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THE ELECTION TO-DAY.
Chatham County Will Turn Out a
Large Democratic Vote.
No Populists Here, and No Reason
Why the Election Should Not all Be
One Way—Location of the Voting
Boxes at the Court House—Expiring
Attempts of the Pops toOet in all the
Votes They Can Democrats Should
Study the Proposed Amendments to
the Constitution.
To-day the people of Georgia will elect
a governor and their state house officers
for the ensuing two years, and the j>eo
ple in every county and senatorial dis
trict will name their representatives for
that period.
In some of the counties there will be a
wonderful scuffling for votes, as it is
pretty well understood that the populists
are going to make their lina! desperate
struggle. The demo rats have been made
pretty well acquainted with the populist
tricks, however, and they will be ready
to meet them at sunrise this morning.
The supreme court has decided, accord
ing to the notices sent out from demo
cratic headquarters in Atlanta, that the
polls must be run on sun time. This
notice was sent out so that tho’democratic
managers would know just when to take
charge of and open the polls, as it Is
known that the populists intend making
an effort to get charge of them through
some fraudulent election blanks which
they have sent out to many of the coun
ties.
THU ELECTION HERE.
The polls here will open at 7 o'clock
this morning Justice Samuel Reynolds,
the superintendent of the election, has
charge of the tickets and the preliminary
work this morning, Bnd he will be on the
field at the court house bright and early.
The oaths for the superintendent, man
agers, clerks and tally sheet keepers have
been drawn and were all ready for signa
ture last night.
The names of the managers, clerks and
tally sheet keepers for the election to-day
have already been given in the Morning
News. For the information of the voting
public the locations of the boxes are given
herewith again:
Box No. 1, A, B, C —Corner Bull and
President.
Box No. 2, D. E, F, G—Tax receiver's
office, President street.
Box No. 8, H, I, J, K and L—Ordinary's
office. President street
Box No. 4, M, N, O and P—Tax col
lector’s office, Bull and York.
Box No. 5, Q, R and S —County treas
urer's office, York street.
Box No. 6, T. U, V, W, X, Y and Z
Office of the clerk of the superior court,
York street.
SO LOCAL OPPOSITION.
So far as Chatham county is concerned
the e'ection will be one practically with
out any contest whatever. The dozen
populists that the county contains may
go out and cast their ballots for Judge
Hines, if perchance they have been regis
tered. which in some instances is doubt
ful. But it is confidently believed that
Hon, W. Y. Atkinson will not receive
more than two or three antagonistic
votes out of a registration of over 5,000.
f-o far as the nominees of the party are
concerned within the county they will
have no opposition whatever.' Mr. Oscar
Metzger is posing as a candidate for the
senatorship from the First district, but
all the votes be receives will probably be
outside of Chatham county. So it may
well be said there is practically no op
losition for the candidates that will bo
voted for at the Chatham county court
house to-day.
ALL SHOULD VOTE.
All the democratic speakers who have
canvassed the state and who have studied
the situation from different points are
confident of a large and overwhelming
democratic victory when the election is
done: hut what they want to see is a
democratic victory larger than it has ever
been. The populists are persuaded that
their views and their faction are gaining
ground and it is going to take a landslide
to teach them that they are on the wrong
track. For these and other reasons the
democratic speakers all o.er the state
have been urging e ery democrat to come
out and vote There is no doubt that tlie
lwpulists will poll quite a vote in some of
the country precincts in some of the coun
ties, and it is to overcome this vote that
a large and strong v .te in the cities is de
sired. 1 here are over 5,000 registered
voters in Chatham county.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
There are three amendments to the
constitution to be voted oti, amendments
to which every voter should give careful
consideration One provides for increas
ing the number of the judges on the su
preme court bcin h from three to five, the
necessity for which everyone who’has
studied the question admits. Another
is for the pensioning of the widows of
confederate veterans, and the other pro
vides for summer sessious of trie general
assembly. The ticket issued bv the
county executive committee has on it
“For ratification" in ease of the two
first of the foregoing amendments, and
“Against Ratification." of the third, re
lating to summer sessions. it is couti
ilcutly hoped that the two first of these
amendments will receive the requisite
majority to make them laws.
It has been found th.it the populists
have been ein ulatinir atnon<„' th* ue tods
here posters and cartoons of Mr. Atkin
son. one of which shows him whpping i
negro woman. This has been circulated
recently in spite of the denial of the r -
ixtrt with regurd to the matter which
came from Newnan, ami the fact tint’ it
lias been denounced as a downright fals
hood. There is no telling what sort of
plays the populists are making lor the
negro vote, and their games will bear
watching.
Air. i. P. Reynolds lias been appointed
clerk ut the box lettered Ali ( , instead
of .Mr. Charles White, who is on the tire
department and will be uuabio to be
present.
THE CITIZENS’ CLUB RALLY.
Speakers Urge Every Democrat to Go
to the Polls and Vots To-day.
The Citizens' Club held a large and en
thusiastic rally at Odd Fellows hall last
night, at which quite a number of promi
nent politicians were present and took
part in the speaking.
There were about Odd or 700 present at
the meeting, which was open to all
democrats who desired to attend Presi
dent Osborne was in the chair, and after
the meeting had been called to order Hon
r G. duHlgnon was called on for an ad
dress. He responded gracefully, and
made a strong speech, urging every demo -
erat to go out to the polls to day and
cast his ballot. He said a large
democratic majority was needed
In the cities of the state to coun
teract whatever the populists might got
In the smaller counties. While a large
democratic majority is expected, he said
every vole was needed in order to keep
the democratic mu ority up to its stand
bf.ra 1, pl V* l Mr. dußignon was
loudly applauded lor his democratic seuti
meals, as was also Hon. Pope Barrow,
who followed him. and urged upon those
present the importance of doing their
! duty at the polls Mr. Barrow made a
strong speech showing the necessity for
an overwhelm ing democratic ma ority.
and the work that was before the part;.
| for the future.
After Mr. Barmw Messrs. T. I*. Rock
( well. W. W. Osborne, J. J. Poolau.
Thomas Screven and A. N. Manuc.v ad
dressed the crowd, and made strong
spec- hes urging a strong democratic veto.
They were heard with much attention
and interest After the meeting a com
mittee meeting was held at which certain
members of the club were designated to
be present near the [Hills to-morrow and
aid in the work of making the democratic
vote in this county as large as possible.
I'_ - '** *'•* p'v-s.j.
Next Monday nizht it is understood
j will be the meeting night of the lti ens
I Club, at which will be discussed the
'matter of a mayoralty non:,nation, that
i night having been set aside for the p r-
I pose at a former meeting. There has
been much mayoralty talk of late, and to
all appearances the club is trending to
ward the Schwarz goal Ma.. Schwarz
lias a strong contingent in the club
and many of its members predict that he
will be the nominee. The matter of a
primary within the precincts of the cl .b
for the puriose of determining who is its
choice as a candidate for the head of the
municipal government will probably be
discussed at next Monday night's meet
ing. though it is believed the nomination
of the club will not be made until a time
within two or three weeks of theelec
tion
HR. TURNER AT REIDSVILLE.
He Gives the Democrats of Tattnall
Some Sound Advtc?.
Hon. Henry G. Turner spoke at Reids
vllle yesterday to between three and four
hundred people, the majority being demo
crats. Judge Gamble adjourned court at
noon in order to allow Mr. Turner the
use of the court house. The crowd lis
tened very attentively to Mr. Turner for
an hour and a half, and the address evi
dently had a good effect.
Mr. Turner dwelt especially upon the
fact that the Democratic party had but
recently come Into power, and was now
endeavoring to put into effect the reforms
which had been promised for so many
years. This being the case, Judge Turner
said, it would be utter folly for the demo
crats to desert the party now at this most
critical moment. He also discussed the
silver question upon the same line as that
taken by him in his speech at the thea
ter in Sat annah on the night before. Mr.
Turner returned to Savannah from Reids
ville last night and stopped at the Ue
Soto. He will leave for his borne In CJuit
man this morning, where he will cast his
vote for the democratic nominees for gov
ernor, state house officers and members of
the legislature.
In spite of the fact that there was a
large crowd in attendance upon court
populists seemed to be very scarce.
When it is considered that Tattnall is
one of the counties which the populists
have been claiming they would carry to
day this fact is significant. Usually the
populists are very loud mouthed, but al
most no political discussion was to be
heard yesterday. If the populists carry
Tattnall to-day the democrats will have
good reason to feel surprised.
W. H. Styles, the candidate for the
Senate in the Second district on the re
publican ticket, spent .yesterday in Tatt
nall, and will emain there to-day. Styles
is making a Hard fight, aud hopes to be
elected. Hon. W. W. Sheppord, the
democratic candidate, has made a great
fight, and the probabilities are that he
will be elected. There is a very heavy
negro vote in the district, however, and
with the white vote divided between the
democrats and the populists there is a
chance for the negro to slip in.
CHANGES OF THE SHIPS.
Ths Ocean Steamship Company’s In
creasing Business.
Tho Ocean Steamship Company has put
on its fall scheduleof four sailings a week
between Savannah and New York. Tho
Gate City ana the City of Macon, form
erly of the Boston line, have been thor
oughly overhauled, equipped with new
boilers and are now to all intents and pur
poses new ships. They will now run on
tho .New Vork line. The Tallahassee and
the Chattahoochee are now running on
the Boston lino. The business on this
line is very heavy, and requires two of
the company's largest ships to handle it.
Sailings are every Thursday from Boston
and Savnnnah.
The vessels now on the New York line
are the Kansas City, the Birmingham,
the Nacoochee, the Gate City, tiie City of
Augusta and tho City of ‘Macon. Tho
sailing days at each end of tiie line are ‘
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sat- I
urdays. The business is very heavy out
of .New York, and the ships are carrying
full cargoes from both ends of the line.
Cotton forms the chief portion of the car
goes going northward now, together with
lumber, general merchandise and some
few oranges.
A little later on the shipments of
oranges will be very heavy. A large
orange crop is expected in spite of the
damage done by the September storm,
and the Ocean Steamship Company al
ways gets its full share of this business.
Large shipments of merchandise-are com
ing south now to supply the fall trade.
The shipments made by the Ocean Steam
ship Company are not only for the south,
but for tho west as well. Tho amount of
merchandise handled for western points
by this lino is very large.
Tho City of Augusta left New York
yesterday for Savannah, and will cover
her regular sailing from Savannah on
Friday. The City of Macon, which ar
rived Monday night, came down on tlies
regular sailing of the Augusta, and tho
latter will make an irregular trip down
this time.
ROBBED OF THEIR GOLD.
Two Alabama Countrymen Get in a
Bad Part of the Town.
Flora Williams and Emma DcLoach,
two Hull street fairies, were arrested by i
Detective Bossed yesterday morning on
tho complaint of Sidney Hill and W. J.
isi*. two visitors from Alabama, who
took in the resorts in the eastern section
°j C *T V tho tiigut before, and who
1* la lined to have lost considerable money
in the house of tiie Williams woman.
Wise had the money in a saehel which
ho carried swung over his shoulders. He
laid tin- saehel down while drinking sotno
beer with tiie women. When lie went to
leave the house lie examined the saehel,
and found that he was short about S7O.
He made a complaint at the jar lice bar
racks. and the two women were arrested.
'I he case was docketed yesterday morn
ing. but the recorder continued the hear
ing until this morning.
300 MORE PUITLS.
Five Thousand Will Bs in the Schools
by the End of Tho W ek.
There was an increase of about three
hundred children in the attendance u|ion
the public schools yesterday. Supt.
Baker expects an increase of as many
more to-day. There will probably be
0,0110 children in attendance upon tho
schools by the end of the we* k. Some of
the school buildings have about all the
I riuldrcu that can he accommodated 111
tliein now and the probability is that by
thu 1 nu of the week all of the’ schools will
iia'.e little, il any, room to spare. J'he
Henry street school building was com
fortably filled the first day, and in all
probability it will boas badly over
i crowded fiy the end of tho week, as it was
1 the cayo last year. Another public
school I uildiug in the southern section of
tho city will boon become a necessity.
THE MORNTNO NEWS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1894.
AN EYE ON THE WEATHER.
Truck Farmers Want the Local Night
Forecasts Continued.
Weather Observer Smyth has been in
structed by the chief observer of the
w. it her bureau to discontinue the local
fare asls a! eight. The morning fore
casts will be made as usual.
The chat.go in the M ikxinq News’
wea'her report yesterday and the ab
sen < of the 1 ai f recast, caused con
>.d. rub.,- inquiry. Observer Smyth was
assed about the matter. He said the
il forecasts heretofore made at night
have tx'ei, ordered discontinued, and the
forecast made at Washington for Geor
gia will take its place. The order for the
discontinuance of the night forecast ex
tends to a.i stations of the weather bu
reau.
The nigh - forecast for Savannah and
vicinity which has been printed
:n the Morning News the
following morning and extended until
midnight of the day following that upon
which it was made, has been of great
val„e to the farming and other interests
in this section, and has been de
l>endi.d upen with more certainty
than the Washington forecast, which
is or the entire state. The weather
conditions in North Georgia are entirely
different from those of this section
and the general forecast has proved less
accurate and of consequently less value
than the forecast u.ade by the local ob
server for this immediate vicintv. Tiie
morning forecasts for the succeeding
thirty-six hours do not reach the public
through the newspapers until
late in the afternoon and are consequently
little circulated. They are bulletined in
the morning, but the bulletins reach only
a comparatively small number of people,
and hardly reach the country at all. The
night local forecast is what the farmers
want.
“We depended upon that more than the
general forecast,’’ said a large truck
grower yesterday, “because it was
nearly always right. The general fore
cast was in comparison of little value to
us, but now we will have to get along
with it as ic is all we will have. Of
course without the local lorecast which
we had early in the morning, the Wash
ington forecast is the next best thing.’'
TOWERS UP 150 FEET.
The Tall Steel Chimney of the Brush
Electric Works.
The Brush Electric Light and Power
Company has about completed the erec
tion of a lob-feet steel plate chimney at
its new works on Indian street. This
will be. when completed, the highest
chimney in the city, and the only one of
its kind in this section. It is of plain
stee: and will rise 150 feet in the air with
out support of any kind.
'1 he chimney is 7‘j feet in diameter,
but viewed from the ground the top does
not appear to be over three foot across
its exact diameter is 84 inches inside
measureme A and 08 inches outside meas
urement It is over 25 feet in circumfer
ence. It is built of ore-quarter inch
steel. The chimney will be just
four feet higher than the brick
chimney at the water works. It is
intended to furnish the draft for
the six new boilers which have just been
put in at the new works, and* has a
capacity for as many more. The chimney
is built upon a converging base, the
diameter being 17 feet at the bottom and
tapering up for a distance of 17 feet to a
width of 98 inches, which is maintained
for the remainder of the distance. The
chimney is bricked up inside to a bight of
75 feet with fire brick.
The Brush company expects to occupy
its new quarters sometime next month.
The handsome new brick building is
nearly complete, and the finishing work
is now being done. The machinery is now
being put in. When completed it will be
one of the largest electric light plants in
the south. The building is 135x125 feet.
It is divided into two rooms, the boiler
room, 135x42 feet, and the dynamo room,
135x83 feet. Six large boilers, with a
total of 1,200 horse power, are already in
place. Three compound condensing en
gines. with a total capacity 1,100 horse
power, will be put in, besides a smaller
engine for day work of 150 horse power.
1 here will be nineteen dynamos, seven
of them for incandescent lighting, with
a capacity of 1,000 lights each, and ten arc
dynamos, with a capacity of fifty lights
each, making a total capacity of 500 arc
lights and 7.000 incandescent lights. Con
siderable space is allowed for increasing
the capacity of the works. There will
also be two power generators for the pur
pose of supplying electric power through
out the city. Some of the maehinerv at
present in use will be placed in the new
building, which immediately joins the
old building, and a considerable quan
tity of now machinery will be purchased
aa well. ,
COL. F. E. DURBEC DEAD.
A Former Well-known Savannahian
Dies in Clarkesville.
Col. F. Eugene Durbee, formerly of this
city, died at Clarkesville yesterday morn
ing. For years iio was the chief naval
stores clerk of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway, and was well known
here. He was a native of South Caro
lina. and was 60 years old. During the
war he was an officer of the LaFayette
Artillery, and subsequently of the Beaure
gard Eight Infantry. After the war he
was editor of the Referee of Charleston,
S. C. In 1875 he came to Savannah and en
tered the service of the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad Company. Ho was a charter
member of the Employes Mutual Relief
Association, and for a number of years
was president of the association.
In 1890 he purchased the Eureka hotel
at Clarkesville. and left Savannah to take
charge of the property. In May, 1892, his
health failed and his physician ordered
him to St. Augustine, Fla. After less
than a month's stay at that place he suf
fered a stroke of paralysis from which he
never recovered. Ho was taken to
Clarksville where he remained until his
death.
Col. Durbee was of a lively and jovial
disposition and made friends wherever
lie went, lor a time he was interested
in amateur theatricals in this city, and as
manager of the Augustin Daly Comedy
Company, presented some very creditable
performances here and in other parts of
the state.
Ho leaves a widow and one child and
two sisters. Mrs. A. A. Aveilne and Mrs.
J. W. Gordon of this city. His funeral
takes place at Clarkesville to-morrow
morning.
IN ITS NEW HOME.
The Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany’s Handsome Banking Room.
The Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany moved into its new quarters, or
rather its old quarters remodeled, at Bay
and Drayton streets, yesterday. Tho
banking room lias been fitted up in the
latest and most convenient style. There
is now no institution in the’city more
fittingly equipped for business than the
Savannah Bank and Trust Company.
The dingy old offices, which the bank
| cocupied for so many years, have been so
j chanced that there is nothing left except
the location as a reminder of them.
The new barking room is entirely dif
ferent in its arrangement from tiie old,
j and everything is new from the Moor to
| the ceiling. Tiie woodwork is in oak and
| tin* <li eolations are light and cheery.
'l'lp- Hour outside of tiie railing is in mar
ble ami the ceiling of the room is steel,
handsomely decorated. Tho furniture is
artistic and arranged for convenience and
comfort ami with u view to facilitating
busiuess.
The bank and its officers nro to be con
gratulated upon tlioir new borne.
THE PLAN ANNOUNCED.
Ho* the Georgia Sudan and Florida
Will Be Rtoranizeil.
The Bondholders Will Be Given Se
curities on a 6 Per Cent. Basis—A
Large Number of Them Have Been
Deposited and the Committee Ex
pects All the Holders to Come In.
The Plan Deemed the Best That
Could Have Been Adopted—Col.
Smart Thinks the Street Opening
Matter Should Be Taken Up at Onee.
Mr. H. P. Smart chairman of the com
mittee from the bondholders of the
! G eorgia Southern and Florida railroad,
who has been in New York, Baltimore
and other ]inls for the last two months,
returned to the city night before last on
the City of Macon from New York.
While away Mr. Smart has been look
ing after the interests of the bondholders
of this road, and was in attendance on
the meetings of the committee in Balti
more, when the reorganization plan was
being arranged.
Something over $500,000 of the bonds of
this road are held in Savannah, and it is
a matter of some interest to the holders
to know just the status of the road's
financial affairs.
THE PLAN IN PETA IL.
The following circular issued by the
committee gives a complete and detailed
statement of the plan and is herewith
published in lull:
Baltimore. Sept. 22. 1894. To the Bondhold
ers of the Georgia Southern and Florida
Railroad Company: The reorganization com
mittee have completed their plan of reorgani
zation and now announce to those bondhoid
ers who have deposited their bonds with the
committee that if. at the approaching sale of
the road, the properly shall le purchased by
the committee, it is proposed to form anew
corporation upon the following capitaliza
tion : •
J. M,000,000 of first mortgage 5 per cent. 30-
year gold bonds.
2. 6.810 shares first preferred 5 per cent,
stock (par value) $684,000.
3. 10,156 shares second preferred 5 per cent,
stock (par value) $1,015,600.
4. 40X0J shares common stock (par value)
$4,0001,00.
Of this It is proposed to Issue for each bond
which has been deposited with the commit
tee:
SI,OOO first mortgage 5 per cent, bonds.
200 in first preferred 5 per cent. stocK.
180 in second preferred 5 per cent, stock.
800 in common stock
The first and second preferred stocks are
Issued to represent the overdue coupons and
the reduction of the rate of interest on the
new bonds to 5 per cent. The remainder of
the stock and bonds not Issued to the bond
holders represented by the committed to be
placed in the treasury of the company and
disposed of only as may be necessary for the
discharge of existing obligations and in the
acquisition of properties which will be of
value to the system.
Tne committee have decided to close the
pool on the loth day of October next. Up to
that date the bonds may be deposited with
the Mercantile T rust and Deposit Company
of Baltimore upon the payment of $3.00 on
each Loud.
The circular is signed by Messrs H. P.
Smart, chairman. Savannah, Ga.; Thomas
B. Gresham, Baltimore, Md.; D. U. Herr
mann, New York; William Checkley
Shaw, secretary, Baltimore, Md.; Charles
Watkins, Richmond, Va.; Henry Rice,
New York; CharlesD. Fisher, Baltimore.
Md., and Skipwith Wilmer, counsel, Bal
timore, Md.
TO PAY THE BONDHOLDERS 6 PER CENT.
It is hoped under this plan that the
road will eventually pay the bondholders
fi per cent on their holdings. This is tho
basis on which they were given 200 in
first preferred sto-k together with par
value for their bonds and interest, aud
the bonds, as will be seen, were put at 5
per cent.
The second preferred stock was not all
issued to the bondholders as may be
gathered from the circular, but a portion
of it held to pay the expenses of the re
organization aud the costs of court. The
matter has been in the courts for a long
time ajtd it is expected that these costs
with counsel fees will be rather heavy.
THU BONDS BEING DEPOSITED.
Mr. Smart represents about $538,000
of the bonds, about $500,000 of which are
owned in Savannah. All of these have
been deposited with the Mercantile Trust
and Deposit Company of Baltimore, ac
cording to the instructions given in the ’
circular. Altogether about $2,800,000 of
the bonds have been deposited, and it is
confidently believud by the committee
that the other bondholders will all come
in anil share in the plan, as nothing can
be gained by remaining on tho outside,
and any delays which are forced upon tho
plan by any discontent which might arise
would only be that more costly to the
property.
ARRANGING FOR Tiie SALE,
The question of the sale of the road
was taken into the superior court of Bibb
county about a year ago by J. M. Mc-
Tigtae, a contractor of the Macon Con
struction Company, the ease bring practi
cally brought by that company to
prevent the sale on several grounds,
among them being the claim that the
bonds only covered twent.v-six miles of
the road, and that the mortgage secur
ing them could uot be held on the rest of
it. The superior court of Bibb county
decided in favor of the reorganiza
tion committee, and the decision of
that court has been affirmed by the
supreme court of the state. It remains
now only for the superior court to adopt
the decision of tho supreme court as its
decision, after which the sale of the road
will take place. After the superior court
lias at to.I, the matter of the sale will
have to be advertised for five weeks be
fore it cun take place, and this will prob
ably be within the next two months.
The road, Mr Smart says, is in a good
condition, and its gross earnings are on
the increase. The property is in a good
condition and is being kept so. Since the
reorganization plan has been formed the
bonds of the road have sold from H*> 1 4 to
86' , and are expected to go higher us it
progresses.
SHOULD BE TAKEN UP AT ONCE.
Mr. Smart is a member of the arbitra
tion committee which is to condemn the
I property to be used by the city in oiienir.g
; 'l s streets across the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway. He was appointed
j°h behalf of the city. Now' that he has
returned to the city that matter
is likely to be taken up
shortly, as Alderman Charlton
announced that ho would take the matter
i dp as soon as Mr. Smart came back. Mr.
Smart says lie is ready to take hold of
the matter right off. Ho said ho thought
when ho left that a settlement of the
"uestion was likely, but now that It has
been delayed so long that some action is
necessary, he is of the opinion that it
should be attended to immediately.
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plaint, kidney and madder trouble and ner
vousnesv and In admirably adapted for the
feeble and convalescent.—ad.
MG PoDfc
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t .Report
Royal
Absolutely pure
A RECEIVER WANTED.
The Petition Came Up Yesterday, but
was Postponed Until This Morning.
A petition asking the appointment of a
receiver for the store and stock of D.
Kohler, clothier and furnishing goods
dealer, on Broughton street, between
Bull and Whitaker, came up for a hear
ing before Judge Falligant yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, but, after a con
sultation on both sides, it was agreed
that the hearing should be postponed
until 9:30 o'clock this morning
The petition alleges the insolvency of
the house, and is brought by H. Lauch
heimer & Sons, whose bill against Kohler
is $198.35, Joseph Scbentbal & Cos., the in
debtedness to whom is $212.87, and Schen
thal & Cos., whose bill amounts to $325.25.
The petition alleges that these accounts
are due and unpaid, that a demand has
been made for their payment and pay
ment has been refused.
Jt is stated that the stock in trade is
valued at SIO,OOO, and that Kohler is in
debted to various parties to the extent of
$20,000 or more, and that ail the real es
tate he owns is covered by mortgages.
The bill asks for a receiver and a tempo
rary restraining order. Judge Falligant
appointed Sheriff John T. Ronan tempo
rary receiver, and granted the temporary
restraining order to preserve the stock
intact as is customary. Sheriff Ronan is
now in charge. The matter was post
poned until 9:30 o’clock this morning.
The injunction case of Patrick Butti
mer against the city to prevent the cor
poration paying his son and more money
on the contract with him as city con
tractor of sinks, which was to have been
heard yesterday morningat 10o’clock, has
been postponed until this morning at the
same hour.
A. O. Best has filed a suit in the su
perior court against William H. Sauls to
determine the proper ownership of a
piece of land on the Middleground road,
which, it is claimed, A. H. Best left to
the petitioner at his death.
W. VV. Chisholm has brought suit
against the city through Messrs. Saussy
A Saussy to regain the value of three
feet width of land taken from a lot on
Bull street at Anderson, which he holds
as trustee.
In the Ocurt of Ordinary.
Letters of administration on the estate
of Iverson W. Moore were granted to
Benjamin E. Warnock in the court of or
dinary yesterday.
Mrs. Frances A. Jones, widow of Fran
cis W. Jones, filed her application for a
year's support from the estate of her hus
band.
IT IS AFTER SAVANNAH.
The American Theatrioal Exchange
Wants It on Its List.
Mr. Henry Greenwall, manager of the
American Theatrical Exchange, is ex
pected in the city to-day to see Mr. T. F.
Johnson, manager of the Savannah
theater. This visit may be considered
significant, when it is understood that
this association is attempting to get Sa
vannah on its route list, to the exclusion,
if possible, of the Klaw & Erlanger Ex
change, which at present is booking
agent for the attractions that come here.
The Klaw & Erlaneer Exchange at
present acts as the routing agent for the
theaters at Richmond, Norfolk, Wilming
ton. Columbia, Charleston, Augusta, Sa
vannah. Jacksonville, Macon, Columbus.
Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery, -Mo
bile. Nashville. Memphis and one house
in New Orleans.
The association has leased one or two
of these theaters, and for the others
merely acts as booking agent. The Amer
ican Theatrical Exchange, of which Mr.
Henry Greenwell is manager, lias control
of the entire Texas circuit, one house in
New Orleans, and has just obtained pos
session of the Edgewood avenue theater
in Atlanta by leasing it for ten years. It
seems that this association is trying to
make up a circuit for its attractions in
this part of the south. Now, it is be
lieved it is trying to get control of the
Savannah theater either by leasing it or
making arrangements to route its at
tractions through this point. What it
will be abie to cio in this connection re
mains to be seen.
Manager Johnson says of course he can
not prevent them from building a theater
here if they desire to do so, but he as
serts that neither this exchange nor any
other can get possession of the Savannah
theater except by buying it outright. He
says he is willing to sell out, but that
none of these companies can lease it.
There was some talk of a purchase of the
Savannah theater for the purpose of
building anew one last summer, but the
matter seems to have been dropped this
year and nothing has been done recently.
BOLD DOG THIEVES.
An Organized Gang Believed to Be at
Work in the City.
The number of valuable dogs that dis
appear from their owners and the
knowledge that a systematic robbery is
going on has aroused dog owners to the
necessity of taking some steps to put a
stop to uog stealing.
The law provides for the punishment of
thieves of this kind, and about the only
thing to be done is for the Sportsmen’s
Association or the owners of line dogs to
employ detectives and capture a few
thieves and the courts will punish them.
There are, it is said.sever.il “fences"
where stolen dogs are kept until they can
be shipped away or until the owners cease
to hunt for them. There is reason to be
lieve that there is a gang of white tnen
and boys which makes a business of dog
stealing, and it is almost impossible to
keep a good dog or a good looking dog.
Tne thieves steal them out of yards and
snatch them out of the lanes and off the
streets wherever they seo a chance with
out danger of detection
The scrofulous taint which may have
been in your blood for years, may be
thoroughly expelled by giving Hood’s
Sarsaparilla a trial.—ad.
Tne Krouskoff Millinery Opening.
It was rather a warm day yesterday
for tho ladies to come out, but they were
out just the same. Crowds were on the
street in the afternoon. There was a
special attraction on Broughton street.
'1 he Krouskoff Millinery Company wore
having their fall and winter opening. The
sight of the show windows wore enough
to attract the attention of the passers-by
and did not fail to invite an inspection of
tiie lovely display on tho inside.
It is almost impossible to particularize
tho special features at this elegant exhi
bition of all the latest designs and pat
terns in liats and bonnets. Tne display
of trimmed goods are the most attractive
ever bliown at this establishment. In
addition there are an endless variety of
ribbons, silks, jet anil gold trimmings, all
arranged in such a manner as to eateli
the eye and open the purse.
The opening will continue to-day, and
everybody is invited to see the call uud
see the splendid exhibit.
THE TRACK OF THE STORM.
How the Weather Bureau Kept its Eye
on the Big Hurricane.
The weather bureau has issued a series
of maps showing the movement of the
West Indian hurricane of Sept. 24 to 29.
The center of the storm, its movement,
and the weather conditions of the sec
tions affected by it at 8 o’clock each
morning, are shown in the maps for that
day.
The maps are accompanied by a general
description of the storm, showing the
benefits of the warnings sent out by the
weather bureau.
The storm was the first of its kind the
present season, and was reported in the
vicinity of Martinique, one of the Wind
ward islands of the West Indies, the
night of the 20th. From that time the
disturbance was closely watched
as it followed its west
ward course over the Carribean
sea, but the widely separated stations of
observation prevented an exact determi
nation of its intensity until the morning
of the 24th. when the center was ap
proximately located about 200 miles south
east of Key West. On the morning of
the 21st, however, a warning of the pres
ence of the storm in the Windward
islands was sent to Nassau, Bahama
Islands, and the afternoon of the 22d the
observers along the Atlantic coast from
New York to Jacksonville were notified.
The morning of the 23d, warning of the
storm approaching Cuba was sent to New
Orleans, Pensacola, Savannah and Jack
sonville, and in tho evening observers in
Florida were ordered to notify post
masters by telegraph of its approach.
Northeast storm signals were hoisted at
all Florida stations except Jacksonville,
and information signals were displayed
on the gulf coast and at Jacksonville; and
notice of the movements of the hur
ricane was sent to observers on
the Atlantic coast from New Yi rk
to Wilmington, and to the New lork
and Philadelphia Maritime exchanges.
From then on the entire coast was kept
advised of the progress of the storm.
Tropical storms of the tj pe to which
the recent disturbance belongs generally
move leisurely westward over the Oarri
bean sea or the West Indian Islands, re
curve slowly at some point between the
Bahamas and the west portion of Gulf of
Mexico, and pass thence northeastward
toward Newfoundland, the longitude of
their recurve and their subsequent
course being apparently largely con
trolled by the distribution of at
mospheric pressure and temperature
o.er the United States and the west
part of the Atlantic ocean. The excep
tionally destructive nature of many of
these storms has prompted the weather
bureau to a special study of their charac
teristics and habits, and the almost abso
lutely accurate forecasts made of the
character and movements of destructive
disturbances of this class during the last
two years have been of incalculable value
to individuals and representatives of
marine and coast interests who profited
by the ample and timely warnings.
Observer Smyth of the Savannah
station was advised yesterday by the rep
resentative of a large maritime interest
that the warnings of the weather bureau
had probably saved his company $250,000
of property that would otherwise have
been lost.
AT THE THEATER.
Archie Boyd in His New Play
To-day.
Archie Boyd, well known as Joshua
Whitcomb, will make his bow to Savan
nah thater goers in his new play, “The
Country Squire,” to-night, and at to-mor
row’s matinee and night. A critic says
of Mr. Boyd:
“No one can tell the great amount of
magnetism he has until seated in front of
him at a performance. That calm, easy,
dignified manner, assumed to represent
the New* England squire, gives him the
power to carry the audience with him.
His strong and agreeable personality is
in a measure the secret of bis success,
and one cannot but recognize in hins some
thing even greater than talent real
genius ” The company supporting Mr.
Boyd is said to be a strong oue.
The date of Nellie McHenry’s appear
ance here in “A Night at the Circus,”
has been changed from Oct. 10 to Oct. 11.
The change is made on account of Bar
num and Bailey’s shows being here on
the day and night of the 10th." The two
shows came in competition in this section
and a change of dates has been made all
around. Miss McHenry will be here th e
night after Barnurn A Bailey.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mrs. W. W. Gordon, Jr., returned to
the city yesterday.
Miss Katie Quinan has returned home
after a pleasant visit with friends at
Egypt.
Mr. James Sullivan and family have
moved in from Isle of Hope, aud are at
Mrs. Ganahl’s.
Mrs. T. J. Charlton returned yesterday
from Marietta, where she has been spend
ing the summer.
Mrs. D. Farmer, with her two children,
has returned from Hillman, where they
spent the summer.
Joseph Kelly, son of Mr. Lawrence
Kelly, has gone to attend St. Mary’s Col
lete, Belmont, N. C. *
Mr. J. M. Solomons, Mr. E. S
Abrahams, Jr., and Miss Perla s’.
Abrahams left yesterday for the north’
to be absent some time.
Mr J. S. McDowell of this city has a
nourishing school at Bloomingdale on the
Central railroad. Bloomingdale is in
Chatham county. Mr. McDowell has
about lorty pupils.
Mr. Ed L Byek has returned from Now
York, where he went to attend the mar
nacre of his sister, Mrs. Gazan, to Mr
Selig Mayer, which took place at the
Madison Avenue hotel, Sept. 26. The re
ception following the marriage was an el
egant one, and was attended by many
friends of the bride and groom. Mr. and
Oil T yer coine tu Savannah about
That Joyful Feeling
With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanli
ness, winch follows the use of S.vrup of
h tgs, is unknown to tho few who have not
progressed beyond the old time medicines
and the cheap substitutes sometimes of
fonned Ut nUVCr aLCCPt ° d by tho wull in ’
For Over Fifty YearsT
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. Itsoothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all pain I
cures wind colic, and is tho best remedy !
Ue. -ad “ T ' v,nl >-five cents a bot
Auctlon sale to-night at 100 Broughton
street, between Barnard and Whitaker.
Silverware, clocks, etc.—ad.
LUO JEN A BATES S. 4$ H.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES - Wed.
SUNDAY : Fair; no change in temperatu-*-
southwest winds
—■
Wood,
Wire,
Felt,
Glue,
That s about all it takes to mske a
Piano except Skill.
And It is SKILL that costs! An ex
pert who has the ability to draw a
scale for a
STEINWAY PIANO
and earn the commendation of a
Helmholtz commands a laugh
salary. So does the expert who
has a "cute enough ear and a line
enough touch to "tone regulate'’
this finest of pianos.
We Could sell y°n >
, VA „” IU combination
of Wormy Wood. Worse Wire
Shoddy Felt and Feeble Glue’
thrown together by ten dollar a
week workers, aud charge you
ONLY $l5O
for lti and we could cal! It a
PIANO, but. as we have a reputa
tion to lose, we won’t.
f STEINWAY.
Let us son you-i MASON & HAMLIN.
MATHUSHEK.
I STERLING,
LUDDEN & BATES.
CLOTH NS.
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Fresh
Stock.
Our clothing’ is all this
season’s styles and mate
rials. No job lots, no bank
rupt stock, no shelf worn
remnants. All the latest
and freshest at figures that
make shoddy goods look
high.
Dunlap’s Hats.
NOEL JVHLLJO
UNDINE.
Crushed Middlings Flour.
The only flour of Its kind, and tho best of
any kind. It is made by a secret pro
cess known to but two persons.
SIOO,OOO Has Been oiierea loritieKnowie®.
“UNDINE is the test Flour ever sold
in this place.”—L. McCrary & Son, Fowl
town. Ga.
“The UNDINE gives perfect satisfaction."
B. Shearhouse, Guyton, Ga.
NOEL MILL CO.,
kstill springs, tenn.
CLOTH N3.
Al
Half Price.
A finer, fresher, more
desirable slock oT _ _
Boys and Children's
Suits was never ofleied
t" tile I 111 lie than tho
one for which we re _
asking such ruiho sly
low price.~Youredo-~~
Ing yourself an injus
tice if you miss the
salo.~
APPEL & SCHAUL.
HAY, GRAIN, ETC.
RED RUST PROOF OATS
A select stock of Georgia and Texas seed.
Also home grown seed rye.
• OUR OWN" Cow Feed,
Corn, Oats, Bran.
Hay, Chicken Feed, eto
T. J. DZtVIS,
Grain Dealer and Seedsman, 15* Bay Street.
Telephone
PA! NTS AND OILS. . _ _
JOHN G. BUTLER,
Headquarters for Plain and Decorative Wall
Paiier, Paints. Oil. White Lead*. Varnish.
Ulaas, Railroad and .Steamboat Supply**
Sashes. Doors. Blinds and Builders' Bara
ware. Calcined Plaster, Cement and Hair.
SOLE AGENTS FOR LADD’S LIME
USUosgiesa street and 15V St. Julias street
lie veun ait. ueoial*