The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-31
THE RNING NEWS,
}EsTABLIsHED 1850. INCoRPoRArEo 1883.
J. II. ESTILL, President.
NEW PERIL In FLORIDA
THE UNEMPLOYED NEGROES APT
TO CAUSE TROUBLE.

Bad system Ol oSWerdSe . - AlrLy-
Two New Cases and One Death.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. 30.-President
Neal Mitchells official bulletin for the
twenty. four hours ending at o'clock to-
night is as follows:
Daaths.... Observation-Disclosures.
Total number Of cases to date....... .4,127
Total number of deaths to date. ............ 353
THE DEATH.
To-days death is that of;
s. CORNISH, postmaster of st. Nicholas.
THE NEW CASES.
To-day's new white patients are:
EFFIE HOWELL.
JOHANNA ARPEN.
Miss WHEELER TUCKER.
Three whites and twenty nine negroes
make up the total.
BISHOP WEED TO SIT UP.
Bishop Weed will sit up tomorrow for
the first time if he improves as much as he
has during the last day or two.
THE TILT WITH GAINESVILLE.
The special from Gainesville in yester-
davis MORNING NEWS. stating that the
Auxiliary Relief Association of this city
had declined to afford relief to their yellow
The association here rendered ready assist
ance when first called upon, and then pro-
posed conference as with Macclenny, San
derson and other points, so that they could
get fair idea of what Gainesville's needs
wore, so that ample provision could be
made for them, but this Gainesville refused,
and the correspondence on their part
finally grew to be very insulting to the
Jacksonville committee and at last they de-
manded outright $1,000 to $4,000 in cash.
The committee thought this demand was
rather indefinite, to say the least, and asked
for the data upon which the Gainesville au-
thorities based their claims of what would
be needed. This Gainesville refused to fur
nish, claiming that to give any details to
Jacksonville would be degrading to her
own business men" The Jacksonville COM
mttee have done all possible to help dis
tressed sister cities and the correspondence
between Gainesville and Jacksonville, when
published, will show most clearly what has
been the temper and position of the Gaines
vile people. The Jacksonville association
have the kindliest and most generous feel
ings for all, and they regret exceedingly
that Gainesville has made such misleading
and false statement.
As indicating that the fears that have
been entertained of an uprising of the
Ignorant blacks is well founded in case the
funds sh uld become exhausted and no
means be provided for furnishing the indi-
gent classes with work or rations, a letter was
received by the editor of the Metropolis
this noon to the effect that the writer was
dissatisfied with the reduction of wages
paid laborers and the diminishing of the
force, and that he and 800 more men had
banded together and threatened to break
into the stores and rifle their contents. The
letter was of an exceedingly infammatory
nature.
THE POLICE PREPARED.
While it is worthy of some consideration,
for it is no idle threat, and is a consequence
which has been feared and guarded against
as much as possible In the past, the police
authorities laugh at it, and say that they
are we'll provided for any riots. No one
can tell to what extremes, however, these
Ignorant men might go if instigated by
false ideas and the counselS of equally in
competent and bad advisers of their own
class.
RETRENCHMENT NECESSITY.
The necessity for outstanding the re-
sources in anticipation of long continued
season of suffering and want among the
people here in order to provide for this ex-
pected condition of affairs, was made i'm
perative by the rapid disappearing of the
funds. Last Saturday, after approving
treasury only $1,000 with which to
keep upward of 1900 dependent
people for at least six weeks to
come. At the average weekly expenditure for
the past few weeks Of S35, 900, it is evident
at casual glance that this balance is en-
tlrely inadequate. This question Of furnish
ing labor and rations is one of the most
VeXatlous problems that now confronts the
committee, and great wisdom, good judg-
ment and pacific measures will have to be
Drought into play to meet it satisfactorily.
THE SANITARY FORCE.
The sanitary committee report that they
nave not discharged near as many men as
was Intended, or is generally believed, and
that up to date they have at work over l 800
men,
Various devices have been suggested to
meet this problem, such as sending all the
needy to Camp Mitchell, but this is thought
lmpTacticable. Another is to employ only
sucl men as are burdened with large
families, as where there are only one
or two in the family the city can
leeu them much cheaper than by
paying for their labor at the
lese rate of wages. as it costs the city at
.ne rate OF 81 per week per man, where
.uey could supply a family of two or three
WIN ratlons at cost Of about 81 80.
THE WORK BEING DONE.
Ihregard to the work being done some Of
IL Is OF strictly indispensable sanitary
|suaracter. Surrounding the city on the
LioI ln and west is an extensive morass or
"a,hp over which only insecure and
nauequate bridges resting on piles have
fieretofore existed. Now wherever the
Rueets lntersect this swamp causeways are
epei1g built and it is hoped this
.SiB on induce adjoining property owners
II III IN their lots and thus do away with
fnls us constant menace to the health Of The
fy, Dr. j. 9. LEngle, chairman of the
5.niVa5ry committee and q member of the
-o'ia -oaLa OF health, gave q very interesting ac-
rUtunV oil the danger to the health Of the
g g resulting from the present system OF
f.t%eIage. which emptieg foul refuse matter
@l.o @ 'he river where the stream is sluggish,
uS permitting it to accumulate in vast
h Quantities at the bed of the river.
HAvANA's DEATH TRAP.
me me doctor compared it with the harbor
IaVana where the accumulations Of hun
rus lSus OF years had been gathered. The
,SoiHient and excreta from the sewerage of
'ae city has become 50 great at Havana that
,Is yssels are not allowed TO anchor for fear of
t4lrlhg up the putrid mass and thus cause
,na. nv exhalation of foul vapors and MAS
Inc me question Of relief by rations or fur
"aIs labor was finally referred to the
i,ill'llttee on relief and sanitation to con-
N'' ana devise some means of settlement.