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TO TEACH GIRLS T 9 WORK
A NOVEL INBVSTRTAr, SCHOOL
UNDER STATE AID.
in. Ruell, of Clarke County, Pro
poses that the Legislature Lay the
Foundation for the Work by Appro
priating $05,000 —Only One Bill
Acted on in the Senate.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 50.—1n the Senate
the morning hour to-day was mainly occu
pied in bill leading. Only one bill was
acted upon. It was the one to exempt 125
members of the Atlanta Artillery from
jury duty.
In the House Mi. Preston, of Jasper, of
fared a resolution to dispense, after Friday,
the call of counties for new matter. The
••solution was laid over one day.
The following new lulls were introduced:
By Mr. Russell of Clarke—To create and
establish an industrial institute for the >“du
cat urn of the white girls in this State in the
arts and sciences ns a branch of the State
University. It was referred to the Finance
Committee. The bill provided for an ap
propriation of 965,000 to establish the insti
tute, smd for the education of girls in the
industrial arts and occupations of the age.
fine beneficiary for each representative in
the Legislature is allowed. The institute is
to be a branch of the State University.
Bv Mr. McCord—To require the filing
wit£ the Secretary of State of certificates of
tbo charter of all corporations.
Also a bill to amend section 4185 of the
Coca.
Also a bill to amend section 250 of the
Code.
Also a bill to require all caveators of wills
to give security for costs.
Also a bill to provide for the expenses of
Judges of the Superior Courts outside of
their own circuit.
Also a bill to regulate the charges of the
telephone companies (not exceeding $2 50
permonth on each instrument).
Bv Mr. Candler, of DeKalb—To abolish
tbailoard of Trustees of the University and
create a Board of Regents for the institu
tion.
By Mr. Vezev, of Taliaferro (by request)
—To prohibit the sale of seed cotton in Tali
aferro county between Aug. 1 and Jan. 1.
Bv Mr. West, of' Habersham —To prohibit
thalkilling of deer mid wild turkeys in Hab
ersham county betwpen May 15 and Bept.
15.
Also a bill to provide a mode of selecting
jurors in Habersham county.
Also a bill to repeal an act to incorporate
the town of Tallulah Falls.
By Mr, Atkinson, of Coweta—To repeal
an act to prohibit the collection of certain
taxes in Coweta county.
Also to repeal an act defining the corpor
ate limits of New nan.
By Mr. Harris, of Coweta —To amend
section 495 of the Cotie.
Also a bill to rejieal sections 071-2-5 of
the Code. ’
By Mr. Coggins, of Ranks—To prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquors within three
miles of Midway church in Banks county.
By Mr. Clay, of Walton—To prohibit the
selling of spirituous liqnors within three
miles of John Wesley Zion church and
Mars Hill school in Walton county.
By unanimous consent the bill of Sir.
Howell, of Fulton, to extend the corporate
limits of Atlanta over Piedmont Park, for
police purposes, was taken up on its third
reading and passed.
Sir. Griffin, of Oconee, offered a resolu
tion to change the rules, so as to make Sat
urdays and Mondays hereafter the regular
dav* for the call of the counties for new
bills.
MACON WANTS MR. DAVIS.
President Northern Goes to Invite
Him to the Fair.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 50.—This morning
President Northern, of the Agricultural So
ciety left for Beauvoir, Miss., the home of
Jefferson Davis, to invite and request the
distinguished cx-President of the Confed
eracy, to attend the State fair. President
Northern goes personally to see Mr. Davis
and induce him, if possible, to lie present
at the gran 1 reunion of ex-Confederate sol
diers on Wednesday, Oct 2fi—the third day
of the great exhibition. It is very probable
that Mr. Davis will consent to come, and if
he really does, there wall be
the largest gathering of Southerners
ever assembled at Macon at any one time.
His presence will make the reunion of the
Confederates a glorious success and an ever
memorable occasion. The grandest w elcome
will be accorded the great chieftain that he
has received since the war. The people
anxiously and liopefuljy await the result of
President Northerns visit to Beauvoir. On
returning from Mississippi President
NortUen will travel through Alabama in
the interest of the fair. He is thoroughly
enthused on the subject of the great exhibi
tion.
COLUMBUS CHIPS.
The Latest Returns from the Prohibi
tion Election in Meriwether.
Columbia Ga., Aug. 50. —The prohibi
tion contest in Meriwether county was very
exciting. The Antis are reported to have
run in about 800 illegal votes, which will
b° investigated. Full returns show 1,835
for the wets and 1,000 for the dry*.
Columbus will be represented at the
Piedmont Exposition. The Board of Traile
met to-night ami appointed n commission of
five to make the necessary arrangements.
Wesley Devore, while coupling cars at
the Central railroad yards in this city to
day, had one of his arms badly crushed.
The Columbus Dramatic Association pre
sented “The Planter’s Wife" to quite a largo
audience at Springer’s Opera House to
night for the benefit of tho Columbus
Guards.
The Asylum Investigation.
Milledoeville, Ga , Aug. 50.—A ripple
of excitement occurred when six of the joint
committee to investigate the asylum arrived
in Milledgeville. The House committee,
that has been at work there for some days,
it still in session. It looks rather strange
for two separate committees from the same
legislature to be lioth in session in different
rooms of the asylum buildings, lioth making
investigations at the same time. This new
J’oint committee is composed of Senators R.
I. Jackson, chairman; R. J. Powell and R.
R. Pringle, and Representatives J. A. Stew
art, J. N. Smith. N. S. Walker and
Mr. Hunt., of Hancock. The committee
went out to the asylum Monday
morning, organized and began work. Fad
ing to bring a stenographer the committee
telegraphed to Atlanta for one. The first
thing presented to the committee
was an address from the President
Of the Board of Trustees and the
Superintendent of the asylum, asking
that as Dr. Kenan upon the Hour of the
House had ma4c charges of rottenness in
the management of tlie institution, they
(the trustees ami Superintendent) prayed
this committee to make a thorough and
complete investigation, calling in any one
from whom they might gain any informa
tion nnd expose any wrongs if they found
them.
The joint committee will he in session
several days, and many sensational matters
will undoubtedly be developed.
The convention of editors of the vvivkly
press met here to-day.
Judge Hall’s Funeral.
Albany, Ga., Aug. 50.—The remains of
Judge Slimin'] Hall, accompanied by a com
ruittee from the House, a committee from
the (Senate, the Governor’s private secre
tary and delegations from the Atlanta and
Mac,iq bur, arrived here last night on the
Southwestern railroad. The lsxly lay at
the residence of Col. Nelson Tift until 9
o’clock this morning, when the funeral cr
▼ices were cqnducted by Rev. T. G. Pond.
Tho body was interred at the remeterv at
this place. The funeral procession was a
▼orv large one.
STATE CAPITAL SIFTINGS.
The Central Railroad Extends the
Passes of Legislators.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 50.—The Central
railroad has notified both Houses that, the
passes of members are extended till after
final adjournment.
Another outrage is reported from the
Gresston convict canip in Dodge county.
The mismanagement at this camp lias
brought, it in bad odor in the county, and
tlie present grand jury appointed a special
committee to investigate. They found that
convicts had been cruelly whipped, and one
sick with dropsy had Is en worked till he
dropped dead. The grand jury will indict
the whipping boss, Bryant, for murder, it
is reported that lie has fled from the Slate.
The grand jury will also present this caiup
to the Legislature in a memorial.
THE HEARING TO-MORROW.
At the hearing ordered for Thursday, in
which the lessees of camps Nos. 2 and 5 are
to show cause whv the leases should not be
annulled, the Governor and Attorney Gen
eral will sit ns a court,. The hearing will
lie held in the Supreme Court room with
open doors. As the Attorney General will
lie engaged in a judicial capacity the
Governor deemed it advisable that
the State and principal keeper should
tie represented by counsel in
the prosecution of the case and to-day em
ployed Judge Hillyor and Hoke Smith.
Messrs. Hopkins and Glenn will probably
represent the penitentiary companies and
the hearing is likely to last several days.
The Capital Commission met this morn
ing and passed the monthly estimates of
$10,447 11, and appointed Commissioners
Miller, Thomas and Howell to draw up suit
able resolutions on the death of Mr. Horne,
the architect,
ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
The commission decided to get estimates
of the cost, of fitting up an electric appara
tus and fitting wires in the Senate and
House, Executive department, library,
grand corridors and dome. The Governor
was requested to submit to the Attorney
General the question whether the death of
Mr. Horne will necessitate the surviving
contractor making anew bond.
The Thames and Mersey Marine Insur
ance Company of England to-day applied
to the Comptroller fpr a license to do busi
ness in the State, and deposited with the
Treasurer the $25,000 required. A license
was granted. This company recently with
drew from tly State.
THE SUPREME COURT .JUDGESHIP.
Thero is considerable political excitement
over the contest for the Supreme Court
Judgeship, and the scenes about the hotels
to-night remind one of the regular political
conventions. Many of the candidates are
in the city, and the canvass is warm. Judge
Adams is looming up as a candidate. Strong
friends were in the Kimball House lobby
to-night in his behalf. A prominent Judge
told the News correspondent that he thought
Judge Adams was in the race,
and would be a strong candidate. Judges
Lumpkin, Clarke and Hook are fairly on
tho track and their candidacy is without
question. Judges Brown and Simons are
both here but will not antagonize each other
and it is not yet decided which will make
tile race. The News correspondent inter
viewed .both at a late hour and reached the
conclusion that Judge Brown will with
draw and leave the fight to Judge Simmons.
Indeed Judge Brown intimated that that
would be the result.
THE MARIETTA AND NORTH GEORGIA.
There was a meeting of the Mnrietta and
North Georgia Investigating Committee to
night. B. F. Abbott was the only witness,
and as a member of the last Legislature and
of the House Finance Committee, and pre
viously as attorney for the road, was
familiar with the history of the legislation
under investigation. He knew of no cor
rupt or improper influences used in connec
tion with it.
The Kate Committee of the Southern Rail
way and Steamship Association vva in ses
sion to-day They fixed the rate for the
I'iedinont fair on roads without the State
at lc. a mile, and for Georgia roads a maxi
mum rate of $3.
The Directors of the I’iedmont Exposition
at a full meeting to-night decided upon the
national colors, red, white and blue as the
exposition colors, by a unanimous and
hearty vote. The entire city will lie draped
in red, white and blue.
FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS.
Sheny Mike Returns From the Peni
tentiary at Albany.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 30.—Work
has been liegun on the St, Janies Hotel, pre
paring it for winter travel.
“Sheny Mike,” alias Mike Kurtz, who was
arrested in Jacksonville a t ear ago on a
charge of complicity in the famous jewelry
robbery in Troy, N. Y., and for which lie
was incarcerated in Albany for several
months, arrived in the city to-day, looking
greatly changed by his imprisonment. His
wife is here with him, having devotedly
followed him all through his trouble.
To-day the Board of Public Instruction
selected George P. Glenn, of Muskegan,
Mich., as principal of tho Jacksonville
grammar school.
To-day all the troops left Pablo, and that
gay watering place has a pall of loneliness
overhanging it. The St. Augustine com
pany had a military band from Augustine
over to give the soldiers a good send off, and
quite a parade around Jacksonville was in
dulged in by the boys to-day before they
took their different trains for home.
THE THIRD BATTALION.
Pensacola, Fla., Aug. HO.—The Escam
bia Rides, of this city, and the Santa Rosa
Rifles, of Milton, the two companies com
prising the Third Battalion of Florida State
Troops, arrived home to-night from Pablo
Beach, where t hey have been attending the
encampment of the State troops.
DIXIE’S 810 CORN CROP.
The Yield of Last Year Exceeded by
Over 50,000,000 Bushels.
Baltimore, Mil, Aug. HO.—The Mnnn
fartvrrrs Record, of this week contains
about five rages of special reports from the
entire South as to the crops and condition
of business. The corn crop of the South
is unprecedentedly large, exceeding the
yield of IS,SO by over 50,000,000
bushels, the yield of 1885 by 75,000,000 bush
els, and the yield of INSd by 107,000.000
bushels. The South will this year, it is
said, be nearly self-sup|K>rting in the matter
of corn, and many millions of dollars that
have libretofore .one West for cent will
this season lie saved to Southern farmers.
While recent untavorable weather has dam
aged to some extent the cotton prospects
which a month ago promised such an enor
mous yield iho crop will still be a large one.
Advanced prices for tobacco will, it is
claimed, counter balance to the farmers the
decrease ill yield, due mainly to decreased
ai Tenge.
Other crops have with few exceptions
lieen very good, and it is said that the
inrmers will enjoy greater prosjierity than
for many seasons. Business prospects are
reported brighter than ever liefore, and one
correspondent predicts that this will be
noted as a debt paying year.
Cut With a Razor.
Albany, Oa., Aug. ■ Two negro
women on the Frank Munis plantation,
nil.e miles east of Albany, began an alter
cation to-day, which their husbands con
tinued, resulting In Arlie Kay being serious
ly cut with a razor in the hands of Dan
Isom. The latter was lodged in the Albany
jail, being unable to procure bond.
Ives’ Unsigned Testimony.
New York, Aug. ;to.—The witnesses in
the Ives reference case, with the exception
of Ives, Staynorand Doremui. sigmsl their
testimony to-day. The motion of Ives’
counsel ti> strike out his cross-examination
will be argued, probably to-morrow, when
the court rules whether or not the referee
had a right to cross-question the partners.
Thev will be asked to sign their testimony.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1887.
(TTTIIK BAIISOF HISCELL
JESSE POMEROY MAKES ANOTHER
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
The Boy Fiend of Boston, Who at tho
Age of 10 Tortured Children to
Death-Saved from the Gallows—A
Governor’s Clemency.
/■Yum the New York Sun.
Boston, Aug. 38. — Jesse Pomeroy, tho
most notorious prisoner in the State prison,
made another attempt to escape last week.
Pomeroy is the boy fiend who tortured to
death two or three children about a dozen
years ago, and who at the age of It! years
was sentenced to lie hanged. Gov. Gaston
commuted the sentence to life imprisonment
in a solitary cell, and the Governor’s clem
ency was so unpopular that it defeated him
in his candidacy for re-election. Pomeroy
lias been detected in a half dozen plans
for escaping, and he has always re
quired the closest watching. He is ab
normally cunning—a model convict
in outward behavior, but keenly observant
and tireless in plotting to gain bis liberty.
Before the reconstruction of the prison and
its extension Pomeroy occupied a cell in the
upper arch. The wing was extended and
six new cells ndded in the arch. Adjoining
this new wing are several specially strong
cells. On either side of these ceils are
grated bars, allowing a full view of the nar
row quarters from lioth sides, and the
guard, as he makes the rounds, can he con
tinually in sight of the inmates. Directly
over the arch is the hospital, and it is
thought that, from this place came the
assistance which so nearly gave the mur
derer his liberty. *
In his regular round on Friday night, the
guard, while leaning against the window,
felt two of the iron bars give way to the
pressure of his ’hand, and a moment later
they fell to the ground. The guard discov
ered that, other bars hod been worked upon,
and that a few minutes’ labor would have
rendered them as useless ils the broken ones.
Hastily summoning the officials, another in
spection was made, the broken and damaged
bars wore replaced with new ones, and a
tour of the cells was begun. By instinct
they made for Pomeroy’s cell. At a glauie
the two massive iron gratings seemed
impregnable, but a closer scrutiny
showed that enough bars in the side
nearest the window to admit the
body of a man had been cut through, but
so fastened by the means of cement that
even the henvy clanging of the door did not
shake them. Where this cement was conceal
ed has not yet been ascertained. Pomeroy was
taken to safer quarters and searched, but
nothing was found on his ]>orsoii save two
slender saws. He refused to 'disclose who
furnished them, where the cement had Ixvm
obtained, or how long the work had been
going on.. It is said, however, that he said
enough to leave the inference that, the time
for escape lmd been definitely fixed, and
that a conveyance would be in waiting to
take him to a place of safety
.Since Pomeroy’s sentence he has been in
solitary confinement, save for un occasional
hour’s outing with the warden. When not
otherwise employed he has been busy poring
over books, and has the reputation of being
a close student. Indeed, he has already
mastered Latin and Greek, and can converse
with some fluency in French and German.
His first attempt to escape was made some
nine years ago. Then Pomeroy spent his
leisure moments in loosening a rock that
formed a part of the centre wall of the
prison and the wall of his cell. For years,
evidently, he had been at work on that
rock, and had finally succeeded in sepa
rating it from the surrounding wall. To
get it out of the way was the next, question,
and* thoughtless of tho consequence, he
forced it out ward slowly, until one day the
guard, looking down the massive wall, saw
the projecting rock and made an investiga
tion. Pomeroy was then taken to a stronger
cell.
THE THISTLES’S BOTTOM.
Mate McDonald Says the Cutter will
be Open for Inspection.
New York, Aug. SO. —Capt. John Yiatr
said to-day that, the short spin of the This
tle yesterday was entirely satisfactory to
him. It was true that her main sail did hag
somewhat, hut he said he expected that on
the first spreading and it only needed
stretching.
During a little chaff between a report er
nnd Mate McDonald about the “patent
mystery” that some people have been foolish
enough to suggest the 'Thistle may have con
cealed about her person, the mate said:
“Everyliody will be fooled when they see
her bottom.”
He was asked if the public would have a
chance to see it when the yacht was hauled
out,, and replied:
“Of course. Why not? They can’t build
a better one. ”
Another spin will probably be taken to
morrow.
SARATOGA’S LAST RACE DAY.
Littrel, Terra Cotta, Wary, Colowine
and Referee Win.
Saratoga, Aug. 50. —This was tho last
day’s racing. The weather was perfect ami
the attendance the largest of the summer.
Following is a summary o? the day’s
events:
First Race One mile. Gray Cloud ram, l in
first, but Littn'l gets the purse, with Barry
Glenn second and Little Minnie third. This is
on account, of Gray Cloud having carried four
inlands too little weight.
Record Race Three year olds: mile and five
furlongs. It was won Ivy Terra Cotta, with Hy
poaia second and Carey third. Time2:ftfiUj.
Thirti Race One and three sixteenth lidles:
free handicap sweepstakes. It was won by
tVarv. with Unite second and Doubt third. Time
2:rnw,.
Fourth Race Three-quarters of a mile.
Colowins won, with Chance second anti Kedec-
Khnn third. Time 1: PIV,.
Firm Rack— North "American Handicaps
steeplechase; full steeplechase course of about
two miles and three quarters. Referee won,
with Tennessee second and Wheatley third
Time S;BR^.
BOYCOTTING A BOSS MASON.
| He Refuses to Make Peace by Rein
stating Hie Old Mon.
Hoboken, N. ,1., Aug. 50.—Samuel Bre
mer, a boss mason in this city, several weeks
ago discharged one of his employes for in
eompeteney. Tho man belongisl to the
Masons’ Union, ami a boycott was issued
araiust Bremer. Lust week Bremer made
a contract to put, in the stone work of a
large building on Jersey City Heights, amt
had no sooner commenced work
than the boycott was again
issued against him. Bremer was informed
that lie would have to reinstate th dis
charged hands before the lioycott would lie
recalled, All work on the building was
stopped, Bremer declaring that he would
not submit to the demand. Tins morning
he caused tho arrest of William Bender,
Homuol Donelsoti, Joseph Kerrigan ami
James (lately, masons, for conspiracy.
They are held.
Dixie’s Dentists.
Fortress Monroe, Va„ Aug. 50.— The
I Southern Dental Association met here this
I morning. Dr. Thackston delivered the an
■ mial address, and the reports of the stand
i in" committees were read anil d:s in>et.
i About SUO delegates were present. Among
I them are: Dr. J. Thomas, of Paris; Ernst
j J. Joherb, of Stockholm, Dr. McLeod, of
Edinburgh, and Ore. Weilgowood and Al-
I frod Crowley, of London.
Heavy Italns In Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 30.—Unpreco
j redented rains for August have fallen
i throughout North Texas during the past
twenty-four hours. The rainfall last night
and to-day was three inches. All the rivers
are over their banks and many washout a: e
f reported. Train* are nil delayed. Eleven
persons ha ve ’icen drowned at Cleburne,
j seven of whom belonged to a family named
I Schmidt.
THE GREAT FIRE IN SCUTARI.
A Graphic Picture of the Operations
of a Turkish Fire Department.
From the yew York Sun.
Constantinople, Aug. 15, —Yesterday
afternoon at sp. m. the cry of Are was
raised in Scutari, one of the three parts of
tho city. This district is on the Asiatic side
of the Bosporus, nnd is built up from the
water’s edge to the top of high hills two
miles distant. The Turkish quarter rises
up on the southern hills, while the Arme
nian quarter is to the north, separated by a
valley, but rising to higher ground.
On this highest ground the church bells
begun ringing. It was Sunday, but the
frantic ringing of those bells told of no
common service and drew no common con
gregation.
The wind blew furiously from the North;
the air and ground were perfectly dry, for
no rain has fallen here for weeks, ami the
houses in all this part of the city are mere
tinder 1 sixes, built of woixl, huddled closely
together, dry as wood can be only when
seasoned by the strong, dry winds thatblow
beneath tho summer sun. No wide, paved
avenues, upon which engines can collect to
fight fire with fire, but narrow lanes over
hung with balconies, and heaps of rubbish
everywhere.
Not a fire engine proper on this side tho
Bosporus, but soine little boxes with handles
to them, and nozzles looking more like gar
den syringes than instruments with which
to light fire. No water supply, save here
and there a well or cistern.
This wns the state of affaire when the cry
of "Fire!” was raised. Within half an hour
flames were issuing from every bouse in a
district nearly a quarter of a mile and 200
yards wide. The wind was sweeping down
over the hills, carrying great brands into
untouched parts of the city, until it seemed
that a road must iie cut straight through
these densely populated quarters, both Ar
menian and Turkish, down to the water's
e Ige.
Fire brigades were called out and a dozen
of these little boxes called fire engines were
carried from place to place. The fire was
backing up toward one wide street on the
east side, eating its way through a number
of miserable shanties. Near us stood a
Turkish officer with fifty soldiers, doing
nothing. He saw us and said: “What
shall 1 do?”
We told him to tear down those old shan
tees and preventthe fire from reaching their
fine avenue. He turned away, nnd we saw
him no more. Just then two fire compa
nies brought their “engines" and set them
down. These asked for water, but no water
was to be had. Finally a small cask of wa
ter was brought and poured into the box,
for those “engines” have no suct ion arrange
ment, and the men pumped until some force
was gained and a small stream of water was
put on the side of a house for half a minute
The water was used up and the engines
stood there useless.
My eyes lighted upon a despairing face
that 1 knew belonged to no foreign subject.
A man, with gray moustache, wearing an
old hat, a shirt and pantaloons, with such a
look of sari agony as the Turk cannot know.
He looked toward me, and I stepped forward
amLasked, “Is your house near here?”
“Yes, just there,” and he pointed in the
path of the destroying monarch. “The
Turks do not want the fire put out; they
won’t let the men use the water. ”
A fierce light, shot from his gray eyes as
he spoke. He did not know that the fire
companies only work for those who are rich
enough to pay them, and this helps the rich
and drives the poor to the wall.
Most of the engines were employed by
the insurance agents. They were about,
looking where houses could be saved, and
then directing their efforts in that direction.
In the evening the wind lulled somewhat.
The Pasha was on the scene, sitting in his
chair, smoking cigarettes and having an at
tendent bearing a decanter beside his chair.
He was trying to prevent tho backing up of
the fire toward the north, and had a com
pany of soldiers witli hooks on long poles,
trying to tear down a shanty. They suc
ceeded in tearing it down and made a heap
of rubbish twelve feet high and light, mate
rial, just tho thing for a bonfire. Then the
men stood and leaned on their hooks until
the flames almost reached the rubbish, and
then the Pasha thought it well to clear some
of it away
Just then a great commotion occurred,
nnd with blowing of bugles and ringing of
hells the engine—a real engine this—drawn
by a foam-flecked pair of horses, came roll
ing in from Pern, across the Bosporus. A
great space was cleared, and the company
l iom Pera surveyed the scene, but there was
no water, and after awhile they turned
around and drove away. They had done
what they could.
Down the same street came another fire
company—four men bearing the fire-box
and a dozen running before to clear the
way, while another dozen carried the hose
in the rear. They were running at full tilt,
yelling as they ran, and suddenly tho whole
company, fire engine and all. Inv in a heap
in the middle of the dusty road. No fatal
results. They rose and went on an before.
The fire raged until midnight. Churches,
schools and dwellings were levelled to the
ground, and this morning a forest of chim
neys, rising above a mass of ashes, marks
the place where 15,000 houses stood yester
day; 12,000 people are left without homes,
but the summer time makes it easy for
them to live out doors until they can find
shelter.
This is a glimpse of a fire and its contin
gencies in the capital of Turkey. Moham
medan fatalism seems illustrated by the
conduct of government officials. “God
wills it; we cannot oppose God.” People
are made homeless and penniless, property
is destroyed, the State slowly falls to pieces,
but the Turk sits by and smokes. To bis
credit 1 must say that the law makes the
erection of all frame houses conditional
up m their being stuccoed, and this is of
great value. Yet a great city with no
water supply, when engines are at hand, is
to us a pitiable sight. Even Athens, the
capital of little Greece, is I iet ter off. But
Constantinople waits for new occupants.
LABOR’S PICKETS.
They are Held in Bail for Their Appear
ance at the Fall Term.
Bum ton. Mass’., Aug. :io.—The case
against Joseph McLaughlin and Patrick
(l'Brion, who have been doing picket duty
near IV. L. Douglass’ shoe factory since the
strike took place there, and who were
er rest-si last Saturday, charged with con
spiracy to injure the business of tho pro
urietor by inducing the lusters to stay
away from the factory,were brought before
Judge Sumner in the police court tins
morning and the men were held for the
gland jury, each lieing placed ynder 91,000
bonds for appearance at the fall term of
the Superior Court at Plymouth.
PROPOSALS AVANTKI).
Savannah. Amniftt 81, IK*<7.
OHALED PROPOSAIX will Ik* received nt the
ofllc** of tin* Custodian of the United States
Custom House at Savannah. <a.. and opened at
Im. of the titH day of September. 1881. for re*
purine I I iM* ring aul putting Iron (i rating in
windows in neconl nice with the specification in
t ♦* buildimr named above. Each proposal must
Im aec itnpaniiHl by a oertlfhd eh* ok for sa>.
made puvable to the order of the Troftauror of
the United states. The right to reject any bids
is reserved. The plans and apeetncAtinus can
Ik* seen, and miv inforiiintion obtained, by up*
plying to .JOHN F. WHEATON. Custodian.
IHfliFFlHi
IRON FOUNDERS.
Machinists, Boiler Makers aud Blacksmiths,
MANI'KACTrIIKHS OT
STATIONARY ami PORTABLE ENGINES,
VERTICAL anJ T< RUNNING CORN
MILLS. SUGAR MILLS uri PANS.
V HUNTS for Alert and Inion Inlector*, the
piiir[dent and moat effective on the market;
Gulleit light Graft Magnolia Cotton Gin, the
tieet in the market.
All orders promptly attended to. Send for
Price I .ix
The Savannah Weekly News.
Sixteen Pages.
For Saturday, Sept. 3, 1887.
READY THIS MORNING.
CONTENTS.
First Page-The Little Sister; Morning News
Library No. 27, ‘ Five Old Letters,” Chapters
Land U. ; Jack Myrick Lynched; How Deaths
are Investigated in New York, illustrated; Work
Girls and Their Beaus; Queer Beenes in Hu
manity’s Comedy the World Over; A Kidnaped
Boy Recovered.
Second Page—Pension Papers Stolen; Ives
Claims Not to Know Where His Books Are;
Wall Street’s Cloud: Crashes on the Rail; Fiends
Derail a Train; Maryland Independent Demo
crats to Support the Radicals; Male and Female
Shoppers; A Great Wheat Farm: The Hundred
Leading Newspapers; Georgia and Florida on
the Wire; Minor Telegraphic News Items.
Third Page—Convicts Flayed Alive; Par
doned by the Governor: The Dean Bill Doomed;
A Suit for a Horse: Gladstone Dares the Gov
ernment to Show Documents; Sharp Gets a
Stay; A Train ou a Broken Bridge: Robbed His
Father; In a Gale on the Lake: Thrown Into a
Well; Woolfolk Weakens; Ives' House Attached;
Minor Telegraphic News Items.
Fourth Page—With the Lords and the Com
moners of England: The Right Kind of Pluck;
An Allegheny Mountain Recluse Tells His Brief
Story; Story of a Gambler: Woes of a Pretty
Type Writer; A Darky Dialect Sketch: Sulli
van Whipped; No Corpse, No Funeral; Well
Built San Fr_ncisco Girls; A Hot Shot from
Space; Miscellaneous.
Fifth Page—Dun & Cos. Say Business Seems
Better; Nearly 5,000 Grand Army Men Refuse
to Pass Under a Portrait of President Cleve
land; Colorow Not Cornered; Ives’ Cool Cheek;
An Extra Court Term for Sharp; War With the
Blacks in Arkansas; Rector Glazebrook’s
Trouble: A Maconite Saved by a Terrier; Dean's
Bill in the Dust; Convict Camp Cruelty; Minor
Telegraphic News Items.
Sixth Page—Gotham’s Nervousness: A Rush
for Ijind: Train Wreckers Foiled; A Fight with
Utes; An Engine Crashes Into a Passenger Train:
Frisco’s Wheat Crash; Shaken by an Earth
quake; Color Lines in School; An Attempt to
get up ’ Reunion During the Atlanta Exposition;
A Riot at Decatur; Mrs. Cleveland Mobbed;
Minor Telegraphic News Items.
Seventh Page—Agricultural Department:
Picking Cotton; Lime as a Fertilizer; Applica
tion of Manure; Sweet Potatoes; Pigs in the
Fall; Dissatisfaction With Fertilizers; House
hold; Farm and Stock Notes; Popular Science.
Raising the Mortgage: Max O’Rell’s Picture of
the French Woman; Bill Nye Tells of a Pullman
Car Episode; Hanged, But Not Dead; The First
Gun of the War.
Eighth Page—Rev. Mr. Talmage Preaches on
Woman's Opportunity; Judge Hall Dead; Misce
genation at Atlanta; Decatur's Riot: Cuba's
Reign of Terror: Stock Brokers Bowed Down;
Charleston Jottings; Anti-Poverty’s Patron
Saint; Draw Poker in Paris.
Ninth Page—Express Company Tolls, Judge
Chigholm Answers the Interstate Commission;
A Hard Fight to Evict. Bailiffs and Police Met
With Stones and Hot Water: A Crisis iu Colo
rado, Colorow Said to be Again on the Reserva
tion; A Fight With Outlaws. Texas Posses Try
ing to Ruu Down a Bad Gang; Other Important
Telegrams.
Tenth Page—The News in Georgia Gathered
from Correspondents and Exchanges; South
Carolina; Wonderful Indeed.
Eleventh Page—The News of the State of
Florida Told In Paragraphs: A Big Raid on
the Bills; State Capital Chips; Murder in
Lowndes; Judge Hall’s Memory; Woolfolk’s
Lawyer; Florida’s Metropolis; Bingham Re
tained: Are They Bales orNot?”
Twelfth Page— Editorial Department: Vague
Fears of the Republicans: The American Party;
Wall Street Influence" A Western Vice Presi
dential Candidate'The State and Its Convicts;
Cuba’s Convulsions; On a Burning Bridge; A
Spin for the Thistle An Earthquake in Mexico;
A Death Trap Railroad; Inhuman Parents;
Light Bales of Cotton; Brief Telegraphic Sum
mary.
Thirteenth Page.—Darien's Black Philan
thropist; The Late Bishop Elliott; In Hurri
cane Centre; A Burglarious Band; Artesian
Wells; Crushed by an Earthquake: Mr. D. R.
Thomas Resigns; A Valuable Discovery: Cotton
Prospects; New Rolling Stock; A Burglar's
Failure; Base Ball.
Fourteenth Page.—Men Who Borrow Money;
leaves and Gloves: A Visit to an Illinois Rattle
snake Farm; What Persian Women Doat Home
and Abroad; Story of a Faith Cure: Ellison's
Latest Marvel Threatens to Revolutionize the
Use of Power.
Fifteenth Page—Her Little Note; A Dead
Summer; Deformed Women; Novel Drinking
Glasses; Charley's Vision: The Late Gen.
Toombs'Faithful Servant Laid to Rest; Ro
mance in the Breakers; Borrowed Plumage;
Some Curious Wedding Rings; Too Fly; Cur
rent Comment; Bright Bits; Personal; Items of
Interest.
Sixteenth Page—Weekly Review of the Sa
vannah Markets: To Teach Girls to Work, A
Novel Industrial School Under State Aid; Other
News Items; Advertisements.
Just the paper to send to your friends.
Single copies 5 cents.
For sale at Hst ill’s News Depot and at the of
fice, 3 Whitaker street.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMEN TS.
11 hi
Lawn Mowers, Three Sizes,
Ladies’ Garden Hoes,
Hand Plows, Hedgo Shears,
Pruninng Scissors and Knives,
Garden Trowels and Weeders,
Fountain Pumps,
Rubber Hose and Reels,
—rOR SALE dT -
Palmer Bros
14ft and 150 ConicrTvss Street.
UNDBRTAK ER.
W. D I>IX 6N .
UNDERTAKER
PKALKK IN ALL MINDS OP
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
43 Bull street. Residence 63 Liberty street.
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA,
WOOD.
WOOD.
Bacon, Johnson & Cos.
Have a One eLock of
Oak, Pine, Lightwood and Kindling,
Owner l iberty and Last Broad street*
Telephone 117.
MEETINGS.
GOLDEN RULE LODGE NO. 12, I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will be held
THIS EVENING at 8 o’clock.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers
are invited to attend.
By order of FRED EINSFELD, N. G.
D. F. McCoy. Secretary.
EUREKA LODGE NO. 1, F. A. M.
The members of Eureka Lodge No. 1, ft
F. A. M.. are hereby ordered to meet at ~
the Hall at 2o’clock THIS AFTERNOON
to pay the last tribute of respect to '
Brother William Sylers. By order of
L. WADE, W. M.
C. H. Ebbs, Secretary.
TO TRAVELING MEN'.
There will he a meeting of Savannah Post D
of the TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA
TION. at Screven House, on Sept. 20th, at 7:30
p m., to perfect the organization of the Post.
All traveling men, or those who sell goods by
samples or otherwise on the "road,” are ur
gently requested to attend: also wholesale mer
chants and manufacturers, as the merits of our
association will be fully shown at this me.iting.
All travelers who join us on this occasion will
be admitted as charter members. Attendance
of members from adjoining cities is also re
quested. DEAN N EWMAN, president.
Sid. A. Pughsley, Jr.,Secretary and Treasurer.
" SPECIAL NOT ICES.
b.AV.VNNAn THEATRE.
MONDAY NIGHT, SEPT. sth.
GRAND VOCAL AND
INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
•
Under the auspices of the
ORIEL QUINTETTE CLUB,
of Augusta, Ga.
Admission: 50 cents and 25 cents. Reserved
seats at Davis Bros’.
DU. LeHARDY
has removed to 113 Congress street.
office hours:
Morning—9 o’clock, colored; 10 o'clock, gentle
men; 11 o'clock, ladies.
Afternoon—-1 o'clock, appointments.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Schooner WELCOME R. BEEBE, from New
York, is now discharging cargo at Duckworth's
Wharf. All goods left on dock after 6 o’clock
at owner's risk.
mcdonough & co„ Agents,
Aug. 31,1887. 11 £ Bryan street.
NOTICE.
Office Brush Electric Light and Power Cos., )
Savannah, Ga.. Aug. 24. 'is37. ('
All the outstanding bonds of the B’dsh Elec
tric Light and Power Company (being Nos, 1,2,
3.1, 5,6, 7. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 17, 20,21,22.
23, 24, 23, 27. 28, 29, 30, 31. 33, 34, of SSOO each,
and Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 8, 9. 11, 13 14, 15, 16. 17,
18, 20, 21. 22, 23. 24, 25, 2fl, 27, 28. 36. 38. 39, 40, 41.
42, of $100), will be paid, with accrued interest,
to September 1, 1887, upon, presentation at the
office of the Company's Rooms, 8 and 9 Odd
Fellows building, Barnard street.
After said date interest on said bonds will
cease.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM. S. GUCKF.NHEIMER.
Secretary Brush Electr c Light and Power Cos.
FOR RENT OR LEASE.
That three-story store with dry, airy cellar,
comer Bull, Congress and St. Julian streets
Possession when desired. Also, from Oct. Ist,
11-room brick house, with stable and servants’
quarters, No. 36 State street.
.1. C. ROWLAND, 98 Bay street.
ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dy-spepsia, 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.
ICE I
Now is the time when every
body wants ICE, and we
want to sell it.
PRICES REASONABLE!
20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds, 75c.
140 Tickets, good for 700 Pounds, $5.
200 Tickets, good for 1,000 Pounds, $7.
50 Pounds at one delivery 30c.
Lower prices to large buyers.
i c e<:
Tacked for shipment at reduced rates. Careful
and polite service. Full and liberal weight.
KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO.
14: 4 BA \ ST.
FRUIT A M ) (1 ROtKHIES.
Li E M O NS'.
Cabbages,
Potatoes,
Onions.
30,000 bushels CORN, IS,OOO bushel* OATS,
HAY. BRAN, GRITS, MEAL,
STOCK FEED.
Grain and Hay in carload a specialty.
COW REAS, nil varieties.
RUST PROOF OATS.
Our STOCK FEED is prepared with giv.it care
an.l is just the thing ror Horses and Mules in
this weather. Try it.
T. P. BOND & CO.,
Bay street.
HOrsEIIOLI) AMMONIA. ~
HouseholdAnimoiiia
JT softens the water and removes the dirt.
Excellent for cleaning huir brushes, silver,
jewelry, paint, marble, etc. Also a good disin
fectant and a cure for insect bites. An in
valuable article in every family. In pint and
quart bottles.
A. M.&C. W. WESTS
PLUMKEB.
l. a. McCarthy,
Successor to Chan. E. Wakefield,
PUMPER, HAS and STEAM FITTER,
44 Barnard street, SAVANNAH. GA.
Tele chime 37,1
EXCURSIONS.
Charleston and Saranal
BAILWAX.
Summer Excursions
Commencing SUNDAY, MAY 15th, this Com
pany will sell round trip tickets to
CHARLESTON, BEAUFORT AND
PORT ROYAL.
By following Trains ana at foUowing Rates:
By train leaving Sundays only, at 6:45 a. m.; re
turning, leave Charleston at 3:36 p. an., Port
Royal 3:80 and Beaufort 3:45 z a. same
day $1 00
By train leaving Sunday only at 6:45 a. m,: re
turning, leave Charleston Monday morn
ing $2 00
By train leaving Saturday at 8:23 p. m. ; return
ing, leave Charleston Monday morning.. .s2 50
By train leaving Saturday at 12:26 p. m. ; return
ing, leave Charleston Monday morning. .$3 00
Tickets for sale at WM. BREN’S, Bull street
and at Depot. E. P. McSWINEY,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
lo! fcrWoitais!
Through Pullman Service.
Ct COMMENCING June 12th a through Pullman
I Buffet service will be rendered daily be
tween Savannah and Hoc Springs, N. C., via
Spartanburg and Ashville.
Leave Savannah 12:26 p m
Leave Charleston 4:55 pm
L ave Columbia 10:20 p m
Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 a ni
Arrive Asheville 7:00 a m
Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 a m
EXCURSIQN RATES.
To SPARTANBURG sl3 30
To ASHEVILLE IT 15
To HOT SPRINGS IT 15
Sleeping car reservations and tickets good
until Oct. 31st, 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 SQI'ARE, N. Y.
tJ'HE largest, best appointed, and most liber
ally managed hotel in the city, with the most
central and delightful location.
HITCHCOCK. DARLING & CO.
A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle House,
Mobile.
HIRAM HITCHCOCK, formerly of the St.
Charles Hotel. New Orleans.
NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark's.)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
WINTER AND SUMMER.
THE MOST central House in the city. Near
Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New anl Elegant Furniture. Electric Bells,
Baths, Etc. 50 to $3 per day.
JOHN B. TCXJNI, Proprietor.
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
r PHIS POPULAR Hotel is now provided, with
1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one in the
city) and has oeen reniode’ \ and newly fur
nished. The proprietor, who hv recent purchase
is also the owner of the establishment, spares
neither paius nor ex{*ense in the entertainment
of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit
ors is earnestly invited. The table of the
Screven House is supplied with every luxury
that the markets at home or abroad can afford.
MAKSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GA.
G‘ EO. D HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of
I the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and tha
Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen
tral. All parts of the city and places of inter
est accessible by street cars constantly passing
tbe doors. Special inducements to those visit
ing the city to: justness or pleasure.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
One of the Largest Boarding Houses in tha
South.
AFFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board
with pure Artesian Water, at prices to suit
those wishing table, regular or transient accom
modations. Northeast corner Broughton and
Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House.
SUMMER RESORTS^
House
TYBEE ISLAND. GEORGIA.
BATHING unsurpassed on the Atlantic
tv coast. Comfort aide rooms, neatly fur
nished. Fare the best the market affords.
Bathing suits supplied. Terms moderate.
GEO. D. HODGES, Proprietor.
(i.\s FIXTURES, HOSE. ETC.
JOHIIICOLSOI, Jr.
DEALER IN
Gas Fixtures,
GLOBES a SHADES.
PLUMBERS’, MACHINISTS’
AND
JVI ill Suppl ies.
ENG-INE TRIMMINGS,
Steam
SHEET GUM/
Mni\, Steam and SnclioD
HOSE.
IRON PIPES AND FITTINGS,
Lift and Force Pumps.
.‘do and 312 Dravton St.
RUSTLESS IRON PIPE.
EQUAL TO GALVANIZED FIRE, AT
MUCH LESS PRICE.
J. D. WEED & CO.