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WACHSTEIN'S TITLE GOOD.
Jl RY IN IMIKNTV C ASK KOIM) IN
FAN Oil OF THE DEFENDANTS.
A Special Verdict, >ladc I p f \i
ttucrN to \ uriouM (lucslioiiJ*, Was
Returned l>> flic* Jury, nail These
Answer* \\ ere Kvcrj One OpponiMl
to the Plaintiff’** < ontentiou* of
Fnct —No Fraud or Dure** Hail
Been I tied by Mcllurray In Obtnln
inu Trnnßfer From Hr*, (ntherinc
Prenty—Waelistein Without Not lee
lacii ol’ Alleged IJefecl* anil
llought in Good Faith.
After listening 1 *?) the charge of Judge Fal
llgant ami considering for less than half
an hour the law and the evidence in vhe
case of Mary Ann I ‘rent y against Fileb
Wachstein and others the Superior Court
Jury to which the case was submitted ren
dered a special verdict, upholding every
one of the contentions of the defendants.
Judge Falligant delivered his charge to
the jury when court convened at 10 o’clock
yesterday morning. A number of requests
to charge had been submitted to the court
and the jury had also been furnished with
a series of questions, to which .specific and
definite answers were desired. The court
gave to the jury a clear and complete ex
position of the law governing the case,
though after all the meat of the mattbr
was in the questions of fact, as t 6 whether
or not any fraud or duress had been prac
ticed upon Mrs. Catherine Plenty by Pat
rick MeMurray, to induce her to transfer
to him the bond to reconvey from the Ogle
thorpe Savings and Trust'Company to her,
upon which MeMurray’s title to the prop
erty was based, and whether or not Wach
stein had been put on notice of the de
fects or alleged defects in the title of Pat
rick MeMurray. Both of these questions
were resolved by the jury in favor of the
defendants.
The jury found that the facts of the case
were that Catherine Preuty had borrowed
$6,0U0 from the Oglethori>e Savings and
Trust Company, receiving from that cor
poration a bond to reconvey the property
mortgaged for the. debt upon its payment.
This bond she transferred to Patrick Me-
Murray. the consideration of the transfer
being the assumption by him of the debt
of $6.u00. This debt he had afterwards
paid. i
The jury found further that the prop
erty had been advertised for sale in the
Morning News, and offered for sale ut
public outcry, on a regular sales day, be
fore the door of the Court House. It
had not been sold on that occasion, and
had afterwards b* eq transferred by Pat
rick MeMurray to Gerald MeMurray. It
had been bought from Gerald MeMurray
by Fileb Wachstein, the latter becoming,
according, to the jury's finding, a pur
chaser for value, without notice and in
perfect good faith. As the jury had pre
viously found that there had been no fraud
practiced upon Mrs. Catherine Prenty,
the finding of the jury as to Wachstein
followed as a matter of course.
The verdict of tho jury, unless the case
Is carried to the Supreme Court, as it may
possibly be, concludes one of the most
interesting civil cases heard for a long
time in the courts of Savannah. The al
legations in the plaintiff’s bill of complaint
were sensational, charging both fraud
and duress against Patrick MeMurray In
obtaining tide to the property from Mrs.
Prenty. and imputing notice of the fraud
and duress to Wachstein, the subsequent
purchaser.
The case was bitterly contested by a
strong- array of counsel, every step in the
Introduction of evidence almost being- the
occasion of a legal battle. Some of tho
witnesses for the plaintiff made positive
and direct charges that notice of the al
leged defects in McMurray’s title had been
conveyed to Wachstein before he became
the purchaser of the property, nnd these
witnesses are utterly and comoletely di<*-
credlted by the findings of the jury.
While the verdict anti the decree, based
upon it, may end this branch of the liti
ffatlon, there an- others yet to he tried.
Among these is the question of the cus
tody of the child of the plaintiff. Mary
Ann Prenty, and Patrick MeMurray.
When the plaintiff sued MeMurray for n
divorce, some time since, it was granted
her, her maiden name was restored and
the custody of this child awarded to ht r.
MeMurray, how, vor, continue® to exhibit
a contumacious indifference to the decree*®
of the court, and has refused to give the
child up to the mother.
As lie resides In New York, outside the
jurisdiction of the Superior Court of
Chatham county, he has been enabled to
make his refusal good, and the process of
the court here has not been able to reach
him and punish him for contempt. In his
argument to the jury Mr. Harrow inti
mated that proceedings to gain tho cus
tody of the chl!V for the mother would be
Instituted in New York, and it \a within
the probabilities that the scene of the
further legal conflict will l>e transferred
from this state to that of the husband, or
ex-husband’s residence.
\ SKF.FTIF \VA> FONVKRTED.
Now XttomlM the Lectures of the
IMi> *loloK'i('nl I’m> cliologlMt.
Prof. Kranz, the physiological psycholo
gist, addressed Ids class of teachers and
others at Chatham Academy y< sterday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. He has suc
ceeded in securing the number he desired
for i\ series of lectures, and for the next
few days h< will be inet in the afternoon
by those who seek instruction in the
scu*n< • h • \i"iuti'l •
At liis opening lecture, which ho d-liv
er <! sinipi > to pin < bis work before those
Inter’ sti-d In vt Prof. Kranz who 1 an
exc ptionahy wtll *duat*d German, had
• ■ I One of pi ,
la* k of belief .11 the leetuier's ability to
read • fwiruchr simply by observing a sub
j*it. and I’rof. Kianz at on * mad* hltn
u pr< iiceltlon. Tm doubter w,i to ugh.
init hiiijH* ,f for an exposition of Ills trulls
and t'uUurlth w
L'msrrifl'd by the proMpc*-t, tin- gentle
nuin r* .Hilly in-qul* •and In tills plan and
a clear view of liU |>bvsiogtiomy wax giv
o* tbe expert. Then Mi. V, l\ in own, tui
it was he, was treated to a word picture
of himself that he and his friends readily
recognized. Mr. Brown became a con
vert, and is now learning how to do the
same thing himself. *
DEATH STOPPED PROFESS.
Defendant in Damage Suit Died Be
fore Sle \\ a* Served.
The service of process in the suit of
Mary K. Bellinger against Mamie Ste
venson, tihd a few days ago in the City
Court, was prevented by the death of the
defendant, last Tuesday. The action is
for damages for false Imprisonment, al
leged to have been suffered at the insti
gation and false complaint of the* St phen
son woman.
Mary K. Bellinger, the plaintiff, is a
palmist and fortune teller by occupation.
The defendant, Mamie Stevenson, was a
mulatto woman of the half world. In Sa
vannah she was widely known, and it is
. aid that during her life she had accumu
lated personal property, in the shape of
jewels and other ornaments and valua
bles, that rendered her independently well
to do.
The petition in the action for damages
recites that Dec. iB, the plaintiff went by
invitation to the Stevenson woman's
house, and while there, was arrested by
city detectives and charged with stealing
a diamond sunburst. She denied her guilt,
but notwithstanding her denial and pro
test. was taken to the station house an 1
locked up. Sho was there searched by a
negro woman. The search revealed no
trace of the sunburst she was charged
with having stolen.
After being kept two days at the sta
tion house, without being carried before
the Recorder or being allowed a prelimi
nary hearing, she was committed to jail
on a warrant for larceny sworn out
against tier by Mamie Stevenson. In jail
she was put in a ward set apart for the
detention of negro women, and in their
company was compelled to suffer their
conduct, without any means of protecting
herself. She became ill under the con
stant succession of humiliations. She was
kept in jail until Jan. 6, when she was re
leased for the lock of evidence to found an
indictment upon. The plaintiff claims that
the wrong to her was perpetrated through
the instrumentality of the Stevenson wo
man, and that she is entitled to damages
In the sum of $5,000.
Before service of process, upon the Stev
enson woman could be perfected she
died. On thfc day after her death Col.
Jordan F. Brooks, county administrator,
was granted temj>orary letters of adminis
tration upon her estate, by Judge Ferrill,
in the Court of Ordinary. It Is said that
this appointment was made at the re
quest of tho plaintiff in the damage suit,
nnd it is understood that her attorneys’
contemplate reviving the action against
her logo] representative.
Tlie action, under the law', died with tho
woman. It will be necessary to revive It
against the administrator of her estate.
Prompt action was taken, therefore, that
in case the suit should be revived nnd
judgment ultimately obtained there would
be something left to answer it. For this
reason*' Col. Brooks’ appointment was
sought and obtained. The plaintiff in the
damage suit is represented by Messrs.
James F. Evans and L. M. Norwood.
In the petition It is charged that while
the woman was in jail a search warrant
was sworn out by the Stevenson worn in
and that armed with this officers visited
her home and searched her trunk and oth
er property, in an effort io find the dia
mond sunburst alleged to have been stolen.
No trace of it was found and the woman,
says there was never any real reason to
believe that she was guilty.
BROKE THIGH AND THREE RIBS.
Annette Cole* Em Suing Joseph H.
Koeli for sr,ooo Damage*.
Annette Coles, a negro laundress, filed
suit in tho City Court yesterday against
Joseph H. Koch, administrator of the es
tate of Barbara A. Koch, claiming dam
ages for personal injuries in the sum of
$5,0001 The plaintiff is represented by
Messrs. Twiggs & Oliver and R. J. Travis.
The plaintiff’s petition recites that some
time ago she rented from the defendant,
representing the estate of his wife, a
bouse on Arnold street. It appeared at
tho time to l>e in good condition, but 6ho
afterwards discovered that the steps were
out of repair and* needed attention. She
reported the matter to the owner of the
premises and he promised, so the petition
avers, to have necessary repairs made.
While she was conscious of the fact that
repairs were necessary, she yet did not be
lieve that the steps were dangerous or
would fall beneath her weight, and there
fore continued to use them.
On Nov. 8, 1899, she started to leave
her home and walked out to the steps.
Scarcely had she set foot upon the first
of them when the stairs gave way be
neath her and precipitated her to tho
ground, fracturing the bone of her thigh
and breaking three ribs on her right side.
From these injuries she claims to have
been confined to her bed for seven weeks,
and even now is scarcely able, with the
aid of a crutch, to hobble along the
streets.
At. the ttme of the accident she earned
4he sum of $6 per week as washerwo
man. She claims that her ability to pur
sue this useful vocation in the future has
vanished, and that at her time of life it
is impossible for her to learn tho intri
cacies of some riew business. For the
injuries to her person and her health,
for 4lie loss of her earning power, ami as
a punishment for the alleged carelessness
of the defendant in permitting the steps
to remain in a condition that made the
injuries possible, she considers damages
in the sum of $5,000, not exorbitant, nnd
prays that 4hls amount will be allowed
her by the court.
—The granting to Mrs. Frances E. Wol
cott, wife of the Colorado Senator, of a
divorce with alimony at $7,500 per annum
raises the question as to whether mar
riage is a failure in all ways after all.
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THE MOHMNG NEWS: FRIDAY, APRIL 20,1900.
“1 fill 111 WIND THAI BLOWS NOBODY GOOD”
IS SPECIALLY IE II THIS CASE,
for the rain and inclement weather, yesterday kept out
THE BIG RUSH
and still leaves on that center counter, middle aisle, a
great mass of dainty and seductive
at fabulously low prices. And there is no mistake about
their being cheap, the crowd yesterday proved that.
The Leader of Low Prices.
H ATES rou SIMMF.II TOl HINTS.
Were Fix, 1 ,1 l>y the Conterenee Com
mittee In \tl:mt!t.
The passenger representatives of the Sa
vannah lines who attended the meeting of
the Conference CommUtee of the South
eastern Passenger Association In Atlanta
have returned. Several matter of inter
est came before the meeting, and most of
them were satisfactorily settled. One of
those that was not adjusted was that of
minimum limits for cheap excursion?. This
will come up at some subsequent
meeting.
Tourist rates for the coming summer
season were fixed ui>on the same l>a is as,
that which prevailed last year, and the
same was true of the en/l-of-the-w.ek ex
cursions from interior points to Tybee and
other places on the coast. Many people
in Macon, Atlanta, Augusta and other
places take advantage of these rates dur
ing the summer, and they will be pleased
to know that there will be no increase In
the price of tickets.
Stop-over privileges on tickets bought by
those who attend the National Education tl
Association’s Convention in Charleston
next month may be enjoyed. Savannah is
one of the places named as having stop
overs apply, and doubtless there will be
many to take advantage of the opportunity
to see this city. Diversified routes for the
educators were allowed by the committee.
A rate of one ft*re for the round trip
was named for Knights of Pythias who
care to attend the meeting of the Grand
Lodge next month at Fitzgerald.
The Policemen's Benevolent Association
is arranging for an excursion to Tybee
for June 7. Sergt. Owen Refilly and Pa
trolmen W. H. Powell, T. J. Farrell, T.
F, Wall and W. H. Crosby constitute the
committee. It is expected that a crowd of
1,500 or 2,000 will take the trip.
The full summer schedule on the Savan
nah and Atlantic, or Tybee Railroad, will
be put on on June 10. Last year it "was
on, June 11. Before the six trains each
way a day on week days and seven on
Sundays are put on the present service
will be gradually increased as the demands
grow'.
Mr. J. E. Rehlander, traveling passenger
agent, with headquarters at Atlanta, for
the Missouri Pacific, was among the vis
itors in the city yesterday. I
Mr. C. C. Martin, agent at Savannah for
the Georgia and Alabama and the Florida
Central and Peninsular, returned yester
day from a trip to Columbia. He reports
the work on the trestle and track that are
to complete the connection for the Sea
board system as progressing well. It will
be finished wtlhln a few days.
CITY BREVITIES.
David Blodger is getting on finely with
his minstrel show, which he will give on
May 15, at the Theater. Colored talent will
furnish the fun for the occasion.
Miss Mamie Bennett’s party for children,
and reception, that was to have been giv
en night before last at the Catholic Libra
ry Hall, was postponed on account of the
rain. It will be given to-night instead.
An entertainment by the Bible class of
St. Michael s Sunday School will be given
in the class room adjoining the chapel at
Henry and Habersham streets this after
noon from 5 to 9 o’clock, for the benefit of
their Easier offering.
Yesterday was another exceptionally
quiet day with the police. Up to mid
night only two arrests had been made.
Robert Brown, a colored boy, was taken
in by Detective Murphy on the charge of
having in his possession a stolen bicycle.
Charbs S. Utting, white, was sent in for
disorderly conduct, cursing and abusing
M. F. Kain in his store.
A messenger boy of the Western Union
Telegraph Company came near having a
serious accident yesterday in the Board
of Trade building. Through carelessness
he let his foot get caught under the edge
of the descending elevator, getting a pain
ful bruise across the Instep. Fortunately
tnly the toe of ids shoe was caught or
;he accident might have been a serious
one. After keeping his foot in cold water
for a time he was able to resume his
work.
To-night the rnoml>ers of the Young
Men’s Christian Association will he given
a social evening by the Baptist Young
Peoples* Union of the Duffy Street Bap
tist Church at the association rooms at
8:30 o’clock to-night. The committee hav
ing tho affair in charge is using every ef
fort to make the affair a success. A vo
cal and instrumental programme has been
arranged, and young ladies will serve re
freshments. No invitations have been is
sued. but memUr of the association are
expected to attend. During the evening
an exhibition of the work done by the ed
ucational class* s will be shown nhd a whorl
report will be mad* 1 of the work.
Nilini'i He Couldn't Stand Fur.
Joint McCall, alias Son Ilagar, and Will
iam Blount, colored ltack drivers, got Into
a dispute yesterday morning near the Scre
ven J lout-*. Blount called McCall name*
that the luticr said b “couldn’t stand
t'ir," so ho went for him and knocked him
down.
Blount swore out a warrant charging his
ih-al iiit wit it assault and battery and
McCall whs arrested, but gave bond for
hU appiaraine In City Court.
“Why and you call your friend, tho law
yer, so economical?”
“Bx .ium* be is de'i rmimd to make that
Min lie has loot SO long list Oil after
Lastvi ( —J/iniaUvlpn** LuiUnUi,
LOCAL MLR SONAR.
Mr. E. H. Bangs of Atlanta is at the
De Soto.
Mr. V. S. Moore of Atlanta is at the
Pulaski.
Mr. John F. Evers of Atlanta is at the
Pulaski.
Mr. M. Wright of Macon is registered
at the Screven.
Mr. Isaac Shoen of Atlanta is registered
at the Pulaski.
Mr. James L. Willcox of Mcßae is the
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. W. J. Wallace of Argyle Is regis
tered at the Pulaski.
Mr. W. J. Jameson of Lakeland is reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Mr. Joseph Gump of Baltimore is reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Mrs. M. F. Cummings of Manassaß Is
the guest of the Pula-ski.
Mr. J. C. Harris of Anderson, S. C., is
registered at the Pulaski. I
Mr. John M. Stevens of Jacksonville is
registered at the De Soto.
Mr. C. A. Williams of Hardeeville Is
the guest of the De Soto.
Mr. W. P. Phillips of Summertown is
registered at the Screven.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Stacer of Lyons are
the guests of the Screven.
Mr. C. A. Shearson left via the Central
yesterday for Keokuk, la.
Maj. J. F. Hanson left for New York
yesterday via the Southern.
Miss Nettie Key of Waycroes register
ed at the Pulaski yesterday.
Mrs. G. B. Hart leaves for Baltimore
<o-day via the Plant System.
Miss TJnderfieid will leave for Baltimore
to-day via the Plaht System.
IVlr. T. P. Pettey of Waycross regis
tered at the Pulaski yesterday.
Mr. Dry Kiln Moore of Cordele regis
tered at the Pulaski yesterday.
Capt. T. J. James of Adrian was among
yesterday’s arrivals at the Pulaski.
Mr. W. B. Spain of Macon was among
the arrivals at the Screven yesterdaj*.
Miss M. A. Hegeman leaves for New
York to-day via the Grand Duchesses.
Mr. W. M. Foy of Statesboro was in the
city y< sterday and stayed at tfie Screv
en.
Mr. O. W. Wilkins of Beaufort was
among the arrivals at the Pulaski yester
day.
Mr. J. M. Morrison of Ella bell was
among yesterday's arrivals at the Pu
laski.
Mr. A. B. Lees of Leesburg was in the
city yesterday and stayed at the Pu
laski.
Mr. J. B. Martin of Melrose was in the
city yesterday, and stayed at the Pu
laski.
Mr. J. W. Williams of Adabell was in
the city yesterday, and stayed at the
Pulaski.
Mr. Charles C. Steinberg was called to
Sandcrsville yesterday by the sudden
death of his brother, Mr. Henry M. Little.
Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Erwin. Mss Erwin,
and Mr. W. H. Sullivan left on Mr. Er
win’s private car yesterday for New York
via the Plant System.
Mr. Blake Cooper and Miss Mary Mar
ion were married at the parsonage of St.
Patrick s Church Tuesday night by Fa
ther McCarthy. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper will
make their future horn • at No. 17 West
Broad street.
Mr. Joe Wolf, manager of the local
branch of the Isaac Joseph Iron Comp my,
left for Cincinnati, his own home and that
of his company, last night. Mr. Wolf goes
to announce his engagement to Miss Celia
Hilb of Cincinnati.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Craven, the
Misses Craven. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sin
nickson. Miss Sinnickson, Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Bell, and Miss Howell left for Old
Point Comfort yesterday in a private car
over the Plant System.
Dr. A. A. Morrison and Mr. T. W. Mor
rison left for New York yesterday via
the Florida Central and Peninsular Hoad.
From New York these gentlemen will
leave in a few days for 'Europe, where
they will visit the Paris Exposition.
Mr. M. M. Parks, one of the High
School teachers, has been invited to ad
dress the Georgia Teachers’ Association
at the convention to be held in June on
Cumberland Island. Mr. Parks will doubt
less make one of the best speeches the
teacheis will hear.
Five Fuse* Before Recorder.
Only five prisoners appeared before the
Recorder yesterday, all dharged with
trivial offenses. Three were discharged,
and the other two given optional sen
tences. One paid his fine, while the other,
, being short of cash, was sent to the lock
up.
At the Recorder’s Court this morning
' a hearing will be given E. Kaskell, who
Is chunked, on the information docket, w ith
not making the proper returns of his pawn
chop.
—Rear Admiral Philip tokl a story In
Springfield, Mass., tho other day which
shows that the men who served in the
navy during the war w ith fipnin wore not
till working for i living. While the Ad
miral was standing on th* quarter-deck
of the New York In New York harlior a
sailor approach**! him and requested per
mission to uk h yacht which lay but
.1 short dihtanee away. The officer of
the d* k ask'd why lie wanted to com
irtinh rre with the vessel. "Jle--ause. I
own her,” was the reply. That bailor was
doing ail tie duties to which he was
‘ idled and w i uio one ut the men be
4no<4 Ihi gutis
NOT FIT FOR CIVIL DUTIES.
FAN VOX'S CAt STIC COMMENT ON
NAVAL OFFICERS.
Argued .Against the Proposition to
Turn Over to the Navy Department
the Work of Surveying the Coast
of the New Islands—Hin Amend
ment Adopted, and the Coast and
Geodetic Survey Will Do It—Matter
Caused a Warm Debate.
Washington, April 19.—The House spent
practically tne entire day debating a prop
osition in the naval appropriation bill de
signed to turn over to the navy the sur
vey and charting of the waters of Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines. The bill
carries an appropriation of SIOO 000 for
this purpose.
Mr. Cannon, chairman of the Appropria
tion Committee, led the fight against it,
arguing that such surveying of these wa
ters as should be made should l>e perform
ed by the coast and geodetic survey,
which he said could do the work cheaper
and better. In the end tho House sustain
ed his view, adopting an amendment of
fered by him to appropriate only the reg
ular SIO,OOO for ocean* surveys.
The chairman of the Committee of the
Whole, Mr. Payne, overruled the point
of order against the appropriation for the
ntw naval academy, but an amendment
offered by Mr. Cannon was adopted, pro
viding that before the money appropriat
ed by the bill for the academy be expend
ed plans for the whole improvement not
to com to exceed si,ioo,ooo be submitted
and approved by the Secretary of the
Navy.
Mr. Cannon offered as an amendment to
the section (which appropriated SIOO,OOO
for surveys of the island of Guam, Ha
waii, Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba,
and charting the obstructions of the great
iakes), a simple provision appropriating
SIO,OOO for continuing ocean surveys.
Danger of Militarism.
Mr. Moody of Massachusetts, advocated
the amendment. He iwinted out that the
proposition in the bill was designed lo
create a rival of the coast and geodetic
survey in the navy department. The
navy had sought many times to control
it. To yield would be to incur the first
danger of militarism so much dreaded.
Coast survey work properly belongs lo
the sphere of civil life. lie cited the case
of the naval observatory to prove that
there was not proper administration of
scientific, work under naval officers. That
observatory’s work, he said, was the
laughing stock of the scientific world.
Every man to his own trade.
Mr. Foss, in charge of the bill, contend
ed that the right of the navy to-make
ocean surveys and surveys of the islands
of the sea had never been disputed hith
erto. Mr. Foss asked if it was fair to
hold officers responsible for ships sailing
over seas chartered by civilians? Every
foreign navy in the world made Its own
surveys.
A lively debate followed. Mr. Mcßae
of Arkansas supported the amendment.
Mr. Cummings of New York argued that
the proposed surveys should be made by
the navy and not by a semi-political bu
reau like the coast and geodetic survey.
He read a letter from, u man aow in the
survey, who had served twenty years at
sea. The letter described the work as
“pie.” ‘‘Nobody knows anything about
me.’ ’it said. “I am commanding officer. I
was only a boatswain in the navy.”
AVer© Educated to Filit.
• Mr. Cannon concluded the debate in fa
vor of the amendment. The officers of
the navy were educated to fight, he said,
not to perform civil duties.
“In the performance of olvil duties,”
said he, with great emphasis, “they are
the most incompetent and the most ex
pensive.”
In the burst of applause that follow©!
this utterance someone cried out some
thing about “Dewey.”
“Oh! I am not talking politics,” re
sponded Mr. Cannon. “i am talking dol
lars and cents and an efficient survey. I
ain a great admired of Admfral Dewey and
all the other officers and men who served
in the Spanish war. I love them so well
that when I see men trying to set them to
work at something at which they cannot
sustain themselves, I call a halt.”
(laughter and applause).
The Cannon amendment after a pro
tracted debate under the five-minute rule
was finally adopted, 111 to 40.
For the Naval Academy.
The Chair then overruled the point of
order pending against the appropriation
of $360,000 for the new naval academy at
Annapolis.
Mr. Cannon moved an amendment to
l'mit the total cost of the proposed im
provements at Annapolis to $6,000,000.
Mr. Mudd of Maryland reserved a point
of order against the amendment. Mr.
Cannon said according to the plans a to
tal expenditure of $12,000,000 was Involved.
The cadet barracks which were to house
245 boys were to cost $2,600,000.
After consider able debate Mr. Cannon
offered a substitute for his original
amendment to appropriate $350,000 for the
cadet barracks, providing that before any
of the money was expended plans should
he submitted and approved by the Secre
tary of the Navy, which would keep the
cost of the whole Improvement within $6,-
(00,000, including the $1,200,00) already ap
propriated and the sum carried by the
bill. The substitute was agreed to, 76 to
U.
Mr. Mudd gave notice-that he would
demand a separate vote on the amend
ment in the House.
Without completing the hill the com
mittee rose. At 5:25 p. m., the House ad
journed.
Liverpool Cotton Stntlitle*.
Liverpool, April 20.—Weekly cbtton sta
tistics: Total sales of all kinds. 29,000;
sales, American, 24,000. English spinners
takings, 56.0C0; total export, 6,000; import,
nil kinds, import, American, 66,000.
Stock, all kinds, 667,000; stock, American,
555,000. Quantity afloat, all kinds. 141.000;
afloat. American, 128,000. Total sales on
speculation, 200. Total sales to exporters
500.
—State Secretary Olin, of Massachu
setts, attended a banquet one evening last
we* k in company with the lieutenant
governor of the commonwealth, and in
the course of an address he referred to
his companion and himself as follows
“ You have here the ornamental and the
useful at the state house. I know of no
such sinecure as the lieutenant governor
ship except that of a lineman on a wire
less telegraph system.”
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CURED HIS CATARRH!
“slooo°2 y ./?%
/n Qold”jm>oss
less credulous. For
Bays a prominent Kansas City attorney Vw; y, * ho last eight years
“would not buy } “ ave fered every-
OR, GEO. LEININGER’S *
FORMALDEHYDE INHALER would aet*a hawking, choelein'u,
that I purchased less than A C O • 76r pliig<ted-u|> disagreeable sensation
a week ago from my thatwouldperhapscoinpelmetAstoii
druKirlsts Fbderinan St 'Z\SH±-xi> <~ir when only half finished. I have iisvj
Halier, were I not A one of Dr. Geo. Lciiuntter'sForn.aMelivo
ablotocet another A Ji'Ar Inhalers less titan a week, and I already
—I haa heard of AfASkyJ foellikeanew bcinß. I experience no hawk:..',
the wonders jfiVsf \ 'Jr couithwhenl get up in the morning—l relish m.
hreakfast.snmet hire.-I h.ile'trtono in years, at, and ■
T°lceicle*rkb<“Udncoagaln. No Sir t Jvo.fa
yy V fir ~A nnt ta * e SI.OOO la gold for my Inhaler, if . ,
/f/we'iwSw fr not get another anil you can haidly blame mo lor my
fjSfc enthuslain, seeing what it has done for me.”
f' * \ MORAL:—In this Instance you can believe our friend, the
attorney’s statement without taking any chances—your mon.y
Alv cheerfully refunded If you are not pleased.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AT 50 CENTS ON AN ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE.
JfATIOXAL LEAGUE OI’E.NS.
Thousands of People Attended Sea
sun's First Games..
New York, April 19.—Fifteen thousand
persons witnessed the opening game of
the baseball season at the polo grounds
this afternoon. The game throughout
abounded in good pitching and fielding.
The local club’s team showed up remark
ably well. Score: R.H.E.
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0-3 T 3
New York ....0 1 1 00 000 o—2 10 1
flatteries—Kennedy and McGuire; Gar
rick and Grady.
Philadelphia—lSoston.
Boston, April 19.—Ten thousand persons
saw the opening of the baseball season to
day when .he home team was beaten by
Philadelphia. The weather was fine. Orth’s
pitching gave the visitors a great lead
until the ninth. The batting really was
the feature. Score:
R.H.E.
Boston 1•2 0 0 1 03 1 9 0-17 25 5
Philadelphia . ...5 50202 20 1 2—19 19 2
Batteries—Willis, Bailey, Nichols and
Sullivan; Bernhard, Orth and McFarland.
St. Louis—Pittsburg.
St. Louis, April 19.—Cy Young proved a
veritable stumbling block to the Pittsburg
team to-day in the opening game of the
season. He allowed but five hits, struck
out nine men and fielded his position bril
liantly. Attendance 15,C00. Score:
R.H.E.
St. Louis 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x-3 7 1
Pittsburg ...0 0 000000 o—o 5 2
Batteries—Young and O’Connor; Wad
dell, Ecever and Zimmer.
Chicago—Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, April 39.—Before a throng
of almost 12,000 people Cincinnati was
forced to lower her colors before Chicago
In the opening game of the season. On
the bases the locals fairly ran away from
their opponents, but they could not make
their hits count so well. For five innings
Cincinnati held nn advantage. Score:
R. H. E
Cincinnati ..1 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 I—lo 13 3
Chicago 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 2 0-13 14 4
Batteries—Reitz. Philips, Scott "and
Crawford; Donahue, Griffith and Menefee.
AMOLE SHI T Ol T DETROIT.
Interesting Opening of American
Longue Games.
Detroit, April 19.—Amole achieved the
distinction of shutting out the Detroit
team without a hit or run in the oi>ening
game of the American 1 League season with
Buffalo this afternoon. Detroit had only
five men on first base during the nine in
nings.
The game was preceded by a procession
of the two teams through the business
portion of the city, headed by 200 mem
bers of the local branch of the Elks. At
the ball grounds Mayor Maybury pitched
the first ball to Charlie Bennett, the fam
ous ex-Boston dateher, who lost both his
legs a few years ago. Bay, the first man
up for Detroit, got to third base on an
error and a wild pitch, and was the only
local man who got farther than second
base during the rest of the game.
Score. R.H.E.
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o 0 8
Buffalo 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 3—B 7 1
Batteries —Cronin and Shaw; Amole and
Speer.
American League Results.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 19.—Indianapo
lls-Cleveland game postponed to-day on
account of soggy grounds.
Knnsas City, April 19.—Kansas City, 8;
Minneapolis, 9.
Sleeping Cars srmeen Savannah
nml Montgomery.
The Plant System will lnaupurato
sleeping car service between Savannah
and Montgomery, Monday Feb. 19. Leave
Savannah 6 p. m., city time. Arrive Mont
gomery 8:10 a. m.— ad.
WORK OF LABOR DELEGATES.
Denounced McKinley nnd Will I’ut
Out n Platfjrm.
Augusta, April 19.—The greater part of
to-day's session of the Federation of La
bor Convention was spent in discussion
of resolutions, which consumed so much
time that it was found necessary to hold
the convention over a day lenger.
The principal resolutions up for discus
sion were those for the employment of a
state organizer, which went through; and
one by White, of Atlanta, denouncing Mc-
Kinley and the army officers for the
"slaughtering of Ofganized labor” at the
Idaho mines, the latter consuming more
time than any other before the body.
The same author will have a labor plat
form before the Laws Committee to-mor
row, which will be reported favorably,
and very likely i>ass the convenlion. The
most Important work of the meeting will
be that of to-imorrow, when a delegate to
the National Convention will be elected,
and officers for the state.
The presidency will he between the (res
ent Incumbent. President Garret t and
William G. Gredtg of Augusta. Grt ltg
Will lie elected if he can be persuaded
to ullow his name to be used.
Jerome Jones. Jr., 1 year old, a mem
ber of the Fob-ration, was christened at
7 o'clock, the whole body attending and
presenting him with a gold cup.
—Mrs. Henry N. Couden Is the only per
son, outside ot members of Congress, who
is allowed In the Speaker's lobby while
the House Is In session. Her husband, the
Itev. Mr. Couden. chaplain of the House,
is blind. He Is taken lo Itv- House dally
by Mrs Cou.lun, and remains until nc
coinv4 lor him.
A
TRADE
INDUCER.
The metal furniture we
are selling is being adopted
by all the progressive and
successful proprietors of ice
cream parlors, soda founts
and drug- stores. There is
nothing that will gave a more
up to date appearance. It
is clean, neat and desirable,
We are agents for this line
Metal Chairs, Metal Table
and Stools. If you are going
in for the ice cream and soda
water trade it will pay you
to invest in an outfit of this
furniture. Our goods can be
seen at Conida’s, Cleveland’s
drug store, Jones’ pharma
cy, and others. Call or
’phone us.
11l l 11
State and Whitaker.
PRICES REDUCED^
25 to 50
Per Cent.
As Stock Must Be Sold
A Great Opportunity
To Buy
DRY GOODS, SHOES,
HATS, LADIES' FURNISHINGS.
TRUNKS, HOSIERY, ETC.
OF THE BANKRUPT STOCK OF
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liO Broughton Street, Wef.
CEO. S. HAINES,
Receiver.
Rice Straw, Rice Straw,
For Pornice nail IletJdinjf.
TE.AAN RUST PROOF OATS FOR SUE*
CORN, OATS, HAT
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