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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21
PEOPLE HERE AND THERE.

4 "FAN''-One Of the interesting features OF
the suit of the ball player Pickett against
the Baltimore club was the great scientific
and practical knowledge OF the game dis
played by General John S. Berry. In his
testimony for the defense he said that he
had been present at nearly every baseball
game played In Baltimore for ten years
past, and he was decidedly OF the opinion
that Pickett. Us second baseman, did not
cover enough territory" and was uncertain
on ground balls
JEFFERSON Joe Jefferson is coming TO %
recognized as Il veritable Admirable Crfch-
ton. He is an actor, playwright, painter,
author, farmer. fisherman, lecturer and now
he has come to the front as prince of after
dinner speaking rivalllng such distinguished
cxponents of this art as Mr.. Depew and MI
Chaote BY the by. the New York papers
are not exactly correct in stating that Mr..
Jefferson made his debut in that city as a
lecturer. His first appearance in this role
was made out at Harvard d year or two
ago. a Il
DE I. ESSEPS.-The pitiable mental condition
subterfuge to which his family has had re-
course to prevent him from learning the
news of the Panama revelations. Two weeks
ago he began to ask for the daily papers,
and there was Il panic III the family until
his children hit upon the happy thought or
supplying him with the journals OF the
same dates last year. in which, of course,
no reference is made to Panama affairs
Since then every day the newspapers of the
corresponding date Il twelVemontn ago are
brought to him, and he peruses them with
out noticing the innocent trick that mas
been played on him Observation-Disclosures
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21
CHARLEY ROSS DEAD.
Evidences That His Body Was Thrown
Overheard

Evidences That His Body Was Thrown
Overheard.
From The ST. Paul Globe
Columns have been written in the papers
on the subject of the abduction OF Cherley
Ross. of Philadelphia, in the year 1871,
and the public is still wondering whether
the boy is now living or not. q. II. Ives,
travelling manager for ThieTs detective
service, who was stopping at the kyan
yesterday, is the man who handed the
case from the start, and he is sure that
the missing boy is dead, and has been
dead since a few weeks after his abduc-
ton.
Il was engaged by the Charley Ross
searching committee of Philadelphia, to
n norte qne of 0 fhe Gobe Il have worked on
all the clues which have been discovered,
and it has been my impression from the
start that the boy died shortly alter he
was taken away from his home Mosher
and Douglass, who stole him, wrote TO
Mr. Ross on the following day, instruct
ing to send his answer to them through
the personal columns of The New York
Herald In order to prove that hey had
the child in their possession, they sent
home portions of the boys dress, l think
they sent home one OF his socklneS Oh
the $4,000 which they demanded as a
ransom, but he tried his best to raise it.
''"rhev made all kinds of dates with hum,
agreeing 10 produce the boy as soon as the
money should be paid over. On one oc-
casion they were to meet him III the Flffh
Avenue hotel where he was to register IN
der an assumed name and NSy We're - 'iiie,5-r
him there They did not come, however.
Then they arranged to meet hlm on various
walks which he was instructed to take,
but they did not meet him. Then they in
structed him to stand on the back platform
of a car on the New York Central road
and throw off a package containing the
money to Il man who would be standing In
q cornfie!d with white flag. We had some
sharpshooters in the baggage car armed with
Winchesters and they were to pick off the
men who would be at the flag-pole, but we
saw nothing of them.
Zone day he got letter from them stat
ing that the boy was sick. 1t was not gem
erallv known that he was suffering from
q kidney trouble. which, If not attended TO
promptly would cause his death The de-
scription which they gave Of the boys i'll
ness left no doubt that he was suffering
form this trouble. In q few days more
they wrote saying if the hoy died his blood
would be on the head of his father. 1t was
but q few days afterward that Mosher and
Douglass were killed on Staten island while
they were trying to rob the house of Judge
Van Brunt. They tried to effect an en-.
trance to the house which alarmed the sor
OF the judge. He secured a shotgun and
shot both of the men. One of them died
instantly and the other was too far gone to
give any information Their boat was
found a short distance away. and in the
boat was the clothing of the boy. He had
undoubtedly died and his body been cast into
fnp wafer -
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21
LITERARY PERSONALITIES.

John Milton, according to Professor David
Mason, was editor of a London newspaper
in 1861. He knew what he was talking about
when he wrote that Evil news rides post,
while good news BATS
Mrs. Gordon Cumming writes from Ceylon
to lament that her experience accords with
that Of an English archdeacOn Of Bombay,
that the British government has made
hundred drunkardS where the missionaries
have made one Christian in oriental lands.
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet was
entertained In novel manner by Joaquin
Miller recently. The poet Of the Sierras dress
ed himself in full Indian costume and gave
the medicine mans incarnation dance calling
for rain. And it did rain for Miller had pipes
extended to a mountain spring and by pulling
q string the wafer battered on the roof at the
will Of the operator.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21

an education. Missions and churches nave
been established for evangeliZlng tue Dlachs
and the good work they are doing to male
and female is witnessed on every hand win
all the vices of slavery to overcome the MACK
man has made a progress which would De
astonishing if he did not have to compare
himself with the white man. who had centu'
ries the start of him. Beginning in 1865 with
$4,000 worth of taxable property In the
whole United States the negroes pay today
taxes on $263 10000 worth of property.
There are hundreds of black college-bred min
listers, physicians and lawyers and 100 news
PAPERS are edited and owned by black men.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21

from The Detroit Free Press.
He seemed to be all right when ne sal Wv
,+ tho table and the waiter busted afouhu se'-
fine him in shape for his dinner "hlie he
studied the bill Of fare. he was fa,nel '
steady. possibly, but as he had not eaten alis
th;np for eighteen hours that was Hol sur
well sir. what will you haveF asked the
waiter. o,,,, ,oafsb ~ no
replied, holding UP the Dill.
The waiter was disturbed
..What. sr?' lie asked.
crock uurtle soup and coiled hodhsh' ne
,ono.ted and the waiter snickered ana "ehu
out =, =: , fo,y minutes with the
- and thc guest took up the Dill again
"i;lnn me-" he said slowly, some meg OF
,...tor 1C,tth sapcr GAUGE. some bibs of reef,
Luz hoijed ban pashcd motatoes, pred fafs-
nins urcnch feas, hima leans ana waiter
t,EmI her up with some pince ME. pGGo SUD
AM ruts and naisins ana cor OF cupple'
oi III limo the waiter was almost thrown off
1;s feet. and he stared at his customer i'll
anlaGCment. , 49,, .ora l.; h,z, oo,
scinnsness and shook his head slowly.
"Don't seem II sound right does II! ne
,.l,na "I'nl sure something's wrong with ii,
mt If looks that way on the bill and I've got
a. nnt If or starye," and the waiter turned
away hesitatingly and moved of to the
Kitchen.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21
FINISHING THEM OFF.
How General Grant Rebuffed the Disgruntled
Sailors.

Sailors.
From The Yankee Blade.
81 remember an incident" says an American
official correspondent that clearly illustrates
General Grants character. When 1 was sec
rotary of the navy some hundreds Of the sail
orS of the better class came to me and asked
to have some rank given them They did not
care about an increase of pay, they said, but
they wanted relative rank. l could not do
anything for them, but they came several
times and were rather importunatc, and L
finally led delegation of them over to the
white house and let them present their pcti-
ton to President Grant in person.
They told him what they wanted, and ar
gucd for redress of their grievances plainly
but forcibIy. AT last an old boatswain came
to the front, and hitchng up his trousers and
turning his Quid, said:
g Mr.. President, l can put this ere matter
SOS you can it plain. Now, here L be
parcnt-in fact, a father. My son is mid
shipman lie outranks me- don't you OBJ
serve That amt right, don't you see?
"Indcedn said Gran. who appointed MN!
THE secretary here the bo'sun said and
encouraged by the question, he Went on: 1t
amt right, don't you see, that 1 should De
beneath i'm. Wy Of l was to 60 on to MS
ship the boy l brought up to obedience would
boss his own father. Jest think of that! An
bc has better quarters N me an better grub
nice furniture an all that-sleeps in nice,
soft bed an all that See!
eyes, the president said, yes the world
is full Of inequalities. ] know Of case quite
similar to yours
THE old bo'sun looked down at the carpet
lower gear.
at know of an Old fellow said General
Grant, who is a postmaster of little town
in kentucky. He lives i'll plain way In q
small house He is nice old man, but he
isn't much in rank. His son outranks him
more than your son does you. His son lives
nchiu n biggest mousse IUcfC,
and he is surrounded by the incest of furnl-
tire and eats and drinks anything he takes
n notion to- He could remove his father from
office in q minute il he wanted to; but he
doesn't want to- And the old man-that S
Jesse Grant, you know-doesn't seem to care
about the inequality In rank. | suppose he is
glad to his boy get along IN the world
'"rhe old be'sun looked down OF the carpet
and tried TO bore q hole in 1t with his toe
and his comrades all laughed at him Joyously
and slapped him on the back, ana nied gut III
great g!eo. It TIE last ever hearo Oh tiiS
Dctition or the petitioners.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21
We ShOu1d smile.

1,ror, Tho Now York Commercial Advertiser.
PERHAPS Clark Howell does not care who
represents Georgia in the cabinet SO long as
he makes the newspaper Tor the stale.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21
Old CT sSAREUM Il.
The Man Who Once Whipped Grover CleVe-
lnnd.


Uo~o++ov;yJo n " letter in Once q Week
Then we moved on over the nil TO other
dut;es seeking the habitation OF the estlhla-
bic Mr. CT Barkume, who, tooth4esS anu
stricken to the last degree, Dade us Weicolh0
to his cabin.
~ once had fight with Grover s;id the
aged CT STRENGTHENING up and becoming very
earnest eft was many years ago We poth
won't to Mr. Kings school Grover Stuck u
min in the seat Of the bench which occupied
at the time, and l was ANXIOUS 10 nave re-
yenee | kept shaking my list AT nun pehliio
NV book all day in Scnooi. L waited LOT hlih
behind an elm tree, still standing ON the lawn
near the schoohouSc. I had WIN me nheh
PRATT and Jeyyert Dunbar. Grover came ou0
hold rs brass and tried to look unconcerhed.
/ went up to him and SAID: -
Grover, you darent knock this hlchory
chip off my shoulder.
with that | picked up a piece OF SMELL
bark hickory and placed it on my left shoui-
dor. All the same time getting ready TO send
him a rouscr with my right 1lst. o,
'Shell Pratt and JeWett DUNBAR uth'cu
around and told Grover he didn't darst 10
take the dare. Wei. with that suuueuis
C;rover knocked the chip off my shoulder. ana
I let out with my right, landing uhcef ms
left eye He gave q yell OF PAM thre" ms
books on the grass, spat on his hahds ''iu
SQUARED off for defense"
rhe old gentleman here grew quite out OF
breath. After resting moment ne resuiiieo
calmly enough, but with a tnse OF ptiue.
.sYyeu. it was one of those oid1ashioiieo'
,,u,,h,nd. tumble fights, i'll which each 1ello"
pulls hair, scratches, kicks ana Guns 10 MS
bnart,s content. | was n much more power
full lad than Grover. Soon | hao MN uo e,n
I kent Yelling out to him: You VIII sticA pin'
:: ~, eno+ will vour You will, will you!
and 'D each time = hit MIN another bat in the
'.l ~ thr neck. Wen, Shell Pratt ana jew
ett Dunbar finally pulled me OH, mace us
shake hands and declared the nsllt over, W.,
yictorv for me. 1t was the prouoest Gay u
nv life. a;noo Mr. Rar-
kume?7 l asked ,,o, ro WAC
Yes. certainly / met him when ne was vas
here four years ago. / asked hi mn. Il IT,, ne atd
roI,od the boy who had licked him. lie ulu'
ana lar@hcd about it. He said if l ever CAME
,o , washington he would give me "a dinnef a at
The white house, but l never WHl1 ,,ra nua
Vow loo old-ro travel much | snaii ii'c '"N
n i IL ,1 NV notiye place Fayettevilie
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-21
FOR UEH.

The beautiful day Is dead, my love,
The glory and gladness 1own;
The flowers are shut and the birds are hushed
And | stand in the dark alone.
The beautiful day of my life is dead
And buried with you my own.
A beautiful day it has been, my love,
With showers of Sunbcams sown;
The world so broad and my joy so wide,
The rose of my life full-blown-
A lovelier day with an earthly dawn
Could never have been, my own.
The night is dark the night can be-
The grave Of the day that's flown,
1t closes around my waiting soul,
So sOmber and sad and lone
The longest night that l ever knew,
For you are not here, my own
And what, my love, Will the morrow be.
The dawn that is yet unknown!
A dreancd-of meeting? prayer fulfilledP
The dark into glory grown?
But come what come may, till we meet
My soul seeks thine, my own!
WHEN CASJENE
Educating the Negro.
From The Philadelphia Press
There Schools public and private, in
the south, and since the black man was
emancpated it is estimated that $37 GOO
have been spent in giving colored children
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-28
How to See the WORLDS Fair.

Assuming that many OF our readers will be
able to spend only week at the fair, the fol-
lowing programme is offered by sightseer OF
much experience: Devote the first day TO
view of the grounds. approaching. If possible,
pier Start from the Manufactures building,
passing the statueof the republic. around the
foot of the basin. 70 the noble Agricultural
building. then Machinery hall. the Administers
ton building, state buildings. Transportation
and horticultural buildings. The second day
can be wholly spent in the Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building, and even then only a
general impression can be carried away. The
third day can be given to tour OF Machinery
hall, the Mines, Electricity and Transportation
buildings The fourth day spend In the Build.
Ing OF Agriculture. where are eighteen acres OF
exhtbits The fifth day one should visit the
Nomen's and children's buildings, where few
hours may be pleasantly spent The greater
part of this day should be devoted to the mag
nificcnt displays Of painting. engraving and
sculpture in the Fine Arts building The sixth
day We viii spend the morning in q tour of
the Midway Plaisance, where are many curious
attractions In the afternoon one may take q
farewell walk through the main grounds and
parting glance at the grand buildings, and we
have seen something OF the Columbian exposi-
ton. To arrive in Chicago in good trim for
such week. buy your railroad ticket over the
Burlington Route Your home ticket agent can
supply you. or write 10 A. c. sheldon, general
agent, $50 Washington Street, Portland Oregon,
or w. J. c. Kenyon, general passenger agent, ST
Paul, MINI.
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Seattle Merchants 40 shin Direct 10 the
Hawaiian Islaat.


The reported estahiishm ent of n line of
steamers by Claus SpFcckels to compete
with the Canadian Pacific between the
Sound AID Honolulu is likely TO be at
least partly reall4edhefore the close OF the
present year. The new line will probaolv
cpen business With packet line OF sailing
vessels Gifted to carry passengers. Just
whether Claus Spreekeis will have any-
thing TO do with the line Is not SO certain.
although he viii probably be connected
with the deal, The plan now is 10 start
sailing vessels OF small tonnage. say bark.
catiaes. from here 70 Honolulu with
freight, Tor Spreckels 20 load them there
With sugar for san Francisco. then 10
hass tiiem bring what freight they can
ges fTom san Francisco 20 Seattle. the
eaastwise part Of the business being A sec.
ondary consideration.
The business of the line here VIII he
done by the II. W. Baker Company. and
about 100 tons Of freight have been secured
Tor the tsrst vessel. which vail leave here
about November % If a suitable vessel can
lie found. it t. expected that considerable
freight viii also ae secured from Tacoma
and possibly isom Portland. The Ircirht
already secured consists og hav. cats
grain. corn. lime, potatoes. ,iour. crackers.
beer and salmon. The proposition 70 -.
taes'Sh The line is meeting with much en-.
enlargement, ss II plays directly into the
pockets Of local merchants, giving them
all the benefit Of whatever export bus,.
ness Is done from this city. The vessels
10 10 chartered viii Re clipper built. eapa-
be Ct carrying twenty-five or thirty pas.
sengess and making quick voyage.
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TAroosH. Oct. 27.--5 p. m.--[speciaI.l J.
Dense fog: cain.
NEsH BAY. Oct. 27.--5 p. m---fSpeciai.l +
Cloudy: calm. Tug Wanderer IN bay
CEALLAN Bar. Oct T.-5 p. m.-
Especial - Dense fog; calm.
PrsHr. Oct. rs p. m.--lSpeciaL j
Cloudy. calm.
GErTYsEcRs. Oct. 27.-5 p. m.-fspecial.
Cloudy: cain.
PoKr cREscKxT. Oct. 27.--5 p. m.--fSpe-
eial. Cloudy; light west wind.
Pokr ASaElEs, Oct. It's p. m.-fspe-
cial. l--Clo1dy: light west wind. Three
mast schooner In Straits q. IN,
poRT TOWNSEND, Oct. 2T.--[Speeisi. T.
Arrived Br bk Candida. from England Al
Victoria with general cargo.
Word was received from San Francisco
today that the steamship Ai-ki would not
take the City 81 Topeka's place on Novem.
Der z, as previously announced.
ASTORIA. Oct. 27.-FSpecial. ARRIVED
Str Elmore, from Siuslaw and Tillamook
str Truckse, from San Francisco.
SAC Francisco. Oct. q. -Departed-Str
WiiIamette Valley, for Yaquina bay; stl
Umafilla. for Victoria; bktn Eureka, for
Gray's harbor.
H.xBuas. Oct. 2z.-Astrakhan, New
York.
CcLoaSK. Oct. 27.--Spaardam, New York.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 27.--Britannic. New
York.
HAMBURG, Oct. 27.-Fuerst Bismarck,
New York; Galicia. Baltimore.
BRowHEAp. Oct. 27.-Etruria. New York
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stevens county Crop. and Products.

KETTLE FALLS. Oct 27-[Special. THE
farmers are bringing in quantities of
wheat. The rain did no injury to crops in
this county, although much delay was ex-
perienced both in cutting and threshing,
which latter is not yet completed.
Fine apples and grapes are coming in
from few miles down the river. Several
ranchers are turning their attention to
raising more poultry. We have imported
eggs and chickens from Iowa and Mime
sofa, but now, with wheat at so cents or
less, farmers find poultry will pay.
Arrangements are being made TO start a
creamery here next spring. 1t all depends
upon the farmers, as the necessary capital
is ready so soon as the requisite number of
cows are promised.
The work on the state wagon road across
the river west of here. on the reservation,
is progressing. Men have gone from this
place TO work on it so long as the weather
will permit.
The first ice formed here on Sunday
night about one-fourth of an inch thick.
and flower beds begin to show the effects
of frost.
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They An Eat There.

The New YORK Kitchen is causing con-
siderable excitement among diners-out hy
serving every day ,ue turkey dinner for
- cents. Sundays the price will he the
same and this popular place is expected
10 be crowded all day with lovers of this
national American luxury. The tursey'saro
tine and cooked In q most superior man
ner. Mr.. Riggs. the proprietor. states ne
has never before handled such ire fowls
during his fifteen or mere ycArs' experi-
ence in the restaurant business. and that
he allows none bat young turkeys 90 be
used. lie says be proposed 10 make the
sunday dinners OF his establishment. a
leading and attractive feature.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-28
BEATEN BIZ A BROTHER SPORT.
shorty shaw Finds Partnership with
Matt Ries Very Costly.


Matt Ries Very Costly.
The sporting men in the southern part
of the city are discussing freely shorty"
Shaw's story of how he was bunkoed out
of $5ai5o by his partner IN a gambling
house which had very brief existence.
Recently shaw sold out his interest in
the billiard hall In the Clancy block. re-
ceiving from his partner, Bunker, about
$50. Matt Ries then appeared on the
scene and according to general report pro-
posed to Shaw that they open gambling
house with faro and crap games for
the features. Shaw was to furnish
the reputation and be the drawing
card and put mp $625 against a similar
amount from Ries. Shaw had known
Matt Res when he was al ordinary gam
bier; in fact, they have been friendly for
six years, and this led Shaw to think his
proposed partner would be square with
him. He talked with several friends, one
or two of whom warned him that Ries was
"a sly guy" and needed Watching.
The game was started last Monday night
in the old rooms over the NJ. & n.
saloon. on Washington street. Each man
having put up his money, the 81. 80 was
divided into two piles. one on the faro. the
other on the crap table. Shaw stood be-
hind the latter board. and after a VARYING
play found himself osing steadily to two
men, the one tall. biack-x hisKered
man, the other small. squint-eyed
individual. The coin went like water nm
til the s6s5 looked as If q Kansas cyclone
had struck il. This made Shaw weary of
mis- bargain and the idea of .'brace came,
| occurred 10 him. With this thought in
| mind. he declared that they could not
make him stand the lash any more and
refused TO deal. In the meantime some
one. said 10 be Jack THOMPSON.
went out after Ries and brought
HIM in. As Shaw got out from behind the
table, Res stepped in to deal himself. or
.; least he was 20 give them a game.
Shaw walked over TO the faro table 10 ger
the S6l5 pat there as n stake. but failed To
| find il. He then returned TO where Ries
was standing ~ the crap table and told
him that he tRiesl could give the strangers
al the game he wanted TO, but not
on hts tShaw'sl money Then Ries asked
| shaw II he wanted TO draw Out Shaw re-
| piled that he did. Then, If the story
| shaw's friends have heard Is true. Ries
pocketed big roll Of bills and. turning TO
Shaw, said; This is al that Is left -
The money was divided and Shaw got
Sss'aA He took it and the lights in the
house were "snusfed"
Then Shaw followed Ries and one of the
strangers 10 the Madrona saloon. where
ihey went into box. Shaw got chair
ana looked over the top. The sight he is
reported 10 have seen made gray hairs
GROW on his head. Res and the stranger
were dividing big roll OF bills shaw
wanted some, but Res told him the bank
haa sosi On square game and there
Vas no money tor him. Shaw vas mad.
oet he could not do anything. as he had
no gun. He saw Prosecuting Attaraev
Miller, bis assistant, Mcbride. and DEPUTY
bass but they could lind no iaw 10 helm
hlIn.