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VOL. 6.--XO. 55.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST BY CABLE AND WIRE.
Intense Excitement in England Oxer t * e
Vote of Censure To-Night—General
Roller Reaches Gakdul in Safety-
Anarchists Arrested in Switz'r
land Arrival of Mr. Hen
dricks in Washington.
London, Feb. 27.—Verbatim reports of
the discussion in the House of Lords and
Commons last night on the vote of censure
are published throughout England this
morning, and the excitement consequent on
the possible defeat of the Government to
night is intense.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
This Morning’s Work in Both Homes.
"Washington, Feb. 27.—The House to
day, on communication from the Secretary
of War, passed the Senate resolution
authorizing a loan of flags for the
inaugural ceremonies. The sundry civil
appropriation bill then came up as
unfinished business and a substitute for the
Exposition clause was proposed by t Mr.
HarmoD, of Michigan, which was adopted.
It appropriates $300,000, but requires it to
be applied first in the payment of
all debts that are standing outside,
of Louisiana, and, secondly, in the payment
of all premiums heretofore or hereafter to
be awarded; the money to be disbursed
under the direction o f the Secretary of the
Treasury, who shall detail an agent for the
duty.
After some unimportant business the
Senate proceeded to the consideration of
the Naval Bill and Senate amendments
thereto, were read at length.
DESTRUCTIVE EIRE.
National Theatre Burned—Losses Over
$200,000.
Washington, D. C , Feb. 27.—The Na
tional Theatre was destroyed by fire be
tween 1 and 2 o’clock this morning. Loss
on building SIOO,OOO, insurance $40,000.
Mr. Rapley, the owner, estimates the prop
erty destroyed as valued at $50,000 addi
tional. No insurance.
Miller & Jones’ billiard room, in the
theatre, was also damaged to the extent of
$20,000.
The Harris House, adjoining the theatre,
wts also badly damaged. The ruins are
still smouldering.
SWITZRELAND EXCIIED.
A Successful Raid on Anarchists,
Berlin, Feb. 27.—The whole of Switz
land was thrown into a state of semi panic
at 6 o’clock this morning by a well planned
raid on the members of the Anarchist So
cieties. Wholesale arrests were made in
all sections of the country at the same
moment, and the plans of the police were
so well laid and the secret of the intended
descent was so closely kept that nearly all
the prisoners were taken from their beds.
FATAL EXPLOSION.
Two Distinguished British Officers Killed.
London, Feb. 27.—Among those who lost
their lives by the explosion of a fuse at the
Royal School of Gunnery, at Shoeburgness
yesterday afternoon, are, Col. Fol Starng
ways, commandant of the school, and Col.
Lyon, head ot the Royal Laboratory at
Woolwich. Both men had their legs torn
from their bodies, and were otherwise hori
ribly mutilated. The exact number of per
sons killed, or injured by the explosion, has
not yet been learned.
THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT
Arrives in Washington and is Shown Dis
tinguished Honors.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Vice President
elect Hendricks arrived here to day. Over
the door of Willard’s Hotel, where he
has taken rooms, is placarded in large g‘l
letters, “Hail to tti* Chief.” an 1 above the
portico are the coat of arms ot Indiana and
a thousand yards of red, white and blue
bunting.
A DISGRACEFUL SCENE
In tlie Ohio Legislature*
Columbus, 0., Feh. 27.—A disgraceful
scene was witnessed in the House of Repre
sentatives yesterday. Allen O, Myers, a,
member, denounced several of the memhi s
as thieves, bribetakers and horse thieve .
One of the members made a movement l<<
attack Myers, but demisted on being told that
the latter was intoxicated. Myers will
probably be officially reprimanded.
THE SOUDAN AVAR.
Gen. Bullcr Reaches Gakdul ill Saf. tj .
London, Feb. 27.—A dispatch from G, n.
Wolseiey this morning to the war office
states that Gen. Buffer had evacuated his
entrehched portion at Abu Klea and
reached Gakdul in safety. The movement
was accomplished with perfect success and
without a casualty of any description.
Maud S. Not to Be Trotted F. r Money.
New York, Feb. 27. —Robert Bonner
has written a letter stating that he will
never allow Maud 8. to be trotted for
money. ,
WESTERN PRODUCE.
A Period of Activity Anticipated.
Special Dispatch to the Dally Times.
Chicago, Feb" 27.—Now that the weather
has become milder and transportation has
been resumed the current of business on
’Change, which was almost brought to a
standstill by stagnation in other lines of
trade, promises to revive and show all the
more activity after the spell of enforced
dullness.
In the pork pit the shaking out of tailers
is being carried on in earnest. The man
ipulators |took advantage of increased
supplies of hogs and an easier fee’ing at the
yards to break the market for product all to
pieces. Armour sold steadily and so did
other packers. Nat Jones, too, seeing the
drift of things, let go some big lots on
“short” account and the little fellows dumped
over their holdings just as everybody expect
ed they would. Each load thown over acted
as a hammer, sending the market down a peg
farther, and lest there should be any bold
enough to hold on in the hope that Phil
Armour proposed running a squeeze after
troublesome followers were gotten rid of, it
was announced that the great packer was
about to start on an extended trio to New
Orleans. This put an end to the corner
theory, and the “tongs” wiio are left may be
regarded as able to stay. Now, of course, all
traders know that prices will ultimately be
pushed very much above the current range,
but whether there will be a further break
in the meantime is quite another thing, and
will depend upon whether the majority of
dealers desire to come in as short sellers or
as purchasers.
The recent break in wheat took the bulls
by surprise, hut since then they have rallied
and are disposed to fight vigorously each
eighth cent decline. The customary batch
ot crop damage stories is freely circulated,
and news from abroad is made to look as
black and war like as possible. They claim,
to.), that the winter wheat acreage has de
creased nearly one-fiftn and that there is
reasonable ground for the belief that there
will he a corresponding decrease in the area
j sown to spring wheat. This, with the fact
j that low prices made it necessary to market
a larger percentage than usual in the first
part of the crop year, leaving comparatively
little behind, is thought to offset the irn
! mense visible supply.
“The railroad and warehouse element,”
remarked J. W. GreeD, “are interested in
not seeing wheat’go down, or kept down to
| a point which would discourage production
for next year, because that would incur a
reduced transportation service both ways
and a general poverty which they would
feel most heavily. It looks as if the short
interest, already large, would increase its
lines and perhaps force prices down a little
in so doing, but I think purchases made on
such pressure would yield a profit-”
Corn is steady and many believe that if
wheat and provisions gave it any encourage
ment it would advance. Still, the fact that
nearly all operators feel bullish, and have
bought a little in the expectation of a bulge,
gives the market an unhealthy look, and
S’me think that until a good deal of “long”
stuff com's out, there is little chance for im
provement. On the other hand, the con
sumptive demand from the East is enor
mous, and dealers say that if c ru could be
furnished as fast as wanted, one thousand
cars per dry would be taken for the consu
ming centers of this country alone, to say
nothing of the export demand which is still
good.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Feb. 27.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 48
Missouri Pacific 92 %
Western Union Telegraph Co 59
Pacific Mail 55%
Lake Shore 68%
Louisville and Nashville 33
Texas Pacific 18%
Denver and Rio Grande; s%
Michigan Central 63
Delaware, Lackawanna* West'n 103%
Northwestern 96%
St. Paul 73%
Chicago, Burlington and tpuincy 12%
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 42%
Rock Island : 113%
Jersey Central 3%s
Memphis and Charleston 35
East Tennessee, Va. * Ga (coni) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. * Ga. (pfd) 6%
Philadelphia and Reading 17%
Omaha (coni) 2s
Omaha (pfd) 90
New York Central 94%
Kansas and Texas 17%
Erie.-: 13%
New York Prodnc- Market.
New York, Feb 27 Flour duil and
Unchanged. Wheat No. 2 red winter,March
86:}, do April 88, do May 89. Corn, No. 2
mixed, March 49}, do May 48|- Red Oats
No. 2, mired, 36} March, 37 May. Pork
dull, mess 1400. Lard $7 14a7 15 Mirch,
$7 21a7 22 April. Molasses quiet, 40a
52 for fair to choice grades. Turpentine
dull at 31J at 32. Rosin dull ; strained to
good. $1 20 at $1 25. Rice steady ; fancy
carges 6} at 7. Sugar dull; refined cut loaf
6 7 16. Coffee dull; fair cargoes-9}-
Heroism to be Rewarded.
Galveston, Tex., Feb. 27. —In r, cogui
t’on of the indomitable courage displayed by
United States Deputy Marshal John Man
ning in the discharge of his duty and in the
defence of his fallen chief, President Arthur
has been wired to appoint Manning to the
Marshalsiiip of West Texas, made vacant
by the tragic death of the Marshal. The
telegram is signed by prominent men, irre
spective of politics,
Fatal Accident to a Sf am.,n.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 27. —The Danish
| steamer Magnus dropped anchor in this port
last night. Carl Sommers, one of the sea
! men, was struck on the head by one of the
mast shackles. A hole into which a m il’s
I hand could easily enter, was knocked ia the
man’s head. lie was taken to the St.
Joseph’s Hospital, where he died to-day.
Hoarseness relieved in fine minutes time
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1885.
THE INAUGURATION.
THE TREMENDOUS INFLUX OF
DEMOCRATS TO WASHINGTON.
The Preparations to Transport the
Masses Being Made by the Railroads—
The Rush Expected to Begin on
Sunday and Continue Duiiug the
Week Unprecedented De
mand for Sleeping and
Passenger Coaches.
Baltimore, Feb. 27.—The Sun has
gathered the following details of the ar
rangements made by the railroads for trans
porting visitors to Washington to the inau
guration.
Toe Baltimore and Ohio and the Penn
sylvania Railroads will in the latter part of
this week begin moving the Democratic
masses from distant points to Washington.
The. rush will set in by next Sunday, and
from that time until the culmination at the
Presidential inauguration on March 4 the
passenger departments of the railroads will
have all they can do to accommodate the
Washington travel. The coaches of all
their lines that can be spared will be put
nto this service, and the arrangements in
all details will be upon a gigantic scale. It
is accepted as a fact that more people will
witness the Cleveland and Hendricks inau
guration than have been in Washington on
similar occasions for many years. The de
mand for sleeping coaches has been in excess
of the supply, and many Democratic organi
zations have chosen that luxurions way ol
traveling. The Baltimore and Ohio has
chartered fifty of its sleeping coaches, only
retaining a number sufficient for the regular
service. The company is putting in sidings
at Washington for these fifty sleeping
coaches, and their occupants will have them
for hotel quartets. In and near Washington
the Pennsylvania Railroad has constructed
about twenty miles of new sidings on which
to store its cars.
The Pennsylvania’s Western and Northern
travel will come to Baltimore by the North
ern Central and the Eastern by the P. W ,
and B. Read, and all will be taken to Wash- !
ington on the Baltimore and Potomac, |
which has double tracks, and is excellently
equipped . The Baltimore and Ohio, which
takes its Western business directly into
Washington by the Metropolitan Branch,
has arranged to turn all of its cars over to
the Washington Branch for the local travel
between Baltimore and Washington on in
auguration day. About all of the passen
gers from the West will be landed in Wash
ington by the night of March 3, and the
trains will all be put into the Baltimore
service. They will commence leaving
Camden Station at short intervals as early
as 5 a. m., and by 8 o’clock the several trains
that make local stops on the line will
be through, and after that only express
trains will be sent out from Camden Station
every ten minutes for the next three hours.
At 11 o’clock the last of these expresses will
probably have been sent, and then the ar
rangements for bringing home the throngs
later in the day will he put in motion. The
Baltimore and Ohio expects to have ample
provision for taking 25,000 to 30,000 people
from Baltimore ard bringing them back in
good shape. The Baltimore and Potomac
will also have facilities at hand for accom
modating the Baltimore public, and it is
believed the record of that day’s work by
the railroads will demonstrate their ability
10 care for a tremendous rush of travel.
The Iroquois Club, a noted Democratic
organization of Chicago, have chartered a
special Baltimore & Ohio train, including
six gorgeous new bullet sleepers, and will go
to Washington in fine style. Mr. C. Iv Lord,
the general passenger agent, will come on
East with them. The same railroad will
carry five other Chicago organizations to the
inauguration, the Ducxworth and Jefferson
Clubs, of Cincinnati, the Burseh Zouaves and
Treadway Rifles, of St. Louis, Jackson and
Democratic Glee Club, of Co'umbus, Hawk
eye Club, of Des Moines, lowa, Jefferson
Club, of Youngstown, Ohio, two Louisville
c’tths, a club from Toledo, the Randall Club,
of Pittsburg, and numerous other organiza
tions. West Virginia and Western Mary
land will send their full quota of people.
A Pennsylvania official says the employes
in thrir service who had experience in hand
ling the Philadelphia Centennial business
will he put in charge of the Washington
travel, explained the arrangements as
follows; . , , .
“In addition to the clubs and political
organizations and the thousands of sight
seers, we will carry to Washington, so as to
have every man there by 6 o’clock on the
morning of March 4, over 7,000 members of
the National Guard of the State. All regi
ments we? l , north and south of Harrisburg
will mass at thal place and proceed over the
Northern Centra! R-iiway to Baltimore.
The Philadelphia and Reading and Lehigh
Valley Companies will send us three regi
ments. It will require a great many cars
for the militiamen. The company re
fused at first to transport the soldiers,
but after carefully scanning the field it was
seen that we could move them, and the task
will he undertaken. Whenever possible
solid trains will be run from Boston and
points In the East through to W ashington.
This will save our cars. The New York
Tramwav Club will have a couple of special
trains, as will also the County Democracy.
Other organizations will have from three
to eight cars. Local clubs in cities between
Philadelphia and New York will have to
be accommodated —the Americas, the Ran
dal), the Moyamensing Legion, the Sen
senderfer Club and a dozen others, with
from 30 to 100 excursionists each. Ches
ter and Wilmington will have representa
tions. Nearly every able-bodied Democrat
in Baltimore "will go over to the capital on
the 4th proximo.”
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THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE MARY
MORGAN AND THE COLLYER.
The Latter Damaged—An Investigation to
be Had.
The steamer Mary Morgan, Capt. Truitt,
arrived this morning about 2 o’clock from
Fernandina, and a Times reporter obtained
the following account of the collision be
tween the Thomas Coilyer and herself,
mentioned in these co'umt s yester
day. She reports that on Wednes
day night, about 8 o’clock, sighting a steam
er in Cumberland river with all signal
lights raised, her port light being the
brightest,and supposing by position of lights,
that the steamer was under way, the Morgan
blew one blast on her s gnal whistle, which
was answered by one from the steamer. The
wheel was then hove hard down to port
The Morgan engine stopped at once, and
commenced drifting down on the steamer,
which was found to be at anchor.
Captain Truitt then gave the signal
and went ahead on his engine,
to try and clear her, if possible, but the tide
being at ebb, the Morgan continued to drift
and struck the steamer, which was the
Thomas Coilyer, plying between Brunswick
and Fernandina, striking her astern, dam
aging her and also sustaining some little
damage to herself on port side. All the
passengers of the Coilyer were taken aboard
of the Morgan and carried to Brunswick,
none of them being injured. The Coilyer
proceeded on her way to Brunswick. The
collision is said to have occurred by the
Coilyer being at anchor and not burning a
signal light. The case will be invested by
the Inspectors at their office, in this city, on
Tuesday next.
LITTLE GOLDEN HAIR LOST.
Watchtires on the Prairie and Why They
Became Bonfires of Joy,
San Antonio Enterprise.
Last Saturday Katie, the little two-year
old daughter of Mr. John Woodie, manager
of the Arden-Metcalfe ranch, strayed away
from her home, and when her mother, who
had been engaged iu some domestic duties,
turned to look for her child she was no
where in sight. Greatly alarmed, Mr-.
Woodie called her husband, hut a diligent
search failed to reveal any trace of the little j
stranger. After carefully examining every j
nook and corner near the house Messrs. I
Metcalfe and Woodie saddled their horses
and, obtainingthe assistance of Messrs. P. B
and Nat Irvin, L. D. Bilge, Val. Hafner
and James Day, of the Sherwood ranch,who
immediately joined in the hunt, began
scouring the country in all d rections.
There is a deep hole of water near Mr.
Woodie’s house, and Ihe heart broken
father cou d not divest himself of the idea
that his child had fallen in and was
drowned. Again and again he would re
turn there, lured by a power beyond his
control.
At last night fell; tires were built ov r the
prairie; lanterns were lit and the search
continued, but no trace could be found, and j
hope of ever finding the child alive had al
most been abandoned, when a sbo-it was
heard in the distance, and Messrs. Metcall
and Woodie, who were together, pui spurs
I to their horses and soon met Mr. Nat Irvin
with the baby alive ard well in his arms
He had found her within a few feet of the j
river bank.
•—*
A Grey Hound’s Long Leaps,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Captain Ed. Murphy has a beautiful grey
hound. Recently Captain Murphy paid a
visit to relatives at U.bana and took his
hound along for the purpose of having a
little sport. In company with some of his
friends he went out hunting, and near a
lane, which was 33 feet wide, and bordered
on both sides by a stake and rider fence, got
up a rabbit. The hound gave chase; the rab
bit ran under a fence; the first jumpthe hound
made it cleared 25 feet, going over one of the
fences and landing in the lane. Without
any preliminary motion it made the second
leap, and covered the immense leap of 33
feet, clearing the fence on the other side of
the lane. There was a heavy fall of snow,
and it was therefore an easy matter to
determine the distance covered by the prints
of the dog’s feet in the snow. The distance
was measured by Capt. Murphy and three
others who witnessed the remarkable feat,
and their report made it as mentioned
above.
But for One Thing.
Boston Courier.
“My darling, I would die for you,” he
said, as he bent fondly over hrr chair.
“You would?” she asked.
“I would. There is nothing I would not
do to show the strength of my attachment.”
“The rates of insurance are pretty low,”
she said, musingly; “suppose you get your
life insured in my favor for $20,000, and
then die for me? That will be a strong
proof of affection.”
“I would do it but for one thing,” he said.
“What is that?”
“Some other fellow would luxurinte on
the insurance.”
And when hd said that he showed that he
knew what Women are.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Feb. 27. —At the opening wheat
was steady and dull at 79}c May. Corn
lower at 37 Jc April, 40Jc May. Oats lower
at 30jo May. Pork lower and dull at
sl2 72j May. Lard firm and dull at $6 85
March, $7 May. Rils steady at $0 37J
May.
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WRECKED AT SEA.
THE OLD AMERICA GOES TO THE
BOTTOM.
A Leak Discovered When Off Jupiter
Inlet—All Efforts to Btop it Unavailing,
and the Ship Abandoned—Deserip
tion of the Disaster by a Sailor-
Short History of the Vessel
—Sufferings of the Officers
ami Crew.
The steamship America, of the old Savan
nah and Baltimore line, and for a time of
the Merchants’ and Miners’ 'transportation
Company, for many yoars commanded bv
Captain G. W. Billups, has become a victim
of the remorseless seas. Hundreds ofSa-i
vannahians remember the oid America and
her popularity in the days {
when the service of the line j
was confined to the Saragos«a and America.
The Baltimore papers received to-day give
the particulars of her loss, which occurred
on the 11th instant in a severe gale, twenty
fiye miles north of Jupiter Inlet, on the
coast of Florida. It is strange that the news
was not earlier received. She sprang a leak
during the gale, and it was found impossible
to save her.
The America was built in Portland, Conn.,
in 1863. When the Merchants and Miners’
Transportation Company bought the fran
chise of the old Savannah Line they in
cluded the steamships America and Sara
gossa. The former was subsequently sold,
and bought by parties in the East.
The America was under command of
Capt. F. E Miller and was one of Henry
Bros., line of steamer*. She left
Baltimore about January 30 with a large
cargo of machinery for the Spanish-Ameti
can Light and Power Company, Havana,
Cuba, built in Baltimore by Bartlett Hay
ward &Co , which was landed safely. The
vessel then proceeded to Cardenas and load
ed with sugar for Boston, whither she was
bound when lost.
The crew had but time to save very little
of their clothing before thev got off in the
ship’s boats and reached the shore safely, i
The steamer soon af.er foundered. The j
America hailed from New York, where she '
was owned by Mr. W. R. Wilson, but until
last fall had been in aclPe trade between I
Baltimore and the West India islands, car
rying bananas, oranges and pineapples to j
this city. She was a small vessel, her gross ;
measurement being only 753 tons. She was ]
valued at abont $35,000 and insured a j
$20,000.
ARRIVAL OF THE CREW IN SAVANNAH.
This morning there arrived from Jackson
ville nine sailors, part of the crew of the
wrecked steamer America, from New
York, which had taken on a cargo of sugar
at Cardenas, Cuba, and was proceeding to
Boston, when she was lost, as stated, 28 miles
north of Jupiter Inlet, on the east coast of
Florida. Fiom Daniel Flimm, one of
the crew, a Times reporter learned the fol
lowing particulars of the disaster:
On the morning of the J Ith, during a ter
rible norther, a leak was discovered, and,
although the hand-pumps were put to work
and a large amount of sugar thrown over- j
board, by 10 o’clock the engine room was j
flooded and the engine fires were out. Seeing 1
that the vessel was doomed to destruction, i
Capt. F. C. Miller ordered all sail up and j
steered for ihe land, intending to run the j
vessel aground. He succeeded in doing j
so about 11 o’clock at night of the I
same day. All the crew, consisting of 16
men, were saved, though they were more or
less wounded in their efforts to save them
selves, and some became sick from the long
exposure to the raw elements of the next
few days.
Two days later the vessel had entirely
disappeared from view. The sailors had no j
money and nothing to eat, and had to walk ;
16 miles and back to get a meal, for two or j
three days, when they got transportation
part of the way and then walked to Jack- j
sonville. They depended od the charity of j
the people of the country through which j
they traveled for support, and while at times j
they suffered from hunger ana exposure, all |
unite in saying that they were very kindly |
treated in the mam. The Captain and First I
Mate remained cn the scene of the accident.
When the fourteen men reached Jackson
ville, five of them got transportation to
Charleston by boat, and the remaining nine I
came here by rail. They had had nothing I
to eat for several meals, and were tired look- |
ing, showing evident signs of hard usage [
when they reached the Marine hospital to
day. Nearly every one needed medical at
tention, and’Dr. E. H. Nichols, assistant
Marine Surgeon had his hands full for quite
a while, ministering to their wants. At last
he got them all as comfortable as his skill
could make them, when they adjourned to
the Mayor’s office to seek aid from Mayor
Lester, to reach their homes. The names
and residences of those who are here, are as
follows, the names of the others who went to
Charleston could not be learned: Daniel
Flinn, John J. O’Neal, Hugh Mclver, Sec
ond Mate, Oscar Stromberg, Stephen Brim- j
bese, New York; John Laverty, and John
; Snee, Baltimore; Charley Mattiesen, Chi
: cago, and Sam Thurtel!,New Ycrk.
After leaving the Custom House they
called at the Mayor’s office tosee if they
could get aid or transportation to New York
and Baltimore. In answer to the Mayor’s re
quest, the Ocean Steamship Company and
the Merchant’s and Miner’s Transportation
| Company agreed to take the shipwrecked
j crew to their respective homes at $5 each,
! and the city will probably bear the ex-
| pense.
Probabilities.
| Washington, Feb. 27.—For the South!
| Atlantic States, fair weather, north to west ;
winds, becoming variable nearly stationary |
temperature.
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A SLIGHT DIFFICULTY.
In ihe Echo Newspaper Office.
Yesterday abont noon a slight difficulty
took place in the office of The Weekly
Echo, between Geo. A. Davidson, formerly
j connected with that paper and also a color
ed United States Deputy Marshal, and
Thomas Harden, one of the proprietors of
the paper- The difficulty was occasioned by
a business matter between the two, the dis
cussion of which became hot and resulted in
Davidson drawing a revolver on Harden and
threatening to blow him to pieces and after
wards killing himself. Harden says the
pistol was placed, cocked, against his
stomach and he had to do a lot of pretty
talking and begging to keep from being
killed. The difficulty was witnessed by A-
J. Sykes and Louis Toomer, the former a
partner, and the latter the local editor of the
Echo. Toomer rushed out and got Con
stable R. H. Burke, of Justice Naughton’s
court, to arrest Davidson, who
was placed under $1,400 bonds. Warrants
were issued against Davidson charging him
him with assault with intent to murder,
breach of the peace, and carrying concealed
weapons. Later in the afternoon Davidson
is said to have flourished his revolver at
Toomer and Sykes in the same office but
this is claimed to have been a joke. The
affair created considerable stir among the
colored circle of friends of both parties, who
are well known in Savannah.
A BIG REDUCTION IN GAS.
Fifty Cents per Thousand to Prompt Pay-
An announcement of considerable interest
to gas consumers, and one that will prove a
gratifying surprise, is made in our adver
tisement columns. It will be seen that
after the first of Marcn the price of gas will
be 75 cents per thousand, and that a reduc
tion of 334 per cent, will be al
lowed on all bills paid within
ten days after date of presentation.
This action of the Savannah Gas Light Co.,
was determined upon at a meeting of the
Directors to day. It is a move that will be
appreciated by every consumer. The Com
pany have greater facilities than ever for
the manufacture of gas and have determined
to give the people the benefit of the lowest
prices possible. In fac>, there is no city in
the union that now furnishes gas as low as
59 cents per thousand.
Dissolution of the Old Washington Fire
Company.
The Washington Fire Company held
their last meeting last evening at the resi
dence of Mr. Peter B. Springer as was men
tioned in yesterday’s issue of the Times.
The finance committee consisting of P. B.
Springer, John Garrick, James Ray, Dennis
Nugent and Geo. F. Byrne reported that
they had disposed of the property of the
Company realizing thereon $504,13 which
they had on hand for distribution among
the members, 85 in number, consisting of
the following names: P. B. Springer,
D. Nugent, J. N. Maurice, John
E. Nolan, James Ray, George F.
Byrne, G N. Bossell, R. M Butler,
E. ‘J. Barrett, John Garrick, E. F.
Daniels, George Fontan, Joseph Galena,
M. R Hamlet, E. J. Kennedy, James Kel
ly, Patrick Kearney, John Larkin, James
Larkin, Walter Lacv, George Mouro, A. J.
Miller, H. McNally, N. McShane, J. J.
Reilly, W. J. Cleary, Morris Sullivan,
Charles Small, James Smye, John W. Ty
nan, James H. Vaughan, Major C. Williams,
C. E. Wakefield, James. Kearney and Luke
| Carson.
| Mr. George Mouro, assistant chief of the
j present fire department, was presented the
1 seal of the company, tie gavel and block
I were given to the Washington Social Club
and the bor ks to Mr. John E. Nolan. The
j finance cor mittee being discharged with
thanks the company dissolved, after which
they shared the hospitality of Mr. Springer.
! The company was the oldest in Savannah,
having been organized in 1847 and during
j its existence had rendered no little service
;to the city of Savannah in the saving of
| life and property and will be remembered
| by the older citizens cf ibis place with the
kindliest of feelings.
City Court.
[ City Court met at 10 o’clock this
morning, Hon. Wm. D. Harden, Judge,
presiding, when the following proceedings
were had:
The case of James Martin vs. the Central
Railroad and Banking Cf mpany of Georgia,
for damages, which was begun yesterday, is
now in the hands of the jury. This case
has been tried thiee times. The first trial
resulted in a mistrial, tie second trial re
sulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, and a
new trial, granted by the presiding judge,
| which is now going in. The case has never
been to the Supreme Court.
George S. McAlpin vs. the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Gull Rahway Company. At
tachment. Motion to amend by adding
words “dollars,” sustained.
George S. McAlpin vs. the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Gulf Railway. Attachment.
Motion to dismiss levy after allowing amend
ment, overruled.
Court thorn took a recess until 4 p. m.
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