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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
AN ECCENTRIC WILL.

A Democrat Bequeaths His Wealth to
His Party Provided it Has a President
in Power.
A very singular bequest was unearthed
in this city to-day by Democrats. saws a
Pittsburg special of Nov. IA. who
have long been cognizant of its existence,
but who had but little hopes that the last
VIII and testament of an eccentric but
patriotic Democrat could ever be exc
cuted. In October, 1878, Alex. McGill, a
well-known citizen, who had accumulated
a large fortune, became fearful that he
might die, and that his real and personal
effects by some legal crook might come
into the possession of "a divorced
wife. That this might not result,
he made his will, giving to his
former wife nominal sum, and bequeath-
ing to his sister all his effects during her
lifetime. AT her death the fortune was
to be divided between three aunts, sisters
OF his father, who were supposed to live
in county Tyrone, Ireland. Should they
die in the meantime, their children, should
they have any, were to inherit the por-
tions assigned to their mothers, and
should the children, if any, be dead, the
whole estate was bequeathed to the Presi-
dent OF the United States, providing he be
Democrat, in trust for and to be used in
the interest of and for the success of the
Democratic party.
The will was proved before County
Register Gray Oct. 10, 1878, and the in
ventory of Mrs. Steel, the executrix,
shows that the personal effects amounted
to $21, ,924, and it Is said that the realty
amounts to considerably more than that
sum. Two well-known Democrats ex-
a..a.r I
to President Cleveland the substantial
features of the will.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from
Wires frfntad in Condauaad Eror,,o

Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
Spain has taken possession of the territory
in West Africa about the river Orc.
At New London, Conn.,, yesterday, Rev.
Jabez 5. Swan. the renowned revivalist, died
at the age of 81.
The Western Export Association has agreed
toreduce the capacity of its distilleries from
36 to 80 per cent.
People who are out of employment in Paris
are organizing a monster demonstration to
take place next Sunday week.
The Council General of the Seine has
adopted resolution in favor of an universal
exhibition, to be held in Paris in 1899.
Louis A. SENEGAL has begun a new suit for
$2500O0 against the Toronto Mail. This viii
involve another trial with a new jury.
A letter received at New York from
Havana, dated Nov. l3, says: "During the
past week there were two deaths at Havana
from yellow fever"
At Havana Senor Don Jose, cortino di-
rector ana proprietor of La Re0jstG de Cuba
and one of the leaders of the Autonomist
party, died Tuesday OF typhoid fever.
west-bound freight train on the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad was
wrecked yesterday morning near RayYille,
La. Four tramps are reported to have been
killed.
The American Woman's Suffrage AssOcla-
ton began its annual session at Chicago yes
terday. Committees on Credentials and other
matters were appointed and addresses deIiV~
cred by Mary A. LivermOre and Lucy Stone.
Near Yarker. Ont, two Frenchmen, while
erecting telegraph poles on the Napanee, Tam
worth and Quebec Railway, were blown up
while in the act of heating the dualln. One
was killed instantly, and the other is not ex-
pected to live.
The German Bundesrath yesterday fixed the
estimates for the next fiscal year as follows:
Expenditures ordinary, 556,3l4, ,2S6 marks, and
extraordinary, 64,S9l,765 marks; revenue,
b2l, ,l96,05l marks, including A,67l, 1896 marks
to be raised by loan.
In railroad wreck of a freight train on
the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad yester-
day morning Brakeman Davidson was killed.
and Engineer Henry Ray and Fireman Joseph
Dow were seriously injured. An engine and
seven cars were demolished.
At Little Rock Ark, yesterday, in the Cir
cult Court, verdict Of fine of $40 each,
and one days imprisonment in the county
jail, was rendered against the Mayor and
Aldermen, to be enforced unless by Jan. the
market house. condemned as a nuisance, be
removed.
An epidemic known as ''black leg' has
broken out among cattle in the western sec
tion of Berks county, Pa. The disease is very
loathsome and many young cattle have sue
cumbed to its ravages. The animals become
lame, and death ensues in few days. The
State health officials have been notified.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
EnpIand,s ParIiamnnt

LONDON, Nov. 19.-The House of Com
mons to-day by a vote of 40 TO 32 rejected
the Irish compensation for improvements
bill, which sought to extend the provi-
sions of the land act to country towns
and villages.
Premier Gladstone has written a letter
in which he says that the government Will
require an adequate assurance that the
franchise bill will be passed by the House
of Lords before the redistribution bill
shall be presented. This, however, does
not preclude friendly communication be-
tween the leaders of the tNo parties be-
fore such assurance is given. The Con-
servative leaders have asked the govern
ment that such communication regarding
the nature of the proposed redistribution
bill shall be made to them.
Lord Salisbury. the Conservative leader,
in replying to an address presented to
him by deputation, said that he believed
that the crisis was passing away. The
House OF Lords had no great desire to ap-
peal to the country. The government, he
said, had conceded to them as much as
could be expected as a perquisite to the
passage of the franchise bill
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
COLD WATER AND RAN WATER.
PEN PORTRAIT OF CLEVELAND.
His Appearance, His Manner, His Con-
versatiOn and His Business Ways.

hdSdiugt0n Cdgttdt.
! stopped in Albany a few hours in or
der that l might pay my respects to the
President-elect, and see for myself what
manner of man this memorable campaign
Of 1884 has crowned with the greatest
of earthly hOnOrs. At O'Clock in the af-
ternOOn | found the Governor sitting in
the vast and splendid Executive chamber
in the new Capitol building. How many
Kings or EmperOrs ever received their sub
iects. wonder. in such noble apartment
as this in which the chief ruler of the En-
pire State meets his fellow citizensl The
White House will seem to him very
poor and cheap in comparison when he
comes to occupy it. Perhaps the contrast
will be great enough to make him an ear
nest advocate of a new Executive Man
sion, or a rebuilt one at any rate. That
would be something to be thankful for if
1t should happen.
The Governor sits in a cane-seated
swivel chair before one of a number of
large red-tOpped desks-the others belong
ing to his secretaries. Troops of visitors
are constantly passing through the cham
Der; and those who care to do so walk up
10 him and pay their respects. He asks
no one TO sit, but when there are ladies
in the party he rises and shakes hands,
and exchanges "A few pleasant words
with them. The Governors greeting is
pheasant UnCf buN NCAl SAuuHACs anu WIN
no excess of cOrdialitv of voice or man.
ner. His voice, one notices instantly, has
none of the suave and fascinating qnal-
ity of Mr.. Blaine's. 1t Is not the voice of
a man that has been used to magnetic
or attract men and women. 1t is not the
voice of a man who asks tayOrs of others,
nor is il the voice of an orator. But there
is criticism and emphasis in il, and, while
not a soft voice, it is not hard nor rough.
The firstl impression one ge IS OF Gov.
Cleveland is that he is a young man.
There is a bald place one sees atterward
that goes we'll down on the back of his
head, but the face is the face OF man In
the freshest health; a man full OF lie, VINO
has never greatly abused himself nor
OveIdrawn upon his vitality. Tall and
stout he is, II must be confessed, but not
an obese man, and while one would not
expect him TO prefer an active life, his
power of work must be enormous. He
looks like a man who could work for "a
hours without rest and then begin a new
than the average man possesses after a
good nights sleep.
In conversation the Governor speaks
with a good deal of animation, and the
strongest impression one gets from him is
of great firmness and force in adhering to
a course once it is adopted. One would
saw. ssHere is a man, surely, who cannot
be driven. but who who will do the driv-
ing himself whenever it be necessary"
One might ask a good deal of such man,
but to demand, should think, would be a
losing business.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
NEW YORK's CANVAssERs.
The Work of Completing the Big Count
Begun at Albany.

Begun at Albany.
ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 19.-The board of
State canvassers met at 3 O'Clock to-day.
All Of the members were present. Re
turns from all the counties excepting
New York, Kings and st. Lawrence were
filed. The return from Richmond county
shows a very serious error in the footing
on the electoral ticket, and the board
directed that a telegram be sent to the
County Clerk, asking him to explain the
error. The board adjourned until Thurs
day afternoon at 4 O'clock.
Ex-senator Roscoe COnkling arrived
here this morning as counsel to the Demo-
cratic State Committee. Francis LVnde
Stetson and William G. Whitney, of New
York, are also here.
The returns for the electors by districts
from Richmond county show a total of
903,567, While the footing of the tabulated
statement shows 304,517. The names of
only thirty-fOur Butler electors appear on
the returns. A messenger from the Rich
mond County Clerk is expected to arrive
here tomorrow morning to explain the
discrepancies. If the returns are correct
which cannot now be determined, the
official canvass of the county may be
changed.
The entire vote of Richmond county
was less than 9,JOO-lt being in fact 5, 135
for Cleveland and 1854 Tor Blaine as re-
turned by the county canvassing board.
The figures in the dispatch are not COM
prehensible. They are, however, the
figures received at Albany from Rich
mOnd county. The messenger that is eX-
pected from the clerk Of that county to-
day will doubtless clear up the dis
crepancy.-ED.
THE KINGS COUNTY CANVASS.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Nov. 19.-The Kings
county canvassers have not officially an
nOunced the result of the vote on the cleo
toral ticket, but reporters of the local
papers who have kept tally with them,
published this afternoon the following as
the official announcement: Cleveland,
90, 263; Blaine, 53,514; Butler, 2,143; ST..
John, 1,341. Cleveland's plurality over
Blaine, 15,749.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
RICHMoND's EVACUATION.
Insurance Companies not Responsible
for Fires Started by FederaIfsts.

Insurance Companies not Responsible
for Fires Started by FederaIists.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Decisions were
rendered by the United States Supreme
Court to-day in cases No. 90, Robert
Crane, executor, etc., plaintiff in error,
VS.. the Mutual Association Society of
Virginia, and No. 96, Wellington Goddin,
executor, etc, plaintiff in error, VS.. the
Mutual Association Society of Virginia.
in error, to the Supreme Court of Appeals
of Virginia. The cases were dismissed
for want of Jurisdiction. These were
suits brought by tee appellant and plain
tin In error against the insurance company
to recover the amount of certain
fire insurance policies Issued by said COM
pany upon property in Richmond, Va,
which was burned at the time that CITY
was captured by the Federal troops in
1860. The insurance company refused to
pay on the ground that by the express
terms OF its policies it was not liable for
damages from fires caused by ''ciVil war.
cOmmOtiOn, inSurrection, or the invasion
of foreign enemy" and that the fire in
this case was due to one or all of these
causes. The Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia rendered a decision in favor of
the company on the ground that the fire
was the insult of the invasion of a
foreign enemy" When the cases were
appealed to this court the question of
jurisdiction was raised, the company
maintaining that the cases were not de-
cided by the court below on the Federal
question, and that consequently this
court was without jurisdiction to review
the decision. At the conclusion of the
argument to-day Chief Justice Waite an
nounced as the opinion of the court that
it had no jurisdiction of the cases, and
must, therefore, dismiss them, and it W as
so ordered. The decision rendered in fa-
vOr of the insurance company by the Su-
preme Court of Appeals Ct Virginia now
stands as the final settlement of the ques-
tlon and relieves underwriters in Virginia
and elsewhere from liability for great
quantity OF property destroyed by fire in
Richmond when it was evacuated by the
Confederate troops.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
FIRE AND INCENDIARISM.
TOLSNOT VISITED BY A TERRI
BILE CONFEDERATION

A Theatre Burned at SOUTHAMPTON buf
No Lives LOst-I5O, 900 Pounds of
Sugar Destroyed in st. James Parish,
L"uisiana-OtherD DeVastations by the
Fiery Element.
RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 19.-Toisnot. a
village on the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad, was destroyed by fire this MORN
ing. The loss is $4,000. The stores and
goods of p. j. Turnbull, w. b. q James
Sellers, the drug store OF j. A. Barnes.
hillebrew's eating saloon, the stores of
w. NJ. II j. L. Wells, Mrs. McHavey s.
Co. and j. B. Williams & Co., and some
smaller buildings were consumed. The
nre swept away every business house east
of the railroad, and is ascribed to an in
cendIarY. There was no insurance what
ever.
FOREST FIRES IN VIRGINIA.
PETERSBURG, VA, Nov. 19.-Forest
hres are burning in Greenville county in
the neighborhOod of Hicksford. in this
state. Considerable quantities of timber
nave been destroyed, and some few houses
ana large amount of fencing. In cOnse-
quence of the prOtracted drought the
grass and underground have become so
dry that the least spark VIII ignite them.
INCENDIARIsM AT ALEXANDRIA.
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, Nov. I9.-Fre-
quent fires having recently occurred here,
1t is feared that they are the work of in
cendiaries. A cotton warehouse was
burned yesterday, and 362 bales of cotton
were destroyed.
FIRES SWEET TOOTH.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. ia sugar house
ON the Armout plantation, st. James
parish, owned by Oliver Brine, with I50,-
600 pounds of sugar, was burned to-day.
The loss is $1500OO.
THEATRE BURNED.
LONDON, Nov. 19.-The Gaiety Theatre
at southampton, England, was burned
yesterday. There were no person in the
building.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.
The Remarkable Longevity of Mrs.
Phoebe BrockWav

The Remarkable Longevity of Mrs.
Phoebe BrOckway.
Mrs. Phoebe BrOckway, the oldest per-
son in Cayuga county, and probably in
the State, says a Rochester On. W spe-
cial of Nov. 16, died on Friday at Union
Springs. The date of her birth is given
as Sept. u, 1872, making her over 112
years of age at the time of her death. The
gray-haired inhabitants of the village
themselves 10 to so years old-remember
her as an old woman when they were in
their prime. Her life was one of singular
hardship and privation, but endowed with
an iron constitution she weathered every
storm and lived to see her descendants of
five generations. She was a native of
Galway, Saratoga county. and while vet
quite young came with her parents,
named Collier, to Cayuga county, then
considered Western wilds, being entirely
inhabited by Indians. She was married
to Gideon Brockway, who died many
years ago.
After that event she kept house for JO-
seph Merritt, and when the war broke out
she went to live with one of her daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Adam Menzie, whose husband
enlisted and was captured by Confeder-
ates and died IN Libby Prison. Since then
WIS., DIOCkWdy > IOI was very humble.
She inhabited portion of a small hut. a
stones throw from Cayuga Lake, near the
village, and when the writer visited her
last he found her seated in an old arm
chair, her form bent over a bright fire on
the hearth, her lips tightly clasped about
black clay pipe, from which she was
slowly drawing Whit after Whit of to-
baccO smoke. Her eyes were dim, and
she became aware of visitors presence by
means of hearing rather than of sight.
Her hands shook necessarily when not Oc-
cupied with her pipe, and her memory
was fast failing. Mrs. Brockway had en-
joyed remarkably good health up to half a
dozen years before her death. Even three
years ago she was able to walk to the vii
lage for supplies, and many times aston
isoed people by carrying a sack of flour
on her back from the mill. She had never
been on railroad train. Mrs. Brockway
had four children, three of whom survive
her, namely, Mrs. Marshall Whipple, aged
80; Mrs. Menzie, and William Brockway.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
GEORGIA's LEGISLATURE.
A Number of Bills and Resolutions In
trOduced in the Two Houses.

LfOuuce0 IN the Two Houses.
ATLANTA, Nov. 19.-ln the Senate to-
day Mr.. Ray offered resolution that,
with the concurrence of the House, a COM
mittee of three from the Senate and five
from the House be appointed to inquire
what amendments to the constitution are
proper, and report the result to the Gen
eral Assembly for investigation. 1t was
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Thornton offered a resolution that
the Committee on Public Property be in
structed TO ascertain whether or not the
interest of the State can be better served
by the use of Georgia material in the
construction of the capitol, and whether
the contract can be changed without Oper-
atlng to delay the work and exceeding
the cost prescribed by law. The resolu-
tiOn was adopted.
Mr.. Allen offered a bill to carry into
effect section 2, article 2, of the cOnstitu-
ton, to provide for the registration of
electors, to require electors to vote in all
elections in their militia districts, and to
prescribe the penalty for illegal voting.
1t was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Mr.. Falligant offered bill to alter the
amendment to the laws regulating the
Railroad Commission. 1t was referred to
the judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Rankin introduced a bill requiring
railroads to return property for taxation
by counties and to prescribe the mode of
making the returns of railroads.
MIR. johnson offered bill providing for
licensing foreign companies, corporations
and associations doing business in the
State, anneXing conditions for returning
licenses and affiXing the penalties for do
ing business without such licenses. 1t
was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Iigner offered bill providing for
the election of county officers on the first
wednesday in August of the year pre-
viOus to the commencement of their re-
spective terms. 1t was referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
In executive session the Senate con-
hrmed the following appOintm ents made
by the Governor: VIM. Oliver to be SOlic-
1tor OF the County Court of DOugherty;
Howard Thompson to be Solicitor of the
County Court of Hall; Theodore n. Winn
to be Solicitor of the County Court of
Liberty; W. r. Musten to be Solicitor of
the County Court of Morgan; Charles
Blalock to be Solicitor of the County
Court of Walton; VIM. H. Toombs to be
Solicitor of the County Court of Wilkes.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day number of alb
sentees were granted leave to have their
names recorded as voting for Mr.. Brown
when they were called yesterday.
The Committee on Elections was grant
ed leave of absence for a day.
Mr.. Connell offered a joint resolution
disappearing of any increase of the sala-
ries Of the officials of the State.
Mr.. Gardner offered a resolution for a
joint committee to review the capitol
question. After much discussion it was
tabled.
No material change from yesterday ap-
peared when the vote of the joint session
at II O'Clock was taken for Senator.
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KINGSTON, ONT, Nov. 19.-Rev Father
Fleming, of Tweed, states that smallpox
prevails in seven families in that village.
The people are terrified, and many are
leaving the place. On Sunday two men
died from the disease, and a priest and a
grave-digger had to bury their remains.
as no assistance could be procured. Even
doctors refuse to attend the sick, and
Father Fleming and two Sisters of Mercy
left for Tweed to-day, taking with them a
supply of vaccine virus. A gentleman
from TamwOrth says that smallpox has
appeared at a French village near that
place, and great fears are entertained of
its sDreadin0.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
THE MONITORS NOW BUILT.
FLORIDA ON THE WIRE.
a steamer Sunk-ElOrida at New Or
Ieans-An Editor Ipjured.

\ steamer SUNK IOr1da at New Or
Ieans-An Editor Ipjured.
JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 19.-The steamer
Mabel f. struck snag near the city this
morning and sunk in four feet of water.
No lives were lost.
The Board of Health will send an ad-
dress to the Secretary of the Treasury re-
quesung the prohibition of the impOrta-
ton of rags from countries infected with
cholera.
Two hundred negroes passed through
this city to-day to work on railroads in
Orange county.
The st. James and Carleton hotels will
open next week.
Commissioner Sebring desires articles
other than fruits forwarded to New Or
leans by Nov. 20. Florida is asked to fill
5000 plates with specimens of citrus
fruits.
Mr.. Spears, of the Wildwood Orange
Leaf, has been badly injured by a railroad
train.
The deaf and dumb asylum at st. Au-
custine Will be finished Dec. 10.
The cut in rates has seriously affected
the steamers, they having no thought of
making freight connections.
The interior towns are still having cele-
brafiOnS