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HOW DIAMONDS ARE TAKEN.
cleverest thievery is dove by
the SO-CALLED “BOOSTERS.”*
Tliese Steal Preclou* Gems Under the
Very Roue of Dealer*—Switching or
Substituting; I* Also Deftly Prac
ticed—How Nipping From Kina*
nnl Neclttlea I* Done In a Crowd.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
It is not porch climbers or the hold-up
men the police are particularly worried
about. In the parlanoe of the light-fin
gered profession, these are “rough work
ers,” and sooner or later betray them
selves and fall into the hands of the po
ll.ie. They make noise at their work and
auract attention. They run and shoot and
climb fences and break windows. They
are not smooth in their operations; few
of them successfully plunder the public
for a very long time. But there are
thieves of a different grade who bother
the detectives day and night, men and
women, too, who are expert in their line
and who are rarely caught. Even when
they are arrested, unlike the ordinary bur
glar or hold-up man, they have money—
lots of it. They can g£t out on bail and
can “settle” with their victims to avoid
prosecution and then go blithely on their
way to fresh fields.
These thieves are of the class known as
“boosters.” Their specialty is the steal
ing of diamonds and other precious gems
under the very noses of dealers in precious
•tones. Well dressed, prosperous-looking,
with horses and 'carriages to take them to
the jewelers’ shops* they entirely disarm
suspicion by their appearance. They
gather in the diamonds and get away,
and there is no trace for the police to
work on. It is this sort of thievery that
calls forth the shrewdest work of the de
detective department. Usually the
pursuit of the thieves is based upon
knowledge of their personality, or, rather,
guess work on the part of the police. Th y
know most of the “boosters” by reputa
tion or in person, and in time they got 10
recognize, almost to a certainty, the pe
culiar character of “work” done by each
gang. When a robbery is repotted the |o*
lice exact the ihinutest details from 'he
jeweler and then- they may have a slight
clew to work on. Sometimes they suc
ceed—again they don’t. #
Nearly all the large jewelry houses £j*e
members of the Jewelers’ Protective As
sociation, an organization which emploxs
William A. Pinkerton’s detective agency
by the year to ferret out crimes of this
character. The detectives employ and, 01
the work are specialists who haVe Trade
a close study of the criminals who follow
‘•boosting” of diamonds as a profession,
and. as soon as a robbery is reported from
any pari of the country, they are on the
trail, and. with their wide knowledge of
the thieves and of their abiding places
and methods, they very often locate the
“boosters” and the property before it
has been disposed of.
The methods of tho thieves are so clever
and so thoroughly calculated, to throw the
jeweler off his guard that It i* often weeks
or months after a robbery that it is and s
covered by the jeweler; then tracing ihe
thieves is almost impossible, as the detai 0
of thdir appearance and actions have al
most faded from memory. Women are
often employed as confederates, and some
times as priricipals, because in the mind
of the average jeweler the presence of a
splendidly dressed woman wishing to pur
chase diamonds does not for an instant
suggest thievery. A swell carriage, rented
for the day at a livery stable, drives up
to the door of a big jewelry house, a foot
"W-J u nps dbw'ri an<T holds onen J the (tror
and the proprietor of the store, with his
eye out for customers, rubs his hands as
he sees a fashionably attired man get out
end extend his hand to a woman, also
dressed in the height of fashion.
The jeweler is obsequious when his cus
tomers stroll in. gaze around the store as
if they intended to buy the place if they
should chance to like it. They want to
see unset diamonds—the lady wishes to
replace some lost from a tiara or a neck
lace. The proprietor is delighted to show
his stock. The big safe is opened and a
tray of beauties placed before the cus
tomers. The man who accompanies the
woman shows but a languid interest in
the proceedings. Evidently his mission is
solely to pay for the gems; he looks into
the showcases end examines the silver
ware while the woman picks up the dia
monds one by one. holds them to the light,
has them weighed, and puts them back
in the tray. There is nothing there which
exactly suits her—she is afraid ihe sionei
will not match her necklaoe. If ihe pro
prietor wishes to try his expert han.l at
matching she perhaps produces a diamond
necklace from a chatelaine bag—a neck
lace with two or three diamonds missing.
This is the last proof that she is a gen
uine customer.
Stolen Before Hl* Eye*.
The jeweler handles the necklace rever
ently and s?ts seme of the choicest stones
in ihe vacant settings to try their effect.
But still the woman is not satisfied. She
cannot make up her mind. At last she
pi ks out two s oncs and the jeweler
to set them aside with her name on them,
and if she cannot find a better match
Ila where she will return for them. She
gives him a name and address—always an
address in a fashionable locality. The
jeweler puts the diamonds in a little box
and stows it away in the safe. He tells
her he is sure she Will return, as he s
confident she cannot match the diamonds
more closely. The escort yawns and sug
gests they had best be moving. And
they move. The carriage drives away, the
Hunter Rye
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Delicious
Cheering
Comforting
Strengthening
because It 1*
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Bold at *ll first-class Cafes.
HENRY SOLOMON tk SON.
Sole Agents, Savannah, Ga.
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proprietor seeing his wealthy customer to
the doer, and afur it has been gone an
hour, or maybe less, the jeweler discov
ers that one or mote of the valuable dia
monds which were n ihe tray is gone. He
is loath to susj ect the lady. He searches
everywhere, takes cut the little box to
see if he put too many in it, counts the
remaining diamonds again and again to
satisfy himself that spjne a e really miss
ing ard at last it dawns upon him that
he must ha\e been robbed.
The Alarm I* Spread.
But what can he dp? He quietly sum
mons the police and tells then} the story.
In answer to "their inquiries he describes
as do-el/ as he can the man and woman
who were in the store. The description is
vagna and might fit a. th usand people.
Ther * is no, way of tracing the rig pr
learning from what stable i< was rented.
At the at dr-ss given of course, no one
over heard of the woman whose name the
police l ave takn from the little box in
the safe. It looks like no thor
oughfare. Usuadly it is. Even before the
police have been summoned—before the
jeweler has ccnvinc.d himself that the
missing diamond has not been mislaid in
the store—the “boosters” have dismissed
i heir carriage and are on a train, bound
for anywhere out of town. A diamond
worth $.5) or S2O) is worth the risk and
ihe exp nse of a $4 carriage for an hour.
lion Geiu* Are “Switched.”
Another trick of diamond thieves of this
character is known as “switching” gems.
This requires perhaps even more nerve
than boldly taking a diamond from its
place on the tray. In this practice the
make-up and general plan of approach
is the same, calculated to throw the jew
eler off his guard and make him think
he is dealing with a wealthy couple who
desire to buy a few thousand dollars’
worth of diamonds. The man who intends
getting the scone has a “phony” diamond
concealed in one of his hands—a paste
affair which presents a good appearance
to a casual glance, but wi 1 rot stand the
tests. While txamining the tray of dia
monds the thief gets his eye on a stone
resembling as much as possible in size
and cut the one he has in his hand and
at a favorable opportunity, when the pro
prietor is talking with the woman con
federate. for instance, he “switches” the
1 ante diamond to the tray and gathers in
the genuine stone.. The most watchful
dealer may be victimized in this way, for
if h? knows how many diamonds he ha<4
in the tray and takes a mental survey
of them before his customers leave there
are all the stones apparently Just as they
were when he showed the tray. He cannot
detect the substitution at a glance and
often after the customers leave there are
all the stones apparently just as they
w re when he showed the tray. He can
not detect the substitution at a glance
a # d ofien after the customers have decid
ed not to buy and have driven away he
puts the tray back in the safe without a
suspicion of anything wrong, and it may
be a wek later that he discovers a
“phony” diamond in the lot. Then, of
course, pursuit is almost hopeless.
Operations Are lefrequrnt.
These thieves are the kings of the dia
mond-stealing business. They do not have
to operate very often in a year to make
a good thing out of it. As they circulate
over the country, the chances of their
arrest are very small. There are Jewelers
in all the cities to be "worked” and a dia
mond here and there makes the game pay
j well. Most of the "boosters” have extrav-
I agant habits, however. They stop at the
best hotels, wear rosily clothing, drive in
fanry livery rigs and otherwise squander
their money right and left. These habits,
Indeed, sometimes lead to their discovery
and arrest, for the detectives who are
nearly always on their trail know their
methods so w t ell that a few inquiries at a
first-class hotel, made in the way detec
tives know how lo make them, will some
times reveal the fact that a strange cou
ple who appear to have plenty of money
ore spending It plentifully. If the detec
tive suspects they are his “people” he
has thun pointed out to him'in the dining
room or ljbby of the hctel and then It Is
al. cK, for the chances are he knows one
or the other by sight from past experl
en e
Of a different grade entirely are the dia
mond thieves who "nip” the valuable
gems from rings, shirt bosoms and neck
ties on the street. They are fully as ex
pert in their line, but in the category of
the police ate classed as pickpockets. To
get a diamond In a crowd Is not so hard
as It might seem. It the stone Is large
ard looks like a good one the thief some
times shadows and follows lis wearer for
days until a favorable opportunity Is pre
sented for getting It. Again, It may be
"nipped” five minutes after the thief
spies It. Usually a big diamond stud or
scarf pin is "spotted” on someone in a
hotel lobby—some well-to-do traveler,
stockman, gambler or politician who has
put J',oo of SSOO Into a diamond and Is
preud of it. Suppose he wears It as a shirt
stud, as nearly all the aldermen of this
city did a few years ago.
Tho thief rples it and keeps his eye on
Its owner, waiting for a chance to get
■’next’’ to him. He may have to wait for
hours until the owner decides to go to
the theater or to make a call and starts
for a street car. If he is smoking he
Jumps on the front plalfotm. The thief
Is right behind him. or. If he is morally
sure his victim la to take a certain car,
he Is on the car ahead of him. On the
.platform the diamond "nipper” .opens a
newspaper, In which h? becomes Intensely
Interested and spreads one Bheet of It
so that It covers the shirt front and the
diamond of hlB neighbor, apparently acci
dentally. The owner of the stone, uncon
scious of what Is going on, smokes tran
quilly and looks up at ihe tall buildings.
Under the newspaper the hand of the
thief slowly approaches the diamond stud.
In the hand Is a strong but small pair ott
steel nippers. The delicate touch of the
thief's fingers reveals the exact position
of the atone as though he were looking
at It. While apparently buried in the news
paper he squeezes the nippers on the gold
wire spiral of the stud and the steel Jaws
sever It as though It were paper. The dia
mond falls into his hand, for the little
nippers arc almost entirely covered by
Its r aim. When he hns the stone It Is
time to do a “getaway." Hastily glanc
ing at a s'rtet corn r sign, us though he
had passed his street In his abstraction, ,
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1900.
he jumps off and Mr. Man has lost his
dimond.
Women Easy YU-tlitis.
Women who w ar large solitaire rings
are easy victims to the * nipper.” Of
cours*, they want to and splay them. They
wil rot weir g oves to cover the bril
liants, for what would be the use of wear
ing diamonds if the o:h?r women did not
se them and envy their possessor? Most
Women who have diamond rings wear a
solitaire on th? "engagement” finger of
the left l ard They aso use the left
hand to hold up the trailing skirts which
are. now the vogue, and there you are.
With the hi n 1 b hind her and the dia
m nd gleaming on her finger as if invit
ing the “nipper”'to come and tak*- it, the
w man strolls down State street. She can
not 1 ass the shop windows without look
ing in. The thief follows until she mingles
w <h crowd b fore a w ndow w here her
left hand is not in plain si ’ ht. Stepping
betide her and affecting to examine the
window display he sets tne nippers around
the setting of the ring, gives one qui£k
squeeze and the and arm ili is his. If the
woman fee's a slight to\Vh she does not
notice it. She may think someone in the
crowd jostled her. Hours’ afterward it
may be she disc vers the empty setting
and then tte e is an outcry. But it is too
late theo and hyr bus) and gets her an
other diamond, which she ca ries through
the s.reels in ihe same o and way.
THE COMING AGE OF ALUMINUM.
Doom of the Copper Industry Fore
shadowed and the Ultimate Down
fall of Iron.
Nicola Tesla in the Century Magazine.
The coming age will be the age of alum
inium. It is only seventy years since this
wonderful m tal was discovered by Woeh
ler, and the aluminium industry, scarcely
forty yeais old, commands already the
attention of the entire world. Such'rapid
growth*iias’*not been recorded in the his
tory of civilization before. Not long ago
aluminium was sold at the fanciful price
of? 30 or S4O per pound; today it can be
had in an/ desired amount for as many
cents. What is more, the time is not far
Off wh n this price, toe, will be considered
fanciful; for great improvements are pos
sible in the methods of its manufacture.
The absolutely unavoidable consequence
of the advance of the aluminium industry
wi 1 be the annihilation of the copper in
dustry. They cannot exist and prosper
together, and the latter is doomed be
yond any hope of recovery. Even now it
is cheaper to convey ai\ electric cikrent
through alurdihium wires than throughr
copper wires; aluminium castings cost less
and in many domestic and other uses
capper has no chance of successfully^com
peting. A further material reduction of
the price of aluminium, cannot but be
fatgl to copper. But the progress of the
former will not go on unchecked, for, as
it ever happens in such cases, the larger
industry will absorb the smaller one; the
giant copper interests will control the
p.gmy aluminium interests, and the slow
pacing copper will reduce the lively gait
cf aluminium. This will only delay, not
avoid, the impending catastrophe.
Aluminium, however, will not stop at
downing copper. Befoie many years have
passed it will be engaged in a fierce
struggle with iron, and in the la'tter it
will find an adversary not easy to con
quer. The issue of the contest will large
ly depend cn whether iron shall' be in
dispensable in electric machinery. This
the future alone can decide.
While it is impossible to tell when this
lndustilal revolution will be consummated
there can be no doubt thgt the future be
longs to aluminium and that in times to
come it will be the chief means of in
creasing human pt.rf rmance. It has in
this respect capaci 1 s greater by far than
those of any other metal. I should esti
mate its civilizing potency at fully one
hundred times that of Iron. This estimate,
though it may astonish, is not at all ex
aggerated. First of all, we must remem
ber -that there is thirty times as much
aluminium as Iron In bulk available for
the uses of man. This iu itself offers
great possibilities. Then, again, the new
metal is much more easily workable,which
adds to Its value. In many of its proper
ties it partakes of the character of a pre
c ous metal, which gives It additional
worth. Its electric conductivity, which,
for a given weight. Is greater than that
of anj- other meial, would be alone euf
fi lent to make it one of the most import
ant factors in future human progress. Its
extreme lightness makes it far more easy
to transport the objects manufactured.By
virtue of this property It will revolution
ize naval construction, and In fa llltating
transport and travel it will add enor
mously to the useful performance of man
kind. But its greatest civilizing potency
will be, I believe, in aerial travel, which
Is sure to be brought about by means of
It. Telegraphic Instruments will slowly en
lighten the barbarian electric motors and
lamps will do it more quickly, but quicker
than anything else the flying machine will
do it. By rendering travel Ideally easy
it will be the best means for unifying
the heterogeneous elements of humanity.
I
MAN FIGHTS IHHI IIS I’RIBE RING.
Fierce flattie- Stopped by a Woman
After tlio Third Round.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Port Huron, Mich,, June I.—Fred Ba
rnaul, a local sportsman, bet S2O that he
cou’.d whip a bulldog, and the money was
put up. The affair was pulled off yes
terday like a regulation pr,ze fight, the
man bfing stripped to the waist, while
the bul dog was to be pulled away when
the regular round limit of three minutes
was up.
The dog fighter entered the ring with
nothing on but a pair of overalls. At the
siroke of lime lie caught the dog with
his teeth by the ear and shook him
around the yard and elbowed the animal,
keeping him away as long as possible.
Three rounds were fought in this way,
the dog managing to chew the man’s leg
and chin.
The fight was stopped by a woman,
who glanced over the fence and scream
ed. The fight was declared In favor of
Kamaul. Carbolic acid was i :.ed on the
man's wounds to prevent blood poison
ing.
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A MEXICAN VENICE.
THE IMCTt HESUI E CANALS AND
WATERWAY! OF XOCIIIMILCO.
lleauty of N igu’* Brunette*—Delight
ful Voyage Through Garden* a*
lioniautioally Beautiful u* Those
of Granada—ltieii Yegitntlosi and
Floral Growth.
From the Mexican Herald.
Every one who comes to the City of
Mexico has his interest aroused by being
asked if he has been to the Vlga cai al.
while there are few who will say “go ard
see Xochimilco.”
Being thus interested by the inquiry,
one goes to the Vlga, and to see, what?
a sickly, bilious-looking stream having a
depth just sufficient to float a scow. You
are spotted right away by the canoe men
as “slow ball” ns our friends at Indlanilla.
might say; that is, easy to catch-—p rhape.
“How much to ” with a swfep of the
hand indicating anything, out beyond.
What, Dos pesos? so you needn’t work
again for a week: No, sir; net here. Not I.
But “le dare a V. cuatro realea, eh?” And
hearing a hesitating “bueno” you follow
your man* and for fifty cents you miy
view the c%y or down hill end of the Viga
canal, in a canopied canoe, called in Eng
lish, a scow, and, that nothing short of a
derrick could overturn. However, th*re
is no local law that forbids the timid gen*
tie sex from screaming A. IRUe when they
“go on boafd,” for ihe water is water
though it be thickish, and the canoe-scow
is a boat.
Fcnst Day on the Vlga.
If you are fortunate you will be on ihe
Vlga on Good Friday, or some other
grand dia de. fiesta, when the ordinary
scenes thereabout will change from the.
commercial, to those of gayety and fun;
when the middle class pour out from the
city and form canoe parties by th hun
dnkls. all laughing and singing, with r.ot
a few having quite excellent amateur or
chestras whose catchy dteam.v music floats
away, blending its rhythm with the ripple
of quiet jollity of these fiesta loving peo
ple.
To the tourists, all this Is very fine, and
forms one of the sights for which he came,
and he will snap-shot It mentally and
camerally and In after days develop th*
snaps before the family circle at hontf.
But to one who becomes a Mexican fix
ture, the Viga Is still the unclean Visa
when the slow monotonous traffic of tha
farmer boatmen again resumes Its dally
course. It is then, (hat the possibility of
something better, cleaner and more enjry
able further out, suggests Itself to one
who may have fond thoughts of past
boyhood days In the sweet rea m o’
canoedom.
Upon inquiry. I was told that the Vlca.
came froth way, way out; aM different
ones told of having been ecowel to
Xochimilco, an Indian town, heaven
knows how many miles away, of being
blistered by the atm of midday, returring
cold, hungry, cross and rain wet at mid
night, with a big swear to never repeat
that foolish trip again. They had bven
out on a pleasure excursion. “No; It’s too
far. Don't go,” they said. That settled
it—to go. Rut, us a canoeist, not as a
seowist.
A I nitine Voyage.
A trial, or two In a chalupa—dugout—re
sulted In a detcrmiuallan lo have some
thing better, ending with the pleasure of
own ng a llgh'weight decked canoe, that
frl nds say Is the damilen and—but, real
ly, modesty forbids bcastlng. However,
ehe has several times m de the trip in
from Xochimilco under sail alone, In less
than two hours. She affoids a delightful
nr ans of going where and when one will,
drifting along under the musical dip of
Ihe paddle out the Vlga's entire length to
where it divides, one way leading to Chal
eo, twenty m'les away, and the other to
Xochimilco, Mexico's Venice, that, while
It may not b' ast of fine architecture or
Its palaces on Its grand canal, it may
claim to be a town that Is unique and
picturesque to ad gree; a town of floating
gardeis; gardens of to particular size or
shape, and with nearly avery garden con
taining an adobe dwelling, when el Sen
or s Casa Is not <f thatched root and
sides. It presents scenes extremely pret
ty and romantic, rather than of grand
elegance, Buch p* the only Venice, and
Instead of the showy gondola, dugouis
are at every mans dooryard, und the
town people, men, worrnn and children,
are as much afloat as they are ori terra
flrma. So much afloat apparently is the
very town its If. that one feels quit*
apprch< naive for Its safety, should a gale
or wind ecme up, fearing the town might
go adrift and go shore and smash itself
on the rocks or sc.me such disaster. But,
perhaps one red not worry. The people
do not at any rate, about this, or any
thing else, for they apnrar as contested,
natural and hatpy as the very (lowers
that ever border their gardens; flowers
that sweep your canoe’s deck as It glides
by.
Ideal Canoeing, Ground.
To the canoeist this Is an Ideal canoe
ing ground, whore one may go skimming
under the very eaves of a thatched Villa
Rusticu. rounding, foil wing lovers’ lanes
canopied and darkened by nature’s lux
urious growth where the yellow fruit of
tie orange trees hong within a paddles'*
length, all wl h a variety limited only
by nature herse f and the countless ntim
ler of water streets that even extend,
beyrm 1 the inhobltahle portion for miles
around, wlier* one find* every eight.
■quarter or half acre of ground sur
rounded by these deep, clean waterways;
Ihe ground on either hond rising from the
water abruptly, often edged by the poplar,
and with every foot furnishing flowers or
vegetables for the city market.
one load a danoe many times over
with the big. milk-white flowers of the
Callu lily, that seem to have so little mar
ket value.
A water lone with many turns, constanr
ly affording new scenes and views to the
canoeist, as it sweeps past doorsteps, un
der bridges and around Corners, leads out
from the town two miles or so to “El Oro
do Agua,” the big, deep natural well
where you may look down through forty
feet of water, and so clear is it that one
may read his name on a card sunken to
the bottom.
In leaving the springs other canals, or
acequias, cut across to the main canal
leading out to Chaleo and other towns.
And on the way our while paddling along,
sitting under the shade of a rakish som
brero, the canoeist will be charmed at the
sight ahead of those majestic twins. Pop
ocatepetl and Ixtacihuatl, whose peaks
and sides ever show that vast accumulo
tion of snow on w'hich the sun plays In
delicate shades of pink, or at times pur
ple.
Enthusiastic Engllnhnmn.
Besides the writer, Xochimilco has but
one other steady visitor from this city, an
Englishman, whose enthusiasm has led
him to become the owner of no less than
four steam craft and several rowboats; in
fact, quite a club, and the lack of interest
on the part of others to do likewise, com
pels him to be commodore, vice commo
dore, secretary, treasurer and the entire
board of governors of the “Xochimiloo
Boat Club.” With such arduous duties,
he can be no less than generous, and most
any feast day he may be seen leading
his entire fleet, every boat filled with his
friends enjoying the delights of a picnic
sail.
With the progress Mexitb is making in
many directions, it is a matter of only a
short time when Xochimilco will be reach
ed by trolley line in less than an hour, and
not until then will its attractiveness be
realized by the thousands who now hardly
know that such a choice spot exists.
CANCER FROM TINY CUT ON LIP.
.Serious Injury Resulting From Mols
trning tlie Flap of an Envelope.
From the Los Angeles (Cal.) HeTald.
A. D. Stafford, for many years a conduc
tor In the Southern California Railway
Company's service and later In the em
ploy of the Santa Fe, lies dying at h's
home at 221 South Union avenue from
corner cancer of the throat, the result of
a cut received while sealing an envelope.
The slight Injury to his lip developed into
a malignant cancer, and despite the best
medical attention to be procured In Cali
fornia it has continued to spread until
his entire mouth and throat have become
Involved nn<l he Is in momentary expec
tation of death.
This peculiar case originated a year
ago. In the manner usually adopted, Mr.
Stafford used his longue to dampen the
mucilage on the flap of nil envelope, pre
paratory to sealing it. The sharp edge of
the paper cut a slight incision In his lower
lip, to which he paid no attention at the
time, but as It continued to grow more
sensitive he consulted a doctor. It was
some time before it was positively ascer
tained that the tiny cut had developed
Into most dreaded of progressive lesions,
a malignant cancer. Acting on the knowl
edge, the service* of Dr. Morrison, a spe
cialist on cancers, were secured and a bat
tle against the insidious disease was wag
ed. sometimes with apparent success, hut
In the end the cancer continued to spread.
Asa last resort Mr. Stafford went to
San Fransclsco In the hope that an ex
tensive operation would save his life. The
hospital authorities, after a prolonged
examination, concluded that the cancer
ous sore hnd progressed so for (hat any
attempt to scarify 11 would prove fatal.
The disease had traveled from the mouth
to the throat and had Involved the entire
interior of that portion of the body. It
1* only a question of time when the ten
drils of the growth will destroy the cov
ering of the carotid artery and the doom
ed man will bleed to death.
- With wonderful stoicism Mr. Stafford
awaits tho release which death will bring
' him from his dread affliction. For weeks
. he has been expecting death at ahy mo
ment. He Is altout 50 year* old, and un
til hi* present affliction fell upon him,
was a man In Accellent health, with splen
did prospecta of living to an old age.
Gr*yt>earl.
“Oraybeard cured ma of Catarrh of th*
bead which had clung lo me 15 years.
Mrs. Rhod* Dean.
Ballinger, Tex.”
Qraybeard Is sold at all drugstores for
sl. Respess Drug Cos., Props.—ad.
SCHOOL!) AND COLLEGES.
~CHiNOwITH~
1342 Vermont ave. and lowa Circle,
Washington, D. C.
Boarding School for young ladles. Ylend
for catalogue. Miss Mary Davenport j
Chenoweth, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sloan.
H Morphine end Whiskey hab
it* treated without pair or
confinement. Cure guaran- I
teed or no pay. B. H. VKAL, j
Man’gr Lithta baring* San
itarium. Box 3, Austell, Go. |
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION.
STATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM
County—-To the Superior Court of Said
County: The petition of Joe Bennett,
Harry Jackson. Chump Wilson and Jack
Butler respectfully shows that ti/ey and
various others hove entered into an asso
ciation under the name of the Seven
Brothers’ Fishermen’s Club. That the ob
ject of said association is mutual aid and
assistance, ard social intercourse. That
they desire to be Incorporated us above
named, with powers to purchase, hold and
dispose of property, renl and personal, to
sue and be sued, and to exercise all pow
ers usually conferred on corporations of
similar character as may be consistent
with the laws of the state of Georgia.
They further show that they do not de
sire the powers of purchase and sale to" the
purpose of profit, but only so far as may
be necessary for the object of said incor
poration, and that they have no capital
stock, and desire none.
Whererore, they pray an order incorpo
rating them and such others n may now
or hereafter be associated |yith them for
a term of twenty years, with the privilege
of renewal at the expiration of said time,
for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
BECKETT A BECKETT,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
Original filed In office this 23d day of
May, 1900. JAMES L. MURRHY,
Deputy Clerk 8. C. C. C. Oa.
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ORDINANCES.
By Alderman Haas—
An ordinance to grant the applications
herein'mentioned, touching additions and
repairs to in the city of
Savannah, and of new improve
ments:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah,
in Council assembled. That the applica
tions of Fanny Dorsett, dated May 3, 1900,
to alter, enlarge and repair wooden house
on west one-half of lot N<s. 07, Crawford
ward; of Carl Schultz, dated May 16, 1900,
to repair, remodel and improve wooden
house on east one-half of lot No. 60,
©rown ward, and of James O’Byrne, dat
ed April 24. 1900, to add two bath rooms,
frame, covered with metal sides and roof,
on west one-half of lot No. 36, Uoerty
ward, be and the same are hereby grant
ed and allowed.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all
ordinances’ arid parts of ordinan. . s in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance read in Council, for the first
♦ime. May 30, 1900, and published for in
formation. W. P. BATUEY,
Clerk of Council.
- ■ •
By Alderman Haas—
An ordinance to amend section 4 of Ihe
ordinance passed In Council May 3, 1599,
relating to the storage, handling and sole
Of calcium earblde and the erection of
acetylene gas generators in the city of
Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the olty of Savannah, in
Council assembled. That section 4of the
above mentioned ordinance be and the
same is hereby amended to read ns fol
lows: •
Section 4. Be it further ordained that
no acetylene generating apparatus shall be
used In the city of Savannah until the
owner has been granted permission by the
City Council. All acetylene generating
gas holding apparatus must be Installed
in a fireproof vault or room satisfactory
to the chief officer of the fire department,
such fireproof room or vault must be sup
plied with two ventilators not less than
three Inches In diameter, the outer ends
of which must extend clear above the roof
of the main building for a distance of not
less than two feet. All generating appa
ratus must be charged In the daylight, and
no artificial light shall be permitted with
in the enclosure where the apparatus Is
Installed.”
Section 2. Be 14 further ordained, That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances In
conflirt.wlth this ordinance are hereby re
pea led. \
Ordinance read In Council for the first
time May 30. 1000, and published for Infor
mation. \VM. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council,
MCMILLAN bros;
—Manufacturers of— M j
Beamless Turpentine
Stills and Fixtures.
■ i ■
PATCHING COPPER AND RIVBTBL
■Bator and boot copper.
ftapalrtng threugb tho country a apoctaV
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SAVANNAH. OA. MOBILE, ALA
PATTnftgJUA N c. !
PETITION FOR IXCORPORATION.
SfI'ATK OK QKOftGIA, COUNTY OP
CHATHAM.—To the Superior Court of
Maid County: The petition of T. M. Cun
ningham, P. S. Lathrop, Jonas Mendel,
Herman Myers, Alex. Fawcett. John R.
Young, I. Silverberg .and Morltt W. Dix
on, ond their associates, all of sold stato
and county, respectfully shows:
First. That they have associated them
selves together for the purpose of formlnu
a corporation to be composed of your pe
titioners, and such other persona as they
may associate with them. The object
of their association and the business they
propose to carry on Is the milling, stor
ing and buying and selling of and ad
vancing upon rice, and all products of
the same.
Second. That the corporate name by
which petitioners desire to be known, la
"THH SAVANNAH RICE MILL. COM
PANY.”
Third. The amount of capital to be em
ployed by them actually paid In will bt
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, sold
capital stock to be divided into shares of
one hundred dollars each.
Fourth. The place of business of said
corporation will be Ihe county of Chat
ham and state of Georgia.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that
they and Iher associates and successor*
may be incorporated for the term of twen
ty years, with the privilege of renewal, at
the end of that time, tinder the name and
siyle of "THE SAVANNAH RICE MILL
COMPANY,” and that the said corpora
tion may be empowered to increase its
capital stock, whenever Jt mnv see fit,
to any sum not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars; to sue and be sued: to
havd and use a common seal; lo contract
and bt. contracted with; to make by-laws
binding on Its members, not Inconsistent
with the laws of this state and of the
United Stetes; to hold, buy and sell all
property, real anti personal, as may be
noeeasary tn legitimately carrying Into
effect the purposes of tts organisation,
and for securing debts due to the com
pany; to administer on estates of parties
irdebted to It; and generally to do all
such things ns are necessary to the legit
imate exercise of lte purpose, a.nd to ex
ercise all rights and privileges incldertt
belonging to a corporation under the. 'lavVh "
of this slate.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
.LAWTON A CUNNINGHAM.
Attorneys for Petitioner*.
Filed In office. Mav 23. 1900.
J. K. P. CARR, Clerk S. C., C. C.
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION—
SAVANNAH DOCK FERRY CO.
Notice Is hereby given hy the petitioner!
named below of their intention to apply
to the Secretary of State for a charie
for a navigation company named as above,
by publication of their petition In term*
of the law, said petition, being to-wp:
Georgia. Chatham County, City of
Savannah—To the Secretary of State,
Atlanta, Oa.: The. petition of tb>
undersigned shows that they desire to be
Incorporated as a navigation company in
accordance with the statutes In sm It
casts mpde and provided, and petitioner*
state: First. That the names and resi
dences of each of the persons desiring >o
form paid corporation are to-wit: William,
W. Moekall, Savannah, Ga.; R. G. Er
wiq, city of New York, N. Y.; John Skel
ton Williams, Richmond,, Va.; Jacob Paul
sen, Savannah, Ga.; J. F. Minis, Savan
nah, Ga.; Henry C. Cunningham, Savan
mah, Ga.; J. A. G. Carsen, Savannah,
Ga.; Detrne Gordon, Savannah, Oa.; W.
A. Blsbee, Savannah, Ga.
Second, That the name of the navi
gation company tiny desire to have In
corporated Is "SAVANNAH DOCK
FERRY COMPANY."
Third. That the amount of the proposed
capital stock of 'said romparjy Is twenty
five thousand dollars (125.000).
Fourth. That said corporation U to
continue and be Incorporated for th*
period of fifty (50) years.
Fifth’: That the place where its prin
cipal office Is to be located Is Savannah,
Ga.
Sixth. Thrt pe:ltloners have given four
weeks’ notice of their Intention to apply
for said chirter by publication of this
petition In the Morning News, published
In Havanntah, Ga.. one of the newspajwrs
In which the sheriff’s advertisements ar*
published for said county of Chatham,
onco a week for four weeks, before the
filing of this petition.
Wherefore petitioners request that th*y
nfay be incorporated under the laws dt
this state.
June 7, A. D.. 1900.
WILLIAM W. MACKALL,
R. G. ERWIN.
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAM*, I
JACOB PAULSEN,
J. F. MINIS.
HENRY C. CUNNINGHAM; I
J A G. CARBON, •
BEIRNE GORDON, ' I
W. A. BISBEE.
ONE MILLION HIDES WANTED
DRY FLINTS 130
DRY SALTS 130
GREEN SALTED 7a
R. KIRKLAND,
Boyar of Old Rail*. Scrap Iron and llatsl*
417 to 421 St. Julian street, west
J. D. WEED ft CO
UTANIAH, 04.
Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Hose.
Agents for NEW YORK RUBBE*
BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY.
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