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COLONIAL DAMES IN SESSION.
THE ANNI Alj meeting of the
GEORGIA SOCIETY.
It< ports of OUlcers Received and He.
Tiaion of flic Ily-law* lllnoinufd.
Tlic Report of the President, Mr*.
At. AV. Gordon. Gives sin Intereat
liik Account of the AV ork of the
Society Among; the Soldiers—The
Mriuhcrelilp of the Society Now
1 m Election of Olllcern to lie Held
To-day.
The Georgia Society of Colonial Dame*
of America met in annual session In Sa
vannah yesterday. The meeting 1* being
he.J at the Low residence, on Lafayette
square, which, at the invitation of Mr*.
Low, has been made the headquarters of
the Georgia society.
Only one session was held yesterday, and
this was given up chiefly to the report*
of officer* and to the discussion of proposed
changes in the by-laws. The society will
meet again at 10 o’clock to-da.v, when the
discussion of the proposed changes in the
by-laws will be continued. Several reports
from special committees will be read to-
day, and the election of officers for the en
suing year will take pljice.
The reports showed that the society now
has a membership of HO, twenty members
having been aided during the year, this
being the total number of new members
allowed to be received in any one year un
der the constitution.
The report of the president. Mrs. W. VV.
Gordon, reviewed the work of t lie socletV
for the year. Mrs. Gordon's report was of
special interest, because of the account
given by her of the work done, both by
tijc national and state societies for the
American soldiers during the recent war
wi,h Spain, much of which work was
done under Mrs. Gordon's personal super
vision. After welcoming the ladles, Mrs.
Gordon said:
"When we last came together the tocsin
of war had not sounded, though the air
■was full of ominous murmurs. It was hut
e few days later during the session of the
council of our National Socletj of the
Colonial Dames in Washington that war
with Spain was declared—-a war that has
resulted in such rapid success, has cov
ered our navy and our army with glory
and has compelled the admiration of the
world.
"Almost on the Instant of the Presi
dent's proclamation of war our national
society formed itself Into an organization
to aid the sick soldiers in the field, and
to care for the needy families they left
behind. This organization received the
hearty indorsement of the President and
surgeons general of the army and of the
navy. Nearly SIO,OOO have been distribut
ed through the National Society of Co
lonial Dames and there is still money in
the treasury. Fifteen hundred dollars in
cash and a S3OO x-ray machine were given
to the hospital ship Solace. The nriny am
bulance ship Relief received nearly $2,000.
The Key West hospital received S3OO, and
large contributions were made to the hos
pital ships Bay State and Missouri and to
various other hospitals.
T had the satisfaction of sending to
our national treasurer as Georgia's con
tribution nearly $330, more than which
sum was returned to me at different times
to be expended upon the sick in Miami,
Jacksonville, Macon and Savannah. This
money helped me to establish what I
called "convalescent wards.” Into these
wards were received men who had been
discharged from the "division hospitals,"
either because they were not seriously ill,
or for want of room—for in Miami, where
there were 7,000 troops, we had over u
thousand men sick at one time! Here,
too, we took in men from the
different regiments, who were too
111 to eat camp rations, or to stand
cat.ip duty, and we properly fed and nurs
ed them until they were fit to return to
their commands.
“At Miami I had a competent surgeon
In charge, who came night and morning
to examine and prescribe for my men—de
cide who were really well enough to be
discharged, what medicine should be given
end what aort of food each man might eat.
“Our ward opened with twenty-three
men the first night. From that time for
ward wo had from forty-five to nearly
ninety men oil the lime. Every man had
a cot, a mosquito net, a camp stool and
a fan—and there was a large table full
of books and writing materials. My
daughter, Mrs. Low, was my enthusiastic
BBslstant in this work, and we had some
amusing, as well as pathetic, experiences.
I do not wish to take up your valuable
time, but I will give you one Incident which
was very ridiculous. We had a number
of sick men who could eat no solid food.
My daughter took them Into her especial
care and prepared their liquid food herself.
It was almost impossible to procure suit
able materials for these men (apart from
the Biebig beef supplied by the Medical
department). Arrow root, malted milk
etc., could not be bought in Miami. In de
spair she supplied herself at lust with a
package of “Mellin’s Food. ’ and proceed
ed to make a large mess of It for her in
valids. liut Hhe was unwise enough lo
leave the wrapper lying on the table
h< J? with l.er big pitcher
of Meilina food to distribute It among
what she called her "liquid squad," they
*“ d disappeared! Not u man of them
could he found!
"She at last got hold of one or two
and they explained that they had aeon
the name of the stuff. Jt was for "nurs
ing mothers nnd infants," and thev were
neither V-and they did not want
mrst °" th * ,! ,Jaisy had - however doc
tored the preparallon wiih sugar and a
o hcm a ,e l* rsu “ d l some
? !^ e “ ,°L J . us * ‘“ s, o d." They admitted
| wasn t had, and she Anally got them
lined up. and dosed them all around
They got quite fond of It and she had
no more trouble with them on that score
During my prolonged absence, our Geor
gia society has gone on flourishing under
the care of Our valuable officers i,.charge
I lake pleasure In calling your aitemmn
to the fact that we have able o "
f nd P* y ‘ Ar 'wo important m, moriahJone
l * • hfooae tabiet to mark the locate?"!
Tondee s Tavern, and the other is a
bronse lab.et placed or. a block of Georgia
granite, m honor of Tomoehichlth^Mb£
of the Yam.eraw Indians, whose Dk.ndtv
aid to the infant colony was ofTpch gn it
valut-. To the generosity of th Vcrmii't
Brothers of Stone Mountain, we ow "this
apk; n ffid block of granite, upon which our
abiei has been placed, and our grateful
thunks are due (he Central . i
Georgia, and to the Georgia Railroad f o ' r
* ronj,port ‘ ,i<>n * *
. "Wo have also been able to issue our
ysat book, • a most Important work rep
resenting an immense amount of labor
mforeh, litttf, and patience on the part
of Mrs. Bntnar, who ha* been given „
valuable assistance by .Mrs. Annie
and Mi- I 1 i Urine, 1 think w • mty
congratulate outlives, therefore, Ot. the
•ork the society has accomplished dur ng
wSew f V w - **""
, / w Utf from debt.
I cHtnwt > loin* without II word of ten
d;;. refer, nee to Ihor of „ ur
*mp who have Uen taken uwoi
had Iliad loti* m our midst, who had seen
*wr cUddrt.ua children stowing pp around
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her. and whose gentle and gracious life
was a beautiful example for them and for
us to emulate, and another, who •> her
early maturity has l>een called away from
those who loved her, and from the earnest
work ol her Master hi re, to serve Him in
a higher sphere. Bet u3 ever cherish their
memory and follow In iheir foot steps."
Mrs. Gordon's report, and especially her
account of her work for the soldiers, was
greatly enjoyed by Ihe Jadies. In the aft
ernoon the ladles of the society attended
the dedication of the monument to Tomo
chiehi. Bast night a reception was held at
the Bow residence, at whirl 1 , a number of
the older Savnnnahians had the pleasure of
meeting the Colonial Dames and their
guest*. To-nlgiit Mr*. \Edward Karow,
regent of the Daughters of the Revolution,
will tender a reception to the members of
the two societies, the Colonial Dames and
tile Daughters of ihe Revolution.
Among the members of the society In at
tendance from the interior V 'he stale are
Mrs. H. C. White of Athens, who is the
guest ot Col. and Mrs. P. W. Meldrim, and
Miss Annte Klngsberry of Valdosta, who is
the guest of Mr. Isaac Beckett.
TREAT AWAITS COMMISSION.
Railroad Commissioner* to Itnn Over
tlie Montgomery llrnneli.
The counsel in the complaint against the
service of the Savannah, Thunderbolt and
Isle of Hope Railway on its Montgomery
branch Is not prepared to say when the
Railroad Commission will come to Savan
nah to make a personal inspection of the
road. As was stated In the Atlanta dis
patches to the Morning News the other
day, the counsel came to no agreement,
while in Atlanta as to the real condition
of the road, und as a result the commis
sion decided it could do nothing until an
insiiection was made.
The visit will bo strictly of a business
nature- It has been intimated that during
the hours the commission devotes to the
inspection none will tie invlied to be pres
ent except the counsel, and other inter
ested persons. The trip will go down in
history, at least, so far as the Railroad
Commission is concerned, for it will proba
bly be the most remarkable of their .rives.
It has been Intimated that some of the
commissioners had faint visions of the
luxurious trip that awaits them, and did
not make the proposition to personally in
spect the road to play a joke on the mem
bers who have yet to learn of Sand Fly’s
muk*.
From the city the commission will, of
course, be taken over the Second avenue
line io Sand Fly, where they will “change"
for tile Montgomery branch, the road
upoh which they are to pass judgment.
The point at Issue Is whether the accom
odations are what the Railroad Commis
sion requires, and the observations of the
commissioners w ill be lo settle-this ques
tion. They will doubtless give attention
to the roadway, the condition of the cars,
the arrangements at depots, and last, bul
by no means least, the pace of the mule
that has caused the people of that neck
of the woods so much trouble. As the
mule is to be tried strictly upon his merits,
Ihe chance* are the company will trot out
the best in the barn.
This trip promises to excell anything In
the picnic line for genuine amusement.
With Capt. Dun Purse and Capt. Henry
MiAlpin hunching commissioners every
time the mule stumbles, or when some ne
gro brushes up against a commissioner
with an assorted lot of fish and crabs, or
every time the ear speeds by a depot with
nothing of the platform left except a few
scantling, the demeanor of observers can
well be imagined. But Hon. Pope Barrow
will be there to defend the mule, and to
rebut what his opponents urge against the
line.
A demonstration is sure to await the
party at all stations from Sand Fly, ns the
trip will be the first “de commissioners
hab took ober de read.” No political sig
nificance attaches to the trip; therefore,
no speeches from the rear platform of the
car will he in order. A few parting sa
lutes and a smile wifi probably be all the
natives will get from the commissioners
ns they are sped along by electricity’s
predecessor.
Capt. Purse said yesterday that he ex
pects to be advised within the next few
days when the commission will reach Sa
vannah. They will probably be able to
complete their work in one day. It Is not
known whether the merits of the case will
be argued in Savannah, or whether coun
sel will have to make another trip to At
lanta for this purpose. It Is believed there
will l)e a prompt decision after the Inspec
tion, and that the people in that section
will know whether or not the service is to
be improved.
BUSINESS MEN WOULD HELP.
Mayor Myers Thinks They Would
Work Tonether for Shipyard*.
President if. G. Purse of the Board of
Trade was seen yesterday about what ac
tion the business men will take, If any,
toward getting the experts looking for a
suitable location for shipyards on tho
South Atlantic coast to visit Savannah.
It was suggested in the Morning News
that profitable steps might be taken, if
they ure taken in time.
Those seen in regard to the matter agree
that the location of shipyards at Savan
nah would be a great boom for the city,
but there seems to be no disposition lo
take concerted action.
When the matter was mentioned to
Mayor Myers he seemed interested.
"Yes, I have noticed where the experts
are to visit Baltimore Monday." the Mayor
suid. "and I nm sure we would he glad
to have them come to Savannah. There
are a number of locations on the river
which offer admirable advantages to an
enterprise of this kind. My opinion I*
there would rot he a great deal of trou
ble in raising a fund umong the business
men sufficient to defray all (he expense*
of entertaining these gentlemen. There
are several things to consider iiefon an
Invitation of this kind should be extended
however,"
President Purse sad he Is already in
correspondence with a rompany that Is
looking for a location for the budding of
extensive shipyards. He expects to hear
something In the near future whk’h will
he of Interests lo eitlsens Gsi* Purse
be would likely eor respond with the
re i ti, man rxlt'iiuj to in uiu Morning
Ntm
THE MORNING NEAVS: FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1800.
ON THE CHARGE OF MURDER.
J. 11. AA RIGHT CHARGED WITH
KILLING A NEGRO.
Arrested In Snvnnnah on a Warrant
for the Murder of Alfred Brown
Near Black Ankle on Tuesday,
llrovtu Hud Been Employed by
AA right's Father. Bat Mult Work
Monday on Account of a Disagree
ment—The Two Men AVere Last
Seen Together Aeur the House tn
AYlitch Brown Was Shortly After
ward Fonnd Dead—The Evidence
Purely Circumstantial.
J. H. Wright, a young man well known
In Savannah, was arrested at the Pulaski
yesterday by Constables Hartigan and
Lilienthal on a warrant sworn out by
Coroner Goette, charging him with the
murder of Alfred Brown, colored.
Mr. Wright was in the employ of his
father, who conducts a turpentine farm in
the western part of Chatham county, in
the vicinity of Black Ank.e. Brown, the
negro who was killed, was also in the
employ of the senior Wright, bu: quit
work Monday because of some disagree
ment with his employer as to the terms
on whiph he was employed. This disagree
ment is supposed to have led to the kill
ing of Brown Tuesday, though there is
no evidence on this point. The evidence
against Mr. Wright is entirely circum
stantial. It was such, however, as to
eaui-e the coroner's Jury which investi
gated the case to bring in a verdict that
the deceased came to his death at the
hands of Wright and that the crime was
murder.
The evidence, as brought out at the cor
oner's Inquest, was that Brown was last
seen in the company of Wright, and that
the two men were proceeding together to
Brown's house, where Brown was found
dead not very long afterwards.
Lou Sutherland, the negro wo
man, who lives with Brown,
testified that she and Brown left their
house Tuesday morning to go to the house
of Booert Williams near by. At Williams'
house she stopped to do some sewing, while
Brown kept on up the road. About 10
o'clock she saw Brown coming back down
the road with, Mr. Wright following him
In a buggy. At Williams’ place they stop
ped and entered into a conversation with
the latter. The conversation was about
the tools which Williams and Brown had
been using and about their quitting work.
Mr. Wright said that he wanted the tools
and Williams went out Into the woods and
brought back a turpentine hack, which he
placed in Wright’s buggy. Some conver
sation then ensued as to who would do
Brown's work, Williams offering to do the
work. To this Mr. Wright assented, and
Williams took his hack out of the buggy.
Hrown and Wright then proceeded to the
former’s cabin, Brown walking rfiong the
road and Wright following a short dis
tance behind him in the buggy.
Several parties living along the road be
tween the houses of Williams and Brown
testified to seeing the two going along the
road together, among the number being
Mr. Dan Thompson, a well-to-do white
farmer. This was the last seen of Brown
alive. The Sutherland woman testified
that not long after Mr. Wright and Brown
left she went down to the house, accom
panied by a child, and, pushing the door
open, saw Brown lying upon the floor
dead. He had a bullet hole through his
breast, and the body was still warm. She
at once gave the alarm and a crowd gath
ered. A turpentine hack which had been
in the corner of the cabin was missing,
and, as Mr. Wright had stated that he
had come after the tools and he was the
last person seen in Brown’s company, sus
picion attached to him at once.
A summons was sent him to attend the
coroner’s inquest, but his falher informed
the party who brought the summons that
his son was out on the farm. Mr. AVright
came into the city Wednesday night, and
was stopping at the Pulaski, where he
was arrested by the officers. He professed
entire ignorance of the affair. Meeting
Coroner Goette at the court house, Mr.
AVright said that he had intended Seeing
him about the summons, as he wanted to
know why he had been summoned to ap
pear at the inquest.
AA'hen seen by a Morning News reporter,
Wright Said he had nothing to say. “There
is nothing I ran say,” he said, "because I
know nothing about the matter."
He did not seem at all perturbed by his
arrest. AA’right formerly resided in Sa
vannah and has a number of warm friends
here who will see to it that he lacks no
comfort at the jail, Mr. T. S. Morgan
Jr„ will probably be retained as his attor
ney.
According to tbo story of the difference
between the Wrights and Brown the lat
ter had been engaged some time since to
perform certain work on the farm in the
discharge of which he was to be furnished
with a horse. In the course of time he
accumulated a debt of $27 to the elder
AVright, which he was unable or unwill
ing to pay. AA'hen he quit work he claim
ed that the debt was offset by the fact
that he had not been furnished with a
horse as agreed upon. The fact of a dis
agreement between the Wrights and Brown
is evidently the first link in the chain of
circumstantial evidence against AVright
Jr. The evidence, however ia pure
ly circumstantial, an d „ n i eSs
strengthened by further evidence Is not
likely to make a very serious case against
Mr. AVright. An application will doubt
less be made to the court for Permission
to give bond.
SAAV BOONS IN A CAKEWALK.
A Grant Cran'd Enjoyed the Enter
tainment at Isle of Hope.
The management of the Isle of Hope
Pleasure Club could have wished for no
larger crowd than that of last night. The
second entertainment of the season was
given. If those that are to follow are as
successful, it is safe to predict that the
coming summer Will bring even greater en
joyment to the members of the club and
those who visit Isle of Hope on Thursday
nights than last year.
Messrs. Fro(well and Reynolds had a
cakewalk arranged as the leading feature
of the entertainment, and all enjoyed it
hugely. The ''walkers” were In fine shape,
and Iheir display was very entertaining]
The Tudges had a difficult time to decide
upou the winning couple.
The crowd that went out was almost too
large for the accomodations. Dancing was
in a crush, but all who participated seem
ed, nevertheless, to enjoy it. Messrs, Bar
bee and Bandy served supper to the hun
gry, and the evening was spent very de
lightfully In several ways.
SUCCESSFUL THINKERS,
Study the cause of their own bodily
troubles, and when they find the subtle
drug of coffee is acting badly on the cu
rious and delicate nervous they
have common sense enough lo slop. Many
famous brain workers use I‘oslum Cereal
Food Coffee, a delicious morning cup
win ii pnupurty boiled to tiling out Hie
pilrieipies which tt contain* for rebuilding
the nerve centers, and bodily structure.
T unarmed by gf-ors, ii sud A wets,
They vc .imitated
everything else, but
they’ve never been
able to imitate the
quality of
Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla
Those Britishers!—Are They Our
Friends f
Editor Morning News: Knowing a great
deal about the English, I venture to say
something which may prove Interesting to
yiur readers—especially now, at a time
when various questions, of greater or less
significance to this nation, touching on
matters of some importance to the peo
ple, as well- as the government, are crop
ping up.
The problem of the some-lime proposed
Anglo-American alliance is one the ne
cessity of which is for the determination
of the national administration, according
to the gravity of circumstances attending
certain causes, and I will now touch upon
a few points which may lead lo a study of
our situation as it is affected by our re
lations with the people of lhat little island.
This question Of Anglo-American inter
nationality U a broad one, and can be
viewed from more liases than one, but I
will look at it from the most important
standpoint—that of business first.
Our records plainly show that of all the
exports shipped from our ports, one-half
Is carried away by British ships; In plain
words, this means that John Bull buys
from us as touch as ail the rest of the
world put together He is the buyer of
most of the cotton crop of the South; he
buys tohaqco from the South, sugar, mo
lasses, rosin, turpentine, lumber, beef car
cases and cand beef by the shipload;
corn and wheat In fleets of shiploads, and
every agricultural product of nearly 600,-
000,0(4) pounds of hog products, out of a
total produci ,op for export of 800,000,000
pounds in the United States; for all of
which he pays us something like $500,000,000
per year. ,
Now, sir. In solving the problem "arc
they our friends?” the first question which
strikes me is "what would be the effect
upon us of alienating from us this tremen
dous volume of export trade?” How would
Southern and Western farmers fare if this
great market ton our products were cut
off?
The effect can be illustrated by drawing
a comparison—let u* suppose that a big
manufaqtyrlng plant In Savannah, which
employed 10,000 hands, distributing $400,000
dollars per month in the city, shuts down.
The result is. that the 10,000 hands, wiih
families estimated at , 40,000, are thrown
without a means pf livelihood, and all
those second and third parties, storekeep
ers, etc., who handle their money (the $400,-
000) miss that money just as much as ihe
hands who earn it, and in turn their busi
ness goes to thq watl, and Savannah would
then look like the deserted village—(and
how about the shipping port and its contin
gencies. transportation, etc?) In like man
ner, the loss of $300,000,000 per year, which
represents S4O per month for 1,000,000 hands,
with estimated families of 4,000,000, would
radiate amongst so much of our population
as would bring about very very hard times,
and we should be brought lo know the
value of our export trade, and lo realize
that this is a producing, and therefore an
export country—one great big store.
It seems to me that just as any store
keeper on Broughton street would regard
as his best friend any customer who spent
more money in his store than all ihe re=t
of hia customers, the same doctrine of hu
man nature is precisely the one which it is
our policy, as a business people, to adopt
in our contact with our friends, John Bull s
people.
I will here, with your kind Indulgence,
proceed to reoilfy a wrong Impression
which exists among some of your readers,
and which I have occasionally found in
many other parts of the United States—
the belief that the English are bitter
against this commonwealth on account of
the revolution.
Having- spent many years in an English
school, 1 am in a position to know, and
to say that such an impression is without
a base, and I cannot understand why it
exists so long, in the absence of anything
to indicate that any unfriendliness Is fos
tered, or ever existed in the English mind,
against the United States of America. I
have seen several instances of certain per
sons trying to propitiate and foment every
thing which might tend to lead to or
breed ill-feeling here against the mother
country. However, English historians re
cord the fact that at the time of the Amer
ican revolution. Great Britain, as a peo
ple, was opposed to any organized war
against her colonists here; and if there
had been railroads, and elec
tric telegraph then, as now, the hostilities
would have ceased long before they did.
Some little incidents, which occurred
during the opening of the Americo-Spanish
war just ended seem to me very sugges
tive, while talking about national friend
ship. I noticed that when danger threat
ened our consul general and consuls in
Cuba, and our ambassador and consuls in
Spain, and they were menaced by ugly
mobs, and various forms of violent ex
pectations, those gentlemen did not receive
shelter at the French or German head
quarters of legations, but with confidence
accepted the offer of the protection of the
“Union Jack of Old England." and those
Britons instinctively risked their own safe
ty to shield their protege’s from treacher
ous mobs of Spaniards.
It may not be necessary to form a gen
eral offensive and defensive alliance with
Great Britain, but I do believe lhat in the
particular case of China and the contin
gent danger of Russia, Germany and
Cos. making elored ports. It Is expedient,
In the Interest of business (our commerce
with China) to declare an open under
standing tn conjunction with England,
with the determination of maintaining
open port* and stopping our trade from
being shut off by the Interference of thoso
power*, who. If it were not for the atti
tude of England, would probably have al
ready made closed ports—those powers
who, but for tlx attitude of England,
would havo openly aided Hpain ugulnst
the Umled gtatee. The government of
China X a gust big imbecile, recently
whipped by JHile Japan, but ihe empire
i u guul Mg market (la wbkb we ar*
interested) with a population of five times
that of the United States. It is therefore
our duty to ourselves, in self-defense, to
shake a big stick at those vultures. It
appears as though because Japan beat
them (the Chinese) so readily, every puff
ed up power wants to jump on the cripple,
and do as they like with him, thinking he
is easy prey. England has already done
us u service by the stand against them
she has up to now taken; and in this par
ticular case, we could do many worse
things, and none better than to openly
assume the attitude which is most natural,
and at the same time advantageous to us.
Nobody wants to fight a combined Uncle
Sam and John Bull, and I regard this as
oite of those instances where It will cost
us nothing, and we would be risking noth
ing, and at the same time it would be in
finitely profitable to us to be agreeable
with our friends.
William T. F. Warren.
2458 Amber street, Louisville, Ky.
TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST
Washington Forecast for Friday:
For Georgia, South Carolina and East-,
ern Florida: Fair Friday; fresh north
winds; Saturday, fair.
For Western Florida: Fair Friday and
Saturday; cooler Saturday; fresh south
winds.
General conditions, at 8 p. m., April 27,
1899: The low area of barometric pressure,
which spread over the eastern slope of the
Rocky mountains yesterday, has developed
into a well defined storm, with the center
in Minnesota, the lowest pressure being
29.34, at St. Paul. Its movement the past
twelve hours has been slightly northeasl
ward toward the lakes. Nearly all the
rain during the past twelve hours occurred
in the vicinity of this storm ceuter. An
area of high pressure is central over the
North Atlantic coast; the difference in
pressure between Boston and St. Paul be
ing neariy an inch. Thunderstorms oc
curred at St. Paul, Marquette and Daven
port, A maximum wind of 44 miles per
hour, from the south, at Marquette. .
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature, 2 p. m.. 81 degrees
Minimum temperature, 5 a m... 61 degrees
Mean temperature 71 degrees
Normal temperature 70 degrees
Excess of temperature 1 degree
Accumu.ated deficiency since
April 1 75 degrees
Accumu.ated deficiency since
Jan. 1 121 degrees
Rainfall 00 inch
Normal 10 inch
Deficiency since April 1 1.28 inches
Excess since Jan. 1 1.27 inches
River Report.—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m. (75th me
ridian time) yesterday, was 13.0 feet, a rise
of 1.05 feet during the preceding twenty
four hours.
Colton region bulletin. Savannah, Ga.,
for the twenty-four hours ending at S a.
m.. 75th meridian time, April 27, 1899:
Stations of ]Max.| Min.Jßaln
Savannah district. iTem.;Tem.: fall.
Albany, Ga., clear | 73 f 59 .00
Afapaha, clear 79 | 58 .00
Americug, clear 81 | 56 .00
Ualnbridge, clear 89 | 56 .00
Eastman, clear 79 | 60 .00
Fort Gaines, clear 80 j 57 .00
Gainesville, Fla., clear ... 85 J 63 .00
Millen, Ga., clear 81 | 55 .00
Quitman, clear 82 | 57 .00
Savannah, clear 79 | 61 .00
Thomasville, clear S3 j 62 .00
Waycrosa, clear 80 j 60 .00
Special Texas Rainfall Reports—Kerr
vilte, TANARUS; Ballinger, Lampasas and Waco
missing.
| Dlst. Averages.
| No. |
j Sta-|Max.| Min.jßaln
Central Station. |tionsjTem.jTem.i fall.
Atlanta | 32 f 78 | 66 ,00~
Augusta | 11 I 78 I 56 T
Charleston | 5 | 76 | 68 .02
Galveston j 26 } 84 | 66 ‘ T
Little Rock j 13 j 86 | 64 ,00
Memphis | IS | 94 j 62 .00
Mobile | 8 | 84 | 62 .00
Montgomery | 7 | 82 j 58 .00
New Orleans 12 | 88 | 64 .00
Savannah j 12 | 81 | 59 .00
Vicksburg j 7 j 88 | 62 .00
Wilmington j 10 | 74 j 66 .18
Remarks—Temperatures have ranged
rather high in the western and central dis
tricts. Light showers have fallen in the
Charleston and Wilmington districts.
Observations taken April 27, 1899, 8 p. m.
(75th meridian time) at the same moment
of time at all stations for the Morning
News.
Names of Station. | -|-T.| *V. IRaln
Boston, djear 52 10 1.00
New York city, clear .... 54 14 | .00
Philadelphia, clear 54 12 | .00
Washington city, cldy..., 58 12 | .00
Norfolk, raining 54 20 | T
Hatteras, cloudy | 60 | 30 | .00
Wilmington, cloudy 68 | 19 j T
Charlotte, partly cloudy... 74 | L .00
Raleigh, clear 68 ( 6 .00
Charleston, clear 68 | 8 .00
Atlanta, Clear 76 | 8 .00
Augusta, clear 78 | L .00
Savannah, clear 68 | L .00
Jacksonville, clear 68 | 6 .00
Jupiter, clear 70 | 16 .00
Key West, clear 74 | ig _oo
Tampa, clear 76 | L .00
Pensacola, clear 64 | 8 .00
Montgomery, clear 82 | 6 .00
Vicksburg, clear 78 j L !o0
New Orleans, clear 76 j 12 ,oo
Galveston, partly cloudy. 72 j 14 .oft
Corpus Christ!, clear 78 | 24 !)
Palestine, cloudy 74 | 8 !oo
Memphis, cloudy 82 | 14 ]oo
Cincinnati, clear 32 | 8 .00
Pittsburg, clear 76 | io !oo
Buffalo, partly cloudy ... 70 | 12 .oo
Detroit, cloudy 64 | 10 .00
Chicago, cloudy 74 | 24
Marquette, cloudy 64 | 18 [lB
St. Paul, cloudy 64 | l .18
Davenport, cloudy 64 | L [46
St. Louis, partly cloudy.. 66 | 10 !oi
Kansas City, clear 65 ! 10 46
Oklahoma, clear | 68 | L 1 ' T
Dodge City, clear | 72 I g 00
North Platte, clear ...| 70 | 6 | !oo
-j-T, temperature; •v7 - veiotsty - STwuidi
H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official, Weather Bureau.
LADIES CONDUCT SERVICES.
Tlie Misses Tucker Secured by Sev
enth Street Church,
On account of the continued illness of
Rev. Bascom Anthony, pastor of Trinity
Church, the revival services, begun there
last week by Mieses Emma and Tiny
Tucker, were closed last night. The la
dies have been secured by Rev. E. F
Morgan, pastor of Seventh Street Metho
dtet Church for a aeries of services A
large congregation greeted them, attest
Ing their love and esteem for Miss Tucker
who was with the church in January'
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Awnings
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Any one can put them u;
Any one can take them
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they will fit the new wir
dows. The only one tha
can be used with outsic
blinds. Ever\ T house shoul
have them. .The price
$3.50, put up.
Read’s Oderless Refrigerators,
Buck’s Stoves and Ranges,
Baby Carriages, Vapor Stoves,
Straw Mattings, Go Carts,
LINEN SLIP COVERS MADE TO ORDER,
These things are only a few of what can be found at
LINDSAY & MORGAN’S.
Miss Tiny led the service and spoke on
the "Fear Nots” of the Bible. Quite a
large number gave the pastor and the
Misses Tucker their hand after the talk
and promised to enter heartily into the
services and fear nothing.
There were two or three bright con
versions, and the service throughout was
a pleasant and profitable one. Services
will be every afternoon at 4 o’clock and
at 8:15 o'clock at night.
AUXILIARY FIHE ALARM.
llell Telephone Cos., to Install It nt
Request of Snpt. Maguire.
Superintendent Maguire of the fire de
partment furnished the Southern Bell Tel
ephone Company with a map of the city
yesterday, showing the location of the
several engine houses. It was at the re
quest of Superintendent Maxwell, who in
tends to put in an auxiflary fire alarm,
such as is used in all of the large cities,
that the information was furnished.
This is done tor the purpose of improv
ing the telephone service. At present when
a citizen desires to call out the fire de
partment to his vicinity, he calls up one
of the various fire stations and notifies
them. Frequent and unnecessary delay is
occasioned by the fact, that in their ex
citement, the person frequently calls the
station at Indian and West Broad streets
for a fire south of Anderson street, and in
variably he refuses or neglects to hang the
telephone on the hook so as to break the
connection and thus enable the headquar
ters to notify the nearest company to re
spond. Some times three or four minutes
are lost on this account. Again when a
person calls the exchange he does not al
ways get a prompt connection, and a fur
ther delay results.
Under the new system the fire call will
be No. 800, and whenever the operator re
ceives a call for this number she calls
over a special line all of the engine houses
simultaneously. Being cool and collected
in the discharge of her ordinary duties,
she takes the message and repeats it over
the special line to the fireman on watch
in the various houses, and the company
in whose telephone district \he fire is lo
cated responds without the slightest de
lay.
The alarm Is sounded upon a separate
gong from that of the ordinary telephone.
This system has been established in all
of the principal cities, and has given uni
versal satisfaction. The expense of its in
stallation is borne entirely by the Bell
Telephone Company. It is put in at the
request of Supt. Maguire, who saw it suc
cessfully operated while at the recent
convention In Bt. Louis.
ARGUED FOR NEW TRIAL.
Coleman Case Still Pending In Lower
Court.
The motion lor anew trial in the case of
John Coleman against the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western Railway Company was
argued before Judge Norwood in the City
Court yesterday, Mr. W. S. ChishoTm rep
resenting the railway company and
Messrs. W. M. Toomer of Waycross, and
R. M. Hitch of Savannah, the plaintiff.
This Is the case in which a jury awarded
a verdict for 312,444 at the last term of
the court, the amount sued for being $20,-
000. Coleman had a leg taken off while In
the employ of the railway comnany about
tnree years ago. This is probably the largest
verdict of damages ever awarded a negro
in the Savannah courts. The attorneys for
the plaintiff have written off $3,444 of the
verdict, reducing the amount to $9,000.
The motion for anew trial was based on
the grounds that the verdict rendered was
excessive, and also that the plaintiff hav
ing availed himself of the privileges of the
relief and hospital department of the
Plant System, his suit, if he felt himself
entitled to further relief, should have been
brought against that department and not
against the railway company.
Judge Norwood instructed the attorneys
to file briefs and reserved his decision.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. E. P. King of Atlanta Is registered
at the Pulqski.
Mr. J. E. Lucas of Palatka spent yes
terday in the city, and was a guest of the
Pulaski.
Mr. William C. Wylly of Darjen is stop,
ping at the Pulaski during a stay of a
day or two in the city.
Mr. James H. Estill has moved Into the
residence, No. 115 Gordon street, west, re
cently purchased by him. The building
has been put in nice order.
Col. E. Y Clarke, editor of the Atlanta
Presbyterian, end Mrs. Clarke, spent yes
terday in the city. They are on their way
home from a trip to Florida.
Mr. E. W. Townsend of the traffic de
pari meat ol the Central Railroad bail re
turned from Hennetijvllle. H. c„ where
hr attended the marriage of hta slater
Col A Pope, general freight and (~
aetiger agent tor the Georgia and Alabama
Railroad, left lot night fiprN.g,
( 01. lo|*a health haa been Impaired for
sous mouths, and pig V len is m ,t M
Perfection
Curtain
Stretcher*,
Adjustable Pins, so that
they will fit any scallop,
Washing lace curtains with
one of these is easy—no
chance to tear them. One
washing pays for the
stretcher. The pins are all
mckle plated.
that the baths at the springs may result
in his restoration. In that hope his many
friends in Savannah join with him. Ht
will make a stay of two or three weeks.
Rev. Bascom Anthony, pastor of Trinity
Church, expects to leave to-day or to
morrow for Valdosta. Mr. Anthony is i.
deavorlng to recover from u malarial at
tack, and finds It a difficult matter. Ht
believes the artesian water of Valdosta,
where he was stationed for some time, and
where he has many friends, will serve to
help him in the endeavor. His fnendi
and the members of his church hope it
will not be long before the pastor will |g
back in the best of health.
Boys’ All Wool Blue
Blouse Suits,
worth $5.00; Hub’s price
$3.50.
10 Styles of Boys’ All Wool
Cassimere and Cheviot
Suits, regular $4.50 and
$5.00 kind; 7 to 16; Hub's
price $3.00.
Boys’ All Wool Knee Pants
50 cents.
THE HUB,
28 Broughton Street.
PROPOSALS WANTED.
CUSTOM HOUSE, Savannah, Ga., Col
lector's Office, April 24, 1899.—Supp.ies tor
Revenue Vessels.—Sealed proposals for
supplying ship chandlery, rations and coni
to vessels of the United States revenue
cutter service in this collection district
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1M
will be received at this office until 2 o'clock
p. m. of Tuesday, May 9, 1899, at whici
time they will be publicly opened. Tin
coal furnished to be anthracite or bitum
inous of best quality, uniform in charac
ter; to weigh 2,240 pounds to the ton;
be delivered on board the vessels at suck
times and in such quantities as may 1*
required, at localities readily accessible
to said vessels, and to be subject to In
spection as to quality and weight. Bidders
will name the prices for both steaminl
and stove coal, an<J also their facilities for
furnishing the vessels with fresh water,
and their charges therefor. The right l
reserved to reject any or all bids. Blank
forms of proposals for ship chandlery ami
rations, with schedules attached, may be
had upon application to this office. Sep
arate bids will be received at the same
time and place for lubricating and Ilium*
mating oils. JOHN H. DEVEAUX.
, , Collector.
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