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VOL. 11. NO. 67. AT THE THEATER. _ Tlj Citizens’ CH il My Tlicre To-niglil in Fill Force. THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE’S PROPOSITION TO BE SUBMITTED. A First District Democrat Suggests Details for a District Primary Mr. Whatley Favors the Conference Proposition Racy Review of the Situation by Frank Weldon in Sun day’s Constitution- Chairman Charl ton Wool-Gathered. The Citizens’ Club will meet to-night. The meeting will beat the Theater -not at Turner hall as heretofore—and the hour 8:30 o'clock. The meeting will be the most important in the history of the organization. As such it should call nut the largest attendance. The principal business of ti e evening is the consideration ot a proposition for re-submit ting, on different lines, tn the democracy, at a general primary election to be held at the court house on July 10 next, the selection ol 25 county democratic executive committee men, the selection of delegates to the guber natorial, congressional and senatorial conven tions and the nomination of legislative candidates for Chatham county. To secure a fair expression of the Club on a proposition so unexpected should call out every member of the Club who can possibly attend, so that it may be intelligently con sidered in all its details, a: d either rejected or amended in such a manner that a full and fair expression of the democracy may be obtained and the odium of party disloyalty be placed where it shall properly belong. Whatever may be the outcome of to-night’s meeting ol the Club, every member should attend prepared to vote intelligently so that he may have no nom to complain thereafter of the action of the Club on a subject in which all of its members are vitally interested. Remember that the meeting is to-night and that it is to be at the theater, and at 8:30 o'clock. When tile roll of the Citizens’ Club is called to-night let every member be present to answer to his name. FAVORS DISTRICT PRIMARIES The Inillvtdualltj of the (Itj anti Country Dis tricts Shonlil Not be Abolltliett. Editor Daily ‘Dispatch:— l am doubtful of the sincerity of the Tammany organization in its protestations of desiring party har mony. I have confidence that public senti ment in the community is for harmony and against divided counsels in the democratic party of Chatham county, and while. 1 in common with nine-tenths of the democrats of the First district, am willing to make con cessions for the sake of allaying factional strife, I am not willing to make an abject surrender, as the reforms which the Citizen .’ Club aim at require that no vital thing shall be surrendered to put oil the day for much needed reforms: When I say that 1 doubt the sincerity of Tammany’s desire for party harmony, I base that doubt upon its action in my district, when in Elbert square, on the night of the mass meeting, less than 100 members of the Tammany organization were present and re fused to act with fully 690 democrats of the district, and wdio sought to d.prive the latter of their rights by the farce c.f electing their so-called district committecm- n, their runup chairman hastening to the Fourth district and reporting to the Tammany leaders then upon the stand that they had earned the First dis trict. But a truce to this, and now what should be the object of democrats? It should be as far as possible to have the fullest and fairest expression ot all the democrats of the county as to whom they desire to invest with the patty’s management and control for the next two years. There should be no lessening of the privi leges extended the city and country districts, and the proposition submitted at the third district meeting at the theater on last Friday night is not broad enough, is not clear enough, and robs the districts of their individuality, besides exacting from the country districts a visit from remote parts of the county in order to have a voice at the primaries. I submit that something like the following will be much fairer and would remove many of the objections that stand in the way of party harmony: Let a general primary election be held within the next 10 days in the' different city and county districts,at which two representa tives of each faction shall act as judges,together with one of the two justices of each district who in case of a disagreement should have the deciding vote in passing upon the quali fications of the applicant and who shall be empowered to administer an oath when necessary. If the state of Georgia can afford to trust its magistrates as judges of elections, certainly the democracy can afford to trust one in each of the districts at the primary election. Let these meetings be at a central point in each district, the polls to be open from 6 o’clock p. in. to 9 o’clock p. m. thus affording an opportunity for every democrat to avail himselfof the opportunity to vote. That a committee of two from each faction shall be empowered to have printed their respective tickets which shall be uni form in size, in quality of paper and in type not distinguishable by any printed design or marked in any way. Such tickets to be had at the polls and at such other places as may be designated by representatives of the two factions. That no person shall be permitted to solicit votes for either ticket within two blocks of the voting place, and as fast as electois shall have I cast their ballot they shall retire from the vicinity of the polls. That no office holder (other than a justice <Xbe Wwpatcb. of the peace) or a candidate for office, shall serve as a judge of said election at the primaries. 1 That only qualified registered white voters, who are known to have voted in the past for the democracy or will support its candidates at the election' C take place this year and t next year, shall be entitled to vote. , That no citizen offering to vote shall be re quired to submit his tax receipt as evidence of ' registration, but if his name be found on the 1 official registration list, as publiahed in the Savannah Press June 13, and is known to be in , sympathy with the democracy, shall be en- I titled to vote without challenge. . That those corresponding with the num- - ber to be elected receiving the highest num ber of votes cast for the executive commit- I tee for each district shall be declared elected i by the judges of election, and a majority of judges signing the credentials shall' be 1 prima facie evidence of election; that the i votes cast lor delegates at large, as well as : those cast for district delegates shall be cer tified to the present chairman, Hon. W. G. Charlton, and the present county execu tive committee of Chatham county, and ' they shall canvass the returns and officially : declare the result as certified to them in all the daily papers of Savannah within three days after the primary elections shall have taken place. In case of contest notice of same must be presented within two days from the time of the primary election. If there’s not a quorum of the entire execu tive committee of uncontested committeemen then the present county chairman and county executive committee sl;all decide such con tests in their numerical order, beginning with the First district until a quorum has been obtained, when the' Id committee shall cease to exist and the new executive committee shall pass upon the remaining contests which shall be taken up in their numerical order beginning where the iate committee shall have left off. The new executive committee shall serve until May 1, 1896, and until its successors shall have been elected and qualified. It shall be the duty of the county executive committee to elect from among their number, or from the party at large, a chairman, vice chairman, secretary ami treasurer, and at any time till a permanent or temporary vacancy in either of tlrese offices or a vacancy’ in the committee, and the vacancy occcasioned, if that ot a district committeeman,shall be filled from that district in which a vacancy has oc curred : but the election of one of their num ber as an officer shall not operate to create a vacancy in the committee. The chairman, by and with the consent ol the executive committee, shall call such piim ary elections lor'the nomination of legislative candidates, and for the selection of delegates to the slate, district and county conventions, the calls to be at such times and places as the executive committee shall direct, and all party differences, grievances, i. ..tests of nomina tions and contests ol executive committeemen, shall be referred Io the executive committee, and a decision of the majority of nil the com mittee, after an impartial hearing, shall be ac cepted as final. The committee shall formulate such other rules governing its own actions, and lor the selection of county candidates, including legislative candidates, and provide for the tirfic and manner of selecting lire same, except that they shall not at any lime call mass meetings for such purpose, and the method must always have in view the opportunity of giving all the people the fullest opportunity to have a voice in the selection of commettee mcn, delegates and candidates. The chairman shall preside over the meet ings of the committee, which shall be gov erned by parliamentary rules, and il he has been selected from the paity at large outside of the committee he shall vote only in case of a “tie,” but if a member of the committee proper, and its chairman, he will always be entitled to vote upon any question that may come before the committee. Believing that bribery at elections and privaries is debasing in character and often leads to the subversion rd the popular wiil it is hereby agreed that neither of the clubs to this agreement will countenance the di rect or indirect use of money to influence a votei at a primary or at any general election and that upon reasonable proof that there has been a violation of this rule by any member of the club, that club stands pledged to expel the offending member or members at the next ensuing meeting of the club, and we pledge our word and honor to assist in the prosecution, before the court -, of any one purchasing or attempting to purchase a vote or of any one, bartering or attempting to barter his vote. It is also agreed that each .md every candi date for office at the fund', of the democracy shall be required to announce, in the daily papers of Savannah, in submitting himself as a candidate for nomination or for election be fore or after nomination, that lie will not di rectly or indirectly himself use money to in fluence a vote nor consent to the use of such money by a friend or friends. Tire above I submit can be objected to by no democrat who desires that a fair expression of the people may be ascertained, that such complications as now exist may not arise in the future, and that both the primary and the general elections may be free fr»m the sus picion of bribery and foul play. First District Democrat. Favors the Compromise. Editor Daily Dispatch: It is to be hoped that the Citizens’ Club will ratify at their meeting to-night the proposition agreed upon last Friday night for a general primary on July 10. This is in keeping with my sug gestion offered in an article in The Dispatch of last Wednesday, and is to my mind a fair proposition for both sides. It is true that a fuller vote could be brought out by having the primary in the several districts, especially in the country, but this is a matter to be over come by diligent work and canvassing. If each member of the Citizens’ Club wiil be true to himself and to Iris cause success seems to be certain. Let each member look to it that he lays everything aside on the day ap pointed, for but one hour, and every vote can be cast. Victory here means victory all along the line. it is folly to talk about manipulation, fraud, etc. I would 'ike to see anyone manipulate my vote or defraud me out ol it, and I am sure 1 have no more right to make this assertion than the humblest registered member of the Citizens’ Club, who is true to himself and the principles he pro fesses. Let us ratify the agreement by all means, and by a silent but sure ballot prove our strength by our numbers. We want no I llourish of trumpets in this matter. We want a calm, peaceable election, a lair ballot and a fair count. If we have the votes we should not feai the results. G. 0. Whatley. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY. JUNE 18, 1894. OUTNUMBERS THE TIGERS. 1 Frank Weldon tn the Constitution On the ; Cbatlinin County Political situation. i Mr. Frank Weldon of the Atlanta Constitu tion, alter a review of the political situation in Chatham county, furnishes the following ' racy resume of existing conditions in Sunday's , Constitution: | Savannah, Ga., June 16—[Special.]— A political fever ot a malignant type is epidemic in this picturesque, overheated, monument-dotted city. Everybody has it, and each case seems worse than the other. Every man belongs to a faction; halt tile ladies are partisans, and the little tots are learning to lisp in political numbers. Walter G Charlton, the chairman of the Democratic party in Chatham, declared the other day, and there was pathos in the statement, that there was not an unbiased, unprejudiced man in the county to whom he could turn for an impartial opinion. No such state of affairs has existed here in 20 years and old citizens in the full posses sion of all their faculties, assert that they have never known the excitement over local politics to approach the degree of intensity which now prevails. The democrats are divided into three factions or clubs—the Citizens, Tammany and the Democratic clubs. This trinity of organizations is involved in such a bitter warfare that the party is, truly, in much danger. It is a triangular duel, if a bull is allowable. The clubs are tearing and rend ing each other. The whole city is in a violent commotion. A turbulent spirit per vades the people. Bitter personal feelings have been aroused and sober-minded men deplore the unfortunate condition of affairs. And what is at the bottom of it all ? Spoils offices, remote and meager in emol uments. The campaign is for control of municipal and county offices, the elections for which do not occur until January. Yet here in swelter ing June the city is three months deep in the contest. At no time has the gubernatorial canvass been anything more than an incident a sideshow of the main circus—a small boat suspended from the davits of the larger craft. RUSSELL AND ANTI-RUSSELL. Reduced to its simplest analysis, the con test is between the Russell and anti-Russell tactions. It is safe to say that for fifty years the Russells have been office holders. For more than half of that time the. members of the family have been political bosses in Sa vannah. They have kept their following in tact lor a greater length of time than has any other faction with which lam familiar. War ing Russell and his brother, Judge Philip M. Russell, held offices continuously for forty years. Perhaps one might be out for a term, but if so the other was in. Their uniform success ha> been due to organization. 1 hey held their following together. Just alter the war Waring Russel did his party, the cause of law and order and the white population valuable service. He is now comity treasurer and his bitterest enemy has full faith in the honest custodianship of the public funds. Sometimes the Russells have dominated both county and city politics at the same : time. For some j ears past they have held their own in county affairs, but their op ponents controlled Hie city administration. John J. McDonough, the present mayor, has defeated two Russeh candidates in succession, the lirst after a campaign of only 48 hours. In the next elections the Russell element will endeavor to defeat Mayor McDonough for re-election, or whoever represents his fac tion in the event he declines to run. Gapt. John Dillon, receiver ol tax returns, is also to be overthrown, if that can be done. But John Dillon is a strong leader himself. He has proved a match lor the opposition many a time and has won more political victories from his opponents in recent years than they have won from him. The Irish support Dillon and the Germans stand by Russell. Savannah has a large foreign-born population and in politics there is marked clanishness. The native-born popu lation divides. Sometimes it breaks even. Then .in one year it will go largclv'to one faction and the-next year perhaps it will go to the other side. THEIR COATS OF ARMS. Tammany, of course, as would be sur mised, is composed chiefly of members who have a tender feeling for the Emerald Isle. The tomahawk isTammany’s appiopriate emblem. A big bludgeon seems the proper device for the Citizens’ Club,inasmuch as it appears to be the most formidable of the three organizations. The backbone of this club is the Teuton and Semitic citizenship, with a strong impiegna tion of native blood. A kid glove couchant is the perfectly fit ting armorial bearing for the Democratic Club. This organization is designated by its opponents as “the kid glove crowd,” a term of opprobium in those sections ot the city ad jacent to the Ogeechee and Bilbo canals. The artist has sketched what appears to be a lady’s glove, but that is all right. Jimmy Foley, one of the pioneer members of Tam many, was wont to speak with some disdain of the “lilly-white-handcd” politicians of the kid glove district. Tammany is an oath bound organization. Its secrets are sacred. Tammany was organized four or five years ago by some of the workers in the Fourth district of the city—that part known as the “old fort," on the cast side. In the good old days when everything was decided by a mass meeting at the theater, the “old fort” crowd generally determined the day at the mass meetings. The Washington square boys would go earlv and if thev could not get in at the side doors or windows they surrounded the front entrance to the house, and when the doors were thrown open rushed in and captured the seats in the pit. Noise usually decided nominations, and the posses sion of the pit meant the capture of the meet ing. Jimmy Foley and Australian Kelly al ways had some lusty -lunged sailors along, and when they captured a meeting the nomin- aliens were carried with terrific applause. < When the Yamacraw contingent arrived first 1 and swayped the pit, the ‘bloody fourth” < gang pre-empted the balcony. < OPEN AID MEETINGS. In an evil hour somebody declared that the , primary was the thing. There had been a de- , mand tor the Australian method of voting— ‘ not that of the Mr. Kelly alluded to above— ( but that was too radical a change. Last , Tusday night was the time for the election of , amew executive committee for the county. . This committee controls to a large extent the ( party machinery. The Citizens’ Club and t Tammany laid their plans te capture the new , committee. The Democratic Club was con tent to get wbat it could in die rush. Instead of primary by ballot in <:a h militia district, it was agreed to hold m.s meetings and I county polls. There are f< ur districts in the I city, so there were to be io> r mass meetings. I Each was to begin when ‘Big Duke," the 1 city fire bell, sounded, or as soon thereafter as 1 the meeting pleased. But no meeting was to begin operations before the Jell rang. 1 The Citizens’ Club is especially strong in 1 the First and Seconddistric’s Tlie kid glove district is the third, with the Second on its J west and the Fourth on i>s east. It is said that at the first tap of the irebell the Yarns- ; craw or First district mee ing was formally • opened, by the time the Second tap came 1 the nominations were made and caaried, and ! on the third tap Chairm\.i McErneny de- • dared the meeting adjourned. The Tamma- 1 nyites had also held a meeting a few yards away and they got through at the same time. ’ Then away both crowds rushed like Cap Joyner and his departmen bursting out of ' the engine house on the first sound of alarm. 1 Both factions ran full tilt to the Second dis- 1 trict meeting, which wa: being held two squares away. Tammany and the citizens had held separate meetings ; here, too. Both of these were 1 practically over and the facttons rushed on to 1 swoop down on the third and fourth district ' meetings. It was a good long rim to either 1 of those meeting places. The kid glove men ' met around the confederate monument in 1 the park extension. Many of them strolled 1 leisurely and when they arrived found that ' the tigers and the Citizens were contending 1 for the capture of this meeting. The utmost ’ confusion prevailed and it grew worse. After 1 a little time the fourth district meeting broke i up and more than a thousand men came from 1 Troup square, at Habersham and Taylor streets, to the park. B\ this time all the meetings had massed around the confederate monument. Randolph Anderson, the chair man, had announced at th: outset that he in tended to be perfectly fair in his rulings. That did not suit any factum. ALMOST A FREE FIGHT. Fleming d illignon lead the Citiz.i- and George W. Owens headed the ki gloves. Tammany made common cause witlffthe be gloved gentlemen and aj ainst the t .Dizons’, or Russell element. S: ange to say, the only lighting of the mg/Jt was done at Illis meeting. Mr. dußignofrWid Mr. Owens had the hottest sort of a controversy and every body was looking for a general free light. The only thing that prevented was the solidity of the meeting. Men were packed ■ together so tightly that they could not raise i their arms. Clothes were torn from men’s i backs and those who were in the middle of i the jam were mashed almost to a pulp Still : they say it was a good-natured crowd. Capt. ; McAlpin, who was standing on the edge of pack, says that one man cam: 1 out, surveyed himself and exclaimed: “Well, I’ve got my coat sleeves left any way.” Capt. Dan Purse tells ol another emerging from the jam with blood all over his face. With a laugh and some profanity he remaiked: “I believe that fellow must have hit me in the mouth.’ ’ It was impossible to carry out the purposes ol the meeting, and filially it was broken up with the understanding that another should be held at a later date iu the theater. CLAIMED BY BOTH SIDES. The next day everything was confusion. Tammany and the Citizens both claim to have carried everything in the city. “Who got the best of it last night?” I asked on the street the next morning “We beat ’em out of sight,” was the. re sponse. “Who are we?” “Tammany!” I put the same question to the next man who came along. "Why, we won hands down.” “Who are we?” “The Citizens, ot course.” And that is just the way information was imparted. My own personal opinion, formed on the testimony of probably a hundred men, including about everything from a sailor boarding house runner to a millionaire cotton merchant, is that the Citizens out numbered the tigers. The kid gloves are strong numerically, as well as financially, but it is hard to get them out in full strength. There is no rerson why they should not have run the Third district smoothly and in their own way. But it was disorderly and a gentleman informs me that early Wednes day morning Forsyth park and the Park ex tension were strewn with fragments of clothing, and il is just possible that there were numbers of human bodies lying around on the grass, but he would not vouch for this. Tuesday night’s meetings disgusted the best element in every faction. There was no test of qualification of those voting. When the voting was done by polling those fresent as they filed by, the men at the head of the line would run around and fall in at the tail end, so it is charged. The best solution is a primary in each dis trict, using the registration list to limit the balloting to qualified voters. On Wednesday representatives of the different clubs met and discussed the situation. Thursday they had another meeting. Last night the Third dis trict bad its adjourned mass meeting at the theater, and all factions united in a request for a primary. Chairman Charlton will cheer fully order primaries if it appears that both sides arc willing to repudiate Tuesday night’s mass meetings. A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. "Fulton does not have mass meetings in squares, I believe,” Mr. Samuel B. Ad.uns re marked to me. “No; Fulton has square mass meetings,” I informed him. Elections in Chatham are not so pure as the baking powders arc advertised to be. Money is used every time, and plenty of it. The market price of votes has run up in late years, despite the hard times, from $2 t. sls. The latter figure is a fancy price, and is hot paid except for tlie ere ni of the voters. ’ Everybody knows it. Tde ‘ city papers have drnounced it, the grand jury has investigated the practices and returned nothing but gen eral presentments. Next January when the county and city elections occur money will be freely spent, and the contests will be more exciting than any ever held in Chatham. This is the indication now. But the first step is to get control of the county executive committee. Ex-Senator Fleming G. dußignon is the candidate of the Citizens’ Club for the chair manship of the committee. Perhaps Mr. Charlton, the present chairman, wili be sup ported by the opposition. He has been chairman for a number of years. Mr. Charl ton is one of the ablest lawers at the Savan nah bar. PERSONNEL Os THE CLUBS. Henry C Cunningham of the law firm of Lawton &. Cunningham, is president of the Democratic Campaign Club Among the prominent members are John R. Dillon, D. G. Purse, A. R. Lawton, Jr., J. 11. Estill, T. H. McMillan, J. R Saussy, S. 11. Adams. Tammany’s president is p. H. Gcaron. Among the leading members are Major G. M. Ryals, Mayor John J. McDonough, Aiderman W. 11. Bohan, M. A. O’Byrne,P. J. O’Conner, J. W. Mclntyre. W. W. Osborne, one of Chatham’s repre sentatives in the last legislature, is president of the Citizens' Club, which asks no quarters from the other two organizations. Some of the promine: t members of the Citizens’ Chib are Col. John Screven, W. W. Chisholm, Dr. L. A. Falligant. F. G dußignon, E. A. Weil, Waring Russell, J. J. I) olan, T. I). Rock well Mr. Osborne has the backing ot this strong club for the state Senate from the First dis trict. Mr. Doolan will probably be a candidate tor the H ius'j and so will Mr. Rockwell. Maj. P. W. Meldrim, who was a senator from the First eight or ten years ago, may enter the senatorial race. He is a partner of Col. Wil liam Garrard, a brother ot Col. Louis Gairard of Columbus. Messrs. Doolan and Osborne worked up the Atkinson boom, and their club is strongly lor him for governor. The other clubs are fur Gen. Evans In the Citizens’ are many old veterans who were with the general in the war, and they are for him to the death. Chatham never does act on state officers until the canvass is well over. Just now the city is suffeiing convulsions over the selection of the executive committee and is not giving itself much concern about the gubernatorial race A Knotty Question. The politicians are talking again. The latest thing is to the effect that several of the districts will not agree to go into a primary, general or otherwise, no matter what the result will be to the party. Mr. Charlton was seen this morning. He was asked wh t wou'd be the result of such a refusal. The chairman was at a loss to say what it would be, but thought •’ it would be a most serious state ol affairs, which would tend to hurt the party more than anything else.” Mr. Charlton said that if the districts that claimed to have elected a set of men refuse to go into a primary he, nor no one else, can force them to do it. He was of tlfe opinion, however, that the only way out ot the complicated condition of the present situation would be for every man to assume that he was elected, whether he was or not, and resign. This would leave no committee and would not preclude the same men from running again, Mr. Charlton thought. The Trial of Lizzie Halliday. Monticello, N. Y., June 18.—[By Postal Co.]- -The trial of Lizzie Halliday for the most brutal murders in the history of the state be gins to-day. It will take weeks to secure a jury. The crimes for which she is to be tried arc the murder of Paul Halliday and of the McQuillan women, mother and daughter, file bodies of all three were found hidden in various parts of the Halliday grounds. Her mind seems to wander con! inually, and ex perts believe she is insane. master Mechanics Meet. Saratoga, June 18—[By Postal Co.]—-The American Master Mechanics’ Association of America convenes here to-day. Chauncey M. Depew will deliver the address of welcome. NEBRASKA’S FREE MASONS. Omaha, Nr.,:., June 18—[By Postal Co.] — The Grand Lodge of Free Masons convenes here to-day. The McKnne Hearing. Poughkeepsie, June 18.—[By Postal Co.] she appeal from McKane’s conviction will argued to-day. It will be heard by Justices Brown and D/kman and a third justice to sit in the place of Judge Cullen, who refuses to sit because he heard a motion for a stay. Lieut. Hawley filling (u Detroit. Washington, June 18. —[By Postal Co.] — Lieut. J. M. Hawley will be detached from the Naval Academy to-day and become ex ecutive officer of the Detroit in place of Lieut. W. W. Kimball, who is given three months' leave. The Silva Embezzlement. St. Louis, June 18.—[By Postal Co.]- -The trial of Louis J. Silva, who is under indict ment for embezzling SIOO,OOO from the Rain water-Bradford Hat Company, is to begin to day. The case has already been continued tirrcc times. That Mint Site Suit. Philadelphia, June 18—[By Postal Co.] —A jury has been chosen and the famous mint site suit is to be called to-day before Judge Butler in the federal.court. The Eclectic School. Niagara Falls, N. Y., June 18—[By Postal Co.]—The National Eclectic Medical Associa tion meets here io day, closing June 21. Host anil Heallli to Mother mill Chilli Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT" SUCCESS. It SOOTHS the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIC and is the best remedy for DIARRHGiA Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for ’’Mrs. Win • slow’s Soothing Syrup,” and take no uthe, kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. BUNKER HILL DAY. ston mid Hartford Celebrate the Anniversary of the (ireat Battle. Hartford, Conn., June 18.—[By Postal Co.] The chief military event here this summer is the visit ot the Amoskeag Veterans of Man chester, N. IL, and Hie Worcester Continen tals of Worcester, the two commands coming together as the guests of the Putnam Phalanx, which in uniform, drill and manoeuvre pre serves the appearance and tactics of the revo lutionary troops, has annually recognized Bunker Hill day since its organization 40 years ago. This year June 17 came on Sunday, and the celebration was postponed one day on that account. Ihe first observance of Bunker Hill day by the Putnam Phalanx took place at the loot ol Bunker Hill monument. Isaac W. Stuart, the most brilliant of Connecticut orators, was judge advocate of the battalion at that time, and delivered a memorable ela tion in honor of Connecticut men who fought at Bunker Hill under Gen. Putnam. Mr. Stuart was the idol of the command. He was the owner of the famour Charter Oak at the time of its destruction by a ter rific storm here in 185(1, and was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the phalanx, which was founded to preserve the war his tory and spirit of Connecticut in the revo lution. The battalion is one of the most noted in dependent military organizations in the country, and has been composed from the outset of leading business and professional men in Northern Connecticut. It has made extended excursions through the south, visiting Atlanta and Richmond, while its New York state and New England record in this respect excels that of any other military command in Connecticut. The plans for receiving the Granite and Bay State bat talions to-day have been arranged on an elaborate scale. The two commands will reach here at noon, and will parade under the escort of the Putnam Phalanx and the Gov ernor’s Foot Guard. During the afternoon the Phalanx and guests wiil listen to a sermon to be preached for the occasion in the First Methodist church by the Rev. E L. Thorpe. In the evening there will be a grand banquet in honor of the visit at the Foot Guard Arm ory Gov. Morris ol New 11-ven and staff, ex-Gov. Morgan G. Buckeley, Mayor Brain ard and ex-Mayor John G. Root will be among the guests. BOSTON CELEBRATES. Boston, June 18.—[By Postal Co.]—Bos ton and Charleston are en fete to-day cele brating the ever-memorable battle of Bunker Hill which occurred on June 17, 187(1. The committee announce the military and civic parades for this afternoon, starting promptly at 2 o’clock. Willis W. Stover will be chief marshal. The route is somewhat shorter ’ than usual, but covers the district pretty thoroughly, and is as follows : Formation in city square at 2 o’clock p. m.; from City square to Main street, to ■ Sullivan square, countermarching to Main, to Bunker Hiil, to Chelsea, to Adams, to Chest* • nut, to the east and north sides of Monument square, to Bartlett, to Elm, to High, to south side of Monument square, to Warren, to Park, to City square, where the procession will be reviewed by the chief marshal and dismissed. The route for the Carnival Association this morning is completed. The parade will in clude 13 foot features, eight floats and 10 bands. There will be four costumed staffs of 100 men each. ’I he features as usual will be of a comical, historical and picturesque char acter, and will be carried out by the local 1 organizations, with three visiting organiza tions. The visiting organizations will be the . Koobobees of South Boston,and the Warrens of Roxbury, and the descendants of Revolu tionary patriots from Stowe and Acton. Banquets will be held by the City Guards and the Charleston Cadets in their armories, vb the veteran firemen in Monument hall and by the Carnival Association to the members of the city government at the Waverly House. SPORTING NEWS. Tire Utzslmmons-t hojnskl Eight To-Nlght-Bos ton Handicap Games To-Day. Boston, June 18.—[By Postal Co.]—Bob Fitzsimmons and Joe Choynski arc to meet in an eight-round bout at the Boston theater this evening. It is understood that this match was arranged in New York over four weeks ago, but that it was kept quiet. The men are great rivals, and there is scarcely a doubt but thal they will come together on their merits. The conditions of the match are not exactly known, but it is stated by Davies that the men will go eight rou .ds and tnat a de cision upon the merits shown will be given. Capt. Bill Daly has been agreed upon as the referee. It seems a bit strange that the men would refuse a SIO,OOO offer irom New Orleans for a finish fight and go eight rounds rn Bos , ton for the gate receipts. BOSTON’S OPEN HANDICAP GAMES. Boston, June 18.—[By Postal Co.]—The Boston Athletic Association will hold a set of open handicap games on the Irvington Oval (Huntington avenue) to-day. The fol lowing handicap events will be open to all bona fide amateurs: 1 Hi yard dash, COO yard run, one mile run, 120 yard high hurdle, ' running high jump,running broad jump,loo yard dash, and 440 yard dash, the latter two being scratch sot novices. Firstand second prizes will be given in each event. . CONNECTICUT’S BIG MEET. Bridgeport, Conn., June 18.—[By Posta Co.] —The state meet of the Connecticut division of the League of American Wheel j men, which the Bridgeport Wheel Club is to 1 entertain in this city to-day and to-morrow, will be by (ar the biggest wheeling affair that has ever taken place in the state. : THROWN FROM HIS BUGGY. t ; A Horse Takes Fright and Throws Its Driver Out of the Vehicle. Yesterday afternoon the horse of Mr. M. Givovich, who was driving out East Broad 1 street, became frightened at some object near the corner of Jones street and ran into a post, throwing its driver out against the stone curb. Mr. Givovich was thrown with so much force that he sustained several in i juries, which are very painful, causing him ; to be confined to his bed to-day. His forehead was cut in two places and his ■ lip was also cut, giving it an ugly appearance I to-day. The worst and most painful injury , sustained was that on the chest. Mr. Givovich '■ must have been thrown sgainst the edge of the stone curb that extends along East Broad : stieet, as his chest and shoulder are both cut • and cause him much uneasiness when he . coughs. The buggy was pretty well demol ished. PRICE 3 CENTS POISONOUS BILBO. Complaints Have ta Lodged Willi Hie Saiitarj tari ipl 11, PUBLIC SENTIMENT WILL SUSTAIN PROMPT ACTION. Lime and Carbolic Acid Valueless as Disinfectants—To Inspect Its White washed Banks, and Sluggish Flow. The Members of the Sanitary Board Should Inspect It From the Shell Road to the River—A General Demand to Make it a Closed _ Sewer. The flood-gates in Bilbo canal must go,and so. also, the periodical practice of cleaning the canal and shoveling out its vile deposits upon its high banks to fester in the sun. Fine lime is scattered over this filth to disin fect and deodorize it until the banks of the canal look like a Hour barrel had been rolled along its top wit i headjout. This innocent amusement of the city’s dry culture gang may quiet the fears of the ignorant and un thinking, but informed people know it to be farcical as an attempt to overcome the dam aging effects of exposing the slimy contents of the canal to the sun on its banks. LIME AND CARBOLIC ACID VALULESS. It is supposed to be quick lime that is ap plied to the destruction of germ life in the canal deposits thus thrown up from the bot tom and sides of the bank. Any one familiar with carbonate of lime knows how quickly it is made slack by air or moisture, in which state it has no value as a disinfectant or de stroyer of germ life. Carbo ic acid is poured into Hie aanal to purify it. As the bulk of its conteats are in a state Jot constant change, the dose ot carbolic must be continuous, night and day, if there is any virtue in car bolic acid tor a surface as great as this canal offers for giving off poisonous gases to be swept over the city and carried, first to the humble cottages of the poor and then to the lordlier mansions of the rich. This cleaning process continues through the year, summer and winter. Heaven knows the diseasE-breeeding surface of the canal is broad enough in itself without any increase by adding the tops of its banks loaded with its concentrated corruption in daposit to yield up more poison for the breathing ol our people. The canal is big enough, as a matter of fact, to carry off the deposits of 100,000 closets more easily and less hurt fully than it does from the deposits of 10,00 q ■ closets. IT SHOULD BE CLOSED. Construct it into a closed sewer and the sluggish canal could be assisted by flushing ■ from water mains and kept clean and clear from noxious ana disease-breeding deposits 1 at all times, and the most unsightly blot ' upon avannah’s boasted sewerage system will no longer be disgusting to eye and re volting to smell. Complaint against the present mode of cleaning are now before the the sanitary board and the public demands 1 that the sanitary board deal boldly with this ■ damnable canal cleaning practice. Gentlemen do not be afraid to act; public support is with you you. Neither lime nor whitewash will veneer to sight and smell the exhalation of this verit able river ot death. If yon hesitate or doubt, ' do the inspecting of this locality yourself All that has been said will be justified by a visit to the snow -capped banks of this sluggish canal. Don’t be content to view it from Gwinnett street bridge; follow its banks to the river. It is entitled to and should have this close personal inspection by every member of the sanitary board. As the designated special guardians in matters of municipal sanitation, it is your duty to closely examine Bilbo canal Go just after or while the dry culture gang are putting the canal in so-called first-class sani tary condition. Don’t go once, go often, each time examine thoroughly, each for him self, as each will be held to a separate and also an aggregate responsibility should death come from this disease center in our very midst. THE DANGER FROM WITHIN. Thousands are spent every year to keep out of our midst by land and water quarantine, the diseases of our neighbors and foreign countries, and yet year after year this hot bed ot disease grows in dangerous proportions without commanding a dollar for its remedy or removal upon any sensible or practical basis. In heaven’s name how much longer is this iniquity to be permitted to continue to men ace the health of our people, rich and poor, but more particularly the poor who cannot get away in summer like their rich neigh bors, but must battle out their lives here year in and year out breathing the foul ex halations of Bilbo canal from bottoms and banks. If the excuse be for cleaning out the canal is that sand is washed in from its sides by rain, then temporarily protect it this washing by sheet piling its banks, but don’t under any pretext expose any more of its filth to the rays of our semi-tropical summer sun. Summer Gates to Delightful Resorts. On June 1, the Western and Atlantic railroad and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway will put on sale cheap round trip tickets to Marietta, Dalton, Ga., Lookout Mountain, Estell Springs, Mont Eagle, Sewanee, Tate Springs, Tenn., Asheville, N. C., White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and all the summer resorts in Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado and Virginia. For circulars, maps, rates and other information call on R. D. Mann, ticket airent, No. 4 Kimball house, or C. B. Walker, ticket agent, Union depot. Write for list of Hotels and elegant boarding : houses at Marietta, Acworth, Cartersville or Dalton. C. E. Harman, General Passenger Agent, Atlanta,Ga