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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
LOCAL PERSONAL.


j. G. Beam, of Atlanta, is at the Pu-
laski. r."
w H. Wood, of Manassas, is registered
at the Pulaski.
Joseph Glover. of Grahamville, S. c., is
at the Pulaski.
w L. Wilkins, of Hardeeville, S. c., is
at the Pulaski.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Jones, of Macon,
are at the Pulaski.
Mr.. and Mrs H. e. Hernandez of Jack
sonville are at the Pulaski.
Mrs. NJ. G.. Does and Mrs. J, NJ John
son of Augusta are at the Pulaski.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Maclean and fam
lily leave this morning on visit to Griffin.
Mrs. E. N. Perry, Mrs. G. E. Barbour
and Mrs. J. w Bushnell, of Jacksonville,
nre stopping at the Pulaski; ---t
Judge Hampton L. Ferrill returned yes
terday from an extended trip to north
eastern resorts, and is at the De Soto.
Mrs. Henry Smith will sail on the City
of Birmingham for New York this even
ing She will spend the season at Sharon
Springs.
Judge Alex H. MacDonell left last
night for Rome to attend the meeting of
the Georgia Bar Association, before
which he will read paper.
Miss Maize Ferst will leave on the City
of Birmingham this evening for New
York. She will spend some time at Sha-
ron Springs and wind up the summer at
Chicago.
Among those who registered at Hotel
Tybee yesterday were Miss Dale, Miss
Janette Dale, Miss Marion Bliss, w. w.
Pratt, Mr.. J. S. Schley and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Mosell.
Divide Musin, the world renowned vir-
tuoso, who has greatly strengthened his
company since he last appeared in Savan-
nah, is booked for an appearance here in
the early part of the season.
Mrs. Joseph Ferst and children will
sail this evening for New York on the
City of Birmingham. They will spend
part of the summer at Sharon Springs
and from there they will go to the world S
fair.
Savannah sent quartette of visitors
to the worlds fair yesterday. The party
consisted of William and Whit Cumming,
Dause B. Rustin and Abraham Mingle-
dorff. They left on the "Nancy Hanks
to be absent about five weeks. After leav-
ing Chicago they will return via. Mon
treal, Boston and New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
NO LONGER LEADS.
he Principal of School Notes
Change in Favorite Studies.
From the Detrolt Free Press.

These facts about the decline of arith-
metic as an educator were gathered
from the principal of one of the De
troit public schools. What he said APP
plies only to the Detroit schools, though
it would seem that the failure of
what was ten years ago regarded as the
most important grammar school study
might not be confined TO the city limits of
the place named. In the latter part of the
'70s, and well along into the sos,
he says, the pupil who was quick
est and surest in arithmetic was also
the quickest and surest to gain the
esteem and influence of the teacher. He
might be an ignoramus in geography, an
undecipherable penman, slow TO perceive
the principle of grammar, and miser-
able speller, but if he grasped the point
an pich of a catch problem in decimals
or in fractions, his future promotion to
higher class) was assured. But change,
gradual and sure, has been going on in
the curriculum of of the common school.
The arithmetical despOt has taken seat
in the rear. while the young fellow who
seeks after real information in the form
of history of lands, peoples, and govern
ment, correct spelling and speech now
sits on front bench. The human mind
is unsettled in its youthful stage. 1t re-
quires training, and the school exists
only for this purpose
Arithmetic was once supposed to be the
best form of mind training. 1t brought
into full play the powers of reason, and
was placed first in Importance. But ex-
perience proved that while the reason
was to a certain extent exercised the
memory was neglected. Again the long
est time and hardest work were devoted
to arithmetic, and the other studies were
disregarded. With all of these conces-
siOns the arithmetic lesson was not more
than half learned. To-day the pupil
delves deeper into the more intellectual
researches of civil government, grammar
geography and reading He can tell you
now something about the destmies of gov
eminent and people that hinge about
presidential election. He takes an inter
est not only in the doings of Mayor Pin
gree in Detroit, but of Mr.. Cleveland at
Washington, Mr. Gladstone in England,
Senior CASTELAR, in Spain, Premier Crispi
in Italy, and the young emperor in Ger
many. He knows all about the late
Hawaiian incident, and with delightful
accuracy describes to you the location
and Importance of the islands, their eli
mate, people and government He has
begun to read the standard authors, and
with assurance that is attractive, because
an evidence of a bright mind, he compares
Thackerary, Scott and Dickens, and tells
you where this one leads and the other
lacks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
CITY BREvITIEs.

Bids are being received for a six room
addition to the East Broad street colored
school building
BY error, the name of Nicholas Lang.
was omitted from the list of those who
will close their places of business to-day.
Maggie Rountree was slightly cut last
night by Fannie Singleton The fracas
occurred on Indian street. The Singleton
woman was arrested.
Among those pupils who received
awards, the name of Charles G.. White
was inadvertently omitted from the list
He was a member of Mrs. Grays class at
the Henry street school.
Mr.. S. H. Rothschild, who RECENTLY
located in the Guards Armory, has put
his business into liquidation and has ap-
pointed Mr.. Julian M. Solomon trustee to
wind up his affairs. His assets are said
to be far in excess of his liabilities
A petition will be presented to the city
council at its next meeting for an electric
light in the Drayton street slip under the
cotton exchange. The slip is much used
at night by pedestrians going TO and from
the wharves, and is a dangerous place in
the dark. The cotton exchange building
shuts of the light from the street, and the
passage down to the wharves is dark as q
pOCh6I,
DR.. Drummer returned yesterday from
Brunswick, where he went to investigate
the death of Capt. Biddell on the Satilla
river. The autopsy, DIR. Bruuner says,
showed the case to be genuine yellow few.
er, but as the locality in which Capt
Biddell died is sparsely settled he does
not look for any spread of the disease.
He left Dr. Bulloch' in charge of affairs
as representative of the government.
The police had lively chase after Fred
Bowen, negro thief In the southern part
Of the city, early yesterday morning
Bowen stole chair from o house on Hall
street, and was making away with il
when he was discovered. He ran through
Goodwin street to Huntingdon and across
Drayton. In passing the residence OF
Capt. John Z. Dillon he saw the yard
gate open and ran under the house, A
crowd Of small boys and the police ran
him down and he was pulled out from his
hiding place and taken to the barracks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
THE H1sToRIoAL SOCIETY.

A Fac-Simile of the Declaration of In
dependence Presented by the State
Department.
The Georgia Historical Society held it's
July meeting last night with the usual
attendance.
Reports were received from a number
of committees who had representatives
present, and among other things O resolu-
tion was passed authorizing the library
committee to purchase several new books,
among which was the recent work of
Judge Harden's.
A fac-simile of the declaration of indie
pendence which was donated to the soci-
ETY. by the department of state was re-
ceived. II will be framed and hung up in
the library. The society is constantly
improving the condition of it's library and
its members now have access to one of
the best that is to be found in the south
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
TOO MUCH RAIN FOR COTTON
The Crop Will Suffer Unless ii Lets
Up Very Soon.

The Advioes Savannah Factors Re-
ceive From Their Correspondents
Show Injury From the Wet Weather
The Grass Choking the Plant-The
Texas First Bale.
The heavy rains which have been prev
alent for the last few weeks have been
calculated to iniure the cotton crop, and
the advices received from planters in all
sections of Georgia within the last few
days are to the effect that there has been
too much of it.
The injury done to the cotton crop from
this source is caused by the grass which
springs up quickly just after a
heavy rain, and it has been growing
so thick and fast of late that the farmers
have had great deal of trouble in keep
ing it out. No further advices in regard
to acreage have been received to cause
the factors here TO make any change in
the estimates formerly given out Dam
age to cotton wherever it has been re-
ported has only been local, and there has
been none at all of any serious extent.
The first bale recorded this year was
received at Houston, Tex, on July i,
which is unusually early for it, Last
year the first bale was grown at the same
place in Duval county and reached Hous-
ton July II. Savannahs first bale was re-
ceived last year on August /, but
it is expected to be somewhat later this
year, on account of the fact that the cool
weather in the spring somewhat delayed
the growth of the plant Primus Jones,
of Baker county, used TO get In the first
bale of Georgia cotton when he was
alive, but since his death his place has
been allowed TO run down somewhat, and
it no longer has the old time reputation
which he made for 10.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
Facts VS.. Fiction.

Strange, amt it, that some advertisers can't
comprehend that an advertisement to be solid
and telling should give facts rather than
fiction.
The statement made in a recent advertise
ment that the Steinway Piano had been ten
dered' to the Visanka children for their con-
cert, was pure fiction and weak at that
And the statement that the Steinways had
presented Miss Visanka with q piano, was
also fiction.
The fact is that while the Visankas we're
studying in New York. their music teacher
stated to the Steinways that they were two
children with remarkable talent. struggling
to get musical education. and too poor to
buy or even pay rent for piano Whereupon
the Steinways, with their usual generosity
loaned them an upright piano for use In their
own home, and that without the slightest hint.
request, or stipulation, that they should play
the Steinway at their concerts.
The statement that the VisanlSas preferred
the knabe at their concert in savannah be
cause Of its superior "brtliancy, tone touch
and quality is also fiction. Fiction further
alleges that the Steinway was used after the
concert by the dancers, because bettor adapt
&c for the playing of commonplace dance
music than the Knabe. Fact says that the
dancers hadn't anything whatever to say as
TO what piano should be used, but that Julian
Walker, the pianist Of the orchestra on that
night, being thorough musician, recognized
and appreciated a superb instrument with ex-
quisite tone quality and perfect action, and
hence used the Steinway.
The fact that Steinway couldn't be had
for love or money in Columbia, S. c., will ex-
plain why the Visankas again used the
knabe.
The cold fact is that neither the Steinways
or their agents banker so tremendously after
unpurchased prominence as to- chase two
little children over the country, furnishing
grand piano freight paid, free OF charge
and begging them use 1t simply as an adyer-
tlSement and 10 manufacture ''unntirchn Spd
pre-emtnence." And the most colossal fiction
OF all Is the ''unpurchased pre-eminence."
LUDDEH q BATES s. II. II.
-Rd.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
THE GHOST OF TARA.
Residents of a Town in Iowa See and
Hear Strange Things.
From the Tara Boomer

From the Tara Boomer.
Railway men and citizens Of Tara,
Iowa, are in ferment of excitement over
a ghost that is said to be haunting the
Rock Island bridge over the Lizard river
The bridge in question is small, wooden
pile bridge over the North Liz ard, three
quarters of a mile north of Tara 1t was
on this bridge that William Roberts, a
young man working with a pile-driving
crew lost his life a couple of years ago.
The station agent first discovered the
haunt one evening as he was going home
for the night. He saw the headlight of
a locomotive, apparently on the bridge.
He thought that special train was COM
ing and that the train-dispatcher at Des
Moines had failed to notify him. He
rushed back to his instrument and wired
Des Moines, asking about the special. He
was told there was no such train. The OPP
orator was mystifed and investigated.
When he got to the trestle there was no
light, no sign of any train.
A few evenings afterward Section
Foreman Chilgrin, while returning after
nightfall with his section men, noticed
the light of locomotive apparently
moving on the bridge. They stopped the
hand car with jerk and hustled the car
of the track to let the train pass The
light came no nearer, and after waiting
awhile they put the car back on the
rails and worked up to the bridge AS
they approached it the light grew dim
mer and finally disappeared. There was
no sight or sign of train. Suddenly the
section men heard the clanking and rat
thing of machinery and then a dull thud,
like the falling hammer of pile driver
The men were badly frightened and
afraid to cross the bridge Since then a
number of skeptical Tara citizens have
ghostly pile driving. Ghost hunting
parties are organized every evening, but
no one as yet has captured his ghostship
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
AFTER eEoRoIA's RAILROAD.
The Interstate Commission Says They
are Making Discriminating Rates.

are Making Discriminating Rates.
A bin has been filed in the United
/ States circuit court here by Mai w T.
! Gary. district attorney, representing the
/ Interstate commerce commission against
almost allthe Interstate railroad lines com
ing into Georgia, praying for injunction
against them 10 prevent them from max
ing discriminating through rates to
non-cOmpeting points.
Among the railroads, against which in
junction is asked are the CiuCinnatti,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific, lessee Of
the Cincinnati Southern Railway, the
Cincinnati Southern Railway Co, the
East Tennessee, the Central, the Georgia
Pacific and the Richmond and Danville.
The bill was filed bn complaint made
by the Georgia railroad commission, who
clam that these railroads have been viO-
lating the provisions of the interstate
commerce law over this the Georgia
commission has no control, and the only
recourse they have when it comes to in
terstate traffic is by duplication to the
commission appointed under that act.
The complaiu{of the commission is that
these roads ship freight from points on
the Ohio river and other points outside
Georgia TO such points as Macon and At
lanta cheaper than they ship IL TO points
nearer the place from which it is consign-
ed In other words, that they charge
more for a short haul than for a long one.
AS an instance Of this discrimination,
they take points on the Central between
Atlanta and Macon, and give the through
rates from the Ohio river on the various
classes of freight. Freight known as
class from the Ohio river points TO At
lanta is Sl.07 per hundred pounds, while
to JOnesboro, Just twenty-One miles south
east of Atlanta, IL is 81 20 per hundred.
To Griffin II is S139 and TO GAINESVILLE
Sl87 while to Macon, 103 miles
from Atlanta, the same rate
prevails as at the latter place, 81 OF.
This they claim is an unjust discrimina-
ton against the points between Atlanta
and Macon. The same is true of points
on other lines.
The railroads, on the other hand, claim
that they are put TO more trouble and ex-
pense in carrying freight TO these small
towns. and they claim the right to make
some extra charge
The defendants in the case are cited to
make their appearance on the first Mon
day in August at the United States court
here. Theprayer for injunction, restrain
ing these lines from making such discrim-
nations, will come up in Macon at the
September term of court.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
VALENTINE BAsLER DEAD.
An Old Citizen Called to His Re-
ward.

An Old Citizen Called to His Re-
ward.
MIR Valentine Basler died yesterday
afternoon at his residence on Henry
street, in his SGD year Mr. Basler was a
native Of New York city, bat
when quite young his parents
went back to Alsace. France.
Young Basier, however, returned to
America in early life and came to this
city, where his older brother, the late
Antony Basler resided He went to
work with him, and eventually succeeded
to his business, in the proprietorshiU
of the Market Squad House
Mr.. Basler was member of the Ger
man Volunteers in the early part of the
civil war, and'afterwards was a sergeant
in Company B, Twenty second Georgia
Battalion Artillery. He was a member
af the old volunteer fire department, and
was foreman of Germania Engine Com
pany No. 10, At the time of his death he
was member of the Confederate Veter-
ans Association, Clinton Lodge No. "a,
r. & A. M, and of the German
Volunteers. These bodies will pay
the last tribute to his memory. The de
ceased gentleman was kind and liberal,
and withal man of pronounced views on
all matters of public interest. Every one
who knew Val. Basler and but few of the
older generation did not know him, was
his warm friend. He was sick for q
number of years, but bore his suffer
ing with great patience. He leaves a
wife and two sons and daughter, Mrs.
A. p Solomon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
Knighte Of Pvthias officers.

At meeting of Forest City lodge No. 1,
Knights of Pythias last night the follow.
ing officers was installed by District
Deputy G. c. d. L. Greenbaum, assisted
by the Sir Knights of Du Guesclin divi.
sion No. l, U. r., who were present in a
body:
c. C.-JeTD Miller.
V. C.-John F. Glatigny
Prel.--J. b. Bulcken.
NJ of Ex.-John H. Fox.
X. of Il. and S.-Wm. T. Leopold.
NJ. of FIR. r. Booz.
NJ at 40. f. Pace.
l. G.-J. H. Wilder
o. CIV. e. Cooper.
Trustee-Charles A. Cox.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
RIVER AND HARBoR.

The British steamship Nyassa was
cleared yesterday by Strachan & Co, for
Bluetields, with 10,4l5 crossties, measur-
ing 20S, 300 feet, valued at $500. Cargo
by +. B. Hunting Il Co. She will go
hence to Norfolk, where she will take on
a quantity OF coal and several locomotives
before proceeding 10 eBluehelds This is
an addition to the Boston cargo of rail
road materials already shipped
Dredge No. 5, which was recently sunk
in a collision with the Steamship Gate
City on Tybee knoll and was raised and
towed up to Venus Point, where she has
been laying on a mud bank for about ten
days, was brought up to Willink's marine
railway yesterday and will be hauled out
TODAY
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
wHEELMEN OUT OF TOWN.
Savannah Sends Delegations to JacB
sonville and Charleston,

sonville and Charleston.
Savannah will be represented in both
the Charleston and Jacksonville wheel
mems meets to-day. One delegation left
for Jacksonville last night, and the
Charleston party left at midnight. w
H. Clark, Dan Tuberdy, Frank Williams
and Walter Gross went to Jacksonville
The Charleston delegation consisted of
Walter p. OFT, captain of Savannah
wheelmen, l.. H. Mercer, Wallace and
Charles Fretwen, r. V. COunerat, L. NJ.
White, K. l. Colding. c. H. Sawyer, C. c.
Conner, 4. Y. Smith, G. L. Turner, Hamp-
ton Leopold, George Groth, H. L. Turner,
and others.
The Savannah entries in the Charles
ton races are as follows: Third race, one
mile, 2.35 class: r. V. Connerat and L.
II. Mercer; fourth race, half mile handi-
cap, Connerat and Mercer; ninth race.
one mile 2.45 class, Connerat and Mercer ;
tenth, boys race, one-half mile, Geo L.
Finn, Geo II. Groth, Chas v Leopold
and G. c. Conner; eleventh race, one mile
handicap, Connerat. The finale will be a
team race between Charleston and Savan-
nah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
BACK FROM BALTIMORE.
Mr.. Smart Says the Bondholders Will
Buy in the Georgia Southern and
Florida

Buy in the Georgia Southern and
Florida.
Mr. H. P Smart is back from Baltimore,
where he went to attend a meeting of
the bondholders of the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad. He says the meet
ing was largely attended and that the
matter of the disposition of the property
was taken under consideration.
The bondholders decided that it
would be to their interest to buy
in the road when it goes un-
der the hammer, and they will be
the purchasers. The application for the
sale of the road, which is valuable piece
of property, and which, in connection
with other lines, would certainly be a
paying one, will come up in the Bibb
county superior court on the 10th of this
month. Judge Bartlett is disqualified to
hear the application and pass upon it,
and it will be heard by some other Judge
whom Judge Bartlett will appoint.
The road has been in the hands of a re-
ceiver now for some months. A union
of this line with others as the Macon and
Northern and the control of the two by the
Seaboard and Roanoke system and the
formation thereby of trunk line to the
north and east, has been contemplated,
but of late there has been very little talk
about such a combination The fOrma-
tion Of such o trunk line from Florida TO
the St. James river would develop one of
the richest sections on the eastern slope
OF the Blue Ridge mountains and for that
matter one of the richest east of the
Mississippi.
There is but one lien on the property,
the first mortgage covered by bonds out
standing to the amount of 81, APO, 900 and
these were nearly all represented at the
meeting in Baltimore. The purchase of
property by bondhOlders may result in its
entering some system which would be
beneficial alike to the road and the section
which it traverses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
waysids Inn at Hondersonville.

Hendersonvllle, N. c.. is one of the old =
est and most delightful summer resorts
amid the mountains of the old North
state. II is situated amid beautiful
scenery and in the healthiest climate in
the world. Tourists and health seekers
will find the Wayside Inn, the new and
elegant hotel at Hendersonville, a most
desirable place to stop. 1t will be opened
to guests on July Goth. For full particu-
lars address J. J nelson, proprietor and
manager. Mr.. Nelson is well known as a
thorough hotel man, having been the late
manager of the Ocala House at Ocala,
Florida.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04
odd Fellows Elect officers.

At a regular meeting of DeKalb Lodge
No. 9, l. o. o. F., held last night, the fol-
lowing officers were installed by P. G., c.
H Carson, Sr., district deputy grand
master:
p. G.. j. d. Lanier.
n. CD. A. Harris.
V. G.-John Riley.
Secretary-J. w. Smith.
Treasurer-O. T. Shaffer.