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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
BULLER'S FORCE IN PERIL.
WATER SCARCE AND ANTMUNI-
TION LIMITED.

The hahdis Advance Would Imperil
His Fate-EnEIand Checkmates Turkey
The Destination of tho Grenadier
GUards-False RumOrs On GladstOne's
Retirement - Another Correspondent
Missing.
LONDON, Feb. Pit is expected that
Gen. Buffers relief transports from Oak
dull will reach Abu Klea to-day. 1t is
feared that the retreat upon Ga6dul will
be attended with heavy losses. Water is
scarce, the camels are dying from eX-
haustion, and the amount of ammunition
is limited. If the MahdI's advance should
be accelerated, the fate of Buffers entire
force VIII be imperiled.
ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT MISSING.
Mr.. Pearce, correspondent of the Lon
don DAILY Ne'rS with Gen. Butler, is
missing.
Lord Wolseley, at the request of several
newspapers, has appointed officers to act
as correspondents. The cost of special
correspondence is increasing. 1t is now
necessary to keep special correspondents
at Korti and Gakdul, and with Gen.
Brackenburg's command.
CHECK ON TURKEY.
Russia and France are backing the
Sultan of Turkey against Italy. The
spOTte's preparations to mobilize a fleet
for the purpose of sending an expedition
to MassOwah have been checked. This is
reported to be due to a warning from Eng
land that the Turkish fleet would not be
permitted to enter the SueZ canal. Owing
to the attitude ofTurkey the Italian Gov
eminent holds in readiness for embarka-
ton full corps Parmee.
ANGLO-RUSsIAN RELATIONS.
that the Grenadier Guards. who were
Ostensibly dispatched to the Soudan, are
destined to land at kurrachee and thence
to proceed to Afghanistan. 1t says this
report, If true, forms Engiand's reply to
Russia's advance to Herat. The truth of
the assertion is doubtful, but the exist
ence of the rumor proves the gravity of
the tension between England and Russia.
THE MESSAGE NIIsUNDERsTOOD.
A number Of newspapers misunderstood
the purpOrt of the Queens message yes
terday. 1t does not call out either the
army or militia reserves, but merely or
ders the retention of time-expired men in
all regiments on active service. Men
otherwise emitted under their terms of
the enlistment act will be transferred to
the reserves. The militia embodied will /
not exceed the number on the REGULAR
roster liable to be called out this year.
REPORTS AGAINST REDUCTION.
Gen. Sir Thomas Steele, commander of /
the forces in Ireland, reports to the gov
eminent against any reduction in the |
number of troops in that country, and /
protests that it Will be necessary to in
crease rather than diminish them. Eng |
lish militia will replace the troops that |
have gone to Egypt.
MIR. GLADSTONE NOT WARNED.
Gladstone has been warned by his ply |
sicians to relinquish his official duties. |
The NelrS says the Premier has not seen
his doctor within three weeks.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
PERSONAL.

THoUGH a teetotaler, Sir Herbert Stewart
the hero of Abu klea and Gubat, was said to
be man of irrepressible spirit.
Mr.. GorLD has six children and never could
endure society or social life. He goes no
where of an evening. His wife is not in any
sense woman Of society.
MISS JENNIE CHAMBERLAIN, of Cleveland
Ohio, the young American beauty who at
tracted so much attention in society circles
in England, has arrived in New York.
LILLIAN RUSSELL is described by the critics
as being very fat, very red and very ungrace-
full. Worse than all, the delicate beauty Of
her face is gone, and her voice has lost its
Yelvety softness.
ANDREW JACKSON WARNER, who was quar-
termaster at Libby Prison, and is gratefully
remembered for his many acts of kindness to
prisoners under his charge, is now living at
the ege of 20 in Central City, III.
DAVID CROCKETT. of the West Virginia
House Of Delegates, is grandson of the ia
nous David. Another David Crockett, in the
Joliet penitentlary for cOuuterfeiting, insists
that he has the same lineage IN spite of vehe-
ment protestatlOns to the contrary from the
rest Of the Crockett family.
A GOOD one is told of Pierce Young. When
he was the youngest and handsOmest Briga-
der in the Army OF Virginia he attended a
ball in full uniform. As he strobe across
the floor, his sword dangling and his spurs
juggling, pretty girl, with the fearlessness
of youth and beauty, said: general, why
didn't you Just ride in?"
Gov. HILL. of New York, nas surrounded
himself with young men, who may be trusted
to work for the advancement of his interests.
Col. Gillett, his private secretary, is able to
send away any number of callers and to re-
fuse to answer any number of questions daily
without giving Otfense-a rare quality and a
valuable one in his position.
SANDERS GARLAND, eldest son of Senator
Garland, was married to Miss Anna Henning
Thursday at Washington. DIR. Bullock Chap
lain Of the Senate, ofliclated. Senator Gar
land was not present, owing to a settled OBJ
lection he has to being present at the marriage
of his children. The match was with his per
feet approval, however, and he sent the bride
fatherly note OF welcome to his family.
THE late Judge Nathan Clifford of the
l nited states supreme Court was fond of
visiting the trout brooks IN which he used to
wade when boy. The Judges only indis-
erection was his willingness to wade up TO his
waist after fish when he was an old man.
He had a magnificent collection of fishing
rods and tackle-worth not less than $500.
His books were his be.t friends, and his fish
ing rods his next best. lie spent hours look
ing at both.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
SHORT IN COURT.
A Motion to Discharge Denied and He
is Held on Original Bail.

A Motion to Discharge Denied and He
is Held on Original Bail.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Richard Short APP
peared in the Yorkville Police Court to-
day to answer the charge of having
stabbed Capt. Phelan in ODOnOvan Ros-
sa's Office. The court room was crowded
with sympathizers with the Irish move
ment. Counsel for the prosecution rested
their case. Counsel for the defense
asked for the production of Phelan,
as they were not through with
his crOss-eXaminatiOn, and asked
for an adjournment. This was denied.
Counsel asked for the discharge of Short
on various grounds, and declared that
public opinion had much to do with The
prosecution of this case by the District
Attorneys office. Prosecuting counsel
denied this and Judge Patterson denied
the motion to discharge Short. Judge
Patterson refused to reduce the amount
Of bail and fixed it at the original figure
of s., 600,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
THE SKATING RECORD.
A Champion From New Brunswick Pc
forms Great Feat in Hoboken.

A Champion From New Brunswick Per-
forms a Great Feat in HobOken.
Mr.. Hugh Mccormick, of st. John, says
the New ! Ork Sun, undertook last even
ing, on the HOboken rink to show that the
fast skating records which have come
from New Brunswick are not all mythi-
cal. The Spirit Of the Times had offered
several cash prizes to any skater who
would come within several seconds Of
these alleged records. Lee, tor instance,
was credited with skating mile on a
track Of six laps in minutes 50l5 Sec
onds. A premium OF $3.50 was offered to
any one who would come within 20 Sec
onds of Lees alleged time. This was the
best offer in the lot, and Mr.. Mccormick
tried to win the prize. He failed to sue
coed, but skated the fastest mile ever
made in rink in the United States.
The HObOken track is 105 feet and laps
to a mile. The ice was hard and brittle,
and a light breeze swept across the
track. Mccormick settled down to his
work on a long-bladed, low and narrow
| pair of skates, and at once struck into
rapid and lOng-reaching strides. He
made the first lap and 105 feet IN SO is
seconds, two laps in I'm. 2-Js., three
laps IN I'm. SO sos, four laps in I'm. 12s.,
! five laps in I'm. "A los, and the mile in
3m. 1913. This was six seconds too slow
/ to win the money, but it beat Paulsen's
/ record, made on a quarter-mile track,
| about ten seconds. Mr.. Mccormick
| skated wonderfully straight and erect,
| keeping within few inches of the line
along the sides and at the turns of the
| track. In an enclosed rink, under favor
able conditions, he can doubtless skate
very near. if not up to, his claimed record
of 6 minutes 1015 seconds for two miles.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
The Confederate Documents.

We propose to publish on March Is and
March - some twenty-five or thirty let
tiers. reports and kilograms OF a most in
teresting historical character connected
with the last days of the Southern Con-
federacy. These documents cast an i'm
portant light on questions that are still
unsettled. They include Official COM
mG9ications between the Governors of
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
North Carolina, with reports of agents
and officers, and kilograms and dis
patches from Gen. Lee and President
Davis There are also letters from pri-
vate citizens Of distinction like William
Gilmore Simms and 4. z. Aldrich.
There is no doubt about the authenti-
city Of these documents. They will be
published on the same days in several Of
she leading journals of the country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
LATEST WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

What is Said at the Capital About the
President elect and His Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-There is no
more definite news here about the Cabinet
than there is in Savannah, or in any other
locality where enterprising newspapers
are published. The bottom truth abou
the Cabinet is that President-elect Cleye
land has heard the various shades of
Democratic sentiment fully and pa
tiently through personal visitors
and vOluminOus correspondence, and
he will now make his Cabinet him.
self with the best light and soundest dis
erection he can command. 1t will not be
announced in fragments for the very good
reason that putting in the seventh m;
might derange some Of the chosen six.
When the Cabinet shall be finally de-
cided, it will be announced entire, and
that is not likely to take place before
March 3, and possibly not until the 4th.
1t is universally conceded that Sena-
tor Bayard will be Secretary of State I'M
less he shall decline the honor; but if any
of his friends are advised Of his purpose,
they keep their own cOunsels well. He
preferred the Treasury, and his failure to
be cast for that portfolio has somewhat
disappointed the Senator and staggered
ms friends. AnOUnef grave problem Tor
Bayard to consider is his successor in
the Senate from Delaware. If his retire.
ment from the Senate shall be likely to
result in losing his power in Delaware by
defeat in the Senatorial contest, brief
Cabinet honOrs would be dearly bought
1t is generally expected, however, that
BaYaTd will enter the new Cabinet as
Premier and take the chances of gain or
loss by the operation.
The movement In favor Of Daniel Man
ming for the Treasury portfolio is not very
strong in Washington, but 1t combines
Democratic elements which are discOrd-
ant on every other proposition relating to
that office. He enjoys the confidence of
the party throughout the country as
wise ana faithful leader; he commands
the trust OF the business interests
/ in an eminent degree, and the con-
ficting New York elements would
lie recOnciled to his appointment
There is some talk that his health is not
good. The story is that his physicians
have advised him not to enter INTO such
an active and busy lie as the Secretary
ship of the Treasury would entail upon
him. 1t is also said that his physicians
have even recommended him to withdraw
! from his present private business, and
| that it was on their advice he has spent
several winters of late in the South.
| There is a report that Mr.. Cleveland
1 has dispatched a messenger to Ohio to
have a talk with Mr.. Thurman. There
are some who think that Mr.. CleYeland's
| great respect for Mr.. Thurman may in
| duce him to offer Mr.. Thurman place in
| the Cabinet.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
snowstorms and Local Mails

The mail arrangements are cOnsiderS-
bly, out of Joint. In fact, they appear to
be not only out Of joint, but badly broken
somewhere. For months connections after
connections have been missed in Southern
Georgia and Florida. Newspapers and
also letters take~two to four days to get
from Savannah to Albany. There is the
same delay in the mails to Tallahassee
and other points in Florida. All these
mail troubles are said to be caused by
snowstOrms and bad weather. The dis
astrous effects of a snowstOrm in New
York and New Jersey are felt by the peo-
pie in Albany, Ca, and Tallahassee, Fla.
The remarkable part of this statement is
that the farther we are from snowstOrms
the delays in the mails which we expert
ence are greater. This delay in the mails,
day after day, is an outrage upon the peo-
pie of Southern Georgia and Florida, who,
as citizens, pay indirectly for the service.
II the Southern railroads are prevented
from making schedule time by reason OF
their Northern connections they had bet
ter run an independent schedule and al
low for delays north of Washington.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
BRIGHT BITS.

THERE are ?. 80 languages; and yet We haye
seen men at the skating rink here in Somer-
vile, with all this; linguistic wealth at their
unable adequately to express their feelings
SORierriAe journal.
UNcLE JoHN-''WeI, Jimmy, have you en-
joyed yourself to-davs" Jimmv-ssN0. I
haven't. I've had q miserab e dav." Uncle
JOHN lserahle day. How's that" Jimmy
- Aunt Betsy told me to eat all the dinner [
wanted; and l couldn't."-Bost transcript.
a NEW invention is a composition which
when applied to textile fabrics renders them
luminous at night. 1t would be useful al :
q tion to the stair carpet in houses where the
masters or male Inmates thereof come home
very late at night or early IN the morning.
Heto York Carpet Trade R61ie1o.
AN anglers journal is publishing series of
letters 10 prove that a brook trout weigh
ing u pounds was caught in Maine in 1919.
Ihere is nothing very remarkable about it. As
a trout generally increas in weight at the
rate OF one pound an hour after beng taken
from the water by an angler. the Maine fish of
1919 should now weigh 100000 pOunds.-Norris-
torn Herald
$50 you think your metre doesn't register
property" Il am sure il does not sir :,
"Well. we are so busy now we can't attend to
1t. We VIII send up a man about the middle
OF next month" II wish YOU would. | am
sure 1t does not register more than half the
gas / burn" "Ehy Just wait a minute. I'll
send a man right up with you now to test it >"
-ChicGgo Ne5os.
PHILANTHROPIsT-"H here. Stop that.
What are you doing to your little brother?"
B0y-"Aint doing nothln."
'Nhy does he cry so. them"
rCause looked his candy away from him y
But didn't you have some candy, toO?" a
Yes. but eat it all up"
THAT gives you no right to rob your little
BROTHER
Yes it do. I am a Socialist, Ioam."-
P6iladelDhia can.
FLORIDA Real Estate Owner Ito prospective
purchaser)-The lowest price that l can name
for the land is two and Il half cents per acre
Prospective PurchaSer-Per what?
Florida Real Estate Owner-Per acre.
Prospective Purchaser-DO YOU sell this
land by the acre:
Florida Real Estate o Hncr-Certainly; how
would you sell it?
Prospective Purchaser-By the gallon
San francisco Ia0leSide.
THEN she replied, ''Tm chilly,
For it is cold day;
Besides, do not care to be
An iceberg IN this sleigh"
With sorrow he drove hOmeWard,
Nor guessed the reason why
HIS hearts own JOY was cold and coy
And 80 exceeding shy
But soon he solved the puzzle
For on the following day.
lie saw his sweetheart with q swell,
Al struggled in a sleigh.
He had both arms around her
Like oak trees on the heath
EntWlned by vlnesl and held the lines
Between his close Clinched teeth.
-Eecbdnge.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
THE ALMsHOUsE HORROR.
The Verdict of the Jury-Nadine and
Schroeder Committed to Jail

The Verdict of the Jury-Nadine and
Schroeder Committed to Jail.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2l.-The COrOner's
investigation into the circumstances at
tending the death of the 30 victims of the
BlOckley almshouse fire was concluded
to-day. Testimony was elected which
in a measure corroborated that given
yesterday by Joseph Nadine, the negro
patient, in which he confessed to having
set fire to the building, and charged that
he was instigated to the act by Schroeder,
an attendant. The jury then returned a
verYict that the victims came
to their death from injuries re-
ceived at the fire, which was an
act of incendiarism on the
part of Joseph Nadine, a patient
of the insane department, prompted by
Peter j. Schroeder, chief attendant of one
of the insane sections. and that j. d.
Muller, SchrOeder's assistant, had a
guilty after knowledge of the same"
The jury also cenSured the officials of
the institution for their apparent loose
management and for their failure to have
a sufficient fire apparatus in the building
and a means OF escape for the inmates.
Nadine and Schroeder were committed to
await the action of the grand jury, and
Muller was committed as a witness
against Schroeder.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
SENATORIAL CONTESTS.


swer Roll Call
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Feb. 31.-The Dem
ocrdts refused to answer to roll call in the
joint session Of the Legislature to-day.
The Republicans were in full force. Some
debate occurred as to whether the Speaker
was competent to preside when he refused
to answer to roll call, hut the Speaker
was of the impression that it would come
out all right. The total number of votes
cast was l0l, of which Logan received
100, and Z. Washburn /. No quorum
voting, the joint session adjourned.
A humber of Democrats left here for
home last night, and it is not probable
that they will return in time to vote on
Monday.
THE OREGON SENATORIAL MIDDLE.
SALEM, ORE. Feb. 21.-The Legislature
three days ago adopted a joint resolution
to adjourn at midnight on Friday, that
being the end OF the session according to
the State law. After failure to elect
Senator in joint session on the 6Sth ballot
the House separated and passed a UiUd
U0ce resolution resembling the adjourn
ment resolution. The Democrats, how
ever, claiming that this action was illegal,
and that the Legislature stood adjourned,
IelI town by unanimous agreement at
O'Clock IN the morning. This left
quorum for business, but not
two-thirds of the membership
present, which is required under the
State law to elect a Senator. The Repub-
Hcan members proposed then to act I'M
der Federal laws, in which case a ma
jority of a quorum can elect. Under this
programme the Republican members met
to-day in joint convention. 81 members
present, and the siXty-ninth ballot was
called. The vote was widely scattered,
the highest man receiving only votes.
The cOntending Republican factions
could not agree on a compromise candi.
date at a conference held just before the
session, and a recess was taken until 4
O'Clock.
At 3 p. m. caucus of the Republicans
was held and was addressed by Hirsch.
who said he would stand by the party
whatever the result of the contest. The
vote of the caucus was for ex-senator II.
W. COrbett, % to 10, but when the Joint
convention met at O'Clock, enough
members opposed to COrbett staid away
to break the quorum. The convention
dissolved, and both branches adjourned
sine die. TIE Oregon Legislature of 1885
is thing of the past. There is no Sena-
tor to succeed Slater.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

The frequency Of fatal fires in aims
! houses. asylums and other public build
ings is not only attracting attention to
the possibility Of making such houses
comparatively fiTe-prOof, and the question
Of compelling the use Of effective frees
capes, but to the ACCESSIBILITY of a total
change in the manner of constructing
such buildings.
The state of Missouri is preparing TO
erect new lunatic asylum, and the st.
Louis Republican urges the Legislature TO
consider the propriety Of building a num-
Der ofdetached cottages, instead Of a sin
gle large and costly building. It's urged
that the first cost of the cottages to ac-
c0mm0date a given number of patients
will be less than that of large edifce,
and that they will be far safer in case OF
fire.
If large buildings have no effective pro-
visions made for the safety of the inmates,
it is inhuman, in the light of experience,
to cOnfne patients in them. There are
some advantages in the treatment OF
patients and in the enforcing of discipline
which can only be obtained in large build
ings, and it is only matter of Intelligence
and money to make them safe.
Whenever there is a wholesale burn
ing of human beings there is criminal ne
glect or mismanagement somewhere, and
it is the duty of grand iuries to find where
the fault is and indict the guilty parties.
Mere censures do not amount to much in
these days of hardened consciences.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
Propriety with a Motive.
Washington Star tInd.1

President Arthur cOmmends himself to the
country by refusing To be party to he pOlitI-
cal trick OF filling as many Presidential offices
as possible during the closing hours of his adj
mlnlstratlOn. So far from nsenting to such
a scheme, he has given notice that he will
make no more nominations at all, although
there are now fifteen vacancies open for Presi-
dental action, and more may be expected be-
fore March 1. This position is not only Dig
nihed and proper, but it is the best guar
anty that could be given officers whose COM
missions extend beyond the Republican adj
minlstration that they Will not be arbitrarily
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
Broad Guage Men Wanted.

81. LOUIS KeDW6Iic1n lDen.l
What this country needs is a little more
broad gauge legislation. If anything is pro-
posed touching iron. Messrs. Kelley and Ran
dali, of Pennsylvania, rise up in Congress as
II TO a personal privilege. If silver is men
toned. ColoradO's only Bedford is at once on
his mettle. If sugar is squinted at. Louisiana
members get. uneasy. Tobacco causes the
virginia member to keep his ewes and ears
wide open, and when the whisky interests are
meddled with Mr.. White, of Kentucky. the
fretful porcupine of the House, Is on his feet
at once. Each section has some pet interest.
The consequence is, there is no longer any
genuine legislation for the good of the whole
country. The time is coming, though, when
craftsmanship Of the broad gauge kind must
again 20 to the front
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
4 verd;ct of entity

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-At $50 O'Clock this
afternoon the jury in the election fraud
conspiracy cases returned a verdict OF
guilty against Mackin and Gallagher and
Gleason. The result was received with
general satisfaction.
Both Mackin and Gallagher were re-
leased on bail soon after the verdict, the
bond in each case being $4,000. NJ. c.
Mcdonald and a saloon keeper named
Cavanaugh are joint sureties for the
whole amount
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
Disclaining Responsibility for the Ac


ALEXANDRIA, VA, Feb. 21.-The Off
GERS of the Virginia Midland Railroad
Company publish a disclaimer of the re-
sponsibility for Thursday nights acct
dent between Washington and AleXan.
dria. They say their road ends at Alex
andria, and, although one Of their passen
ger trains was in the collision, it was
wrecked on the Alexandria and Wash.
ingtUn Railroad, run under orders of the
Baltimore and Potomac Company, anC
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
Taken to the supreme Court

entered in the United States Court here
to-day by Edwin Parsons against State
Auditor Marye ct. al. 1t is an injunction
involving the same question in relation to
coupons as that decided by Judges Bond
and Hughes at Norfolk last week. The
amount involved is about $2S,0 The
Attorney General of Virginia filed his
plea and demurrer, but Judge Hughes
Overruled them. The case will be at once
taken to the United States Supreme Court.