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VOL. 6—NO. 18.
HOME ANO ABROAD.
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC BISPATHES
Sensation in Berlin Oyer the Murder of a
Lawyer-Death of a Grand Niece of
Gr neral Washington—Another Hock
ing Valley Mine Fired—Markets
and General News.
Berlin, Jan. 14.—The residents of this |
capital were greatly shocked and excited
this morning by news of the murder of
Counsel Rumpfl, who took an active part
in the prosecution of eight Anarchists re
cently tried at Leipsic on the charge oi
attempting to assassinate Emperor William
and others of the Imperial family while on
their way to attend the ceremonies conse
quent upon the unveiling of the Niderwald
statue. Rumpfl’s dead body was found late
last night in front of his own doorstep.
The police have no clue as to the assassins,
but naturally believe the crime to be the
work of the friends of some of the cons
victed Ararchists.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Bill to Retire Grant Passed by the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 14.—1 n the Senate
to-day Mr. Edmunds called up the bill
introduced by him yesterday authorizing the
President to appoint from the list cf
those formerly holding the position
of General-in-Chief of the army, one person
with rank and full pay of each General and
General in-Chief. Mr. Cockrell not knowing
whether the yeas and nays would be
called on this bill desired to record
his vote against it. He continued
at some length in a speech in opposition to
the bill. The roll was called on the passage
of the bill and it was adopted—yeas, 49;
nays, 9. Those voting nay were Messrs.
Beck, Cockrell, Coke, Harris, Pendleton,
Saulsbury, Slater, Vance and Waller.
In the House, Mr. Randall, of Pennsylva
nia, bad read a letter from the Secretary of
State, stating that one of the certifi
cates of the electors of the States of
Oregon and lowa had not been
reached by the President of the Senate, and
calling attention to the law which required
the Secretary of State to send special
messengers for them, and asking an appro
priation to defray the expenses of such
special messengers
ANOTHER MINE FIRED.
Excitement in the Hocking Valley In
creasing.
Columbus, O, Jan. 14.—The “No. 5
Mine” at New Straitsville has been fired,
by persons who bored through fifteen feet of
masonry, brickwork and timber to accom
plish the deed. The mine has been closed
for sometime. The less will be very heavy.
The Coal and Iron Company announce that
they will put themselves on the defensive
hereafter.
The guards at Straitsville have been re
inforced and the Sheriff is on hand with
deputies to assist in maintaining peace.
The developments since Saturday have
added flame to the excitement, and much
indignation is felt against the Governor for
not interfering in the matter.
CLEANING OUT COWBOYS.
How Mr. Davis Made It Hot for Them.
Deadwood, D. T., Jan. 14.—A report is
just received that a party of cowboys visited
the store and ranch of James Davis, a'
Sand Creek, Wyoming, Saturday evening,
and attempted to run the place, but met
more than their match. Mr. Divis turned
loose a six-shooter, killing three of the
rustlers and escaping injury himself. No
further particulars yet.
Sad Ending of aPrima Donna’s Career.
Bloomington, 111., Jan. 14—The house
given to the late prima donna, Maria Litta,
by her admiring towns-people, was sold
yesterday under foreclosure of mortgage.
Litta’s career, though highly successful in
an artistic sense, ended in poverty, and the
family she worked faithfully to support are
now almost destitute.
Youcg B-ig'. I*B Sentenced.
Lebanon, Pa., Jan. 14. —Robert Mayer
Jerome Elright ana George Large, the no
torious trio of boy burglars, or as they
styled themselves, “Young Aoe Buzzards,”
were yesterday wnviclea of larceny and
sentenced to b ur y ars’ imprisonment.
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Chicago’Change.
Chicago, Jan. 14—Wheat opened weak
and slightly lower; February, 79.}; March,
80; Mar, 85}. Corn steady at 361 for Jan
uary; 36} February; 36} March Oats
nominal. Lard steady; March at $6 90; M ir,
$7 05. Pork 1 wer; February at sll 80;
March, s'l 90. Bulk meats nominal.
Death of an Earl.
Big Strings, Tex,, Jan. 14. —The Earl
of Aylesford, owner of a large amount of
ranche property in Texas, di-d here lasl
evening of inflammation of tne bow.ls. His
remains will be embalmed and sent to
England.
Popular Subscription for Grant.
New York, Jan. 14 -The Sun, in an
editorial, proposes a popular subscription,
limited to $lO, to the relief of General
Grant. The same article opposes his resto
ration to the army.
Death of a Niece of Gen. Washington.
Charleston, W. Va, Jan. 14—Mrs.
Laura Shrewsburg, a grandniece of Gen.
George Washington, is dead, at the age of
75. Mr. Samuel Washington, is her grand
father. I
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1885.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
Governor McDaniel and the Convict Ques
tion—Col. McClure on Southe n Repub
lican Officeholders,
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14. —To day sliout
orty convicts passed through the city under
quite interesting ' circumstances. The
Times’ readers will remember when last
fall Governor McDaniel ordered B. G. Lock
ett & Co., to discharge their Superintendent
William Lockett, at the Chattahooche
camps, Lockett was dismissed for cruelties
J and bad management of convicts. The
owners of the camp sent him to their
Dougherty County camp, and when Gover
j nor McDaniel heard of it in December, he
said Lockett was no better to manage con
victs in Dougherty than in Fulton County,
and the lessees were given five days
to supply his place. They sent T.
O. Bowen down and reported
that Lockett had nothing more to do with
the convicts. In spite of that, Lockett
continued in charge, and on January 5, dis
: charged Bowen. The lac s were reported
to the Governor and he ordered the camp
| broken up, and sent the principal keeper
I after the convicts, who were brought to
Fulton county to day and carried to the
camps on the Chattahoochee. The action
of the Governor shows that he is able to
grasp a dilemma by the horns, and his firm
ness as shown by the way he has handled
' the convict question, will doubtless put an
end to the scandalous mismanagement of
the convicts.
Governor McDaniel went down to Wal
ton county yesterday.
Colonel A. K. McClure, in an interview
this morning, says he thinks Cleveland will
bounce nearly all the Southern Republican
officeholders. He says true civil service re
form demands it. Colonel McClure and
party left for New Orleans at 3 o’clock yes-_
terday.
MACON MATTERS.
Bold Burglars Chloroform and Rob a
Prominent Citizen—A Pit asant German. |
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Macon, Jan. 13.—Last night burglars
entered the residence of Colonel Henry J.
Lamar, in Vineville, and secured valuables
and clothing amounting to over S3OO. An
entrance was effected by a step-ladder at a
rear window. The room of his daughter
was passed through. He was chloroformed
and robbed of his watch and chain and
other valuables. Across the hall his son,
Henry J. Lamar, Jr., slept. His room was
entered and robbed of all his clothes and
his watch and chain. No clue to the affair
> has been secured.
One of the most pleasant germans ever
p given in this city was the one at the Brown
House this evening in honor of the visiting
' ' young ladies, among whom were representa-
I ! lives of Savannah. The costumes were very
elaborate, the music—intoxicating. The
I young ladies never appeared more lovely
> or the young men more gallant. The
following couples were in attendance:
Miss Helen Prescott, Atlanta, and L.
, Hillyer; Miss Mamie Peabody, Columbus,
. and C. C. Sims, Jr; Miss Mary Love Lowe,
j Columbus, and Azel Freeman; Miss Katie
, I Drane, Savannah, and R iff Sims; Miss
r Lida Drane, Savannah, and Lewis Wood;
Miss Jessie Branham, Rome, ai d S. H.
Pearson; Miss Frankie Ford, Augusta, and
Ovid Sparks; Miss Sallie Fleming, Chicago,
and Alex Logan; Miss Ellis Peck, Atlanta,
and L. O. Stevens; Miss Lillian Dunlap,
Atlanta, and George N. Harlmann; Miss
Clara Dunlap, Atlanta, and E. B. Harris;
3 * Miss Aurie Hall, Atlanta, and Geo. Ford;
1 Miss Mary Ellen Johnston and W. H.
, Woodson; Miss Claude Freeman and W. P.
Edwards; Miss Annie Maitland and Stewart
•’ Jones; Miss Minnie Simpson and W. H.
1 Felton; Miss Daisy Huff and Rowe Price;
' Miss Fannie Bonner and Will Carharl; Mbs
! ! Fannie Maughan and Cullen Battle; Mbs
' Emma Stewart and Joe Blount; Mis
Laura Boykin and John Saulsbury;
Miss Lou Hunt and Walter Huff; Miass
I Ruth Smith and D. L. Jones;
’ j Miss Dollie Blount, and Floyd Ross;
, Mrs. Jos. Thompson, Atlanta, and W B.
I Sparks; Mr. and Mrs. R H Fiande’-s, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Flanders, Mr. and Mrs G.
immons, Mr. and Mr>. H. M. Mon ham,
. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Schofield and Mr. and
. Mrs. N. R Winship.
N*w York Stock Market.
New York, Jan. 14. —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quota* tens were ;
Union Pacific 50%
’ Missouri Pacific 93%
, Western Union Telegraph Co 57
Pacific Mail - 55%
' Lake Shore 61%
I Louisville and Nashville 25
Texas Pacific 13%
Denver and Rio Grande 8%
Michigan Central 55
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n ..... 88%
Northwestern 91
St. Paul , 75%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 119
, Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 40%
Rock Island 108%
Jersey Central - 37%
Memphisand Charleston 30
' East Tennessee, Va. &Ga (coml 3%
I i East Tennessee, Va. <fc Ga. (pfd) 5%
Philadelphia and Reading 17
I Omaha (com) 26%
Omaha (pfd) 87
New York Central 89%
1 Kansas and Texas 17
, | Erie —— 14%
New York Produce Market.
; | New York, Jan. 14. —Flour dull and un
' changed. Wheat, No. 2 red winter for
February 93 4-4; do for March, 94 58; do
for April 86 bid. Corn, No. 2 mixed 52 3 8
for January; 50 1-8 bid for February. Oats,.
No. 2 mixed, 35 3-4; for January 35 12.
Rye firm. Canada 71c. Barley unchanged
Pork dull, but firm at 13 37 12. Lard
7 13. January 7 18. February 7 20 March.
Molasses steady at 401; rosin firm, strained
to good 1 25al 30; petroleum dull, refined
cases of 9alOj; rice steady; Carolina and
Louisiana common to fair 4}asj; sugar
steady; refined cut loaf 6j, granulated 6.
Gentlemen In want of fine Overcoats, such
as are not seen in but very few houses, can be
I found at B. H. Levy A Bro.’a.
ROSSA DENIES A PLOT.
PHELAN WAS STABBED IN A QUAR
REL.
The Dynamite Leader Explains His Ab-
Hence From His Office During the As
sault and Declares That It Was
Not Premeditated—Phelan Better.
Philadelphia, Jan. 14.—A New York
special relates the following interview with
O’Donovan Rossa as the subject of the recent
attempt to assassinate Captain Phelan:
O’Donovan Rossa, when asked if Captain
Phelan’s story that he was concerned in a
plot to assassinate him was true, replied:
“Well, I hadn’t ought to say anything, but
I don’t know as it’s any harm to state that
there wasn’t any plot at all. He came here
to my office and met me here with whom he
quarreled. He got the worst of the quarrel,
and that’s all there is of it.”
“Mr. O’Donovan,” said the reporter, sol
emnly, “it has been publicly intimated that
there was a plot to murder the Captain, and
that you were out of the way on purpose.”
“It's a lie,” said Rossa, angrily, “and I’ll
settle it right here, although I know I
hadn’t ought to speak of it. 1 was a little
short of money a week or so ago, and I wrote
a letter to a good friend of mine, named
Tom Dwyer, who lives out of town, to lend
me SIOO. I expected an answer on Friday
morning, and went around to the Postoffice
to get it. There was a check for SIOO along
with it, and I went to the Park Bank to get
it cashed. The cashier wanted to know if I
had any dynamite in my clothes, and I told
him he needn’t fear, as we never blew up
anybody who gave us money. I got twenty
five-dcllar bills and then went to George E.
Lafaye, my printer, at 25 Beekman street,
and paid him a balance of sl3 13 that I
owed him for printing the last edition of my
paper. Then I started home to give my
wife the rest of the money, because there
were some carpenters at work in the house
and I knew she was short. I was very hun
gry, and as it was Fridav I kept an eye out
for a place where I could get some fish. I saw
| a big sign in front of a restaurant in South
I near Dover street. I went in and had a
plate of fish and a cup of coffee for twenty
five cents.
“Then I started for the ferry and as I
was going on board the boat I heard a man
say that O’Donovan Rossa had been shot,
and that kind of frightened me. I went
straight home and gave my wife all the
money I had left and then started back to
the city, after telling her that she needn’t
be frightened if I didn’t come home, as 1
might be lodged in jail. I said that joking
ly, d’ye see? When I got back to my office
i the first man I saw was a reporter, and that
was the first I heard of the trouble, and
very much surprised I was.”
“Were your relations with Captain Phelan
always friendly ?”
“Os course they were, and to prove it I’ll
show you a copy of the letter I sent him and
which is now in the hands of the police.”
Mr. Rossa took from his pocket a piece
of brown paper, on which was written :
New York, Jan. 2, 1885.
Dear Captain Phelan: Here is that
list of Kansas City subscribers you asked
me for when you were in New York. I
don’t like to be asking my readers for
money, but I think of writing to you now,
as the papers are talking of an “interview”
of yours in a Kansas City journal. lam
thinking of printing the interview. I want
you to send it to me. Scratch out any part
of it you do not recognize as coming from
you. The enemy is in pretty good fright,
and if we c uld frighten her out of Irelan 1
by threatening her with'lrish furies, I would
have the Irish people throw the Irish fu
ries at her. Your interview will add to her
fright, and I will publish it. Perhaps some
. subscribers in the enclosed list are paid up
. already. Yours much the same as ever.
Jer O’Donovan Rossa.
Phelan is somewhat better to-day. When
; Richard Short, Captain Phelan’s assailant,
l was first arrested, statements were published
i to the efiect that he had formerly been
i known by the alias of Barter. This mistake
: arose from the fact that Thomas J. Barter
s and Short were at one time inseparable.
; There is not the slightest resemblance be
; tween the two men. Barter is about 28
. years of age and under sized. His face is
. smooth and he dresses neatly, in dark
. clothes.
, When Richard Short first began storing
I dynamite in the cellar of his butcher shop
in the Cork M irket, Barter was his trusted
! assistant. Their mode of shipping the dy
namite to the points where it could do the
‘ most good from their i oint of view, was
to pack it in small trunks and then start
; one of their agents ofi with it. In this way
i it passed as luggage.
, Counselor Jimmy Olive , who is looking
* after the interests of Short, was asxed what
- line of defence he would pursue. After in
l forming the reporter that it would be un-
B professional for him to say anything about
s it, he said :
, . “Our plea is not guilty and we will let the
1 other side bring forward the witnesses to
j prove otherwise. I was counsel for John
I Feeney, the man who shot at the British
‘ Consul, and for Wm. Gaynor, who was ac
cused of shooting Jim McDermott. Feeney
j was sent to a lunatic asylum and Gaynor
‘ was discharged.”
i Late at night the Captain was doing well.
. A certificate of Phelan’s condition, saying
' that he was still unable to appear in the
t Tombs, was sent to Justice O’Reilly-
Schuyler Colfax’s Remains.
Mankato, Minn., Jan. 14—The special
train bearing the remains of ex-C ice Presi
> dent Schuyler Colfax, left here at midnight
: on the Northwestern Railroad.
.. The car was beautifully draped and on either
side was the inscription, ‘ Schuler Colfax,
died at Mankato, Minn, January 13th,
1885.”
Dr. Boaauko.
This name has become so familiar with the
most of people throughout the United States
that it is hardly necessary to state that ne is
the originator of the great Dr. Bosanko
Cough and Lung Syrup, the people s favorite
remedy, wherever known, for Coughs, Colds,
Consumption and all affections of the Throat
and Lungs. Price 50 cents and SI.OO. Sold by
Osceola Butler and E. J. Kieffer.—Adv.
GOING HOME.
| The Drummer’s Last Order and His Sum- |
mons Home.
Detroit Free Press.
“I have taken my lasl order. lam going j
home,” he said, as the clock struck the
midnight hour.
The nurse looked at the doctor with a
significant glance and whispered :
“His mind wanders.”
Presently he lifted his fevered head from
its pillow. “Any letters from the house?”
he inquired. “There ought to be letters
here.”
Then he slept, and in his sleep he was a
boy again—babbled of fishing streams where
the trout played—of school hours and
romps with mates. At 12 o’clock he sud
denly awakened.
He slept again, and again awakened with
a star.
“No word from the house yet ?”
He was going fast now. The doctor bent
over him and repeated in a comforting the
precious words of promise :
“In my father’s house are many man
sions. If it were not so I would have told
you.”
“Yes—yes,” said the dying traveler
ly. “It is a clear statement. It is a good
house to travel for. It deals fair and square
with its men ”
“All right,” he called in a strong voice,
“I’m ready! ’
He thought the porter had called him for
an early train. The doctor laid a soothing
hand on him and he slept. In his sleep he
murmured:
“Show you samples of our goods. I’m
going ofl the road now. This order closes
me out. The house has called me in. Going
1 to have my first vacation, but I shall lose
time—time—time!”
He drowsed off and the doctor counted hie
pulse. Suddenly the sick man started up.
“Give me a letter from heme. Ellen al
ways writes to me here. She never disap
pointed me yet—and the children. They
\ will forget me if my trips are too long. I :
’ have only a few more towns to sell —I
promised to be home Christmas —I prom. !
ised to be home —promised—”
The chill December morning dawned
the end was very near. The sick man was i
i approaching the undiscovered land from '
whose bourne no traveler return 0 .
“I’ve changed my route,” he murmured .
I faintly. The house iscalling me in—write
> to Ellen and the children that I’m—on— j
, my—way—home—it’s in my sample case—
t without money and without price—a good
? house—fills all its orders as agreed. Call me j
> for the first train -am going to make a
l round trip and get home for Christmas.”
I They laid his head back on the pillow. ’
■ He had made the round trip. He had
: gone home for Christmas.
l »
I THE REAGAN RAILROAD BILL.
1 A Measure that it is Impossible to Eu- '
force.
New York Herald.
The inherent weakness of such a measure I
lies in the almost utter impossibility of en- :
forcing it. The existence of great evils in .
railroad management is not to be denied, I
but they require a special treatment which
■ the Reagan bill will not afford. What are 1
unjust discriminations in rates? No com->
mon measure can be made which may be i
■ generally applied without as great injustice !
as now exists. The railroad commission in
this State reported only last April against
pro rata charges, and these are in theory the I
1 simplest way out of the difficulty. More- |
over, the provisions of the Reagan bill will |
not touch water routes.
This matter of rates is being worked out l
by the competition of roads. Recently de
' cisions by the courts in West Virginia and
' Ohio have shown that State agencies may
be effective in reducing rates of charges for |
transportation and in preventing discrimin
-1 ations. What is needed is greater publicity
’ in the conduct of railroads, and a national
‘ commission might accomplish something in I
1 this direction. The enormous interests in- I
’ volved should court publicity, and not by
their misconduct invite legislation such as '
the Reagan bill, which may injure them. I
’ Much of the reasoning that underlies the
’ agitation of the railroads is silly : much of
’ the action of the roads is not only silly, but I
■ suicidal. It is not likely that the Senate
will pass the Reagan bill, as it is now dis-
: cussing Senator Cullom’s measure, which
1 provides for much that is covered by the
Reagan bill and also creates a national rail
' road commission. The action of the House
'■ is rather an indication of the spirit of the
’ times. It certainly does not represent
■ statesmanship.
His Busiest Season.
: Philadelphia Call.
First Dude: “Ah, Chawley, my dear
boy, what a wattlin’ pace you are goin’ this
mornin’.”
: Second Dude: “Ah, yas, Fitznoodle, my
dear fellow. Don’t detwain me. I’m hard
> at work. This is the busiest season of the
> year to me—”
i “By Jove, Chawley, what are you doin, ?
‘ Improvisin’ a german ?”
“No ; I’m dodgin’ my creditors.”
. A New Theory of Men and George Wash
ington.
Chicago News.
; “I tell you all men are liars.”
• “Oh, not so bad as that.”
“Yes, sir; every one of them.”
“How about George Washington?”
“He told the truth just once, and it was
1 so remarkable that it was made a part of
. history.”
Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. 14 —For the South
Atlantic States, fair weather, slight changes
’ in temperature and northeasterly winds.
——
THE HARNETT HOUSE, SAVANNAH.
Visitors to Savannah, Ga., will find the
Harnett House a comfortable and desirable
s stopping place, where the charges are mod
s erate, while the uniform excellence of the
’ table is a subject of general remark-.-Chi
, cago National Hotel Reporter.
t
: Clean teeth, healthy gums, a pure breath,by
using Holmes’ Wash and Dentifrice.
TELFAIR ACADEMY
i OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. !
, The Proposed Annex—The Cast Room
i and Picture Gallery—Description of
the Work— 4 Handsome an<i
Classic Building.
Yesterday afternoon a Times reporter
called on Mr. Detlef Lienau, of New York,
and found him at the Pulaski House, where
he will remain during his stay in Savannah. ,
Although Mr. Lienau was very mnch en- ,
gaged, he kindly put aside his work and I
gave the reporter the information which he I
desired relative to the annex to be built to
the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Director Carl L. Brandt materially assisted (
in making up the details as given below :
The annex upon which work is soon to
commence will be 60 feet and 8 inches in '
dimension on the outside. The height of ,
the building from the hall of the cast room
to the apex of the roof is 72 feet, being a (
story higher or more than the old building.
The cast room from floor to floor is 18 feet
high, and is 57 feet square. The picture
gallery is from floor to ceiling 32 feet high, ■
and the same in dimensions otherwise as the
cast room. The ceiling is furnished with
an elegant o< iling light of ground glass
32 feet square, which is encircled by a per
forated ventilation 5 feet wide. The ceil- ;
ing light is enclosed by a cove 7} feet wide,
which connects the ceiling with- the wall. :
The corners of the picture gallery are octa
gonal in shape and are to be used, one to
give access to the loft, two as fireplaces and
the other as a lumber room. By making
the gallery octagonal shaped it does away
with the necessity of hanging pictures in
the rectangular corners, always attended
with bad effect, and makes it possible to
hang four or more large pictures in the cor
ners with fine effect. In addition to the
beautiful glass ceiling, the roof is to have
a skylight 24 feet made of ham
mered plate glass } inch in thickness. This
affords an excellent flow of light, and no
gallery in the United States will surpass
| this in that particular. The sides of this ;
| skylight are also furnished with handsomely
j designed ventilators. The floor of the gal
lery is supported by four classic
iron columns of Tuscan design. The
gallery has a self-supporting ,ceiling,
thus giving it 57 feet square by
i 32 feet high clear of any obstruction. The
best view of this gallery which is to be
tinted the same beautiful ruby color used
with such harmonious effect in the Phidias
room of the old building, can be gained by
i looking upward from the old building
through the large hall. A frieze consisting |
of the eight famous goblins from the inter-
' national exposition at Murich, in 1883, will !
extend around the entire gallery. This :
j frieze is nine feet deep, and will be delicate-
I ly tinted as the frieze in the other portions
of the old mansion. The cast room is to be
tinted similarly to the one above, and when
j completed will contain as the centre of at
i iraction the .world famed Tauto Farntse
' group from the museum ofNaples, the high
est piece of which is 15 feet, and 10 by 12
j feet in width and breath. These fine
' pieces of plastic art are now in the basement
of the old.building in 20 large cases, ex
cept one which was tro large to bring inside,
hence necessitating the building of a tem
porary house around it. When this room
! was completed th? efiect will be most grand !
■ and imposing. Byway of parenthesis it
i may be stated that the gallery will be one
of the largest in the United States. There
: are many much longer than this, but few
as wide.
The building is to be of brick, stuccoed
with Portland cement. The four sides are
j all similar and in the same plain, classic
j style of the old Telfair home. The exterior j
( corresponds with the interior of the build
ing, the first story forming the base for the
construction of the gallery, which will be
| ornamented on either side by four antes on
| pilasters, supporting a very richly orna
j mented cornice, 8 feet in height. The
I wall spaces between the pilasters are sub- ;
I divided each in to three panels or inches, I
’ which at some future date it is designed
shall be filled with mosaics representing the j
! celebrated aitists of the world. The beau- J
j tiful marble floor and stain case of the hall (
! in the old building, so much admired, will
■' be continued by four marble steps in the
cast room, which will also have an entire
I marble floor, thus effectually preventing
( any decay. The upper floor will be a double
one, the first unpolished spruce plavk, ,
with the upper layer of two
inch stripes of the Georgia
yellow pine, finished in oil just as the
old building is furnished. As to the arrange
ments for heating the building no definite
plans have yet been made. Altogether the
effect in general will be very fine, and the
citizens of Savannah should feel gratified at
having one to do the work so fully compe
tent and experienced as is Mr. Lienau.
Superior Court
Court convened at 10 a. m, Judge A.
Pratt Adams presiding, and the following
cases were disposed of: 1
Jerry Myers vs. the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway Company. Appeal I
from Justices’ court. The jury rendered a j
verdict for the plaintiff for SIOO and costs. |
In re the petition of Pauline Cohen for
leave to jsell land, etc. Decree granted as
prayed for.
The grand jury rendered the following
true bills :
State vs. Charlotte Johnson, alias Char
lotte Cooper. Misdemeanor. Two cases.
State vs. Prince Wilson. Assault and
battery.
State vs. Henry Whitfield. Setting fire to
a dwelling house in the city.
I instate vs. Stephen Lee. Larceny after
i trust.
Court adjourned to 10 a. m. to-morrow.
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.
An address will be given to-morrow
(Thursday) night in Wesley Monumental
1 Church by Mrs. Chapin, of Charleston, Su
-1 perintendent of Southern work. Come,
every citizen.
THIN PEOPLE.
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THE MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN.
The Citizens’ Committee” Propose to
j Capture the Party Demand for
Repeal of the Registra-
tion Laws.
Last night the Citizens’ Committee, the
element antagonistic to the club movement,
I met at St. Andrew’s Hall, and proceeded
vigorously to lay out work for the campaign.
The following committees were appointed
from each of the four districts, to call dis
j trict primaries to-night, for the purpose of
nominating two Aidermen from each dis
tric’, to be submitted at the mass meeting
■ to-morrow nigh’, leaving four from the city
at large to be presented by the people :
First District: A. N.Manucy,Chairman;
E. J. Kieffer, J. F. Teitjen, J. P. Daily,
George Schroeder, Richard Fogarty, C. P.
Small, R. M. Crawford, J. S. Collins, H. F.
Kramer.
Second District: J. F. Phillips, Chair
man; Joe Barbour, J. F. Shroder, A. R.
Fawcett, L. Alexander, N. O. Tilton, I. G
Cohen, G. W. Parish, Henry Suiter, M. W.
Lanier.
Third District: W. F. Chaplin, Chair
man; G. M. Ryals, George Renken, C. E.
Wakefield, R. F. Harmon. O. P. Havens, D.
B. Lester, A. H. Best, W. C. Neidlinger,
Charles Umbach.
Fourth District: W. F. Reid, P. B.
Springer, Aleck Mendel, William Bouhan,
B. W. Tedder, D. Grimm, Henry Kuck, J.
J. Joyce, Charles Carroll, George F. Byrnes.
The tommutees subsequently arranged
for the primaries which will be held to
night.
There was bitter opposition to the plan
recommended by the Democratic Executive
Committee, that a committee of twenty-five
be appointed to nominate the candidates.
The registration law for the city was then
discussed, and a very spirited debate fol
lowed. The sentiment of the assemblage
was Unanimously in favor of a repeal of the
law, and the following resolutions were
■ adopted:
Resolved, That this committee do earn
estly recommend to the Senator and Repre
• seniatives from this district the repeal of
the registration laws of the city of Savan
nah and county of Chatham ; and we here
with present our objections to said laws on
■ account of their anti-democratic, unconsti
tutional and tricky character.
First. In that the tax on property follows
the property and not the person, and if the
Tax Collector fails to collect such tax it is
; because of his own negligence, and not from
any defect in the law.
Secondly. That though the ownership of
the property may be changed, the overdue
tax is a lien on the property passing into
I such other hands, and is not a lien on the
, privileges of the individual from whose
hands it has passed.
Thirdly. That the poll tax is a tax upon
privileges, and is entirely separate and dis
tinct from assessments upon property, and
i does not in any manner concern the prop
i erty. Therefore, the attempt to and the
practice < f depriving the citizen of his
! liberties and privileges because of unpaid
assessments upon property for which the
property, and not tne privileges, of the citi—
> zen is alone responsible, is a violent de
privation of the most sacred rights of the
! citizen, despoiling him of the only weapon
I guaranteed him by the constitution of his
country with which to propect his liberties
, and privileges from the oppression of un
’ democratic and aristocratic rule.
i Fourthly. In that the methods of collect
ing such poll taxes partake of a tricky nature,
I providing entirely different places for their
payment in different years, and confusing
the taxpayer until he gels into a teeling of
disgust at the amount of trouble to which he
is forced to submit in order to obtain his
clearest rights of franchise.
I Fifthlv. In that the places selected for
registration seem specially chosen with a
view of defeating instead of promoting the
registrating requirements. Out of the way
counting rooms and gentlemen’s private
I offices are selected with the apparent pur
pose of giving the humbler and more igno
; rant classes of voters so much embarrass
’ ment as to effect the result of bluffiing them
’ out of their desire to register as voters.
i Sixthly. In that all sorts of obstructions
! and illegal requirements (as certificates.
I from Tax Collectors covering years gone by)
. are demanded of the voter with a full
: knowledge that he may not be able to pro
duce them —not because of any non-payment
of his taxes, but simply because his receipts
may have been lost or mislaid, and because
he cannot require a Tax Collector to give
him a general certificate—a requirement
which the law itself does not impose, and
which the Tax Collector should not be re
quired to furnish.
For all of these reasons we denounce the
present registration laws as unfair, undem
ocratic, obstructive, and tending to build up
an oligarchy defiant of all the rights of cit
izenship, and concerning itself only for the
persona) interests of its own associations;
and we demand as our right the correction
of the abuses which have been imposed on
lus in the name of law, and in violation of
’justice and righ’.
I Resolved, That we will not support any
i man for public office who will not pledge
I himself to carry out the purpose of these
i resolutions.
I Resolved further, That this committee
secure any possible evidence of the corrup
l tion of voters by purchase or otherwise, and
present the same to the grand jury for the
indictment of all parties who thus debase
; the franchise ol the citizen.
' And to these ends we invite the co-opera-
| tion of all good citizens.
City Court.
City Court convened this morning at 10
o’clock in monthly session, Judge W. D.
; Harden, presiding. The following cases
' were disposed of :
Annie Spring and Alex Jackson vs.
Robert H. Bourke, Constable, and James
Laly. Action of trover. Case being tried
I when our report closed.
' Court will meet to-morrow at 10 a. m.
The petit jurors not engaged in the above
> case were dischargsd until to-morrow at 10
a. m.
PRETTY WOMEN.
i Ladies who would retain freshness and
i viyacity. Don’t fail to try “Well Health
Renewer.”