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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

Tho German Flag Raised over the
Marshall and gilbert Groups.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2i.-Priyate ad.
vices by the steamer Oceanic, which ar
rived here Saturday from China, states
that the German man-of-war Nautilus
has raised the German flag on the Mar
shall and Gilbert groups Of islands, i'm the
southern Pacific, and claimed for the
government q protectOrate over them
These islands number about fifty In all.
The natives are said 10 be civilized. and
10 nave been for many years under the
influence Of the American Missionary
Society. Further particulars are expected
by the Australian steamer due here Dec
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
DIR. Maddox,s History.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.-Dr. T. j. Mad
dOx, who was killed in a fight with the
Indians near White House, n. M, Sat
urday, is a son Of DR.. Thomas Maddox,
of Washington county, Md. For several
years he was assistant in the school OF
Charles b. Young, of Washington, and
while soengaged studied medicine at Co
lumbian University, where he was gradu-
ated in the spring OF 1880. He was CON-
missioned assistant surgeon in the army
in October, 1881, and bis first assignment
10 duty was in the department Of Texas.
DR.. Maddox was 80 years old.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
MEXICAN POLITICS.
A Convention TO Nominate Municipal
Candidates Ends In n Riot.

A Convention TO Nominate Municipal
Candidates Ends In a Riot.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2l.-A special from
Metamoras, Mexico, says: "Delegates
from each OF the twenty-five sections in
this city chose at hepopular election week
ago assembled at the municipal palace To
vote for city officials for the ensuing year.
Notwithstanding that In many sections
there were severe disorders and no cleo
tions 29deegates with credentials put in an
appearance. Seventeen sided with Senior
Yturia, candidate OF the State party
friendly TO Gonzales, and twelve we're for
T0rras and villa Nueya, candidates Of
the Federal party, or Diaziaists. Az they
could not fuse there was much disorder
during the day between the partisans OF
the rival factions and two regular pitched
battles occurred In the streets In which
three OF the leaders were wounded.
Heavy patrols Of cavalry restored order.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

GALVESTON, Dec. 2l.--AbOut midnight
last night the Norwegian brigantlne
Crane, Capt. Larsen, en- route from Liver
pool tor this port with cargo Of salt and
other merchandise, was wrecked at tho
entrance 10 the harbor while attempting
10 CROSS The bar In = heavy sea, A few
minutes after grounding her hold began
- Oh, and the crew were forced q take
10 the rigging, where they Remained untll
thla m0ruinn. when thoy were rescued,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
Convicis 60 Build a Itailroad.

JACKSON, MISS, Dec. 2l.--Considerable
interest was aroused to-day from the fact
that W. II. Hardy, president Of the Gulf
and Ship Island railroad, has secured
several hundred cOnvicts TO labor on tho
road, work on which will be cOmmeneC-1
a. once at point near Mississippi CITY.
The ROAD passes through the centre Of the
State, and has been surveyed 70 this point.
Mr.. Hardy saws that the road Will be com,
pleted at an early date.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

GOSHEN, n. Y, Dec. 2i,--Philip Brady,
his wife aud his sister.in-law, while out
driving to-day, attempted 70 cross the
track OF the Erie railroad. The engine OF
the Chicago express struck the vehicle,
smashing IL 20 spliniers. Brady and his
wife we're killed. The sister-in-law es-
oaped with slight hurts. Brady and his
wifo had been married only one month.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

CHICAGO, Dec. 2t.--Vicar General Con-
way procured n warrant to-day for the
arrest Of the editor Of the Chicago Pilot
on n charge OF criminal libel. The charge
alleges that the paper nemcd published
libel0us articles 70 the effect that Father
Conway had appropriated funds OF Tho
atana
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

CHARLOTTE, N. O., Dec. 2i.---At 3
O'Clock Saturday morning the jail ~ Rock
ingham was surrounded by 30 masked
men, who forced an entrance and secured
a white man named John Lee, who three
weeks age murdered Solomon Welsh.
They carried Lee out Of town and hanged
him 10 the limb OF q tree. Lee murdered
welsh fer money.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
FEES or PASSENGER AGENTS.
The Commission system to be Abolished
Jan. 1.

The commission system 10 De ADoished
Jan. 1.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2l.-The passenger
agents OF the New York Central, West
Shore, Erie, Pennsylvania. and Delaware,
Lackawana and Western railroads to-day
held long sessions In Commissioner Finks
Office, and definitely determined TO
abolish all commissions Of every kind,
and that hereafter they would have no
dealings with ticket brokers or ''scalpersD
The ticket sellers in the general ticket Off
ces controlled directly by the railroads
will be forbidden 20 participate either
directly or indirectly In commissions.
The rule will not apply 10 commercial
commissions paid 20 steamship com.
panies, for these were paid Tor service
rendered. All Western roads Will be
asked 20 concur In to-day's action Of the
passenger agents. The regulation Will
20 into effect Jan. 1, 1875.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

CHATTANOOGA. Dec. 2i.--James star
ling, living In Chattooga county. was
boiled In a caldron used for eoalding pigs.
He Attempted 70 put q pcTker into the pot
deafh.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
HOUsTON,s CRAsH.
Withdrawal OF Large Deposits the Ina
mediate Cause.

Houston, TEX, Dec. 2l.--The run ON
a few hours this morning, and then gradu-
ally ceased. The savings bank published
an official statement showing that it was
not involved with the affairs OF the City
Bank, which suspended On Saturday, be-
yond small sums amounting 90 $342 due
the City Bank was preciptated by the
withdrawal Of large deposits by some Of
the oldest customers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
sCALPED WITH ToNIAHAwKs.

The Caucasian Husband Of Cherokee
Squaw RuthlessIy Slain.
FORT WORTH, Tx, Dec. H.--A special
from Choteau, Cherokee Nation, Indian
Territory, says; jonathan Davis, a
white man married to a Cherokee squaw,
was shot and killed last night by Kit
Ross, q Cherokee buck. Davis stood high
among the Indians. Ross killed him out
of nnrn dnVlltrN.U
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

MADISON, GA, Dec. 2l.-saturday after
noon the 5.year-old son Of Dorss Wynn,
who lives IN this county, went out 10 play
in some cotton seed, IN which he dug a
hole 20 Jump, and IN doing 80 fell with his
face down. A bag Of seed being near fell
on him, smother1nR him 10 death.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
CIevelnnd,s Nominations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-AnOther in
stallment Of nominations was sent to the
Senate to-day OF officials appointed during
the recess. There we're 500 or 600 ofthem,
the most prominent being that Of First
Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

BALrMOnK, Nd, Dec. ai.-Alra. Cor,
ueiia Winnold scott. wife Of Col. II. l.,
Scott, formerly OF The unlted states army,
and daughter or the late Lieut., Gen. Wln-
field scott. died to-nlfhl Of paralysis at
% Feura.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
SWEEP or THE FLAMES.
The Glade in OglethOrpe County ths
Scene of a Blaze.

The Glade in Oglethorpe County the
Scene of Blaze.
ATHENS, GA, Dec. 2l.-The old store
house at the Glade, in Oglethorpe county,
belonging to the Messrs. Davenport, was
burned TO the ground Sunday morning,
together with twenty bales OF cotton
stored therein belonging 10 Andrews &
Glenn, besides considerable cotton seed.
The origin Of the fire is not known, but It
is thought 10 have originated from some
Goals left by the Masons on the night be-
fore as they had a lodge in the upper
story. The Masonic fraternity lost all OF
their lodge fixtures and a new set Of re-
gala just purchased. There was no in
surance on any Of the property. The fire
was discovered about O'Clock in the
morning.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
A HOTHL pEsTROYED.

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 21.--At Kittrell
to-day the old Kittrell Hotel was burned.
II was not occupied, and had been vacant
10 or II years. The loss is about $4,000.
Several other smaller buildings were
burned at the same time.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22

DOWN IN BLACh AMI WhllE'
He (Alison) had read report Of the
Commissioner OF the General Land Ofice
IN which he found intimatlons that In nu-
merous places there had been a misap-
propriation OF the public domain through
land grants, homesteads, pre-emptlons,
etc. II this were 80 1t should be ascer-
tained.
Mr.. Call said he had no charge Of cor
ruption 20 make against any officials, but
had received letters stating that there
had been some improper dispositions or
Inc public lands ia Florida. The resolu-
tion was referred 10 the Committee on
Public Lands.
MIR. Harrison moved 10 refer to the Conn
mIftee on Territories the resolution OF
Mr. Butler. recently offered, relating TO
the Territory OF Dakota. He added that
tbis dispOsition Of the resolution was
agreeable 10 Mr.. Butler.
The senate then passed the House con-
current resolution providing for an ad-
iournment from today TIL Tuesday, jan
Al 8,25 O'Clock the Senate went into
executive session. AZ o'clock TOE doors
woro reopened aud the senate ADJOURNED
ull Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1870, At IL ooiooA
noon. ,-.. A.. A.,
The Senate IN executive session To-Day
confirmed the nomination ol Johh Dik'-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-22
prRIIcLAND FRAUDS.

Mr.. Call offered resolution providing
for a special committee Of five Senators
10 investigate the alleged fraudulent APP
proprlatiOns OF public lands in Florida.
MIR. Allison had no objection to such an
investigation, but thought It ought TO be
made general, so as 10 cover other states
as well as Florida. He moved that IL be
referred 10 the Committee on Public
Lands. In order that that committee might
have the opportunity Of considering
whether such general investigation should
not be had.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

REPUBLICAN senators made a wise choice
when they selected Hon. John Sherman of
Ohio, as the presiding officer of the senate
and acting vice president of the United States.
Mr.. Sherman is one the ablest and foremost
statesmen of our country, and will, no doubt,
ill the office of vice-president with credit 10
himself and honor to the people. Had he
desired it, we would rather have seen John
A. Logan elected to the office, than any other
man, but for good reasons he declined the
honor which his republican associates ten
dered him. And he was probably correct in
his Judgment. as there is no doubt that he
can be of greater service to the country on
the floor of the senate than "a its presiding
officer, and the work will be far more cor
genial to him than would be his duties as
president of the senate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

Nor ONLY has the present democratic ad-
rninistration not paid single dollar OF the
public debt during all the time it has been
in power. but during the month of Novem-
Der. according to the statement of the secre-
tary of the treasury, there was an actual IN
crease of nearly five millions of dollars. The
party in power was never noted for its sue
cessful management of the finances OF the
government, and the result of the first nine
months of President Cleveland's administra-
ton is pretty fair evidence that the party has
not improved much with age. When, in 1861,
the democrats surrendered control of the
government to the republican party, the Ma
ton was practically bankrupt. In this respect,
the indications are that, if sufficient time Re
allowed, history will repeat itself.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

WILLIAM III. Vanderbilt, the great railroad
magnate, dropped dead at his residence in
New York, on Tuesday last at 2:30 p. m. The
cause of his death is supposed to have been
paralysis. He leaves family of four
sons and four daughters, all the latter
all married and who will, probably, inherit
his great wealth which is estimated at $780,
100000. On the death of his father, the
Commodore, William H. inherited 100000
600, to which, by economy and frugality he
had added 100 per cent, besides enjoying
a tolerably good living. He was sixty-four
years of age at the time he was called to part
with his competency of this worlds goods.
His death creates considerable excitement in
financial circles but it is yet too early to
Judge what will be the result.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10
The Presidents Message.

President Cleveland's message is the long g.
est ever laid before the National legislature,
and may be looked upon as successful at
tempt of show not to say it." Owing to its
extreme length, it will be read by only COM
paratively small number of people. He re-
views at length the relationship between the
United States and foreign countries and finds
it to be, as general thing, quite satisfactory.
With reference to the tariff question, he
thinks our revenue ia excessive, greater than
the necessities of the government demand,
and recommends a reduction of duties on the
necessaries OF life. lie carefully avoids any
thing looking toward free trade, and remarks
that such reductions should be made SO as
not to injure or destroy American industries,
and so as to avoid injury to American labor.
Iu view, however, of the fact of the increase
of the estimates for governmental expendi.
lures and of the increase of the public debt,
it is difficult TO understand why the revenue
should be reduced. The present democratic
administration, if it can be correctly judged
by tho record of the past nine months, may
be trusted to safely get away with all the
revenue that will come into the public treas
ury, without any reduction of duties. He
thinks the ceaseless flow of "buzzard dollars"
from the mint, at the rate of S2,000O00 q
month-depreciated as they are-will prove
disastrous to the best interests of the people,
and in this opinion he is, doubtless, correct.
He deprecates the fact that the United States
has no navy, not even single war vessel
that could keep the seas against first class
vessel of any important power, and says that
such a condition of things ought not to con-
tinue. A very large portion of the message
is devoted to the Indian question. He
thinks the true solution of that question is
to be found in the education of the red man.
Many of his western constituents will disa-
gree with this plan. They think the Indian
is already too highly educated, especially ia
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

GREENBAcKERs used TO complain bitterly
that the republican party did not pay the
public debt as fast as it ought. To remedy
this state of affairs they assisted, as best they
could, in putting the democratic party into
power. That party has run the government
nine months, and has notpaid single dollar
of the bonded debt. On the contrary, it has
begun to report amonthly increase, Instead of
decrease. It has withdrawn nearly hundred
millions of dollars from the circulating me-
dunn of the country, and piled it up in the
United States treasury where it does no good
to anybody, and which, as far as any present
practical use is concerned, might as well have
been destroyed. How much have we gained
by our alliance with the democracy? is a
question that honest, intelligent, practical
men of the geeenback faith, are now asking
of themselves.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

Ir HAS often been remarked that there was
no more effective method of politically killing
a public man, than to elect him to the vice
presidency. Not one man in a hundred can
correctly name the different men who have
occupied that Office. The recent death of
vice-President Hendricks has brought this
matter prominently into notice, and the fact
that most men who have heretofore filled
that office have sunk into oblivion and are
aforementioned and their very names almost
forgotten, is emphasized by the conflicting
statements made in the public press concern
ing the number of vice-presidents who have
died in Office. The number has been various
ly stated by leading and influential newspa-
pers at from two to five. The latter number
who died before the expiration of his term
of Office was George Clinton, who died in
1912, the last year of his second term. The
second was Elbridge Gerry, whose name is
perpetuated in the word gerrymander, the
political term for VIGOROUSLY unfair division
of a state into congressional or representative
districts. Mr.. Gerry was elected in 1912 and
died in 1914. The third was William Rufus
King who was elected in 1852 and who died
during the first year of his term of Office.
The fourth was Henry Wilson who was cleo
ted in 1872 and died in 1875, and fifth and
last, Thomas A. Hendricks, over whose sud.
den and unexpected death the people arc
now mourning. Twenty-one different indi-
viduals have been elected to this, the second
Office in the gift of the people. Four of the
number. John Tyler, Willard Fillmore, An
drew Johnson and Chester A. Arthur, sue
ceeded to the presidency, by reason of a
vacancy in that Office. The mortality in the
vice-presidential Office has been somewhat
greater than in the Office of chief magistrate,
notwithstanding the fact that two Of our
presidents met their death at the hands of
an assassin. Twenty-Five different men have
filed the office of president, of whom VIM.
II. Harrison, Zachary Taylor. Abrhaam
Lincoln and James A. Garfield died before
the expiration of their terms. or all the men
who have been honored with an election to
either of the two principal offices in our gov
eminent but five are now living: Rutherford
b. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleve-
land, Hannibal Hanlin and William A.
Wheeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

the art of war, and in the practice of murder
and rapine, and that as there are not, and are
not likely to be, any good Indians but dead
ones. the sooner they are exterminated the
better il will be for civilization and for the
country. He favors the holding of the public
lands for actual settlers, and condemns
wholesale land grabbing. On the Mormon
question, he takes decided stand, and re-
commends that a statute be enacted
forbidding the immigration of Mormon
converts. His views on this question should
receive the hearty support of the people, re-
CARELESS of all party predictions or partisan
considerations. On tho question of civil
service reform he presents well written
essay showing the beauties of the theory of
reform in the civil service, from read
ing which person might reasonably
suppose that we had at last struck the pana-
cea that would effect permanent cure for all
governmental ills. But when Mr.. Cleveland's
theory on this important question, is con-
trasted with Mr.. Clevelands practice, the
matter assumes somewhat of a ludicrous
aspect. As theoretical reformer Mr.. Cleve-
land is a grand success, but as practical re-
former, he may be safely trusted to renoyate
the civil service by turning out all republic
cans on the hypocritical pretense that they
are offensive partisans" and filling their
places with partisan democrats. The result
of this method of reforming the civil service
must of course be vastly more beneficial (D
to the country than it would be to take the
more manly and honorable position and say
republican officials must go because they are
republicans, and their places must be filed
by democrats because they are democrats.
On the whole, the message, while it contains
some good recommendation could not
well be otherwise in document OF such ex.
treme length-will not take rank among the
really great and important state papers OF
the Nation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10
THn South Haven Sentinel and the Paw

THB South Haven Sentinel and the Paw
Paw Courier should be able to find enough
to do in minding their own business. That
immense jobbing and advertising patronage,
of which the Courier boasts so:much, must
surely be all one democratic editor ought to
attend TO, in addition to the discharge of the
labor incident TO his position as editor of
the organ Of the party of his recent choice.
However, be that as it may, the NoRTHERNHR
is not yet ready to perform the grand trans
formation act and will not go over to the
democracy as did the Courier man, nor. yet
half way over as did the Sentinel man. II
has no aspiration nor intention af belonging
TO the party of Cleveland and Yaple. BY
the way, what has become of Yaple anyhow?
1t is currently reported that he has lost his
grip, and that Kalamazoo man, and an old
line democrat at that, is the power behind
the throne, and the dispenser of patronage
for the 4th congressional district.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

Give me a call before purchasing else
where. Yours truly,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

full accord. The NonrHERNER, rs we have
repeatedly stated, does not believe in gold
stan lard alone, butts an advocate of q double
standsrd-both gold and silver-only 1t
wants the silver dollar to be as valuable,
intrinsica'ly, as gold dollar, and it desires
the coinage Of silver dollars, containing 100
cents worth of silver, to be placed upon tho
same basis as the coinage OF gold-free and
untrammeled. We do not believe, however,
that the demonstration of the silver dollar
in 1873, was at all responsible for the decline
in the price of that metal During the en-
tire sixty years preceding such demonetiza-
ton, this government had coined but $685.
S38 silver dollars, while since the passage of
the Bland bill, in February, 1873, less than
eight years ago, it has coined over $2OO,O0O,-
O00-twenty- times as many as during all
the previous years-and yet silver has not
appreciated in value, but, on the contrary,
has steadily declined. When the weight of
the silver dollar was fixed at 412ls grains,
it was equal in value TO gold dollar, but in
1873 it had appreciated, or gold had depreci-
ated, if that way of putting it is preferred.
until silver dollars were worth about 103
cents and no longer circulated as currency,
to any great extent, but were bought and
sold as merchandise. The great argument of
the advocates of the "buzzard dollar" was
that its coinage would raise the price of sill
yer to its former standard, but the argument
has been proven, by the logic of events, to
be fallacious one, and now, in all fairness,
if they demand free coinage, they ought to
be willing to have the weight of the dollar
increased so that it shall be what it purports
to be, dollar in fact as well as in name.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

We PUBLISH in another column, commu-
nication from our esteemed friend John
Knowles Esq, of Durango Colorado, on the
silver question. We will say right here, that
we did not intend, in the previous article
mentioning his name, to intimate that his
views on this matter were induced by selfish
motives, or that he was not perfectly honest
in the opinions he entertained. Mr.. Knowles
has displayed his well known ability and
ingenuity in compiling and arranging statis-
tics to support his argument and theory, and
has written some things with which we are in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-10

GENERAL RosscnANs has written labored
article on the mistakes of Grant which
was published in the North american Re
pier. "Old Rosy" has good many friends
among the old soldiers and among the people
in general, but he will find it a hard matter to
prove that he is a "biger man than old Grant,
or that he knows more about the late war
than did the deceased general.