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ALL WANT THE CONTRACT.
BIDS FOR HOL SE DK.VWAGE TO BE
IN TO-UAV.
Severn! Bis Fir '* “ Oe Hut of H lil
dr—May Two Week* Befi *re
the SnrceMtol Bidder I Kno.n.
Connell May Take Steps to Open I p
Competition tor Sewer ripe—t ou
trnetors Wan t to Know Why The re
I. no Compel ttiou—Cot AA nring to
Be Here To-iL xy.
The bids for the construction of Savan
nah's svstem of l iouse sewerage will be ,
tn by noon to-day. The bids must he in 1
the hands of council by that hour, and
the unlucky bidder who arrives later will
be shut out.
The contract is a big one, involving, as
It does, the construction of some fifty-nine
miles of sewers, and an expenditure es
timated at about saio.ooo. There will be
some big bidders on the list, and council
will have no difficiUty in selecting a re-
sponsible party to undertake the work.
Among the best known bidders, so far
as can be learned, are the Warren-Scharf
Asphalt Company, Miles & Bradt of At
lanta and Mr. Herbert Tate of New York.
It is thought that about a dozen bids in
all will be submitted. A larger number
of contractors have been figuring on the
■work, but some of those who have
made estimates, will probably not submit
bids. There are Intending bidders here,
however, from almost every large city In
the north. .
The contractors were not quite so much
In evidence in the lobbies of the hot els last
night As an interested party remarked,
most of them were probably in their rooms
or elsewhere using up the gray ma.tter of
their brains, in revising their estimates,
and getting their fig-urea down to tiie low
est possible basis, which would still allow
a reasonable profit There are a good
many contingencies to be considered in an
undertaking of this kind, and when it
comes to excavating miles of city streets
at various depths, with slight knowledge
of the obstacles to be encountered, a
great deal of the figuring
must be mere guess work. I>oubtless the
bidders allow considerable margin for dif
ficulties of this character.
The bids will be opened by the drainage
committee, and will be submitted to coun
cil Wednesday night, together with other
matters relating to house drainage. It is
not likely that council will act hastily In
the matter. The Important question of
the sewage outlet is to be decided, as well
as the selection of a bidder.
The question of sewer pipe may receive
some attention from council. Alderman
Wylly, chairman of the drainage commit
tee, said yesterday that if the contractors
could substantiate their claim that there
is a combination among the manufactur
ers of Ohio river pipe to defeat com|>eti
tion, the council would doubtless take
steps to open up competition in this line
by permitting the use of any pipe which
can stand the required test.
There is considerable feeling among
pome of the contractors, however, on the
subject of pipe. The city, they claim, will
be the loser by the restriction of the con
tractors to the use of Ohio river pipe.
"In all my experience,” said Mr. Dela
ney of Chicago, "I never saw anything
like this. Here is a contract involving the
use of probably $125,000 worth of pipe and
yet there is only one single representative
of a pipe company in the field. If there
are sixteen Ohio river pipe com
panies outside of the trust
where are their representatives?
One man only has shown up and he ar
rived only a day or tow ago. Since his
arrival he has taken no trouble to furnish
figures to the contractors, but those con
tractors who desired figures have had to
seek him. Invariably, where I have com
peted heretofore, where there is as much
as a little $6,000 contract to be given out
there are at least half a dozen pipe men
on the field, each anxious to quote figures
to the contractors. Yet here is the big.
gest job of the season going and only one
single pipe man on the field.”
ilr. Delaney intimated very strongly
that there was a combination somewhere
and that the city was getting the worst
of it.
"Is It true that the Ohio river pipe
Is recognized as the standard sewer pipe
©f the country?
"It is not the only standard pipe by a
long shot,” replied Mr. Delaney. “The
Akron Is recognized os the standard the
whole country over. It is the oldest and
the best pipe made, yet Akron pipe is shut
out of this contest. St. I.ouis manufac
tures as good pipe as any in the country.
I have never used any of the Montague
pipe, but it is generally recognized as
standard.”
Sir. Delaney said that probably one rea
pon why there were no more pipe men on
the field was prbbably due to the fact
that the northern pipe manufacturers
knowing that Montague & Cos. were in the
territory, and that they would have a big
advantage in the matter of freights, did
not think it worth while to enter into
competition with them. The clause in the
contract as to Ohio river pipe, he said,
xvas probably unknown to most of the
northern pipe makers, not having been
mentioned in the advertisement for bids.
Mr. D. B. Montague, head of the firm of
Montague & Cos., Chattanooga, arrived yes
terday and is at the De Soto. Mr. Monta
gue has left the fight on the pipe question
to his representative, Mr. T. S. Russell,
who first raised the point. Mr. Russell,
said that he did not know that he would
take any further steps in the matter.
”1 have established the fact,” he said,
‘‘that the exclusion of our pipe on the
ground that It did not give satisfaction at
Brunswick was unwarranted. We sold no
sewer pipe there. A small lot of ordinary
drainage pipe was put In without our
knowledge, and broke under an unusual
strain. This is the ground for
our exclusion, it seems, while
nothing is said of the breaking of over
2,000 feet of Ohio river pipe. I do not think
1 would make a bid for the pipe now,
even should the field be opened to me. The
engineers would be down on me for what
I have said and done, and they would
make It too hard for me. We could not af
ford to furnish pipe under such condi
tions.”
Mr. Russell said that the difference in
the cost of pipe to the city would be $12,-
000 to $15,000 on freight alone, or from 20
to 30 per cent, more than it would be with
free competition.
Mr. Richmond, representing the Mack
Company of Philadelphia, has quoted fig
ures to the contractors at 78 oft eastern
card prices delivered here. Mr. Russell's
figures are 71 off.
This matter will doubtless be given fur
ther consideration by the committee.
Col. George P. Waring, whose- system of
house drainage was adopted by council,
and who furnished the plans and will su
perintend the work, is expected from New
Y r ork this morning to be present at the
opening of the bids.
Diseases often lurk In the blood before
they openly manifest themselves. There
fore keep the blood pure with Hood’s
Sarsaparilla.—ad.
Watch those $6.98 suits In our window;
look at every suit bargain advertised!
Aou will think they are chdap until you
results'll A h'T that '* done know \he
result. E. H. Levy & Bro. s.—ad.
HAD TO CUT OFF HIS ARM.
James Walsh Badly H ounded by the
Accidental Discilarg e of a Uun.
James Walsh, 17 years c<f age, who fives
with his parents at No. 631 Broughton
street, east, met with e. serious accident
yesterday morning. H-e received the con
tents of a shotgun in "Dlfj arm. The arm was
badly lacerated, and,, "later on, was ampu
tated.
Early In the forenoon, Jimmy, in com
pany with three of liis companions, went
to back river and Cook a boat for the pur
pose of going on a duck hunt. The boys
had a shotgun, heat ily ioadad with small
sized bird shot. Jimmy took hold of the
gun by the barred and was intending to
pull it towards hie j. In some way the
gun tired, the full force of the shot taking
effect in the lad's lx ft arm, just below the,
elbow. The arm was badly torn and some
of the bones were broken. Walsh was
brought to th< cit y and taken to St. Jo
seph's infirmary.
The wound was examined by Drs. Weich
selhaupi, Held and Dunn, ami, after a con
sultation, it was decided that the only safe
course to follow was to amputate the arm
below the elbow. This was done and
while the ordeal was one of excruciating
pa.n, yet the lad braved it through, and at
last accounts from the Infirmary was
resting quietly. Jimmy is an employe at
the Kehoe iron works.
FUNERAL OF AIRS. S Alt AH HELL,
Many Paid the laud Tribute to n
Local AA o man.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Sarah IMell took place from the residence
of her son, Mr. R. S. Hell, No. 315 Liberty
street, yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The deceased, by reason of having been
one of the oldest residents of the city,
hal many acquaintances, who were sad
to part with a true friend,and who attend
ed a t the funeral service as a mark of
their remembrance and respect.
Mra. Mell was a member of the Trinity
Methodist church, and the pastor, Rev.
J. H. Scruggs, referred to the relation
which she had borne to the church in the
performance of her Christian duties. She
had been an affectionate and loving moth
er, nnd had lived the life which endures
beyond the grave.
The pall-bearer? were selected from the
relatives of the deceased. They were
Messrs. W. B. Mi 11, Jr., G. -A. Mell, W. S.
Mell and Lacy Mell, grandchildren, and
'Messrs. O. H. Barthelmess and Robert
Porter, nephews of the deceased. The re
mains were conveyed to Laurel Grove
cemetery for Interment.
MRS, MARY AV. BLACK DEAD.
Died at tlie Home of Her Daughter
In Rooky Foril Yesterday.
Mrs. Mary W. Black, widow of the late
William Ashburn Black, formerly of this
city, a soldier of the Indian war of 1836,
and who died In the confederate service
in 1865, died yesterday, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John T. Partcer, in Rocky
Ford.
Mrs. Black was before marriage Miss
Barnett of Beaufort, S. C. She was 77
years old, and leaves two sons, Mr, P. H.
Black of Savannah, Mr. AV. A. Black of
AValterboro, S. C„ and two daughters,
Mrs. John T. Parker of Rocky Ford and
Mrs. Sarah E. Woods of Bulloch county.
She will be buried from the residence of
Mr. H. G. Black in this city. The funeral
services will take place at St. Paul's Epis
copal church at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The interment will be in Laurel Grove
cemetery.
PETE YOUNG WILL RECOVER.
Hut Will AA'enr a Knife Wound In Ills
Throat Some Time.
Pete Young, colored, who was seriously
slashed across the throat Saturday night,
will not die, as was at first thought by
Dr. Norton. While he lost a large amount
of blood before the gash was attended
to, yet he has sufficiently recovered to
warrant the lielief that he will be himself
again.
After reviving somewhat, Y’oung was
able to tell the police who did the cut
ting. He Said that AV. G. Davis did it,
and that he is a strange negro in Savan
nah. After passing a bowle knife across
Young's neck, however, he took to the
road, and is doubtless well on his way to
some other part of the country.
In view of the prospect of Young's re
covery, it Is not probable that a vigorous
attempt will be made to catch the man.
LEWIS B. GLOVER DEAD.
Ills Funeral to Take I'lnee From Ills
Late Resilience Till* Morning.
Mr. Lewis B. Glover died suddenly
Saturday night from apoplexy, and
will be burled to-day from Ills late
residence No. 206 York street. The fun
eral will take place at 11 o'clock this morn
ing from the family residence. The In
terment will be at Laurel Grove cemetery.
Mr. Glover had been a resident of this city
for the past twenty-five years. He was
for a long time bookkeeper for 11. Solo
mon & Sons and for A. B. Hull & Cos., but
was recently engaged In the Insurance bus
iness. He leaves a wife undone son.
GATE CITY A DAY OVERDUE.
Supposed to Have Been Delayed by
Fog*.
The steamship Gate City from Boston
via New York, due to arrive Saturday
night, Jjad not arrived up to 2 o'clock this
morning. The company’s officials believe
she is detained by the thick fog which has
hung along the coast for the past two
days.
The steamship left New York Thursday
afternoon. She Is now over twenty-four
hours over due.
The steamer Essex of the Baltimore line
was also due last night, but did not ar
rive.
•Chances Good for Jail.
Robert and Mary White, colored, were
arrested by Policeman Murphy last night
on the charge of drunkenness in York
street lane. Joe Thomas, also colored, is
included In the haul. The main thing to
them Is that they have a good chance to
get sentences of ten days each In Jail. Be
ing drunk on Sunday transgresses one of
the iron-c'ad rules of the recorder, and if
the facts are proven as charged, the result
can always be foretold with almost cer
tainty.
Slain hy Poison,
Not the poison that the covert assassin
administers in the drink, the food. or
some other guise, but the poison of ma
laria shortens the lives of myriads. There
is a safe and certain antidote. Hostet
ter’s Stomach Bitters, which not only
fortifies the system against malaria, but
roots out its seeds when they have ger
minated. Dyspepsia, conslipution, rheu
matic, liver and kidney trouble are con
quered by the Bitters.-ad,
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1897.
HOPEFUL OF THEIR REPEAL
COMMISSION BILLS AWAITING SEN.
ATOH GEIGER'S RETURN.
Mayor Melilritn Thinks the Repeal,
lng Measnres Are Likely to Be
Passed—The State University Mat.
ter One of the Most Important Now
Before the Legislature—Removal
of the Agricultural College Will
Be Strenuously Opposed—Still at
Sea on the Convict Question.
Mayor P. AV. Meldrim arrived from At
lanta yesterday morning to spend the day
In the city. He was feeling somewhat fa
tigued after a hard week's work and was
Buffering from a cold.
The mayor said he could not tell defi
nitely when the bills for the repeal of the
commissions would come up for action in
the Senate committee, the matter depend
ing on the return of Senator Geiger, who
is now In Bryan county on account of the
serious illness of his daughter. The sen
ator is expected to return to Atlanta this
week, however, and these bills will no
doubt, therefore, be brought up at an ear
ly date.
"I am quite hopeful of their passage by
the Senate,” Mayor Meldrim said, "though
it is a difficult matter to say anything
definite about them. It will require
twenty-three votes in the Senate to pass
the bills, and while we know that some of
the members of the Senate are with us,
there are stlU some who hesitate to ex
press an opinion In advance of a hearing
in the matter. There are several, how
ever, who have told me that it the facts
are as stated, they consider the position
taken by the representatives from Chat
ham the correct one. Some of these are
men who have refused to commit them
selves to either side. As I said it is Im
possible to say anything definite, but I
have every reason to hope for the pas
sage of the bills.”
'Speaking of other matters before the
legislature, Mayor Meldrim said one of the
most important questions, and one in
which lie la most interested, was that of
the state university. The question of re
moving the Agricultural College from
Athens, as recommended in the Blalock
committee's report, will come up as a spe
cial order, probably Thursday. The mi
nority report makes a strong reply to the
position taken, and if it is forced, an in
teresting fight is going to be the result.
"This is a matter of the greatest con
cern to every friend of the university, and
every friend of higher education in the
state,” Mayor Meldrim said. “To remove
the Agricultural College from the univer
sity simply means that the old Institu
tion would be gutted, and rendered almost
useless. All who are interested In the ed
ucation of the sons of Georgia should get
together and protest against any sued
action being taken. The farmer's boy Is
given every advantage at the university,
and he is taught there, too, the principles
of farming. He may not be put in a field
and made to plow, but he gains there
knowledge under competent instructors
which Is, we might say, Indispensible to
him when he turns to his calling.”
"The appropriation," Mayor Meldrim
said, "does not provide that it shall be
used for the maintenance of a purely farm
school. The language of the appropriation
is that It shall be used for the teaching
of the sciences allied to agriculture. Qkmt
is exactly what the university Is doing with
it. The new science hall at the university,
which Is now nearing completion, is for
this purpose. A school to teach the boys to
plow and hoe was hardly contemplated by
congress in making the appropriation.
They learn to do that on the farm. It
would be a hard matter, I imagine, to get
the students at a college to do this sort of
work."
Mayor Meldrim said in answer to a ques
tion that he hardly thought the legisla
ture would replace the appropriation by a
similar amount should it withdraw the ag
ricultural appropriation. Without the lat
ter the college finances would be seriously
crippled.
The convict question has been made the
special order in the House of Representa
tives to-morrow. Mayor Meldrim says the
members still appear to be at sea on the
subject, and he has, as yet heard no defi
nite plans about It. He still thinks a spe
cial session of the general assembly Is
liable to be necessary in order to dispose
of fl.
The bill providing for increasing the Ju
risdiction of the recorder's court, so as
to allow misdemeanor cases, in which in
dictment is not demanded to be disposed
or there, has been introduced in the House
and referred to the Judiciary committee.
It will probably be acted upon within a
few days. Both Judge Norwood and the
city administration are Interested In this
measure. It will remove a good deal of
the criminal business from the city court,
but will not affect the solicitor general, as
he will attend also to state cases which
are disposed of by the recorder in case
the measure becomes a law, as it no doubt
will do.
MELDRIM ON CO-EDUCATION.
Uncertain Whether the Time Hus
Come for It In the University.
The question of co-education of the sexes
has been brought directly home to Savan
nah by two measures introduced In the leg
islature by Representative Law, the col
ored member from Liberty. One measure
provides for the education of girls as well
as boys at the colored Industrial college
near Thunderbolt, and the other for the
appropriation of $5,0U0 to build a girls’ dor
mitory at the college.
Mayor Meldrim, who is president of the
board of trustees pf the college, was spok
en to about the bills, but said that he had
not given them his consloeration yet.
On the question of co-education of the
sexoa at the seate university Mayor Mel
drlm said that he is not opposed to co
education at the university, provided the
conditions and surroundings are suitable.
"1 am a thorough believer in higher ed
ucation for the girls," he said. "The first
resolution before the board of trustees
of thy university providing for co-educa
tion was introduced by me several years
ago. It was tabled at my request and has
never be'en taken up. I stated at the time
that, I Introduced the resolution that It
was not with the intention of urging such
action upon the board, but to call its at
tention to one of the important questions
of the, age which must receive its congid
eraiion sooner or later. As to whether the
time has come for co-education at the uni
versity I am unable to say.
“The girls are entitled to
share In All the advantages of higher edu
cation now offered. There are several
V6ry fine schools for girls in this state.
Perhaps -these do not offer the same ad
vantaged which their brothers have at the
university. Before anything is done in
this direction the practical side of the
question should be considered. How are
they to be provided for?
"The university is already over-crowded,
and the faculty has all It can do to attend
to the Instruction of the mate students.
The faculty would have to be increased,
the buildings enlarged and additional fa
cilities provided. How Is this to be done?
There Is alreu y a movement In the legis
lature to deprive the university of the $39.-
| 060 federal appropriation for the agricul
] tural school, which u> the mainstay of the
institution. It is also proposed to open the
university, to the girls. Should the legis
lature decide to withdraw this appropria
tion and at the same time open the college
to the girls, what would be the result?
There is a problem for somebody to an
swer.”
THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD.
The Subject of Rev. Clins. H. Strong’s
Second Sermon on the treed.
Rev. Charles H. Strong at St. John's
church, preached last night the second of
his series of sermons on the Apostles’
Creed. This time his text was “I believe
In God the Father Almighty,” and from
this the subject “The Fatherhood of God.”
His discourse was most interesting and in
structive throughout.
Ris first point was that it was impos
sible for the universe to have come into
existence by chance, as some try to ar
gue. Everything shows design in nature,
and everything is controlled and governed
by certain laws. Tills design and these
laws cannot be the result of chance; they
must, beyond all doubt, have been of di
vine origin, the work of a creator, of God.
Someone said that institutions were the
lengthened shadows of great men. All
history has originated within the souls of
men. So laws and things beyond the pow
er of man to create must have originated
from a divine mind and a divine source.
The conclusions of science, Mr. Strong
said, can be brought to bear evidence to
these facts.
Rev. Mr. Strong spoke of the develop
ment of the moral sense, of conscience,
which leads to a belief in the existence
of God and a belief in God. All people
for all time have had their forms of re
ligion and their God. and all these relig
ious cults, past and prqsent, have come
to accept the idea of the Fatherhood of
God. But with many of these cults the
force of the religion was lost, because
they were without the belief in or feeling
of personality of God. It is the personality
of the Ood of the Jews and the God of
the Christians that has led them to the
idea of Fatherhood But it was necessary
that the old Jewish coneimtion of the
righteousness and fatherhood of God
should be followed by the coming of
Christ. It was in him that the true Fa
therhood of God was seen. Mr. Strong
spoke of the numerous Instances, 351 in
all, In which Christ spoke of God the
Father.
BANK CLEARINGS KEEP BOOMING.
Savannah's Percentage of Increase
Greater Than Any Other Port.
Savannah's' bftnk clearings continue to
Increase every week. According to Brad
streets report of the clearings in 87 cities
for the week ending Thursday Nov. 11, Sa
vannah shows $4,223,859, an increased per
centage of 39.7 over the corresponding
week last year. This increase is larger
than at any other port in the United
States, except Galveston, which has in
cluded in its statement other items than
clearings, and is not included In Brad
street's totals.
Out Of the eighty-seven cities there are
only twelve which show decreased clear
ings. The following list of the cities along
the coast, with the amount of their clear
ings, will give an idea of tfe remarkable
improvement at Savannah In comparison
with all other ports:
New York, $802,043,925, an increase of 11.4
per cent; Boston, $118,139,845, an increase
of 12.3 per cent; Philadelphia, $06,750,179,
an Increase of 4.7 per cent; Baltimore,
$17,885,705, an increase of 10.5 per cent; New
Orleans, $10,208,671, a decrease of 6.4 per
cent; Richmond, $2,629,418, an increase of
1.1 per cent; Norfolk, $1,009,973, a decrease
of 7.4 per cent; Jacksonville, $218,568, a de
crease of 7.6 per cent.
BACK FROM THE SYNOD.
Condition of the Presbyterian
Clin roll in Georgia.
Rev. Dr. Jak. "t. Fair of the Independent
Presbyterian church, who spent several
days at the annual meeting of the synod
of Georgia at Rome, in speaking of the
session yesterday said it was one of the
most delightful he had ever attended. The
meeting largely attended he said, and
though practically nothing but routine
business was transacted, much good was
accomplished, and all felt that the meet
ing was a very b- nellcial one.
The synodical communion for all the
ministers ivas observed for the first time,
and the sermon on this occasion was
preached Friday night by Dr. Fair.
Everything seemecj to Indicate, Dr. Fair
said, that the cohii tlons of the church in
Georgia were encouraging, and the pros
pects are exceedingly bright for a steady
growth and Improvement in each depart
ment. Dr. Fair was much impressed by
the beauty of Rome, and the hospitality
of its people. '
TO RESTORE WHEELMEN'S PARK.
An Effort to Reopen It With Races
Thanksgiving Day.
The wheelmen’s track property on the
Thunderbolt road has been leased by the
Merchants and Mechanics Land Company
to Messrs. C. C. and J. P. Brown, and will
be repaired and put in condition for train
ing and racing purposes. The track itself
Is in good condition and needs very little
repair. The grand stand will be rebuilt
so far as necessary and the grounds put
in order for a general athletic park. With
the completion of Dale avenue there will
be two roads direct to the park. It is the
lessees’ intention to establish a wheelmen's
resort, with possibly a restaurant hater on.
An effort will be made to open the park
with races Thanksgiving day.
LAID ITS CORNEII-STOXE.
Colored Masons Start St. John's
<'ll ure It Foundation.
St. John's C. M. E. fchurch held appro
priate exercises at tfte new church, corner
of William and West Boundary street yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock, which was
the time set apart for the laying of the
corner stone. R. N. Rutledge and J. S.
Davis were In charge of the ceremonies,
which were under the auspices of Mount
Sier lodge. No. £441. A large crowd was
present to witness the laying of the stone
and to hear the addressee.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. F. G, Parker is in the city from At
lanta.
Among the out-of-town visitors yester
day was Mr. Parker of Darien.
Mr. Bolling Whitfield of Brunswick was
among the Sunday guests at the Pulaski.
Mr. W. W. Curl was in the city yester
day from Swainsboro, stopping at the Pu
laski house.
Mr. Blair Burweil, Jr., and Mr, W. H.
Connally were among the arrivals from
Jacksonville yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Allen are passen
gers on the steamship City of Birming
ham, to arrive from New York this morn
ing.
TO LIFT THE QUARANTINE.
SANITARY BOARD'S KKO'IMENDA
TIO.\ TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
The Coanoil to Meet Thin Morning
ami Ratify the Action of the Board.
The Railroads to Resume Their
Regular Schedules To-day—Gen
eral Satisfaction Over,the Removal
of the Quarantine.
Savannah will lift its quarantine against
New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery and
other points to-day. At least there is
every probability that this will be done.
The sanitary board met yesterday and
unanimously adopted a resolution recom
mending to council that the quarantine
be removed.
A meeting of council will be called this
morning, for the purpose of taking action
upon the resolution. There is little rea
son to doubt that the step recommended
by the sanitary board will be taken by
council. Mayor Meldrim presided at the
meeting, and heartily approved the action
of the board.
The removal of the quarantine, which
has now been in force about three months,
will be received with unalloyed pleasure
by the business interests generally. The
railroads, which have been greatly ham
pered in their operations by the measures
taken for the protection of the city, will
be greatly relieved. Asa result, through
train service between Savannah and Mont
gomery by both the Plant system and the
Georgia and Alabama railroad will be re
stored this morning.
Requests for the removal of the quaran
tine had already been received from the
railroads and large amounts of freight,
which has been shut out from Savannah
by the quarantine will now be brought in.
COURT WEEK IN EFFINGHAM.
The Zlppercr Ejectment Suit and
Others Disposed Of.
Judge Falligant returned yesterday
morning from Effingham county after a
very busy court week. He was only able
to spend one day at home, however, as
he will leave the city this morning for
Liberty county, where there is another
hard week’s work before him.
Some very interesting cases were dispos
ed of during the latter part of the week.
The case of George Lombard & Cos.
against Simmons was one in which the
plaintiff sued to recover for an engine and
boiler sold to a brother of the defendant.
Simmons bought the boiler from his
brother, who held it under a conditional
bill of sale. The jury decided that the
plaintiff was entitled to a lien against the
property and gave a verdict to that ef
fect.
The appeal case of Straub against S. S.
Sanders & Cos. was a suit on a note in
which E. E. Foy was also sued as a party
to the contract. Mr. Foy denied liability,
but it was shown that he was a member
of the firm of Sanders & Cos., at the time
the note was given, and the jury decided
that he was liable as a member of the
firm.
In the case of Kellar against Wilson,
dispossessory warrant, a verdict was
found in favor of the plaintifT for double
the amount of the rent claimed.
There was an interesting suit brought
also by a negro against Dr. Wilson, in
which the plaintiff sought to have set
aside a deed to property, in which the con
sideration was put at SIOO. The deed had
been given to secure the defendant for
a fee of $25 which the plaintiff had in
curred. The $25 was paid back to the de
fendant, but he made other claims for
services, amounting to sll9 in all. The
jury did not agree to the Justness of these
claims, and rendered a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff.
One of the most interesting cases of the
week was the ejectment suit of H. P. Zlp
perer against J. C. Zippercr, in which both
claimed title to certain property. The
plaintiff was an adopted son of Zachariah
Zipperer, and the defendant an adopted
son of Obadiah Zipperer, and Zachariah
and Obadiah Zipperer were brothi rs. Zach
ariah Zlpperer first deeded a lot of prop
erty to his brother, Obadiah. He after
wards gave a deed to the same property
to his adopted son. Neither of these deeds
was ever recorded. Obadiah Zipperer still
Inter deeded the same property to his
adopted son and this deed was recorded.
This brought up some very interesting
questions with the final result that both
were entitled to the property, and that it
should be divided between them.
A large number of other civil cases of
m'nor importance were disposed of.
The grand jury recommended the ap
pointment of J. E. Hodges, Esq., as solic
itor of the county court. That position is
now held by R. W. Sheppard. It Is said
in these appointments the governor is us
ually governed largeiy by gland jury rec
ommendations, and it is believed Mr.
Hodges will receive the appointment.
Judge Falligant will find much work
ahead of him in Liberty, and he expects
also the work in Mclntosh county will re
quire a full week.
WANT LIGHTED lIIOYS,
An Effort Will He Made to Have
Some Placed in Savannah Harbor.
Mr. William St. John of the Pintsch Gas
Company Is in the city for a day or two,
and has been spending his time principally
with the railroad men.
Mr. St. John is very much interested Just
now In the matter of gas buoys for certain
points in the Savannah river, and he
thinks at the coming session of congress
an appropriation will doubtless be made
which will enable the lighthouse board to
place a number of these buoys along the
coast, in which event Savannah would
come in for her share.
The light house board has been putting
out a large number of these gas buoys re
cently. About sixty-five have Just been
placed in the great lakes, and others have
been put in New York harbor, and at oth
er ports.
The captains of the ocean steamers are
greatly interested in the project for getting
them in the Savannah harbor,and it is not
unlikely that a petition to this end will be
presented to the light house board within
a short time.
The great advantage of the gas buoy Is
that It makes navigation at night practi
cally as easy as in the day time. The
buoys hold enough gas to burn six months
without replenishing. Anew device,
which has recently been attached to some
of these buoys, is a bell, making it both
a bell and a lighted buoy. The escape of
the gas to the lamp causes a ball to strike
a bell every half second whether the sea
is rough or in a dead calm. None of the
gas Is wasted, but is U9ed to feed the light.
These latter buoys are used principally In
foggy seas.
Is Your Brain Tired f
Take Horsloril’s Aclil Phosphate.
It supplies the needed food for the brain
and nerves, and makes exertion easy.—ad.
The purchasing power of $6.98 never was
so great as will be exemplified in the sale
of all wool fine tailored suits for $6.98, at
13. H. Levy & Bro’s.
ggpU
&AKINO
POWDER
Absolutely Puro
AT THE THEATER.
Richards Jt Pringle’s Minstrels the
Week’s Opening Attraction.
Richards & Pringles’ Georgia minstrels
will be the attraction at the theater to
night.
The burnt cork artist Is distinctly an
American product, and With more or less
prominence he has been in evidence on the
stage for over three-quarters of a centu
ry. As early as 1815 negro Impersona
tion# were given in connection with melo
drama, but It was not until 1843 that spec
ial minstrel troupes were organized, the
first consisting of the famous quartet, Dan
Emmett, Frank Brower, Billy Whitlock,
and Dick Pelham, who gave their initial
performance—the first of its kind ever giv
en anywhere—on Feb. 17, 18-13.
Since this date the passage of years has
witnessed hundreds, if not thousands, of
similar organizations, and this arm of the
dramatic art has raised into national, and
in some instances, international renown,
such familiar names As Dan Emmett,
Charley White, George Christy, Eph Horn,
Neles Seymour, Billy Birch, Billy Backus,
Ben Cotton, Bob Hart, Ben Gardner, Luke
Schoolcraft, Gus Howard, Billy Gray,
Robert Slavin, Tony Hart, Lew Benedict,
William Arlington, Cal Wagner and Billy
Kersands. The last named has out-lived
all other performers of note, and to-day is
as popular as ever, and is the star of
Richards & Pringle’s company.
The Manhattan Stock Company, one of
the finest companies of players ever ap
pearing in Savannah at reduced prices, will
be seen again at to-morrow’s matinee, and
for the balance of the week. The play
for the matinee will be the comedy “The
Hand of Fate." At night the bill’will lie
A. C. Gunter's dramatization of his novel,
’’Mr. Barnes of New York.’’ This play,
one of the most interesting dramas writ
ten, will be cast with the full strength of
the company. The Manhattan Stock com
pany is well-deserving of patronage. There
is nothing cheap about Us productions ex
cepting the price of admission. Theater
goers who wish to spend a pleasant even
ing will do well to visit the theater some
night this week.
COLORED PUPILS CROWDED OCT.
Complaint of Insufficient School Ac
commodations for Them.
Some complaint has been made by color
ed people lately that insufficient facilities
are offered in the way of school accom
modations, it being claimed by them that
there is no room in the public schools for
their children. The complaint was started
with the discontinuance of the issuing of
admission cards, which was on account
of the fact that the schools were crowded
to their fullest capacity.
As many seem to think, however, the
action was not an arbitrary one with the
board of education. It was found that the
schools were full, and the action of the
board in issuing no further admission
cards, not only excluded a large number
of colored children in the city, who were
seeking admittance, but a number of white
children as well.
Superintendent Otis Ashmore, when seen
by a Morning News reporter in connection
with the condition of affairs, stated it was
a fact that a very large number of chil
dren in the city were barred from the
schools for want of sufficient room to ac
commodate them. He said that precau
tion had been taken to admit every appli
cant, so long as it did not interfere with
the school work. There was no discrim
ination whatever In favor of either the
white or colored children, the accommo
dations being equally as good for one as
for the other. The schools are over
crowded, he said, and it was out of the
question to admit any more children un
til some provisions have been made for ad
ditional room.
“The method by which the present con
ditions will have to be remedied will be
by sending a committee from the board
of education to the next grand jury
which has its session in the early spring
and apprize the members of the condition
of the schools, and ask that an appro
priation be made sufficient to provide ad
ditional facilities. As stands
now, I can see no prospect of an earlier
solution of the matter. It is very unfor
tunate that a large number of the children
in the city are barred from the schools on
this account. Still it is a fact, and that
too, without present remedy.”
CITY BREVITIES.
A cutting affray took place near Price
and Anderson streets yesterday, in which
Albert Johnson and Mary Robinson were
the participants. The row was terminated
by the appearance of Policeman Brazzel
The parties are among the list on the re
corder’s docket for this morning.
Idvel Without Breathing.
From the New York Times.
St. Paul, Nov. 12.-Miss Matilda Ander
son. a young woman wr.o had been kept
alive at the city hospital for six weeks
by artificial respiration, died late last night
of congestion of the lungs. For forty-two
days the nurses and house physicians of
the hospital had been filling Miss Ander
son’s lungs with air by artificial means, at
first by raising and lowering the arms
and, when that became painful, by operat
ing on the chest. By this method, however
the lungs were but partially filled and
had the nurse stopped even for five min
utes Miss Anderson would have died
The young woman had become so' used
to the manipulation that she ate and slept
almost naturally, and could carry on a
conversation. The patient was a victim of
paralysis when received at the hospital
and when that disease became complicated
with congestion of the lungs It was impos
sible to save her life. The case attracted
the attention of many eminent physicians.
Stop at B. H. Levy & Bro s;' ask to eee
those suits advertised at $6.98. The qual
ity and style will be a surprise to you _
ad.
Resumption of Train Service to
Montgomery.
On and after Sunday, Nov. 14, Central of
Georgia trains 5 and 6 will run through
between Macon and Montgomery.—ad.
For Over Fifty Years
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has beer,
used for childrens teething. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays aii pain
cures wind colic, and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle
—ad. ' i
FLORIDA
AND THE
“THE LAND OF IDE SKY,"
Asheville Hot Springs,
Aiken and Augusta.
The winter season at these well-known ant
wonderful resorts is now opening and thl
many improvements in hotel facilities ant
railroad service will draw a larger num l
and more enthusiastic pleasure and heal’il
seekers than ever before.
The schedules and service of the ’
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
to each and all of them will be unequaled.
Tfe Nfiii iorl and fHo Litti
will ngnin be operated, commencim
about January 1, 189S.
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS
at low rates from and through Ohio River
Gateways go on sale Oot. 15, 1897. Froia
other points Nov. 1, 1897.
SIDE TRIPS
are made a feature by the Southern Rail,
way Tourists and all patrons of the
Southern Railway have mosi careful at
tendon at the hands of its many repre
sentatives. who are fully informed on ai
subjects incident to travel.
“My
3-year-old
Boy
Got into his first
Pants last week,’*
Said a pleased cus
tomer, “and he was
Just tickled to
death over them.’*
The boys generally
exhibit symptom*
of pleasure over
our Clothing,
Which accounts for our
big Boys’ patronage.
LEGAL S UTICES.
notice^to^debtors^and^creditl
ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—No.
tice is hereby given to all persons hav.
ing demands against Joseph Flannery, late
of said county, deceased, to present them
to me, properly made out, within the time
prescribed by law, so as to show their
character and amount; and all persons in.
debted to said deceased are required tj
make immediate payment to me.
JOHN FLANNERY,
Administrator Estate of Joseph Flannery,
Deceased.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY-
Notice is hereby given to all persons in
terested that the estate of Martha B. Wyl
ly, deceased, is unrepresented, and that In
terms of the law administration will bo
vested In Jordan F. Brooks, county admin,
istrator, on the first Monday in December
next, unless objections are filed thereto.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L,
Ferrill, Ordinary for Chatham county,
this the 30th day of October, 1897.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY-
Whereas, Samuel Reynolds has applied ta
court of ordinary for letters of adminls
tration on the estate of Ellen T. Leacy,
deceased. These are, therefore, to cite aivi
admonish all whom it may concern to be
and appear before said court to make ob.
jection (if any they have) on or before tha
first Monday In December, next, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L.
Ferrill, ordinary for Chatham county, this
the 30th day of October, 1897.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.-
Notice is hereby given that I have made
application to the court of ordinary for
Chatham county, for leave to sell one (1)
share stock of Citizens Bank, one (1) share
stock of Merchant’s National Bank, fivd
(5) shares stock of the Southwestern Rail
road Company of Georgia, ten (10) shares
stock of the Georgia Railroad Company,
fourteen (14) shares stock of the Central
Georgia Bank of Macon, Ga. ( ten (10)
shares stock of the Hydraulic Cotton Press
Company, one (ft*bond of the Jefferson and
Gainesville Railroad Company, of the par
value of SI,OOO, and numbered 19, belong
ing to estate of Clayton H. Brigham, de
ceased, for the payment of debts and dis
tribution, and that said order will ha
granted at December term, 1897, of said
court, unless objections are filed thereto.
IVILLIAM N. PRATT,
Administrator Estate Clayton H. Brigham,
deceased.
Georgia, Chatham county^-
Notice is hereby given that I have mada
application to the court of ordinary for
Chatham county, for leave to sell fifty
seven (57) shares of the capital stock of
the SouthwesteHi Railroad Company of
Georgia; also two (2) second preference
income bonds of the Central of Gorgia
Railway Company each in the sum of one
thousand dollars, and the certificate of tha
Central of Georgia Railway Company,
covering an interest of four hundred ($400)
dollars in one of the said Second prefer
ence income bond* belonging to estate of
Euphemia Cunningham, deceased, for the
payment of debts and distribution, and
that said order will be granted at Decem
ber term, 1897, of said court, unless ob
jections are filed thereto.
GEORGE J. MILLS,
Administrator Estate of Euphemia Cun
ningham, deceased.
JAMES F. BUTLER,
Koosfl. in x oiHioi Poll
Graining, Kalsomining,
Paper Hanging and Picture Moulding.
’Thone 18* Ko. 20 W* Cootf^riß*
Muscovado Molasses
In puncheons, tor sale by
C. M. GILBERT & CO.,
IMPORTERS.