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THE bishops of savannah. H:% WHO UVK aenvuu I nil Hil l' A CKVri'HY. Murk* Ihe Uolden Jubilee of " hr Dio*-*-*' *■ *•" •* ,he Orttl of Ita I>m|>l-I* I'lflr *t HUkPk Oartltad, Brr>', , rr „i Crnlro. Uroaa and Becker, HrKnrd— One, Peralco, Reran,.- a , „rdiual. While Another.Uroaa Mr. IM , Archblatiop of Ormoa The .rvrnlh HIHP Be*lb* Mia But* uitli fhr New Half Oatory, , . tn* chief Mitaroat In IVxnon , , r 10-Jay ctnitri in the dodi. haiuiaome <>*ih*<lr|, which I. „,n (raiorrd through thrlr effort* , of their friend*, it ahould not , Krd that the event al*o mirk* , ,in Jubilee of (he <lloce*e, Its , , ninHereary navlng occurred June on aorount of the Incomplete • .( of the Cathedral and the ap i „ crrmony of the dedication. It , ,i. and to ombin* the two events in ~ fit bra non. ~ r.t alar coincidence that the dlo a,■ - ii* aeconrt half century wl'n , ~w . *• -atral and new bishop, the |j r ovum only received hi* coroeri. t.at • ihe hands of Cardinal Gibbons n 'v o' ftu-hinond. TANARUS: •• fifty year* which have pasted glace i . * • II KaSI r UFA. BEnjAHIN J. KRIIiBV, 111-hop of the iHnfinr of i ,■ creation of ttx so# of Savannah have \ r f orded a ena: advance in Ihe history of > 4ihuli i: m, both tn the mate and tn country. From a few nattered and thin ly populated nrea the church has Increased to seventy-eight sees, with fourteen arch !■ hops and a cardinal urciudahop at Hal cmnte, while Us adherents In this coun try are conservatively estimated as ex citing Hi.OWUIOO. The growth of the Cat hoi! ' Church In Georgia ha# been like that of ihe stale, gradual but secure. Every advan e nude has been re:alned snd there have been no backward step#, j 1 hiring the fifty years of Its history tho ! Reman Church In Georgia has had th food fortune to he server! an leaders by man of distinguished eminence In their pious calling The six bishops who have t'a|*ed Us crozler silica Tot* thus IX founded Savannah as an "Episcopal See," on July 19. tsso, have been singularly gift ed men without exuptlon. one of whom afterwards received a car dinars hut at ’ Rome and another of whom rose to th# pinnacle of priestly power as Archbishop <t Oregon. Hut It Is not generally known that the priest who was originally chosen to govern this diocese, Rev. John 1* •. Dwyer, O. S. A., a member of the great Augustlnlan order, never saw Its boun daries, because, strange to say. Ills mind dapsed a few days before the lime set span tor his consecration; and thus, in stesd of mounting a throne at the Ba 'unnth Cathedral, an Its first Incumbent, he found a tomb In tho earth of old 8t Augustine’s Church at Philadelphia,where •he stone that covers him may yel be > 'd Such are human hopes, doomed so frequent to "dust and ashes." After mis melancholy episode. It became essary, of course, to appoint another I nest for the vacancy, and the Pope’s < notes was made again from the ranks of Philadelphia’s clergy In the person of Very Rev. Francis Xavier Gartland.D. P.. psstnr of (n. John's Church, and vicar g-p.-rsl of that diocese, who was <ne 'feted Htshop of Savannah, al his paeoch -1 temple, Thirteenth sir#t, near Chest nut. on Nov. 10, I*so A nstlve of Philadelphia who had nl te-tdy named ripe experience in the min •*try Bishop Gortlatid brought hither all ’ sterling qualities of mind and heart ’hat make a successful missionary. The Po ■■ had long been conversant with hls *''*i. for he acted as theologian several 'ttrsi at the councils of Italtlmore, and •fired especially at the sixth provincial tonne II of May, I*l9. which * aeparsteel •esergu from the See of Charleston to •tilth It belonged from I*2o Asa matter tf f-iet, the Catholics of Georgia scatter 'd ever a vast territory, for the most part dsetituts of churches, chapels and schools, w *e classified as members of the diocese ®f * uih Carolina from IKA when Bishop ■” r England, a native of Ireland, he *•• firs* prelate of Charleston, until I*so, ”’***' RUhop Francis Garlland. was ln *"* * 1 at Savannah as Its earliest Wf *’**wn It may be added, that both these together with Richmond. % a.. " I ’** Ing. W. Va., Wilmington. N. C . Bt. A'Sistlne Fla.. and Wilmington. Pel.. ’ t-long to the Archleplacopal Province f f Rah'.more, which once *Vovered the •lei, country. "I I* tracing the expansion of Havan r 1 *s a ee, it may be well to observe *’ tn the providence of Got. every •*'* of Georgia, except the two last. ' '• I it brief Incumbency; thua. tlurlng ' ' *lf eemury of Its existence, half a pee I alee have been MM *o rule * dk* •; the majority of whom van •t*>m earthly scenes Just when the ' "1 l* • y watered with their sweat was e *r,ee ni- to fructify. The first heloved l|r Mlsnop Gnrtland, died from the ■ ourge of yellow fever. Bept afte* a short administration re !• te with deed* of lov# and mercy, end one of tnosa strange coincidences In “* wh ‘-a at umea evoke commeot, a ra ; tired rinhop of Europe, who ho<l cttmm to [ Osorgl.t • h "mlsatoiuu? idlest f>r the I **k* of aiding It# tneomhent to *pr. i t it. I goepel. Ht, Kev. Kdw .1 rtl Hrn>n 1* I ! died from the i*ime mi m# n.im* 1 Period. biml both were nuried a t Savannah , heal.)* Mch other. A< cording ti.* | ree** w .ii* vacant Again le* th in vart i : nfior the tnltn had been t rti upon BUhop (larlland a brow Very Rev. John Barrs vicar g* n rsl of Savannah, became i tmu t tr.iinr after Htrhop <irl.and's death. and *,* ~p. liniM auoeeeeor to the decked ir. I;t' hi IKJ. Dr Hurry wa* th*n n*-a I. y ear* old. but he yield*d to the ! >p. ' rw|Uft <hat hi” accept th*' harden *>i \ i>> Episcopate and wan .on .-*, rated •-*-ond Bithop of Savannah t the Cathedral of R ill .more on Aug. 2, lk’7 He and. and 4i N’ov Hit* two v nr** iftpr i hie imuallat mid wa* fo<drd Hi. Rev. Atigurtlne Veroc l> l wh • tied been consecrated in HaUlnKiri', April 2*. IW*. a Amt Virnr Apostolic t>f K r ila wht :i Jurisdiction he al*o tuipvrvli'ed conjointly with th# Rnvntn h *•## naim. ttm*- ft#r hi?* appointment an.l Anally I at hit* own r*fju*f*t returtiefl to Florida, os it actual ln timt'en: on March 11 17* wrh#r. h# di*>d iukl#nly at St Augustin*, dun# 1. !*7v Thin #mtn* nt pr#la# w : Frenchman—**rhort. stout and unpol •.•hed*' sh he used to §ty.e hiiru*lf fa #- I ttouaiy, though in renhty. few theologtsna i too land * oil Id with him m l*olfit of erudition, and he vm> wtthal a man of gaol'll perronallty. Before g*ln :ng hla mitre, h# hal been a college pr feasnr tn Howard ouidv Maryland, nod “*w a<tive mUaloemry priest In the Arcndiorese of H.immor* After hta vol untary transfsrni hack to Flortdn Ri R#v Ignattua Persko. D D f F>tg*. AHd. B C. t diores# of Charlc"nn. was preconlsed hls successor, and aaeumed control of the Georgia see in 1870, Pr. Peralco differed from all hla pre de essors In the fact that, ut the time of hls appointment. ho had uir.-u.iy been h bishop for nuny yesrs. having been onaeefated Bishop of Bombay. India, m Ihe 'HO t, which lie resign."! owing to Im t*aired health and Ihe climate of (iusl country. He connertod him self with the see of <Tiarlcs ton. as missionary at Edgefield. In I*B7. end for acveral years was a value! auxiliary to the late Bishop Lynch; who like all the prelates of the South after *ne Civil War, which raged so fiercely fiom St lo had much "up-hill work to <lo In rebuilding hls fallen temples anti ruined Institutions, around the stonas of which time had wrapped the moss and Ivy with manifest compunction Bishop Per s;co was an Italian of commanding pres ence, who made hls mark as Bishop of Savannah and who son ihe respect and affection of all with whom he came In contact. The greatest work of hls Incum bency was no doubt the commencement of a cathedral, which rank"<l for many years am*tig the noblest fanes, but which like numerous fabrics reared by mortal arms, was destined to fade away In fire and smoke, leaving no vestige of Its love liness behind except dismantled walls and columns. Peslrlng lo return once more to the scenes of hls childhood and spend hie de clining years In lialv. Bishop Peralco re signed hls diocese In 1*77. and was suc ceeded by Rev. William Henry Gross. C, 38. R.. a member of the Hedemptorlst Order, then stationed at Boeion. Mass, but by birth a Baltimorean. On April 27. 1*75. this celebrated churchman was con secrated at the Gathedral of Baltimore, nnd It Is a noteworthy fact thai one of hls "assistant ronsecrotors" was the lat- Bishop Becker, then Ihe Incumbent of Wilmington. Pel . who was transferred io Havannah thirteen years afterward For thirteen years. Bishop Grosa' name was household word among the Catho lics of Georgia as their beloved prelate; during which he moved lime and again among them; opening rhurvhes. a-hool* and Instllutlona at Savannah, Atlanta. Augusta and various other points, hesklea preaching on numerous occasiotta at mis sions, confirmation services snd similar festivities Hls merits as a self-sacrificing pastor gained recognition at Borne, and when the Metropolitan See of Portland. Ore., became vacant In 18*5, Pope l.eo XIII appointed him ,t archhl hop As such h died two years ago while visiting Balti more. hls native city; where he sleeps among hls rellgioue brethren HI- Imme diate predecessor. Perslco. hsd died af Home ss a cardinal In l*£f> Th# fame of the prelate, whom Rome declared Bishop Oro' successor March J*. IMIS, had long been known to the priests of Georgia, as w- II a to many of the catholic laity Th' R i ware from tx** until 1*8*; Bight R**v Thomas A Becker deservedly took rank among Ihe greatest members of the Amer ican hierarchy. A native of Pittsburg. Pa., horn In 1*33. end formerly a Presby terian. he had embraced the doctrines of Catholicity in early life during a visit to Home where he afterward entered the Propaganda College as a sacerdotal stu dent Ordained priest In it- shadow, he returned home In I*-V. and then until hls appointment to govern th See of Wilmington ten years later, ha labored In the ministry at Winchester, Vx. Richmond end Baltimore Both himself and the present Cardinal were consecrat ed bishops together on Aug I*. I*B*. at th Baltimore Cathedral-lhe Utter as titular Bishop of North Carolina. Bishop Becker’s busy life as priest and prelate thus extended over forty eventful '•ears When Pop* I wo. appreciating hls 'worth and excellence, removed him from Delaware to Georgia In the spring of l**i ■he bond of friendship which had hound himself and hls vicar general at W liming u together for a down /ears, waa by no THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 28. lIKXI m* ui.h sundered, for Wr> Rev. Benjamin] J D D B’ 1 '* r hth* r .inl w>* mmiii af’erwar*! ap- ( p u led \ *r gei rrol o( Savannah, a P<*- j •IRon whirl ut •v * i Is b • nied so und onl> to Uhi( f t * in* umhent him* I’ntll hi* . \ r wi m dimmed In death. Bmhop Becker's relations with Vb ar tlan- ra, Kelley were of the most UmW and * •*'dial character, nor was It strange that wher. thi.- gi> .i Hi h< j. parsed awav la*i summer Dr Keilej was hi on* • dsclsred ilminii*#iMur of the vu. iii #•*• b> the other prelates of the Baltimore province. Aj suc h he ru. *1 iht dbx ewt of Savan nah wtse|> from Julv 79 l*f* un i\ hi- aii*>tnifni nt as Bishop ihe fol lowing epring and his subsequent ovr.se oral on such in the t uth*-Iral at Hi h tr.i'tid, dmti.g Jun* last Ih aj|sdnim* ni of Bish .* Kelley was haailils and unan iniouHly deslie \ l*> th* c atlvoll h vl h. vamuih and ihe sat. and Its announc*- nient gave i Jy und satl-f i tl'>i Ills i* dish and rWlnetnent of mannet. hi.- uibanlty atsl courtesy to all. as well as his piety and barn.tig. have earmd him the fnen.Mihlp of all with whom he has | come m contact, both within and without his fold, and his administration *>f th*- dlo < *ms adnlni**trat>r and as IBshop has neen accompanied t*y the most satlsfa tory results The work of rebuilding th* Vathe trai. begun by Ms prwlaoea.air. was arm l forward by him wiih untiring seal and it is largely due to hla efforts that the magnlArent odlttea to be dadicattd to day. is in every way so thoroughly cr and liable to the Catholics of Savannah an i the state THE OufcATHEDRAL. Continue! From Fag* Ten. Father C P. <l*b >ury, preoldcnt Flo N'ono College. Macon. Father F J. Ilvbnimin. Plo Nono Col lg. llli l Father Mllledgevlllc Father Bchlcnka. Ilnm-wlck Father IV J (Julgl-v of I'tiarlceion Kev. Father %V. Quilt lane, Maoon. Kev J. Beytagh. Macon. Kev J Colbert. Dalton Kev At|hnne Frederick, Baltimore. Father John Hertarl of Kavannah. Father H. J McNally, Savannah. Father J A Kelly, Savannah. Father C. F. Tanquerey, Savannah. Faitwr K kert. Savannah. Father Miller. Savannah The dedicatory ceramonle* were lm|x>a ing, the dlgtiHarle- appear n* In their canonical ro*w>* The ..rore*lon of rleray leaving the old cathedral, now tha Cath olic library A.-ike lalion omldii.g. luaiciie! IO the new ciithedral The so.eiun I’olUl-l •u| ma*a wua celebrated by Rt Kev iiiahcp Verot of St Augu.etlne. a**l*ted by Very Rev I' Dufau. vicar general of St Augtiatme. dea on of the nut**, Father S|. T. Itetlly of Ailunta. rub-deacon. Ilev Jame* O’Hrien of Washington. Wilkes county. Klshofi Lynch of Charleaton delivered the dedicatory sermon The bull ling malted incomplete tin'll live >ear* ego when the twin epirea were bull! at a coat, of lift O'®. Blrhop Groa* was at tha head of the dlu ceso until I*M, when he wraa made Atch |tl*h": of ttr.y..n and waa ti •••• el by the present bishop. Kt. It* v. Thomas A Becker. The Kpesco(ssl residence a.!J.kn ng the Cathedral was built seven twn ago al t cost of W.fU). and Ih one of the flneat cierleal residences In the South The Convent of St Vim ent de Paid, which e*cap*sl Ihe lire Is norm of the Cathedral The building* toiisl-t of the convent clolstera and chape, and school rooms, coveting the entire Itl'tck fronting Liberty street, between Aberrorn and Lin coin streets Tha convent w..e founded In IMJ tty Kev J F O'Neill, th* [locaeg prieat of Georgia It Is Ihe mother h >uae of th.- SlsterbaKd of Mercy In the diocese The convent possesses a number ol inter esting work* ol art. In the chapel is a representation tn wood carving snf the "Dead Chrlet" supported by the \l gb Mary. The work la a copy of *be f*m ua group executed foe the Bishop of Minster k an' i— '■Kill*—ll "■ mm,m Organ Lofl Over the West Entrance. The Mein Alele. Hanctanrr nnd High iltnr. in Westphalia, and !u the garden la a i#r r.t cotta Mattie of 81 Benedict The entire block between Liberty end Harris snd Abercom and Lincoln a’reel* l occupied by the Cathedral. Ihe Btehops residence and by the convent and ehpel Continued From Page Ten. Stales he stands a much better chance of promotion than tny of the other prelates including I'rs. Corrigan. New York, and Ireland. St Paul—whoes nanus hsve been mentioned so often by their personal ad mire re In fact, there Is hut one other prelate In the Union whose claim to the position approaches hie own—Archbishop Chapelle of New Orleans, now* Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines who visits Home next month on ofibial huslnese. -Joseph Arch, the Isbor member of Parliament, who Is to retire, began hls career by frightening birds off the crops t fourpence a day. "In 1*79." says Ihe King. "Mr Arch founded Ih# National Agricultural Laborers’ Union, on lbs hack of which, thirteen years later, he rode Into Parliament. He was always a fa miliar snd friendly figure there. Every body like*! Joseph Arch who had west hls way from the bottom to the top with out hurting anybody's feellngx or doing anything mean. It Is one of the curi osities of politics that an agricultural laborer should represent hie future King In Parliament, and It Is equally curios, perhaps tha Ihe bov. whose mother was a servant at Warwick Castle, should have hla 'Life - edited and prefaced by the Countess of Warwick Mr Arch will be missed In politics, but he will be happy as he sits In hls cottage In remembering that thousands of lives are happier to day because of hls early struggles." -French hstred of Orest Britain h taken a strange metbol of manifesting i<- i4 j|f Ftrli. wbr tom# of t h# mor* rabid bmiterardtcr* ar#* cuttftvatlvm h * MrA * i jf ftrugar u a oonpJflMftt to U* Boaw. THE CATHEDRAL IN RUINS. \ NOT 111 Mi MIT Till'. Will** WON I hit or the oi.ii i Hint k. l*Miiii of the Noninn i mliullr IMt*- rrr of im In ii Hour—lhe Fire klnrleU In Ihe Organ |,%(t—Tlr Firemen Power- | leoo f< < hrrk 110 lielenlleeo Werp—The llih|>'* llrolilenee and % Inrntl Fo • iiped—The !.••• W llli \lioni pui.iHMi Inournnee. (Urprlntttd from the Morning News of Feb. 7. IhW ) The Cathedral of S J.*hn the Rapt let. > eftorday out* of trie mM ningulA* nit .*n*t imposing atruoturew of BaviuuMh, up >n whb h yea* a of toil a *1 thuuanlf> of • iollara have (Men apeut, la am f rulnr, and tuubing rematna but Ita ( Jr a. ilia and the ltide*truvtlble part* of lta two tall hpireo The * onflagration that swept It away before the hour of midnight wm* frightful n Ita grandeur and pitiable In ftta mag uiA <*nce. It teemed to bkt out in a nio- Mu nt the w'ork of yean* Tha moat pitiable feature waa the help ifosneM of those who eto**l atound to mike one effort even to pave the at rue ture Two or three miserable little lureamt of water that would ecarce g> •icroM a iwnty-foc*t rtrr#. were all to be had. The entire department waa then at work on the River atrewt tire and rv • ry available engine waa there attached to a Are-|dug < ndeavorlng to qm-noh that iuAagratlon. In the meantime one of SnvaiuiMti’g nn*rt valuable gtructuraa wan going rapidly. It wot* fully three-quirterg of an hHjr. before n engine roukl lx* gnen. Then two were went from Bay etreep, and >treame wer- thu* ?* ur*'*l for ihe pro tection of aMotnmg property. It w*a* lm |HPthle then to eave any portion *f t/i iuliding It wap at that rim** almost the iiMiPP of ruina that it i now. though burning like n fearful furn.i* e The wind, fortunately, woe blowing to the south wept, h ro*e the equare. through ivhh n much of the valuable surroundlaiif property kid saved The breeie wap . Ilghl one. it Ip true, but had it bec-ti In ttu> other direction, the dtptrucilon trouM have been largely augmented. Ah noon up th* roof hs*l burned off the l*werful draft created by the Intent* 1 * heat <*arred upward (houiinit* and hun* ; drerla of tlu>up.indn of aparka large and email, moat of them failing in the ewatern aUle of the pqunre. I’art of th* time th-* wind waa eotnewh.it toward the eoutti and carried thuae aparka onto bulhllnga Juat n roep (he afreet frtm the (*athelral. which were prot* *ted wlih difficulty Ttiia ehower. like magnlffcent dle |4ay lasted for an hour or more, hul I -hortly ta fore midnight, when the Ar** jin the towers \%n+ tlerce-t. the sparka ■ |H>ur-d forth from them with seeming renewed intensity. Bom* of them were veritable coni#* of Are, falling here and there sometimes upon the bat or coat of a spar tutor who s ond too close. The Are waa Aral seen about ten minutes itefore 11 o’clock. It was then Issuing from the front of the bußdlng. spreading rap id v. From the description of It then. It would a*em that nothing short of the Im mediate presence of two or three engifiea and several strong stream* of water would have saved It The discovery l natd to have ben by n motorman of the City and tfuburloin Hallway, W'ho was just romln* itir>>ugh the *|Ur with his car The cry of Are. of oiurs*. attra-‘ted th* attention uf others nt once, and *he alarm was turned in vary quickly from to* No. 27, ;it I*rice and Harrle streets When the alarm came In there war no apparatus of any moment at any of the engine houses to respond Two or three ;s re wagons answered at on* e. and the hose waa atu hd to th* nsiahborlng plug** The bare pressure from tt<* pipes, owing to the heavy use of water else where. wan ararealy f’lflMent to throw n stream arrow the street. Foremen hnld ii.g two of the stream* >n th* Harris street sidewalk. Just outskla the fence surrounding tha Cathedral, and found them barely strong anough to reach tha first window sill. At this Urn* the enMre Cathedral w enveloped In flames. The roof from front to rear was a mass of rearing, aeeihlng Are Hotter than a blast furnace seemed tha Are In tha southern tower, from which ♦iarted hlua flames, a* though of bum.ng gas. From tlm* to time pieces of tha roof or parts of walls or small spires would fail! with a resounding crash, and hdirr and wh!tr would seem the rising flomes that followed. Thousands of people were gathered around the square ©coupled by the Cathe dral and adjoining buildings, kept ba k by poll**emen and ropes on the liberty street side, and in the squire by ever falling sparks sueh as would burn a hole through hat. coat or skin wherever they happened lo light The policeman had little w*rk to do on tha south eld* when the shower Of sparks began to fall. Words were Inadequate to **prea the horror and sho*'k to Havannah's rltlsong over the destruction being wrought ‘And not an engine here yet,'* was all that many of them could say when the flra had been raging for half an hour or more, and Are engines failed to spjv-ar The Are on the Hay was. of rour* \ re*non I Me for this, it taking sm* little time to get them uncoupled ami ihe teama hitch ed when they were wanted for tha Cathe dral. Atiout 11:00 two engine* reached the scene. The pressure from the water works had before that tlmr been In creased as much as possible by orl*re seif in by Superintendent and several excellent stream** were secured Th* work for the flrrmen was to save surrounding property; th* destruction of the wes complet* and th* fir* had begun to abat* somewhat In fury The bias* was all confined to the Cathe dral. Th* iofUacaa hi iho building kepi other pro|*erty fr**m cat hrg thnugb the Intensity <f the h*at which was mther tarried upw r.l l*\ the druught The roof gone, th** au|q<orttng rafters fell on** by one. *r two or three at a time as tb* esse mu;hi b Now and then one of the mlnurte, * imrts.n of tha ro*f or of a wall would fill with a rash Hhortly be fore midnight it b* me apiwirent that , one of the a; ibh* • i Is of a wall In the ] rear o th*- * •. ir 'h on Harris afreet aide waa going t fall Fnsmen and others working M *ti w * warmd to k* * i away, but they still remained, and ► the brick work i' i*i <1 it i fell from a bight about itny or seventy five feet above the street, the st:"t w n up Jum In time for them to rush t> k uir of the %' y. Th- saint figure standing In *he arch of th** n**rth*in t*w.r w.is llghte*! up by tlie llano- frm the iow-r oppopM* and wub ilk <U'tr* Ichid band.* livK* l Ilk* n human t * * * p|x <tling fr aid from the sea of A.m below - . For a lino* m *nv ihooght that the tow .is w til 1 fill, hut it s**‘ms they w*rv pretty w <ll ii k-r*d and r ootl Arm. The shaking *f ih r foundation*- wae the only thing that v* *uld have thrown then* over, ind ihcse well. The Are scented Acre#at tn the tow* rs t a |>nlni ih*ut on a hn*- with th* top of the roof, hut tn them, the lire did trot g* abnv* that pon\ rho material alov* b cat all tr*"*!' and ► lit* The towers ind four walls are nil that remain r-t.mding to tell th* story It ipprare that the An slarte| tn the rgan iof though j.iet In what manner Is a ni>si* ry Evening services were con eluded about * clo. k and the i athe , 1 1 x| was *>los*l It was about .in hour und Aftc* mlmit k*tci tlnt the Are was discovered, nx that time It se* n *d t• • have made • nd terable heu lwav I having broken through the exterior of the j front of the budding Th** talk of in* end arlsm due to the mm liplblry *f flies, natui.illy led at Arei t** M.rn.* such theory tn connection with this . ne, but on second thought such dkl red eetn prolaihb* There r***ms to l*e no doubt that the hr** cam** from tno organ loft, • that Is when it was raging when dls-overe.l Brominent members of ih** congregatbar were at al* *to a >u..t f rB. but none of them belie veil that It was of tn*en diary origin It appear* to hove been very ■ miliar to the t hrlat Church Are of al ,110.1 .1 yrsr 'io. whu-s • s0 ** l.rn st.rie! by ltklß"' , Wh ,K. •he organ pumper caielessly lft *n th loft. MUSIC OF THE DEDICATION. rvm*tnu*l From Mkimnot m e 1 ■ Holo l-nrt MIS* lx' Sslve Rrk.na." *** n Mr. M M. OBTlsn. -O Bklul.ru, ’ Mtss faoo Violin obliduto. Mr WUand; noeompon isi. Mr J Wl*ond. Jr Mr Wlnralid wownisiul* Mr. John Wl.ganA. Jr. T.ntum Kr.o. irrarnl rhoru*. Choir. lUtonln* tbe |uar. B.HIOT of hr M..rn|nk Th* IC „ r in your p*P*r **l>*-<1 "CM**." "'* h rnk.ril to Klkonitliik '•* with my *nlrs *m>rM*lon. •*>•> (•. of nearly all of th hOU..l>oMer* ahiitllnit on th* oqur*-prokls<l **>*>• arc not ratiwl upon in bonr th* *p*ns* Wo b.N. r. a. b~i rt-rrt.l* tn 0.,r wonl-rful |.rr>Kr<-s* and *m*r*i o'H *f th* •• .Bin* cloth** of ••r < ID** pr.*-nltors, who ! ronstrurhd th* *Pr **>■ not wun any ides of th* fatisro. bu( boo*'*** (and va cti**p It waa a .-,*vwr real *tt* ms* to lv. ih* tmpreaoton of ttia vast *xt*nt of th* '.By nrtA thua uidu** **lor* to wiual | where thay oOU<l h*vs th* b*n*flt of 1 Ih*.* large open aia<eit *o hllla, their aow* anil pr<vnr* ampl# room for their sportive ro*'a l Tn*. they war* ravar blonk! out aa •'lungs” for a miserably small population, la apparent when a stroll along ths Hay from Yamsi raw to the Fort. with an un obstructview of South Carolina, gave more air than many could r*llah; *tftll. ns |t has turned out thee* squares art very useful, provided thev are utilised for I •he public benefit, and that they have been so utilised many now living can re member the artistic pumps which am hel lish**! mo.( of them Before he Court House there was not only a pump, buts irg- sls**J well beneath, where the Cuy ler monument Is now erectsd. where th* fir* bug .ole replenlsried their hose when i redundant supply of wwter wsa re* qulred for such purposes Havannah should be no <oy dty like ftt A usual In# or Hadeabadsn. If we acquire facilities for trad* |roJects we should no false, foolish, local pride to III* tervene or thwsrl us from carrying out that which must redound to the advan t ge* and requirements of the city. The squares should be trtllfsed even if wa have to displace a monument or two to do so Not only th* squares, hut all other points necessary for our commerce, should he Dlxonxied fllver street should be straightened out and every pro)a* Un* obstacle removed The Bay should have the privilege of re. cetvtng and distributing railway receipt < Thai immanse plat of ground injudicious ly conveyed for military purposes, should be abrogated by legislative enactment ami other and le*s valuable acres In lieu thereof be conceded to them What lm* men#* returns ould b* achieved by util ising this property? H**c what we have lost by not appro : printing th old cemetery for butktlng | purpose* through rldiculoua sentlmenrall* I ty- wnere was I>lxon? Ixtnk at our t*ank clearings, our enormous cotton recipts. J our great naval store record, our large I lumber interests, and shall w* allow any puny prejudice#, emanating from a few bloated house hold*-re to check th* mer antlle invasion of uhitmlt*-*! capital and j energetic action? Haul Pry. M a street fair In Wichita this fall one of the chief features will he an arch forty feat high constructed antirely of apples. Hogan’s. The completeness of the four departments mentioned below compels ua, without any degree of egotism, to say that their equal is not to lie found in Savannah, us to Style, Perfection of Finish, or as to Low Prices. An inspection will convince you that this is no idle boast. Blankets and Comforts. A large shipment just re ceived. Have too many and wish to unload. Come and secure them at your own price. A few more fine soiled Blankets at a sacrifice. Portieres and Table Covers in Tapestry and Chenille. Exquisite in design and qual ity. A look at these will in sure a sale. Our $1.75 and $2.75 Portieres are creating something of a stir. Call and examine them. Don’t Forget the fact that we are still on top in our Dress Goods and House Furnishing Department, We extend a cordial invitation to lookers. Courteous treatment to all. DANIEL HOGAN. The corner Broughton and Barnard Sts. 1 IS Bill HE >, s jih r ' I? !<>n, c i §1: 4'i KNIQHTS PHARMACY, Cor. Oglethorpe Avc. ad Draylon St. Will sell you Smith’s Chill and Fever Tonic, and if it does not cure they will gladly refvnd the amount you paid for it. Look for the Ked Triangle on each package. What g Prominent Orooor Sayg: Office of J. H Blienrouse A Bro . No. MO William Hi reel. Savannah, On. Havannah. Ga.. Oct. 12, 1900. Columbia Drug t 0., Mavannah, Ga.: Gentlemen- I am glad to inform you that after months rtf suffering with chills and faver, having tried many •walled chill and faver tonics, t waa persuaded to try your Smith's Chill and Fevar Tonic and ooe single I will* of your tonic cured ma I feel II my Auty to Inform you of the wonderful cure made on me and. through you, all those suffering with chills and fever. No remedy ever tried has done me any gaol except your Hmlth'e Tonic. Respectfully yours, J. It bhearopse. THE DEDICATORY SERMON. OnnllmiMl From Pax# Ten Doteh itwv.rnnnent. In the seventeenth century. Father I'arfiow .om* of a<*holarly Mock, hi. father b.lntt a rreAuale of Btonyhnr.t • VtHoge, the ureal Jwult roll.ir. of K*n*- tan<t. an<l ht. molher an tVßrlrn of the areal henkmit fnmtty of New York, wett known not only for .uceea. In bu.lnee*. t.ul aim for their prominence In lllrrary snd phllanthroplr: work. KIM.KO MY a FLY* MITE. Child finffer. Great A|ar —nd E plrrs la a London Ho.pllal. From Ihe Pall Mall Oaxette. At t Bartholomew’* hoeptie! the other .lay Arthur C lamitham, deputy coroner, held an Inquest relative to the death of Lydia Maria Chamberlain. oe(l * years, the daughter of a riding Instructor, lately ttvtntt with her uncle at M Chelmsford roa.l. Walthamstow, Alfred Lewis rtiamherteln deposed that the deceased hls niece teas playing at the window on Friday with Ms own lltlla girl. When she euddeuly complained of having been bitten by a fly. Not much notke waa taken at the time, but In the morning tho spot on the noe where she had been bitten became on much inflamed ■nd swollen that tt was thought advls ,,l,l. io rail tn a doctor Afterward she became very dehriouo, and eventually lapsed into unconsciousness By this time her nose snd eye had swollen to an ab normal .Me. and It was thought advlsahle lo have her removed to the hoepltal r>eet>lta every effort which was made hy th** whole of the staff of the hospital the child gradually sank and died It wan a • a.e of such rarity that It was watched with mtenw* Interests by all the doctor# "You ars sure It was a fly that bit her*" asked Mr Lanxham. "What She raid wa Oh. I have Juat been bt'ten hy a fly and tt le painful.’ " Dr Nixon, house surgeon deporwt that when he admitted the child she was un conscious. Having i,sard too history of Jackets, Capes and Furs. The highest possible nov elties in this department. Our Furs are the pick of the market, ranging in price from $1.50 to $20.00. It will pay you to look at this before buying. Carpets, Mattings and Rugs. We arc the acknowledged leaders in this line. Our Art Squares and Smyrna Rugs are beauties, at prices that suit the times. 8„ T. J l Of I R’f IlflO C. * 8 rr MISHA* II HIIULUC. For Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt Montgom ery, Cattle Park and West Eng. Hubjvcl to change without nottoa. ISLE OF HOPE AND TENTH STREET. Lt 'i* for I of II of Hap*. * t.< am from I’enth | 91& am for T^ar 10 1* am from Tenth 10 II am for Tenth 11 (Slant from Tenth 11 i :im for Tanth 1* pm front Tenth 100 pm for TenMt IIID pm front Tenth j -' Opm for Tenth 2 .10 pm from Tenth 2 h’ten for Tenth 2i*ipni front Tenth 200 pm for TeeHli 2SO pm front Tenth 3SO pm for Tenth t *>i pm from Tensti j 4no pm for Tenth 30 pm from Tenth 4SO pm for Tenth Ust pm front Tenth | 6< pm for Tenth SSO prn from Tenth | SM pm l<* Tenth Sts* pm from Tenth s (a. pn> for Tenth **o pm from Tenth 8 Si* pm for Tenth 7i pm from Tenth I 7on pm for Tenth 7So pm from Tenth | *tn pm for Tenth *SO pm from Tenth oo pm for Tenl 9*o pm from Tenth 10 Of pm for Tenth 10 20 pm from Tenth 'll uO pm for Tenth IBI.E OF HOPE AND BOLTON UT.. VIA THUNDERBOLT. I.v clly for I of H |T.v I of H for 6 al vta Thun * C Park via Thun 4 C. Park sue am from Bolton i *OO am far Holton - ISO pm from Bolton 3So tun for Holloa 220 pm from Bolton 420 pm for Bolton 430 ptn from Itolton | *2O pm for Bolton 110 pm from Bolton |**o pm for He*ton 820 pm from Bolton ! 720 pm for Boltaa 720 pm from Bolton ! *lO pm for Bolton MONTGOMERY Lv city for Montg ry Lv Montgomery. Ift I*, am from Tenth , 9 3.', am for Tenth 10 pm from Tenth 112 I* pm for Tenth 100 pm from Tenth ! 3*l pm for Tenth *2O pm from Tenth , *4S pm for Tnth THUNDERBOLT AND 18LE OF HOP*. Commencing at 20* p m car leaves Thunderbolt every hour for tale of Hope unlit 900 p m. Common' Ing at 930 p m car leaves Isle of Ho|o> every hour for Thunder bolt until I*o p. m. THUNTtRRnoI.T HCHKDTtT.B *~ Commencing at 700 a. m car leaves Bolton street Jun'tPm every 20 minutes until 2On p. m., after which Urns car leaves evary to minutes Commencing at 720 a. m. car leaves Thunderbolt for Bolton street Junction every 30 minutes tin'll 18 p. m . after Which time ear leaves evary 10 mintses. The 10-minute aehedttle I* maintained as long as travel warrants It. WEHT END* The first ear leaves for Weal End at 7:20 a m and every 40 minutes thereafter until 11:00 a. m , after whtrh a car runs tn earh direction evary E minutes unit! midnight. H M I/IFTON. Gan Mgr. Seed Oats! Seed Rye! Teiae Rust Proof OaU. Coast-raised Rye, Cow Pood. Hay. Oroln. Bran and Peede of all kinds for etock and poultry. T. J. DAVIS, Telephone 223. XU Bay atroal, waat .. -i j- 1 "m jub. —i. i.a.Baagaa tha raaa. he newer la ft her until aha ihi Tha fac wee no swollen that ha waa urv ohla to aay at Aral whara tha bits wna Ha ha<l since made a poet mortem at amlnatlni) and found Inalde tha tower ltd of tha tilth t ay aan ulnar. Thla ulnar had aat up tnftnmeiton. arhirh had penatradad Into tha akin and Into tha cellular flaaoaa of tha orbit. Ho treat tnu tha inlUmna ilon that tha pupil of tha aya ora* forced out from between tha Ida, tha pwtn twtng no doubt, moat terrlhle On rin mining the lunar ha found Infaotlon. showing tha ■ a Wood atrajm bad run from tha head and carried tha pnlaonoua mlorobaa car or tha body "Hava you avar haard of sucb a eaaa before?" Mr. lamgbam asked, "Taa. W# hava taoorda of ana or taro cases of tha kind, but they ara extremely rare '* "Tha ht'a of tha meant eauwad tha mtrro organieme. than?" "I tan fa no other causa, from tha hletorv of tha raaa." Continuing, wi'naat raid that daath waa due to general Mood polanning. art up by tha microbes The Jury rrturnad a vrrillot of daath from Mood pntaonlng. aat up by the Mte of an Insert. tha death being oauaad by mlnodven'ure. I’rof Wllll.m Carpenter the head of tha deportment of German In Colum bia Cnlveretty, was raoantly alectad n member of the Society of Dutch l-ettara of l.eyden, Holland, in recognition of his service* to ihe Teutonic tongueo In gen eral The honor la a noteworthy on*, at only live other Americana hava boon sleet ed to tha aodety. 11