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READY FOR THE BALLOTS
To-day to decide who will
BS THE NEXT MAYOR
The Friends of Mayor McDonough
and Alderman Harmon Confident of
Success—The Hermonites to Run
Maj. echwarz Despite Hia Declina
tion—He Insists He Is Not a Candi
date— Botn Factions Hold Their
Final Caucuses— Tammany Indorsee
the McDonough Aidermanic Ticket.
Everything i* now ready for the great
municipal battle at the Dolls to-day, and
witbi i a few hours the question of who
•ball control the destinies of Savannah for
the next two years from the mayoralty
chair and the aidermanic seats will be defi
nitely settled. It will be a hard-foueht
fight and when the polls close at 6 o’clock
to-night there will not have been an inch of
political ground left uncontested.
The polls will open promptly at 7 o’clock
thi* morning. The voting will be by dis
tricts. The following will be the location of
the boxes:
First District—County treasurer’s office,
York street.
Becor.d District—Tax collector’s office,
Bull and York streets
Third District —County attorney’s office,
Bull and President streets.
Fourth District,*Northern Division—Or
dinary’s office, President street.
Fourth District, Southern Division —Of-
fice clerk of the superior court, York
•treat.
The McDonough and Hannon factions
are ready and eager for the fray. Both are
thoroughly organized, and, it is said, have
ample funds for campaign expenses. Mayor
McDonough's friends say he will win by
about 500 majority, and Alderman Har
mon’* friends are claiming victory for their
•ide by from 300 to 250.
RUNNING SCHWARZ ANYHOW.
Campaigning was lively yeeterday. Al
derman Harmon and bis lieutenants, the
Husselis, were on the go all day throughout
the city electioneering and arousing the
voters of their persuasion to 1 e sure and get
to the polls to-day and brine their friends
along. The announcement l row Maj.
Schwarz that be was out of the
aidermanic race was at first
rather a staggerer to the Harmon
lies. Committee* were sent to wait upon
him, but Maj. Schwarz gave them no satis
factien beyond referring to his card in the
Morning News. They notified him that
his name would be used anyhow, hut at this
the major shrngged his eh mldera aud re
plied that he was not a candidate.
A conference of the Harmon managers
was held to decide the question of
putting somebody on the t.cket instead of
Maj. Schwarz, but it wound up with a de
termination to run Maj. Schwarz anyhow,
and the Harmon tickets are so printed.
Large plaoarde with the words, “Vote for
John Schwarz for Alderraau,” weru printed
and will be hung around the court house to
day in conspicuous places. Nevertheless,
Maj. Schwarz is not responsible for his can
didacy and does not desire the offioe.
WILL HELP ALDERMAN HAINES.
Maj. Schwarz’s aotion will probably help
Alderman Haines considerably, os manv
Harmonites are friendly to him and
will embrace the opportunity af
forded by the major’s deolination to
f;ive him their votes. Philip M.
tussell and his friends are specially friendly
to Alderman Hau.es and he will get a con
siderable number of votes from that source.
Somebody yesterday began circulating a
story that Aidermau Hainas voted against
Mr. H S. Haupt for keeper of Laurel Drove
cemetery. It was done for the purpose of
injuring him, aud the matter was called to
his attention. “The report,” said Alderman
Haines, “is simply untrue. I voted for Mr.
Haupi a re e.ectioo, os I did for lion. P. M.
Russell for the clerkship of the city oourt,
and for Lieut. J. B. Killourhy of the police
force as Incumbents, respeo'ively, who bad
performed their duties faithfully and well.
Mr. Alley koows that 1 declined to support
him against Mr. Hauut for this reason.”
Mayor McDonough has been couflued to
bed with a cold since Friday, but his sup
porters are alive to the situation aud
are taking care of his forces in
good style. Nothing has been left
undone to insure the mayor’s re-elec
tion, and bis friends feel supremely confi
dent of winning a big viotory at the ballot
box to-d*y for good government aud the
proper observance ot thfe Sabbath. A large
number of ohuroh people are registered and
their votes are counted as sure for Mayor
McDonough.
THE LAST TOUCHK3.
The final caucuses of the managers of the
administration and anti-administration
tickets to arrange the preliminaries of the
fight were concluded last night shortly
before midnight and the political wire pul
lere went home for a few hours sleep
afte:- congratulating each other on the
bright outlook visible to their eyes for the
suocess of their respective tickets. They
will be on band at tho court house with the
“working” committees nt daylight this
morning to carry out their plans.
. The negro vote will be a factor in tho
fight as it always has been. Each side is
trying to capture it, aud both already claim
to have secured a majority of this element.
The total registration foots up 4,500 ns fol
low*;
White. Colored. Total.
First district CM 3U7 Dqg
Second district 042 Id,' 70a
Third tl.strict Bu 7 53 010
Fourt-n district, north
ern division 039 221 850
Fourth district, south
ern division 718 873 1.089
Totals 3,359 1,111 4.500
If the full vote is brought out it will tie
the largest polled here in a municipal con
test in twenty years. It is safe, towever,
to calculate on about 6 per cent, staying
away from the polls.
Tne aidermanic candidates cn both tickets
were moving around among their friends
yesterday feeling the pulse of public senti
ment and soliciting support. All , aid they
bail met with lots of encouragement and of
course each believes himself a “sure” win
ner. The count of the ballots to-night,
however, will remove the “successful lm
jiression” from at least eleven minds, one of
which will be that of a mayoralty candi
date.
THE FOURTH’S CHOICE.
The Fourth District Club, which is es
pecially espousing the cause of Alderman
Dixon, Capt. Bcreveu aud Mr. Bohan for
aldermen, held a meeting last night, which
was attended by a couple of hundred voters,
and resolved to work for the success of
these three gentlemen from the opening
until the closing of the polls. A great deal
of enthusiasm was displayed, and each
member of the club left tbe meeting with
u determination to be at the polls as much
€is possible to-day for Dixon, Yerevan and
Bohan.
Mr. George Meyer says the rumor pub
lished in the Morning News that the An
heuser-Busch Brewing Association hud con
tributed SI,OOO to elect Alderman Harmon
Is without the slightest foundation. The
•ssoomtio i has not contributed a cent, and
Mr. Meyer savs he does n, t believe its
officers know there is to be an election m
Savannah,
lammauy, at a large and enthusiastic
meeting at Catholic Library hall la-d night,
indorsed the McDonough uldermauio ticket
as a whole. A committee of workers was
appointed, which will do active w..rk at the
polls to-day for the sucoets of the ticket.
Tammany has largely increased its mem
bership since the county election, aud in to
day’s contest it* iufluenoe will be worth
between 500 aud 600 solid vote . An effort
was made to Indor e Capt. tic.even, but It
tailed.
Rahr ad employes all believe in Ur. Bull’s
Cough Syrup, the old standby.— ad.
Bktunajz’h Bills are faithful frloud*.
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THUS COLDBBT WEATHER YET.
Mercury Down to 18*—The Freeze
Severe In Florida.
Yesterday was the coldest day of the
winter, the minimum temperature being
the lowest reached thi* season. There was
a hard freeze yesterday morning, all the
fountains and exposed pools of water being
frozen bard. Hydrants were generally
frozen up all over the city and there were
any number of water pipes burst. Thi
plumbers were kept on the run all day.
The maximum temperature for the day
was 32 v aud the minimum 18*. the mean
temperature being 27° below the normal.
The temperature at 8 o’clock, as com
pared with the reports Sunday night, was
‘S to 8° lower along the immediate New
Engiand and Middle Atlantic coasts, 6" to
S' 1 lower along the immediate Mouth At
lantic coast, 8* to 12* lower
throughout the Florida peninsula.
4* lower in Northwestern Texas and
8’ lower in Eastern Nebraska The tem
perature remained about stationary in the
Upper Mississippi valley, upper lake region,
Missouri. Kansas, Western Nebraska and
along the immediate Gulf coast. It was 8“
to 14" warmer in the Ohio valley and Ten
nessee, Northwestern Georgia and Arkan
sas.
At 8 o'clock lost night the isotherm of 20"
extended from Waiter as, N. (J., westward
to Middle Tennessee, thence northwestward
to a little north of North Platte, Neb.
North of this line the temperature ranged
between 2® below zero to 18" above.
St. Paul reported at S o’clock a tempera
ture of 2* below zero. Davenport and Chi
cago zero, Buffalo and New York city 6"
above zero, Philadelphia 8”, Boston and
Cincinnati 10% Washington 12", Norfolk 14",
Knoxville 16", St. Louis 18", Atlanta and
Augusta 26", Charleston and Savannah 28*
and Jacksonville 31".
The “high” last night covered the South
Atlantic and Gulf states with diminished
intensity. A seoond ‘ ’high” centres in lowa.
The pressure was lowest in the extreme
northwest.
Generally clear weather prevailed south
of the Ohio river, throughout the Mississippi
valley and w*Bt of the Mississippi, except
in Eastern Texas, where cloudiness was re
ported. Cloudiness prevailed northward
from the Onio valley over the lake region,
with snow failing at Cleveland, Indianapolis
aud Detroit.
The forecast for Bavannan is: Generally
fair, continued low temperature in the
morning, slightly warmer in th* afternoon,
variable wiuds.
The minimum temperature of 18" yester
day is the lowest recorded for January
since 1887, whan the minimum temperature
was 16°. On Jan. 12, 1886, the minimum
temperature was 12°, the lowest recorded at
Savannah during twenty-two years.
Telegrams were received by the Savan
nah, Florida and Western railway officials
from Florida yesterday stating that the
damage to fruit and vegetable crops was
very heavy. In many places the orops were
almost entirely killed out.
The orange crop is believed to have been
greatly out off by the several freezes that
have occurred in the last few days.
CARE OF TH* CONVI-T6
Tbe County Commissioners Provide
for tbe Chain-Gang in Bad Weather.
The adjourned January meeting of the
oouoty commissioners was held yesterday
afternoon. Those present were Commis
sioners Read, Estill and Meinhard; J. R.
Saussy, county attorney; R. D. Biandford,
county engineer, and J. R. Dillon, olerk.
Messrs. Josepp Clay aud D. It.Thomas,rep
resenting the superior court grand jury,
were tiefore the commissioners in regard
to the working of the chain-gang in rainy
weather, and as to tbe clothing of the con
victs.
Commissioner Estill stated that the con
victs were not worked in the canals and
ditches iu wet weather, provision having
beeu made to work them on the roads when
the weather is inclement, and further that
when the weather is veiy bad they are uot
worked at all.
The county engineer corroborated th# ex
planation ot Commissioner Estill.
Commissioner Read stated that the com
missioner were willing to do everything
necessary to promote the comfort of the
prisoners, and that he had yesterday ordered
coffee served to them twice a day. The
committee of the grand jury thanked tho
commissioners aud retired.
J. K. R. Carr, clerk of the superior court;
John T. Honan, sheriff; John R. Dillon, re
ceiver of tax returns; J. R. Tebeau, county
surveyor, aud W. D. Dixon,coroner, presen tell
their bonds, which were approved, and they
were qualified according to law.
An application from the managers of the
election asking for the use of certain offices
of the court house for the city eleotion was
granted.
A petition was received from John M.
Bryan of the Savannah Rifle Association
asking that a hundred acres be sold to that
association for the purpose of rifle practice.
On motion the matter was referred to a
committee consisting of Commissioners
Estill, Meinhard and Read.
On motion of Commissioner Estill the
county attorney was instructed to prepare
an order designating tbe Meridian road a
public road.
A letter from W. P. Carmichael, super
intendent of drainage for tbe city, nu :ead
aud referred to tbe county engineer.
The application of B. Carpenter for license
to sell liquor at Sterling’s Bluff, in the Ogee
ehee district, ivas laid over uutil tbe next
mooting.
Special Officer H. M. Morgan’s salary was
increased to $1,200 a year.
CARRIED OFF BY HEART FAILURE.
An Unknown Ctolored Woman Dies
in Dr. Hopps - Yard.
An unknown colored woman about 50
years old was found dead last night iu a
closet in tbe yard of Dr. Hopps’ residence,
at Bull aud South Broad streets. It is sup
posed she came iu off the streets about dusk
and died from an attack of heart failure.
Oneof Dr. Hopps’ servants discovered the
woman about 7 o’clock, aud from the ap
pearance of tbe body she had beeu dead
about an hour.
Coroner Dixon was notified and removed
the body. There was nothing on the
woman’s person by which shd could bs
identified.
LOCAL PERSONAL
Virgil Carter of Dodo was a visitor to the
cottou exchange yesterday.
John 8. Bharo. editor of the Waycross
Herald, was in the city yesterday.
C. W. Holmes of Dodo was a visiter on
the floor of tbe cotton exchange yesterday.
Julian Schley and W. W. Bussey were
elected members of the board of trade yes
terday.
Ex-Mayor John W. Mealey of Boston
spent yesterday iu the city en route to St.
Augustine.
■William A. Francis, assistant manager of
the North British Mercantile Insurance
Company, is at tbe De .Soto.
Mrs. E. A, Weil, Miss Mazie Ferst, Miss
Paulino Weil and Miss Ma Membard re
turned yesterday from a four weeks’ pleas
ure trip Bpent in Atlanta. Mrs. Weil
chaperoned the party.
CITY BSwVITIBa.
Alpha Lodge No. 1, Scottish Rite Ancient
aud Accepted Freemasons, meets to-night.
The Hons of the Revolution held a meeting
last night at the oourt house and appointed
a committee to nrrange for the unnual ban
ouet of the society, Feb. 9. A number of
new members were elected.
Rhv. Mr. McCauley, preiideut of tbe
Young People’s Christian Endeavor so
cieties of Ohio, will address the Savannah
local union at tbe Lutheran church at 8
o'clook to-night, The public is invited to
alttHid.
When la went of a good liuimsat, buy halve
tioa Oil, which cost* only 26 casts.—od.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1893.
ANOTHER CENTRAL SUIT.
IT 13 BROUGHT IN ALABAMA BY
BISHOP WEED OF FLORIDA
To Take the Montgomery and Eufaula
Road Out of the Hands of the Cen
tral’s Receiver—The Bill Alleges a
Violation of the Btate Constitution
on the Part of the Central—The Al
legations. Charges and Prayer of
the Bill In Brief—The Case to Be
Heard Feb. 14.
Suit was filed yesterday before Judge
Bruce in tbo circuit oourt of the United
State# for the Middle district of Alabama
by Charlton, Mackall & Anderson, attor
neys for Bishop Edwin G. Weed of Florida,
who is a bondholder of the Montgomery
and Eufaula Railway Company, against
the Montgomery and Eufaula, the Central
Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia,
the Southwestern Railroad of Georgia and
the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of
New York and H. M. Comer.
The bill sets forth thet the Central Rail
road and Banking Company of Georgia
controls the Montgomery and Eufaula Rail
way Company by alleged ownership of its
entire capital stock; that the Southwestern
Railroad of Georgia is leased and operated
by the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany of Georgia and that the Farmers’
Loan and Trust Company is the trustee for
the issue of bonds of the Montgomery and
Eufaula of June 12, 1879, to the amount
of $1,500,000; that the Montgomery and
Eufaula was defaulted on the coupons of
bonds due Jan. 1, 1893; that on March 3
1892, when the bill of Mrs. Kowena M.
Clarke was filed against the Central railroad
the Richmond and Danville railroad and
others, assailing the validity of the alleged
lease under which the Richmond and Dan
ville had been operating the Central, and
also assailing the logality of the control
which the Richmond and West Point
Terminal bad exercised over the Central by
reason of Its ownership of a blook of 42,100
share*, and praying for the appointment of
a receiver, eto., the Central Railroad and
Ranking Company of Georg,a vigorously
resisted the application for a receiver on the
theory that said company was perfectly
solvent and was in every way able
to take care of itself. That upon ;the hear
ing of the application the directors of the
Central Railroad and Banking Comyany
were appointed as receivers.
July 4, 1892, it Is alleged the Central
Railroad Company exhibited its bill in the
natute of an intervention in the bill of
Roweua M. Clarke, lu which after review
ing the condition of the railroad and its
properties it admits that it was then in an
embarrassed financial condition and had
been compelled on July 1 to default on the
tripartite bonds and the certificates of in
debtedness, and it prays the court to ap
point a receiver to take oharge of the said
Central railroad and Its auxiliary and con
trolled properties. It gives ns one of its
main reasons for asking the appointment of
a receiver on its own behalf
that, while it wai insolvent, in the sense
that it was unable to meet It* maturing ob
ligations, yet it believed that if the integ
rity of its system was maintained and its
properties and inferos s conserved it oould
be re-established upon a sound basis and
restored to prosperous conditions.
it is alleged that July 14, 1892, the Mont
gomery aud Eufaula filed its separate
answer to the bill of the Central railroad
aud admitted that the Central was the
owner of ell of its oapital stook and oper
ated the Montgomery and Eufaula road as
a part of its system, aooounting to its stock
holders for its earnings and providing for
its obligations as they matured.
Th# Farmers' Loan and Trust Company
also Hied its separate answer to the bill of
the (Central Railroad Company, in which,
while in a perfunctory manner it denies me
jurisdiction of the oourt and protests
against the aotion of the Central, it fails to
interpose the proper and fundamental ob
jections to the granting of the prayers of
said bill, and as far as the orator is advised,
the loan and trust compauy gave no notice
of this bill to the holders of said bonds, for
whom it was the trustee; nor did it in any
manner attempt to obtain the consent of
the bondholders for suoh action.
MR. COMER’S APPOINTMENT.
The bill further shows that at the hearing
of the bill of oomplaint it was ordered that
IT. M. Comer should lie appointed reoslver
of the Central railroad ami of its auxiliary
aud appendant corporations, among which
is the Montgomery and Eufaula railway,
end the order provides that to the end that
the integrity of the Central system might
l maintained the receiver is authorized to
pay out of the net earnings the rentals and
other fixed oharges aocruing to other com
panies or resulting from the use and opera
tion of their lines as a pan of
its system, aud that among the
fixed charges so referred to Is the interest
on the bonds of the Montgomery and
Eufaula railway Company.
A CHARGE OF COLLUSION.
The bill charges that the Central Rail
road and Banking Company and the Mont
gomery and Eufaula Railway Company
have colluded ior the purpose of debarring
the complainant and those of his class of
creditors of the last naru.d ooinpauy from
exercising the usual protection ufforde.i by
reeort to the remedies of the common law
by causing the la-t nam.d company to be
placed in the hands of a receiver apDoiuted
by the federal court for the Southern
district of Georgia for the first named com
pany at its instance and because of its
avowed insolvency; that there was not, at
the time of the receivership, nor had there
been prior thereto, any suggestion of in
solvency on the part of the Montgomery
and Eufaula, hut upon the con
trary its bonds were regarded
as a safe investment, based not onlr
on the intrinsic veiue ot the road and its
ability as an independent corporation to
protect its bondholders, but in the ultimate
liquidation of its bonds by the creation of a
•inking fund which hsd been regularly
coutributed to during the running of the
bond*. The orator ebows that the Central
is a guarantor on the bonds and besides se
curing all the profits rising out of the
operation of the Montgomery and Eufaula
company, beoame the custodlau of its
sinking fund, amountlug at the present
time to upward of $250,000, which sum is
in great peril, If it hog not beuu already
•wept away by the waste and mismanage
ment of the Central Railroad aud Banking
Compauy of Georgia.
The bill further charges that th# aotion of
the Central in causing the M mtgomerv and
Eufaula to be plaoed in the hands of a re
ceiver was without reference to
the interests of oomplainaut and cred
itors of ills class, and was
solely in the interest of the Central Railroad
Company, ar.d against the Montgomery aud
Eufaula
FIXED CHARGES SHOULD BE MET.
The bill shows that even under the curi
ous result whicn forced this solvent corpo
ration into a receiver’s hands, to aid in
saving the geueral system dominated by
another road, a condition was annexed that
all fixed charges should be met, among
wbicn is the Interest on the bonds of the
Montgomery and Eufaula; that whilst there
is no preiense that the Montgomery and
Eufaula bos .ailed to make its fixed churges.
the funds arising from its operations, pass
ing Into the hands of the Central’s receiver
and not kept distinct, default has been
made in the payment of interest on the
bouds—the usual result of a coalition te
tween solvency and notorious insolvency;
and that the security of the bonds is daily
becoming depreciated, and must eventually
become engulfed In the tremendous disaster
which has oome upon the Central.
The bill oharges that the motive of the
application to this court forarec-elver in the
auxiliary proceedings aoove refer red to was
for the pur is we of precluding creditors, like
complainants, from proceeding against the
Montgomery end Eufaula Railway Com
pany, or else to precipitate default on the
nart of the Central, as guarantor, which ha*
taken plaoe, or to compel complainant to
accept any plan of reorganization in the in
terest of the Central that may be proposed,
irrespective of the interests of the bond
holders of the Montgomery and Eufaula
Railway Company.
The bill again charges that the owner
ship of the stock of the Montgomery and
Eufaula by the Central is illegal and void,
as being obnoxious to article 4, section 2,
paragraph 4 of the constitution of the state
of Georgia, and is contrary to the public
policy of the state of Alabama: that by rea
son of such illegal ownership the Mont
gomery aud Eufaula has been, t no# the ac
quisition by the Central, and is now, with
out any legal stockholders, directors or offi
cers whatsoever; that said com
pany was not legally represented
in or made a party to the
bill of complaint of the Central Railroad
and Banking Company of Georgia, against
the Farmers’ Loau and Trust Company
et al., above referred to, and that any
order or proceeding under said bill affect
ing tne corporate rights of the Montgom
ery and Eufaula are void.
The bill prays that the order of the
court appointing Mr. Comer receiver of
the Montgomery and Eufaula may be
vacated, that the ownership of the capital
stock of the Montgomery and Eufaula by
the Central may be decreed to he illegal
and void, that the Central, and Mr. Comer
as receiver, be enjoined from operating the
Montgomery anil Eufaula or In auy way In
terfering with its properties or effects, and
that a receiver be appointed to take obarge
of said company and its properties; that
the Central, ana j Mr. Comer as receiver, be
decreed to bo trustees for the benefit of the
oompiainant, and others of his class, of the
sinking fund above mentioned, and they
be oompelled to aocouut therefor to its
receiver appointed by this oourt.
An order was grac ed in accordance with
the prayers of the bill and Feb. 14 was ap
pointed for a hearing of the case.
BABIISi UP FUH PRIZES.
Thirty-three Mothers Think Thelr's Is
the Prettiest.
There was a tableau of dimpled, diminu
tive beauty at the Catholic Library hall
yesterday afternoon. Thirty-three fond
mothers and os many babies were the par
ticipants in the baby show. The ball was
crowded with fosd mammas, handsomely
dressed babies, misses, admiring friends
and little brothers and sisters w ho had come
to see the show. The gentler sax was largely
in the majority.
Thirty-three babies were entered for the
prize, ranging from a few months to threo
years of age. Kaob baby was given a card,
showing its number, and in the arms of its
nurse was assigned to a position on the
stage. The little tots made a fine showing.
Borne of them seemed to feel conscious of
the fact that they were on exhibition aud
appeared to be bidding for votes. The com
mittee hesitated to undertake the task of
selecting the prettie.-t baby from such a lot
of pretty ODes, each of which v.as evidently
expected to carry off the prize,
by its fond parent. The committee decided
to make it a voting contest open to all and
to award the prize to the one receiving the
most votes.
There was a general distribution of the
votes, but the prize was carried off by No.
28, Mr. Frank O. Battey’s little daughter,
Belle. The prize was a gold pin.
The doll show proved a most attraotive
feature to the children. There was a good
exhibition of handsome dolls, ugly dolls,
new dolls and old dolls.
The prize—a doll's trunk—for the pret
tiest doll was won by little Miss
Eleanor Sohley. The prize for the
ugliest doll was won by Mr. Joseph
Hull’s little daughter. This prize
was a prettily dressed doll. The prize
for the oldest doll, a doll’s bedstead, was
won by Mrs. Everett. The doll exhibited
was 150 years old. The seoond oldest doll,
exhibited by Mrs. Kollook, was 71 years
old. The doll awarded to Albert Hill for
the ugliest doll was dressed by Miss Lily
Anderson.
The fish pond proved the greatest catch
penny to the Uttlefolks, aud they thronged
around it delightedly the whole
afternoon. Mrs. Emile Newman and
Mrs. C. >l. Gibbs were in charge of the
pond. Over 200 fish were sold, each one
representing a toy.
The entertainment at night was equally
successful as that in tne afternoon. There
was a large crowd of young
people present, chiefly members of
the Guards and their friends,
with a good number of married people.
There was a disappointment in part of the
programme, Airs. Finney and Mr. Julian
Walker being unable to sing as expected,
both suffering from bad colds. Miss Stone
gave a recitation of Foe’s “ Bells,” which
was enthusiastically applauded.
One of the features of the evening was
the fortune telling department, presided over
by Mrs. Col. Garrard, assisted hv a num
ber of young ladies. This department was
largely patronized.
The “Oracle,” a poem by Mr. John M.
Bryan, announced the fortunes of the
seekers after fate. Mr. Brvau is a gentle
man of known versatility, but as this is his
first effort In the poetic line, his poem is
given in full. The cakes referred In the
poem were used by the vracles in determin
ing the fates of the applicants.
If you a thimble In the cake do see,
A wrinkled, sour, grum old maid you’ll be.
If in the cake you find a little bean
Of a farmer's home you will be queen
Look for the button in the cake.
Am! a cross oid bachelor you'll make.
Hearts within the cakes declare,
A love match and a future fair.
If in the cake you find a little Blackstooe
You will a lawyer for a husband own.
The five cake* which do a ring imbod
List: both maid and youth— good cheer!
Will he the first to happy wed
Of all the large assembly there.
When in the cake a peu vou see
A blue stocking maid your fate will bo.
Draw forth a pen, O. maiden fair.
For bookkeepers makegood husbands, dear.
A soldier—tho’ in cake—is true and brave
A soldier’ll be your future lord and slave.
Within the cake you find a pencil—tho’ of slate
A teacher—wife or husband—is your fate. ’
A bit of cotton in the cake will tell
That you a merchant’s throbbing heart will quell
If money in the cake you do discover
Your future fate will be a wealthy lover.
The piece of rosin will ind cate
A “young” and handsome uaval stores mate.
The fortunate cake containing the pills
A doctor for you and all your ills.
Refreshments were served in the gallery
of the hall by the ladies. Cobb’s band fur
nished music and there was daucing until a
late hour.
Didn’t Recommend.
The statement made on the authority of
a gentleman who was said to be “familiar
with the situatiod,” to the effect that Mr.
John F. LaFar, one of the commiss,oners of
registration, was appointed on the recom
mendation of Judge MaoDonell, is mani
festly incorrect The appointment of a
commissioner is made by the grand jury oo
its own motion, and it would be outside of
the law, to say nothing of its being incon
sistent with tne dignity of Judge Mac-
Douell, for bis honor to indicate in any way
a preference in such a matter. It is to the
greet credit of Savannah’# judiciary that
they never forget their high positions.
Officers of the Steam Bake v.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Savannah Steam Bakery Company
was held yesterday afternoon aud the fol
lowing officers and directors were elected:
President- Isaac G. Haas.
View I reaideut and General Manager -
John Schwarz.
Secretary end Treasurer—H. F. Walt
hour.
Directors-- Isaac O. Haas, John Brhwart,
J*** M. D.xon, I. B. Tiedemen, j, B.
Withers, I* Kay tun, J. A. O. Carson.
baking powder.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
TO WARD OFF CHOLERA.
DF. LEHAHDY recommends pre
cautionary MEASURES.
The Report of the Citizens' Sanitary
Association’s Medical Director on
the Sanitary Condition of the City.
The Measures to ba Adopted to Pre
vent the Introduction of Cholera and
to Prevent Its Spread.
Dr. J. C. LsHardy, medical director of
the Citizens’ Sanitary Association, read an
interesting report at the meetiug of the
association last night. He devotod bis re
port to a discussion of cholera and the sug
gestion of precautionary measures immedi
ately necessary to guard against the invas
ion of the disease during the oommg gam
mer. The report is as follows:
A fresh outbreak of Asiatic cholera having
occurred in ports of Western Europe that are
in constant communication with this continent,
it is evident tuat the dread disea,e can be in
troduced any day within our borders. There
fore it becomes the imperative duty of those In
authority to take every precaution to prevent
its introduction and to use every means calcu
lated to mitieate its severity or to prevent its
spread in case it does come
Experiments have been tried for years by the
English government to prevent the spread of
cholera. Strict quarantine and other measures
were used, but proved ineiTec ual until sanitary
works were substituted for the cordon sanitaire,
aud the cleansing of lodging houses and of wells,
for the burning of beggars’ clothes. Under
Lord Shaftesbury’s act, careful drainage and
policing, fresh air, wholesome food and pure
water were provided for the pilgrims and for
the mass of people gathering at fairs These
measures put an end to cholera epidemics wher
ever used.
PREPARING! FOR THE DISEASE.
Great Britain is now putting her seaports and
commercial cities in as good sanitary condition
at possible by the removal of filth by Improved
drainage and by supplying them with pure
water. This is done to save her people from the
impending scourge without placing a ■>- restric
tion upon her vast commerce. Certainly we
ought to follow this good example.
1 believe that it will subserve the Interests of
this city best, If sanitary defects deleterious to
health and dangerous as breeders of disease are
pointed out, not only to the members of this as
sociation but to every citizen, because it will
enable every oneof them to help in e, curing the
removal of these evils before it is too late, and
save Savannah from a possible visitation of
cholera or epidemic yellow fever.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Our city Is already supplied with an abund
ance of artesian water I which is. I think, less
liable to contain the germs of cholera than that
supplied from any other source!. This, of
itself. Is of immense value to us, and besides it
removes the last stone in the way of giving us
the long promised system of house drainage--
the sanitary work which alone can alone insure
the healthfuln s-t of our city. It aiso gives the
means of flushing our filthy sewers everyday
and of watering all the streets on dry days,
comfort which tne ladies and taxpayers will
appreciate.
Tne garbage and refuse of our city is removed
regularly and cremated before It has time to
become dangerous. After years of patient ex
pectation these two sanitary bleesings have
been obtained; let us hope that the others which
are so essential to our Bsfety will ba given us at
electric speed.
The conditions deleterious to health and cal
culated to create disease are:
The large area of sobby soil within tbe city
limits.
The very large area of sobby and undrained
land outside of the city limits east, southeast,
south, southwest, west and northwest.
The 5,000 to 6,000 privy vaults reeking with
putrefaction—a stain upon our escutcheon,
which gives Savannah an ugly name.
The cesspools, or dry wells, which are still
used or have not been filled up.
Tho cellars, alley ways and lanes ia a filthy
condition.
The hundreds of houses which are, or may be.
Infected on acoount of defective plumbing.
Hundreds of soil pipes, which are, in part or
totally, filled with feed matter, etc., or leaking
near or uud> r houses.
Miles of brick sewers covered with filth in a
state of fermentation.
The soil of yards, of lanes and streets and the
corner sewer traps wherein glop water, wash
water, urine and kitchen refuse are thrown.
The Ogeechee canal nuisance west of the
city.
The nauseous Bilbo canal east of the city.
The numerous stables in the populous part of
the city where hundreds of horses, mules and
cows are kept.
The defective quarantine system.
TIMS TO CORRECT EVILS.
1 believe that the work necessary to remove
or to correct all ot these sanitary evils could be
completed by May 1 Thou our city will be the
cleanest and healthiest of its size in the United
states. With energy, administrative ability and
enough money it can he done. Every foot of
sobbv soil, all stagnant water within the city's
.jurisdiction should be thoroughly and per
manently drained. Underdrams of the best
quality should he used and put in place under
the supervision of an experienced oivil engineer
The presence of wet soil any place is capable of
producing malarial and other diseases during
the summer. In and about a southern city It
is a source of danger all the time.
Kvery foot of 90bbv soil and all the stagnant
water within the radius of two miles from tho
city limits should be thoroughly drained, and
some provision made by which these drains
shall be kept in constant running order.
The county commissioners can help us very
materially in this emergency—by concentrating
all their work here, and If necessary, by dig
ging tae trench for a covered sower Not only
should the entire force of convict labor be used
for this purpose, but hundreds of laborers
should be secured as soon as possible in order
to have the entire surface perfectly dry in time
to prevent a return of malarial and other fevers.
VAULTS TO Bn LOOKED AFTCII.
Well water being no longer in use for drink
ing purposes, all the privy vaults can now be
filled just as they are with impunity, and ren
dered perfectly harmless. Wherever connec
tion witli a sewer cannot be made at once or
where sewers have not been laid, palls should
be furnished and cleaned twice a week by the
scavengers, the contents to be cremated with
the garbage. Fecial matter, especially when
mixed witn urine and other filth, as it is in privy
vaults, is considered by ail sanitarians to be tbe
most dangerous of all filth as a cause of disease
and as a factor in the spread of epidemics be
cause it is always fermenting and constantly
increasing in quantity.
The last dry well should be condemned and
filled with earth. These cess pools are even
more dangerous than vaults. In direct connec
tion with dwellings, the only escape for its
emanations is the water closet or kitchen sink
Kvery calls,r, alley and lane should be regu
larly inspected by trusty officers aud kept in a
sanitary condition. Scavengers should not be
permitted to dump garbage before It is forked
into their wagons, neither should they he al
low ed to throw ashes upon lan s, because by
raising the level of the lane the drainage of
adjoining yards is impossible; this makes
them damp and unhealthy All defect
ive plumbing should be ferreted out as soon as
possible and the owners required to have Ue
f-cia corrected under the supervision of experts
provided for the purpose. N 3 new plumbing
should be accepted by the authorities unless in
spected and approved by their own expert.
Hail plumblug. defective house drainage and
the fl.th accumulating about houses are causes
for the piopagatiou of a very dangerous class
of diseases, like diphtheria, scarlet fcvir
typhus, etc., which swell mortality reports aud
fill our homes with sorrow.
SIWBRAOK NESnXD.
A well planned system of sewerage should be
started immediately under the supervision of
the best aud most experienced sanitary engineer
to be found In (he country. The work should
lie carried on as rapidly as possible and
continued until May 1, when It be
comee dangerous to upturn the soli
House dunnage is the most important
of . In city When built
scleotiflcaily. that U wti~n tie sl/e of drains
used Is in exact ratio to "the stuff” it lias 1 1
convey—when tbe materiel used is of the beat
quality, carefully put tug ether and hartneticaiiy
cealrd and that a sufficient fall is given—its
work is perfect. It shows the removal of
human ordure and of liquid filth of every de
scription hefore it can torment and become
dangerous to health. By the use of self-acting
tanks every draiu 1b repeatedly flushed and the
formation of sewer gas and retention of foul
matter is entirely prevented. The smaller and
the smoother the drain tne better it performs
the work.
Our brick sewers should only be used to carry
rain water from roofs, yards and streets They
subserve this purpose well, but as carriers of
sewage they are very dangerous. Filth and
slime accumulate upon its rough surface and
saturate tbe bricks. Here they ferment and
form sower gas -a subtle poison which pene
trates with n our dwellings and pours forth at
every street corner trap. A separate system of
smooth glazed pipes, hermetically sealed,
should be put into the lanes to carry off this
filth, and brick drains used tor storm water
only.
Some provision should be made at onea by
the city authorities for the removal of slops,
wash water, etc. Wagons built for tbe purpose
should collect these every day aud empty them
at some convenient place to he carried away by
the sewers. All liquids containing animal or
vegetable matter, if thrown upon the surface
of yards or streets necessarily putrify under the
action of the sun s heut, and become daugerous
to health.
KEEP THE CANALS CLEAN.
The Central Railroad Company should be re
quired to ke. p the Ogeecliee canal clean, aud
to put every foot of its property west of the
city permanently in a sanitary condition by
draining or filling. The same demand should
be served unon every corporation owning pr< .p
--erty within the city’s jurisdiction. The cor
porate authorities have power to enforce the
removal of all nui anoes dangerous to health.
It lias been alleged by a number of physicians,
writers and sanitarians that tne undrained con
dition of the lands east and west of the city is
one of the principal factors in tbe causation
of yellow fever here.
The Bilbo canal should be used to carry off
storm water from the city. No sewage should
ever be allowed to ba exposed over so large a
surface to the action of the sun because the
emanation* arising therefrom are dangerous to
public health. A oovered way should be pro
vided as soon as possible to carry the sewage
at a safe distance where it can do no harm.
Large etablee for horses, mules or cows
should not be allowed to remain within centers
of population. With the facilities afforded by
telephones this sanitary evil ueed no longer ex
ist. No matter how carefully kept the soil and
tbe air surrounding a stable becomes un
healthy.
Our quarantine station should be modernized
as it ought to be and made a protection against
the introduction of coutagloua diseases—not a
farce. Every scientific appliance known to kill
the germs of diseuse in vessels should be placed
there at once and put to practical use. Every
ship from abroad snould be critical y inspected
and maritime sanitation applied wherever
needed. The burning of sulphur in pans is no
longer considered as a protection by an en
lightened people.
County Engineer Biandford reported
that the uaw steam dredge recently pur
chased by the county is doing a wonder
ful amount of work. The dredge excavates
about 500 tons of earth a clay, he said, and
can he believes be made to excavate 600
tous just as easily. The dredge is now at
work on tho new Casey canal. With the
large amount of drainage needed in Chat
ham county Engineer Blaudford expressed
the opinion that tbe county would find it
advisable to purchase several of these
dredges within the next few years.
Catarrh in the Bead
Is undoubtedly a disease of the blood, and
as such only a reliable blood purifier can ef
fect a perfect cure. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is
the best blood purifier, and it has cured
many very severe cases of catarrh. It
gives an appetite and builds up the whole
system.
Hood’s Pills acts especially upon the liver,
rousing It from torpidity to its natural du
ties, cure constipation and assist diges
tion.—ad.
CODING TO SAVANNAH.
An Eminent Specialist Whose Reputa
tion Extends all Over Pennsylvania.
In order to escape the severe northern
winters I)r. J. Harvey Moore has decided
to settle permanently In one of the largest
cities of Georgia, his native state, but in
order to make a tetter choice of location he
will practice tor a brief period in each of
tho larger cities of this state. The Scranton
Hevublican, the leading paper at Dr.
Moore’s home, has the following to say of
him:
‘ ‘Dr. Moore came to this section a number
of years ago from Philadelphia, embarking
at once in practioe here as a specialist, and
has become well known to our people. The
doctor is a graduate from tbe Jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia as well as a
graduate as a specialist from the Polyclinic
of New York, aud has certificates of other
special training.
• ‘Dr. Moore’s standing In the profession
auil in society, the high Indorsement that is
given him by eminent specialists of national
reputation, his array of instruments and
mechanical appliances, his extensive library
and other visible facilities and, above all,
his record of successful practice in this sec
tion of the state, establishes a claim to tbe
confidence of ti.e community. He has dis
tinguished himself by numerous brilliant
operations in eye surgery, in which line,
because of its importance, he ie best known,
although his success in his medical special,
ties has been no less pronounced. * *
“He ie not giving hazardous experiments,
is extremely cautious aud avoids the com
mon fault of skillful surgeons—arrogance—
and is uniformly courteous to ail.”—Scran
ton Republican.
Dr. Moore will open offices corner
Whitaker and MoDonough streets next Mon
day. Jan. 33, 9 a. m. In bis advertise
ment he announces that he will straighten,
by his painless method, the first case of'
cross-eyes ;calllng on him, free of charge,
ad.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 16, 1892.— Editor
Morning Neurn: Referring to the statement
made by Mr. W. I. O’Brien in Sunday’s
Nuws that I heat a hasty retreat from his
presence, I beg to say the same is not true
and not caring, in the absence of permis
sion, to give details and names of other
parties to the affair. I will simply say that
lam ready to meet Mr. O’Brien at any
time, unarmed and under equal conditions.
Respectfully, Geo. Meyer.
—adj
The Baynard at Guyton.
Guyton’s new hotel, the Baynard house,
is now completed and will be opened to the
publio Feb. 10. The hotel is handsomely
finished and thoroughly furnished through
out. No expense has been spared to make
the Baynard au ideal hotel. Mrs. Rahn
will have charge of the house, anil that is a
guarantee that everything will be first
class. A notice elsewhere gives further
particulars of the openiug.
The Everett,
Jacksonville, Ha. This house now opened
for the season of 1892 and 18U3. The largest
and most modern hotel in tua city; accom
modations 600—100 rooms with bath. Rates
>3 00 per day, except for rooms on first
floor and rooms with bath.
Orchestral tousio morning and evening.
Molver A Baker, proprietors, —ad.
OvsMttAun at a Hutall Club in Paris Who
will lend me a couple of louts’ I’ll pay him one
back at oooel- Melungn.
MJDDIV A BATES t, M. H,
WFATHER PROBA BIL TTrEft-Trei
DAi: Generally fair, continued ij,, *"
veralure, slightly warmer in aW-, ” 1,
variable winds. “/‘ernoon;
A
BIG
SHIPMENT.
P -GNE teems loaded with Mi
I. fcON a hamlin organs—i' ii*
struments in all - make a pretty good J**
cession. Many citize >s of Boston oe r J.q
the display, however, as the Mason £ am?
lin caravan passed through the street??-
“’i <lr<l dock - whence the
rted tuis enormous number of Cabinet
gang to Liverpool for Messrs. Metzier A Cos
the i-ondon acems of the comtsuv
is the largest single
ever exported from this country ~®?
Messrs. Mason .ft Hamlin may well
of it: but It is nothing ifnumi ??.
this bouse to make large foreign
menu.— From the Musical Courier .v P „
For Twenty Years Past the Ma
son & Hamlin Organs Have
Been Sold By
Men k Bates S. I. E
Sontlieru Wholesale Agents.
DRY 800DS.
Commencing to-day
tinuing for two weeks, we
will sell at New York cost
onr entire stock in the follow
ing departments:
Colored Dress.
Dress Trimmings.
Shawls and Skirts.
Merino and All
Wool Underwear.
Wool Half Hose.
Blankets.
Comforts.
Eiderdowns.
Fancy Flannels.
White Quilts.
Table Linens, Towels and Napkins.
Also our entire Una of fine Look-stitched Mel
Ilu Underwear, equal to hand-made geode.
CLOTHING.
trousers:
Shameful Sac
rifice, but
we Propose
TO SELL.
STABLES.
PULASKI HOUSE STABLES,"
138 and 140 Bryan Street,
elegant landaus, victorias, t cart*.
BUGGIES AND SADDLE HORSES.
E. C. GLEASON.
Telephone No. 12.
CLOTHING.
NEW LINE
Fedora Hats, Latest Styles
and Colors.
Agents for the Celebrated Miller Hat, ths
only hand-made Hat in this country
HUNTER WHISKY!
BALTIMORE PURE RYE.
AfSfIOLI'TSLY TFIE MIT OBTAINABLE*
IN BULK AND BOTTLES.
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$3
To
$8