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BOLT AGAINST BUCKHALTER.
FIIIM ST \\ D T.IKI'N BY MF.MBIIIIS
of Tin: c;h \\n .11 it\
ox i>n \IN \()G.
•Thry mil It n W rona t* ><*-
K*ct the Much XchKml OruiiiH?;**
Close Around the Cit.v—l.lvrl*
Tinun at tl Mectini; ol the Grnml
•lur>—The CMlrenV Comniltti*
Conti lines Its Work of InvrilluHt
iiß the Hruiut inl DHfh*.
Tied hot time? p.-\a i-ti in the grand
jury room y, tori...
11 vv,
bers to touch elbows in open ourt when
they cam* into ti * jury box .itT r • -
Stormy session. T ■ <dih. ■- nl .ire *• ov r
the two reports of the dr:n-"
tee.
When the report of th- mii.oiiiy of tl
grand jury's drainage c omm u * was
read in open court along with the ma
jority report, it was in the natur*- of •
genuine surprise t. many. ft is known
that this documer.t was held in disdain at
first, and that the majority report, which
was adopted by the grand jury. vs .is given
the right of way The minority report in
consequent lay sevara! days in the suft
tu the otli • o! Mr. C. G. Anderson, one
of the me ml rs of the grand jury, who
signed it. Having Imh h turned down so
disdainfully, it w < quite tin me-1 newsy
feature to the grand jury's presentments
yesterday, when Secretary Malone read
aloud the general report of the Jury for
the term.
The minority report is the part of the
presentments which comes closer to the
people than nil other features. It concurs
with the majority report in saying that
the* swamps around the city n ed drainage
and need it badly, hut it states positively
that in view of this needed drainage the
work now bving done at Buckhalter
swamp, tight and a half miles from the
city, does not commend itself to the mem
bers of the grand jury who signed tne re
port.
The members of the committee who
tdgiit and this report in the minority were
Messrs. Clarence G. Anderson and Mr. M.
L. Kxley, and speaking of the drainage
of Buckhalter swamp, they have the fol
lowing to say:
“Engineers of recognised ability con
demn <is impracticable, tin* claim set up
by the county commissioners, that the
building of the canal will eventually ena
ble them to drain some of the water from
the Musgrove watershed, ivhirh now finds
its outlet into the Savannah river, and
■which is the outlet nature has provided
for it to run. Granting, though, that the
plan is feasible, will it not call for work
involving large outlays and heavy cost?
This we endeavored to ascertain, but with
out success, and were glad to not • that
subsequently it was brought up by .1 mem
ber of the board of county commissioners,
with a view of ascertaining this fact.
Aside from this, the benefit, if any, n the
health of the city is so remote, i* being two
years before the canal would be comph t- and.
that we arc the more convinced that the
work should be suspended for the pres
ent.*"
Meanwhile, the work of the citizens'
committee, at the request of the Morning
News, is carrying on the work of making
a close investigation of the drainage of
the county. The me miters of this com
mittee were out yesterday, and will con
tinue their work until every swamp tn
the county has been visited and . thor
ough anl complete report will be made.
This report will contain some startling
facts concerning the deplorable neglect of
tne drainage of the county in furthering
the Ituckhaltcr scheme.
The citizens committee, which Is
investigating the condition of the
drainage of the county in the neighl*or
hood of the city, by request of the Morn
ing News, made another tour of inspection
yesterday afternoon. The members of the
committee in attendance ware (’apt. A.
.McC. Duncan, I>r. T. K. B sseluu, Mr.
John D. Robinson. Mr. A. W. Ilarmon, Mr.
John H. Cavanaugh and Maj. R. A.
Bland ford. Mr. M. J. Solomons was too
tin well to go out, and Mr. O. H. Dorset t
was called back on important business at
the last moment. The committee hft the
Do Soto in carriages at 15 o’clock.
The party first visited the old Deßenne
canal. They were Informed by a p.-ison
living nearby that throughout its whole
length it was* in the same condition as
where tiny inspected it. overgrown with
rank vegetation and deep in slushy mud,
and. when heavy rains are precipitated,
overflowing its hanks and rendering the
ewanip soggy and very unhealthy. All
this within three-quart* r of a mile of
the city limits and right at its suburb?.
The I‘otnmiitit* then went to the new
Deß**n?' canal and insiieoted it between
the Wai t s road and H.. kvill* . The
tides of the canal w* re found badly oavvl
In, owing to the steepness of lh** slop* s
and want of eurfa •• ditching in the ad
joining wet flats. They also found cuts
made through the sid* s w here it passes
through th* high ground, causing great
dairiag* to the canal. The canal was
badly filled up on this account and there
was but a very feeble flow through it.
The ponds, galls and wet flats between
there and Ouyler swamp they found had
receive<l 1 o attention whatever, and being
unoultlvalde, were ov with rank
vega ration.
The party then inspected Cuvier swamp
on the east sMe 1* iisci n tne Hof road
anil on up to opposite where the Kona*-
venture road turns off from the Thundcr
bolt roa ! going down into the swamp.
They found tin swamp with*stag
nant pool.-’ of water and ov< red with rank.
v m Uil •
Ist* for nearly* thrt * *pinj ters of a mile,
there being no county dib-hvs to lead the
water away, and the rural l< in * on th<
west ed- of tiie swamp. whl<di is very
• In within a
Mil* t: Savannah's ui>ui *s.
They i,ext went out the Thunderbolt
road to Pint enti • sw snip. Where its canal
Is covered by th* road they find it in the
rame eondition .is the old Dtßrnnc and
old t*sey . n.i . ov.Tgiown with rank
veif' tuii*i and in bid eondition ev*ry
way. i'r< ••-ling up t ■ swamp In th**
rear of Thunderbolt they examined the
iw amp and canal and found it in the sain*
condition ns h#iow. Upturning they
atitin*d the swamp between the Thunder
bolt road and Kona venture cemetery. In
one pl.u they tried to net into th* canal
and tin I to give it up. as the mound was
so boggy they would have had to wad**
through mud. This is Imm* lUiudy wh*r
the road crosses the canal in Konav* ttiurt
The canal app**arv*l than of vegetation,
perhaf• - atlrduUih’,i to th* .;t water
which conies up that far on the Inflow of
the tides, hut on either rid*- of t i. ..n il
to th* south of the rood tic* .-wamp ap*
P* of* and tO is* >oKgy.
The party then came on *up through
Avolidah- and K.ist Havana.h and exatnin.
ed the dltehes then. Tin found only oi.w*
In Kast H.ivnmiuh that war even parti il
ly full of vegetation, but that on* ri *de 1
cleaning out badly. Ail the others wr
in a wretched condition, overgrown, mu-1
111 pi n* s a 1 most Ilia and Up. Toward* tin*
city from Ki*t Havann n they rni(>. *t
i
way and tin ('austoti liluff road. Th*"
were found in . wot omtMion than
those above manttoried, uvcrgn.ai,, tdi, i
tip In pla* e*. i i.e water stati itng stagimn 1
in then* and tha • irrourid ig i ,
The inaiti ditch Just h* j*.i* i h* < *th , ,
i so overgrown that it *,,,h
wear#*hr |n , |*
and I.MtM of w‘ J.
in it. This ditch is the head one of the old
Casey canal. Where it passes under the
Thunderbolt road, just this side of the
t'atholic cemetery, they found it In very
i had cor. h: ion above and below, from the
same cause.
Tiie next trip will be made Wednesday
aficrn>>'n leaving the De Soto hotel at 3
-i k. The committee will visit and in
sj t in Vale Royal system of drainage.
ih*‘ M Alpin canal and ditches, Dundee ca
nal arid tributaries from the Savannah
ri 1 r ell up to the Louisville road, and ad
n *.t s . , 'o the nuthw. st und west of
1 t ■■ - ity The committee will have much
to r.;-rt about tin* unsanitary condition
•* ! t . miry surrounding tht city whan
it gets through with its work.
m i; or hope I'M \q;i),
l lie \uRiifa briii cl Itouilivu; Will
Itcncli 'I li*re Shortly.
The r- idents of Isb of Hope and that
8* etion of the county generally are re
joi and at the fact that they are to have
within a few days a good hard road to
the ity. The hardening of the road from
t * lt> t.. the I- . of Hope causeway is in
pr*gr -and will be finished in about two
w • ks. This route to the islands is longer
than that by way of the Thunderbolt shell
road and the old Skidaway dirt road, but
with a hard gravel roadway much less
time will L* required to make the dis
tance. The r*ad will be of great advan
tage to the people living at Isle of Hope,
< -dar Hammock and R* thesda. It is un
derstood that the county com
missioners have promised to
give the residents of Isle of Hope a short
er route to th** city by using the old Con
f- d< rat*- military road and causeway,
which during tin* war connecte*l the mili
tary pos.s it Thunderbolt with those on
the i.-d; ml. The hardening of the road from
the c ity to Isle of Hope causeway will be
finished in about two weeks. Tin- improve
ment of the* old colonial roadway to
iU thesda will also be a great boon to many
living between that place and Isle of Hope,
anil also to the orphanage at Uothesda.
While those who have advocated anew
and short road to that part of the county
are and: appoint'd in not having th** Merid
ian road, whh h was intended to give ac
cess to .1 large area of the *ounty, built,
they are glad of the prospect of getting
;i part of what they have sought for, that
is. a good road to the city.
The i • "pi*.- at Isle of Hope are quite en
thusiastic over the fact that they will in
1 few days have a hard road to the city.
Isle of Hope is a favorite resort with Sa
vannah pruple, and when the hard road
is completed to the causeway it will be
come tie* popular place for an evening’s
outing. c?p* dally fur bicycle parties.
There is a report that a handsome hotel
will be built at isle of Hoik if a good lo
cation can be secured.
xiyroiti fob stvtvxtii.
Forest < Ity \Vin* llie Tropli> Fro.?
Palmetto (inn ( lull.
The members of the Forest City Gun
Club again demonstrated their udeptness
with th** shotgun by defeating, for the
fourth time this season, the crack team
of tht Palmetto Gun Club of Charleston.
The match, which was the last of the se
ries of seven for the aanu*i*n>hip and
the handsome trophy presented th** clubs
by th K. C. Powder company, took place
on tin* grounds of the (buirleston club yes
terday, and after a hot end exciting con
i'st. the Forest City team
was the winner by th* narrow
margin of one target. The “Trolley Dodg
ers" took their defeat in good part, ami
declare their intention of taking the cup
back to Charleston next season. The cup
will he suitably engrave*! and placed with
Theus Bros., along with the other evi
dences of the skill of Savannah's marks
men.
The scores at Charleston were as fol
lows:
For- st City— Palmetto—
Rocker, J 4 "ostello 30
Reideman 43 GUIs 40
Pliner 43 IVmt 41
Rocker, H 43 Woeltjen 30
Wolfit mail 3.>;lwann 4o
libberwien 4o .Vhil*len 41
Stanby 44 Peterman 47
Jaugstotter 44 Wort hen 40
333 j 333
The club will celebrate this victory ami
clos** tin* target shooting for the season
with in afternoon shoot about the mid
d < of S- pteniiier, on which occasion then*
will be both target and live bird shooting.
OMd FOI II mrr \l\Fl>.
I lint ’Number of Schooner* llebl i.t
t|un ritnllue by tin* \i*m Hiilcm.
Mention having Ivon ma.le in the Morn
ing News n cently of the complaints of
masters of sailing vessels that an injustice
was done them iti requiring them to re
main over night at the quarantine station
tvhfii reaching there aft* r t; p. m., while
steam vessels in the same trade are al
lowed to proc* ed to the city without de
lay. Henith (Xtleer Lcllar*ly decided to in
v* stivate the matter and find out to what
xtent the coastwise trade is affected by
lb** new quarantine rule. A communica
tion was address to LJ us routine ottbvr
l.tnley for information on the subject. Hr.
Tdnley replied, stating that so far but four
schooner* had been delayed by arriving
after sundown.
“I think it hardly possible that a person
could be seriously sick aboard i steamer
or schooner without the officer’s knowl
edge.” Dr. Llificy states in reply to Dr.
Re Hardy.
No iioki: Ti llKIHii |t \ | in.
Tilt* llusines* n ■*"#.il ll -*- nod the I-!..
liihllsliniei't .I itse.l*
P.iviinnah’s turklsh l.ath establishment
has petered out. Jo. Morris, who . <inl|.l
niut started tin- burin, s. with iiiiltmil.il
none us his only ha-king. Kive up the
pin.'., to Ills creditors some time ugo.
Morris .11.1 Ills In st to m ike the |>ln ■* pay.
but the puiioniige was not sulll. lent.
.Mr. IV. I’. R. tiilunt, one of the credit
ors, took charge am! has hern running
ihe pl.ua- for ihe last two months, hut
Uniting that he was not getting atiea.t
any, he notitle 1 the other creditors that
h. tia 1 it, ,tided to discontinue the tni*|-
Hiss
l.lndsay & Morgan, who fiirtilshe.l the
place for Morris, airl|>|>ed the piaee l>me
of furniture yesterday. There is nothing
worth speaking of for the other creditors
to lay hold of.
—— —i ♦ ,
\notl.er Wo in an < ut with n *n.
James Williams, an old color. 1 woo.l
- got gay wl'h the Implement of
his trade yesterday and tried to perform
a surg -tl operation on ta>v|e flowen'a
arm tils Insiruinent was rather crude
and tlie r.nlt was that he Inflicted
wound wiih the saw Williams
was el resti and lint lo.ig, | | t , ,j„. | lun , k „
The WI Spoil he used 111 Ills assault on Ihe
woman I lie s ittJ. as that employ. ,| In
I .to sine f.'W daiaspir in his fight
wtth hi will He a i toSkM i rut
iI. v 1 •in II m and 111! Woman ,|„ | fr „ m
I the l t od [Miisontn* tiiai followed,
• lienp P t.-nrslii.i llwtra.
on t*. pi Ist si. s,i and ih ills Kiorida
I fihiral 'd 1' idii-olar tall ad will sail
It k*is Ptvantiali to Wa <hln*uai, It ,
|lt 1.0 0.1.1 and NOff o,l, v„ at
: ‘ ' ‘ *' 1 ■ '
'' ' ' Inin) da> I,out
| oat* of *4l ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: T UESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1807.
THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED.
FIRE COMMISSION TO GIVE ITS I>E
t ISION MOMMY.
I ntll Tlien the Fnte of Chief Ui
gitl re Will Hung in the Hu I time,
tom *ii Iftwi tMierft Will Del I beru t*
I'pon the Evlilenee This Week.
Ileliuttnl E\iilenee ll*nr*l Venter
ilny —Foremu it Murphy MiiLi*n n
Stiiteiiient In 111 m Own ltelmlf, l)e
--nying tin* ( burge* of the t hief.
The end of tfie fire commission’s investi
gation is at last in sight, and it is likely
that in a week's time the fate of the fire
chief will have been decided. After two
hours spent in an interesting meeting yes
terday afternoon, the commission adjourn
ed to meet next Monday afternoon, when
the evidence of the last two meetings will
be carefully gone over. This is the only
part of the evidence that has not already
been typewritten. The final meeting would
be held before Monday, if this evidence of
the last two meetings had been so pre
pared. In the meantime the commission* rs
expect to hold two or three meetings in
ord* r to go over all the testimony that
has already been prepared.
There was a good deal of interest in yes
terday’s procsedings. The question of the
Savannah Grocery Company’s fire was
again the leading item of interest, and
again Foreman Jeremiah Murphy was up
is a witness. He was just as positive as
ever that there had been mismanagement
displayed,and besides answering the addi
tional questions that were asked him along
this line, he was called upon to give an ac
count of the monetary trans it tions that
Chief Maguire had stated at a former
meeting had taken place between the
foreman and ex-Chief Puder, Chief Ma
guire having said that Foreman Murphy
had enjoyed a pull with the former admin
istration on account of his having loaned
money to the head of t lie
department. Mr. Murphy ex
plained the matter of the loan, staling
that he had loaned Mr. Puder $250 about
six months before the latter had left the
department. The witness staled that he
had never received any favors from the
former chief on account of his having
made this loan, which he had voluntarily
tendered, and that he had also never been
favored in any way by Chief Maguire, to
whom, as w*U as to Mr. Puder, he stated
that he had loaned small amounts of
money. This statement of the foreman
about his having loaned money to the
chief was a direct contradiction of the
latler’s statement that he would never
borrow money ffom one subordinate to
himself in the department. Being asked
to specify the occasions upon which he
had loaned money lo the present chief, he
sal-1 that h had given him $2 at one time
when the chief had said that he wanted
tb** money to go to a funeral. In reply
to a question from Mr. Lawrence, Fore
man Murphy admitted th.it the chief had
at one time tendered him payment of t*he
amount borrowed, offering a S3O bill. He
said that hi did not have the change at
the time, sd did not take out the amount
h* claims the chief still owes him. Mr.
Murphy said that he did not order the
stream turned off nt the Savannah Gro
cery Company fire, ns it has been
staled that he did. The chief, he said,
was the proper one to order the water
turned off.
"1)I<1 you (cl! Mr. Jonas Mendel at the
time the lire was in progress* that It was
under control and that there was no need
of his taking the hooks of the concern
from lh*> oIBce?” inquired Mr. Lawrence.
"No, 1 did not," answer Mr. Murphy,
“and I could tint have done so, as I did
not see Mr. Mendel at all while the lire
was in progress. The only person I saw to
speak with was Mr. YVillink, and him I
loll! that 1 thought that with one more
stream l could get the harms under con
trol. Just tin ti someone told me that the
water had been turned off. and then I
went hack to the two men at the rear of
the building. These men were Williams
and Grady, and 1 considered that they
wa re In a dangerous place." The w itness
said that it was at the elevator shaft on
the south side Of ltlver street that he had
left the two men, and that when he return
ed they were not there, lie stated that
the men by leaving had violated the rules
of the department and that this was
known to the chief, who. however, did
not take any cognisance of the fact that
they had been derelict to their duty. "The
chief himself told me at one time," said
Mr. Murphy, "that since the commission
had conic into office they would never
give him men that were worth a d—n.”
Noting Hint this statement would have
any hearing on being In the charges
against the chief, If was decided, on Mr.
Lawrence objecting, that this matter of
what the chief may have told tie wit
ness war entirely Irrelevant, and it was
not gone Into.
Then Koremun Murphy stated that he
wanted to claim the inivilrge of answering
tile charges made against him I>y the
chief of having allowed the Savannah
Grocery Company's building to tie de
stroyed. Tills caused a diicussion of some
length lietw. eii Messrs. Adams and Law
rence, the former holding that the fore
man should be allowed every opportunity
to vindicate himself, and the latter insist
ing that his statement could not go in as
there was nothing about it relevant to the
charges against the chief.
Mr. Lawrence stated that it had been In
reply to the cross-questioning of Mr. Ad
ams that the chief had made the state
ments about Mr Murphy, and that they
had not been vo.unteered. Mr Adams nn
sweied Mr. Lawrence that the statements
had not hern elicited hy his cross-exami
nation, but that the chief had made them
of his own accord. Chief 'Maguire then
arose and sold that It had bem on Fore
man Murphy's own statement to Mr Wll
link tli.it he had made the charge against
him. The chief went on to say thai from
the for* man's statement that afternoon
he was assured in hi* belief that he could
have put out tile tire, and was fully per
suaded that lie could have done so hud he
not wanted to Injure him as the head of
tlie department by allowing it to burn,
lie said that thr way the foreman had
been walking against iilill sill*'.* last Octo
ber Would also serve to -make him bid levs
tiial the foreman was hostile to hltn.
The chairman of the commission then
Sill that II Was the opinion of that lasiy
that Mr. Murphy should lie allow and an
nplHittunity to s|M*Hk and Invited him to
do so in his own vindication. Foreman
Murphy thereupon rutertd into a full de
scription of the K ivannait Grocery Com
pany lire, telling all he had done on that
Oeeiislon. lie appealed to I'll drni m
Grayson for corroboration of one of his
statements of i conversation ihnl had
taken plH.c Ist Ween the chairman amt
himself. Inn Sir Grayson replied that un
der tin cireuinalnnees h*- could neither af
firm nor deity.
After Foreman Murphy ha-1 retired the
■ vldetic. given by John c Murphy and
I lain* I Kins-ha ti I-fore the inyesligat.ng
commute- of council was read, tin *u.
nose#, although subpoenaed, tax i>< tug
pr* snd.
Ml Jonas M-n l. I was then railed and
I* sttn- -i dial Cor- man Murphy hud s> -n
tom the highi of lit- Gr->< •ty company's
hf- an-l had eiuted to hail that In had
(he fire under control.
following Mi Mendel. Fireman Grady
and Williams Wert . ailed am| , j
in id- I'-nmony that they ha-i not i-e.n
I-ft and the south, l-nt at Go north -leva
lot - •" i that Mi Murphy I | mil
i. ton - 1 Within an In.ur I*- Ih. ,dai. wto ir
bid bfi it., n- stationed
Utg 111 st wtih- * i.illid was Filenian J
J. Htarn. who that the chief had
done active work, both as> a volunteer and
as tl paid fireman. Mr. U. S. Turner also
toalifted that the chief did not appear to
him to be a drunken man at the Hull fire.
Assistant Chief Mouro'e recommendation
of Assistant Foreman F. J. Strobhert to
be foreman of engine company No. 4, in
stead of Assistant Foreman A. J. Kiernan,
was put in evidence. The records und
journals, showing men off duty on Oct.
7 and Jan. 36, were offered for examina
tion, and Chief Maguire produced the old
records of the volunteer fire department
to show how few fires he missed attending
while, he was a member.
The last witness called was W. L>. Clai
borne, the electrical engineer of the de
partment. His testimony was not taken,
however, as it was decid'd that it was
irrelevant to the charges, but Mr. I-aw
rence first demurred on the ground tnat
the evidence, though being supposedly
only a rebuttal, was really in
troducing new testimony. Mr. Adams
was discussing this point when
Mr. Ixiwrenee made the claim of irrele
vance. and Mr. Claiborne was allowed to
retire.
The chief had a written statement of
the history of the fight made against him
that Ik leiired to r< , thought It
would tend to clear him before the com
mission and before yie public, but it was
finally decided that the paper would not
be read. Mr. Lawrence consenting and ad
vising that the chief should not read it
as it was not wholly relevant to the
charges.
Chief Maguire then made a statement
regarding the assertion of Assistant Chief
Mouro that he had been drunk and stag
gering at No. 4's engine house on one oc
casion. The date of Feb. 18, 1896, was as
cribed as the date of this occurrence, this
date having been given by J. J. Morris in
his evidence. The chief said he had had
only two drinks and was not drunk and
that, if he had been, he would not have
asked Mr. Monro if he had been drunk.
Tho conclusion of the tedious investi
gation is more than welcome to all, who
have participated in it. All the witnesses
have been examined and there remains
nothing more than for the commission to
reach a decision. Tin re will be no sum
ming up of evidence by Messrs. Adams
and Lawrence. The former gentleman
stated that he had no desire to make a
speech. Mr. Lawrence wished to give a
resume of the testimony, but the commis
sion decided that it would not hear the
arguments.
AT THE TIIEATEH.
Chuck Connors anil Maine, “de Rait"
■■■ On The flowery.
On the Ttowery, which was seen at the
theater last night, is a very good show of
its kind. It was witnessed by a good au
dietnee, which, however, was top-heavy.
As the title of the piece indicates, the
seetnes and characters are drawn from
Itutf famous section of New York known
as the Bowery- There is just enough
plot to give the piece some action, though
not enougn to give the auditor trouble in
folloavitig. The play opens in the resi
dence of a New York swell, where two
crooks “break'' a safe and make a haul.
Of course, an innocent man—who, by the
way—(happens to he a newspaper reporter
is arrested. The crooks are caught by
an inmate of the house, who shares in
tlie boodle, and he compels the thieves to
assist him in kidnapping a girl, whom he
wants pin out of the way. She is thrown
from the Brooklyn bridge at night, but is
rescued by Barney Flynn, a bridge jump
er. The villlan meets his while
the man charged with y, of
course, vindicated and marries th girl
of his choice.
The second act is laid in Steve Brodle's
Joint on the Bowery, and an excellent rep
resentation of a bowery saloon it is. Here
is where chuck Connors, the King of Chi
natown, docs his turn Chuck has only a
small part and did not have too much to
say, but the gallery screamed with delight
every time he opened his mouth. His dance
with “Marne, de rag,” as he styled her,
was anew thing in the line of terpsicho
rean art.
The company is a large one and most of
the parts are Weil taken. Frank Bush in
the character of Micholowsky. a sidewalk
mere! ml, was immense. William Mitchell
as “Dismal Delaney,” a bum, was the best
tramp character seen here in a long time.
There w re a number of good specialties.
SHI'TEM liklt \\ MATH Kit.
Weather IKiireuu Data Covering; n
l-eriotl of Twenty-Six Years.
The following -lata, covet ing a period of
twenty-six years, have bei n compiled
from the weather bureau records in this
city for the month of September for twen
ty-six years:
Temperature.--Mean or normal tempera
ture, 76 d-greei; the warmest month was
that of 1881, w ith an average of 8t degrees;
the coldest month was that of 1871, with
an average of 72 degrees; the highest tem
lieratuie was 97 degrees, on the Pith, 1893;
the lowest temperature was 4S degrees, on
Poth, ix.su. Average date on which first
"killing” frost occurred In autumn, Nov.
27; average date on which last “killing"
frost occurred in spring. March 7.
Precipitation train and melted snow). —
Average for the month, 6.12 inches; aver
age number of -lavs with .01 of an inch or
more, 11; ihe greatest monthly precipita
tion was 16.68 Inches, ill U3O; the least
monthly precipitation was 1.64 inches, In
18x6; the greatest amounl of precipitation
recorded in any twenty-four consecutive
hours was 4.90 Inches, on the 7th, 1882.
t'louda itnd Weather.—Average numbpr
of clear days. 9; i>artly cloudy days, 12;
c.oudy days, 9.
Wind.—The prevailing winds have been
from the northeast; the highest velocity
of the wind was 75 miles, from the south
east, on the 29th, 1896.
C'AI*T. I'AKTEH l\ hTIM HIIOI.W.
In Attendance limit llie Viitional
Muglnc.-rliik t iinuri'M There.
rapt, ola rim M. Carti r, the recently ap
pointed military attache of the I’nlteil
Ktnles embassy In Innilon. Is represent
ing the I'nitcd Kiales government at the
national engineering congress in Stock
holm, whither lie went wen after his ar
rival at his |Kist. f apt. Carter will return
to the I'nitcd Stales in September to en
ter ii | h>u his duties ns u member of the
Nicaragua canal commission, as he is
holding two special rum missions from the
government and does not extinct to settle
In London within n year. The commission
will charter a small vessel, -probably Ihe
-llspat h I-oat Dolphin, and proceed to Nic
aragua b> examine Ihe works. The com
mission will enter upon Us duties with
minds a blank, so (Hr ns th- approval or
disapproval of the plans of Ihe existing
company is concerned.
MYt Ms 1% PMIISPMIT,
xpnldinu 4 tuli < *'ii lent pin tea n Mall
Meet.
It Is v*ty likely that the Spalding Cycle
Cluli will hold a fail met t. It will probably
be held on Thanksgiving day, or perhapa
soutlet Thu clu'i o(TI lata have hreti us
ll*it*-I by a numisr of the riders to ar
rang* i meet and they ar* so Will phased
wifh th- i* -ills of th* to is held on July
Dm- fourth Dial they havv decided to tab
lin' maini in Hand,
THE LOVERS DID NOT ELOP£.
MISS STKIMIACH LEFT HER HOME,
BI T DID MOT LEAVE THE CITY.
She Has Been at n Boarding House
■in Jlroughtou Street Since Leav
ing Her Father's House Last Sat
urday—Parents lieg Her to tome
Back Home and t-he Promises to
Iteturn To-day—The Mystery of
Her M hereabouts Cleared.
The romantic story of the supposed wed
ding of Miss Christine Steinbach and Mr.
John Spellman, which appeared in the
Morning News yesterday, has a second
chapter more interesting than the first.
There was no wedding at Rldgeiand, 8.
C., as was the supposition of the young
lady’s family. In fact, so far as their in
formation goes, there has been no wedding
at all, and the young lady is still away
from home. It now dawns that she has
not been to Ridgeland, S. C., but has been
staying at a boarding house on the north
east corner of Broughton and Montgomery
streets ever since she left home Saturday
afternoon, excepting that she spent Sun
day at Dafuskie, with the daughters of
the proprietress of the boarding house and
others who formed a party for a Sunday's
outing.
Mr. Spellman, the man who was sup
posed to have been the fortunate and hap
py 'bridegroom al! this while, Is an engi
neer on the Plant system. He came Into
the city Sunday morning from Jackson
ville and went to Daufuskie Sunday after
noon, where he spent the remainder of
the day with Miss Steinbach and party,
returning with them on the boat from the
island at 11 o’clock in the evening and es
corting her to the hoarding house where
she is staying. Miss Steinbach remained
at the boarding house the whole of yester
day and last night where she was visited
last evening by Mr. Spellman, and they
took a walk and called at her parent's
home for an hour later in the evening, re
turning to the boarding house, where Mr.
Si>ellman left her.
Her father and mother called on her at
the boarding house yesterday afternoon
and begged her to come back home. She
assured her father that if he would retract
the harsh things he had said to her con
cerning her attachment to Mr. Spellman
sue would return last night and bring
Mr. Spellman with her. The father said
he had spoken hastily, and would retract
what he had said. It was in this way
that she and Mr. Spellman came to visit
the parental domicile last night. Contra
ry to the expectations of the father and
mother, however, the daughter did not
remain at her former home, but returned
to the boarding house, stating that her
reason for doing so was that she had left
her trunk unpacked and could not come
back home until she had put her trunk
in order, and could have it sent home.
She promised that she would return home
this morning.
The pretty young woman was seen by
a Morning News reporter late last night,
but declined to answer any questions con
cerning her remaining away from home.
Her mother had just been seen at the
family residence at 2t2 Liberty street,
east, and had given the information that
her daughter accompanied by Mr. Spell
man. had called during the evening re
maining about an hour, but that nothing
could lie gained by her parents definitely
as lo whether she was married or not,
the only direct reference to the subject
having been made during the conference
by Mr. Spellman, when he remarked that
they had been married last Friday after
noon by the priest, but subsequently
laughed and said he was only joking.
“Mr. Spellman did. not say we were mar
ried Friday afternoon.” said the daughter
speaking of the incident later. “He said
Friday morning.”
"Then were you married Friday morning
instead of Friday afternoon?” queried the
reporter.
There was a pause. Miss Steinbach, who
was sitting on the stoop at her boarding
house with the landlady, on the corner of
Montgomery and Broughton streets, look
ed downward for a moment in profound
meditation. Her tiny hand was raised to
hi r cheek. A half smothered sigh, and a
nervous little shrug of the shoulder ac
companied her tardy reply:
"I don't think I ought to answer any
questions unless Mr. Spellman were here.”
While she seemed lost in meditation as
to her reply clocks over the city were ring
ing out the hour of midnight. The quiver
ing gleam of the electric light danced
across her fair cheek as she looked down
that moment, and far up the street, echo
ing with tho footsteps of tardy home-goers,
amid the din and clatter of the town some
body was whistling that pathetic little air,
“Oh. You Break My Heart!”
The question Is still unanswered, and
not until to-day. when she has promised
lo go back to the home of her fond and
trusting parents, wifi it he definitely
known whether she has been secretly or
capriciously married or not. Her mother
states that If she finds the couple have
been married, she will Insist upon a sec
ond marriage.
The parents are greatly disturbed over
the unfortunate affair. The young lady
expressed herself as tetng mortified that
it should have gotten into the papers, too,
and added: ”1 don't think it was exactly
just to the Charleston party to have put
his name in print in connection with what
I have done.”
The affair has been widely talked about
throughout the city. Both of the young
people have scores of friends who are in
terested.
Physical sirength and energy contribute
to strength of character, and both may be
had by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.—ad.
Mini'll Excursion llnti-a to lew York,
Yln the O, S. K. Cos.. 9UK.75.
The Ocean Steamship Company will sell
excursion tickets from Savannah to New
Y'ork and return for ships appointed to sail
from Savannah S-pi. 1,3, 4, 10, 11, is, 14,
at the very low rate of 126.75, tickets lim
ited, returning thirty days from date of
sal*-. For berth reservations and other in
formation. apply to W. G. Ilrewer, city
ticket and passenger agent, No. 39 Hull
street.— ad.
( lien|> M \ru r* lon to Mlehniond, Nor
folk and \\ nshlnirtou.
The Plant system will sill round trip
tickets to the above named points, on Se|d.
1,2, 3 and 4. for one fare. Tickets
limited to return within 30 days from date
of sale.—ad.
f hung** In schedule on T.vtier It. 11.
Kfffectiv— S-pt. 1, IXl*7, schedules between
Savannah and Tybee will he as follows
(9ot h meridian time): 6und*i vs—Leave
Savannah 9:30 a. in. and 2:30 p. m 1- uve
Tyliee 10:30 a. m. and 6 p m Week days
Leave Savannah 6 a. m. and 2: 30 p in.;
l-ave Tyliee 6;*> a. ni and 6 p. m. lloon l
trip rate Savannah to Tybee, On cents.--ad.
heplem her 440n lli lira,
Prann’s Iconoclast; Muiisey'a, Argosy,
Puritan, Harper's, Ir site'*, < 'o-nmt-ohten,
Hod* y's, Petersons, Scribner's, Atlantic
I’urmit Literalute. itno|> liuy.r Outing.
St Nicholas, Short Stance, Mppin on
Am i. Pall-Melt, Strand, Heereatlati. Pa
risian S-If full UK For eel* a* L.'.lil *
in wsd* pot, No. U Dull *tr*l.-aJ.
. gtGfaJ
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THE TRADE OF A YEAR.
MORMMG NEWS TRADE REVIEW
WILL PRESENT IT TO THE
PI BLIP.
Within a few days the Mining News
will present to the public its annua! trade
issue, which, besides being sent to each
subscriber to the Weekly News and the
Daily Morning News, will be distributed
widely by merchants and business people
generally throughout the section tributary
to Savannah.
The business year, which is just now be
ing brought to a close, has been a remark
able one in many respects, for while not
in itself a prosperous season because of an
unsettled political situation, during the
time the conditions were developing which
form the basis of the present growing
prosperity of the farmer and consequently
also of the merchant. In Savannah, a
city and a port which is never violently
disturbed and scarcely perceptibly agitat
ed by adverse business conditions else
where, the year has been a remarkable
one in many respects, and it has witness
ed several important business changes.
Particularly important among these are
the Ocean Steamship Company’s change
in its service by which Savannah is given
five steamers a week to New York, the or
ganization of anew company for export
ing cotton and naval stores to foreign
countries, and the establishment of several
new industries.
The Morning News trade issue will pre
sent In complete, succinct and attractive
form Savannah’s complete business rec
ord for the year, comparing it, where
comparisons can be made, with that of
former years, and will give full account
of every feature of commercial and Indus
trial progress. It will be a magazine of
the year's business in every line; there
fore, it will be of extraordinary interest
to every business man from the corner
shop keeper to the large wholesale mer
chant, and from the ferryman to the offi
cials of the largest transportation com
panies.
Presenting these advantages, as an ad
vertising medium, it cannot fail to benefit
as widely as it will Interest. In every
branch of business and trade. With com
mercial prosperity at the doors of the port
every merchant from the very smallest
on up the scale expects to make the most
of the situation and receive his share of
the benefit which comes to all with the
prosperity of the farmer. The very coun
try in which the Morning News circulates
and into which the trade issue will go, is
that to which Savannah merchants look
for their business, and with such a sea
son as is now before them it is that to
which they will look for increased busi
ness. To whom does this business go and
to whom will it go? The answer is plain
to the man who is not afraid of printer's
ink.
Thousands or buyers throughout the ter
ritory covered by the four large railroad
systems entering the city look to the
Morning News for information concerning
Savannah and Savannah merchants. It
is there they learn how and
wh*re their wants can be supplied, be
cause they know where to write an-l what
to write for, or wlen they are coming
to the city they know- where to go. It is
taken for granted that the merchant who
advertises wants the business, an-l the
buyer had rather trade with the merchant
who wants the trade than with one who
Is indifferent. Advertisements In the trade
issue will reach thousands of readers of
the Dally and Weekly News In an at
tractive shape and they will he inserted
at a cost not exceeding the price of space
In either of them. It Is Important that
these advertisements should be In hand
early, the earlier the l*etlcr.
Those wanting s;*ace in the Annual
Trade Review can obtain information at
tile office of the Morning News.
Those who desire It will be visited hy
a representative of the Morning News,
telephone 210.
Prartlcn I Mduciitlon.
Our college was established nfte-n
years ago, and its succeeding years of
uninterrupted success d-monsirates the
necessity and demand for the thorough
business training It supplies, that fits
young men and women to achieve success,
which would otherwise I** -ong deferred*
if not actually unattainable.
We have lb-- largrsi, most complete burl,
ness college south, and will h. g| H I to show
visitors through our rooms at any time
Our F.iifltsh branch department will n
un-Ur Hi* supervision of Prof. L-. W
t'smpb-11, who has for several years been
connected with one of the baling co j.
leges of the country, and is a teacher of
experience.
'Phone, 576, or **usJ for an- of our eats,
logues. C. *. Kid*-** nd, principal, Itlch
molid Huskies* 4- l ege,—ad,
<>•> Pullman lu < tnelnnnil
Is via th* F P, * I*, and hoot hero Rail
ways through Asheville and -*ver the f*.
mous W*-n and ('res-tent Horn., Kavau
nah to Ctntinngti dally without thaiigg.—
*d. \
ice Isc per 100 n& jciiw
Ice 15c per 100 IPs. delivered
icc Ise per 100 IPs, delivered
Ice packed In sacks 25c per 100 Ihs.
Ice packed in sacks 25c per 100 lbs.
delivered.
Ice packed in sacks 25c per 100 lbs.
delivered.
CITY i-EICES.
100 pounds delivered 15 C
GO pounds delivered io<.
25 pounds delivered 6o
10 pounds delivered 3c
corvruY price.
Ice packed in sacks, delivered to
the transportation lines in this city,
25c per hundred.
The Gorrie Ice Mfg. Cos.
Room 12 Provident Building.
P. O. Box 76.
Telephones e 9 and 325.
Cheaper Than
- ==3
Bare-Heads.
' : - ~
fiOc.7scaDdSl.oo
CRASH HATS^
For 33c, 50c, 75c.
75c NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, worth tl.oo any.
where—soc THIS WE EK.
SUMMER PANTS NEARLY HALF PRICE.
Rust Proof Seed Oats,
Georgia Seed Rye,
Crimson Clover,
HAY, UltAlY, ETl'„ CHICKEN FKLI),
COW Fill'll), KTC.
T. J. DAVIS,
Plione 223. Yo. 118 Bay *t., went*
CABBAGE
POTATOES ONIONS, LEMONS, ORANGES,
PEANUTS, and all Fruits and Produce ia
Season.
Hay, Grain, Flour,
COW FEED, COTTON SEED MEAL. USB
MAGIC FOOD for Stock and Poultry.
W. D. SIMKINS,
Muscovado Molasses
In puncheons, for sale by
C. M. GILBERT & CO.,
IMPORTERS.
LOVELY FLOWERS.
beautiful designs, uuuqucis, p.anu at.ii
cut Uowers. Leave orders at office, 22ui
Abercorn street, at Nursery, or telephone
*4O. KIE3LING Take Belt Line R*!L
way for Nursery ou White Bluff road.
The Sale
of Hand*
k’rchiefs
keeps right up—we’re
selling to people who know
bargains selling thousands.
Handkerchiefs are* here for less
than cost to make—and shrewd
huyers are taking advantage of
it. We got them cheap and we
are letting you have them cheap
too. Prices may mean noth
ing--they can’t mean much un.
til you see the goods that back
them. Then they mean every
thing- they make the bargain.
And that’s what they make
these handkerchiefs, BAR
GAINS. See them—read these
prices—you’ll be sure to buy a
big supply.
Handkerchiefs, hemmed and hem
stitched. plain or laticv. big value
until- ajila da lor In lie- Dome jus* An
rlrht for school children. *vw
Handkerchief*. whit" hemstitched,
1 Inch nr It, Inch deep; an excellent Ce
handkerchief for me money Ub
Handkerchief- ahlle. hemmed and
heuiailtch'-d. ila-n or fancy, good O,
quality, gun-l aue 01*
Handkerchief-, white, hmninel and
hem-'ltched alio fancy heiuMltcbcd
The plain white hemmed are pure linen
‘1 he bem-tlb lid and fan* y hemal 1
are hue h—r cambric A rare bar in.
gam .... IUI*
Other lots at all prices,
Falk Clothing Cos.,
12) Broughton Street. W.
Savannah, (a.