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A VERDICT OF MURDER.
Result of the Inquest Over the Body
of Joe Davis.
Bristoe Hunter Who is Charged With
Being an Accomplice Gives Him
self Up to the Authorities—He Says
That Quarterman Came Into the
City With Him With tho Same In
tent, But Others Say he Left Thun
derbolt By Boat Yesterday Morn
ing-Hunter’s Version of the Diffi
culty Which Led to the Crime.
Bristoe Hunter, one of tho men con
cerned in tho killing of Joe Davis, who
■was shot at Thunderbolt on Sunday night
in a drunken row, came in yesterday and
pave himself up to Officer Kaufmaun,
who carried him to Justice Naughtiu’s
court, where a warrant charging him
with murder was sworn out. After the
coroner’s jury rendered its verdict he
was taken to jail.
Hunter's version of the killing differs
very materially from that given by the
witnesses who testified before the coro
ner's jury. According to him it was
Davis who had the pistol in the barroom,
and Davis who fired the first shot, lie
says Davis attempted to shoot him and he
tried to take the pistol from him, it being
discharged in the tussel which ensued.
He then ran out followed by Davis, who
was brandisliiug the pistol and threaten
ing to kill him.
SAID DAVIS TRIED TO SHOOT QUARTERMAN.
Hunter says that Quarterman then fol
lowed thorn with the gun to prevent
Davis from shooting him, and that when he
did Davis turned and threatened to shoot
Quarterman. When ho attempted to
raise his pistol to shoot, Hunter says,
it was that Quarterman fired tho fatal
shot.
Hunter says he went off and slept in
the.woods not SIK) yards from the point
where the shooting took place, and that
ho was afraid to come in town at the time,
as ho didn't know what the enraged ne
groes might do to him, but he intended to
come in in the morning and givo himself
up to tlie authorities. Where Quarter
man is he said he did not know, but he
says he went to Quarterman's house at
daybreak and told him he had better
come into town and give himself to the
authorities.
CAME IN WITH QUARTERMAN.
This, he says, Quaterman agreed to do,
and he states that they came in together,
and he left Him at Charlton ana Bull
streets with the understanding that
Quarterman was going to the barracks
shortly afterward and give himself up to
tbo authorities.
Hunter's story and those told at the in
quest differ very materially on this point,
and to all appearances Hunter has made
some mistake, as Quarterman has not
shown up near the city, and the testi
mony of some people living at Thunder
bolt is to the effect that Quarterman was
seen there yesterday morning, and that
he took a boat and went down the Thun
derbolt river. As yet Quarterman has
not shown up. and to all appearances he
must havo changed his mind since he last
saw Huntor.
A VERDICT OF MURDER.
Coroner Dixoii went out to Thunderbolt
yesterday morning,got a jury together and
held an inquest. According to the tes
timony of witnesses at the hearing Hunter
and Seipio Maxwell, who were arrested
shortly after the row, and who are now in
jail, had a row during the evening and
Davis took Maxweli’spart. The difficulty
arose over a dispute about some woman.
The row began early in the evening and
about‘J o'clock Hunter and Quarterman
left tho saloon and did not return for
three quarters of an hour or an hour.
This was the testimony of all tho wit
nesses who were in the place at the time
and who noticed the difficulty. It was
then that Quarterman secured his gun
and secreted it, it is thought behind the
fence which lie jumped, when he went to
lire the fatal shot.
DREW UIS PISTOL IN THE BAR.
The testimony was also to the effect
that Hunter palled his pistol in the bar
after he and Quarterman had returned,
and that Davis jumped at him in an effort
to get it away from him, when it was dis
charged. All the witnesses stated that
Hunter was the man who had the pistol.
During this scrap the gang rushed from
the bar, when Quarterman followed, going
on tho inside of the lot and getting his
gun, after which he jumped the fence and
shot his victim. It was also stated at
the inquest that Quarterman had been
seen in Thunderbolt yesterday morning,
and that he took a boat and went off
down the Thunderbolt river. The question
is, why was he not captured then?
The coroner's jury could reach only one
conclusion, and that was that Davis had
been murdered. There was no doubt
whatever from the testimony, that
Quarterman was tho man who tired the
fatal shot, and he was charged with the
murder, and Hunter was charged with
being an accomplice. Maxwell will also
be held for further investigation into the
matter.
GETTING TOO MUCH BUSINESS.
Two Old Fort Washerwomen Grow
Jealous and Beat Another at the
Wharf.
Warrants were sworn out yesterday at
Justice Elsinger's court charging Mary
Days and Bessie Bully, both of Goat
alley down in the Old Fort, with assault
and battery, and they will be arrested
and made to answer to the charge before
Judge MacDonell.
It seems that on Saturday night Annie
Pindar, who does washing for some of
the sailors on the wharves went, down to
the steamship Monomoy to get some
washing, and these two women, who were
there, and did not get the share of the
business they expected, jumped on her
and beat her unmercifully, biting her and
scratching her up in several places. She
was outnumbered, or to all appearances
she might have come out first best in
the contest. She was told by the women
who did the beating that she need net
attempt to have them arrested, as they
stood in with the solicitor general and
Judge MacDonell, and they would get out
of the difficulty all right. They will ap
pear before the court this ween, and it
will be seen when their cases come up
how far their influence with the judici
ciaries will take, them through.
THE STEAMER SWAN SUNK.
Struck a Snag in the Ocmulgee River
and Gone Under.
The steamer Swan struck a snag in the
Ocmulgee river and sunk last Saturday.
The steamer was on a trip from Abbeville,
for Hawkinsville, where she was to re
ceive a cargo of naval stores. She had re
cently been purchased by H. E. Bradford,
of Americas, and others, from parties at
Darien, and was to have been put regu
larly on the Ocmulgee river, to ply be
twoen Abbeville and Hawkinsville.
She was on her first trip to Ifawkins
ville, and about forty-five miles up the
river from Abbeville when she struck
the snag. It was about ti o'clock in tho
afternoon. A hole was knocked through
the steamer s bow, ainlshesuiik it: twenty
minutes She is a total wreck. The
htiL. o 1 C ''" ' * < '. 1 m getting ashore, with
mi oi uioouveuleme, except a good wot-
CHATHAM’S MEMBERS ON HAND.
Representatives Guerard and Doolan
off For Atlanta.
Representatives Guerard and Doolan
left last night for Atlanta, to be on the
ground for the opening of the legislature
to-morrow. Mr. Osborne will go up to
day.
Representative Guerard said yesterday
j there is a tremendous amount of husi
! ness to come up at this session. He is
very much in favor of the hill to give the
police court Jurisdiction in gambling,
carrying concealed weapons and vagrancy
cases, and believes that such a law would
effect a much needed reform.
Another thing that Mr. Guerard is very
much in favor of is ;t state registration
law which will fix the question of regis
tration for once and all. He says he much
prefers astute registration law to a local
law, but if a state law can not be secured
he favors the ideas set? forth in Mr.
Osborne's municipal election bill.
“1 think a stab; law will be passed
though,” he said. “There seems to be
a general sentiment in favor of such a
law. All the important states
now have systems of election
and registration, commonly known
as Australian, which are recognized as
great improvements upon the old free and
easy style of conducting elections. Any
measure which will do away with the
fraud and corruption now so common in
our elections will be a great improvement
upon our present system.”
Mr. Guerard is Opposed to the present
dual system of registration, which re
quires a voter to register twice in a few
months, once for tho city election and
once for the county election. He thinks
one registration should he sufficient for
all elections held within two years.
’ The editorial in the Morning News
this morning on the subject
of registration meets my ideas
exactly.” said Mr. Guerard. “Tho
Rhode Isiand plan seems tho proper one.
Any man who has property is compelled
to pay his taxes, whether he registers or
not. There is no reason why his name
should not be transferred to Ihe registry
list when his taxes arc paid and kept
there as long as he pays his taxes. There
is no necessity for him to come up and
register every time an election is to ba
held, when he has property out of which
his taxes can be collected.”
Mr. Guerard is unalterably opposed to
the state appropriating money to tho sup
port of the branch colleges. He says
these branch colleges are only high
schools, and that the state shouldoestab
lish one in every county or none at all.
He believes in properly supporting the
state university and in giving all tho
money possible to the common schools,
but he does not think the state has tho
right to appropriate money for the sup
port of a few institutions which are of
benefit to only limited sections of the
State.
HOW THE CLEARINGS STAND.
Savannah’s Increased Percentage
Still Way Up on the List.
The increased percentage of tho Savan
nah clearings for last week over the same
week of last year was $33.5 per cent. For
several weeks past Savannah has taken
the lead in tho increased percentage of
clearings for tho week over the same
week of last year, and she still stands
practically at the head.
Last week, however, the little town of
Emporia, Kan., made a big stride and
recorded au increase of 49.9 per cent.
Emporia’s clearings, however, are very
small, as compared with those of Savan
nah, which is ahead in these percentages
of all other cities in the United States.
The other cities which show an increase
for the same period are Houston, Tex.,
18.1, Hartford, Conn., 5.6, Waco, Tex.,
32.7, Binghamton, 5.5 per cent., aud Gal
veston 16.5. New York still shows a
largely decreased percentage, as do all
other cities in the llnitod States, with
ihe exceptions mentioned above.
CUT WITH A COTTON HOOK.
Two Negroes Have a Bloody Row at
the S-, F. and W. Ootton Wharf.
Solomon Jackson aufiP) ’eter Bragg are
in the barracks for fighting on the Savan
nah, Florida and Western wharves. They
are two genuine negroes, aud the tight be
tween them grew out of nothing as usual,
but.resulted in both of them getting hurt
pretty badly.
They were hauling cotton to the
wharves yesterday afternoon, and at the
time both of them were working at the
same dray. A dispute arose as to liow
far the mules should be made to back, and
to decide it Bragg jumped at Jackson aud
cut him across the head with a cotton
hook.
Jackson then whipped out a belt knife
and made a lunge at his adversary.eutting
him badly in the side. Both were lodged
in the barracks, and they may be turned
over to the city court as a result of their
meiee.
From Bainbridge’s Ladies.
Tho Morning News received the fol
lowing letter yesterday inclosing $49.70
for the Brunswick sufferers:
Editor Morning News: Enclosed please
find iMH.7O. This amount was raised ;it a
concei t and basket auction for the bunotU of
the Brunswick sufferers. Pleaso forward it
to tho proper parties, from
The Ladies of Bainbiuugk.
The contribution will be forwarded to
Mayor Lamb to-day.
The South Salem Baptist church, of
Liberty county, contributed sls yesterday
to the Brunswick fund, at the city ex
change, through Mr. M. M. Moody. A
cash subscription of sls was also re
ceived from a Savannah gentleman.
$lO For Each Offense.
James Randolph, colored, paid a S3O
fine iD tho police court yesterday morn
ing. Randolph was arrested by Police
man Dyer for obstructing the sidewalk
at Wheaton and Randolph streets Sun
day night. Instead of moving on when
ordered to do so, he cursed the officer,
and after being placed under arrest, suc
ceeded in wresting liis club from him.
Charges were made against Randolph for
all these offenses, and the recorder fined
him #lO on each charge. Randolph paid
up his fines, but he will be more cautious
in his eondnet toward poiice officers here
after.
Death of Mrs. Mary McGiashan.
Mrs. Mary J. McGiashan, widow of the
late James McGiashan, died at her homo,
No. 194 Liberty street, last night, after a
brief illuess. Mrs. McGiashan was in
her (53d year, and had been forty-five
years a resident of Savannah. She was a
lady widely known for her charity. She
leaves a number of children to mourn the
death of a devoted mother. Her funeral
will be announced to-morrow.
Died in Jail.
Abe Jenkins, committed to jail as a
lunatic frotn the Georgia infirmary July
20, died tnerc last night. His body will
i lie turned over to the coroner for burial
this morning.
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THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1893.
LET A REFUGEE ESCAPE.
A Mistake That Cost Quarantine In
spector LiMhtburn His Job.
The Health Office Overrun. With All
Sorts of Complaints—The Inspectors
Under Orders to Admit No One to the
City Without a Certificate “in Prop
er Form >, -Hualth Officer Brunner's
View of the Fever Now.
Quarantine Inspector Lightburn was
dismissed by Health Officer Brunner
yesterday, and Orlando Lufburrow was
substituted in his place. Mr. Lightburn
was dismissed because ho allowed a
Jesup refugee who had been intrusted to
his keeping, to depart without tho per
mission of the health officer.
Two or three days ago Dr. Brunner was
notified by Assistant Surgeon Niedeckor,
at Waveross, that a negro had escaped
from Jesup, and had gone in
the direction of Savannah. The
negro was located near Pooler Sunday and
City Marshal Wade and inspector Laird
went out and effected his arrest. He was
brought down to the Four Mile Hill and
sent around to Southover junction, where
Inspector Lightburn was, to bo held until
he could be sent back to Jesup.
I.ET A REFUGEE GO.
Dr. Brunner was surprised yesterday
morning when ho was informed that the
negro had been allowed to go. Light
burn's excuse to the inspector who was
sent out to investigate the matter was
that Mr. Battle, who is stationed at
Southover by the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, had decided that tho
man was from Augusta. Dr. Brunner
was very much chagrined at this state of
affairsand dismissed Inspector Lightburn
as soon as he had ascertained the facts in
the ease. Mr. O. Lufburrow, who was
appointed to fill the vacancy, is a brother
of Inspector Charles Lufburrow.
J. D. Hackett and Fred Warner were
ordered sent out of town by tho recorder
yesterday morning. They were two
white tramps, who came from Chatta
nooga. They evaded the quarantine offi
cers by riding in on the trucks of a freight
train. They were arrested shortly after
thoir arrival and taken to the barracks,
where they were kept until they were
sent out of the city.
NOTHING BUT CERTIFICATES.
Inspector Charles Lufburrow lias been
tho subject of more “cussing out” than
probably all the other quarantine inspect
ors put together. Ho lias charge of the
morning train on the Central railroad,
and has made a record of putting off more
people than any other inspector. The
morning train on the Central railroad is
usually crowded, and there are frequently
from one to a dozen people on board who
have failed to properly equip themselves
with health certificates. Mr. Lufburrow
enforces his orders rigidly in every case,
with the consequence that the transient
population of Meldrim has been greatly
increased by unwilling visitors within
the last few weeks. There
have been numerous complaints because
lie refused to exercise any discretion or
discrimination. When the complainants
went to Dr. Brunner, however, they were
informed that the inspector was allowed
no discretion in the matter and was sim
ply obeying orders. The rule appears to
he certificate or nothing.
COMPLAINTS EVERT DAT.
Yesterday there was anew cause of
complaint and several gentlemen in
dignantly demanded Mr. Lufbur
row 's discharge. They did not
get it, however. They were
all equipped l with health certificates
which they secured from Dr. Brunner be
fore leaviug the city, and when they were
put off by the inspector yesterday morn
ing they were uaturally indignant. They
showed their health certificates, which
had been stamped at various places dur
ing their absence from the city, and de
manded that they be allowed to enter the
city. The inspector refused on the ground
that, while the certificates were in proper
form, the dates stamped on them were
too far apart, in one case no date having
been recorded on the certificate for a
week. The gentlemen were allowed to
come into the city on the next train, be
ing all well known citizens.
THE HEALTH OFFICER’S ORDERS.
One of the party, a prominent business
man’, called upon Dr. Brunner and de
manded Inspector Lufburrow's dismissal
and was fully satisfied that his demand
would be granted. He was informed, how
ever, that the inspector had acted accord
ing to orders. Dr. Brunner explained
that a certificate which did not show a
daily record .of the movements of the
holder is worthless. The mere fact that
a party had obtaiued a certificate from
the health officer two weeks before is
no evidence that he had not been
in an infected locality since leaving Sa
vannah, and unless the certificate h3
been stamped at the various places where
its holder has been, so as to show that he
has not been in an infected locality, it
can not be received by the inspectors.
The gentleman wanted to know why
the. evidence of receipted hotel bills and
other memoranda, which were exhibited,
had not been accepted as sufficient.
“If I had been on the train,” said Dr.
Brunner to the gentleman, “and knowing
you as u citizen of Savannah, and a
reputable man, the evidence would have
been sufficient, but the inspect
ors are not allowed to know,
anyone. They are given certain in
structions to carry out, and they uro ex
pected to obey orders.”
DRUMMERS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
Dr. Brunner spid that several drum
mers have been holding thequarantine up
to ridicule by boasting of having passed
the inspectors on the exhibition of re
ceipted bills, and such memoranda, which
they had fabricated themselves, and he
proposed to put a stop to all such abuses.
“The tug of war is coming now with
the police department,” said Dr. Brunner
to a Morning News reporter yesterday.
“Two weeks ago I was thinking of run
ning for mayor. In ten days from now I
couldn’t be elected for constable.
Some of the people who declared six
weeks ago that my salary should be
doubled hardly speak to me now. The
quarantine is getting tiresome, just as 1
knew it would. It is a nuisance of course,
but one that is made necessary by the cir
cumstances. Because wo have not
caugtit the fever yet, the people think we
are out of the woods, hut they are badly
mistaken. The danger is not over yet
and will not be for some time to come.
Until the fever abates ill Brunswick it
will be necessary to maintain tlie quaran
tine, and the people will have to bear with
its inconvenience as best they can. ”
The Morning News has received a
card signed by the mayor and marshals
and a dozen business firms, of Rhino, on
the Savannah, Amerieus and Montgom
ery, stating that none of them have heard
the ageut of tho Sam road at that place
say, nor heard of his saying |hat there
was yellow fever in Savannah, and desir
ing the rumor, that such had been tho
ease, corrected. The matter was re
ported to Health Officer Brunner a week
or two ago, and ho at once took seeps to
set the agent at Rhine right if heJjad
not made any such statement as had oeeu
attributed to him.
Deserving Confidence.—There is no article
which so richly deserves tho entire confident e
of tho community as brown s Bronchial
Troches. Those suffering from Asthmatic
ami Bronchial Diseases, Cough* and Colds
should Iry them. Price 25 cents, u|.
Don't forget the shoe sale Tuesday uud
Wednesday at the Star Shoe Store, —ad.
THE LITTLE GEORGIA MAGNET.
She Outdoes the Combined Efforts of
Several of Savannah s Scientists.
Annie Abbot, known as “The Little
Georgia Magnet,” appeared before an en
thusiastic audience at the theater last
night, which she delighted by her mani
festations of her wonderful power, which
proved too much for about a dozen of Sa
vannah's strong men.
She was brought before the audience by
her manager, who gave a brief account of
her history and the discovery of the
peculiar magnetic power which she has
exercised since she was 7 years of ace.
In response to requests from the man
ager Drs. Bayd, Charlton, F. C. Wilson,
Brandt, Profs. Baker, Taliaferro and
Crowther, judge Hampton Ferrill,
Emile Newman, Esq., Mr. F. D. Blood
worth and Mr. W. S. Tison took seats on
the stago and agreed to become subjects
of the tests of her force.
The peculiarity of the force was that it
was manifested only when the flesh of
Mrs. Abbott came in contact with that of
the subject, there being no response
whatever when there was any insulation,
such as a silk handkerchief between.
The first test was the holding of a chair
by one of the gentlemen, who encircled it
with his arms, and several others put
their hands upon it to see that there was
no pressure exerted. But at the slightest
touch from the hand of Mrs. Abbott,
whoever held the chair moved quickly
around the stage in response to it.
Mr. W. S. Tison walked out with a tri
umphant look as he was asked to pull a
chair from the hands of Mrs. Abbott
which she held foosely without clasping
it. As ho buttoned up his coat with a de
termined look, the audience cheered
him lustily. But it was no use, the chair
wouldn't come down. Superintendent
Baker had to bow to the loud applause
which greeted him before his effort to do
the same tiling, but he, too, had to return
to his chair in defeat.
Airs. Abbott then held a round stick in
her open hands almost perpendicularly,
and all of the gentlemen were invited to
endeavor to pull it down. After an unsuc
cessful effort by Dr. Brandt, there wero
loud cries of “Wilson!” “Wilson!” from
the audience, and indeed. Dr. Wilson
seemed, to be their favorite strong man
during the evening, but he fared no better
than tho others. Try as he would, the
stick wouldn’t budge. The combined ef
forts of Drs. Wilson and Brandt and Air.
Bloodworth met with no better success,
and they returned to their seats with de
cidedly flushed faces from the efforts
they had in vain exerted.
Then eatne the test of lifting Mrs. Ab
bott. Judge Ferrill has probated many a
will, but that one before him was an in
soluble mystery. Ho could lift her with
hankerchiefs between his hands and her
arms, they seeming to act as insulators,
but when the handkerchiefs were removed
she stood like a statue bound to the floor,
and the judge gave it up as impossible.
The combined efforts of Drs. Boyd, Wil
son and Brandt, Prof. Taliaferro, Judge
Ferrill and Mr. Tison met with the same
defeat. Drs. Chariton and Brandt let
Airs. Abbott stand on their hands and an
effort was again made to lift her. They
stated that there was no diminution
whatever in her weight while the at
tempt was being made.
The combined efforts of Prof. Crowther,
Messrs. Newman and Bloodworth and
Supt. Baker failed to move Airs. Abbott,
although she was standing on nothing but
her heel. She would hold in her hand a
rod, stand on one heel and then any of the
committee was invited to attempt to push
Mrs. Abbott over. They all tried one
after another and failed in each instance
to move her an inch. The combined ef
forts of four met with no better success.
A peculiar physical fact about Mrs.,Ab
bott is her abnormal pulse and tempera
ture. Dr. Boyd stated that her pulse was
ISO, while tho normal is from 04 to 80. Dr.
Brandt said her temperature Was 95.4,
while the normal is 98.4. Several of the
physicians stated that they had never be
fore beard of a similar case. The way in
which she handled the doctors and pro
fessors was amusing, to say the least.
Miss Abbott's notices, which her man
ager distributes to the press, credit her
with having given performances before
about every crowned head on the globe.
She is erodited by an Atlanta newspaper
man with having 850,000 worth of dia
monds, pearls and other jewels, and is
otherwise pretty well fixed with this
world’s goods. Her scrap-books contain
1,300 pages from the leading magazines,
newspapers and periodicals, written in
scores of different languages and largely
decorated with profuse illustrations. She
has letters from nearly all the kings,
queens, emperors, princes, dukes, lords
and royalties of tho old world, written
under tho royal seal and expressing their
highest appreciation of her wonderful en
tertainments. The Duchess of Suther
land gave iter a cluster of diamonds which
must have cost several hundred dollars,
while the Prince of Wales presented her
with his photograph framed in a large
solid gold frame. The King of Greece
gave her a writing portfolio made of the
finest kind of skin, decked with silver
mountings, on which was engraved her
name, date and donor. A Russian noble
man gave her his photograph framed in
solid gold, with his name engraved upon
it ana his autograph written across the
photograph from his own blood, this be
ing the very highest possible respect
from this high source. One of tho
Rothschilds gave her £75 for an enter
tainment in his palace, whilo a German
prince gave her an elegantly set diamond
bracelet, bearing his monogram and the
royal crown. She has souvenirs from the
Sultan of Turkey, the royal houses of
Italy, Germany, France, Spain and Egypt.
She gave entertainments in Damascus,
Jerusalem and Alexandria, and her in
dorsements in all of the papers of Europe
show that she was lauded and praised by
the highest families of the Old World.
She certainly had tho swing of royalty ac
cording to her credentials, which say she
appeared by special command before the
Emperor of Germany, the Emperor of
Austria, the King of Italy,' the King of
Greece, the King of Uoumania, the King
of Belgium, the King of Sweden, the
Czar of Russia, tho Sultan of Turkey, and
other crowned heads: and gave special
performances before the Oueen of Eng
land and the Prince and Princess of
Wales.
“Doris,” the play Robert Drouet has
written for Kffio Ellsler, will receive its
initial performance here Friday evening,
the first of Effie EUsler’s engagement.
The play has been ono of the positive
successes of tho season, meeting with tho
greatest favor wherever produced, and
EfHe Ellsler, an actress who can always
be depended on to present whatever role
in which she may appear in a consistent
and intelligent mauner, has in “Doris”
given theater-goers further evidence of
her complete mastery of the ai t of acting,
and surprised even her most friendly crit
ics by the. power sue developed in the
portrayal of a roio that would severely
test the strength of ouo of larger, more
rooust physique than is possessed by this
talented and favorite actress.
In the earlier scones of the play Doris
is the young wife, who, having put aside
her first great sorrow, is living in tho
family of tho good old rector in the quiet
English village, and whose only caro is
the ehildren entrusted to her as village
schoolmistress. I alter, when scandal,
calumny und unjust suspiciou have made
her a victim, she is a woman patient in
suffering, self-sacrificing, yet determined
in doing what she considers right. The
character gives great scope to the actress,
atat Effie Ellsler has demonstrated her
ability to portray it in a manner to evoke
tho warmest praise. The other charac
ters of tho pluy are especiali.s well drawn,
and form important factors in the devel
opment of an intensely interesting plot.
BAKING POWDER.
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WORK FORTHECITY COURT.
Return Day Brings in a Number of
Damage Suits.
About 150 Filed With Clerk Bai
ley Yesterday—Saveral Suits to
Recover From Subscribers to Chat
ham Brewing Company Stock—The
Electric Railway Company Will
Have Its Hands Full With Damage
Suits—Fannie Cannon Wants 95,000
For Personal Injuries.
When Judge AlacDonell returns to the
city he will find tho docket for the No
vember term full and overflowing. If
there were one suit filed yesterday there
was one hundred* and fifty, and Clerk
Bailey says that estimate is a inild one.
Most of these suits, however, are suits
on accounts, notes, for reut, and other
such actions for failure to pay debts,
which may be decided by the court to be
Just or uujust.
Among them, however, were a number
of damage suits such as have been piling
up in the archives of the court for the
last month, all waiting a hearing at the
November term. There are liable to be
other suits of the same kind filed in cases
where parties are willing to waive the
time of filing, and the probability is that
the work before the city court is not all
on record j ot.
SUITS FOR DAMAGES.
Fannie Cannon, a negro woman, filed a
suit for $5,000 damages against the Elec
tric Railway Company yesterday. This
is the fifth damage suit that has been filed
against that company for this coming
term of the court. She states that on
Oct. 29, 1893, she was on her way to
church, and was crossing West Broad
street about 8 o’clock in the evening at
the point where the Electric railway
turns the curve from South Broad. She
says she was struck by a car which
came round the curve without giving
any warning whatever, and that she was
dragged considerable distance, from
which she suffered a great deal, being in
jured on the head and legs. She claims
that she has not entirely recovered yet
from the injuries received at the time.
She files a pauper’s affidavit, and says
she is now unable to make her living as a
result of her injuries. She is repre
sented by A. L. Alexander, Esq., and the
company is represented by Alessrs.
Charlton, Mackall & Anderson.
BROKK UP AN OMNIBUS.
The executors of the estate of John
Feeley filed a suit for SSOO against the
Entelman Company, alleging that on
June 24 a wagon belonging' to “that com
pany ran into one of the big omnibuses
belonging to the estate and demolished it.
The executors are represented by Messrs.
Erwin, dußignon A Chisholm.
Harms & J uehter filed a suit for $327.50
damages against the City and Suburban
Railway Company, stating that oneof the
ears of that company ran into a horse and
buggy belonging to them on Bolton street,
near Habersham, some time ago, demol
ishing the buggy and injuring the horse so
that he afterwards died. They are repre
sented by R. R. Richards. Esq.
SUITS FOR STOCK SUBSCRIPTIONS.
U. J. Davant, receiver for the Chatham
Brewing Company, filed a large number
of suits against various parties, through
his eattorneys, Messrs. Eawtou & Cun
ningham,do require them to pay up the
balances on subscriptions to the capital
stock of that company, which had been
demanded, and which the parties sued
had refused to pay. These suits were
against A. Ehrlich & Bro.,s4sodue on
five shares; M. Ferst & Sons, $250 due on
five shares; John GefCeken. SIBO due on
two shares; A. R. Fawcett, SSOO due on
live shares; Moses S. Gardner, slßodue on
three shares; W. F. Reid, $240 due on
three shares; David S. Gardner, SJOO due
on five shares; the Palmer Hardware
Company, sllO due on two shares and
liichard Pechman, $l2O due on two .shares.
A damage suit was filed last night by
A. ,T. Ohlander against T. A. Ward for
SIBO for tho improper shoeing of a horse,
from the effects of which, Ohlander says
the animal afterwards died.
The other suits filed were all either on
accounts or notos. and many of them
may be settled before they come to trial.
ST. PAUL’S CONCERT.
The Opening of the New Organ at the
Church To-night.
St. Paul’s church will inaugurate the
opening of its new organ with a grand
concert at the church to-night by mem
bers of the’choirs of Christ church, St.
Johns, the Cathedral, Sacred Heart and
Independent Presbyterian churches.
The concert will boa most interesting
event in musical circles. The following
programme has been arranged for the oc
casion :
Chorus Lauda Sion
Organ solo Mrs. Harrison
Soprano solo Miss Les esne
(Jeanette Christ Church Choir.
Tenor solo Mr. Lees
Trio Mrs. Wickenberg. Misses Schwartz
and Dykes.
Sonrano solo Miss Schwartz
Trio! Violin, Viola and Organ
Soprano solo Miss Finulo
Double quartette lndependent Presbyte
rian Choir.
Male quartette Messrs. Gibson, Dykes.
Craig and Billlngton.
Organ solo Mr. Mehrtens
Baritone solo Mr. Julian Walker
Chorus Gloria from Farmer's Mass
Cars will be waiting at the close of the
concert at the church for all parts of the
city.
Taken For a Fontoffiee.
Deputy Clerk Gradot, of the superior
court, says his office has been taken for
everything almost, but yesterday was the
first time it had been mistaken for
the postoffiee. A negro came in yester
day afternoon and asked for Priscilla
Jackson's mail. It happened not to be on
file there at the time, however.iand tie was
directed to the proper place.
Nervous headaches and
Mental exhaustion or brain fatigue
promptly cured by Bromo-Seltzer.—ad
RUSHING IT!
At Kohler’a High-Art Clothing House.
The boys' suits and gouts’ underwear
are selling with a vim, at 140 Broughton
street. The most fastidious are beiug
well pleased. The gents’ clothing depart
ment hus been replenished; many novel
ties have arrived, ad.
Atti'nd the shoe sale Tuesday and Wed
nesday at toe sitin' Shoe Store.— ad.
PAID THE CITY’S REWARD.
The Captors of March Walker Get
$41.66 Apiece.
The reward of $250 offered by tho city
for the apprehension of March Walker
was paid yesterday to the officers who
effected Walker's capture, though at
the cost of his life. The reward
was divided into six parts, Assistan t Chief
Reilly, Sergeant Bavphan, and Officers
Floyd and McGuire, and Mr. Thompson,
and Baker, the colored constable from
Bryan county, receiving $41.66 each.
Thompson anil Baker were in tho city and
received their portion of the reward,
which was distributed by the mayor.
The mayor assured the officers that ef
forts are still being made to secure the
reward offered by the state, and with
some prospect of success.
If this reward of S2OO is secured, it will
be distributed in the same manner as the
city’s reward, giving each member of the
party $38.33 more, or within a fraction of
a cent of $75 each.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mrs. Charles B. Malone left last night
for the world’s fair.
Hon. Fleming G. dußignon has returned
from the north with his family. He left
for Atlanta last night on legal business.
Judge aud Mrs. Falligant and Miss Fal
ligaut returned yesterday morning from a
visit of several weeks to Chicago aud tho
world’s fair. Judge Falligant will go out
on the circuit on the first Monday in
November.
The following passengers are on the
City of Augusta to arrive this morning;
M. A. Reynolds, Mrs. K. Anderson, Mrs.
M. Sears. Mrs. S. Stearns, .T. C. French
and wife. Mrs. Reed, C. P. Early, Mr. S.
Steyerman and wife, Miss Blanche Stey
erman. Miss S. Steyerman, Miss L. Steyer
man, Miss G. Steyerman, J. A. Britt,
Mrs. E. Ferris, P. Ottinger, V. H. Dohn,
D. J. Sweety, S. B. Rogers, Miss Sue
Smith, Miss F. Smith, S. F. Hosmer and
wife. J. P. Van Cortlandt, J. W. Hunting
ton, E. W. Parrock, T. E. Peek. Miss C.
Lloyd, Miss G. Remington, Miss G. Lloyd,
Mrs. G. A. Lloyd, W. P. Connelly, E. H.
Dalth, G. B. Bennett, J. Tliomasson. W.
Konatzka, D. Hoyt and wife. Miss E. J.
Denny, Mrs. .1. J. Powers, E. N. Hancock,
Mrs. J. E. Delaney. L. W. Weldon, Mrs.
E. C. Hull, Mrs. J. E. Wilbur, I. Cnheen,
W. H. A. Farron, E. Keeler, D. Joseph
Young, J. J. O’Brien, J. C. Davis.
CITY BREVITIES.
The Morning News received yester
day from Mr. S. Mendel some very fine
Japanese persimmons grown on his place
near Bethesda.
The funeral of Mrs. Henrietta Lueders
will take place from her late residence,
No. 240 Bryan street, this afternoon at 3
o’clock. The interment will be at Laurel
Grove.
Rosa Days and Mary Jenkins got into a
difficulty in Yamacraw yesterday morn
ing, which was finally settled by the
hurry up wagon being called and both of
them escorted to the barracks. Mary
Jenkins had just recovered from a severe
sickness, and she was jumped on by the
Days woman, who stamped her into in
sensibility. For a while she lay on the
floor of the station house,, and it was
thought that she could not recover from
her injuries. She was apparently all
right yesterday afternoon, however, and
she was put into a cell, where she lay and
groaned until after night fall.
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LaFar,
Sells Stetson’s fine hats; 132 Broughton
street.—ad.
Look out for the future, by going to the
Star Shoe Store sale, Tuesday and
Wednesday.—ad.
LaFar,
Sells the best SI.OO hat; 132 Broughton
street.—ad.
Tuesday and Wednesday—the last days
of the shoe sale at the Star Shoe Store.—
ad.
If you want to save money buy your
shoes Tuesday and Wednesday at the
Star Shoe Store sale.—ad.
LaFar,
Sells men’s underwear, cheap; 132
Broughton street.—ad
IN STOCK TO-DAY
At Estill’s News Depot, 21 1-2 Bull
Street.
Savannah Morning News, An Unsatis
factory Lover, by the Duchess; Harper’s
Magazine for November, Lippiucott’s
Magazine for November, Ladies’ Home
Journal for November, Poultry Bulletin
for October, The Horseman, Army and
Navy Journal, Fliegendo Blatter, Musi
cal Courier, Amusement Globe, Blue and
Gray for October, New York Season, Bos
ton Pilot, Chicago Graphic, Über Land
und Meer, Hallo (English and German),
Engineering -Record. All the northern,
western and southern dailies.—ad.
Cos to 139 Broughton street Tuesday
and Wednesday to the Star Shoe Store
sale.—ad.
LaFar,
Sells boys’ and children's Hats, 25 cent
upward. 132 Broughton street.—ad.
LaFar,
Sells the best 50-cent hat; 132 Broughton
street.—ad.
Live Lobsters Here.
There are a lot of fine, fresh, live lob
sters, just arrived from Boston, und will
be served to-day at the Gaiety restaurant,
111 Broughton street, —ad.
LaFar,
Is agent for Dunlap's lino hats; 132
Broughton street.—ad.
Tho shoe sale at tho Star Shoe Store is
continued Tuesday and Wednesday.—ad.
A cousin of Herbert Spencer lives in San
Francisco and pursu-s tho peioelul occupa
tion of selling newspapers and stationery as
a clerk tu a little stun-. Ills name Is Moira
s. oncer und 111 Is Tu years old. out lie has not
yui ruaa any of la#lametta cousin's books.
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