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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
The Suicide of Drunken Son Causes
His Mothers Death.


His Mother's Death.
COLUMBUS, GA, March 25.-Green Rem
froe, well-known white barber In Phenix
City, committed suicide tonight about 1880
O'clock at the home Of his mother on Inger-
soil street. He had been drinking for about
a month and was IN a depressed mental
state. He was about Phsnix City all day
drinking and had several conversations with
friends during the day but made no allusion
to his intended suicide. He was so drunk
about dark that two of his friends carried
him TO his mothers home. and he was met
at the door by the old mother who put her
arms about his neck and commenced weeping.
He went into his room and in a short tune
thereafter a pistol shot rang out His
mother ran over TO a neighbor's and told
about the pistol shot, and the nelghbor went
over TO the house and found Renfroe dead.
The neiRhbor went back Immediately and
made known the fact.
THE MOTHER KILLED BY rHK sHoCK.
| Mrs. Rentroe tainted as soon as she heard
1t. Physicians were sent for TO attend the
| old lady, but she was dead in fifteen min.
utes, caused by heart failure consequent
upon grief and excitement.
Upon a closer examination of the dead
| body Of the suicide, IL was found that the
ball had entered just above the right
temple, passing entirely through the head
ana coming out just above the left ear
Death was evidently instantaneous. BrAins
were scattered all over the pillow. while
there was a large pool Of blood just below "
his left ear The sight was ghastly and
sckening. BY his side lay the 38-calibei
| pistol with which he had done the awfu
deed. Hundreds of people crowded around
the house aud into the room.
The grief-stricken sisters and brothers
waited for their dead brother and mother
| Their grief was heart-rendlng. Nothing like
| 1t has ever been known In the history oil
| Phenix City. In one room was a son lying
| dead, the decd committed by his own hand
In the next the old mother, overcome will
grief at the death OF beloved son, wal
dead from heart failure.
| RenfToe was well known In Columbus
where he formerly worked.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Mr.. DAVIS, RRMA1Ns.
The Arrangements for enelr Removal
to Richmond.

The Arrangements for snelr Removal
to Richmond.
NEW ORLEANS, March 25.-Mayor J.
Taylor Ellison of Richmond, Va, arrived
in this city yesterday and held a conference
with Gen. Glynn aud staff of the Louisiana
division of the Confederate Veterans Asso
citation relative to the removal of the re-
mains of Jefferson Davis to Richmond.
The details as to the date OF removal,
composition Of the escort, numbsr of stop
ping places and the route will be agreed
npon at another conference this afternoon.
Mayor Ellison says the reinterment will
take place in Hollywood cemetery, at Rich
mond, May 80. The spot was selected by
Mrs. Davis, and will be reserved for the
Davis family. The Louisiana division will
have charge Of the ceremonies at New Or
leans and Lee camp at Richmond. During
the coming summer or fall designs for
Davis monument will be asked for. The
monument will be raised in Memorial park,
and the projectors expect TO lay the corner
stone, begin work next year, and complete
the structure within the next two or three
YeBrs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
A CONVICT CAMP HORROR.
A Negroes Leg Frozen and Amputated
in BunRlinR Manner.


in q BunRlinR Manner.
MACON, GA, March 25-Jim Thomas
(colorsd) YVES to-day given pass from Ma
con to his home in Savannah. He is just
from the convict camp at the Chattahoochee
Brick Company's yard near Atlanta. He
tells a horrible tale OF suffering One OF
his legs was frozen from exposure. No
attention was given him and the condition
OF his limb grew worse, and inflammation
became 30 bad that amputation was found
necessary. Thomas says the operation was
clumsily performed, and when he
reached here the bone protruded be-
Yond the flesh and the leg was
in a horrible condition. He says that while
in this condition he was compelled to work
and handle red-hot bricks with his bare
hands until his arms became scared and
paralyzed 80 he can no longer use them.
The negro is certainly in horrible coudl-
tion, and IL the story he tells is true, a
horrible condition Of affairs must reign at
the Chattahooohee camp.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
WORK OF TIE WIND.
The Damage Worse Than Was Ex-
pected at Kelly.

pected at Kelly.
KELLY, MISS, March 25. - A more
thorough investigation regarding the dam
age done by the Cyclone shows that matters
are worse than expected. Reports are
numerous and every oountrymGn who
comes in adds horrors to the situation.
Kelly itself Is only small place Of about
thirty houses, Of which twelve or fifteen
were entirely swept away. and there re-
mains nothing TO show that there was ever
a residence there except mass OF debris,
which is scattered in all directions. As far
as can be learned there was not house left
standing within the scope of the cyclone
which ranged from quarter to half mile
in width. Southwest OF Kelly trees were
moved and torn up by the roots as though
a scythe had been used. The list Of casual
ties include thirteen negroes injured and one
killed. One white child was fatally in
jured. All sorts of singular freaks of the
stor m are reported.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Ferry's Vacant Chair.

PARIS, March 25.-The senators who be-
long TO the left held a caucus to-day and Sc
lected e. Challemellacour, senator from
Bouches du Rhone, and a newly-elected
member Of the French Academy, as the
candidate Of the left for the presidency In
the place Of the late ules Ferry. On each
ballot NJ. Challemellacour had more votes
than N. Constans. formerly minister of the
interior, or NJ. Magni, governor Of the
RRnk Of France.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
PANAMA's INQUIRY.
a Socialist Member OF the Commits
sioner Resigns.

PARIS, March 25.-The committee OF In
vestigation Of the Chamber Of Deputies re-
garding Panama affairs to-day decided
against the motion Of M. Maujan,
socialist, deputy for the Seine,
in favor Of extending the powers
of the commission. M. Maujan, upon hear
ing the decision. forthwith resigned his
place on the committee on the ground that
the rejection OF his motion crippled the In
quiry.
NJ TaIlife testified before the committee
that the English police had secured papers
found In the possession OF Cornelius Herr
at the time he was placed under arrest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
ENGLAND's ARMY ESTIMATES.
All the Clauses Carried Despite Frivo-
Ious Opposition.

lous Opposition.
LONDON, March 25-Throughout the
sitting OF the House Of Commons last night
Mr.. Hanbury, assisted by William Brod-
erick, conservative member for the Gull
ford division OF Surrey, and George Bart
ley, conservative member for North Isling-
ton, objected to every item OF the army es-
Inmates on purely frivolous grounds. All
the clauses were carried under application
Of closure. in all, there we're twelve di-
visions. The minorities gradually decreased
until the opposition could rally only forty
votes. Every attempt TO adjourn the de-
bate before the passage OF the bill was un-
compromisingly resisted by Sir William
Harcourt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
MISSIONARY EDGE FARMS.
Scenes of Historic interest In the
War Bought.

bCbu6S OF HIBLOrlC interest IN Tho
War Bought.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN, March 25.-Or-
chard Knots, celebrated because from there,
exposing himself to the guns Of the enemy,
Gen. Grant commanded the battle of Mis-
sionary Ridge, has been purchased by the
United States Nation al park commissioners.
and will be included ia the ChickamauRa
and Chattanooga National park. A few
days ago the commissioners purchased the
site Of Gen. Braggs headquarters at the
time of the battle. The commissioners are
now negotiating for the point of Lookout
mountain, having been given such authority
by a recent act OF congress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
AN ENVOY STRICKEN DOWN.
a Complication of Apoplexy and
Paralysis.

Paralysis.
WASHINGTON, March 25. - Baron de
Aguiar de Andrada, the Brazilian envoy
extraordinary aud minister plenipotentiary
in Washington on a special mission. was
stricken with apoplexy and paralysis last
night and died at his room in the Arlington
hotel tonight at 9 O'Clock. The baron
attended the National theater, aud fell just
as he was descending the steps at the en-
trance on his exit from the building. He
was placed in a carriage, taken TO his apart
ment and physician and watchers sum
moned. The physician found that apo
piexy had been followed by a stroke of
paralysis.
Baron Andrada was the Oldest diplomat
in the Brazilian service. He was here at the
head of the commission which will present
President Cleveland the Brazilian side OF
the controversy between his country and
the Argentine republic over the boundary
line in the Missione country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
New Free Delivery Offices.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The civil
service commission is making good progress
in classifying the 556 free delivery post
Offices recently brought within the civil
service law and rules. Boards of examina-
tion have been organized in a large number
Of offices and examinations have been held
In many of them, including all in the states
of Vermont, New Hampshire, North
and South Carolina, Massachusetts, Flor
ida, Louisiana. North Dakota and South
Dakota
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Brandes' order to Leave.

PARIS, March ga writ Of expulsion
has been served on Herr Brandes, the Paris
correspondent of the Berliner TdgebLdtt,
who was the alleged authority Of the ar
ticle quoted in the EcJGtr alleging that M.
Ernest, son Of President Carnot, received q
share OK the Panama bribery money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Ambassador to London.

WASHINGTON. March 25.-In reference to
the rumor that ex-Secretary William g.
Whitney will be appointed ambassador to
Great Britain it is stated on unqueStionable
authority that neither Mr.. Whitney nor
any other man has been selected for the
position. In fact it is asserted positively on
the same authority that the matter Of ap-
pointing a successor TO Minister Lincoln has
nor heen considered,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Suicide After Four Attempts,

PETERSBURG, VA, March 25.-Stephen
Britton, aged So well-known resident OF
this city, attempted suicide Tonight by
shooting himself through the breast with a
pistol. Britton had made four previous
attempts to take his life, though this attempt
proves fatal. Melaucholia is said TO have
been the cause
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Fighting in Hayti.

WASHINGTON, March ga cablegram
was received at the state department this
afternoon from Minister Durham at Port au
Prince, Hayti stating that the insurgen
had crossed the Haytian frontier from San
Domingo and that decisive battle was re-
ported. The dispatch added that the Hay
tian troops would be sent 20 the frontier.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
puboae to he Imneaohan.

NASHVILLE, TENN, March 25. - The
committee investigating the charges against
Judge Dubose have reported that charges
sufficient for his impeachment are fully
maintained. There was a minority report
holding that only part OF the charges were
proved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Blsmarck,s Health railing.

BERLIN. March 25.-Prince Bismarck's
health is 80 poor that he will probably be
obliged 10 give up his plan TO visit Count
Herbert, in Tiume, this spring. he suffers
from indigestion and insomnia. His appe-
tite is growing rapidly less, and his fits of
melancholy often last for days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
AN Under the Clvil serv oe Rules.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-There are on
file in the treasury department nearly 100
applications for appointment as chiefs OF
divisions. 80 far no appointments in this
class have been made. Many of the appli-
cants have been surprised to learn that even
this class of positions are within the civil
service rules or partially 80.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Frances Embassy at Washington

PARIS, March 25.-President Carnot has
signed decree raising the French legation
at Washington TO the rank OF an embassy,
and bill making necessary provisions to
meet the increased expense attending the
change has been introduced in the Cham.
her of DeDuties
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Carlisle Reducing His Force

WASHINGTON, March 25. 49, Secretary
Carlisle to-day reduced the treasury force by
discharging six Chinese inspectors and i've
Immigration inspectors. He stated that the
vacancies will not be flied
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Killed In q Power Honse

RICHMOND, VA, March 25.-GeorQe
Hughes, an employe Of the electric power
house on Johns Island, near Freebridge,
was killed by an electric wire while oiling
the machinery this morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
A New Corsul to Glasgow,

WASHINGTON, March 25. - President
Cleveland has decided to fiji the important
position Of consul at Glasgow. Scotland, by
Michigan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Dealers in Zig Iron Fail.

CINCINNATI, March 25.- Bacon & Chesl-
dine, SUCCESSORS to Bacon, Floto g. Co. deal
ers 10 pig iron and iron ores. doing business
at l27 Main street, have assigned. Their
assets are over $40 ,0O0.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
A Broker Fails.

New York, March 25.-The failure OF
James B. Irwin was announced at the con-
soIldated exchange this morning. He was
short OF Reading.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
Hon. Alonzo spencer Dead

CANAJoHARIE, N. Y, March 25.-Hon.
Alonzo Spencer, United States consul at
Pictou, N. s., died at his home here to-
night
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23
His Guess.

An Irishman often seems to possess a
curious felicity in perverting the mean
ing of message which has been IN
trusted to him. He never boggles or
hesitates over it, but dashes off some
thing which sounds to him like what he
has been told to repeat; and, no matter
how great mistake he may nave made,
he always plumes himself upon having
come so near the right thing
At one time Commodore Shubrick
was visiting Fenimore Cooper, and the
latter's Irish servant was told to ask
for letters for the old gentleman at the
post Office. He clustered into the office,
and after receiving his masters mail,
inquired anxiously: can have yez liver
a letther for that Misther Brick bat?"
The puzzled postmaster asked by
stander if he knew who was staying at
the hall and the man at once mentioned
the name of Shubrick.
"Shure, an that's the very man l
maner' exclaimed Pat, turning a beam
ing smile on the bystarder ''But now
didn't make moighty good guess at
it?"-Youth's Companion.
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23
COSgack Soldiers.

The Cossack soldier in the winter
time is obliged to sacrifice every other
consideration to that of resisting the
deadly cold of the steppes. There is a
belief among them that their entrance
to heaven will be easier if they are
personally clean, so that a scrupulous
toilet is made before any chance of an
encounter, but this neatness is not ap-
parent at first glance, for they are
bundled up in great coats of sheepskin
or goatskin, with a great pointed hood.
Clumsy mittens conceal their hands,
and wisps of straw are bound around
their feet. The officer looks exactly
like the private. The Cossacks made
their first campaign with Russian sol
diers in 1888. The Cossacks now in the
Russian army number 19,44s, exclusive
of those incorporated with the field
troops. -'
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23
RACING STARS.
Advancing and Receding Bodies in the
Stellar Universe.

Advancing and Receding Bodies in the
Stellar Universe.
A writer in the Monthly Packet,
describing the movement of the stars,
says: A star which, in the course of
century, makes visible advance over
space in the sky equal to only small
portion of the width of the full moon,
is looked upon as fast voyager, and
one hundred times this amount in a
good many stars would not, in the
course of centuries, materially change
the face of our midnight sky. .
But when we leave behind US such
movements as can be detected by the
eye, and try to picture to ourselves the
actual far-off whirl of these glorious
suns, the effect on the mind is over
towering.
Aldebaran is hasting away from US,
and so is Castor, not to speak of many
more. Arcturus, Vega, Pollux, Regu-
lus, are fastening towards US. All
these at speeds varying from some five
miles to some thirty miles per second
Other stars far OUTRAGE these in the
whirl of the stellar universe. At
present none is known to exceed the
speed of Arcturus, that magnificent
sun of the southern heavens, which
rushes onward, according to recent
calculations, at pace of three hundred
and seventy-6ve miles each second.
The size OF Arcturus is believed to be
very great, far beyond that OF our sun;
at all events the amount of light which
he pours out is enormously in excess of
that emitted by our sun. 1t is
reckoned, indeed, to be as much as
would proceed from about eight
thousand such suns as ours. Size,
brightness and speed seem to be all in
proportion.
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23
NEW USE FOR THE BICYCLE.
A Boston Genius Makes 1t Carry a Fire
Extinguisher.

A Boston Genius Makes 1t Carry Fire
Extinguisher.
Boston has discovered new line of
usefulness for the bicycle. Some in
ventive genius, says Hardware, has
fitted wheel with a small chemical
tank and fire ak, with which expert
ments are now going on at the house
of a ladder company in South Boston.
One of the bicycle houses of that city
fitted up machine of this sort some
time ago and sent it to the worlds
fair to be placed in its exhibit, and the
machine at South Boston is the second
one of the sort ever tried. The captain
of the ladder company says that the
practical value of the experiment could
not be estimated at present. The ma
chine is being tried by one of his men,
who is Waterman and for whom it
was made.
1t is a ladies' light roadster with
cushion tires, and with it's whole outfit
weighs about sixty pounds. The chem
zeal tank, fixed between the head of
the machine and the seat, holds about
two gallons of chemicals, which
amount as an extinguisher to twelve
pals of water. In speaking of the ex-
pertinent the captain says: con the
back bay or in the outskirts of the
city, where there are good roads, the
machine may be of use in extinguish-
ing slight fires caused by smoking
chimneys, blazing curtains and the
like, but on the pavements of the city
it would probably be of little practical
use. One in each engine house would
probably be all that the department
would ever use, and as yet the expert
ment has not even been brought to the
attention of the fire commission"
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23
Endurance of the Camel.

A camel has twice the carrying
power of an OK. With an ordinary
load of 400 pounds he can travel twelve
or fourteen days without water, going
forty miles day. They are fit to work
at years old, but their strength begins
to decline at 25, although they usually
live to 40. The Tartars have herds of
these animals, often 1000 belong
ing to one family. They were numer-
GUS in antiquity, for the patriarch Job
had $1,000 The Timbuctoo or Meharri
breed is remarkable for speed and used
only for couriers, going 800 miles in
eight days, with meal of dates or
grain at nightfal1.
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23
SIR EVELYN WOOD.
The New Quartermaster General Of the
British Army.

The New Quartermaster General Of the
British Army.
Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, who has
just received the appointment of quar-
termaster general in the English army,
has been in turn sailor, a dragon, a
leader of irregular cavalry, an infantry
leader, a diplomatic and an admins
TRAITOR. He has fought in the Crimea,
the mutiny, Ashantee, South Africa
and Egypt, and as a result of these
heroic enterprises he wears a dazzling
display of decorations, the Victoria
cross among them. He is in addition a
barrister, learned in the law, and d
brilliantand facile writer. It was said of
another most distinguished officer that
when he was made a general the world
lost the finest possible special CORE
spondent. And of Sir Evelyn Wood it
may be said with pride by newspaper
men that he would have been bound to
take the very foremost place in their
ranks had he devoted himself to the
pursuit of the gray goose quill" and
he clearly recognizes the utility of a
profession, conducted in good faith,
which nature almost seems to have in
tended him to adorn. He was born in
1888, the same year that gave Archibald
Forbes to the world.
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23
FUTURE OF POETRY.
The Subject Discussed by Edmund Gosse
the English Critic.

The Subject Discussed by Edmund Gosse.
the English Critic.
Edmund Gosse, the English poet and
critic, has just published volume of
essays, number of which are devoted
to various phases of the question: is
verse in danger?'' This question is ap-
ropos of the suggestion that poetry
has had it's reign, its fascinating and
imperial tyranny, and that it must now
make way for the democracy of prose"
The neglect of poetry as living in
strument is partly due, in Mr.. Gosse's
judgment, to lavish zeal for the dead.
Contemporary poets, he thinks, can get
little attention while they have to
wander disconsolately among the
tombs of the ancients on which criti-
cism is constantly writing fresh epi-
taphs. Looking to the future, 'spo-
etry," prophesies Mr.. Gosse, ''if it ex-
list at all, will deal, and probably to a
greater degree than ever before, with
those more frail and ephemeral shades
Of emotion which prose scarcely ven
lures to describe. The most
realistic novel, the closest psychology
ical analysis in prose does no more
than skim the surface of the soul;
verse has the privilege of descending
into it's depths. In the future lyric
poetry will interpret what
prose dares not suggest. 1t will pene-
trate further into the completely of
human sensations and. untroubled by
the necessity of formulating creed, a
theory or a story, will describe with
delicate accuracy and under veil OF
artistic beauty the amazing, the unfa-
miliar and even the portentous phe'
nomena which it encounters.
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23
Sounded Like Animosity,

SIS she fond of music?"
81 don't think so. I've heard her
play the piano a great deal. Chicago
Record
Arizona republican., 1893-11-23

Bridget-Phwat's t. privintme tellin'
yure mother on yer, Tommy Barker,
shtealin' caake loilze a thafe?
Tommy-Honor, Bridget. Didn't you
know there was honor among thieves?
-Harper's Weekly.