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Gen. Leonard Wood says we shall need
fifty regiments of iroops In Cuba for not
less than four years.
The next time we go to war, the gov
ernment might do well to sell a few mov
ing-picture privileges and leave out the
B'.amp tax.
The whole of Spain couldn’t do It, but a
few congressmen at Washington have it
In their power to knock the American vol
unteer army into a cocked hat.
It Feents awfully hard for some of the
newspapers to convince Seere ary Alger
that lv.s private business is suffering for
want of his close personal attention.
The Pope seems to be a nice, old-fash
ioned gentleman in his personal affairs.
He is now suffering from a slight attack
of "Influenza.” If he had been a man of
the up-to-date sort, the ailment would
have been "la grippe.”
It is understood that Dr. Hillts of Chi
cago will not decide until next Sunday
whether he will accept the call of the Ply
mouth Church congregation of Brooklyn.
Meantime Mrs. Hillis is probably busily
engaged In packing the trunks.
The grip baccillus Is not always an un
mitigated little fiend. For nearly four
years an Indiana woman has been voice
less through paralysis of the vocal cords.
Two weeks ago she contracted the grip.
When she began to recover she found she
could talk in a whisper, and now that she
Is entirely well of the grip she can ta.k
as well as she every could. Physicians say
that the recovery is perfect and perma
nent, and that the grip did it.
E. B. Talcott, one of the best known of
the New York speculators in margins of
all sorts, from stocks to the result of an
election, has made his million and quit
the business, so it is announced. If he has
really quit, then Mr. Talcott is a wise
man; much wiser than the average man
who makes a pile In a similar manner.
Having once had a taste of Wall street
life, however, it would not he surprising
to hear of him hack in the,street again
after a year or so abroad.
Thi re arc advocates of free alcohol, as
well as free silver. The "fioe" in the
former case means pretty mjji the same
as in the latter—that the commodity shall
b- rel'cvtd of certain charges thaler ter
taln circumstances; the alcohol from tin
import duty charge and the silver from
the minting charge. The free alcohol ad
vocates think they now have an argu
ment which is very strong. It Is that al
cohol used in the arts and sciences should
be admitted free because it is largely used
in the manufacture of smokeless powder,
which our army will use hereafter. It Is es
timated that not less than 1.360.000 pounds
of alcohol per annum will tie needed by the
smokeless powder manufactories working
on government orders, and if this alcohol
is forced to pay duty the difference in
cost to the government wi.l he a consider
able amount.
til It ST % Y IS PI II
How long will our government remain
in control of Cuba? That is a question
that Is receiving more attention in Cuba
than in this country, if the reports re
ceived from Havana are correct. In our
dispatches from that city yesterday it was
staled that at a banquet the previous
evening, given at the Casino by the Cuban
assembly in honor of the Cuban chiefs,
the speeches of all of the Cubans were
in favor of Immediate independence.
The reports from Havana are to the ef
fect that among the Americans in that
city the impression is growing stronger
that American rule in Cuba is there to
stay—that, in fact, it is only a question
of time when Cuba will become a part
of the territory of this country. Because
of the strength of this impression, Amer
ican capital is being freely Invested In all
kinds of enterprises, and the purchases of
real estate by Americans are being made
on a large scale.
There Is no doubt that it is the purpose
of our government to keep faith with the
Cubans. Congress has said that our only
purpose in interfering in the war between
Spain and Cuba was to free Cuba from
the yoke of Spain, and to establish a sta
ble and enlightened government in that
island. Cuba is free from Spanish rule,
hut how r long will It take the Cubans to
learn how to govern themselves? Accord
ing to the Cubans who made addresses
at the banquet in honor of the Cuban
chiefs, the Cuban people are ready to take
charge of their own affairs at once. But
art: they to lx: the judges as to their fitness
for self-government ? It is quite certain
that they are not—at least those of them
who have been prominent as leaders Of
the insurgent forces. The Cuban chiefs
and the members of the Cuban assembly
are not good Judges of the fitness of the
people of Cuba to take charge of their
own political affairs at this time.
In his speech at the dinner given in his
honor by the Union League, Club of New
York last Wednesday night, Gen. Leon
ard Wood, governor of Santiago, said that
the people of Cuba have had very little
voice in public affairs, and that their whole
disposition has been reversed by a sys
tem which has compelled deceit, dishon
esty and subterfuge in every department
of life. Their nature, therefore, will have
to be changed before they will be ready
for self-government. In the course of
his talk Gen. Wood said; "I have tried
to impress upon the people that the first
thing they have to do down there was
to learn to govern themselves, and that
the underlying principle of self-government
was thorough respect for civil law.”
Gen. Wood has made a study of the
Cuban people, and it is clear that he is
of the opinion that they are not now pre
pared for self-government. They have got
a great deal to learn, and It is going to
take them years to become acquainted
with what it is necessary for them to
know. That they have hut little respect
for the civil 13. W is shown by the’ crimes
that are now being committed in some of
the provinces, and it may lie in all of
them. In our dispatches yesterday there
was a communication from Gen. Castel
lanos, the last Spanish governor general
of Cuba. In it he called the attention of
Gen. Brooke, governor of Cuba, to the re
port that within a very short time eight
men, who had been soldiers in the Span
ish army, and who had decided to make
Cuba their home, had been murdered in
the province of Santa Clara. Crimes of
many kinds, particularly crimes of vio
lence, will continue to be numerous until
the people are taught to respect the civil
law. Americans who are settling in Cuba,
and American capitalists who are invest
ing large sums of money there, will insist
that the Cubans shall not be given con
trol of their own affairs until they have
proven beyond question their respect for
civil law. By the time they are qualified
for self-government the conditions in the
island will tie so changed that it would
not be surprising if they should prefer to
become a part of the United States rather
than have their independence.
WILL THEY OPPOSE THE ItILLf
The newspapers of New York city are,
as a rule, against the hill carrying appro
priations for Evers and harbors. It will
lie interesting to watch their course in re
spect to the, bill that is now being framed.
It is expected that the bill will provide
for deepening the harbor of New York
front iis present depth of thirty feet to
thirty-five feet, and it may be to forty
feet, from the Narrows to the sea. It is
estimated that for a channel of the depth
of thirty-five feet and 2,000 feet wide, the
cost will be $4,000,000. If It should be de
cided to deepen the channel to forty feet
the estimated cost would lie $6,688,000.
It is very seldom, however, that the cost
of such works Is kept within the esti
mates. A forty-foot channel therefore
would, in all probability, cost $10,000,000,
New York has no trouble in getting what
she wants for the improvement of her
harbor, and she ought not to have. The
greatness of her commerce entitles her to
whatever she asks. But while thq gov
ernment is liberal with the harbors of the
great * T horn iv>rt, it should si “ to It
that the greatest of the South Atlantic
harbors, that at Savannah, is deepened
sufficiently to meet the growing demands
of the vast section of Western and South
ern country tributary to Savannah. Sa
vannah's twenty-eight-foot project ought
to go along with New York thrity-five-foot
project.
Pretty soon the American people may
become inquisitive with respect to the Sa
moan Islands, and want to know what
real interest we have in them, anyway;
why we, a republic, are engaged with two
monarchies in ruling a people with or with
out their consent and forcing upon them
figure-head leaders who may not be their
choice. We did approximalely SIOO,OOO
worth of business with the whole Samoan
and Tonga Islands, considered together,
last year; is it to retain this pittance of
trade—which we should get anyway m all
probability—that we are mixed up In the
Samoa business at a cost greater than the
value of all the trade we get from the
islands? Or is Samoa another one of those
"military necessities " concerning which
we have heard so much lately?
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1599.
THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION AP
PROVED.
The Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, who has
been elected to the United States Senate
from New York, and Who is President
of the New York Central Railroad, is a
strong believer in the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The very general belief i3
that the railroads are hostile to the com
mission. In speaking of the kind of leg
islation that wili meet his approval when
he takes his seat in the S'-nate, he said,
in an interview, the other day: "I be
lieve that the Interstate Commerce Com
mission should be strengthened in its
power, its discretion and its judicial dig
nity. It is one of the elements which is
rapidly solving the railway problem.”
It ought to lie a source of satisfac’ion
(hat the railway problem is being solved,
and that the time is not very far distant
when there will be no such problem. Just
at present It is a very serious one for
those who own the roads and those who
manage them. Most of the roads find it
a difficult matter to earn enough to cover
< xpenses, necessary improvements and fix
ed charges. Even a greater difficulty than
that is the maintaining of rates. The
struggle for business Is, terrific, and the
comix’tiiion is so keen that only the roads
that are financially strong can stand it.
The weaker roads have to'give up the
struggle sooner or later and become parts
of great systems. Tho lawmakers insist
that there shall not be either pooling of
earnings or consolidation. Therefore the
roads, if they obey the laws strictly, must
eventually go into bankruptcy—that ts,
those of them which are not financially
strong enough to keep up the fight.
If Senator-elect Depew and the Inter
state Commerce Commission together
should be able to relieve the
railroads of the difficulties under
which they now labor—difficulties
which are forcing them Into a very few
great systems—they will do the country
a service for which they wili be entitled to
unbounded gratitude. In the West the
railroads are now fairly prosperous, be
cause of the very large wheat and corn
crops of the last year, but who can say
that the present year will be as pros
perous? When a bad year comes and
competition is keen, the stronger roads
will swallow a few more of the weaker
ones, and this process will go on until
there will be only two or three systems
In the wholo country. Then there will
lie no railroad problem. Tho few systems
will find a way to avhld competition.
That would be a solution of the railroad
problem in which the Interstate Com
merce Commission and Mr. Depew would
have no part.
SPA DA Y LiqtOß SELLING.
A curious thing in connection with the
retail liquor business is that those en
gaged in it prefer to risk losing their bus
iness altogether to obeying the laws made
for its restriction—laws which public senti
ment demand. For instance, they refuse to
obey the law against selling on Sundays.
The result Is that the sentiment in behalf
of prohibition is greatly strengthened.
A large majority of people are willing I hat
liquor shall he sold under certain restric
tions, but they are not willing that it
shall be sold In accordance with the will
of the liquor dealers. The liquor dealers
will bring about the destruction of their
business themselves, and hence will de
serve no sympathy.
The foregoing remarks are suggested by
the announcement of Senator Raines of
New York that he intends to have his
Sunday liquor law amended so as to pro
hibit hotels, restaurants and clubs from
selling liquor on Sundays. The law now
permits the selling of liquors with meals.
In about all of the cities of the state the
saloons have taken advantage of this pro
vision of the law to continue their busi
ness on Sundays. Various means have
been adopted for evading the law. The
consequence will be, in all probability, that
liquor selling on Sundays in the state of
New York will be prohibited absolutely.
And the law prohibiting liquor selling on
that day will be enforced.
It is regrettable that the retail liquor
dealers insist upon pursuing a course that
will result sooner or later in the destruc
tion of their business. If they would show
a proper regard for the law they would
not be continually at war with the au
thorities.
REED MOTHERS THEM.'
The position of Speaker Reed on the
Philippine queslion bothers the President
and other Republican leaders. They don't
know what to make of It. It is well known
that the President has been trying to get
on the popular side of the question, and
it is doubtful If he Is yet entirely satisfied
as to which Is the popular side. In his
trips through the W,est and South his ut
terances in favor of holding islands
were applauded, and he was fed to believe
that the people wanted the government
to hold on to the Philippines.
So many of the strong men of his own
party, however, and the great majority
of the Democrats having taken the posi
tion that it would he a grave mistake to
extend our sovereignty over the islands,
that 1% has begun to doubt the correct
ness of his Judgment. And he knows that
Speaker Reed wants the Republican nom
ination for President next year.
This ambition of the speaker to be Pres
ident troubles a good many of the Repub
lican leaders. They are afraid that he Is
waiting to see beyond the question of a
doubt which is the popular side of the
Philippine issue before making a public
declaration of his position in regard to
it. It is believed that he is against exer
cising sovereignty over the Philippines,
but 4t is not a matter of much consequence
what his position in respect to the matter
is, so long as ho does not state it pub
llcally.
The fear Is entertained by Republican
leaders that he Is preparing a surprise for
his party and the country—a surprise that
he hopes will greatly Increase his chances
of lieing the next presidential candidate of
his party. It is believed, and with some
show of reason, that the Philippine mat
ter is going to play an Important part in
the next presidential contest. Evidently
Air. Reed also thinks so.
I-ast week the postoffice committee of
the Ilouße struck jfom the appropriation
bill the Item of $22,(L0 for pneumatic tube
mail service in New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. A few days ago the item
teas reinserted. Ga Thursday the House
struck out the Item of $171,000 for the
Southern fast mail. It is to be hoped and
expected that very shortly that item will
~ue restored. It would be inconsistent for
a House which is willing to give $226,000
for the accommodation of the three cities
whieh are already provided with the best
mail facilities in this country, if not in the
World, and refuse to appropriate $171,000 for
the quick diapatch of the letter mail of a
chain of cities reaching from New Eng
land to the extreme South.
Representative Berry of Kentucky in the
course of a speech in Congress the other
day said something to the effect that this
country would not be hurried in transact
ing Its business “even If it Involved the
fact that it would be necessary to whip
Germany as we did Spain.” It seems that
some of the German paiiers are real angry
because of the Kentucky congressman’s
reference to Germany, and one of them
has called for-some member of the Reich
stag to challenge Congre-sman Berry to
mortal combat. Somebody ought to send
the German editors some stories of Daniel
Boone and other Kentuckians and their
expertness with weapons. The effect
might be salutary.
The Seventh Army Corps boys near Ha
vana are said to be having ail sorts of ex
periences with Cuban drinks. The com
mon beverage in the island is aguardiente,
which, according to all accounts, could
give Yamacraw pop-skull cards and spades
and a good beating at the end. There are
strict orders against the soldiers drinking
the stuff, but as the camp of the Seventh
is several miles in length, Cuban ty>ys do
not have a great deal of trouble in smug
gling aguardiente into camp and disposing
of it to the soldiers. Three drinks of the
stuff, according to the testimony of a
Texas man, will make a soldier feel like
robbing his own pockets.
"With much regret," says a Washington
dispatch, "Secretary Long has discovered
that he will be unable for an Indefinite
period lo carry out his project for the re
establishment of the. United States naval
stations abroad, which were abandoned
prior to the war with Ppain. The reason
is sweeping—lack of ships, officers and en
listed men.” Nevertheless, it is a "military
necessity” for the government to go right
ahead acquiring new coaling and naval
stations in various quarters of the globe.
When we get the stations, it will he a
"military necessity” to have ships, officers
and enlisted men to guard them.
A quintuple banquet is to he held in the
cities of Chicago, Boston, New York, Phil
adelphia and St. Louis early next month.
The five banquet halls are to be con
nected with each other by telephone, so
that the attendants upon each may hear
the speeches that are made in all of the
several cities. The idea is good. It will
permit Dr. Depew to work off some of
his Joe Miller jokes upon the “out-of
town cities" with perfect personal safety.
PERSONAL.
—Dr. Horace Burr of Wilmington, Del.,
who has just died, was a master of thir
teen languages. He wrote many historical
records of the Swedes arid of the Episco
pal Church in the diocese of Delaware, and
for twenty-five years he had been a ves
tryman of Old Swedes Church. He was a
member of the standing committee of the
diocese.
—Gen. Shatter is a frequent visitor at
the capitol in Washington, and though
welcome is always accorded him it is never
an enthusiastic one. The other day he
sat for some time in the marble room wait
ing for Senator Mason. A score of sena
tors passed nnd saluted him, but not ore
shook his hand,
—A Boston woman- recently wrote to the
agent of the five civilized tribes in the In
dian Territory for half a dozen Indian
names, which she wished to bestow upon
her household pets. The agent sent her
the names of Dennis P. O Flannagan,
John W. Brown, Silas Smith. J. Q. Scott,
Samuel S. Benton and Asa P. Longfellow,
all prominent Indians of the region.
—A soldier of the Thirteenth Minnesota
sends home this description of Aguinaido:
"He is quite an ordinary looking Filipino,
small, smooth-shaven, wears his hair pom
padour about six inches long, and is very
badly emall-pox-marked. He was dressed
in plain black clothes, and did not impress
me very much. He had two of the big
gest Filipinos I have seen standing on each
side of the door with axes—those long
poleaxes like they used in the middle
ages. They were dressed in white trousers,
red coats and brass buttons, and are. his
personal guard.”
CURRENT COMMENT.
Speaking of the purchase of the Sea
board Air Line by the Williams’ syndi
cate, the Baltimore Record says: "Mr.
Williams, who has had a valuable rail
road experience In his position as presi
dent of the Georgia and Alabama Rail
road, Is expected to be the president of
the reorganized Seaboard Air Line. He
is a young man of energy and capacity.
It is anticipated that he will advocate
a connection between the Seaboard and
the Georgia and Alabama roads, as well
-ns the completion of an independent route
to enable the Seaboard, to reach Rich
mond over its own tracks.”
Referring to the Samoa trouble, ho
Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.) says:
"This treaty about Samoa was made un
der the administration of Mr. Harrison,
and the assailants of Mr. Cleveland’s
Hawaiian policy found it convenient to
ignore the fact that a republican Presi
dent was the first to unite with two mon
archies in setting up another monarchy
in the Pacific ocean. There has been a
good deal of friction in the management
of Samoa, Germany generally siding
against Great Britain and the United
States.”
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
“Representative Newlands, son-in-law of
the ex-multi-millionaire Sharon. Is a can
didate for United States senator in Ne
vada. In order to promote hts election
over Senator Stewart he offers to defray
out of his own capacious pocket the ex
pense of a special election to fill his seat
In (he next House. This is an attempt
to bribe in a small wuy not merely the leg
islature, but the entire rotten borough of
•Nevada.”
ITEMS OF IYTEHEST.
—Richard C'roker, Jr., wearing a suit of
overalls, has begun the practical study of
electrical engineering at the Westinghouse
shops. Hast Pittsburg, where he will be
joined soon by his brother, Frank, who will
also study electricity. It is said that their
father has made an alliance with the Kocd
lings, builders of the Brooklyn bridge, to
engage extensively in the manufacture of
iron for fireproof construction.
—An old woman stopped a retired busi
ness man of Eber.sburg, Pa., a few days
ago on the street and handed him $2.50,
which she said she owed him. The matt
protested that he knew nothing about it.
but the old woman insisted that it was
correct, and he tcok the money. He af
terward hunted up his books and found
it was a pair of shoes over forty
years ago, when the woman was a girl
living in Ebensburg.
A German editor has been sentenced to
more than four years’ imprisonment for
lese inajestie against the Emperor’s sec
ond son, a small boy in knickerbockers.
Yet the olfeading article, which in itself
was nothing, -was published In the absence
and without the knowledge of the editor.
Convictions for lese majestie under Em
peror William have exceeded anything
ever known before in Europe, whether in
medieval or ancient times.
—The new Cuban 1-cent postage stamp
will bear a representation of the statue of
Columbus which stands in the patio, or
courtyard, of the captain general’s palace
at Havana. The 2-eent stamp will hear
a map of Cuba; the 3-cent stamp a repro
duction of the statue of “La Cubana,” a
female figure in marble, emblematic of
the island, which stands in one of the
parks of Havana. The 5-cent stamp will
be decorated with a picture of one of
the new steamers of the New York and
Cuban Mall Company, and the 10-cent
stamp will present an agricultural scene,
a Cuban ploughing in a tobacco field with
a yoke of oxen, and a group of royal
palms in the background.
—Speaking of Niagara fails, the Buffalo
Express says: "Men who have for a long
time made a study of the recession of
the falls have lately seen evidence of the
disintegration of the rocks. Not only in
the close vicinity of the falls is that dis
integration noticeable, but at th< various
points in the forge between the falls and
whirlpool, on the Canadian side, traces of
recession are seen. In some places the
marks are larger than in others. The
Canadian banks below the whirlpool also
indicate that the river has widened at
some of the curves to a small extent. One
or two or the small islands near the falls
have grown somewhat smaller within the
last year, and there are strong indications
that they may disappear altogether before
many years.”
—Each year, says a writer in the Chi
cago News, Emperor William orders from
his stationer 30,000 visiting cards. Those
which the latter has just supplied his im
perial patron for the new' year differ from
ail previous productions even to the point
of absurdity. The card, which is of “bris
tol glace,” quite as thick as cardboard, is
about a foot long by four inches wide.
Engraved upon this veritable placard is
simply the word “Wilhelm” in very large
gothic letters, and beneath, in somewhat
smaller characters, is “Emperor of Ger
many and King of Prussia.” It is said
that the “good Felix” of France, impress
ed with the thickness of the above cards,
and wishing to affirm his patriotism in
not imitating the German Emperor, has
just ordered anew supply of cards. These
tire to be transparent.
—The moral obligation to support all his
wives after having married them is urged
as a reason why Representative Roberts
should cling to all his own and suffer no
political disability for so doing, says the
New York Tribune. But it appears that
In Mormon usage the support often comes
from the other side. A Gentile woman,
enforced to continue her residence in Utah
after the death of her husband, testifies
that she was continually pestered by her
washerwomen and other aged crones''TO
marry their husbands, because she, being
rich, could support them all. The allur
ing opportunity was declined, notwith
standing the assurance that unless she
married a Mormon she could not possi
bly go to heaven. That is a fundamental
article of Mormon faith, and probably
sweetened the toil of "the wives of tiish
ops, who were hired out as cooks and field
hands, the bishops going around at inter
vals to collect their Wages.’’ It is not
much wonder that all over the country
women assemble in public meetings to ut
ter their voice against the admission of a
Mormon to a seat in the national Con
gress, the male Gentile in general cordial
ly sustaining their view of the subject.
—ln an investigation of the schemes and
methods of the tramps the Rev. William C.
Dewitt of Chicago, discovered what may
may be called the tramps’ commercial
agency. Fortunately the field of its oper
ations is not thought to have yet extend
ed beyond Chicago. In its operations in
that city ratings are recorded and fur
nished to customers upon the payment of
a fee, showing what men are charitable,
how and when each may be successfully
approached, what kind of an appeal is
best adapted to this or that case, and in-
dicating the maximum amount that may
be expected from each. The head of this
bureau of information is a character w-ell
known in the tramp lodging houses. He
calls himself a lawyer, and wears good
clothes and flashy jewelry. He carries the
records of his agency in his pocket, re
quiring no fixed office of business. At
staled intervals he makes the rounds of
the cheap lodging houses, acquiring new
information as to citizens who are to be
put in his lists and selling ratings as to
others who are known invariably- to re
spond when the keynote to their nature
is struck. A fee is charged for each ad
dress, and it varies according to the rat
ing. For some names the fee is 50 cents,
but the shrewd beggars find that the in
formation is a profitable investment.
—The large staff connected with Mr.
Sanger’s well known circus and menagerie,
which is now stationed at Us winter quar
ters. Willesden junction, where they are
fitting out for next season, were thrown
into o state Of unwonted excitement yes
terday morning by an event which is quite
unprecedented in the recollection of any
of them, says the London Chronicle. This
was the birth of six lions. On one of the
attendants going to the den where the
lioness Vlotoria was caged he was aston
ished to find that she had given birth io
six cubs. Tills is believed to be a record
birth, the number of cubs varying from
one to four, as a rule. The mother end
cubs are in a healthy and thriving con
dition, and there is every prospect of rear
ing all the cubs. It is intended to name
the animals after the royal Princess and
Princesses. The mother was christened
Victoria by the late Duke of Clarence, at
York, and the father of the cubs was chris
tened Oscar by King Oscar of Sweden, on
board his yacht In the Margate Roads
some few years back, in the presence of
Mr. H. Green, the then Mayor of Mar
gate. and several of the Town Council
lors. Mr. Sanger Is highly delighted with
what he is pleased to call his Christmas
box. He has been a showman all his life
and has never heard of a lioness giving
*urth to six cubs before.
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For information call upon or address W.
G. BREWER, City Ticket and Passenger
Agent, 39 Bull street, Savannah, Ga.
MEAT
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Wall Paper.
Picture Moulding.
Savannah Building Supply
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find work, order your lithographed and
printed stationery and blank hooka from
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, —AND
the east.
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. All
the comforts of a modern hotel. Electric
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets inclu.j,
meals and berth aboard ship.
Passenger Fares From Savanau
NEW YORK-Cabin, *2O; Excursion
♦3- Intermediate, sls. Excursion, s34*
Steerage, SIO.OO.
TO BOSTON— Cabin, $22; Excursion. $!6-
Intermediate, sl7; Excursion, S2B; Steer-!
age, $11.75.
The express steamships of this line are
appointed to sail from Savannah, Central
(90th) meridian time, as follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, SATUR.
DAY, Jan. 21, 3 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, MONDAY
Jan. 23, 5 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asking, TUES.
DAY, Jan. 24, 5 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
THURSDAY, Jan. 26, 5 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Cap!. Burg,
SATURDAY, Jan. 28, 6 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, MONDAY,
Jan. S), 7 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, TUESDAY,
Jan. 31, 8 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asking, THURS
DAY. Feb. 2, 10 a. m.'
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON,
VIA DIRECT SHIP.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis. FRI
DAY, Jan. 20, 2:30 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googlns, TUESDAY,
Jan. 24, 3 a. m.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage. FRI
DAY, Jan. 27, 5 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis, TUES
DAY, Jan. 31, 7:30 a. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
5 p. m. daily, except Sundays and Mon
days, and leave Boston for Savannah
every Wednesday at 12 noon. Saturdays
at 3 p. m.
W. G. Brewer. Ticket Agent, 39 Bull
street. Savannah, Ga.
E. W. Smith, Con’t Fr. Agt. Sav., Ga.
R. G. Trezevant, Agt., Savannah, Ga.
E. H. Hinton, Traffic Manager.
! John M. Egan, vice president.
MERCHANTS AND MINERS’
TRANSPORTATION CO.
Tickets on sale at company’s office to
the following points at very low rates:
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
BALTIMORE, MD.
BUFFALO, N. Y.
BOSTON, MASS.
CHICAGO. ILL.
CLEVELAND, O.
ERIE, PA.
HAGERSTOWN, MD.
HARRISBURG, PA
HALIFAX, N. S.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PITTSBURG, PA.
PROVIDENCE, R. L
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
TRENTON, N. J.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
WASHINGTON. D. C.
First-class tickets include meals ard
state room berth. Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodation and Cuisine Unequaled.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful han
dling and quick dispatch.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah to Balti
more as fellows (standard time):
WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Willis, WED
NESDAY, Jan. 25, at 6:00 p. m.
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Foster, SATUR
DAY, Jan. 28, at 8:00 a. m.
•Steamship Wm. Lawrence does not
carry passengers.
And from Baltimore every MONDAY
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, at 4:00 p.
m.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent.
Savannah, Ga.
w. F. TURNER, G. P. A.
A. D. STEBBINS, A. T. M.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
For Bluff ton and Beaufort, S. C
Steamer Doretta will leave wharf foot
of Abercorn (Ethel’s wharf) street at 3 p.
m. for Bluff ton daily except Sunday and
Thursday. Wednesday’s trip extended ta
Beaufort, leaving Biuffton Thursdays at
8 a. m. Returning same day.
For Port Royal and Beaufort, S. C.
Steamer Clifton,leaves from foot Bull
street on Sunday, 12 a. m., Tuesday and
Friday at 10 a. m., city time.
H. S. WESTCOTT, Agent.
savanna mmoii ana igie oi hods mi
aofl oily ana suDurdan R’y.
StUbUILiS
For Isle of Rope and Montgomery,
Sundays excepted.
Lv city for Isle Hope|Lv Isle Hope for city
$ 00 am from Boitonj 6 00 am for Bolton st
7 00 am from Bolton| 7 10 am for Bolton
9 00 am from 2d avej 8 10 am for 2d ave
10 37 am from Bolton| 9 45 am for Bolton
2 30 pm from 2d ave| 1 00 pm for 2d ave
4 00 pm from Boltoni 4 00 pm for Bolton
6 30 pm from 2d avej 5 00 pm for 2d ave
6 30 pm from Boitonj 7 30 pm for Bolton
7 30 pm from Boitonj 6 30 pm for Bolton
9 00 pm from 2d avejlO 00 pm for 2d ave
Lv city for Mon’g’ryjLv Mont’g’ry for city
9 00 am from 2d ave| 7 30 am for 2d ave
10 37 am from Bolton|l2 20 pm for 2d ave
2 30 pm from 2d avej 4 20 pm for 2d ave
6 30 pm from 2d ave|
To take effect Nov. 14, 1898
H. C. BENAGH, Supt.
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