gov.
Eagle’s election,unless he first gave bonds to
cover all the costs, and limited at $20,000 to
$30,090, the investigation will not proceed.
Mr. Norwood charged that frauds were
perpetrate l in four counties, giving Gov.
Eagle 6,000 majority, enough to overcome
Gov. Eagle’s majori’y iu the other counties.
He claims that but for fraud, intimidation
and violence, he (Norwood) would have a
clear majority over Gov. Eagle of 5,670
votes.
DUDLEY’S BLOCKS OF FIVE.
Progress of His Suits Against New
York Newspapers.
New York, Jan. 25.—Several suits
against newspapers brought by Col. W.
Dudley to recover $25,000 from each for
publishing and commenting upon "the
blocks of fire” letter, came up to-day
before Justice Patterson in the su
preme court. A motion to vacate the
order extending the time of the Commercial
Adcertisrr to answer was denied and de
cision was re-erved on motions to vacate
the orders granted to the Times and World
for the examination of CoL Dudley before
tiling an answer. The counsel for the
'l imes said li would take Col. Dudley’s tes
timony m Washington, if more convenient
to him.
VOTING FOR SENATORS.
The West Virginia Balloting not Ma
terially Changed.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 25.—The vote
on United States senator to-day resulted:
Goff 40
Kcnna 24
Gov. Wilson.. 9
Jenney (labor) 2
W. F. Wilson 2
Ex-Senators Pofford, Camden, J. A. Mc-
Guffin, Gen. White and J. VV. St. Clair re
ceived one vote each. The whole number
of votes cast v. as 87 and 44 were necessary
to a choice. The joint assembly dissolved
until noon to-morrow.
GRAY COUNTY'S CONFLICT.
Gen. Myers Ordered to the Scene aa a
Precaution.
Chicago, Jan. 25. —A despatch from
Wichita, Kan., says: “Gen. Myers has
been ordered by the governor to Gray
county, the scene of the recent county seat
war. A telegram from Lieut. Thorpe, in
charge of tlie militia there, says t at the
people of the two conflicting towns, Ingalls
and Cimarron, arc daily in receipt of arms
and ammunition, and that the day upon
which he reported six boxes of Winchesters’
had been received from Kansas City. No
one is allowed to enter or leave either town
without giving an account of himself.
LIABILITIES OF $1,000,000.
The Failure of the Railroad Contract
ors a Big One.
Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 25.—The
liabilities of J. J. Burns & Cos., railroad
contractors, who assigned yesterday, will
apnroximate about $1,000,000, while the
assets are its capital stock of SIOO,OOO and
stock of the new Battle Creek and Bay
City an 1 Battle Creek and Goshen roads,
amounting on its face value to $1,509,000,
but which lias an unkuown market value.
The heaviest creditors are Johu Fitzgerald
of Lincoln, Neb., for $425,000: E. G.
Nichols f this cit •, who is also president of
the railroad company, for $>5,000; the
Juliet Steel Company for $225,000, and
floating debts amounting to over $150,000,
ABHORS OFF LITTLE RIVER.
A Cotton ladon fcteamcr in a Bad
Fix OS' North Carolina.
Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 35.—The rev
enue cutter Colfax, which arrived at
Southport, reports that the British steamer
Albany of Llvoroool, from Now Orleans to
Liverpool, loaded with cotton and corn,
went ashore at (1:20o’clock this morning in
three fathoms of water off Little river. Hhe
hail thrown overboard •" HJ b ile* of cotton
before the Colfax readied her. The cutter
being un.v ie to pull her off returned to
Southport for help, and the cutter and tugs
have now gone to her assistance.
Going Abroad to Lecture.
New York, Jan. 35.— Rev. Dr. J. Henry
Rmytiie. D. I), of Pniladelph:a sails for
Europe to-morrow on the Cunarder Servia
to deliver a series of lectures in England
ami Scotland in the interests of the Grant
University at Athens, Team, of which be is
regcut.
BURNED BUILDINGS.
Four in Ruins at Athens, Tenn., and
Several at Jackson. Miss.
Chattanooga, Jan. 25. — Fire at Athens,
Tenn., last night burned tbe following
buildings:
First National Bank building. Loss
$3,000, insured for $2,800.
Masonic hall. Loss SO,OOO, no insurance.
Moody & Early’s hardware store. Loss
$4,000, insurance $2,500.
J. H. Holbv, dry goods. Loss $4,000, in
surance unknown.
Barber shop of A. J. Green, J. C. Carr’s
photographic gallery and W. P. Tenliuson's
office. Total loss $24,000.
A BLAZE AT JACKSON, MISS.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 25.—Fire broke
out last night in a large brick building on
State street, and ijuickly spread to an ad
joining building. They were occupied by
Stedman & Cos., W. A. Whiting, dry go ds
dealers; Byron Lemley, a druggist; H. Hil
suhi, a jentist; AV. E. Toted, a physician;
Judge Wharton and J. A. Brown. It is es
timated that the loss on the buildings is
$25,000. The losses ou stock are: Stedman
& Cos., $22,000; AV. A. Whiting, $5,000;
Byron Le niey, $4,500. Other losses, in
clu ling damage to the stock and building of
E. T. S. Verden, amount to $2,500.
A NEGRO SUES IN VAIN.
Discrimination on Account of Color
His Complaint.
Baltimore, Jan. 25. —In the United
States district court Judge Morris has dis
missed without costs the libel suit of Robert
A. McGuinu, a colosed minister, against
the owners and captain of the steamer
Mason L. Weems for damages for treat
ment on board to whieh McGuiun was sub
jected because of his color. In July,
1837, he purchased a first-class ticket
to Milleubeck, V'a. When the supner bell
rang he seated himself at the table, and
upon bis refusal to move the food and
dishes were removed to another table, the
passengers all taking seats at that table and
leaving him alone. Afterward the pas
sengers threatened him, which was the
cause of his leaving tliu boat before reach
mg his destination.
STREET CAR MEN STRIKE.
The Atlantic Avenue Road at Brook
lyn Tied Up.
New York, Jan. 25.—A1l the horse car
lines of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Com
pany in Brooklyn, seven iu number, of
which road Deacon Richardson is presi
dent, were tied up this morning by the em
ployes. Yesterday all day Mr. Richardson
nad been holding conferences with commit
tees of his men, but practically without any
good result. The men then threatened to
tie up the road, but Mr. Richardson would
not yield his points or agree to the terms of
the men. When the men brougfit their cars
to the depot last night they left them there
with a determination not to take them out
again until some arrangement could be
agreed upon whereby they would receive
$2 a da}’ for ten hours work. The lines of
the Atlantic avenue railroad are not in a
section of the city through which the ele
vated railroad runs, so that it made
traveling inconvenient for those living
along the route of that road. Tho police
have perfected arrangements for keeping
the pence. No trouble is apprehended,
however, as the men are orderly and quiet.
Mr. Richardson this noon said that he was
determined to carry his point.and he adver
tised for men to take the places of the
strikers.
Feather Makers Locked Out.
New York, Jan. 25.—With a single ex
ception, all the feather manufacturing firms
in this city to-day receded from their agree
ment to pay tho prices demanded by the
Working women’s Union and locked out
their employes to the number of 800. The
girls have held a meeting and decided not
to return to work now at any price. They
are now posted near the factories to k, ep
other girls from going to work. They claim
that as it is the busy i eason the firms will
soon be sorry for their action.
Gotham’s Striking Cigarmakers.
New York, Jan. 25. —The striking
Havana cigarmakers are in high spirits.
Eigiit firms in all have succumbed to the
demands of the strikers for an menace in
wages, the latest accession being Cordero
Bros. & Cos., the firm upon which the
original demand for an increase was served.
Altogether 200 en have gone back to
work. Two additional firms are looked
upon as certain to succumb by noon to
morrow.
Collieries Closed.
Shenandoah, Pa.. Jan. 25.—Park Place,
Centralia. and all the Lehigh and individual
collieries in this regiou have shut diwn,
owing to their markets being overstocked
with coal. About 4,000 men are made idle.
An Editor Becomes Insane.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 25.—C01. AV. H.
Chilton, who has been for fifteen years com
mercial editor of the Courier-.fournal, to
day was adjudged insane. His mind has
been rapidly failing for two weeks past.
SINGULAR PREMONITIONS,
A Man Twice Saves His Life by Obey
ing Mysterious Impulses.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch .
A few minutes after the fall of the AViley
building on AVednesday last, while a crowd
was gathering to view the ruins in which so
many mangled and dead people lay, a
stranger who was gazing at the wrecked
structures from tho opposite side of AV ood
street, entered into a conversation with a
Dispatch reporter. He said:
“For about five years on every week day
I have passed along that side of ’Wood street
at about the hour this terrible disaster oc
curred. To-dav I was ou my way to Fifth
avenue, and hnd reached the Chamber of
Common* building, when a sudd n impulse
came upon me to take the other side of the
street. I crossed over, and b*fore 1 reached
the sidewalk the crash came. Ha 1 I kept
along as I was going I would have bee i in
front of the Weldin building just in tiino to
be crushod by bricks und falling timber. I
can no more account for the action which
probably saved my liie than you can; I
simply felt that I must do it. and I do not
know that I felt even a premonition of
danger.
Years ago I escaped being robbed and
possibly murdered in a way that was equally
remarkable. At the time 1 was a collector
in tho province of Ontario. One bitter cold
winter evening I found myself in a small
town about fifty miles from Toronto with a
large sum of money in mv possession. Hav
ing determined to go to 'Toronto that night
on the !l o’clock train, I telegraphed to tbe
hote! where I usually stopped and asked
that a room be reserved for me and a fire
put in it. When the trap came along I got
on the front of the smoking ear, walked
through that ear, through tho next one,
then got off and went to the telegram: office
and sent another message to the Toronto
hotel stating that I had changed my mind
and was not coming that i iglit. What
made tne do so vus more than I could toil—
the same indefinable irnpuoe that controlled
m<> to-day hail possession of mo.
“I went back to the house where I had
taken supper and remained there ail nigh t.
The next morning I read in the Toronto
paper of a:i assmlt and attempted robbery
of a man who hnd arrived in that city on
the train I was going to take but did not.
The mail as sand bagged while ou bis way
from the depot to tho hotel, cud from tlie
description given he must have been my
exact counterpart—dress, size, color of hair
and eveu the cut of his whiskers, being like
my own. The thugs had mistaken him for
me, und they knew 1 had money.”
Mr. Se’ikoion, the celebrated Baptist
S readier, is unable to take exercise at Mentone
Misuse of the swelling of his feet. It was fre
quently his custom, or rather his necessity, to
preach to his Loadon congregation with one loir
resting for support ou a pulpit chair.
A SERIOU3 MISTAKE.
How Near a Wealthy Banker Came to
Being Stuffed with Straw.
From the Paris Figaro.
A rich foreigner, named Sutherland,
naturalized in Russia, was banker to the
court and ia high tpvor with the empress.
He was roused one morning by the informa
tion that his house was surrounded by
guards, and that Reliew, the minister of
police, desired to speak with him. This
personage, entering without further cere
mony, at once announced his errand.
“Mr. Sutherland,’’ said he, “I am charged
by my gracious sovereign with the execu
tion of a sentence, the severity of which
both astonishes ad grives me, and lam ig
norant as to how you can so far have ex
cited the resentment of her majesty.”
“I am as much in the dark as yourself,”
replied the banker, “but what are your
orders *”
‘ T have not the courage to tell you J”
“Have I lost the confidence of the em
press?”
“If that were all you would not see me
troubled. Confidence may return —position
may be restored.”
“Am I to be sent back to mv own coun
try? or, great heaven!” cried tlie banker,
trembling, “does the empress think of ban
ishing me to Siberia:”
“Alas! you might some day return.”
“Am I to be kaouted ('
“This punishment is fearful,’but it does
not kill.”
"Is my life then in peril* I cannot be
lieve that the empress, usually so mild, so
gentle—who spoke to mo so kindly but two
days since—'tis impossible! For heaven’s
sake, let me know the worst. Anything is
better than this intoiera le suspense.”
“Well, then,” said Reliew in amelancholy
tone, "my gracious mistress has ordered me
to have you stuffed.”
“Stuffed!” cried the poor banker, hor
rified.
“Yes, stuffed with straw.”
Sutherland looked fixedly at the minister
of police an instant, and exclaimed:
“Sire, either you have lost your reason or
the empress is not in her right senses;
surely, you did not receive such a command
without end avoring, at least, to point out
its unreasonableness, its barbarity.”
"Alas! iny unfortunate friend,'l did that
which, under ordinary circumstances, I
should not have dared to attempt; I mani
fested my grief, my consternation: I even
hazarded a humble remonstrance; but her
imperial majesty, in an irritated tone, bade
me leave her presence and see her com
mands obeyed at once, adding these words,
which still ring in my ears: ‘Go, and for
get not that it is your duty to acquit your
s.nf without a murmur of any commission
with which I may deign to trust you.’”
It would be impossible to describe the
horror, tlie despair of the unhappy banker.
After waiting until the first burst of grief
was over, Reliew informed him that he
would allow him a quarter of an hour to
settle his worldly affairs. Sutherland went
and prayed, and entreated the minister to
take a petition from him to the empress.
Overcome by his supplications, the mag
istrate consented to be his messenger, and
took charge of the missive; but afraid to
return to the palace, he hastily presented
himself at the residence of the English am
bassador and explained tho affair to him.
The ambassador very naturally supposed
the minister had become insane, but, bid
ding him follow, he hurried to the palace.
I ntr >duoed into the imperial presence, he
told his story with as little delay as possi
ble. Ou hearing this strange recital, the
empress exclaimed:
“ Merciful heavens ! what a dreadful
mistake! Reliew must have lost his wits.
Ruu quickly, my lord, I beg, and desire
that madman to relieve my poor banker of
his groundless fears, and to set him at lib
erty immediately.”
The E nglish ambassador left the room to
do as her majesty required, and on his re
turn found the empress laughing immoder
ately. “I see. now%” said she, “the cause of
this inconceivably absurd blunder. I had,
for some years, a little dog, to which I was
much attached; I called him Sutherland,
because that was the name of the English
gentleman who presented him to me. This
dog has just died, and I gave Reliew orders
to have him stuffed. As he hesitated, I be
came angry, supposing that from a foolish
excess of pride he thought this commission
beneath his dignity. That is the solution of
this ridiculous enigma.”
MEDICAL.
SCROFULA
Is that impurity of the blood which produces
unsightly lumps or swellings in the neck;
which causes running sores on the arms,
legs, or feet; which develops ulcers in the
eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or
deafness; which is the origin of pimples, can
cerous growths, or “humors;” which, fasten
ing upon the lungs, causes consumption and
death. It is tho most ancient of all diseases,
and very few persons are entirely free from it.
Ho .r ß r cured
By taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which, by
the remarkable cures it has accomplished,
has proven itself to be a potent and peculiar
medicine for this disease. If you suffer from
scrofula, try Hood's Sarsaparilla.
“ Every spring my wife and children have
been troubled with scrofula, my little boy,
three years old, being a terrible sufferer.
Last spring he was one mass of sores from
head to feet. We all took Hood's Sarsaparilla,
and all have been cured of the scrofula. My
little boy is entirely free from sores, and all
four of my children look bright and healthy.”
W. B. Atherton, Passaic City, N. J.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. s\; six for $5. Preparedonly
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses Pro Dollar
SHOES.
P
W.L. Dougi as
$3 Shoe GENTLEMEN.
$3 SHOE FOR LADIES.
Best In the World. Examine his
$6.00 Genu ne Hand-Sewed Shoe.
54.00 Hand-sewed Welt Shoe.
$3 60 Police ur.d Farmers’ Shoe.
$2 50 Extra Value Calf Shoe.
sl2-25 Workingman's Shoe.
$2 OO and $1 76 Hoys’ school Shoes.
Fraudulent when my name and price are nut
stamped on bottom. W. I_. DOUGLAS,
Brockton, .Mars.
FOR SALE BY
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savannah.
BLACK JACK
A Fine Lot on Hand.
R. B. CASS EL’S.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
REILLY—The friends and acquaintance
Mr. and -Mrs. Owen F. Reilly, of Mr. Joseph Bui
and of .Mr. M. T. Sweeney, are respectfully n
vited to attend the funeral of Mbs. Owen rA “i
from her late residence. 235 U Harris sir A,
THIS AFTERNOON at 3:30 o’clock. '•
McGRADE—The friends and acquaintance nf
Mr. James McGrade are respectfully invited
attend his funeral from his late residence
Mr Peter Lawlor's, No. 25 Tattnall strew
9:30 o’clock THIS MORNING. ’ '
MEETINGS.
DIVISION NO. I, A O. H. '
Members of Division No. I, Ancient Order oi
Hibernians, are requested to meet at No 21
Tattnall street THIS i Saturday) MORNING a|
9:30 o’clock, to pay the last tribute of respect to
our (deceased) brother James McGrade.
By order of P. J. O’CONNER, President,
Jas. T. Fitzhenry. Secretary.
SOI THE it N TRAVELERS’ \SMH T | \ r7oN
Savannah Branch.
Attend meeting 7:30 (standard time) TO
NIGHT, Guards Armory. President will com
plete committees for the May convention and
celebration. Every traveling man in the citv
is invited to attend this meeting. By order of
the president. DEAN NEWMAN
Max Robinson, Sec. and Tres.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices'" will be charged $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
NOTICE
Bids on Tybee Hotel will be opened at soos
TUESDAY, Jan. 29.
Contractors wishing to revise their bids arc
requested to confer with undersigned at once.
A. S. EIC’HBERG, Architect.
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the
British steamship NETO, Chadwick, Master,
will be responsible for any debts contracted by
the crew. A, MINTS & SONS, Consignees.
TURKEYS ! TURKEYS! "
One thousand pounds fine Tennessee dressed
Turkeys for sale cheap.
J. S. COLLINS & CO.
BANANAS! BANANAS!! "
CARGO OF CHOICE
BANANAS
Per steamship Stamford from Bluefield, now
landing and for sale by
KAYANAUGH & BRENNAN.
NOTICE.
A few Black and Blue CORKSCREW SUITS,
also a small lot of CASSIMERE PANTS for sale
low at JAUPON‘3. 150 St. Julian street.
NOTICE.
Office of Commissioners j
AND kx-Officio Judges Chatham Cos.. Ga., V
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 11, 1889. i
Notice is ’hereby given that sealed proposals
are invited by the Commissioners of Chatham
county to be submitted to them on or before
the 11th day of FEBRUARY next, for building
in the Telfair place, in the city of Savannah, at
such location in said place as the said Commis
sioners shall designate, a temporary Record
Building according to the plans and specifica
tions for the same, wiiich are open for inspec
tion in the office of said Commissioners.
The contractor or contractors to whom such
contract may be awarded will be required in
pursuance of section 493 (c) of the Code oi
Georgia, and will name their securities at the
time of submitting their proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any and all
bids that may be submitted under this notice.
By order or the Board of Commissioners.
_ JOHN R. DILL' IN, Clerk C. C. C. C.
SHERWOOD'S DANCING ACADEMY
At Masonic Temple.
The second and last quarter of the Ilth
annual season now organizing Misses' and
Masters’class every TUESDAY, THURSDAY
and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS at 3 o'clock.
Indies’ and Gentlemen’s class every MONDAY,
and FRIDAY EVENINGS at 8 o'clock. Pupils
can enter either class at any time. For term?
and further information, call at the hall or send
for circular. Address
J. B. SHKRWi *OD. Masonic Temple. City.
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Treasurer's Notice to Members in Arrears.
Subscribers whose dues are yet unpaid for
1888 are earnestly requested to pay them before
the Society's Anniversary, ou the 12th of KEB
RUARY next. They can send the money to me
at 140 Taylor street, or my collector will call on
each member in arrears in the hope that his
dues will he paid at once.
WILLIAM S. BOGART.
Treasurer Georgia Historical Society.
Jan. 18 1889.
v Remarkable medicine.
Dr. Ulmer’s Liver Corrector accomplishes all
that is claimed for it. It has been thoroughly
tested by some of our citizens and pronounced
decidedly superior to any other liver medicine
before the American people. It is rapidly dis
placing the various remedies that have flooded
the country for years. We have used it, and
can recommend it to the alfiicted as possessing
great virtue Editor Weekly Costitution.
Monticello, Fla.
Prepared by B. F. ULMER, M. I)., Pharma
c st, Savannah. Ga. Price $1 per bottle.
If yen cannot obtain the “Corrector" from
your druggist, send your order direct, and it
will be forwarded by express, freight paid.
TYBEE SCHEDULE.
TYBBE SCHEDULE
T” RAINS will leave Depot every WEDNES
DAY and SATURDAY at 2:30 p. M. until further
notice. Trains on SUNDAYS as usual.
i .
HAMS.
MB US
Hcjirs,
28 Whitaker Street.
TELEPHONES.
HELLO! HELLO!
r PH ESA VANN AH TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
1 in better prepared than ever to givo an
class service. v
Instant communication is furnished j
moment of tin* day or night with railroad
steamship offices, bunks, hotels, with the it
iug business house* and many residences.
The charge for th.s se: vice amounts to ou
few cents a day, and no enterprising nrm,
this age. can afford to bo without a telepnoii'*’
< all on the Manager or send him a postal c*
and he will call at your office, to answer }
Inquiries and take vour order. f
K. B. It* m )D.'Manager, No. 8 Bull strew.
JOHN 1). KASTKKUN, District Suparintena
ent, Charleston, fl. C.
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