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WISCONSIN TO SEND QUARLES.
flffUILirAN l 4UCu7 HfAMMOISLY
>oniNATB HIM.
„f Stephenson, Babcock and
S ** n ' 1.l Were Withdrawn in Suo
,)n and Qnarles AVent
‘ T VroKh With a Hn.h-Ho Will
succeed Senator John L. Mitchell.
. enthusiasm Displayed W hen
Great t u1 ’
, he Heui.lt Announced.
va.-ison. Wis., Jan. 30,-The senatorial
k broken to-night. Joseph V.
ks 0 f Milwaukee was nominated in
, “ Republican caucus to succeed John L.
Mitchell whose term expires on March 4.
A bis crowd hat'd the lobbies in expec
*"of a nomination, and the keenest
Interest was manifested. When the roll
H -,va c ended Assemblyman Zinn of Mil
waukee sot the tloor and formally with
drew the name of Isaac Stephenson as a
candidate. He said:
"Mr Stephenson's withdrawal leaves his
supporters free to vote as they wish, and
| for one, will henceforth vote for
g. Quarles."
Mr Zinn s statement was greeted with
a n outburst of applause. Senator Mo
Gill: vray then took the floor and withdrew
Congressman Babcock’s name.
•'lt is Mr. Babcock's wish,” said Senator
McGllllvray. "that harmony be preserved,
amt he desires that his name be with
drawn for the good of the Republican par
ly. His withdrawal leaves his supporters
to vote as they wish.
Another hurst of applause and Assem
blyman Williams got the floor and with
drew Jlr. Cook's name.
Judge Webb's name was withdrawn and
the rod cal! was ordered. A few names
were called by Secretary Ray when Sena
tor Hatton moved that the nomination
be made unanimous. The chairman ruled
the motion out of order as the roil call
had begun, but said that he would put
the motion if there was no objection.
Senator Green objected and wanted the
roll called. The call proceeded, everybody
voting "Quarles,” with a shout, but As
semblyman Daggett who came in during
the roll call, and not knowing what was
going on, voted "Stephenson” amidst
laughter He afterward changed to
Quarles, and the vote was made unani
nous.
SPEAKER WRIGHT RESIGNS.
Asserted That Re Had Been Gnilty
of No Crime.
Sacramcnio, Cal., Jan. 30.—Speaker
Wright to-day tendered his resignation as
speaker of the House.
In his resignation he set forth that he
had been guilty of no crime, and that he
regarded the finding of the special commit
tee as not warranted by the evidence, but
as the report showed a number of the body
thought his conduct censurable, he con
cluded to take the course he had taken in
resigning.
The resignation was accepted, and AJden
Anderson, speaker pro tern., of the assem
bly. was elected to Wright’s place. After
considerable dehate the report of the spe
cial committee as presented to the House
on last Friday was adopted.
A resolution was introduced by Burnett,
Democrat, providing for the unseating of
Wright. It was lost, but one of the mem
bers voting for it.
The vote for United States senator taken
M noon to-day showed the deadlock to be
unbroken, the ballot resulting: the same as
those taken during the last ten days.
NO QUORUM AT HARRISBURG.
A Vote Taken But There Was No
Election In Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg. Pa., Jan. 30.—There were
only thirty-nine votes cast at to-day’s joint
assembly for United States senator. Mr.
Quay received thirty-five votes and Mr.
Jenks four.
I^ s than a quorum voting, there was
no election. There were absent and paired
346 legislators, the other absentees being
eway without pairs.
No Election in Utah.
Ba:{ Lake, Utah, Jan. 30. —Four ballots
were taken for senator to-day. McCune
held his vote of Saturday and Kirfg lost
one. The Republicans voted, for C. O.
hhmore. The only other feature was
the appearance of Powers in the list of
candidates.
No Change In Nebraska.
.J.', ln . co „ ln ' Neb - Jan - 30.—The eleventh
AT ol for senator developed no change in
Ihe relative position of the candidates.
The Same Way In Delaware.
rotoim l "' Jan ' 30.—The legislature
continued balloting for senator to-day, but
•he deadlock remained unbroken.
Washington's Deadlock.
walkin' . W;i?h " Jan - 30.-Another vote
result e ° f ° r senator to-day, but without
HEES TO SUCCEED RANKIN.
Two Winning Favorites at New Or
leans Yesterday.
New Orleans, Jan. 30.—T0-day was the
ty-eight day of the Crescent City Jockey
tubs winter meeting. The weather was
<Joudy and lht . , rark g]ow _ Mornin(f
Muskadme were the only winning favor-
TANARUS" Jomes H. Rees, who has accepted
n< place in stand made vacant by the
. cni,lon of R. o. Rankin, is expected
assume his duti?9 10-morrow.
ir -'t Race Selling, seven furlongs. Ben
tom. io to x won . with The Star of
Henri 9 to 5 and 3 to 5, second, and
mrica JO to 1, third. Time 1:31.
inV 7 'l' l Selling. one mile. Horn
/*? 3 - , w on, with Caslin, 20 to 1 and
Time l l™ nd ' and Vola tol, third.
six pen.,* iace -Solling, one mile and three-
Sutton '/I 10 *° '• w 'on. with
Shell, i ? and 7 secoll d, and Jce
"l 111 '; 3to 1. third. Time. 2:03%.
idim lh ii K . aC^“ Handicap ' one nl * le - M|ts
to 1 ands ° ’ won ’ wlth Robber. 5
- 15
long-'‘ Hrit7 Selll o n ®' six and a half fur-
Ion 8 '° >' wo ". with.Man
*- 3. .hf rd an T^°e n ' l:^ d ' Bnd Fe“Che
longs h Gen Ce M SiX and a half fur *
den. 3to 1 and a* 0 .; V° h WOn ’ wllh Ber '
All e ]• to j i° ! L seeond ' and Sister
- 'o i. third. Time. 1:23%.
H,< ’ *3iCHEABE IN' EXPORTS.
"'er a Million anil a Half
More Than | n 1807.
for Th : mst ° n ' Jan ' 3° —The expert figures
been calp hdar year of 1898 have Just
statist i!* ? e ' reaFUry bureau of
lot. v t^r J h ® revised figures show Ihe
been $i i-i°X,^ ornestlc Products to have
making', hi „' 828 ' of foreign $21,929,530,
V"ar ’ B j>. , 1 a , l -? nd *otal of exports for the
for the year lm'* 5 * aßainst WAW.&I
Apollinaris
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The long continued and world-wide use of
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N. Y. Midi cal Journal.
APOLLINARIS is the Table of
Royalty, Princes and our own Sovereign People.
N. Y. Tribune.
BROKERS MAKE ASSIGNMENT.
William A. Portertlelil A Cos. Give Up
Their Business.
Washington, Jan. 30.—William A. Por
terfield & Cos., bankers and eommisison
stock brokers, to-day made an assignment
for the benefit of their creditors, naming
Richard H. Taylor and Thomas F. Young
assigness. Their assets are stated to be
$30,814.49, and liabilities $40,449.88.
Mr. Porterfield, the senior and managing
member of the firm, makes the following
statement:
I have worked twenty hours a day for
the past month, and am simply a physical
wreck. My efforts to keep things moving
through this advancing market were suc
cessful up to the past few days when,
through talk of supposed friends and pub
lished interviews by former partners, our
financial standing has been weakened and
our southern clientele made run upon
us. Our finances being scattered in south
ern banks were not available for immedi
ate use, end this together with consider
able moneys due us by responsible people,
but not collectable upon a moment's notice
makes a combination of circumstances
which we canont overcome.
“Considering the state of the market and
the worn-out condition of my assistants, I
concluded this was the only move left
to protect our customers and ourselves.
We settled up all our local obligations and
discontinued business in Washington last
week, as we were unable to place trans
actions here on a commission basis satis,
factorily. We have paid out over $81,009
to customers during the past week. From
the condition of our accounts, I think our
assignees will bo able to make a satis
factory settlement with all customers.”
GOLD MINERS ORGANIZE.
To Protect the Interests of the In
dustry in the South.
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 30.—The Southern
Gold Miners’ Association was organized
here to-day. The organization is com
posed of the mine owners of Southern
states, and its object is to promote closer
relations between them and the miners
to protect the owner from the speculator
and to advance the gold mining interests
in all parts of the South.
The movement is of more than ordinary
Importance at this time, as capitalists
from many sections of the United States
and Europe have had, from time to time,
representatives investigating the Georgia
gold deposits. Much Northern and foreign
capital is interested.
H. D. Jacquish was elected president;
John Martin vice president; Walter P.
Anderson, secretary, and O. C. Scupin
treasurer. Among the resolutions, adopted
was oni deprecating the proposed aboli
tion of the geological survey of Georgia
by cutting off the Appropriation for that
purpose. The meeting adjourned to meet
in Atlanta the first Saturday in March.
CROPS RAISED LAST YEAR.
Acreage of Staple Prod net* aa Com
piled In Washington.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The final estimate
of acreage, production and value of the
following crops in the United States for
1898, made by the statistician of the de
partment of agriculture are as follows:
| Acres, j Bushels. | Value.
Wheat - 44>55.278 f 675,148,705 $392,770,320
Com 177.721,78111,924,184, 6601 552,023,428
oats '25.777,110 ] 730.905,613" 186.405.361
Rye | 1,643.2071 25,637,522! 11,875,350
Barley I 2,583,125 ] 55,792,2571 23.064,359
Buckwheat ,| 678.332: 11,721,927 ] 5,271,462
Potatoes I 2,557,729] 192,306,338 ] 79,547.772
Ilay ]42,780,827| *66,376,920] 398,060,647
♦Tons.
The acreage of winter wheat for the
present season is estimated at 29,953,639,
which is 2,311,968 acres greater than the
area sown in ihe fall of 1897, and 4,208,809
acres in excess of the winter wheat area
actually harvested in 1898,
The acreage of winterlrye Is estimated
at 5.7 per cent, less than that of last year.
CAVALRY GOING TO CUBA.
Eight Regular* Now on the Way
Here From Huntsville.
Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 30.—The Eighth
Cavalry, which has been under orders to
proceed to Cuba for some time, left to
night for Savannah. The regiment moved
in five trains, the last getting away about
9:30 to-night.
D. Levy A Son* Bankrupts.
New York, Jan. 30.—Simon, Michael and
David Levy, comprising the firm of D.
Levy & Sons, clothiers, have filed a peti
tion in bankruptcy. Liabilities $58,039; as
sets, $19,393.
REINDEER HERD ALMOST GONE.
Only 150 Left of 700 That Uncle Sam
Sent to the Klondyke.
Cor. of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The government reindeer herd, which
has been missing in the interior of Alaska
for several months, has at last reached the
Yukon and is on its way to Belle Isle or
Circle City. Klondykers that have just
arrived at Seattle passed the herd between
Stewart and Indian rivers on Dec. 17. The
Laplanders in charge said that they had
been slowly making their way across the
country to White river. On reaching that
stream they decided to no longer try push
ing direct to Circle City, but instead to fol
low it down to the Yukon.
Only 150 of the 700 deer remained. The
others died on the trail, mcstly from star
vation. The remnant of tile herd is in poor
condition, and hardly half of them will
live to reach Circle City. They were mak
ing slow progress. The Laplanders were
well but discontented. They wish they
had never seen Dr. Sheldon Jackson, who
pursuaded them to go North.
Two babies have Item born to Lap moth
ers on the way across the Northern snow
fields They are rugged, healthy little fel
lows and warmly clad io deer hide. All
of the deer born on the trip were killed, as
they could not be taken care of. Many of
the older deer have been killed for food.
United States Mail Contractor Richard
son has l*“n waiting on the lower river
for these deer for a long time. The mails
have noi been moving since Ihe river
closed. It Is doubtful if the deer will be
able to do any work this winter. In their
present condition they cannot make half
. Uie time of a good dog team
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. JANUARY 31. 1890.
HOW MISS FAIR TOLD THE NEWS.
Assumed. Womanlike, That Every
body Knew It Already,
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press.
On Thursday morning Miss Virginia Fair
started forth from her sister's house ap
parently bent on doing a unique and un
conventional thing. Whether that was
her purpose, she certainly did in a most
charming manner something that was
unique and most attractively unconven
tional. Miss Fair always attracts atten
tion, even from those who do not know
who she is, because she adds to a personal
charm of face and figure a certain vivac
ity, brightness, alertness, which is some
thing very different from that “high form"
which is deemed the essential characteris
tic of tho.-e who have been bred in what
is called society here.
She has warm emotions and does not
fear to express them. She Is interested
in many things and looks upon it as no
soTFcism to betray that interest. She does
not cultivate the languor and the sham in
difference and far-away sight which are
deemed by many attractive young women
to be qualities well worth cultivating. On
the other hand, those who know her either
by sight or by acquaintance have long
been aware that she is possessed of fine
artistic sense which makes It possible for
her to dress with exquisite taste, conspic
uous only for Its perfect taste, and many
have thought her worthy of being called
the best dressed woman in New York.
On Thursday morning she met many
friends who were charmed and perhaps not
a little surprised to hear her say after the
greetings of the season were exchanged,
"Are you not going to congratulate me?”
Thus she spoke to one man distinguished
among the citizens of New York, and he
with much grace and courtesy replied:
“You are well worthy of all congratula
tions: you have everything to make a wo
man happy, and you have a charm which
enables you to bestow happiness upon
others.”
“But I mean,” she continued, “aren’t
you going to congratulate me for some
thing special?"
"I do congratulate you, although I do not
know what that special thing is.”
She looked up into this distinguished
citizen’s eyes half coquettishly, half shy
ly and said: “On my engagement.’
"Ah, the congratulations ought to be be
stowed upon the happy man who has wen
your promise,” was the reply.
“Well, you may congratulate him, too,
when you see him if you really mean it,”
she sai3.
“But how can I congratulate him, not
knowing who he is?”
“Ah, I thought you knew. I thought al
most everybody knew. It Is Mr. Vander
bilt."
“I do congratulate him, and I congratu
late you. for he is a fine representative of
his family.”
Miss Fair was much pleased to hear that
saying and she bestowed a charming smile
upon him to whom she had given her con
fidences. gave him her hand and then de
parted to make announcement to others in
this informal way of her engagement to
the second son of William K. Vanderbilt.
No one can say that this was a romance
in which any other consideration than that
which ought to be the chief in all romances
of this kind had any part. Miss Fair is
a very rich young woman, and she mana
ges her estate with a charming alertness
and keenness that are as characteristic
of her original and unique quality as many
of the other delightful things that she
does.
Young Vanderbilt will he very rich him
self, his father being perhaps one of the
ten richest men in New York. Therefore
there could have been no money motive in
an attachment which has delighted all
those who have witnessed its progress for
a year or two.
Miss Fair has made her own choice, and
she is the kind of girl who would be sure
to do that. She has had many suitors, but
she favored none until she found in young
Vanderbilt her ideal. It Is probable that
the wedding will take place soon after Mr.
Vanderbilt's graduation from Harvard
next June.
BIG LAUNDRY BILL IN MANILA.
Soldier* Get Trn*ted for Drink* and
It I* Charged to WnNbing.
From the St. Louis Republic.
A letter has just been received by the
parents of Newton Henry, private in Com
pany M, Fourteenth infantry, U. S. A., in
which he details an account of how Uncle
Sam’s fighters have established a credit
with the natives.
Prior to the first pay day of Uncle Sam’s
army in Manila the natives were rather
"offish” and treated the boys in blue with
indifference if not contempt. The first pay
day in Manila came in the middle of the
month of September, and ever since the
Maniians have been the best friends of
the soldiers. With the characteristic free
heartedness of the American soldier, the
boys spent their coin in just about forty
eight hours. That was enough to estab
lish a credit with the natives that accom
plishes nearly everything.
First of all the dusky belles of Manila
who work for a living were engaged to
wash the soldiers' clothes. The wash bill
was "hung up” till the next pay day. As
every wash lady's husband deals in a vino
and dlnto, the former a sort of gin and
Ihe latter a native'wine, It was not hard
for the soldier to get his drinks charged
on the weekly wash bill. The system of
crediting the soldiers soon found favor
in Manila, and to-day there appears on
every wash bill a bar accoikit, which fre
quently is far in excess of the laundry
charge.
A Fight With an Eagle.
From the Baltimore gun.
Chambersburg, Pa., Jan. 27.—Foster Am
brose, a Fulton county farmer, came out
victorious in a fight with an eagle.
Ambrose took his pack of hunting dogs
and went out for foxes on | Wednesday.
While the dogs were chasing the fox, a
big silver eagle attacked the hunter,
knocking him down and darting at him
viciously.
The suddenness of the attack knocked
the hunter's gun from his hands and for
a time he was at the mercy of the hig
bird. Then he managed to get the weapon,
after the bird had beaten him severely]
and gave the eagle a death wound. The
bird fought fiercely until he put a second
bullet into ls body. The eagle measured
nearly seven feet from tip to tip, the
claws measuring two and one-half inches
in length.
Ambrose lost the fog
THE NEGRO IN PROFESSIONS.
STATISTICS GATHERED SHOWING
EXTEXT OF EDI C ATION.
Work the l,onriin College* anil 1 ni
vernitloti lln\e Done for the Hace.
Many Trained l\irs*es and Doctor*,
Lanyerw and Preacher*—Colored
Minister* in Prominent Station*.
Hepreaentalive Xegroea of Two
Deno nit nut lona.
New York. Jan. 30.—The field secretary
in the South of the American Missionary
Association, Rev. George W. Moore of
Nashville, has made a protracted and de
tailed investigation oonoeining the negro
in professional life.
He reports that in 1895-96 there were 1,310
studen-ts in professional courses in col
ored schools and of these 126 were women.
There were 703 students and 76 gradu
ates of theology, 124 students and 24 gradu
ates in law, 286 students and 80 gradu
ates in medicine and 6 graduates in phar
macy and 126 students and 40 graduates
in nurse training. There were twenty
five schools in theology, five schools of
law and six schools of medicine.
In addition to these schools, which have
been established for the negro in profes
sional life, the doors of the leading col
leges and universities of the North, East
and West are open to him.
KurNt'M uitd Doctor*.
Since 1595 there have been 196 graduates
who received diplomas from reputable
medical colleges, making a total of 805.
This list,does not include the large num
ber of negro men who have graduated
from northern Institutions.
There are twelve schools for training
colored women as nurses; two hundred
nurses have been trained and are in train
ing. Provident hospital of Chicago is the
pioneer school in this work. The Freed
men’a Hospital of Washington, D. C., is
the largest hospital in the country open to
colored people. The medical department
of Howard University is located at this
hospital. It has graduated 253 colored doc
tors. There are thirty colored practicing
physicians in the District of ColumMa.
Meharry Medical College of Nashville,
Tenn., has graduated 340 men in medicine
35 in dentistry and 43 in pharmacy. The
enrollment for the present year is 161 in
the department of medicine, 21 in dentis
try, and 15 in pharmacy. Shaw University
at Raleigh, N. C., also has a well equipped
medical school. Able corps of col
ored physicians are associated with
white physicians as professors in live
of the six medical colleges established
in the south for colored men.
There are colored medical associations In
several Southern states; there is also a na
tional association of cotored physicians,
and there are a number of colored physi
cians and surgeons in the United States
army.
Lnnyeru and Preacher*.
The law department of Howard Univer
sity is the largest and best school in the
South open to colored men. Quite a num
ber of colored men have graduated from
the law schools of Yale, Harvard, Boston
University and the University of Michi
gan.
Colored lawyers practice in many North
ern, Eastern and Western states and in the
leading cities of the South. There are
about 400 colored lawyers in this country.
They practice the
About 1,000 seminary trained men and
2,000 more classed as educated are in the
ministry. The majorhy of Congregational,
Episcopal and Presbyterian ministers are
educated men, but they form only a small
wing of the army of colored ministers.
There are many intelligent Methodist and
Baptist colored ministers. The bishops of
the African Methodist Episcopal, the Afri
can Methodist Episcopal Zion, and the
Colored Methodist Episcopal churches, to
gether with their ministers, exercise a
wide influence in their churches. Bishop
B. W. Arnett of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Bishop Alexander
Waiters of the African Methodist Episco
pal Zion Church, are members of the board
of trustees of the United Society of Chris
tian Endeavor.
Some Prominent Minister*.
The Methodist Episcopal Church has no
colored bishops. J. W. E. Bowen, D. D.,
is the most representative minister of that
church. He is a professor in Gammen
Theological Seminary in Atlanta, and was
the colored candidate for bishop at the
last general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
M. C. Maron, D. D., was elected cor
responding secretary of the Freedmen’e
Aid and Southern Educational Society of
that church. G. W. Henderson, D. D.,
a graduate of the University of Vermont
and of Yale divinity school, is dean of the
Straight Universiiy Theological School at
New Orleans.
Rev. L. B. Maxwell, a graduate of
Atlanta University and Hartford Theolog
ical Seminary, is field secretary of the In
ternational Sunday school work among
the colored people of the South, and Rev.
H. H. Procior, a graduate of Fisk Univer
sity and Yale divinity school, is pastor of
the First Congregation*! Church of At
lanta, Ga.
There are representative colored men in
the Baptist ministry, like W. H. Brooks,
D. TX. of Washington, D. C., and Rev. J.
M. Waldron of Jacksonville, Fla. F. D.
Grimke, D. D., of Washington, D. C., is
the leading Presbyterian minister.
Howard University has graduated 162 in
theology. Talladega, Straight,* Tougaloo
and Fisk universi'ies have sent forih m >ny
men in the ministry. Wliberforcdy Biddle
Lincoln and Richmond Bible schools have
also trained many men for the ministry.
CITY COt HT ADJOURNED.
February Civil Term lo Convene
Next Monday.
The November term of the City Court
on the civil side adjourned yesterday. The
February term for civil business will con
vene next Monday. Grand and petit Ju
rors for the ensuing term were drawn by
Judge Norwood before the adjournment.
The- following Brand jurors were drawn
for the February term: K. A. Cults. An
drew Hanley. Peter Reilly. J. Thomas
West, William P. Hunter, A. L. Shellman,
H. M. Stoddard. John W. Fretwell, Thom
as Haliigan, John Lynch. George S. Van
Horne. Le Roy Myers, J. B. Chestnutt,
Charles H. Dorsett, J. L. Morrison, J.
Moultrie Lee, William T. Leo(>old, Clement
Saussy, Andrew McGreal, William 3. Ty
son. George J- Baldwin, Lehman Putzel,
T. D. Kline, John Henderson, Frank F.
Jones, Charles W. West, Frank X. Doug
lass, Edwin 3. Abrahams, Henry H. Mc-
Kee, J. F. Sweat, J. K. Gutman, Elmer
N. Hancock, John M. Bryan, W. C. Lyon,
Benjamin H. Levy, A. P. Solomons.
In the City Court a verdict was rendered
In favor of the plaintiff in the case of P.
Sanford Ross versus Maxi in Cooley and
Martin Cooley, Jr., claimant. The suit
was for the possession of an engine and
boiler, levied upon as the property of Mar
tin Cooley and claimed by Martin Cooley,
Jr.
A verdict for W 75 with Interest and the
costs of court was rendered against Henry
Garwes in favor of Martin Gar Wes in the
City Court, the suit being for money loan
ed and amounts due for services of plain
tiff.
in the Court of Ordinary Mary E. How-
-
I'm Going to Have a
February Sale
of Clothing.
A Genuine Knock-off of One-Fourth Reg
ular Price on Suits and Hats.
The Sale Commences To-morrow. Every
Sale Must be for Gash.
You will note that my goods arc all new. No old stock. And
you will note also that I have not on the prices in order to give
the discount. The sale is strictly honest and legitimate.
TVV. S. BROWN,
YOUR CLOTHIER,
123 Broughton St., west.
ard, mother and next friend of Blanche
Gray Hill and Mary E. Hill, minora, tiled
petition for to have homestead and ex
emption of personalty set apart for the
benefit of said minors out of the estate
of Lewis B. Hill.
Temporary letters of administration on
the estate of Anthony Fernandez were
granted to Emily C. Mastcrson.
Letters of guardianship were granted to
C. Y. Richardson on the estate of Boasle
S. Richardson.
No business was transacted in the Su
perior Court.
NEW COUNCIL AND OAR 1,1NE9.
The Pnbllc Interested to Know If
Better Service la to Be Required.
Owner Parsons’ interview on Savannah's
street railway system In the Morning
News yesterday was the cause of con
siderable amusement among the patrons of
the foad, who have not suffered too much
at the hands of Mr. Parsons’ manage
ment to be amused at his reiterated prom
ises of an efficient street car serviee. The
visit of Mr. Parsons at this time is re
ported to be with a view to seeing the new
hoard of aldermen, tinder Mayor Myers'
administration, as stated in his fetter of
acceptance of the nomination and the
published interviews, and according to the
statements of most of the new Couneii
made before the election, the street rail
way ordinances are to be enforced from
now on, something that has been unheard
of for the last four years and probably
for a good while longer.
Referring to his position with regard to
Ihe city and private corporations, Mr.
Myers said they should be- held to a rigid
compliance with their contract in letter
and In spirit. "I Intend,” he said, “that
this statement particularly apply to the
street railway company, which not only
has a contract with the city, but whose
operations are regulated by city ordi
nances. I stale willingly that whatever
contract the city has with the street rail
road company, should I be elected Mayor,
shall be carried out to the letter. The
contract shall be enforced in the spirit,
not nominally-.
‘ The paragraph alluded to in my letter
of acceptance." continued Mr. Myers,
"conveys exactly what I mean, and I am
satisfied that all the gentlemen who will
be named as candidates on the aldermanio
ticket with me will agree with me in this
matter. Not a sing.e one of those on the
ticket is, so far as I know, interested in
the street railway In any way, and they
can be relied upon to unite with me in
enforcing observance of all ordinances and
contracts with street railways, as well as
other corporations affecting the comfort
and welfare of the citizens of Savannah.”
"With the carrying out of this pro
gramme-,” said a patron of the car lines
at the Council meeting last night, "Mr.
Parsons wiil have to do more than express
his desire to give Savannah the best street
car service possible. He and his em
ployes will have to hump themselves to
give a respectable service and keep out
opposition which Is crowding In."
Alderman Dixon, chairman of the street
and lane committee of Council, which has
direct charge of the enforcement of the
street railway ordinances, put himself on
record before the election, that so far as
ir was In his power, the ordinances should
be striejly enforced and the railway com
pany should he compelled to give a satis
factory service. '
Allerman Tiedeman, chairman of the
Council, took the same position.
Tt remains now to be seen whether the
street railway people will have the same
disregard for the law under the Myers ad
ministration that they did under the last
administration, and whether Director Bar
row will see that the new aldermen are
supplied with free passes.
MOVEMENT OF TRANSPORTS,
Mlonmanka and Michigan Arc Ex
pected to Sail To-morrow,
Six troops of the Eighth Cavalry left
Huntsville yesterday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock for Savannah, and will get here
some time to-day over the Central. They
will go aboard the Minnewaska at once,
and sail on Wednesday morning.
The elx troops of the Second Cavalry,
which are to sail for Matanzas on the Man
itoba, leave that place this afternoon and
get in here to-morrow afternoon.
The transport Michigan, with the live
troops of the Ftfth Cavalry now here, also
calls to-morrow.
Charged With Illicit Distilling.
R. H. Williamson was lodged In Jail last
night by Deputy United States Marshal
George H. Thomas, who captured his man
near StUmore yesterday, on the charge
of Illicit distilling. Williamson is believed
to have been interested in the still of his
brother-in-law, Alonzo D. Gooding, who
was recently arrested on the same charge.
He will be given a hearing before Com
missioner Lewis to-day.
Creditors Get a Dividend.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The comptroller
of the currency has declared 58.75 per cent,
dividend in favor of the creditors of the
Insolvent City National Bank of C'ates
ville, Tex,
CHIEF M’DERMOTT TALKS.
(Continued from Eighth Page.)
account of being absent from my family.
You can Just say I will go into business in
Bavannah at once.”
CLERK BAILEY LOSES TWO MEN.
Messrs. Mulsh nn.l Button Succeeded
by Mr Gullible a Mayor'* Secre
tary.
Shortly after getting down to business
yesterday Mayor Myers directed some
changes in Clerk of Council Bailey’s of
fice. Mr. Jack Walsh, who has been em
ployed in the office several months as
clerk, and Mr. Frank Patton, stenograph
er, were notified that their services would
bo dispensed with after Feb. 1. Neither
expected to be retired so soon.
With a view to establishing a more
systematic way of conducting the affairs
of the office, and also to reduce expenses,
Mayor Myers has made a departure in Its
organization. Mr. Th'omas Gamble, lias
been appointed private secretary to
the mayor, and will attend to
much of the correspondence of the
office. This will give Ihe executive
a personal clerk, and it Is not improbable
. the office may be retained by future ad
ministrations.
Mr. Walsh’s dismissal does not signify
a lack of ability or attentiveness to busi
ness. During his connection with the office
he has distinguished himself for the excel
lent manner In which he has discharged
his duties, which are those of a clerk
copyist. Mr. Walsh is n fine penman, and
the ordinances he has copied on the city’s
records will always be admired and com
plimented by those who sec? them. His
dismissal simply means a consolidation of
the work of ttiis office.
Mr. Patton, stenographer, was appointed
by Mayor Meldrlm, and remained with him
through his administration. Asa stenog
rapher Mr. Patton has demonstrated his
ability on several occasions, among them
being the councilmanlc Investigations, In
which large volumes of testimony was
shorthanded. He. also did some good work
during the Jong-drawn-out tire comrnls
soners’ investigation. It Is understood he
ha* another position In sight.
There are other changes look id for in
Mr. Bailey’s office. John Savage, who has
lieen a porter at the exchange for thirteen
years, Is slated to go. Savage’s friends
have talked about this dismissal until
they have succeeded In gelling him to
believe he is lo he sacrificed, in the event
he- does leave the exchange, however, he
will have the satisfaction of knowing he
has succeeded in performing his duties in
the right manner, and that his removal
is altributable largely to his political affili
ations.
Messenger of Council Isaac Cohen is on
the anxious seat. For several minutes
after the Council mooting last night (he
messenger experienced an attack of nerv
ousness on account of the presence of ex-
Messenger John Harrison, who stool in
the hallway, gazing into Mr. Bailey’s office
wistfully. For some time It has been
known Mr. Harrison was out for this posi
tion, and he would not have been surprised
if Council had honored him with It last
night. Messenger Cohen does not deny
having done some political work, tan he
does deny he has been negligent in the
proper discharge of his duties.
WILL DISC US* MILTON.
University Extension Class’ Subject
This Afternoon. ,
The university extension class will hold
ita weekly meeting this afternoon at the
Chatham Academy at 4 o'clock. It is ex
pected that there will be the usual full at
tendance, as the meeting promises to lie
an especially interesting one.
John Milton is the author under discus
sion, and the field of Milton’s life gnd
work Is so broad a one that the mem
bers of the class anticipate much pleas
ure arid profit from the meeting. This
feeling Is accentuated because of the? very
enjoyable programme which has been pre
pared. At the last meeting of the class
it was that a committee be ap
pointed to arrange a programme, Mr. F.
F. Brown, Mrs. Young and Miss Dal
sleimer being selected to serve for the
Milton meeting. The programme is as fol
lows:
Life of Mifton, Mr. Charles D. Kline.
Milton prose works, Prof. W. 8. Wilson.
"Paradise Lost,” discussion. Lad by Dr.
J. D. Jordan.
Reading, a prose selection. Miss Kavton.
These names are more than sufficient
assurance that the attractions of the meet
ing will be up to the usual high standard.
CITY BREVITIES.
In the United States Court to-morrow
morning there will be hearings in the pe
titions of F. J. Dudley & Cos. and Jennings
Bros., who are asking for discharges in
bankruptcy.
The seventh anniversary masquerade
ball of the German Social Club v/ill take
place to-night at Odd Fellows’ Hall. The
committee in charge consists of Mr. E.
A. M. Schroeder, 8. H. Kontieman, J. D.
Heimken, Geo. Stelljes, Ttieo. Groot, M.
<uem, H. Geffcker. an and Cord Heitman. ”
WANT PAPER ON FREE LIST.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASK
THAT DUTY BE TAKEN OFF.
Meeting Held In Washington to
Hrlng llie Mnlter Before fhe Joint
High Commission— Would Result
In Proteetlon to Amerlenn Forests.
In ternn t loon 1 Paper Company
Abusing the Governmental Pulley
of Proleellon—A Statement Drntvn
l|>.
Washington, Jan. 30.—A called meeting of
the American Newspaper Publishers’ As
sociation was held here to-day with a
view to directing the attention ot the
American members of the Joint high com
mission lo the urgent need that a policy
be adopted which shall protect American
forests by securing In the treaty now in
course of preparation between the United
States and Canada a revocation of the
present duty on print paper and pulp
from Canada.
After a brief and Informal discussion
a statement of the views of the American
Publishers’ Association was adopted, or
■ ilered to be printed and presented to the
members of the commission and to repre
sentatives and senators in Congress. The
statement says in part.
‘•The delegated representatives of a large
number of newspapers in meeting assem
bled at Washington, Jan, 30, 1899, respect
fully submit to the President and to the
American commissioners that the honest
intentions which originally Induced the
establishment of tariff duty on paper and
pulp has been perverted to further the
•purposes of a recently formed corporation,
the International Paper Company, and
that every newspaper publication in the
country east of the Rocky mountains has
been placed at the mercy of that corpora
tion. Within the last week we are advised
that the International Paper Company haa
acquired fourteen additional mills, repre
senting Ihe plants of three large concerns
and thnt it is negotiating for thres
other properties, which r.|>r event all
of Ihe output from independent mills
from t his lerrltory east of Michigan
In view of the fact that the Internation
al Paper Company Is selling |u surplus
puper in England, Australia and Japan,
in successful competition with Canadian,
German and Swedish manufacturers, and
in view of Ihe important point that tha
International Paper Company is protected
by reason of its proximity to Its customers
lo the extent, of an average of 81.S0 per
ton and by reason of it* ability to obtain
chcaistr and better eupplles of coal and
chemicals, we fail to see the occasion for
giving sanction to Its abuse of govern
mental protection.
“We therefore urge that advantage be
taken of the opportunity afforded by the
Canadian treaty negotiation to place pulp
and paper on the free list, and thereby
give the onfy strong and permanent as
surance of protection from lhls combina
tion.”
Among Ihe newspapers represented at
this meeting were the following: Raleigh
News and Observer, Atlanta Constitution,
Richmond Dispatch, Savannah Morning
News, New Orleans Times-!remocrat. New
Orleans Picayune.
A committee was appointed to present
the statement lo the President.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. A. 8. Heywood was registered yes
terday al the De Boto from Atlanta.
Mr. R. M. Hicks Is visiting his mother at
Sweetwater, Tenn. He will be absent about
two weeks.
Mr. C. M. Phiiil of Atlstits wap Hmonc
the arrivals registered yesterday at the
Screven House.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cuesta and son of
Atlanta spent yesterday In the city, guests
of the De Boto.
Mr. J. C. Preacher of Fairfax, 8. c., was
among the arrivals registered yesterday at
the Pulaski House.
'Mr. Frank Durden, a prominent attor
ney of Hwalrisboro, was In the city yester
day on a business trip.
Mrs. J. Raymond of Port Royal was
among the arrivals registered yesterday
at the Marshall House.
Mr. and Mrs. J, T. Wade or Sylvanla
were among the guests slopping at the
Marshall House yesterday.
Mrs. D. H. Hall of Greenville, Ga., was
among the visitors who spent yesterday
in the city, a guest of the Marshall House.
Mr. and Mrs. A. V, Wood of Brunswick
were among the visitors who spent yes
terday In the city, guests of the Pulaski
House.
Mr. Frank P. Salas was out yesterday
for the first lime since Christmas. He
has been confined to his room by Illness
His friends will be glad to congratulate
tuns upon his recovery.
Mr. Blanton Winshlp, an attorney of Ma
con and cx-captaln In the First Georgia
Regiment during its service in the volun
teer army, was down yesterday on busi
ness in the United Slates court.
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