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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30

Kingston, Ja.. January, ,29-Gen. Fran
co.'s Manlgat, who has been plotting to
start revolution in Hayti. was arrested
today as he was leaving Kingston to
board the vessel which brought his arms
and ammunition from an American port
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30

morning. The horse car lines are blocked
ana trains on the Consolidated railroad
are running late. Some out of town
wires are working poorly. A number of
vessels have put into the harbor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
Flood Follows Blizzard.

Newport, r. l., January 29-New-
port was apparently the storm centre
Saturday. The streets are not yet open
for travel and only half the electric
road is in operation while the worst is
to come as there are high drifts in every
yard and the cutters are filled above the
clearing point. 1t is now raining and
much damage will necessarily result.
In many portions of the city, it is ex.
pected the first floors will be af1oat by
morning.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30

Henry Winthrop Gray has been ap-
pointed receiver for the Thompson H us
ton Electric comany in the suit of the
Holland Trust Comany in New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
SWEPT OVERHEARD.

Loss At Sea Of Captain Brown of the
Schooner L. p. Mason.
Boston. January 29.-Advices received
here today announce the arrival at Point
a Pitre, Martinique, Saturday. OF the
schooner L. P. Mason from Portland,
Maine, and the loss of Captain Albert
Brown, who was swept overheard and
drowned. Captain Brown was 43 years
old and belonged in ST. George, Me-,
where he leaves widow and daughter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30

One Storm after Another.
New Haven, Conn, January 60
Eight inches of snow fell here Satur-
day and another storm began at IL this
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
BATHS BIG BLAZE.

Yesterday i'm the Ruins = Two Military
Companies On Duty The Water Com
pany Blamed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
QUEER EFFECT OF A WILL.
A Provision Which Has Kept Brook
Ign House Closed for 18 Years.

A Provision Which Has Kept a Brook
lyn House Closed for 16 Years.
From the Brooklyn Eagle
The house at 255 court street has a
strange history strange on account of
the Cccentricity of it's former and original
owner. The house is opposite Harrison
street and is not unlike half dozen other
houses on the same block; but the feature
which distinguishes this particular house
from others lies in the fact that all the
outer blinds are tightly closed, and even
the front door is double barred with a
great green shutter. Some eighteen
years ago the house had an air of activity
about it its doors and its windows were
not closely barred. John Snitzpann, a
widower, lived in IL, with his only daugh-
ter. He had built the house and had
lived in the neighborhood for a
number of years. He was regarded
by his neighbors as somewhat
peculiar in manner, but no one in the
neighborhood was more generally liked,
in spite of his eccentricity. But his
daughter had tired of the neigh borhood.
Her companions and friends lived in more
stylish localities, and she lonRed for the
day when her father would sell or rent
out the house on Court street and locate
in a more fashionable neighborhood. Yet
lIOA l1IliCl WYNN ACNCA AlSbCL " ACI
Snitzpann died, and left will giving all
his property, both personal and real, to
his beloved daughter Katharine, but with
the stipulation that the house, 255 Court
street, must not be sold or rented by her
or her heirs; that she must either occupy
the house or else let it remain idle. When
Miss Snitzpann heard the will she said
nothing, but her face wore determined
look AS soon as she could collect her
personal effects she left the house and
went to Morristown, N. j., where
she has resided ever since. For a
period of over sixteen years the house
remained without an occupant All the
elegant furniture which was never re-
moved, first became dust laden and then
gradually went to decay, Rats frisked
about and ran over everything. Great cob
webs hung in clusters from the ceiling,
and there was dampness and a dreari-
ness within which was depressing. AS the
house was rapidly going to ruin il became
either a question of allowing some one to
live in it or else having it become a nut
sance to the surrounding houses. Fifteen
months ago Edward Bell, a middle-aged
German, was commissioned to live in the
place and take care Of it. He and his
wife occupy the basement and the first
floor of the house at present, but they
have no rent to pay. Since the house was
closed, over eighteen years ago, the front
door has never been opened.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
An Open Letter Requesting Carlton TO
Run for Governor.

Atlanta Friends of the Athenian to
Publish the Epistle-Prominent Men
in Various Parts Of the State to Be
Requested to Sign It-A Big String
of Dark Horses in the Race for the
Populist Nomination.
Atlanta. Ca, May At Hon. H. H.
Carlton, of Athens, does not get squarely
into the gubernatorial race without much
further delay, it will not be the fault of
his Atlanta friends. This afternoon
about thirty of the ex-congressman's ad-
mirers got together in the law Office of F.
NJ. Hughes, recently of Athens, and dis
cussed the situation. The result of the
meeting was that a committee was ap
nointed to prepare an open letter to DR.
Carlton asking his views on the questions
of the day When this letter is pre-
nared it will be submitted to some prom
inents mem in various PARTS of
the state for their signatures, and then
forwarded to DIR. Carlton, whose reply is
expected to signalize his entry into the
pubernatorial race for an active fight
DR.. Carlton will be especially questioned
on the silver question. 1t is understood
that he will go on record as against free
coinage. aud plainly ally himself with
the administratio all along on financial
issupS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05

her husbands intentions; that she had
found out first in Chicago that he was
doing crooked work, after her own arrest,
and that she had begged him TO stop and
upon his promise to Go So had followed
hlm wherever he went. She said she
loved him, and wanted TO be with him
Alter the submission OF number Of
prayers and the instructions of the court,
the argument was commenced. There
was nothing said about the husband. as
ms plea was taken into consideration.
Sentence Will probably be pronounced to-
day. The penalty for the crime of which
the young people were convicted is not
more than two years in the penitentiary.
But there are six indictments again st
wilcox and three against his wife Will
cox, therefore, may get twelve years in
the penitentiary, while his wife may get
haif that number. 1t is not proba Die,
however, that the court will give the
maximum sentence, especially in the case
OF the woman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
A GANDER's GAME FIGHT.
He Wasn't Defending His Own Off,
spring Either, but a Hens.

From the st. Louis Republic.
Il saw gander put up a game fight
with an eagle out near Pueblo, Col, the
other day. said.M N. Hughes, of Dem
yer, who is at the Southern. "And the
strangest feature Of the battle was that
the gander was defending an old hens
brood of chicks. l was visiting q friend
IN the country at the time, and was in
spectlng the poultry in the barnyard.
suddenly l was startled by hearing
the swish of some great winged creature
as ne cut the air not many feet above my
head. In an instant there was consterna-
tlon IN the barnYard. The old hen, with
her wings akimbo and her feathers stand
ing out like a porcupines quilts, scurried
toward her chicks with a mighty cluck-
ing OF warning. The little things gathered
under her Outstretched wings in a twink
mig. All the other fowls in the yard
LOOK fright at the eagles unexpected ap-
pearance and struck out for the barn. In
a moment an old gander, as if ashamed of
having shown the white feather and left
the defenseleSs hen to do battle for
hef brood. came running back out Of the
barn. By this time the eagle had
swooped down close to the hen and was
strutung around her in apparent wonder
as TO what had become of the chicks.
AO BduhCI SlLCu up Inc SlbudllOu III du
instant. With his neck stretched out to
its full length and his wings extended, he
flew at the eagle as if determined to de-
YOUR him. Then ensued battle royal
The eagle, surprised at the gander's au-
dacity, bristled up ana picked at him
viciously. This served only to arouse the
gander's ire to red heat. With his beak
he seized the eagle by the feathers of the
breast and began such violent playing
of him with his rapidly moving wings,
that seemed to act with the force of a
windmill, as l thought must knock the
breath out of the eagle in jiffy
But the eagle was game. and he tried
to sink his talons in his adversary's neck.
While he was engaged in this effort, the
gander never releasing his hold, kept up
the terrific beating with his wings. Fin
ally. weak and exhausted, the eagle top
pied over on his side with his beak tlecked
with foam and blood The gander was n
magnaninous foe, and evidently didn't
believe in hitting man when he was
down, for he let go Of the PROSTATE eagle
and maiestically marched back to the
barn, squawking and chattering triumph
antly. In a few seconds the eagle re
covered himself and took fight, the most
crestfallen bird it has ever been my lot
to see. The fight didn't last over min
ute and half, but it was the fastest and
most furious contest on record
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
TESTIMONY GIVEN BY A HORSE
Curious Circumstances Which Re-
sui ed in a Murd srer's Conviction.

From the Boston Herald.
The horse has been known to act in the
capacity of a detective. Thus, in Shelby
county, Tennessee, a shocking murder
was committed and the trial of the muir
derer came off in a district which was
divided from one of another Jurisdiction
by the highway on which the deed was
committed. The body was found a few
yards from the road, from which 1t had
evidently been dragged, and the doubt
arose as to which civil district the muir
der had been committed in, which gave
rise to the probability that the murderer
would escape conviction. Several months
passed away before the trial was com
menced, when one of the witnesses
mounted on the horse of the deceased,
and accompanied by large number of
persons, was riding toward the court
house.
When the horse reached the vicinity of
the scene of the murder he began to show
symptoms of alarm which conduct greatly
surprised all who witnessed it, for the
other horses of the company betrayed no
indications of fear AS the party pro
ceeded onward tho agitation of the horse
increased, and when he reached point
in the road opposite where the body was
found his excitement was so great that
he became uumanageable altogether. The
gentlemen present came to halt and
looked on in perfect establishment His
flesh uuivered, his nostrils dilated and,
his ewes glancing at the woods near by,
he stood snorting and neighing, picture
of the widest excitement. One of the
gentlemen present, suspecting the
cause OF the horses agitation, sug-
gested that he should have loose rein,
which being granted, the noble animal
rushed into the thicket and coming TO a
certain tree, commenced paving at its
roots. Then, making his way further
into the forest he circled round and re-
turned to the same spot, where he STOOD
trembling with agitation and paving I'M
til he was violently forced away, and
whenever afterward he passed that same
spot his conduct was invariably the same.
No blood had ever been seen upon the
road and no appearance of any unusua!
struggle had ever been discovered. II
the murder took place in the highway,
the horse would have known nothing OF
the tree in the neighboring thicketi
if il was committed where the body
was found, then the court had no
Jurisdiction and the murderer would 80
scot free.
Upon the trial this testimony OF the
dumb animal against the prisoner proved
most startling His sagacity was pro
verbal in the neighborhOOd where he be-
longed, and his attachment to his master
was such that he followed him round
like a dog. In unmistakaole pantomlme
he enacted the eommittal Of the murder,
pictured the decoy into the wood the
assassiu's demand for gold and the death
struggle under the tree, and thus the
doom of the prisoner was sealed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
GEoRG1A's PoPULIsrs.
A Big Field in the Race for the Guber-
material Nomination.


Atlanta, Ca. May 4.-The approach of
Nav 49, the date of the populist state
convention, begins to stir up interest in
the probable candidate for governor.
When ex-Congressman Tom Watson was
in Atlanta last, he stated that he, him
self would not accept the nomination. He
said that the doubtful honor would go
10 Judge j. X Hines. MIR. Watson is re-
garded as an authority on populist pol
itics, but if indications 90 for anything
his prophecy will miscarry this time.
There is a very decided opposition to
Judge Hines among Mr.. Watson's lieu
tenants. Some of them want to
run for governor themselves, and besides
they have not much faith in Judge
Hines kind of pOpulism. 1t was too long
mauifesting itself.
Col Peek wants to head the ticket
again and has been doing missionary work
to that end for months past. He is stuck
On his experience as gubernatorial can
didate.
But besides Col. Peek, there is Col. c.
H Ellington, president Of the state alli-
ance. who would like to have the nomi-
nation, and Col. Mel Brouch, representa-
tive in the legislature from Colum bia
county, who is also an aspirant, to say
nothing of Editor Irwin, of the populist
organ; A. w. Ivey, secretary of the ALI
auce. and Bro. Taliaferro one of the
leading spirits of the party in Fulton
county. Between them all Messrs. Hines
and kietty are sure to have a warm re-
ceptiOn in the convention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
ocALA ON A PICNIC.
The Outing of the Sunday Schools a
Big Success.

Ocala, Fla, May 4.-The largest picnic
crowd that ever went out of Ocala took
the Plant system train for Homosassa
this morning. Sixteen coaches, drawn
by two engines, pulled out. and left sew
eral hundred persons behind because
they could not get transportation. 1t
was union Sunday school affair, and
every denomination in the city was
represented, as well as every shade of
religious belief and unbeiief. Capt.
Finch took charge of the train. Every
body had well-tilled baskets, and
diHed sauptuousiy. Homosassa was at
its best, and fishing was never better.
One man sold 300 pounds of fresh mullet
at 40 cents a piece as fast as he could
draw them out of the water and fry them.
The picnic was a success in every partic-
ular and nothing happened to mar the
pleasures of the day or trip. The day
was memorable in picnic history. The
revivalists rested for the day and Joined
the picnickers.
A spark from passing engine set fire
to the East Florida ice factory's wood
pile. The department responded
promptly, but several cords of wood were
burned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
WOMEN JOURNALISTS ROASTED
Atlanta's w. @. T. U. Condems Them
for Attending a Barbecue.


for Attending a Barbecue.
Atlanta, Ga, May 4.-There was a
lively row. at meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union at Trinity
church about the ladies of the Press
Club League and Atlanta who attended
The banquet rendered the delegates to the
Press Club meeting at the Kimball and
the barbecue at Stone Mountain. A set
OF resolutions were introduced condemning
the women who attended the banquet
and the barbecue. These resolutions re-
cited that 1t was considered deplorable
that any American woman had sunk so
low that she would attend any affair, So
clal or otherwise, where beer
and spirituocs liquors were dispensed.
They condemned the spirit that
led those ladies to accept invitations to
such functions and thoroughly con
demned them for having done so. There
was no mincing of words IN the resolu-
tons. They were bitter, and intensely so.
Ihelr introduction led to a hot discus
sion. The more conservative members of
the union were opposed to the introduc-
ton Of resolutions that reflected so
severely upon women of prominence, not
only in Atlanta, but throughout the
United States. The agreement was pro-
longed for some time and finally the res
olutions were passed and the women
who attended the banquet and barbecue
rendered the press club people, stand
condemned by the Woman Christian
temperance Union, of Atlanta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
THE WOMEN PROTEST.
TO REDEEM CAROLINA
national Democratic Clubs to Be
Organized All Over the State.

Columbia, S. c., May 4. A state
special from Florence, S. c., says that a
national democratic club was organized in
oua' town o-day, under the call recently
ISSUED oyWade Hampton, with the ap-
pr pto .y OF Chauncey f. Black. president
" G. me National Association of Democratic
I'uQs. The incident is important from
r rGe TACT that it is regarded as the begin
t tb,s OF an organized movement to com bat
iro poPulistc tendencies of the Tillman-
tbo S' COnly those who sympathi7e with
Ine Chicago platform are invited to
r r-'o9l oership Arrangements have been
,Iaue TO organize similar clubs in all the
yrooMnsnIps of Florence county, and the
rt'T-U lien IS likely to spread rapidly
throughout the state
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
IN A TORRENT OF DOLLARS.
The Counters of the Silver in Phila-
deIphia's Mint Flee for Safety.
From the New York SUI


Philadelphia, May 2,-The men engaged
IN counting the fifty million silver dollars
that lie in the recently opened vault G Of
the mint had an exciting experience yes
terday afternoon, and narrowly escaped
serious injury. The bags, containing
each one thousand silver dollars, have
rotted so much during the four years they
lay in the vault that 40 per cent. of the
bags have been found TO be unfit for their
contents. When the men begun work in
the vault they were careful, knowing the
cratic ways Of coin in bulk, to construct
a dam across the front of the piled-up
millions, and they built 1t securely. With
the dam in place, they felt reasonably
safe.
Several men were on the mountain OF
silver yesterday afternoon and directly
at the dams base were several clerks
weighing the bags. Suddenly bag be-
meath the foot of a man above burst. The
men on the silver mountain started to
come down. The bags broke by the half
dozen, and before the men in the vault
could realize what was coming, over 200
600 silver dollars were pouring down upon
them in a cataract
They Jumped and ran, for there was no
knowing but that the millions above
might follow Fortunately no one was
caught i'll the food and no injury was sus-
tanned.
Teacher-Now, boys, what man first sug-
gested the world s fair
Tommy Traddles-C olumbus-NeW York
World.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
Ebert County Cnndidatea-

AdEa1oerton, Ca, May 4.-Hon. R. E..
dlI~us, one of the candidates for the
t5I a iS.l.atlc nomination in this county for
r raS legislature, has withdrawn from the
t tpce E., This action of Mr.. Adams leaves
WIN tG ' 1lIl TO Hon. Joseph N. Worley, who
n mil now receive the nomination in the
hayna 70 be held May 5. The populists
rar4;, ohinated DIR. j. B. Bell as their
candidate for the lower house, DR.. He'll.
r ~ tae last election. was overwheImineiv
dated by his brother, DR.. d. p. Bell
-.HOCFdtl for the same nosimnn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05

The photographic Bureau in its last
report just issued says; The terrible cy-
clone of March % was reported by eighty
eight steamships, all of whom had terri
BILE experiences. The United States dyn-
amite cruiser Vesuvius destroyed during
April two derelicts-one sunken
schooner off Kinnakeet, and a dismasted
and waterlogged schooner off Cape Hat
licts, but they probably went to pieces in
the recent gales. Only three obstruc-
tions now remain on the Atlantic coast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
a Tin Plant Burned.

Cincinnati, May 4.-Last night, during
a squal preceding hard rain, lightning
struck the Cincinnati Tin and Japan Com
pany's plant at Canal and Sycamore
streets. In a moment the establishment
was in flames. The loss is S150,000 and
the insurancesof $4,000 is held by four,
teen companies
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05

Capt ]. w Hawley, of the schooner
Edward P. Avery, arrived in The city
yesterday on a visit to friends. He is
from Darien, where his vessel is loading
with lumber for New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05
NEWS OF THE SHIPS.
Maritime Matters OF Local and Cen
eral Interest.

George Harriss g. Co. cleared, yesterday,
the schooner Charles F. Tuttle for Perth
Amboy, with 1907 railroad crossties.
measuring 621,OO0 superficial feet, shipped
by Cooney, Eckstein 81 Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05

C1nlE usta' Ca, May 4.-Hon. Martin V.
HE o ,t makes formal announcement Of
ri,,,SIu oluacy for commissioner of agri-
-''uIe III to-morrows Chronicle.
'Is star star boarder. ''''7 40'' i0i Jug saiu
NE tstfla "O scrry,' responded the growler OF
Pm, g.. ne was NANCY looking cur"
No ~ was not SO bad as ne looked
'--'age TOLEDO Blade. 79 ---0 "H''i0i
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05

The schooner VIM. H. Sumner was
cleared yesterday by George Harriss &
Co., for New York, with 1856, 1896 feet of
pitch pine lumber, shipped by Stillwell,
Millen S1.Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-05

pGerman Police Ordinance From the begin
ming OF darkness every vehicle must have
lighted lantern. Darkness Uegins when the
street lamps are lighted.-Fliegende Batter.