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She Sawmmh Sribwne. Published bv tho Tbitofw Pnbli«ht*x 00. ) J. 13L Mancgbw > VOL. HL THE WORLD OVER. INTERESTING ITEMS BOILED DOWN IN READABLE STYLE. THE FIELD OF LABOR —SEETHING CAUL- DRON OF EUROPEAN INTRIGUE —FIRES, SUICIDES, ETC. —NOTED PEOPLE DEAD. The oppression of the Jews by the Russian officials has been renewed. The Russian government is about to take steps to restrict tbe Chinese influx into Siberia. The French minister of war is going to reduce the army estimates by , francs. The brewers of*New York City sub scribed $5,000 to aid yellow fever suffer ers. The German harvest in cereals and potatoes has been a failure. The price of bread is rising. Henry Fitch, Democratic candidate for state senator of the Oxford district in New Hampshire, was thrown from his wagon and his neck was broken. At Toledo, Ohio, the Armeda Flour Mills caught fire from friction in the rollers, and the structure was entirely destroyed. Entire loss SIOO,OOO. The Traders’ Bank of Chicago, 111., failed on Tuesday. Judge Shepard ap pointed Hugh McChesney, receiver of the assets of the bank. The liabilities are nearly $1,000,000. The President’s action in regard to the Chinese bill was received with great sat isfaction in San Francisco, Cal. Five thousand Chinese are now on the ocean, and will have to return. The Conway Manufacturing Company’s extensive furniture factory on the We nominee river, in Wisconsin, was de stroyed by fire the third time in the last half dozen years. Loss $125,000. The empress of Austria explains that although she admires Heine’s poetry, she withdraws her gift to the Heine monu ment fund at the request of the emperor in consequence of Heine’s insults to the Hohenzoilerns. A dispatch from Ishpeming, Michigan, says: “A heavy snow has been falling for the past six hours. Reports from a number of points in the upper peninsula show that the storm is general. This is the first snow of the season.” Williams, Black & Co., one of the best known business houses in New York, holding a membership in the produce, cotton, coffee, and until recently the metal exchanges, have failed. The fail ure is connected with the Chicago wheat squeeze. Jnstice Greenland,of the state supreme court of Pennsylvania, has decided that Jacob Reese must dispose of his basic process to the Bessemer Steel Company. Reese claims that he loses $50,000,000 by the decision. At a conference of miners held at Man chester, England, at which 250,000 min ers w r ere represented, it was decided to strike on October 29, unless the demand for an advance of 10 per cent in wages was acceded to. It was also decided not to accept the advance unless it was made general. Many retail bread dealers in Chicago, ill., have raised the price one cent per l loaf owing to continued advance in wheat and the consequent increase in the price of flour. The ] robabilities are that the price will be put up another notch, and tl'.e impression if the price w’ill be forced up all over the country. The widow and children of Gen. Sher idan, in company with Col. Sheridan and wife, left Nonquitt, Maas., on Sun day, for Washington, D. C. The re vised proofs of the last chapter and index of Gen. Sheridan’s memoirs were re ' ctlved by Col. Sheridan from the pub t li-hers the day before. The Pope celebrated high mass for the U ’ dead in St. Peters on Sunday to solem ® nize the close of his jubilee. The con- K. gT e g’d on numbered 20,000 persons. Ad “ mittance was by ticket. His holiness was given an enthusiastic reception, and with prolonged cries of “viva?’ He appeared to be deeply ■ ’ moved. The Norwegian brig Hurdi worked her way into the Delaware Capes in a helpless condition, part of the crew hav- I Ing died of yellow fever and nearly all those living unable to get out of their bunks, being delirious. The Hurdi is bound from Guayainus, Cuba, for Bos ton with bag sugar, and was spoken by by the pilot boat Edmunds. The effort to induce the Indians to sign the bill presented by Judge Wright , and Capt Pratt at the Dakota Agency, has failed: the commissioners will return homo. The decision of the Indians is briefly that the bill as it stands now they n fu>o to accept, but if some changes cau ls- made th'} will look upon it more favorably and recommend it to the In dians. SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1888. Advices from Zanzibar says the Ger mans murdered at Kilwa, died while nobly defending themselves. The Ger man gunboat was present, but was un able to give assistance in face of the thousands of armed natives lining the beach. The corpses of the murder ed Germans were terribly mutilated. The English gunboat saved the lives of the Germans at Siude. The Germans es caped from Mikindaui half an hour be fore the arrival of the insurgents who tired volleys at their dhow, laden with j thousands of pounds of gunpowder. THE.YELLOW FEVER. Sunday was a typical autumnal day for i Florida, a cloudless sky and a cool brae- ’ ’.ng atmosphere. Overcoats were in de- [ mand, and convalescents were forced to , remain in doors by open fires. The mer- ; cury fell lower than at any time this sea- ’ son so far. This weatht-r is very bad for j the patients and convalescents, and al- | though cool, it does not, in the opinion j of physicians, lessen the chances of tak- | ing yellow fever. Dr. Kenworthy, of i Jacksonville, said: “Nothing but a I frost will kill it. Just so long as there is material for the disease to feed upon, | just so long will it continue, unless I checked by frost. Lavilla, Brooklyn and Riverside, besides other suburban places, have all been swept by the fever, and we may now expect to see it cropping out at ■ points in populous portions of the city I hitherto not infected. The type is un- j doubtedly milder, but the disease has got i to run itself out.” Dr. Porter received a telegram from Surgeon General Ham- j ilton bringing cheesing news that ar- ; rangements will in all probability be per- I fected, for permitting those who have had I the yellow fever and recovered from it, | as well as those who are now convales- I cent, to leave the city for points North, without spending ten days in quarantine as heretofore. This will be welcome | news to hundreds of people who would have left long before this, but for dread of inconveniences and privations at Camp I Perry, Fernandina still persists in put- 1 ting herself out from communication by telegraph. A locomotive arrived in j Baldwin from that city, and brought from I R. Cooley the following message, which was wired from the latter point to Jack sonville: “No new cases of yellow fever to-day, and no deaths. Twenty-five cases now under treatment. The situation presents no alarming feature. Nobody wants to leave Fernandina. All who wished to leave have gone. The only apprehension is an outbreak from unem- ; ployed workmen. They are quiet up to the present time, however. We need aid. Jacksonville need have no fear of refu gees from Fernandina attempting to break through Duvall country's quaran tine in order to secure free rations Mr. Cooley is cashier of the bank of Fernan dina, and formerly resided in Jackson ville. He may be relied upon as giving . an estimate of the situation as fairly as \ any man can do, who is himself locked I up in this town at present. Many people j in Jacksonville were alarmed by rumors i of existence of small pox in the city, but investigation proved the rumors to be en I tirely without foundation. In fact, it is said to be in Fernandina, however, but the report could not be traced to any reliable source. An official circular was issued by Dr. Wirt Johnson, the secretary of the state Board of Health of Mississippi, advising i refugees not to return to Jackson until the danger can be declared absolutely past, which will also be officially an nounced hereafter. The physicians are unanimously agreed that all the cases that were reported as yellow fever are in reality such, and they are anxious lest those persons who are dou tful, may venture to return, hence the above wise precaution. The mails are allowed to go in as usual, but none of the anxious inquiries that come from absentees can be answered ex cept by telegraph. For ten days not a letter has been allowed to leave Jackson and the postoffice department seems to have come to the conclusion that a fever beseiged community has very few rights it is bound to respect. This ab rupt and unauthorized stoppage as com munication with the outside world, is re garded by the people as a cruel and in tolerable grievance. Contrary to all ex pectations, Chattanooga, Tenn., was vis ited by a killing frost on Sunday morn ing, the thermometer registering 37 1-2 degrees. Ben B. Grant, of Newark, ; Ohio, a yellow fever patient there, died while attacked with black vomit. He j was superintendent of the Telephone ■ Company at Decatur, Ala. No more ref ugees have come in. The weather is frosty. SENSIBLE MAN. Thoma* L. James, ex postmaster gen eral of the United Suites, in an interview I in London, England, said he believed that in the near future a postal rule of one penny on letters and one-half penny ou newspapers, would be eslablialied bc twevn Uicut Britain and Amciic u WASHINGTON NEWS. I Doings of Congress and the United States Officials. CONGRESSIONAL. The resolution offered by Senator Call on the 27th September, instructing the committee on epidemic diseases to con sider and report before the adjournment i of this session of Congress, additional legislation to prevent the importation of i j contagious or infectious diseases from ! foreign countries on the coast and boun ] daries of the United States, was takenup I in the Senate and Mr. Call proceeded to ! speak upon it. Mr. Pasco offered an. | amendment directing the committee to inquire further into the introduction of yellow’ fever into Florida and other i states during the present year. In the I course of his remarks, Mr, Call read a j letter from Dr. Read suggesting spirits of ' ammonia as a method of cure and pre j vention and recommending that some ac | tion be taken to test that method. After ; l a discussion by Messrs. Call,Blair, Pasco, 1 Chandler, Berry and Morgan, the resolu- ; ! tion and amendment were referred to i I the committee on epidemic distases i I On motion of Mr. Forney of Alabama, a [ I bill was passed in the House, authoriz ing the construction of a bridge across the Coosa river, Ala. Mr. Burns of Ma ; ryland, presented the conference report | upon the joint resolution in aid of yel- I low fever sufferers. As agreed in the I conference the resolution appropriates | i SIOO,OOO to be expended under direction I of the President, whenever in his opinion such expenditure will tend to the eradi- | cation of epidemics of yellow fever now I i existing in the United States or to pre- ' ! vent its spread from state to state. In the Senate on Monday, among the I communications presented, was one from ' i the Italian minister at Washington ac- | I knowledging, with gratitude on behalf ; : of the people of Italy, the preamble and I resolution of the Senate accepting the ■ i bust of Garibaldi presented by Italians of I Washington. Among the bills reported I from the committees and placed on the | I calendar, were the following: House I bill, with amendments, to forfeit certain ; I lands granted to the Northern Pacific i Railroad company. The House bill to construct a road to the national cemetery at Florence, S. C. The President’s Mes sage to Congress, announcing his ap proval of the Chinese exclusion bill and submitting “some suggestions and rec ommendations” on the subject, was laid • before the Senate and read at length. I On motion of Mr. Call, the Senate bill granting the right of way through the naval and military reservations near Pen sacola, Fla., to the Pensacola & Memphis Railroad Company, was taken from the calendar and passed... .In the absence of the speaker, Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, occupied the chair as speaker pro tern, I The following bills were introduced and > i referred: By Mr. Dougherty, of Fiori-I ■ da, to prevent the introduction of con- j I tagious diseases from one state to another: | ; also to establish a sciontific bureau in I Jacksonville, Fla., to gather facts in re- j ; latiou to yellow fever, its origin j I and spread, and the best means ; lof suppressing and preventing it. I By Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, proposing ■ a constitutional amendment providing that one-third of the members of each j house of Congress shall constitute a quo rum. By Mr. Phelan, of Tenn,, provid [ ing for the appointment of a board ofyel '■ low fever commissioners to investigate the sani ary condition of fever-infected places, and to provide for the co-opera tion of Spain and Mexico. GOSSIP. Everett Hayden, of the Navy Hydro graphic Office, has been detailed to go to the Wcsjt Indies to study hurricanes. A dispatch received by Dr. Hamilton, surgeon-general of the marine hospital service, says there was one new case of yellow fever at Calahan, Fla., Sunday. The State Department has been in formed by telegraph, by Minister Buck, that the treaty of “amity, commerce and navigation” between the United States and Peru, has been ratified by the latter. The report of the Utah commission signed by G. L. Godfrey, A. B. Wil liams and Arthur L. Thomas, was re ceived by the Secretary of the Interior. The recommendation of the last annual report is renewed that Utah should not be admitted to the Union. Dr. Hamilton has suggested by tele graph, that some of the money coutrib ucd for the benefit of the jellow fever sufferers in Jacksonville, be used in pay ing the expenses of poor persons who have been detained in quarantine for ten days and who have not money enough to continue their journey. As the investigation of the construc tion of the new aqueduct tunnel pro gresses, more flagrant and criminal ap pears to be the fraud. A large number of holes have been drilled through the walls of the brick arch in many sections of the tunnel and ul but few points was the work found to have been done in uny particular according to the contract. The Senate confirmed the nomination of John B. Baird, of Georgia, to be reg ister of the land office at Seattle, W. T. Mr. Baird is now superintendent of the dead loiter office, and he expects to re sign his present position and leave for his new post soon. Mr. Baird is from Atlanta, Ga., where he practiced law some years. He was at one time adju tant-general of Georgia. What was at first thought to be a case of yellow fever, and which may yet de velop into the dread disease, was found in Washington at the Baltimore & Ohio depot. A train which arrived there from Baltimore the other morning, brought with it a man about thirty years of age, who was so ill that he could hardly leave the car. The sick man was very poorly dressed and was destitute of money. His name, he said, was James Oswald. He admitted that he had come from Jacksonville. RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Five men were injured on the Georgia Pacific Railroad on Monday. The acci dent happened about two and one-half miles west of Villa Rica, forty-one miles from Atlanta. A short distance from the station is a high trestle, which is approached around a sharp curve. It was upon this trestle that the accident happened. Soon after the noon hour, freight train number 63, moving towards Atlanta, approached the trestle. Con ductor Guess was iu charge of the train, with Engineer McNew on the locomo tive. Just before the train reached the trestle the engineer reduced his speed, and the engine passed over all right, lie was in the act of putting on steam when he discovered that something had occur red, and looking back lie was horrified to find that the caboose and two or three cars had jumped the track ami left the wood work. Th: engine was quickly stopped, and, with his fireman, Engineer McNew went back to the cab. Theie he found live persons groaning and insensi ble. They were Conductor Guess, John Nabors, Will Mosby, colored; W. P. Brown, J. P. New. Most of them are thought to be fatally hurt. ABOUT COTTON, The speculation in cotton for future delivery has been only moderately active for the week, with a feverish, unsettled tone, and frequent though rather narrow fluctuations in values. There was a sharp advance in the Liverpool market, notwithstanding the adoption of a “short-time” policy by a majority of the Lancashire spinners. The weather in the South has become favorable to the ma turing and gathering of the crop, but the spread of the yellow fever into towns of Alabama and Mississippi threw the peo ple of whole districts into a panic, and led to such rigid local quarantines that railroad transportation was nearly sus pended. The alarm appeared to have measurably subsided, the weather having turned cool and bracing, and railroad officials were encouraged to make efforts to start trains. The weather has been quite favorable, and picking is making good progress. The movement of the crop, however, is retarded by the refusal of many planters to use jute bagging at present prices, and by the quarantine regulations at many points. GHASTLY SENSATION. On Sunday morning the whole city of London, England, was again startled by the news that more murders were added to the list of mysterious ciimes that have recently been committed in Whitechapel. At an early hour it was known that two women were murdered. The two vic tims, as in tbe former cases, were disso lute women of the poorer class. The bodies of the .unfortunate women had been disemboweled, their throats cut and noses severed. The heart and lungs had been thrown aside, and the entrails twisted into a gaping wound around the neck. The incisions showed rough dex terity. The work of dissection was done with the utmost haste. In consequence of the refusal of Home Secrelary Math ews to offer a reward for the arres' of the murderer, the people of East End petitioned Queen Victoria herself to au thorize the offering of a reward. NARROW ESCAPE, The artillery parade recently, at which the Emperor Francis Joseph narrowly escaped being shot, took place at tbe Steinfelt ranges in Vienna. The enape ror had ordered that the bugle be sounded—the signal to cease firing— 'll order that he might inspect the target. The officer in command of the battery, located I.OQb yards away, did not hear tbe signal/and us it was iHipos-ible for him to see the emperor as he advanced, owing to a depH'bfiou in the ground, the battery again lin<l. Fortunately tie emperor and lis suit' were out of the Hue of fire, and coufc'H’i'ntly were not hurt. Orderlies ru*h/d to the bult< ■ and pltvcut'. I 'Oiy further tiring- If 1.25 Per Annum; 75 cents for Bix Months; < 50 cents Tnrc« Months; Single Copies ( I cents--In Advsnoe. SOUTHERN STRAYS- A CONDENSATION OF HAPPW INGS STRUNG TOGETHER. MOVEMENTS OF ALLIANCE MEN — ROAD CASUALTIES —THE COTTON ■ —FLOODS —ACCIDENTS —CROP CVXS®. ‘ GEORGIA. A committee of 60 citizens, in stTtwflr. session at Atlanta, nominated JolskilXL ’ Glenn, the well known lawyer, mayor. Macon citizens have subscribed towards the expense of holding a Sfcsiis.'- Fair, and it will be held Nov«tmJ«®’ 5-10. William Percy of Miss, was arrestedHtjsr two Atlanta detectives for alleged .juot der, and attempted to shoot them TriAkMia pistol but was overpowered. The Rome Exposition opened or> Mn»~ day with great eclat. The and variety of the mineral exhilwtl * staking, but the nu st beautiful feadaontr is the display of marble. The steamer Tronteeska, with bales of cotton, was burned at the m-rwsifa of Flint River. No lives were lost. $35,000, partially insured. The craw were picked up by the steamer NaaidL Under the able management of Win. Lowndes Calhoun, tbe presid’aA the Fulton County Confederate ans of Atlanta, the association is ahead rapidly. Thirty new ruciwlMSV weie added on Monday night. One day's doings in Atlanta: MwSno- Cunningham was stabbed to dertJbßjgr William Merrjwethcr, in Jack Hyaaiflw billiard hall, on Ivy street —all uegrr«si;x n grocer named Abney, who came Florida a month ago, was shot by burglars; Elijah Hardeman, a . attempted to kill a negro man amsfc woman by shooting them, claiming' USay insulted him. At Bob King’s saw mill, four east of.Calhoun, Mr. King was sta&tfccugf over the saw. which was running, *3Hr delivering to tighten some bolts witJk wrench; his foot slipped, he lost ImsfoerS ance, and fell upon the saw. The power ful steel teeth horribly mangled his asto*.. and striking his head, crushed tbe The teeth so deeply penetrated his hw&jr that the machinery came to a coina&l* standstill. The workmen carried him into a shanty near by, where he shortts expired. ' * NORTH CAROLINA. James B. Woods was put into penitentiary at Raleigh, who was, a few weeks ago, a practicing attorney-®! Iredell county. His crime is forgery,aUM® \ he is to serve a three years’ sentence-. At Dallas, Gaston county, C. M. Be***- ' ers was arrested on a capias from Gas&au,, charged with criminal libel. Hu iaizixi ■ 1 in that county last year, was a ineidais ' of the Knights of Labor, quarreled ; them, attacked them in the papers, , charged one of their leaders with Luring , stolen the leather of a tanner. Bruner & Allen, the largest dealers wr general merchandise at Wadesboro, B»aßhc an assignment Tuesday under peeaKiur 1 circumstances. Last Saturday they Smv lowed $5,000 and intended to us« xkufc- j sum and $2,000 more in meeting pressing claims. On a recent night muw bold thief forced their safe and got <_ away with the $7,000. The result that an assignment was necessary, ’ll*::: firm’s liabiliiics aggregate about Benjamin Debirry, died a most . ble death in Anson county. He left In town <>f Wadesboro in the morning xairv much intoxicated, reeling as he sat ia Hjk * buggy, which was drawn by n faitiAxo.' horse. About noon, people who wr».-. ‘ ’•> passing along the public road, keSUp- J washed and marked by a steep I»is3 eIS tj sand, and jagged stones, saw the i and buggy moving very slowly. * found Deberry entangled in the mangled and bruised. The head wkv- u jelly and the shoulders cut and bruifitjiL MISSOURI. A wreck occurred on the St. Iron Mountain and Southern R.->i&w«jr bridge, which crosses the St. Fruacit river one mile north of Fredericktaou For several weeks a bridge coast ructiigy firm has been engaged in repairing tlx wooden bridge which spanned tibia* stream with un iron structure, and S»r»- duy would have witnessed its tion. A freight train was sent over khc ffl bridge, and it gave away under lit si rain. Where tho blame lies is »c known. The wreck is a very owa-s. one. SOI TH CAROLINA. The farmers in the Greenville dtstjrirJß report lute cotton elightly damaged by ;.t« f rost of Saturday and Sunday mortuojflM. The pefrjiarop hns been practically rwuatJl nn I cut short. H. W. C. Smith, a very pr ink.■ it highly e-t' eiiK-d young num of had his k-ft arm s< verely cut and tew* V*. a cotton gin. He died bu -re u><! could be procured. NO. 51.