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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
REPORT OF THE NATION Ali
LEAGU K'S COM MITT Eli.
York anil Mitiaachuartt* the Oni.v
a Statu In Wbtch th > K* formed State
t and Itlnnieipal Sy i'em Hal Keen In-
W traduced—The Beau Very Gratifying
to the Friends of the Movement.
Nkw York, Maroh 30.—0n April 20,
1860, the Exeoutiv* Commitle) oi the
National Civil Service Reform League
appointed a committee of seven gentle
men, viz.: George William Curtis, Carl
Schurz, Wayne JtlacVeagh, Charles J.
Bonaparte, Charles H. Codraau, Charles
Claflln Allen and W illiam l’otts, to col
lect trustworthy inlormation conoeruing
the enforcement and operation of the
Divll service law and the rules and regu
lations thereunder in the departments at
"Washington, and in the various govern
ment offices m the country towhioh the
law applies; also concerning the princi
ples and methods followed by the nation
al administration in making appoint
ments and removals or suspensions, and
■also concerning the progress of the re
formed system ot the civil service In
State and municipal governments.
The committee has just submitted Its
report. The following are some of its
salient points:
CIVIL SERVICE IN TWO STATES.
New York and Massachusetts are the only
States in which the reformed State ami
municipal system has been introduced. In
both States the general and local supervision
have been intrusted to competent countms*
? ion* composed of sincere frleuds of reform,
o whom the happy results of the new system
grtyarge'.v due.
; Iwliolh slates the reform laws have been
Saithfuliy executed, and their practical wis
flom has beer, fully vindicated. In Mas-sa-
Vhuseits the whole number of persons in
cluded in the classified service is 5,916, at
tached to the cler.nai. police, prison, file
agid labor densriments, and the official testi
mony to the sue- cS of the reformed system is
ronclusive.
Ln New V the State reform law has been
sii operation since January. 1884. It was
made obligatory upon the cities in the State
3n May, ISM, although the Mayors of New
"York and Brooklyn had already voluntarily
Hut reduced the reformed system in those
v.ities under the discretion allowed by the
(Original law. The first good effect of the law
■w as a complete classification of th > State ser
vice which had not been previously made.
The whole number of persons impeded in
the classified service in New York is 15.893, of
which 4,819 are in the state service, and of the
•whole number ' : ..ined dui nc the year .’2
Jicrcent. we.-a euuc ed exclusively in the
tiommon sch -’ls. M l race. the late Mayor
of the city of N -w *o.'k. to whose intelligent
fidelity and ea■‘ls >, ji - enlo cmg the re
formed system the sup ang hoard in that
city pays a warm tribute, At whose knowl
edge of the practical operation of the law is
both comprehensive and detailed, says that
'“selection by competitive examinations sup
plemented by probation, ln fact seems to fur
-mish an enti ely satisfactory mode for filling
vacancies The reports from all the cities
of the State to which the reform law applies
ahow an honest effort to enforce it effectively.
The progress cf Ihe reformed system of the
otvil service in State ana municipal goveru
sments has been most rapid and eueouraging.
NATION hJ. SIVIL SERVICE.
It would bn icjA-ssible tairly to estimate
the practical fid T'y of the President to bis
civil servicereh'Cm pledges if we did not con
sider the exo ijg conditions of executive ac
tion and Uj circumstances UDder which the
admitiistr Uion oegan. ln the exercise of Ihe
executive aitr.onty of appointment and re
moval the President is generally compelled to
lact without po.soual knowledge and upon the
representations of others. Ills chief depend
ence is naturally upon the heads of depart
ments, who are Lis chosen counsellors, lie is,
however, in a high sense responsible for the
whole executive administration. He selects
his Cabinet, ami he may justly require of
every head of a department the faithful en
forcement of his policy, and justly remove
any such officer who refuses honest co
operation.
In their inquiry Into the enforcement and
operation of the civil service law and the
irules and regulations thereunder in the gov
ernment departments in Washington, the
committee biive beeD greatly assisted by the
details furnisned to the Civil Service Record
by the heads ot departments with the approv- i
al of the President, and pu dished in that
Journal. There are about 5,650 places inc uded
an what is called the departmental service at
'-Wash nglon. From March 4. 1885 to Jane 16,
18sg, a period of one year and a little moie
than three mouths, the removals in this ser
vice were uearly ttF* per cent., and the new
appointments about s percent. In the Slate
Department the reu.ovals were 10 p.*r
.cent. and the appointments b%.
In the Treasury the removals were f \i per
cent., the appointments 10 ~ In the’ v\ ar
Department the removals were 3 per cent.,
including eleven and smissals by reduction of
force, and ihe appoiniments were 6 8-19 per
cent. In the Post Office Department the re
movals were 2 per cent., an i the appoint
ments li percent. In the Interior Depart
ment the removals were 4 per cent., the
appointments 6 percent.; and in the Depart
ment of Justice the removals were 8 percent.,
and the appointments 12%. That notwith
standing this small percentage of change
There have been individual instances
of Injustice, of fore 1 1 resignation, and of ar
bitrary dismissals is certain. The report
from Washington vWevcr, upon the wlioie.
is gratifying NdWtere is the i artisan and
■personal Pleasure A. change more concen
trated and <*nv soi'. But the figures show
That the rule .u general hav# neen faithfully
lobserved. Not for half a century have there
been so few removals in that service within
■he same lime upon a party change of adrniu
4ptralion, and thi observance of the rules
and the oi*vition of the service in ihede
pFrtnteuts demonstrate once more both the
ytaoltoanili 'y and tlio benefit of the reform.
Besides the 5,65 place- in the department
at Washing on, the civil service law applies
to 6,2 ft; positions m the customs and postal
•erviM throughout the country. This eiassi
gsd postal service Includes twenty-eight post
office., and the classified custom < service
eleven custom houses. These are distribute 1
among the twenty-one states, ano m the
other States there is as yet no classified ser
vice, and ail the appointments arc n-aue at
pleasure.
There are not altogether forty post offices
and custom houses in the classified serv iced
They ore all with two or three exceptions
situated in the largest cities, and it should
gecin perfectly practicable to ascertain the
.views upon reform of any person who Is pro
posed for sppoimmenl t an important office,
wild to foresee his probable official action.
The uniform selection for su.h Lppointti.o.u
cf known friends of reform ;■ in ti e case of
the present hcaus of the two thief
offices of the kind in the country, tie
l ost office and the custom house in New
York, would have oeeu unmistakably si ■-
liificant of the purpose of the administration.
However excellent the private character and
general ability of persons uoiumaied lo such
offices may bo. however high their party
Standing, and however efficient their party
activity, it is plain that the bept public guar
antee of the honest operation of Hie reform
law lies in the known determination of the
appointing officer faithfully to execute it.
is a consideration of the highest Import
ance both to the public service and to the se
*a*ra>ed system.
THE POST OFFICES.
On June 80, 1886 the whole number of post
Office* was 53,814. of which 2.266 w cits filled oy
up,ointment of tfie President. Besides this
11 umber of po-tmasters there are about 113,000
persons employed In the postal service, of
w hich 6,000 are included iu the classified ser
vice. Within the one year and
lour months of the term of the
administration, ending on June 30, it
would appesr that the new appointments In
the post offices had been probably a little
more than 60 per cent, A t that date the post
offices, w hich compose the largest and most
important branch of the public service, u ere
about equally divided Pel ween obi and new
Incumbents. Many of these changes bate
un i ely eubslituied offensive partisans of one
parly for offensive partisans of another.
In the State of Indiana the post office at
lndlanapolia Is the only one Included in the
e assifled service. Of second-class post offices,
winch are also Presidential, there are sixteen,
and In llftceu the former incumbents huyo
b job removed aad the employes have beuu
almost entirely changed. 'There are seventy
sla third-class office*, also Presidential, and
Pi stxty-alght the late poaim asters nave been
U *n* i*. no ""'fed. in which
the past office bad been made a party inuchino
more generally than in Indian "and many
k P">bMy Justified for that
■ Ye ‘ J* appears that change has
W 'f* - raform man the substitution of
P"* ... parU ** B fo/ another. and
If** caaa of the employ os
praolu al proscription for
kotitical opiate*. la Indiana tusro arc about
) .800 fourth-class offices, which arc filled at
the pb asiire of the Postmaster General.
A bin:t 1,2000f these liavo been changed, and
of ihe 900 remaining the emoluments arc so
small that the offices are not desirable. Ac
cording to our informs ti these changes,
however justifiable many of them mav have
been in themselves for reasons of offensive
partisanship, have been made largely at tbo
instance of mem hers of Congress, whose mo
tive in selecting incumbenis has been proved
by the partisan activity of the officers selected.
There can be no doubt of llagrunt disregard
in Indiana of the spirit and methods of civil
service reform. There has been substantially
a clean sweep and we have not found that
one officer newly appointed in that State,
who proves to be an offensive partisan, lias
been for that reason removed.
Such facts seem to us to show a clear viola
tion of the moral engagement made with the
country.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
In the Department of Slate while, as we
have seen, the removals ln Washington have
been 10 per cent, in the cla silled service the
changes in the foreign service have been ap
parently about 26 per cent., a statement
which shows sincere regard for sound princi
ples of the puDlic service. in the Depart
ment of Justice up to June 30, 1886. the changes
in the unclassified service within the Presi
dential appointment were 116 out of 180, or
05 per cent., the removals were 60, the resig
nations 26, and tho number of officers who
were not reappointed was 33. The change- in
the offlceß filled by tDo Attorney General
were 46 out of 137 or about 33 per cent., the
removals were 16, and ihe rcaignations
were 30, But the number of resignations by
request, which are equivalent to removals, is
not staled. Iu the Interior Department there
are 377 Presidential offices, of which 327 have
a fixed term of four years. Tho total number
of changes up to Oct 1, 1886, was 268. or 71
percent. The removals wero BS, or 23 per
cent, of the total number of offices; the deaths
were 2. or % of 1 tier esnt. The numberof
incumbents ot offices having a term of four
years who were not reappointed at the end of
their terms was 63, or 29 per cent.
THE PERCENTAGE OF REMOVALS.
It will bo observed from this review that
while the removals in tho classified depart
mental service, wh’ch includes 5,650 persons,
amounted to 6>. per cent in the first fifteen
months of the administration, the percentage
in the rest of the service, which includes
about 10MOO places not affected by the rules,
was very much larger. The first class, how
ever, cannot be fairly assumed lo show tno
proportion of all removals that ought to have
been mule lor valid reasons, because it is
confined mainly to clerkships in Washington,
while the -econd omss embraces the various
branches of olvil service throughout tho
country, including the post office. In which
tbo public interest uodouotedly deinsuded
many changes. But conceding the propriety
of such removals the percentage of changes in
tlie unclassified service seems to be too Urge
to justny the conclusion that they were gene
rally made with sole regard to the public in
terests.
AN IMPORTANT FACT.
These facts show that the course of the ad
ministration in regard to appointments, re
moval- and suspensions ha* been irregular,
inconsistent and sometimes inexplicable. It
ha- not adhered inflexibly to a uniform policy,
and in many branches of the service, and es
pecially ln thcSlatesof Indlanaand Maryland
its conduct has greatly disheartened many
friends of reform. In other parts of the
country, as in the city of New Y r ork, and in
New England, its chief appointments have
been generally so excellent as to command
public respect and confidence. Indeed, the
strong hold of the reform upon the public
mind is shown by nothing more plainly than
by the fact that popular opinion is most
favorable to the administration wherever the
administration has shown itself most faithful
to reform.
On the other hand the returns of the late
elections show that where patronage was
most largely used to promote partisan ends
the losses of the administration party have
been largest.
PROGRESS MADE.
Tried by the standard of absolute fidelity to
the reform as it is understood by tins league,
it is not to lie dented that this administration
has left much to be desired. Hut upon the
showing of this report which has neither
concealed nor extenuated the most injurious
facts, if our estimate of the situation be just,
the administration under enormous disad
vantages and perplexities has accomplished
much for the reform of ihe civil service.
Whatever.joat disappointment may have
been felt, it is undeniable that the old
“spoils svatem” has been seriously shaken.
Never he I ore since the partisan prostitution
of the civil service began has the middle of
the term of an administration found the non
political places in that service distributed he
tween the two parties. The future action of
ilie administration upon this subject, there
fore. will be watched with profound interest
as determining the final public judgment of
its relation to civil service reform.
Senator Jones’ Hopeless Canvass.
Tallahassee. Fla., March 30.—C.
W. Jones, Jr., son of ex-Senator Jones,
has taken quarters at the St. James Ho
tel. and will remain in the city until his
lather arrives in a week or two. It. is
said the ex-Senator will make a mighty
effort to explain bis past shortcomings
to the Legislature with the hope of being
re-elected. His efforts, however, will
be vain, so far as a re-election is con
cerned. but it is hoped he will be able to
explain the contempt with which be
has regarded his obligations to the people
who have repeatedly honored him with
the highest offices in their gilt.
The Legislature convenes Tuesday,and
an interesting session is expected with
occasional periods of excitement over the
several elections.
On to l*oint Pinellas.
I’alatka. Fla., March 30.—A special
from Oakland, Fla., to-uignt savs that
the Orange Belt railway, now building
from Monroe, on the Jacksonville, Tatnpa
and Key West road, to Point Pttiellus, on
the Gulf of Mexico, has purchased steel
rails for the remainder of the line, and
that tho entire road to Point Pinellaß
will be built by Nov. 1. This will open
up anew territory to the roads centreing
at Paiatka.
I.list of I Toi itla’s Chautauqua.
Df.Funiak Springs, Fla., March 30.
—The Florida Chautauqua closed its six
weeks’ session to-night w ith the annual
oauip tire and delivery of the diplomas of
tho Interstate Normal Institute by Dr.
Edward L. Brooks, of Philadelphia.
\ Corporal Mint by a Mexican.
Rio Grande City, T'kx., March 30.
Corpl. Boyer and another soldier wero
approached by four Mexicans on the gov
ernment reservation at Foil Ringgold on
the evening of March 20. One Mexican
opened tire, shooting Corpl. Boyer just
over Die heart. He fired again hut missed.
The other soldier hastily retreated at tho
first shot. The surviving soldier declares
himself able to identify the assassins.
Pinched and scald' and to Death.
San Antonio, Tex., March 30.—Mea
gre details reached hereof a wreck
on the Southern Pacific railroad, 300 miles
went of here, at Hryden, a station in the
second division. A west-bound engine
and caboose ora shed into a freight train
coming east. The trainmen had no time
to juinn and the breakage is very severe.
Engineer McCamless was pinched and
scalded to death.
Killk His Wile’s liiivcr.
Greenville, Mies., March 30.—Yes.
lerday evening near Bullish, Mi*a., A. L.
Lowe, member ot the Legislature Irotn
Bolivar county, shot Charles Yaman sev
eral times, from which Yaman died threo
bottra afterward. As lar as oan lie
learned the difficulty arose through
Yaman having been too Intimate with
Lowe’s wife.
Two Miners Killed.
Scranton, Pa., March 30.—An explo
sion of gas occurred iu the Von Stored
mine of the Helawuru and Hudson Canal
Company ln this oily this morning, by
which two miners were killed and tour or
five injured.
The HesMOUK Aiimuml.
Philadelphia, March 80.—The
au-aim-r Deesoug front Savannah want
aground above Greenwich i’oint, Dela
ware river, last night and still remains.
’I he Warrior < oai llrids.
Meridian, Mitts., March 80.—Citizens
have subscribed SIOO,OOO inward ill" con
struction of the Warrior Coal Fields rail
road from Meridian to Decatur. Ala.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1887.
ORANGE COUNTY’S Hi VISION.
Kuslis’ Convention Votes to Take iu
Parts of Sninrcrattd Marion.
Tavauf.b, Fla,, March 28.—Consider
able interest has been manifested in this
portion of the State for a few weeks past
in the forming of anew county out of the
northern portion of Orange county, that
portion of Sumter bordering on Lakes •
Harris and Apopka and lying east oi the
l’aiatlakaha creek, and the part of Mar
ion county east oi the Ockiawaha river
and range 25 as far nnrih as township 15.
There are natural geographical bouudary
lines embracing this proposed new county
that meets the hearty approval and
indorsement of nearly every one liviug
within Its limits, except a few persons in
the immediate vicinity of Eustis and Fort
Mason, who desire anew county solely
for the purpose of having the county 6eat
located at one of the two places.
With a view to anticipate and ignore
the wishes of every one except themselves
and to further their scheme, an advertise
ment was inserted in the newspapers
published at Eustis setting forth the
metes and bounds of the county of West
Orange, to be termed solely out of that
portion oi Orange county contiguous to
Eustis and Fort Mason, and leaving out
the portions oi Sumter and Marion seek
ing to be embraced in anew county to be
iormed out of this section.
A few person* living in Eustis called a
meeting of delegates from the various
precincts in the territory described to
meet at Fort Mason on March 11 to take
final action upon their proposed plan.
At that meeting the manifest unfair
ness and injustice of the plan was made
so apparent that it was finally resolved
to call another meeting to be hold Satur
day. March 29, at which meeting five
delegates from eaoh of the ten precincts
in Orange county, and five each from
Sumter and Marion, were to uvet and
take such action as was necessary to
prepare a bill for the Legislature soon to
assemble.
Delegates were present from eight pre
cincts in Orange county and from Sum
ter and Marion.
The first skirmish in the convention
was upon organization—the Fort Ma
son delegation contending for tne recog
nition ot all delegates present in person
or by proxy, and the others declaring for
the appointment of a committee on cre
dentials. A committee of one from each
precinct was, however, appointed, aud it
was then discovered ilia! an alternate
delegate from Eustis was present as
proxy tor the Astor precinct. He was
ruled out. Fifty delegates responded to
roll call.
Two resolutions were Introduced, one j
to form toe new county out of Orange |
county alone, the other to take in a por
tion of Sumter and .Marion, and then the
convention settled down to work. Roth
sides were ably represented, t> e close
communion West Orange people by the
celebrated William Watkins Hicks and
a small number of satelites, the whole
people by Messrs. Yancy, of Umatilla,
and St. Ciair-Abrams of Tavares. Dur
ing the debate, which lasted all the af
ternoon, and wbiob at times was very
heated, the scheme of the Eustis clique
was fully unmasked and exposed, so toat
when the ballot was finally taken the vote
stood 45 to 5 in favor of forming the new
county out of portions of Orange, Sum
ter and Marion. This vote was the last
straw that broke the camel’s back, and
the Eustis delegates withdrew from the
convention. A committee was appointed
to meet at Altoona next Wednesday'to
prepare the necessary papers lo lay be
lore the Legislature to assemble April 5.
Hon. Frank Jones,bf Now Hampshire,
spent a portion of last week in Tavares,
leaving tor the North Friday morning.
While here he donated S2OO towards fin
ishing tue school house and S4OO to the
Union Congregational church, boin gifts
being conditional upon the town and the
society raising the balance ot the money
to complete the structures, ln both cases
the neoessary funds were promptly pro
vided, and the completion of the two
buildings is being rapidly pushed for
ward. Th'y would be an ornament to
any town in the .States.
The town is full of rumors of a large
land and railroad deal Del ween Alexander
St. Ciair-Abrams and others which will
boom Tavares into the seventh heaven oi
prosperity. The presence hereof Frank
Jones and Charles Sinclair last week was
primarily for this purpose, but ihe nego-
Rations came to a sudden termination
and they have left. Anew trade ot largor
proportions with the Southern Florida
railway, in which machine shops and
other enterprises are to be put on toot al
once, is now the talk, but the secret of
just what is to be done is too well kept
for newspaper scribblers to get hold of.
J. H. A. Bruce, who kept the West End
Hotel at Orlando, which was destroyed
bv tire Thursday night, is in Tavares
looking at the t’eninsular Hotel w ith a
view of taking it. Mr. Bruce is a well
known and popular hotel keeper, and
would make the Peninsular a popular re
sort. Mr. George R. llailas, the present
proprietor, goes soon to Stiver Springs to
take the new hotel now being built there.
TUa Tavares, Apopka andGuii railroad
is completed to West Apopka, or Mont
verde as the town is to oe hereafter called,
and trains run regularly from Tavaros to
that place daily, except Sundays.
A strawberry fesrlvsl given by some of
the ladies ol the Union Congregational
church last Tuesday evening netted the
snug sum of $lO5.
AVork on the opera house, which has
been suspended a lew weeks, haa been
resumed, and the workmen are putt* g
up the terracotta decorations over the
north front of the building.
The mal! facilities enjoyed by Tavares
are second tr. M'.ai, of no place in Florida,
and are t.ts pride of her people. The
News arrives regularly seven days In the
week at 0:45 p. in., the day it is printed,
and the Poatmastur is always on hand to
distribute and deliver mail up to 9o’clock
in tho evening. Upon inquiry I learn
that more copies of tlie daily News are
sold here by newsdnu'ers than ol any
other daily paper published.
t , -■■
Huns at tlio Crescent City.
New Orleans, March 30.—T0-day’s
races resulted us follows:
First Race—Throe-eighths of a miio. Bal
ance non, with Li ly Virgil second, aud
lta ‘go 1 1 1 1 l it. Tune 3s seconds.
Hr coni) Race—Three-quarters of a mile.
I’at Daly won. with Fred Davis second, ami
Twilight third. Time 1:17.
TniKi) Rack —even-eighth* of a mile.
Withrow won, null McLaughlin socond, ami
Caihcarl third. Tiinol:33' 4
"Kougli on Rata,"
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants,
bedbugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack
rabbits, sparrows, gophers. 10c. At drug
gists.
••Rough on Itch,’’
‘•Rough on Itch” cures skin huniorK,
eruptions, ring worm, letter, salt rheum,
(rested feet, chllbluins, itch, ivy poison,
barber’s itch. 50c. jars.
•'Kou.ta on Catarrh”
Corrects offensive odors at once. Com
plete cure of worst ebronto cases; niso
unoqualed as gargls for diphtheria, sure
throat, lout breath. 7<oc.
••Hough oo Corns.”
Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.”
Quick relief, complete cure. Corns, warts,
bunions. 15c.
Harnett Houss.
Concerning a popular Uotel ln Savan- :
nab. tin., the f lorid.f Timuu-Uninn says:
“Wo note lroiu the hotel arrivals as pub- I
Itsbcd in lao .'avanuali papers, that the j
Harnett House still leads all the other |
hotels in the city. Iu lact they have a*
mauy as the others combined. There I
is agood iußiallt/ianiol Floridians always I
ragtttlertd thora.’
Coal Miners Strike.
Latkobe, Pa., March 3d.—The coal
miners and coke laborers at the Monastery
works,the Lalrobe Coal Company’s mines,
and tho works of the Rideewav and St.
Clair Companies, struck to-day for an ad
vance in wages. The miners want an in
crease oi 6c. per ton, and the coke draw
ers 20c. per ton. The operators have re
fused to grant the demands and the
works are all idle. The strike will likely
spread, and a prolonged struggle i9 an
ticipated.
A Monster strike Imminent.
Pittsburg, March 30.—The teasers,
mixers and tiilers-in in all the glass fac
tories of the country have demanded a 10
per cent, advance in wages, to take efiuct
April 1. If the increase Is not granted a
general strike will be inaugurated. The
strike would affect several thousand men
and cause a suspension of work iu forty
nine factories.
New Orleans’ Strikers.
New Orleans, March 30. —There Is
but little change in the strike of the new
council of cotton handlers. President
John V. Moore, of the Cotton Factors’
Association, says the men have been
given until to-morrow to return to work,
and that failure to comply with this re
quirement will result in others being em
ployed to do the work.
Ten Hours lor Women.
Hartford, Conn., March 30.—The
Senate to-day, by a vote o f 20 to 3, passed
the ten hour law for women and children
already passed by the House. It is the
same as the Massachusetts law. An
amendment exempting mercantile estab
lishments was rejected.
Blaine Going to Europe.
New York. March 30.—Tho Sun this
evening states that James G. Blaine has
completed his arrangements for a
European tour that will keep him absent
until after the meeting of the next Na
tional Republican Convention.
Adopts the Hebrew Faith.
Buffalo, N, Y"., .March 30,—Patrick
Walsh, of New York, adopted the He
brew faith yesterday and was circum
cised last night and married this morning
to Lena Levi, a young Jewess, also of
New York.
Louisiana’s Coal Field.
New Orleans, March 30.—The coa!
recently found near Mansfield was tested
to-day. The trial was in every way suc
cessful. The bed from which the coal
was taken is 7 feet thick.
Savannah Weekly News.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
FOR SATURDAY, APRII 2,1881
NOW READY
CONTENTS:
First Page—Home Girls; An Idyl of the
Sea, illustrated; Women in New York Who
Flirt With Strangers, illustrated; My Dog
Jack; Story’s Statue of Christ; Florida
Opium; How “Ben Hur” was Written; Lit
tle Millionaire Editors.
Second Page—Military Red Tape; Florida
Flashes; Cooley’s Appointment; Richmond
Terminal; Twelve Burned to De Hi; Em
peror William’s Thanks; Cuban Filibuster,-;
Sherman’s Advice; Six Nihilists Hanged;
Outlaw Harris Dead; Western Men in New
York: A Benefit Performance; Children
Married by a Thoughtless Minister; Feur
Living Husbands; A Bull Pup’s Wisdom.
Third Page—Sherman’s Speech at Nash
ville; The B. A <). Deal; Railrosd Commis
sioners: Georgia’* Capital; Many Lives Lost
by the Dakota Floods; Both Engiues Tele
scoped: A Fascinating Lobbyist; Gone to
Join the Army; Cleveland’s Opponents;
Seven Miles from Earth; Romance of Crime;
The Rubber Goods Crtesus.
Fourth Page—Cardinal Gibbons Enters
His Titular Church; Fatal Religious Frenzy;
Florida’s Metropolis; Opening of the Hills
boro River Section; A Steamer iu the Sand;
Dakota's Flood; A Big Street Fight; Error in
the Law; A Female F'raud or Crank; Armor
of Old Warriors; Pious Humbug*; Wanted
to Go to Congress,
Fifth PAOE—London Gossip; A Working
Women’s Hob 1; Web Situated; Man of Many
Marriages; Duyat, the Anarchist; Fashion
Notes
Sixth Page—Sketches of Character* Pe
culiarly English; Brutally Murdered; A
Cyclonic Whirl; Saved from the Scotia;
Washington Society; Business Women in New
York; Rowing on the Thames; The Pope
Gives Audience to Americans; Pistol* in
Court; She Would Not Bea Boy; The Presi
dent’s Relations.
Seventh Page—Agricultural Department;
Peauuts for Forage; Early Vegetables; Marl;
Wtien to Pick S rawberneß; Tne Navel, Why
It Does Not Bear; Farm and Stock Notes;
Popular Science; Rev. Taimage Pictures
Noah’s Famous Biblical Voyage.
Eighth Page—New York’s Big Market and
Some ot the Men Who Have Been Renters in
It for Half a Century; Palm’s Will to be Con
tested; Agues Folsom’s Choice Bring* Grief
and shame.
Ninth Page—lreland’s Great Crisis; Eu
rope's Unrest; Postal Employe Passes; Earth
quake Phenomena; Austria's New Minister;
News of Different Strikes; Winter’s Parting
Nip; Saved from a Bark; Cook County’s
Boodlera; Many Narrow Escapes from a
Blaze at Troy; Miuor Telegraphic News
Items.
Tenth Page—The News in Georgia, gath
ered fra n correspondents aud exchanges;
South Carolina Items.
Eleventh Page—Round about in Florida;
DeFiintak springs; Florida’s Metropolis;
Tallahassee Topics; Coronet Wins the Race;
Starved on the Scotia; Saved by a Miracle;
Memphis Lurid; Rnhwray's Horror.
Tw KI-FTII Page—Editorial: The President's
Growing Popularity; The New Navy; Mr.
Sherman’s speech; Secretary I.amur Unjust
ly Criticised; Interstate I.aw Speculation;
Tho Convict Question: southern Agriculture.
Cleveland Save* Three-fifth* of His Salary;
Knights and the Church; Brief Telegraphic
Summary.
Thirteenth Page—Georgia and Florida
Telegrams, Local Department: Naval Stores
Outlook; Pearlies Badly Hurt; The Salvation
Army in Savannah; Mitchellton's ex-Post
muster Makes Fnl*e Returns; Tourists Get
ting Home; The Dublin short Line; Shot on
a Train; At Law About a Child; The School
Teachers: Crushed ou the Kails; Lost in the
W llmlngton.
Fourteenth Page—The South's Lovely
City; A Good Trailer; Selling White Men;
Bill N ye Relates a Mournful Incident in Jour
nalistic Life; Railroad* In 1816; Riot at tho
Bull Fight; Garfield at Poker; l.ittlu Girls of
the Period; The Lady and the Terror.
Fifteenth Page.-A Deathbed Romance;
Anecdotes of the Good German Emperor;
How the Derision* of tlio Supreme Court are
Guarded; “Getting There;” Current Com
ment; Bright Bits: Personal; Denis of In
terest.
Sixteenth of the Suvan
mih Marsels; Fruit and Vegetable Markets;
Allantit's Hotel Sale; Infanticide at ( anion;
Starke’s t raeksnicn; Paletka's Rnilroads; A
Prize Elgin at si. Augustine.
Just ihe paper to send to your friend*.
Price 5 cents, luu’ sale at News Depots and i
at tho MuautKuVtEw* office, 3 Whitaker
sir. . . |
Jutteral 3nitation'
P a LM ES.—The relatives and friend* of Mr.
nnd Mrs. OSCAR Palmes are re pecifully in
vited to attend the funeral o; tlic* former from
his residence, corner Duffy and Jefferson
streets, THIS MORNING at 10:30 o’clock.
jsilertintja. _
Georgia Hussars.
HEADqtJAKTEIIB GEORGIA HUBBARS.I
Savannah, Ga., March 31, 1887. j
General Orders So, IS:
The Troop will as- flu
semb’c at their Hail BBSI Aj)t,
THIS (Thursday! tjPigjpiK/
EVENING at 8 o’clock,
in fatigue uniform, for
carbine drill. J Yi
—-
Wm. W. GORDON. Capt.'Com’d’g.
Geo. C.Gaillard, First Sergeant.
MKETIMG OF STOCK HOLD IRS.
The Savannah Fire and Marine In
surance t ompany.
Savannah, Ga.. March 28, 1887.
In pursuance of the requirements of the
charter, nonce is hereby given to subscribers
to the capital stock of said corporation that
they are required lo assemble at the Guards
Arsenal. in thi* city, at 12 o’clock M..on April
12th, 1887, for the purpose of organization and
the election of a Board of Directors.
ABM. MINIS. J
JOHN FLANNERY,
E. A. WEIL, |
S. p. HAMILTON, j Commissioners.
R. If. FOOTMAN,
J. H. ENT ILL, I
WILLIAM GARRARD,;
Notice.
A special meeting of the Stockho'ders of the
Planters’ Rice Mill Company will he held at
'he office of the Company on THURSDAY,
31st it et.. at 10 o’clock.
A full attendance is requested.
GEORG*! J. MILLS,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Sprrial floittfo.
BANANASr BANANASJ
500
BUNCHES NICE RIPE BANANAS,
CHEAP, AT
J. S. COLLINS & CO.’S.
Savannah Yacht Club
Bonds Nos, 9, 12, 15, 18. 20, 36, 44,58 , 73, 84,
103, 110, 114, 120, will be payable at the office
of the Treasurer after APRIL 1, 1887.
M- A. COHEN, Treasurer,
Ulmer’# Liver corrector.
This vegetable preparation is inyaluabie for
the restoration of tone aud strength to the
system. Eor Dyspepsia, Constipation and
other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it can
not be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and
indorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for
Ulmer’s Liver Corrector and take no other.
JlOO a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D..
Pharmacist. Savannah, Ga.
I>r. Henry S. Folding:,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton street.
Graduate Baltimore College of Dental Sur-
gery,
Election Notice.
City of Savannah.)
Office Clerk of Council, S
March‘29th, 8*7.1
Under and bv virtue of a resolution arlop ed
by Council at meeting of March 23.1887,C0un
<i! will elect at its next regular meeting, that
:* to sav. on WEDNESDAY', APRII 6th,
IW, a CHIMNEY CONTRACTOR for Die
Eastern Division lo fill the vacancy occasion
ed by the deatn of John Cassidey. Bond 500,
salary, fees. Applicants must hand in their
applications, with mimes of bordsinen (two
required) stated therein, to the Clerk of
Council, at or lefore 2 o'clock f. m., WED
NESDAY, A PRI I, 6, ISs7.
Bv order of Council.
FRANK F,. REBABKR.
„ Clerk of Council.
({narantine Notice.
Office Health Officer, )
Savannah, March 25th. 1887.i
Pilots of the Port ot Savannah are informed
that the Sapeto Quarantine Station will he
opened on APRIL ist, 18*7.
Special attention of the Pilots is directed to
sections Nos. 3d and 14ih, Quarantine Regu
lations.
Must rigid enforcement of quarantine reg
ulations will be maintained bv tlie Health
authorities. J. T. McFarland,
Health Officer.
Notice to Tax Payers in Arrears.
City Treasurer's Office. )
Savannah Ga.. March 29, 1*87.j
Notice is hereby given to all in arrears for
taxes on Real Estate and Personal Property
for the whole or any portion of the war 1886,
that at the close "of business on the 31st of
March execution will ho issued and p aced in
tho hands of the City Marshal for collection.
C. 8. HARDEE, City Treasurer.
Quarantine Regulations.
Office Hf.ai.th officer. )
Savannah. Ga., March 14. 1887.(
From and after this dale, and until fun her
instructions, Ihe following regulation* re
garding vessels arriving at this port will be
enforced:
Ist. All steamships and vessels from South
America, Centra! America, Mexico, West In
dies, Sicily, Sardinia, ports of Italy *oiuh of
40 dogs. North latitude, Algeria anil const of
Africa between 10 deg*. North and 14 deg*.
South latitude, will be subjected to close
quarantine an<l be required to report at the
Quarantine station.
2d. All gleam* rs and vessels from foreign
ports not included in section first, direct or
via American ports, whether seeking, char
tered or otherwis', and vessel* *u<l steam
ships from the port of Now York (other
ihan those of the Ocean Steamship Company
of Savannah) will be required to remain m
nuarautinc until boarded and passed by the
Quarantine officer, ne-th* th* Vartans n
•ay "He <ii b rd f siicb vessels vat! be <l>-
I u e.d i<: t • the ci y u 'V the vetsel* are
tim/iec' <i and raised by the Q : i <rantine Offtee .
3d. The quarantine regulation requiring
Ihejf ying /the quarantine Jtig <<n v<s<els üb~
}rc td t<> detentivi or insi<ec i <r !t be taiii <J
enfotced. J. T. MCFARLAND,
Health Officer.
Office of the Traffic Manager, i
Cll AKI.KHTON AND SAVANNAH Rv. I 0., |
Savannah, Ki.okida A Western Kv. Cos., |
Savannah. (la., March usth, 1887. j
jjimmclions mid Shippers:
In consrqiieneo of notices from connecting
line* withdraw ng through or interstate
rates, wo her by give notice that from and
after Marcli 80m. 1887, we will not receive
shipments from our connection* destined to
point* north, castor west of our system via
all rail. We will receive such shipment* from
our local station* and junctional point* to oe
forwarded via steamship* to llaltimoro, I’hil
adelphia. New > ork and Boston, but not to
point* beyond those cities.
ishipineut* originating at anv pointon these
line*, or from Boston, New York, I'hiladcl
phi ■ and Baltimore, via steamslilin, desituud
lo local Hiatlon* and iunctional pomtsof there
lines, w ill ho received and forwarded as here
tofore.
i>n shipment* received nfler April Uh, for
which lulls of lading wore given prior to t tiAt
dale, those lines will accept us their propor
tion* the amount accruing to them on the
rule* i lieu In effect.
All through and special rates,contract* and
agreements, once pi as hereinbefore express
ed, will terminate on April 4th next.
Wo regret the necessity of tin* action, and
have delayed it to the an moment, hoping
that our connection* would see iheir way in
keeping up the system of through rates and
avoid the contusion and possible loss lo our
patrons of withdrawing I hem. We trust tills
rendition of affair* will In* remedied as soon
a* ih* Interstate (Joinmission Is lully organ
i/rd iiid the law *n Interpreted as ti> permit
lb" restoration of Ihruiigh raos m an early
dale. (J. It. OWICNH, Traffic Manager,
WIU.IAM I*. HAIIItKK.
U. r. A„t*„ K. A W. Ky.
h. I', Mod WINE V.
* sci ~
Special Hoticeo.
Dr. J. Wcichselbaum
Has Removed his office and residence to the
Northwest Corner Whitaker and Gordon
streets.
Atmturtmnto.
BASE BALL!
BASE BALL \
GRAND OPENING GAMES
SAVANNAH
DETROIT!
Taesda;.Wedn3soay& Tlmreday
MARCH 29th. 30th AiM) 31st.
They will lie here sure. No post
iioneineut this time. Domes cabled at
3:30 P. M. Prices of Admission--
Adults 25c. children under 12 years
of age 15e; (jrand Stand 10c.
BASE BALL! B'SE BALL!
'tickets mav be had at Fernandez* Cigar
Store and at the Park.
fnrtt aa erorrmsL
MATZOS!
SHEL PESACH.
SPECIAL NOTICE,
STRAUSS BROS.
Will open a Separate Department, containing
a full assortment of
Passnier Groceries.
cr Orders by mail will receive prompt
and careful attention.
STRAUSS BROS.,
22 and 22.1 Barnard Street.
Come Oae! CcmeAll!
XT WILL PAT YOU TO READ THIS.
2- can Standard Peaches, 10c
3- can Standard Apples, 3 for 25c
8-pound can Pie Peaches. 3 for 25c
2-pound can Pie Peaches. 7c
2-pound can Standard Succotash, 8c
2- can Standard Peas, 2 for 250
3- can Baked Beans, 12c
2-pound can Armour’s Lunch Tongue. 38c
2-pounucan Armour’s Corned Beef, 19c
1- can Armour’s Corned Beef, 2 for
25c
IS-pound can Armor’s Deviled Ham! 2 for2sc
2- can Armour’s English Brawn, 20c
Dried Apples. 3c
French Mustard per bottle, 9e
Heinz’s pint Pickles, per bottle, 8o
Heinz’s half pint Pickles,7c
8 packages Starch for 25c
6 pounds fresh-roasted Coffee for sl.
K. POWER,
Congress, B II and St. Julian.
ORAN OEBX
HeaflQuarlers Forlloriia Oranges.
ALSO
APPLES, POTATOES. LEMONS, NORTH
ERN TURN IP', LEMONS. B. E
PEAS, CLAY PEAS. CROWDERS
SEED OAKS, SEED RYE,
FEED MEAL, BRAN EYES. HAY AND
GRAIN Lirge locks of WHITE and
MIXED CORN, OATS,YIAY, Etc.
Special PricesonCar Lots.
169 Bay Street.
W, I). Sitnkins & Cos.,
UMiur (Dll.
PORE Op OIL
We handle the finest Italian and
French Oils direct from reliable im
porters. For salads, dressing and
gcueral table idc there is none better.
IIHIMST.
llropoo.Wo lUanlrri.
NOTICE lO TAILORS. ~
City or Savannah, i
Okkice Clkkk ok Council, March no, 1887.(
IyIDS will he received at the office of the
i Clerk of Count il uniil 12 o’clock M MON
DAY, April 11, INN 7, for furnishing the Fire
Department with summer uniforms uncord
ing in speciflcatlous to he reen on application
at this office.
Thu committee reserves the right to reject
any or ull bids.
By order of the Committee on Fire.
FRANK K. ItEBAKER,
____ Clerk of Council.
PROPOSALS.
City ok Savannah, ,
Or Kid* CLKKK OK COUNCIL. J
. March 24, 1887.)
UNDER and by virtue of a resoluo n
adopted by Connell at meeting March
13, lss7, bid- are invited for the purchase of
all that portion of the city domain recently
bought by the city of Savannah, and known
as the Dnloii tract, lying south of seventh
street and west of Barnard street, the oily
reserving all streets in said iract. and also the
portion of said tract laid out and known aa
'• Will’s square." Plan ol said tract can be
seen on application ut < il y surveyor's office.
Bids are Invited for the whole or any portion
of said tract. Terms to lie stated in the bid,
and all bids to lie handed to the I lerk of
Council at or before 12 o’clock H. WEDNES
DAY, April Ath, 1887. The city reserves me
right to reject any or all bine. By order of
Connell. FRANK E. It Elt A R K It,
Clerk of Council,
ri-o COUNTY OFFICERS.—Bonks and
J. Blank* require by county officers for the
use of the courts,or for office use, supplied to
order by the MORNING NEWS PRINTING
HOUSE. 3 Whitaker street.savuuuab. i
'IZfiP Ittiilittmj.
ajCLAT!
Mf
Tjpf Richest Event of
ffif V:1 the Season !
tLATSHEKS
grand
Spring Opening
TAKEBPLACE
Monday and Tuesday,
April 4th and sth,
WHEN WE WILL SHOW
More Leading Novelties
IN
Parisian Millinery, Imported Sensa
tion in Parasols, Rare Designs
in Laces and Embroideries
Than Ever Before
Displayed Under One Roof Id
this City.
A Feast for the Eyes !
The Pinacle of Fashion t
A Treat for the Saving!
Watch the Dates!
INVITATION
Extended to Ail,
CClotlitng.
Onr Elegant and Handsoie~Tie'
—OF—
CLOTHING,
—FOR—
Spring Wear
IS now ready and on exhibition. The public
are cordially invited to call and inspect it
whether to purchase or simply to see the
st' les that will prevail theensuing season.
Our samples from which to make selections
for
Garments to Order
have been pronounced perfect In the extreme
and will be shown with pleasure. J
Thorough and Entire Satisfaction
is assured to all customers.
AJIIM
I<> I 1
SPRING l! I
H
Gents’, Youths’ H
AND— 1
13 O Y S ’
FASHIONABLE AND
101 STILISH SUITS Sgl
* * Arriving by every *
Steamer.
Latest Shapes in Gents’
Spring Huts, Furnish
, ing-, I to.
lOi CONGRESS.
SUMMER
y LEVY & 6RO
|lrro y ubltcationo.
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corner Jones and Aberroro street •
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g HUE BLIFK BOAD M
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