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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
A STORM ON THE LAKES.
Northern States Bending under a Chilly
hurricane from the Ice Fields.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-The weather
turned intensely cold last night and a
fierce gale prevailed all over the Northern
States and Canada, the cold and wind
being particularly severe on the lakes.
Snow two inches deep fell at some points
in Canada, and to a less depth in the
State of New York and on the south shore
of the lakes. A number of vessels were
wrecked on the lakes. One near Roches-
ter is ashore and the entire crew are miss
ing. Several others are anchored near
the same place showing signals of dis
tress, but no one can get to them. At
Troy, n, T., snow fell and several build
lngs were unrOOfed and otherwise dam
aged
TORONTO, ONT, Nov. 12.-Dispatches
from various points in Ontario Indicate
that the storm of last night was very Sc
we're. At Hastings the spire of the Ro-
man Catholic Church was blown down
and the church otherwise damaged; saw
mills were unrOofed and fences blown
down. At Belleville, RObertson's block
was unrOofed and other houses were dam
aged, and chimneys, fences and trees
were blown down in all parts of the
city. The gale was accompanied by
lightning, thunder and a fearful down
pour of hail. When the gale struck Met
ropolitan Hall, in which the Salvation Ar
my meeting was being held, the rafting
of the scenery, caused by the wind,
created panic. Three women tainted
and rush was made for the stairs, down
which many tumbled in their haste For
tunately no one was severely hurt.
The light ship at Colchester fOundered
at her anchorage. Fears are entertained
tor the safety of Capt. lowest, who was
the only person on board.
CLEVELAND, o., Nov. 12.-During a
furious gale last night, Joseph Lamb,
night watchman at the woolen mills in
wilson avenue, while making his rounds
examining the upper doors and windows,
was blown off from the outside stairways
and hurled across the narrow street to
the ground, thirty feet below, with such
violence that his back was broken and he
subsequently died. No disaster to ship
ping is reported in this district of the
lake, except the Bleaching of the steam
barge Johnston.
CHICAGO, Nov. PA fierce gale pre-
vailed on Lake Michigan all day yester-
day and last night. Ten days ago the
schooner Arab went ashore in the harbor
of st. Joseph, Michigan. The tug Protec-
tiOn got her aflOat Friday and they were
to have left for Milwaukee Saturday, ex-
pecting to arrive early Sunday morning.
Nothing has been heard of them. There
were eighteen men on board the two YES
sells and it is feared that all hands were
drowned
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
SOLDIERS AND THEIR TASKS.
inspector General Sackett Recommends
Less Menial Work,

W WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-lnspector Gen
eral ID. b. Sackett, in his report TO the
Secretary of War, says: ''The prime cause
Oh SO much deserton in our army is the
employment of so many soldiers as labor
ers and mechanics in addition to the mill
tary service required of them. 1t is sug-
gested as a remedy for desertion that
there should be provision of the law by
Wnlch a recruit should be retained at a
QepOt ana carefully instructed in all the
duties OF soldlery before he Joins his COM
mand, for which purpose authority should
exist TO enlist about / 900 men in excess of
the legalized legislative strength of the
army; that there should be larger COM
Lhanus ana better quarters, with more
IaclItles for social recreatiOns and
ahusements; that the pay of privates,
c0rporais, sergeants and first sergeants
OF the line should be increased TO S15.
$2O, so and $50 respectively: that the
practlce OF employing soldiers at con-
stant labor discontinue, and the troops.
Dotn ohcers and men, be restricted to the
Gutles which more properly pertain to
thelr profession. The army should hold
that high position of honor, trust and eff
hclency that it will command the respect
and support of the people. A republic
mas intelligent, educated and patriotic
soldiers. 1t must keep abreast with the
progress OF the age. The smaller the
army the more the necessity for increas-
ing It's efficiency. Our country of 50,00O,-
OOO OF people, with their vast interests,
cannot afford to dispense with an efficient
military organizaLiCG e the Pe.jple would
have that protection of life and property
that they expect and may rightfully claim
from the government -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
THE CORN CROP.
The October Estimate of L 600, 900, 900
Bushels Practically Unchanged.

The October Estimate of 1 goo, 900, 900
Bushels Practically Unchanged.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-The November
report of the Department of Agriculture
gives the local yield per acre in October.
The fine report of the condition of corn,
which averaged 7S, was interpreted to
mean product close to 100000, 900
bushels. The average yield per acre ap-
pears 20 be 81 1-10 bushels, ~ bushels
per acre lower than the yield of 1882.
This gives a result practically Identical
with that of October on the acreage re-
ported in July, 6S $40 millions. The
exact figures would be 1900
600 bushels. In the revision
of the seasons returns, this result will
not be materially changed. The product
Will, therefore, be about 40, 100000 bushels
short of the previous crop. notwithstand-
ing the increase of area. This is the third
in succession below the average yield,
following six successive crops above an
average yield, or 26 bushels per acre. The
yields of the corn surplus States are as
follows; Ohio, 2S bushels per acre; Indi-
ana, 27; Illinois, 26; Iowa, "a $40; Mis-
souri,, - 5-10; Kansas, 36 7-l0; Nebraska,
36 bushels. The best quality and
largest yields of the season are in
the Missouri valley. In the Middle States
New York averages y, New Jersey %,
and Pennsylvania % $40 bushels. In the
Southern States, Maryland averages % 5-10
bushels, Virginia IA, North Carolina y,
South Carolina s, Georgia 8, Florida
s 5-1O, Alabama II DO, Mississippi l3 $40,
Louisiana IA 2-l0, Texas II 1-10, TennCs-
see 20.
The quality of the crop in the frosted
belt is very poor. The quantity reported
is 20 $40 bushels in Minnesota, 81 $40 in
Wisconsin, and % 30 in Michigan.
The potato crop is as large as heretofore
reported, amounting to about 10000, 900
bushels
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
$50 FAMILIES BURNED OUT.
Shenandoah, Pa, the Scene of a Terri
BILE CONFEDERATION.

Die COnfiagrat1On.
SHENANDOAH, PA, Nov. PA fire
broke out at noon to-day in the United
States Hotel, a large 3-story frame struc-
ture. The wind was blowing a hurricane,
which continued during the afternoon.
The building was soon envelOped in
flames, which communicated to the adj
joining buildings north of Centre street,
then with the block on the opposite side
of the street, and at 3 O'Clock 16 street
fronts were destroyed, including the
United States Hotel Odd Eel
lows Hall, the Academy of
Music, the Herald office row, the Opera
House, the Mining Herald and the Sdtur-
day EUeninG NelCs offices. Assistance
was telegraphed for which was responded
to from POttsville, Ashland, Girardville,
Tamaqua, Mahoney City and other places.
Over two hundred and fifty families are
homeless, having lost everything. The
loss is variously estimated from $750,000
to $1,000,0O0. 1t is utterly impossible to
give the amount of insurance, but it is
supposed to be large. But few serious
accidents happened. One young man
named George Henton, on his way home,
attempted to jump on a passing engine
and had both legs taken off. He will die
A special meeting Of the Council and
citizens was held this evening when an
appeal to the public was drawn up.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
Strikers Wreck a Train.

PANAMA, Nov. 12.-The strike among
the laborers and freight handlers on the
Panama Railway during the last week
eliminated in the wreck of a train. Some
miscreants removed few fish-pIates and
replaced the rails. The engine passed
over all right, but the tender appears to
have displaced the rails. The baggage
and two passenger cars turned over. and
were precipitated down an embankment
into swamp. The first car contained some
laborers borrowed from the canal COM
pany under the most urgent need. The
second contained a guard of soldiers.
Foul play of some kind having been an
ticipated, the strikers fired on the train
and many were seriously injured. but
none was killed. Forty yards of track
were torn up. Had the train been going
at full speed the death roll would have in
cluded all hands
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
SDain's ProsDaritv

MADRID, Nov. 12.-The Gazette pub
fishes circular of the Minister of FL
nance to the financial delegates of the
provinces enjOining the greatest atten-
tion to the collection of taxes. in order to
increase the revenue. Spain, the Financial
Minister says, has arrived at a degree of
prosperity unknown for many years, the
budget showing a surplus. In regard to
the present budget he says that it will be
unnecessary to employ all the extraordi-
nary resources voted by the Cortes, and
he hopes in regard to the future budget
that the estimated expenditure will be
covered by the nermanent rasnurcns
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
The liability of Sleeping Car Companies.

PITTsBURG, Nov. 12.-In the Supreme
Court this morning the judgment of the
lower court was affirmed in the suit of
Gardner VS.. the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany. The case has attracted widespread
attention. Gardner secured a verdict of
$500, having been robbed of valuables
while sleeping in one of the Pullman cars.
The Supreme Court opinion held that the
company, while liable in an action only as
an mnkeeper or common carrier, yet
reasonable and proper degree of care
is imposed on them. The object
in taking passage in such cars is to per-
NIT the passenger to sleep while in that
helpless condition. The duty rests on the
company to exercise reasonable care and
caution against the valuables of pas
senger being stolen from his bed or from
his clothes or person. This is not case
of robbery by force and violence, but by
stealthy larceny.
The fact that another passenger on the
same car was robbed the same night was
admissible as bearing on the absence of
proper care by the company.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
CAPEL ON LUTHER.
He Denies That He Effected Such Great
Reforms.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 12.-At the Cathedral
last evening Monsignor Capel delivered
a sermon on Martin Luther in continu-
ance of the one delivered by him in the
morning. He first diselaimed any inten-
tion of offending by what he should saw
of Luther as reformer. He said that if
he were in London to-day and should ask
what was the state of intelligence in
Europe when Luther lived, ninety-nine out
of one hundred would say that it was
state OF gross darkness, and would add
that Luther's spark kindled the whole
world into blaze of light. He would
show that nothing was further from the
truth than this modern view of Luther's
period and of his influences. He
asserted that to Catholicism and not
to Protestanism was the world indebted
for the light that followed the fifteenth
century. Printing and paper, those pow
ertul agents III the diffusion of knowledge,
were invented before Luther was born.
The discovery of this new world was the
result of the energy, learning and liber-
ality of Catholic Spain. At that time
siXty-fOur universities of learning existed
in different parts of Europe.
The church architecture and art of that
time were also cited as evidence that the
Catholic Church was not a suppression of
learning. The existence of republics
With prosperous commerce under
Catholic auspices gave the lie to the
charge that the Catholic Church was
the enemy of energy, learning and of lib
erty. Looking to the fruits of Luther's
teachings, he then referred to the claim
that Luther was reiormer, and cited acts
OF Luther to show that he was not. Mon
NtAnpI ToI1h I lioa iO,,
says that there are 236 divisions of the
Protestant religion in England alone. On
the contrary, the Catholic Church re-
mains the same everywhere throughout
all time. Luther's teaching tends to de-
struction, not to building up. 1t tends to
rationalism and agnosticism. Commun-
ism, another of its legitimate fruits, was
not known in the middle ages.
Revolt against the principal authority
leads to all this. No nation has ever been
converted to Christianity by Luther's fol-
lowers. 1t would be impossible when the
rule OF private Judgment was to govern"
Passing to the popular claim that Luther
gave the Bible to the masses, MOnslgnor
Capel said that before Luther was born
the Catholic Church translated the Scrip
lures into the language which was the
mother tongue of all people of learning.
lie argued that Christianity does not de-
pend alone on reading the Bible. During the
Irst three centuries of Christianity
there was no New Testament. The
Catholic Church says read the scripture
but do not place your own Interpretation
on them. In conclusion, he begged his
hearers to look at this matter in the light
OF history and reason, and not blindly
follow the ShibbOleths of prejudice re-
peated during 400 years. MonsIgnor
Capel goes to Lexington, KY, to-day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
~rOBGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
u CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

, threatened Water Famine i'm Athens
Negro Mass Meeting at Pensacola
Am Important Cattle sale at Athens
-rarke Indignant over the Conduct of
.r1rftive Missionary.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
EngIand's Grain Market.

LONDON, Nov. 12.-The Marx Lane
Express, in it's weekly review Of the
British grain trade, says that the wheat
trade is slow, the demand for seed being
over. The millers' terms were accepted
in London for fine, but an occasional adj
vance from Sd. to Is. was n corded In
the provinces. Flour was unaltered.
Fine mailing barley was firm; inferior
was plentiful, and is cheaper. Large ar
rivals of foreign wheat reduced the buyers
to stay their hands. Maize was rather
dearer. Fourteen wheat cargoes arrived,
three were sold, five were withdrawn and
three remained. The sales of English
wheat during the week were 6 ,120 quar-
ters at 40s. Id. per quarter, against A, ,232
quarters at sos. lid. during the cores
DOnding week last wear.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13

PITTsBURG, PA, Nov. PA special
from Greenburg, Pa, says: GA mob of
citizens has made an attempt to lynch
Jacob Noble, who inflicted fatal injuries
on John G. Audley at Scottdale Sunday
night with hatchet. Noble is a bad
character, and his purpose was robbery,
as Audley was known to have a large
sum of money on his person. Noble was
captured at neighbours house, and the
women in the neighborhood forced their
way to him with a clOthes-line, but the
officers succeeded in placing him safely
in iaIlv
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
A Spanish RepubIican Fiasco.

LONDON, Nov. I2.-The Paris cores
pondent of the Times says that the French
Government, in expressing its acqui-
escence in the appointment of Marshal
Serrano as the Spanish Ambassador to
France in place of Due de Fernan Nunez.
used the most fiattering terms in regard
to the Spanish Cabinet. The same cores
pondent says that the Republican demon
stration IN Madrid on Saturday, in men,
Ory of Figueras, the first President of the
Republic of Spain, was complete fiasco.
Only 800 bona fide Republicans partici-
Oatpd in IT,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
THE INDIAN LANDS.
Judge Lawrence Denies the Application
for Interest of Minnesota.

for Interest of Minnesota.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Judge Law
renee, First Comptroller of the Treasury,
has rendered a decision denying an appli-
cation of agents for the State of Mime
sofa for the payment of per cent. on the
value-$1 % an acre--of the permanent
Indian reservations in that State. Judge
Lawrence holds that, under the statutes,
a State is not entitled to the per cent.
prior tO-the extinction of the Indian Oc-
cupancy and the sale of the lands. In his
examination of the matter, the COmptrol-
Ter discovered that some years ago several
States, which, by special acts of Congress,
were entitled to D per cent. on the value
of permanent Indian reservations prior
to the extinction of Indian occupancy,
not only received credit for the
amounts due them prior to the sale
of the lands, but were also allowed an
additional per cent. when the lands were
sold, making 10 Per cent. received by such
States, while, according to law they were
entitled to but . per cent. An eXamina-
tiOn of the whole subject is now in
progress. The States which shall be
found to have received duplicate pay
ments, Judge Lawrence says, will be re-
quired to refund the amount of the excess.
1t is estimated that the aggregate amount
to be thus refunded will reach $200, 900.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
"JUDY'S" LAWSUIT.
Further Explanations of the Expansi,
of the Canadian Dispatches.

Further Explanations of the Expansion
of the Canadian Dispatches.
LONDON, Nov. 12.-The libel case of the
Central News against the proprietor of
Judy was resumed to-day. MIR. Jennings,
an emplOye of the Central News, testified
that the Quebec kilograms were expanded
with letter from that city indicating
that the current opinion in Canada was
that plots existed to destroy Lord Lans-
downe and to destroy the public buildings
by the use of explosives. He said that
second telegram from Quebec was re-
ceived containing only the words: ''The
plot to explode the Circassian Rimouske
has been thwarted. LansdOwne move
ments circuitous. Halifax dynamiters
sent to trial"
This was the dispatch quoted at the OPEN
ing of the examination. on the 7th, namely :
especial Cabinet. Quebec dynamite plot.
Lansdowne discovered. Arrests proba-
bic. Intense eXcitement;" which the
witness testified he used as a basis of
two dispatches making thousand
words, which were sent out by the Cen
tral News. The court committed the de-
fendant for trial,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Ellery Anderson,
on behalf Of j. j. Bradford, has obtained
an injunction from Judge Donohue, re-
straining the issue of $20,O00,0OO worth of
second mortgage bonds of the Northern
Pacific Railway. A member of the North
ern Pacific syndicate says that the new
suit against the company was brought
by Mr.. Da Ponta, who had 10 shares of
common stock ''Northern Pacificv trans
ferred in his name on Saturday. No i'm
portance is attached 10 the suit, which
will be tried in the United States Courts.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
LABOR AND EDUCATION.
Senator BIair's Committee in Session
at Birmingham, Ala.


at Birmingham, Ala.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Nov. 12.--The sub
committee of the United States Senate
Committee on Education and Labor. con-
sisting of Senators Blair and Pugh. of
Alabama, met here this morning at 1880
o'clock at the court house. Col. r. b.
Kyle, of Gadsden, was the first witness,
he said that he was lumber merchant,
and that the wages he paid were 81 % per
day, although some of the mill experts
got from So to $3 90 per day. Most of the
farming is done on shares. Only about
go per cent. of the children in his part of
the State attended school. COlOred edu-
cation was a serious question. A great
majority of the colored people born
since the war seem to feel that
getting an education is all that they need:
that they don't have to work, and that
they will only work for few DAYS at a
time, just long enough to get little
money. The old negroes are the indus
trious ones, and the only ones that save
money or acquire land.
EN-Gov Robert NJ. Patten, of Florence,
was the next witness. He was Governor
during the reconstruction time. He testi-
ned at great length upon the great mine
raj wealth OF the State, saying that all the
elements for the manufacture of iron eX-
listed, namely: the richest ore, coal
and limestone, with wood and water.
The eX- Governor said that much
credit was due the government for scaling
down the national debt. He continued:
''The New England people are a great
people. and we should copy their thrift
and industry. | don't say this because
we have an able New England friend,
Senator Blair, with us, but because feel
that way. | trust that new era has
opened, and that the North and South
will bury the past and march forward
hand in hand. We want more unity and
less politics." The committee will pro-
badly continue its sessions during the
entire week. From hereHthey will go to
Columbus, Ca, and thence to Augusta
and Columbia, S. G.. While at Columbus
the committee will hear witnesses from
Atlanta and other places in the same
SpptiOu
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
AN ASTOUNDING sWINDLE.
The Beggarly Assets of the Etna In
surance Company of Chicago.

surance Company of Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-The final report of
the receiver of the -Etna Life Insurance
Company, of this city, which went to
pieces shortly after the great fire of 1871,
was made in the United States Court
to-day. The report of the Master in
Chancery in connection with the receivers
report iscloses a rather astonishing
state of affairs. The cOmpany's assets
include what was claimed to be $142, 900
of secured paper. In settlement the total
amount realized was $215. The master
says: "This paper was all fraudulent
and worthless, signed by worthless, in
solvent, bankrupt or unknown persons,
and the securities were trust deeds to
property which the makers did not own.r
The testimony shows that the company
was a swindle, and that it was organized
for the purpose of obtaining money under
false pretences. 1t was able to do this,
as the State Auditor accepted the assets
as satisfactory
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13

ST. LOUIS, Nov, 12.-Gen. Sherman
arrived here this morning from New York.
There was no reception at the depot. The
General drove directly to his residence on
Garrison avenue, where he passed the
morning receiving visitors. Tonight he
Will be rendered reception by the Frank
Blair Post of the Grand Army of the Re-
nnhlic-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
A nnnhIn Murdnr

INDIANA, PA, Nov. 12.-At West Leba-
non, II miles southwest from here, on
Saturday evening Joseph Sarber shot his
father twice, first in the arm and again
through the head, killing him instantly.
He then entered the house and told Mary
Kelly, the hOusekeeper, that he had killed
his father and would kill her. He then
shot her in the arm and face, inficting
probably fatal wounds. Sarber fed, but
was captured and lodged in Jail yesterday
He denies the crime, but the evidence
against him IS overwhelming
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
Socialists Hoist a Black Flag.

LONDON, Nov. 12.-The London cor
respondent of the Plymouth Mercury re-
ports that the police of London prevented
a Socialist procession, with a black flag
inscribed starvation" from approaching
Guild Hall on Friday night, during the
Lord Mayors banquet. A Socialist dis
patch states that afterwards they held a
midnight meeting, at which incendary
speeches were made.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13
spain,s Guest from the RbiDo

BERLIN, Nov. 12.-The Crown Prince
Frederick William will start upon his
journey to Madrid on Thursday of this
week. He will go to Genoa by way of
Munich, and will embark thence on
German man-of-war at noon on Saturday
for Spain.
PARIS, Nov. 12.-Excepting the irrecon-
cilable organs, all the newspapers here
regard the projected visit of the German
Grown Prince to Madrid as merely visit
of duty and courtesy.