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MINNEWASKA TO SAIL TO-DAY.
M ILL TAKE THE 202A1D NEW A OH Iv
TO PINAII DEI. HIO.
Grn. Dnvi* AX'ith Hi* Staff Headquar
ters nnl Sienitl and Hospital C'orp*
Drtachmtnlt Aboard—Will Lo
Uonn River About lO O’clock Till*
Morn in if —N eo Yorkers Ellrky in
Having One of tlic Finest Trans
port* in tlie Service in Which to
Make Their Trip—Her—Captain an
Englishman Who Served In the
l nlted State* Navy In the Recent
War With Spain.
The transport Minnewaska will sail
this morning for Cuba, carrying Gen.
Davis and staff, a detachment each of the
hospital and signal corps, and the Two
Hundred and Second New York Regiment.
The troops will be landed at Marianao,
a small port west of Havana in the
province of I’inar del Rio, of which Gen.
Davis will take charge as military gov-
The work of loading the Minnewaska
was carried on steadily yesterday and last
night, and will probably not be completed
before early this morning. The transport
will leave her dock between 9 and 10
o’clock, passing down the river shortly
afterwards, giving a splendid opportunily,
which will doubtless he availed of by
many, to view her departure.
The Two Hundred and Second New
York arrived by the Plant System yes
terday afternoon, traveling in live sections,
the first of which arrived about 1 o'clock.
The regiment hag about 1,200 men, and
Is in splendid eondiiion. The regiment is
from Western New York, with the ex
ception of two companies from New
York city. Eight companies are from
Buffalo, while there is one company each
from Utica and Rochester. The regiment
was mustered Into service in July and
spent the remainder of the summer at
Camp Black, in New York, and Camp
Meade, in Pennsylvania. It only came
South about two weeks ago.
Col. Stephen Y. Seyburn is colonel of the
Two Hundred and Second. The other of
ficers are as follows: Lieut. Col. Francis
G. Ward, Majs. Frank E. Wood and Al
bert J. Meyer, Maj. Burr, chief surgeon,
Marshall Clinton, nsslstant surgeon, Lieut.
John D. Howland, adjutant, Lieut. Wil
liam T. Parsons, quartermaster; Capts.
Walter G. Smith, Frederick Smith, Frank
S. Sidway, Alexander R. Robertson, Wal
ter F. Randall, Louis M. Lang, Oscar T.
Taylor, Theodore S. Pulver, Joseph H.
Remmer, Hamilton Ward, Jr., John I.
Kane, Leonard T. Waldron; First Lieuten
ants Howard L. Beck, Elmer E. Stredlcy,
John R. Robertson, Leonard R. Tulden,
Casper W. Cole, Arthur W. Nugent, Wil
liam J. Wilkes, W. J, Reagan, Thomas E.
Boyd, George L. Hare; Second Lieutenants
Hiram C. Todd, Bertie C. Fox, William H.
Boyle, Jr., Edward T. Newcomb, Theophi
lus B. Steele, Edward P. McNair, Adolph
W. Dorn, Augustus F. Allen, A. P. Fuller
ton, Francis J. Ellison, Jesse W. Teftt,
William C. Patterson.
The officers composing Gen. Davis’ 6taff
and headquarters and who will accompany
him to Cuba are his aides, Lieut. Simons,
of the Sixth Infantry, and Lieut. Van De
man of ihe Twenty-first Infantry; engin
eer officer, Maj. Sands, captain of the
Sixth Cavalry; Maj. R, A. Brown, Inspec
tor general, first lieutenant of the Fourth
Cavalry; chief surgeon, Maj. William L.
Kneadler; commander of signal corps,
Capt. Higgins.
The Signal Corps was expected from
Huntsville last night. The men of the
Two Hundred and Second occupied the
cars in which they made the trip last
night and will go aboard the transport
early this morning. Col. Seyburn and his
staff have installed themselves on board.
The members of the regiment brought a
large quantity of baggage with them. In
cluding their tent floors and bodding.There
was a carload of small stoves and stove
pipe which the men have been using in
their tents. They will hardly find these
as necessary in Cuba as they were at
Athens.
The mrn of the Two Hundred and Sec
ond are lucky In having one of Ihe larg
est and best equipped transports in the
government service in which to make the
trip to Chiba. The Minnewaska not only
has immense freight room, but large pas
senger accommodations. There is ample
room for all the officers and their accom
modations leave nothing to be desired. The
saloon is commodious and as handsome as
any on the average ocean liner. The ac
commodations for the privates are never
palatial. On the Minnewaska, however,
the men have the advantage of ample
room and excellent ventilation. Two large
machine ventilators furnish fresh air to
the lower decks and in addition the decks
occupied by the men ure not divided into
small compartments, but are open from
end to end. Standing at one end of these
decks and looking down the ship to Ihe
other end is almost like look
ing down a street. The Min
newaska is more than half as long
again as the average Savannah block. Not
only is the vessel roomy, but she is in a
thorough state of cleanliness from top to
bottom. Those who have visited the Min
newaska and compared her with other
transports say that they have never seen
a cleaner ship.
Capt. Griffith is the commander of Ihe
Minnewaska. an.t tiroudly claims that she
is the best transport in the government
service, both as to carrying capacity and
her sea-going qualities. She does not roll
or pitch in a heavy sea, he says, and there
is no danger of the soldiers being pitched
our of their hammocks, no matter how
rough the weather may be.
Capt. Griffith is a native of England, and
has seen service in the Chinese navy, as
well as held a commission in the United
States navy during the recent imliroglio
with Spain. He was serving in the Chinese
navy when the trouble between Spain and
this country begun. Resigning his com
mission these, he came to this country and
standing his examinut on before the naval
board, he was given a commission as en
sign, and assignee! to the Apache. He was
disappointed in seeing active service, and
on the cessation of hostilities teneiered his
resignation and secured an api>ointment
as euptain of a transport.
Capt. Griffith is one of those Englishmen,
who take pleasure in the warm frieneiship
demonstrated by his country for this coun
try during the recent trouble with Spain,
and he predicts that the pleasant rela
tions now existing between the two coun
tries will become still more Intimate and
more amicable than at present.
COMAL EXPECTED TO-DAY.
XVill Carry a Cnrgo of Supplies for
Starving Caban*.
The supply ship Comal Is expected to ar
rive in port to-day. She will come from
New Y’ork and will be loaded by the com
missary depot officer with supplies for
starving Cubans. It will probably take
three or four days to load the Comal
She will leave for one of the Cuban port*
with Capt. T. B. Hacker, assistant chief
commissary of the corps, in charge of the
rations and their distribution
WILL BEGIN' PAYING OFF TO-DAY.
First North Carolinian* I'’lr*t to lie
Paid.
The First North Carolina Regiment, the
signal corps, and the First Division hospi
tal corps, will receive their pay for No
vember to-day. The paymasters are here
and haie made all their arrangements for
paying off the men. The work will begin
this morning and the men will all have
been made happy by nigtit.
The First North Carolina will be the
first regiment to get Us pay. Then will
come the Second Illinois and then the One
Hundred and Sixty-First Indiana. These
regiments arc to be the first paid because
they will be the first to take transports for
Cuba. They have been ordered to board
the vessels In a very short time, and it
will be necessary for the paying to pro
ceed rapidly for them to get their money
before tney leave.
The paymasters arrived yesterday morn
ing from Atlanta and are quartered at the
Marshall House. The chief paymaster is
Maj. E. W. Halford and the additional
paymasters are Majs. George T. Holloway,
William J. Cowden, William B. Dwight
and Henry J. May. There are also a num
ber of clerks, among them Messrs. W. W.
Barre, Dwight, W. W. Thrall,
W. C. Giles, J. H. Tnibadcau, G. C. Whit
lock and Joseph H. Swan. All these are
connected with the department of the Gulf
and come here on a special order to jiay
off the troops. From Savannah they will
go to Summerville, to Greenville and Au
gusta to pay oft Ihe troops encamped at
those places.
The paymasters and their clerks re
ceived the muster rolls of some of the.
regiments yesterday. They made up their
accounts for thd North Carolinians, and
have everything in readiness for paying
them off. It will hardly be practicable,
the paymasters think, to pay off the other
two regiments to-morrow' on account of
the review that is to take place in the
afternoon in the park extension. The
troops will need the forenoon, the pay
masters think, to get in readiness for the
review', but they say they will pay them
oft if their officers desire it done.
After the regiments that are to leave
have been paid off the paymasters will
continue with the others, and it was said
by one of them last night that the end of
the week should see all of them with their
money. The funds for the payment of
the troops will be here this morning, get
ting in by express from Washington.
THE NEW PROVOST MARSHAL.
Lieut. Col. Me William*, of tlie 4th
Illlnol*. to Succeed Mai. Harrison.
Maj. Gen. Keiffer, who is to command
the Seventh Army Corps in Savannah aft
er the departure of Maj. Gen. Lee, an-
yesterday that he would appoint
Lieut. Col. S. A. D. McWilliams of Ihe
Fourth Illinois as provost marshal to suc
ceed Maj. Russell B. Harrison, who goes
to Havana to act as provost murshal there.
Lieut. Col. McWilliams occupied the tent
in front of armory hall, on Bull street,
while his regiment was doing provost
duty. He is well acquainted with the du
ties of his office, is recognized as an of
ficer of tact and determination, and there
is no doubt but that he will be an efficient
marshal.
Maj. Harrison will probably leave this
week for Cuba. He has won a reputation
here, as he did at Jacksonville, as an of
ficer. who demonstrated remarkable ca
pacity for Ihe position of provost marshal.
Under his administration the public peace
has been w’ell preserved, and as that is
the chief function of the provost marshal
this is equivalent to saying that Maj. Har
rison has mea.uired up to his responsibili
ties.
CHANGES IN THE NINTH ILLINOIS.
Officer* Will Receive Promotion On
Dee. 10.
A number of changes wifi take place
among the officers of the Ninth Illinois
Regiment on Dec. 10. The resignation of
Capt. T. B. Fuller has been sent in to
take effect on that date and he will lie
succeeded In the captaincy of Company C
by the adjutant, Lieut. S. M, Wright.
First Lieut. O. E. Meredith of Company
C will become regimental adjutant and
Second Lieut. George Felty will lie pro
moted to the first lieutenancy. The first
sergeant of the company, J. H. Kline, will
receive a commission as second lieutenant.
The Ninth is now under command of
Lieut. Col. Funkhouser. Col. John R.
Campbell is In Washington to attend the
session of Congress. He Is a member of
that body, representing the district in Il
linois from which his regiment was recrut
ed. Coi. Campbell, unless the Ninth should
he ordered to Cuba, will not return to his
command until Congress adjourns. While
he is In command of the regiment, Col.
Funkhouser’s battalion is under the sen
ior captain, M. E. Buck.
OVERC OATS AVILL ME NEEDED.
A Genuine Cold Wove Scheduled for
Tills Morning.
The cold wove signal is flying over the
wtather bureau, and the prospect Is that
to-day will be the first .genuinely cold day
of the season. The storm which has been
prevailing over the Southeast for the last
day or two has moved northeastwardly,
increasing In intensity. The result is much
colder weather in this section, with west
erly and northwesterly gales.
A telegram received from the chief of
the weather bureau, at Washington, by
the local observer yesterday, ordered the
cold wave signal hoisted, and announced
that the temiieruture would fall fifteen to
twenty degrees by this morning. A later
telegram announced that the storm had
moved northeastwardly, and that the
weather would be much colder.
At 8 o’clock last night the thermometer
In the weather bureau office stood at 41
degrees, three degrees above the minimum
"or Saturday night. It will likely be much
lower by this morning.
DOWN COME THE WIRES.
Signal (tirps Rawing tlie System
Tliat Connected All Part* of Arinv.
The signal corps yesterday began the
demolition of all Its work of construc
tion in Savannah. The telephone and tel
egraph system that connected headquar
ters with all parts of the camps and
brought all the offices into closest touch
has been broken up.
Yesterday details were put to work, and
it was not long be for. wires were com
ing down in all directions and instruments
being packed preparatory to the trip to
Cuba. It bad b> cn expected that some
of the corps would by left here to keep
up a system smaller than tin one that
has been In use since the corps reached
Savann wt, but the intention seem* to be
to lake the whole corps to Cuba together.
THE MOKNING NEWS: MONDAY. DECEMBER 5, 189S.
MORE TROOPS TO CAMP HERE.
ANOTHER CORPS EXPECTED TO
TAKE TUT. PLACE OF IJiE’S.
W ill Be Ordered Here a* Soon a* the
Camp* Have Been Vacated—War
Department Recognise the Advant
age* of Having Camp* at Port of
Embarkation—First North Caroli
na Regiment Sehe.lnled to Sail ou
the Michigan Wednesday—llllnol*
nnd Indiana Regiment* Al*o to Go
Till* Week—Plenty Transports
Coming.
When the Seventh Army Corps leaves
Savannah another corps is expected to
move in and take. its place. The
outlook is for a continuous use
of ihe fine camping sites selected
for the corps now here and put
into such excellent shape at a considerable
outlay of money and of labor. For two
or three months longer, at least, Savan
nah may be the headquarters of a num
ber of regiments awaiting transportation
to Cuba and Porto Rico.
Indications point to the great bulk of
troop shipments to the islands being made
through this port. Everything has been
so satisfactory that the war de
partment officials at Washington have
been highly impressed with the advantages
and superior facilities offered here. The
health conditions have been so good, there
has Gen so much satisfaction expressed
by officers and men, and the fact has been
so patent that the port's facilities are
in everywise adequate for the movement
of great numbers of troops that it is be
lieved it will be decided to use this port
far beyond what was originally intended.
Gen. Lee is understood to have received
advices from Washington in the last day
or two which Justify the belief that Sa
vannah will not be abandoned by any
means after the Seventh Corps has left
for Cuba. Ho was requested, it is un
derstood, to report on the camp sites, with
a view of determining their fitness for an
other corns to move in as soon as the
. venth 1b out of the way The rep t:
of Gen. Lee Is said lo have been of a
character that would prove highly gratify
ing to Savannahians if it were made pub
lic. This, and other matters which have
become known, almost Justify the predic
tion that another army corps will be In
camp here within a comparatively short
time.
All that Gen. Lee would say about the
matter yesterday was that "Savannah will
hardly lie left without the protection or
an army of American volunteers, even
after the Seventh Corps has moved.”
The health of the men has Improved ma
terially since they have been in Savan
nah. The location and drainage of the
camp sites is good and the water supply
is abundant and of the finest quality. The
matter of health alone is a trump card in
Savannah’s favor and when to it is added
the manifest advantages offered in the wav
of immense wharves, twenty-five feet of
water to the sea, and railroad facilities
that are not equalled at any port on the
South Atlantic, it is not surprising that
the government contemplates making more
use of this port.
The First North Carolina will be the
first regiment of the Seventh Army Corps
to leave for Cuba. It is expected to sail
on Wednesday on the transport Michigan.
All furloughs are said to have been line
ited and telegrams sent to those absent
from the city to report Tuesday. The reg
iment will begin packing up to-morrow and
will have, everything [h readiness to strike
tents and march to the wharf on Wednes
day morning. The tents are turned in to
(he proper officers here and are not to be
carried to Cuba. It is the understanding
though, that the floors will go with the
regiment.
The North Carolinians are delighted at
being chosen as the initial regiment to
move on Havana, as they express it. They
will be closely followed, though, by the
Second Illinois, which is to saii on th?
Roumanian, expected to arrive here Tues
day or Wednesday and to require little
time in loading. If she gets in to-morrow
the Illinois troops may go at about ihe
same lime, as iheir comrades from the
"Tar Heel' slate. The One Hundred and
Sixty-fiisjt Indiana, the division hospital
and Ihe signal corps are to follow' on the
Mobile, also expected in this week, proba
bly on ’1 hursday. The understanding Is
that oil of the transports referred to are
in good condition and there will be no de
lays. This programme should put the en
tire brigade in Cuba by next Tuesday at
the latest. Furloughs in the Illinois and
Indiana regiments are being limited to a
day or two, and notices are being sent to
those away that they must return to Sa
vannah.
The Michigan, which is in port, is
known as transport No. 26. Her tonnage
is 3,722. and she is scheduled to carry 40
officers, 800 men and 800 animals. The
Roumanian was expected to sail from Ha
vana late Saturday or yesterday. She is
transport No. 27, of 4,126 tonnage, and
will carry 45 officers, 1,11)0 men and 50
animals. The Mobile, which is expected
to leave Philadelphia for Savannah to
day, Is No. 21, tonnage 5,780, practically
the same as the Minnewaska, and will
carry as accommodations for 80 officers,
2,400 men and the regimental horses. The
Minnewaska is arranged to carry but half
as many men, but has
for 1,200 horses. The Mobile could easily
take two regiments, and can easily ac
commodate the one regiments and the hos
pital and signal corps, with the corps
headquarters added. It is still unsettled,
though, us to when the headquarters will
be transferred. It may be decided for
Gen. Lee and his staff to make the trip
with the first soldiers to go to the island
from the corps. Later advices from Wash
ington will determine this.
Beyond the selection of the three regi
ments as the first to leave for Cuba there
is nothing definite in regard to the future
movements of Ihe corps. The Berlin, a
companion of the transport Chester, and
other transports are to come here to take
off troops. The Manitoba is to return and
the Minnewaska will turn her head in
this direction as soon as she has landed
the New Y’ork regiment at Pinar del Rio
province. From now on for the next two
weeks there will hardly be a time when
there are not one or two transports in port
and the camps will be the scenes of the
great activity that characterizes them
when the breaking up of camp comes.
From the reports received it would not be
surprising if the entire corps were out of
Savannah by Christmas. But by that time
another eonw, us stated, may have moved
in lo lake possession of camping grounds
which huv. won the commendation of all
ivho have seen them.
A Race Against Eire.
After a ten days’ fight to avoid death,
(he crew of a steamer from Spain re
cently arrived in Baltimore. I n mid
ocean it was discovered that flames were
raging in the vessel's hold. For ten ,ong
days tlie crew bravely fought the flames
If men would fight ns persistently against
d - ‘orders of the stomach and digestive or
gans, there would be fewer premature
deaths. The best weai>on for such ,i
fight i Hotelier's fleomueh Hitlers, it ig
the greatest of tonics, and the host of
n medi. - for kidnry, liver, bladder an l
blood disorders.- ad
f ROOKS CONFESS THEIR GI’ILT.
Clayton anil Smith Say They Were
Broke and Had to Make a Raise.
Fred Clayton and Charles Smith, the
men who worked the "short change” swin
dle so successfully at several 3tore9 Sat
urday night, will be Interesting prisoners
In Police Court this morning. They will
be arraigned on the charge of cheating and
swindling, and the probability is they will
not make very great effort to prove their
Innocence.
Chief McDermott had a talk with the
prisoners yesterday. He had already dis
covered additional evidence against them.
Considering the number of stores they vis
ited, it was u little strange that Clayton,
who conducted the operations, only had
sl2 when he was arrested. It was thought
at the time there was something wrong.
The presumption proved true when Chief
McDermott unrolled an untbiella belonging
to Clayton, and found $34 in bills secreted
in It. He had apparently put it there to
tie on the safe side in case he was taken
by the detectives, but the dodge d;dn t
work.
The men make no denial of thg, charges
against them. Clayton confessed that he
was manipulating change so as to con
fuse his victims, but said he did It lie
cause he was in hard hick. He wanted
to make a raise, and adopted this way uf
doing it. He said that he and Smith came
to Savannah Friday from Jacksonville.
As stated in the Morning News yester
day. the change racket has not been sut
ficiently worked in Savannah to arouse
suspicion when a suspicious-looking
stranger presents a bill. This is demon
strated by tlie efforts of Detective Mar
tin Scully to put people on their guard af
ter it was known C.ayton and Smith were
working the town. He called at a num
ber of places, explained the trick and told
the people to be on the lookout for the
men. Many could noi understand how
such a game could be played on them, and
node inquiries which show'ed they had
never been swindled in this way.
“It la the easiest kind of thing for these
fellows to swindle even good accountants,"
said Chief McDermott. They rush into
a store hurriedly, preferably when there
is a rush or excitement. Calling for a 5
or 10-eent purchase, they produce a $lO bill
or a bill of good size. After the bill is
passed to the clerk, and the crook gets
his change, he accidentally runs across a
dime he didn’t know he had. He then
asks the clerk to return his bill, and he
will just pay the money. The bill is re
turned, the clerk takes the dime without
thinking of the $5 bill, and by the time
the error is discovered, the swindler has
gone. They are sometimes hard to catch,
just swooping down on a town and then
leaving the same day."
LINES WILL HE EXTENDED.
Attorney Unrrovv Tell* XX hat May Be
Done for Southern Section.
The property owners of the southwest
section of the city will be heard some time
during the present week as to their and (-sites
about Ihe contemplated car line exten
sions. It Is understood the street railroad
will ask this expression from those inter
ested, so that there may be no mistake
in the route selected.
Hon. Pope Barrow, attorney for the Sa
vannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
Railroad, was seen yesterday by a repre
sentative of the Morning News. Mr. Bar
row was asked about improvements in the
car service in that section and he said
there were prospects of an extension of
the lines.
’.‘Alderman Krouskoff has already given
the facts to the public as far as we have
gone,” Mr. Barrow said. "He has stated
them correctly in his interviews. We in
tend lo give the people of that section the
best possible service. The object of the
work we are now doing is to ascertain the
proper changes to make. There Is no use
taking two bites at a cherry. We desire
to find out the situation and hear from
the people out there, am well as the City
Council, before making a change. If a
hasty, ill considered chunge is made, it
will have to be altered and then comes
confusion. After all parties have been
consulted, the best possible arrangement
will be made.”
The committee on streets and lanes has
already considered the route to be fol
lowed. but it was decide ! to get the peo
ple's indorsement before it is presented to
the railroad company. While no arrange
ment has been made to get this expres
sion, Alderman Krouskoff, who is heading
the movement, expects to have an un
derstanding on this point in a few days.
ABE SMALL’S DAY OF DOOM.
Tlie Murderer Preparing for Hi*
Execution Friday.
Unless there Is an unforeseen interdic
tion, Abe Small will hang in tlie Chatham
county jail Friday. This is the day fixed
for his execution, and the letter of the
law will be carried out, unless a pardon
is granted. As the Supreme Court has
finally passed upon the case, however, this
is not probable.
Small is not receiving many visitors.
He is occasionally visited by colored min
isters, who have taken much interest in
his case all along, but besides these, there
:Ire few to add comfort to death's near
approach. The prisoner reads his Bible
a great deal, and is giving thought to his
spiritual welfare, realizing about the last
ray of hope for a commutation of sentence
has about gone.
The doomed man is now confined in a
cell in murderer's row. He is about six
cells from that in which he will drop
when executed. There will not be any pre
parations of any consequence to make in
the Jail for the execution, as the rope
that has served for many executions, as
well as the other things that will be need
ed, are already in place.
The execution cell is In the southeast
corner and on the second floor of the
jail. The upper compartment, in which
the doomed are lead, is encased in iron
plate, while the lower part is enclosed
by bars. The two trap doors are heavily
padded on the bottom, so that the drop
produces very little noise.
Sheriff Ronan has always performed this
unpleasant part of his duties in a proper
way. He admits none in ihe Jail, with the
exception of those whose business it Is to
witness the hanging.
THE MODERN MOTHER
Has found that her little ones are im
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs, when in need of tlie laxative effect
of a gentle remedy, than by any other.
Children enjoy it and It benefits them!
The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is mar.u!
factured by the California Fig Syrup Cos.
only.—ad.
Christman I* Near.
And pretty soon every one will be busy,
awfully busy. Bad time to select presents
when merchants are "rushed to death.”
You can go lo Sternberg & Co.'s now and
make your selections, which they will put
aside until you want them, on payment
of a small deposit lo "clinch the trade."
; —ad.
READY FOR THE BIG REVIEW.
A PROBABLE BUSINESS HOI.IDA Y
TO-M OR It O W AFTERNOON.
Only Opportunity in Y'ears o See
Such n I. urge Array of Troopn.
Review to Begin Promptly at 3
O'clock—The General Formation.
Probably No Street Parade After
ward—bight Ilatterleo of Artillery
to Pa rude YVith Their Guni, Thirty
in AH.
Arrangements for the review of all the
United States troops in the vicinity of Sa
vannah. to take place to-morrow after
noon, Bill be made to-day. Maj. Gen.
Lee, commander of the Seventh Corps, In
reviewing, will occupy a position on horse
back about where the stand was at the
last review, on the east side of the Park
extension, opposite Bolton street. The
Georgia Hussars will make a background
for the general and his staff.
The various commands will leave their
camping grounds between 12:30 and 1
o'clock p. m., it being the intention to be
gin the march past the reviewing officer
promptly at 3 o'clock. Maj. Gen. Keifer
will be in command of the troops for the
purpose of the review, while Gen. Whea
ton will command the First Division and
Gen. Williston the Second Division. The
Third Georgia Regiment has been attached
to the First Division for the review. Lieut.
Cos). Haskin Bid command all the artil
lery, including the heavy and light bat
teries. It is estimated that there will be
4,000 artillerymen alone in line, with the
thirteen infantry regiments, making a
total of probably over 16,000 soldiers in
the review.
The First Division will form on the
right, at the New Houston street end of
the western side of the park extension,
with the artillery in the center, and the
Second Division at the left, or nearest the
park. The heavy artillerymen, of course,
will carry their rifles, but the light bat
teries will bring out their guns, of which
there are thirty now here. This will add
greatly to the spectacular effect of the
review, and will put the troops in much
closer quarters in the park than they were
in the first review.
Guards will be stationed, as before, to
keep the public from crowding on the pa
rade ground and interfering with the
movements of the troops. After the re
view the commands will return to their
camps. There will probably be no street
parade, the march to and from the camp
being considered sufficient.
The indications are that the afternoon
will be made a general business holiday.
A number of leading business houses have
already decided to close in order to give
their employes an opportunity to see the
review, and it is probable that all the
others will follow suit. It will likely be
the last chance In many years to see such
a large turnout of. troops in Savannah,
and the feeling in favor of properly recog
nizing the occasion is very strong.
OPENING OF LUTHERAN FAIR.
AY HI Continne Ten Buys at Mnsonlc
Hnll.
A fair for the disposal of articles of
fancy work and other things, ornamental
and useful, will begin to-night and con
tinue ten days at Masonic hall. It will be
under conduct of the ladiesi of the Luthe
ran Church of the Ascension, who hope
to make enough by the undertaking to
free their church from the debt that was
incurred through having to pay its share
of the cost for paving that was done on
two sides of the building.
One of the features of the fair will be
the music. To-night the orchestra of the
hand of the First North Carolina Regiment
will give a concert at the hall that will
doubtless be greatly enjoyed. There will
be a number of young ladies in attendance
during the fair to wait upon the visitors
and lend their help to the success of the
undertaking.
DINNER TO ARMY OFFICERS.
Pleasant Social Affair at the Be Soto
To-night.
The dinner to Gen. Lee and other officers
of the Seventh Corps at the De Soto to
night by a number of prominent business
men promises to be an unusually pleasant
affair. In addition to Gen. Lee all of the
staff division, brigade and company com
manders have been invited. Piates will be
laid for sixty. The menu will be in the
hotel's best style. The dinner will be in
the main dining room. The band of the
First North Carolina Regiment will fur
nish music.
Air. liutttner Not the Alan.
Maurice Bilttirrer says he was not con
cerned in the arrest of Charles Green, col
ored, who was,lodged in the barracks Sat
urday by Private S. G. Armstrong of the
provost guard. It seems to have been
erroneously reported to the soldier that
Mr. Buttimer was the citizen to whom he
released Green, and it was so reported
at the barracks. It seems to have been a
ease of mistaken identity, however, and
the account of it was the first intimation
Mr. Buttimer had received of the arrest.
Your Rest Interests
Will be served by making sure of health.
It will be a loss of lime and money to be
stricken with serious illness. Take Hood's
Sarsaparilla and purify your blood. In
this way ail germs of disease will be ex
pelled, sickness and suffering w.il be
avoided, and your health will be preserved.
Isn't this a wise course?
Hood’s Mils are the only pills to take
with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Price 25 cents,
—ad.
HALF RATES TO SAVANNAH.
Fiom Alillen and Intermediate
Points.
Account review Seventh Army Corps,
Dec. 6. In order to afford their patrons an
opportunity of visiting Savannah and wit
nessing the grand, inspiring and infre
quent spectacle of the review of an en
tire army corps, the Central of Georgia
Railway Company will have on sale from
Miilen nnd intermediate points, excursion
tickets to Savannah and return at rate of
one fare for the round trip, for morning
trains, Dec. 6. Tickets limited to Dec. 7
returning.—ad.
Don't, Your Old Gold Hide Away.
Most every family has old articles of
gold whose usefulness has been impaired,
either by breakage or change of style.
Why not turn them into money or ex
change them for fashionable pieces. Stern
berg 42 Cos. buy old gold or take it In part
payment for purchases.—ad.
For Over Fifty Years
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
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FAVORS BIENNIAL SESSIONS.
L gis in tii re Could Transact Its Busi
ness in a Fifty-Day Session Every
ether Year, Sir. McMillan Thinks.
Hon. T. H. McMillan came down yester
day' from Atlanta. He and Representative
McDonough will return to-night, leaving
Mr. Laßoche to guard the interests of
Chatham in the House to-day. Mr. La-
Roche spent yesterday in Macon, but wil!
be at the capital this morning. The Chat
ham representatives usually manage to
leave one of their number on guard,
though as a matter of fact all three are
present the greater part of the time.
A Morning News reporter had a chat
with Mr. McMillan on local and genera)
legislation. Mr. McMillan is of the opinion
that both the bill repealing the act creat
ing the board of tax assessors and the
one amending the act of 1854 for the incor
poration of Collinsville so as to make the
property there subject to immediate taxa
tion will become laws. Some amendments
may be made, however, in line with re
quests from Council, should such requests
be made.
“I see no reason why the tax assessors
should be retained and the other commis
sions abolished,” said Mr. McMillan. “If
Council desires the life of the board of tax
assessors extended for a brief period for
any purpose w>e will have ho objection to
extending the time at which the act will
take effect. The people of Collinsville en
joy some of the benefits of the city at
present, but not all. The property owners
there will doubtless be able to reach some
satisfactory understanding with Council
as to further development there. I think
the bill will be passed, but if Council de
sires it will-be amended.”
There is no doubt that the bill to place
the election of the city officials in the
hands of Council for the ensuing two years
will become a law, Mr. McMillan said.
“I think it is a step in the right direction,"
he said. “The members of Council who
have served two years with the city r offi
cials are better qualified to say r whether
or not a man is a competent official than
anew board, the members of which may
be wholly without experience in such mat
ters."
Mr. McDonough’s city election bill is
also approved by Air. McMillan. Air. Mc-
Millan is one of the representatives who
is strongly in favor of biennial sessions
of the legislature. “It seems to me,” said
he, “that fifty days’ sessions every two
years should be sufficient to transact all
the business which should come before
the legislature during that time. There
is an immense amount of time wasted in
useless and unnecessary discussion. Val
uable time is wasted, too, in discussing
many measures which never amount to
anything, and which were of small im
portance in the beginning. Aluch unnec
essary legislation is introduced, and a
great deal of valuable time is taken up
in discussing local business of a trivial
nature which should be provided for in
some other manner. All this is costly
to the state. lam satisfied that the meth
ods of transacting business in the legis
lature could be greatly simplified, and
much useless discussion avoided. This
will result if the legislature be limited to
a fifty days’ session every two years.”
Mr. McMillan is a member of the mili.
tary committee of the House, and is hear
tily in sympathy with the military of the
state.
“The appropriations committee,” said
he, “have reduced the military appropri
ation to $2,500. The members of the' mili
tary committee will endeavor to secure the
restoration*of the former figure. The ap
propriation bill will not be allowed to puss
without a fight on this point.”
Mr. McMillan was asked if this reduction
was made because of any spirit of antag
onism to the state military.
“No, it is not that,” he said. “It is a
part of the general determination to cut
every appropriation possible. Those fav
oring the cut argue that the members of
the state militia have had sufficient ex
perience in the service of the governmnt
recently not to need any state encampment
for a time. There are also those who hold
that the military are not a special neces
sity. The people of the interior counties
ate well armed, they say, with rifles and
shotguns and able to take care of them
selves without the aid of the
They do not give credit to the vast moral
force which the military exerts by reason
of knowledge of the fact that it exists and
can be called into service at any time. We
certainly cannot afford to do without the
military in this section of the state and
I shall use what influence I possess to see
that the appropriation is increased, even
if we cannot secure the former figure,"
HALF RATES TO SAVANNAH.
From AlHleii nnil Intermediate
Points,
Account review Seventh Army Corps,
Dec. 6. In order to afford their patrons an
opportunity of visiting Savannah and wit
nessing the grand, inspiring and infre
quent spectacle of the review of an en
tire army corps, the Central of Georgia
Railway Company will have on sale from
Alillen and intermediate points, excursion
tickets to Savannah and return at rate of
one fare for the round trip, for morning
trains, Dec. 6. Tickets limited to Dec. 7
returning.—ad.
Do Yon Fancy Pretty Things?
A Few of Sterulierir 4fc Co.'s Leaders.
Loose diamonds.
Diamond rings and pins.
Diamond studs.
Diamond pendants.
Diamond jewelry.
Gold and silver jewelry. +
Ladies' gold and silver watcher
Gentlemen’s gold and silver watches,
chains, charms, trinkets.
Gold rings of every and -scriptlon.
Fancy and plain clocks.
Handsomest cut glass display in Savan
nah. at lowest prices.
Onyx tables, onyx tables and lamps com
biped.
Sterling silverware.
Sterling table and toilet sets.
Silver novelties.
Rich handled umbrellas, and hundreds of
other lovely ideas suitable for pres.-nis or
personal use, anti the lowest prices in
town.—ad.
Half Rates to Aairmitf),
The Central of Georgia Railway will gen
excursion tickets to Augusta ll to.. 5, at
rate of one fare for the round Hip, Hot
els limited to two day* from date of sale
returning, account Masonic Fair, Augusta
Ga.—ud.
Choice Liquors Imported Direct
from the Finest Vineyards
in France and Spain.
The attention of the physicians and I
public is called to these elegant wine.-
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rect in glass and bottled at vine
yards, and which are the finest j
liquors that have ever been plated '
on this market. They are especially I
suited to medical purposes and Inva '
ids: also for connoisseurs and loters
of elegant goods.
Our business is exclusively whole- '
sale, but wishing to introduce th s I
fine line of Brandies, Wines ai u
Whiskies, wre have determined to s*il |
them in any quantity desired.
Special attention is called to our el-'
egant Normandine Brandies from I
Cognac, France, in ail their rich
ness, strength and purity.
SHERRIES.
Grand old brands, Amnonil'laar, j
Vine Pasto and Olrosos, from Spain '
CLARETS—Andres Brands: Bor- |
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IV. This brand of Scotch Whisky ,
the drink of the leading connoisseurs
clubs and cafes of New York, and
conceded to be the best imported.
Bitters and Cordials from Italy
We also desire to call the attention
of the public to our fine line of Olive
Oil, imported direct from Nice: it ls
pure and unadulterated, and is the
finest olive oil that has ever been
brought South.
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A visit to our establishment is so
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Ltppman Block, Congress and Bar
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