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8 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.