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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
NEW ORLEANS EooDLERs.
The Case Against Kane and ThrianIey
Seems Very Clear.

New Orleans, Dec. 21.-The case Of the
Doodle councilmen Kane and Thrifiley. on
trial in the criminal court for Offering
to accept a bribe Of $1,000 from the agent
Of the French line of steamers for certain
wharf privileges, came up this morning
large crowd was in attendance. The
hearing was greatly retarded by the fire.
quent objections of the defense.
All the witnesses for the state were ex-
amined, and their testimony was very
damaging to the defense.
CHARLES X. Burdeau, who acted as an
Intermediary between the agent of the
French line and the indicted councilmen,
testned that at a meeting with Kane
and Thriffiley concerning the ordinance
granting the privileges wanted by the
french line, that Thriihley said for 81 900
the bill would be passed. Thrifhley said
that the witness might see Mr.. Fornair.
the agent of the French line, and that the
ordinance would be passed for the 81, 600
but that he did not want to be known
in the matter. He did not say whether
Thriiiiley used the pronoun "I' or I'VE"
said the witness.
What took place between you and Mr.
Fornair?''
II told him that he could not get this
ordinance through without paying the
81 600. He felt assured that if the company
was called upon to pay the money there
would be objection"
Kane and Thriff1ley called again after
the COUNCIL Idlleu 10 pass the DILL ana
said they were very sorry. Thriffiley and
Kane called again later and asked him
If he thought there would be any trouble
about the ordinance before the grand
jury. They told him to say nothing about
the Ordinance, and II would be reintro-
duced and passed without any compen-
sation.
The witness said that after the grand
jury began to investigate the councilmen
cases, Kane and Thriffiley called and pro-
posed that the ordinance would be passed
without any compensation, provided that
he would keep his mouth shut regarding
the transaction, and say nothing about IL.
Burdeau was asked as to whose names
had been mentioned in the payment Of
the $1,000 He replied Kane, Thrifhley,
Desforges and Cautheld.."
These were all mentioned in the pres
ence of the four men named above. He
was asked If this proposition to pass the
ordinance for the 1000 consideration was
made by any one else besides Kane and
Thriffiley.
Yes, Sir" replied Burdeau, "Cautfeld
did"
"Was any one present when he made
the proposition" asked the attorney.
Yes, sir, Mr.. Norris, the clerk of the
Office, was present"
The case will probably go to the jury on
Monday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
A NUDE WILD MAN IN THE WOODS.
He Became Lunatio While on a Fish
ing and Hunting Trip.

Augusta, Ga, Dec. A.-Three weeks ago
George Hall. an Augusta negro, left this
city with young Hoz. Rawls. to go down
the river on a fish and hunt Yesterday
Rawls returned to the city and reported
that while out fishing last Friday. Hall
suddenly lost his mind and was now a raw
ing maniac, running at large in the
swamps about lS5 miles down the river
near Briar Creek. Rawls says he tried to
quiet Hall, and TO coax him to come back
to the city, but he would not listen
to him, but got wild and tore off his clothes
and ran away into the woods as nude
as he was the day when he came into the
world Being alone, Rawls was unable
to manage the crazy negro, whose physi-
cal power seemed TO be greater after he
became demented, so he took the steamer
Ethel, which was the first boat, and came
back to the city and notified the wife of
Hall of the misfortune that had befalen
her husband Halls wife got her colored
friends interested, and this morning they
sent young Rawls with assistance down
the river on the Ethel TO try and catch
the wild man in the woods and bring him
back home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
A NEW HURRICANE SIGNAL.
1t Consists of Two New Red Flags With
Black Centers.

Washington, Dec. 2i.-The new hurri-
cane signal, which will be displayed at all
the weather stations on and after Jan. J.
will consist of two red flags with black
centers, shown one above the other. and
will be used to announce the expected ap-
proach of tropical hurricanes, and also Of
those extremely severe and dangerous
storms which occasionally move across
the lakes and the Northern Atlantic coast.
The flags will be the same as the one
now used for the distinctive storm signal,
the pennants being omitted. No distinc-
tive night hurricane signal will be dis
played but when this signal is ordered
during the day and is not lowered or
changed before dark the night storm sig
nal will be displayed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22

JUDGE YOUNG RESIGNS.
The Duties OF Police Commissioner
Distasteful to him.

Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. A.-Ex-Judge
w. j. Young, formerly Of the Fourth Ju-
dicial circuit resigned from the Jack
sonville board OF police commissioners
this afternoon. He gives as his reason
that the position pays nothing, takes time
from his private business, and has many
things about It highly distasteful to him.
The other two commissioners are Ma
poleon B. Broward, sheriff Of Duval
county, and Maj. w. y. Harklsheim a
republican only recently elected to the
board. The city council will probably
fill the vacancy at its next meeting; 1t
was Judge Young who recently attacked
with a cane l.. S. Metcalf. editor OF the
Daily Florida Citizen, in the latter's Of
fee, the cause OF the assault being an
article in the Citizen which Judge Young
looked upon as rejecting upon his char
acter as a police commissioner. The ar
tiele was not retracted, and some people
now think that Judge Young's resigna-
ton is an indirect Endorsement of the
Citizens position with reference to the
police and the gamblers, but Judge
Young gives his only reasons as those
stated above.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22

first assembly district, OF which Com
missioner Martin was the leader.
The witness then said a man named
Proctor wanted to open gambling house.
Proctor came to him with letter from
Commissioner Sheehan asking him to
give Proctor what he wanted. A man
called Mynard "a paymaster OF the aque-
duct commission, was TO be Proctor 8
partner. Proctor was introduced 10 me
as a respectable man by Commissioner
sioner Sheehan and told him the superin-
tendent did not want 20 allow Proctor
70 open the gambling house. Supt Byrnes
had told me if / allowed Proctor to open
he would break me- Then Commissioner
Sheehan said II Proctor was not al
lowed to play. John DAILY would not be
Did Sheehan know that MAYNARD. Proc
He must have known"
Did Sheehan say Days was running
Yes, sir he did. / said il Was not
ana he said a man was in there the night
Capt Schmittberger said he was trans
ferred to the Tenderloin precinct in De
cember. 1893.
That Is regarded as the best paying
That is mistaken idea. Its glory had
What is the best paying precinct?"
The Eleventh, / think"
Capt Schmittberger received a tin to
Keep his hands off two keepers of dis
orderly houses whom he named-one be-
cause her house was frequented by Off
ctal personages, and the other because she
had been of use to the police In setting
up the Garder case, where one of the
agents of the Society for the Prevention
OF Crime was entrapped and sent to prison.
Capt. Schmittberger acknowledged that
he had received the $500 from the agent of
the French steamship line but as a pres
ent. not as a bribe. Capt. Schmittberger
said that he carried the money to Capt
Williams from Officer Martens, for the
later's promotion to roundsman, $500 and
later on $500 for Martens promotion to
be sergeant. The witness heard that
when money was paid for promotions it
passed through the hands of Charley
Grant and Capt. Williams.
When Capt. Schmittberger had no more
to tell he said: II have told all / know
about the police department, and / have
made clean breast of everything. I felt
that for the sake of my wife and children,
| was justified in coming forward, and
telling what l knew"
The committee adjourned until next
Wednesday. II evidently did not like the
idea of sitting Christmas week, but Mr.
GOf was ineXorable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
A CHARTER VACATED.
The Montgomery Water Works Com.
pany in Trouble.

Montgomery, Ala. Dec. 21.-The supreme
court to-day rendered an opinion vacating
the charter of the Capital City Water
Works Company, and placing it in the
hands of a receiver to be appointed by the
city court The decision is not on account
of the finances of the company, but the
construction of a contract The owners
will no doubt speedily conform TO the opin-
ion and be reinstated. The plant is worth
several hundred thousand dollars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
HARDEE ACQUITTED.
The State Fails to Make Out a Case
Against Him.

Titusville, Fla, Dec. A.-This evening
the jury in the case OF Montellus Hardee,
accused of the murder Of Miss Catherine
Kaiser last May, brought in a verdict
of not guilty. The case has occupied the
attention of the court for week, and
has been very sensational owing to
the prominence Of the parties involved.
Miss Kaiser was found dead In the woods
last May, her head being severed. Har-
dee was arrested about two months ar
ter the crime. The state tried TO prove
that he had seduced Miss Kaiser and
then murdered her in order to marry
q wealthy Miss Olds of Massachusetts,
but failed to make out its case.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
DEMOCRATS ON AN EXCURSION,
Voters From Five Counties Doing Their
EhoppinR ct Augusta.

Augusta, Ga, Dec. PA big excursion
of 300 democrats from Hancock. Warren,
Taliaferro, Lincoln, McDufiie and CoIum-
bia counties arrived in Augusta this af-
ternoon at o'clock, over the Georgia
road. 1t Is an excursion the democratic
executive committee of the Tenth con-
gressional district gave to the white and
colored voters of those counties They
are from Sparta, Warrenton, Crawford
vile, Thomson, Harlem, Lincolnton, Nor
wood, Grovetown, and in fact from all
points along the line of the road. They
will spend all day tomorrow and all their
money doing their Christmas shopping.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
LUREp TO HIS DEATH.
A Travelling Dentist Killed and His
Corpse Robbed.

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 21.-A special to
the Advertiser from Roanoke, Ala, gives
particulars of a murder and robbery COM
mitted in that vicinity last night.
DR.. J. II. Card, travelling dentist from
Birmingham, had established a temporary
Office in that place and was known to
have a lot of money on his person.
He was enticed away from town about
half a mile and in a lonely lane was
shot three times through the head, caus-
ing death. His person was robbed of
gold watch and chain and his money.
The coroners jury is now in session, but
no clew has been found as yet to the
murderers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
MURDERED BY A RoBBER.
An Alabama Grocer Found Dead in the
81 ghway.

Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 21.-About sun
down this evening, near the fair grounds,
three miles from the city, the dead body of
]. f. Thornton was found stark and stiff
in the middle of the road with a bullet hole
in his breast. His horse, attached to a
light wagon containing merchandise, was
grazing nearby. The dead mans watch
was missing and his pockets turned wrong
side out. Robbery was evidently the
cause of the crime No clue has been
found to his murderers identity.
Thornton was a we'll known grocery
merchant of West End. a suburb of this
city, and married. Much excitement pre-
walls
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
Won sCHoENBEoK CONVICTED.
He Is Condemned to Five Years I'M
prisonment for Espionage.

Paris, Dec. 2I-Non SchOenbeck, the
former cavalry officer in the German
army who was arrested five weeks ago
charged with espionage, was condemned
to-day to five years Imprisonment by de-
fault Won Schoenbeck, who was at lib
erty on bail, surrended himself 70 the
authorities in order to obtain new trial
when he should have completed the prep
aration Of his line of defense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
Priaoners or for Ohio.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. H.--Thirteen United
States prisoners were taken from the Full
ton county Jail this afternoon and left
on the O'clock train for the United
States penitentiary at Columbus, O.
In the party were Jim Lawshe, the fa-
nous counterfeiter, A. j. Laird, who
robbed the postofiice at LAGRANGE, and
ten whitecappers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
VALUE OF BATrLEsHIPs.
Their Great Worth Clearly Demon
strate6 in the Yaloo Fight.

Washington, Dec. 2l.-The navy depart
ment has just received a report from Ad-
miral Carpenter, dated Oct. %, on the
great Yaloo naval battle in the Chinese
war. The admirals report clearly shows
the great value of battleships.
Naval officials who have studied the re-
port declare that the Chinese battleships
would have easily defeated the Japanese
fleet had their crews been well drilled and
had their commanders demonstrated
more capability.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
TWO NEW COTTON MILLS.
Important Additions to Wilmington's 8
industries Probable.

Wilmington. N. c., Dec. achievements
are on foot here to build two new cot
ton mills in this city, one on the old plan
of paying up the capital stock at once,
and the other on the instalment plan
The indications are favorable to the sue
cess of both enterprises. The cotton
receipts at this port have reached 1885,
25S bales, which is 5,400 bales in excess
of the entire receipts of last season, and
the largest on record for the port.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
INTERNAL REvENUE REoEIPTs.
A Large Increase Shown Over the Same
Period Last Year.

Washington, Dec. A.-Commissloner
Miller of the internal revenue bureau re-
ports that the total receipts from internal
revenue sources for the first Ave months
of the present fiscal year aggregate $S72-
547, ,551, an increase over the corresponding
months of the past fiscal year of 1,2l2,-
92l. OF the increase so, ,290, 600 arises from
the increase of the tax on spirits and the
Withdrawals made to anticipate that in
crease.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
A BLAZE AT ROCK HILL.
A stock Of Buggies and a Boarding
House Burned.

Charleston, S. c.. Dec. 21.-A special
to the News and Courier from Rock Hill
says that fire in that town last night de-
stroyed the Allen & Barker buildings.
occupied by r. IT. McFadden & Co.. with
also the boarding house of Mrs. E. A.
Allen. McFadden & Co. were insured for
about 5000. Mrs. Allen was not in
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
Porter Pardoned.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 2l.-Nat Porter the
negro who was so brutally beaten at the
chain-gang In Dodge county, was this
morning pardoned BY the governor The
grand jury, the judge of the superior
court, the judge of the county court and
the solicitor of the county court all re-
quested his pardon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
A Big cargo Of Cotton.

Charleston, S. c., Dec. 21.--'rhe British
steamship Aldworth was cleared here to-
day for Bremen with cargo OF i0.s7f
bales Of cotton, the largest cargo OF COT
deep water on the bar is bringing in the
big ships.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
4 Notice to Miners.

Massillon, o., Dec. H.-Henry Mullen,
president of the Massillon miners district
organization has issued this bulletin: we
will call a district convention very soon
and arrange for future action. Miners
will do well to keep at work until our
district meeting is held"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
treasury Gold Down to see, 900, 900.

Washington, Dec. 2.-The treasury has
lost in withdrawals to-day 81, 400, 000 leav-
ing the reserve at the close of business
SSS 9OOO O0O There was q large gain from
mintage sources, else the Withdrawals
would have decreased the reserve to near
ly SIS, 10000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
a student Burned to peath,

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 21.-The house of
DR.. Webb, ex-president of Mississippi Col
lege, was burned last night. at Clinton,
ten miles west of here. Joseph Hughes
student of the college, boarding with DR..
Webb, was burned with the building. The
loss is 5000 above the insurance
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
pana of the Bioyclists.

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. N.-In the six
dave btcyeIe race, Ashnger still leads by
a GOOD margin, with Forster, second and
Cannon last The score at II O'Clock to-
night was Ashinger, 1,l65; Forster, l,l25;
GannOn / coo.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
a Prominent Mason Dead.

d 1sHso9nntgomery, Ala, Dec. 21-Edward r.
20 80 tlhgs, grand recorder of the Grand
Siedi inand Knights Templars of Alabama
,Ta ~ at his residence In this city this
'i'ernoon from consumption.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
EMPTY IS THE sANCTUM.
The Editor Disappears After Leaving a
Quaint Note to the Fmnlovaa

Jackson, Miss, Dec 21.-The Mississippi
|Populst, a paper recently started here to
|reform the politics of the state, is no
more. Editor Mcdowell has also disap-
|peared. He vanished last night, leaving
The following note to the employees of the
7 leave two lamps, bucket and dipper,
Coal scuttle, shovel broom, wash-pan,
|godl oil can and about 200 pounds of coal.
lDlVlde same between You.''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
AIabama's New Judge.

Montgomery, Ala. Dec. 21.-Gov. Oates
to-day appointed Thomas r. Roulhac
nudge of the Eleventh judicial district,
fThis is a new circuit created by the pres
ent general assembly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
PROVED AN ALIBI.
Two Men Once Reported Lynched Given
Their Liberty.

Mobile, Ala, Dec. 2l-George Brun-
son and Lee Brown, men presumed to be
outlaws of Meacham's beat, Clarke coun-
ty, who were reported lynched, but were
really lodged in Jail, were tried Dec. 10
and yesterday afternoon proved an alibi
and were discharged.
Clarke county people are indignant that
wild reports impugning their character
for absence of law have been circulated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
Montgomery'a Cotton Min Busy.

Montgomery. Ala, Dec. 21.-The Mont
55oLnery cotton mill is now putting in
wv machinery, which will about double
os present capacity. 1t is also preparing
~ ,D5 run run night and day to keep up with its
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
ROBBERS IN A BANK.
They Blow the Safe to Atoms and Sc
cure Several Hundred Dollars

Mansfield, ILL.,, Dec. 21.-The safe of the
l ,drmers' and Merchants State Bank of
srHls place, was blown to atoms last night.
ne burglars entered through the back
Eoor The robbers carried off several hun
rea dollars. Valuable papers are also
alssing, and it is said possibly they were
destroyed in the wreck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
a Murdersr Hanrsd-

Il INnasIiisspell, Mont, Dec. 21.-Calvin ].
~ y tle, alias Charles j. Black, suffered
Dpe 1eath penalty at 10 O'Clock this morn-
7, en- ipr }T the murder in April last of Mrs.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-31
A GOOD SUGGESTION,
Ono Way OF improving Republican Elec-
Methods.

Ono Way OF improving Republican Elec-
fora, Methods.
The republicans have long insisted
that the reprcs; en- alton Of the southern
Suites in congress and the electoral col
lcge ought to be cut down to CORE
spond with the relatively snail vote
which they cast in elections. but no
practicable way of carrying out the
idea has ever been suggested. But
there is one method of making repre-
sentation correspond with ballots
which the party can adopt, and that is
to upportion delegates in national con-
vcntionS with some reference to the
number of votes cast The national
committee is considering the matter,
and seems likely to adopt some plan
before the con I've n ton of 1896 is called.
1t seems grossly unjust that states
where the party hardly maintains
existence, like Georgia, should have as
much Influence in selecting candida ties
as Iowa, for example. Moreover, the
system OF allowing L few managers in
such states to name delegates who rep
resent nothing has been fruitful OF
scandals, the buying of colored men
ilaEing be:oluc notorious. 1t would
DC Il great gain To- the cause OF polit-
ical morals if representation in repr,b-
lican conventions were based upon
votes rather than upon population. -
n. I. Post.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-31

Mr.. james II. Msurv has contributed
to the New York World q startling
ray of figures to disclose the inward
neEs of the sugar trust, which dictated
the Mckinley sugar tariff. The trust
controls refined sugar. 1t gets all the
benefit of the Mckinley duty on re-
fined sugar and gets its material free.
This trust has an actual capital OF sl5.-
TAO, 600 and has unloaded stock on tho
market to the amount OF $75. OCG, COO.
As the bonds covered more than the
value OF the plant, the stock is all water.
The government bounty of about $lo.-
coc GOO year goes chiefly to the trust.
Consequently the Mckinley tariff and
bounty have made the individuals who
dictated them and organized the trust
SO enormously rich that they can spend
million or two to beat the Wilson
bill. The sugar trust is = fornida b! =
precursor of the possibilities which
may grow up under the domination os
a Mckinley party In this ceuatEy,v-Ss
Louis EepGhlie.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-31

4 Street Car Conductor Has a Test THAI
DE Is Willing to Bet On.

:. Street Gar Conductor has a Test That
DE Is Willing to Bet On.
THAT man is real gentleman if he
does look little seedy,'' said street
car conductor to me as he pointed out
:: man in the car on an uptown trip one
day last week.
How do you decide thatT l asked.
Have you found some new test of
CHI ara ctcr?;'
well, ] don't know as it's anything
new, but I've been railroading good
many years and l haven't watched all
sorts of passengers for nothing. 7
learned long ago that about every
woman who gets q letter likes to let
every body know it by reading it in n
street car. and that's what led me to
find out one thing that marks Il man
gentleman.
You see that woman sitting right
beside the man l pointed out: Well.
she read 4 letter that lasted ten blocks,
and that man never even looked at it
out Of the corners of his eyes, let alone
trying to read it. That's how l know
he's got good breeding.
Tho next time You SEQ a woman
reading letter in Il street you
watch any man who happens to be sit
ting near her and sec if he doesn't try
to get Il look at the letter himself.
Nine times out of ten he will, and
somctinics he'll make himself such a
nusa nee that Id like to interfere If
dared. If he doesn't YOU may be dead
certa in he's Il tirst-clasS gentleman. Ill
bet on tina test"
But how about the women? Does
your test apply to them. too"
We'll, moo; ! hardly think it does:
for I've never seen the woman on my
yet that wouldn't give sly glance
ut Il letter another was reading if she
could.--N. y. Herald.