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AN EFFORT TO STOP THE SALE.
A rrZZLISG TELEGRAM FRftM THE
ATTORNEY GESERAU
Directed the Postponement ot the
Sale ot the Adula—lt Afterward*
Developed That He Was \ot Aware
<( f Alt the Facta In the Cae. and
the Sale Will !Vot He Interfered
With— The Adula to Be Pat on the
Block, at 12 O’clock, Noon, To-mor-
It looked for a while yesterday as if there
ujjght be some interference with the sale
of ihe British steamship Adula, scheduled
to lake place to-morrow at 12 o’clock noon.
What looked like trouble came in the
thape of a telegram from the Attorney
General Friday night. The telegram was
addressed “U. 9i Army, Savannah, Ga„”
nd it was some time before it was dis
covered for whom it was intended. It was
found, however, that United States attor
ney was intended, and late in the evening
the telegram found its way to Mr. W. R.
Leoken, assistant district attorney.
This telegram instructed the district at
torney to have the sale postponed, with a
view to reopening the case for further tes
timony. Mr. Leaken hardly knew what
to make of it. It was difficult to under
stand why the Attorney General should
interfere with the action of a court, and
the conclusion was reached that the At
torney General did not have a proper un
oerstandlng of what had been done In the
case.
Mr. Leaken wired the Attorney Gen
eral the facts in the case, stating that
Judge Speer had heard a motion for the
svopc-nlng of the case for taking further
tfflmony, and had refused it. It was al
(0 dated that Judge Speer had ordered the
sale, and that it could not legally be In
terfered wilh except by order from a high
er court. The circumstances bore the ap
pearance of having been brought about
Ihroitgh the British authorities at Wash
ington intervening in behalf ,of the owners,
the Atlas Steamship Company,
Having sent the telegram of explana
tion, Mr. Leaken anxiously awaited a re
ply which was received yesterday about
soon. The second telegram was signed
by ihe assistant attorney general and told
him to take no further steps to interfere
with the sale of the steamship. The
Adula will therefore go on the block at
Ihe appointed time.
It is difficult to tell yet who will put in
bids for the Adula. It is said Messrs.
C \V. Howard & Cos., and an agent of the
Plant steamship line may be among the
bidders, and it is quite probable that
there will lie others, among them probably
A representative of the Fiagier lines.
The sale will be conducted by Mr. Chas.
H Doreett, and will take place promptly
tt noon, in front of the custom house.
The Adula is said to have cost £30,000
sterling when she was built at Belfast in
last*. She is a steel and iron screw steam
er, one iron deck, official tonnage 772, be
low deck 508, and net tonnage 372. She is
212.5 feet long, 29.1 feet beam and draws
twelve feet. She was used by the Atlas
Steamship Cos. of Liverpool in the West
Indian trade, and is reported as being
in fine condition.
The court has fixed the minimum price
for the Adula at $55,000, and no bid for
less than that amount will be considered.
The successful bidder must be prepared to
deposit 10 per cent, of the amount of his
bid, or something over $5,500, and the bal
ance of the amount bid must be paid into
the registry of the court within twenty
days from the date of sale. The penalty
for failure to pay the balance within the
time stipulated is the forfeiture of the
cash deposit.
About all of the war vessels which were
anywhere near Guantanamo bay on, the
day of ihe capture of the Adula have filed
claims with the court for their share in
the prize money. The greater part will
probably go to the cruiser Marblehead,
which made the capture, and many other
vessels of the fleet will come in for a
(hare.
It is difficult to predict what will be the
fate of the Adula. She will henceforth,
to doubt, sail under the American flag
and engage somewhere in the coastwise
trade. She may be used again for trade
around Cuba or Porto Rico, or she may
te put on some regular line as a iight
freight and passenger boat. Her ca
po it y is small, and she would hardly do,
therefore, for any of the big lines.
LETTER TO Dlt. FOSTER.
hr. I.elfnrily Replies to Augusta's
Health Resolutions.
Health Officer J. C. LeHardy has writ
ten a letter to the president of the Board
•f Health of Augusta in which he makes
reply to the resolutions recently passed
ty that body protesting against the bring
ing of troops from Cuba or Porto Rico
through the Southern ports. Dr. LeHar
dy's letter contains some interesting points
in connection with the matter. It is as
follows:
Office of Board of Sanitary Commis
thmers, Savannah, Ga„ Aug. 24, 1898.—Dr.
i -er,e Foster, President Board of Health
of Augusta, Ga.: My Dear Doctor—Your
favor of (lie 12th inst., together with the
1'■ ambles and resolutions passed by your
l"'aul. were read to the board of sanitary
commissioners of this city, at its regular
meeting yesterday, and after a full and
free discussion, the secretary was instruct
ei to write to you and express the views
tt this board.
in April last a quarantine conference
wis held in Atlanta. Here representa
tives of the health authorities from all
tic states bordering upon the South At
lantic and Gulf, and of the United States
Marine Hospital Service, met for the pur-
P' > of devising means to protect the
p* ople of this country against the intro
duction of yellow fever, small-pox, etc.,
ml to prevent Ihe spread of these dis
t nee. so that the repetition of the barba
rous and shameful scenes witnessed last
J' a be forever prevented, as it will ob
\i di- the necessity for a shot-gun quar
antine in the interior towns, which ob-
F >uct travel and commerce and entail im-
J 1 ■ use losses upon our Southern states.
1 : '■ necessity for concert of action in car
-1 ng out measures of this kind was fully
' ■ nonsirated at the quarantine
1 vention previously held in
Mobile, where the subject had
"' ■ n fully discussed. Quarantine rules
61 l regulations were draughted by men of
1 : experience. These were thoroughly
0 -"ussed and adopted, and the members
v the conference pledged to carry them
h<- stale boards of health of Florida,
hmnsiuna. Mississippi and of Texas, to
’ her with the officers of the marine hos
‘ 1,1 service have had the occasion to
'e that they can carry these regula-
I J out, ahd to this day lie health au
"iiies of our seaports have faithfully
or ed these regulations. Not only
' fe yellow fever was reported to exist,
" at the litst appearance of small-pox,
■ marine hospital service has lent Its
and means wherever called upon by
"'■ or local authorities to check the
• cress or stamp out yellow fever and
‘h-liox. it has subjected warships,
1 '.sports and other vessels connected
' the army and navy, at national
II ‘mine stations to the same inspec
' detentions, disinfection that are ob
served at our local or state quaran
tine stations, relative to merchantmen
coming from infected or suspected pons.
Had there been any neglect on the pari
of quarantine officials, state or national,
were there any proofs that persons in
fected with the yellow fever or smali-pox
—or coming from an infected place hod
been permitted to pass the quarantine
lines without inspection—detention or dis
infection, the resolutions passed by your
board would have been appropriate. But
this is not the case. On the contrary, it
is known that quarantine officers all along
the line have taken every precaution to
assure the safety of interior citie9 Rnd
towns, and they have succeeded in so do
ing. Very respectfully yours,
J. C. LeHardy, Health Officer.
GEN. GORDON’S BRIGADE.
Its Colonels Praised for Tlielr Effici
ency.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 27, 1898. Editor
Morning News: About a week ago you
published an interview with Capt. Beirne
Gordon on his return from a visit to Jack
sonville, in which there were three items.
I wish to correct. First, after praising the
present condition of my brigade, it gives
me ail the credit for its efficient condition.
This does injustice to the colonels, when
I took command of the brigade, June 13;
the Second Texas Regiment, under Col.
Oppenheimer and the Second Louisiana
Regiment, under Col. Wood, constituted
the brigade. Both regiments had been in
service more than a month, were well drill
ed in the movements they were instructed
to practice and understood the require
ments of military life.
Second, The Second Alabama Regiment
joined the brigade about June 20. They
had received no arms, nor uniforms from
the government, and from their colonels'
name being Cox they were jokingly called
Coxey’s army.
No regiment has been more assiduous in
perfecting itself, and when Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee reviewed the tirst division, Aug. 25,
there was no regiment which excelled the
Second Alabama.
Third. It was estimated there were 3,500
men in the review of the brigade by the
division commander, Gen. Keifer. To be
accurate there were not more than about
2,600 present in the review. The Texas
and Alabama regiments are full to the
maximum of 106 men to each company,
but the Louisiana regiment is not, because
being entirely from the city of New Or
leans, recruiting was stopped when there
was an alarm about yellow fever In the
Gulf states. The brigade, after furnish
ing hospital attendants, ambulance men
and discharging some who couldn't stand
military life, only numbered 3,725 aggre
gate. From this, you must deduct the
cooks, clerks, teamsters, sick, two com
panies on provost guard in the city and
three companies on regimental camp
guard.
The rest of the article did justice to the
brigade. It is a splendid body of young
men, of which any state may well be
proud. The Second Texas was one of the
eighteen regiments selected by Gen. Wade
to go to Porto Rico when Gen. Miles called
for reinforcements. When there seemed
to be some difficulty about troops to go to
Santiago to relieve the regulars, the Sec
ond Alabama volunteered to go. Of the
Second Louisiana over 90 per cent, have
had yellow fever or been present in one
or more epidemics without having it, and
the war department recognizes it as being
genuinely ''lmmune.”
If, as is confidently expected, Gen. Lee
is sent to Cuba with the Seventh Army
Corps, you may rely upon the six regi
ments now in the first division, all of
them from Alabama, Louisiana and Texas,
will go with him. Yours respectfully.
William W. Gordon,
Brig. Gen. U. 9. Volunteers.
Give Credit to Whom Credit Is Due.
Editor Morning News: In yoair issue
of to-day I notice that in an article under
the heading of "Fought Flames High
Up” you refer especially to the services
rendered by Assistant Chief Mouro and
nine mem Your report fails to record the
facts that Foreman Campos and his crew
of eight men were in6ide the burning build
ing fighting the Are for at least three
quarters of an hour before the chief or
dered Mr. Mouro inside to take command
of the two streams in charge of Fore
man Campos. Asa matter of course, the
chief gets credit for having done good
work and very deservedly so, but when
men in obedience to his orders perform
acts of heroism, they are at least entitled
to special mention, if the officers are to
receive that honor. At the very start,
and almost immediately u-pon his arrival,
Foreman Campos led his men into the
burning building and up the stairs into
the topmost story and remained there un
til the Are was practically extinguished.
Foreman Campos was always with his
men directing their efforts and deserves
credit for his work. Assistant Foreman
Cleary, who was painfully injured when
the roof fell in, and Firemen Kelly, Wil
liams, Garry, Limehouse and Dukes de
serve special mention for the manner in
which they performed their duty. Painter
Brunson, who is temporarily with No.
2 company, displayed courage and abil
ity worthy of an old and experienced fire
man, while Jack Duffy of No, 1, was one
of the best fire-fighters on this occasion
and sustained a reputation already gained
in this respect. My information in these
matters comes to me from men of the de
partment who, being brave, are always
willing to give credit where it belongs,
and while these special mentions may
seem of little importance to you, they are
highly appreciated by the men who are
endeavoring to perform their duties to the
satisfaction of the general public.
Credit.
TALLAHASSEE’S HtDGET.
Republicans Announce a Big Cam
paign Opening for Sepf. 20.
Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 27.—The home of
Jeff Price, an industrious colored farmer,
living eight miles west of town, was de
stroyed by fire Thursday night. The Are
started in the roof while the family slept,
ami they only had time to escape in their
night clothes when the roof began to fall
in. '
N. W. Butler, an Oeklockonee mer
chant, has returned from a visit to broth
ers at Whigham and Camilla, Ga., and
New Orleans. Mr. Butler had not seen
his brothers for thirty-five years. The old
est is 74 and the youngest 54 years old.
The Republicans give it out that they
will open their political campaign for Mid
dle anil West Florida at the capital about
Sept. 20, with a big crowd of speakers and
a grand basket dinner. They also say that
the Middle Florida Republican will appear
here before the campaign opens. They
promise that it shall be a lively paper, and
will make the campaign exceedingly in
teresting for all opi-onenls in general and
Democrats in particular.
Terrific Storm nt Viilnlln.
Vldalia, Ga,, Aug. 27.—A terrific rain
and wind storm passed through this -•c'-
tlon 10-duv about noon yesterday. Great
damage was done by the wind,whl fl reach
ed a speed of thirty-six ml!m |sr houi,
leveling timber, fences, outhouses and
crops. while the rain f(dl in torrents, lit
erally lea ring up the earth. No less than
two and and quarter inches of water fell In
one hour’s time, being by far the heavi
est rainfall ever known in this section.
THE MOKNIKG MAYS: SUNDAY. AUGUST 28, 1898.
TAYLOR DEFEATS MICHAEL.;
THIRD HEAT OF A NIILF. PACED
LOWERS RECORD TO 1:41 2-5.
Mieliael Wins tile First Rent He
enuse of an Accident to Taylor’s
Pneors Taylor Takes the Last
Two Rents Easily. the Little
Welshman Giving Ip on the Last
La|i, anil Being Severely Hissed by
the Spectators Brady Issues a
Challenge for Taylor to Haee
Michael nt Any Distance—An Hour
Haee Between Linton and Michael.
New York, Aug. 27.—"IMaj." Taylor, the
colored cyclist, met and defeated "Jimmy"
Michael, the little Welshman, in a special
match race, best two out of three, one
mile, paced heats, from a standing start,
at the Manhattan Beach cycle track this
afternoon.
Michael won the first heat easily, as Tay
lor’s pacing quint broke dow ll in the final
lap, but on the next two heats Michael
was so badly beaten and distanced that
he quit each time in the last lap.
Taylor's work was wonderful, both from
a racing and time standpoint, and he es
tablished anew world s record, which was
absolutely phenomenal, covering the third
heat in 1:41 2-5.
Michael was hissed by the spectators as
he passed the stand dispirited and dejected
by Taylor’s overwhelming victory.
Immediately after the third heat was
finished, and before the time wa6 an
nounced, William A. Brady, who cham
pioned the colored boy during the entire
season, issued a challenge to race Taylor
against Michael for $5,000 or SIO,OOO a side
at any distance up to 10) miles. This de
claration was received with tumultuous
shouts by the assemblage, and the dusky
victor was lionized when the time was
made known.
Edouard Taylore, the French rider, held
the world s record of 1:45 3-5 for the dis
tance in a contest paced from a standing
start made by Platt Betts of England
was 1:43 2-5. Michael beat Taylore's re
cord by 1 2-5 seconds in the first heat,
but "Major” Taylor wiped this out, and
tied Betts’ record again in the second heat.
As Taylor was on the outside for nearly
two and one-half laps it was easily seen
that he rode more than a mile in the time
and shrewd judges who watched the race
said that he would surely do better on
the third attempt. That he fully justified
this belief goee without saying.
The Welsh rider was as pale as a corpse
when he jumped off his wheel, and had
no excuse to make for his defeat.
Taylor’s performance undoubtedly
stamps him as the premier cycle sprinter
of the world, and judging from the stay
ing qualities he exhibited in his six-days
ride tn the Madison Square Garden, the
middle distance championship may be his
before the end of the present season.
The rveather conditions eould not have
been more perfect, as there was only ‘a
light wind and it did not retard the speed
of the riders in the slightest degree.
The American Cycle Racing Associa
tion induced Tom Linton of Wales to post
pone his departure for England to-day and
Michael and he have been matched for an
hour race, with unlimited pace, for a purse
of $2,500-41,500 to go to the winner and the
remainder to the loser. The race will take
place at the Manhattan beach track on
Labor Day, Sept. 5.
KNIGHTS LEAVE FOR HOME.
Supreme Lodge, However, May Be In
Session a Week Longer.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 27.—The Su
preme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, is
about all that remains of the biennial en
campment. A.ll of the Uniform Rank and
subordinate lodge companies have left the
city, and Camp Colgrove is deserted.
The Rathbone Sisters and Knightß of
Khorassan held their final sessions to
day.
The investigating committee appointed
by the supreme lodge is still holding
meetings, but will probably not report at
this meeting.
The supreme lodge has much business to
consider yet and may be In session a week
longer.
Representative W. L. Seism of Nebras
ka, who has been fighting the officers of
the supreme lodge vigorously for several
months, and is reported to have marie
charges of excessive expense accounts,has
introduced a number of resolutions and
documents at this session, all having a
tendency to restrict the officers.
President Hinsey’s report of the condi
tion of the endowment funds, amounting
to $523,276.62, as read to the supreme
lodge, gives a list of the mortgages held
by the order, and places the cash on hand
at $30,365.92. Supreme representatives say
they are satisfied these mortgage hold
ings are good.
The report of John A, Hlnsey,
treasurer of the endowment rank
of the Knights of Pythias, was
referred by the supreme lodge to the
committee on endowment rank, and the
election of Mr. Hinscy or his successor
was postponed until the committee makes
its report on Hinsey's administration.
In addition to the officers elected yes
terday, the supreme lodge elected the fol
lowing:
Supreme Prelate—James Moulson, St.
John’s, New Brunswick.
Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal—
R. L. C. White, Nashville, Tcnn.
Supreme Master of Exchequer—Thomas
D. Meres, Wilmington, N. C.
Supreme Master-at-Arms— H. A. Bige
low, Seattle, Wash.
Supreme Outer Guard—John W. Thomp
son of Washington. D. C.
MARION MILLS DEAD.
The Guiileless Pacing Mare Mumbles
anil Falls at Cortland.
Cortland, N. Y., Aug. 27.—Marion Mills,
the guideiess pacing mare, died at 6:35 to
day. Marlon Mills stumbled and fell on
tile track at the Cortland County Agri
cultural Society here yesterday, sustain
ing concussion of the brain. She was un
able to move after falling.
The mare had been in the Western cir
cuit races, ar.d was en route to Bangor,
Me.
W. H. RAGLEV HEI.D.
\
Committed to Jail for the Murder of
T. M. Adams.
Cussitta, Ga., Aug. 27.—The trial of W.
H. Bagiey closed this evening and the
prisoner was committed to jail for the
murder of T. M. Adams.
He will airply for bond before Judge
Butt.
He was removed to Columbus this even
ing at hie own r-quest for comfort ami
convenience to his counsel who will ap
ply for ball at once.
—A Thoughtful Fiance—Jack—"Suppose
I teach you to play cards now, attd then
you'll know ail about It after we re mm
rird." Marie—" Won't that be lovely! Wiiat
game will you teach me?" "Solitaire.”—
Life.
A CORRESPONDENT IN Cl HA.
Ednarrl Marshall Writes of Hi.
••Recollections)’ of Santiago.
Edward Marshall, who was wounded at
Guasinu, has written his “Re- Ueotions"
for ihe September Scribner, iron: which
the following extracts are made:
"1 saw many men shot. Every one went
down in a lump, without cries, without
jumping up in the air, without throwing
up hands. They just went down like clods
in tho grass. It seemed to me that the
terrible thud with which they struck the
earth was more pen* tr.ilii g than ihe sound
of guns. Some were only wounded; some
were dead.
"There is much that Is awe-inspiring
about the death of soldiers on the battle
field. Almost all of us have seen men
and women die, but they have died in
their carefully arranged beds with doc
tors daintily hoarding the flick' ring spark;
with loved ones clustered about. But
death from disease is less awful than
death from bullets. On the battle field
there are no delicate scientific problems
of strange microbes to be solved. There
is no petting, no cotidling—nothing, noth
ing, nothing but death. The man lives,
he is strong, he is vital, every muscle in
him is at its fullest tension when, sud
denly “chug!” he is dead. That "chug”
of the bullets striking flesh is nearly al
ways plainly audible. But bullets which
are billeted, so far as I know, do not sing
on their way. They go silently, grimly
to their mark, and the man is lacerated
and torn or dead. I did not hear the bul
let shriek that killed Hamilton Fish; I
did not hear the bullets shriek which
struck the many others who were wound
ed while I was near them; I did not hear
the bullet shriek which struck me.
“There is one incident of tho day which
shines out in my memory above all the
others now as 1 lie in a New York hos
pital writing. It occurred at the field
hospital. About a dozen of us were lying
there. A continual chorus of moans rose
through the tree branches overhead. Tho
surgeons, with hands and bared arms
dripping, and clothes literally saturated,
with blood, were straining every nerve to
prepare the wounded for the journey down
to Srboney. Behind me lay Capt. Mc-
Clintock with his lower leg hones literally
ground to powder. He bore his pain as
gallantly as he had led his men, and that
is saying much. I think Maj. Brodle
was also there. It was a doleful group.
Amputation and death stared its members
in their gloomy faces.
“Suddenly a voice started softly-.
My country 'tis of thee.
Sweet land of liberty.
Of thee I sing. . *
"Other voices took it up:
Land where my fathers died,
Land—of—the—Pilgrim’s—pride,
"The quivering, quavering chorus, punc
tuated by groans, and made spasmodic by
pain, trembled up from that little group
of wounded Americans in the midst of
the Cuban solitude—the pluckiest, most
heartfelt song that human beings ever
sang.
"There was one voice that did not quite
keep up with the others. It was so weak
that I did not hear it until all the rest
had finished the line:
Let Freedom ring
“Then halting, struggling, faint, it re
peated slowly;
Land—of—the—Pilgrim's pride.
Let Freedom
"The last word was a wofu! cry. One
more son had died aB died the fathers.”
OF SPANISH ORIGIN.
Two-thirds of the Geographical
Names In the New World.
From the Rochester Post-Express.
Two-third of the geographical names In
the new world to-day are of Spanish deri
vation, and they are found abundantly In
every walk of life. Take, for instance, the
favorite Southern word, “pickaninny.” It
Is not a native of Dixie. It came from
Cuba, where is was “plquinlne.” Our
word “negro” was taken directly from
the Spanish “negro,” meaning black, and
that common Ethiopean nickname, “Sam
bo,” is from the Castilian "Zambo,” mean
ing bow-legged. “Mulatto” and “quad
roon” are of the same parentage. One
of the words heard every day on our
streets is “Dago," the offspring of the
Spanish patron saint, "Deigo” (James).
It would be difficult for our housewives
to make pumpkin pie without a “colan
der,” but the New England woman would
never dream of giving credit to the Span
iard for the name—"colador.” The doc
tor would be the poorer for the loss of
several of his pet terms. "Quinine”
(Spanish "quina”) was discovered by the
Countess of Chinchon, Vice Queen of
Peru, in 1631. “Cocaine” is from the Span
ish “coca,” that marvellous plant of the
Andes, which is food, drink and lodging
to the Indians of Peru and Bolivia. "Japa"
comes from “juiapa,” and "sarsaparilla”
is another debt we owe to the Spanish
vernacular. Over 400 years ago Columbus
added a word to the Spanish language, a
word which all lazy Americans should
hold in affection. It was an Indian word,
which Columbus represented by “hama
ca," and the transition to "hammock” is
not very difficult. In the light of present
events there is a trace of subtle irony in
the fact that there would have been no
"grenadiers” at Bunker Hill, except for
Spain, since the “hand-grenade" and the
“grenadier” both get their names’ from
the city of Grenada. Our national no
menclature is particularly rich in Span
ish names. Colorado, the red; Texas, the
tiles; Nevada, the snowy; Florida, the
flowery; and Utah, New Mexico, Arizona
and California were all named by the
Spanish long before any English-speaking
person ever heard of them. The Spanish
seamen who were captured at Santiago
could give our men several interesting
lessons in etymology. “Capstan” is of
Spanish Invention, from “eabestran,” rots:
winder, and “caravel," “flotilla,” "arma
da" and "galleon” need no introduction.
Even the word “mariner” is of opanish
nationality, the original being "marinero."
The geographer would be swamped If he
were to make a list of the Spanish words,
proper and generic, to which he is in
debted.
Hit Husband With a Roe.
Odum, Ga., Aug. 27.-Bet Quiniey and
John Sumerall, two dusky lovers, a[>-
pcared to have not agreed very well and
last night John called her out of a store
here, where she was doing some trading,
and administered a sound thrashing to her,
arid early tills morning Bet's ambition was
so great for revenge that she no longer
could control it. Procuring a heavy weed
ing hoe she came up to John unawares and
gave him a severe blow with the weapon,
Inflicting a painful hut noi serious wound.
The trouble arose over the woman receiv
ing too much attention from another negro
named King.
—A Country Courtship.—John (sheepish
ly)—"l—T s'pose you'll be glttin' married
some time?”
Betty (with a frightened air)—"Oh, I
dare say I ahull some lime."
"I dare sny I'll git married, too.”
"Oh!"
"P'raps we might both git married at
the tame time.”
"Wouldn't it lie awful. John, if the par
son should make a mistake and marry us
to each other?”
“I—l shouldn't mind."
“No— neither shoo'd I, lo tell you Ihe
truth, John."—Tlt-BiU.
REV. DODGE LAID TO REST.
FI VKlt VI. SBHVK KS VT FHBDE.
BICA, ST. SIMONS, YESTEHDAY.
Sfven ( Irrgymen Officiate nt the Ser.
'ices. and a l.#r*e t'aneaiMrae of
Frteuda YVltnesa the l.ant Kite*.
Interred HeaMn the Hptnalna of
Hla l ir.t Wife—Holy Communion
Celebrated In the Church After
the Interment—Some Account ot
the I,ife mid Works of the Beloved
Man—lncidents of Ills I.nnt Hours.
Frederica, St. Simons Island, On., Aus.
iff.—The funeral services over the body of
Rev. Anson Green Phelps Dodge, which
occurred at this place to-day at 11 o'clock,
was one of the most notable in the his
tory of this section of the country. The
homage paid to the remains of this man
was from hundreds Who traveled miles
by boat and rail to have an opportunity to
shed a tear of genuine regret at liis grave,
and In addition to this large number from
abroad there were in attendance nearly
every one on St. Simons Island who could
possibly leave their business and house
hold afTairs.
There were seven clergymen In the ser
vice, six of whom were white
and one colored. The officiating
clergymen were Rov. Henry E.
Lucas, rector St. Marks, Brunswick;
Rev. H. B. Stuart-Mart in, missionary
priest at Kissemme, missionary jurisdiction
Southern Florida, and Rev. D. Watson
Winn, rector of the parish. Other clergy
in the procession were Rev. Henry Cas
sils, missionary priest at Satllla BlufT,
Ga.; Rev. E. A. Osborne, chaplain, Sec
ond Regiment North Carolina Volun
teers; Rev. L. C. Birch, missionary priest
nt St. Judes, Brunswick, and Rev. G. R.
Jackson, colored, deacon and assistant
minister of the parish.
When the funeral proper was over the
people returned to the church and the
Rev. H. E. Lucas celebrated the holy
communion. Rev. D. Watson Winn taking
the epistle and serving; the Rev. H. B.
Stuart-Martln reading the gospel, and
both of them assisting in the distribu
tion of the second element.
The pall-hearers were twelve, as follows;
Messrs. W. C. Taylor, senior warden of
the parish; James D. Gould, junior war
den; John Stevens, George Stevens, Brew
ster Phillips, vestrymen; Dr. Charles
Meldrim, Messrs. Horace Gould, John
Currie, J. H. Whitmire, Donald McCas
ktll, John Postell and Bruce MoCasklll.
Six of these bore the coffin, those selected
for this being Messrs. Taylor, John and
George Stevens, Postell, Bruce McCaskell
and John Currie. Dr. Meldrim and Mr.
Phillips %cted as ushers.
The ohoir was composed of Miss Anna
Belle Taylor, organist, Mrs. Brewster
Phillips, Mrs. Freeman, Miss Bessie Fax
and Mr. Ed Dudley.
The excavation had been made for a
double grave and the ebony casket con
taining his first wife’s remains were rest
ing there.
A NOBLE, CHRISTIAN LIFE.
Some of the Achievements of Rev,
Dodge’s Career.
The Rev. A. G. I. Dodge, the rector of
St. Simons Parish, St. Simons Island,
who was buried yesterday, and whose
death occurred on Aug. 20, was a man of
many noble traits of character, a sin
cere Christian and a noted phllanthro
phlst. He had a large fortune by inher
itance, and he received from his first wife,
who died in India, another fortune of
$200,000. He used his large fortune for
philanthropic and charitable purposes.
At the time of his death, Mr. Dodge was
S9 years of age. He came of distinguish
ed ancestry. He was a grandson of Wm.
E. Dodge, a noted philanthropist. His
mother is the daughter of Wm. Danger
field, a distinguished citizen of Massachu
setts.
The Rev. Mr. Dodge was Intended for a
business career by his father, Mr. A. G.
P. Dodge of New York. His first wife
was his first cousin, a daughter of Rev.
D. Stewart Dodge, a Presbyterian cler
gyman. The wife of Gen. Fltzhugh Lee
Is a cousin of the deceased minister.
His father had large lumber Interests
on St. Simons Island, and that is how he
came to be Interested in religious work
in that part of the world. It was while
he was at St. Simons that he began to
study for the ministry. He became Inter
ested In the moribund St. Simons Parish.
He received his first appointment, that of
lay reader, from Bishop Beckwith. He
was also ordained deacon.by that bishop,
and in 1884, he was put in charge of St.
Simons Parish.
His benefactions were many. He devot
ed the fortune received from his wife to
church extension. He gave $40,000 to es
tablish a church at Allahabad, India, the
place where his wife died, and he erected
schools and churches In many localities
in Southeast Georgia. He endowed a
part of the Parish of Christ Church, Fred
erica, and gave $40,000 to a part of a mis
sionary district of the diocese of Georgia.
He spent several thousand dollars an
nually paying stipends of missionaries,
teachers and readers In that district. The
following are among his charities:
On St. Simons island: Christ Church,
Frederica: Church of the Transfiguration,
East Beach; St. Ignatius and St. Perpe
tua, chapels for use of the colored peo
ple.
In Brunswick: St. Judes and St. Atha
nasius.
In "Camden County: St. Clements and
Church of the Messiah.
Among those he has helped are Grace
Don’t Forget
We Are Here Yet.
ThcßackctStore
Whitaker St., Near Broughton.
(Dan Tuberdy's old stand.)
Shoes Cheaper
Than Ever.
CUT PRICES CUE AGAIN.
Shoes for near nothing.
Come quick and save
money.
Church, Waycross; Christ Church, Val- !
dosta.
In addition to these there nre many ]
school houses in various places.
The “Anson Dodge Memorial Home" at I
Frederica, was endowed by his present
wife, formerly Miss Anna Gould of St.
Simons, in memory of their little son, |
who was accidentally killed in n runaway.
He was devoted to the orphans In that
chnrge, some fifteen of which are now be
ing cared for.
The scene at Mr. Dodge's death bed was
a striking one. Dr. C. H. Meldrim. his at
tending physician, describes the death as
one of the most natural and unusual ever
witnessed. He had requested I>r. Mel
drim to Inform him frankly when the end
was near. The afternoon of the night he !
died Dr. Meldrim informed him he could j
not recover. The shades of night were \
darkening the room, and the shadows of '
the moving b-'lngs nearby crossed the dy
ing minisit r's btd.-ide' us ills physician i>ent
over and uttered the words which told
him his life on this earth was nearly end
ed. A look of Joy overspread his face. 1
Calling those around him to his bedside
he said: "Doctor, examine me and see if
1 am strong enough to write my name and
If my brain is working clearly.” “Nan
nette" (to his wife), "please see that a
table and pen and Ink, with a good strong
light nnd some foolscap patter is placed
beside tiiis bed. Now. I wish to dictate a
codicil to my will." “This eodlclle,” states
Dn Meldrim, “was long, covering over
two pages of paper. Mr. Dodge dictated
every word with punctilllous exactness as
to the legal form and phrases. When It
was finished he signed it and directed that
I sign as a witness, and calling for John
I- an<l George Stevens, he directed that
they also sign. He then called for his wife
and two of the little girls, who were part
of his household. They came to him, and
he began to counsel them for the future.
We withdrew from the room, while he de
livered to them a sermon, together with an
admonition, as to their lives to come. The
sermon and admonition over, Mrs. Dodge
read the Episcopal prayer for the dying,
while lie met the responses in clear, firm
tones, concluding with an outburst of
hymnal song that was grandly eloquent in
Its Christian simplicity.”
"Calling me hack in the room T bent over
him, and he asked, ’Doctor, how long?’ I
did not answer, and he spoke again. ’Fif
teen minutes?’ To this I sail. ’No, per
haps, not that soon,’ ‘Then thirty?’ he said
and I replied ’peril.i|>s.’ ‘Place the clock
on the table beside me doctor,’ was his
next request, and we did so. Ho lay there
suffering and watching the minutes go by.
As the hands of the clock reached ten, he
looked at me with those Intense black eyes
gleaming reproachfully, and said. ’Now,
doctor, you told me at ten.’ I turned nway.
Such fearlessness in the face of death
seemed almost Incomprehensible. I thought
of him as had been said of one of my dear
relatives’ last moments, ’Would to God
that every livfldel could see this Christian
die.’
“The minutes passed on and he tossed
restlessly, breaking out in snatches of song
to relieve his suffering. We asked If we
could do anything to please him. With that
spirit which always characterized his
thoughtfulness of others, he re
plied. ‘lt is hardly of use
to put you to that trouble now, but
If you would like to please me go to my
closet, and get one bottle of sweet and one
bottle of dry wine, and bring It here,’ We
did so, and he gave directions for each .to
take a. small glass and till about one-third
full. Giving him one also, and holding ours
before us we listened while he raised his
hand, and said ‘Here Is wishing you life,
and health, and God’s blessing through all
the days allotted to each of you on this
earth, and a spiritual life in the Great Be
yond.’ ”
“We drank the toast, and benediction in
silence, while the hand of the dying man
did not tremble as he returned his glass.
“The minute* sped on and Dr.
Hugh Burford, from Brunswick, en
tered the room. He had Just arrived on a
special boat. As he walked over to where
Mr. Dodge was lying, he was met w'ith
an apology from the patient for having
been called over on such ‘a useless er
rand.' ‘lt will not be long, doctor, be
fore I am away and lieyond this earthly
distress. If you gentlemen will excuse
the delay I will not keep you waiting
many minutes. It Is well that I should
go My life has been given to the services
of my Lord, and now If he sees fit to
call me. It Is ono grand, sweet privilege
to rest forever under Ills protecting care.’
The grasp of his hand grew weaker, hie
head turned in a languishing attitude to
wards the pillow and the breath that had
kept him alive ceased, as he murmured
"Glory to God, Hallelujah,” giving to him
that loving sweet rest for which his soul
craved.”
HORSES FOB THE ARMY.
Hint Measure l’p to the Required
Standard or Re Turned Down.
Denver Letter to Boston Herald.
I-ike the soldiers, horses have to be
punched, prodded and put through a
course of sprouts before being accepted as
fit to fight for Uncle Sam. What Is worse,
they hav* to be branded with a redhot
iron, not to prevent them from deserting,
but from being stolen and sold back to
the government.
When undergoing Inspection the horse Is
first measured with a wooden standard set
at a certain hight, the bar being placed
across the animal’s shoulder, &here the
neck Joins the back, the upright reaching
a point alongside his hoof. Having passed
the test, the animal undergoes a critical
looking over by both Capt. Varnum and
Dr. Holcomb as to feet, leg* and various
portions of his anatomy. 1 noticed that
one place came in for particular attention,
and that was between the shoulder blade
and the neck. If that was round and full,
notfrtug was said, but If sunken or hol
lowed in, the horse was rejected at once
without further consideration. The teeth
were examined for age, and, of course, the
eye, while the doctor carefully scrutinized
the hind quarters. To one not accustomed
to handling horses, It certainly seemed
lisky qn the part of the veterinary to step
Is hind a strange horse and pull his tall
while he surveyed his legs to see if they
were mates. Why some of the wild ones
didn't kick him will always be a mystery
to me. After that the horse Is run up and
down the enclosure attached to a haiter,
to show that he Is not lame. Then he is
turned loose In a pen Cos await the second
stage of inspection.
It was both imeresting and amusing to
watch the horse handlers capture the skit
tish ones in the herd. First the animal
wanted would be cautiously approached
and made to dodge until penned in a cor
ner away from the rest. With a halter in
one hand, arid the other outstretched, the
cowboy would slowly edge up, the horse
watching him v. ly.h pricked ears and glar
ing eyeballs. A sudden spring, and the wild
thing is away to the other end of the cor
ral, forcing himself Into the pack In the
efTort to escape and hide. Then the whole
lot stampedes around the. enclosure, while
the cowboys seek safety on top of the
fences. The horses are all strange to them
arid there may be biters and kickers in the
lot. When the horses quiet down, the pro
cess is gone through with again.untll final
ly the animal wanted will get accustomed
to the approaching cowboy, nnd before he
knows It, has a halter around his neck for
(lie firat time. Jt Is surprising how quick
ly they lame after that, unless they are
naturally of a vl lou* disposition.
Borne animals will not allow themselves
to Is- captured as easily as Ibis, and thru
nothing remains but to “rope" tiara
Hearing the sharp stleg, most horses will
start backward and stamp their fed, hut
make no furllier fuse. The baaing* It
taken off, and the horse Is then fully 1 n.
Usual Ur the service of lire government,
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STILL in the wine and liquor business
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LOUISA SCHWARZ, KB Congress,west,
offers the prettiest combination book
cases, china closets and center tables in
Savannah. The price of which, next week,
is extremely low. See them to-morrow.
PREPARE for civil service examination
ill Richmond’s Business College, post
office building. Many of their students are
now holding good government positions.
Write for information.
with the letters U. S. fully two and one
half Inches square. Indicating the fact.
The bum is not severe, but the hot Ron
kills the hair cells, anil the hair does not
grow again.
Capt, Varnum, who conducts the pur
chasing, is Olio of the distinguished offi
cers of the cavalry service of the United
Slates. Since he was grunted his oom
mlesion, twenty-six years ago, in the fa
mous Seventh Cavalry, he has seen ac
tive service In abundance on the frontier,
aided in opening up the Dakotas and Mon
tana to settlement, and was in a series
of campaigns against the S4oux, Cheyenne
and Nez Perce Indians when It was un
safe for white settlers in the West and
Northwest. Capt. Varnum wears th*
congressional medal of honor for bravery
nt the battle of White Clay creek. Dec.
30, 1890, the dny following the engagement
at Pine Ridge, Northern Nebraska, where
the Cheyennes were annihilated.
In 1573 Capt. Varnum was with Oen.
Stanley’s expedition on the Yellowstone,
making the survey for the Northern Pa
cific Railroad. The Sioux strongly ob
jected to the presence of the surveying
party, anil the Seventh Cavalry fought
an<l defeated them in two battles at the
mouths of the Tongue and Big Horn riv
ers.
The succeeding year Cbpt. Varnum was
engaged In the exploration of the Black
hills, when the euccltement consequent to
the discovery of gold there was at Its
highest Two years later he was with
Custer's expedition as chief of the In
dian scouts. In this position he per
formed splendid service, locating the vil
lage of the Sioux and eventually escaping
with Reno.
In IST? he fought sgalnst the Neg Perce
Indians, which war was ended by the
capture of Chief Joseph by Gen. Miles,
mar Fort Assinlholn, close to the Cana
dian line. During the years 1878, 1890 and
1891 he fought the Cheyennes. In 1892 the
Seventh was ordered to Fort Sheridan,
near Chicago, and In 1894 Capt. Varnum
was assigned to duty as military profes
sor at Wyoming University.
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They will save lawyers
and others a vast amount of
trouble in preparing the pa
pers in such cases.
Prices are very reasonable.
Morning News,
J. H. EsTill, President,
Savannah, - - Georgia.
U. B. Neal, F. P. Millard.
President Vice President
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