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KILLS HIMSELF ON A TRAIN.
\V. F. CROCKETT OF ATLANTA
FIRES A HI LI.ET INTO HIS HEAD.
Vhe Fatal Shot Fired Six Allies From
Thomnsville—Had Hern on a Spree
for n IVpek and Tills l-nel
Relieved to He nt tlie Bottom of the
Tragedy— llnd Asked for a I*itol t
Hotel Hut It Wasn't Given to
Him.
Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 24.-W. F. Crock
ett of Atlanta committed suicide on a
train near this place this morning by
shooting himself through the head with a
SS-caiiber revolver.
Crockett came to Thomasville about one
week ago. lie stopped at the Finoy
Woods Hotel one day and then went to
the Stuart House. It was noticed that he
drank quite heavily and seemed when not
under the Influence of whisky to be in a
very despondent mood.
He spent most of his time around the
hotel and his actions were such as to
arouse the suspicions of Proprietor Stuart,
who kept a close watch on him.
Crockett retired very early last night,
but late in the night he rang for a boy
and tried to borrow a pistol from the
night clerk. None was given him.
This morning he arose very early and
going into the office Inquired when the
first train would have town. Being in
formed he ordered his trunk sent to the
depot and paid his bill, remarking: “Some
body will be sorry for this.”
From the hotel Crockett went to a
hardware store and bought a revolver,
which he loaded and put In his pocket.
His manner was somewhat excited, but
he was perfectly sober, and after a little
hesitation the clerk let him have the
Aveapon.
At the depot ho bought a ticket to Al
bany and Instead of checking his trunk
called tlie hotel jjoi !• r and iold him lie
could have it. as lie (Crockett) would
never have any further use for it. The
porter refused to accept the trunk, where
upon Crockett ordered him to take it back
to the hotel and give It to somebody else.
The porter took it to the hotel, where
it r.ow is.
Crockett occupied a rear seat in the
smoking car. There were eight or ten
other gentlemen in the car. When the
train slowed up at Miller's brick yard,
six miles from town, a sharp report was
heard and turning the passengers saw
Crockett rise up and fall heavily across
the back of a seat. He died in a few
minutes, without speaking. He had shot
himself through the head. The body was
taken to Albany, from which place it
was sent to Atlanta.
Nothing is known of Crockett's history
in this city. Those who formed his ac
quaintance here noticed that there was
something wrong about the man, but he
said nothing about himself.
Yesterday he received SSO by telegraph
from C. H. Mason of Atlanta. He was
a young man of nice appearance and ad
dress.
Albany, Ga., Feb. 34.—W. F. Crockett
w as a nephew 6t Clerk G. H. Tanner of the
Superior Court of Fulton county. The re
mains were brought to Albany and turned
over to W. H. Wilder & Son, undertakers.
A letter on the dead man's person was
addressed to W. H. Mason, Atlanta, and
a telegram sent to that address telling ot
the suicide brought a response directing
that the remains be prepared for burial.
MY. Tanner wired that he would arrive
in the city to-night and accompany, the re
mains back to Atlanta to-morrow mom.
ing. A letter signed "Your affectionate
sister. Pearl,” and begging him to write
lo his mother, was found on his person,
together with a sum of money and some
private papers. The man .wiio sold the
pistol to him was on the train at the
lime of the suicide. The ball entered
the opening of the right ear and did not
break the skin where it could be seen.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24.—Crockett lived at
Decatur. Thirty-six dollars were found In
his pocket. Crockett was about 28 years
of age and a son of J. P. Crockett, who
committed suicide several months ago at
his home lrt Decatur. The elder Mr.
Crookett was a -man of considerable
wealth, his fortune at the time of his
death being estimated at $200,000.
Young Crockett, who killed himself to
day, was left in possession of a very com
fortable sum. He was addicted to too fre
quent Indulgence in drink, and thought
that his mind was temporarily unhinged
when he committed the rash act. About
two months ago he was sent to a sani
tarium in Nashville for treatment and re
turned improved tn health a short time
ago. He was returning home from Thom
asvllle when he shot himself. His remains
will be brought from Albany for inter
ment at Decatur.
OIKT FOII HEBREW ORPHANS lIOMF.
Baroness DeHlrscli Sends If 7,500 to
Erect a Hospital,
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24.—The Atlanta He
brew Orphan’s Home is a beneficiary of
the generosity of Baroness DcHirsch, wid
ow of the celebrated multi-millionaire, and
philanthropist. She has sent her check for
11.500 ($7,500) to Simon Wolf of Washing
ton, chairman of the board of control of
the asylum.
The money will be devoted to establish
ing a hospital in connection with the or
phanage. and n tip eting will be held here
soon, to plan the addition.
Joseph Hirsch has received a letter an
nouncing the receipt of Baroness De-
Hirsch’s splendid gift.
Atlanta is the second city in Georgia to
profit by the gen* rosily of this wealthy
and most charitable woman, she having
4onat>l *2.500 last year to th. synagogue
* fund in Columbus. The board of control
of the Atlanta Orphanage will meet lu re
on the 6th and 7th of next month.'
ATIiDMiVs f lftsr SPEECH,
'4'lif .lodge Obliged tm Postpone Ills
Address at Atlanta.
Atlanta, (i t., ¥< ■>. 24.—Judge Atkinson
Will not make the opening speech of his
c'-mp-iigr. for Governor iter., next Satur
day night, as w j expe te l.
.To-day he Wa* obliged to elecline the re
quest of th* re* truly organized Atkinson
C.’lub to address th-m at the oiera house
fit the- time mentioned, because of business
that will take aim out of town.
The club w>s arranging for a big rally
anil consid< rable disappolntme-nt is bit
that It will not take place as scheduled.
Judge Atkinson intimateel to the club
that he will be pleased to address It at
fuch a rally later on.
Trainer Arrives at Athens.
Athens, Ga., Feb. 24.—John Mahan or
Columbia College has arrived to train
the track athletic team of the University
of Georgia.
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Prepared only by C. I. Hood <fc to.. Lowell, Alaa*.
JOSES Ol i of THE It \t B.
The Evangelist Retires In n better
on the Order of His First.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24.—Evangelist Sam
Jones'has formally retired from the Guber
natorial race after six days of candidacy.
He publishes a column and a half letter
of retirement this afternoon. In It he
deals humorously with the matter.
As intimated in these dispatches at the
time of his announcement, he says it was
all a joke. He is still for Col. Candler,
and puts in a good word for him, at the
same time agreeing with his critics that
all three candidates are “nice gentlemen.”
Here is the way the Cartersville evange.
list leads off with his card of withdrawal.
"This has been nn'off week, which is a
very unusual week with me, and I gener
ally spend my off weeks, not in doing noth
ing, but in recreation and fun. I can't
do nothing. I have lost the art. I am 50
years old and past and weigh 160 pounds,
dressed, and I never was a candidate up
till last Saturday, and I have really en
joyed it. though I never ran for office in
my life, and never shall. Now, I must
take up my life's work again, beginning
meetings in Nashville, Tenn., next Sun
day. After this you must address me and
write me as ex-Candidate Jones, limiled.
I am not a candidate now, but I reserve
the privilege to announce again if I want
•o. 1 shall never run. but there is noth,
ing more p.itheticer than just being a
candidate. (If course I must now give the
public a reason for stepping dow'n for the
time being. First, I have too much lo
do o monkey with polities long at a
time, and then it is such a terribly dirty
business. It takes lye soap to wash that
sort of dirt off. Secondly, the Journal
announced this evening to the public that
tho three men now running were first
class gentlemen, and I really do not care
to antagonize that class of human beings.
Thirdly, I don't want to be interviewed
any more as a candidate—never.”
OMAHA EXPOSITION.
Gov. Northen and Editor Richardson
Speak at niuckshear.
Biackshear, Ga., Feb. 24.—This morning
about 3:30 o’clock the colored school build
ing was discovered to be on fire. The
fire had made such headway in advance
of discovery that it was impossible to save
the building or its contents, which were
totally consumed. There was no insur
ance. The origin of the fire is a mystery.
This afternoon about 6 o’clock the Geor
gia Omaha commission, headed by Gov.
Northen, passed through Biackshear. The
train whs stopped abdut twenty minutes
and the crowd of citizens, aljout 200 in
number, which had assembled upon short
notice, was addressed by Gov. Northen
and then by Henry Richardson of the At
lanta Journal. Editor Richardson’s ad
dress was frequently cheered. The com
mission urged that the citizens lend it
both moral and financial nid in the great
work it has in hand. The reception ac
corded the commission here amounted to
an ovation.
HANK ELECTION AT QUITMAN.
Present President and Vice Presi
dent Re-eleeted.
Quitman, Ga., Feb. 24.—The &nnual elec
tion of officers of the Bank of Quitman
was held to-day. Judge J. O. Morton and
S. S. Rquntree were re-elected president
and vice president respectively. O. K.
Jelks was promoted from assistant cashier
to cashier, and F. J. Spain, Jr., was pro
moted to assistant cashier.
Mr. Jelks lias been with the bank a
number of years and by faithful and effi
cient service lias worked himself up from
collector to the place he now holds. The
same is true of Mr. Spain.
Tlie bank is In splendid condition
and with its present able corps of officers
can but continue in its successful career.
Ur. J. Harris Pierpont of Pensacola,
Fla., but formerly of Quitman, has pre
sented the Brooks County Library Asso
ciation. lo be added to its interesting list
of curios, a Cuban machete, which has
done actual service in two Cuban wars,
the one now on and the ten-year war.
CHARGES AGAINST CHANCELLOR.
The Grand Vice Chancellor Receives
Ofllelnl Notice of Them.
Fitzgerald, Ga., Feb. 24.—Grand Vice
Chancellor W. E. Algee of the Knights of
Pythias of Georgia is to-day In receipt of
official notice from W. T. Leopold, grand
keeper of records and seals, that charges
have been preferred against Grand Chan
cellor Charles R. Warren of Hawkinsville,
Ga.
Under the laws of the order Mr. Algee
immediately assumes charge of its af
fairs in the grand domain of Georgia.
At an early dale a tribunal will be call
ed to hear the articles of impeachment
and act on the same.
A strong pressure is being brought to
beat- by the citizens of this city and the
members of the order tn Southwest Geor
gia to have the tribunal sit here. Mr.
Algee informed a reporter this afternoon
that in all probabilities the trial will be
held here.
>1 ALTON POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
The Burglars Secure i|tSl)o In Mont-y
and Stamps.
Dalton, Ga., Feb. 24.—Tlie postofflee
lie re was entered last night, the safe
blown open, and SBOO in money and stamps
taken therefrom.
The thieves left behind them a big
sledge hammer, a brace, and a large screw
driver*
Hits of money and stamps were scat
tered over the floor.
The registered letters in the office were
left unmolested.
There Is no clue to the perpetrators.
MIAMI'S TOBACCO CONGRESS.
Great Preparations living Made for
tile Event. -
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 24.—Great prep
arations are being made at Miami for the
entertainment of the National Tobacco
Growers’ Association, to be held there on
March 8, 9 and 10.
The Governors of New York. New Jer.
sey, Georgia and Maryland have appoint
ed delegates.
Asa new Impetus has been given to the
tobacco industry in Florida by Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, great Interest cen
ters around this meeting.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1898.
WANT TO BE READY FOR WAR.
THE HOUSE SHOWS ITS WILLING
NESS TO VOTE MONEY.
Appropriation to Care for I nnsril
Machinery at the Springfield Ar-
Kenui Passed—Advisability of the
Enactment of a National quaraie
tine l.nu Cnder Debate In Connec
tion With the Appropriation to lit'
Voted for the Use of the Quaran
tine Service in Case of an Epi
demic.
Washington, Feb. 24.—The House devo
ted itself strictly to business to-day and
disposed of thirty additional pages of the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
The fact that the government is prepar
ing for contingencies was recognized in
the House to-day when Chairman Can
non, who has been laboring to keep down
appropriations, accepted without a word
of protest an amendment to increase the
appropriation to care for the unused ma
chinery at the Springfield arsenal.
Mr. Gillette explained that necessity for
using this machinery might occur at any
time.
Resolutions which tvere objected to a
few weeks ago for the appointment of
two extra naval cadets to positions in
the engineer corps of the navy were also
adopted. One of them will fill a vacancy
caused by the death of Lieut. Merritt of
the Maine.
Mr. Sayers, Dem., of Texas, criticised
the item in the bill, placing only the unex
pended epidemic funds of past years at
the disposal of the quarantine service. He
thought $200,000 additional should be ap
propriated.
Mr. Cannon said that the largest amount
expended in a previous year was $237,000 in
1804. Last year but $131,000 w'as spent. On
Feb. 1, 189S, there was an unexpended bal
ance of $310,000. In his opinion that was
sufficient. ,
Mr. Bailey, Dem., of Texas, declared his
belief that the matter of quarantine regu
lations should be left to the States. He
was opposed not only to the additional ap
propriation proposed by his colleague, but
to the use of the unexpended balance pro
vided for in the bill.
Mr. Sayers pointed out that in the
event of the recurrence of the yellow
fever epidemic this summer after Con
gress adjourns, $340,000 might not be suf
ficient to cope with it. He said he did
not want to be held responsible for the
failure of funds in the event of an epi
demic.
The discussion soon drifted into the ad
visability of the enactment of a national
quarantine law.
Mr. Carmack, Dem., of Tennessee, ad
vocated such a law. He said forty-five
different systems in as many different
states created chaos.
Mr. Williams, Dem., of (Mississippi,
thought it unfortunate that this great
question of a national quarantine had
been precipitated in connection with this
appropriation. The people of his state and
the board of health of his state believed
the United States should have exclusive
jurisdiction of maritime and coastwise
quarantine, and were willing to give the
federal authorities exclusive and para
mount control. But once an epidemic got
a foothold inside the state he insisted that
the state should control.
Mr. Underwood opposed exclusive con
trol by the Federal government.
Mr. Sayers moved to increase the ap
propriation $200,000.
Mr. Love, Dem., of Mississippi, advocat
ed the amendment.
The Sayers amendment was lost.
The following proviso was ruled out on
a point of order raised by Chairman Lacey
of the public lands committee, on tho
ground that it was new iegislatipn: "That
hereafter no public moneys shall be ex
pended for (he survey of any portion ot
the public domain embraced within any
fores! reserves of the United Slates, ex
cept for such surveys as may be neces
sary to designate the exterior boundaries
of such reserves, and of such lands with
such reserves as may be embraced within
or covered by legal claims initiated prior
lo the date of the proclamation of the res
ervation.”
On motion of Mr. Devries, Dem., of Cal
ifornia, an amendment was adopted ap
propriating $6,300 for the Yosemite Na
tional Park, California.
After completing thirty pages of the bill
the committee rose.
1 h" Senate bill to prohibit the passage
of local or special acts by territorial legis
latures and to limit territorial indebted
ness was passed.
At 5:15 o clock the House adjourned.
CHILDREN Them a ted.
Three Small Negroes Perish in Their
Hnrntng Home.
Gainesville, Fla., Feb. 24.—A horrible ac
cident occurred at Jonesville, fifteen miles
west of here, last night. Hannah Wilson
(colored) left home, leaving her three chil
dren, aged 3 and 2 years and 3 months, at
home. She was gone only ten minutes
when the house caught fire from the in
terior. When first observed it had been
burning for several mlnu-tes, and when a
party gathered they were unable to extin
guish the flames. The eldest boy rushed
out of the house, gaining the door before
he fell. His clothing had been burned
from his back, and he lived but two min
uies. A colored man present displayed
great heroism by rushing into the house
and bringing the other two children out in
his arms. He suffered from the fire, but
to no avail, the children wore already
dead, having been suffocated by the
smoke. The fire caught from the fire
place.
Gen. W. B. Sayers Dead.
Gonzales, Tex., Feb. 24.—Gen. W. B
Sayers, commander-in-chief of the United
Confederate Veterans in Texas, a brother
of Congressman B. D. Sayers, died to-day
at his home here.
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8. C., had a severe case of catarrh
which finally became so deep-seatei
that she was entirely deaf in ont
car, and part of the bone in heruoat
sloughed ofT. The best physician. l
treated her in vain, and she used
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promptly reached the seat of the dis
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DANGER IN SODA,
Serious Results Sometimes Follow Its
Excessive l sc.
Common soda is all r,giu in its place
and indispensable in the kitchen and for
cookiug and washing purposes, but it was
never intended for a medicibe, and people
who use it as such will some day regret it.
We refer to the common use of soda to
relieve heartburn or sour stomach, a hnbit
which thousands of people practice nlmost
daily, and one which is fraught with dan
ger; moreover, the soda only gives tempo
rary relief and in the end the stomach
trouble gets worse and worse.
The soda acts as a mechanical irritant to
the wails of the stomach and bowels and
cases are on record where it accumulated
in the intestines, causing death by inflam
mation or peritonitis.
Dr Harlandson recommends as the saf
est nnd surest cure for sour stomach (acid
dyspepsia) an excellent preparation sold
by druggists under the name of Stuart’s
Dyspepsia Tablets. These tablets are largo
20 grain lozenges, verv pleasant to taste
and contain the natural acids, peptones
and digestive elements essential to good di
gestion. and when taken after meals they
digest the food perfectly and promptly be
fore it has time to ferment, sour and |>ois
on the blood and nervous system.
Dr. Wuerth states that he invariably
uses Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets in ail
cases of stomach derangements and finds
them a certain cure not only for sour
stomach, but by promptly digesting the
food they create a healthy appetite, in
crease flesh and strengthen the action of
the heart and liver. They are not a ca
thartic, but Intended only for stomach
diseases and weakness and will be found
reliable in any stomach trouble except
cancer of the stomach. All druggists sell
Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets at 50 cents per
package.
A little book describing all forms of
stomach weakness and their cure mailed
free l>y addressing the Stuart Cos. of Mar
shall Mich.
MRS. "WHITNEY'S CASE CRITICAL.
Blow on Her Read Ila.s Caused Loss
of Cse of Her Limbs.
Aiken, S. C., Feb. 21.—The condition of
Mrs. William C. Whitney remains very
critical. The severe blow which she re
ceived on her head paralyzed her body and
spinal trouble in the cervical region has
caused loss of the use of ail of her limbs.
To-night the following bulletin is dis
played: “Mrs. Whitney’s condition is
about the same.”
Dr. Charles L. Dana, an eminent nerve
specialist of New York, arrived this morn
ing on a special train from New York,
which made the trip down in the record
breaking time of fourteen hours.
In consultation with Dr. Dana are Drs.
Bull and Mott of New York and McGahan
of Aiken, but it is impossible to obtain ex
act results of their consultations.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 24.—Dr. C. S. Dana,
who arrived at Aiken this morning on a
special train to attend Mrs. Whitney,
has relieved Dr. William T. Bull, who
left for Now York this evening.
Late to-night Mrs. Whitney was still
paralyzed in one side. The doctors, how
ever, hope that this will improve later.
The nelvous shock was terrible. Dr. Mc-
Gahan and Dana are by her bedside.
COLLISION NEAR CHARLESTON.
Freight Train Huns Into a Shifting
Engine nnd Injures Three Men.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 24.—There was a
collision between a freight train and a
shifting engine at 5 o'clock this morning,
eight miles out of this city. Three men
were injured. Engineer Nat Dunlap and
Conductor Henry von Delkin, slightly, and
Fireman Gus O’Brien, seriously. The
shifting engine was badly wrecked and
three freight cars were demolished. The
track was considerably torn up and travel
on the road was interrupted for some
hours. No cause for the accident can yet
be assigned.
NEGROES AND THE BALLOT.
Relegation Appears Before the
Louisiana Convention.
New Orleans, La., Feb. 21.—The suffrage
committee of the constitutional convention
to-day, heard a delegation of negroes who
favored the educational and property qual
ifications, provided the school system was
broadened so as to give the blacks full op
portunities to acquire education.
To-night Mrs. Caroline Chapman Catt,
the well known suffrage leader, and Miss
Florence Huberwald of this city, appeared
before the convention by invitation, and
made pleas for woman suffrage.
NEW CONSUMPTION CURE.
Discovered by a Berlin Specialist,
AVIio Has Had Success,
From the New York Journal.
Berlin, Feb. 16.—Intense interest is be
ing manifested by th£ medical fraternity
in the Berlin University and throughout
the German capftal in the latest discovery
for the cure of consumption, which Prof.
Ernest Victor von Leyden, the celebrated
specialist, promises to disclose to the pub
lic.
Prof, von Leyden's discovery is outlined
in the annual report of the Berlin Board
of Charities. He calls his ’’Creo
sotal,” which, according to his description,
is a fluid of a peculiar oily taste, com
pounded from creosota, which has been
subjected to a chemical reaction. The
great specialist claims that his concoction
is a most excellent specific against tuber
culosis of the lungs.
The report from the clinic of Dr. von
Leydon comprises twenty-eight cases,elab
orately depicted by word ami illustration.
Of these twenty-eight patients, all treated
with the greatest of care and attention,
twenty-seven were cured, some entirely,
nnd some placed on the sure way to total
recovery. All were treated alike to the
doses of creosotal and in the following
manner:
For the first two days the patients re
ceived five drops three times daily. This
was changed to an increase of eight drops
three times daily, and so on until the dose
* reached twenty-five drops three times per
day.
After the last dose had been maintained
for three weeks it was diminished daily
until the original quantity had been at
tained.
The patients have been treated for six
months by Dr. von Leydon. With some
their lungs are entirely healed, and with
others the pathological symptoms have
disappeared entirely.
Dr. von Leyden Is to-day universally
recognized as the leading authority on tu
berculosis of Germany, if not of all Eu
rope, and is probably the most celebrated
physician of the old world. People of the
highest rank travel from the extreme ends
of the continent to Berlin In order to seek
his advice, and when he leaves the city
for the purpose of attending some royal or
imperial patient, his fees are colassal. He
attended the late Czar during the last
three weeks of his life, and might have
succeeded in saving him had he been sum
moned earlier to the Crimea.
It is entirely owing to Dr. Leyden that
the Czarevitch George nas been kept alive
for the past three years, and he has saved
the lives of the Archduke Francis Ferdi
nand, the heir to the throne of Austria-
Hungary and Crown Prince Ferdinand of
Roumania.
He is one of the surgeon-generals of the
Gi rman army. He holds to-day the chief
clinical professorship of the Berlin Univer
sity, to which he was appointed more than
twenty years ago, during which time he
has published a number of standard works,
the most important of which are his book
on "Inflammation of the Lungs,” on the
“Grey Degeneration of the Spinal Mar
row," and on "Reflex Paralysis.”
Dr. Cyrus Edson, the discoverer of a
chemical combination called Aseptolin,
which has been used successfully in the
cure of consumption and other diseases
originating from germ infection, said last
night, regarding Prof. Von Leyden’s dis
covery:
"The use of creosote in the cure of dis
eases originating from germ infections is
not new. 1 discovered an improvement
upon the old creosote treatment, and I
presume that Prof. Von Leyden has also
discovered a similar improvement, which
a great specialist could readily do. Until
I eNn receive more details of this discovery
I cannot talk intelligently upon its mer
its. I did not strictly make use of creo
sote in my cure, but of phenol, one of the
ingredients of creosote.
"I note that Prof, von Leyden’s treat
ment has only been tried for a few months.
My treatment has been tested for years
and gave much greater promise than was
fulfilled. At first it appeared to me as if
fully 75 per cent, of all cases of tubercu
losis could Be cured, but a longer experi
ence has developed, according to the sta
tistics I have kept, that only 40 per cent,
of the cases under treatment have been
cured. Prof, von Leyden may have the
some experience, and I should not feel
like accepting this discovery as conclusive
until its test has extended over a longer
period of time.
"The fact that my treatment, as origin
ally announced, did not fulfill its rosy
promise was due necessarily to some de
fects in its conception. I have naturally
been seeking and experimenting to over
come and ascertain the causes of ahy do
ficiences that existed in the treatment.
"I believe now that I have made some
important discoveries and am well on the
way to an improvement, and when that is
effected I shall give the treatment to the
world for the use of all physicians.
"It may be possible that Prof, von Ley
den has been working on the very same
lines that I have. The great difficulty
with my improvement is that it required
expensive apparatus, which puts it be
yond the use of the poor except as they
may secure treatments through the me
dium of sanitariums, and it is the unfor
tunate fact that the great bulk of con
sumptives, so called, are of the poorer
classes.”
IMPROVEMENTS IN SAILS.
A Vessel Gained Over Two Knots an
Hour by Using Perforated Sails.
From the London Shipping W r orld.
In Mr. Davies’ patented improvements in
sails it is proposed to make perforations
varying in size and number according to
the requirements of each separate sail.
To protect the edges of the apertures,
which vary from a quarter of an inch to
two inches in diameter, a double copper
eyelet ring is inserted and beaten down to
clip the sail. Mr. Davies’ theory is that
the wind passing through these holes ob
viates to a great extent the pressure of
the wind against the convex side of it,
and so removes a considerable percentage
of the retarding force which would other
wise press against the sail. However one
may disagree with the theory, the fact re
mains that the Macdiarmid, a full-rigged
Italian ship of 1,559 tons, which arrived at
Sydney in July with her sails perforated,
was stated by her commander, Capt.
Criseuoio, to have gained two knots pier
hour in her speed when sailing fairly free
on a light breeze, while, with a strong
wind, the gain, though great, was not
quite so much. Capt. Criseuoio was also
of opinion that even when running before,
a wind the holes, if they did no good, did
no harm, as any wind passing through
one sail must of necessity strike the sail
immediately ahead of it. Personally we
incline to Capt. Bassalos’ theory that the
wind after doing its work on the ordinary
lion-perforated sail forms an elastic cush
ion in the bellied piortion, thus causing a
large amount of wind to be broken up and
thrown off the sail with a corresponding
loss of the sail’s propulsive effort.
FUNERAL IN VITATIONS.
STERNBERG—The friends and ac
quaintances of Mrs. Mina Sternberg, and
Isaac Sternberg and family, and Philip
Sternberg, are respectfully invited to at
tend the funeral of the former from the
residence. No. 437 Barnard street, at 11
o’clock a. m. to-day. Please omit flow
ers.
meetingsT -
AnTYfiotTpArES^
EIIY NO. 7, K. T.
A regular conclave will be held oa
in your asylum this (Friday) ev- <f
ening at 8 o’clock.
Visiting Sir Knights cor
dially invited lo attend. By or-
der of
A. B. SIMMONS, Em. Com.
JOHN RILEY. Recorder.
WOODMEN OF TIIE WORLD.
Mistletoe Camp No. 4 will meet to-night
at 8 o'clock. There will be a degree given
and also a "Ritual Burning.”
All sovereigns are urged to attend.
W. H. FIFER, Consul.
R. W. FARR, Clerk.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
liwAETtoirSALir^
Residence No. 10 Jones street, west.
Apply to H. A. PALMER.
FURNITURE AND GENERAL AIEK.
CHANDISE STORAGE.
Can be had at the District Messenger and
Delivery Company's warehouse, 33 to 36
Montgomery street, on reasonable terms.
Tbe building has been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and now offers un
surpassed facilities for storage of all
kinds, furniture vans.express wagons and
messengers furnished. Pianos and furni
ture packed for shipment and removed
with care. Telephone 2.
• NOTICE.
The Georgia Furniture Manufacturing
Company has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent, E. I. OKarma assuming
all responsibility and collecting all bills
due the company.
AMUSEMENTS.
gAVANNBrt TdEdTEit.
# AFTERNOON I FRIDAY,
A EVENING, | FLU 86,
INNES
AND HIS
BAND.
Soloists, Mme. Rosa Linde, Contralto;
Miss Bertha Webb, Yioliniste. Prices sl,
75c, 50c, 25c. Matinee prices. 50c to all pal ts
of the house except gallery. Children 25c.
Change of programme each performance.
Seats now on sale at box office. Everett
piano and Conn’s instruments used ex
clusively. *
Coming Attractions—Feb. 28 (Monday
night), Donnelly & Girard in “The Gee
zer.” March 1 (Tuesday), Dr. Cook, the
Spiritualist. March 2 (Wednesday), Daly’s
"Nigh Off Cos."
TELFAIR ACADEMY
OF
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Open to Visitors daily, except Sunday.
From 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Single admission 25 cents. Annual tick
ets SI.OO.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
HOUSE of LORDS
CEYLON TEA.
I’liyMieimiN and critical judges liold
it in high estimation, as it is much
more nourishing than, coffee for
breakfast. Try it. Supplies can be
had of first-class grocers In Savan
nah.
BP£CUL N O ITCLtS.
WEAR AM) TEAR
ON YOUR LINEN
while In the laundry is quite a mat
ter of importance to your cash ac
count.
Daring the pnst twelve years we
have convinced the public that the
SAVANNAH STEAM LAUNDRY,
11 Congress street, west,
lnnndries linen withont injury to
the fabric.
NO ACIDS USED.
Telephone 353.
CALL AND SEE THE NEW
EASTMAN
POCKET FOLDING KODAK.
Price $lO.
It is the nicest yet.
Full stock of Photo, material.
i
TWO STORES,
LIVING STONES PHARMACY.
Braucb, DE SOTO PHARMACY.
SCHOOL BOY
TOBACCO
TWO OUNCES FOR FIVE CENTS.
Thousands of smokers of cigarette,
nnd pipes prefer “School Iloy To
bacco.” No stoek is complete with
out it. Send orders for wholesale
quantities to
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
302 Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
TO THE PUBLIC.
All persons are cautioned against pur
chasing that Iract of land in Chatham
county, Georgia, immediately south of the
extended limits of the city of Savannah,
known as the Brunch tract, containing
one hundred and seven acres, more or
less, bounded on the north by EstiU ave
nue, east by Waters road, south by lands
of Barstow, and west by lands of Gen.A.R.
Lawton, as I have made a contract for the
purchase thereof, and intend to apply to
the courts for a specific performance of
the contract. J. H. ESTILL.
Savannah, Aug. 30. 1888.
FOR MEN ONLY.
Make your wives happy by giving them
the modern conveniences of the age, the
cheapest and best of which is a Telephone
at $1.50 to $3 per month. Call up No. 6 or
drop a line to the manager at 32 Drayton
street. R. H. POLK. Manager,
Savannah Telephone Exchange.
BECKMANN’S FAMOUS
CLAM CHOWDER
will be served at 11 to-day. It’s the
finest in the country.
Try a steam of Punta Gorda Oys
ters in the evening, accompanied by
Coburger Beer.
BECKMANN'S CAFE.
NOTICE.
All persons are hereby cautioned against
harboring or trusting any of the crew of
the British steamship Rannoch, Craig,
master, from Demcrara, as no bills of
their contracting will be paid by the mas
ter or by t
W. \V. WILSON, Agent, Consignee.
Central of Georgia Incomes.
Southwestern Railroad Stock.
State and City Bonds.
And other securities. /
Real Estate Loans Negotiated. I
- R MYRESi
MS Bryan street, E;)st.
MARX
DOWN
SHOE
SALE.
All the regular prices are blotted out la
this sale. Stock must be pruned closely
Everything out that shouldn’t be in. Win
ter goods specially. Every shoe sacrificed
to that end.
Ladies’ Cloth Top or Fine Kid Top But
ton and Lace Boots, patent tip and kid
tip, ordinarily sell for $2.50, at ; 0
Ladies’ Fine Vici Button, patent tip coin
toes, extended soles, up to date in style
reduced for this sale from $3 to $1.95
Ladies’ Finest Vici Button, patent tip
handsome soles, coin toes, fine styles'
widths B, C, D and E, usual $4 shoe now
$2.55.
Misses' Vici Button and Lace (some with
cloth tops), our regular $1.75 shoe, for this
sale
Youths’ School Shoes, splendid quality
(you always pay $1.50 for this grade), price
clipped to j, la
The Public
Know We
Advertise
OnSy Facts.
Cor. Whi take*
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SAVANNAH.
Capital, §500,000.
Transact, a general banking busi
ness. Maintains a Savings Depart
ment and allows INTEREST AT 4
PER CENT., couiponnded quarterly.
The aceonnts of Individuals, linns,
bunks and corporations are solicit
ed.
With our Inrge number of corres.
pondents in GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
FLORIDA and SOUTH CAROLINA we
ore prepared to handle collections
on the most favorable terms. Cor
respondence invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President.
M. B. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREMAN, Cashier.
THE CHATHAM BAM,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Transacts n general banking
business, maintains n liberal sav
ings department.
Foreign and Domestic Exchange a
specialty.
Having a large number of Interior
correspondents, we enn handle col
lections at very reasonable rates.
Correspondence solicited.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
YOU WANT
The Stnndard Color Paste to Color
lees, Cakes, Jelly, etc., same kind ns
used by .Miss Andrews at her cook
ing exhibition.
Pure Spices, Olive-Oil and Mnstnrd.
Prepared Alniond Meal for
chapped hands and inflamed skiu.
It is used as a soap.
SOLOMONS <fc CO.
HOMES FOR THOSE WHO PAY
MONTHLY RENTAL.
The Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company have a beautiful tract of
land south of Anderson street on which
they will erect homes.
To those who wish to own their little
homes on a monthly rental in preference
to paying rent to the landlord, they will
serve their own Interest by seeing Mr.
Solomons.
AH the corners on Price street are taken,
but two.
Call at the office or see a representative
on the ground daily between 2 and 4 o'clock
M. J. SOLOMONS,
Secretary and Treasurer.
CITY’ OF SAVANNAH POCKET MAP,
50 CENTS EACH.
PRINTED IN TYVO COLORS.
NICELY BOUND IN CLOTH AMD
STAMPED IN GOLD ON SIDE.
For sule by
MORNING NEWS.
AT THE GEM—
A specially fine lunch to-day. (
We keep Savannah Brewing Cos. s
Wurzburger Beer on draught
and in bottles. It’s fine.
GEO. C. SCHWARZ.
Congress and Whitaker.
BEFORE PURCHASING
A Typewriter see the Improved Remluß*
ton Typewriter, No. 6. It has no equa
DEARING & HULL.
Sole Dealers for Savannah,
• Drayton street.