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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-11
The Jack Rabbits of Texas.
From the Washington Post.

1.-The big rabbits or hares that hang in
front of Washington restaurants are not
the jack rabbits or mule ears that
abound on the Texas prairies," said Mr.
c. o. Kerns of the Lone Star state. THE
sort that we have, and that are common
all through the Southwest, are of a brown
color identical with their small cotton
taip brethren that abound in Virginia and
Maryland. and that are numerous all
through the old Southern states. These
imported hares with white bellies come
from Canada where all wild animals turn
white in winter to match the snowclad
earth, and they are not nearly as large as
our Texas jack rabbits nor do they have
the enormously big ears that distinguish
the Texas family. should say that ours
will get over the ground twice as fast as
their Canadian cousins. \ greyhound is
the only animal, in fact, that can over
take a mule ear. An ordinary dog never
forgets himself so far as to chase one for
even the distance of a city block. 1t would
be rank waste of canine energy to do so.
The jack rabbit is regarded at home more
as an ornament TO the landscape than any
thing else. Hungry men i'll camp who
have run out of ordinary grub viii occa-
sionally kill them to stop the pangs of
hunger, and they are said to be really fine
eating, but they are not regarded as fit
Tor the menu of the average Texas family"
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Hoods pills cure all liver ills. % cents
BRIBERY AT THE POLLS.
Judge GOber Delivers Strong
Charge on The Subject

Judge GOber Delivers Strong
Charge on The Subject
Marietta, Ga, Jan. 1O.-Judge Gober, in
charging the grand jury took occasion to
say some things about the recent NUM-
clpal election, which may cause another
sensational chapter in that contest. He
directed the jury to Investigate the alleged
bribery which both sides charged.
There has been a great deal said lately
in reference to an election held in this
CITY," said the judge for mayor and city
council 1t has been charged that people
who hadn't paid their taxes voted; that
whisky was furnished; that votes were re-
peated and votes were bought. l do not
know how anything of this sort could be
tolerated. All government originates of
right with the people. 1t is founded on
their will only and is instituted for the
good of the whole. Public officers are ser
wants and trustees of the people and are
amenable to them.
Now, the word government carries
with 1t the idea of rules and laws. This
being founded upon the viii of the people,
the laws provide as to how their will ana
consent shall be obtained. Under our sys-
TEN 1t is done at the ballot box; 1t is done
by vote of the people. These same laws
provide that whisky shall not be furnished
al an election; that man shall not vote
who has not paid his taxes; that a man
shall not vote until he is a citizen, and he
has right to vote but once. 1t is a vio-
lation of the law to buy votes. Every
good citizen ought to be willing that an
election should be fair and according to
law; that the man who gets the most
legal votes should hold the office. This Is
the law, and every man ought to be will
ing to abide 1t.
1.-THE clerk of this court will present he
fore you the papers of this election, and it
is your duty to look into them and see
whether or not the law has been violated.
If there's a man upon that jury this morn
ing who is not willing to come up to the
full measure of what the law expects of
him, it would be a pleasure TO me to ex-
cuse him right away. You wear no mans
collar There has grown up in some
places, 1 am told where 1 have been, the
practice of seeking to influence the grand
jurors by private interviews, and by the
urging of outside considerations. A man
who will approach you in this way dis
counts you. 1t shows his desperate neces-
stiles when he is driven to a
course which is in violation Of
the law. No man has got a right
to come before you and give his opinion
in reference to any particular case that
is pending before you. You have right
to hear all the witnesses who know any
thing about the facts and you will dill
gently inquire and true presentments
make in reference to them.
''If it be true that the law has been vio-
lated here, it is time that such dongs
should have an end. Let the poor man
and the rich man stand upon an equal
footing when they come to contend for
an office, and let it not be said that the
length of mans purse is factor in the
matter. BY your work put lasting
| quietus on such violations"
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RUSsIA's PRISON HORRORS.
Using Prisoners in Chains as Beasts
of Burden.
From the London News.

From the London News.
The presence of batch of convicts in
Odessa, Russia, for deportation to Sag
halien, has occasioned the publication of
various accounts of the treatment receiv-
ed by the prisoners in that island, and if
the numerous stories are true, Saghalien
must be a veritable inferno. Eye-wit-
nesses relate that common sight is that
of shackled human beings yoked to a
huge cart whose weight tries the strength
of their underfed bodies to the utter
most
These men are demoralized by the bru-
tality of their surroundings and the cruel
ty of the officials, who are ever ready to
have recourse to the knout to enforce
submission. An attempt to escape is pun
ished with ten years extra imprisonment,
and it needs only one or two failures to
break away to bring about an unfortu-
nate prisoners residence in this Slough
of despond." One form of treatment is
the coupling of the shackles which en-
sheath a prisoners ankles to a Wheelbar-
row. This the victim must drag night and
day for months, perhaps till the iron in
flames the flesh and the legs mortify.
His comrades may mercifully soak the feet
and forciby pull off the bands-a process
which is attended with the most excruci-
aung agony, but which is eagerly borne.
The knouting of man is a scene of in
credible barbarity. The victim is mounted
on a specially constructed wooden horse
and his back is barred. The scourge is
applied with such violence that at each
stroke pieces of flesh are torn away and
the blood from the wounds bespatters the
face of the executioner.
Such is the horror of Saghalien that men
and women go mad and lunatics are to
be found hiding in quiet places. All the
women are more or less demented. Their
lot is peculiarly unhappy. They are given
to the bachelor convicts-men whom for
the most part they have never seen be-
fore. Even those who are not convicts
lose their reason, as witness the story of
Mile Naumofa. This lady had devoted
her life to the rescue of children in this
unhappy spot, and for years had spread a
light and comfort around her, but in a
paroXysm of madness induced by the soul
torturing surroundings she shot herself
Her work was taken up by three ladies';
one of these shot herself, the second went
raving mad and the third married a
Warder.
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LAScELLES' WIFE IN LUCK.
SHE Is TO GET HER FATHERS EN-
TIRE ESTATE OF $3S,OOO.

The Appointment of an Administra-
tor and Guardian Settled by the
Ordinary of Wilcox COunty-A
Lawyer of Fitzgerald Appointed
Permanent Administrators and Mrs.
VIOLA Mcintosh of the Same Place
Guardian Until Mrs. LasceIles
Comes of Age in September-MoV
Leave Her Husband.
Fitzgerald, Ga, Jan. 10-The regular
monthly term of the Ordinary's Court con-
voned at Irwinville to-day with the Hon.
J. J. Lee as the presiding officer.
The appointment of an administrator and
guardian in the celebrated case af Alex
under Pelzy, deceased, occupied nearly the
whole day.
A caveat, filed by Crovatt & Whitfield,
attorneys for Mrs. Lasceiles was sus-
tanned. and the application Of Joseph Pei
Ky, brother of the deceased, for permanent
administrator, was dismissed.
L. Kennedy, a prominent attorney of
Fitzgerald. was appointed permanent ad-
ministrator after long argument by
Judge William Crovatt, and Mr.. Kennedy
for the application of Joseph Pelky.
Mrs. VIOLA Mcintosh, at the request of
Mr. Crovatt attorney for Mrs. Lasceiles,
was appointed the Georgia guardian of
Mrs. Lascelles, who will attain her ma
jorty on Sept %, 1898.
The bond required for the guardian and
administrator respectively was $4,000 The
property in Georgia, owned by the estate,
is estimated at about 5000, the property
in Rhode Island at about $4,000 and in
Connecticut about $4,000.
Joseph Pelky, the uncle of Mrs. La
scelles, is entirely out, having no interest
in the estate. He leaves for the cast to-
morrow.
Mrs. Lascelles, it is rumored, is not as
fond of the gay lord as OF yore, and it is
not unlikely that she will make her home
in this city and live on the income of the
estate, which win be about $1,000 a year.
Mrs. Mcintosh. the guardian, is a great
friend of Mrs. Lasceles, who is domiciled
at her home. Her husband is Prof Frank
Mcintosh, president of the Southern Uni
versity, located in this city.
Mrs. Lascelles, as well as Mrs. McIn-
tosh, were attired in stylish costumes and
attracted much attention.
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MACON MENTION.


Macon, Ca, Jan. 1O.-Henry c. Taylor
died this morning from a stroke of apo
plexy He was in good health when he re-
tired last night Deceased was for many
years baggage master for the Southern
Railway at this place.
Eugene Debs has been in the city all
day and was given a warm welcome by
laborers. He addressed an audience to-
night at the Academy of Music on the
social democracy. His speech was fire.
quently applauded He has many per-
sonal friends here who have kept his
theories well in the foreground among
labor organizations. Debs will leave here
tomorrow night for Savannah.
The Georgia Southern and Florida en-
ployes will move into their new quar-
tiers in few days. The shops have been
completed. The cost of the buildings is
about $4,000 The shops are equipped
with the latest railroad machinery
a negro girl, 10 years old, was run over
and killed by as witch engine of the South
ern Railway at the company's yards this
morning. The girl was gathering chips
and attempted to cross the track under
a moving train and was caught and
crushed by the wheels
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length and breadth of America, and
in addition to improving compilations, he
has been the inventor, as a surgeon of
some of the most difficult operations
known to science. These operations in
clude the Strengthening of deformed
noses, making disarranged mouths SYM
metrical and many other acts of skill.
The doctor has been highly successful,
but does not hesitate to frankly ac-
knowledge the help he has had from 9TH
ers. He recently said:
While l have been the means of re
storing thousands of women to the nat
ural beauty which nature intended they
should have, but which they had lost
would never have been able to do so if
the woman's blood was out of order or
her natural functions in a disordered con-
dition, so that l invariably caution all
men or women who consult me to see
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MUST BRING MANUFACTURERS.
Convention in the Interest of Ex-
emptiOn From Taxation Called.

Convention in the Interest of Ex-
emptiOn From Taxation Called.
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 10.-An important
convention was to-day called by the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce to meet here
on Feb. 10. The purpose is to take action
designed to secure the enactment of legis-
lation amending the constitution so as to
legalize The exemption of manufacturing
concerns from municipal taxation, and the
call which is accompanied by an address
setting forth the necessity for such
change in our laws, and also by a letter
from Mayor Collier indorsing it and urging
all the municipal bodies of the state to
send delegates. is directed 10 the various
commercial organizations.
The letter calls attention to the fact that
besides the cotton spun and woven in this
slate, Georgia sends 100000 bales east or
abroad to beamanufactured. This raw ma
terial manufactured at home would more
than double in value and would create a
payroll of 100000 The manufacturing
interest in Georgia has not grown as fast
as in other states of the southeastern
group II had the first place in 1870 but
became second in 1880 and fifth in 1890.
All the other states of this section, ex-
cept Virginia and Tennessee, allow towns
and cities to exempt manufacturing con-
Germs from municipal taxation, and this
has had a wonderful effect in increasing
the influx of capital from New England
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WOMAN SENT UP FOR ARSON.
Fired a House Aftcr Selling Part OF
Its Contents to Get whisky.


It's Contents to Get whisky.
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 1O.-NGrs NJ. c. Tray
lor white woman, was sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary for arson by
Judge Gambler to-day.
She entered a plea of guilty, and on ac-
count of this and the intercession of Judge
Spencer r. Atkinson, for whom she once
worked as a servant, and Il. L. Cooney,
whose house she fired, her sentence was
made compare lively light. The extreme
penalty for her crime is death.
The offense with which the young woman
was charged was committed on Oct. Is.
Mrs. Traylor had been employed as a SER
want in the family of Mr.. Cooney, who
went away on a trip with his wife, leav-
ing the house in her care. According to
the statement of the prisoner, she found
a bottle of whisky in the house and drank
it. and longing for more, sold several hun
bred dollars worth of silverware and cloth
ing to secure money with which TO pur-
chase it. Fearing that the theft would be
detected she fired the residence of her
employer, but, repenting her act, she gave
the alarm herself and the house was saved.
Mrs Traylor was born in Alabama, and
was member of a highly respectable fam
lily. Her father was a Confederate SOL
der and was killed in the war. Her moth
err removed with her children to South
Carolina and in that state the girl started
upon the downward path. She married a
sa loonkeeper, with whom she lived unhap-
uily 81 was not good enough for him, /
guess" she said, "end It was my fault, l
suppose, that we did not live happily"
After a short time they separated and
Mrs. Traylor came to Atlanta, where she
found employment as a servant She made
no statement in court, but accepted her
sentence meekly.
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Eastman at the Polls.

Eastman, Ca, Jan. 1O.-At the election
to-day John F. DeLacy was elected mayor
without opposition The regular nomi-
nees for aldermen were elected with the
exception of w. J. Francis, who was de-
feated by Olin Pharr by a majority of
twenty-one.
Under the administration of Mayor De-
Lacy Eastman will grow and take another
start on a progressive career.
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ATLANTA's AxNtvERsARY.
s.ri-CentenninI 10 lie Celebrated on
NguN- 4

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 1O.-After vetoing the
resolution of council, providing for cele-
bradon of the fiftieth anniversary % the
municipality of Atlanta on Feb. 10, Mayor
Collier has inaugurated a plan to cele-
brate that event with eclat on May 4. He
thought the time named by council was
too short to do the thing right but agreed
that the event should be celebrated
To-day "A meeting was held and commit
tees named to make preparation in con-
junction with the Pioneer Society. The
mayor and councils of all the cities in
the state viii be invited to come to At
lanta and help jubilate while programme
of amusements will be arranged that will
draw a big crowd of the people, and as
a browning event there will be a great
ball in one of the exposition buildings.
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RUNS OF THE RACERS.
The Track at New Orleans Slow and
Only Two FavOrites Win.

| New Orleans, La, Jan. 10.-Overnight
rains made the track slow to-day and af-
fected the attendance. AS on Saturday,
fifteen books were on and handled a prof
table business. as only two favorites won
Summaries follow:
First Race-Six and half furlongs.
Rosa Hurns, 8 to l. won, with Mr.. Hurt,
10 to l, second and Jim Conway, 10 to l,
third. Time, 1:251a.
Second Race-AIile and twenty yards
Wilson, to l, won, with silva, to 5, sec
ond, and Brennan, so to l, third. Time,
147Ia.
Third Race-selling, six furlongs. Ma
ME McCallan, s to l, won, with Hbernia
| Queen, to l, second, and Al Lone, II to 5,
third. Time, 1:l74a.
/ Fourth Race-Handicap, one mile. AL
/ bert s., to /, won, with Viscount, to 2,
second, and Elkin, to /, third. Time
1:44.
Fifth Race-six and a half furlongs
/ Dorah Wood, to 3, won, with David w,
4 to 3, second, and Albert Vale, 20 to J.
third. Time. 1852.
San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 1O.-The wealth
! er was clear and the track good at Oak
! land to-day. Summaries follow:
First Race-Seling, six furlongs Sor-
/ row, to 8, won, with Don Fulano Z to >
second, and Howard, 10 to l, third Time
1:161a.
Second Race-Eleven- mile
San Nenado, even, won, with Barney
Stone, TO l. second, and February, Is to
/, third. Tin e, 1909.
Third Race-Selling, one mile and an
eighth. Widow Jones, u to l, won, with
Palomacita, to 5, second, and Tehlma, ?
to /, third. Time. 55L
Fourth Race-California Madei Maiden
stakes, six furlongs. Eddie Jones, l to g.
won, with Ravellette, to l, second, and
Bow and Arrow. TO l. third. Time,
llG12.
Fifth Race-Goden Gate stakes, seven
eighths of a mile. Col Wheeler, to /, won,
with Satsuma, 4 to l, second. and Dr.
Sharpe, to l. third Time, 1:27s4
Sixth Race-One mile, selling. Sweet
Favorable TO 8, won, with Harry Thorn
burn, Is TO !, second, and Perseus, to !,
third. Time, 1:44A.
New York, Jan. 10.-Nine hundred and
twenty-three nominations for the Futur-
lily of 1900 have been received by the Coney
Island Jockey Club and few more may
arrive by mail within the next day or so.
The nominations close at midnight on the
4th instant. With one exception this is
the largest number of nominations ever
received.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.

The Chatham Bank of Savannah. Sa-
vannah, Ga, Jan. 2, 1S9S.-The annual cleo
ton for twelve directors to manage the af
fairs of this bank will be held on Wednes
day, Jan. y, at it's banking house, corner
of Congress and Bull streets, in this city.
between the hours of u m and 2 O'Clock
p. m. W. F. McCAULEY, Cashier.
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Waycross, Ga Jan. 10.-Two candidates
have been announced for the cerkship of
the Superior Court of Ware county. They
are II. Il. AicVeigh, the present deputy
clerk, and W. VI. Wilson. MIR. Wilson has
served as clerk Of the Superior Court for
one or two terms very satisfactorily and
has experience Mr.. McVeigh has been
assisting Clerk Thomas for a year or two,
and has made a large acquaintance.
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BASKERVILLE LAND IMPROVEMENT
co

An adjourned meeting of the stockhold-
ers of this company and a meeting of the
Board of Directors will be held this (Tues-
day. morning at 1880 o'clock, at the office
of the secretary, q Bay street, east
Business of Importance. By order of the
President S. l.. LAZARON, Secretary.
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Douglass. Ga, Jan. 10.-J. A. Henderson,
for long while travelling salesman for the
Read Fertilizer Company, has bought out
the mercantile and steam ginnery business
of Vickers q Peterson at Broxton, nine
miles above Douglas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-11

No Defcit-Friend-I see that the
Dingley law is not producing sufficient
revenue"
Protected Manufacturer-Oh. don't
know! can't complaln.-Puck.
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same thing true,
and who CRATE
fully acknow-
ledge the aid
they received
from this great
discovery"
The prime
S 0 ur c e of
beauty is perfeci
health. r h j $
cannot be Sc
cured if the
kidneys or adj
jacent organs
are out of con-
dition. Is it
n o t pl ain,
then, that all
possible care
should be eX-
ercised to see
that these or
ganS are care
fully preserved
thus promo
ting h e al t h
prolonging life
and preserving
Y o u [ h a n d
beauty?
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.

The Merchants National Bank Of Savan-
nah, Savannah, Ga, Dec. 8, 1S97-The annual
election for seven directors to manage the
affairs of this association will be held on
Tuesday, JAN II, 1885, at it's banking house.
corner Drayton and St Julian streets IN
this city, between the hours of II a. m. and
o'clock p. m. w. NJ DAVANT,
acbiar
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PAYS 81. 500 for a Horse.

Waycross, Jan. 10.-Royal Baron, the
celebrated trotting colt, is at Macon In
training for the races. Royal Baron was
purchased last week by Col. w. NJ Toom-
er of Waycross from J. ]. Mcdonald of
Guthbert. The sum paid was 81 800 in cash.
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COL. GORDON NOT TO SERVE.
Private business COmpeIs Him TO De-
cline Appointment.

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 10.-Col. w. w. Cor
don of Savannah has declined to serve as
a member of the commission authorized
by the recent legislature to take up the
work of marking the graves of Georgia
soldiers who fell on distant fields in the
late struggle. His private affairs would
not permit him to give the necessary time
TO the task. No one has yet been named
10 take Col Gordon place.
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Lumber company ASSIGNS.

Cincinnati, o., Jan. 1O.-The Cincinnati
Lumber Company made an assignment 70
William M. Kemper to-day. The assets
and Liabilities are each $4,000. Dull trade
is the cause of the assignment.
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TAMPA's FISHERIES CONGRESS.
Commercial Organizations and Cit
les Invited to Send Delegates.

Tallahassee. Fla, Jan. 10.-As the Ma
tional Fishery Congress, to meet at Tampa
on the 18TH has assumed international
Importance, commercial organizations and
MAYORS Of cities throughout the United
States are requested by Gov. Bloxham to
appoint delegates to this important indus
trial assembly
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COTTAGES on EASY PAYMENTS.

COTTAGES 500 CASH. COTTAGES At
$3.50 TO $18 MONTHLY.
The CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY will erect
cottages on Anderson and on Price streets
south of Anderson, on the following
terms: Cash $780, balance, from $3.50 to
SIS per month according to cost of cot
tages) for a period of ten years.
1t is the company's purpose to meet
the needs of a frugal class of our people,
whose means will not permit them to build
more expensive homes. The site selected
for the erection of these is most con-
veniently situated, well drained, and has
all modern conveniences. Apply to
M. j. SOLOMONS,
Secretary and Treasurer,
No. IA East Bryan street.
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The Unseen Power of a Modern Discovery
For Renewing Youth and Rendering
People Attractive.

No man in America
has probably done more
TO make women beau
tifui, and men more
symmetrical than Der
macolOgist John II.
Woodbury. Of New York.
His face is known uni
versally throughout the
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turely old, attractive. bright and prac-
tically youthful The discovery to which
1 refer is deservedly popular. I cannot
speak too highly in its praise. 1t is
Warmers Safe Cure. 1 know of many
eminent doctors who have found this
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SAVANNAH BANK AND TRUST CO
THE OGLETHORPE SAVINGS AND
TRUST COMPANY,

No and 10 Bryan street, east, Savan-
nah, Ga, Jan. 8, 1S9S.-The annual meet
ing of stockholders for the election of d.
rectors will be held at this bank on Tues
day, Jan. II, 1898, between the hours Of II
O'Clock M, and l o'clock p. m.
JOHN NJ. BRYAN Cashier