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UNION DEPOT AGREEMENT.
UKI'OHT or THE COMMITTEE CON
FIRMED I$Y COUNCIL.
The City Axnn to Sell the Railroads
Sixteen Acres of I<aoil (it S3OO on
Acre. to Close \\ ilson Street,
Change the Location of West
Boundary Street anil Gives a I'oo
- Bight of Way Th rough Its
Springfield Lands. Besides Allow
ing an S-Foot Knerimchment on
Roberts Street—The Railroad Will
Bear 111 the Expense of These
Changes and Make a Number ot
Concessions on Their Fart.
The City Ccuneil, at a recess meeting
h Id yesterday afternoon, confirmed the
agreem, nt entered Into by (he special
committee and the railroads Interested
In the Unrqn depot p eject.
The Council spent fully an hour and a
half In Committee of the Whole, discuss
ing the report of the committee and an
ordinance submitted by the House Drain
age Ccmmitte?, providing for sewer con
nection with the new system of drainage.
It was after 6 o’clock when the doors of
the Mayor's office were thrown open and
n report by the Committee of the Whole,
recommending ’.hot an agreement be en
tered into by the Mayor with the Union
depot petitioners on the basis of the memo
randum of agreement attached, was adop
ted on motion by Alderman Mills.
The agreement Is between the Mayor
and Alderman of the first part,
and Samuel Spencer, F. S.
Cannon, Robert G. Erwin, William L.
Clny, John Skelton Williams and William
W.Mackall, of the second part. The agree
ment covers a great many points and oc
cupies seven pages ofjClosely typewritten
matter. The Special Committee of Coun
cil, to which the matter was referred, and
Mr. W. W. Maekall and other representa
tives of Ihe railroads, have been at work
upon the matter for months. Most of the
essential features of the agreement have
been previously given in the Morning
News from time to time.
The city sells to the petitioners the
twelve acres of land immediately west
of Cemetery street and north of Gwin
nett street, and also lots 85 and 66 and
the north half of lot 67 Springfield plan
tation, a total of about sixteen acres, at
SSOO an acre. This is somewhat less than
the price first demanded by the city. The
city reserves a lot on Gwinnett street, 1(30
by 100 feet, containing the large arte
sian well on that street, and also the
lot at the southeast corner of the twelve
acre plot, south of the northern line of
Roberts street. The drainage of this
property is to be looked after by the pur
chasers and must be acceptable to the
city.
The city grants lo the petitioners a
right-of-way one hundred feet wide
through Its land on the Spring
field plantation and through the
northern part of the Water works tract
to Stiles avenue, up to which point rights
have already been obtained from pri
vate parties. A twenty-foot opening is
to be left at some i>olnt along this right
of-way to give the city access to its sta
bles. The railroad people agree lo make
an acceptable grade on Stiles avenue,
and also, at their own expense, to raise
the grade of the (racks leading to the
coal bins at the water works, so as to
make the bins accessible to the4r cars.
The depot people agree to construct, at
their own expense, two wooden wagon
bridges, or one iron bridge, across the
Springfield canal, east of the water works
lot and south of the proposed right-of
way, at points to be selected by the city.
They also agree to fence in the portions
reserved from rhe lots sold by tha city.
The petitioners are to lower the grade
of Gwinnett street at the crossing of the
track to Soulhovor Junction and to carry
their tracks across cn bridges, the bridges
to have an elevation of fourteen feat in
the clear, with a central span, giving a
clear opening of forty feet for the rood
way proper, with openings of about twen
ty feet on each side for sidewalks and
grass plats.
The city agrees to close Wilson street
between Stewart and Roberts streets and
grants to the petitioners (he right to use
the closed portion of Wilson street, on
condition that they defray the
cost of opening Cchen street, es
timated at $1,140. The city also
agrees to change the location of a por
tion of West Boundary street between
Roberts street and the Northern fine of
the twelve-acre lot and to relocate the
street so as to make it run west, along
the northern line of this lot, and thence
south to the western line of the lot on
Gwinnett street. The use of the closed
portion of West Boundary street is
granted to the petit oners.
The tracks leading westward from the
and pel arc to b carr ed over the
newly located poition of West
Boundary street on bridges. in
consideration of the • grants and priv
ileges, including the relocating of West
Boundary street, the petitioners agree to
open and extend Roberts street across
the twelve-aero lot purchased by them
from the city, to a connection with Gwln
nert street. The land needed for the relo
cation of West Boundary street for a
width of fifty feet is to be taken from
the twelve-acre tract, and the closed por
tion of West Boundary is to be included
in the measurement of the twelve-acre
lot and paid for at the price agreed upon.
All the work Is to be done by the peti
tioners at their expense and under the
supervision of the Committee on Streets
apd Lanes.
The city grants to the petitioners the
right to extend their propeitv line along
the north side of Roberts street for a dis
tance of eight feet over the space now
used as a sidewalk, “but which has thus
far never been recognized and treated as
such by the city.’|| The right to lower the
grade of Roberts street a ongsldc the de
j>ot prop.rty I t nc or.iance with the iduns
submitted, is granted. It b-ing required
that a retaining v.v.ii shall be built along
the omh side of liobetts t.ueet wherever
the street is depressed, th? wall to bo tert
feet distant from the propet ty line and to
extend two feet above the level of the
sidewalk. Convenient steps leading Trout
the sidewalk to the street level ate to be
placed at intervals of 200 feet.
The ci y agrees as a part of the eon
sderathn f r the payments eg re and to be
made, end the obligations assumed by the
Tul. roads that r.o a roots or lanes
s.iall lie open and her after tty
tie city through and across the
piopeny included letween Wert Broal.
S ewatt and Roberts streets and the re
located 1 ne of West Boundary.
it is specifically s ipulated that the
rights, privllec s ar.d concessions grant
ed by the city are granted with the ex
press condition that the i>arties of the
second part shall begin the work stipu
lated to be * otie by them within six
months frem the data <f the execution of
tha agre ment by the parties and that it
shall be completed w.thin two years there
aber. A failure by the p>r:l. s of the sec
ond part to comply with the conditions
ai to the b ginrl -g ar.d the cotrp eilon of
the work, o. to u.-c the |>:cmis s for the
pttr;cF(B Indicated in the agreement,
shall cause a forfeiture of the rights,
prlvlleg sand concessions granttd and
the same shall thereupon Immediately,
and without more lapse, become void.
The agreement will proiiebly be signed
up in a few days. Mr. W. W. Mackali,
•when asked about the action of Council
yesterday afternoon, said that he had just
returned from the North and had not in
formed himself as to the action of Coun
cil. He had no doubt, he said, thot the
agreement adopted by Council was the
one agreed, upon jointly by the representa
tives of the city and the railroads. He
was unable to say just when work upon
the depot would begin, as in all probebil-
Ity, some little time will be required in
carrying out the various details of the
agreement with the city in the matter of
surveying rights of way, changing street
lines and making other preparatory ar
rangements.
MANY FIRMS HAVE SIGNEO.
Early Closing Movement Has In
dorsement of Leading Houses.
A number of the more prominent of the
retail stores of Savannah, in several lines
of the retail business, have agreed to
close their doors at 6 o’clock In the
evening during the months of June, July.
August and September, Saturdays ex
cepted. ar.d at 7 o’clock in Ihe evening
during the remainder of the year, Satur
days excepted.
The petition and agreement to this ef
fect was circulated among the firms, cor
porations and individuals owning the
various stores on yesterday and the la
dies of the committee that has under
taken this work feel that they have rea
son to feel encouraged by the degree of
success they have achieved. The com
mittee by which the agreement was cir
culated consists of Mrs. T. U. Chisholm,
Mrs. S. P. Hamilton and Mrs. I. P.
Mendes. Dr. Meniles was also of the par
ty nnd added nls voice when it was
needed.
The agreement has been signed by Leo
pold Adler, Jackson, Metzger & Cos., Foye
& Morrison, B. H. Levy & Bro., the
Metropolitan, the Grand, Krouskoff Mil
linery Company, J. E. Gutman, L. Fried,
Theus Bros., Sternberg & Cos., Daniel Ho
gan, F. M. Kirby & Cos., J. Cohen, M.
S. Brown, Thomas West & Cos., Isidore
Collat, the Klondike Shoe Factory. The
agreement is to be binding only in the
event that all of the houses in each line
of business sign it.
The committee will continue to circu
late the petition during to-day, and it Is
hoped that within the next few days the
requisite signatures will have been se
cured. An especial appeal is made on
behalf of the shop girls, who nre nat
urally more affected and more Injured by
prolonged effort Rebind the counters than
are their masculine co-workers.
HE DRANK CARBOLIC ACID.
Leroy Eastern n. n Iloy of Four Years
Met a Tragic Death.
Leroy Easterlin, a lad of 4 years, living
with his parents on Liberty street, east
ot Habersham, met a tragic death j’ester
day afternoon. The boy was sent up
stairs by his mother for a bottle of cough
medicine, and, rummaging on the shelf
on which Che stock of medicines was
kept, came across a vial containing car
bolic acid.
In his childish innocence he raised the
vial to his lips and swallowed a por
tion” of its contents before he became
aware of hts mistake. His cries of agony
brought the people in the house rushing
to his side and the bottle, with the
residue of ihe virulent poison still remain
ing, told its own story. A physician
was summoned and everything possible
was done to save the child's life, but de
spite l all, he died. In great suffering
and agony, a quarter of an hour after
he had taken the fatal draught.
The lad's father Is in Florida, where
he has gone on business. He ts connect
ed with the Easterlin Whisky Company
of East Broad and Liberty streets, and
was in Florida partly on business and
partly on a pleasure trip o his old home.
He has been apprized of his son's sudden
and terrible death.
TO ATTEND HIS CONSECRATION.
Frlensls of Bishop Kelley Making Up
a Party to Richmond.
It is very likely that a party of Savan
nahians will go to Richmond to witresrt
the consecration of Very Reverend Benja
min J. Keiley as bishop, which ceremony
will take place in that city next Sunday.
Several friends of Father Keiley are mak
ing up a party now and it is hoped that
quite a number will decide to go. A party
of 25 will go from Augusta an! another
large party frem Atlanta, and H would
certainly be a satisfaction to the friends
of the bishop-elect here and to himself to
have some of his Savannah friends pres
ent at the ceremony.
Several have already signified their in
tention of going, and those who contem
plate making the trip are requested lo
communicate with Mr. John W. Golden,
who is looking after vhe arrangmenls. If
a sufficient number can be secured a spe
cial rate with through car can be se
cured. It is (lesirabe that it be learned defi
nitely to-day how many persons ate going,
so it will be necessary to give in the nam a
to-day.
DEATH OF 31145. J. H. 9IILI.ER.
The Funeral From the Christian
Chnrclt tti 4:30 O’Cloek.
Mrs. James H. Ml 1 r died at her resi
dence. No. 7 Park avenue, west, at
o'qicck last night, after a lingering illness.
For so trie months Mrs. Miller had been
endued to her bed, her disease being one
that defied the diagnosis and balked the
ski 1 of the medical faculty. She had suf
fered frem it for u long time before she
was compelled to lake to her bed.
Mrs. Miller was Miss Addle Dudley, the
daughter of Mr. and Aid s. Needham Dud
-1 y, and the nivee of Mr. Gilbert Dudley,
of this city. She was connected with the
St llwell family cf Rune. Her husband
survives her.
The funeral will take place from the
Christian Church, of which Mrs. Miller
wav a devout, (level and and active mem
ber, at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Ttia
interment will be in Laurel Grove.
FUNEIIAL THIS AFTERNOON.
Remains of 3Siss Albert Hull Will
Hctselt the City This Morning.
The remains of Miss Albert Lamar Hull,
the story of who=e sad death in the bud
ding promise of a fair and sweet young
womanhood, was told in yesterday’s Morn
ing News, will reach the city from Be
wtmee, Tenn., where the death occurred,
at 7 o'clock this morning.
Miss Hull's body reached Atlanta from
Sew.inee yesterday, and left that city for
Savannah last night. It will reach Sa
vannah over the Central Railway.
The body, upon arrival here, will be re
moved to the family residence, on Chlp
pewa Square. The funeral will take place
trotd Christ Church at 1 o’clock this after,
l ow. The funeral services will be ooi
tlurtcd by Rev. Robb White, rector of the
parish, and the Interment will ire in
Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Nature Needs
Ass stance only. Many of the cases of se
rious Illness could be checked at once
with a dose of Crab OrlW'tJ water, taken
in time.-ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1900.
MANY CRANED THEIR NECKS.
THE SOLAR FREE SHOW ATTRACT
ED ALL EYES.
Thousands Looked Through Smoked
Glass to WHness the Phenomenon
of Eclipse, the Like of Which They
Will Never See Again—The Day
Waa Just Right and There Was
Nothing to Mar the Effect—Savnn
nnhians at Rarneavllle Enjoyed
Their Trip and Got a Splendid
View of the Total Eclipse—Photog
raphers .Made the Most of the Af
fair .
Never in the history of Savannah have
so many thousand people craned their
necks In gazing skyward and strained
their eyes through smoked glass for the
purpose of beholding a heavenly object.
There may not be a rise in the market
price of glass to-day, but if the physi
cians are not called upon to treat num
bers of sore necks there will be cause
for surprise.
The eclipse had been well heralded and
thoroughly advertised. There was no
charge for admission to the theater in
which the exhibition was held, and the
audience was numberless. To a casual
observer who passed through the streets
every man, woman and child seemed to
be out In the open, equipped with smoked
glass or other protection for the eyes
and searching the heavens in the effort
to fathom the mystery to be witnessed
there. Business men on their way down
town and children on their way to school
stopped to gaxe at the heavens. Many
people left their beds earlier than usual
in order to get the benefit of the entire
performance. To the credit of Ihe as
tronomers It can be stated that the eclipse
came precisely on time and that every
thing happened just as they had said it
would. Best of all. It was a bright, sun
shiny day, and all who cared, and they
were many, had the pleasure of watching
the phenomenon.
,Had there been no notice given, It is
probable that very few people in Savan
nah would have suspected what was tak
ing place. Old Sol Is so regular and
methodical in his habits that he is rarely
looked to for explanation of the condi
tion of the atmosphere here below. From
the appearance of the heavers at the
beginning of the eclipse the average citi
zen would doubltless have taken It fog
granted that the clouds were gathering
In the sky and that another spring show
er was expected. As the eclipse pro
gressed, however, the peculiar subdued
light which fell over the earth was very
noticeable. The light had a solt effect,
somewhat like an early summer's dawn.
There was a stillness in the air, not so
noticeable In the city, however, but the
birds seemed to realize that something
unusual was happening, and were less ac
tive than usual. There was a percepti
ble chill in the atmosphere, doubtless
due in part to the eclipse, as in the path
of totality the chill was very decided dur
ing the eclipse.
Smoked glass was, of course, In great
demand. Prudent people, who had equip
ped themselves with large pieces, found
that they enjoyed a considerable advant
age over the less fortunate, as they could
view the phenomenon without discomfort
and with less strain upon the eyes. Smok
ed opera glasses were In common use
and many of the amateur photographers
found that an old negative furnished a
very satisfactory medium through which
to gaze skyward. A number of both the
professional and amateur photographers
obtained views Many members of the
Camera Club photographed the phenom
enon.
The crescent shape given the sun by the
partial ecl'pae from this point was very
easily illustrated by the simple process of
holding up a piece of cardboard with a
p'n-hole through the center, the ray of
light penetrating the hole falling to the
ground In crescent shape. This further
demonstrated by using a handglass with
which a crescent of ligt could be thrown
In any direct'on. When the light was
thrown upon a sheet of white paper near
at hand, however, the crescent changed
to an oval the size and shape of an egg,
surrounded by a bright ring of rainbow
colors, from six to twelve inches in diam
eter, according to the manipulation of the
glass.
The progress of enl'ghtenment and the
general increase of Intelligence was amply
1 Its ra'td by the conduct of the people
generally during ihe eclipse. Had an event
of this kind occurred a generation or two
ago not all the forecasts cf all the as
j tronomers would have kept the more ig
norant portion of the population, both
white and black, frem regarding It as
some dire portent f rotellng the ven
geance of heaven upon a wicked earth.
Ye teiday not even the negroes seemed to
regard the event with superstitious awe,
end everybody accented It as s’mply an ln
tercs Ing phen mcnon, curious only be
cause of Its ra l y. However, the younger
1 eop e who w itnessed the total eclipse,
will have somethlrg of Interest to recall
to their child rti years hence, as many
generations wl 1 pass before the like will
be witmssed again.
The gavsnnahlins who went to Barnes
vllle to witness the eclipse were thor
oughly satisfied with what they saw. Not
one of them was disappointed. The trip
was rather long for such a purpose, but
no expression of regret was heard. The
phenomenon was regarded as well worth
the time and money expended to gel Ihe
best possible view of It.
Col. G. B. Whatley was among those
who went up to see the sun obscured.
Among the others from Savannah at
Barncsville were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Haile,
and children. Mr. C. D. Kline and Mrs. T.
D. Kline, Mr. James Palen, Dr. W. F.
Aiken, Mr. Mongin Nichols, Mr. Dan Van
W'agnen, Mr. J. R. fnussy, Mr. Clement
Saussy and Mr. Fred Saussy.
Col. Whatley returned Inst night. To a
representative of the Morning New's he
gave a description of the eclipse as he
saw it at Barnevvllle. ”It was a grand
spectacle.” he said. "I am glad I went to
see it. and no one I heard express himself
seemed to regret the trip. Barnesville
was ctvowded with visitors, too. It was es
timated that there were from 5,000 to 6,000
In the town.
“A particularly Impressive feature of the
phenomenon to me was the appearance of
the planet Mercury. This seemed to be
not very far distant from the sun. and
never did I see a star so clearly white. It
was brilliant, looking as large and re
splendent as Jupiter or Venus. The coro
na flashed one of Its rays out toward the
planer, and the combination was beautiful.
"I should describe the obscurity as about
that which comes with ’deep dusk.’ Many
of the brighter stars appeared. We sat on
the veranda of the hotel in Barnesville to
witness the eclipse, and it was note,! that
the sparrows, one after another, flew to
their rovstlng places, where they chir
ruped for a while. Then, after the totali
ty was over, they left their perches. prob
ably thinking they had had but a >ho t
night’s rest, flying down Into the s'red
as before. Cows. too. that we had nvtcel
In a field a Hide distance awav, came
lowing toward the hotel. Just as thee
would do after sunset.
"The fall in the temperature that was an
accompaniment of the eclipse was (ur
prislng. Ladles had to get out their
wraps. At the period of totality It was
uncomfortably cold."
Col. Whatley said Dr. Aiken seemed to
think ho had been successful In his cf
fort to photograph the "shadow band' "
Mr. Nichols also took a numbi r of pic
tures while the eclipse was in progress.
FOR SEW ER CONNECTIONS.
House Drainage Ordinance Intro
duced by Alderman Thomas.
The City Council spent some time In
Committee of the Whole yesterday after
noon discussing the ordinance regulating
connections with the new house drain
age system offered by Alderman Thomas.
Several changes were made in the or
dinance as offered, after which Ihe ordi
nance was ordered published for informa
tion.
One of the changes in the ordinance,
which is of Interest, takes the supervis
ion of the house drainage from the con
trol of the Drainage Committee and
places it In the control of the Commit
tee on Streets and Lanes. The ordinance
as oTered by Alderman Thomas places
the control under the Committee of
Drainage. The majority decided, how
ever, to change this to the Streets and
Lanes. Alderman Thomas objected to
the change on the ground that the
Streets and Lanes Committee already has
more work to look after than any other
committee of Council, white the Drain
age Committee has very little work un
der its care. He also pointed out that
the house drainage work was originally
begun under the Drainage Committee and
was turned over to the special Committee
on Drainage, of which he Is chairman,
with the understanding that it was to be
returned to the Drainage Commiltee when
ihe work was completed and the special
committee discharged from its labors.
The majority did not agree with him,
however, and the chance was made as
stated.
The ordinance provides that maps of
the new drainage system shall be pre
pared and placed In the office of the di
rector of public works and the plumbing
Inspector and notice given of ihe game
for the Information of the public, after
which Is- shall be unlawful to lay any
sewers, to connect with storrtt water sew
ers or to construct privy vaults or dry
wells wiihln the completed disirlcts. All
permits for connections are to be issued
by the Street and Lane Committee,
through the director of public works.
Connections are only to be made under
the supervision of Inspectors to be desig
nated by the Mayor and after all the
plumbing connected therewith ehall have
been found by the plumbing inspector to
fully comply with the requirements. A
complete record is to be kept In the of
fice of the director of public works of all
connections, showing location, date and
under whose supervision made.
A number of regulations, providing for
the manner of making connections and
also for the protection of the system from
uses for which it was not intended nre
provided. The ordinance will be pub
lished officially for public information. On
inquiry by Alderman Jarrell, Mayor My
ers stated that the board of plumbing
Inspectors was expected to take the or
dinance under consideration and to rec
ommend such changes and additions as
It might deem‘advisable.
The members of Council present were
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor, and Aider
men Wells, Haas, Dixon, Schwarz. Thom
as, Mills, Jarrell, Horrlgan and Doyle.
TO HANDLE THE GARBAGE.
Mr, Colling Will Submit n Frnposl
tloa to the City.
Mr. J. S. Collins said yesterday that he
would submit a hid to Council in behalf
of the Savannah, Tunderholt and Isle of
Hope Railroad In a day or two for dis
posing of the city’s garbage. Alderman
Dixon, chairman of the Street nnd Lane
Committee, has requested Mr. Collins to
put in his bid.
It seems that Ihe result of some recent
conferences bettyeCn Mr. Collins and
members of the Street and Lane Commit
tee on this subject have not been as sat
isfactory to the former as he would like
to have had. As the Railroad Commit
tee will be put to considerable expense in
equipping for the work. Mr. Collins was
doubtful of the advisability of making a
bid under the circumstances.
As the summer ts at hand, tha Street
and Lane Committee must soon decide
what disposition it will make of the ex
tra garbage which always piles up during
the heated term. As the crematory is
no running, extra teams will have to be
put on soon unless some such arrange
ment as that offered by the street rail
way company is entered into. If a prop
osition by which the city can save money
ts made, the Indications are that It will
be accepted.
HALF A DOZEN CEMETERY SITES.
Cemetery Committee Will Give Out
No Information Now.
The special Cemetery Committee of City
Council met yesterday at noon and Bpent
some lime in discussing the several bids
submitted for sites for anew cemetery.
Alderman Haas, chairman of the commit
tee, said after the meeting that the com
mittee had decided not to give out any
information at present, but to wait umil
bad submitted its report to Council
before discussing the matter. Among
the offers submitted, he said, there ap
peared to be about half a dozen sites ap
parently (ligibte for cemetery purposes.
The commiltee will inspect these and
then make up its report to Council.
Keep a bottle or two of Cooks Im
perial Extra Dry Champagne in your
ice chest; then you will always be ready
for callers.—ad.
LITERATI HE AUDIT SI MMER
HOMES,
Artistic and Interesting Pplilleatlona
Issued by the Southern Railway.
The passenger department of the South
ern Railway has Just issued a handsome
and interesting pamphlet describing the
beauties of the “Land of the Sky," West
ern Nortl* Carolina and the Asheville
Ilatcau, the ncst famous and popular
summer resort region in this country. In
addition to the Interesting descriptive
matter, this pamphlet is beautifully Illus
trated with finished, up-to-date half-tone
pictures.
The Southern Railway has a’so Issued
Its 1900 edition of the summer homes
folder, the most complete and Tollable
publication of Its k nd, giving a select list
and descrip tens of the best hotels and
bearding houses, and many valuable and
Interesting write-ups about the numerous
summer reserts reached by its lines.
Either of these publications may be had
upon application to Randall Clifton, D.
P. A., 11l Bull street. Savannah, Ga.
ad.
Going Out of llunlnens.
The Oglethorpe Real Estate Company,
owners of oil those beautiful lots on
Eighth street, east, from Habersham
street to Wotera avenue, have defided to
go out of business; 145 lout will be thrown
upon the market for whatever prices they
will bring. Auction sale on premises
Tuesday, June 12, 5 o’clock afternoon;
terms of sale per lot, $25 cash, $25 payable
quarterly; interest at 6 per cent, per an
num; a 5 per cent, discount allowed for
all cash. See Fintshek &- Co.,’auctioneers,
110 Bryan street.—ad.
Retiring From Business Sale.
Everything In Ihe house, embracing
gents' furnishings, must be sold by July
1 at prices below what you have ever
bought them. M. S. Brown, 123 Brough
ton, west.—ad.
SKIN GAME ENDS IN DEATH.
SIGNORA MITCHELL SHOT AND FAT
ALLY WOUNDED JAMES HARRIS.
Tragedy Occurred In the Early
Morning, In tlie Disreputable Dive
Maintained by the Women, in the
Western Section of the City—The
Woman Is, nnd Harris Was, a Ne
gro—A Game of Slcin In Which
Harris Hud Lost Steadily Preceded
the Homicide—Tore the Deck In
Anger at His 111 Luck—Varying
Talcs as to the Degree of the Wo
man’s Guilt,
Signora Mitchell, alias Signora Harris,
alias half a dozen other names besides, ts
held at the police station house for the
murder of James Harris. The Mitchell
woman is a negro woman of evil reputa
tion, while her victim, though not of ab
solutely spotless life and irreproachable
character, enjoyed a moderately good rep
utation among the people of his race.
The tragedy occurred in the dive main
tained by the woman, on the corner of
Cuj’ler and Duffy streets, in the western
section of the city, and in a neighborhood
known of the police for its frequent con
tributions to the somewhat eventful his
tory of their lives. Vice in that neigh
borhood stalks triumphant and crime is so
common and so generally participated in
that anything less than a homicide at
tracts no particular attention. .
The story tcld by those who were in
the house at the time the fatal shots were
fired Is altogether in favor of the wo
man. These witness s, Gug Thompson,
Jim Small and Owen Martin, are held
with the slayer of Harris at the station
house. The description of Ihe homicide
given by the quartette is practically iden
tical. Inde and, the stories tcld bear so close
a resemblance to each other that Coroner
Gcette, who had determined to hold an
inquest last night, postponed It until such
time as he was able to secu e the attend
ance of some other witnesses, not quite
so overceme with the entire and perfect
innccerce cf the woman held under arrest
for the crime.
The story told by the defendant and
her friends is that a game of skin was
in progress at the woman’s house during
the early hours of yesterday morning, in
which Hartis was a player and at which
Ite had been a steady leser. Angered by
his ill-luck, he at last tore the deck of
cards through, and a wordy colloquy be
tween the Mttche 1 woman and himself at
once ensu and. Thompson says the woman
had a revolver In her hand at this junc
ture and that hr and Small succeeded,
after seme difficulty, in carrying her into
an adjoining room and holding her down
on a bed.
Then, according to the Thompson and
Small version of the homicide, Harris be
gan to get ugly. When besought to go
home he refused to do so and finally,
breaking loose from Thompson’s restrain
ing hold, rushed into Ihe room in which
the woman was. with a drawn knife In
his hand. Th’n she fired, three shots in
ray id succession, the third shot taking
effect in Harris’ abdomen and bringing
ldm to the floor with a moan of anguish.
For some minutes after the shooting the
woman and her allies, one of whom.
Thompson, lived in the house, were to
g ther without interrupt'on. Then an ex
cited mob of negroes charged down upon
the scene and the house was filled. Pa
trolman Words was soon on the spot,
and Sergt. Fleming, Detective Garrity
and Patrolman Far tell arrived almost im
mffiiately afterwards. By this time the
mcr'al’y wounded men had b=rn placed
in bed and the woman, his assailant, had
disappear! and.
The search for her was begun at once,
and after some difficulty Garrity located
her concealed behind a pile of rubbish be
neath an adjoining house. She was hauled
out and carried into the room where her
.victim lay dying. She watched him expire
with sullen unconcern and led the chorus
of her vindication that was poured' out by
herself, Thompson. Small and Martin into
the ears of the officers of the law. After
Harris's death she was carried In the
wagon to the station house, along with
the witnesses who then acknowledged
knowing something about the homicide.
Garrity continued to work on the case
yesterday and succeeded in gleaning evi
dence that had not come out during the
previous hurried investigation. He found
two witnesses, one a woman living in the
neighborhood, and another a negro man,
Georjse Glover, whose accounts of the fa
tal shooting and the events that preceded
it place It In a far different light from
that told by the witnesses interrogated at
the bedside of the dying man.
The story of the woman is to the effect
that Signora hod long cherished bitter an
imosity against Harris, whom she accused
of assisting in removing from, her influ
ence a man whom, in her own way, she
had loved and with whom she had been
living. It is said that on Sunday after
noon she was heard to soy that she would
kill Harris at the first opportunity and
after he had ben shot, ond placed on her
bed, she Is said to have threatened to re
enter the room ond make an end of him.
Glover makes an Interesting contribution
to the facts offered in evidence. He says
that while the skin game was in progress
he was standing outside the house and
that he heard Harris say:
"There’s my last twenty cents. If I lose
that I am going to tear up this deck of
cards. It’s a horse deck, anyhow." A
“horse deck,” in the vernacular of the
players of skin, is one in which the cards
have been marked.
Oiovcr overheard the#hea*ed argument
between Harris and the woman and her
remonstrance with him for tearing the
deck. Then there was a scuffle ond aimo t
immediately afterwards the shots were
fired. He says there was no interval of
any length between the quarrel and the
firing. The other story has it that there
was a considerable interval, dur.ng which
the woman was carried from the room in
which the quarrel occurred to ar.oihr.
A clrcums'.anee ibat casts suspicion on
the story told by the woman and her three
friends is that the officers were never all*
to find the knifwtbey said Harris had held
in his hand when he entered the room. It
was not on or about his person or any
where about the room. A further sus
picious element in the story is that Small
tells a part of it. He is a notorious rogu’
and distinguished himself last jear by
walking into Knight's Pharmacy, gather
ing up the cash register ar.d taking a run
with it. Had it not been for a piece of
wire, stretched to protect a newly plant and
grass plat, it is probable he would have
made his escape.
The Mitchell woman has served a term
in the penitentiary for assault with in
tent to murder and two or three terms
on the chain-gang. Her dive was a no
torious one and the resort of ihe worst
element of her race. The old adage about
giving a dog a bad namie seems applica
ble in this Instance, for it has served to
make the detective* skeptical about every
thing the woman has to say. The in
quest that the coroner will hold to-night
mny serve to cast some further light on
Ihe homicide.
"Persevere and proaper." If you take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla faithfully for scrof
ula, salt rheum, bolls, eruptions, dyspep
sia ,lt will cure.—ad.
Retiring Front Bmslik-m Sale.
Hoys’ and children’s clothing at half
price. All that is left must go at once.
M. S. Brown, 123 Broughton, west.—ad.
The Only
KIND THAT
WON’T CAKE
FAVORITE
Table Salt
Sold in dust proof and air tight
boxes. At the grocer's.
5 and 10 cent sizes.
DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO
St. Clair, Mich.
HENRY SOLOMON Sc SON,
Sole Distributing Agents.
11. C.„V. REUNION, LOUISVILLE, KY.
May 30-Jnnc 3—Very Low Rates Via
Southern Railway,
For the above occasion the Southern
Railway offers very iow rates, and the
best time and best service to Louisville.
Tickets will be sold cn May 27, 2S, 29. lim
ited for return until June 10. The tickets
mav be extended fifteen days (beyond
June 10). Round trip rate from Savannah
$ll.OO. For full particulars apply to Ran
dall CHI ton. D. P. A., James Freeman, C.
P. A., 11l Bull street. Savannah, Ga.—ad.
Guessing Contest nt tile Metropoli
tan Clothing Company.
The prize will be donated to-night by
the Metropolitan Clothing Company at
Barbee & Bandy’s dancing pavilion lo
the amount of $5 in goods.—ad.
Soft Snaps—Wise People.
One you surely will be, the other we
know you will get, at the colossal sale of
building lots in Beautiful "Ttsynac Gar
dens,” (Eighth street, east, from Haber
sham street, to Waters avenue). Ogle
thorpe Real Estate Company owns 143 lots
here, going out of business, sale goes on
from day to day, until all are sold; orders
are sell for whatever they will bring;
Terms of sale, $23 cash per lot, $25 pay
able quarterly, interest at 6 per cent., or
a 5 per cent, discount allowed for all
cash. Auction sale on premises, Tuesday,
June 12, at sp. m. Platshek & Cos., auc
tioneers—ad.
Columbia $1.30 Hound Trip.
Chenp Excursion, Monday, May 3ft,
Special train will leave Savunnah 7:30
a. m., city time, via Southern Railway
Monday, May 28. Returning, leave Colum
bia, 9:00 p. m., same date; $1.50 round trip.
Separate coaches for white and colored
people.—ad.
Beautiful “Teynse Gardens”
Is the name of that bright spot of earth
on Eighth street, east, from Habersham
street to "Waters avenue, owned by the
Oglethorpe Real Estate Company. Have
145 fine building lots, to be sold at any
old price, to close them out; terms per
lot, $25 cash, $25 payable quarterly; inter
est at 6 per cent., or a 5 per cent, dis
count allowed for all cash; great auction
sale on premises, Tuesday, June 12, 5 p.
m. Platshek & Cos., auctioneers.—ad.
Five Trains n bar to Brunswick, Via
the Plant System.
If you are going to Brunswick, take the
Plant System, via Jesup and Southern
Railway. Quickest time.—ad.
Special Schedules to Tjbee,
Mny 29, Account Picnic
Orphans of the St. Mary’s Home.
Heave Savannah 10:05 a. m., 1:30 p. m.,
3:35 p. m., 5:35 p. m., 6:30 p. m., 8:15 p. m.
Heave Tybee 7:45 a. m., 11:05 a. m., 3:00
p. m., 5:25 p. ra., 7:20 p. m., 8:05 p. tn., 10:30
p. m. Round trip rate aduils, 50 cents;
children, 25 cents.—ad.
Chulr Cars on the Plant System inn.
day Excursions.
Tickets sold at rate of SI.OO for the round
trip to Charleston. Chair car attached
to train leaving Savannah 6:20 a. m.—ad.
Carnival of Slaughter
Is mild talk of telling you what will hap
pen at the mammoth sale of building lots
on Eighth street, east, from Habersham
street to Waters avenue; 145 lots, owned
by the Oglethorpe Real Estate Company;
they are going out of business, ond the
prices at which they will let go these
lots will astound you; terms per lot, 335
cash, 825 payable quarterly; interest at 6
per cent., or a 5 per cent, discount allowed
for all cash. Aucllon sale on premises,
Tuesday, June 12, sp. rn. Platshek & Co.i
auctioneers. —ad.
fI.OO for the Konnd Trip, Snvannnh
to Charleston.
Train leaves Savannah Sunday morn
ings, 6:20 a. m. for Charleston, and the
Isle of Palme; fare SI.OO for the round
trip. Chair car attached to train; via
Plqnt System.—ad.
A Comfortable Trp to Montgomery.
Is only made via the Plant System; only
line running direct sleepers between Sa
vannah and Montgomery.—ad.
Summer Excursions.
Low Kates Via Southern Ry.
Summer excursion tickctß now on sale,
via Southern Railway, from Savannah to
principal summer resorts in North Caro
lina, Tennessee, Virginia, etc., tick
ets limited for return passage
until Oct. 31. Complete Informa
tion may be obtained; also literature
and summer homes folder giving full par
ticulars about the best hotels, boatd.ng
houses, etc. Southern Railway is the only
line operating through shaping cars to
Asheville, Hot Springs and points in
“Hand of the Sky." James Freeman, City
Passenger and 'llcket Agent, ill Bull
street, Randall Clifton, District Passen
ger Agent. Telephone, 850.—ad.
Sunday Trips to Charleston anil Isle
of Palms.
SI.OO for the round trip to Charleston
Tickets sold good only for Sundays; via
Plant System.—ad.
Retiring From lluslucss Sole.
Serge suits, single coats, single coats,
only a few left. Come while we have
sizes; at half price. M. S. Brown l”3
Broughton, west.—ad. . ‘
Uruybearil.
"Graybeard cured me of Catarrh of the
head which nad clung to me iu years.
Mrs. Rhoda Dean.
Ballinger, Tex."
Graybeard Is sold at all drugstores for
ll - Respess Drug Cos., Props.-ad.
Less Thun Three Hours Between Sa
vannah an.l Brunswick, Via Pln^it
System anil Southern Railway.
J*!,* 5 ’ I< ’ avln * Savannah, via
the Plant System, at b:2O a. ra., makes
direct connection at Jesup with the
Southern Railway for Brunswick; arr vo
Brunswick at 8:05 a. tn.-. leave Brunswick
9.20 a. m., arriving Savannah 12:12 n. m
For further information, ’phone 73.—ad.
Complete Line of
Summer
Horse Goods,
FLY NETS,
EAR NETS,
LAP SHEETS,
“ALL KINDS AND
PRICES.”
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
’Tis a White Goods Week
AT HOGAN’S.
Reductions have been made al] throurk
the White Goods Department, and you can
now buy the daintiest, handsomest ar.j
newest White Goods ever offered in
vannah at exceedingly low prices.
3ti-inch Linen Lawns, 35c.
36-inch Sheer Linen Lawn, 45c.
33-inch Linen Cambric, 75e.
46-!noh French Nainsook, 25c; usual pries
35 cents. ' *
46-inch Batiste Mull, 39c.
46-lneh Persian Lawn, 49c; usual pries.
60c. 01
White India Linons, 10c; usual nr'cs
12(4".
White India Linons, 12%c; usual pries
15c.
White India Linons, 15c; usual price 2fe
White India Linons, 20c; usual price kn
SHIRT WAISTS.
We have now the Largest Stock of
White Shirt Waists—choice styles, perfeq
fitting and paced Just about one-half of
their value. Lots of Shirt-Waist Materials
—should you prefer to make your own
OUR FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
While not anew departure, is new ,
every item of stock. We have paid par
ticular attention to this department sines
our refurnishing, and can render tr.ofs
satisfactory service than ever. The gooi
are the best—the prices very low. The siv.
oinl price system does not prevail here In
a day, but is in effect all the time. Not*
the prices—examine the wares. You'll t
pleased.
Just in from New York, a brig shipment
of colored skirts, Shirts and Neckwear.
Our washable and silk colored Shirts are
beautiful.
In Neckwear we show Bows, Club Tie,,
Teeks, Four-In-Hand, and Imperials, front
3e and up. We have a special line of t e
for hoys. 23 cents each. Ladies’ fine Ribbed
Vests, 10c: fine Lisle Vests, 15c; finer ones,
25c; extr size Vests for Ladies 23c; Ladies'
Ribbed Knee Pants, 25c.
WASH GOODS.
SPECIAL VALUES.
We have placed some new summer goods
Apon the counters at very attractivt
prices:
HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES.
Just the needed things for hot weather,
and too at prices way below anything you
have been accustomed to.
Special lot of Summer Bed Spreads. 63c;
Special lot of Summer Bed Spreads, HA
Good 66-inch Bleached Linen Table Dam
ask, Cse.
Good 72-inch Bleached Linen Tabl
Damask, 75c.
Good 72-inch Bleached Linen Tails
Damask, 98c.
An extra iarge size Linen Huck Towel,
$1.75; usual price, $2.25.
An extra iarge size Linen Huck Towel,
$2.00: usual price, $2.40.
45x23 Bleached Linen Huck Towels,
S3.CO; usual price $4.00.
Extra size Bleached Damask, 25c; usual
price, 40c.
Good yard-wide sheeting, 7c; regain
price, 9c.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard 9ts.
Refrigerators.
Chilcot, the Yukon
and the Economic.
Best in their class,
Freezers.
Peerless and Zero.
Best in the world.
U. PEEPLES J SONS.
EDWARD LOVELL'S SONS
113 BROL'GHTON STREET. WEST.
ROASTED COFFEE
For >a!e to the trade by
C. M. GILBERT & CO.,
Coffee Importers and Roaters.