The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-14
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
SALE OF THE FURNITURE AT THE
OLD CAPITOL

EVERYTHING Went Cheap Except One
Desk-Editor Atwood to be Sent 20
the Insane Asylum-Striking Tailors
Threaten TO Establish an Establish
nent Of Their own
ATLANTA. GA. March 13-To-day part
of the furniture and other appurtenances
in the basement and first floor OF the old
capitol were sold at auction The sale viii
be continued tomorrow. After the old
state house has been cleared out the auction
will adjourn 10 the new one and dispose of
such Of the old effects as were removed
thither. The treasurer's and controllers
safes brought from g sixth TO fourth OF
their original value. Other articles sold at
even lower prices. One bidder paid So IS
for a desk which cast SO some years ago,
but with this one exception everything went
cheap. The furniture proper brought 1910
and the safes 500 The total realized was
81, 075. The treasurer's safe sold for $3.50.
Il weighs over nine tons, and 70 move 1t
viii cost heavily.
EDITOR ATwoOD's INSANITY.
C. S. Atwood, formerly editor and pro-
prietor of the defunct Atlanta Capitol,
who has been crazy for months, was to-day
adjudged lunatic and committed TO jail
until officers can convey him TO the asylum
Mr.. Atwood's insanity was officially invesul-
gated once before, but the jury failed TO
agree He appeared in court this morning
with his hand terribly burned from taking
hold of hot iron. Recently he washed
his clothes and hung them on the CRATE to
dry. They caught fire and were consumed,
creating d panic in the house where he
roomed He manifests great spite against
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Galloway. and his
wife and child feared for their lives.
STRIKE OF The TAILoRs-
The striking journeynen tailors still res
fuse 70 accept the terms offered by their
employers They profess 10 be on the point
of opening merchant tailoring establish
nene of their own and doing business lnds-
pendently. 1t is said that theY have al
ready ordered samples from the north.
The local typographical union has offered
its sympathy and support 70 the strikers.
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Mrs. Norton aged - years, attempted 20
commit suicide at her homs ab1ut p o'c10ck
today BY swallowing lauiauun- Shs vas
found in g critical coalition, hut Vas
aroused after soma hArd wax Sc / DE-
sponbent, and says sns VII take A1ds71u
again
~ INSANE SCELPToz
-
rived IN tbs cz-v oE Jan 81 lzs- 8 physical
and mental wreck he : said % have
shown sizus q I1nzey CT TIE cas-. and %
have been pGz on b. rhe co1duc1or near
this city. Nobody knew WHO the man
was and TIE police took him IN
charge. Discovering his condition the
officers ssur hin % The Proyidsace fufirul-
ary. where be hzs remained ever sinca
To-day Lewis Huntof Cincinnati, brother
Of the SICK man, and Theodore p Fritz Of
Brooklyn, friend, came here and carried
the man home. II was learned on
their arrival that William Hunt
Is the sculptor who designed
the Vanderbilt monument During his
crazy fit he destroyed large number of
valuable casts which lay in his Brooklyn
studio. Mr.. Hunts disease has developed
into softening Of the brain. He has been
IL for some time and was on his way to
San Antonio, Tex, by advice of physi-
clans. when he fell into the hands of the
Atlanta police. He exhibited wild symp-
toms at Washington, d. c.. when en- route
here, and there first attracted the attention
Of the constabulary.
POLITICS AND THE ALLIANCE.
The alliance men held a meeting here
to-day with sealed doors. As usual little is
known Of their proceedings beyond the fact
that important political action OF
some sort was taken. The men,
bere are as close as CLAIMS.
1t seems to be understood that they passed
a resolution calling upon both democrats
and republicans TO delay nominations for
governor and other state officers until
August.