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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
HEWITTs TARIFF BILL.
a Conference Held and its Introduc-
tiOn to be Made To-day.

A Conference Held and its Introduc-
tiOn to be Made To-day.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-Five of the
Democratic members of the Ways and
Means Committee, Messrs. Nor
rison, Blackburn, Blount, Herbert
and Hewitt, met at the house
of the last-named gentleman last
night upon his invitation to consider the
tariff bill, which he intends to introduce
in the House tomorrow. What this bill
will propose has already been stated. It's
principal feature will be Il series Of pro-
visions, based upon the recommendations
of the Secretary of the Treasury and upon
decisions rendered by the Treasury De-
partment with respect to the cOnstruc-
tion Of the present tariff law, which are
designed to remove the difficulties that
now occur in the administration
of the law. Mr.. Hewitt is Chairman of
the subcommittee of the Ways and
Means Committee, to which this matter
was referred early in the session, and he
has been at work upon it since. He has,
however, added to these provisions others
which propose reduction Of the present
tariff rates on some articles, and the
abolition of the tax on others, that will
in his opinion, reduce the revenue from
customs duties about $60,000,0 900 per year
In this latter portion of his bill it is un-
derstOod that Mr.. Hewitt provides for
the enlargement of the present free list,
to the extent Of putting on
that list all articles enumerated
in the free list of the Morrison tariff bill,
as it was reported to the House, and a
few others, and that he also adopted the
limitation clauses of the Morrison bill,
with respect to the extent to which
duties shall be collected on the articles
enumerated in the cotton, wool and metal
schedules of the present tariff law. The
object of the meeting at Mr.. Hewitt's
house last night was to secure the
opinions of members Of the Democratic
majority of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, respecting the Introduction of the
proposed bill at this time. The matter
was informally discussed but nothing
was determined as to the cOusidera-
tion of the bill by the committee.
Mr.. Hewitt will, however, introduce it in
the House tomorrow.
Chairman Morrison, of the Ways and
Means Committee, said tonight, when
asked about this matter, that the COM
mittee had never considered anything be-
yOnd the Morrison bill, and that since the
defeat Of that measure they had not had
a meeting. He did not know how the
committee or the majority in the House
would treat the proposed Hewitt bill, but
the committee could have no objection to
the introduction of the measure by Mr..
Hewitt and its reference to them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
A CHINESE LADY DOCTOR.
An Almond Eyed Belle of the Celestial
Empire to be a Phvsician

An Almond Eyed Belle of the Celestial
Empire to be a Physician. :.
At to-day's meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society, says a Phila-
delphia special of the Sth inst. a dark
complexiened, almond-eyed girl of Is at
tracted general attention. She was at
tired in a richly embroidered sacque and
skirt, and wore the silk slippers which
are affected by the ladies of high rank in
the Celestial Empire.
The girl is Hu King Eng, who arrived
last week from China in company with
Rev. DIR. Whitney, medical missionary
stationed at FOochow. She is the daughter
OF Hu Yong Mi, convert, who occupies
the position OF Presiding Elder in the
FO0chOW Conference, and is held in high
esteem in China. Her mother, who is a
lady of high rank. assists her father in his
missionary labors. Her grandfather, HUI
King Ill, who died recently, was a mill
tary mandarin of rank, and enjoyed the
distinction of being the second convert to
the Methodist Episcopal Church in China.
He was devout Christian and a
firm believer in the tenets of Methodism
ana gave his children, the parents of HUI
King Eng, good religious education.
This was in turn impaired to the girl, who
is piO0s Christian. She is unusually
bright and intelligent. Her purpose in
coming here is to obtain medical educa-
tion which will enable her to take charge
of the hospital on her return to her native
country. With this object in view she
will enter the girls department of the
Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware,
o., in which the co-education system is
practised, and then take a regular course
in the Women's Medical College in this
city
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
DIR. GROSS CRENATED.

The Remains of the Distinguished Sur
geOn Incinerated in LIE MOyne's Gre
matOry.
The remains of Prof. Samuel D. Gross,
says Washington (Pa.) special of the
Sth inst. to the Philadelphia Press, were
brought here by the IL O'Clock train this
morning, and were conveyed Immediately
to the lie Moyne CIematory.
4 hearse and carriages were waiting at
the railroad station, and without any de.
lay the funeral cOrtege started for the lie
MOyne Crematory, on the outskirts of the
town, where the body of the distinguished
surgeon was to be reduced to ashes. The
fires had been started in the crematory al
noon yesterday, and when the body arrived
all was in readiness.
Arrangements for the cremation had
been made so quietly that few Of the resi-.
dents OF the place knew the fires were
lighted. In consequence of this the neigh.
bOrhoOd of the crematOry was entirely de.
serted, save by the attendants and Trus.
tee Harding. When the gates were
reached, after whispered consultation
with Mr.. Harding. the casket containing
the body was taken from the hearse and
carried to the little reception room. The
retort was ready for the body, and. after
the relations of the distinguished surgeon
had taken farewell look at his face. the
body was removed to an inner room anC
prepared for incineratioh.
There were no religious services. as
they had been held in the deceased,s resi-
dence in Philadelphia, and before noon
the door Of the retort was opened, and the
iron crib, on which DIR. Gross' BODY haC
been laid, placed in the centre of the fur
naces The gentlemen who composed The
| funeral party waited in the reception
room for two hours, when they were in
| formed that the incineration was com
plete. All that remained of the great sur
geon was few pounds, not over five, o
: whitish gray ash.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
HONORNG THE DOCTORS
why Edmunds Likes Them.

The members of Congress, says a Wash
ington letter, We'd with the local physi-
clans in their attentions to the distin-
.guished physicians who Were assembled
in convention in Washington city last
week. Senators Edmunds and Morrill,, of
Vermont, were in the thrOng that shook
the Presidents hand till his arm was
tired. A tine-loOking Vermont physician,
with a merry twinkle in hisseye, present
ed an Indiana physician, who did not
look so bright, to the Vermont Senators.
The Indiana man was particularly pleased
with Morrill, because he looked so much
like Sumner. "But," said the NermOnter,
''Edmunds is the greater man. Besides,
he thinks a great deal of the dOctOrs.''
''Why is that?' asked the Indiana man.
Because" replied the VermOnter, che is
an owner of one of the largest tombstone
factories in Vermont" The Indiana
man smiled. Another night the doc
tors were received by Edmunds
as President pro tenn. of the Senate, and
Carlisle as Speaker of the House, at the
capitol, which was lit up for the Occa-
sion. Sandwiched in between were a re-
ceptiOn at the National Rifles armory, at
which the visitors shook hands with our
doctors; a reception at night by w. W.
COrcOran at the Art Gallery, and half a
dozen receptions at some of the best
houses in Washington. A number of our
physicians are men of excellent social
standing, and they taxed all their re-
sources TO make the meeting memorably
pleasant to the strangers. think they
will come again. Washington is attract
ing more of these convention every year.
BY and by national organizations Of every
sort will hold semi-anhual meetings
one in Washington in winter and the
other at Saratoga in summer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
HOUSTON'S PRIZE DRILL.
A COMPLETE LIST OF THE VIC
TORS IN EACH CLASS.

The Contests Closed with a Sham Battle
in which Fifteen Companies of Infan-
try and Three Batteries of Artillery
Participated - Fine Weather and q
Great Throng of Spectators
HOUSTON, TEX, May 1.-THE inter.
State drill and encampment here closed
yesterday with a grand sham battle,
which was witnessed by a great Assem-.
blage. The weather was fine. Fifteen
companies and three batteries took part
in the mimic warfare. The charge ex-
cited great applause, and the battle ended
without serious accident. The award oil
prizes, as published in the Sunday MORN
ING NEWS, was announced by the Judges
last night as follows:
In the infantry drill the first prize,
$5,000 was awarded to the Houston Light
Guards; the second prize, $500, to the
Treadway Rifles, Of st. Louis, and the
third prize, $500, to the Columbus Guards
the fourth premium, no money, to the
Mobile Rifles; the fifth to the Montgomery
Greys, and the sixth to the Washington
Guards, of Galveston.
In the artillery drill, the first prize;
500, was awarded to Battery A, OF St.
Louis, and the second, $3.50, to Battery B,
OF New Orleans.
In the Zouave drill, the first prize.
$1,000, was awarded to the Busch Zouayes
of st. Louis, and the second, $500, to the
richardson's of Indianapolis.
In the State drill awards, the first prize,
5000. was awarded to the Washington
Guards of Galveston, the second. pre-
MUM, to the Austin Greys, the third to
the Brennan Greys, the fourth to the
Queen City Guards of Hampstead, and
the fifth to the Lamar Rifles Of Dallas.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
READING sENNACHERIB's WILL
ParsOn Newman Lectures with a Stere-
OpticOn About Babylon and Ninevah.

ParsOn Newman Lectures with Stere-
OpticOn About Babylon and Ninevah.
ParsOn Newman had big brick that he
took from the tower of Babel upon his
horseshoe pulpit last night, says the New
York San of the 9th inst, while the great
organ played an overture. Then Mayor
Edison, in an immaculate dress suit, stood
up in front of a huge sheet with Grim
son border, made some eloquent and able
remarks about archaeology, and intro
duced the parsOn to an audience of
thousand men and women, who had paid
81 each to hear him talk. The parson
Iectured after Lawyer AlgernOn 5. Sulli-
van had said a few entertaining things
about the archaeological museum which
the American Numismatical and Archie
illogical Society hoped to establish in the
metropolis.
The parsons remarks were about the
archaeological discoveries and the superb
scenery of the valley of the Euphrates.
He drew vivid word pictures of Babylon
| and NlneVah, and the mighty things that
! Nebuchadnezzar built in Babylon The
old king, the parson said, was very
great builder, but his structures were only
three or four stories high. He didn't as
pire to fourteen story flats. His hanging
gardens remained the marvels of ancient
days. The parsOn also read the will of
Sennacherib. He did this, he said, for the
benefit of lawyers and the people who in
tended to make their wills. 1t was the
first will eXtant, and Sennacherib was the
first will maker who had the sense to re-
member his minister.
After talking an hour the parson
climbed up on pine table, sat down
with his feet On rug, armed with a
twelve-foot pole, and, when the gas was
put out, pointed out the interest
ing features of some very able
stereOpticOn views that were thrown
on the big sheet with the crimson
border. The parson was applauded four
teen different times, and when the gas
was turned on again people crowded
around the pulpit to examine his big
Babylonian brick.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
A NICE SCHEME UPSET.
Revelations Respecting the Way Grant
81 Ward Did Business Did it,

Revelations Respecting the Way Grant
Ward Did Business Did it.
The revelations in regard to the Ward
& Grant ways of doing business, SAYS
New York letter, have upset a nice little
plan which was on foot among the sOld
Guard" to combine the friends of Arthur.
Edmunds and Logan upon Grant, on the
principle of ''anybody to beat Blaine.v
Men on ''the street" were Offering TO bet
last week that Grant would be the nomi-
nee of the Republicans at Chicago. But
there has been so much criticism of
Grant as the American Marlborough
anxious to add to his possessions. though
already rich beyond anything he ever
had the right to expect that
the enthusiasm of the third-term
gentry has now considerably
abated. Some of the best friends of the
eX-President openly express their regret
that he allowed himself to be mixed up
with the stock gambling schemes of a
bonanza adventurer, and deplOre his pres
ent position as undignified and disap-
pointing. Grant has his trust fund unim-
paired by all accidents, and can never be
a poor man; but the grace of quiet, con-
tented mind is not one of his possessions
and never will be. The spectacle of the
ex-sOldier and ex-President hObbling on
crutcnes in and out Of speculators' offices
in Wall street is not one calculated to
excite either respect or admiration.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
MEX[CO'S NEW RAILROAD.
THE CAPITAL CITY,S COUNCIL
BANQUETS THE DIRECTORS.

A BOstOnian Likens Diaz to Washing
ton-The President Moved to Tears by
the COmpliment-The Success of the
Road Predicted and American Capital
Thanked.
CITY OF MEXICO, May 11.-Last night
a banquet was given by the City Council
TO the Board Of Directors of the Mexican
Central Railway, at which 40 guests
were present. The banquet was presided
over by Senior Guillermo Vale. President
of the Council. On his right sat ex-
President Diaz, and on his left Mr.. ROtch,
of Boston. Senior Vale made speech
congratulating the country on the COM
-pletion of the road. President Nickerson
was absent, owing to illness. but his
speech was read in Spanish and English.
\ member of the party from Boston,
in the name of his companions, proposed
the following toast: "POrtiriO DiaZ, who
like Washington. is first in the hearts OF
his c0untrymen." President Diaz was
very much moved. With tears in his eyes
and with his voice chOked with emotion,
he replied, while aVOwing his unworthi-
ness, that the compliment was the great
est ii was possible to pay any man in any
language, because comparison wasmade
with one not only the most eminent OF
American citizens, but taken all In all
was the greatest man the world
ever saw. lie spoke of his
friendship for Americans, and compared il
IN extent to the compliment paid him. He
considered that one of the greatest acts
OF his life was the signing Of the Mexican
Central Railroad concession, and the COM
pletion of the road had vindicated his
judgment. He foretold the success Of the
road, and concluded by rendering the
thanks of Mexico to the Boston capitalists
for the benefits conferred upon the coun-
fry nv than,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
STOCK GAMBLERS.
Bonanza Men of Wall Street and Their
Ways.

Ways.
The business world, SAYS a New York
letter to the Philadelphia Record, which
includes pretty much everybody one
meets on the street in day, can find no.
thing else to talk of but the recent fail
ures in Wall street. In vain friends of
suspended firms and institutions try to
decry all excitement. The public fears
that the bonanza men Of Wall street are
like row of bricks, which must fall one
by one in case the first one goes by the
boarA. Keene failed, and the local'press
theIf BON said that it meant nothing but
the Wild vagaries of a California specu-
lator. Then the Marine Bank failed, and
a similar excuse was made in the case
of its President, Mr.. Fish, that he
was Connecticut man and did not uu-
derstand New York methods of real estate
speculation. But the suspension of Ward
~ Grant followed and this set all theories
atloat. and soon those who had been the
most apparently Indifferent before were
compelled to confess that there was trOu-
bic in the air. Ward, like Keene, was
bonanza man, who had jumped IN ten
years from a petty clerkship, at $40
week, to the possession of an income sup
posed by his friends to exceed 100000 a
year. His Brooklyn home was run with
''palatial splendor," and was the gather
ing place of fashionable society. His
country seat near Stamford, Conn, yclept
''Strawberry Hill,' We'd with the beauty
of JAY GOuld's agricultural stronghold
near TarrytOwn. Because he spent money
freely everybody believed the rumors
of his wealth; in fact, his extravaganza
was his best advertisement, for ''dO YOU
suppose he'd do it, you know, fhe couldn't
afford it~ The Grant family-none of
whom are particularly acute in money
matters, and all of whom have the itch
for great riches-believed implicitly in the
bonanza man, as did President Fish, of
the Marine Bank, and hosts of other spec
ulating souls; but Ward has gone to meet
Little, Tobin, Stockwell, Drew and the
other comets of Wall street who went out
with brilliant flash of light into outer
and utter darkness. But the warning of
the new examples of Keene and Ward
will do no good; as long as the harvest Of
fools lasts the speculatOr will grow fat.
One of the most prominent and knowing
men on Wall street, who is also one of the
Oldest and ablest, surprised me by saving
day or two ago: "GOuld will 90 next.
lie is loaded down with stocks for which
there is no market, and it is a mere ques-
tion of time when he must suffer Ship
wreck" "But why has he not realized
on his stocks and made a permanent in
vestment in United States bonds as Van
derbilt has done?" because he is q
gambler by nature, and loves the excite
ment of the game; he will gamble until
be breaks or dies" For the first time
there seems to be a prevailing lack of
confidence in Gould, and his declarations
that he is not selling nor trying to sell,
though his favorite stocks are falling. has
done much to add to this feeling of dis
trust. Vanderbilt is unaffected by the
apparent approach of hard times on the
street, and is off for Europe tomorrow.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
a SENATORIAL SCANDAL.
Charges by an Ex- United States Senator
Against a Prominent Incumbent.

Charges by an EX-United States Senator
Against a Prominent Incumbent.
Sensational testimony has lust been
elected, says a Louisville special. before
the Senatorial Committee investigating
the truth Of the widespread rumors of
bribery in the United States Senatorial
contest between Hon. j. G. S. Blackburn
and Senator John 5. Williams last winter.
EX-United States Senator Merriweather
of Kentucky, formerly Governor of New
Mexico, ana now member of the Legis-
lature, stated that at first he had voted
for Blackburn, but was then called on bv
Williams while he was sick in bed, 1t is
alleged that Williams was intoxicated
and recalled the fact that Merriweather.
While Governor OF New Mexico, did not
receive the increase of salary granted
him and other Territorial Governors by
act of Congress, through the oversight of
the Treasury officials.
After referring to this claim Williams
is said to have offered to have it swelled
and passed through the Senate if Merri.
weather would return to his support
Merriweather spurned the offer with a
| severe reprOOf, recognizing that Senator
Williams condition was some excuse fol
such fiagrant proposition. Senator vii.
liams was, in due time, furnished with a
transcript of the evidence, and replied
with an affidavit denying the chief fea,
lures of the interview. He is expected
here by Thursday.
The questions before the committee af
fecting Blackburn arei 'Did the Distil
lers' Association raise $40, 900 for Black.
| burns raceY' "Did a wealthy distiIleI
in Harrison county subscribe $4,000 fol
! Blackburn's racesY
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12
ANECDOTES OF BENJAMIN.
The Great Barrister's Early Industr
and Matrimonial Infelicity.

The Great Barrister's Early Industry
and Matrimonial Infelicity.
A lawyer of this city, whose practice
has thrown him into intimate relations
with a companion of the late Judah p.
Benjamin. in his earlier struggles at the
bar of New Orleans, says the Philadel-
phia Press OF the 10th inst, states that he
studied persistently till late at night, and
at that time denied himself persistently
those luXuries of life which afterwards he
delighted to indulge in. During the war
Mr.. Benjamin is SAID to have spared no
expense to load his table with imported
articles, which could only be obtained
fro m blockade runners.
As to his marriage. a brief period of
happiness was succeeded by a mutual en-
lightenment, which convinced Mr.. Benia-
min and his wife that they were untitled
to live in the relation Of husband and
wife. They proceeded in cool, business
like way, devoid of passion upon both
sides, to treat for terms of separation.
The concessions of the husband were most
generous, and to the wife perfectly salts
factory. She established herself in Paris
and when Mr.. Benjamin found himself in
that city he never failed to honor Mrs.
Benjamin wit' a call, as he would have
done any other lady for whom he enter
tained a sincere admiration and regard.
Mrs. Benjamin upon her part was won't
to receive her husband with all the cOur-
tesy and respect that il would have been
possible for her to extend to any other
gentleman. They agreed that they were
charmed with each others society and
had made but the single mistake Of mar
rying each other.
There is fact or two about Judah p.
Benjamin's early life that is worth know
ing. His father was a small, dark
skinned Jew, who kept a little fruit shop
on Market street, in Charleston. Benja-
MINIS early life was spent in that shop.
He was educated by the Hebrew Orphan
Society of Charleston, graduating under
their care at the Charleston College. He
was a grass orphan by that time. By
this time his mother, disagreeing with his
father, had left her home and gone TO
Beaufort, where she opened a general
country store. Forty years ago she was
conducting it successfully.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN were de-
voted adherents of the grand old religion
Of their fathers, and Judah p. Benjamin
was educated in it. He had always re-
tanned his respect for his race, although
he married a Gentle and has never been
identified with the Jewish Church. His
fine reply in the Senate, when he was
taunted in a hot debate with being a jew,
is well remembered: "The SENATOR he
said, rising gracefully, and speaking in
his usual sllvery way, 'will please re-
member that when his half-ciyilized an
cestors We're hunting the wild boar in the
forests OF Sllesia, mine were the princes
of the earth.' The Senate WAS electrified
and the carping Senator was silenced