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AFTER THE TURF EXCHANGE
Proprietors of the Exchange Indicted
in the City Court.
O’Dell and Joseph Harris
Charged With Maintaining a Gam
bling Room—They Will Be Tried
Under the Georgia Laws Against
Gambling An Unexpected Surprise
to the Patrons—A Rather Popular
Institution Dr- Rawson Charged
With Illegal Practice Chasserow
\Pound Guilty—Mary Green Wants to
Give Bail- Matters in the Superior
Court.
A mild sensatk'tv was sprung yesterday
after the meeting of the grand jury of the
city court when it came out that William
J. O’Dell and Joseph Harris had been in
dicted on a charge of keeping a gambling
room.
The indictment, it turned out, applies
to what is known as the turf exchange,
where you pay your money and take your
choice and usually get left, unless you
know how to pick the winner, which is a
science that not everybody is familiar
with.
The turf exchange is on the ground
floor of the Citizen's bank building, and
was run there before that building was
purchased by the bank. The lease on the
room has not yet expired. It has been in
operation now about six months, having
been established about the first of the
year.
WHERE Mi N'F.Y CHANGES H4NPB.
The indictment charges O’Dell and Har
ris with running and operating a gaming
house contrary to the good order and dig-_
City of the state, and states it is a place*
where people go and play for money. The
room is called a certain game or device
for the hazarding ol money or other val
uable articles.
The witnesses who appeared before the
grand jury were three one a man who
bad played the races at the exchange and
the others telegraph operators who are
employed there The witnesses did not
appear of their own accord, but w-ere
summoned by the state's counsel, as the
bifl was a special presentment by the
grand jury, there being no other prosecu
tor than the state.
SAYS TITE LAW 19 APPLICABLE.
The special presentment was found un
der the laws of IRKS, page Mb which is an
amendment or substitute for the old
gambling law that confined games
of chance to cards. The law of
1886, however, is sweeping in its nature,
and covers any scheme, game or device
for the hazarding of money or other valu
able articles The solicitor general stated
yesterday that he thought this law would
fit the case, and that his attention had
been called to the turf exchange, which
although run openly, was one of the
worst class of gambling places, there be
ing little difference technically between
betting on a horse and on the turn of a
card.
The fact that the exchange has been
taken up by the grand jury, and its pro
prietors indicted, will be a surprise to
many who have frequented it, and who
believed there was no law in Georgia by
which it could be stopped.
BROKEN UP IN AUGUSTA,
It has been a semi-public place, and
while many have visited it in order to
play and take their chances on the run
ning of horses, many have also gone there
out of mere curiosity to watch the runs
and to see how it was conducted. The
turf exchauge in Augusta was attacked
by the courts there in a similar manner a
few weeks ago. and the result was, it was
put an eud to, and the owners fined fo~
violating the gaming laws. The action
was taken under the same law under
which the operators of the exchange
here were indicted.
Harris was arrested last night and gave
bond. O'Dell is at present out of the
city, hut will doubtless return at once
when he learus the state of affairs. It
remains to be seen whether the indict
ment will have the effect of closing the
place up at once or whether tho operators
of the exchange will keep open and test
the law under which they are indicted to
see if it can be made to apply to them.
WANTS AN EARLY TRIAL.
Solicitor General Fraser says he will
endeavor to brine the case to trial at
once, or as soon as a day can be obtained
for it. He thinks a case can be made out
by the state under the law mentioned,
and there will doubtless be a pretty bat
tle over the question between the attor
ney for the state and those who appear
for the defendants
The turf exchange pays the city a li
cense of fSOO a year, and, it is safd, tho
question was carefully looked into aud
passed on by the city authorities before
the license was granted.
An indictment was also found against
Dr J. B. Hawson on a charge of illegal
practice of dentistry. The fact that such
a charge had been preferred against Dr.
Rawson was mentioned in the Morning
News some weeks ago. The witnesses in
the case are Dr. H. S. Colding and Dr.
A. G. Bouton, who state that Dr. Raw
son has been practicing dentistry without
a certificate or license'to practice from a
board of dentistry duly authorized and
appointed by law to grant such licenses.
The indictment dates thcchargo Aug. 1.
Edward Solomon, who was pulled by
Detective Kavariaugh about a week ago
on a charge of ouerating a gaming device,
was indicted for a misdemeanor. He
operated a peculiarly constructed nickol
in-the-slot machine, which was described
and commented on at the time.
CHASSEROW FOUND GUILTY.
The jury in the case of George Chas
serow, who was tried day before yester
day on a charge of keeping and operating
a gambling house, remained out all night
without reaching any conclusion. It
seems that one single juror was responsi
ble for the disagreement, he being op
posed to finding an out-nnd-out verdict of
guilty. It seems, however, that an agree
ment was reached about 9:30 o'clock yes
terday morning, and a verdict of guilty,
with recommendation to the extreme
mercy of tho court, was the result.rJudge
MacDonell will pass sentence ou Chas
serow this morning.
The grand jury of the city court will
meet again to-morrow afternoou to make
its general presentments aud adjourn for
tho term.
SA1I) HIS CHARACTER WAS DAMAGED.
On the civil side of the city court the
case of L. \V. Beasley against James Dor
sey was tried. The suit was for damages
tnest, n:; I dai age to character
by the chargo of larceny after trust
which was preferred.
Beasley it seems was arrested in May
on a warrant sworn out by Dorsey, the
grand master of the Grand Vniteil Order
of the Knights of Archery, on a charge of
larceny after trust. Beasley Is connected
with the order in some wav, and he was
charged with selling a book belonging to
the order and appropriating the money to
his own use. He was given a preliminary
trial before Justice Andrews the day afteV
his arrest and was discharged, he having
shown that the charge was uot in accord
ance with the facts. Ho brought suit
through Messrs Cain A Kennedy.
Dorsey was defended by Mr. ]*. J. O'Con
nor. The amount asked was SI,OOO for
damage to his character and reputation.
The jury last night returned a verdict for
s'ls in favor of tho plaintiff.
In the Superior Court.
Anna Ashbee petitioned the superior
court yesterday to allow her to bring suit
against Receiver C. P Miller of the A. J.
Miller Company. She alleged that Miller
1 sent to her house and had her furniture
seized, the party entering without any
legal process whatever and taking the
bod uj9i.i w hich her sick husband was
lying The court granted au order allow
, ing her to bring the suit
In the case of the state against Mary
Green, charged with being au accessory
to the crime of the murder of William
Thomas, who is supjwsed to nave been
killed by William McCrea, the defendant
petitioned to be allowed to give bail. The
solicitor general consented to the grant
ing of the order, and she will be dis
charced whenever she gnes l*>nd in the
sum of SSOO. This will probably be done
to-day.
In the case of James Douglass, plaintiff
in certiorari, against John W. Foughner,
defendant in certiorari, the court heard
arguments and reserved its derision.
The attorneys who brought the suit for
Thomas J. O’Brien against the Franklin
Savings and Security ('o., and Messrs O.
I’, and George H. Miller, the officers, are
Messrs. West & McLaws, Charles M.
Cooper and Wm. lb Hardee, instead of
Harden, West & McLaws, as was stated
yesterday.
ABOUT THE GRAVE ROBBERY.
Rumors and Stories About Thosa Who
Did the Work.
Motorman Best of the ( 'oast Line rail
road makes a statement which some think
throws light on the robbery of the grave
of Mrs. S. Krouskoff at Bonaventure
cemetery last week.
The facts in the case, he said, are that
two negroes and a white man got on ins
car about 10:30 o'clock on the night the
robbery is thought to have taken place, at
the Bolton street depot. They had with
them two picks and a large box. They
got off at Bonaventure cemetery, and told
him they were going after some moss.
About an hour later they boarded his car
again coming into the city, and at that
time had with them the picks and a bag
with something in it, but they had left
the box, where he does not know.
Molortnan Best said these were the
facts in the case, and that he had told
them nowhere but at the office of the
company. He said the men got on his car
at the depot, and did not come from the
shadow of the switch house across the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway.
Mr. Krouskoff, however, takes a differ
ent view of the affair, iin3 he stated to a
friend before going to New York that it
was his suspicion that the work had been
done by a negro boy, who was formerly
in his employ, and who was in a position
to know that Mrs. Krouskoff s jewels bad
been buried with her. This boy, he said,
had since left him. Neither of these
theories seem to explain the fact
that the marks of the wheels of some
vehicle, which had been turned around
at the grave, were found when the dis
covery was made.
THEY WEAR PANTS.
Thieves Break Open a Door and Carry
Off a Dozen Pair.
The store of the Southern Pants Com
pany, at Congress street, was en
tered and robbed of a dozen pairs of
pants last night about 9 o'clock.
The thief or thieves broke open the
front door and made their exit through
the back door and into tne lane. The rob
bing was one of the boldest kind, and was
done within a very few minutes. At 8:45
o'clock Policeman Lang passed the store,
finding it ail right. He walked up to
West Broad street and returned in about
twenty minutes, when he discovered the
door of the store open. A light bad been
left burning in the store, and there was a
light in front of the saloon next
door, while the drug store on
the opposite corner was still open.
The thief did not tarry to make selections
from the numerous pairs of punts which
hung on the rack in the store, but scooped
a dozen pairs near at hand and quickly
skipped.
Mr. C. H. Sterling, tho manager of the
company, closed the store about 8 o’clock,
and could not be found by the officer who
went to notify him of the robbery. One
of the clerks of the establishment was
found, however, and he discovered the
extent of the robbery. He locked up tho
store for the night. The lock on the
front door was forced in, it being a
slender affair and easily broken. The
back door was left wide open.
FIRE AT CORDELK.
It Destroys Barrel Factory Belonging
to tne Cordele Cooperage Cos.
Mr. Henry Elsoti, manager of the Cor
dele Cooperage Company, who was here
on business, received a telegram yester
day informing him that the barrel fac
tory of that concern had been destroyed
by lire. No particulars were given of the
conflagration except that the entire fac
tory, including all of the stock of barrels
on hand, had been consumed.
Mr. Klson stated that the loss would
amount to about $5,000, on which there
was SI,OOO insurance. He said that the
company will rebuild immediately, and
that no delay will be caused in ' filling
their orders, as the Coiutnbus Barrel
Manufacturing Company has offered to
supply them with sufficient stock to carri
on business until the factory is rebuilt
and in operation. Mr. Elsoti loft the city
last night for Cordele.
WILL GET THE EXTENSION.
Stillwell, SHllen & Cos. Slake Arrange
ments With Their Creditors.
Whiie the full details have not been ar
ranged it is practically understood that
the creditors of Messrs. Stillwell. Milieu
& Cos. have about agreed to grant them
the long time extension asked for on the
firm’s indebtedness, to be paid off in the
course of five or six years by installments.
The members of the firm were in New
York a few days ago, where they held a
consultation with the northern creditors,
and they agreed to grunt the extension.
One or two of the smaller creditors in
Augusta and hern, it is said, have hold
off somewhat, but it is believed they will
all come iu within a day or two on the
same basis, and the arrangement of tho
firm's business affairs will be practically
completed.
AT LAUREL GROVE.
Funeral of Mrs. Mary W. Whatley
Yesterday Afternoon.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary W.
Whatley, wife of Col. ,1. E. Whatley,
took place yesterday afternoon from the
family residence at 80 Taylor street.
The funeral services at the house and
grave were conducted by Rev. 1.. (_'. \ ass
of the First Presbyterian church. There
was u profusion of beautiful flowers placed
ou Mrs. Whatley’s grave at Laurel
Grove cemetery, indicating the high es
teem in which she was held bv many
friends. Tho funeral was largely at
tended by friends and relatives. The
pallbearers were Messrs. W. i„. Wakelee.
George W. Eamar, R. IV Munford, D. t;
Purse, A. C. Wright, William H. Baker,
K. K. Axson aud E. N. Hancock.
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THE MORNING NEWS: TREKS!)AY, AUGUST 30, 1894.
COL. LESTER ON THE TARIFF
His Views Upon the Work of the
Recent Session of Congress.
The Tariff Bill a Very Good Measure
Indeed. Though It Might Have Been
Better—The Income Tax Its Most
Popular Feature Col. Lester Thinks
the Democratic Majority Will Be
Reduced in tha Next Congress—He
Will Take the Stump at Once in
Behalf of the Party Takes No Stock
in the Sugar Trust Charges, and
Says Jim Hines Will Be Roundly
Beaten.
Col. Rufus E. I.ester arrived In the city
yesterday from Washington after bidding
President Cleveland a pleasant goodby
the day before. Col. I-ester is the picture
of hearty good health. Evidently the
! long session and the hard work have had
I no ill effect upon him. He was kept busy
j yesterday wherever he went, receiving
1 the hearty greetings of his friends. It
jean be safely said that there is no con
| gressman from Georgia whose personal
i popularity with his constituents is so
i great as Col. Lester's.
A Morning News reporter called on
Col. Lester yesterday and had a very
pleasant talk with him on the work of
the recent session of congress and the
prospects of the Democratic party this
fall Col. Lester does not regard the
prospects of the Democratic party at the
fall election as at ail bad. He feels satis
fied that both the republicans and the
populists will make small gains, but not
more than is usually the case in off years,
when the party in power usually suffers
small reverses.
“The next congress will bo demo
cratic," ho said. “The democratic major
ity will hardly be as large, though, as in
the present congress. Losses may be ex
pected in the eastern states, ami in the
northwestern states. The republicans
will make some gains in the east, and the
populists in the northwest. The effect
will only be to reduce the democratic ma
jority from its present unwieldly size to a
working basis."
TUB TARIFF BILL ALL RIGHT.
Col. Lester regards the tariff bill as a
fairly satisfactory measure. He would
rather have seen free coal and free iron
ore in the bill, because the Democratic
party had promised the coun
try these things, but the influences
brought to bear in the Senate
made this impossible. He would aiso
have been glad for President Cleveland to
have signed the tariff bill, thereoy giving
his indorsement to the work of the demo
cratio congress and furnishing the
democratic congressmen a strong argu
ment in their campaigns this fall.
“However, Ido not know but what he
is right,’’ said Col. Lester. “Ho is al
most always right. The bill does not
carry out his ideas, and after the pro
nounced position which ho had taken he
could hardly be expected to give the bill
his indorsement. That letter of the
President's to Congressman Catchings of
Mississippi is a great document, and will
make strong campaign material.”
MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
"How do you regard the tariff bill?”
Col. Eester was asked.
"I think, all things considered, that it
is a very satisfactory measure,” he re
plied. "it is true that it might have been
better, but considering how long we have
been in tho bondage of the protectionists
I regard the bill as a very long step,
indeed, away from protection and toward
free trade. Because we have only gotten
part of the way up the hill, is no reason
why vve should turn loose and go back to
the bottom. A great deal has been ac
complished, and the work of tariff reform
hereafter has been greatly simplified and
made easy for future congresses. The
effect of the bill in restoring prosperity
to the country, I think, will be im
mediate.
"The duty placed upon sugar has created
some dissatisfaction. But I think this
has been greatly magnified. It is true
the duty is not entirely satisfactory. It
should have been arranged so as to give
no advantage to the sugar trust, which is
undoubtedly tho case as the bill now
stands. Sugar is rightly considered a
revenue article, aud in a tariff for revenue
there is no reason why a duty should not
be placed upon sugar, but it should have
been simply for rovenue aud not given
any advantage to the refiners.”
THERE WAS NO CORRUPTION.
“Do you think that the charges of cor
ruption against certain of the senators in
regard to the tariff on sugar were well
founded?” Col. Eester was asked.
“I do not believe there was any corrup
tion whatever,” was the reply-. "Certain
senators seemed to be determined that
the sugar refiners should be given a cer
tain amount of protection, and the gen
eral censure and comment which their
actions produced seemed to have the
effect of simply making them more stub
born. Ido not believe that Senator Gor
man was under any obligations whatever
to the sugar trust, or that he and the
other senators with him received any
emolument directly or indirectly for their
efforts ou this lino. The fact that they
were in opposition to the President
doubtless bad the effect of making them
more stubborn.
"How about Senator Hill? What is
thought of his position !"
“Hill is a dead cock in the pit. He en
deavored to antagonize the whole Demo
cratic party and succeeded admirably.
Vest's great speech showed Hill up in his
true light. His acrobatic performances
met with no favor among his colleagues."
THE INCOME TAX VERY POPULAR.
In speaking of the tariff bill. Col. Les
ter said that the iuconie tax feature was
the most popular feature of the bill, ana •
would prove of much benefit to the Demo
cratic party.
“When the income tax measure was
first proposed,” said Col. Eester, "it was
supposed that it would prove very unpop
ular, aud that the Senate would hardly
pass it. Tho result was somewhat sur
prising to those who fathered the meas
ure. In a short while the income lax
became tho most popular feature of the
bill, and no bill could have been passed
through either house which did not con
tain tliis feature. Tho Senate became
even more pronounced in its favor than
tho House.”
Col. Eester said ho could not say what
financial measures would be proposed at
the next session ot congress. There
would, doubtless, be a number of propo
sitions, lie said.
"From the Missouri west to tho Pacific
the people have but one political creed.”
ho said, and that is stiver. Whether
they call thomseli t* democrats, republi
cans or populists their creed is the same,
and this is almost the sole topic of dis
cussion. The Democratic parly seems to
have gotteu a little mixed in its financial
•policy, and what will bo tho result is
hard to say. The silver congressmen
will be able to tell their constituents that
it was not their fault that their views
were not carried out.
TO BEGIN CAMPAIGNING AT ONCE.
Col I ester will enter immediately into
the campaign. He will first stump the
counties in this section for the state
ticket, and when the state campaign is
over will continue his work in his own
behalf. His first engagement is at Hines
villeon Bept. 4. Judge Dims, the popu
iist candidate for goiernor, is an old and
very close friend of Col. Hester's. Judge
Hines’ father was Col. Hester's guardian,
and Col. Lister was afterwards Judge
Hines' guardiun. Judge liines studied
law in Savannah with Col. Lester, and
was a member of the old debating society,
which used to meet in the oid firemen's
hall, of which Col. Lester was president.
“I was surprised at Jim Hines’
course. " said Col. I-ester ”1 blame Tom
Watson for that. He held out the bait of
the governorship and Hines bit. He will
be defeated by the usual democratic ma
jority.”
PINEOR \ PEOPLE KICKING.
They Are Informed That the Macon
and Dublin Will Not Come to Their
Town.
The people of Pineora have a grievance
against the Macon and Dublin railroad,
arrangements to extend which into Sa
vennah from Dublin are now being made.
“We have recently received informa
tion, " said a resident of Pineora yester
day, “that the contemplated line of the
Macon and Dublin railroad has been
changed, and that instead of crossing the
Central railroad through our town it is
intended to cross at Eden, about eight
miles nearer to the city
"When the Pineora township was laid
out it was with a \ lew of having this rail
road pass through it. The town has been
cut out to fit the right o f -way which the
projectors of the road contemplated using,
at was believed to be the best and most
advantageous place at which the crossing
could be made. Although the projected
right-of-way would runtnrough the yards
o) several of the inhabitants and cause
some of them to lose their houses, they
have not made any protest, as they be
lieved the road would greatly beaetit and
build up the town.
"It is said, how ever, that hands nro
working near Eden for the purpose of
marking out the right of way through
that place. This, too, in spite of the fact
that twenty miles of the track has been
built toward the Ogeechee, just the other
side of Pineora. Under these circum
stances the people of Pineora feel very
much aggrieved that such a change
should be made. It is still their hope,
however, that in the end the richl of way
through Pineora will be found the most
advantageous and made use of."
As was stated in the Morning News a
day or two ago. the preliminary survey
for this new line has been begun, and
there are now two surveying parlies
working on it, one from Dublin toward
Savannah, and the other is working from
Savannah. It is expected that the work
of buiiding the road to Savannah will be
well under way within a year.
THE RECORDER’S COURT.
Beanie Stafford Fined SIOO, and
Ensel and Tony Wilson Released.
Bessie Stafford was tried in the re
corder's court yesterday on charges of
selling liquor on Sunday, and selling
without a license, and on the latter
charge was fined SIOO and costs.
The city’s main witness swore he had
bought beer and otherdrinks at the place,
paying 50 cents a bottle for the beer. He
stated he went thereon several occasions
and bought intoxicants, but could not re
call any of the days exactly, and would
not state positively that any'of them were
Sundays.
Bessie Stafford stated that the charge
was untrue, and said that the woman,
Dorothy Price, who preferred the charge
against her, was the lover of this man
woo testified for the city. She was fined
SIOO for selling without a license and the
Sunday case was dismissed.
Samuel Ensel. who was rearrested night
before last after having pleaded guilty in
the superior court to a charge of keeping
a gaming house and paying a fine of $250,
was released by tho recorder, the evi
dence not being deemed sufficient to con
vict him of the charge preferred. He
was arrested ou account of a statement
made on the witness stand that
he operated the gambling room which
George Chasserow was charged with
owning. There was. however, no evi
dence to corroborate the statement made.
Chasserow was convicted yesterday of
the charge. There was much doubt as to
whether the evidence given was suffi
cient to hold him.
Tony Wilson, the alleged chicken thief,
was also given his liberty. He was
charged with aiding Charles Jackson to
raid a coop, for which Jackson is now
serving a twelve months’ sentence on the
gang. Tony s preacher and several other
witnesses proved an alibi for him, it
being shown that on the night in question
he was down the river catching fish in
stead of in Savannah catching fowls. It
being shown that he was out the city
at the time in question, he was dis
charged.
THE HERCULES WINS.
An Interesting Game of Ball at Col
lins' Park Yesterday.
The game of base ball at Collins’ park
yesterday afternoon between the Her
cules and Electric railway clubs resulted
in a victory for the former by a score of
9to 2. The most interesting feature of
the game was tne battery work of Strick
land and Schreck for the Hercules. The
see re by innings is as follows:
r n e
Electrics 0 00X0010 o—2 2 4
Hercules 1021 13 0 1 x—9 12 2
Struck Out Strickland 17, Pacettl 2,
King 2.
Earned Huns Hercules 5. Electrics 1.
Thu Hercules are far in the lead of all
the clubs of the local league, and now
feel able to tackle anything of their size
that they can find. They are especially
anxious to meet the Bay Streets, and
make special challenge to Manager Train
of that team to play them at any time for
a stake of SSO a side.
GREENE—GN ANN.
Married at the Home of the Bride at
Clyo Yesterday.
Mr. Charles W. Greene of Savannah,
and Miss Georgia E. Gnann of Clyo. were
married yesterday at 2 o'clock at the
home of the bride at Clyo. Tho
ceremony was performed by Rev. J.
Austin of Clyo. Mr. and Mrs. Greenecamo
to Savannah on the afternoon train and
were entertained at the house of the
brother of the groom. Mr. H. G. Greene,
until the departure of the train for At
lanta. After visiting Atlanta aud Chat
tanooga they will make a short tour of
the west. The bride is a lovable and
charming young iady. Mr. Greene ha
been for a number of years in the employ
of the railroad postal service, and sus
tains a well-earned reputation as one of
the most efficient employes of the depart
ment.
NOT SETTLED YET.
An Attempt Being Made to Arrange
Dr. Hanby's Affairs.
Mr. Joseph H. Hanby of Wilmington,
N. C., came to Savannah again yesterday
morning for the purpose of seeing if he
could not straighten out his son’s affairs.
A conference of the creditors of Dr. J. D.
Hanby was held yesterday, and a propo
sition was made them by Dr. Hanby's at
torney, bnt not being considered exactly
satisfactory it was not accepted. Another
meeting will be held to-day, and it is be
lieved some satisfactory arrangement
will be readied, in which case Dr. Hanby
will be released
With hut little care and no trouble, tho
beard and mustache can be kept uniform
brown or black color by using Bucking
ham's Dye for the whiskers, —ad.
Temperance and beer tire synonomotis.
There is not a fight in a ease of the St.
j-ouis A. B. C. Bohemian Bottled Beer,
brewed b,v tho American Brewing Com
pany. Smith Brothers, wholesale dealers,
—ad.
BAKIN3 POAfDER.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. — Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
AQdoinutrEE.Y psjsss:
AN APPEALED CASE HEARD.
Only Five Aldermen Present, and
Conncil Has a Rather Dull Session.
Madam Lizzie Lawrence’s Appeal
Heard, and She Gets a Reduction of
sloo—The Jefferson Street Property
Holders Present Their Protest.
They Claim That the Cost of Keep
ing Up the Old Shell Pavement Was
Misrepresented to Council
Council held a rather dull session yes-
I terday afternoon. There were only five
| aldermen present, those present being
j Mayor McDonough. Aldermen Bohan,
| Screven, Folliard. Remshart and Cbarl
j ton. Being a majority of the members in
the city live aldermen constituted a
quorum. With the exception of the ap
peal case of Lizzie Lawrence, which put
some life into the meeting, the session
w-as about as uninteresting as it could be,
and it looked as if there was constant
danger of the aldermen dropping off into
a doze.
Madame Lizzie Lawrence appealed from
the decision of the recorder who sen
tenced her to pay a fine of S2OO on the
double charge of selling liquor on Sunday
and of selling without a license. This
was one of the cases made by Mehaffey,
the fly Atlanta detective who spent his
vacation in Savannah at the request
of Mayor McDonough. Detective
Wooster of Atlanta was the first witness
for the city. Wooster was so unfortunate
as to fall in with Mehaffey while the lat
ter was in Savannah, and to confide to
him that he had obtained beer at the
place on Sunday morning, June 3. The
result was a summons to appear in police
court against the defendant.
THE DRINKS COME HIGH.
Detective Wooster stated that he visi
ted Madam Lawrence’s house on the date
named, and while there purchased a bot
tle of beer, for which he paid 50 cents.
He had no idea that Mehaffey was in the
employ of the city, he said, when he men
tioned the fact to him one night as they
were passing the house, that he had got
ten something to drink there.
A young business man who went with
Wooster to the plee. testified that he did
not see the beer bought or paid for. He
confessed, however, to having purchased j
wine, beer and liquor there on previous
occasions, but not on Sunday.
Madame Lawrence made a statement
in which she flatly denied the assertions
made by Detective Wooster. She claims
that the wine, beer and liquor gotten at
her place by the other witnesses had all
been obtained from a saloon near by, and
that she made no profit by the sale A
point was made that she got $5 a bottle
for wine and 50 cents a bottle for beer,
which is in excess of the prices of these
fluids at the saloons.
AN INGENIOUS ARGUMENT.
Her attorney made an ingenious argu
ment in the endeavor to show that she
might have purchased a doz.en bottles at
the time and only served two bottles to
the party paying for it and kept the other
ten bottles for herself, or that she might
have bought two bottles for 25 cents and
pocketed the other 75 rents when a cus
tomer ordered $1 worth ot beer. • This, he
declared would be no violation of the iaw
j against selling liquor without a license.
While the opinion of the board seemed
to be that she was guilty of both charges*,
it was decided to find her guilty only oi
selling liquor without license, which was
done, thus reducing her line to 8100.
A PETITION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.
A petition was received from the Jef
ferson street property holders protesting
against.the collection of the assessments
against them for the paving of the street
w ith granite blocks. The petition covers
two closely typewritten pages of foolscap
and is signed by forty-five property hold
ers aud representatives of estates on tho
street. The reasons why the assess
ments should not be paid by the prop
erty owners! are stated at length. Tho
main claim is that the ehanVe in pavo
meut was unnecessary, as the shell pave
ment was in good condition aud only in
need of slight repair.
"Aii interesting point made in tho peti
tion is the claim that the facts with re
gard to the pavement were misrepresented
when the matter was brought before
council that the pavement was not worn
in an.v place to the extent which was rep
resented, and that the costs of maintain
ing it had not been anything like the
amount stated by the chairman of the
committee on streets and lanes at the
time that the matter was under consider
ation by council.
•‘Living upon the street and watching
with interest all that was done from the
time that it was put down until it was
torn up we are prepared to controvert
that statement," says the petition, "by
the fact that a minimum amount of re
; airs and attention of any kind was given
to the pavement south of Huntingdon
street and its objectionable condition in
very wet weather was due to that fact.”
TOO HEAVY A TAX.
The petition says that the pavement
was seriously injured by the heavy wag
ons of the circus about the time it was
completed, which damage was never
properly repaired. Particular sress is
laid upon tile fact that the paving of the
street with granite blocks has greatly in
creased tho travel over it, which has
proved a great annoyance to the residents
and made renting property less desirable.
The petition says:
"This imuieuse travel has rendered liv
ing on the street very undesirable. Our
property bought for renting brings less
rent. It is impossible to converse in or
dinary tones at certain times or the day.
The lives of children are endangered by
the large travel in front of our doors. Our
homes are made undesirable and our
slumbers late in the night and early in
the morning are disturbed and tho lives
of our sick make unendurable.
"We have been taxed heavily without
any return, there being no improvement
to property, but a depreciation being the
.result. We were first, at a great cost, re
quired to pave sidewalks which were in
the public streets, dedicated to the
city and no part of our pri
vate property. The curbing then put
down was afterwards torn up and
replaced with a more expensive curbing,
for which we had to pay. The shell pave
ment was then laid for which wc were
assessed, and now, after a few months’
trial, that is plowed up, a stone pavement
is laid against our solemn protest and our
shells taken to improve other streets
without any cost whatever to the prop
erty owners ou said streets.”
The property holders protest against
such experimenting by council at their
expense. Several instances uro quoted
where the assessments, if collected, would
prove a very great hardship to
parties who are without income
and have no moans with which to
pay the amount of the assessment. Tho
tax payers re juest the attention of coun
cil to the points stated and urge that the
j cost of the pavement be defrayed from the
| general fund. The protest was referred
i to the committee of the whole.
Bills against the city amounting to
I $!“.927.4K were reported' correct by the
j committee on accounts and ordered paid.
FIVE WOMEN ARRESTED.
Janie Elmore's House Raided by tho
Detectives Last Night.
The assignation houseof Janie Elmoreon
Flo.vd street, back of the tire engine house,
was raided by Detectives Bossell and
Kavanaugh last night about 8 o’clock and
the proprietress with four of the inmates
was taken to the police barracks.
The detectives were accompanied by
Policeman L. A. Smith, who kep. guard
to see that none of the inhabitants es
caped, while the detectives went to tho
door and presented the warrant. Those
arrested arc Janie Elmore, Christiana
Rivers, Charlotte Fleece, Josie Heyward,
and Cornelia Seabrook.
The detectives saw- only one man in the
place, and when they entered the house
he made his way hurriedly over the back
fence It is told that two others, running
up Liberty street out of breath, remarked
to a friend in passing, that they had just
jumped from a second story window.
The place is one of bad repute, and has
been for a long time Tho occupants arc
bright mulatto girls, many of whom are
during the day nurses in respectable
families. The house has been doing
a business there for a long time,
and there has been consid
erable complaint from the people living
in the neighborhood about it. The de
tectives say they have just forty-one
more of these places on the list, and un
less they close up they will all in the
course of time go on the docket.
LOOAL PERSONAL.
Mr. Will Reaves of Madison is spend
ing some time in the city.
Mr. P. Alston Waring returned yester
day from a trip to the mountainsofNorth
Carolina.
Mr. John Screven, superintendent of
the Savannah Steam Bice Mills, returned
yesterday from an extended trip through
Louisiana.
Mr. W. G. Strobhar returned yester- !
day from an extended trip to Dalton, I
Ga. Mrs. Strobhar and child will remain |
there the rest of the summer.
Mr. Lucien E. Davis is in the city and
is registered at the Pulaski. Mr. Davis
expects to return to Savannah to live this
fall. This was formerly his home, aud lie {
has many friends here who will welcome •
him back.
Hon. H. H. Speer of Amerieus is iu the
city. Mr. Speer was a member of the
Florida legislature for several years, and
the representative of the Plant system at
Chattahoochee. He still has large inter
ests in Florida.
Capt. George T. Cann and Miss Annu
lette Stubbs will leave this morning for
New York. Miss Stubbs will spend
about six weeks in Connecticut, and
Capt. Cann will go to Seagirt, N. J., to
attend the international rifle shoot to be
held there next week. He will return in
about two weeks.
Receiver H. M. Comer of the Central
railroad, who has been in New York for
the last two weeks attending a meeting
of the Southern Railway and Steamship
Association, is expected to arrive here
to-morrow morning. Some news from
the new reorganization plan for tho road's
properties is anxiously awaited.
The friends of Mr. John D. Carswell
""■’-I learn with regret that he is to.leavo
Savatntnh about the first of the month
lor Richm&nd. lie goes to take a position
as special a sent f or the Commercial
Union lire ins.,ranee Company, with
territory both in Virginia and North
Luroliiiii. Ho Uqs bciia with Mossrs \V
H. Daniels A. Cos. for thc-.o S t thrc years
where he has thoroughly CarriiliarLed
himself with every branch of th*. jj r3 j n .
surance business, and he goes we ii
equipped to take up the special work v>
which he has been called. While they
regret to see him go, he has the best
wishes of his friends for success in his
new field.
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For indigestion, sick and nervous head
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Ladies, for natural and thorough organic
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j Dr. Moziey’s Lemon EUxi'r is prepared
from the fresh juice of lemons, combined
with other vegetable liver tonics, and
will not fail you in any of the above
j named diseases. 50c and SI.OO bottles at
druggists.
Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley, At
lanta, Ga.—ad.
R-sideneo for Sale.
$4,000 will purchase an elegant resi
dence on Second avenue, third east of
| Abercorn. Bay windows, large rooms,
and good yard. Terms to suit purchaser.
John L. Archer, 118 Bryan street.—ad.
Persons Leaving the City Curing the
Summer
j Can have the Morniso News mailed to
I them without extra charge, instead of its
being loft at their usual address.
Or, it will be mailed to them as an ex
tra copy, by ordering it at this office,
! either in person or by letter. Terms for
an extra copy -28 c a week, or 50c for two
weeks, or SI.OO a mouth, payable in ad
l vance.
This offer also applies to subscribers
outside of the city.
Buy a Lot on Beat Street.
Cots are well located, terms easy, and
prices cheap. John L>. Archer, 118 Bryan
i street.—ad.
Tide Suits for Bathing
At Tybee all this week. Hound trip only
25 cents. Trains leave Savannah 9:80
a. m. and 2:80 p. m. Leave Tybee 11:30
a. m. and 5:45 p. m.—ad.
Residence for Sale.
$4,000 will purchase an elegant resi
dence on Second avenue, third east of
Abercorn. Bay windows, large rooms,
and good yard. Terms to suit purchaser.
John L. Archer, 11* Bryan street.—ad.
•'George, father ha* fulled."
"I hut h just like him I told you all along,
darling, that he was going to do all he. could
I to keep us from marrying. ’—Life s Calendar.
HIDDEN A BATES M. H.
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PIANOS,
ARE THEY RE ALLY fine? Read
v't M,l1 J the eminent pianist
New 'ork, and C'ar) Zerrahn, the fa
moua Boston conductor, nay:
We consider th Mason & Hamlin
i lanoaurst-class instrument in avert I
respect No artist can fail to idmlre
Its musical refinement of tone and it
responsive action
AKK THEY HLKATTLK^^teaT***
n ?,’P' lor College Holton. Texas, Sep*
9. lf*o. Porthe past four <t years
'vc have had a large number of your
pianos, seventeen ,17) In all. in con
stunt use from 6a. m to v p m. each
l ae fact that we have ju it
added three (3 1 more instruments
making twenty (20) In all, is the nest
recommendation we can offer as to
their general utility. We employ no
other make in the college.
no Til t. V HTAND IN TInT
”LLL? Heart what Daniel M. White
the celebrated tuner of Boston Mass
says: ’ •
I find that :ho Mason & HamllnPianos
are very easy to tune. They “fan be
made smoother and more accurate
"■‘J e “ than any other make
that i have ever tuned in my eighteen
years experience; and they and in
tune tetter than any up.ight piano ‘i
nave ever ween of any make.
THEY STAND TKYJNi
<;M>IATKs AND BXPOBVRF tS
Bir.A AIK? Head, from Fannie 11
<ntes. Sholapur, India, Jan. 28, IJ-9;)
I think it is quite perfect, and every
one who seen it is charmed. One re
marked of it, *1 have n#c seen an
other piano in India so stand beside
it. Another satd. ’lt is the only pi
ano in lnaia I would be willing to
have." It is id use two or three hours
a day. I encourage the children to use
it, and it keeps in tune wonderfully.
The Mason & Hamlin Pianos are used
on the "New York/’ the Paris” and
many other ocean steamers.
HOW ABOUT PRICE ANI)
TERMS? Read: Prices lower and
terras easier than can he offered on anv
other standard make.
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As
To
Trousers!
We show a few, and
some prices in our win
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all you want. The prices
—close this argument.
Some bargains still in
Negligee Shirts.
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any kind. It is made by a secret pro
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SIOO,OOO Has Been om lor me Knowledge.
We have letters from nearly 1,000 mer
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• Flour they ever handled. It is water
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MOLASSES.
hogsheads Muscovado Molasses.
21 tierces Muscovada Molasses.
Just landed and for sale by
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