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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-10
ApfHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL SNOW
1tu1 Living In New York, Though Lit
tie Feeble.
New York World


4 letter to the 'itor of the World yes
hrday proclaimed that the "only and true
auther 81 Beautiful Snow is Col. William
Allen Silloway." A reporter found Col.
elloway ct No. 1917 West Washington
place. He 10 printer by trade, and has
been printer, reporter and assistant editor
q many newspapers in Boston, New
Hampshire and Vermont. just now he is
out Of work, but hopeful. His seventy
ihird birthday will occur next September.
Rheumatism has famed him badly, but he
cheerful and accompanying. Daring
W. civil war he was Q lieutenant-coione
Oh General McCiellan's staff. "rhe Dying
Soldier" -'rhe Engagement Ring" my
ksntiful Child. and many other poem,
~ the work of his imagination. he says.
dbl vou write Beautiful Snow asked
the Eord reporter.
aIuld. but thought all the controversy
about it was over and done for" said Col
o5el 6ilIoway. William Cullen Bryant
exsmined all my proof carefully, and came
b the conclusion that / was the author of
Beautiful Snow He included 1t in his
book, The Poets of America published,
think, IN 1878, and my name appeared at
~ end OF The poem as author"
How did you come to write Beautiful
3 SHOW. -
Unshinkingly, the visitor had touched
g tender spot in the old mans memory.
he bowed bis gray old head on his wrirl-
bed hands. lean and brown, and wept ST
unity, as old men do. Presently he found
BE voice, and went on:
u married in 1885," said he, s'as pretty
Riri - any body ever saw in this country.
eoe vas as good as she was beautiful. Her
nmily vas one of the best in New York
9u. Her father had been senator. The
nmily was very wealthy. | was sent to
England on business and took her with
ns, High life and gavety were too much
icr her. She became inconstant She Re-
turned 10 America vi h me. Steadily she
vent from bad to worse. She drank heav-
". We separated. One night in the
WINTER OF 1854 policeman found her dead
% suowdriIt in Leonard street. / buried
her.
4 don't know how long after that l
wfote the poem. | called it The Fallen
cnosfake. Ii had twe.ve verses origi-
esily. sent il to nv friend, Mrs. LYDIA
&. sigourney, in Hartford. Conn. She
esd u over and made few changes and
mlurned II to me. The poem was pub
@ned for the 6rst time in 1854 in Maria
Louise Hankins' paper-the first journal
q women published in New York. IL
vas copied everywhere in England as well
= America-wherever the English Ian
saage was spoken, in fact. / never thought
9e poem was going TO be so famous, but
snen II appeared in Maria Louise Han
ms paper my name appeared as author"
lolonel SiIloway is in poor health. but
soou spirits. He showed no bitterness in
1lkiug about the scores OF other people
mo claim to have written Beautiful
eaow." He SAYS that the original manu-
sSsslpt OF the poem is in his old home in
Ses England, and he is going to try and
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-10
nth AND BURKE.
rticles Signed for Twenty
Five Round Contest.
Is,sTRALIAN VERSUS AMERicAN.
q ]. Come on August - for $1,000
La blanche Going to Aus
tralia.

rnIx Smith. the clever Australian pugil-
- g. q Il training Mise Lucie at Sylvan
= So. md Jack Burke. the local middle
.ssst. sienei articles Yesterday afternoon
& zs- 2 ,wenty-round glove contest, to take
~ 81 the 18th of this month
nrrke, to prove that he meant business,
81 q ! forfeit of $lfD yesterday to back
~ challenge issued to Smith the dav
zz.<cus Smith, who was in the city. on
80 a. the proce eding. called upou b is
s..ss, md obtained 800 and covered the
szSs;f meeting was then arranged be-
80 the two men and after considerable
g sssions DELAY the following articles of
ssnment we're entered into:
SEATTLE, August 3. 1890
.s~3.e n agreement entered into this day be-
I - Billy Smith, OF Australia, and Jack
!. 800 a seattle witnesseth:
- "a Bs1iy Smith and Jack Burke agree 70
e s-ss 8 ! glove contest of twenty-five rounds,
& "a - setf dav Il August 1890, in some hal TO
- 1..acnsted hereafter. for stake Of $500 .
~. "a he gate receipts. Both men further
;s9 s. weigh not more thar 1ss pounds 81
- - !. n. on the day above mentioned. The
sssssics 81 The referee fs to be mutually agreed
s - frenfy. four hours prior to the contest or
xsbe ring side -
60Re1: BILLY $3.50,
! S,.re.ses. JOIN r. BURKE
4 h WosrHIEeroyy
b. n. Jov.s.
6 THOMAS FuRKy.
~ BnrEe said TO q Posr-IErELLreErcKR
{ wrorter las night:
n ID not underestimate Smiths abilities
"a know that am going against good
IN. Bnt / have fought rood men hefore
"A hsvs never heen defeated. Ism most
.~r,ons 10 win this match for thrn Mitch
{ q ~;ll have TO rive me sgn'. ard II I am
~,~ce.afuI will immediatelv leave for San
r,.prjsco and challenge him NV ronev
g 81 and shall leave for the "Zoo" gar
S,ns IN Tacoma tomorrow. where shall
1smv training.
smith Il already in fair condition. having
1evked for several weeks past with Lucie,
srsur twentv miles every day over the hills
I'M men will have to do vast amount IT
md work to reach the weight specified in
- articles. Smith never fought at less
en- 165 since coming to America. Burke
{ s much bigger man than he looks,
weighing at present $50 pounds in his
met oshes.
The match is attracting considerable at
hution. Burke has MANY friends in Seat
= Who pick him ont for the winner. He
hshs superior in height and ref ch and his
lftIne powers are eqnal to any middle
wight In the country. He has defeated all
= his men in short order. Mic Andrews.
lhe champion Of Nevada. went down be-
iufe bin IN one round.
Dusith has fought three battles in Amer
q. defeating Frank Glover and Joe Bow
- and losing to Jimmy Carroll, the
hooklyn middle-weight.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-10

HApLocK, Aug. a-Arrived-J. N. Grit
eth. n
SAN FRaYcIsco. Aug. 9-Arrived-bk
Tan,p'ar. Seattle. Departures-Str Will
annette Valley. Ysquina bay. Cieared-s.a
Jesuie. Port Townsend.
Arrlyed-S Gamer City OF Puebla, VIC
tovia. ship Alaska. Tacoma
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1. B,.nch. WIN Go to Au.tralla.

La Blanche viii Go to Australia.
eAr FRASclsco. Aug. alt Is stated on
uptty good authority that George La
blanche has concluded to try his fortune
b Australia, and that he is now making
pspparations to accompany Joe Choynski
= the sntipodes. The latter leaves here
next Saturday.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-10
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

my is a color-sergeant now.
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The Modern Noveliat's Art.
New YORK World.

.'Well," said the novelist, what do you
think of the plan 2"
"H'mi the situation is really so indeli-
cate 1t will have to be handled with great
delicacy.
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Pullman reservanons made for ell points East
via the Northern Pacific raiiroea' tns yesuoeiea
tscsss : EN- -lS se<ond street. Boston block; =
Tonkin. depos ticket agent eeetfaA
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TOWELS, TABLE LINENS
And house-furnishf.g soods complete. New
lines az prices never tnougnt Oh. S"esssr eleafs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
CITY BREVITiES.

The steamer VIM. NJ. Wadley came down
off Wiilink's marine railway yesterday
after having been overhauled and repaired
There was a swell wedding In colored cir
cles last night at st. Phillips African NJ. E.
church. +. L. Dixon, a waiter at the
Screven house, and Viola Stokes, being the
contracting parties.
The British steamship Roxburgh Castle
was cleared Yesterday by Messrs. A. Minis
Sons for Barcelona with 5, 800 bales of up
land cotton, weighing 2,6T7,5l9 pounds,
valued at $277 946 10.
DIR. George II. Stone is making consider
able Improvements on his lot on the south
west corner of South Broad and Habersham
streets. The greater portion of the old
tenement houses are being torn down, and
will be replaced by new tenements, and the
old ones will be remodeled.
Mr.. Robinson, of the banking house of
Messrs. H. F. Dutton g. Co., Of Gainesville
Fla. was In the city yesterday on his way
home from the north. Mr.. Robinson has
been north visiting the eastern mills and
reports good prospect for sea island cotton
this season in the way of manufacturing
DIR. Sheftall cut a pistol ball out of the
leg Of a l6-year-old negro boy by the name
of Paul Thomas yesterday. Thomas said
he was shot by another negro boy in the leg
in Cooper Shop lane the day before, but
he claims not to know the name of the
boy who shot him. The bullet struck the
right leg above the knee and came out near
below the hip.
MIR. William Kehoe is confined to his
house by painful fracture of his left fore
arm, which he sustained by being thrown
from his buggy on Congress street, Wednes-
day morning MIR. Kehoe was driving
along the street just as a shower came up,
and when in front of c. II. Dorsett's office
bis buggy was caught between two heavy
wagons that were hurrying to get out of the
rain. A shaft of the buggy caught in the
hind wheel of one of the wagons and was
snapped off. aud the swingle-tree was also
broken. The horse became frightened and
attempted to run, throwing the buggy,
which was still hung to the wagon, upon its
side. Mr.. Kehoe fell upon the pavement
and the buggy struck his left arm, causing
the fracture. He was carried into Mr.. Dor
sett's office and Dr. Owens was called in
ard rendered surgical aid.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS"

Gayler's Great Melodrarna at the
Theater Next Tuesday Night.
Lights and Shadows" is booked for the
theater for Tuesday night. Sept. 80. The
St Louis GIobe-Democrat thus speaks
favorably of the popular play. 1t says:
IA melodrama of much merit in action.
dialogue situations and scenic splendor is
holding the boards at the Peoples this week.
1t is called Lights and Shadows and is
from the pen Of Mr. Charles Gayler. The
scenes are laid in New York city, and well
display the happiness and wretchedness that
life in the metropolis presents. Some Of the
stage settings are very beautiful, and the
mechanical effects are sometimes amazing.
as in the third act, where the hero and
heroine. being confined under dock at the
river front, their lives are attempted by
river pirates, who attempt to drown them
by admitting the water that rises at food
tide. In the brief space Of forty seconds
2,4o0 gallons Of water rushes from hidden
tank over the sta ge."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
A FRIGHTENED HUSBAND.
A Railroad Engineer Taught by q
Wife Not to Talk Back.

Railroad Engineer Taught by His
Wife Not to Talk Back.
A man representing himself to be rail-
road engineer spent Wednesday and
part of yesterday in search of his
wife. According to the mans story
he had sold his home in Alabama, and
he and his wife were on their way to South
Carolina to make their home, but while
they were in Atlanta the man either lost
his watch or it was stolen from him.
By mutual agreement the wife retained
the proceeds of the sale of the Alabama
property and their combined savings of a
married life Of nearly quarter of cen.
fury, proceeding on to Macon the husband
remaining at Atlanta to try to recover his
lost watch, and they were to join each other
at Macon in day or two. The husband
kept out of their surplus funds $50.
On Monday the man abandoned hope of
recovering his ticker and ran down to
Macon, but his wife was not to be found at
the hotel where it had been agreed she
should stop. The now perturbed husband
called on Chief Kenan Of the Macon police
to aid him in search for the woman who
had all the family wealth amounting in
currency and negotiable paper to about
$1,000. After a thorough search of the city
at the husbands request Chief Kenan wired
Culol OESeu VI bO0 savannah police Depart
ment giving a description Of the woman,
and asking that she be Swallowed, as it was
learned that the wife had left almost i'm
mediately for Savannah after her arrival at
Macon. She staid only long enough at
Macon to instruct the postmaster to for
ward her mail to Savannah, giving three
addresses to which they should be sent,
only one Of which was in her own name.
The husband came on to this city and
Al
Detective Basch until the wife was found,
but the sequel shows that the mans story
was not strictly correct
1t is said the true story is to the effect
that there was quarrel between the two,
and the woman concluded, in a moment of
passion, to leave her liege lord and proceed
on her way without him, and she acted on
the impulse, and, as the money was her
own, she carried it along with her When
the two met in Savannah they made up and
continued their journey together. The
wife, however, gave the old man a scare
that he is not likely to soon forget, and
hereafter he will be careful how he talks
back
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
LOCAL PERSONAL.

R. @. Glover left for Augusta last night.
Maj. H. P. Smart went to Macon last
night
Miss Bertha Dunning Of Atlanta is visit
ing her friend Miss Bessie Farr.
Mrs. Maurice Deitsh and Mrs. Herman
Myers left for the north yesterday.
A. LETTER arrived home on the CITY of
birmingham yesterday morning from New
York
7. M. Cunningham returned from New
YORK yesterday morning on the steamship
City of Birmingham.
G. P. Miller was among the passengers
returning on the steamship City of Biz
mingham from New York.
Capt. John Taliaferro. accomnanied bv
his summer school boys, returned from
Virginia yesterday, and will reopen his
school on Oct. 1.
Chr. q. Dahl, wife and child returned
home on the City of Birmingham from
New York. Mrs. Dahl hos been on a visit
to Norway where she spent the summer.
Jacob Paulsen and son returned home
yesterday from Europe on the steamship
City of Birmingham from New York. Mr..
Paulsen is looking quite we'll and his trip
seems to have benefited him very much.
George W. Eley, travelling passenger
agent of the Sunset Route" on the South
ern Pacific, with headquarters at Mont
gomery, is in the city, as is also w. P.
DAWSON, the agent of the Central railroad
at Macon
The many friends of Dewitt Bruyn will
be pleased to hear that he has recovered
from his late severe illness and has returned
to Savannah to make his home here. Mr..
Bruyn came to Savannah to superintend
the building of st. Johns church over
thirty-hve years ago. Since that time be
has made this city his home, with the ex
ception Of a yeahor two in Alabama and
last year Ia Brunswick.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
RAINS IN THE COTTON REGION.

The Low Area Moving Eorthward-A
Rift in the Clouds Predicted.
The 10" area is moving slowly north
ward, and the prospects are that while the
weather will be threatening to-day, with
rain at intervals, there will be no such pre-
cipitation as has characterized this section
for the last two OF three days. Warmer
weather is predicted for to-day. The low
area is expected to move out of the South
Atlantic states within the next forty-eight
hours, and possibly In rwenty-four hours.
Until it does no surceass of rain can be ex-
pected.
The roinfall at Savannah for the twenty
four hours ending at 8 O'Clock last night.
was 81 inches. but large as this is
Charleston eclipsed it with a fall of "A
inches, and Wilmington distanced Charles
ton, for up TO s o'clock last night 8. So inches
had fallen in twelve hours, aud it was still
raining Rains were heavy at ALBANY and
Fort Gaines. There was no rain in Texas
nor in Arkansas yesterday. Very little is
reported in Louisiana and the
extreme southern portion OF Mis-
slssippi aud Alabama. Rains were
heavy in Georgia, North Carolina.
South Carolina. Alabama and Tennessee
and the low area 10 moving north, extend
ing from the Atlantic coast to the Ohio
valley.
The general prevalence of rains in the
south tends to lower the temperature
throughout the cotton belt. At Savannah
the maximum was but ~ and the mini
mum went &c lower.
The rains drove the cotton and rice har-
vesters from the fields, and further damage
TO crops must result from the heavy rain
FALL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
A Word With You.

Dear Reader: We want your trade. and
by means of this lad" are seeking to get
your attention and attract you to our
store. If you are customer of ours we are
anxious to increase our business with Won
If you are not we hope you soon will be
as no honorable means will be SPARED r.
attain this end.
That We keep the best qualities of every
thing all who deal with us will attest. and
While we know cheap, trashy stuffs often
catch the unwary and inexperienced. we
prefer to maintain our well-earned and
wide reputation, and let somebody else sell
trash and shoddy. Nothing is misrepre-
sented, as we would rather miss a sale than
deceive customer, We guarantee Won the
lowest possible figures. Our stock is the
hnest, most varied and attractive we have
ever shown '''
What we want you to do is to visit onr
store, whether you buy or not. We will
treat you as nicely as we know how. and
VIII not insist on selling you against vour
inclination, but we do insist that You exam
Inc our goods and sse for yourself il ia is
not TO your interest to deal with US.
we are anxious for your trade and infiu-
ence, and when you come to see us we will
make your visit at least a pleasant one.
r S.-See large lad"
-Adc. LINDSAY g. MORGAN.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.
Secretary Window Appealed TO for
Ruling.

Secretary of the Treasury Window has
had knotty case submitted 10 him for
solution growing out Of conflict between
the routine regulations of the custom house
and the laws of Georgia The case is clearly
set out in the letter addressed TO Secretary
| Window yesterday by Messrs. Garrard &
Meldrim, attorneys for the legatee, asking
Secretary WINDOWS ruling in the matter.
| The letter is as follows:
son Sept. 20, 1890, John ". Judkins Of
fered for record at the custom house in this
city a certain receipt made by him for the
steam tug Maggie" tackel, apparel etc.
TO W. J. Cleary and c. G. Ely, executors of
the last will of George T. Byrnes, deceased,
said tug having been devised to Judkins as
legatee under the will Attached to the
also certified copy Of the probated will.
"The officer in charge, as well as the col
lector. refused TO record, contending that
the executors should make a regular bill Of
sale upon form which was furnished and
which form, we understand, corresponds
with q like form In the record book kept
for that purpose. The form is popularity
known as catalogue No. $40, and is drawn
agreeably 70 sections 1872 TO 4l96, both in
elusive, Of the Revised Statutes.
at is commended on the part Of the execu-
tors that they have complied with every
requirement OF the laws of Georgia, and
this is true. And it is alleged on the part
OF Judkins, the legatee, that the record of
the paper offered by him should not be re
fused because IL has net complied with the
exact regulations of the custom house, and
particularly as the provisions of the Sec
lions of the Revised Statutes above referred
to are complied with in spirit as we'll as in
letter. We maintain, as a legal PROPOSE
ton, that the word conveyance as used in
sections 4l92 and 4193, means q transfer Of
any kind, and certainly transfer by will is
the very highest form of conveyance.
I'm order that the entire matter may be
thoroughly understood copy of the receipt
and will is herewith enclosed for your per-
sonal inspection.
"lnastnuch as there isa conflict between
the laws OF Georgia, as we understand them,
and the routine regulations of the custom
house here, it was agreed between the col
lector and ourselves that the question
should be submitted to you for determine
ton, and that we should obtain at the earli-
est possible moment your ruling In the
premises. We, therefore, submit that mat
ter to you and trust that in view of all the
circumstances you will make a ruling at
your earliest possible convenience and
communicate it either direct to us or
through the collector of the custom house
at this port
I'VE may mention in this connection that
we offered to attach to the receipt, etc., in
question, a copy of the license which usually
accompanies bill Of sale.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
Seeking Buried Treasure.

A trim little schooner has been laying off
Point St George, above Crescent City, for
several days, says the San Francisco Chron-
tcte. She is under command of Capt. Gee,
who has with him number of divers, who,
under his directions, are hunting for count
less stores of gold, which are said to be
Whereabouts in 100 fathoms deep.
Twenty-Five years ago. Aug. 6. a small
boat containing sixteen persons landed on
the beach at Crescent City. They stated
that they were survivors OF the steamer
Brother Jonathan, which had been wrecked
by striking on rock ten or twelve miles be-
low Crescent City, and that all hands except
that boat load had persisted. The boat con-
tanned Third Mate Patterson, a woman and
her son, and some Kanakaneck hands. A
boat was manned and went to the scene Of
the wreck, but not vestige of it remained.
The vessel was bound from San Francisco
for Victoria with cargo of rich treasure
and had on board over $50 passengers
When Point st. George was reached heavy
gale arose, little Roadway could be made,
and in an attempt to enter the Crescent
City harbor a rock cut through the vessel
and she sank
Capt. Gee, however, cares less for the
resurrection Of these stirring details than
for the resurrection Of the famous treasure
which the Brother Jonathan was known to
contain. A sailmaker named Wood, who
resides on InlrQ street, conceived the theory
about the exact lay of the lost treasure, and
fitted out vessel to take soundings for the
submerged ship off Crescent City. The re.
suit of his soundings was al algebraic minus,
which. as every schollboy knows, is dis
mally less than nothing itself.
The search for the treasure has enlisted
more hunters than one might Imagine.
There are number of old shippers who
have looked it up with fruitless toll. One
of them, in conversation with Chronicle
reporter, said that Capt. Gee would never
locate the treasure
"He has never struck the right lay" said
the saltwater prophet. "He has hunted
within a radius of fifteen miles off Crescent
City, when he should have made an allow
ance for time and tide and gone out thirty
five miles"
What is the amount of the treasurer
was asked.
"One million dollars" was the sententious
reply tried at it myself" he sighed, ''but
failed"
Those who know say that thousands of
dollars have already been spent in trying to
find the wreck. Capt. Gee himself has
headed several attempts. but he thinks his
present one will prove successful.