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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-19
The Arctic search.

ceived by the Morning Call from the Arctic
relief steamer Rodgers, dated st. Lawrence
Bay, August 18th, states that the Rodgers
arrived there the day before, and that all
were well on board. They found Russian
corvette. which would accompany the
Rodgers to Serdze Ammon. They were to
leave that afternoon, and had hired two ma
tives for the cruise.
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A yellow package containing roll OF
one OF the rails at the Third street crossing
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. The package was taken
by the finder TO Mr.. Lee, the roadmaster,
who, it is said, found the explosive suffi-
cient in quantity to "blow any train to
atoms" 1t is not known who placed the
dynamite on the track.
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WaatharIndientInnn.

OFFICE CHIRF SIGNAL OBSERVER, WASH
IEGToN, D. c., October 18.-Indications for
Wednesday:
In the South Atlantic States, partly
cloudy weather and rains, westerly shifting
to northerly winds, stationary or higher
barometer, and lower temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, partly
cloudy weather and rains, westerly shifting
to northeasterly winds, higher barometer,
and lower temperature.
In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weather
and rain, northeasterly winds, stationary or
higher barometer, and lower temperature.
In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, partly
cloudy weather and rain, ncrtherly shifting
to easterly winds, rising followed by fall
ing barometer, followed by rising tempera-
ture.
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LONDON, October 18.-It is estimated that
43 670Jons OF produce, iRcluding 20, AGA tons
Of coal, were lost at sea during the recent
gale. The majority OF the vessels were col
Hers, but general produce as well as building
materials, petroleum, herrlngs, tar and oil
tons. The balance of the losses consisted
of salt. iron and timber.
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THE RAINS IN THE NORTHWEST.
Disastrous Floods Anticipated.

CHICAGO, October 1S.-The rainfall over
the Northwest still continues, and the
troubles caused by the high water seem to
be increasing. At Quincy it is feared that
the breaking Of the levee is again imminent,
the water being as high as last June. At
heokuk, the Mississippi continues to rise.
This morning at ten o'clock the stage of
the water was two inches above the great
rise of last spring, which caused such great
damage. AT Alexandra, fifty miles below,
the water is backing up over the prairie
There is a prospect that the town will be
completely inundated. The railroad shops
and lumber yards in the southern part of
the city are completely surrounded, and
operations have been suspended. 1t is
feared that the river will rise at least an
other foot, and that a very disastrous food
will result,
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More Railroad ConsoIIdations,

KNOXVILLE, TENN, October 1S.-At 6
meeting to day of the stockholders OF the
Knoxville and Augusta Railroad Company
q consolidation was effected with the Rabun
Gap Short Line Railroad Company of North
Carolina, and the Clayton Railroad Company
Of Georgia, under the name of the Rabun
Gap Railway Company. The whole line
extends from Knoxville to Lula, on the At
lanta and Charlotte Airline Road.
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murdereaIo CoId g.Iooa

GALVESTON, October 15-A special from
Mckinney says "a highly respectable and
wealthy farmer named Norveil was muir
dered In cold blood on Sunday by Shock
Caldwell, a negro, who made good his
escape,u
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A Ship Pierced bY Rails.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18.-While the
ship Friedburg was discharging rails at an
Oakland wharf to-day the slings slipped
and the rails went through the ships bot
tom. She sank in water just deep enough
to cover her hull.
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The cotton oues,ton EuqIand,

ference between the Liverpool Cotton
Brokers and the Manchester Spinners' As
sociation, as regards futures, arrived at no
decision on any of the suggestions dis
cussed. The suggestions included the
adoption Of a system of monthly statements,
the publication of sales of futures, and the
making OF all contracts with good ordi-
nary clause instead of low middling clause.
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Cuba,s New Governor General

MADRID, October 16.-The appointment
of General Prendergast as Governor Gene
raj of Cuba, to succeed General Blanco, has
been gazetted. 1t is believed that he will
take out decree granting amnesty to the
exiled iournalists
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Tammany and Irving Halls Will
tsDIRRR.s,

New YoRK, October 1S.-Tammany and
Irving Hall conference committees met this
afternoon and decided to divide the re-
mainder OF the county ticket between them,
each taking one 1udgeship and two alder
men-at-large.
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murder In rTississIppI.

MEMPHIS. October 1s.-A Vicksburg spe-
cal says: 81. II. Robertson, formerly Sheriff
Of Sharkey county, in q difficulty last night,
killed Hugh Carson, master Of the steamer
nrihrnfn
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INC NIIlItarY Goyernor on TunIs.

PARIS, October IS.-General Lambert,
commandant OF the Paris garrison, has
been appointed to the chief command Of
the city Of Tunis.
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Lost Her OhaIns and Anchors.

LONDON, October 1S.-The British bark
Lyman Cam, from Darien for Sunderland,
was towed into Ramsgate, having lost her
chains and anchors and sustained other
damAQe
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-19

By the Immense sale of st. Jacobs OIL we
begin to realize that the world is not slow
TO recognize what is good for its ailments.
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FORSTER AND THELEAGUE
NO PROSPECT OF QUIET BEING
RESTORED.

Force the Governments Sole Re-
IiaDce-PrecaGtIOns Iu Limerick
Police Pelted I'm Dubltn-SextOnSs
Grit-A Prominent Liberal on the
SituatIOn-A Council of War.
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QUEBEC, October 1S.-A heavy snow storm
set In yesterday afternoon and was still
raging at midnight. Six inches of snow had
fallen
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ssWhat Vim cure me of the PIles. or Hem-

orrhoids," we often hear In despairing
accents. Use Tabler's Buckeye Pile Olnt-
ment, and you win experience permanent
relief.-Adv.
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GROWING THE CENTURY.
FREEDOMS HUNDRED YEARS.

The Tale of KOTktOwnss StOrIed
Field-The stand OF CORVALLIS
The Consummate Strategy of the
Allles-VietOry and Liberty-Wash-
1ngtOn's Glad Message-The Memo
rial MOVement-YesIerday's Cere-
monies-The shaft that Tells TO
Time the Glory the Fathers Won.
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vExATIoUs DELAYS.

Some of the Richmond military did not
arrive until late this afternoon, having been
detained three hours on the route, and the
three hundred vocalists, who were to sing
the national songs set down in the pro-
gramme for the day, were also on the train
with the Richmond troops and were like
wise detained, so that this part of the pro-
gramme was necessarily omitted, much to
the disappointment Of the people.
BEAUTIFUL PROTECTING DISPLAY.
The pyrotechnic display tonight was
success In every particular. All the war
ships in the harbor we're rilliantly illumi-
mated, presenting a beautiful sight. On
the flagship Franklin the lights were
so arranged as to show the out
lines Of the ship and rigging with
magnificent effect. There were also
other designs. In addition to this yacht
anchored in the harbor sent up a constant
stream OF rockets The night was dark and
the display was therefore most brilliant.
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FURTHER ARRIVALS.

The First Delaware Battalion, about 300
strong, arrived to-day. This is the first
and only National Guard organization Della
ware has had since the war. The Ninth
Massachusetts arrived this morning from
Richmond, where they had been visiting.
Their conduct was such as to call forth offi-
cial complaint from General Hancock to
General GTubb, the officer of the day.
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YORKTOWN.

At the Post Omee I'm Sa-
,uah - second Glass Matter.
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Is Of great benefit TO pastors when run
down by long continued brain work.
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The steamer Excelsior, with the York
town Congressional Commission on board,
arrived this morning, and received saluUes
from General HancOck's camp and the war
vessels in the harbor. Shortly after the
Dispatch and Talapoosa hove in sight, and
were saluted by the camp and gun boats.
President Arthur left the Dispatch about
hslf-past IL o'clock and proceeded to La
fayete Hall, where he was received by the
Governor OF Virginia.
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IN UuF8uduCt OF
A resolution OF Congress, approved October "a,
1881. and one approved June z, 1880,
To commemorate the victory
by which
The independence OF the United States Of
America was achieved.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-19

October. 1873, In which the Governors Of all
the original thirteen States participated.
The meeting took place in Independence
Hall. Mr.. Glennsn, representing the York
town meeting, read an address that had
been prepared blythe committee of the local
Yorktown association, appealing for a
national centennial celebration of the anni-
Versary Of the surrender. This proposition
received the hearty approval Of the Govern
ors, and In order to create a general
interest in the matter It was recon-
mended that the Governors of all the States
appoint commissioners from their respect
i've States to represent them. Mr.. Glennan
was appointed commissioner from Virginia.
The preliminary celebration, which was q
success in every particular, took place on
the field of Yorktown on October 23d, 1879
There was grand military and naval dis
play, which was witnessed by ten thousand
people from all parts of the country. Pa
triotic speeches were delivered and several
resolutions were adopted, among them one
recommending the people of the United
States to celebrate the surrender in a worthy
manner, and another requesting Congress to
order the erection of the monument pro-
posed in Edmund Randolph's resolution.
Congress, at the opening of the session,
appointed committee composed of a Sens-
tor and member from each one of the Colo
Virginia, was elected chairman. This COM
mittee promptly reported a bill requesting
that $4,000 be appropriated for the monu
ment. $50, 600 to aid the celebration, and
$50, 900 to be disbursed by the State Depart
ment for the entertainment of the French
guests of the nation, representatives of the
French Republic and descendants OF the
principal French officers at the siege of York
town, whom 1t was determined to invite.
a Vft lad 70 fba
dent of the French Republic and to repre-
sentatives of the families of LAFAYETTE, Ro-
chambeau and De Grasse. Others were
afterwsrd included, among whom were the
descendants Of Baron Won Steuben, the gal
liant German officer. The site Of the mOnu-
ment was selected, a design for the struc-
ture was approved, and an elaborate pro-
gramme was prepared.
The arrival Of the foreign guests in this
country and their cordial welcome in vari-
GUS cities of the country, including Wash
ington, are too fresh in the memory of all
to require repetition.
THREATENING FATHrR-TRnOps AMI rIu-
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TELEGRAPHIC CHIPS.

General Bakoush, the Turkish Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, has resigned.
The Danish Supreme Court has confru.od
the sentence of death, passed by the West
lndian Commission, on the thirty-nine
negroes convicted of participation in the
Santo Cruz revolt
A Rome cablegram says: 'Signor Farin
has refused to form the Ministry on the
ground of his i'll health"
Berlin cablegram saws: 'In the Reich
stag to-day the commercial treaty with China
was read a second time. A treaty of COM
merce with Austria has been concluded"
Many workmen at the State Powder
Factory outside of St. Petersburg were ar
rested during the past week. Revolutionary
publications were found in their pos
session.
Prince Gortschakoff is expected at Berlin
soon, on his way to st. Petersburg to thank
the Car for the congratulations extended 10
him on his jubilee. He will return to Baden
shortly.
At a private meeting organized by Irrseon-
cilables in Paris. TO protest agsinst the
sentence on Hessy Helfman, after y num-
Der of infammatory speeches, resolutions
were passed censuring the acts OF Russia.
blaming France for crushing the right of
asylum, and hoping the revolutopists of
| Russia would triumph.
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SAD CATASTROPHE.
Probable Loss of Twelve Lives by the
Gazing .tns of n Deadwood Tunnel =
Undue Haste and Carlessness the Cause.

Probable Loss of Twelve Lives by the
Gazing .inI of n Deadwood Tunnel =
Undue Haste and Carlessness the Cause.
DEADwooD, May 20.-At 7:30 last evening as
the night shift of the Golden Terra Mine, sixty
men were entering the tunnel for the night and,
wheH at the first chamber, about 300 feet from
mouth OF the tunnel, the works caved in, carry
ing down timbers with terrific crash, filling a
great slope and burying the foremost men be-
meath the debris. The compression of air forced
the rear portion OF the shift through the tunnel
as though fire from a cannon, from fifty to 100
feet, instantly killing Thomas Greene and seri-
ously injuring Thomss Bates, William wren
Matter Lago, John Hall, Charles Rouse, Patrick
b. King, Timothy Sullivan and T. B. Sullivan A
pumber of Others escaped unhurt through the
tunnel TO the Homestake Mine or back to the open
cut. Among those unknown TO be buried be-
meath the cave and probably killed, are James
Farley L. Welgan. J. Wefilock. John Miller,
Thomas Thomas, P. Calvin, Angus McLain, Jack
Beavy, Jack Eddy. Joseph Harkins and Ne
Cormack. News of the disaster spread rapidly
10 all the camps and thousands
Of men were soon on the ground with picks and
shovels. Superintendent McMasters of the
Homestake Company, brought over 100 men, who
went 10 work with Will digging for their COM
rades. while as many men could work were
sent into the tunnel from the Homestake side
After an hours hard work The excavators were
able to converse with James Farley, who said he
was pinioned by timbers and rock and ex-
claimed: For Gods sake, boys hurry; can't
stand IL much longer" This inspired the men TO
greater effort. but Farley's voice soon died out.
and probably he, well his companions are
dead AT O'Clock this morning no bodies have
been extricatei The vicinity OF the mine
Is crowded with friends Of the miners,
women and children, crying and wild with
grief, presenting scene of the greatest horror.
The work will be continued till the tunnel and
chamber are clear. The Golden Terra Mine be-
longs 10 the Homestake Company, and is cousid.
cred one of the best in the hills The point oI
catastrophe Is what Is known as the disputed
ground between the Gophen and Terra Compa
nies, to secure possession OF which both Compa
nies have been working with undue haste. tim
bering In careless manner. The chamber wa,
| long and 100 feet inside. A perfect mountain o.
ore and dirt, probably hundred feet in depth
fell into and filled this vast space. Had the scci
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COLONEL TOM SCOTT.
His Death ut Clifton, Pennsylvania, Last
Night.

Night.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2l.-Colonel Thomas A
Scott is sinking rapidly, and can hardly liv,
throughout the day.
CLIFTON, Pa, May 2l.-Mr. Scott died at
O'Clock this evening.
Thomas Alexander Scott, ex-President of the
Pennsylvania and Texas Pacific Railroads. wa.
born in London, Franklin County Pa, and en-
tered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad In
1850 succeeding J. Edgar Thompson as President
in 1874. In 1861 he was appointed Assistant Sec.
retary OF War having charge of military
settled with his creditors in full At the time OF
his death his wealth was estimated at Sl7 600 600
When the Union Pacific Railroad was in trouble,
he came to its relief and became the head of the
corporation. The Pennsylvania Company which
manages the railways west OF Pittsburg. embra-
ter mind Vanderbiit esiied him tSS ~ n,s t a,,ss
railroad officer that ever lived.
The serious illness Of Colonel Scott began about
His physicians ordered him to- Tive e mn AN work
imme dlately and rest for a considerable period.
Following that advice he sailed for Europe and
ton. While abroad he consulted a number OF
leading physicians, and tried the various baths
which are so universally used by invallds Il was
thought MS health was benefited by the treat
ment and rest, but few months
WORK ON his return, brought on the
disease In more aggravated form.
When it was found that his illness
was really dangerous, he determined to retire
from the Presidency of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, aud shortly afterward from ali active busi-
ness. He still retained an Office i'm the Pennsyl-
yanis Railroad building, by special direction OF
the Board of Directors.
The third and most serious attack of the
disease took place about three weeks ago. During
all his Illness Colonel Scott's mind had been per-
fectly clear, and he laughed and joked with his
attendants long after every hope of saving his
life had vanished.
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RUSSIA.
PRarvcrING THE rrus

ST. PETERSBURG, May 22-The Governor
General of Charkof has issued proelama-
tion forbidding the persecution of the Jews.
and stating that the Jews equally, with all
other faithful subjects of the Gar, are un-
son and property must therefore be equally
protected. The proclamation SAYS: II
therefore summon all well-disposed persons
to help by all means in their power to
tranquilize the public mind. and If the
Jews are further attacked / shall proceed
with the greatest severity against the
rioters. I shall not hesitate 10 use armed
force, or to place the country under martial
law, If necessary" The reports of anti
Jewish riots at Moscow are denied. One
hundred peasants on Prince Gortschakoff-s :
estate. near Kleff, have been arrested for
creating disturbances
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nority or of the performance of any legal act by
the son whereby the latter's citizenship would be
established, would not hesitate TO take every
step warrantable by international law ana Jusuce
in his behalf. Even as il is 50 strongly
does his case appeal TO sympathy, that IL the
sense of the Senate should favor such course
would cheerfully counsel the President to appeal
70 the friendly benevOlence OF the British Govern
man who has felt secure for years IN the seltcon-
viction of his rights as a citizen, has failed 70
verify them, as he could have done by law long
ago, and urging his immediate trial IL evidence
exists against him to warrant such proceeding. or
his release on condition OF returning TO this
country, here 20 acquire status and fulhll the
obligations of faithful and lawabiding citizen.
The official correspondence in the case.
tons allegiance are herewith transmitted
evidence Of the wide spread interest excited in
this country by the arrest of BOyton. also have
pleasure in laying before you for transmission 20
been addressed to the administration by Societies
and individuals throughout the Union.
Respectfully submitted, James G. Blaine.
AS stated in the conclusion OF the report 1t Is
ments, the greater part OF them being appeals to
the Government TO protect Boyton ON the ground
that he is an American citizen.
VICE PRESIDENT ABSENT.
Vice President Arthur was absent from the
Chamber when the adjournment took place, the
the fact that up TO the moment of adjournment
the Senate had remained in executive session,
there were no spectators in the galleries, and
the usual scenes attending sine die adjourn
ment were missing.
GENERAL HAND-SHAKING.
Senators INDUCED in the usual hand-shaking
and well-wishing, and in few moments the
excitement during the session just closed. was
deserted.
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Unconfrmed Nominations.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-The following ars
the more important of the nominations re.
ceiyed by the Senate at its last session. left
without action, and, therefore, expired at
final adjournme
Collectors OF Customs-Thomas NJ Broad,
waters, Vieksburg, Miss; Edward j. Costello
Natchez, Miss.
Surveyor of Customs-Luicius p. Thompson
Philadelphia.
United States Attorney-GeOrge NJ Daskin
Northern District of Alabama.
/ Surveyor General-Orlando II. Brewster. for
Louisiana.
Receivers of Public Moneys-John NJ Farland
Detroit, Mich; James NJ. Wilkinson, Marquette
Mich
Supervising Inspectors of Steam vessels-Georgc
II. Starbuck, Second District; Thomas W. Van
valkenburg, Ninth District
Postmasters-F G. Mates, at Bethlehem, Pa
Judson Spofford, Huntington. w. Va. K. B. Har
rison, Fayetteville. Ark; William Rnle Knox
vile. Tenn; T. K. Morgan, Pulaski. Tenn
Thomas II. Prince. Gallatin, Tenn; Mrs, Julia p
Voolfolk, Jackson, Tenn. Francis NJ. Hobbs
Ennis, Tenn: W. A. Eilet Clarksville, Tex and
J. B. Williamson, Marshall, Tex.