The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
THE LAURADA AT QUARANTINE.
A SUSPICION THAT SHE HAD GONE
FILIBUsTERING.

She VIII Come Up 10 the City This
Morning and the Work Of Loading
VIII Begin ut Once-Her Long
VoyaEe Gave Rise TO the Rumor
That She Had Taken n Trip t0
Cuba-The Emigrants Anxious TO
Set SaiI-They VIII Embark at
Once.
The steamship Laurada, which is to
carry the negro emigrants 10 Liberia, ar
rived at quarantine last night at o clock.
She would have come up the city at once,
but could not pass quarantine until day
light.
The inspection will be made early this
morning and the vessel will come up TO
the city at once. She viii probably ar
rive here between s and o'clock.
The Laurada was delayed so long on
her voyage that it began 10 look as If
she had gone on a ilibustering expedi-
ton down on the Cuban coast, using the
emigrant business as a blind. This was
not an unreasonable suspicion when J.
d. Hart, the head of the firm of J. D.
Hart & Co., agents Of the line to which
the Laurada belongs was arrested since
her departure from Philadelphia for his
connection with the attempt TO take out
a lot of arms and a party Of insurgents
from New York on the Bermuda, an
other one Of the vessels represented by
the firm.
The Laurada had plenty of time on her
trip down the coast TO transfer a cargo
OF stores for the insurgents to another
vessel, which would take them to Cuba
1t was a good opportunity. at any rate.
The emigrants will be delighted when
they read in the Morning News this morn
ing that their ship has come in. If they
made on inquiry about her yesterday they
made a thousand. The officers of the Mi
grafton Company pached them as best
they could with assurances that the YES
sci would certainly arrive last night The
cars containing the goods and baggage of
the emigrants were transferred yesterday
10 the Central cotton press warehouse, and
the work of unloading begun. The work of
loading the vessel will begin as soon as the
necessary regulations are conformed to.
Quite a lot of stuff will be taken with the
cargo OF the Laurada. Two carloads OF Biz
mingham meal which have arrived, Will
form part of the cargo Some of 1t will be
used on the trip and the remainder will
de distributed as supplies to the emil
grants on their arrival in Liberia. Treas
urer Howard made quite a lot of purchases
worth of groceries and other firms sold
bills of like amount The purchase of sup
plies will be completed to-day.
Mr.. ]. =. Lantznester. a merchant Of
Birmingham, accompanied President
Flummer here with the intention of max
ing the trip ON the Laurada. He has not
fully made up his mind as yet, however,
as he has not had good health since leav-
ing home. Mr.. Lantznester made the trip
TO Liberia with the Horsa, and spent two
weeks in the country. He returned greatly
N wit ADV a a
mercial standpoint 1t Is the best oppor-
tunity to make money he has ever found,
he says. All American goods, groceries,
supplies and manufactured articles sell
there at from $50 to 200 per cent. advance
on their cost here. He paid 40 cents a pound
for ham in Liberia and the prices Of other
things are in proportion.
The country is very fertile, he says, and
Is capable of producing almost anything.
There are a number of valuable products
for export, such as coffee, rubber. palm
kernels, ivory, ginger, spice, pepper, CO.
Goa, beans cassava fiber and fine woods
The last named impressed Mr. LantzneS-
ter particularly, so much so that he pro-
poses to take over saw mill and ma
chinery for a furniture plant this fail.
There is any quantity of camWood and
other valuable woods for manufacturing
purposes, he says, and as there is no
plant for the manufacture of these woods
in Liberia, he believes that an enterprise
such as the one proposed by him Will
prove very profitable. Mr.. Lantznester
has consigned a considerable stock of
goods for shipment by the Laurada, on
which he expects to make good profit.
Mr. Lantznester said that he would like
TO take stock in an enterprise which
would make regular shipments to Liberia,
carrying cargoes of American goods to be
sold there, and bringing back return car
goes Of the products of that country
which are in demand here.
Mr.. Lantznester said that he was sur
prised to find so many we'll educated ne
groes IT, Liberia, and still more surprised
TO find that they conducted themselves like
the better class of white people here. Lii
IBERIA has some fine schools and churches,
he said.