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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
JIM FISKS MURDER.
Josie Mansfield Not the Woman in the
Case

Josie Mansfield Not the Woman in the
Case
Me1arnees ~ Y, Letter in PHILADELPHIA Times.
Some truth at last about the seemingly
never to be forgotten sk-Stokes ira gedy
Ever sincs the recently and falsely rumored
death at Delanco N. j., of the notorious
Josie Mansfield, the male gossips of New
York. particularly thos who frequent the
Hoffman house, have been discussing anew
the features of the tragedy of sixteon years
ago. OF course no two of them are agreed
as to the inner history of the famous case.
and strangely enough none of them was
right. Nor mas the truth about it been
publicly told Any reawakening Of interest
in the matter is extremely reDugnaut to the
quiet, unobtrusivo and popular man whose
keen business ability has made the Hoif-
man house and its cafe the most talked-of
public resort in this country. But the re-
cent discussion has induced him TO talk
frankly on the subject 10 few OF his iuti-
mates. As a consequ nee let me say, al
though the declaration will be received
with iucredulous surprise, that josie Mans
field was in no way related TO the tragedy
in the Grand Go trial Hotel in January
1872 For sixteen years she has bee
spoken of ms the woman in the contest for
whose favor Fisk fell As "A matter of fact,
Fisk had long before his death abandoned
Josie Mansfield for Montaland, the ballet
dancer, and subsequently, fer another wo-
man, who liv d with her mother, brother
and two sisters at the Grand Central hotel,
where the killing Of FISK took place. The
origin of the fatal quarrel was really in an
oil refinery belonging to Stokes mother, and
which Fisk was So DESTROYS OF forcing into
the then embryotic Standard Oil combine
ton that he prosecuted and pursued Stokes
with hired detectives of the Erie railroad
until Stokes turned and shot him. Il is
true that Stokes and Josie Mansfield were
close friends at this time, but she had ceased
to have any relations with Fisk
And yet there was women in the case.
Let me tell the story.
| saf in the Hnfrrnnn hnn,nn .rnrAn ,,rn.,A
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THE HEARTLEss LETTER OF A scoUNDREL

BROOKLYN, New YORK, May 16, 1888.
Permit me to congratulate you on the pa
ternity of such charming and tlipicaL
specimen of southern chivalry as your nine
year-old assassin.
The south needs such breed of pups to
keep up its reputation for heightened civil
cation. 1t is we'll to instil into the youthful
mind impression that human life is of slight
value and may be taken on slight provoca-
ton or no provocation. A proper system
education implies daily sysem of CONVEX
sation in which the heroes of street fights
and duels should be eulogized. For instance
the late Writ Adams, Jackson, Miss. and
his co assinated assassin should be held up as
examples of the grace, mercy, peace"
embodied in the southern code of honor
The little gentleman who 50 cleverly des-
posed of his younger brother will doubtless
one of these days prove himself regular
SlCGShbuckter of the true Georgia type He
has begun well. Now you should provide
him with a good Bowie knife and Colt
32 cal and let him practice on the nabor
lads-young niggros, cats, dogs, etc. Per
hans in time he'll he a colonel or u major.
Every true southern gentleman should
have a handle to his name Never lot that
boy go to school for that will spoil him for
southern gentleman. Goodbye, yours
truly. BENJAMIN BOLT.
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A Bigamist Given Four Years.

ATLANTA, GA, June 13.-Samuel Flen-
ing, the old blind bigamist, whose career
has created a sensation in Atlanta, was
tried to-day in the criminal branch of the
superior court. This afternoon a verdict of
guilty was found, and he was given four
years in the penitentiary. AS he is totally
blind and almost helpless, it is doubtful
whether he can do anything in the penitep-
tiary. None of the companies are anxious
to get him. He will be a large-sized ele-
plant on the hands of the essees.
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HONOR MEN AT ATHENS.
The Announcements Made by the Vice
Chancellor

ATHENS, Ca, June 13.-This morning
the prayer room of the University of Geor-
gia was crowded with students and a num-
Der of their friends to hear the announce
ments of the honor men in the senior class
by Vice Chancellor Charbonnier. The first
honor as master of arts, will be conferred
upon Thomas w. Reed of Atlanta, and the
second honor on r. w. Almon of Texas,
Ga.
The first honor in the bachelor of arts
course goes to j. G. FARRELL of LaGrange,
with A. Heyman of West Point second.
AS bachelor of philosophy, Victor L.
Smith of Atlanta is awarded the first
honor, and A. Heymau of West Point the
second.
AS bachelor of engineering o. S. Davis
of Greensboro carries off the first honor,
and A. McCarrel of Augusta the second.
A diploma will be awarded to every man
in the class.
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ADVICE to Motnera

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should
always be used when children are cutting
teeth. 1t relieves the little sufferer at once
it produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving
the child from pain, and the little cherub
pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the child, soft
ems the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind,
regulates the bowels, and is the best known
remedy for diarrhoa, whether arising from
teething or other causes Twenty FIVE cents
"A bottle
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A CARD.

beg to announce to my patrons and the
public in general that my new stock of WALL
PAPERS and DECORATIONS has arrived, en-
bracing many new and tasteful designs and
colorings. Parties who contemplate having
such work done will find it to their interest to
inspect my new stock and prices before placing
their orders, as every endeavor is used to main
tain my well-established reputation for good
workmanship and moderate charges. Only ex-
pert workmen are employed, and all work is
under my personal supervision enabling me to
guarantee same. EMIL A. SCHWARZ,
125 and 1877 RrouphtOn street
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Fulton's Legislative Fight.

ATLANTA, GA, June l3.-The following
ticket was announced to-day for the legis-
lature: For senator, Frank p. Rice for
representatives, Clarke Howell, Jr., Henry
Jackson and w. II. Venable. Those on the
ticket oppose a state prohibition law Two
other tickets will be put in the field, one in
favor of state prohibition and another by
the third party.
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Celored ViRilantes.

LAKE WEIR, FLA, June 14-Monday
morning some of the leading coored citi-
zens of Lake Weir received ample proof
that Allan Banks, a negro, had assaulted
his adopted daughter, girl of l6. They
formed a vigilance committee and gave the
culprit his choice of being handed over to
the officers Or taking a whipping and leav
ing the community. He chose the latter
and received $50 lashes, the whips used
being leather harness traces.
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COMMENCEMENT AT WESLEYAN.
1t is the Semi-Centennial Celebration
of the College.

of the College.
MACON, GA, June 13-The city is filled
with visitors in attendance on the Wesleyan
female college commencement, which opened
tonight. This is the semi-centennial COM
mencement, and the exercises will continue
a week, and promise to be more brilliant
than any in the history of the institution.
Great preparations have been made to make
them interesting.
The exercises tonight consisted of select
readings by members of the sophomore
class, as follows:
Misses Olive Askew of Newman, Mamie
Small of Macon, Mamie Hatcher of Macon,
Mathilde Pike Napier of Macon, Lundy
Paine of Aberdeen, Miss Ida Manganham
of Macon, Mary Cobb of Macon, Carrie
Harris of Macon, Rebecca Hill Of Macon,
Amanda Sexton of Normandale, Lila Chap
man of Macon.
The programme was interspersed with
musical selections by pupils of the college.
Tomorrow morning the juniors will read
original ESSAYS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14

Positively the best remedy ever discov
cred for all diseases of man and beast that
can be reached by an external medical APP
plication is Rangum Root LiniInent. One
trial will convince. Rangum Root Med
Co., Nashville, Tenn. 80 cents per bottle.
For sale by Lippman Bros, wholesale
agents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14

JUDGE WILLIAM STRONG, retired justice of the
Uutcd States supreme court, is 80 years of age,
with the air and general appearance of n man
of GO. In stock brokers. parlance, he is short on
wrinkles and long on &ility being about as
active on his legs as ever. His friends tell him
that he resembles Gladstone wherest the kindly
old iurist smiles and then assumes a look OF
profound craftsmanship.
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and progressive man, thoroughly identified
with the university, ever awake to its inter
est, and one who longs to see the grand old
institution take its place among the fore
most colleges of the country. DIR. Whites
chances are certainly brighter now than
they have ever been, though he is likely to
have opposition.
From present prospects the approaching
commencement promises to be well attended
and abound in the usual amount Of gaiety.
a s
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
RIOTING DURING A FIRE.
Police, Firemen and Citizens in a Row
at LincolnVille.

at Lincolnville.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, June 13.-Last
night eleven houses were destroyed in Lin
colnville, a suburb of st. Augustine, by
fire The houses consisted of stores, dwell
ings and shops, and were all small frame
structures. The loss is estimated at $50, 900
and there Is but little insurance. The
locality is inhabited chiefly by colored
people. During the progress of the fire
th9re was general row, in which the
police, firemen and citizens participated and
at one time it assumed the shape of a small
riot. A number of the disturbers were
arrestad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
THE BOOK FOR BOOKKEEPERs.
1t Will Open Out Perfectly Flat From First
TO Last Page.

1t Will Open Out Perfectly Flat From First
to Last Page.
The MORNING NEWS Printing House is the
licensed manufacturer of
BRONSON'S FLAT OPENING BLANK BOOKS
adopted by the United States Government.)
There is no book made of equal strength 1t
will open at any page and remain perfectly fiat
There is no danger Of the leaves becoming loose.
1t is the only elastic binding designed to open
fat that has received the unqualified indorse
ment of bookkeepers as well as bookbnders
Books ruled to any pattern, made to any size
and bound in any styl'
We are making books for number of firms
in this city and elsewhere, and will take pleas
ure in showing them to those interested.
THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING
HOUSE.
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READY.MIXED PAINTS.

The celebrated f. w. Devoe & Co s READY
MIXED PAINTS are conceded TO be the best
manufactured. The most satisfactory testimo-
malls can be produced by those who have used
the paint that it is superior to all other. IL
gives beautiful finish, preserves the wood, and
is put up in quantities suitable to all classes of
purchasers E. j KIEFFFR
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NOTICE.


CRY OF SAVANNAH
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, May 80 1888.
Complaint has been made to this office that
coored boys formerly in the service of the
Chimney Contractors, are sweeping chin
neys without authority. Owners of property
and occupants of houses are hereby requested
not to permit chimneys on their premises to be
swept except on notice from the Chimney Con
tractors. FRANK e. REBARER
Clerk of Council
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
HUNDRED DOLLARS

TOR THE CLOSEST GUESS Of the total vote
It for CLEVELAND AND THURMAN in tho
United States. Each time you purchase 80 cents
worth of Winning Ticket Cigars you can make
one guess, GAAAA'S, Bull. corner Broughton
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FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

MANUCY.-The friends and relatives of Mr..
and Mrs. A. n. Manucy and family are respectful
~ invited to attend the funeral of their INFANT
DAUGHTER from their residence, Burroughs and
Kline streets, at o'clock THIS AFTERNOON.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14

Graduate Optician, ia South Broad street
Office hours "a. NJ to 2, and to 6P M Cor
reefs all errors of the Eye and furnishes proper
Glasses. CONSULTATION FREE
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14

No travellers outfit complete without a
supply of TARRANT's SELTzER APERIENT
to insure good digestion aud regular action
of tho hnVcls
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Parties that have not yet purchased their
seasonable suit of Clothes or Hat, will find
courteous attention and honest dealing, at
Appel s Schauls One Price Clothiers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
Hanlan outrows Trickett.

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, June 13.-The
match race for $500 side between Hanlan
and Trickett, was rowed on the Fitzroy
river today. HanlaH won by six lengths.
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MEETINGS.
ZERUBRADEL LODGE MOLE. :

ZERUBBABEL LODGE NO. rs, r. IL A. NJ.
regular communication of this "A
Lodge will be held THIS Thursday v -
EVENING at 8 O'Clock. W.
The NJ NJ Degree will be conferred.
Members of sister lodges and transient breth-
rem are fraternaly invited to meet with u.s.
By order of w. A. WALKER w. NJ
FRANK w. DAsHER, Secretary.
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MARRIAGES.

HOPKINS-DE BRUYN KOPS.-Married, by
the Rev G. Fl. Strong, on Wednesday, June 9Th,
1883, at st. Johns Church, Savannah Ga,
MATTHEW NJ. HOPKINS and MARIE ADELAIDE,
daughter of Mr. j. de Bruyn Hops.
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
TybeeIsland.
SAVANNAH AND TYBEE RAILWAY

All JralnS leave savannah from Savannah
and Tybee Railway Depot, in yard of S., F .
w R'y.
FAMILY EXCURSIONS EVERY TUESDAY
and FRIDAY at reduced rates
Music daily by full Brass Band
Tickets on sale at depot office half hour bafo-a
Leaving time OF trains, also at j. B. Fernap
dez's cigar store corner Bull and Brougbton
streets, at Levi j. Gazans cigar store PnaSEi
House, and at the Coast Line railway depot
Passengers must be provided with tickets or
be prepared to pay the conductor zoe eytra
for neglecting to do so
CHAS. COLLINS. Superintendent
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T' denotes trace OF rainfall
G. ~ SALISBURY, Signal Corps
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Let me tell the story.
| sat in the Hoffman house restaurant
with a friend and saw hor pass. Mr..
Stokes sat at another table. and saw him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Advertisements inserted under Special
Notices wiH be charged 81 90 Square each
insertion.
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ORDINANCE.

NIIl UF SAVANNAH, 7
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL. June 6, 1885
The following sections OF ordinance passed
Feb '2l, 1877, is published for Information,
Nv Order of th.. NTayor
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T'Indcates trace tInches and hundredths
Observations taken at the seine moment
OF time at all stations.
SAVANNAH. June IS. $3.50 p. NJ, city time.
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PROF, r. NJ WHITMAN

J. II. ESTILL. Pr
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-06

the secret of their advocacy has undoubtedly
been the fact that they saw that its adoption
would put protection in position where IL
could not be defended. The producers OF
what are generally elassed as raw materials
are the farmer, the miner aud the fisherman.
To remove the tariff. from raw material there
fore would be to expose the farmer, the min
or and the fisherman to foreign competition,
while the manufacturers were still protect
ed. These freetraders clearly foresaw that If
ever this condition of things is brought
about, the protective system win be so thor
oughly undermined that its downfall will be
inevitable. Every farmer, every miner and
every fisherman will become its enemy, for
the sufficient reason that it will work him
gross injustice, inasmuch as it will tax him
for the manufacturer without any compen-
sating advantage to himself We can't have
protection fer one set Of industries exposed
to foreign competition and free trade fol-
another equally exposed. If the manufac-
turer is to be protected the farmer and min
er must be. What President Cleveland and
bis freetrade sympathizers are trying to do
is to knock out here and there rick from
the protection wall, in the hope that 1t
will be 80 weakened as to topple over and
| fall to the ground. Senator Sherman s
speech in the Senate on "Wednesday very
clearly exposed this purpose.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-06
Raw Materials.

1t was on raw materials chiefly that the
President in his message suggested that the
tariff be reduced. He argued that our man
ufacturers would be benefited rather than
hurt by this reduction. This is undoubtedly
true, assuming the tariff on manufactured
articles to be left unchanged But the pro-
tectiye system does not exist for the sole
benefit of manufacturers. 1t undertakes
to protect all industrial and agricultural pro-
ducts that are brought into competition with
the products of foreign labor To grant pro-
lection to the manufacturer of wool and to
deny it to the wool grower is favoritism that
cannot be defended for an instant Protec-
ton must be a system. protecting everything
that needs it or it is a delusion. The President
is by no means the first advocate Of the re-
moyal of the tariff on raw materials. 1t has
been a favorite scheme of certain tariff
reformers for some years. 1t has been fire.
ouently brought forward in Congress and
supported by very much the same arguments
that the President used in his tariff message.
The great majority of its supporters have
been believers in the free trade theory, and
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-06
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Death has claimed the last of the male
members of the Hendricks family. Within
year the Vice-President, his cousin and
law partner and his brother have died.
1t is proposed at Natick, Mass, to raise q
memorial to Henry Wilson, who has been
dead now little more than IL years, and the
Henry Wilson memorial association issue an
an appeal for contributions from the people
Of the country. 1t IS hoped to get together a
fund of $4,000 The proposed monument
will probably take the shape of a bronze
statue or a memorial building to be erected
at Natick.
At the New England woman suffrage fair
the Plymouth table had a decided novelty.
This was the intellectual salad" bowl, with
lettuce leaves made of green tissue paper, a
poetcal quotation written upon each. For
five cents any enc might take leaf, and if
he could tell the author of the quotation he
might keep it, otherwise 1t had to be re-
turned to the bowl. The original cost OF
this dish of salad was 10 cents, and 1t brought
$l2.5S into the treasury, besides making a
great deal OF fun.
A movement started by the Prince OF
Wales is now afoot to erect tribute to the
memory of Valentine Baker. The particu-
lar memorial has not yet been decided upon,
but the idea is warmly supported by military
and naval men to whom the project has been
communicated. 1t is well known how hard
Bakers friends and admirers striYed to OBJ
tain for him that which he priced more than
anything else In the world-readmissiOn into
the ranks of the British army but the world Is
still ignorant of the fact that success had al
Last attended those efforts and that had pool
Baker lived only few weeks longer he
would have had the satisfaction of seeing
his name once again In the army list.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-06
An obeIIsk for the Chicago Hay
Market.

The latest project in Chicago is to dedicate
an obelisk to the memory of the policemen
killed by the bomb-throwing anarchists. Mr.
E. l.. Brown Of the Citizens association says
they are considering the question of buying
the mammouth rough shaft of granite near
Rockland, Me-, and fashion1ng it into the
tallest obelisk in the world. The tallest now
is the one at the Lateran in Rome. 1t is 105
feet in height and weighs $40 TONS The one
in New York is 69l feet in height and weighs
224 tons. The proposed obelisk to be erected
at the centre Of Haymarket square will be
1l5 feet high, not counting substructure 80
feet in height. Its weight would be $50 tons.
Mr.. Brown estimates the cost, including
transportation, at 100000 1t is rertinently
suggested that 100000 would go a long way
toward providing for the families Of the dead
and crippled policemen, educating their chill
dren, etc. But the idea of whipping all
creation" in obelisks will probably hayeirre-
sistible charms for the Chicago mind and
pocket.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-06

Doubtless there are many directions In
which the expenditures for our customs SER
vi.e can be cut down without seriously i'm
pairing its efficiency. But the reckless abo-
lltion Of custom houses along the coast be-
cause they do not return to the government
In dollars and cents as much as they cost is
not one Of them. Custom houses do not ex-
list solely for collection Of the revenue. A
great deal Of other business is transacted at
them, especially business affecting our mer-
chant marine, and it is necessary, therefore,
to have more Of them than the mere eollec-
tion of the revenues would demand. Many
of the custom houses along the Maine coast
collect little revenue, yet they serve a very
important purpose, as the Secretary Of the
Treasury has probably found out since he
attempted to abolish them by sort Of hori-
onta deduction. Protests from our ship
nv and shipmasters along the coast
We been sent him in great numbers, and
now at the request Of Congressman Dingley
he has consented to postpone action until he
finds out by an investigation whether any
such reduction as he meditated ought to be
made. OF course it would have been better
to get this information in the first place, but
late is better than never.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-06
ENGLAND's INTEREST
IRnrlinrton Free Press /

Lord Robert Cecil, now Marquis of Sails
bury and prime minister of England, speak
ing in his place in Parliament, March Z, 1862
disclosed the motive for the sympathy Of the
governing classes of England, for the South
in our civil war. lie said: "The plain mat.
ter Of the fact is, that the Northern States OF
America never can be our true friends for
the simple reason because we are rivals
rivals politically; rivals commercially We
aspire to the same position. We both aspire
to the government of the seas. We are both
manufacturing people, and in every port, as
in every court, we are rivals to each other.
With respect to the Southern States,
the case is entirely reversed. The popula-
ton is agricultural. They furnish the raw
material Of our industry, and consume the
products which are manufactured from it.
With them, therefore, every interest must
lead us TO cultivate friendly relations, and
we have seen that when the war began, they
at once required to England as their natural
ally" The interested motive. thus unblush-
ingly proclaimed, which led so many English
men to give their .sympathies and aid to the
Southerners In a war to uphold slavery, re-
appears to-day in strong interest taken by
SO many Englishmen in the establishment OF
| free trade in this country