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SAVANNAH WILL CO-OPERATE.
Ain TO ■!•'. UIVKV FOII THE ST ITE
EXHIBIT AT OMAHA.
An Able Ppfrm’n tn 11 on of the Subject
nt Hie city Esrhnniir Meeting by
the Commissioner* for (JporKln.
Headed by ex-Governor Jiorthen.
Georgia Need* IniTonMcd Tax \nl
npn nrid These Can Be Seenred by
linniiirrntinn and Investment—The
Omaha Exhibit to Be Made With
This Ohjset In View—Savannah's
Support Pledged.
Savannah will aid to secure a Georgia
exhibit at the Omaha Exposition this fair.
This much was decided at the meeting
ot citizens with Ihe state exposition com
mission yesterday. The arguments ad
vanced by Ihe members of the commis
sion were convincing, though, as a m.li
ter of fact the Savannahinns present were
ready to be convinced and already in sym
pathy with ihe movement.
The members of the exposition commis
sion present were ex-Gov. W. J. Northen
Of Atlanta, Col. D. B. Dyer of Augusta,
George Ketchum of Macon, F. H. Rich
ardson of Atlanta, J, F. DeLacey of East
man, Edwin Brobston of Brunswick,
George Smith of Atlanta and P. A. Sto.
vail of Savannah.
Among the citizens present were Aider
man 9. P. Hamilton, chairman of Coun
cil; Alderman T. J. Davis, Capr. Henry T.
Williams, president of the Cotton Ex
change; President D. G. Purse of the
Board'of Trade; Vice President John M.
Egan of the Central of Georgia Railway
Company, General Manager Cecil Gabbett
and Traffic Manager A. Pope of Ihe Geor
gia and,Alabama Railway, Mr. J. Moultrie
Lee, treasurer of ihe Plant System; Cot.
W. W. Gordon, Hon. J. J. McDonough,
Hon. W. G. Charlton, Mr. Isaac Beckett,
Mr. A. B. Moore and others.
Mayor Meldrim was unable to be pres
ent, on account of a case in the City
Court, and Alderman Hamilton presided
at the meeting. Mr. Hamilton announced
the object of the meeting, and Introduced
ihe chairman of the commission, Hon. W.
J. Northen.
Gov. Northen briefly sketched the rea
sons for the formation of the commission
and the object in view. The members of
the commission are busy' men, he said,
and it is a tax upon them to give their
time to this work. They are doing so
without remuneration, and entirely be
cause of the good they believe will result
to the state if their efforts are successful.
As the constitution of the state prohibits
the appropriation of money for any pur
pose of this kind, it is necessary that the
means to defray the cost or such an ex
hibit must t>e furnished by the public spir
ited citizens of the state. Other communi
ties have responded handsomely, and it is
expeoted that Savannah will do the same.
The way to increase the prosperity of the
state, Gov. Northen said. Is to increase
the value of the farming land. Land is
being returned for taxation at $1 per acre
that can easily be made worth $lO and
more. The way to increase the value of
the farming lands, he said. Is to make
farming more profitable, and more attrac
tive, and one of the best means of doing
this Is by increasing the numher of far
mers .
The necessity of good schools for Ihe
country was dwelt uimn. The Increase of
the farming population would result in
better schools and more attractive social
condition?. Gov. Northen spoke of the re
sources of Georgia, and said that it was
as easy to make money on the farm as in
the city.
Mr. Richardson of the Atlanta Journal
was inlroduced by Gov. Northen. He spoke
nt some length of the immense wealth in
the marble beds and gold mines of Geor
gia. He said it looked, indeed, humiliat
ing that the capitol of Georgia should
have been constructed of Indiana lime
stone with the Immense marble bods of
Georgia so close by. In explanation of
this, he said, it should be understood that
there was at that time no plant engaged
In ihe marble industry callable of furnish
ing the supply of marble necessary for
the capitol building, and this was the rea
son the building was constructed of In
diana stone. To-day, he said, the state
capitols of Minnesota and Rhode Island
are constructed of Georgia marble, one
being a $3,000,000 building and the other a
$2,000,000 building. The contracts for sup.
plying the material for these buildings,
he said, were secured in competition with
all the world and arc ample evidence of
the high estimate placed upon Georgia
marble by experts who had not the re
molest interest in exploiting the state's
resources. While the business men of Sa
vannah might not tie interested in Geor
git marble, Mr. Richardson suld, they were
true Georgians, and interested in every-
thing which pertained to the upbuilding
of the state. Georgia, he said. Is one
of the richest states in gold deposits 'n
the world. There are now thirty paying
mines in the state, from one of which
SI,OOO a day is being taken. The state is
underlaid with granite and that from the
Quincy granite quarries near Sparta is the
equal of any In the world.
“Savannah,” said Mr. Richardson, "will
continue to be the commercial capital of
the state so long as the cotton fields exist
and the forests continue lo give up their
wealth.”
Gov. Northen said that some limited ef
forts made by a few had produced re
markable results In Georgia, lie Intro
duced Mr. Ketchum of Macon to tell of
one of these results.
Georgia's answer to the cry of distress
from Nebraska In 1894. Mr Ketchum said,
was twenty carloads of grain and grain
products, shipped Into the granary of the
Northwest. This, he said, led Mr. Fitz
gerald to correspond with Gov. Northen,
and led eventually to the establishment
of the Fitzgerald colony. In 1895, when
lie visited Fitzgerald, he said, there was
nothing there but a pine forest, besides
two houses. Recently when he visited it
he found a thriving oily with 800 suburban
homes outside the corporate limits, each
surrounded by its garden and truck farm.
“Georgia is an undeveloped empire.”
said Mr. Ketchum. "You might take one
of the government's new 10-Inch rifled can
non, plant It at Savannah, fire to the
westward and the shot would land in un
developed territory. \Ye have seen what
ran he done. We should furnish an ob
ject lesson at Omaha in order that this
work may be repeated and continued."
Macon, Mr. Ketchum said, has pledged
SI,OOO, and lie thought Rnvannah should
meet her sister city half way.
Oov. Northen said that all sorts and
all kinds of people are not wanted in Geor
gia. "Seasoned Americans'' from the
West arc when is wanted.
Mayor J. F. DeLacey of Kastman, spoke
of the greatness of Georgia's territory n
has the largest territory of any state east
of the Mississippi, he said. If Georgia's
population was as great In proportion to
her territory as that of Massachusetts siie
would have 10,000,000 people.
Col. Dyer of Augusta, was called to tell
what he had (lone In the line of develop
ment. He said he had had considerable
experience In the West before coming to
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HUE JACKETS HEADY TO FIGHT.
A I*nrt> of the Montgomery's Men
Going North to Ite-enllst.
Six Idue Jackets from the United States
warship Montgomery arrived in the city
yesterday and stopped at the Planters.
They attracted attention al once with their
blue uniforms and the letters “U. S. S.
Montgomery” on their caps. The leader
of the party said they were going North
having just received their discharge from
the Montgomery. Their intention is to
re-enllst Immediately, probably with the
new torpedo boats, which are now being
put in service.
"We hove served three years and one
month, and naturally want to move
around on land a bit before getting back
on the water.” said Ihe spokesman. “Any
way, we couid not have remained aboard
the Montgomery, as our places were filled
when our time was up a month ago. We
were at Key West at the time, and as
there was no vessel to take us off we re
mained with the ship.”
The men from the Montgomery had not
seen any of the wounded men from the
Maine who were brought over to h'v
West. They were full of talk about the
■Maine, however, and the prospects of war
with Spain. They seemed to be fully sat
isfied that there would be a fight with
Spain, and are .anxious to get Into it.
There could be but one opinion, they de
clared, about the destruction of the Maine
and that was that she was blown up by
the Spaniards.
“The navy will give a good account of
itself when the time comes,” snid one.
“We can handle Spain easy enough, and
if any other European nations take a no
tion to put in we will make them open
their eyes. Uncle Sam’s navy is small,
but it has some surprises in store for the
Europeans.”
Two other parties of four men each
from the Montgomery are on their way
North via Savannah, and will probably
reach here to-day.
DIED FROM HIS INJI IIIES.
Hrakeninn George Austin's Death nt
the Savannah Hospital.
George S. Austin died in the Savannah
Hospital yesterday forenoon, about 10
o'clock, as the result of Injuries received
Tuesday from being run over by an out
going Plant System train, on which he
was brakeman. His father, who came to
Savannah Wednesday, took charge of (he
remains, and will accompany them to
I’urysburg for burial.
Dr. King Wylly stated that the cause of
Austin's death was the mental shock re
ceived in the fall from which he never re
vived. The man's left leg was shattered
from the knee down, his right leg was
badly torn, and both hands were cut in
various places. As soon as he was re
moved to the hospital, it was determined
the leg would have to be amputated, but
the operation was deferred, on account of
the high beating of the pulse. Dr. Wylly
determined not to attempt the operation
until the pulse was below 10b a minute, but
ns the higli heating continued, the oppor
tunity did not come.
The remains were taken to Hardeville,
and will be carried from there across
the country to Purysburg. Austin was a
native of Charleston and was 22 years of
age.
THOUGHT ST. JOHN’S WAS AFIHE.
A Defective Flue Made It Appear
That the (liiireh Was la linngrr.
It was thought for a few minutes yes
terday morning shortly after 11 o'clock
that St. John's Church was on fire.
Smoke was seen issuing from the north
east corner of the roof in the neighbor
hood of one of the flues, and the attention
of Rev. Charles H. Strong, who was near
by, was called to the matter. He tele
phoned the fire headquarters and request
ed Chief Maquire to send up a ladder and
bnve the trouble attended to. The hook
and ladder responded to (he call, lhere be
ing no alarm, and an investigation was
made.
It was found that there was a defect in
the flue which caused the smoke to come
out under the eaves. Further Investiga
tion showed a defect in the smoke pipe
leading from the furnace to the flue. The
fire in the furnace was put out and the
smoke thereby stopped. Steps have been
taken to have the damage repaired.
Fires have been kept In the furnace for
the last day or two on account of the fact
that daily services are now being held.
The fire yesterday, however, amounted to
nothing but smoke which came through a
crack in the flue.
\\ ANT A DISPATCH BOAT.
Sew York Paper* Wont to Charter
the J. 11. ISotlll.
An effort Is being made to charter the
steam pilot boat J. H. Estlll lo carry Ais
patches between Havana and Key West.
For several days three leading New York
newspapers have been seeking a suitable
steamer for this purpose. The Propeller
Towboat Company has been approached
several times, but it has declined to chai
ter any of its lugs.
Yesterday several telegrams were re
ceived In reference to chartering <tlie J. M.
Estlll. It Is understood that the com
pany is willing to charter the Vessel for
the purpose, provided suitable arrange
ments can be mode.
One of the New York papers had an op
tion on the vessel, and last night a propo
sition was submitted. It will probably be
decided to-dny which paper, if any, will
engage her.
There is, perhaps, no steamer on the
couHt more suitable for quick trips be.
tween Havana and Key West than the J.
H. Estlll. She is capable of making fif
teen knots an hour, is seaworthy and is
manned by competent officers and crew.
She is said lo be the finest boat of her
class in the United States.
SENT THEM TO KEY WEST.
Hr. Brunner Puts Ills wife mu! chil
dren on \merlenn Soli.
News has been received In the city that
that Dr. W. F. Brunner, United States
sanitary inspector at Havana, has sent
Mrs. Brunner and their children to Key
West, presumably on account of the un
certain state of affairs there. Nothing
more Is known here, however, than the
fact that they have left Havana and gone
to Key West. It Is not unlikely, in (he
present state of uncertainty with regard
to Cuban affairs, that more Americans
will follow Ids example.
The Modern Way
Commends itself to the well-informed, to
do pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner aid
disagreeably, as well. To cleanse the sys
tem and break up colds, headaches rnd
fevers without unpleasant aftereffects, use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Sy
rup of Figs. Made by California Fig
Syrup Co.—ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1898.
TRIBUTES TO MISS WILLARD.
IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL SERVICES
AT TRINITY CHI HCH.
Addresses by Pnstors and T‘mprr
nnoe Workers I pon the Life of the
National Woman's Christian Tem
perance I nlon's Late President.
Her Favorite lljmit Sang at the
Opening of the Service.
Seldom is there a service more impres
sive than that held at Trinity Methodist
Church yesterday afternoon in memory of
Miss Frances E. Willard, late national
president of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union.
The service was appropriately carried
out and each feature on the programme
was significant. The first hymn was, ,"kow
Firm a Foundation,” sung (o the old
Southern tune and which was one of the
dearest to Miss Willard. When she first
heard it on coming South in the Interest
of the organization she marshaled, it made
a lasting impression, and. it Is sabl, there
never was a time when South that she did
not request that it be sung. FoU'owifilg
this, the 146th Psalm, the inspiring scrip
ture which actuated the women of Hills
boro, 0., to start Ihe first crusade on the
saloon, was read. The White Ribbon band
now call it the "Crusade Psalm.” Prayer
was offered by Rev. O. F. Cook, pastor of
Grace Methodist Church, and another
hymn, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds,”
was sung.
Mr. W. B. Stubbs opened the addresses
with a pretty tribute to Miss Willard,
confining his remarks In the main to her
life work from a temperance standpoint.
He spoke of her miraculous powers as an
organizer and the indefatigable effort h£
put forth throughout her life in propagat
ing the movement against the liquor
traffic. He referred to her wonderful men
tal capacity and spoke of the organic pa
pers she had drawn with such matchless
skill.
An address was also delivered by Rev. E.
A. (Bosworih. His talk was highly com
plimentary, full of kind references, and
had a decided impression on those who
heard It. He said the life of Miss Wil
lard should be emulated by every Ameri
can woman. He concluded with an earn
est appeal for all to shape their lives after
that of the dead leader.
The addresses were concluded by Mrs.
Webb, president of the local Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. She was
in close touch with Miss Willard many
years, and was in a position to know some
thing of her real nature. She was Inti
mately associated with Miss Willard when
in Savannah from time to time on her
lecturing tours, and always took the high
est pleasure in entertaining her. It was,
therefore, that she spoke with considera
ble emotion and at times showed difficulty
in speaking, so intense was her feeling.
She referred to Miss Willard's capacity
for the good and not the bad. The man
ner in which Miss Willard managed the
affairs of the union was reviewed by Mrs.
Webb, and her talk was replete with pret
ty tributes throughout.
As is always the custom with the Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union meet,
ings, the service closed with singing the
old hymn, “God be with you till we meet
again.”
BISIIOP SAYS ITS A FAKE.
He Received No Warnlnx That the
('ottied I*o l Mas to Be Horned.
Bishop Becker says the Augusta story
to the effect that he received a magazine,
the Globe, in the back of which it was
written that the Cathedral would burn
Feb. 6, is without foundation. The Bishop
is not Inclined to attach any credence to
the report that Father McMahon received
any simitar magazine.
When asked concerning the matter yes
terday the Bishop treated it lightly. He
said no soeh magazine was received by
him before the fire, if he had received
it he said ho would not even now make
the matter public. Such a thing would
only' stir the public mind, he said, without
doing the slightest good.
'While the conversation was on the sub
ject of the fire, the Bishop did not hesi
tate to express the opinion that the burn
ing of the Cathedra) was an accident. He
sold he put no credence whatever in the
theory that it was fired by designing per
sons. It is his idea the fire started in the
basement under the southern spire, end
from some unaccountable cause.
Speaking of the restoration of the Cathe
dral, the Bishop said he is very much en
couraged at (he prospects and with the
subscriptions. His desire is to get the
building replaced in its superb stateliness,
and to this end he intends (o direct his
entire energies. He takes the situation,
however, quite philosophically, nnd fully
realizes (he magnitude of the work which
confronts the congregation and the inde
fatigable labor required to carry it
through.
W ASTED THE CASE WELL TRIED.
Lively Scene in n Justice's Court
liver n Syrian Family's Troubles.
What might be considered a "congress of
nations” assembled in Justice Bevans' of
fice yesterday to hear the proceedings in
a case by which Joseph Younis, aged 60
years, a Syrian by birlh, was endeavoring
to bring about peace with his wife Ber
betta Younis.
The woman was in court on complaint
of Younis. He said she had threatened
his life and that ha was afraid to five with
her unless some restraint was provided.
The two got into a heated discussion of
their grievances In court and were aided
by a number of other 'Syrians who were
along lo see the ease well tried. The
confusion became such as to remind the
court of Stevenson's "grinding babel of
the street.” In the crowd appeared
Amer'cans. Germans Syrians, Jews, Irish,
Italians. English, Greeks, negroes and
Mexicans.
Justice Bevans realized the importance
of restoring peace between Younis and
wife. He required the woman to give a
qualified bend, which she did and was
thereupon released. Quite a crowd gath
ered and the case was regarded as one of
the first in which the justice was out
witted in preserving order.
Suspected Fire Itujt Released.
Frank Adams, a little negro arraigned in
Police Court yesterday as a suspicious
character, having kerosene in his posses
sion, was released for want of criminating
evidence. The fire bug mystery still lacks
considerable of being solved.
I.n AipblnrL Factory Damaged.
The firemen at No. 4 engine house wore
called out yesterday afternoon by a blaze
lit the lampblack factory, west of the city.
The fire was extinguished. The damage
is estimated at $230.
TO MO CHICHI'S MEMORIAL.
No Doubt, It Seems, That the Old
Chief \\ as lln r >ed in \\ right Square
The Georgia Society of Colonial Dames
Is very anxious to put up a memorial
tablet in Wright Square to the memory
of the famous Indian chief, Tomochichi,
and expects to do so at once if the con
sent of the city is obtained.
It appears that the petition of the so
ciety was not acted upon at the meeting
of Council night before last on account
of the uncertainty in the minds of some
of the aldermen as to the location of
Tomoehlchi's grave. Alderman Walter G.
Charlton, who was not, however, present
at the meeting, says there is no question
as to the location of his burial place. He
has found an account of the famous chief's
burial, showing that his last resting place
was undoubtedly in the southeastern cor
ner of what is now Wirght Square, right
opposite the court house.
The t.ccount mentioned by Mr. Charlton
was written Oct. 21, new style, 1739, or
live days after the burial took place. The
square was then known as Perclval
square, named in honor of Lord Perclval
one of the trustees of the colony. Gen.
Oglethorpe ordered a pyramid of stone to
be erected in honor of the dead chief,
which wat done. That, however, was
taken down many years ago. Mr. Charl
ton thinks It quite appropriate that the
memorial should be placed as designed.
Savannah, Augusta and St. Mary’s are
about the only places in the state where
colonial memorials can be placed. The
members of the Colonial Dames are de
sirous of preserving these famous histori
cal names and recollections, and it was
that spirit that prompted them to put up
a memorial tablet to Tomochichi. They
thought it best first to get the permis
sion of Council, so that when the work
was begun they would not be interfered
with. When the permission of Council to
erect the memorial is secured, as it Is
hoped it will be,' the ladies will have plac
ed there a granite boulder upon which
will be put a bronze tablet with an ap
propriate inscription. Council will no
doubt take action on the matter at its
next meeting.
DAMAGE BY FOREST FIRES.
Mr. Dnnrqutu Says There Has Been
Much Damage to Hi* Property.
The forest fires in Chatham county, as
well as elsewhere, are calling forth many
complaints from the citizens, and espe
cially from the owners of the land where
the property is being destroyed in this
way.
Mr. Gugie Bourquin says that within
the last two weeks half a dozen fires have
been started on his place, and the result
is that 2,000 acres of his land have been
burned over, all of the young trees and
brush being entirely destroyed. He esti
mates his loss at several thousand dol
lars. Mr. Bourquin is satisfied the fires
are of incendiary origin, and believes he
has located negroes who have been doing
Ihe work, though his evidence against
them is only circumstanlial. Their on
jeet in sotting the fires, he says, is to
get the game out of the place without
having to trespass upon the property
for it.
Mr. Bourquin says he is not the only
sufferer in this respect. Similar fires, he
states, 1 have devastated the lands of
Messrs. George W. Owens, E. F. Lovell,
William Garrard, C. C. Taliaferro, trus
tee, E. C. Anderson and others, and thou
sands of dollars have been lost thereby.
Mr. Bourquin thinks some law should
be passed which Would put a stop to this
business. So far as is known, there is no
law through which they can be reached,
except one that requires the payment of
a fine, and few people who start forest
fires are ever able to pay fines. Mr. Bour
quin was very much provoked about the
damage which has been done on his place,
and lie says he will make it warm for any
of them he catches starling fires there,
or doing anything else they have no right
to do.
TO APPOINT A COMMISSIONER.
County Commissioners to Transfer
Hack Property Sold for Taxes.
The County Commissioners will hold a
special meeting at the court house this
morning, for the purpose of appointing a
commissioner to sign deeds of properly
transferred by the county to other parties,
made necessary by the fact that the coun
ty has recently come into possession of a
lot of property bought in at sales for
taxes.
The law requires that whenever the
county sells or transfers property to any
one, the deed from the county to the par
ty In question must be signed by a com
missioner appointed for the purpose. The
county, at the last tax sale, acquired a
lot of property belonging to delinquent t: x
payers, and deeds were made to the coun
ty by the sheriff. Some'of the parties own
ing that properly formerly, now want to
acquire it again, as they are entitled to do
within a year. It is for that reason the
meeting has been called, so that the com
missioner may be appointed at once, and
the matter attended to.
TO HAVE A CHARTER.
Base Hull Here lo He Controlled by
an Incorporated Company,
A petition for the incorporation of the
Savannah Base Ball Club Association,
which will control the Savannah fran
chise in the Southern League this year,
and have charge of the Savannah team,
was filed in the Superior Court yesterday.
The Incorporators are Messrs. P. F.
Gleason, George F. Armstrong. John Mc-
Guire and M. M. Stewart. The iharter
will give them all of the powers and priv
ileges incident to the control and manage
ment of ft base ball team, and provide thnt
the capital slock actually paid in shall lie
SI,OOO, with the privilege of increasing it to
$5,000 when desired.
AMPHITHITE ORDERED HERE.
The Monitor Expected In a Day or
Two,
The Fnited States Monitor Amphltrlte
lias been ordered lo Savannah. She has
l>eeh at Port Royal several weeks. Nego
tiations were being made yesterday to se
cure a wharf nt which to moor her when
she arrives, and it is likely that she v ill
use the Georgia Lumber Company's wharf
at the foot of Bull street. She is expect
ed In a day or two.
Tlie Government'* Domnin.
The commissioner of the general land of
fice has submitted his report to the Sec-,
retnry of the Interior. Compared with
last year, it shows a decrease of 5.298
homestead entries, aggregating 378,625
acres. Quite proportionate to this is the
failing off in L< corn! health when no ef
fort is made to reform irregularity of the
bow Cs. This can easily be accomplished
with!the aid of Hostetler's Stomach Bit
ters,lnlso a remedy for malaria, dyspepsia,
vheulmitism and liver trouble.—ad.
GIVEN TO HER GRANDMOTHER.
EVA BELL TAKEN FROM THE FE
MALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.
Grandmother Sued to Ilecover the
Chilli Froai the Asylum'* Custody
nail Brought Habeas Corpus Pro
ceeding* Before Judge Fallignnt.
Father Had Given Her to the
Grandmother, and Her Mother to
the Asylum—Kean v*. McAlpln
Case Still In Progress.
There was an interesting habeas corpus
petition before Judge Robert Falligant In
chambers yesterday morning, the petition
er being Mrs. Nancy A. Dean, grandmoth
er of Eva Vienna Bell, a girl of 14 years,
who lias since 1891 been In the custody
of the Savannah Female Orphan Asylum,
from which Mrs. Dean has sought to take
her.
It seems that Feb. 6, 1888, according to
Mrs. Dean’s petition, the girl was bound
to her by her father, W. L. Bell, and Mrs.
Dean was given entire custody and con
trol of the child. In January, 1891, the
child's mother bound her over to the Sa
vannah Female Orphan Asylum, where
she was to remain and be cared for and
educated uniil she became 18 years old.
-Mrs. Dein claimed that the mother had
no authority to place the child in the cus
tody of the asylum. She alleged also that
she had been deprived of the custody of
the child without her knowledge or con
sent, and staled that she now desired to
resume custody of the girl and to look
after her maintenance and education. She
applied to the court for a writ of habeas
corpus, which was granted, and the hear
ing had at once. Mrs. Dean was repre
sented by Messrs. Twigg & Oliver.
Mr. Emile Newman filed an answer to
the suit in behalf of the Savannah Female
Orphan Asylum, in which it was denied
that the asylum had secured control of
the little girl in any illegal manner. It
was stated that she was given to the
asylum by her mother, who stated that
she had the power to do so. This was in
January, 1891, and the articles of indenture
were made before Judge Hampton L. 1-Vr
riii, of the Court of Ordinary. It was then
provided that the asylum should have sole
executive care of the child until she be
came 18 years old.
The authorities of the Savannah Female
Orphan Asylum have since learned that
the little girl was bound to her grand
mother in 1888 in Dodge county, but notn.ng
was said about it at the time the child
was placed in the asylum, nor was any
claim made in behalf of anyone. In the
summer of 1897, the mother made a de
mand for the child which was refused.
Mrs. Dean then made a demand which
was also refused.
After hearing the case Judge Falligant
decided that the little girl should be re
turned to her grandmother, and an order
was granted to that effect.
The trial of the suit of John Kean and
others against Henry McAlpin, complaint
for land, was continued in the Superior
Court yesterday, considerable evidence be
ing presented before the jury. There were
numerous objections to this and that doc
umentary evidence offered by the plain
tiffs, and considerable legal sparring was
the result. It is not likely that the case
will t>e concluded until thfs afternoon. The
plaintiffs are represented by Messrs. Saus
sy & Saussy and U. H. McLaws, and the
defendants by Messrs. McAlpin & La-
Roche, and Messrs. Garrard, Meldrim &
Newman.
Ellen Davis, through her attorney, filed
a petition for alimony against her hus
band. J. R. Davis, in the Superior Court.
On Feb. 12 he flied a suit for divorce
.against her. which she states she is not
able to defend because of a lack of funds,
but she denies the truth of the allegations
therein contained. Davis is a barber, and
her petition states, he is earning sls a
week, besides which he has considerable
property. The case will be heard March 2.
To-day is criminal court day in the City
Court.' There are twenty-five misdemeanor
cases on the docket, or were yesterday at
noon, and they were st.ll coming. The
chances are that Judge Norwood will
have one of the largest weekly dockets he
has known in some time.
In the Court of Ordinary yesterday D.
Kraus filed a petition requesting permis
sion to resign as administrator of the es
tate of W. W. Bussey, Jr., and asking
that J. F. Brooks, county administrator,
be appointed in his stead. The matter
will come up for a hearing the: first Mon
day in March.
Alonzo M. West, Jr., administrator of the
estate cif Kate M. Thomas, filed an appli
cation for letters di-missory.
THINKS he WAS MURDERED.
Many Believe Dudley Fraser's Death
AVns Not mi Accident.
It was rumored yesterday that two ne
groes, one being at Thunderbolt and the
other at Sand Fly, had been arrested for
the murder of the negro Dudley Fraser,
who was supposed to have been run over
and killed by a Savannah, Thunderbolt
and Isle of Hope car near Bonna Bella a
couple of weeks ago.
There was a good deal of talk nt the
time of the killing, that Fraser had been
murdered and his body placed on the
track. The coroner investigated the case
at some length, and a jury returned a ver
dict of accidental death. The testimony
went to show that Fraser was lying on the
track and was killed by a trussing car.
No prisoners are in jail on account of the
killing, ar.d the police know nothing of
any arrests.
OUT OF BED TO GO TO WAR.
A Lad’s Eagerness to Fight Taken
Advntltngc of ly His Mother.
A doting mother of this city has a
fond, but very sleepy son—a difficult one
to get up in the morning. The boy is
red-hot for war. Nothing but war, im.
mediate war, will satisfy his ardent and
patriotic nature. Yesterday morning his
mother, in order to get the lad up to
an early breakfast and off to his work,
went to (he door of his room and called
in excited tones, “Son, Son, get up! Get
up!! War has been declared against
Spain!" The boy bounded out of bed,
took only a few minutes to make bis
toilet, and rushing down stairs, got the
Morning News, taking in the head lines
in a frantic glance and discovered that
no war had been declared. Breakfast
was before him, hot and steaming anu
without a word the boy was on time at
his place of business.
M ILT-M THINE
—the Food Drink—is especially good for
weak children. Brings color and plump
ness. Nourishing, delightful. Malt-Nu
trlne is prepared by the fabous Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Ass n, which fact guaran
.tos the purity, excellence and merit
claimed for it.—ad.
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Dll. JEKYI.L AND MB HYDE.
An Interesting; Lecture Study by Dr.
Edward X. Calisch.
“The Moral of the Story of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde,” was the subject of a
delightful and entertaining lecture deliv
ered at the Guards hall last night be
fore the members of the Savannah Lyceum
by Dr. Edward N. Calisch of Richmond,
Va., who has already achieved much fame
on the lecture platform. The speaker was
introduced to his large audience by Rev.
Charles H. Strong, who told an interest
ing story of how Dr. Calisch’s lecture
came to be written.
The speaker began by giving in short
outline a sketch of the famous story. The
story, he said, is of course a physical im
possibility, but psychologically speaking,
it is an every day occurrence. It is the
same old story of habit, of the evil where
it is cultivated, finally supplanting in
man, the good. The question of the origin
of evil, he said, has perplexed the human
race ever since the race began. It was
not confined to the old world alone. Co
lumbus when he came to America found
a race of people who were also looking for
a long lost garden of Eden, just as were
those in the old country.
Dr. Calisch gave an interesting account
of the doctrines of the old religious lead
ers, Buddha and Zoroaster, and others.
He spoke particularly of the Jewish
theology which teaches that evil cannot
be absolute, but is always relative and
contingent. When God completed the
world, He said of everything in it: “It
is good.”
The speaker then gave a comparison of
the Biblical Adam in the garden of Eden,
and the Dr. Jekyll of the story, the former
having acquired knowledge by eating of
the forbidden fruit, the latter having
separated the evil in himself from the
good by the application of a drug. The
child lives in purest innocence until it
acquires that same knowledge; then it be
comes a responsible being. Armed with
that knowledge it becomes as Jekyll with
the drug, with the power to remain Dr.
Jekyll, or with the ability to become Ed
ward Hyde. Who is there, he asked, who
has not some hidden vice, some secret
sin. known only to himself and to his
God.
Edward Hyde W’as small at first, he said,
but the demon of evil gradually grew]
and as he grew the good. Dr. Jekyll!
grew less and less. Good is a natural
normal condition; evil is a thing which
cag be avoided, but when sought and
indulged the horrid form of Hyde grows
continually larger and stronger, until it
is no longer a weakness but a strength.
The same truth applies to races arid to
nations as lo the individual. In ihe re
cords of history the same principles are
read. Dynasties and thrones have been
overturned not by outward foes, but by
the poisoned chalice which they have car
ried to their own lips. The France of to
day, though a nation dear to us, is totter
ing to her goal. It was not Zoln who was
convicted yesterday, he said, but the
French republic. The evil there has been
put before the good, the Hyde before the
Jekyll, and so it is going to ruin as it has
done in the past. Dr. Calisch concluded
with some eloquent and interesting refer
ences to the American government of to
day, and the questions which are now agi
tating its real leaders, its Dr. JekyUs, as
well as its jingoistic flHydes.
Rev. Charles H. Strong announced at
the beginning of the lecture that Gov, Boh
Taylor of Tennessee will deliver the sev
enth lecture of the iyeeum course on
March 29. and the eighth and last will
be by Leland T. Powers on April 14.
O. L. I.'s Captaincy Election.
An election for captain of the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry, Company D, First Regi
ment, wiil be held at the regimental ar
mory on Monday evening, Feb. 28, between
the hours of 8:15 and 10:15 o'clock.
Soon ilelpeil Her.
“My daughter ifad what at first seemed
like a severe cold. She grew gradually
worse, became pale and emaciated and was
troubled with pains in her side. I began
giving her Hood's Sarsaparilla and it help
ed her in a very short lime and now she is
well.” Mrs. Louisa Short, Orlando, Fla.
Hood’s Pills cure ail liver ills. Mailed
for 25c by C. I. Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass,
—ad.
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
Notwithstanding: the business leanness of
1897 the Connecticut Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, as shown by the fifty-sec
ond annual report, printed to-day, shows
a very satisfactory record of Its opera
tions during that period. The company's
surplus on Jan. 1, 189S, was $7,360,926. An
important feature of the annual report is
that the business of the past vear was
done at substantially the same unequalled
low rate of expense as heretofore, that the
company’s great strength has been fully
maintained, and that a dividend was earn
ed on the same increasing scale as that
paid (luring 1897, which It Is needless to
say is eguailed by no other company. Thus
two vital factors of the business were
maintained—low cost in Its transactions
which Is a benefit to policy holders, and
consequent large returns upon the com
pany’s well-protected investments It is
but necessary to read the report carefully
to see how closely the interests of the
policy holders are safeguarded. This I*
ihe one thing that has won public confi
dence to this company in the pgst. What
is known as the "racing” propensity l*
absolutely foreign to its management ano
is not tolerated in any essential ’ The
speculative feature does not enter lr.to its
business scheme; it is the many who are
looked after In every detail of its econo.
m>, not the few, as in some conspicu
ous companies. The business is eonserva
live, yet few companies, if any are so
constantly alert to Introduce solid improve
ments which shall benefit those who ought
to participate In its splendid work. Everv
reader should study the report.
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