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MAYOR MYERS IS INDIGNANT.
SAYS PARK Wl) TRKR COMMISSION
TREATED HIM DISC’OI RTEOI SLY.
He Sobnitts t lit* Correspoß dence
With the Committalon on the Snb-
Jeet of the Dark Sphinxes to Coun
cil With n fomniunleutloii K\-
prruiilnK Hl* View* I ion the Snh
joet—C'ominlfffltlon Una Failed to Ex
plain It Hefnaul to Restore the
Sphinxes md Hus Ignored Hl*
Reference to the Act (aoverninv
the Conmilnsiou—Police May Ho
Ordered to Prevent Interference
With Public Property.
The removal of the Tark sphinxes,
which the Park and Tree Commission
doubtless thought it had quietly buried
Monday afternoon, was revived in .1 most
decided and vigorous manner by Mayor
Myers at the meeting of Council last
night. This was done by submitting the
correspcndeneo between the Mayor and
the chairman of the commission in refer
ence to sphinxes, together with a letter
to the Board of Aldermen, in which tho
Mayor expressed his views very pointedly
as to the conduct of the Park and Tree
Commissioners.
The correspondence began with the May
er’s letter of March L’3, to the commission,
addressed to its chairman, in which he
alluded to the removal of the sphinxes
from the Park entrance, and call'd the
attention of the commission to section (i.
of the act creating the Park and Tree
Commission, in which it *is stated that
"whenever the said Park and Tree Com
mission shall think it desirable or expe
dient to make any alterations cr improve
ments in any of the public* parks or
squares or grass plats cf said city, other
than the renting tnd removing of trees,
and the p anting of gravs or flowers, it
shall be its duty to submit to Council a
plan or written description of said alter
ations cr improvements, accompanied by
an estimate cf the cost of the same,which
alteiations or improvements shall be made
only in the event of their approval by
Council.'*
The Mayor stated in this letter that un
der hi# interpretation of this section the
commission had no authority to remove
the sphinxes without obtaining the con
sent of Council. Inasmuch as this had not
been done, and "as I am satisfied that
the citizens generally lo not approve of
their removal, I would request that you
restore them to their former position in
the park, subject to such action as Coun
cil may take on any peti<ion you present
to *it in this connection.”
The commission held a meeting March
20. and considered the Mayor’s letter,
after which Chairman Daffin addressed
the following communication to the May
or: ‘‘Your letter qf the 23d inst. received,
rind the commission begs your indulgence
till they can look further into the mat
ter.”
A few days later the members of the
commission went out to the city green
house and made a personal inspection of
the sphinxes, as the result of which, at
the April meeting (Monday afternoon it
was unanimously decided not to restore
the sphinxes. Chairman Daffin then ad
dressed the following communication, to
the Mayor: ,
“The Park and Tree* CommKsiO'ners hove
instructed m<* to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of March 23, and to say that
they have investigated the matter of re
storing the sphinxes to their former posi
tion li\ Forsyth Park, and have unani
mously concluded that it was impractica
ble to restore them."
The Mayor's letter to Council sets forth
his position. It reads as follows:
“I submit herewith, for your considera
tion, a letter from mo to the Park and
Tree Commission and the answers of the
commission thereto. In my opinion the
replies received by me from the chair
man of the commission ure unsatis
factory, giving no proper explanation of
the actions of the commission and leaving
doubt still existing as to either the ne
cessity or advisability of the removal of
the sphinxes, the subject under consider
ation. For this reason 1 place the mat
ter before you for such action as you
may deem proper under the circum
stances.
“So far as I have been informed, the
sphinxes, which were regarded by the
general public as an ornament to For
syth Park, were not in such condition
but that their usefulness and beauty
might have been preserved for years to
come by a small expenditure of money
for plaster of paris and paint. Regard
lews of this however, it is for Council
to consider whether the Park and Tree
Commission, or any other body, has the
right to remove and consign to the rub
bish heap public property without tlrst
getting the consent of this board, in
which is vested the control of all public
property. I am of the opinion that no
person or persons have 'he right to re
move public property, or to destroy the
same, without first securing the right to
do so from the City Council.
“If Council ie of this opinion I would
suggest that the matter be referred to the
Committee on City Rots and Opening
Streets, with Instructions to report hack
to Council such recommendations as it
may deem proper.”
Mayor Myers remarked that the com
mission had not only refused his request
to restore the sphinxes without giving any
sufficient explanation of -their reasons for
doing so. hut ha ! utterly ignored that por
tion of his letter which called their at
tention to the section of the act creating
the commission which places certain lim
its to their authority.
“It appears to me that my communica
tion has been treated discourteously,”
said the Mayor with some feeling. “Not
only hns the commission failed to make
■tty statement ns to the condition of the
sphinxes or the reasons for their removal,
but no attention has been paid o that
portion of my letter calling attention to
that section of the act forbidding changes
or alterations without the consent of
Council. Under the circumstances .1 feel
constrained to give an order to the police
department to j)ermit no public property to
be disturbed without an order from the
Mayor, based upon the consent of Coun
cil.”
A motion to refer the correspondence
to the Committee on City Lots, which has
charge of public property, was adopted
without discussion. The view' taken of
the matter by the Mayor evidently puts
him and the commission squarely ut log
gerheads and the poiltlon taken ir. h s
communication to Council puts compro
mise out of the question. The Park and
Tree Commissioners are understood to
have legal advice to the effect that th**
Interpretation placed by the Mayor upon
the section of the act referred to, is pot
well taken, and it may be that they an*
ready to meet the Mayor on this Issue.
Whether the Mayor tins obtained the opin
ion of City Attorney Adams in the matter
iR not known, but it Is to be presumed that
he has. Evidently the question of the
sphinxes, instead of being laid, has just
taken on now life. It has now develop** i
into a question of the authority of Coun
cil on the one hand and the Park and
Tree Commission on the other. Wrist this
controversy may lead to ear.not be fore
told.
TUP, 1111 STREET THICK.
An Adverse Report Hut Tliere Is
Mill a (bailee.
k At anticipated, an adverse report was
made to the City Council last night by
the Committee of the Whole upon the
petitions of the railroads to lay tracks
on Bay street, the report doubtless be
ing based upon that of the special com
mittee, to which the matter wag referred
some time ago. The report Is as follows:
In the matter of the petitions of the
Central of Georgia, Georgia and Alabama,
and Savannah, Florida and Western Hail
roads, asking for the right to lay tracks
or. Bay and other streets in the city of
Savannahs the Committee of the Whole,
to which the said petitions were referred,
beg to report adversely thereon.
"After careful investigation, and a per
sonal inspection of the streets proposed to
be used by the railroads to reach Buy
street, the committee te apprehensive that
in allowing railroad tiarks to be laid on
Bay and other streets the interests
of the merchants who have petitioned in
favor of such a privilege being granted
would not be subserved. The grunting of
such privileges to the railroad© would
tend to deprive these merchants, and the
public generally, of the use of Bay street,
its service, under such circumstances, be
ing limited to that of a railroad thorough
fare. To be of effectuol benefit it would
be necessary for the railroads to lay side
tracks and spur tracks along Bay street
at frequent intervals, and this would pre
vent the use of the street by the drays
anti other vehicles of merchants* an t the
general public. In addition, the property
owners on Indian street, who would re
ceive no benefit from the laying of tracks
on that thoroughfare, are thoroughly op
posed to such a use of that street. Their
rights in the mutter cannot be overlooked
or disregarded.
"There is one plan by which Bay street
might be reached by the railroads without
the use of Indian street. By leaving the
River street track near West Broad street
and going through a part of what is known
as Factors Walk, and emerging upoh the
Strand nearly opposite Jefferson street, a
route which does eery little damage to
property can bo obtained.
"After reaching the Strand there is no
difficulty in placing the several lines so as
to accommodate the various interests. If
the railroads desire to avail themselves of
this plan, which appears feasible, a peti
tion from them to that effect will be given
careful consideration by Council.”
ANOTHER STREET RAILWAY.
Vernon Shell Itond Company Want*
City Streets.
The Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of
Hope Railway may soon have a competi
tor in the field. At the meeting of Council
last night a p titinn was presented by
Twiggs & Oliver, attorneys for the Ver
non Shell Road Company, requesting per
mission to construct and operate street
railway tracks on several of the princi
pal streets.
At the last session of the legislature
an amendment was secured to the char
ter of the Vernon Shell Road Company
by which that company was j?lven the
rifjht to construct and operate a railroad
on its right of way and also upon such
streets of the city as it might be grant
ed the right by Council. There was con
siderab’e opposition to this amendment
on various grounds, both by the County
Commissioners and the City Council,
chiefly that the powers proposed to be
given to the Sheel Road Company were
too broad and too general. The amend
ment was secuied with some modifications
however.
It was stat'd that should the shell road
company undertake to exercise this pow
er that it would also ask the right to en
ter the city in competition with the
existing street railway system. This step
has now been taken.
After reciting the powers conferred by
the amendment to the company’s charter,
the petition requests the use of the fol
lowing routes: First, from the White
Bluff road, on Twelfth street, west to Bar
nard street, on Barnard street to the mar
ket, thence around the western side of
the market lo Barnard street again and
north to Bay street; east on Bay to Ab
ercorn, south on Abercorn to Perry lane;
around Colonial Park, on Perry lane to
Lincoln street, south on Lincoln street to
Park avenue; on Park uvenue west lo Bar
nard street.
Route No. 2: From the White Bluff
road, on Twelfth street to Montgomery
street, north to St. Julian street, to the
Market Square, around the market to Bar
nard street, to Bay street, on Bay east
lo Abercorn, to Perry lane, around Co
lonial Park to Lincoln street, south to
Seventh street, thence west to Montgom
ery street.
Route No. 3: From the White Bluff
road, on Twelfth street 10 Montgomery
street, north to Bay street, east to Price
street, south to Seventh street, west to
Montgomery street.
It will very readily l>e seen that should
the petition be granted and the grant
availed of that the Snell Road Company
would have three routes penetrating the
heart of the city and necessarily greatly
cutting into the business of the present
company. Should Council be disposed to
grant the petition the question of the le
gality of the deal made by the last ad
ministration with the Savannah, Thunder
bolt and Isle of Hope Railway would be
brought up. By this agreement any other
company which may Ik? granted the right
of way to Price street* must pay a con
siderable sum into the city t reusing* to
be paid over to the Savannah, Thunder
bolt and Isle of ilopo Railway, this be
ing one of the conditions on which it va
cated that street.
HR. KRKXSOVS Of % RGBS.
Sicvk Hr. Levi** Con <l’let Was liimo
leiit nnl Objectionable.
The charges preferred by Mr. W, D.
Krenson against City Physician Dr. M.
H. I*evi, growing out of their recent
heated colloquy, brought on by the at
tempt of the city physicians to attempt
to enforce the compulsory vaccination
law* at the store of Weed & Cos., the re
sult of which was the drawing in by the
health officer of his vaccination forces
because of the Mayor’s failure to back
up the physicians, were received by Coun
cil last nigb< and read ut the request of
some of the members.
In his charges Mr. Krenson complains
of the “insolent and objectionable deport
ment” of Dr. Devi on the occasion re
ferred to and rehearses the conversations
which took place between them. Mr.
Krenson states hat Dr. Devi had de
manded to see the arm of a young man
in the store, whereupon he inquired if
the demand was urgent. Dr. Levi,*he
stated, declined to allow any time in the'
matter or to permit the employes to be
vaccinated by their family physicians,
should they so desire. He refused their
requests on both of these heads and re
plied that they must cither undergo vac
cination or go to the barracks. He also
declined to he governed by the Mayor’s
proclamation, which was produced by Mr.
Krenson. The latter stales that he then
went into his private office and had the
Mayor called up over the telephone.
While this w is being done Dr. Levi came
in with u policeman and ordered him
placed under arrest. This was prevented,
(Continued on Third Page.)
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, APRTL 5, 1900.
MR. ERWIN WILL NOT TALK.
KKFI .SE!> TO DISCXSS DECISION OF
JUDGE brown.
Nor Would Hr Say What the Gov
ernment Will Do Now That n
Warrant Cor the Defendant*’ Re
moval to Savannah Haw Been He
f o <• il —Con ft- .ed. Though, That He
Had Not Thought the Decision Pos
kllll.—On the Street the News Was
Greeted With Incredulous Sur
prise—The Government Will Fight
the ( axe to the End—l.awjers Say
Judge Brown's Decision la With.,
out Precedent. ,
“Mr. Erwin, Judge Brown has refused to
grant a warrant of removal and has or
dered the discharge of Greene and the
Gaynors.”
This announcement was made to United
glares District Attorney Marlon Etrwln
Yenlerday afternoon. In the gentlenaen’s
parlor of the De Soto. The district attor
ney was ensconsed In a comfortable
chair, by a window through wihch
poured the genial beams of the afternoon
sun, and had been meditating calmly and
comfortably, when he was suddenly dis
turbed.
“What?” he said.
There was a bewildering lack of sur
prise In the manner In which the district
attorney asked this question, that some
what Irritated the bearer of what he had
regarded as startling and sensational and
totally unexpected news. The statement
was repeated, even amplified a trifle, but,
though it was the first he had heard of
it, the district attorney could not ba in
duced to look more than mildly Interested.
What he felt Is probably a different ques
tion.
During the day effort was made
to get Mr. Erwin to express
an opinion on Judge Brown’s
decision, but this in the absence
of any particulars as to the grounds giv
en, he declined to do so. In the effort to
secure something more definite than hy
pothetical answers, a white haired old man
wandered into the rcom and dropped Into
a chair not far away, and was followed
soon afterwards by a second newspaper
mail and Mr, J, N. Talley,
who had been previously appris
ed of the decision of Judge
Brown and had communicated it to Judge
Speer. He was charged with the an
nouncement that Judge Speer declined to
express any opinion whatever on the sub
ject.
Mr, Erwin was seen again dur
ing the day. but he • was still re
icent. He was asked if he would consent
to talk more fully if he were
shown the Morning News telegram from
New York, containing a leanme of Judge
Brown’s decision, but he an
swered that he thought it
wiser to make no comment whatever.
All that he would consent to say was
that the outcome of the application for a
warrant of removal was a great surprise
to him, and that when it was Instituted
he confidently expected that it could have
but one result, the remanding of the
prisoners for trial upon the indictment
before the United States District Court
here.
As to the course that will be pur
sued by the government toward bringing
the men indicted to trial, now that Judge
Brown has denied the application for a
warrant of removal, Mr. Erwin was al
most equally reticent. “I can’t tell what
will be dohe until I have had an oppor
tunity to read and consider the full text
of the decision and to see to what extent
it goes,” was his answer to almost every
question of this character that w r as ask
ed him.
“Will you ask that another grand jury
b? drawn and summoned and seek to se
cure a second indictment?” he was asked.
The same answer was returned to this
as had been given to the questions pre
viously asked.
“Will you ask for the rearrert of the
defendants?’*
”1 can’t soy now whether I will,or not.'*
was the answer to this. “How’ever,” Mr.
Erwin added, “I don’t see that it makes
much difference whether the defendant 1 ;
ore at liberty without l>ond or under
bonds of SIO,OOO and $20,000. Tf they are
guilty of the theft of the millions of dol
lars with which they are charged, the few
thousands represented by their bonds
would not keep them from leaving the
country, if they desired so to do, and
thought they could make their escape
successfully.”
"But the case is not at an end. Every
thing i>osFlble will be done to secure the
trial of these men, though 1 am not pre
pared to say what steps the government
will take.” Mr. Erwin made this as his
final statement on the subject, and refused
to amplify or enlarge it in any way.
The news of the decision of Judge Brown
was soon on the streets, and it was met
everywhere, first, with incredulous sur
prise.
Lawyers versed in federal procedure,
when spoken to of Judge Brown’s decis
ion. said that he had established a prece
dent in such cases, and that if his ruling
was law, it became ho when his decision
was rendered. No one of the lawyers,
up to that time, had ever thought it
|K>ssible.
In his comments upon the special pre
sentment of the grand jury in this case.
Judge Speer, speaking hypothetically of
the exact view of the law, subsequently
announced In the decision of Judge
Brown, said that "It is easily conceivable
* * * that state lines would become
barriers to the enforcement of the United
States laws, and especially would this he
true where the persons accused of crime
were men of influence and power.”
VACCIXATIOX TIME EXTENDED.
I’omptilnory l.nw >ot to He Unforced
(util tprll I.*s.
At the meeting of the sanitary board
yesterday it was decided to extend the
time allowed by the Mayor’s proclama
tion for complying with the compulsory
vaccination law from April 6 to April 15.
Parties who do not wish to get In trou
ble with the law are thus allowed nine
days longer in which to comply with Its
requirements.
Mayor Myers, when asked about the
matter, said that the city physicians
have about nil they can do vaccinating
applicants at (heir offices. As <he people
seem disposed to comply with the law,
and as it would he impossible for the
physicians to vaccinate all those who are
unvaccinated within the time allowed, it
was decided to extend the time.
"The law will noe he construed," said
Mayor Myers, “as applying to guests of
the hotels who are merely stopping in
the city for a few days, so thet there need
be no alarm on this account "
The extension of time for vaccination
will be officially announced.
"Catch the opportunity." By taking
1 (rod's Sarsaparilla now yov nmy build
up your health and prevent t* rioua illness.
—lid.
WENT OVER UNTIL TO-DAY.
District Attorney to Prepare Con
tempt Charges Against Detectives.
The contempt proceedings against De
tectives Wetherhorn, Scully. Barrett and
Sjiea, instituted in the United States Court
by direction of Judge Speer, did not come
up yesterday morning. It seemed that
no specific charges of contempt had been
preferred and Judge Speer directed that
these be prepared and in the meantime,
the hearing was continued.
When Judge Speer called the case Depu
ty Clerk Gillespie staled that In accord
ance with the directions of the court, the
attachments had been issued and served,
and that the defendants had given bond
for their appearance. Mr. W. W. Os
borne, who was present In court, said that
he represented the defendants, and that
they were all present. They had come,
said Mr, Osborne, in obedience to the
attachment, and In compliance with the
condition of the bonds they had given,
but he was unable to say for what other
reason or upon what charge.
No charge, said counsel, had been pre
ferred against his clients. They stood
ready to free themselves of the imputa
tion of contempt whenever they were ap
prised wherein the contempt alleged
against them consisted.
In reply to this Judge Speer stated that
he had directed that the attachments be
issued upon the showing made in a spe
cial presentment of the grand Jury, and
that he was not himself familiar with the
faejs. After some further colloquy the
court directed the district attorney and
assistant district attorney to prepare
charges, based on the grand Jury’s pre
sentment, and submit them to the court
at this morning s session.
The detectives bonds were continued in
force until hearing, and they were in
structed to show up this morning and
show cause, why they should not be held
in contempt. It is understood that iheir
contention in the matter of the visit paid
by ihe prisoners and themselves to Reil
ly’s bar, and otheis, was prior to the t.nia
when Belmont and Nelson were held by
authority of the United States, and thty
whatever there may have been of indis
cretion in this action, it was not in con
tempt of a court that had never, up to
that time, assumed charge of the prison
ers or Jurisdiction of the trial of the case
against tl em.
The trial or prospective trial of the de
tectives cn a charge of contempt of court
had drawn to the court room a very large
number of spectators, by whom it was al
most completely filled. The enemies of the
defendants in the contempt proceedings
as well as their friends were out in force
and they all seemed disappointed that
nothing was to be done in the trial of the
rase. They tiled out of the court room te
luctantly and with visible disappointment
written on their faces.
CHARTER FOH SHOE'FACTORY.
Okormn Manufacturing Cos. Will
Start With $50,000 Capital.
The incorporators of the shoe factory,
the movement for which was started sev
eral days ago, met yesterday afternoon in
the office of Messrs. J. E. Fulton & Son,
at the request of Mr. Charles F. Fulton,
w’ho organized the factory movement.
A charter which had been drafted was
read, and meeting the approval of those
Interested, was immediately filed In the
Superior Court.
The charter provides that the name of
the concern shall be “The Okarma Manu
facturing Company," and that it shall be
incorporated with a capital stock of $50,0)0
with the privilege of increasing the same
to $200,000 should the directors 80 desire.
Subscription lists for shares of stock
have been prepared. The par value of each
share will be SIOO, payable 10 per cent, the
first month, and r, per cent, each month
thereafter until the Shares shall have been
paid for. In cases where the full value of
the shares is paid in advance there is a
discount of 5 per cent, allowed.
No payments will be required until the
total amount of the stock has been sub
scribed, but as more thnn half has been
taken already, there is little doubt that
the remainder will be taken up within a
very short time.
The meeting was a most enthusiastic
one. Another meeting for the election of
officers will be held as soon as the charter
is granted.
THE IMH STRI VE COMMITTEES.
Executive and Subscription Commit
tees Will Meet To-night.
The- meeting of the Executive Commit
tee and sub-cbmmittees on subscriptions
of the Savannah Industrial Association
will be held to-night at 8:30 o'clock at Met
ropolitan Hall.
It is expected that the sub-committees,
in their reports, will show a large increase
in the subscriptions. It is not thought
that the minimum sum required for or
ganization, $50,000, will have been sub
scribed, though the subscriptions will
doubtless approximate that amount. •
The member* of the several committees
are active business men, and in one way
and another they have, as a rule, had so
mucti to do that they have not been able
to give that attention to soliciting sub
scriptions that they expected. However,
the determination of those who have the.
industrial movement in charge is to keep
at work until every one has an opportun
ity of subscribing. To-night’s meeting will
doubtless show a large increase in sub
scriptions. Every member of the several
committees Is expected to be present.
LAWTON CADETS W %XT (HAS.
Will Give a Hall to Start a Fund to
liny Them.
The Lawton Cadets want some more
guns. There are not enough pieces in the
company to furnish every man with one,
and an effort will be made to secure more.
When the company paraded on Dcw'ev
Day, guns had to be> borrowed from the
Gi.ands.
To start a fund for the purchase of
guns u ball will be given by the Cadets
on May 2, at the Guards’ Hall. The affair
iff looked after by a committee, consisting
>f Capl. Ralph Meldrlm, First Lieut.
Walter Heyward, Second Lieutenant Lam
bert Coburn. Sergt. Charles .Strong and
Quartermnster Sergeant John Kieffer.
ROBBED Mil. STHOMCS HOUSE.
Samly Young Allan “Old (oat," Ar
rested for Iliirglury nt fleaulieu.
Bandy Young, alias "Old Coat," n negro
who lives at Sandfly, was arrested yes
terday and brought to town by on officer
of Magistrate Jones’ Court, on a charge
of breaking into and robbing the house
of Mr. Paschal Strong at Beaulieu.
Sick llrntlnelie
and similar uffiictlons, tesulting from dis
ordered stemarh are promptly relieved by
a full dose of Crab Orchard Water.—ad.
Auction Snle ml The Mentions
Monday afternoon. April 16, 4 o’clock.
Now Houston, Duffy end Henry street
Terms, $25.00 vush, $5 per month; only 5
per cent, interest.
These lots are in a first class neighbor
hood, surrounded tty some of the ban is.m
eat homes in Bavannah, and mu*4 lucre*-*
rapidly in value. John L. Arch#r.-ad.
DRANK COCAINE TO DIE.
PAUL JONES OF LIBERTY COCNTY
SWALLOWED A BOTTLEFUL.
Physicians Saved Ills Life and He
Was Arrested a Few Hours latter
on a Charge of Swindling W. J.
Ilrondhurst of Johnston Stntion.
His Arrest Resulted in the Arrest
of Two Other Men for Irregulari
ties in n Serap-Iron Transaction.
Paul Jones, of Johnston Station, at
tempted suicide late Tuesday night by
drinking a bottleful of cocaine, but by the
prompt use of antidotes by a physician,
who was summoned as soon as the act of
the would-be suicide was discovered, and
continued working on him for several
hours by the physician and several assist
ants, he was finally got out of danger.
The act was committed in a down town
hotel, where he had been staying. After
taking the drug Jcnes sent for one of the
employes of ihe house, and told him what
he had done. After he had been got out
of danger lie regretted that the drug not
having been sufficiently swift In Its action
lo cause death, he hg4, taken it at all.
Mental depression resulting, from busi
ness troubles, and drink, were the causes
that led to the act.
Yesterday Jones was arrested by Detec
tive Stark on a warrant sworn out by W.
J. Broadhiust of Johnston Station, who
charges him with having fraudulently
sold several car toads of old iron, tho
property of Broad hurst. It was to col
lect the proceeds of this sale that Jones
came to Savannah.
Jones claims that while the iron did not
blong to him, the company to which it
did belong, represented by Mr. Broad
hurst, owed him $1,200, and he thought he
had a right to convert this property to
his own use as an oft-set to the amount
due him.
The story of the entire transaction is an
involved one, and resulted in the arrest
of two other persons who are interested
in ihe deal, though as far as Jones is
concerned, only in an indirect way.
The persons who figure In the second
part of the story are Pulaski, a buyer
of old iron, from New York, and H.
Blumenfeld, a Junk dealer of No. 120 Bry
an street, west. These men bought the
iron from Jones, apparently in good faith,
and their arrest was caused not by any
connection with the original deal, but by
differences between themselves.
After ihe iron had been bought and
shipped it reached the Plant System yards
In three lots, two lots hilled, to Blumen
feld and the third to Pulaski. Blumen
feld asserts that he bought the entire
lot and that Pulaski, in having a part of
it sent to him, had been guilty of cheat
ing and swindling, and upon this charge
he had him arrested.
Pulaski, when he saw the turn events
were taking, swore out a warrant against
Blumenfeld charging hlmi with forgery.
Blumenfeld, he says, forged his name on
an order for the carload that was address
ed to him and succeeded in having it turn
ed over to his custody.
The warrant on which Jones was arrest
eel was Issued In Liberty county, and he
will be taken there for trial, but as the
other men will be given a hearing this
morning in the Recorder’s Court it is
quite likely that Jones will appear also
as a witness, and will be asked to tell
what he knows about their differences.
HAD A DOABLE WEDDING.
Two .Sinters Married Two Brothers
nt Seminole, 8. C.
A double wedding was celebrated yester
day at Seminole, S. C., that several Sa
vannahians attended. The grooms were
brothers and the brides sisters. To add
to the oddity of the happy occasion, the
ceremony was performed by a brother
of the grooms.
The brider were Misses Mary B. Greene
and Carrie G. Greene, daughters of a de
ceased Methodist minister, who was well
known in South Carolina. The young la
dies wedded Messrs. William Stokes of
Cordova, Ala,, manager of a large cotton
milt, aid Mr. Henry Stokes of Eaily
Branch, S. C., who Is extensively engaged
in the lumber business. They are sons of
Gen. Stokes of South Carolina.
The etiemony was performed* by Rev.
Fetter Stokes, D. D., assisted by Rev. W.
C. Kirkland of Seminole and Rey. R. E.
Turnipseed of Port Royal. Rev. Petler
Stokes will be married to-day at Greeue
vlile, for which place the bridal couples
left yesterday afternoon. After the cere
mony in Greenville the three couples will
leave on theii wedding tour.
It was at the home of the grandmother
of the brides, Mrs. C. A. Solomons, that
4he Seminole ceremony was performed. A
great number of presents for each couple
testified to their popularity. The evening
before the wedding there was an enter
tainment at Mrs. Solomon’s home, and
a supper was enjoyed. Many guests were
present, among them. Miss Fannie Gifford,
Gifford; Mrs. E. G. Greene, Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Solomons, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Solomons, Seminole; Miss Helen Stokes
and Miss Annie Stokes, Early Branch;
Miss Glenn Greene, Orangeburg; Miss An
na Solomons and Miss Nellie Solomons,
Seminole; Miss Mary Smith, Garnett; Mrs.
H. S. Morrison, Miss Mamie Wallis and
Mr. S. W. Parnelle, Savannah; (Mrs. A.
J. Allen, Luray; Lieut. M. B. Stokes,
U. S. A.; Mr. Carl Greene, Orangeburg;
Mr. William Gifford, Gifford.
COMPANY' WILL MOVE TRACKS.
Savannah and Went End to Ron on
South Side of Augusta Hond.
Chairman Dale and the other members
of the 3oard of County Commissioners,
Clerk Dillon, Superintendent of Roads
and Bridges Chaplain and General Man
ager Lofton of the Savannah, Thunder
bolt and Isle of Hope Railway paid a
visit yesterday afternoon to that portion
of the Augusta road that it is proposed
to pave with gravel.
The Savannah and West End branch
of the street railway system runs along
the road bed of the Augusta road, and
the purpose of the visit of fhe commis
sioners and General Manager Lofton to
the spot was to determine upon the beet
mode of putting into execution the agree
ment of the street railway company to
move the track, to either side of <he
road, as soon as the commissioners deter
mined to Have it paved.
A careful Inspection was made and it
was determined that the best thing to
do was to move the trucks 4o the south
side of the road bed. The necessary or
ders on the subject will be drawn to
day. and as soon as ihey are passed by
the commissioners the removal of the
tracks to their new situation will be be
gun. The street railway agreed prompt
ly and cheerfully to carry ou4 its agree,
ment to remove the’ trifeks. and only
waited the decision of the commissioners
as to which s'de of the road Ihey should
I, removed to begin. This decision bits
now been made.
Pretty Show Windows.
Thn show windows of Geil & Quint are
prettily decorated with a plentiful supply
of palms and begonias Preparation* are
being made for a neat display of line
shoes before and after Palm Sunday,
The Only
KIND THAT
WON’T CAKE
FAVORITE
Table Salt
Sold In dust proof and air tight
boxes. At the grocer’s.
& and 1C cent sizes.
DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CD
SL Clair, Mich.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON.
Sole Distributing Agents.
NO DATE YET FOH HOSPITAL SALE.
Not Known Just When Government
Property Will Be Disposed of.
The date for the sale of the army hos
pital and the other government property
that stands on the tract at the intersec
tion of Estill avtnue and the White Bluff
road has not yet been fixed. The papers
relative to the sale, the recommendation
and everything of that character, were
sent on to the department at Washington
from Savannah some time ago, and it. was
thought that before now a date would be
fixed. Maj. Comegys is in almost daily
expectation of news from headquarters.
It is very unlikely that the sales will
be made later than May 15. Maj. Come
gys expects that they will be completed
before h s departure from Savannah, which
would demand that everything be finished
up by the date mentioned, as he is then
to leave for A service in the Philippines,
orders to that effect having been issued
from the office of the surgeon general.
Besides the buildings on the tract, ail
the remaining property is to be disposed
of at auc'tion, the means the government
takes of getting rid of its belongings that
may no longer be of service. A vast
quantity of hospital and medical supplies
and household goods are to be sold to the
highest bidder.
Some sixty carloads of goods that were
stored in the hospital buildings have been
shipped to New York by the surgeon in
charge. There yet remain far more than
one might have an idea of. For instance,
there are 19,000 sheet and UXOOO blankets
to be sold. Many of the articles are per
fectly new, having never been used. They
are no longer wanted because of their be
ing of other than the regular pattern used
in the army.
Maj. Comegys has not been approached
by any prospective buyer. It has been
thought possible that the buildings would
be desired by some individual or company
for the establishment of a manufactory,
but that does not seem probable, for by
this time, considering the approach of the
date of sale, there would very likely have
been some investigation made. The sur
geon said the buildings are so constructed
as to readily admit of their being moved
about, so that, if desired, they could all
be thrown together instead of maintained
as they now stand.
It is the intention, so understood, to sell
the buildings one at a time. The long shed
and walk that runs the length of the track
will also be disposed of separately. In
the same way the property will be sold,
buyer, being given an opportunity to bid
on lots.
MRS. WILLIAM F. CLER DEAD.
Passed Away. After a Month’s Ill
ness. at 8 O’clock Last Night.
Mrs. W U’iam F. Cler died at her resi
dence, No. 301 Henry street, east, at 9
o'clock last night, after a month's illness
from Bright's disease. Her husband and
one child, a little girl of 6 years, survive
the wife and mother.
Mrs. Cler was Miss Sarah M. Benet, and
in her girlhood and after her marriage
was widely known and tenderly esteemed.
Her funeral will take place from the fam
ily residence at 4:30 o’clock this after
noon. The interment will be in Laurel
Grove Cemetery.
A bottle of Cook’s Imperial Extra Dry
Champagne with your dinner makes it
complete. It pleases every one.—ad.
Ainoal Convention Travelers’ Pro
tective Association of Georgia,
Macon, Ga„ April 19—31, l!)CO.
Low Rates lin Central of Georgia
Railway.
For this occasion, ihe Central of Georgia
Railway will sell round-trip tickets for one
fare from all points in Georgia on April 18
and 19, with final return limit April 23, 1900.
This rate is open to the public.
For further information apply to any
agent of the Central of Georgia Railway,
ticket office, No. 107 Bull street, and Cen
tral passenger station.—ad.
lIEIT LINE TO THE EAST.
Three Splendid Limited Trains Via
Southern Hallway,
The New Lork Limited, the New York
Express and the United States Fast Mail.
They are all fast and up-to-date trains,
with complete dining car service provid
ing faultless meals between Savannah and
Washington. The New York Limited,
finest and fastest train in the world. Pulb
man Sleeping Cars, compartment, obser
vation, dining and club cars through to
New York without change. City passen
ger and ticket office, No. 141 Bull street.
Telephone 850. Depot ticket office, Plant
System station.—ad.
Charleston. S. C.
Your Southern trip will be incomplete
unless you stop here. Stop-over privileges
allowed on all tickets. Finest winter and
spring climate in America. Charming, pic
turesque drives. Many points of fascinat
ing historical interest, including Magnolia
Gardens, the Isle of Palms, Fort Sumter,
Fort Moultrie and the great fortifiei.lions
on Sullivan's Island, Charleston harbor.
The Charleston Hotel, strictly first-class.
Cuisine of the highest standard, affording
all modern conveniences at moderate
rates. Send for illustrated booklel. vv"
Irving Davids —ad.
Miss lon Carter,
‘'Graybeard cured me of dyspepsia,
which had almost made an invalid of m,'
Before taking Graybeaid, 1 got very thin
—I couldn't eat, and my friends never ex
pected to see me In health again. It is a
wonderful remedy." Mis* Ida Carter.
Mt. Pelia, Tenn.
Get Graybeard at drug stores. Ask for
Graybeard pills. 25c ad.
LAND OF THE SKY.
Side Tours STAID, Southern Railway.
For the accommodation cf its mtron*
returning North the Southern Ri|lwh.v is
sell.ng s'de trip ticket* from t'olum In to
Asheville and Hot Hi ru gs, N, r turn-
Itg 1 Ireot to Column n or via Hal,;,
Bt p, v r* . n tenttn ticket* of li t , n , ;I ',.
• (.’dumb a md Salisbury. An u’u.v t ve
descriptbe immphiri on the “I.and o' the
Hky.” Asheville, llu H| r.ngs. etc mty
be had u|.n applh-aUnti Banda I r’lif.
t n, district | esssnger in,en> Jains* ..
man, .By pats ng. r uni i.ck-t ~g ~ id
Bull site i; UJxphont t> V, Kavanitali - *.j
Garden
Hose,
All Prices, AH Kinds, also
Reels and
Sprinklers.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
Manufacturer of Harness and
Saddlery.
f Belting and Hose, Sheet
[Metals, iron Pipe & Fittings
Ti’miiiif
WHOLESALE
HARDWARE,
TINWARE, STOVES,
FARM IMPLEMENTS,
Cutlery and Builders' Supplies,
Fire Arms, Ammunition,
Scales and Mill Supplies.
TELEPHONE 889.
J 125 Congress Street, West,
: MARKET SQUARE,
; Savannah, Ga.
GARDNER’S BAZAAR,
12 Ilrongliton Street, East.
Fountain Pens, guaranteed, 99c.
Kimball's Anti-Rheumatic Ring—everg
rehutnatio ought to have one—price *2.
Scissors, ©very pair guaranteed, 25c.
Razor® and Pocket Cutlery.
Razor Strops SI.OO, 75c, 50c, 25c.
Shaving ferushes SOc, 25c, 10c.
Pulley Belt Buckles Sc.
Sterling Silver Shirt Waist Sets 25c.
Pearl Shirt Waist Sets 15c.
Long Shank Coliar Buttons, pearl, 10c.
Sterling Silver Novelties.
Lunch, Market, Work and Infant Bask,
eta
Japanese Lacquer Trays.
Photo. Albums
Photo. Frames.
Picture Wire.
Latest Near Navels.
School and Miscelianeus Books.
Gold Fish, Fish Food, Cages.
Mocking Bird Food and Canary Seed.
Flower Seeds, Plants and Flowers.
Gladeolief Bulbs 2c each.
On nt siihi feme
is where the man will find himself who
takes his linen to any laundry but th
best. If your conscience don't prick
you your collars and cuffs will, and
make you appreciate the smooth edges,
exquisite cblor and finish that you can
always rely on receiving from the
GEORGIA STEAM LAUNDRY.
110 CONGRESS STREET, WEST.
Phone 94.
r- r ■■■■ 9
Hotel Gerard,
44th St., Near Broadway, New York.
Absolutely fireproof, modern and luxunou
in all its appointments; centrally located
cool and comfortable in summer,
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN.
(Under Nbw Management).
J. P. HAMBLEN’S SONS, Proprietors.
ALSO
Hotel Devonshire,
ASBURY PARK, N. J.
M NHIKH HE SORTS.
Banff, Canadian National
In Ihn .Park, Lakey, in th** Clouds,
111 lilß jGieat Grader. u frozen Nl*
jiutara. Reached bv the Can i
iQiau Ha.dflo Hallway. t*i hours
Pononior ,lor " Washington. Apply 1'
lid fHliiflll Merkie M.M I'ennsylvan.,
wuiiuuiuu , Tl , Washington r. "•
Oshurn. 129 t- lialtimnri* ■•>’ .
Dnnlsi/in ! Hnltirtiore. 11. McMurtrK
nuGK cS. 1 - "-1 (. iKhinut Kt.. Fhlladel
ip*, la.
ONE MILLION HIDES WANTED
LRY I LINTS I*'
L-HV HALTH
CUKEN SALTED Till
li. KIRKLAND,
Liuxr of Olil Itau*. Herap Iron and Met >l'
427 to 421 kt- J'- ;a* sell,