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The herald., 1894-01-01

the street grade by sloping our lawn to-
ward the cement walk whore too high.
ST. JAMES PARK
Had last year been put in good order.
and this year, in the center of the
tennis court, q circle 80 feet in diameter
has been cut in the ssphsltum pavement,
where it Is proposed to erect basin for
water lilies or q fountain, and at each
end Of the tennis court q bed in the
shape of q half-moon has also been cut
out in the asphaltum and filed in with
good soil and set ont in Towering plants.
All around the main lawn there is
row OF Greviliea Robusts planted in
two-foot strip of ground left between
tho cement curbing and the cement
sidewalk. Their roots are now break
ing the curbing and lifting the cement
walk; the trees or else the cement walk
will have to be sacrificed.
NURSERY AND CONSERVATORY.
The conservatory has been repainted
inside. The bottom lumber of all the
shelves and 21S0 OF heating pipe, the
whole heating apparatus has been re-
painted with asphaltum paint and the
same on the shelves has been replaced
by small crushed rocks; the sashes and
frames of the hot beds have been re-
paired and also repainted. The props-
CATION of various plants and trees has
been attended to in this department as
before, but it is going to be removed to
more spacious quarters, to Elysian
park, where we are making prepara-
tions gradually for their removal as the
weather, time and necessities permit.
We must here again mention a very
disinterested donator, Mr.. George Pat
ton, who has let US have for the last
three or four years all the leaf mould
that we use In the parks and nursery
free of charge.
One hundred settees just received
| from the Baker Iron Works foundry OF
this city have been distributed in the
various parks, and they will certainly
be welcomed by the public.
LAWNS.
must forcibly call your attention to
the condition in which, last spring,
fonnd the lawns in the different parks.
Invaders of all kinds have made their
appearance, and some to such an extent
that unless long and expensive labor is
resorted to they can never be restored
to their primitive beauty. Among these
invaders l will cite the white clover, two
or three varieties OF oscalis, and the last
and also the worst of all, the Bermuda
grass, which in winter time, wher our
lawns should be at their beet. turns into
dirty grey yellow color and makes,
wherever it appears, very bad contrast
against the dark green of the blue grass.
The Bermuda grasa is very sensitive to
our frosty nights, stops growing and
even dies out to a great extent, but
under warmer weather comes up again
from its own roots and grows luxuri-
antly, spreads in every direction in the
paths, in the drives and among shrub.
berries and fowerbeds, and it is nearly
impossible to eradicate 1t. 1t must be
considered the greatest enemy of we'll
kept place.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
From Secretary Howard's annual re
port the following summary OF receipts
and disbursements we're obtained:
GENERAL PARK FUND.
Receipts .............. $10,363. 3.
Disbursements. ..........S 9,55z.94
On nand Dec. lst........ S3O.4O
EAST Los ANGELES PARK FUND.
Receipts . ,.......... 11.904 81
am
The herald., 1894-01-01

s &. ThofB Of Ventura reports as the
yield ifom 40 ;eres @. apr.cots, ten years
old. f20p01 ppuu-s ~ green iruit. Tho
Gales WSfS 4 toEa 81 ,irst .rpis, anc the
snount ,esiiSAt sID 0g3 lucrease in
production gfi prlea as compared With
fcrmef yeats MIS- - psr cent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
TAPPED THE WIRES.
A Big Scheme for Delaying the News
From the Roby Faces.

Chicago, March l4.-Detectives to-day
discovered the most elaborate wire
tapping plant ever seen in this country,
near the Roby race track 1t was
located in an unused hotel about
three-quarters of a mile from the
track. Five men were in the place
when the raid was made, but all escaped
through rear windows. Two men, how
ever, were recognized Turner and a
sporting character named Hill Fifteen
hundred dollars worth OF telegraph in
struments, including duplex and quadru-
pick sets and sixteen cells of battery
were found. The establishment was well
furnished with beds, bedding, cooking
utensils etc. The detectives found
copies of every dispatch that has passed
over the wires between Chicago ana Roby
for the past five days. Letters were also
found showing that men in all parts Of
the country We're implicated IN the
scheme The plan was, apparently, to de-
lay the results OF the koby races until
money had been placed in the pool rooms
of the country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15

would come and get goat or a dog. al
WAYS roaring before he came aud after he
had gone. He generally came in the day
time. while bad tigers usually come at
night.
"One night we heard our good tiger
roaring fearfully outside the village. but
he would not come in. staying outside
and roaring fearfuuy We knew Shat
something was wrong, and we went out
side and listenened. We heard the rush
ing of a flood in the river. and we had
barely time to escape into the hills before
the food came and washed the viLaCe
away. Then we knew that our good III
ger had come to warn us and recognized
that he held the soul of a great rhilau-
thropist who had died only lew DAYS re-
fore the tiger made his first appearance
This was not the only instance of the good
tigers watChful care. There many such
He came back when our village was re
built, and we were very glad TO give him
the few goats and dogs he took
The next autumn we missed the tiger,
and we heard nothing of him for two
weeks, Then some of the villagers who
had started on a journey through the
mountain pass you can see Wonder, came
back with the news that the .iger was in
tine pass roaring night and day, aud that
he had driven them back and would not
let them 90 through. We believe there
was some good reason for this, so we drove
some goats up into the pass so that the
tiger might have something TO eat, and
then waited his return. 1t was over two
months before the tiger left the pass and
returned TO his haunts ucar the village.
and not till then did we learn his purpose
in staying SO long in the pass The cholera
had been raging in the next valley. aud
our tiger had gone TO the pass 10 keep the
cholera demon from coming into our viii
lago and to keep our villagers from going
into the other valley and catching the dis
ease. Aou win now understand our sri f
and sorrow when a party OF brutal Eng
llShmen came into our valley and killed
many times ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
UNION PACIFIC DEFAULTS.
Representative Boatne to Propose q
Suit for $50, COG 600.

Suit Tor sat, C0C, 600.
Washington, March 4.-Represeuta-
tive Boatner of Louisiana, a member Of
the House judiciary committee, has pre-
pared and will present in the House a
resolution which will recije with ex-
pliciJ detail numerous defaults of the
Union Pacific railroad and contiguous
lines to meet the debt due the United
States. It win charge the present direc-
tors of the road and those i'm past boards
of directors with violation of their trust,
an improper absorption of outside lines,
and the voting Of dividends contrary to
law and against the interest of the United
States.
In conclusion, it will direct, in the form
of Joint resolution, that the President
shall appoint special counsel to institute
suit against the present and past direc-
tors, their heirs, and legal representa-
tives, to collect S35,O00,0UO and interest
due the United States With interest the
money involved by the litigation would
exceed $40, 600, COO 1t would be the largest
lawsuit ever instituted in this country, if
not the largest in any country
By the terms of the resolution the de-
partment of justice would be relieved
from further action in the Union Pacific
cases, and the suit would be prosecuted by
special counsel as special case. The
Joint resolution places 100000 at the dis
posal of the President for the employment
of counsel 1t is provided that the couu-
sci shall not be in any way connected in
present or past service with the Union
Pacific railroad, or with any of the direc-
tors
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learned about the old lady being sick,
went over ana offered TO Eelp her in any
way ] could, telling her that the ladies of
the circle would work with me IN looking
after anyone who was sick.
The old lady turned on me. and in the
most prOfaue language ordered me out of
the house. You may not believe it, but
some of the very words, and Just as she
used them to me, are now scrawled in
that book. Her name was Slime, and her
sons were named John and James. One
sentence in my book reads: John is dead
He died over year ago in the railroad
hospital at Ottawa, Kan. Another reads:
l am unhappy; pray for me- l prayed
for that Old lady yesterday, last night
and constantly. Last night I heard out
little of the noises, but I presume they
viii return"
Tho woman and her husband are very
intelligent, well-bred peope, and are well
thought of by everybody. Several nights
ago young lady friend living near re-
quested the Hazens TO allow her to sleep
alone in the haunted bedroom. She
seemed indifferent about what had been
the experience of Mrs. Hazcu, and
asked that the windows be nailed down
and that she be locked in the room. Her
request was fully carried out She
HeCved herself for the worst, and she Is
said to have enjoyed a succession of noises
and rappmCs. Whom the demonstration
was at its loudest. she asked lit" as She
called it, if it could dance for her Then
began the maddest revelry she had ever
heard. the sound of the feet keeping step
with the clapping Of hands or the snap
pin- OF fingers But the girl says that
she has no special desire 10 repeat the
experience. The Hazens are determined
10 live in their house, but they will allow
any DppSIu Gceiwiucr a DpPEnN tn q 2
bedroom any night, and TWO Of Mir
Hazen's fellow-shopmen propose to try if
the noisy demonstrations are renewed to
auV extent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
A ROW WITH A MARSHAL.
A Mayor and Four Policemen Charged
With Interference.

A Mayor and Four Policemen Charged
With Interference.
Richmond Va, March IA special
from Lynchburg to the Dispatch says
Hugh Preston, mayor Of Radford City,
Va, and four policemen of that town,
James Fisher, Frank Wilson, G. w. Belo,
and James Worth, were arraigned in the
United States court here to-day, charged
with interfering with a United States
government officer in the discharge Of his
duty.
The disturbance alleged as the cause of
the prosecution occurred at Radford in
May, 1895 Officer Belo had been arrested
by Deputy United States Marshal Lester,
carried before Commissioner PaYnter,
and sent on to the United States court for
an alleged interference with Marshal
Lester while in the discharge Of his Of
fetal duty. The commissioner exaCJed a
500 bond of Belo for, his appearance,
which the policeman refused to give,
whereupon the commissioner ordered the
marshal to take him into custody.
PISTOLS DRAWN.
In attempting to do this, it is charged,
that Belo drew his pistol on the marshal.
e&claiming: IF YOU put your hands on
me, III shoot your heart out At this
point Commissioner HaynJer alleges,
Mayor Preston and Officers Fisher, Vii
sou and Worth and several bystanders,
whom he did not know, pulled their pis-
tolls and came to the assistance of Belo,
the mayor eXclaiming No radical reve-.
nue. scallowag can run Radford.' In his
testimony today, Mayor Preston said,
that when ne entered the court
room at Radford at the time of
The difficulty no pistols had
been drawn. Observing the excited
condition of the parties, however, he went
over to Belo and took that officers PTS
toll from its scabbard, at the same time
drawing his own pistol from his over
coat pocket; then holding the two pistols
with his hands hanging down at his side,
DE commanded the peace in most posi-
tive way, threatening to lock
up the policemen if any
disturbance occurred. The two pistols
which he held were the only two drawn.
The mayor denied that he used the Ian
guage attributed 20 him by Commissioner
Iaynter, or that there was any threat on
the part of Officer Belo to shoot the
deputy marshal. The mayors testimony
was corroborated by several witnesses.
4ne case will be argued tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
r1aHr OF THE RAILROADS.
Tho Committees Report Not De-
cided on Up to Last Night.

Tho Committees Report Not De-
cided on Up to Last Night.
New York. March 1.-THE committee
amounted yesterday by the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association TO
adjust the differences in the body, were
IN session all day, and did not make any
report.
They will resume their deliberations at
1eo'cIock tomorrow, when it is expected
nv will have reached a conclusion II
is .ssumed that the difnculUy will be ami
cablv arranged.
LETTER FROM MR.. SMITH.
louisville, KY, March lin view of
the interest taken in the meeting of the
southern Railway and Steamship AssOci-
zion now being held il New York, and
eqnacially in the withdrawal and causes
cf'thls action on the part of the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad, the fol-
logvinr extract from President
the Evening Post to-day are given. Presi-
cent Smith begins by setting out the
terms of the agreement under which the
railroads entered the association, by
which they are solemnly bound not to re-
once the rates agreed on by rebate. draw
hacks. combinations, rebilling or any
o-har device whatever; declares ''it is
because
and persistent disregard of this
section that am induced to
tax the action of which now notify you.
will not mysel violate this stipulation
and cannot, consistently with my sense of
o+cial duty, permit the corporation
where 1 am the chief executive to suffer
any longer from practices which this
agreement was made to prohibit, and
which cannot sanction or permit.
RECKLESS VIOLATIONS.
so reckless has the management of
the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific Company grown in its determine
tion to divert business from the Louis
vile and Nashville That the resuipping
rules are set at naughJ; expense bills and
hills of lading, designed to show the orig
iual point Of shipment are mended and
doctored so that shipments are made to
sppear as having originated at one point
covering another; one class of freight is
rasbipped on doctOred expense bills and
bills of lading covering another, and all
manner of questionable practices known
or to be conceived are INDUCED in.
RATES east have atno time during the
mast two years been maintained. The
rates on cotton are in the hands OF a few
men. These few men have been enabled
10 extend their business at the expense of
the TRANSFORMATION companies and
greatly to the detriment of theOJher ship
Ders. VINO are unable to compete with the
favored few l do not believe that any
consideration would Justify me in pursu-
inc the methods OF lying, cheating and
stealing, which seem so prevalent In
fat. il is well understood that some
of the subordinate officials originally Sc
cured their positions, and have held them
and procured promotion solely because of
their great skill in devising ana conceal
ing irregular methods to secure traffic.
assure YOU that it is not the intention of
the Louisville and Nashville, upon sever
ing its connections with your association,
to enter into q war of rates. Quite the
CnntrarN.N
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CHEATED UNCLE SAM.
The Government Charged $500 For a
Building Rented For S95.

Memphis, lem, March 15.-Dayton
Hale. republican, post master at Colum-
bus, Miss, under the Harrison admins
traton, was arrested by the federal
authorities to-day on a charge Of conspir-
acy 70 defraud the government. ana en-
be@lement. Hale's mole OF operations
was TO collect 800, from the post o nee
department for rent of the building
occupied by the post Office, while he paid
the owner only $95. He poaaeted the
balance Of sos. The government has
notified Hales boudsmen THAI they will
be held responsible tor the total amount
enbezzled during the four Years Of his
administration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
DENvER's POLICE BOARD.
The Mayor to Install It In Office by
Force To-day.

Denver, Col, March 1.-THE governor
has determined to install the new mem
oers of the police board in
once tomorrow and he will order
the militia to be in readiness
70 march upon the city hall at . moments
hoJlae. This action will bring him into
contempt Of the district court when his
arrest is anticipated. Then the supreme
court will be asked 10 settle the matter.
l-e patro.men have all been ordered
% report at the city hall at 10 O'Clock in
.Ae morning. The demonstration will,
. Is thought, be bloodless. however, as
ne sole purpose is TO test the legality OF
SUuge Grdham's decision
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
Poisoned At a Wedding Feast.

Boston, Mass, March l4-At an early
hour this morning all physicians in the
Jewish district at the north end were
aroused from their slumbers 10 attend
patients suffering from a malady resem-
bling poisoning, the afflicted being guests
at the festivities of the marriage of
Henry teingOld, Of WorchesteT to Miss
Margoliz IN Menot Han last night. About
sixty cases are being treated. No fatal
titles are repOrted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
Fascinat Chinese.

FROM tnc Morning Oregonlan,
In the show window Of a down town
drug store last week were a couple Of ar
ticulated human skeletons posed as if in
the act of struggling for possession Of a
football and throughout each day and
far into the night the exhibition was the
cyno5ure of scores Of santing eyes An
accompanying placard informed the eau
ca5ian spectator That two opposing teams
OF medical colleges were to play the great
winter game at certain time and place,
and the reader smiled appreciation Of the
unique advertisement and pdsseI on. Not
50 however with the Monaghan visitor.
lie stood and stared and chartered until
his numerical strength blocked the side
walk, and his eager forward pressure
threatened to drive dozen stub noses
through the sheet of plate glass they
we're fattened against. The policeman
on The beat has staked his Official honor
or the assertion that be saw oae China
nan spend three and half hours gain <
steadily at the boHy tramewOrks and
then retire with evident reluctance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
NUNS WON'T WITHDRAW.
To Continue Public Teaching Until
Stopped BY the Courts.

FTom Ihe PhIIaueIIn ma Fress.
Pittsburg, March "a sensational
story was current to-day in connection
with the controversy over the election of
nuns as teachers in the public schools. 1t
was said that d secret conference of
the heads of the order of the
Sisters Of Charity is to be held at the
Mother House on Seton Hill. Greensburg
The object is to consider a proposition TO
withdraw from the schools. The nuns
deny the story and say they Will continue
to teach unless the courts compel them 10
stop.
State Councillor Kerr. Of the American
Mechanics, returned from Philadelphia
to-day. He was summoned there to CON
suit with the heads of the order in the
east on the affair.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
NUNS TO GUT THE SCHOOL.
They win Retire With the Catholic
Scholars Pending a Decision.

SoCAOAuIs 6SNO4lB a lie ClSlOn.
Pittsburg, March 14-Pending the in
junction proceedings brought against
them in court by the Junior Order Of
American Mechanics, the nuns, who have
been teaching in the Riverside public
school, attired in their religious
earb, have decided TO abandon
the public school and together
with the Catholic children return
to the parochial school. The court viii
render a decision in about month,
whether it is lawful or not Tor teacher
in the public schools TO wear religious
garb or insignia Of any kind Of sectarian
nature during school hours. Until
this decision is handed down the
I AFRO shial school in the Thirty fourth
ward will be reopened and the
children taught There the same as before
the amalgamation OF that school with the
Riverside public school. The members
of the Thirty fourth ward school board
claim they have acted in accordance with
the laws and expect favorable decision
from the court
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
GERHARD MARRIED.
lis Wedding to Miss Morris a Very
Quiet Affair.

baltimore, Md. March 14.-Miss
louise A. Morris and Frederick GeLhard
We're married at noon to-day. The we'd
!"- was very quiet affair at the home of
.le brides parents, 207 West Franklin
erect The ceremony was witnessed by
my about fifty Of the relatives and init
i5ole friends Of the bride and groom.
,tty5.. Or. M d. Babcock, of the Brown
memorial church, oficiated
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
SOVEREIGN IN FLORIDA.
lie Attracks the Administration for
Issuing Bonds.

Jacksonville, Fla, March l4.-General
~. Workman Sovereign, Of the
Us OF Labor, addressed a large audi
,'ge mere tonight. He denounced the
!''eS OF Secretary Carlisle and the ad-
r '.,....liiissitration in issuing bonds. He also
....illIsea Judge Jenkins because of his
r.,,153 order. The address was well re-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
They We're Riding in O Buggy and the
Horses Esoaped Unhurr.

Birminham, Ala, March l4.-While
riding to church near Damascus, last
night, a storm arose, and lightning struck
a buggy, in which were Charles ThOmp-
son and wife, setting it on fire and killing
both. Their charred bodies were found
this morning. The horses attached to the
vehicle were uuhurt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15

pains, coughs, colds and chest pains. Odor-
Gus with balsam, spice and pine, it Il the
sweetest, sure5t, safest and best plaster.
Price asc.; five, sroo. At all druggists or by
Inai. Potter DRUG AND CHEM. Corr, Boston.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
Women full Of Pains

Aches and weaknesses,
find in CUTICURA ANTI
PAIN PLASTER instant
and grateful relief. In
one MINUTE it relieves
aching sides and back,
hip, kidney and uterine
pains, strains and weak
nesses, rheumatic, SCI
ATTIC. Sham and nerVOns
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
4 Will GIVE TOU a SION,

And it did Several years ago an old
LADY with two sons moved to Jefferson
street. just back of here. She was sick,
and finally died of consumption. Both
her boys worked in the Santa Pc shops,
aud one Of them in the department with
William, my husband. As soon as /