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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
THE KING OF SIAM.
In Mourning for His white EIS-
phant.

The King of Siam is in mourning for
his white elephant, the beast officially
known as "his Sublime Grandeur, the
Court and Body Elephant of the King. "
1t appears to have been in this wise that
the sacred animal ended the fitful fever
Of his life: He had eaten hearty break
fast one morning, aud shortly thereafter
betrayed such clear evidence of madness
as to trample to death beneath his feet
five of his faithful attendants 1t was
not permitted to the survivors to treat
the beast in the wholly natural and legiti-
mate way of shooting him, for that in
Siam would have been gross sacrilege.
Hence the High Priest was called in with
huge ring Of holy bamboo, and with
this he encircled his Sublime Grandeur's
unruly frame, but with no better result
than the breaking Of the ring ard the
near ending of the High Priests life.
With great difficulty the enraged animal
was then forced into narrow court.
Here he made several mad efforts to
break away the walls of his close quar-
ters, then suddenly fell upon his side,
made furious noise as of rage and pain,
and with apparent great kindness to all
his attendants thereupon ceased longer
to breathe the breath of life. But the
trouble of his attendants did not cease
here Each and all were punished as if
for carelessness by order of the King,
who then took upon himself the habili-
ments of woe.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25

A CURIOUS WAGER-When Sheridan
was hard up for cash he used to make
his wit earn the means for subsistence,
and he could accomplish this in no bet
ter way than by laying wsgers with the
Prince Regent. A discussion once arose
as to the respective waking capabilities
of turkeys and geese, and the wit ex-
pressed himself very incredulQus ot the
assertion that turkeys would walk twice
as FAR as geese in given space of time
He affected to believe that geese could
be driven as far on the road as turkeys,
and the thing appeared so very absurd
that the Prince instantly laid him heavy
wager that such was not the case. Sheri
dan, however. knowing the "early TO
bed habits of the turkeys, took care to
arrange a long distance to be traversed,
and to tx the period Of trial late il the
afternoon The consequence was that
evening set in before the rival tlocks bad
anything Ike arrived at their destina-
ton. and, although the turkeys out
stripped the geese st first, as the shades
Of night fell they refused to be driven
forward. and got 10 flying up on the
braEches OF the trees at the roadside.
The reese, however, were driven steadily
forward to the winning point, and the
FrlEcel Regent as usual, lost his wager.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
Wounds of the Heart.
The Lancet.

1t is generally supposed that wounds
of the heart kill Immediately, and cor.
respondent has sent us stsg's heart with
the left auricle practically annihilated,
aud the upper half of the left ventricle
torn completely through by bullet, 30
that three fingers can be readily passed
through the wound into the cavity. Not
Withstanding the extent of the injury,
''the stag ran about sixty yards, the first
ten yards up hill" The fact is, that
wounds Of the heart are seldom imme-
diatsly fatal, il ever so. We know of
no case of absolutely instantaneous death
from a wound Of the heart, in any part
or however extensive. The experience
in the battlefield corresponds with that
of the sportsman, who never saw deer
shot through the heart that did not run
some distance. Wounds of the apex kill
comparatively slowly, in from one hour
upward; and in one case mentioned by
John Bell, in which the apex was com
petely severed from the rest Of the or
gan by sword cut, the man lived twelve
hours. Indeed, cut of twenty-nine col
lected cases of injury TO the heart, only
two were fatal within forty eight hours,
and In the others death resulted in peri
DDS varying from four to twenty eight
days. Recovery may take place even
when the wound is extensive, for bul
let has been found imhedded in the sub
stance Of the heart after lapse of six
years from the date of injury, the pa
tient having died of disease of an or
gan in no way connected with the lesion.
Some little time elapsed before the blood
wholly escaped from or fails to enter the
cavities. and the walls continue to con-
tract and propel some Of it into the YES
sells for a much longer period than is
usually thought to be the case.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
The Escape of the Star Route Thieves.

The New York Post (Rspublicau) says
"The miscarriage of the star route prose
Cution by the dismissal of the criminal
Information by Judge Cox appears to be
plainly The result of d strict Attorney
Corkhil's singular behavior with regard
to the grand jury. He adjourned it
without notice to Mr. Cook, who had
been retained by the Attorney General to
conduct the prosecution, and adjourned
it when he must have known that it
could not be got together again in time
to deprive the defendants of the
benefit of the statute of limitation
There is still hope that new indict-
ments can be sent in which the statute Of
limitation will not cover, but this does
not make the conduct of the District At
tOTney any the less extraordinary. The
truth is that there is a sort of contagious
apathy in Washington about the prose
culiOn of political criminals who have
held high office, or in fact any office
There is in the first place much doubt
whether the prosecution is seriously un-
dertaken, and then whether anything
will come of it, and whether anything
had better come of it. This feeling is so
strong that nothing short of determin-
ed attitude on the part of the President
is sufficient to dlssipate it. There is
evidently strong disposition in Wash
ington to treat the escape of these par
ticular criminals as foregone conclu-
sion, and to throw the blame of it, not
so much on District Attorney Corkhill,
who failed directly in his duty. as on
Mr.. MacVeagh, who refused to stay in
the Cabinet for the sole purpose Of
watching over the prosecution There
is always a certain comfort in putting
some share of the responsibility for an
abuse on a reformer."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
What the Tariff Men Propose to Do.
Mem York Tribune

Preparations are about completed fol-
the National Tariff Convention called tC
meet in Cooper Institute, in this city, on
November 30 and go Marcus Hanlon
q leader Of the Greenback party in this
city, is the chief spirit of tn movement
In conversation with a reporter yester
day Mr. Hanlon expressed some eccentric
views as to the work of the convention
and the men who are interested in it,
lone of our Objects" said Mr.. Han.
Ion, lis to secure the abolition of inter
nal revenue taxes. We will accomplish
that before long"
what will you do in that case to pro.
vide the government with sufficient Ieve-
nue.; about one half of its receipts is now
derived from that source"
''It can be made up by cutting down
expenses and by proper adjustment OF
the tariff The tax on proprietary medi-
cines will be one of the first to 60"
DO you expect your convention will
have sufficient influence to secure the
passage of the measure by CongressY"
"Fhe men who are interested in this
movement have great political power.
They defeated Grant and Sherman ai
Chicago last year, and secured the nomi-
nation OF Garfield and his election. Had
Grant or Sherman been nominated. these
manufacturers would have defeated
them. They ab olutely control 70, 600
votes in Pennsylvania and Ohio alone.
1t is not safe for any Presidential candj.
date to defy them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
TWO RAsCALS RETURNED.
And They Can Now Get Ready for a
Double Hanging.

Little Rock Special TO CincinndH Times Star.
VIM. Casey and Jas. P. Holland have
agaiR been jailed st Ozark, whence they
escaped four months since. They were
captured in Tennessee. Casey has been
twice senteDced to hang and Holland Oaee.
Both will likely be exc 'u'ed on the same
day. In 1879 Holland conspired with Wm.
Casey and Chss. G Hslphr~y to rob and
murder young and eccentric planter named
Burgess James, who was supposed to carry
a large amount of money on bis person.
James WAS waylaid and brutally shot by
Helphrsy IN Yell county, oa the bank OF
the Arkansas river.
The assassin secured a belt containing
some $500, and ran sway with the bulk of
the money, Casey and Holland getting only
$40 james lived long enough to make a
deposition that led to she arrest Of the trio.
Helphrey then gsve the plot away. Casey
wss tried. found guilty, and twice sentenced
70 be hanged, bis doom being averted IN the
first instance by new trial, and in the sec
ond by sn appeal 10 the Supreme Court.
Holland was placed on trial at the spring
term of tbe Franklin County Circuit Court,
held IN Ozark. Pending the verdict OF the
jury he, together with Casey ard HelphTey,
succeeded in escaping from jail through the
trescbeTy Of a guard. The fugi,ives took
refuge in The mountains IN the Vicinity Of
Ozark, and, though hotly pursued, eluded
capture, and when the excitement had
abated succeeded in getting out OF the
State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25

agreed. They then, with drawn knives in
MINUTES warm fight eBsued. but an end was
made by Franklin's fight. When the casual
ties were summed up it was found that Harris
had three bad cuts in his breast and O. e down
his left arm. Ffanklin's wounds could not be
ascertained as his flight was indefinite. hut It IS
knOwa that he received one ugly gash across
the cheek Harris wounds bled prOfusely.'
HcDU6ie Journal: Several weeks ago Mr..
n W Cerald's store, in this place, was eu-
tered. hls safe broken open and a considerable
emrJrt cf money anu Valuabies stolen. Of
Wh'cn we published an accOU Dr at the time. No
satisfactory clew TO ire perpetrators OF the
crime beng Obts' ed the services Of Mr.
Jorss. deteClive, o. Atlsnts- we-s secured
aud the case u'Sced il his hands On Friday
fesC ne brought % rrCmgOn aud eiivereG TO
tse g lrtT "a ho--ties sir. John 9. Cushing
nncef cue -ges o. beng tre e ltY Uqvtv Mr
our own. ilsv;ng Geen a c., AN only
aoout -wO y"qTs. EuF ug hat time with the
ex1ep. on o : an occst -o.-s' Indulgence iu dri K.
De res o'loF ed r's ssC r,-CT--Is. o. ati7ner
- I'd i3C .'s, Y FAD s. - A6ore ten Csys ago
he let -.,oI'S IN y "a ire avO@f inte ruOn c z
Eoi1- ID kSvS01e1 o. he purpose o. -ollow-
ing IS trare - vsl n CIV - was followed
~ ne- ect 'vs I01ss. e-."l er brought back
ss aOove s. g p. N~--- + ley slC TC.6 were
ret 'usi 20 ;He S.sts sad y i. Watson for de-
fenT--t p 4 Iorde ia-s e.. ed for tue pre-
] I'';-' - t5ial ~. C. sing vas held in a
bcn1 o II ee a. Cr6d sod f'tv dOFaT5 FOR
t-'s, TIE coming term Of the Superior
Court"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
A Captive in the South Seas

Australia is ringing with the story of
Luigi Boero, lately rescued from the
South Sea savages Captain Mclaughlin,
who explored the Solomon group, dis
covered white man naked among the
savages at Bonka Island, and counted
seventy war canoes, each containing for
ty armed savages. After considerable
stIategem he got alongside a canoe con-
tanning the white man, who was ulti-
mately, with some difficulty and danger,
ransomed for three American batchets
He was an Italian, named Luigi Boero,
aud had been for fifteen months a cap
tive with the savages. When he found
he was 10 be liberated he embraced Cap
tain Mclaughlin in an agony of Joy.
BOerO. with five mates, left Llki harbor
to go on a cruise in an open boat. Three
days afterward they struck a reef, the
boat was broken and they fell into the
hands of the natives. He got separated
from his companions, whom he only
once afterward saw. All were treated
worse than dogs. They were the slaves
of everyone, and made to do horrible
work, always treated with the greatest
lllusage, and obliged to work naked in
the sun with their skin peeling of Cap.
tain Mclaughlin, after rescuing Luigi,
sailed for Bougansville and other islands,
where he heard of another white man in
captivity, but was unsuccessful in res
cuing him. 1t is supposed that this uu-
fortunate Italian is the only survivor of
the six.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
seekers AFTER Health.

Unfortunates who are seeking to renew
their health are many. 30 often have they
been deceived by the advertisements OF
worthless compounds, that many axe dis
couraged and refuse to believe anything
they read in She papers. Therefore, the best
advertisement of really good medicine is
tie reputation It has gained In places where
is being sold. No other remedy ever dis
covered has grown so rapidly Ia public favor
IS that true medicinal tonic called Browns
Iron Bitters. la localities where its extra.
ordinary merits have become fully known
and realized by those who have been In Ill
health, the sale Is unprecedented. One
druggist in our city reports the sale Of two
hundred and thirty eight bottles in one
week. 1t is, indeed, q wonderful, health
Civ ng, life saving preparation. It is sooth-
log and refreshing In its effect, and strength
ems every part OF the body, and creates
healthy appetite and digestion, even when
the system is almost DESTROYED by she many
hurtiul cashartics SO commonly used.
Reader, bewarei duty demands that you try
Browns Iron BiEters, II your health is poor
from any cause -AsQltirsr.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
THE PANAMA CANAL.
surveys Well Advanced Digging
soon IO Regia.

PANAMA, November "a Work on the line
OF the canal has been suspended since M.
Blanchet's death. The surveys are in an
advanced stage of completion, and at the
close of the wet season everything will be
ready for the commencement Of the digging
asd blasting. bat tie men and machinery
needed are not yet on the ground. There
is no sickness Of any consequence.
Mr.. Herseut. of the contracting firm of
Conoyt ux & Herssnt, and Mr.. D4Bss b,
Chief Engineer OF the survey, are on heir
way TO the is,hmus TO put the work In
shape and complete the organization begun
by VI. Blanchet.- which, it is understood,
was generally approved by the consulting
engineers and Others in Paris.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25

ELECTRICITY AS A MOTIVE Power FOR
RAILROADS.&C. st. Paul correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune says: "The St.
Paul Pioneer Press says it is reliably in
formed that President Willard, of the
Northern Pacific, has recently com.
pleted contract with Thomas L. Edi-
son for the construction of Atty miles of
railway in Minnesota during the next
year, upon which Mr.. Edison is to test
the efficiency of his electrical engines as
a motive power for railroads. Willard
agrees to pay Edison stipulated sum
for the entire road if the new power
works satisfactorily, and the latter will
be backed by capitalists abundantly
able and willing to risk large amounts
in making an experiment Of the entire
success of which the inventor seems en-
tirely confident and certain"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
wan,,ar rnn,nn,,ann.

OFFICE CHEF SIGNAL OBSERVER, WAsH
BGToE, D. c., November % -Indtcationt
flT Thursday;
In bae South Atlantic States, northeast
20 northwest winds, fair weather, rising ba-
rometer, snd colder weather on the coast.
In the East Gulf States, fair weather
uOrthsrlY winds, slight changes in tempera
lure, aud rising barometer.
10 the West Gulf States, fair weather
uortbeTly winds shifting to east and south
slight rise in Temperature, and during Fri
day falling barometer.
IN the Middle Atlantic states, generally
colder, north 10 west winds, rising barome
ter, and fair weather.
n Tennessee and the Ohio valley, fsiI
weather, northwest winds shifting TO wesi
and south, rising followed by falling bs-
rOmeter, ana stationary or slight rise in
temperature.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25

PARIS, November 24-The National pub
lishes AZ sccount of an interview between
Premier Gsmbetsa and General Chsnzey,
iats French Ambassador st St. Petersburg
ID the course OF an interview Premier Gam
betfa declared that the foreign policy of
France could not change aud thst
France ought to remain on good terms
with all the powers. Regarding his internal
policy, Premier Gsmbetta hoped that the
last election indicated that the country re-
quired the adoption Of more decided line
OF action against the clergy. General Chan
Esy. replying. persisted in his resignation,
because he said Il would be flcult for him
70 explsi the motives OF this internal policy
abroad
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25

New CABINET SPEcULATIoNs. - A
Washington special says: the arrival
in this city of ex Attorney General Taft
and General Longstreet has revived ru-
moTs which associate their names with
positions in President Arthur's Cabinet,
and it is currently reported that both of
these gen lemen have come TO Washing
ton to consult with the President on this
subject Judge Taft, however, denies
that his presence here has anything TO
do with the Cabinet, and says that. al
though he will certainly call 10 pay his
respects to President Arthur, the object
of his visit to Washington is to attend to
business before the Supreme Court.
General Longstreet also discredits the
rnmOrs by saying that all he knows
about his becoming a member Of the
Cabinet is what he reads in the newspa-
pers. and that he visits Washington at
the present time solely on business with
the Department of Justice concerning
the affairs of his Office as United States
Marshal for Georgia"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
GUITEAU As HE is.
Pen Picture Of sbs AsssssIn Drawn
by "GAJh."

went into the great room to look at the
assassin. A wild, fierce man, with certain
hrSvsry OF character, such as Baoth, might
excite the sr!Hsl interest nv his wildBess:
hut this bastard, who killed without offspse,
and fer no purpose beyond the 6lthiest
thirst for notoriety, merited neither curl
osity nor rsge. / detected BIN iR an Instant
after | entered the room, though he SAT
among many other people in the same kind
of q chair. and without sny railing. officers
or anything 20 hedge him in | observed
a sort Of stubbed head of hair, such
as are seen in the criminal pictures
OF England, With hsir rather hristly, set low
toward the front, and rather hAt back IL the
corners, unclesnlY looking hsir-booYfah
Urder bis hsir-wss q nasty skin, litle like
a corpse, with some reddishress overspresd-
ing its generally ytl'owish dampness The
face was Ts-her iOug and peRr-shaped
Around the chin was a considerable quar-
tity Of hrownsh beard, yet without euy
warmth In is sandy hsir The hair, the
skin and the beard all seemed to be dusty
and dsmpened, as though out of some
graveyard.
The Precipitation OF this man appeared TO
be at fault. There wes nothing wneful IN
his face, though It was wol6sh. In the mid
die of his forehead was deep, varying
wrinkle, the principal sign TO me of proba-
bly, decsying mental faculties Il is gen
orally said that a depression between the
eyes shows a memory well gone. In this
case It was deep depression, with a sort of
wrinkle attachment to it, which was sgi-
tated right and left, like his fitting eyes,
which had q sharpness about them, but not
much rest except st the times when some
thing occurred 10 excite his vanity. II you
were to meet th man, small as he looks TO
be in the body, in slaue somewhere, or IN the
woods, you would go past very quickly, and
might wonder a. you passed him whether he
was q little crazy or very wicked. As friend
described him TO me, he was one OF those
men who always wanted to do somethiug
that was not the thing 70 be done.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
GUITEAU'S SANITY.
A SenAfbIe EngIIss View OF HIS Re-
sPOnsi btIIGY.

LONDON, November "A The Daily Ne,oS,
in its article this morning on the Guiteau
trial, says: "It seems obvious that the
question Of Guitesu's sanity and responsi-
bili'y is a matter of word chopping and OF
psychological csluistTy. Gnitesu is per-
iectiy we'll aware OF tine nature of his act.
We might say that Guiteau was crsz-d Just
As so many people are called crazed who
sre yet Acknowledged to he f. to control
their own affairs. II Guitesu is declared in
sane a vest number OF people, Ike bim,
featheT-orained, conceited fools, will justly
infer that they too may iadulgs in eccen-
tfici les and murder"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25

--.-sfs q loneliness IN life
r.r7u love IN rnver;
--.-. b arm fs l-nLri 60 sOv,1g arm,
-r.l- wal IS elO-e -Oreve-.
--.sf-s rsth that each must t-eaS,
---~.-.f sv cnv o.1s';
.-f--1-- .esd e1cu r-a'Eiug WeaVes
rs-s s8uu1s 0 a tcsz,nef.
--.-r-rzhts t1st rs'se 10 +75ch toe heart
.-. .rr $ $40 C.. .. 20 'e
.-.--l rr .t--r own s. ,- % r n1s spread,
Tl-- '0uely palrwsy y - ng.
v-r---f1I, 'ag ewes t''sts 7iBe,
r-s--rer --.GCsG re -r~
Ar ror7ar- -1el e 'oc LIE look
Wr1v-a-nlhg uH o yesrI ?.
t.---o-- rzsrts c~id nir - Te close,
rae. rae g fu c'1.tV gee re.
t-f- .f rU. nHWs- r r'0Ve1 uaseit,
-W 'ss HES long Tath tns e.5er.
f-rrr DEATH q. sweet beyond
3D. u-snf r=Et'v 1g
How t---.t Thy E'-e u,r9s sh'ne sf&r
u cheek Ju.s c7rtns rspiu-rZ.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25

New ORLEANS, November "a The sugar
hou.e hotter on JOAN Dymond's plantation
a. Belair, Plaquemine parish, exploded this
afternoon, completely wrecking the boiler
house, aud badly wouudinE the following
persons, who we're br, u yht to the city by
the steamer Daisy and sent to the Charity
Hospital: Joe Meinker, fireman, leg broken
and badly sealded; Martin Won Miller, Hen
~ Glade, John McNorton. Edgar BAtteye,
Charles Crselsnd shd Ned Dunham, all
badly ecalded
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
There is a story current in Paris Il

There is a story current in Paris that
when La Biche au Bos, now So popu-
lar in Paris, was first produced at the
Porte St. Martin, a beautiful and
papular actress. who was to act in 1t,
having discussed salary, etc., with the
manager satisfactorily, said, And now
as to the costumes. Costumes,
madame" was his reply, why, there
are none F"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-25
A Mothers Devotion to an Unworthy
Son.
Louisrill. Courier. Journal.


AGvices from Logan county illustrate the
extent OF mothers devotion in singular
though not alt gether novel msnner. Martin
GOldworthv, young man of twenty five, wss
confined ia the Paris Jail on the suspicion
OF having been sn accessory 10 the murder
OF man who was killed IL Logan county
over 3 year ago. GoldwOrthy had made
several Intellectual attempts to escape, and
for that reasou was more than usually strict
IL guarded. His mother, however, was ad-
mitted TO rec him every dsy. She always
came 20 the prison in the morning. bringing
him dainty breakfast. she is a middle aged
lady, ard deeply at 'ached to her son, who
is DESCRIBED IS being q dissoiule and worth
less fcfiOW Yesterday morning Rhe sp~
pesred with his breakfast, and was allowed
to proceed at once 70 his cell, which Is situ-
ated in the upper part OF the building, while
the jsiler ard his deputies busted them
selves in distributing meals tn tae pri-oners
confined on the frs floor After the lspse
OF ten minutes Mrs. GoldworthY resppeared
and left the prison. The gusrd who let her
ont noticed that she was very much agifafed
and kept a veil pulled down ever her
face, but attributed her emotion TO her
distress at the Imprisonment Of her
son and MS possisie fate. The cell in
which the young man was cora1ed had
been securely locked when his mother came
out, and 1t was nearly four hours before IL
was sgsiD visited by prison guard. This
official was cor siderably startled TO End the
cell occupied by Mrs. Goldworthy, aud it
instantly flashed upon him that her son bad
donned q portion OF her attire, and, thus
disguised. escaped. When the fact became
known the jan YVES the theatre Of much
commotion, and posse was at once started
in pursuit OF the fugitive. Latest accounts
say that no trace of him has been found,
and It is believed be has succeeded in get
ting out Of the State