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PRETTY eyes and pistols.
~a l; TRIAL OK “PET" STRAHAN
MIHIKE. EX-ATLANTA BBAI'TY.
(.J,,, nnil Her Husband Before a New
ork C ourt Churned W illi Haring
\\ nrki'd the "lliulger Caine'’ on n
Hotel .Han—Some Sensational l)e
--, elopments.
From the New York World. Nov. "0.
■ \\'i liam A. E. Moore and Fayne Moore,
to ike bar!”
I'ai l 111 of General Sessions was cro.vd
, lo suffocation yesterday when Assist
nr District Attorney John F. Me Intyre
, (H.d the prisoners who are accused of
working ihe "badger game” in the Hotel
Grenoble upon Martin Mahon, proprietor
of the New Amsterdam Hotel.
Recorder Goff was on the bench.
There was silence—a painful silence—
an 1 a delay of a minute or two.
The court officers hurried toward the
pet in the rear.
A few moments later a short, well-built
young man. with a clean-shaven face, en
t, r< and the court room. A court officer fol
lowed closely behind him. The man did
nol look as though he was a prisoner. He
wis carefully attired. He took off his
silk-lined overcoat, carelessly threw it on
counsel's table facing the Recorder,
and took his seat beside Lawyer Abraham
Levy, his counsel.
Two minutes passed. Then the door
~f the pen was thrown open once more
and a young woman entered the court
room. She, too, was accompanied by an
officer. Her beauty struck everybody in
that crowded place as she walked to the
rail. There was a buzz of admiration
from the 150 talesmen the throng of
spectators in the rear of the court room.
Recorder Goff looked interested and the
lawyers turned to discover the cause of
the stir. .
Mrs Moore was perfectly composed. She
might easily have been the most uncon
cerned person in the court room.
.-ihe was handsomely, even gorgeously
tjrcstivd. She wore a dark green skirt,
trimmed with heavy black braid. Her
waist was of a light red silk. She wore
a watch, crusted with jewels, on her bos
om, and on her fingers sparkled several
magnificent rings. In her ears were large
diamonds. •
Mrs. Moore’s picture hat was a wonder
ful creation. A dozen large, black ostrich
p um es of the most expensive sort trem
bled upon it and half shaded her face on
one side. Mrs. Moore wore this wonderful
hat tilted a little over her left ear.
Mrs. Moore bowed to Recorder Goff with
a little smile, shook hands with Mr. Levy
and then looked calmly about her. Every
i.iir of eyes in the big court room was
turned upon her, but this did not seem
either to surprise or disconcert her. Her
. xpresston was one of amused interest, as
though the proceedings did not concern
her personally in the slightest.
She took a seat beside Lawyer Levy. On
her left was her husband. She bowed to
him in a matter-of-fact way.
And then was noticed a remarkable pe
culiarity of this most remarkable prisoner.
Assistant District Attorney Daniel
O’Reilly stood in front of the counsel's ta.
hie and next to Mr. Mclntyre, airs. Moore
turned her wonderful blue eyes on Mr.
O’Reillv and he blushed like a school hoy.
A moment later she caught the eye of
fog* ter Isane Frotnme, Who. happened to
be in the eoutt. Mr. Fromme is hot easily
u, comfited, hut he could not withstand
that gaze. He blushed, too, then turned
att.-l walked into a far-off corner.
Others who met the calm gazo of those
bewildering orbs of deepest blue shared a
like fate.
Nobody cared what transpired in the
court room. Every eye was upon the
beautiful prisoner.
During all this time not a word had been
spoken. The silence was becoming op
pressive.
District Attorney Gardiner, who will per
sonalty look after the prosecution of the
Moores, came into court just then. Law
yer Simpson, Mr. Levy’s assistant, told
Mrs. Moore that it was Col. Gardiner who
had just stepped behind the railing. Mrs,
Moore treated the colonel to one of her
bewildering looks.
Col. Gardiner did not blush, but looked
at the fair prisoner with great attention,
lie evidently made up his mind to a plan
of action, for he whispered something to
Mr. Mclntyre, who nodded assent.
"We have called the case of Mr. and
Mrs. Moore,” said Mr. Mclntyre, address
ing the Recorder. "We choose to try
thorn on the charge of robbery in the first
degree. They are jointly indicted.”
Mrs. Moore smiled. She looked about
the court room carelessly and then she
!• fined hack in her chair and whispered to
her husband.
“We demand separate trials for the two
prisoners,” said Lawyer Levy.
"You have that right,” said Recorder
Goff, looking at District Attorney Gardi
ner. Col. Gardiner held a shout consulta
tion with Mr. Mclntyre, and then the lat
er announced that the people would first
place Moore on trial.
Mrs. Moore looked pleased. She bowed
to the Recorder anu then she smiled at
her lawyer.
"I must insist that this woman leave the
fourl room," said'Mr. Mclntyre, address
ing Recorder Goff. “1 have my reasons.”
Mrs. Moore looked displeased. She
frowned at Mr. Mclntyre. Then she smiled
at Col. Gardiner. She smiled at the
judge and leaned back once more.
"Never mind,” whispered Mr. Levy to
his client. “You will remain in court.”
"If your honor please,” said Mr. Levy,
' I must ask .that Mrs. Moore be permlt
hd to remain in court. I want her here
right at my side. I may want to consult
her at any moment.”
"But I insist that she be ordered from
fins court room,” kaid Mr Mclntyre.
May she sit behind me?” asked Mr.
Levy.
"No, sir," said Mr. Mclntyre. “I cannot
'late my reasons now in public. But this
pi -oner must not he where she can see
the jury.”
Then there was a wrangle. Finally Mr.
Mclntyre consented to Mrs. Moore remain
ing in Ihe court room. He insisted, how
ever, that she be placed in a far-off cor
ner. ir.slde the Judge's railing. This was
done.
Mrs. Moore arose from her seat. She
honed to a court officer who approached
h r, and then followed him Inside the In
elosure and sat down In the far corner
°f the court room from where she cannot
-ee the witness chair nor the Jury box.
•Mrs. Moore calmly began to read a news
paper.
"This is all new to me,” said she to the
' ffiei r who had her in charge. "Why, this
• delightful! What a fine room, and what
11 distinguished-looking man the Record
er is!"
"Gall the first talesman," said Recorder
Goff.
'lax E. Feldman, who is in the show
1 us incss on Eighth avenue, was the first
filed. Mr. Mclntyre accepted him, but
Mr. Levy challenged Feldman peremptor
i V after a long cross-examination.
So that the trial made little progress yes
fi ''l'y It will he conilnued at 10:30 a. m.
’’-day. when Mrs. Moore will be again
’kated Jn her far-off corner.
fi wis stated after the trial that Ihe
people’s witnesses had been approached.
Mr Hahon. the chief complainant In the
* •‘**l was placed In charge of Detective
Sergeant buff. Both Moore and his wife I
are very influ. ntial.
F.x-L’nited States District Attorney Hill
k orsia wa * ,n court yesterday. He
wi.l be associated with Mr. Lew for the
Merense.
The Secret of Her Power.
From the New York World, Dec. 1.
Mrs. Fayne Moore formerly lived with
Mrs. Martin Johnson at No. 303 West
ittj-seventh street. In a statement made
to a U orl.l reporter yesterday Mrs. John
son explains the secret of Mrs. Moore's
remarkable influence over all who are
brought in contact with her.
“Mrs. Moore was first brought to my
house by Mr. Mahon one day, about the
time she first became acquainted with him.
It was at his suggestion that I accepted
eras a boarder with me. She remained
tamy apartments just one month.
'The secret of all her power—her won
derful power over men, women, children
and animals—lies In her eyes. Mr. Mc-
Intyre only mildly stated the fact when
he said that she possessed a certain de
gree of hypnotic power. She is a com
plete hypnotist.
“Any casual observer could say, of
course, that her eyes are large and beau
tiful. But other women have beautiful
eyes with no power. Only those who are
brought into contact with Mrs. Moore and
have Watched her day by day, as I did,
can discover the secret of her power.
Look intently at her and you will pres
ently become aware of a little black speck
right in the center of the pupil. I don't
exactly know just what term doctors
would apply to it.
"In that black speck Is contained her
hypnotic power.
to control and understands her business.
We will for a moment suppose that she
has determined upon the subjugation of a
subject, man or woman. Watch her as she
talks to you and you will spe that iittle
speck begin to expand and soften and
gleam with a mellow light that rises and
falls, grows and lessens, changes with each
passing thought. And as she fixes her eyes
upon the subject he or she is held fast
bound, helpless. I have seen her transfix
a man, a woman or an anima) as surely
and eeftainly as if they were held fast by
chains.
"The mathematical precision of an elec
trician controlling a current from a switch
board is the one comparison that suggests
itself to me in connection with her use of
her power.
“And so that eye, expressing love, sym
pathy, humor, pathos and anger at will
glows with a hundred changing lights and
illumines the whole countenance as with an
inner-radiance.
“I need scarcely tell you that her power
over men was absolute. I will defy any
man that lives to maintain his mental bal
ance under the Influence of that little black
speck.
“While she was in my rooms she receiv
ed many visitors, and I saw much of her
afterward until she went to Europe. I
never yet met the man, old or young, who
could resist her. He went into her pres
ence normal; he returned her slave.
“I don’t theorize upon the power of this
woman to hypnotize men. She hypnotized
me in the same way. She hypnotized oth
er women. We were all conscious of her
influence. I merely state facts.
“Her glance will be fatal to the prose
cution, No man ever did resist her, and
no man ever will. Let her but turn her
eyes on the jury that tries her case, and
she cannot be convicted. The black speck
will save her from the penitentiary.”
tVomeh Fled ■ From tlie Trial.
From the New York Herald, Dec. 2.
Mrs. Fayne Strahan Moore, young, pret
ty of face, dainty of form, in dress rich
and Stylish, sat for long hours yesterday
with hundreds of men’s eyes fastened
upon her and listened with almost utter
unconcern to an arraignment of her deeds
and character which would have driven
most women into shrieking hysteria.
This daughter of a Supreme Court judge,
possessing property and an income in her
own right, reared in refinement, accus
tomed in childhood to good society, well
educated and traveled, heard herself de
scribed in court, in the forceful language
of a public prosecutor, as a "common
badger game worker,” listened to a repe.
tition of a list of men with whom it was
asserted she had been associated, and
finally heard it thus publicly charged that
one of these associates—Martin Mahon
broke off his friendship with her upon
discovering her association with a colored
man.
Just inside the door of the court room,
leaning against the wall, in full view of
every eye. stood, when this latter decla
ration was made, a colored man, toward
whom each glance was at once directed.
It was instantly suspected, and rightly
so, that he was the one to whom refer
ence had been made. He was of magnifi
cent physique and expensively dressed. He
wore a long brown overcoat of costly text
ure and a thick white silk handkerchief
around his neck. His fingers sparkled
with many valuable diamonds.
He is W. H. Ellis, who says he lives
in Thirty-fourth street, and describes him
self as a Cuban and a broker in Wall
street. He went to the court house in
a carriage, and drove away in it at the
noon recess. He did not reappear in the
afternoon.
Mr. Mclntycje wanted him during the
proceedings, and called his name. There
was no response. A process server was
sent to look for him. but returned to re
port his errand had been in vain.
This disappearance of a witness, who
was described by Mr. Mclntyre as being
important to the prosecution, led to
strong efforts being made to prevent oth
ers from escaping. Ellis, Mr. Mclntyre
declared, had fled, and it was feared that
other witnesses might do likewise, as
powerful influence had been exerted to keep
them from appearing at the trial and giv
ing testimony against the Moores. There
fore. to obtain their service to the prose
cution, Mr. Mclntyre had them all re
main after the adjournment of court for
th'e day, when papers were served upon
them compelling their attendance at court.
A detective was sent in search of Ellis.
Although Moore is on trial at this time,
his young wife is the real center of in
terest, and nearly all the testimony re
lates to her.
She was early in court, and in the new
room was even more secluded from the
jury than she had been at her distant sta
tion of former days. She wore a hand
some gown of blue cloth, trimmed about
the throat with fawn color. The black
velvet hat, with its rich plumes, which
has been part of her dally costume, sat
stylishly above those wonderful eyes, of
whose strange power over mankind, es
pecially jurors, the officials of the district
attorney's office have great dread.
She was l<*tt practically to herself
throughout the day, only an ever present
court officer sitting near her. Benjamin H.
Hill, of Atlanta. Ga., the friend of her
family who has come here to give her hla
legal services at her trial, and on preced
ing days had kept a place at her side,
changed hts position yesterday and kept
close u fieS husband’s lawyers, Abraham
Levjf arid George Simpson.
Col. Gardiner, district attorney, was also
present, as was Cspt. McClusky. chief of
the detective bureau, while in the reserved
place behind the rail Robert Hilliard and
several members of Ihe Sporting Life
company were provided with seats by their
friend* among the assistant district attor
ney*.
Mr. Mclntyre, who Is conducttng ihe
prosecution for Col. Gardiner, requested
Recorder Golf, before beginning Inn open-,
THE MORNING NEWS:- SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4,189 K
lng address, to advise all women to leave j
the room, lest their ears be.offended by!
what was to come. Recorder Goff prompt- j
ly acted ui>on the suggestion. Only three |
women were in the throng that packed
the court room, and despite Ihe warning
they remained in their places. They re
gretted it a moment, later, for when Mr.
Mclntyre started to describe Mrs. Moore's
appearance before Mr. Mahon in scanty at
tire. mentioning by name the garment she
wore, these women slipped from their
seats and stole from the room.
In his opening address Mr. Mclntyre
said: “Martin Mahon is not the plaintiff in
this case. He is only the complaining wit
ness, brought into this court by its man
date, ar.d forced lo go on the stand. \Ve
make no claim for him that he is a pur
ist, but I wish to impress on the jury's
mind that this is no private prosecution.
It is a prosecution by the state against
common ‘badger workers' and an attempt
to drive alt 'badger workers' out of this
state.”
He declared that there had been an asso
ciation of some kind between Mahon and
the woman for three years, save for a
time, when it was broken off through his
learning of her association with a colored
man. There was' a rupture between the
colored man and the woman, and then she
wont under the protection of Aurel Baton
yi “who,” Mr. Mclntyre said, "is called a
Co&nt, though he is not a Count, but an
instructor in a riding academy.”
Then, Mr. Mclntyre said, Moore took
her up. knowing fully of her friendship
for the colored man and Batonyi, and to
gether they planned to rob Mahon.
The assistant district attorney’s words
were clear cut and expressive, with no
possibility of their being misunderstood.
Through it all the women, in her corner,
listened attentively, but without trace of
emotion. Once or twice she lowered her
face slightly and raised her hand to her
cheek, only to remove it quickly and per
haps throw a smile of protest at her neigh
bor, the court officer.
Moore, tilted back in his chair, with his
legs crossed and rocking slowly back and
forward, kept his eyes fljfled on the speak
er, but not a muscle of his face moved.
Martin Mahon then claimed the attention
of all. He was called as the first witness.
-Halion’n Testimony.
From the New York Sun, Dee. 2.
The proprietor of the New Amsterdam
Hotel revealed himself as a middle-aged
Irishman, mifid of manner, slow of com
prehension of the questions put to him.
and considerably embarrassed. He said
that he first met Mrs. Moore at a dinner
party at his hotel three years ago. (He
rose here to identify her, and she looked
him straight in the eyes without a tre
mer). She left a ring at his hotel by mis
take and came hack after it, on which
occasion they became better acquainted
and the acquaintance was kept up, but
lapsed when she went abroad. Three
months ago they met again at ,the Wal
dorf and again became friends. To her
request for a diamond horseshoe pin which
he was wearing, he responded l>y letting
her take the pin to wear, lending 11, as
he understood the matter. Thereafter she
called at his hotel several limes, and he
mentioned the matter of the pin, but she
always succeeded in turning the conver
sation to other subjects. On Nov. 4 she
called him up by telephone and asked him
to meet her at the Metropole, saying that
she had matters of importance to talk to
him about, and also that he could get his
pin there. So he went. Getting there late,
he went into the ladies’ parlor and paw
Mrs. Moore silting on a sofa near the
window’ talking with a man who was
standing outside.
At this'point Mrs. Moore, who was sit
ting at the rear of tfiO room almost hid
den from the spectators, leaned forward
and seemed to listen with more Interest
than she had before evinced. Mr. Mc-
Intyre asked:
“Could you recognize this man?”
"Yes, sir; it was Moore, the defendant
“What did he do at that time?”
“As soon as I came in he left the win
dow, and Mrs. Moore walked across to
me, said that I was late, and so I was,
for it was nearly 7 and she had said for
me to be there at 6.”
“Did you remain long at the Metropole?”
"About half an hour. We had dinner
there. Then she said for me to come up
to her rooms at the Grenoble. It was not
far, she said, and she w>uld be glad of
my company there, as her husband was
in Washington, and she was lonely. We
might play a little game of cards, she
said, and when I asked her again about
the pin she said I might get that, too.”
"And you went with her to her room?”
"Yes, sir,” the witness answered with
some reluctance.
"What did you do there?”
"Well—we played cards.”
“How was Mrs. Moore dressed?”
"She went into the other room and Un
dressed. and put on some kind of a wrap
per thing. It was a gown, or a sack, or
something maybe. Then she came out and
we played cards.”
“Did she sit on your lap?”
“Well—yes, she did.”
“And she kissed you?”
"Well—yes, she did.”
Here Recorder Goff began to show signs
of uneasiness, and at the next question
he suggested that all the women in the
court leave the room. Ai the instance of
the court officers, who interpreted the re
corder’s words as something more than a
suggestion, the women, protesting!?, de
parted. Mr. Mahon then to and of the ap
pearance of Moore upon the scene.
"Mrs. Moore coughed and the defendant
ran in tytd got a big pistol out of the
drawer. He held it to my head and asked
me who I was. I told him, hut he didn’t
like it, and hit me over the head and told
me to’shut up. Then he told me to sign
a confession. I signed it because I
thought he was going to shoot. He said
every minute that he would blow my
head off, and he swore ugly. He put the
confession in his pocket and told me I’d
have to settle $50,000 on the woman for
the wrong I had done. He said he could
never live with her after that. I told him
I didn't have that much. He turned to Mrs.
Moore and said: “What the hell kind of
a millionaire is this you brought me?
He can’t give up for ten thou'.’ Every
minute he was swearing that he’d kill me.
so I signed a note for $3,000, half to be paid
Sunday and the rest Monday. He wanted
to make it payable the next day, but I
begged for time and he gave it to me. By
that time I thought maybe he was through
with me, but he wasn't. All that I had
with me he took from my pockets. It
was $l7O and some odd change, I forgot
how much exactly. The change makes no
difference. What with the hit he gave
me mv collar was all blood, and they
washed my face for me and gave me a
clean collar and necktie to wear so I’d
look all right when I went down,”
The witness was talking now without
any relics of his former embarrassment,
and he was about to continue the tale of
his misadventures when a recess was
taken. At the afternoon session Mr. Mc-
Intyre soon got him into the swing of
his narrative again and he told of his
leaving the hotel. Meantime there had
been a wild rush for seats, and the room
was so crowded that the Recorder ordered
rhe doors locked. In the rush the court
officers had a bard time, and Capt, Wheel
oek of the squad had his hand badly
wrenched In his efforts to preserve order.
Mr. Mahon continued his testimony:
"After I left the hotel Moore came after
me. ‘How do you feel now?’ he says, l
fold him I wasn’t feeling very good and
he treated men to a couple of drinks. Be
told me he was a relative of Murk Hanna
and a personal friend of President Me
! Kinley and a tiiitiy-lliird degrea Mason,
and it wouldn't do me any good to have
him arrested, for he had too much pull,
and it would only get me into trouble.
'lt’s a good taring for you that you weren’t
that nigger or the Count,* hi said, 'or I’d
have put a bullet through your hind, but
you're different,’ he said.' Then he tokl
me about taking Mrs. Moofe away from
the Count. X said to him: ‘You've had
your turn, and now mine will come, may
be.’ He seemed surprised at that, and
said he didn't think I'd take it that way.
I went away aryl had a bath and got my
head fixed up,” ■
"When did y'otj next see him?"
"When he crime to the hotel on Satur
day for the first $2,600 I told him 1 had
'no money for: him, and he threatened in?
with his lavdyek 'Where is your law
yer?' I asked him, and he said he was
in the other room. I told hint, 'Bring him
out,’ but the lawyer didn’t come.”
"Did you know the negro whom 'Moore
referred- to?”.
"Yes; he wqs.a man named Ellis."
Ellis was (jailed for, hut he was not In
the court and a subpoena was Issued fat
him. The witness then fold of his com
plaint to the police and the arrest of the
couple. He said that he was married and
the father of three children. Throughout
IPs direct examination he had avoided as
far as possible making any reply which
would tend to show that hts relations with
Mrs. Moore were other than correct. In
answer to the question direct lie declared
that there had been nothing wrong be
tween them.
CANADA'S OFFICIAL HANGMAN.
Steward of a Swell Club AA lien He
Hanged His First Snbjeet.
From the Cleveland Flain Dealer.
For the first time in fifteen years a man
has been sentenced to death in Montreal,
and he will be hanged a month from now
in ihe yard of the old jail ihere, which,
since 1837, has witnessed the official taking
off of members of old French families who
rebelled against English rule as well as of
common malefactors.
The oocasion will bring lo Monti, il T. It.
R. RatcUffeji; official executioner of Can
ada. For almost'seven years Ratcliffe has
practiced his profession, and m that lime
he must have launched very nearly some
five dozen people into the great unknown.
His official appointment is of a more re
cent date. He reerves a regular salary
and is compelled to travel to any part
of the dominion where a man is to Ik- hang
ed, his traveling expenses and Ihe expense
of the execution, such as those engendered
by the building of the scaffold and the
gallows, etc., being borne by the govern
ment of the province, whose courts have
ordered the execution. In addition to his
regular salary he has certain perquisite*,
such as are derived from the sale of frac
tions of the rope which furnish the noose
and such articles of wearing apparel i.s
are often given him by the law's victims.
In some eases these things are bought out
right from him by some local speculator,
and the latter often, supplements his stock
of grewsome relies thus acquired with
others !ess genuine. In all his executions
Rntcllffe has never made a mistake cr
failure from the time that he made his
debut, which was the occasion of the hang
ing of Blrcfiall, who tKade a business of
inveigling wealthy young Englishmen to
Canada on the pretext of teaching them
scientific farming and then murdering
them.
HaHdifo-> iinneVi%ab J5d,,42 Fern ave
nue, Tijtonlo, in a •pleas
ant little house with his wife and children,
and where his neighbors and all those
with whom he is acquainted have nothing
but good to say of him. He has ids own
circle of acquaintances and mixes very
little with the general public; in fact, so
unostentatious are hi* ways, that in the
city of Toronto ilself very few people
know who he is or where he lives.
Who and what he was before he came
to Canada is a mystery- The first time
he became known was through Blrchall's
crime. When the murderer was con
demned to be hanged the authorities were
in a quandary ns to where they could find
a man to carry out the sentence. For
merly jail official, chosen by lot, or
some prisoner who was well paid for his
work, had done the actual hanging. In
this case, however, no one could be found
willing to undertake the Job. Suddenly
the steward of the Sunnyside Boating
Club of Toronto, a very swell organiza
tion, offered to do the work. This inan
proved to be Ratcliffe. As he did his work
remarkably well and as the boating club
did not wiint tohave anything more lo
do with him after that, he stuck lo the
business.
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IMPORTED BEERS.
These are also among our special
ties. We have all the favored brands
of Germany, which will please you.
A visit to our establishment Is so
licited.
LIPPZVIrtN BROS,
Wholesale Druggists and Importers,
Lippman Block, Congress and Bar
nard Streets, Savannah. Ga.
TELFAIR ACADEMY
—or—
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Open to VMtprr o*% except Sunday.
VnlNfit 0. wi.’lo 3 p. m.
Single admission 26 cents. Annual tickets
tt.W,
RAILROADS TRY TO PLEASE.;
soiTHEn\ rA** i:\tjr.Ks travel.
tOMFOIITAItI.Y UK I.VTK V I.lllS.
A llnllrontl Official Says tlir I.fne* in
• lit- South kin vt* Mmlr ((rent
Clinngci, in the VeeuinnioilntioMM
I'nrn tubed Their Patrons The
Service They Give Heroine* n Mut
ter of Pride to the People of See
tlttiw Tlirouu* h \\ liieh They Hun.
I‘itHMeuiter Coaches, in ( onveni-
nee mid Appointment*, t oiiipnee
Kavornhly With Their of the
Vopth—SomethtnK About the <o*l
of Kollln.q Stock.
• Yes,” said a well known railway official
yesterday, "the roads of the South have
made a distinct advance of late years In
the accommodations they furnish the trav
eling public. They have expended a grem
deal of money In improving their equip
ment and putting it in a condition that
has caused it to become, not only a mat
ter of comfort, but of pride to the people
of those districts through which they
run. It was not long ago that the manage
ments of the roads began to see the wisdom
of making a change for the better in their
equipment, and the advance has been re
markable since the movement was Inau
gurated. The equipment of the Southern
roads for passenger service compares fa
vorably with that of the Northern lines
in so far ns day coach accommodations are
concerned. The roads in the North, of
course, have n more elegant sleeping and
dining car service, as a general rule, and
they are better provided with parlor and
chair cars. But in some sluies this is done
for u purpose. Passenger fares by legisla
tive acts have been reduced, so the roads
adopt the subterfuge of putting on special
cars. The privilege of riding in these cars
costs the passenger an additional sum, so
that If he decides to travel in perfect com
forl, his fare really amounts 10 as much
as if he were paying it on the old basis.
The lines that make this a practice do not
admit it, but it Is true -that they do not try
to render their ordinary passenger ac
commodations as comfortable as possible.
They want to so order tilings as to induce
passengers to ride in the cars for which
there is an extra cost, and the best method
is found In making the common coaches
uncomfortable."
Tho official believes the people of (lie
South appreciate good passenger service,
lie says. "It is an advertisement for a road
to have fine ears on Its line. As they jvass
a station the inhabitants proudly watch
the handsome rolling sioek and remark to
the visitor that theirs is certainly a tine
road. Then, 100. there Is likely to result
an Invidious and hurtful comparison if
handsome and well appointed through car*
are put on a road as a convenience for pas
sengers from one section to another. Local
passengers will want to know why it is
that they are not entitled to the same ac
commodations and they will be very apt to
feel unkindly toward the railroad that does
not furnish them with equally as good ac
commodations as they see for tourists.”
The Savannah lines are up to dale when
the comfort and conveniences of their |>as
eenger cam is considered. The Georgia and
Alabama has two fine parlor and buffet
cars on lls trains, and they have become
very popular with the putrons of the
roads. The Central has recently put on u
parlor car between Savannah and Atlanta,
lengthening this service, as for a number
of years it has only extended from Macon
10 Atlanta. These cars arc elegant and
costly, and stand as evidence thut the
roads are anxious to keep up with the pro
cession in their efforts to accommodate the
public. There is u small cost extra for
riding in these cars, hat the additional
comforts are such as to make the passen
ger feel well repaid.
The Plant System and the Florida Cen
tral and Penlnsulur both have good service
and conveniences for their patrons. The
vestlbie trains these roads put on during
tlie Florida season are among the most
splendid in the world. During other sea
sons the rouds render a service and furnish
accommcKlations that are appreciated.
The cost of rolling stock is great.
An ordinary passenger car costs from
st,ooo to $.1,000, and weighs nineteen tons.
A mail car, which costs from $2,000 to $2,600,
and is shorter by about one-quarter than
the ordinary passenger coach, weighs six
teen ions. A baggage car without ihe bag
gage In it weighs 28,000 iiounds, or fourteen
tons, and costs about as much as a mail
car. A sleeping car is more expensive than
any of the others, and it weighs a good
deal more, 100. , A plain, simple but dur
able sleeping car witli observatory attach
ments, literary annex and culinary depart
ment, costs anywhere from SIO,OOO to $20,-
000. The average weight is from twenty
to twenty-two tons.
Freight cars among the railroad men
are divided into four classes—flat cars,
such as are used for the transportation
of stone, machinery, and lumber; box
cars, such as ore used for the transpor
tation of grain, fruit and ordinary mer
chandise; stock cars, such as are used for
cattle, and coal cars, such as are used for
the transportation of coal and oil—those
used for oil being supplied with tanks.
The average weight of a flat or gondola
car is seven tons. The car costs from S3OO
to StCO. Box cars weigh a ton or more and
cost SIOO more each. Stock cars weigh
eight tons each on the average; coal cars
weigh three tons each. It costs about S2OO
to build coal or oil cars, and they are de
signed to carry five tons apiece.
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
gAVANNAH THEATER.
Memorial Services.
SiOllllieilSUPO.lS.
SUNDAY, DEC. 4, 1898, 3:30 P. M.
Public cordially invited. Scats free.
Members requested to assemble on stage
at 3 o’clock sharp.
MEMORIAL COMMITTEE 8.P.0. ELKS
AMUSEMENTS.
£ R.
Tuesday, Dec. 6, two performances only,
matinee and n.ght, Matinee 3 p. m. The
SMYTH & KICK COMEDIANS, in last
season's most emphatic success,
"MV KRIKMJ FROM INDIA,”
By 11. 11. Du Bouchet, author of "The
Man from Mexico." Positively the funniest
comedy of the present decade, Interpreted
by an incomparable cornjwny. Prices—
Matinee, 25c, 50c, 73c; evening, 25c, 50c, 73c,
sl.
Next Attraction— Richard & Pringle’s
Minstrels, matinee and night, Dec. 7. Com
ing—“ What Happened to Jones.” Dec. 8;
"Heart of Maryland," Friday and Satur
day. Saturday matinee, Dec. 9-10. 1
Seats on sale.
Open Every Evening Until Christmas.
You get rich results for the hours spent here in looking an! buying. From
now to Christmas wj expect nnny busy days. The time Is short.
You find at Eckstein’s, unler one root, a collection of Christina* merchandise
that has no equal in town, and exclusive in variety.
FCKSTEIN'S.
Entire New Selection Toilet Cases, Manicures, Glove and
Handkerchief Boxes, Work Boxes, Desks, Portfolios,Collar
and CutT Boxes, Autographs, Photo Albums,Fancy Boxes.
See Our Holiday Windows.
Hook and Ladders, Horns, China Ta Books. Dragged Dolls.
Fire Kngfuea and Hose, Drums, Chin v Wug'.i Set*. Frames, Hlsque Doll*.
Hose Keels ami Hose, Guns, Hritu iia Bods * Kidbody Dolls,
Fire Patroi hml M n. Cornets. Soldier Outfits. Trunks. Jointod Dolls.
PuMsiuiKers and Trum, Halls, Fir?uian Outfits. Wagons, Color and Dolls,
Prairie Schooners. Pianos, Mechanical Toys, Games. All Sizes Doll*.
Imported Gorman Boer Steins.
Mi n’s Silk Neckwear. .Men's Silk Handkerchiefs. M< n's Fine Linen Collar:*.
Men's Teok Scarfs. Men's Linen Handkerchiefs. Men's Fine Linen Cuffs.
Men's Puff Scarfs. Men's Fine Dress Shirts. Men's Fine Kid Gloves.
Men's Silk Imperials. ' Men's Sanitary Underwear. Men's Combe and Brushes
Men’s Fine Suspenders. Men's Negligee Slnrls. Men's Fine Night Holies.
Men's Fine I'mbi elias. Men's Fast Black Hose. Men's Wool Half Hose.
The Children Are Welcome.
Holiday Blnck Bilks. Holiday Kid Gloves. Holiday Poeketbooks.
Holiday Black Satins. Holiday Silk Hose. Holiday Leather Bags.
Holiday Fancy Silks. Holiday Chiffon Collars. Holiday Evening Gloves,
Holiday Waist Silks. Holiday Silk Waists. Holiday Fine Perfumery.
Holiday Black (locals. Holiday Far Collars. Hobday Imported Fans.
Holiday Dress Goods. Holiday Feather Boas. Holiday Fancy Ribbons.
Emphatic Bargains in Jackets.
Positive Bargains in Plush Capes and Cloth Capes.
Positive Bargains in Ladies’ Tailor Made Jackets.
Positive Bargains in Misses’ Tailor Made Jackets.
Positive Bargains in Ladies’ Tailor Made Suits.
Ladies' $8 Silk Waists $5.
Warm Comforters at 44c, 75c, SI.OO, $1.25.
Eiderdown Snow Flake and Silk Comfortables.
Pure White Blankets at 45c, Large Size 88c,
Art Square and Smyrna Rugs, Lowest Prices,
Taffetas, Every Shade, 69c.
Black Satin Duchesse at (>Oc, 88c, 51.()0,51.25.
Black Taffeta Silks at 50c, at 59c, at 75c and SI
White Satins 50c, 85c, White Taffetas, (>9e, sl.
TRADE AT THE OLD PREFERRED STORE,
Nos. 13 and 15 Broughton Street, West,
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & GO.
CHRISTMAS TIME.
Have you thought that Christmas is about to get
here.
Well, it is.
You have provided yourself shoes at my store
doubtless, but how about the little folks? Have they
got good warm shoes? They need them. I have the
very article they require. If you got them from me
last time you will come back. If you got them else,
where, try me this time. I will please you in style,
durability and price. I keep only good things, and I
sell stacks of them,
Latest Block Ilats. Men’s and Women’s Fine Shoes.
A, S. NICHOLS,
BROUGHTON STREET.
The People’s Friend.
Remember that I forced the price of drugs
down.
When you want pure, fresh, reliable drugs at
cut prices come to me,
I am the people’s friend from choice.
I save them money as usual.
I am still leading and always expect to lead.
Watch the others follow.
CUBBEDGE’S PHARMACY,
Birthplace of Cut Prices.
IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL AND WORK ORDER YOUR LITHO
- AND PRINTED STATIONERY AND BUNK BOOKS
FROM THE MORNING NEWS SAVANNAH. GA.
A PRIME FAMILY ROAST
of Beef from the rib, sirloin, fillet or cros
rib We will cut you at any time, go that
U will cat tender. Juicy and succulent.'
Our mock of prime mealg. Poultry, Uame,
Oysters and Lobsters are of the very
choicest to be.-. cured, and our stock of
Turkeys ur<- fat, and of rare flavor. Our
Hausayes, Sweet Breads and other tab'.*
delicacies are fads at Savannah breakfast
tables.
Sommers & Winkler,
Up-to-Date Caterers,
Stall* 63, 61 and 75, City Market.
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