The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-26
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THE SIGNAL OFFICER EXPECTS,
BUT WON'T PREDICT 1T.

one New Case and One Death the
Record for the Day-Saunders and
His Wife Arrive from Atlanta The
Distribution of Rations at the Relief
Station.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Nov. 25.-President
Neal Mitchelrs official bulletin for tho
twenty'four hours ending at & o'clock to-
night is as follows:
New cases.
Deaths. I
Total number of cases to date ............ 4,6, )
Total number of deaths to date =. -. AS
To-day's death is that of F. SAUNDERS, at
Arlington.
The new case is that of negro.
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The atmosphere tonight is in Just the
right state for a heavy frost if the tempera-
ture goes sufficiently low. The humidity is
comparatively high, there is perfectly
clear sky and dead calm. The mercury
at Z o'clock was at So. It's aver
age descent during the night for
the past week has been from z to o..
If it descends as usual tonight. there wi |
be heavy frost. Sergeant Townsend OF
the United States Signal Station expects
frost, but will not predict it.
FALL DAf
To-day has been the most lovely autumn
day imaginable, with perfectly clear sky
and decidedly cool. Sergt. Townsend said
to the NEWS correspondent: THE Amos
pheric conditions are all favorable for a
frost to-night-that is if the temperature
goes low enough. There is no wind-a dead
calm-a perfectly cloudless sky, with the
humidity comparatively high. With these
conditions we ought to get frost at A or
as. The mercury is now at 50'.
If it falls as low from the sunset point as it
has averaged of late, it may reach 40' before
morning. That would give a frost sure,
under the present atmospheric conditions. :"
SAUNDERS ARRIVES.
Officer Norris came in from Atlanta to-
day, having Saunders, the abscol ding ma J.
ager of the medical bureau restaurant, in
charge Mrs. Saunders came along, also
She was not under arrest, however. Saun-
ders was taken to the county Jail. Mrs.
Saunders went directly to the residence of
Mrs Cone Williams. The prisoner will be
taken before Justice Williams tomorrow
afternoon, for a preliminary exanina-
ton upon the charges contained i'll
the warrant. He is not likely to secure
bail. Four hundred or 500 people met the
pair at the Waycross depot. The officer
and prisoner took a carriage, while the
hoodlums and newsboys shouted themselves
hoarse.
AT THE RELIEF STATION.
The crowd around the central relief
station last night was the largest for many
weeks. Some idea of the extent of this va t
charity can be gained by the average dis-
tribution per day, consisting of six boxes of
bacon, weighing each about 575 pounds; /;
ten barrels of -four, twelve barrels
of grits. twelve barrels of meal, four
barrels of coffee and three barrels of
sugar. In the portioning out of this mass
of viads 5000 paper sacks, five reams of
wrapping paper and twelve balls of twine
are required. Friday evenings figures
showed that 482 cards were presented be-
tween 9o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. This in all accounted for
as many as ,044 lots of weekly rations dis
tributed in that one day. During yester-
day 752 cards were taken in by the staff,
calling for l, AS ratioDs. Five hundred ard
seventy-nine temporary rations were also
issued. Last weeks grand total of distribu-
tions amounted to 5,272 rations