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BOERS MAY RUIN EGYPT.
LIKELY TO STOr AYORLD*9 GREAT.
EST ENGINEERING EFFORT.
Latent In forum t ion About the firent
Nile Dam—To ElTeet Directly Two
Million Struggling Penannt—ls,ooo
Men Now at Work Upon It. at Fif
teen Cent* n Day—Mont Productive
Lnnii in the World in He Reclaim
ed. W hich W ill Reduce Tnxfi One-
Fourth—With the Improved Irri
gation From Three to Four Crop*
a Year Are Nntle Possible— Rapid
1 iicreane of . Harvests Will Make
the Coat of Improvementu to the
Egyptian* Practically Nothing.
New York, Nov. 9.—On • poseibe result
of the Boer war that has generally be* n
overlooked Is that It may put an end o
the greatest engineering effort wvich has
ever been begun in the world—the dim
ming of the Nile. Should those complic i
tions ensue that have been foreshadowed,
the intervention on one pretext of another
of Russia, France and Germany, about the
first thing to happen wou and be the forced
evacuation of Egypt by the British. Her
piajesty would be too fully engaged in oth
er directions to hold the country wher •
she has only been “tolerated,” as the
Frenchmen say with gritted teeth. With
the withdrawal of England, the Nile im
provement would cease at once, and an
end, perhaps only a temporary end to be
pure, would be put to the Nile enterprise.
Nothing more serious or more pitiful
could happen. The stoppage of the work
on the Nile dams would be a calamity in
volving the progress of the entire Egyp
tion people, of whom there are over 9,009,-
000. It would affect directly over 2,000,t)00
peasants, who will be put back just as
many years as the work is interrupted.
Its early completion means to these 2,000,-
0G the lifting of a burden of taxation un
der which they are struggling without
hope of relief from any other source.
To the world at large the succe sful is
sue of the Nile work will mean the reid
justment of physical geography on a scale
never before attempted by man. The re
clamation of the desert of Saraha could
alone be put In the same category. Il is
not alone that 2,500,000 acres of land will
be brought under yield; that over $209,-
000,000 will be added to the land values of
the Egyptian people; that the population
Of the oountry will be practically doubled
In a few years; but that a greater area of
the surface of the earth will ire changed,
t>e made over as it were, than has ever
been affected before in the recorded his
tory of the human race since the time of
Noah. There will be nothing like this
change, except the conditions that result
ed in primeval times when the earth un
derwent one of its terrible convulsions.
Where a barren rock, sandy wa6te now
exists, there will, on completion of the
Nile dam. spring up a vast inland sea
with a surface urea of over 200 square
miles. The sea or lake will extend back
inlo Nubia from the Egyptian frontier for
a distance of about ISO miles. To the north
the entire character of the Nile and Nile
country will be changed for n distance
of 600 miles, the changes reaching clear
into Cairo, and beyond into the delta, and
to the Mediterranean coast. For il is one
of the marvels of this wonderful work
that the water imprisoned behind the dam
at the little town of Assuan will bring
about the reclamation and cultivation of
vast tracts 700 miles away In the delta
to the north. At present only about one
third of the land lying between the two
mouths of the Nile is under cultivation. It
is by long odds the richest land in Egypt,
probably in the world. A comparatively
few years ago it was all a marshy waste.
In 1861 there was completed, under French
supervision, what is known as the “bar
rage,” a dam at the apex of the delta
just above Cairo. The barrage, a compar
atively unimportant piece of work, had
taken twenty-four years to build. It was
intended to raise the water level for navi
gation purposes during the low Nile.
Though it had cost thousands of lives,
and taken a quarter of a century to con
struct, it proved but a limited process.
Bo insecurely had it been planned that in
1863 the sluice gates had to be hurriedly
revised to prevent the whole structure
from being swept away and washed In
sections to the Mediterranean. It was re
inforced by the French engineers in charge
snd managed to do part of the work in
tended for it, but only a part. It was
never strong enough to serve any great
area In the delta until the English came
into exclusive control in 1883. Then Sir
Colin Monrieff, the English diplomatic
agent and actual ruler of Egypt, took the
barrage in hand. Under his administra
tion the dam was built up, and made as
effective as its early faulty construction
permitted. Gradually the growing area in
the delta was increased until to-day some
thing over a million acres are growing
the finest cotton in the world. What was
formerly a sullen unclaimed waste is now
yielding $30,000,000 annually In crops.
It is related that the barrage, worthless
as it is as an engineering work of perma
nent value, almost cost ihe world the exist
ence of its most ancient and inspiring mon
uments—the groat pyramids. The construc
tion of the work was undertaken while
IMehemet All, “Ihe great," was Khedive
of Egypt. After he had decided on the
dam he placed Mongol Bey, a French en
gineer, in charge.
“Where am I to get the stone for the
barrage?” asked the Frenchman.
“There,” said Mehemet All, pointing to
the pyramids. “From those great useless
heaps. Use them up, every block, if need
be.”
Mehemet AH. it Is related, was not a gen
tleman to be ttliied with, tie was nn au
tocrat of the kind who figure in Ihe “Ara
bian Nights.” The engineer was literally
between ihe devil and the deep soa. Asa
European he knew what wou and happen to
him if he destroyed the pyrami 's. Ti c en
tire civilised world wou and call down male
dictions on ills head and his natno would
be ever infamous where he would have II
great. On the other hand was Mehemet
Ail. with all ihe Egyptian scorn and dis
regard for the great antiquities that
abound in the old< si country on earth.
Even to this day the Egyptians care noth
ing for these hoary monuments except as
they serve lo attract tourists and back
sheesh. To reason with Mehemet. there
fore, on the score of sacriflglotts vandal
ism was worse than useless. So Mongel
Bey got his w its to work. He came to his
master the next day, and said that eiab r
ate calculations had convinced him that It
would cost more lo transport the pyramid
a ones than il would lo quarry the living
rock out of the adjacent hills.
“Very weir, then quarry it,” said the
piactleal Mehemet tersely, and the pyra
mids were saved to the world by the
Frenchman's ingenious lie.
From the first year that the English
found ttiemselves in control of Egypt un
der the "occupation,” they determined on
an extension of the irrigation system.
Land in Egypt constitutes ;he great source
of taxation and wealth. Every acre un
der cultivation in the country is worth
ilos and pays on an average $1 per acre
in direct taxes. The average annua]
yield, when water is plentiful, Is about $25
an acre. Every acre that is added, there
fore, means an addition of $4 per year
to the national treasury, or whal Is of
more Importance lo the poor peasanis
who till the soil, every acre reclaimed
from (lie desert means a proportionate
lowering of the general tax rate. it is
estimated that the addition to come
through the construction of the dam will
reduce the taxation of the Egyptian peas
ants by one-fourth. At present only 10,500
square miles of territory, out of a tolal
area of over 400,000 square miles comprised
within Ihe limits of Egypt are arable. This
arable area comprises simply Hie ribbon
like strip along the Nile. Practically ail
the rest of the country Is a howling des
ert. The work now under way will add
2,500 square miles to the "Nile” country.
Of this about one-half will be added out
right, changed from waste land to garden.
The other half will he changed from “one
crop” land to three and four-crop land.
The “one-crop” land lies along the Nile
out of reach of the waters now distributed
by the irrigatve canals. It receives the
overflow of the N le and high water onlv.
As Ihe waters recede the peasants hastily
plant crop of fast maturing vegetables in
the rich deposit left by Ihe stream. Un
der the system that will come with the
completion of the great engineering work,
there will be plenty of water all the year
round for this land and three or four
crops may be planted and harvested.
While the English started their plan
ning for storing the Nile waters that now
escape into the Mediterranean at flood
time, in 1883. it was not tintil last year
that the work was actually started. Now
It is bring pushed with all possible vigor,
an army of 15,000 workmen being engaged
on the task. Most of these are peasant
laborers w r ho are paid not over 15 cents
a day.
All sorts of plans for recovering the de
sired water supply were submitted to the
government by American, English and
French engineers. What Is conceded even
in England by unprejudiced experts to
have been the best plan was proposed by
an American, t’ope Whltehouse of New
port. Mr. Whltehouse, who had spent
many years in Egypt, discovered a great
irregular depression in the desert about
sixty miles from Cairo to the southward.
He proposed that his depression, capable
of storing a surface urea, of 250 square
miles of water, should be utilized as a
reservoir. Joseph’s canal, the great irri
gation ditch dug out of the sand by the
patriarch, leaves the Nile at the town
of Assini. 160 miles south of Cairo. It
feeds and brings life to ihe Faynm, n
low-lying oasis to the southwest of Cairo
containing hundreds of thousands of
acres, all carefully cultivated. i.Mr. White
house proposed by means of a ditch ten
miles long, carried through soft soil, lo
tap Joseph’s canal, store the Nile water
at flood in the depression he had discov
ered, and by means of gates release it as
required for Irrigating Ihe delta and the
"one-crop" land.
The plan was rejected by the English
men In control of affairs, for the reason,
it has been openly said, that they had no
desire to divide honors with an outsider.
Instead the Assuan dam plan was under
taken. The foundation stone was laid on
h eb. 12. 1899. It is lo be completed under
the contract on July 1,190 G. The dam will
bq built of granite ashlen, quarried from
the same ledges out of which the obelisk
In Central Park, New York, was cut
thousands of years ago. It will be a mile
and a quarter long with the approaches
76 feet high and 36 feel wtde at Ihe top,
where there will he a fine drive and car
riageway. A thousand million gallons of
water will be stored behind this monster
structure. To support this enormous
weight, at a level of 46 feet above the
water on the other side of the dam, spe
cial means of construction had to be plan
ned. In consequence this dam is not only
by far tlhe greatest In the world, but it
is unique in other respects. The greatest
difficulty that had to be overcome arose
out of the fact that a solid masonry dam
could not be built. To confine the Nile
at high flood was Impossible. Therefore
the dam had also to be a water way, so
that the river could be allowed to run
through Ihe structure practically unimped
ed at certain periods. To make this possi
ble the dam will be built in the shape
of a bridge with piers set clone together.
When the flood has subsided, but while
the river is still at Its highest, gales be
tween these piers will be ctlosed, making
the structure solid, and confining the wa
ter as effectually as would a solid mason
ry dam. When the parching summer
months come, Ihe imprisoned water will
he released as fast as needed. The sup
ply, however, will come not from the top,
but from the bottom, where lies the de
posit which the river brings down from
the Abysinlan mountains and which de
posited on the sandy sod makes the Nile
farm the richest ground in the world,
needing no artificial manure.
To augment the work of the Assuan
dam. another dam 450 miles lower down
the river, at Assult will he built. This
will be simply an "elevating” dam, des
tined not to store the water, but lo de
liver it to the irrigating canals between As
sult and Cairo, 150 miles away at a high
er level. This dam will cost $4,000,010. its
construction will go hand in hand with
Ihe construction of the Assuan dam Mr.
Whltehouse sees in the building of this
fower dam a plan on the part of the Eng
lish to steal his reservoir, to which the
Egyptian government has always refused
him title. The Assult dam will throw a
vast volume of water Into Joseph’s canal,
and as there Is no outlet for It, Mr. White
house argues tliai the English engineers
mean lo add to their storage by fl!Hng the
Wady-Rayan as Ms depression is known.
In consequence he Is arranging to present
through the United Stales government a
claim for damages, he having pre-empled
the site under Ihe Egyptian land laws.
The contractors for the Assuan dam.
Alrd & Cos., of London, are to receive no
money until the comp’el’on of the work,
when they will be paid SBOO,O 0 for 3> years.
Careful calculations place the cost of the
work at SIO,OOO ( 00. Under Ihe plan of year
ly payments it wi 1 practically cost the
Egyptians nothing, as ihe crop yield# fr m
the reclaimed Tands will pay S6O 000.000 land
tax annually, while the land tax on the
new area will be close to $8,000,000 year
ly. Figuring on this basis the Egyptian
government will therefore have a net rev
enue nfter paying the contraelors of more
than $7 X 00.000; or Ihe lax rale win be re
duced in proportion.
All those enormous advantag s would he
lost indefinitely with the firing of Ihe first
gun that heralds war against England Vy
Ihe European mwois opposed to her. L ft
to itself the Egyptian government would
never complete the work or do il in such
a way as to make It another Cairo “bat
rage.” England’s position in Egypt Is a
peculiar one. Her own government docs
not profess that she has any legal rights
there, and under pressure she would un
doubtedly wbhdraw !o defend the vast ter
ri ory where she has a legal standing.leav
ing “Egypt to the Egyptians” and the
dams to Father Time. Haul Lutzk*.
DEMAND FOR MORE I\AGES.
Textile Operatives May Strike If It
Is Refused.
Fall River, Mass.. Nov. 12.—A special
meeting of the Textile Council was held
to-day. The following resolution wat
adopted unanimously:
“We demand of the manufacturers an In
crease of 10 per cent, of wages on present
schedule for all operatives, the same to go
into effect on Dec. 11. and a reply is re
quested on or before Nov. 24. In the event
of refusal we recommend all operaiives not
to return to work Dec. 11."
Secretary Whitehead said:
“This is practically a reoommendatoin to
strike Dec. 11 If our demands are refused.”
The Textile Council feels that Its posltt n
is justifiable, so much so that it is w 11-
ing to submit the question to nn arbitra
tion committee of five members, two lo hr
elected by the council, two by the manu
facturers and Ihe four to select a filth
member.
The committee must report by Nov.' 21.
This suggestion is sent to the manufactur
ers.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 189a
BRUNSWICK MAY GET A SHIP.
NAVY DEPARTMENT M%Y SEND A
W %|i VESSEL, THERE.
Conjures*man Hrnutley Impreno* the
Department With the C laim of the
Southern Coant Section —Fair Com
mittees Appointed—Rev. Mr. Mac-
Donell Him Fever in Cuba—Other
Brunswick News.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 12—Brunswick
may got a warship for her tig fair after
all. Congressman Brantley is working tor
il, and he is a man who in ver ails lo pre
sent his section’s claim to the officials
in their right light. Some days ago it
was published that Senator Bacon had
failed to get the warship, hut on Congress*
m in Brantley s return from VVaycross to
day be found among h ma.f some letters
bearing on the effor s he h ;s bicn mak
ing in ihat line whi h ore 10 say the 1 .st
encouraging. One of the e of late is from
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles
H. Allen, and it is in response to a Icier
fiom Congressman Brantley tel.ing him
that the people on the coasi do not have
fairs often hut that they are preparing to
hav* one here n Brunswick, and thou
sands wMi come to see it, and further
more, that ihe people of the South Geor
gia towns aie 1 -yul and patriotic, but they
do not see warships often and now they
want to have one come down to the Bruns
wick show so that they can get a :ook at
a vessel that, composes part of the navy
of this great and glorious country.
The letter of Congressman Brand y evi
dently struck home to the assistant secre
tary, and he realized how much the ieo
pl of this section were entitled to a look
at a warship, for he wrote in replj :
“The department is anxious always to
co-operate, so far as it can, in any meas
ure <o allow' people of the country' an op
lortuniiy of seeing its war vessels. But
there have been so many ships taken from
the North Atlantic squadron, in view of
the urgent needs, that it is very difficult
to find others available for special duty.
If you will, however, write once more
after the middle of the month, say within
a week of the time you desire a vessel at
Brunswick, the department will make
every effort to secure a vessel for your
purposes. It is impossible at this time to
give more definite assurance.”
Congressman Brantley will act upon
Mr. Alien’s suggestion.
Entertainment Committee.
President Butts has appointed a com
mittee of ladies and gentlemen to receive
and entertain the visiting military of the
First and Fourth Regiments, and the oth
er military men who will be here on
Thanksgiving day to attend the Southeast
ern Fair. The committees will meet at
the opera house Monday afternoon to per
fect organization. Those composing them
are:
Gentlemen—Messrs. F. D. Aiken, R. E.
Dart, J. 8. Wright, F. a. Dunn, E. L.
Stephens, E. Brobston, H. Jennings, A.
J. Crovatt, L. H. Haymn, Albert Smith,
Henry Hirsch. J. C. Stiles, B. P. Cole
man, E. C. Butts, H. F. dußignon, T.
O’Connor, A. D. Gale, J. P. Davenport, C.
H. Leavy, J. M. Wiggins, J. T. Parnell,
C. W. Deming, G. W. Blanton, J. S. M.
Symons, C. A. Taylor, G. H. Smith, J.
T. Colson.
Ladies—Mrs. F. D. M. Strachan. Misses
Daisy Mclntosh, Edna Penniman, Wright,
Constance Butts, Dorothy Berrie, Julia
Wilder, Josephine dußignon. Eva MyddLe
ton, Zoe Symons, Ethel Downing, Fannie
Grant Nightengale. Gertrude Allen, Ma
mie Burroughs, Mai Bingham, Fleurine
Madden. Frances Nightengale, Fannie
Smith, Essie Whitfield, Ethel Conoley, Su
sie Gale, Dollie Green, Helen O’Connor,
Mamie Webster. Emanuel, Mary Good
year, Rita McKinnon, Florie Colesberry,
Blood worth, Carrie Isaac, Florence Thiot,
Barkuloo.
On Thanksgiving day the Governor and
his staff and several hundred soldier boys
will be the guests of the Fair Association
and the Committees on Entertainment and
Reception will do their part well towards
making their stay pleasant.
Judge R. T. Hitch, for many years jus
tice of the peace here, has resigned his
office to enter the insurance field. There
Will probably be several candidates to fill
his place, and prominent among those who
have been announced is Mr. E. C. Bu’tts,
a well-known young attorney of Bruns
wick.
The auction for the restaurant privileges
at the fair grounds, both for whites and
colored, has been called off, and those
privileges will be sold at private sale by
Secretary Harvey.
The Adventist Conference.
The final session of ihe Fifth Annual
Conference of the South Georgia and Flor
ida Adventist came to a close hero to-day.
after one of the largest and most success
ful meetings in the record of the church.
The attendance w'as good and Ihe ser
vices and work accomplished proved un
usually attractive to all who attended. To
day's session was opened with the report
of the preachers from the various
churches. The committees’ reports were
read and received, white the committees
were requested to continue their work and
report at each quarterly session. The
first quarterly session will be hold at Pea
cock. Fla., and during it anew church
will be dedicated. A committee was ap
pointed to draft resolutions of thanks to
the people of Brunswick, press and all
who assisted in making the conference
here such a complete success; after which
the conference adjourned, subject to the
call of the chair. Many of the delegates
returned to their homes to-night, while
some remain over to attend services here
to-morrow\
Mr. MneDonell Stricken.
News reached Brunswick this afternoon
that Rev. George Mac Donell, the popular
Methodist missionary, had Iveerv stricken
with the dread disease, yellow fever, and
was now' prosirated with it at the mission
headquarters in Havana. Rev. Mr. M ic-
Donell was one of the most promi rent end
popular of the young ministers connect 'd
with the Methodist Church in Georgia. He
volunteered some months ago to lake up
the work of missions in Cuba. lie was
scut to Havana. His family were rejoic
ing with some friends over the success *>f
his work when the news came by cable of
his being a victim. The home office ar
Nashville has l>een notified and letters n o
being sent out now containing the and
news. For several years Rev. Mr. Mac-
Don ell was in charge of McKendreo
Church here, and he was loved by all who
knew him.
The News at YVoycroHi.
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 11.—A cablegram to
Rev. George G. N. MacDonell from Ha
vana brings the sad intelligence that his
son. Rev. George N., has yellow fever.
His co-laborer, Mr. Lelund, also has the
disease.
Work will l>egin this morning enlarg
ing the buildings at the Satlllo Manufac
turing Company’s plant and erecting new
ones for the great increase in their busi
ness.
Protracted services will be held next
week at the Presbyterian Church. The
pastor. Rev. R. A. Brown, will be assist
ed by Rev. W. H. Hunter and Rev. C. C.
Corson.
TO CURE LA GRIPPE IN TWO DAYS
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Ail druggists refund the money if it fail*
to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature is on
each box. 2Sc —/l
HEIGHT ON COTTON PLANTS.
Special Expert Orton In vent igatlng
Causes nn<l Relief.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
Mr. William A. Orton, the expert of the
United States department of agriculture,
who is studying ihe sea island cotton blight
in this section, spent yesterday in Charles
ton. The work of Mr. Orton in the vi
cinity of this city is likely to be of great
benefit to the s*a island planters and may
result in habilitating Charleston as a
market for this finest of all the fleecy
staple. Mr. Orton was sent to James and
Edisto Islands last July, and remained
until the latter part of August studying
the blight in the fields. When he return
ed to Washington he carried with him dis
eased soil and plants as well as healthy
soil and plants, and has been studying the
disease in the laboratories and green
houses of the department in Washington
since that time. The gentleman has been
for the last week over the two islands
above named sele- ting fields in which to
prosecute further investigations. He will
return to these. 1 fields at planting time and
continue his studies of the blight through
out the entire growing season. Mr. Or
ton will leave Charleston to-day for Will
iamsburg county to study the blight on
upland or short staple cotton. The ex
pert found the sea island plantations on
James and Edi.-to Islands pretty generally
infested wijh the disease. This particular
blight seems to affect the sea island cot
ton worse than it does the upland—the
latter being hardier and better able to
resist the encroachments of the blight.
A reporter for the News and Courier
ca led on Mr. O ton at the Charleston Ho
tel yesterday for an interview' on the
blight: He said:
“The investigate ns of the United States
department of agriculture on cotton
blight arc sti r unfinished, though some
points of n er st have been demonstrated.
The cause of the disease, which has
been the source of o much oss to the cot
ton planters on the sea islands and else
where, has been found to be a parasite
fungus which cutes the plant from ihe
soil and grows upward through the stem.
The water vessels or ducts are filled full
by the threads or mycelium of the fungus,
and the ascent of water from the roots to
the leaves prevented. This leads to the
wilting and shrivel ng of the foliage, and
usually to the death of the prant.
“Th fl fungus is. as nil students of botany
know, a lowly-crg t.izcd form of plant life,
somewhat similar in nature to the moulds
often seen on bread and fruit. It consists
of delicate colorless threads of minute
size, which derive their food from the Ba
sil* s of the cotton plant, and in so doing
bring about the effect known to the plan
ters as ’blight.’
“The presence of this fungus in the 6em
may be ascertained by cutting or breaking
the stem, which wilt show a brown c.is
coloraiion if the disease is present. The
blight of cotton is very similar in nature
to the ‘wiit’ of watermelon, so destructive
to that crop in the South, but is not ihe
same as the wilt disease of the egg plant
and Irish potato, though the external char
acters of the two diseases are very simi
lar.
“The fungus reproduces itself by minute
spores, which are produced in enormous
numbers on the dead stems at this season,
forming a light pink coating, which may
be readily seen by careful observation.
There is also a second form of winter
stiore, which is borne on the roots below
the surface of the ground, and which, be
ing covered .by thick cell walls, is bet
ter enabled to live safely through the win
ter.
“Though no means of killing this fungus
and preventing the disease on land al
ready infected hus yet been discoveied,
the department of agriculture has experi
ments along this line under way at Wash
ington. which will be continued during the
coming 6eason at both James and Edisto
islands.
“It will be readily seen, however, that
the most practical and hopeful measures
will be in the line of preventive treat
ment. It is far better to keep the disease
from spreading than to attempt to rid the
soil of the disease once it has become well
infected and there are certain points
which should be 6trongly urged upon the
planters:
“First. It is a waste of time and money
to plant cotton on land already known to
be Infected with the blight. The disease is
practically certain to appear on such soil,
and the chances are that the plunicr will
lose the crop w ithout being able to reim
burse himself for the cost of cultivation,
and he will in addition be likely to spread
the disease further by so doing. Blighted
land should be planted to some other crop
than cotton for a period of at least seven
years, as the fungus has been known to
live for a period of five years and might
live even longer.
“Second. Blighted cotton plants or
the cotton from such plants should
never be thrown on jthe ma
nure pile or compost heap, as
this is one of the ways in which the fun
gus is most readily carried. They should
be destroyed by burning. Neither should
hay be cut from land w r here blighted
stalks are still standing.
“3. Great care should be taken to avoid
carrying diseased plants to a healthy field,
as each one is capable of infecting a con
siderable area.
“Special fertilizer treatment is not likely
to have any effect on the disease. The
best fertilizer to use is that which will
lead to the most vigorous and healthy
growth of the cotton plant.
“The same disease has made Its appear
ance in the upland or short staple cotton
in several places in this state, where it
often is known as ’Frenchinfc.* ”
Mr. Orton says the blight extends, more
or less, throughout Ihe cotton belt, and
he knows personally of several infested
places in Alabama.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MIAMI.
Miami Hotel, n Restaurant nml Oth
er Building* Hnrned.
Miami, Fla., Nov. 12.-The Miami Hotel,
n wooden build ng of 100 rooms; Mrs. Mag
gie Knapp's restaurant, owned by J. G.
Glidewell; the Greer store and boarding
house; tiie Miami Metropolis building and
Joseph McDonald’s machine shops and
stables were burned to-day.
The fire started from the explosion of a
gas stove in the hotel. The total loss is
$60,760; insurance about SIB,OOO.
The Hotel Royal Palm is situated at
some distance from the scene and was in
no danger.
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.
Wrecked the Mill and Killed the
Night Watchman.
Santa Cruz, Cal., Nov. 12.—An explosion
occurred early to-day in the glazing house
of the California Powder Mills. Four cyl
inders. containing 16,000 pounds of powder,
exploded. A small amount was fuse pow
der and the remainder blasting powder.
The explosion wrecked the mill, blew
down miles of fencing, destroyed the salt
peter warehouse and extinguished the elec
tric lights in Santa Cruz. Patrick Hughes,
night watchman, was killed. No cause of
the explosion can be ascertained.
Whaling Fleet Arrivals.
San Francisco, Nov. 12.—Two more of
the whaling fleet arrived from the North
Pacific to-day. They were the Alexander
and Karluk The Alexander brought 15,-
000 pounds of whale bone and the Karluk
14 .*Mj
Kodaks . .
. . CAMERAS and
. . SUPPLIES . .
OPPENHEIMER, SLOAT * CO.,
EASTMAN'S AGEINT.
SUICIDE BEFORE A MIRROR.
rromi nt'ii t Merchant’* Hash Act—A
Killing at Dillon, S, C.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 12.—News has just
reached here of the suicide at Lowndes
ville, Abbeville county, last evening of A.
Li, Latimer of the firm of Harrier & Lati
mer, general merchants. He was also
president of the cotton oil company at
that place.
While no explanation is given of the
cause of Mr. Latimer’s taking his life,
he is supposed to have had business trou
bles. He came home to dinner in the af
ternoon, seemingly in usual health and
spirits. After dinner he went to his room,
removed his shoes and standing before a
mirror, put a pistol to his temple and
blew out his brains.
He leaves a wife and four children. Mr.
La timer belonged to a good family and
was very popular in his county.
Mr. Gipson Wright was shot to death
at Dillon. S. C., last night by R. L. Brum
bies. Eye-witnesses say that Brumbies
walked up from behind Wright and passed
him, as he did so presenting a pistol to
his person and tiring without warning.
The cause of the shooting is unknown.
The coroner’s jury has not rejK>rted.
, DEATHS.
COHEN—Died at his residence, No. 21?
Charlton street, west, in the Solh year of
his age, M. A. Cohen, at 11:22 p. m., Nov.
12. Funeral notice later.
MEETINGS.
CALAM’HE LODGE NO. 28, K. OF P.
A regular meeting of this lodge
will be held this (Monday) even- 0
Ing at 8:15 o’clock. RLrsra£)
The Rank of Esquire will be con
f erred.
Members of sister lodges and visiting
brethren are cordially invited to attend.
J. R. CAIN, C. C.
I. HELLMAN, K. of R. & 9.
GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of the Ger
man Friendly Society will be held this
(Monday) evening at 8:30 o’clock, in K. of
p. Hall. A. KBSSEL, President.
A. HELLER, Secretary __
THE SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER
GUARDS.
The monthly meeting of this military
corporation will be held at the Arsenal
this evening at 8:30 o’clock.
Active, honorary, associate and all oth
er classes of members permitted by ihe
rules to participate are notified to be pres
ent.
By direction of the Commanding Officer
and ex-officlo President.
J. FERRIS CANN, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
LEVY'S
DISCOUNT NOTICE.
YOU WILL SAVE
TEN PER CENT,
ny paring your bills on or be
fore the 15th Inst.
B. H. LEVY A BRO.
W. G. MORRELL,
Established 187A
-RICE
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
806 Bay street, east.
Advances made on consignments.
BECKMANN’S CAFE
serve* the finest Oyster* the
con*t produces, the finest
Liqnor*, and agent for the fin
est Imported Coburger Beer, al
ways fresb on draught.
Adjacent poatofllci*.
NOTICE.
All bills against the British steamship
Kirkby, Carr, master, must be presented
at this office beiore 12 o’clock to-day (Mon
day), or payment will be debarred.
GEORGIA EXPORT AND IMPORT CO.
RYAN’S BUSINESS college.
Rooms 27 and 29 Provident Bui Ming.
Competent office help supplied from this
college. Students prepared directly for
business. Day and night sessions. Learn
to operate the new models of the Reming
ton Standard Typewriter, that being the
machine which the business world em
ploys. Bearing & Hull, Sole Dealers.
THE DULY PLACE
To get a first-class mixed drink. Always
the first place to get hot drinks. There is
no oyster cultivated that you cannot get
at THE GEM,
Corner Congress and Whitaker.
GEO. C. SCHWARZ, Proprietor.
ABSTRACTS OF LAND TITLES.
All real estate in city of Savannah and
county of Chatham.
Money loaned on city property at low
rates of interest.
ISAAC BECKETT,
24 President street, east.
FANCY AND RE-PRESSED BRICkT
We manufacture and sell all kinds of
fancy and re-pressed brick, paving and
building bricks. Our common brick are
the best for building purposes, being larger
than other kilns make, and cheaper. See
samples and prices.
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY CO..
Congress and Drayton streets.
AUSTIN R. MVHES,
60 Broadway, New York City.
STOCKS—BONDS—WHEAT.
On margiu on l-ltlth commission.
Southern securities a specialty on Vfc
commission. Cipher code tarnished.
Member ConsoilUu teu Stock Ex
change
AMUSEMENTS.
Five Nights and Four Matinees, com.
nieneiiiK MONDAY Night, Nov. 13.
KLIMT-HEARN CO
In the Greatest Repertoire Savannah has over
seen.
MONDAY NIGHT,
“Mr. Barnes of New York”
Our Own Scenery for Every Pro
duction.
All New Specialties.
Prices—loc, 20c and 30c.
will be given away’ Friday night.
TELFAIR ACADEMY
—OF—
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
—Gallery of Paintings and Sculpture-
Open to visitors daily, except Sunday,
From 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Single admission 25c. Annual tickets sl.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
Shakespeare
Expected
THESE LITTLE CIGARS ARE BILL
ED TO ARRIVE TO-DAY.
Henry Solomon& Son
CEASE
WORRYING
About your washing. We can take
care of It and prevent vexation.
I"
3OT Bull Street. Phone 700.
I Told You So.
All of the Eleventh street lots are sold,
and only three left on,south side of Tenth,
between Montgomery and West Broad.
Each Jot measures 30 by 117. with lane in
the rear. Join with a friend, and each take
45 feet front.
To close these out, will make terms $25
cash and $5 per month, either for a thirty
or a forty-five foot lot.
C. H- DORSETT.
*
/
PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT
By wearing glasses that not alone enable
you to see, but correct every defect that
may exist.
There is no guesswork In our methods.
We have the latest and most approved
scientific apparatus for accurate eye test
ing. We make no charge for consultation
or examination, and should you need the
services of a physician we will frankly
tell you so.
Our crystal lenses are perfect in every
respect, being ground under our own su
pervision. They cannot be compared in
value to the kind offered as cheap by the
so-called opticians or jewels who handle
inferior glasses as a side line.
DR. M. SCHWAB & SON,
Exclusive Opticians, 47 Bull street.
N. B.—Oculist prescriptions filled same
day received. Repairing done at short
notice.
GETTING SCARCE.
WHAT?
Why good cheap lots on easy terms.
One dealer sold one hundred lots in two
months.
These are not to be sold over, but to be
improved.
Next season you will wonder at the pres
ent opportunities, and be torry at your
own remissness.
One k.l left on Tenth, two on Ninth, and
none on Eighth. C. H. DORSETT.
Two Good Corners,
Barnard and Ninth. 49x100.
Barnard and 10th. 52x100.
Barnard street has been made 25 feet
wider.
These are the only corners that can be
bought at a living price in that vicinity.
A purchaser having a few hundred dol
lars can have a house built on either of
these lots, payable in monthly install
ments. C. H. DORSETT.
•PICUL NOTICE.
Strong 2-year-old rose plants now ready
to plant, 13.00 per dozen. Send for list of
varieties to JOHN WOLF,
Florist,
'Phone 634. Ott and Anderson Streets.
LEOPOLD ADLER, c S El T H
President. Vice Pwsktent
W. F. M’CAULEY, Cashier
THE,GHfITHfIMB/\NK
SAVANNAH.
Wili be pleased to receive the accounts
of Merchants, Firms, Individuals Bank*
and Corporations. * *
Liberal favors expended
Unsurpassed collection facilities, insur
ing prompt returns.
Separate Savings Department
INTEREST COMPOUNDED QUAR.
TERLY ON DEPOSITS.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Vaults for
rent. Correspondence solicited.
SOUTHERN BANK
of the State of Georgia.
Capital ’
Surplus and undivided profits
DEPOSITORY OF THE STATEoS
GEORGIA. *
Superior facilities for transacting a
General BankimTßusines.
Collections made on all points
accessible through banteUnd bankers.
Accounts of Banks, Bankers, Merchant,
and others solicited. Safe deposit box.-t
for rent. :3
quoru'rVy men ‘ ° f Savinss ’ lnter est payable
Sells Sterling Exchange on London
and upwards.
JOHN FLANNERY. President.
?M^ CE a m, < IRANE'l RANE ' Vlce President.
JAMES SULLIVAN. Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
i N °- FLANNERY. WM. W. GORDON.
L. A. WEIL. W. W. GORDON
H. A. CRANE. JOHN M. EGAN *
LEE ROY MYERS. JOSEPH FERST
H. P. SMART. CHARLES ELI is
EDWARD KELLY. JOHN J. KIRBY
minis b|j_
suit
—CAPITAL, $500,000
Tranacts a General Banking Business.
Solicits Accounts
Merchants, Banks and
Other Corporations.
Collections handled with eafetly, econ
omy and dispatch.
Interest compounded quarterly allowed
on deposits in our Savings Department.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Storage
Vaults.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President.
MILLS B. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
Mill lit illßlCt
CAPITAL, $.550,000.
Accounts of banks, merchants, corpora,
tions and individuals solicited.
Savings Department, Interest paid
quarterly.
Safety Boxes and Storage Vaults for
rent.
Collections made on all points at rea.
sonable rates.
Drafts sold on all the chief cities of the
world.
Correspondence invited.
JOSEPH D. WEED, President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND, Vice President.
W. G. CANN, Cashier.
No. 1640. Chartered IK6.
—THE—
kills liii it
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL, $500,000. SURPLUS. SIOO,OOO.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
S. GUCKENH EIMER, President.
J. A. G. CARSON, Vice President.
W. M. DAVANT, Cashier.
Accounts of banks and bankers, mer
chants and corporations received upon the
most favorable terms consistent with safe
and conservative banking.
The GERMANIA BANK
SAVANNAH, GA.
Capital $200,005
Undivided profits 60,00)
This bank offers its services to corpora
tions, merchants and individuals.
Has authority to act as executor, ad
ministrator, guardian, etc.
Issues drafs on the principal cities in
Great Britain and Ireland and on the Con
tinent.
Interest paid or compounded quarterly
on deposits in the Savings Department.
Safety Boxes for rent.
HENRY 81-UN, President.
I. B. TIEDEMAN, Vice President.
JOHN M. HOGAN. Cashier.
WALTER F. HOGAN, Ass't Cashier.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOW IS THE TIME
To Clean Old Clothing.
DETERSIVE FLUID
will make them look like new. Sold In
large bottles at 25c.
See our display of
JAPANESE VASES.
Just imported.
SOLOMONS & CO.,
Congress Street and Bull Street Branch.
FURNITURE AND GENERAL MER
CHANDISE STORAGE
Can he had at the District Messenger and
Delivery Company’s warehouse. 32 to 36
Montgomery street, on reasonable terms.
The building has been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and now offers un
surpassed facilities for the storage of all
kinds of furniture. Van, express wagons
and messengers furnished. Pianos and
furniture packed for shipment and remov
ed with care. Telenhone J