The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
HIGH WINDS ON THEIR WAY.
GULF STORM, MOVING NORTHwARD,
WILL GIVE Us GALE.

Weather Bureau Last Night-NOrth
to Northeast Winds All Along the
south Atlantic Coast - Cosby
Stories From the Streets and Tales
of the Town-What Folks Are
Talking About.
High winds are blowing this way from
the center of the Gulf of Mexico. Wealth
er Observer ]. NJ. Sherier was notified last
night by the chief of the bureau at WASH
ington to hoist the information signal her
| aiding storm. which is moving north
ward from that locality. The flag accord
ly went up last night at 1O:15 o'clock.
Meanwhile, there had been considerable
anxiety felt throughout the city in adj
vance Of this information, caused by the
| sudden change in the weather here yester-
| day when brisk winds began blowing and
! showers were driven by the winds in rapid
| succession during the entire day. 1t be-
| ing difficult to locate storms when they
center on the Gulf, the department at
| Washington was not advised of the prev
alence of such a disturbance down there
until late in the day. The Savannah sta
ton was Immediately advised by wire and
| Observer Sherier announced the threat
ened storm. Nothing is predicted for Sa-
vannah, however, more threatening than
high winds, north to northeast.
Seamen along the bay yesterday were
busy all forenoon making their moorings
secure, and they were firm in the faith
that hard blow was in prospect. 1t is
not probable that there will be anything
like a dangerous gale. The exact nature
of the storm as it may prevail here, is not
known. but it is thought that there wiz
! be nothing serious.
The storm was central over the Gulf
| late in the afternoon and moving this
way. There were repeated inquiries made
! all yesterday concerning the weather, the
| occasional gusts of wind stir ng up fears
among those who have been in Savannah
| on occasions of disastrous storms. This
| fear spread over the entire city, and the
weather observer was sought many times
| for information concerning the outlook.
His forecast for to-day is, Rain; increas-
ing northeasterly winds"
There will be plenty of wind all along
| the South Atlantic coast to-day. These
conditions will prevail as far north as
| Norfolk. The Savannah station will be
kept promptly advised to-day of any
further change in the general conditions
and will hoist the signals accordingly.
Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter, who left Sa-
vannah recently to go abroad as military
attache to the American embassy at Lon
don, and from there TO Stockholm to at
tend the international convention of en-
gineers and who will return to this coun-
try within the next two weeks to enter
upon his duties as a member of the Nicar-
aguan canal commission, is being nicely
complimented in the periodicals of the
metropolitan cities.
There is a lengthy and clever article in
the Review of Reviews about him and his
work, which closes with the following
pleasing references to his relations with
the most significant engineering work that
has been undertaken by this country:
The foregoing brief outline of a very
| creditabe career clearly indicates that he
is well fitted to satisfactorily perform the
| duties that will necessarily devolye upon
him as a member of the Nicaragua canal
| commission. His experience in the west
conducting surveys through a wild, unin-
habited country will be of inestimabe
value to him in making the surveys
through Nicaragua. and the men under
| him will fare the better because of such
experience. The photographic work in
| Greytown and Brtto harbors and in the
lake will be but repetition of the work
he has personally performed in the har-
| bors along the Georgia coast. The dredg-
| ing operations through the lowlauds ad-
| jacent to Greytown harbor will recall some
| of the work he has already performed. His
| knowledge of concrete constructions will
| be of use when the locks are under con-
| sideration; in short, there is but little of
the work with which he will not be famil-
lar.
Capt. Carter is one of the most pleas
/
| eral faVorite, and he will be found a most
charming companion by his associates.
Though a hard student of his profession,
he has found spare moments to devote
to literature and to the study of art, in
both of which he is well versed. He
| speaks French fluently German and
Spanish sufficiently to make himself I'M
deTstood. He is endowed with an energy
that is tireless and a power of application
| and of concentration of thought that is
truly remarkable. His duty is his first
consideration; when a task is before him
he sets to work to accomplish it, and
| nothing can detract his attention until it
is finished. Though fond of. society, So
cial duties or pleasures have never inter-
fered with his work. 1t is to these quail
ties that he owes the success that his ca
! reer has merited.
The Georgia Historical Society will hold
|
the hall of the library building 1t is
thought that the meeting will be of great
| interest to the members, as it is not at all
improbable that the question of establish
| ing an art school may be brought up for
| consideration again. This proposition
has been before the members of the society
several times already and the case is now
before the superior court for settlement
| but was recently passed off the docket by
| Judge Falligant for the time set for hear
| ing on account of the indecision of several
of the attorneys in arriving at no definite
decision as to how the case should be
tried. At first some of the attorneys
wanted TO postpone the hearing until an
other judge could be had, it being claimed
that Judge Faligant being a member of
the society himself, he was not qualified
to serve the court in disposing of the suit.
Judge Falilgant stated that he thought he
had perfect legal right to hear the case
because he had no pecuniary interest in
the suit whatever. but decided that for
personal reasons he would endeavor to
procure another judge to try the case If the
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