The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-05
STOCK RAISER AND sILvERITE.
Vice President Miller of the "CIover
Leaf'' on n Trip South.

vice President Miller of the "CIOver
Leaf'' ON n Trip South.
MIR. Charles Miller. vice president of the /
Glover Leaf" or Toledo st. Louis and
Kansas City Railroad, and president of
The Galena Oil Company Franklin, Pa,
stopped a short time in Savannah yester-
| day en- route to Florida, where he goes on
a combined business and pleasure trip. Mr..
| Miller travels in the Wagner coach. the
| "Wanderer," and is accompanied by his
family.
While waiting in the Plant System yards
for the departure Of the South bound train.
| at O'Clock, Mr.. Miller was seen by a
Morning News reporter. His visit to the
South at this time is in keeping with the
custom of bringing his family down every
year, though one of the main reasons is
to look over his Florida properties, being
largely interested in the Hamilton Disston
Land Company, which owns something
over 100000 acres in the northern part
of the state. Mr.. Miller feels considerable
interest in these lands and anticipates
their development at an early day.
All bag men have their hobbies and Mr.
Miller is not an exception. He owns an
extensive stock farm near his home in
Franklin, and the stock on 1t consists
solely of fine-bred horses and JERSEY cat
tie. The cattle raised there are a high
breed and are shipped quite extensively
TO tennessee, Texas and large numbers
are also sent TO South America. With a
view to carrying on this industry even
more extensively, Mr.. Miller recently pur-
chased the old Henry Clay homestead.
near Lexington. which consists of 500
acres, and is said to be one of the most
valuable estates in Kentucky. Already
he has sent down a considerable numher
of cattle and horses from his PennsvI-
| Vania farms and intends sending more
IN the spring. Kentucky being well
adapted to horse-raising, as his Northern
| pace was somewhat oVerstocked Mr.. Mil
Ter thought 1t best to embrace the oppor-
tunity offered him of getting the CLAY
homestead. The historical plantation once
owned by the distinguished American
| statesman, probably had some Influence.
in inducing the purchase.
EX-Congressman Joseph B. Sibley. free
sHVerite, whose utterances on the money
| question during the recent campaign were
widely promulgated Joins Mr.. Miller and
famlly at Jacksonville to-day and will ac-
company them as one of the party during
the trip through the South, to New Or
leans, to Chicago and then home.
Joe and are great friends" said Mr..
Miller They reside in the old Erie and
Crawford Congressional district and it is
evident Mr.. Miller has not been least
among the powers that pushed Sibey to
Congress from a district which had not
gone Republican for ten years prior to his
election. In the recent campaign. it is
said, Sibley almost converted the district
to the bimetallic doctrine and shook
things up sufficiently to recently elect
Democratic judge, thing almost without
precedent.
do you regard bimetallism as a dead
issue?" was asked Mr.. Miller, when he
showed an interest in political matters.
by no means. While l am for silver as
a standard of value on the same footing
as gold, favor sound monetary basis
think silver should be encouraged in this
country and not Disseminated against
Legislators should keep their eyes open to
the fact that it is greatly desired in Eng
land, and 1 assert that if silver abounded
there, Great Britain would at once adopt
i bimetallism. Just think of it-last year
$4,000 900 ounces of silver was shipped to
that country, and the other day a vessel
sailed for Liverpool, carrying 10000
ounces. What does England want with
silver if it's of no value? 1 have often
known buyers who said thing was
worthless until they got 1t, and then it was
remarkably valuable. This country and
Mexico produce three fourths of the sill
yer of the world. Then, again, I would
rather have silver dollar than a paper
one. because 1t has some intrinsic value,
while the paper is simply a. promise to
pay"
MIR. Miller is largely interested in rail-
road projects, and is gratified at the prog
ress made in the South the past year by
reason of facilities afforded by the great
commercial highways. He thinks the
roads should be encouraged in every pos
sible way, and not hampered by too much
legislation.
President EIgan of the Central Railroad,
and expected a call from him during the
day.
A special train on the Seaboard Air Line
recently made the trip between Littleton
and Raleigh, N. c., a distance of seventy
eight miles, in seventy-four minutes act
nal running time. This is one of the fastest
rms ever made in the South. President
, Hoffman and Vice President st. John, as
well as the directors of the company, were
aboard the train.
col. A. Pope, general passenger and
freight agent of the Georgia and Alabama
railroad, left yesterday for Montgomery
and other points.
; Mr.. w. E. Arnold, formerly with the
Ocean Steamship Company in Savannah,
but now in New York, was visitor in the
city yesterday.
Mr. F. H. Robertson, of the w. and 7.
Railroad was in Savannah from Dublin
yesterday.
The Ohio lumbermen left yesterday over
the Plant System for Jacksonville. From
! there they go to st. Augustine, and will be
4, guests at the Ponce de Leon.
GUARDS TO PLAY HEBREW BOYS.
: The Teams VIII Meet for the Second
> Time.