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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-17
THE FERRY-BOAT ASSAULT MYSTERY.
KRIEGER's STATE DANGERoUs-Hls slAiE"hNi
~ .CCOUNTABLE,

KRIEGER's STATE DANGERoUs-Hls sIAlEMENi
UNACCoUNTABLE
Frederick Henry Krieger, the man VINO sara INA.
he was murderously assaulted on Monday night on
the James Rumsey, noe of the Hoboken terry-DOats,
running TO and from Barclay-st lies III preCarl9us
condition At the Chambers Street Hospital. DIR.
,Iessup the house surgeon, told TRIBUNE reporter
Yesterday that it was impossible TO say whelhei ne
would live or die. The bullet had carried away twV
of his teeth and had gone to the lett OF MS eao oV
could not be found. There was great sweiIlng uL-
der the left Jaw extending up the eit cheeS 10 me
Organ Company came from Washington, n: D., TO
see him. hut was not allowed TO do so. lie said tnas
Krieger was universally liked and respected, and
that his habits were known TO be regular
Captain Berghold said that the police were ueI
barred from acting with any vigOr IN the case unti
scription of his assailant. He had sent deteStNe
to Hoboken to see the deckhands OF the Terry
and he had seen the money taker at the barciay-st
ferry-house They knew nothing of the occurrence
He regarded the case as a most mysterious I pliu,
The mans clothes had been examined anu t it
on his eyes through the struggle. lie must Ia,
been thirty-three minutes in the water, III Il MoiL
ed condition. when he cried for help. Inc Wy
tide at 2 o'clock was running strongly anu
seemed miracle that man thrown INTO tle i Iiu
die Of the North River with Dullct III niS HV,u
rent and get with 200 feet of the bulkhead oI ~
No g. The thought that something was ocnk io H,3
don and that durinC the three hours 1loln lo'oo
D. M when he left the Italia, 10 Low T. ~,
when he is supposed 10 have boarded tie J Uih
RumSey, more passed than he chooses 10 tyll'. W IL
the C9ntain asked him if he was intoxicated, no
answered: IL had considerable taken A. T. p TJ
sible that lie was drugGed by some scouhure.s, icy
down 10 wharf not far from the Battery, Wouhueu
and thrown into the water.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-17
A FAvORITE ANTIDOTI

The Russian Bath No - Lafayette place. antdote for
Selentary COnviyal habits and for CoIfs
and Rheumatism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-17

Earl g. Wilson's shorthand" Collars and
bead.edge Cuffs are the best. sold everywhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-17
FINDING TWO DEAD BODIES IN HOTEL


While chambermaids in the Astor-Place iiotei aI
No % Thrd-ave. were making mp oeds altei u
IN. Yesterday, they found two dead Dodies-cIe
that of a woman, in room on the tilTu hool' anu
the other that of n man, in a fourtn-Story lO g
The man was a slender youth of eighteen OF hlne
teen wears with dark hair and eyes. ne Tegi:ierg,u
late Oh Tuesday night as -. "us Lincoln llo
did not give any address, anu, 1 1h
was nothing 10 show where he iiNeu. ILop W
ably he had no home, as his pOckeIS
were empty and his clothing betokened poverty
He had shot himself in the head with an ora pIStoi
On the washstand in his room was touhd inc Aolo"-
ing brief note explaining his death:
l. Gus Linden. have committed suicide. Good Dye
The woman was large and not more than twenty
five wears old. She went to the hotel wilma young
man who registered as John ID. Lyon, and VINO leit
the place previous TO her death. Before heT Douy
was found in bed the door of the room was forced
open. Evidently she had closed and locked lS,
if after the departure of her companion. me
clerks and porters of the motel could
MOI tell when he went away, nor could theV, give
onv description of HIM. There were no marks OF
violence on her body and no evidence that she nag
taken poison. In a small reticule which she had
carried to the hotel pawn tickets and recelpts
which led to her identification as Bella SwarZ a
disSoIate woman who lived recently at No. ~
SecOnd-st. - ,o 49,,
Within recent years several persons have com
mitted suicide OF have been su1iocated by gas III
rooms of this hotel.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
BRIGHT BITS.

No one is so mean that he has not some
friend. A new kind Of bug has been discover
ed which bOres holes through lead pipes. 1t
is called the plumbers friend"
THR Cincinnati Dramatic Festival is "out"
$43, 900, and there Is going to be great row.
Cincinnati had better cOnfine itself to hog
killing and let art alOne.-Grdphtc.
AN old lady to professional street arab:
do you 20 to Sunday school, little boy ~
"Naa." Are you Protestant" 'Naa.
"A CathOlic:" Ma" What are you, them
'''Merican."
4 MAN needs to be careful about accepting
an invitation to a wedding in GAINESVILLE. Wis.
At a wedding there recently all the eighteen
guests were searched for $50 in gold which
disappeared.-DetrOitF Free Press.
AMAS never feels more disgusted with him
self than when he has been watching a red
light for about half an hour, and waiting for
the horse cars approach, to find that the light
comes from globe in a corner drug store.
ONE Of the results Of the panic is the fact,
cabled from London. that several wealthy
Americans abroad viii be obliged 10 return
home Immediately. And another that several
at home viii want TO 90 naturalization POST
"YoU can do anything il you have patience"
said an old uncle who had made a fortune, to
his nephew, who had nearly spent one. water
may be carried IN sieve, II you only wait.
GLOW long" asked the penitent spendthrift
TIL it freezes" was the cold reply.-ET-
change.
FIRST Philadelphia male cynic, aged Isl
am getting awfully tired Of society. Nothing
but conversation and dancing. Second Z. NJ.
C., aged l7-Y-a-a-s; awfully tiresOme. Glrl
from the Vest suppose il isn't well for you
TO talk too much. but your legs ought to be
strong at your age.
FRUGAL PHILADELPHIA: What promised
to be pure love match was broken of the
other day when Philadelphia man dis
covered that his intended bride had used four
eggs in making pie when eggs were forty
for a week he concluded that woman so eX
travagant would bankrupt HIM in five years.
Detroit Free Press.
drawn from politics. as there are so many
splendid opportunities to distinguish himself.
The political field is full Of game, and fine
game may be expected. AS it is, he is debarred
from participating. As the widow remarked,
IF James had not blowed into his gun. he
would have got plenty OF squirrels; 1t was
such a fine day for squirrels" II COnkling
had not sent in his resignation he might have
had great deal of fun, for the field is full of
small-fry Democrats.-Tesds Sittings.
WISE FATHER: "What! Do you mean that
my daughter has elopedY' Servant-"It Is too
true. sir" "Great Jedediah! ElOped Ny
own daughter too. IL is too, too horrible
1--WE are all in great distress, sir, but we could
not stop it, sir" 'Alasl alas! 1t viii bring
down my gray hairs in sorrow to the grave.
ask now only for death. When did she leave2'
LAST night at y O'Clock, sir" ooh, why did
| not warn her against that foreign Prncef'
Prince! Then whom did she elope withE'
Your family cOachman, sir" "Oh, that is
all right. My coachman is a respectable man.
Send them. my blessing. philadelphia cal.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
British Circum1ocution.

The CircumlOcutiOn Office still exists,
says the st. james Gazette, and an Off
cial Of the Royal Courts of Justice has
supplied a correspondent with an account
of one of its recent triUmphs. Some time
ago he found that his favorite Office chair
was in a sbaky condition, and required
either the application Of a little glue or
the hammering Of a couple of nails. He
represented the matter to a caretaker,
who laid before him for signature a form
of requisltIon for repairs addressed to the
Board of Works. The document was in
due course copied, entered and dispatched,
and in a weeks time a man arrived,
grayely inspected the crippled piece of fur
niture, and departed to report upon the
gravity of the situation. Ten days after
wards two other men visited the scene,
examined, consulted together, note books
in hand, and disappeared. Ten days once
more elapsed, and then, at last, came a
cabinetmaker, who, in less than five min
utes, put the chair firmly upon its legs
again. But it is not always that the
Board of Works acts in this dilatOry
fashion. Lord Justice Fry, upon arriving
one morning at his court, found that the
key of a cupboard containing his robes had
been mislaid. 1t was already 10 O'CLOCK,
and, having no time to lose, the Judge or
dered his clerk to break open the door
and at once to send to the Board of Works
"a requisition for the repair of the dam
ages. By return of post came the reply,
which was a model of breVity, and was
to the effect that since Lord Justice Fry
had broken the door, Lord Justice Fry had
better mend it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE manufacture Of perfume from Florida
flowers is becoming an important industry.
It is said that a process has recently been de-
vised for extracting the sweet flavor OF the
cassava plant.
A DIAMOND weighing 3O2 carats has just
been unearthed in the Kimberley mines. 1t is
but little smaller in size than the celebrated
Pitt gem in its uncHt state, and the latter has
heen sold for El7I,000.
A NEW YORK grocer, who sells kindling
wood to the poor at three cents a bundle,
figures that he gets S94 90 for a cord OF hem
lock worth 81 up country. IL is the poor
people who pay the most for the nccessares
OF life every time.
GOV. STONEMAN, OF California, is President
Of the Worlds Fair that Is to be held in san
Francisco in 1887, and that promises to be the
biggest thing OF the kind on record. The
glorious climate OF California is said TO be pc
culiarly favorable TO Worlds Fairs.
THE friends OF the Old State House in Bos-
ton are very much stirred up over an effort on
the part OF tenants IN one part Of the building
to place signs upon il. IL is urged that an i'm
piled pledge was given when the city restored
the building that no sign should be permitted
on its exterior, and that condition was in
serted in the leases.
SIX THOUSAND head OF cattle stampeded
below CotuIa, Texas, on the Nueces river, re-
Gently. The animals had been five days
without water and when they came in sight
OF the river, maddcned were they by thirst
that in their frantic endeaYOrs to reach the
water hundreds were killed and MANNED
Altogether 1000 are missing.
ACCORDING to the Chinese cask making has
been known to them for many thousand
years. They labored, however, under this
drawback. They did not know how to give
the final touch by which the lid is fastened in,
the only method that struck them as feasible
being to place a boy inside while the cooper
frightened the hoops and secured the Id in its
position. But how was the boy TO be got out?
This remained an unsOlyed problem for three
thousand years.
CURIOUS SCENE took place at the auction
Of the library Of London rector, at Sotheby's
rooms. The dealers, who were there in
crowds, were left nowhere, one of the daugh-
ters OF the deceased having, in deep mourn-
ing, placed herself beside the auctiOneer and
bid in all the books SO keen was the cOmpe-
tition between her and some other relatives OF
the deceased that books which would ordi-
narily have reached ten or twelve shiliings, to
the surprise Of the trade, reached az many
pounds.
THE historical novel or romance continues
10 beat every other form Of light literature
out OF the field in Germany, and the booksell-
ers' lists are crowded with announcements Of
this kind Of fiction. Distinguished among the
throng-though the historical interest often
obscures the story which tries TO meander
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
PERSONAL.

THE late Cyrus II. Mccormick left an estate
valued at S32,OO0,00O.
KING WILLIAM and Queen Emma, of Hol-
land, are visiting Leopold, King Of the Bel
CLANS.
CHARLES READE told Joseph Hatton once
that he received only Is for "Peg Voting
ton"
PHILIPPE D. EMERY, author of 1.-THE Two
Orphans" is said to have amassed a fortune
of 100000
THE widow of Tom Thumb is being wooed
by John Spencer Coyne, 1ye-fOot mining
operator Of means.
G. }. BONNER, the Australian cricketer hit
ball distance which was calculated TO be
! l67 yards before it struck the ground.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. the American
Minister, Will preside at the banquet which is
to be given in London on the 23th to the
American Lacrosse Team.
MISS HATTIE BLAINE, the daughter Of the
celebrated historian, recently gave german
at a party. This is probably q shreWd effort
to capture the Teutonic vote.
RUFUS CHoATE did not believe that good
intellectual work was the result of inspira
ton. "Nonsense9 he said, you might as
well drop the Greek alphabet on the ground
and expect to pick up the Had"
FERDINAND WARDS downfall is regretted
at Stamford, Conn, on account Of his lber-
atty to local institutions. Among other
things he subscribed 5000 TO the new Presby
terrain Church, 81 600 to the proposed Soldiers
monument, $1,000 to the Young Mems Christ
ian Association, and 500 to the Stamford
Cornet Band.
CONKLING is either awfully belied or he
isn't pining to help either Blaine or Arthur to
the Presidential chair. His hostility to Blaine
requires no explanation, but his alleged hos
tility to Arthur after the descent OF the latter
into the Albany mire TO save him from the
consequences Of his Senatorial folly looks like
the sheerest ingratitude.
SAM WARD, who was a brother OF Julia
Ward Howe, had some poetic talent, and
once published a volume OF his verses. He
was a reader not only of well known writer's
but OF those who are not generally studied
and he liked to quote from theses He used to
boast that he numbered among his friends
bismarck, King UmbertO, Victor Hugo, Gam
BETA, President Grevy, Gladstone, Robert
Browning, the Prince OF Wales, Dom Pedro
Of Brazil, the Duke OF Cambridge, the En-
peror Francis Joseph. the Car OF Russia,
Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin, TennysOn,
the Duke OF Manchester, Mrs. Langtry, HOr-
tense Schneider, Mary f. Braddon, Cora
Pearl, RhOda BroughtOn, Leo Kill, Buchner,
Paul de CassagRac, Cardinal Newman, Don
Carlos, Alphonse Daudet, Charles Reade,
Baron Grant, Sarah Bernhardt, Ernest Re
nau, the Archbishop of York, Henri Roche
fort, the Duke Of Argyle, and most cOntem-
pOraneOus men and women OF note.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
Gresham and Nc Pher son
W0Shin0fOn Latter

Gen. Gresham, the Postmaster General,
was subordinate in command to Gen.
Mcpherson, whom he greatly loved.
When Gresham was before Atlanta, lust
a day or two prior to its fall, he was
wounded badly, a shell carrying away
the fieshy part of his leg above the knee.
He sent word to Mcpherson that he was
disabled and had been ordered to the rear.
Mcpherson sent back a sympathetic mes
sage and an escort, and Gresham was
carried by a roundabout course to
point where he received medical attention.
When he could be further
moved, he was put into
baggage car on a stretcher, and alongside
a coffin which had been put in the car be-
fore he reached it. He heard some OF the
men about him talking sadly, and caught
the remark that sit is too bad the General
is gone" "What General?' asked Ores
ham. The men expressed surprise that
he did not know whose dead body was so
close by his side, and shocked him by tell
ing him that it was that of Mcpherson,
who had been killed and had overtaken
him on his way to the rear. Gresham re-
veres McPherson's memory, and New
York Congressman, who found him sitting
in MCPHERSON square, near the Arlington,
a day or two ago, looking at the statue Of
the brave man, tells us that Gresham ire
quentlY stops as no goes that way, and
looks upon it as he recalls the story of
his life and death.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
Gen. SAM. HOUSTON.
Version of the Story About His Domes-
tic Troubles

tic Troubles.
a letter to the Washington Post of the
goth inst. says: Inotice in the columns
of Washington morning paper the fol-
lowing paragraph relating to Gen. Sam.
Houston:
"Thereupon the old hero left her (his
wife, and sought the wilds Of Texas.
Now comes a Tennesseean who says the
separation took place in three days in
stead Of three months, and it was because
Of HoustOn's brutality toward his wife
that caused the trouble. He was violent
in temper. rude in manners, and wanting
in all the finer qualities that 20 to make a
man companiOnable to a sensitive, re-
fined lady. 1t was not because Of a broken
heart he went to Texas, but because he
was ashamed to be seen IN Nashville"
! beg space in your paper to defend the
memory Of the distinguished dead against
this gross libel. Instead Of being crude
in manners Sam Houston was univer-
sally recognized as one Of the most pol
ished men Of his day. His politeness and
great regard for the gentler sex was his
distinguishing characteristic. He was
never known TO speak TO a lady on the
street without first removing his hat, and
he always remained with head I'M
covered as long as the conversation con-
tinued, regardless Of the weather. He
was the beau ideal OF the most refined
and elegant ladies Of the land.
The writer was intimate in his fam
lily, after his marriage with Miss Lee, Of
Alabama, one Of the most sensitive and
charming ladies of the South, and Gen.
Houston was one Of the kindest and best
of husbands, a most indulgent parent,
and he was the idol of the household. The
author Of the libel on the dead hero dis
plays his ignorance Of the whole subject
in saying Houston left his wife in Tennes-
see land sought the wilds of Texas" He
did nothing Of the kind. He settled in the
Indian Territory and entered Texas only
when called there 70 win her independ-
ence. Instead of being ASHAMED to be
seen in Nashville" he received the grand
est ovation ever offered a citizen of Ten
nessee on his visit to that city few years
aftnrVar da
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
A sKIPPERs WIFE ADRIFr.
Remarkable Adventure and Narrow Es-
cape of a Woman During a Gale.

Remarkable Adventure and Narrow Es-
cape of a Woman During a Gale.
The adventure Of Mrs. Stuve, wife of
Capt, j. NJ. Stuve, of Bristol, says a New
port { r. ID special Of the Goth inst, to
the New York Herald, is the sensation of
the hour in this vicinity. Capt. John
started in his two-masted boat, carrying
four persons to Providence Island, taking
his wife in the boat with him. He ar
rived in Potter's Cove about nine O'Clock,
anchored his boat, and, taking a small
skif, landed his passengers, leaving his
wife on board. The passengers, on land
ing, being unacquainted with the island,
and the night being dark, requested the
skipper to 90 up to the
house with them, which he did. On
returning he found that the tide had
fioated his skiff away. In the morning
the boat also had disappeared, and he
came to the sOrrowful conclusion that his
wife was lost in the gale which had pre-
vailed during the night. Twenty hours
afterward the boat, with a signal OF dis
tress. was seen of Conanicut Point, and
upon going to the rescue it was found to
contain the shippers wife. When the
wind sprung up the boat dragged her
anchor and drifted about the bay. 1t was
very dark until toward morning, when the
anchor finally caught in rock, and Mrs.
Stuve took in the sail, hauled'up the centre
board and made things snug, afterWard
hanging out her signal Of distress.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
The New Orleans Exhibition.


Interest in the New Orleans Exposition
IS steadily increasing. Words OF encour-
agement are received from all parts OF
the world by the management. The work
Of preparing the grounds and the build
ings for the reception OF the exhibits Is
progressing steadily and satisfactorily,
and there is 10 doubt that everything viii
be ready for the opening on the lst ofneXt
December. Il is probable that the Expo
sition will be the grandest the world has
ever seen. The structure for the Worlds
Fair in London IN 1852 contained 100000
square feet OF space. The total exhibits
at Philadelphia covered about 100000
square feet Of space. The main building
at New Orleans viii cover 100000
square feet Of space. and, besides this,
there VIII be another building, TO be called
Horticultural hall which viii cover $1,000
square feet. From this statement Of the
size Of the buildings 1t viii be readily I'M
derstood that the New Orleans Exposition
will exceed anything OF the kind ever be-
fore attempted. There Is no occasion TO
fear that there Will be a lack Of exhibits.
Already more space has been applied for
than the original plans contemplated, and
the ACCESSIBILITY OF erecting another i'm
mense structure has been considered.
Fourteen foreign governments have an
nOunced their purpose to take part in the
exposition. and about all the States and
Territories have applied for space. A
question has been raised as to the prob
able financial success Of the undertaking.
1t is true that New Orleans is a long way
from the centre Of population Of
the United States, but there are
hundreds Of thousands Of people from
the North and West who VIII
seize upon this opportunity to spend the
winter in the South. One hundred and
sixty railroads have announced theirpur-
pose to carry passengers to and from the
exposition at the low rate Of one cent a
mile. A round trip ticket from New York
to New Orleans now costs something over
$50. Under the agreement Of the roads q
round trip ticket between the points
named will cost only SIS. To visit the expo
sition, therefore, viii not be very expen-
sive, even for people who live in the
extreme northern portion Of the Union
and in Canada. There will be many more
features than there were in the centennial
exposition. New Orleans itself viii be
an attraction to thousands, since it is
totally different f-om any other city il
the country. OF course, Georgia and
Florida must not occupy an inferior place
in this great Worlds Fair. They will
probably never again have 80 fine an op-
pOrtunity to advertise their resources and
advantages. A splendid exhibit will be
invaluable to them. They ought not to
wait until the last moment before taking
steps to prepare their exhibits. They
ought to begin the work at once. There
is a great deal to be done and the time is
limited
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
Distinctions in Vermont.

Last Sunday one of the pastors of the
little village of Pownal was walking to
church, when he saw man with his coat
off digging in his garden. The good man
beheld with grief and astonishment, and,
coming up to the fence, began to recite in
a solemn voice: Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. Six days thou shalt
labor and do all thy work"
''See here" said the man in the garden,
looking up, "be you talkin' to me"
Eyes, my poor man, / am"
"Wall, YOU needn't worry about me,
then, / amt a gOin' 10 do any work; Pm
only diggin' worms to go fishin' with"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT JEP.
A Chicago Woman Tries to Commit
Gnicid. from, Inro Of ILer Pet nnn.

A Chicago Woman Tries to Commit
Suicide from Love of Her Pet Dog.
When Thomas Colson and his son OF
No. 1904 State street returned to their
home, says a Chicago special to the Bos-
ton Globe, they found the hall door lead
ing to their apartments was locked. They
knocked for admittance, but received no
response. They broke in the trans0m
over the door, and young ColsOn crawled
over and found the room full of gas escap-
ing from jet that had been lett open.
Mrs. Colson was found on the bed in an
unconscious state. DR.. Rose was called,
and he has hopes Of her recovery. A note
was found written on the bottom of col
lar box. 1t is as follows:
MY DEAR FAMILY-All the request that
ask is, bury me with my pet dog. Jep.
[Signedl JULIA CoLsoN.
The dog was to be killed, as it had bit
ten a child the day before, and she could
not live without it.