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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
GIFTS BETWEEN NATIONS.

The King of Siam Presents this Govern
ment Buildings for the Legation at
Bangkok.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-In appreciation
of the warm friendship existing between
Siam and the United States, and of Minis
ter Halderman's faithful enforcement OF
the treaty obligations, the King of Siam
has presented to the American Govern
ment buildings and grounds at Bangkok,
all complete, for United States Legation.
1t is stated that the gift was offered per-
sonally to the Minister, but he did
not feel at liberty to receive it,
except on behalf of his govern
ment, which he has done. 1t
will be remembered that some time ago
the. United States Government sent a
medal and presents to the Rajah of Tulu-
ban, in the Malay Peninsula, in acknOwl-
edgment of his kindness to the crew OF
an American ship wrecked on his coast.
The Rajah has just sent to the President
of the United States two handsome spears
and Malay crese as tokens of his friend
shin
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
PIERRE LORILLARD SUED.
Accused of HavinKsFrauduIentIy Misre
nrasantad the Cnnditior, Of u Nnnl.+

Accused of HavinRs Misre-
presented the Condition of a Yacht.
Pierre LoriIlard has been sued by James
M. Seymour, of Seymour, Baker & Co.,
brokers, for $4,000 damages, says a New
York special of Oct. II. Mr.. Seymour
alleges for a first cause of action that Mr.,
Lorillard, having offered to sell to Mr..
Seymour his steamer yacht, the Rahda,
falsely and fraudulently represented that
the yacht did not leak, and was in perfect
condition. Mr.. Seymour bought the yacht
and paid $65, 600 for it. He saws it leaked
and was not seaworthy or safe for use,
and that, by consequence of the deceit
practiced upon him, Mr.. Seymour has
lost the use of the yacht and its represent
ed value. For second cause of action,
Mr.. Seymour alleges that Mr.. Lorillard
warranted the yacht not to leak and to be
in sound condition.
Mr.. Seymour said to-day that at the
time of buying the Radha he believed her
to be perfectly safe. Il told Mr.. LorilIard
l wanted first rate yacht for the use of
my family, and that unless his was in
perfect condition l should have one built.
He told me that she was all right. l
handed him a certified check for S65 900
without any more ado, which, by the way,
is the largest price ever paid for second
hand yacht. Mr.. Lorillard requested me
to keep in my service the crew, and espe-
cially the engineer, of the yacht, and |
did so. The result of my bargain was
that l came within an ace of going to the
bottom with my whole family. We start
ed from Newport and found the water was
pouring into the hold. had my wife and
four children and two ladies, friends of
my wife, on board. They were almost
frightened to death, and sat up all night.
| afterward found that the steam pumps
had to be kept going constantly all
the while, although the engineer,
whom had kept, of course
told me nothing about it. / had the ves-
sci examined by Commander Gorringe,
who brought over the Obelisk, and by
other experts and by insurance agents,
and was told that she was absolutely un-
seaworthy. We made an experiment and
found that she leaked Is inches in two
hours and twenty minutes il perfectly
smooth water. The experts told me she
would not live thirty minutes in rough
weather, and that my family had a mar
row escape. In reply to my TemOnstrance
Mr.. LOrillard said my complaints were
frivolous, and he refused to make good his
warranty without a lawsuit. | wrote him
letter offering to bet $50, 900 that the ves-
sci was in the condition which described.
offering to let him decide the bet, and |
also invited him to take a sail down the
bay in her, but he didn't accept either in
vitatiOn. At first l thought the yacht
could not be repaired, and was going to sell
her at auction. l succeeded in fixing her
up, however, and have now got her into a
fine shape. The entire bottom had to be
nut in neW1
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21

Some time ago a locomotive on sled :.
runners was constructed in Scotland and
employed for drawing passengers and
freight over the ice between st. Peters
burg and CrOnstadt. An exchange de-
scribes the engine thus: The two driving
wheels in the rear were studded with
sharp spikes, whereas the front part of
the engine rested on sled which was
swiveled, and turned to the right or left
by wheels working in connection with an
endless screw and segment rack. From
this locomotive, which is said to have run
IS miles an hour in any direction, the
transition is natural to railroads whose
ties and track have been laid
on the frozen surface of rivers.
In 1879, when the mercury stood
20 degrees below zero. a train Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad passed over the
Missouri river on ice three feet thick. The
pressure which the ice resisted may be
estimated from the fact that the track was
laid on tWelve-foot ties, and that the cars
carried over quantity of railroad iron as
well as number OF visitors. About a
year after similar road was built across
the river st. Lawrence at Hochelaga. In
this instance rough road-bed was first
leYeled in the ice, then cross-beams were
fitted in, and upon these were placed
longitudinal beams, which were them
selves crossed by the ties that held the
rails, water being pumped over the whole
structure to freeze it down.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
CoURTwRIGHT ESCAPES.
Friends Aid by Giving Him Couple of
Huge Pistols

FOKT WORTH, Oct. 20.-James Court
wright, the famous detective, arrested
on Saturday night by the State ran.
gers and officers from New Mexico
on a warrant for murder, escaped
from his captors last evening. The off.
GERS, against the Sheriffss protest. took
COurtwrIght TO restaurant for breakfast
and dinner. A large crowd followed the
prisoner TO his meals. In the evening the
guards again brought CourtWright out for
supper. Some of the prisoners friends
had hung two large pistols under the table
where the prisoner had sat at the other
meals. One of the guards stood vaguely
on the outside, whereupon Courtwright
seized the weapons, covered the
tw remaining oguards to the
door, jumped on horse in
waiting, and fed down the street in the
presence of the large crowd who had
witnessed every man9uVre. The prison
er's friends hampeTed the officers in inn
mediate pursuit by crowding in. The
escape created tremendous excitement.
James Mcintyre, accused with Court
wright, was arrested Saturday night at
Wichita Falls, and was brought to this
city last night. There was great crowd
at the depot. 1t now transpires that the
men were not wanted for the murder of
Mexicans at Silver City, but for the kill
ing of two Americans named Groestedt
near Albuquerque, whom they are charged
with having first arrested, as officers of
the law, and then deliberately murdered
them. This charge Courtwright's friends
deny.
Adjt. Gen. Kingley, commander of the
State forces, left to-day for Fort Worth to
enforce order. Gov. Ireland will have
Jim COurtwright turned over to the New
Mexican authorities, 1t is stated that
the people of Fort Worth will resist his
surrender, and collision, which will re-
suit in bloOdshed, is certain to follow.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
ONE FIRE LOST FOREVER.
Youthful but Misguided Patriotism
Quenched by q Judge.

Youthful but Misguided Patriotism
Quenched by a Judge.
A crowd of young boys, on being re-
leased from the public school in East
Fifty-seventh street yesterday afternoon,
says the New York Journal of Oct. IS,
went to work collecting all the empty
barrels and boxes they could find where
with to make a bonfire in the evening.
They selected back yard near Second
avenue as hiding place for the fuel until
it was time for the demonstration"
The boys had several narrow escapes,
and at last Officer Purnhagin, of the
Twenty-eighth precinct, sWOoped down
and bagged ssMickey' Welsh. aged II
years, and ''JakeY" Maloney, aged u.
''How came you to be carrying off a
barrel that didn't belong to you?' asked
Justice Murray, sternly, when the urchins
were arraigned in court.
"Johnnie Hagen tole us to get 'em fer to
make a Blaine fire wid," said Jakey.
"GraciOusw exclaimed the Justice. t'Is
that, so Mickey?'
ono, SIR" said Mickey,
''Weli, what was it, thenY
at was gOin' to be Cleveland fire."
''Well, we'll! but it was stealing all the
same. / guess I'll send you two boys to
Jail for awhile" said the Justice with
awful solemnity.
''Boo hoop said Mickey.
'BoO-hoO-hoo-hoov said Jakev.
Snow, just see how it would sound if,
when you grow up to be men, you should
run for President and it should be said
that your names were on the books as in
mates of jail"
BY this time one of the lads had set I'D
such bowling that the Justice was glad
to get rid of the case by discharging them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
LOSSES OF STEAMSHIPS.
The Various Causes of Disasters Re-
viewed,

The Various Causes of Disasters Re-
viewed.
A peculiar and interesting statement,
says the London Engineer, has been COM
piled as to the causes of the loss of steam
ships insured in one of the chief of the
marine insurance clubs in the north of
England. This club has risks spread
over 700 steamships, so that it is a wide
area from which deduction may be not
unfairly drawn. And the period taken is
for more than two years-nearly three
down to month or so ago. In that time
there has been paid the large sum of f4S5.-
548; and this sum has been appropriated
to the causes that have led to accidents as
follows: Losses caused by stranding.
f249,3 or more than half of the total:
losses caused by collision, 982, ,4S3; losses
caused by accidents to machinery, f17,-
212; while losses by ice, by fire, etc, cause
total payment from the causes enumer-
ated OF f41S,622. 1t is contended, and
that with some ground, that these losses
stranding, collision, etc.-are losses by
accident that are at least beyond the
control of owners Of the vessels.
The remainder of the total sum is
66,925, attributable to sea damage
and to other like causes, which may be
charged to the owner if he have improper
ly sent the vessel to sea-badly built,
laden, etc. The figures are remarkable
as showing how large part of the none
tary loss is attributable to stranding and
collisions, and they certainly seem to
point to the need for greater care in the
management and navigation of vessels at
sea. of course the conclusion is that the
loss of life would be attributable in some
what of a similar degree to the causes in
dicated. Without fully approving of the
statement, it must be admitted that it
shows that there is ground for the most
careful and impartial scrutiny as to the
cause of the loss of life, and that at any
rate there is great room for Improvement
in the navigation of our vessels at sea. If
there were an analysis of the books of the
whole of the marine insurance clubs and
associations, there might be available a
mass of figures which would enable us
better to estimate the cause of the loss
that seems under present circumstances
inevitable,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
State PoIitics-

Mr.. James F. Murphy, of Scriven coun-
ty, is candidate for Doorkeeper to the
next State Senate. He is highly recon-
mended by the citizens of his county and
also by his old comrades in the Confeder-
ate army. Gen. Phil Cook, Col. W. E..
Smith, Col. w. Fl. Willis and others
speak of him in the highest terms. In a
letter to the members of the Senate those
gentlemen say: "We believe Mr.. Muir
phy to be every way worthy and well
qualified for the position, and we take
great pleasure in bearing testimony to his
faithful and heroic service for his State
and country during the late war. Mr..
Murphy served through the war in the
Fourth Regiment of Georgia Volunteers,
going out with the first regiment that
went from Jasper county, surrendering
with Lees army at Appomattox Court
House. For three years he was color
bearer and Ensign of his regiment. He
was severely wounded in battle four
times, and was promoted by President
Davis, as Ensign for gallant conduct at
the battles of Malvern Hill, Sharpsburg,
Wilderness, Spottsy Court House
and Winchester, upon the recommends
tiOns of his superior officers. Mr.. Muir
ply, we believe, would fill the office
which he seeks with credit and efficiency,
and feeling that if conferred upon him, it
would be fitting reward for the services
Of a gallant and faithful soldier.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
INTERVIEWING A MONEY KING
William IT. Vanderbilt on the Railroad
Situation and Laburers' Wages.

William II. Vanderbilt on the Railroad
Situation and LabOrers' Wages.
Mr.. Vanderbilt said to a reporter of the
New York Tribune the other day: 81 know
nothing about the details Of the manage
ment Of the New York Central, but l can
tell you one thing-the old road will not
be behind any of its rivals, whether they
are young or old. The rates to the West
may be any figure that the other lines may
choose to make them. / don't know what
they are, but do know that the Central
will not be backward in meeting them.
The fact is that there has got to be a fur
ther liquidation. Some companies among
the trunk lines have confessed that they
were not making much money, but others
have not. The Erie Road is bankrupt,
and while Mr.. King, the new President,
is a good man, he cannot save it. The
West Shore is in the hands of receivers,
and in desperation tries to attract a little
business. 1t has never had any worth
talking about. These roads are out of the
question. Oh, well, some other trunk
line railroads have got to be iquidated.
The Pennsylvania must cut down Its
dividends, and as to the Baltimore and
Ohio, it has built telegraph lines until it
has spent all its money. l guess both of
them will have to issue bonds or do some
thing else. 1t is not probable that young
Garrett Will remain in the control of the
Baltimore and Ohio long.
Everybody has lost money i'm the last
year or two, and it is fortunate that the
losses have fallen on the richest men.
feel the depreciation, and perhaps in pro-
portion TO my wealth, but on some Of the
rich men it is telling pretty hard. 1t is
ridiculous to suppose that politics will
change the process of liquidation. The
success OF one candidate or the other will
not add n cent TO what | already have.
But / decline to discuss politics; l take
an interest in it, but / have not given any
thing to either side,
Zone of the troubles in this country just
now is the relation of wages to the cost of
production. A skilled workman in almost
every branch of business gets every day
money enough TO buy barrel OF -four. /
don't refer to ordinary labOrers, but to
men skilled at their trades. The man
who makes the article receives as much
wages in many instances as the article is
worth when il is finished. This is not
exactly fair, in my opinion, and must be
adjusted. Until wages bear a trueT rela-
tiOn TO production there can be no real
prosperity in the country.
s'Selling stocks today Well, l am not
doing anything in the stock market at
present. Neither the bears nor the
bulls are making money. Some of the
bears have lost as much as they could
have done under any circumstances. One
or two of them may have been successful,
but they are rare instances. There can
not be much business until after the cleo
tiOn, and even then the amount of busi-
ness will depend on other things than the
result of the election. The liquidation
has not been completed in a good many
things.v
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
A WAR TO THE DEATH.
The Great Fight Between the New Yo
T'runL0 Lines Tncraasfno- In pSt&,,..

The Great Fight Between the New York
Trunk Lines Increasing in Bitterness.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2O.-The railroad war
between the Western trunk lines still
continues, and the Erie Company to-day
announced that it would tomorrow meet
the reduced rates of the Central and West
Shore Roads. The prediction is made
that tickets viii yet be sold to Chicago for
So each.
The Post says 'sThe news of the
morning is all in favor of a depression OF
prices. 1t is reported and believed tDat
the West Shore has contracted to take
grain from Chicago to New York at I
cents per bushel. There seems to be no
prospect of an immediate improvement
in the war Of passenger rates either be-
tween New York and Chicago or west of
the latter point. Buffalo dispatches this
morning say that the New York Central
officials have ordered a reduction of pas
senger rates to one-half from Chicago to
the Missouri river. The passenger rates
are in quite as discouraging condition
as far as the war in rates between the
trunk lines east of Chicago is concerned.
IT seems to be coupled with the purpose
to break down all prices in order to get
possession of certain stocks, of which Jer-
sey Central is one, that being the key to
the local trade from New York and points
East. 1t is apparent that Reading cannot
hold control of Jersey Central owing to
its own increasing financial embarrass-
ments. A note OF Reading for $750,000,
due Oct. 10, is reported to have been only
half paid, and the company has no other
cOIlaterals which bankers are willing to
take to extend the balance.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
EDIsoN's EARLY MISTAKE.
His Dismissal from Canadian RailrOa
odce-His Fathers Claim to His Pa,

His Dismissal from Canadian Railroad
omce-His Fathers Claim to His Pay.
Twenty-Five years ago Thomas Alvin
Edison, the great electrician, says a Mon
treal special, was an operatorand train
dispatcher at a small way station on the
Grand Trunk Railway west Of Toronto.
Through carelessness on his part Sc
rious accident almost took place, and for
this irTegularity he was discharged, and
the balance Of wages due him, amounting
to SIG 50, was cOnfscated. His father,
samuel Edison, of Fort GratiOt, Mich,
Immediately protested against the action
OF the Grand Trunk Road, and has ever
since. at regular intervals, made
claims against the company, alleging
that his son was Illegally dismissed, 4,
and that, as he was at the time a minor,
the balance due is payable to the father.
A few days ago Mr.. Edison, senior, again
addressed a letter TO the General Manager
OF the road, in which he expresses the
hone that legal proceedings may be
avoided bv a speedy settlement of the
claim. The letter goes on to say that the
claim is not pressed for the few paltry
dollars at stake, but in order that an act
of strict justice may be done and his sons
character Vindicated. 1t is understood
that General Manager HicksOn has given
instructions 10 have the claim looked into,
and il il is sustained, to have IL imme-
diately liquidated with interest to date.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
EVENTS ON THE TURF


Brighton Beach the Only Prominent
Course of the Country Still in its
Glory.
New YORK, Oct 21-At the Brighton
Beach races to-day the events were as
follows:
FIRST RAoE-Purse $3.50; three quarters of a
mile. Bennie Lee won, with Contessa second
Time 1:1918.
SECOND RACE-Purse $3.50; winner to be
sold at auction; seven furlongs. Wandering
won, with Islette second. Time :903I.
THIRD RACE-Purse $400; one mile. Little
Fred won, with Royal Arch second. Time
AS.
FOURTH RACE-Purse $3.50; seven furlongs.
Greenland won, with Strathspey second.
Time l: :32l4.
FIFTH RACE-Purse $3.50: winner to be sold
at auction: steeple chase over the short
course. Odette won, with Retort second.
Time 2:45,
THE NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
LONDON, Oct. 20.-This was the OPEN
ing day of the Newmarket Houghton
meeting. The race tor the Criterion stakes
for twO-year-olds was won by Lord Has
tings' bay colt Melton. j, II. Houlds-
worth's bay colt Golden Ray came in sec
ond, and Lerd Roseberry's bay colt, by
Maccaroni out of Lynette, third. There
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
some Little Items of Interest and Some
Items of little Interest.

MEMPHIS, Oct. 20.-A mob of masked men
yesterday, at SenatOba, Miss, attempted 10
take Samuel and Shakespeare Franklin two
negroes, from jail and lynch them, but were
prevented by Sheriff JEFF Williams aided bv
his deputy, JEFF VeZy. The negroes had Ie-
Gently been sentenced to a long term in the
penitentiary for poisoning ave members OF
the family Of q. Smith, near Senatobia. The
mob broke down the outer Jail door, but were
fired on and finally retired.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 2O.-The election AZ Malines
Yesterday was attended with great disorder.
The civil guard was called out and placed
under arms to quell the disturbance. The
mob smashed the windows of one convent
seventeen rioters were arrested.
QUEBEC, Oct 20.-A second copper can has
been found among the Parliament House
debris, and also small portion of machinery
which is believed TO be part of an Internal
machine.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 20.-A mine has been
discovered IN cellar at Kronoverski. on
Prospect street, directed against the ravalIn
of st. Peter and st. Paul fortress. Four
Russians and three foreigners have been
arrested ds a result of the discovery,
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 20.-It is reported
that eleven Professors at the University Of
papers were found at the lodgings of a sailor
from the steamer Kels, arrested Saturday at
Riga. The landlord and five others have been
arrested.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 20.-On occasion of the
international exhibition at Antwerp the Bel
gium Government intends to summon am in
ternatl0nal congress, the object of which shall
be 10 consider measures for the promotion OF
a unIhcatlon o. commercial law.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-21
A. NJ. sULLIVAN's BURIAL.
Great Crowds in Attendance-Man,
Tokens of Sorrow and Sympathy.

Great Crowds in Attendance-Many
Tokens of Sorrow and sympathy.
DUBLIN, Oct. 20.-Many thousand peo-
pie attended Mr.. Sullivan's funeral to-
day. The procession was very long. Con-
spicuous in it were the Aaypr and cor
poration, the Bishop and clergy ot Dublin,
many of the Irish members of Parliament,
various public bodies, and the staff of the
Nation newspaper. Many shops were
closed in honor of the distinguished dead.
At meeting of Nationalists and others
Yesterday expressions of coincidence with
A. NJ. Sullivan's family were made.
Masses were celebrated and prayers were
offered for the repOse of his soul in most
of the Catholic churches. The Mayor and
corporation attended the funeral in state.
The committee of Glaenerin cemetery
granted a free burial site for the inter-
ment of his remains. cable from
Patrick Razor expressing coincidence in
behalf of the American League has been
received.
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