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A THREATENED TOWN.
DANGER.-; TO WHICH THE CITY OF
MEXICO IS EXPOSED.
vj Van* Unci or taking of an American
'.lmi'i’-'iy Tankoa Machinery to
-e.i: 1A intOitmi'a Capital.
i the Hoxton Herald.
>r Mexico, .inly 10. —Every day
. li is ' Mat wo are oxpe
; . . ... ]• ■•■ >r ■ n >o it this vipita'..
; . dark cion ! I tanka,
• m.J . i •>•••: rPi city fro n tho engird
>• : itaic: i I t!u valley Jet loww
, , j ; ’x> ~-!i -.i-iful, and auging the
. ...| . ovoi ~.•••111;; tho tiwwluw
).i ■: . : ..uliiii'!,.' Making low
;>• n p'.;;s:.-i> ardour. kikes and ro
vi i toforo tto evii (In; ‘•Venice of the
A-.cv.'' '0 which Prescott wrote to e 10.,,,
~,, it|y. I prefer less Venice and more dry
1 m 1. Water is poetical enough in its proper
p;;i ,’c; il is level;, in w inding river* like the
Charles. grand in the ocean, and delicious
in the summer brook gurgling between
mosiv banks; hut water, dirty, wot, damp
and mud making, in eit\ streets is not a hit
p,x'tical. or grand, or sublime, It is simply
u nuisance.
For four centuries tlie waters of the flnna
ncnt have toon tunihling down each sum
mer into the vast basin which the world
know.- as the v alley of Mexico. The Aztecs
had a lake city, a lacustrine metropolis, and
as they did much of their locomotion in
canoes an 1 pleasure barges, they did not
mind it very much; but when the Spanish
conquerors
BUILT A STONK CITY
here and filled up lowlands and raised exist
ing causeways, they undertook a battle
against Hoods comparable only to tho work
of the Hollanders, who have made a king
dom out of what was tho tied of tho ocean.
The Spaniards nor the Mexicans have lieen
able as yet to do what the Hollanders have
done, viz., to make dry land where once
was water. From the time of Humboldt
down to the present year the ques
tion of the drainage of the
valley of Mexico has been the
theme of learned men. It is acknowledged
to be a great work, but is no longer re
garded as stupendous, for modern maeliin
ery will dig the grand canal to carry oil'
the waters of the lake and give outlet to
the annually recurring rains, and do it all
in vastly less time than peon latorers. The
Cleveland, 0., company which has under
taken to dig this canal will sixin be showing
the dwellers in this valley the greatest spec
tacle they have ever witnessed, and will,
with their huge excavating machines,
throw out dirt by the ton whore a [icon
WWuld be lugging a sack of earth on his
back a few rods. So confident arc the
Bucyrus Construction Company of doing
this work to the entire satisfaction of all
concerned that they have accepted a con
tract for excavating only 1,000,000 cubic
yards, trusting to proving the capacity of
their machinery for getting the whole con
tract, except the tunnel through the moun
tains, which is to carry the water into a
river, which will finally empty the city’s
drainage into the Gulf of Mexico. Tho tun
nel is a government undertaking, and is
likely to be put through rapidly.
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE TASK
will be seen when it is said that some 1,300
square miles contribute their waters to
swell the lakes whicli surround the .city,
and which at this moment are so full that
for miles around they flood the country. It
is almost by a miracle that the city escapes
an inundation sucii as that famous one
which, more than 250 years ago, submerged
the streets of the capital and did not sub
side for four years, a most calamitous
event, which depopulated the city and
almost entirely destroyed the commercial
business here.
As the progress of tho work of draining
this valley, sixm to be begun, will interest
engineers and sanitarians the world over, l
will give, in as brief span* as possible, an ac
count of the condition of this problem, as it
presented itself in former times and as far
back as the reigns of the later Aztec mon
arch*. The storj’ is not a tiresome one, and
is, in fact, occasionally somewhat humor
ous.
This City of Mexico was in ancient times
situated in the midst of the brackish waters
of Lake Texcoco, now withdrawn several
miles from the town, and serving nowadays
as a place of deposit for such part of the
city’s sewage as manages to reach tho lake.
At the time of the conquest the city was in
tersectfd by canals, crossed at intervals bv
wooden bridges. The canals were alive
with boats and barges bringing to the mar
ket-place the vegetable and floral products
of the surrounding country, building mate
rial, poultry, etc. Many of the suburbs
were
BUILT IN THE WATERS
of the lake, being supported by piles, and
the cam sis of the householders were tied 1111-
dor their dwellings, into which access was
had by a holo in tho floor. On the waters of
tho lake were mameuvred the war fleets of
the Aztec kings, and it was oil this city-en
circling lake that Cortez launched his brig
antines for the siege of the capital. As has
been said, the lake was brackish or salt, the
saline quality arising from the presence in
solution of muriate and carbonate of soda.
This .saltishness of Lake Texcoco is still its
distinguishing quality, and even now tho
salt water of the lake, penetrating the soil
under the city, makes it difficult to maintain
a healthy growth of trees hero. As the trees
grow and send their roots deeper they strike
the salt water beneath imd gradually die u
wasting sort of dentil.
The Aztec City of Mexico was connected
with the mainland by three huge dikes, or
causeways, a sort of combined water liar*
rier and raised roadway, and a fourth dike
led out to the island, now the hill, of Chnp
ultepee. The Spaniards, on taking the city,
threw down the great temple and demol
ished the stone edifices, ensuing the debris
into tho canals, so as to make dry roadways
of them. Thus, gradually, the Venice-like
inspect of the city was destroyed and Mexico
remained a compact sort of island in the
midst of the lake. This Texcoco. salt, and
alternately rising and falling, according to
the prevalence or abatement of the east
winds, was regarded by Cortez and his com
panions as
A SORT OF INLAND SEA.
An odd sort of sea, resting in a shallow
basm fully 7,000 feet above the level of the
ocean at Vera Cruz!
Even as an island, cut through by many
navigable canals, Mexico was subjected to
groat, floods, which, however, did compara
tively little harm, as the houses wore so
raised as to prevent trouble in case of fresh
ets. During tho reign of King Ahuizotl the
waters of Lake Texcoco had fallen so much
that, to enable navigation to to kept up Ixv
tween Mexico and the city of Texcoco, on
the eastern shore of the lake, an aqueduct
was Iniilt to replenish it. Without doubt tho
reckless destruction of the forest trees of
the valley and of the surrounding moun
tains, begun and kept up by the Kpanish
conquerors, had much to do with the later
drying up of so large a part of tho lake.
The Spaniards wanted the landscape to re
soluble that of the arid and bleak plains of
Castilc, and they worked with energy to de
nude tho land of ti e. *s. Hoiv well tin y sue
coeded is now easy to be soon. And the
process of drying up the lake was hastened
at the same time by the rapid evaporation
due to tho altitude end the tropical sun.
When, later, the great drainage canal of
Noohistongo was opened, the lake again felt
tho effects of carrying off those surplus
waters of the higher level lakes which form
erly had led it every rainy season.
The lakes of tho valley of Mexico are tho
natural tosins into which flow tho waters
from tho surrounding mountains. Those
lakes
LIE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS,
and it was on account of their inequality of
height tint inuudi.t io'isoccurred in the early
history of the capital. The inundations oil
came n: the same way. Tho lake of Ztiin
paitgo v .us brat filled to overflowing by tho
summer rains and by flic inflow of the
water* of it* swollen tributaries, and wheu
Zunipango was full its waters rushed down
into the lake of San Cristobal. Then the
floods from this overfull basin would
burst tho dike separating it from Lake
Texcoco, lying at a lower level than
the city and Texcoco, swelling to huge
dimensions, would send its surplus waters
(lowing over tho p'ains of Sail Luzaro,'pen
etrating into tho city. Tho course of tuhse
ancient inundations was from the north find
northwest, and tho great cut of Nochistongo
was made to carry off tho surplus of
Lake Zumpango, winch did the damage to
diko and city. Although the lakes of
Xochimilco and Chaleo offer few dangers
for the city, vet, should the snows of Popo
catepetl lie incited suddenly by heat, these
lakes would so fill up as to flow over into
the city. Texcoco. though lower than tho
city, is gradually filling up with solid sew
age mutter and mud, and ns the level of tho
lake is thus rising, the danger to tho city
liecomes every year greater.
It is very interesting to note the earliest
o]x‘rations to prevent the cit y getting too
much water. The Aztec engineers started
out by building dikes, as before shown, and
groat reliance was placed on those
HUGE CONSTRUCTIONS,
miles in length, and broad enough to enable
an army to march therebn. Monpizgtn I.
ordered the construction or thetAfujpoifhqt
hydraulic works. toter oifc (Turing the
reign of King Almizot Tlier# gppio a great,
inundation, namlting fi-nru nidoinvh
getting the notion "ito, Tiiij head that he
was a compete™ <JkJ engineer. He un
dertook, as I tiqvq Jpwn- to remedy the
growing scarcity of miter A toke Texcoco,
which then surroinuWi thgoitv, and to this
end built the supply nojilSduct already
noted. While In was going on with this
work a citizen of some note at the capital,
a man rejoicing in the odd name of Tz'ot
niatzin, predicted publicly that the const-■
qence of the King’s work lyftuM la- tho
flooding of tho city. But Ahuizotl had got
a very well developed case of “big head,"
and in liis anger lie ordered tho unfortfiiiate
critic, who, perhaps, ran a newspaper,
to lie publicly killed as a warning
to other captious people. So tho
work of building the supply aqueduct went
on, and when it was formally opened, tho
water came pouring into the lake, to tho
great joy of the merchants who trailed with
the translake city of Texcoco. But Ahuizotl
was soon made ridiculous enough, and the
prediction of the sage Tzotmatzin was
amply carried out. One day the heavy
rains brought, via the supply aqueduct, n
great influx of water into Lake Texcoco,
and the City of Mexico was flooded to such
an extent tnat the hapless King Ahuizotl,
waking up in tho night, found his bedroom
afloat, and had to swim for his life, and, in
trying to find egress through nil open door,
was
SWIRLED ABOUT BY THE RAPID CURRENT
and cut his head. I imagine that at that,
moment the overconfident king did not
think so much of his engineering qualifica
tions.
After the conquest tho dike sj-stem was
kept up, but, notwithstanding tho enormous
amount of work, put out on this sort of
work, tho city kept on getting flooded. At
last the Spaniards found that they would
have to abandon the Aztec engineering
scheme and try something beside dikes.
The city had, by that time, become a quite
different place than it was under the Mon
tezuma*. It had a very few canals, and
the people lived in houses built directly
on the ground, and thus floods in
the city were vastly move damaging
than formerly. In 1607 the Spanish Vice
roy, the Marquis do Salinas, engaged the
services of u celebrated engineer named
Martinez, to undertake the drainage of the
valley and the reduction of the volume of
water in the lakes. Ofltd* half a century
before a cut through the Nqehistongo bills
had been suggested, and Martinez took tho
idea up anew. On Nov. as, 1007, in the
presence of high civil and ecclesiastical
functionaries, be liegan, with 15,000 Indians,
the work of constructing a tunnel through
tho hills so us to give outlet to 1 lie waters.
A year later he formally opened the tunnel,
which was built of timlx-rs sup]X>rt.ing
wooden cross tieanis to keep the walls of
tho tunnel from caving in. Tho tunnel
was about
20,000 FEET IN LENGTH.
Sometime after it was found that the tun
nel needed masonry to keep the earth from
tumbling in and tilling it up, and archwork
was put in at vast expense. But this work
was done so unscientifically, the modern
system of lining tunnels being unknown,
that it led to a general caving in of the work.
In 1614 a Dutch civil engineer, one Adrian
Boot, came over from Spain, and, after
studying the situation, recommended pro
tooting the city by dikes and mounds.
His suggestions, however, boro no
fruit. 11l 16251 Martinez perpetrated a
tiit of folly, only comparable to that of the
conceited King Ahuizotl. Incensed at the
many criticisms leveled against his tunnel,
he had it stopped up in order to givo the
people of tlie capital n demonstration of the
needfulness of his work. The next morning
a great, part of the city was flooded, and so
steadily rose the waters that it became a
tremendous inundation, and for four years
was Mexico flooded, causing, us was said at
the first of this letter, a vast amount of
damage. Canoes again became the regula
tion sort of thing, and bridges were built at
places of convenience to the people.
Tho viceregal government went to study
ing the drainage problem all over again.
They even tried bringing into the city the
sacred image of “Ourlaulyof Gundu loupe,”
but her presence did not have any apparent
effect, nud it was not till some earthquakes
came along in 1634 that the groun 1 opened
and tlie waters disappeared. The damage
to t%e buildings of tho city was estimated at
1,300,000 livros,
over $40,000,000.
Finally, Corral, who was then Viceroy,
ordered the release of Martinez from prison,
and told him to go to work and perfect some
plan for permanently relieving the city of
dangers of floods A duty was put on wine
consumed at the capital to meet the bills.
Martinez llettered around for three years,
accomplishing little, and his work was, in
1037, put into the hands of a Franciscan
monk. I<>. Louis Flores, who decided to
abandon the idea of a tunnel at Nochistongo.
and convert the work into an open out.
Somehow, tho monks muddled the matter,
and tlie history of the drainage proj
ects for the next century is weari
some beyond endurance. There were
all sorts of plans adopted, pushed for
a time and then ulmndonod; whenever tin
lakes got very full a panic would ensue, nml
there would lie more digging at the great
cut and renewed projects of dike construc
tion. At last, in 17811, I*2 years after Mar
tinez la-gar l work on it, tho cut of Nochis
tongo was ojientxl sulistantinlly as it stands
today. Tins cut of Nochistongo is familiar
to thousands of Americans who have passed
through it on the Central railway, which
winds along a shelf of earth at a dizzy height
above the trench in which the water runs
far below. It is really a groat engineering
work, and if De Ixsseps’ descendants get,
through with canal in the same
proportionate time, the o|iening ci-TS-monics
will occur some five centuries hence. Tin
largest naval vessels could be floated in this
cut, were it filled with water. It stands a
MONUMENT TO GOVERNMENTAL PROCRASTI
NATION
and the blundering of engineers. I will
not undertake to sketch the spores of proj
ects which have lieen considered in the lost
hundred yours for the drainage of t he valley
of Mexico, nor will I go into details of the
Inter plans of the Emperor Maximilian and
his engineers but. will merely here state that
Maximilian's tunnel will bo an essential part
o! i he scheme which the Cleveland coin; any
will work U|K>n.
And all these centuries of effort, from thn
times of the Aztec kings down to the latest
twin of President Diaz, might have been
avoided, hod the Aztecs not been led by
su; erst.tion to found their city in the midst
of a lake, uad had Cortez shown good tense
enough to have built his capital at Turn
b,'.\ a, on sloping land, out of all j>< >ssai>K'
danger from flo.*ls. The valley of Mexico
contains many tietter Rites for n city than
tins undrniniyt swamp, which at any point
shows water if you dig from *J to -1 feet,
a city whero to maintain a ga service iu-
'"HE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, ,iUi.*
I voices great expense, as the pipes are prae
; tiddly laid in water, and where no good
system of drainage can be effected till the
| waters of the valley itself are drawn off.
From King Ahuizotl to Engineer Shrove, of
Bucyrus, (is a good distance in time, and
we will await witli interest the outcome of a
plan, which, if successful, will lie one of tho
greatest achievements of the admihistration
of President Diaz.
TRAMP TRIPS FOR WOMEN.
How Some Members of the Art Stu
dents’ League Enjoy a Vacation.
New York, July 23.—A novel
vacation party left tho city this
morning. It comprised a half dozen mem
bers, an artist whose name is not unknown,
with his wife heading tlx* group, and ac
companied by a quartette of girls in their
early twenties, two of them being pupils of
the Art Students’ League. The six are en
route for the Catskills, but. they will not see
the sun rise from the plateau in front of the
i Mountain House to-morrow morning. They
purpose to lie anywhere from a woek to a
mojitn on tlie road. 11l a word, they are
, going to walk.
A tramp trip through some of the most
tyj&fyflil—though it may not, arrogate to
jrajjutbe title grnndcst-s-scenerj* in the East
fiMfJat'the party, largely feminine, lias in
ngq/l Taking boat from New York to New
Briiffewick, the pedestrians will have a look
at the Orange and Ramapo hills, swinging
round to the Delaware Water. (Jap and
working their- way !iy easy stages north
through the Swawangunlcs—better worth
knowing if less known than the rest of the
Catskills—and so on, to whatever final de
stinahion fancy may direct them, walking
in the cool of the morning and in tlie Into
afternoon, sleeping in farm houses or m an
occasional barn if the hnv mows happen to
hi- piled soft and high and the watch dog lie
fit 4. too attentive. Baggage has been limited
to a small light-weight canvas bag swung
liv leather straps over the shoulders of each,
and the object of the jaunt is the enjoyment
pure and simple of a lapse into boheniianisra,
the probabilities being that Pouitney Bige
low will get an account of the undertak
ing with a sheaf of sketches for Online/ in
the fall.
The women of the party, “tho gallant
five,’’ as the home-stayers dub them, have
adopted as accoutrements for the tramp
skirts of brown serge, undraped, as light as
possible and short, just reaching to tlie tops
of high walking boots made for the occasion;
blouse waists with scarlet sashes for pic
turesque effect, brown sailor lmt with scar
let ribbons, oil of pennyroyal for mosquito
liitos and plenty of pluck to last them the
journey through. Alpenstocks are dispensed
with and parasols left at home, tlie old-time
heat remedy of a handful of broad, wet
leaves in the hat being relied on for duty in
time of need. *
Such a trip afoot is not a usual vacation
outing for a woman, but if the project now
in contemplation for a College of Physical
Training tor girls in New York goes through,
it may in the future lie as much as a matter
of course as it has boon in the past out of the
course. The proposed school, tlie place of
which exists in the minds of some of the best
known promoters of physical training in the
country, trill be, if opened, unique in design
and scope. A desirable up-town west side
corner lias lieen “spotted,” so to speak,
money has been promised for the undertak
ing by some of the Vanderbilt connections,
more is expected from one or two of New
York’s rich women who have tho prospects
of girls at heart, and it would not to sur
prising if building were commenced within
a brier period. Dr. Mary Taylor Bissoil,
sister of the President of Vassar, who is
in charge of a girl’s gymnasium in the city,
is interested in the project, and though noth
ing is definitely concluded the outlook is
favorable.
Ho far as any plans have been precisely
formulated, the design of the new school
will be to dis[ie! the popular notion that the
ill health of women is natural—that they
are the victims of functions whose exercise
necessarily constitutes a sort of invalidism.
The girls entering will to treated according
to Dio Lewis’ old theory that the micro
scopic misses who swarm about our
schools and chatter in our streets are the
curiosities of a “high civilization,” and that
women who give free play to their lungs
and stomachs ought to grow- nearly as large
as men
All pupils in this school of the future,
which may to a school of the present within
a year, will be subjected to a daily regimen
with carefully apportioned exercise, with a
view of determining the possibility of im
proving their bodies as the bodies of young
men are improved in the Gorman gymnasia.
A full curriculum of studies, probably'of
the academic or college preparatory grade,
will to. it is thought, adopted covering four
years time. Home restriction ns to dress it
is proposed to adopt, not amounting to uni
form, but making short, loose, light at tiro,
with no pressure whatever about the wa’st,
and hygienic shoes compulsory, leaving tli®
girls all day long as much at liberty as bovs
in their gymnasium dress. Pupils will to
measured on entering, and an average gain
of two and a half inches about the chest, live
inches about the waist, one and a half
inches about the arm and an inch about
the forearm is what is looked forward to as
the desirable result of the first year's bodily
training and exercise of tho typical slim girl
of 17.
That such a school would succeed, Dio
Lewis’ ex|s'riments at Lexington years ago
demonstrated. Whether the plan, as at
pres mt entertained, becomes anything more
than a plan or not, there is no reason why
the average woman should not add ten fold
toher enjoyment of life and out-of-door liv
ing l>y cultivating the noble art of walking.
A delicate woman, properly dressed, and
who knows how to walk, can walk ii miles
of a summer afternoon without injury when
an equivalent amount of other exercise
might produce serious injury. Walking is
the natural and normal exercise and hurts
no woman who sets rigidly about it. A
woman who is unaccustomed to vigorous
walking in order to become a good pedes
trian, should look first to her shoes. These
should Ik- broad across the forward part of
the foot, oifering not the least obstruction
to the five movement of the toes. The heels
should be low and broad, and the shoe
should fit rather snugly about the heel and
instep. The full dress equipment should
weigli upon honest scales not more than two
and a half or three pounds and should hang
from the shoulders without any band, pin
ned or buttoned or laced, about the waist.
No woman can walk in a corset, The. walker
must lie comfortable enough to be uncon
scious of her attire. A hatthat shades the
eyes is in order.
So prepared, try nny distance that does
not prove fatiguing as an initial experiment.
It will probably be from a mile and a half
to two miles, and must l> walked at a I .risk
pace, three miles and a half nil hour being a
good limit. When this can lie done, with
out linckache or foot weariness, and a well
woman ought to have no difficulty at her
first trial, increase the distance during the
leisure days of the summer vacation daily,
maintaining the same gait, and 15 mill's a
nay for a week or fortnight in succession, 25
miles on any occasion that demands it will
ls< found within any ordinary capacity with
a month or six weeks training.
Women will never make the time of
pedestrians of the other sex. There is no
need of their doing it, though Herthn von
Hiliern, I believe, can maintain a pace of
six miles an hour. But three miles and n
lmlf its a standard, with four now and then,
is not only what every woman can if siie
tries, but "hat. she ought, ns a fully develop
ed human lieing, to lie able to maintain for
several hours at a stretch. Then tramp trips
would lie not only common but among the
most enjoyable of vacation outings known.
Emza Putnam Heaton.
"CJentle as the Breezo of Evening "
This line of an old hymn is quite appro
priate wlien applied to “Pleasant Purgative
Pellets.” "I don't like to take pills if 1 can
avoid it,’ we often bear jm.u'soiis say, "be
cause they constipate me so.” Now the
“Pellets” never do tins. They are so gentle
and mild tlml their effect is almost pro
finely similar to a natural movement of the
Imwls, and uo unpleasant elfcets mv left
be.iuui
POWER OF THE SOCIALISTS.
How it Manifests Itself at Public Meet
ings in Now York.
New York, July-23.—At a public meet
ing held recently in 'L'toper Union to pro
test against the sumptuary laws, the Hon.
Ashtol P. Fitch, Republican Congressman,
was chosen chairman. Mr. Fitch, although
attorney for nearly all the’ New York brew
ers, is. nevertheless, considerable of au aris
tocrat, and is connected among the blue
blooded leaders of the Republican party in
the city. He is therefore known to abhor
Henry George, Socialism amt Anarchy.
Printed lists- bf Vice Presidents, which
were distributed in tlie hall, contained more
than fifty names of prominent New York
ers, each oin- of whom, like Mr. Fitch, was
a supporter of the present social condition
and opposed to all revolutionatv doctrines.
Among them were Mayor Hewitt, Carl
Hcliurz Roscoe Colliding. Charles A. Dana,
Oswald Ottendorfer, and many others equal
ly well known. Hardly one, however, was
present.
The hall was packed, even the aisles being
filled, despite tho efforts of Capt. McCul
lagii’s police to keep them clear. It seemed
as though New York was at last thoroughly
aroused on the subject of beer, and that the
old blue laws would have to lx- wiped out.
Before the meeting had proceeded very far,
however, it was (dearly demonstrated that
tho majority of the audience cared hut very
little about the question mooted by the
chairman, but was determined to show its
antipathy, not only for a great many
I other laws, hut also for a number
of the honorable gentlemen whose names
figured in the list of Vico Presidents.
A telegram from Col. Fellows, of the Dis
trict, Attorney’s office, was received with a
storm of hisses. The reading of the names
of Oswald Ottendorfer and Judge Barrett
brought forth a deafening chorus of cat
calls, groans and derisive cries. All the ef
forts of the Chairman, judiciously hacked
by a brass baud, could not drown these un
ruly demonstrations. Heveral times he was
himself greeted with reftuirks of ail uncom
plimentary nature. Mr. Fitch is reputed to
be shrewd, persuasive and polished. He
certasnly combined tlie three character
istics in his endeavor to quiet the crowd on
this occasion. But, he might just, as well
have attempted to keep hack an approach
ing cyclone as to oppose his force against
the voice of the majority of the audience.
When it came to the speaking his choice
of speakers was ruthlessly disregarded.
Tho first were well received, but the ap
pearance upon the stage of M. Schevitch,
the Socialist, and his confreres, John Mo
Mackin and Ed King, was the sigiial for
thunders of applause that completely si
lenced the chairman’s chosen orators. There
after the audience named tlie speakers and
no one else was allowed to be heard. Tlie
choice of the audience showed its tout. Tlie
new speakers denounced tho blue laws, to
to sure, but so they did some others with
which the former speakers were in accord.
They even denounced some of the previous
six'ukers, and made it evident that while
the question of Iks-r was very important, it,.
was only a drop in the bucket compared to
tho great and only question* Six-ialism.
The chairman, after listening in despair to
long tirades against his wealthy
lim'le his shrewdest move of the evening,
and declared the meeting adjourned.
The above event might seem of little im
portance were it not that it is a type of
many meetings held during the past six
months. It had toen announced and exten
sively advertised in the newspapers as a
meeting to to held for a specific purpose.
Naturally it would lx- supposed that the
audience would he composed of jiersons
favorable to that purpose. It was a subject
of popular interest.
Why did the majority of the audience
prove to be indifferent to this subject and
change the character of the gathering?
Because the Socialists saw here an oppor
tunity to promulgate their own doctrines
and givo their strongest opponent
a direct blow in the face The
same thing lias been done frequently
of late and will to done again.
The fact is that although there may not to
enough Socialists in New York to accom
plish any revolutionary extremes, there are
enough to form a disturbing element. There
are also enough to control any public meet
ing, and they are sufficiently in accord with
each other, and well enough disciplined to
overcome any expression of dissent on the
part of the minority. They understand
their power end they intend to use it. It
will lie well for their opponents to recognize
this and devise some means to sueeqjsfuUy
combat it. Charles J. Rosedault.
*
A Convicted Boocller Escapes.
Chicago, July 21.—W. J. MeGarigle, one
of the convicted boodlers, recently sentenced
to three years imprisonment, escaped to
night, from his own house, whence he had
toon taken by Sheriff Matson t o meet State’s
Attorney* Grinnell. MeGarigle pretended
Qt ho wanted to take a bath, and upon
£n6 Sheriff’s allowing him to do so to es
caped from the bath room at, the back of
the house. There is little prospect that he
will to recaptured.
A Negro Preacher Killed.
Starkville, Miss., July 24.—W. H.
Gatlin (colored), pastor of the African
Methodist church of this place, was shot, and
killed to-day by officers who w ere attempt
ing to arrest Item. It ts recognized as quite
an unfortunate homicide, as Gatlin bore the
character of a peaceful citizen.
A Rapist Riddled With Bullet3.
Tullahoma, Tenn., July 24.—Dick
Hoover, the uegro rapist, who outraged a
ixigi'o woman near Porterville, Friday even
ing, was surrounded by a body of negro men
to*dny at 12 o’clock, two miles and a half
from Fostcrvil'o, and riddled with bullets.
Brodie Knocked Out.
Pittsburg, July 24.—A hard glove fight
between Htove Brodie, the bridge jumper,
and Joe Ridge, a light weight pugilist of
this city, last night resulted in the defeat of
Brodie, who was knocked out in the seventh
round.
A1 McKinnon Dead.
Boston, July "A. -Alexander McKinnon,
first baseman of the I’ittshurg Base Ball
Club, died here this evening of typhoid
fever. ,
Costly Information.
From the Ihiltimorc Anu ricun.
A thrifty clerk bus just toon dropped
from the War Department |>a v roll. It is
alleged that not long since he hired a jxist
office I xix under an assumed mime and pro
ceeded to do business with his fellow eiti
zons. A printed circular notified the in
habitants of tlie “way-back" district that
the receipt of tdO would entitle the sender
to information which would enable him to
secure employment under the government,.
Not a few took in the tempting bait, and
Hie mail received by the enterprising clerk
was consequently so large that it attracted
the attention oi the |x>.st office authorities,
and an investigation followed. His identity
was soon discovered, and he was nt once
discharged. He coolly remarked when con
fronted with the evidence against him that
he had intended to rend his victims a copy
of the Civil Service Commission's instruc
tions to applicants in return for their slt>
remittances.
Just received an entire new line of Boys
Fancy Ties, ut Gutman’s, 141 Broughton
street.
t ry BONDS.
CITY BONDS.
\\ T K will r *r*r; vo proposals for thirty days for
▼ the puivtmst of Fifloi‘l! Thousand I' liars
of thf* lioiids of ill* Town of Tlioin.uailk*, (door
pia. Tin* Hum!** un? in ttoo sums of Fm> Hun
drafl Pol la ix with roupon* h*arin.£ f|v* nor
tvnt. imorHHt. payuhir .4 niary on i July of
ouch y'vu , ttnd Irnvo ihirc yoftix lo run. Tbo"
an* ill.* only bonds ever Ihsiuhl bv tin* town and
they olter a ran* opportunity for mvostoix.
\ V. U ItlfllTT,
Chairman Finance Co^.iiiitteo
FUNERAL ISmTATIOTfS.
PKSVERGF.S The friend* an I acquaintance
of J. .T. Pf-sveroes and of F. H. Desverges and
family, also of Mrs. J. 1' Jones, are respectful
ly invited to attend the funeral of the former
from St. Stephens Church THIS AFTERNOON
at 4 o'clock.
MEETINGS.
DeKALB LODGE NO. !>, 1. O. O. V
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 8 o'clock.
First degree will lie conferred.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers
are cordially invited to attend.
Hy order of 11. IV. RALL, N. G.
John Riley, Secretary.
CALANTHE LODGE NO. 2*. K. OK I*.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will /fJTX
be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, at Wa* A
8 o'clock. Members of other Lodges
cordially invited. u-jMSJI
First rank will he conferred. \3a6tJr
I. GARDINER, C. C.
W. Faj-coner, K of H. ami S.
ARMOR LODGE NO. INSi, G. L : . O. OF
O. F.
The memliers of this Lodge are hereby sum
moned to appear at your Lodge room at 2
o'clock p. m. THIS I)A A' to pay the last tribute
of respect to our deceased brother Joseph J.
PESVEKOES
The sister Lodges are fraternally invited to
attend. By order of S. C. GREEN, N. G-
R. H. Byujsb, P. S.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
On and after TO-DAY, and until further no
tice. we shall discontinue the delivery jpf Ice'
after 3 o’clock p. m daily. Saturdays excepted.,
We are compelled to do this in justice to the
men and In consideration of our stock on ac
count of the excessive heat. Our Ice House
will remain open until 7 i*. M. daily for retail
trade. HAYYVOOD, GAGE & CO.
Savannah, July 25th, 1887.
NOTICE.
Owing to the excessive heat, on and after
TO-DAY and until further notice, no Ice will
be delivered after 3 o’clock p. u. except on Sat
urdays.
Our Depot will remain open until 7 o’clock p.
M. for Retail trade.
_ KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO,
PRESERVING AND BRANDYING.
I am receiving very choice Preserving and
Brandying Peaches. Send me your orders.
L. PUTZEL,
Market Basement.
NOTICE TO TAILORS.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, I
Office Clerk of Council, >
July 1 2th, 1887.
Bids will he received at the office ofl the Clerk
of Council unltf 12 o’clock M. MONDAY, 25th
indt.,'for furiifehing,the police force with YVin
ter Uniforms in acchrdance with specifications
to be seen at this office. The city reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. By order of the
COMMITTEE ON POLICE.
Frank E. Rebareh, Clerk of Council.
DR. HENRY S COLDING,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
ELMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga.
THE MORNING NEWS
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE,
3 YVhitaker Street.
The Job Department of the Morning News,
embracing Job and Book Printiug, Lithograph
ing and Engraving, Book Binding and Account
Book Manufacturing, is the most complete in the
South. It is thoroughly equipped with the most
improved machinery and employs a large force
of competent workmen, and carries a full stock
of
PAPERS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
These facilities enables it to execute orders
for anything in the above lines at the shortest
notifce and the lowest prices consistent with good
work. Corporations, merchants, business men
and others are requested to get estimates from
this establishment before sending their orders
abroad.
MILLINERY.
138 Broughton St.
Positive Clearance Sale
OF OUK ENTIRE REMAINING STOCK OF
SUMMER GOODS
IN
Millinery, -'L-X
Parasols, " v
Gloves,
Hosiery,
Embroideries,
Laces, Collars,
Infants’ Lace Caps,
Ladies’Muslin Underwear,
Canton Mattings,
Linen Ulsters,
Knit Underwear,
Jerseys, and
Our Great Line of Novelties
Those wishing to buy rent, live bargains can
never avail themselves of a better chance than
we are now offering, lor what we state is posi
tively bona fide.
N 11.- Country orders wilt receive the same
benefit of reduction (riven to our be no tin do.
Your oislers we respectfully solicit.
IRON PIPE.
RUSTLESS IRON' PIPE.
EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PIPE, AT
MUCH I.Eari PRICE.
Weed & Cornwell
iu:y ggop .
Tnfwc Tiirvri 1
III!IliM
WILL OFFER DURING THIS WEEK
ft
50 Saratoga Trunks
At One-Half the Regular Price.
Anybody needing an article of this kind will
find this an exceptional opportunity, as I intend
to close out the entire lot within the next week
or two.
lile GooGs, Wliils Goofls.
50 Pieces CHECK NAINSOOK at sc. : reduced
from HJTjC.
40 Pieces CHECK NAINSOOK at Bc.; former
price 10c.
*75 Pieces PRINTED ORGANDY MUSLIN at
10©.; reduced from 15c.
50 Pieces PRINTED INDIA LINEN at 10c.;
reduced from 15c.
50 Pieces PLAIN INDIA LINEN, at 8)4c.;
reduced from 12V£c.
25' Pieces LONDON CORD at 614 c.; reduced
from 10c a yard.
100 I >i/.en LADIES' HEMSTITCHED HAND
KERCHIEFS at 12bjc. each; former price 18c.
too Dozen Ladies' HEMSTITCHED HAND
KERCHIEFS at 15c. each: former price 20c.
50 Dozen LADIES' HEMSTITCHED HAND
KERCHIEFS at 20c. each; former price 25c.
50 Dozen GENTS' LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
at sl\6o a dozen: worth $2 a dozen.
50 Dozen GENTS’ LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
§2 a dozen: worth ?2 10 a dozen.
25 Dozen GENTS' LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
at $3 a dozen; worth at least .$3 50.
25 Dozen GENTS’ REINFORCED SHIRTS at
75c. each: reduced from $1 each.
50 Dozen GENTS REINFORCED SHIRTS at
50c. each: reduced from 75c. each.
25 Dozen GENTS’ BALBRIGGAN UNDER
VESTS at 50c. each; former price 05c. each.
SUMMER SILKS
At 22V£c., 25c., 30c., 85c., 40c. and 45c. a yard.
These figures do not cover half the cost of im
portation.
MATTINGS, MATTINGS.
100 IMeces CALCUTTA (all now, fresh goods)
at prices ranging from 20c. to 50c. per yard.
Daniel fan,
PROPOSALS W ANTEX).
Proposals for Culverts and Ditches.
Office of thf. City Surveyor, }
Savannah, Ga., July 15th* 18.87. \
1 )ROPOSALS will he received until \VEI!ES-
I DAY NIGHT, July 27tb, at 8 o'clock,
dircctvvl to Mr. F. E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council
bf tiit* city of Savannah, for the furnishing of
materials and building forty-one feet of forty
eight inch half round culvert, and forty-one feet
of thirty-six inch culvert, together with such
bulkheads and catch-basins as may be required.
Also, for the digging of three hundred and
sixty-oue feet of ditch, two and one-half feet
wide at the bottom, seven feet wide at the top'
and five feet deep: and. also, seventy-five feet of
ditch, two feet wide at the bottom, live feet wide
at the t >p and four feet deep.
Plans and specifications may Ixs seen at the
office of the City Surveyor.
The city reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
All bids must be signed by two sureties, before
a Notary, for the faithful performance of the
work. J. deBRUYN K< >PS, C. E.,
Acting City Surveyor.
Proposals for Sewers and Culverts.
Office of the City Surveyor, |
Savannah, Ga., July 15th, IRB7. f
I )ROPOSALS will be received iintil WEDNEB
- DAY NIGHT. July 27th. at 8 o'clock,
directed to Mr. F. E. Rebarer, Cl**rk of Council
of the city of Savannah, for furnishing matt-r
-ials and building three hundred and sixty-one
feet of forty-two inch sewer, seventy-live feet
of thirty inch sewer, forty-one feet of
sixty inch half round culvert, together with
sundry catch-basins and bulkheads as may be
required The said sewers, culverts, bulkheads
anu catch-basins to be built on the Waters Road,
near the property of Mr. John Schwarz.
Plans and specifications maybe seen at the
office of the City Surveyor.
The city reserves ihe right to reject any or all
bids.
All bids must l*e signed by two sureties, before
a Notary, for the faithful performance of the
work. J. dkBRC\N KOPS, C. E.,
Acting City Surveyor.
HARDW A RE.
155 and 157 Congress Street.
o
Heavy anil Shelf Hardware,
Stoves and Ranges,
Ti.iware and Houso Furnishing Goods,
Etc., of Every Description.
FOR SALE BY
LOVELL & LfiTTIMOSE,
Savannah, Gra.
mm Well l m,
HARDWARE,
Ron and Turpentine Tools.
Oflleo: Cor. State and Whitaker .streets
Warehouse: 138 and 110 State struct.
molasses!
OLD TIME
PORTO RICO
MOLASSES
-AT-
A. M. & ('. W. WEST'S.
Utl'AliTN KUMIII* NOTH T:s.
DISSOLUTION.
'Pin: nrm or Paxton pros . mile po*t,
I b. I' vW. It i{., I.iU'rty county, (la., in
t:is l.'v diHNolvM by mutual consent.’.Mr. \> B.
PAXTOVImvif.u !>oii"iii nut the cut ire interest
of Mu. .1 M. PA XT(.*, th** ImHineim will lv* con
ducted in lilk own impic. tad hr* HannimM all li/i
bilitie* and will collect all hum*is due (ho late
flrui. j M. PAXTON,
Jviv w\ IPA. i). it i .\XT *V:
SIIMMEU RESORTS.
ill KM ANN'S HOTEL,
t
Waihalla, S. C.
QITUVTED at foot of the Blue Ridge Mourn
tains. Delightful summer resort. Good
<‘limate. Excellent water. Also, a direct hucl
iiuo to Highlands, N. C. Terms reasonable.
D. BIEMANN & SOU,
Proprietors.
The Sweet Water Park Hotel,
AT SAI T SPRINGS, GA.,
IS NOW OPENED for th reception of glints
Rate board from $l2 50 to $lB pel
week. In, architectural design, finish and
general . apjjgjuaients the Sweet Watei
Park Hotel hastfiV equals in the South. The
fame of the Salt Sjjfingp water as a cura.
tive agent of great value In the treatment of ali
forms of dyspepsia-and iufqjgstion, blood, skin,
bladder and kidney diseases is now fully estab
lished. For all infofmatijsh, etc., address J. D.
BII.LI NGS. Manage)', Salt Sidings, < la.
S. G. Hi-lAI.Y & CO.,
PROPRIETORS,
SALT SPRING. NEAR AUSTELL, GEORGIA
TITATER almost a specific for Dyspepsia, Kid-
V) ny Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases.
Orders ffir water and alj information addressed
to the firm at AusteUptjlt.
the Columbian;
SARATOGA SPRINGS.
THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAHIAN3
Opens .Tune 3oth.
JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor
'■put: WHITLOCye HOUSE, in Marietta, Ga.,
I combines privileges and conveniences of 3
hotel, and the comfits and pleasures
of a home. Capacity, about; cpie hundred and
fifty guests. Large, handspUje* well furnished
rooms; best of bpij-s; table'gdoj; larger shaded
grounds, covered, with blue grotf;; Lawii Tennis,
('roquet; Billiards and Bowling AJley, all freo
for guests. Prices more moderate "than any
other house in Georgia for the acoonuuodutioiH.
M. G. WHITBOCK, Owner and Pfoprietor.
THE WATAUGA HOTEL, BldfWng
I C. In the mountains of rJbrth Carolina.
4,000 feet anbve the sea. Easily accessible. Modi*
cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low
est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the
season. For information adOrcss WATAUGA
HOTEL (A Blbwiug Rock, N) C.
TpHOUSAJSD lg I -ANDS.—Westminster Hotel,
I \Vestull flktegPark, Alexandria Bay, N. V. -
‘.‘Uu<|ustionaßlj- the finest location in the
Thtms.iM lskfOlhi. l^ — Hurper's Mno’zine, Sept.,
18ft. Send' for* descriptive pamphlet. H. F.
INULLjIA RT, Proprietor.
EXCURSIONS.
International Steamship Cos. Line
OF
“Palace Steamers”
BETWEEN
Boston, Portland, East
port and St. John, N. 8.,
With Connections to all Parts of the
Provinces.
PORTLAND DAY LINE.
Steamers leave Commercial Wharf, Boston,
8:30 Al. m.. every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day for Portland, making the trip in 7 hours,
affording excellent coast scenery.
EAST PORT AND ST. )fIN LINE.
Steamers leave Boston 8:30 a v M..and Portland
sp. m. every Monday. Wednesday and Friday
for Eastpoi t and St. John.
ST. JOH N.UQUECT LINE.
A steamer will leave, Boston every Thursday
at 8 am. for St.'dohn direct.
ANNAPOLIS LINE.
A steamer will leave Boston every Mondr^ r and
Thursday at Ba. m. for Annapolis, N. S\ con
necting for Yarmouth, Digby, ILiJifax, etc.
J. BVJOOYLE, Jr., E. A. WALDRON,
Manager. Portland. Mo. Gent JPasg. Agt.
Charleston & SavanDahßy.
In! WHblmis!
Through Pullman Service.
/"COMMENCING June 12th a through Pullman
V Buffet service will be rendered daily be
tween Savannah and Hot Springs, N. C., via
Spartanburg and Ashviile.
Leave Savannah 12:26 p m
Leave Charleston 4:55 p m
leave Columbia 10:20 p m
Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 am
Arrive Asheville 7:00 am
Arrive Hot Springs 0:00am
EXCURSION RATES.
To SPARTANBURG $l3 30
To ASHEVILLE IT 13
To HOT SPRINGS IT 13
Sleeping car reservations and tickets good
until Oct. 81st, 1887, can be had at BREN'S
TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at depot.
E. P. McSWINEY,
Gen. Pass Agt.
HOTELS.
Fifth Avenue Hotel,
MADISON SQUARE, N. Y.
cpHE largest, best appointed, and most liber
ally managed hotel in the city, with the moot
central and delightful location.
HITCHCOCK. DARLING & CO.
A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle House,
Mobile.
HIRAM HITCHCCJt'K, formerly of tho St.
Chart's Hotel, New tffieaps.
NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark, js)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
WINTER AND SIJMMGH.
r PHK MOST central House in the city. Near
I Post < )illee, Street (Mrs aud all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bells.
Baths, Etc. frj:) tos3 j rj* ii;nr.
JOHN B TCjUNI. lToprletor.
I) UP/S SCREVEN HOUSE.
r PIUS POPULAR Hotel If now provided with
I a Passenger EldM&tor (the only one in tho
city) and has been reaaodcled and newly fur
nisliod. 'i’ll#* projirlclor, who by recent purchase
is also the owner ofltiv establishment, spares
neither pains nor ex penaoin the entertain inont
of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit
ora is earnestly invited. The table of the
Screven House is supplied with every luxury
that the markets at home or abroad can utTonL
Marshall House,
BAVANNAH, - - GA.
/ 1 F.O. 1). HOIHiKS, Proprietor Formerly of
’ I the Metropolitan Hotel. New York, and the
Grand Uniou, Saratoga Springs. Location cen
tral. All parts of the city and places of inter
est accessible by street c nr, constantly passing
tbe doors. Sisviol inducements to those visit
ing the city for justness or pleasure.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
One of tile Largest Boarding Houses in the
South.
A FFOKDS pleasant South rooms, good hoard
J\ with uure Artesian Water, at prices to suit
those wishing table, regular or transient accom
modations Northeast corner Broughton and
Drayton streets, opposite Mitfshnll House
TOILET ARTICLES.
Fine Bath and Toilet Sponges, Flesh
Brushes and Toilet Requisites,
BUTLER'S PHARMACY,
Cvr. 13*41 wid