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NEW COUNCIL'S INSTALLATION
WILL GO IXTO OFFICE AT NOON
TO-MORROW.
Tin- Hetlrinn Ilnnrd Will Hold n
Brief Session. Afler U hieh the
Newly Elected Members Will Be
Sworn In l>J .Indite Falligant.
Mayor Weld rim lloen Not Believe
tile New t oonell Will He Inflnenc
eil by Politician* to Make (hnuceii
in City OHlees—He Sny They
Would Be "Puppet*” to Allow
Theumclvei I.ed in Thnt Way.
The reins of Savannah’s municipal con
trol will changt hand 1 morrow whet
the present Council will retire and the
newly elected Mayot and aldermen will he
sworn into office for the ensuing two
years. There will lie more or less formal
ity attached to the proceedings, which will
Include a brief address by Mayor Meldrlm,
and also a few remarks by Mayor-elect
Myers, who is to again assume charge of
the office he surrendered two years ago.
Looking forward to the installation of
the new board, the present Council suc
ceeded at Us last meeting in disposing of
all business which would have required
a great deal of attention. The fear of hav
ing a long time to wait for the retiring
aldermen to take their seats in the long
room, therefore, will not discourage those
who may desire to attend the installation.
The personal friends of the retiring offi
cials will doubtless fill the Council cham
ber, but aside from these, it is likely that
there will be a large nutnlier of May.w
elect Myers’ more enthusiastic supporters
who will not lose the opportunity of see
ing their candidate seated.
At 12 o’clock the old board will Appear
In open meeting for the purpose of sign
ing the minutes of the previous meeting.
Very little time will be consumed, as there
will not be a departure from the usual
method of confirming the minutes, as
previously published. This done, Mayor
Meldrlm will announce the presence of
the newly elected Council, which will be
assembled in the Mayor’s private office.
The new-comers will be ushered into the
Council chamber by City Marshal Power.
The programme will tie In the hands of
Judge Robert Falligant, who has several
times administered (he oath of office to
the board of Mayor and aldermen. There
will he no formality in the taking of the
oath, and if the aldermen are sworn in as
u whole, a few minutes will complete the
proceeding.
Mayor Meldrlm is establishing a prece
dent, or. rather, making an innovation.
In submitting his annual report, which
will be handed Mayor Myers us he takes
his seat. Particular care has been taken
In the preparation of the report, which,
it is thought, covers the detailed opera
tions of the city government for the last
two years, together with a report of the
city’s financial condition. In connection
with the report, Mayor Meldrlm will have
something to say to the Incoming Council
about the work of his administration. It
is his Intention to extend the last wishes
of the retiring board to the new Council,
and to wish it every success in the impor
tant work it is to undertake. Standing on
the threshold of anew administration, the
experiences of the last two years will ar
ford Mayor Meldrim a text upon which
to talk to the new board. Everything in
dicates that the installation will be a
pleasant affair, and that the new Council
will enter upon the discharge of its duties
under the most auspicious circumstances.
The thirst for office has created no end
of talk as to the course the new board
will pursue with regard to removals.
While interviews recently published Indi
cate that a conservative policy will he
adopted, no one gainsays that the Installa
tion of the new Council does not mean a
shift in some prominent office holders.
Those who have been most active in the
election of Mr. Myers have raised a hue
and cry to ’ turn the rascals out,” but it
looks like they will have some trouble in
getting the aldermen, or, at least, a few
who have expressed themselves, to agree
with them that a general slaughter of of
fice holders is for the best.
Mayor Meldrim discussed the outlook
yesterday, but not from the standpoint of
one who knows what is to come in the
way of changes. That the newly elected
hoard will he harassed by office seekers,
und the friends of those who are arter
office, lie said, goes without saying. The
lives of the members will be miserable for
awhile. Every man who voted for Mr.
Myers will either have a choice, or will
lie called upon to Indorse some applicant
for office.
"If many changes are made." said May
or Meldrim, ”it will he because the new
hoard allows the politicians to make pup
pets of them. For the most part the new
members are conservative men, and the
changes they make will doubtless Ik* be
cause of some good and sufficient reason.
There were not many changes in city of
ficers when l took charge of the city’s af
fairs, and I tan truthfully say 1 never dis
places! one man and put another in his
place for political reasons. It is everlast
ingly wrong, and 1 never tolerated this
practice where it was in my power to pre
vent it.”
With reference to tlie consolidation of
offices Mayor Meldrim said that such a
course would merely be a dev ice to get rid
of the present incumbents. There is a
way to run ilie city’s surplus to the top
notch, he said. "Do away with the de
partments, clean out the city exchange,
let city property go into decay, an.l con
tinue to collect taxes; this is one way to
save money. Hut such a policy is a sham
and a fraud. The City Council Is in con
trol of all the city’s property, and it Is its
duty lo preserve that property, and im
prove it when necessary."
WAITING FOB THE FIRST MOVE.
City Officials Anxious lo Know W lint
Is Going to Happen.
Whether the first move in the war
• gainst the holdover city officials is lo be
tnado to-morrow or not is not known.
Council will hold a meeting, it is under
stood, immediately after being sworn in.
When asked If any business would be
transacted at this meeting, Mr. Myers
said that lie did not think it likely that
anything of importance would be done.
It was more likely, he sahl, that the meet
ing would simply be put under recess to
that the board could be called together at
any time.
What the programme is that has been
ndopied by the majority of the board 1 is
not been given out, but It is pretv w ,|i
settled that a programme was adopted
at the meeting at ihc Re Soto Friday
and that the majority of the board is or’,a
ty well agreed as to what is to be donc
Scveial removals are pretty eertaln i
be made of minor officials and cmnlov
who were very active in support of
losing side. The appointments In the de
part men is are controlled by the commit
tees of Council under a recent ordinance
and it is not anticipated that there will
be any difficulty in affecting these remov
als. For instance, it is said that Mr
Thomas Cooley, who succeeded Mr Henry
Dreeson as superintendent of the scaven
ger department a short while since, will
not he long with the new administration.
Mr. Droeson wifi not return to his old
place. Mr. James Maguire of the First
district is slated to succeed Mr. Cooley.
"Akly” has had his eye on this Job for
a long time and it seems now* that his
ambition is about lo be gratified.
Ex-Fire Chief Maguire seems very con
fident that he will soon be wearing his old
uniform and riding around the city in the
red buggy which is now used by Fire
Chief Hanly. Just how this Is to be ac
complished has not been stated, but the
partisans seem to accept it as a fact.
Few people art- aware that Mr. Charles
I’. Rossignol was once and perhaps still
is fire marshal of the city of Savannah.
The charter of the city provides for a fire
marshal but the office had long fallen Into
disuse. TANARUS, n years ago during the Schwarz
administration, Mr. Rossignol called the
attention of Council to the fact that a fire
marshal was provided^ for by the charter.
Council at once recreated the office by or
dinance and elected Mr. Rossignoll mar
shal. The duties were nominal and there
was no salary attached. No successor has
ever been elected to Mr. Rossignol and he
is probably still fire marshal. It has been
suggested by some partisans that the new
Council might elect Mr. Maguire tire mar
shal. fix the salary of the office, and In
vest him with the control of the depart
ment, including the right to appoint and
remove his own subordinates. The first
removal would of course lie Mr. llanly.
It Is evident that a determined fight Is
to be made for the removal of Chief of
Police McDermott. Some of the Myers
leaders have old scores fo settle with the
chief and it is said lhat they are not en
tirely satisfied with Ills conduct In the re
cent campaign. The latest rumor has it
that Capt. Thomas Screven, who receiv
ed the second highest vote on the Myers’
ticket. Is lo succeed Chief McDermoit as
chief of police. No authority was given
for the rumor, however, and there may
be nothing in it. Should Chief McDer
mott be displaced, however, Capt. Screven
would be an exceedingly popular man for
the place.
How the removal of the various officials
whose positions are desired by the victori
ous faction, is to be accomplished, has not
been stated. The leaders say, however,
that they have considered the matter and
that there will he no difficulty.
The high tension under which a few
eily officers are laboring on account of the
change in administration has proven too
great for Marcus Lowenthal, sanitary in
spector, and to relieve his mind of the
prospects of decapitation, he has closed
his official career. Mr. Lowenthal sent in
his resignation to Mayor Meldrim yester
day, and has the distinction of being the
first martyr
With the other officials there is a good
deal of discussion as to what the new ad
ministration will do In the way of making
changes. Some have made up their minds
to go, while others find comfort in the
fact the new Council Is conservative, and
will not probably make many changes
among city office-holders.
W'UONOIGH AM) THE OFFICES.
Ills Pointed Reply to Mr. Myers’
Statements.
With reference to the law allowing the
outgoing Council to elect officers for the
ensuing two years, Mayor-elect Myers has
been quoted as saying it was plain to every
one that the object In passing this law
was to reward certain individuals and get
them arrayed against the plan for a
change in administration.
Hon. John J. McDonough, who voted for
the law, stated yesterday that any charge
or insinuation that he advocated the pass
age of this law with any ulterior purpose
in view, was and is absolutely false.
’’For many years,” said Mr. McDonough,
"until Mr. Myers changed the law, as he
states he did, the outgoing board elected
the officers. This was on the theory that
having been associated wilh them two
years, the members were well qualified to
pass on the fitness of incumbents. Then,
again, it look these officers out of pofitics
and kept them from being held out to par
tisans as rewards for political service.
That was my idea in passing the bill. Mr.
Myers’ change put the offices in politics.
I tried to take them out.”
"As to the statement of Mr. Myers, that
certain men would not have been so ar
dent in the support of my cause had they
not pledged themselves to work for the
Liberal Club candidate in return for cer
tain offices, I desire to say I never exact
ed a pledge from a single office holder
of the city, nor even solicited a vote from
any employe of the city. So far as that
is concerned, it is well known that I was
opposed to the successful candidate for
chief of police, superintendent of the wa
ter department, chief fireman and super
intendent of publia works. These were
the only officials who had opposition. I
would hardly have been in a position to
have requested a pledge of these gentle
men, as they were elected without my
support.”
FIXER VI, OF HIGH M’EVOT.
Will Take Place From St. Patrick’s
C’harcli This Afternoon,
HTigh J. McEvoy, whose death at his
home. No. 534 Williams street, from the
result of injuries sustained by a fall from
a thirty-foot scaffolding, was announced
in the Morning News yesterday, was 58
years old, and had been a resident of Sa
vannah since he was fi, at which age he
arrived with his parents from Roscommon,
Ireland.
Since he reached a business age, Mr.
McEvoy was connected w ith the hardware
merchants and tinners of the city. He was
also, for a number of jears, a machinist
for the Central Railroad, and one of its
most skilful workmen. At the time of his
death he was in business for himself in the
tin roofing ami cornice Inc
While working for the railroad Mr. Mc-
Evoy Joined the Employes’ Mutual Relief
Association, of which, together with the
Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Catti
ollc Knights of America, he was „ mem
ber at the time of his death.
A wife, two daughters. Miss, xiamie and
Etigia. and four sons, c. c.. John j.*
-eph aid Edward T. McEvoy, are left to
mourn his death. The funeral service will
take place this afternoon at 3;3<> o’clock
from St. Patrick’s Church. The interment
will be in the Cathedral Cemetery.
FI NER VI. OF MR. FERNANDEZ.
St. Patrick’s Cliuroh Filled With
Friends at the Services.
The funeral of the late Anthony Fernan
dez took place yesterday morning. Serv
ices were held at St. Patrick's Church at
II o'clock.
The church was filled with the friends
of the deceased, many of whom had pre
viously gathered at the house and follow
ed the remains to the church. The pafil
bearers were Messrs. J. Paul Johnson A
S. Nichols, W. F. McCauley, John R. jjn
lon, James J. McGowan, Jl. a. O’Byrne'
J. K. P. Carr, Dr. William Duncan. The
interment was at Cathedral cemetery, and
there were many friends present when the
body of Mr. Fernandez was laid to rest
Mr. Fernandez had been an honorarv
member of the Savannah Cadets for many
years, and there was a beautiful floral
tribute from the company, among the
many tokens of affectionate esteem that
covered the grave.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29. 1899.
CAVALRY NEEDED IN CUBA.
TRIO OF TRANSPORTS TO CARRY
TROOPERS FROM SWANN VII.
lllanrirtilifl, Michigan and Manito
ba Reached Port Yesterday.
Troopers Coining From Huntsville
for Two of Them—Michigan to
Tuke tint the Fifth tniolry Now
Here—Hlk Corral Expected to Be
In Operation In a Fortnight.
Three transports arrived yesterday, the
Minnewaska, Michigan and Manitoba. The
Minnewaska came up to the city on the
morning tide and Is at the Central’s dock
for transports. The Michigan and the
Manitoba waited below and will be at
their docks here this morning. By
Thursday night all three of them will
probably have sailed for Cuba. Each Is
to carry cavalry, of which there is an
especial need in the island at present, it
having been found that the mounted men
ore decidedly more valuable than infantry
for patrolling and preserving peace in the
country districts.
The Minnewaska is to take off six troops
of the Eighth Cavalry now* at Huntsville.
TheSA troops will arrive in Savannah
Tuesday afternoon and wiii go immediately
aboard tne transport, which is expected
to get off the next morning. The work of
coaling the vessel will begin this morning.
The Minnewaska goes from here to Neu
vitas, and returns from that place to
Tampa to take horses and fresh meats to
Santiago.
The Manitoba is to take six troops of
the Second Cavalry, which is also at
Huntsville, to Matanzaa, and will then
come back for the remainder of the regi
ment. This transport is expected to get
off Wednesday night or Thursday morn
ing. From Cuba the Manitoba Is to go to
Porto Rico to bring back to the United
Slates a regiment to be mustered out, eith
er the Forty-seventh New Y’ork or the
Sixth United States Volunteers.
The Michigan will take the five troops
of the Fifth Cavalry, now in camp ut
Savannah, to San Juan ami I’once In
Porto Rico. All of the volunteer regi
ments of infantry are either away from
that island or altout to be removed and
these cavalrymen will be of immediate
service in patrolling. The Michigan will
get away on either Tuesday or Wednes
day.
The Chester, which left harbor yester
day for Cienfuegos, will go from that port
to Porto Rico and will bring away one
of the regiments referred to above.
After these cavalry regiments are dis
posed of there is but one body of troops
under orders for shipment- through Sa
vannah, the Second United States In
fantry. There is no doubt, though, that
there will be one or more other regiments
to follow through this port.
In a few days the army live stock that
is to be put in corral here will begin to
arrive. It is estimated that within a fort
night there will be over 700 men employed
at the big corral to be established near
Deptford. The pay roll will be in the
neighborhood of $15,000 a month, and the
purchases of supplies will run to very
large proportions.
CONSENT DECREES PASSED.
A Division Among the Heirs of the
Melirtens Estate Ordered.
The suit of Hattie Lucas, by her next
friend, Julius S. Lucas, against Leo W.
Mehrtens and Mary E. Mehrtens, for a
division of the estate of H. C. Mehrtens,
which has been pending in the Superior
Court for some time, was dismissed yes
terday, and a cpnsent decree taken in
the suit of Leo W. Mehrtens versus Mary
E Mehrtens, Hattie Lucas and J. S.
Lucas, guardian. The decree declares that
each of the three parties interested, Leo
W. Mehrtens, Mary E. Mehrtens and Hat
tie Lucas, nee Mehrtens, is entitled to a
one-third interest in the estate of the late
H. C. Mehrtens.
The decree directs that all the real and
personal property of the estate be sold
for division with the exception of a tract
of 1,600 acres of land in Effingham coun
ty. The divisibility of this tract is to
he decided by a board of arbitration. If
the board decides that the tract cannot
be divided without decreasing its value,
the tract is to be sold intact and the pro
ceeds divided among the three heirs.
Il‘ the hoard decides, on the other hand,
that the tract can be divided without in
jury to those interested, the hoard is di
rected to make the division into three par
cels of as nearly equal value as possible,
for which three heirs are to draw lots,
and each is to make deeds to the others
for the parcels so obtained.
A consent decree was passed by Judge
Falligant for the division of funds arising
from the sale of a certain lot, the prop
ci ty of Mrs. Catherine Werner and her
children. Of the sii,ooo received for the lot
in question, the city receives $1,209.60 for
ground rent and taxes and the county
$418.80 for taxe- due.
CAUGHT CARRYING Ills STILL.
Moonshiner Found With His Plant
in His Hands Seeking to Hide It.
Lonzo L. Gooding, .ivlng five miles from
Stillmore, in Emauel county, was given a
hearing before United States Commis
sioner Lewis yesterday on the charge of
running an iidicit distillery. He was held
under a sLkb bond for trial before Judge
Speer.
Deputy Marshal George H. Thomas and
Deputy Collector Theodore Raseh went
out to Gooding's place, having received in
formation that there was a still there. At
Ids house they found two barrels of
••beer.” as flic corn mash from which the
Whisky is distilled is called, and rmpti.G
it on the ground. While they were en
gag-sl in till* work Gooding's wife es
caped and ran to warn her husband. When
the deputies came up with GJoding thev
found him carrying away the still, of
probably fifty gallons capacity. There was
a fire in the furnace and the still wa9
hot, but the owner was making a deter
mined effort to get as much evidence con
ceal* and as possible. The worm had al
ready been hidden somewhere. Deputy
Thomas covered Gooding with his revol
ver and Deputy Bosch searched the
moonshiner, relieving him of two revol
vers.
• You fellows would never have found
tins still if I had seen you a minute
sooner, said Gooding, as the pistols were
taken from him.
Eight barrels of “beer” were found at
the still and destroyed. Gooding Is a well
known man in ills neighborhood and Jos'
scssed of some property. p “
On tlie YVny to Clenfi IeKO9-
The transport Chester went to sea yes
terday morning with the Thirty-first Mich
igan Regiment, bound for Cienfuegos.
Life insurance is a good thing, but
health insurance, by keeping the blood
pure with Hood’s Sarsaparilla, is still bet
ter.—ad.
OFFICERS FOR THE CADETS.
Captain and Lieutenants Elected
To-morrow Night.
A meeting of the Savannah Cadets wifi
lie held to-morrow night at their quarters
at the regimental armory, and an informal
election of officers for the company will
take place.
.Members of the company say it Is safe
to predict that the following will Is? the
officers; Lieut. J. T. West, captain; First
Sergeant J. C. Tyson, first lieutenant; Ser
geant Walter Coney, second lieutenant. A
nominating committee re* ently presented
these officers to the company, and no
doubt is felt but that they will l>c erected.
This informal election will be followed in
a short time by another, when the officers
will be legally chosen.
Capt. R. S. Mell, who was in command
of the company while it was in the army,
but who held the rank of first lieutenant
in the state service, has resigned, as his
business will demand his absence from the
city for mu* hof the time. Capt. Jordan F.
Brooks will become lieutenant colonel of
the regiment in the state service, so that
Second Lieutenant J. T. West, besides be
ing a favorite with the members and en
joying their confidence and respect, is the
logical candidate for the captaincy.
Sergt. Fred Mallory was a lieutenant
w'hile the company was in the service, but
he has entered the service of the quarter
master department in a civilian capacity,
and will be prevented from accepting office
at the hands of his comrades.
Sergt. Tyson has made a most efficient
non-commissioned officer, and this and his
popularity with the company insures his
election as first lieutenant.
Sergt. Walter Coney has the finest record
in the company for attendance, and is also
conceded to be one of the very best, if not
the best, drilled men. He was second lieu
tenant while the cadets were in the army.
The promotion of the sergeants means
that othet-s will follow in the eom|>any as
soon as the newly elected captain shall see
tit to make his appointments.
AGAIN BEFORE JCDGE SPEER.
Hnttcr'ii Land Case Will Come Cp a
Second Time In His Court.
District Attorney Marion Erwin stated
yesterday that other business had pre
vented him from more than glancing at
the award of the appraisers in the
matter of the land to be condemned on St.
Catherine's Island for lighthouse purposes.
In a day or two he will sludy the report
c-Tosely and then consult with fhe depart
ment at Washington as to the course to be
pursued.
It is not regarded as at all probable that
the government wifi accept the apprais
ment and pay Mr. Jacoh
Rauers SIOO,OOO for the land and
right of way desired. It is more
probable that it will take exceptions to the
award of the appraisers. The district and
assistant district attorney will prepare the
exceptions and the matter will then come
before Judge Speer. On the previous trial
in this court only the right to condemn
the property was at issue. The next trial
wifi be on the value of the property, and
there would naturally be much interesting
testimony of the same general character as
that presented for the consideration of Ihe
board of appraisers. From Judge Speer's
court the case can be looked for to make
way to the court of appeals at New Or
leans.
NOT BOTHERING HIM NOW.
Effingham Populists Stop Tlieir
Fight on School Commissioner
Reiser.
School Commissioner Reiser of Effing,
ham county continues to hold his office
undisturbed and it is now probable that
there will be no further efforts to oust him.
While the salacious bits of evidence pre
sented at the hearing at Springfield some
time ago are still rolled under the tongue
by gossipmongers as delicious tid-bits of
scandal, there is a decided feeling that it
would be useless for the Populists to re
vive the case. The school board is now
Democratic, the grand jury having chang
<*<l its political complexion. As at pres
ent composed, there are four Democrats
and one Populist on the board. When the
case was made against Commissioner
Reiser and he was "voted out of office”
the Third Partyites controlled the board.
Having lost the power to prepare and pass
such unique verdicts as marked their hear
ings of the case, the Populists are in
clined to let the prosecution drop.
COLD WEATHER AT H AND.
Bracing Temperatures at Savannah
for tlie Next Fetv Days.
According to the forecast of the weather
bureau, to-day should see much colder
weather than for some days past, the ther
mometer drawing dangerously close to the
freezing point to-night. Yesterday the
greater part of the day was exceptionally
unpleasant, a cold rain, wit h slushy
streets, making out-door work undesirable.
The change that came later in the day,
when a cold, bracing air came in and
solidified the wind, while bracing up hu
manity, proved extremely acceptable. The
cold wave Hag was put up in the early
afternoon, and the temperature had fallen
considerably by midnight. As there is a
second cold wave up in the Northwest,
the weather here Is apt to remain at least
"coo.” for several days to come.
DIED AT ST. JOSEPH'S.
Third Connecticut Regiment Loses
a Corporal.
Elma J. Scott, corporal Company K,
Third Connecticut Regiment, died yester
day at noon, at St. Joseph’s Infirmary,
after an Illness of about a week. He was
23 years old, and from Portchester, New
York. His mother, Mrs. Clara J. Scott,
arrived yesterday, and was with him be
fore he died. His brother will arrive this
morning. The body is at the undertaking
rooms of T. Henderson's Sons, to be pre
pared for shipment home. Company K,
Capt. Pryor commanding, will escort the
remains to the train this afternoon.
NEW TRIAL REFUSED.
Vernon Shell Hontl Case Mny Go fo
Supreme Court.
Judge Falligant yesterday rendered a
decision declining to grant the motion
made by the attorneys of the Vernon
Shell Road Company for anew trial in
the case of T. J. Davis, et. al., turnpike
commissioners, versus the company. The
cast will probably he taken to the Supreme
Court. The suit was brought by the turn
pike commissioners because of the alleged
poor condition of the road. At the last
trial the jury awarded the commissioners
damages against the company to the
amount of $265.
Biggest ••Cut" Yet.
The new lines of handsome cut glass at
Sternberg & Co.'s surpasses all current
"cuts," Call and see.—ad.
GEORGIA HUSSARS’ HISTORY.
nOSTKtt AND LEGEND FILED IN
THE COUNTY ARCHIVES.
Tlie History of tlie Troop From Its
Ineeptlon in Colonial Days to the
Close of the Civil War—Rosters of
Those Who Served a) Fort Pulaski
and on Skidatvay island, Together
With That of Company A of the
flnssars. Which Became Company
F of the Jeff Davis Legion—Fur
nished More Commissioned Officers
to the Confederacy Than Any Oth
er State Company.
The list in last Sunday’s Morning News
of the fifty-three companies furnished by
Chatham county to the Confederacy prov
ed of much interest to many Savannahians
who themselves, or whose fathers, served
in one or more of these companies. As
a matter of fact, the number of companies
was larger than that stated.
Capt. A. McC. Duncan, who is the his
torian of the Georgia Hussars, and who
has devoted much time and thought to
the keeping and preservation of their rec
ords and of Confederate history in gen
eral, has discovered since filing his report
with the ordinary that two additional
companies were furnished by Chatham be
sides those named. These were Guerard’s
Battery, commanded by Capt. Jonn M.
Guerard and Barnwell’s Battery. Capt.
A. S. Barnwell. In addition to these there
were two other companies which might
properly be credited to Chatham.
There were many enlistments by citi
zens of Savannah and Chatham county in
the First'Georgia Regiment. When this
regiment was organized the enlistments
were so numerous that there were two
excess companies which were converted
Into artillery batteries. One was com
manded by Capt. S. Prioleau Hamilton
and served in the Army of Northern Vir
ginia, and the other by Capt. Jacob Read,
a brother of Capt. John P. W. Read, and
served in the department of Georgia and
South Carolina.
As stated in the Morning News, the
roster of the Georgia Hussars is the first
to be filed with the ordinary of Chatham
county under the law providing for the
filing of such papers for records. What
is more, it is probably the most complete
roster and history that will be filed for
any company, not only in Savannah, but
in the whole state. Furthermore, the
Hussars enjoy a history and a distinction
probably not equaled by any other com
pany which served in the Confederacy. Its
history reaches back into the colonial
era, and, although its first service against
the general government was begun with
only forty-five afctive members, its mem
bership of all classes receiving commis
sions in the Confederate service reached
a total of 105, ranging all the way from
junior second lieutenants to full generals.
The late Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was at
one time a member of the Hussars.
The records of the troop are quite ex
tensive, and are considered almost inval
uable by the members. The records and
historical notices of the troop have been
carefully gathered together and preserved
by Capt. A. McC. Duncan, who has been
the secretary of the troop for nearly forty
years. The committee appointed by Judge
Ferrill to prepare the roster of the Hus
sars consisted of Capt. Duncan, Mr. Rob
ert Saussy and Mr. John A. Sullivan, all
veterans of the troop. Although assistance
tvas rendered by the other members of the
committee, the rosters and practically
complete, though brief, history and ex
cellent legend of the Hussars, now on file
with the ordinary, were in the main the
work of Capt. Duncan. Having the rec
ords before him, and being thoroughly fa
miliar with them and having been asso
ciated with the troop for over forty years,
he was thoroughly qualified for this task.
The Hussars owe a lasting debt of grati
tude to Capt. Duncan for his work in their
behalf.
Three rosters of the Hussars are given
by Capt. Duncan. The first is that of the
company as it entered the state service
Jan. 29. 1861, and served a tour of duty at
Fort Pulaski, acting as heavy artillery.
This list is of interest t*i showing the
character of the men who o mposed the
membership of tho Hussars at that day.
The roster of those who served at Fort
Pulaski is as follows:
Captain—John P. W. Read.
Second Lieutenant—William H. Banks.
Cornet—J. Fred Waring.
First Sergeant—Fred A. Habersham.
Second Sergeant—James W. MeAlpin,
Fourth Sergeant—Robert M. Stiles.
Fifth Sergeant—Benjamin Green.
Quartermaster —A. McC. Duncan.
Privates—Ed. C. Anderson, Jr., Alfred
Bryan. R. F. W. Burroughs, W. 11. Co
burn, Richard J. Davant, W. H. Dicker
son. E. W. Drummond, Robert H. Elliott,
J. McP. Farr, Thomas C. Farr. W. G.
Foote, A. H. Gordon, W. W. Gordon, C.
Ridgely Goodwin, A. T. Habersham,
James H. Johnston, George H. Johnston,
Donald MeAlpin, Sevenus A. Mayer, R. M.
McClellan, John S. Montmoiiin, George
F. Palmes, Sam Breck Parkman, G. Mox
ley Sorrel, Henry L. Stibbs, Benjamin E.
Stiles, William Henry Stiles, Jr., Henry
Taylor. <\ Henry Williams, M. Edgar Wil
liams, Thomas F. Williams, David Wald
hauor, R. Alex Wayne. George H. Waring,
William I>. Wakelee, Philip Youge, James
A. Zittrouer.
The foregoing roster was made by the
committee from memory, the minutes and
orderly book for that date having been
lost. It contains the names of such as
are known or thought to have been pres
ent. There may have been one or two
others. The list, it will be seen, contains
names well known in the history of Sa
vannah. several of those mentioned being
still alive, residents of the city and active
in its affairs. The list Is chiefly of inter
est because of the number of commission
ed officers of high rank which this small
band aft* . wards furnished to the Confed
eracy.
Capt. John P. W. Reed afterwards com
manded the Pulaski Guards, and became
lieutenant colonel of artillery. Lieut.
William 11. Banks organized and com
manded the Banks Rangers. Cornet J.
Fred Waring commanded Company A of
the Hussars when it went to Virginia, and
afterwards became colonel of the Jeff Da
vis Legion. First Sergeant Fred A. Hab
ersham, second lieutenant of the Pulaski
Guards, Read’s battery, and was killed
,t M ine's Bights in 183. Second Sergeant
James W. MeAlpin became captain in the
Second Regiment of Engineers, and Sergt.
Rotiort M. Stiles was a lieutenant in the
same regiment.
Fifth Sergeant Green remained with the
company when it went to Virginia and be
came third sergeant. Quartermaster Ser
grant A. McC. Duncan became first lieu
tenant of Company A. and was in com
mand of tlie company during a large part
of its service with the army of .Northern
Virginia.
The first private on the list, Edward C.
Anderson. Jr., became colonel of the Sev
enth Georgia Cavalry and the second
Alfred Bryan, a lieutenant in the First
Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. Private
Richard J. Davant became lieutenant col
onel of tho Fifth Georgia Cavalry, Pri
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DIED QUITE SUDDENLY.
In the Prime of Life anti With a
Bright Career Before Him.
The first question people ask when a
man dies Is, how much life insurance did
he have? This question is the natural in
terest that is manifested in the welfare
of the bereaved family. Would it not be
well for you to ask yourself this ques
tion? Have you enough life Insurance, if
not Is it not your duty to attend to the
matter without further delay? The man
who reads this and thinks it is good logic
should also take the precaution to investi
gate the policies of the Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company, organ
ized 1851. The company writes in every
poiicy the amount of cash and paid-up
participating insurance, available on any
anniversary after the first, and in addi
tion lo these values, pays handsome divi
dends every year. The company also
makes liberal loans on its policies. The
laws of the commonwealth of Massachu
setts do more to protect policy holders
without at the same time being burden
some to the company, than the laws of
any other state in the union. It costs
nothing to investigate. Write, giving your
age and address, to Harty & Apple, mana
gers for Georgia, 117 Bay street, east, Sa
vannah, Ga., who will cheerfully send full
particulars. Reliable agents wanted.—ad.
PAYING THE RECEIPTS.
New Purchasers Paying for Brush
Electric Light Stock.
Within the next, week over 90 per cent,
of the stock of the Brush Electric Light
Company will have been transferred to Us
recent purchasers. The sellers turned
their certificates over to the National
Bank of Savannah, by which receipts
were given. The bank is now taking up
the receipts.
Mr. George J. Baldwin, who is identified
with the purchasers, stated yesterday that
a meeting of directors will be held In the
next ten days for the purpose of electing
officers. The last meeting is under re
cess, pending the change just made. Ab
solutely nothing Is known of the plans of
the company as reorganized. Six of the
nine directors will be Savannahians, who
have been identified with the Brush com
pany all along. It is stated the change
after all amounts to nothing more or less
than a concentration of the stock.
CITY BREVITIES.
iMrs. Morgan’s Current Events Club will
meet Saturday next at the home of Mrs.
James Sullivan.
The track used by the street railway
company in making the loop across Dale
avenue in order to reach the camps of the
Seventh Army Corps, has been removed
and the roadway is being repaired at that
point.
The Students’ Art League will enter
upon its second term next Wednesday.
Mr. Fox will continue his classes in draw
ing and painting from life, drawing from
the cast and decorative designing. There
is to be an interesting class in outdoor
sketching, which will meet every Satur
day morning. Mr. Fox has been very suc
cessful In his work, the number of students
increasing, and all enthusiastic workers.
There Is a Difference.
Have you ever thought of the difference
you find in steaks?
What makes it?
Why do some restaurants and some ho
tels set before you tough, dry pieces that
make you feel no better after eating than
you felt before.
It may be in the steak.
Or it is in the cooking.
Or in both.
You never find this fault at Hicks’ res
taurant.
If money can buy Juicy steaks, Hicks
has them.
Hicks’ chef is one' of the best ire the
South. He knows exactly how to prepare
a steak. And from Hicks’ success in this
line his famous restaurant has pushed its
head out from among other strong con
cerns, and now towers above them and
compels them to acknowledge his superi
ority. If you have not tried food pre
pared at Hicks’ It will be a revelation
for you to take a turn around there to
day.
He treats you a little better than any
body else will.
His coffee is famous.
Game.—ad.
Paderewski, Rosenthal, JnaeJTy.
A wonderful trio of artists who, like all
other pianists of renown, give unqualified
praise, and regard with unbounded love,
admiration, enthusiasm and reverence the
Steinway piano as an instrument whose
tone, touch and singing quality Inspires
them to illustrate truer and with grander
effect the works of the old masters than is
possible upon any other piano made. It's
tone Is the essence of poetry. It’s won
derful beauty and sympathetic quality, it's
richness and gem like sparkle and bril
liancy arises from the perfect purity of
the component parts and distinguishes the
Steinway above all others—a work of art.
Some superb samples of these artistic
gems now in stock at Ludden & Bates’
S. M. H.
They also carry a large line of the old
reliable Mathushek and Huntington pia
nos, prime favorites, being sold at factory
prices for cash and installments. You are
invited to cal! and examine their immense
stock. They extend a welcome to one and
all.—ad. %
Hick anil Sparkling
Is Wheeler s Belfast ginger ale. Superior
to ail other Belfast ales. A revelation
to the lover of good ginger ale. Wheeler’s
Scotch and Irish whiskies are celebrated
the world over. Import just in. At Lipp
inan Bros., wholesale or retail.—ad.
A Reduction.
We are offering to-morrow and the bal
ance of the week 7 pounds oat meal 25c,
good Rio coffee 1214 c; Elgin butter, 22c.
Other things proportionately as cheap.
Southern Grocery Company, lit Barnard
street. Fone 93. ad.
Looking Glass Factory,
All and every kind of looking glasses
silvered or resilvered when damaged.
Thonnesen's Art Store. York street, oppo
site new postoffiee.—ad.
To St. Lonls.
Take the Central of Georgia night train.
Only one change of cars, via Chattanooga!
Nashville and the Illinois Central Rail
roads. Close connections at St. Louis wi-h
all lines for points beyond.—ad. '
—Would Have Been Appropriate.—Mr.
Dukane—Gen. Eagan now is sorry he
spoke.
Mr. Gaswell—He doubtless wishes that
he had adopted as his motto. "Mummies
Ihe word," when Gen. Miles mentioned
embalmed beef.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele
graph.
50 Pounds of Sugar gl.
A card in the window of any of o :r en
terprising grocers, to the above eff .
would insure a crowded house; in •'
people would climb over each other a
their anxiety to avail themselves of so ur.
paralleled a ’‘cut.’’
An almost equally tempting indue* r„ nt
is offered by Sternberg & Cos., the 1* ii„ ,
Broughton street jewelers, this we. k ~
the shape of the most magnificent dis,. , y
of fine cut glassware ever opened in i ,
market. Mr. M. Sternberg has ju-i
turned from the Northern markets, v ■ .
he personally selected this most n■ ~ la
exhibit, which is a guarantee of it,
equaled beauty. The prices are in ke.; >h
with the goods—unmatchable elsewh r , a
Savannah, and even though no desr
purchase exists, all are cordially u p. i
to call and inspect this beautiful ,
tlon of useful and ornamental am ,
Besides the above, Mr. Sternberg rr .
ed many novelties in jewelry and ). r
lines suitable for. wedding and other
enlation events. It is hardly nee.if IO
add that Sternberg & Cos. are gtsii
Diamond Kings, and offer, as usual, , .
mense lines of precious stones at sedut ,vj
prices—ad.
"It’s Jast Lovely/*
Remarked a lady in the city market s .
terday. "Oh, dear; it’s a holiday display.’
said another fair shopper. And every
lady had something pleasing to say about
it. It was the rare and unrivalled aura -
tions at Logan's booths that called for'h
the pretty sayings. It did look like a holi
day display to be sure, but all days ars
alike lo Logan, the caterer, and yet to
judge by his varied good things of yester
day, one would have thought he wore
still in Christmas week. And it will i
the same way all this week.
Wild turkeys, bronze winged and temnt
ing, hung in clusters with pheasom,
grouse, quail, bright plumaged wild ducks
and our little nut-brown quail flanked !.y
woodcock and snipe. In poultry the ladies
of Savannah had rarely, if ever, seen such
a collection. Vermont turkeys, Philadel
phia capons, plump broilers and roasting
chickens, and some of the choicest geese
and ducks from Eastern and Northern
poultry yards. In meats, fillets of tender
loin, sweet breads, juicy steaks and roasts,
and spring lambs and veal, never looked
more appetizing, —ad.
Council's Action Concerning; Seventh
Street.
This street has been rechristened and
will henceforth be known as Troup avenue,
and a beauty it is—the widest and pret
tiest in Savannah. The choicest spot in
the whole southern section Ties bet won
Drayton and Aberoorn streets. This block
is graced by the palatial residences of
Messrs. Krouskoff. Owens and Seiler, anti
the character of the neighborhood assur
ed as strictly first-class. On this particu
lar block there are but four vacant lots
for sale, high, dry, level, gas, water and
electricity and car service. If you seek a
gilt-edged property address Owner, Morn
ing News.—ad.
At the Rig Store.
I shall offer my usual bargains to-mor
row and next week in canned goods, hams
and strips. I have a few more of those
large cans roast beef, 20e. Best peaches,
10c. Hams and strips, mixed pickles,
creamery butter, pure cream cheese. I
can save you money on everything you
buy. I buy in lots that enable me to seil
cheap. J. H. H. Entelman. Fone 458.—ad.
Free Exhibition.
The ladies especially are invited to call
at Sternberg & Co.’s this week and view
the magnificent cut glassware, selected
by the senior in person in his recent visit
to New York. No obligation to pur
chase, and still an exhibition worth going
miles to see.—ad.
March, 1899,
Fashion books and all the popular mag
azines and novels at cut prices, in book
department, on second floor, at Leopold
Adler’s.—ad.
Abbott's East India Corn Paint cures
every time; it takes off the corn; no pain;
cures warts and bunions and is conceded
to be a wonderful corn cure. Bold by all
druggists.-—ad.
Oak, Fine and Llghtwood
For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Gwin
nett and Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway. Telephone 77.—ad.
OSCEOLA BRAND
Harness
AND
Saddlery,
Most Durable and Stylish Made.
Laraest Assortment,
Lowest Prices.
Neidlinger, Rabun & Men’s staid.
Ccnfcress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
UNTIL
YOU
INVESTIGATE
You will not believe how cheap
the Gu* Range can be run.
IT IS SO ECONOMICAL, and
while doing better work pays for it
self in a short time.
The Gas Range is now used in
all the big restaurants and hotels
of New Y’ork.
It has demonstrated both Its ex
cellence and economy.
We put one in for $6.
Let us have your order.
MUTUAL GAS LIGHT Cft.
7 and 9 Congress S{., West.