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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-24
PLANS OF THE OPERATORS.
Scheme AfOOt to Organize a CO-Opera
tive Telegraph ComDanv

Scheme AfoOt to Organize a CO-Opera-
tive Telegraph Company.
BosToN, July 23.-At a meeting of the
strikers held yesterday noon the proposed
establishment OF a cooperative telegraph
company was discussed at length and
very favOrably received. The capital
stock, as proposed, is to be twenty mix
lions i'll transferable shares of S. each
Three-quarters of the entire capital stock
must be held by operators and members
of the labor organization. 1t was stated
at meeting that bankers and merchants
have already agreed to subscribe the other
hye millions, and a committee was ap-
pointed to arrange the details.
NEW YORK, July 23.-The striking tele-
graph operators held a meeting this
morning, at Irving Hall, at which CHAIR
man John Mitchell presided. About five
hundred persons were present, of whom
nifty were ladies. Great enthusiasm was
manifested. Encouraging reports were
received from many points, and dispatches
from all over the South and West were
read by the Chairman. At several points
in the South offices were entirely
vacated, as in the case of Charlotte.
n. e., where the manager and all hands
had struck. All lawIeSsness was forbid
demand it was announced that the Broth
erhood would assist the prosecution of
any one found destroying telegraph prop
erty. Every one seemed to feel confident
that the strike would soon be brought to a
close, and that the company would con-
cede the demands of the strikers. Ad-
dresses were made by several members of
the Brotherhood and by John Gowpers.
President of the Trade and Labor Unions
of this city.
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A Dogs Gratitude.

There was lively row in progress yes
terday morning at the corner of Fitz-
water and Twelfth streets. Four goats
were quietly browsing around several
pans of garbage, when three dogs
complained that the goats were aliens
and were trespassing on their own lunch
route. That was the cause of the trouble.
The result was that the CANNES attacked
the goats, and were swapping so uncOm-
fortably near the headquarters of the
alleged intruders that discretion prompt
ed the goats to beat hasty retreat. just
as the dogs, flushed with victory. had
started in pursuit, big brown dog, with
the scars of many battles on his hide.
dashed out of stable on the north side of
Fitzwater street, a few doors above
Twelfth, and espousing the cause Of the
goats, turned the tide of defeat by
NapOleonic feat of bravery. Three Yelps
of surprise went up from the three cow
ardly ours; three caudal appendages that
had been pointing proudly upward fell
between three pairs 0fhurrying hind legs,
and few seconds later the three dogs
had inglOriOusly fed in the direction of
Fort Miffiin, leaving the stable dog the
victor in one quick round. Then the
goats and their protector trotted back in
to the stable together.
''Well done, wasn't it?' said police
man to reporter.
Eyes. L suppose the dog is kept to
guard the goats, isn'the?
"Not bit of it," replied the policeman.
as he leaned lazily against an awning
post: s'The goats have been living in that
stable for several years-or at least the
two mothers have been there that long.
About three months ago a very hungry
looking boardyard dog came along and
ventured to hunt for food in the stable.
The goats chased him away: But he kept
coming back so meekly and almost beg
ging to be unmolested that, after a week
or so, the goats didn't seem to mind him
at all. So they evidently became fast
friends. He lives in there with them now
and helps them look for grub, and in case
of an emergency, like the one you have
just seen, he is always on hand to fight
for his 'chums.' Pve watched half a
hundred just such fights as this one, and
! have never. yet seen a strange dog get
away with him."
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Observation-Disclosures.

OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER
WASHINGTON, DC, July 23.-Indications
for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair wealth
er, southerly winds, stationary barometer
and stationary temperature, in the south
ern portions stationary, and fall in north
ern portions.
In the East Gulf States, fair weather
with southerly winds, stationary or lower
barometer, andnearly stationary tempera
ture.
In the West Gulf States, fair weather
sOutherly winds, stationary barometer
and temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fail
weather IN the southern portions, partly
cloudy weather and local rains in the
northern portions, stationary or rising ba-
rometer, slight fall in temperature, west.
erly winds becoming variable.
In Tennessee and the Ohio Valley,
falr weather in Tennessee, and partly
cloudy weather and local rains in Ohio
valley, with southwesterly winds, sta
tionary or lower temperature, and nearly
stationary barometer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-24
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Grand Lodge Of cOlOred Odd Fellows Of
south Carolina meets IN Greenylue August o.
The receipts of csttOn at Charleston To
suly - aggregate $685. bales, against 49,, 1i3
Gales last year.
The Ser Island NelCs SAYS: seven persons
nave been Frustrated by the heat at the new
phosphate works.
The Rev. Christopher Green. pastor Of the
Ladies Island Baptist Church. died recently
oi paralysis at his residence on Ladies Island.
Dts; Howe and Taylor, of Columbia. re-
10y el an eyebah from a ffteen-mOnths-Old
last week.
d An alteration took place al Port Royal on
lasl Monday, between James jenkins and Nat
1lclla. The former was severely cut in the
i4.e with brass knuekles.
,,-.le me Asi1 Era, correcting a statement in an
Sl1l ee concerning its politics. saws: "0ur
20 is that the negro has as much chance Of a
tllure relying on party. as a stump-faH bull
'Vl enjoying his otfEut cum in fly season. y
-r-,et NetlIe Frazer, c0lored. living on Mr.. Henry
-! l4f plantatiOn,in in Beaufort county. south
@ @--y-iua and now about S5 years Of age. has
SJL 1lflh 10 eleven children at five births.
fsaFr F'7 az one and twins at each Of the other
tsi-.la i-.la been suggested that Stateburg sum
- e..t1nty, should have a centennial celebra-
re.-t-ils ,-ils year. 1t was settled in 1873. came
80 - uelhg chosen as the capital Of the state
ofba.N " q, e the residence of General Sumter and
prominent men.
fbd aAe Press and Banner gives an account of
alIesl az Brady. of Edward Boon
in y5t win the murder of John I. WOOdpin
The aaleey county, North Carolina, in 1878
Fsrssa7 80 USED ls Ia AbbeVille iaiI awaiting the
Ina. Vi 'he 1oVernor OF North Caro-
sura,iSS larlestOn NelCs Of the nd SAYS: ssThe
beFrs'--oof revenue steamer COlfaN arrived
W saturday from Morehead City, n, c.,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-24
WESTERN UNION QUIET.
THE REPORTS FROM THE
STRIKE VERY MEAGRE.

Both Sides still Talking Assuredlv-
Communication with the West Badly
Crippled-A CO-operative telegram
Company Correspondents and
Washington Officials Grumbling.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The strike sit
uation here remains unchanged. There is
no sign Of weakening by the strikers. All
the Western Union wires.to Chicago are
interrupted west of Pittsburg this even
ing, and only one wire is working to Gin
cinnati. One, at least, of the special
newspaper wires is working to Cincinnati.
The interruption is attributed to the
storm. A report is current mere
tonight that Western Union is
rejecting cable business in New York.
and that the operators at the ends of the
cables at DuXbury, Mass, and Hearts
Content Newfoundland, have struck. but
these rumOrs are denied on the authority
of the Western Union officials. Hearts
Content is beyond the Western Union
lines. A strike at the two points named
would not involve the Direct Gable Com
pany's lines, however, and cable news is
coming through to the AssO-
ciated Press. The news from the
west and north obtained from
telegraph officials is to the effect that
the Western Union is gaining strength
everywhere, and that they have every
prospect of defeating the strikers.
The latter, on the other hand, put forth
equally rOse-cOlOred statements. They re-
port constant and heavy accessions to
their ranks, and that desertions are eX-
ceedingly rare. One striker is reported
as having applied for reinstatement in the
Philadelphia office, where he was imme-
diately put to work.
GALVESTON, July 23.-There is now a
force of twenty on the rolls of the West
ern Union office here, which is rather in
excess Ofthe number employed before the
strike. The railroad telegraph oDe-
rators and clerks from the Gould rail-
road system, together with the managers
OF country offices and a few amateurs,
compose the number. The strikers are
firm, and have the hearty sympathy of
the community.
NEW YORK, July 23.-The force of ope-
rators which reported for duty at the
Western Union office in this city this
morning numbered about 200, and it was
said that none of those at work last week
were missing from their posts. Fortu
nately for the company business is light
at this season of the year, and as it is still
further diminished by the effect of the
strike the force at work is ample to attend
to all the business offered, so at least the
Western Union officials say. There was
no business left over last night, and this
morning all the wires were clear, and
there was no delay in handling all matter.
The rumor that the boys and girls en-
ployed as check clerks would JOIN the
strike this morning was not confirmed by
facts, and all were at work as usual.
CINCINNATI, July 23.-There is no
change in the situation of the operators
strike. Business is very light.
BOSTON. July 23.-The usual number
of operators employed at Sunday work
manned the wires in the Western Union
office yesterday and last night and the
business offered suffered no DELAY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-24
JOHN PHOlNN,S JOKES
Late Revival of Some of Lieutenant
Derby's Witticisms.


Poor Lieut.. Derby, who whiled awav the
weary hours at Yuma, A. T., as well as
at the other posts at which he was sta.
toned on the Pacific coast, in concoctlne
the rare drolleries he gave the world un.
der the nom de plume of "John Phenix.'i y
completely ruined Yuma's reputation
as summer resort by his famOah
joke about the soldier stationed there
who died and brought up in the internal
regions, which he found so chilly bv
contrast that he found it necessary to
send back for his blankets. Since that
period, it is said, "sin-hardened invaIids
repair to Yuma to die, with a view of be-
coming Injured to the great trials of the
hereafter" 1t was also Lieut.. DERBY
who, being left in charge of one of the
San Diego papers at one time for a few
days during the temporary absence of the
editor, changed the politics of the sheet.
to the horror and chagrin of that trusting
victim of misplaced confidence. 1t was
also he who, being presented to General
Augur and family for the first time. ex-
pressed his pleasure at the meeting, and
then looking down blandly at the chill
dren, said, Sand these, l suppose are the
little gimlets," for which untimely ebuIIi-
tion of humor, it is said, the General never
torgave him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-24
RLACKNIAIL IN BERLIN.
now the stan of an Independent Paper
Lived on the Fears of Its Victims.
BeTttn Letter TO BOsf0d Il dUerfiSeP.
sin ON In !. r,,.n.... 4....1 L

d
A singular press trial has been conclud-
ed IN the Central Criminal Court in Ber-
lin. The prisoners were six in number.
The chief of the band, Grunewald bv
name, began life as waiter, and had
been porter in a newspaper office, The
second and the third were described as
merchants and journalists. The fourth
had been hotel porter and traveller in
the wine trade; the fifth was a doctor
of law, while the sixth had sue
cessively graduated as a sailor, a
colorer, and a bookseller before devot-
ing himself to the service of periodical
literature. There ought to have been a
seventh and still more illustriOus charac-
ter in the dock, in the person of Captain
Won SchleinitZ, late of the Prussian
Guards, and related to one of the highest
families in the land, but he escaped
These men composed the staff of a weekly
paper called The UnUbhdnqiqe, or hide
pendent. With a very small circulation.
the independent had only weekly in
come OF about 800 marks, and as the lit
erary management of the print alone abb
sorbed three-fifths OF this sum. it was
plain to the cOnfederacy that their un-
dertaking must fail if it could not be
made more profitable. The correspond
ent of the London Times describes how
1t was made more profitable.
hCf lCoOlhcQ " ludhe all clIlf5lY new
departure in the field of journalism. and
to live less on the curiosity of their read
ers than on their fears. 1t was a much
easier thing, they thought, to terrorize
people than either to instruct or amuse
them. Regarding the inhabitants of Ber-
lin or Germany as so many sheep, the
writers of the independent made it
their business to search out the
black members of the flock. They
looked for the skeleton which is
i'll every house, and ratified it's bones
until the householder offered gold for
mercy. Rich and faithless lovers, aristo-
cratic gamblers, embezzling brothers
in-law, suspected directors, speculative
Jews, adventurous privy councillors and
shady pillars Of commerce were hunted
out with skill worthy of the most cum
ming and acute detectives, and each was
informed that an article little to his credit
would appear in the forthcoming number
of the independent. If no hush-money
meanwhile came in, the editor kept his
word, and out came the incrimi-
mating. efusion, with an intimation
that it would be continued in
our next" Before, however, "'our
next appeared an emissary from the
libelous print would call on the subject
of the attack and offer, for a cOnsidera-
tion, to procure the suppression of the
ugly revelations.
In surprising number of cases these
tactics were quite successful. The silence
OF the ''revolver men, was frequently
purchased with very large sums. Once
they had the impudence to demand 500,0 900
marks as the price of their reticence,
and once they actually eXtOrted 10000
marks from timorOus delinquent.
Checks for $l25 and $3.50 flowed in upon
them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-24
Tom Thumbs Widow Paints at His
Grave

A dispatch from Bridgeport, Conn.,, de-
scribing the funeral of Tom Thumb. saws
Mrs. StrattOn was lifted from the car
riage when it reached the grave at 4
O'Clock. She was too weak to stand. and
a cushion was brought from the carriage
and laid on the ground at the edge of the
grave. The little widow sat upon it. sup
ported by her mother and mother-in-law
The other relatives gathered near by. The
ceremonies lasted more than half an
hour. Mrs. StrattOn becamelmOre and more
agitated as they proceeded, and just as
Prelate DuttOn dropped the floral Masonic
emblem into the grave and the knights
crossed their swords and began to chant
the closing hymn, her little figure shook
for moment with strong emotion, and
she fell back senseless into the arms of
her mother. There were cries of pity
from the crowd that looked on, and hun
dreds Of women watched with anxiety the
efforts to revive the little woman. Mr..
southworth finally lifted her in his arms
and carried her to the carriage. She re-
vived as the carriage was rolling home
ward"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-24
OUR FOREIGN POPULATION.
no" the wave of Immigration has
Ebbed and Flowed for Half a Century,

"NS"tttBtON cDectdf AelO York World
The immigration into the United States
curing the hscal year just ended was
more than % per cent. below that of the
/ preceding year and 10 per cent. below
that OF the year which preceded that. The
tOtai number of immigrants arriving in the
year just closed was 599, ia, against
i'O,422 last year and 669. 43I
the year before. Over 100000 have
thus arrived in the country and
| taken up their abode here within the past
three years. The total arrivals for the
past ten years have been less than 4OO0.-
GOO, and in no three years preceding had
the total run much above 1,0000O0 The
largest number of immigrants arriving in
any one year preceding the three in which
the present "bOOm" has been running was
409,oO3 IN 1873. The number of immi-
grants who have arrived in this country
during the last fifty years reaches over
10,00O,0O0 The smallest number of ar
rivals IN any single year in the half cen
Jury aforesaid was in 1898, when the ar
rivals were 3S,9l4. In 1912 the number
1or the hrst time exceeded 100 900. Since
that IL mas only fallen below that number
1Our times-in 1913, 1874, 1861 and 1862.
Germany continues to furnish the largest
number of arrivals. Last wear there were
19l,643 from Germany, the next largest
being 1882 from England and Wales.
FROM the Dominion OF Canada there were
$4,000, Ireland 63, 700, from Scotland .6I2.
From sunny Italy there were 81, ,715. from
bleak Norway 21,S94, and from Sweden
1896. Nearly three-fourths of the ar
rivals came in at the port of New York.
the number of arrivals of immigrants at
tnat port IN the past year having been
406,697.
The number of foreign-born persons resi-
dents OF the United States is now about
100000, or Ornearly one-eighth ofits present
population. In 1880 it was 6,679.943. in
1870 it was 5,567, ,229, in 1860, 4, 13S, ,697.
New York has larger number of per-
sons of foreign birth than any other State.
1t has !, ,25O,OO0 out of a total population of
5,OOO,OOO Half a million of these are from
Ireland and 100000 from Germany. Penn
sylYania and Illinois have each 800 900 of
foreign birth; Ohio, 100000
OF the 100000 of foreign population
now in the United States 2,225,O6O are of
German nativity and nearly 10000
Irish. Besides the 100000 who are of
foreign birth there are about 5000. 900 of
foreign parentage. The percentage of
arrivals tor the past few years shows a
large increase from Germany. A few
years ago the arrivals from Ireland formed
a much larger percentage of the whole
than now. The number now arriving
from Germany is more than three times
as many as those arriving from Ireland,
Last year there were 191, ,643 Germans to
1922 Irish. The number Of emigrants
leaving Germany in the past fifty years
is estimated at 3,500,000. Most of them
came to the United States.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-24
THE CHOLERA IN LONDON.
THE UNITED STATES TAKING
PRECAUTIONS.

A Horrible State of Affairs In Egvpt-
The Disease Raging Everywhere
Infected People Swarming over the
Land The Death List Increasing
Every Day.
WASHINGTON, July pa report has
oeen received by the Surgeon General of
the Marine Hospital Service that six
deaths from cholera have occurred in Lon
don docks. The disease was brought
there by shipping from Egypt. The re-
port does not come from any official or
responsible source, but has been made
the occasion for the Secretary of State TO
instruct our Consul General at London
ana the Consul at Liverpool to nominate
sanitary inspectors to inspect all vessels
bound from Great Britain to the United
States.
LONDON, July 23.-The Standards dis
patch from Cairo says that the disease is
spreading everywhere, and the mortality
increases hourly The evictions at BIZ
laka were ordered by the native minis
ters. The inhabitants were suddenly
drlVen out OF their homes by the police dur
ing Friday and Saturday nights. and were
huddled on board of barges Hundreds of
them evaded the police and fled to the
centre of the city, taking with them filthy
Dedalng OF rags. 500 of them were landed
at Surah to-day.
Gen. Woods troops compelled others
10 return. Since then there has been
case OF cholera among Gen. Woods
forces at Surah.
Inc deaths at Cairo really numbered
4Sl between O'Clock in the morning and
O'Clock in the evening Sunday. besides
a fearful mortality among the Egyptian
artlilery. The natives of Abbaseyes are
panlc-Strlcken, and the British officers
there have to bury the dead.
a serious outbreak of cholera is ex-
pected at Bombay, as there were 81 spO-
radio cases of the disease there during
last week. The SueZ quarantine against
arrivals from infected and suspected
ports has been renewed.
Advices from Egypt state that in addi-
ton to the outbreak of cholera at the
town of FareskOuT, eight miles southwest
OF Damletta, leprosy has appeared there
and is spreading rapidly. There are
neither doctors nor medicines at Fares
kour.
1ne returns of the mortality from chol-
era in Egypt differ widely. A dispatch
to Reuters Telegram Company, states
the number of deaths at Cairo and in its
suburbs i'll the twenty-four hours ending
at O'Clock this morning at 427, those at
Zhizeh at 6S and at Chibin at 150. The
English Government will dispatch twelve
doctors who are experts in cholera to
Egypt tomorrow.
PARIS, July 23.-The inspectors are
visiting all houses in the populous quar-
ters of the city in order to institute meas
ures to guard against cholera.
SBILA, July PA doctor with 40
assistants has been ordered from India to
EgyDt
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WHAT THE COMPANIES SAY.
Western Union officials Still Confiden
of Their Snccess

Western Union Officials still Confident
of Their Success.
NEW YORK, July 23.-In conversation
with an Associated Press reporter this
morning one of the officers of the Western
Union Company said that the outlook was
becoming more encouraging every day.
He said the force at our command is now
more advantageOusly distributed than at
any time since the beginning of the strike,
and everything is working much more
smoothly than could have been ex-
pected under the circumstances. BY this
Encouragement Of our forces we hope to
avoid in the future all those delays which
necessarily resulted from the demoraliza-
ton attending the strike last week. The
number of applicants for situations is in
creasing each day, and before the end of
the week we hope to have most of the
empty desks supplied. 1t certainly does
not seem as though we were much ham,
pered when we are able to send and re-
ceiVe messages to and from all points in
the South and West. The statement that
our business in the Gulf States is COM
pletely blockaded is without foundation.
This morning every wire is working clear
and we are getting along about as well as
before the strike"