davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
CLEVER IKE HILL DEAD.
A Nan Who Has Saved Many Member
of Congress from Disgrace.

of Congress from Disgrace.
The evening papers, says a Wash
ington special of Aug. 1, announce
the death of Col. Isaac Hill, of New
ark, Ohio, to-day. This removes
one of the most familiar figures
from the national boards. s'Col. Ike,' as
he was called, was probably the best
known public man in Washington, where
he has been prominent for the past ten
years. He was Assistant Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House of Representatives
when he died. This does not convey the
precise status of the man here. He was
the most noted Democratic "whip"
that ever kept his party in the
legislative traces. When sudden squeeze
would come the Democratic leaders
would always eXclaim: "Where's Ike
Hill?' and rely upon his tact and in
genuity to get the scattered votes to-
gether. This trick he had learned by his
strong political instincts, which ran in
practical channels. Nobody knew bet
ter than lie the personal habits of the
Congressman Those of his own side he
knew peIl lly, every one, before the
end of the@#st month of the session. He
knew where to find them. The clever de-
vices adopted to secure immunity from
an all-night session were of no use when
Hill undertook to find those who attempted
W CSCdpGs 11G was Lllc pIdEblCdl uldu Oh
his party the opposition had always to
combat.
He was big-hearted, generous fellow
and had many friends on the Republican
side, especially among the easy-going,
poker-playing set. Many a member on a
spree had been saved from disgrace by
Hill's precautions, aud in all the personal
courtesies of life he knew no party bar
rIers. On one notable occasion Hill la
bored all day and all night with South
ern member of the Forty-siXth Congress,
on the verge of the deIirium tremens, to
prevent him from shooting a cOrrespon-
dent who had been giving an account
of his antics in the House, and
Ike was successful. 1t nearly broke
his heart at the way certain members
of the Ohio delegation treated him
when he came back TO Washington penni.
less, seeking the position of Assistant
Sergeant-at-Arms. There was a rival
candidate from Ohio and the delegation
split between the two. Ike, however, was
backed by influences which compelled the
opposition to come to him and thus won
after bitter fight. He had gone to Ohio
to assist his party in organizing the State
campaign. His tall, stoop-shOuldered
figure and homely face will be missed by
many friends here and the services he has
rendered his party in Congress will be ap-
preciated now poor Ike has gone.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
MARCH OF THE CHOLERA.
Decreased Deaths in France-ItaIia
Yillages In State of ExcIts1nent

Decreased Deaths in France-ItaIian
Villages In a State of Excitement.
PARIS, Aug. 3.-The Pope has directed
the Cardinals and Bishops now visiting
Rome to return to their dioceses to pre-
pare for the appearance of cholera. The
Pope has presided at several conferences
of the clergy, which were called to decide
what relations the clergy should main
tain with the civil authorities in case of
an epidemic.
In the "a hours ending at 9 O'Clock
this evening 10 deaths from cholera had
occurred at Marseilles.
There were no deaths from cholera at
Toulon to-day. Thirty cases were taken
to the hospitals for treatment.
Several cases of cholera have been re-
ported to-day in various parts of italy.
There have been many disorders at Boreo,
San DalmaZzo, the inhabitants believing
that the doctors and chemists poisoned a
girl who died there from cholera. Strin-
gent orders have been issued by the gov
ernment that all linens arriving from
France shall be disinfected or burned.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
A MYSTERIOUS SOCIETY.
Something About the White CanaeIlias
of Texas.

Just after the war, says a Galveston
special. well-known society called the
"White Camellia" Aourished in the South.
especially in Texas. At one time It
counted over 10000 members in Texas.
drawn from the best people of the State.
IL is said that the ritual and doings ofsthe
white Camellia" were more solenfNiy
secret in their character than those of any
society or body of men in the world. at
one time il undoubtedly exercised
powerful secret influence throughout the
South, but just what it did to advance the
interests Of humanity is known only to
those who belonged to the order, and.
II 1t did aught to retard human
progress, that also is known only to
them. No matter what its mission was,
1t IS again coming to the front, whether in
its old garb or under a new name is not vet
known. Those who are reorganizing the
white Camellia," or building from its
old foundation, are working in profound
secrecy and covering their tracks so that
it is impossible to learn what the objects
of the order are or are likely to be. 1t is
vaguely limited that the Island of Cuba is
to be looked after, and that Mexican in
suits to, and oppression Of, citizens of the
United States need check. One gentle
man says that the Key West Cuban revo-
lutlonary junta had an active and prop
erly commissioned agent in Galveston.
who was working up this new society for
the purpose of raising men, means and
arms for revolutionary service on the
island
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
POLYGAMoUs DOMESTIC LIFE.
How They Get Along with Two or More
Women

The private home routine of a polyga-
nous family, says Ernest Ingersoll in
HdTper'S Magazine, is a matter upon
which so much curiosity is constantly
expressed by my acquaintance that l
venture to say here what little | know:
but the reader must remember that less
than 10 per cent. of the voting Mormon
population of Utah are polygamists. The
polygamist, as rule, has accumulated
some property and owns a house before
he takes a second and successive wives.
though sometimes he begins by marrying
two or three at once. All of these mar
riages, however, except the first, are made
secretly by the church, and no record of
them is accessible. In the city, at least.
it is seldom that the different wives share
the same quarters. In the country this is
not so uncommon, but the natural un-
pleasantness follows in most cases. The
general method is to have a large house,
the main part of which, perhaps is occu-
pied by the first wife, and wings or addi-
tlOns by the successive candidates for
marital hOnOrs. These large, struggling.
hotel-like houses are common in Salt Lake
City, and mark a difference between it
and town of small houses like Cheyenne
and most other Western villages.
In many cases, however, the husband
sets up his wives in separate homes.
either side by side or in different parts OF
the city. In any case, each has her own
kItchen-garden, etc. l have in mind a
wealthy dignitary of the church whom
you might easily have mistaken for the
late Peter Cooper, and who is possessed
of seven wives. Each of these women has
some farming and garden ground of her
own, and all are greatly devoted to rear
ing bees. With the help of their grown
children they each raise a large amount
of produce and honey annually. The
husband acts as their agent He hives
their swarms of bees and charges them
for it; he renders special aid when
called upon, and is paid for it; he sells
their crops and honey when it is
ready, and credits each wife with
her due share. Most of them live
in suits of apartments under the
roof of his great house in town, but the
first wife has beautiful farm of her own
little out of the city, to which she and
her children have retired, to end their
days in peaceful independence. The way
in which this old gentleman has always
arranged his domestic life is reported to
be thus: He had certain rooms in his
house where he kept his bed, his ward
robe, his books, and saw any visitors who
called upon him. Here he was a bachelor.
and here he staid every other day and
night. On alternate days and nights he
was the guest Of one or another of his
wives in regular rotation, devoting the
one day in this case fortnightly) which
was hers, diligently to her society. OF
course this routine was not invariable. but
for the most part 1t was regularly fol-
lowed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
WOMEN AND HORSES.
No Sympathy to Waste on Poor Human

No sympathy to Waste on Po0r Human
ity.
met accidentally in Scotland recently
lady of the small landlord class. saws
Henry George in Nineteenth Centao9. and
the conversation turned upon the poverty
Of the Highland people. ''Yes, they are
poor" she said, ''but they deserve to be
poor; they are so dirty. l have no sym-
pathy with women who WON'T keen their
houses neat and their children
udy." | suggested that neatness
could hardly be expected from women
who every day had to trudge for miles
with creels of peat and seaweed on their
backs. Yes" She said, s.they have to
work hard. But that is not so sad as the
hard lives of the horses. Did you ever
think of the horses? They have
to work all their lives-till they can't
work any longer. 1t makes me sad to
think of it. There ought to be big farms
where horses should be turned out after
they had worked some years, so that they
might have time to enjoy themselves
before they died." ''But the people?o l
lnterposed. "Ihey, too, have to work till
they can't work longer" 'sOh, yesp' she
replied, 'but the people have souls. and
even if they have a hard time of it here
they Will, If they are good, go to heaven
when they die, and be happy hereafter.
But the poor beasts have no souls; if they
don't enjoy themselves here they have no
chance of enjoying themselves at all, II
is too badV The woman was in sober
earnest. And ! question if she did not
fairly represent much that has been
taught in Scotland as Christianity. But
at last, thank God the day is breaking
and the blasphemy that has been preached
as religion will not be heard much longer.
The manifesto OF the Scottish Land
Restoration League, calling upon the
Scottish people to bind themselves to-
gether in solemn league and covenant for
the extirpation of the sin and shame of
landlordism, is a lark's note in the
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
THE VANDERBILT SKELETON.
How Col. Vanderbilt Allen Abused His
Pretty Wife.

Rretty wife.
Mrs. Edith Allen, the wife of Col. Van
derbilt Allen, nephew of the late Com
modore Vanderbilt, recently begun suit at
New York for a limited divorce from her
husband, charging him with cruelty and
inhuman conduct. The suit came up be.
fore Referee Wickes yesterday, and Mrs.
Allen was placed on the witness stand.
She is a handsome brunette, with hazel
brown eyes, and her husband, who
watched her during the examination, is
tine-looking gentleman, with iron-gray
hair and black moustache. The first testi-
mony which she gave tending to show his
cruelty was the assertion that he snored
so loudly that he awoke the baby, and
when she demonstrated with him he
threatened to kick her out of bed. This.
she said, induced her to bring the suit.
For awhile after their marriage they lived
magniicently in splendid mansion in
Philadelphia, but the Colonel became in
volVed in financial difficulties and money
gave out. They then went to Cape May,
where they sOjOurned in boarding house
&C the rate of 81 per week apiece, but the
plebian surroundings of this place grated
upon her nerves, and they next took up
quarters in New York. Later she dis
covered a note signed by Mrs. Edith De
Belleville, the actress, in Mr.. Aliens
pocket, regretting that the writer could
not keep an appointment with him. Mrs.
Allen then concluded that a referee
would have to decide the differences be-
tween herself and her husband, although
he denied any wrong-doing. They sepa-
rated meanwhile, and finally she brought
this suit. Since the separation she has
been supported by her brother, and it
costs her $40 per week to live, which is
the least she can exist upon, and she
always refers to the Cape May boarding
house with horror and disgust.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
A PENNY AT A PREMIUM.
How the Washington Copper was Dis
covered and Saved.

How the Washington Copper was Dis
covered and Saved.
John W. Hazeltine, the antiquary and
Dumismatist, tells curious story, says
the Philadelphia Times, of his accidental
discovery of the General Washington
penny of New Jersey: "One day an old
man, total stranger to me-" said Mr..
Haltine, "came into my place with a num-
Der of old copper CONS he wished to sell.
After little discussion in regard to price
l bought the lot, which seemed to consist
altogether OF trash, at the rate of about 2
cents apiece. They were dirty and in
very poor condition. After they had
been washed and the acids applied, l dis
covered this one, the only one of its kind,
to my knowledge, in existence. DIR. Maris
came in TO see me few days after this,
and | offered him the coin for
$40. He refused to give more
than $50, and when he came back
the next day to give me my own price for
it, told him l had been thinking all night
about that penny, and it shouldn't 90 for
less than 500. 1Ais made him angry. and
he went away. l sold it in New York two
weeks afterward for $3.50. This was eight
years ago. After the man who bought it
died his collection passed into the hands of
l.. G. Parmelee, of Boston, who paid $640 for
it. This gentleman possesses the finest cab
met of coins in the United States. 1t con-
tains more unique specimens than half a
dozen other cabinets put together, and
must have cost him not less than $50. 900.
1t couldn't be bought for 100000"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
TRIP OF THE TWO LEPERS
DIR. o'DONNELL TAKES THEM TO
NEW YORK IN A BOX CAR

NO exhibition to be Allowed by the civ
Authorities-Cases not at all Tfncov,,-
mon IN San FranciscO-The Doctoy,.
explanation of the Nature of the me-
ease. s us
Dr. 9. G. O'Donnell, who claims fo bava
brought two Chinese lepers from san
francisco, and who wants to lecture in
the open air against the Chinese and IN
leprosy, says New York special Of Auo
1 to the Philadelphia Times, could not get
permission to-day from any of the author-
ltles. He wrote to the Board of Health
that he had brought on his lepers ana
invited the board to call on him at the
hotel If they had any objections to otFar
Up 10 O'Clock nobody came.
you don't know anything about tho
horrors Oh leprOsy in the East here.v he
sald TO reporter, sand l wanted ia tell
you something about them, so that public
sentiment would drive out the filthy Chi
nese. l shipped these two leDers fron
SailIOrnla on the Central Pacific roadlasf
Sa!uFuay' me contractors put them on a
Irelght car all by themselves. and gava
me bill Of lading through To Wasb5ins,
ton. At Omaha they were switched off az
70 Tue ROCK Island road to Chicago Tba
Cnlcago newspaper men saw them 6ut
the authorities wouldn't let me take them
out OF the car. | lectured in tha straots
Ihough, on Saturday, Sunday, Mondav
ana tuesday, to tremendous crowds. If
tne authorities here to-day had LET me ex.
nloiC iir tnenl you would have seen the live
IlesI SENSATION the metropolis has ever
witnessed. l would have paraded them
In the streets, the same as | did tiffean
leprOus cigarmakers i'm Judge FerriIpo
Polce Court In San Francisco. was i'm
prisoned for contempt for doing it.,
WHO are these lepers p,
90 LIN and All Chin. All Chin is 97
years old. lie was servant, and has
Deen a Ieper Tor i've years. Woo Lin made
oVeralls, is 81 years old. and has had Ion
tures." 'Ai0Ai Pi0-
DR.. ODonnGlMheid up two photographs.
showing ssease.eaten faces Of two
dlshgured young Chinese.
but suppose you had spread Ieprosy
among the people In such an exhibition q,
Ihere IS no danger, so long as You do
not touch a leper. The disease il conta.
glous, Dut safe to exhibit under restric-
@e,ouS. @ 1ust before l left San Francisco [
UGuLteu C,!i ztO Iepers. went among them
WIN rubber gloves on nv hands and n
disInfectant of carbolic acid, creosote and
OH Oh the eucalyptus tree. Leprosv is alb
soluteiy lncurable and is on the increase
IN California. The lepers hide in dark.
oanp cellars, where the sunlight never
peheCrates. The light of day seems TO
oIlnd tneir sight and aggravates the itch
Ing pam that accompanies the disease.
White people have caught the disease
from contact with the patients. The
lepers | have with me receive their food
raw and prepare it themselves. They are
too lndolent to care to move and as long
as they have sufficient to eat and drink IL
is all they ask. They are under the infiu-
the time." y
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
THE OTsEGo LAKE SUICIDE.
Dramatic Death of Young Steers in
Sight of His Lady Love.


The NEWS contained a dispatch a day
or two ago relative to the shooting of Ed
ward G. Steers, of Louisiana. AT the
time the dispatch was sent it was thought
that the shooting was accidental. 1t
seems that it was suicidal. The follow
ing is fuller account of the sad affair:
The guests and residents at Richteld
Springs, n. Y, were startled Friday
morning on learning that Edward c..
Steers, a young society man, son of Schuy-
Ter b. Steers, the richest man in Louisi-
ana, who has an income of $4,000 year.
had committed suicide on the dock at
Hyde Hall, on account of the refusal of
Miss Tese White to marry him, Miss
White is tall and pretty girl, q years of
age, and above all a cousin of Pell Clarke
and Hyde Clarke, who inherited 10000
acres OF land from George Clarke, who
received 1t from George III. through his
fathers wife, who was a countess. The
Olarkes go in the very best society here.
Ihey are courted and invite dozens of
people to their mansions on Otsego Lake,
Hyde Hall is a stately old mansion nest
ling in nook and surrounded with for
ests OF fruit and shade trees. Miss Tese
White has been frequent visitor at her
Cousins. Steers has been furnished with
everything he wished by his father.
The suicide was dramatic in the ex-
treme. Thursday was the tWenty.first
birthday of young Steers, and inviting
wilson Curtis, son of Judge Curtis. Of
CooperstOwn, they visited Miss White.
with her and two lady companions they
went across the lake to enjoy a picnic in
the grove opposite Hyde Hall, with the
subsequent intention of taking tea at
Hyde Clarke's. After their meal Steers
got into his boat with Miss White, while
curtis took the other two young ladies.
Steers hurried across the bay and Jumping
ON the dock assisted Miss White to alight.
He then said:
''Tese White, ask you once for all, will
you marry me?"
You know l cannot" was her reply,
"Ihen | will shoot myself" and pulling
revolver from his pocket he shot him
self under the right eye, the ball passing
out the top of the skull, death being in
stantaneous. The lady rushed UP to HYDE
Hall for help and Curtis jumped to the
dock. The body was covered with leaves
and eyergreens and left lying on the dock
nearly all the afternoon as it fell with pis-
t0l in hand until the Coroner from Coop
erstown could be summoned by boat eight
miles distant. Steers mother is prostra-
ted with grief. He was her only child.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
NERvY WORK BY A GIRL.

A Story Showing How a Heart of Bet
ter Stuff than Oak May Beat Beneath
a Bodice,
Miss Ella Mccall, young lady of this
city, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, has
suddenly become heroine, having per
formed feat requiring such bravery and
endurance as few men possess. She lives
at No. 220 LOngWOrth street, near Smith.
Saturday afternoon as she sat at her sew
ing she was startled by piercing screams
coming from the side yard. Rushing to
the window, she was in time to see
frankie Parr, the 4-year-old child of the
servant employed IN the family, disappear
down the cistern, the cap of which had
inadvertently been removed. 1t took her
but an instant to reach the opening,
where she could see the little fellow floun-
dering about feet below in feet of
water. Unfortunately, she was alone in
the house at the time. The little boy sank
below the surface, and there was no help
at hand to summon.
1t was time to act rather than TO
think, and without taking into considera-
tiOn what might be the consequences to
herself, Miss Mccall, without moments
hesitation, grasped the rim OF the cistern
and lowered herself through the Orifce.
Hanging suspended at arms length for a
second, she dropped into the water, bare
ly missing the struggling and almost ex-
hausted child. In striking the bottom.
she lost her footing and was herself sub
merged in the chilling water. She man
aged to get the boy into her arms in time
to save his life. She cried for assistance,
but no one being at home, no one came.
She tried to attract the attention of
passers-by on the street, but failed.
COurageously she stood in the water,
which reached above her waist, and held
up the boy, who was much too heavy
load for her. She stood there for fully
half an hour. She was almost fainting
away and was chilled to the bone, when
help finally came in the person of her
mother, who had been away on an erraDd.
Help was quickly brought and ladder
was lowered into the cistern. Miss Nc
Call scarcely had strength left to hand up
her charge, and had to be assisted to the
dry ground. RestOratives were at once
applied, and yesterday she was as we'll as
usual and able to receive the many con-
gratulatory calls from her admiring
upiOhbOrS.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
The Lydian Monarch Disabled,

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 3.-The steamer
Austral which arrived here to-day from
New York reports that she spoke the
Monarch line steamer Lydian Monarch,
Can't. Huggett, which left London July 10
for New York on Thursday last in latitude
AZ north and longitude 33 west, heading
southwest in a disabled condition. She
refused assistance.
Mr.. Seacord, of Galesburg, Ills, who
was passenger on the Lydian Monarch.
and who boarded the Austral, says that
the former vessel was disabled by the
bursting of her cylinder. Her Captain
tried to make arrangements with two
passing steamers to tow her into port, but
the price asked for such service was
deemed exorbitant, and assistance was
declined. She is proceeding slowly un-
dor sail
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
A WHALE AT CLOSE QUARTERS.
A Monarch of the Deep Racing With a
Schooner.

On Tuesday morning, about 6 O'Clock,
says Block Island letter to the Hartford
C0urdat, the schooner Hattie Rebecca,
Capt. Edwin A. Dodge, sailed from the
basin with a aswOrd-fishingpar composed
of Judge G. 2. Hawes and two sons, New
York city; John 6. CToxton, Philadel-
phia; Henry E. Marvin, Toledo, O., and
Edwin Fowler, st. Louis. At about $50,
when about two miles off South east Point,
and sailing southeasterly under an eight
knot breeze from the west, a whale sud-
denly rose and spouted about 500 yards
ahead, a little to the left. He remained
above the water only a few seconds, and
was next seen just ahead of the bowsprit,
headed directly towards the vessel of
which he was evidently afraid, for he in
stantly plunged downward again. While
under water this time he turned complete
ly around and reappeared a minute later
less than fifty feet away swimming for
nearly two minutes in the same direction.
This time he rose well out of water and
showed nearly his full length, extending
in both directions beyond the schooner.
which is fOrty-siX feet long. All on board
agreed that he was fully seventy feet in
length. The whale soon distanced the
schooner in the race, and, diving once
more, was more than mile to seaWard or
the vessel when he spouted again,