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WANT THE GREEK’S STORY.
CCRO-VER’S INVESTIGATION OF
STEWART KILLING CONTENTED.
Tettlmoni of tl>e Witnesses So Far
Indicate the Shooting Was an I n
provoked Murder —No Evidence
Yet to Show That Rend Had Any
Cause tor Attacking Stewart—The
Jury to Hear Virillo's Evidence
To-night Before Making Cp Its
Verdict.
The coroner's inquiry into the death of
William Stewart, the negro who was ehot
Thursday afterncotf by J. J. Read, a
* hi • man, and who died Friday, was be
gun last night. Four witnesses were ex
amined. The jury then began to consider
j(s verdict but finally decided that it
wanted to hear the testimony of Philip
Vlril-O. the Greek fruit and aler, at whose
place the shooting took place. The inquest
was adjourned for that purpose until to
night. when Virillo, with the aid of an in
terpreter will his evidence.
The witnesses so far examined are Wal
ter Stewart, a brother of the dead man,
Wm. Washington, Harry Fraley, and E.
C. Payne, all colored.
The story of Stewart, who was the prin
cipal witness, was that he and his brother,
William Stewart, both of whom are em
ployed by the Southern Railway, had
gone over to the Greek’s place at East
Broad and Chariton streets, during the
afternoon on which the shooting occurred,
and, in company with Virillo, himself,
Washington, Robert Richardson, and Tom
Willis, were sitting on empty fruit cases
out on the grass plat in front of the fruit
stand. The man who did the shooting,
whose name he has since learned from the
papers to be Read, came out of the bar
room next door to the fruit stand and
walking over towards the group in which
he and his brother were sitting, said he
had come to see who had insulted him.
“To this no one made any reply.” Stew
art said, "and Read then said: 'l’m talk
ing to you mulatto rascals.' To this
William Stewart replied that no one there
had Insulted him, and then the witness
said: "I got up and started to walk
away. I had taken only three or four
steps toward the corner, when I heard
Read say in reply to my brother's last
remark, ‘You're a liar.’ Wiliam said:
‘You needn’t get drunk and come around
to start a fuss with me,’ to which Read
answered, ‘I don’t have to get drunk to
start a fuss with you niggers,’ and
this remark he followed up by asking,
'And you say you didn't insult me?’ Wil
liam said, ‘No; I never spoke to you be
fore.’ ‘You’re a liar,' said Read, and
William said, ‘You’re another.’
"Then Read pulled a pistol out of his
hip pocket, and saying, ‘You ,
get down on your knees and beg my par
don,’ pointed the pistol at William. Wil
liam said he had nothing to beg his par
don for, but he could 'get down.’ As
he got up from the box Read fired. 'Wil
liam grabbed his side and ran across the
street, where he leaned up against the
gate that leads into the Plant System
yard.”
"Philip said don't do that,” and tried
to take the pistol from Read. Then Read
went into the fruit store. I went across
to my brother and when 1 found he was
shot, went up to the yardmaFter's office
and telephoned for a doctor. When I
got back some people had taken William
home, and when I got there he had been
undressed apd put to bed.”
In reply to questions by the Coroner
and members of the jury. Stewart stated
that he and his brother had gone to the
fruit stand together, that neither of them
bad been drinking, or had anyone else in
the crowd, so far as he knew. Read,
he said, seemed to have been drinking.
No blows were passed, arid there was be
tween five and six feet space between the
men when the shot was fired. William
Stewart was not armed, and had nothing
with which he could have assailed Read.
He held in his hand at the time of the
shooting a small piece of slot a foot
long that he had torn off of the .fruit
case, on which he had been sitting. Be
fore the shooting Read had been sitting
at the further end of the fruu stand, but
no words had been passed between the
men.
Wm. Washington, the second witness,
told practically the sam story a did
Wafer S ewart. He was sitting. he said,
next to the man who was killed so near
In fact, lhat the boxes on which they
sat nearly touched tnd& When William
got up in response to Read’s demand of
an apology, he said, "he stood almost di
rectly in front of me, and so close that
when he was shot he nearly staggered
over me.” This witness alto bore out the
testimony of Walter Stewarl that William
Stewart had no weapon, and that he made
no effort to advance upon R ad.
Harry Fraley, who was next examine!
knew but litile of the affair. His attention
was attracted, he said, by the firing of
the pistol, then he saw William Stewart
go across the 6treet and saw Read and
the Greek struggling for the possession of
the pistol.
E. C. Payne, the fourth and last wit
ness, was at work in the railroad yard
when he heard the pistol shot and saw
Stewart running across the street. He
went to the gate and assisted him to lean
against the post until he could be taken
home.
Virillo was present at the inquest, but
could not make himself understood with
out the aid of an interpreter. His evi
dence, which will be taken tonight, will
complete the testimony and enable the
Jury to return a verdict.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. W. 'M. Francis of Atlanta is at (he
Pulaski.
Mr. A. Wolff of Atlanta is registered at
the Pulaski.
Mr. Felix Meyer of Macon is the guest
of the Screven.
Mr. J. M. Collins of Claxton Is reglstcrd
at the Screven.
Dr. Theo. Toepel of Atlanta is regi-tered
at the I>e Soto.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Spalding are regis
tered at the Pulaski.
Mr. S. T. Sparkman of Atlanta Is regis
tered at the Pulaski.
Mr. W. B. Logan of Charleston Is regis
tered at the Screven.
Mr. E. G. Thomson left via the Southern
last night for Atlanta.
Mrs. A. Kessels left via the Southern
yesterday for Newberry.
Mr. E. L. Tessler, Jr., of Charleston is
the guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. Robert Schirm has returned home
for the summer holidays.
Mr. J. F. Minis left for Philadelphia yes
terday via the Southern.
Judge Robert Faliigant left for Atlanta
last night via the Central.
Mr. B. B. Gray of Pin bloom register'd
at the Screven yesterday.
Miss Edith Stillwell is at Tybee the
guest of the Misses Morgan.
Mr. end Mrs. H. T. Russ of Atlanta
are down on a visit to friends in Savan
nah,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Cannally of Atlanta
are the guests of the De Soto.
Mr. D. McEachern was among yester
day's arrivals at the Screven.
Miss d’Antignac will leave for New York
to-day via the Plant System.
Mr. Fred Dreese left via the Plant Sys
tem last night for Jacksonville.
Mr. T. S. Wayne trill leave to-day via
the Plant System for New York.
Mr. T. F. Thomson was a passenger of
the Central last night for Athens.
Mr. C. H. Simpson of Pensacola was
In the city yesterday at the Do Soto.
Dr. and Mrs. King Wylly leave to-day
via the Plant System for New York.
Mr. Jacob Paulser. was a passenger of
the Southern yesterday for Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Wimberly cf Macon
were among the gudsts of the De Soto yes
terday.
(Mr. S. Hermann of Sandersville was in
the city yesterday and registered at the
Screven.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. G.bhs and child
will leave for New York to-day via th
Plant System.
Mrs. W. R. Speer of A merlons is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. V. V. Moloy, on
Gordon street.
Mr. W. P. McCall was among the pas
sengers of the Plant System yesterday
for Philadelphia.
Rev. H. Baldwin Dean of Atlanta pass
ed through Savannah yesterday on his
way to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rountree of
Quitman were among the guests of- the
De Soto yesterday.
Mr. J. W. Pead of Pittsburg, Pa., is on
a visit to this city, his old home, and i.-
stopping with his brother, Mr. E. L. Pead
Mr. S. D. Boyleston, traveling passen
ger agent for the Seaboard at Columbia,
was among friends in the city yesterday.
Mr. Cecil Gabbett, Jr., will leave via the
Southern to-day for Washington to report
for duty as a revenue cutter service' ca
det.
Mrs. J. 11. Jones, Jr., and Miss Roberta
Prather of .Augusta are visiting the fam
ily of Mr. J. E. Prather, on Liberty
street.
Dr. M. Schwab and wife and Mrs. I. M.
Schwab and daughter, Rosalyn, have gone
to Asbury Park to spend some timet be
fore going to Saratoga for the season.
Miss Emma Bulloch is in Shepherds
town, where she fs spending the summer
•with Mrs. Shepherd, the mother of R. D.
Shepherd, who married Odett Tyler, nee
Kirkland.
Miss E. R. Griffin, who has been visit
ing Gen. MacGlashan’s family for sev
eral weeks, will return to her home, in
Orange. N. J., on the Chattahoochee,
Tuesday, June 19.
The many friends of Col. Peter Reilly,
who has been quite ill at his residence,
3H Broughton street, east, for the l ist few
weeks, will be pleased to learn that he
is now rapidly convalescing. Hopes are
entertained that he will be able to be out
again, very soon.
The clerical force in the County Court
House is b g.nning to take is annual va
ra ion. Mr Thomas S. Russell, of the
office cf the clerk of the City Court, sail
ed for New York last evening, while Mr
J. J. Carr, of the office of the clerk of
the Superior Court, 1 ft for North Ge r
gia.
Dr. and . Mrs. W. O. Offut entertained
at a dinner last Friday. Those present
were Miss E. Griffin of Orange, N. J..
Mrs. F. B. Avery, Miss Mattie Mac-
Glashnn of Montclair. N. J., Mr. J. S.
MacGlashan of New York and Gen. and
Mrs. P. MacGlashan, Miss Huldah and
Messrs. E. S. and Hugh MacGlashan of
Savannah.
A quiet wedding took place Tuesday at
the Bishop's residence by Father Kennedy.
The contracting parties were Mrs. Mary
Austin of Charleston, S. C.. and Allan
Shirley of Chicago. Both are prominent
theatrical people and will spend a few
weeks at the home of the bride's mother.
Mrs. Monserrat, prior to filling their Cin
cago engagements.
Mr. Julian Wells, who has represented
his firm of Lesesne & Weils of Charles
ton, in Savannah during the p esent cot
ton season, left for home yesterday. He
expects to return the latter part of An
gust. This is Mr. Wells* !i r st season ir,
Savannah, but he has made a tie ido ?i>
favorable impre s on and carries with him
he gool will of his brother m mbers of
the Cotton Exchange generally.
Dr. and Mrs. Offut sail for New York
Tuesday night on the Chattahoochee, en
route for Europe. They sail from New
York Saturday, June 23, on the North
German-Idoyd Line, via the Mediter
ranean. for Naples. They will make a
tour of Italy, Switzerland, Germany.
France, remain in Paris for two weeks
to visit the exposition, then take in Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland, and upon their
return <o this country they will visit Dr.
Offut’s relatives in New’ England.
A delightful surprise party was given
to Mr. H. W. Suiter Monday night, the
occasion being Mr. Suiter’s twenty-first
birthday. Among those present xVere
Misses Annie Schroder, Carrie Wiehrs,
Stella Kuck, Emma Paulsen, Addle Tiet
jen, Mattie Wiegand, Adlena Entleman,
Emma Tletjen, Tillie Suiter, Annie Sui
ter and Messrs. John Vetter, J. H. Schro
der. Edward Kreiger, F. W. Henges. Otto
Kolb, William Fish, Fred Wessels, Harry
Kuck, Tom Jones, Grover Paulsen, G. D.
Semken, Tom Wiehrs, Henry Suiter.
BEAVJBE OF “MAMIE TAYLOR!”
Xcw l)r!nk Said to He Even More
Potent Than “Cyclone Punch.”
From the New York Press.
As soon as convention week opens In
Philadelphia thirsty statesmen will be in
troduced to a. drink invented in Washing
ton, and said to be new to the parched
gullets of the national capital. It is call
ed the “Mamie Taylor.” To New York
ers, the only new thing about it is tts
name. This is the way they make it in
Washington: Squeeze a lime into a tali
glass, drop the lime into the juice, add a
handful of cracked ice, pour on that a
“hooker" of Scotch whisky and fill up
the glass with ginger ale. Stir and drink,
but don't drink more than two.
The “Mamie Taylor” is likely to come
in competition with a Philadelphia drink
called "cyclone punch.” which is the
wickedest and most insidious drink ever
concocted by man. The ingredients ar
the secret of the inventor, who is the
proprietor of a Quaker City Hotel. The
acquisition of the Hawaiian Islands is
said to be indirectly due to its influence.
In the early 'Bo’s King Kalakaua was
the guest of a physician who was -a
friend of the inventor of the "cyclone
punch.” The King was induced to try
the new drink, and so pleased was he
with the charming blend of cordials. arid
liquors that he called for another, and
then another. The record, which Is pre
served, Is that he drank four. Ills friend
left him for a moment, and he went Into
the street with a whoop and yell that
caused a fat policeman to fall in an
apoplectic fit.
Kalakaua shinned up a telegraph pole
and sang a cannibal war song. He mount
ed from the dashboard of a street car
to the roof and danced the missionary
soup dance of his forefathers. He turned
handsprings and leaped Into the air,
cracking his heels together and howling
like a Comanche Indian. He butted the
reserve force of policemen sent out to
catch him, and when he was subdued at
last be had on about as much clothing
as was affected by his ancestors in the
days of Ca.pt. Cook.
From that day to this, the "cyclone
punch” has been kept In reserve for all
tipplers who boast of their prowess.
The latest vie lm was Charles Sargent
of Chicago, who drank three punches
on last Friday and awoke in Hoboken
on Saturday morning utterly unconscSous
of how he had made the trip.
—For the rdntb time Con. O. O. Howard
of Burlington, Vt., lias been elected pr s
id nt of the Congregall nal Home Mls
sl nary Soc ety. Thomas C. McMillan of
Illinois is among the vice presidents.
THE MOUNING NEWS: SEND AY, JUNE 17, 1900.
THE ROMANCE OF TSI AN.
•SHE IS THE DOWAGER EMPRESS OF
CHINA.
Formerly a Slave, She Ilaa Attained
to Highest Power in the Empire.
Life of Shrewd Intrigue Begun n
Soon to She Had Entered the
IlO}til Palace—How She Rules, and
Gets Rid of Her Enemies.
Margherita Arlina Hamm, in the New York
Independent.
The present situation in Pekin calls at
tention to the master mind which has
brought about these events, the Empress-
Dowager Tsi An. Many romances have
been written about this remarkable wo
man, but none is as extraordinary as the
truth. A few years ago, w’hen a resident
of China, the writer met a Chinese scholar
w’ho, unlike most of his class, was well
educated according to our Western stand
ards. Mandarin Tsin, for such w’as his
name, w’as a great admirer of the Em
press-Dow’ager and was acquainted wdth
both her original and adopted families.
According to his statement, her father
was a Manchu noble who had held a lu
crative post in Pekin, but lost it through
no fault of his own. At Fu Chau he suf
fered the same fate, and drifted to Can
ton, where in IS3B he found himself with
out employment, money or credit and w’ith
a wife, son and daughter to support.
Bather than starve, he sold this daugh
ter to a rich merchant u’ho had bought
what may be called a “mandarlnship."
The girl was strong, healthy and very
comely from both the Manchurian and
.Mongolian point of view’. The two races
have different ideals of female loveliness,
the Mongolians favoring plumpness and
medium size, frhe Manchurian strength
and stature. As she was of Manchurian
blood, her feet were not bound, and after
being sold her social position as a “pocket
daughter” or family slave prevented her
undergoing the cruel operation of foot
binding. Her “pocket parents,” to use
the Chinese phrase, w’ere kind and gener
ous. She w’as ambitious and highly tal
ented and seemed to have a vague idea
of her future beauty. She learned to
read and write before she was 8 years
of age and evinced an aptitude for study.
She was also not confined w r ithin the
walls of the yamen or family es<ablish
ment, but w’ent about with the older
slaves and saw all the sights of the city.
As she grew older she was intrusted
with the marketing of the family, and
while still a child, manifested consider
able business ability. In 1848 the Em.
peror Hien Fung issued the marriage pro
clamation prescribed by law in w’hich all
eligible maidens of Manchu descent be
tween he ages of 15 and 18 were requested
■° present themselves at the imperial pal
ace in Pekin w’ith a view to examina
tion as imperial concubines or secondary
w’ives. This is one of the great social
and political events of China, and usual
ly brings thousands of applicants to the
capital.
Tsi An read the proclamation and im
mediately announced her desire to enter
the list. Her “pocket parents” laughed
at first, but she made so spirited and co
gent an argument that they finally yield
ed. They first changed her legal status
from a slave girl to an adopted daugh
ter, and did all in their power to prepare
her for the examination.
They gave her a handsome outfit and
enough money to go from Canton to Pe-
P*n in the style becoming the rank of a
Manchu princess. The court authorities
pronounced her a faultless specimen of
womanhood; well brought up in ethics
and possessing all the virtues needful to
the sex; in the front rank in accomplish
ments; intelligence the equal of the grad
uate of the first imperial examination.
The examination over, to her delight,
although, it is said, not to her surprise,
she w’as among the first ten of the list of
successful candidates. She was taken to
c.he palace and there installed in one of
the suites of rooms in the woman’s quar
ters. Here began her wonderful career
of intrigue. She paid particular attention
•o the Empress, and at the same time
conducted herself with such tact and wris
dom as to make friends and fewr or no
enemies among the hundred of other wo
men in the imperial household. By de
crees she made herself indispensable to
the Empress and in this way was thrown
iii’c, the company of the Emperor. After
a time she won his admiration and affec
tion and finally presented him with a
son. As the Empress had no male issue
and as Tsi An’s son was well loved by
the Emperor she induced him to appoint
her by proclamation the Empress or' the
West.
This action was a master-stroke of di
plomacy. The tiie was an ancient one,
but had fallen into abeyance; in fact, it
was well nigh forgotten by the great
lord of the council. How she unearthed
it was at the time and has ever since
been a mystery to the scholars of the em
pire. Under <he old law it was the high
est honor and position a concubine could
hold. It put her almost on a par with
the Empress, whose legal title was the
Empress of the East. From now on she
rose until she became the real power
behind the throne. Nevertheless, she
never permitted her ambitions to thwart
the Empress proper, who was her senior
as well as her legal superior. Hien Fung
died in August, 1860. According tp some
reports, the cause was a broken heart on
account of the great Tai Ping rebellion;
according to others, he died from poison
ing.
He was succeeded by Tsi An’s son,
who went to the throne under the offi
cial name of Tung Chi. The real gov
erning was done by a regency consist
ing of the two Empresses and Prince
Kung. the boy's uncle. The new govern
ment displayed, far greater ability than
its predecessor. It attacked the rebels
with great vigor, engaged foreign offi
cers, including the Americans, Ward and
Uurgevine, and the more famous English
man, “Chinese Gordon,” It opened rela
tions with the European governments and
effected many reforms. The credU of
this work has been divided between Tsi
An and Prince Kung, but it undoubtedly
belongs to the former.
In 1874 Tun Chi, then 19 years of age.
began to display some independence.
There were many intrigues at the impe
rial palace, and the great men of the
state were appointed and dismissed, pro
moted and degraded, in a manner which
showed that a tremendous struggle for
mastery was going on. Things looked
very dark when the Emperor fell sick in
a mysterious manner and died shortly af
terward. in January. 1875. He left a wife
who was about to become a mother. Soon
after her husband’s death she also fell
si k and died. Her death was ascribed
to a broken heart by some and to poison
by others. ’ There being no legal issue,
the succession now devolved upon the
Manchu nobles. There were several can
didates and much wire-pulling and In
trigue, but the one favored by Tsi An,
a little boy of 4, the son of a loyal
Manchurian, was selected, under the of
ficial name of Kwang Su, the old regency
being continued at the same time.
The young Emperor took more kindly
to the Empress of the East than to Tsi
An. The attachment deepened, causing
comment at Pekin. It ended, of course,
In the death of the Empress-Dowager
Tung Kang, in April, 1881. She also Is
said to have been the victim of poison.
Since then Tsi An has been the master
of China’s destinies.
The Emperor Kwang Su was a docile
and loving child who allowed himself to
be swayed by her 6trong nature. Some
years ago, however, a rumor ran through
the Middle Kingdom that Kwang Su was
developing Independence of spit It and
predictons were freely made that ere
ong he would be deposed and die. One, If
not both, of these predictions has
already come true. While Tfl An
has been the real monarch. she
has been supported by at least three
fifths of the great councils known as the
Nul Koh and the Kiun Ki Chu office and
no< the Tsung-U Yamen or foreign (which
Is an Inferior department), as is erron-
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As the struggle progressed the Emperor
became more and more a prisoner in his
own palace, his friends were attacked
and rendered powerless. Those high in
office were degraded or beheaded, and
those low in office sent to districts where
they had no following and Hid not even
know the local language. The Empress-
Dowager with superior acumen saw the
increasing power of foreign nations and
attempted to utilize It on her own behalf.
It was she who insisted upon violating
all the precedents of her country by hav-.
ing Kwang Su receive the ambassadors
in person at Pekin. To us the event had
little significance. In China It made n
shiver throughout the empire. The Book
of Rites, which is as sacred to the Orient
as the Bible is to the Occident, prescribes
that “the Son of Heaven” shall not be
looked upon by any common mortal, much
less a foreign devil. When the princes
of the realm meet him in the council they
fall upon their knees, and touch their
foreheads to the earth. This has been
the rule for centuries, and when Kwang
Su broke through It it seemed as If the
world were coming to an end. The next
lconorlasm was the reception given by
the Empress-Do wager to Lady McDonald
and other foreign women of official dis
tinction. The Book of Rites prescribes the
same formalities in regard to the Em
press-Dowager as to the Emperor him
self. Beyond this, Chinese law and cus
tom forbids women to enter the presence
of men/ and treats all guilty of the of
fense as being disorderly characters. For
eign women who travel alone are viewed
as malefactors, suspicious people or lun
atics. When, therefore, the Empress-
Dowager received a body of foreign wo
men in her audience chamber and talked
with them, although they had not kow
towed to her, ii made a sensation as deep
as that produced by the action of the
Emperor himself.
What part the Empress-Dowager Is
playing In the present insurrection or
Boxer movement does not yet appear.
There Is deep dissension, almost war, In
the Manchu governing class. The Em
press-Dowager is at the head of the ad
ministration, while It Is said the majority
of the Manchu pr'npes are bitterly op
nosed to the con'lnuatlon of her rule.
There is a strong public sentiment In fa
vor of the poor dethroned Emperor, and
deeper than all Is the old antipathy of
the Chinese people to their Manchurian
rulers.
Even to-day It must not be forgotten
that the term fankawi, or foreign devil,
Is applied colloquially In China as much
to the Manchus as to foreigners. Re
cent reports from Shanghai declare that
the Boxer movement has been abetted, if
not started, by the Empress-Dowager, in
order to. provoke the armed Intervention
of the European Powers, and through
them to suppress the rebellious nobles
of the capital.
Under the Chinese law these nobles, by
majority vote, have the power to depose
the Empress-Dowager and the Emneror,
•and to nominate anew ruler of the empire.
Thus far she semes to have prevented
any action of this sort, but recent events
seem to Indicate that her power Is being
contested, If not undermined, by the
princes of the royal blood, and that she
Is playing her last and moet desperate
card to secure a continuation of her own
rule.
—A Sermon In Brief—A man met a bull
In a field. “I'll toss you to see who
stays,” said the bull. He tossed, and the
man lost. The moral is that It Is never
safe to Indulge In games of chance, es
pecially when all the odds are against
you.”—Philadelphia North American
—He Didn't Get In—"Do you pass the
profession?" inquired the latest shade as
it paused before St. Peter. "What line?”
Inquired the saint. "Megaphone soloist.”
But he didn't get in.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Sunday and Monday—
Georgia, Eastern Florida and South Car
olina: Showers Sunday and probably Mon
day; fresh easterly winds.
Western Florida: Fair Sunday and
Monday; winds shifting to fresh south
erly.
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature,2:ls p.m. 85 degrees
Minimum temperature, 4a. m.. 7c deg.eea
Mean temperature 8' degrees
Normal temperature 80 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
June 1 2 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. 1 161 degrees
Rainfall 00 inch
Normal 21 inch
Deficiency since June 1 I.M inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 1.10 Inches
River Report—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m. (75th me
ridian time) yesterday, was 9.4 feet, a fall
of 0.6 foot during the preceding twenty
four hours.
Cotton region bulletin. Savannah, Ga..
for the twenty-four hours ending at 8
a. m., 75th meridian time, June 16, 191X1.
Stations of |Max.| Min. Rain
Savannah district. |T*ra.iTem. fall.
Alapaha, Ga., cloudy —I 87 | 71 j .92
Albany, clear | 86 \ T 2 1 .00
Americus, cloudy 1 84 71 | .21
Bcinbrldge, -cloudy | 80 | 71 ) .28
Eastman, cloudy ! 90 | 68 1.00
Fort Gaines, cloudy .... 84 j 72 | .00
Gainesville, Fin., cloudy .| 91 | 73 j .00
•Millen, Gu., pi: cloudy..: 90 | 70 | T
Quitman, clear j 91 | 71 | -00
Savannah, cloudy 85 | 75 | T
Thomasville, clear j 88 | 72 j .00
Waycross, cloudy I 90 j 68 | .00
•Received too late for telegraphic means.
No rain in Texas.
Heavy Rains.—Athens, Ga., 1.64; Griffin,
On., 1.74; West Point, 2.70; Amite, La.,
2.14.
I Lust. Averages
I Mo- 1 1 1
1 Sis- M ix.i Mln.lßals
Central Stations. |tions Tern.jTem.| fall.
Ata <a fl 2 • 82 | 63 ~&T
Augusta I Id | 84 | 68 .40
Cha 1 ston | 5 j 88 72 .04
Galveston |3O j 94 72 .00
1 1 tie Ro k | 13 i 84 68 | .14
M m his | 14 | 80 68 | .18
Mobile | 9 | 88 70 .20
Montgomery | 6 I 86 68 | .10
New Orl ans jl2 j 92 70 | .20
Savannah i 12 j 87 71 | .20
V.cksburg ! 11 j 18 68 | .12
Wilmington 8 | 90 68 j .16
Remarks —Showers have occurred over
all districts ex ept Texas; heavy at sev
eral points In North Georgia. Cooler over
North Ge< rgia: warmer over the Mobile
district, w lie elsewhere the changes hive
betn slight.
Observations laken ai the same moment
of time at all stations, June 16, 1900, 8 p.
m., 76th meridian time.
Names of Stations. | T | *V IRaln.
Norfolk, cloudy 1 70 10 I .00
Hatteras. clear | 76 6 ] .00
Wilmington, partly cldy.. 76 L .00
Charlotte, cloudy 72 L | .76
Raleigh, cloudy 72 6 . .94
Charleston, cloudy 80 14 | .00
Atlanta, dloudy 70 |Calm! .28
Augusta, raining 72 L .32
Savannah, cloudy 78 8 | .00
Jacksonville, cloudy 78 10 .00
Jupiter, raining 76 L .10
Key Went, cloudy 80 L | T
Tampa, raining 74 L I ,04
Mobile, cloudy 74 L j .36
Montgomery, pt cldy 72 9 1 18
New Orleans, pt cldy..v.. 84 8 .00
Galveston, clear .". 84 10 .00
Corpus Chrlstl, clear 84 16 .00
Palestine, clear 88 6 .00
T. for temperature; V. for velocity.
H. B. Boyer, Weather Bureau.
—Dr. Hepry Moeller, who has been ap
pointed Bishop cf Cos umbus, wns lorn in
Cincinnati on Dec. 11, 1840, and h s early
education Was obtalnid at S,. Francis
Xavier’s College, in that city. Graduating
from this sea of learning he continued
h s sttdies of th, ology and ph losop y in
Rome, and was ordai el n th c y on
the Ttber, In sl Jtdm'a Da. e an., on jane
10, 1878. by M nsignor Lend. Returning to
tills country, he was In September. 187 H,
appoint!d pastor of St. Patrick’s, at Belie
fomaine, 0.. by the late Archbl hop Pur
c 11. He r maineil in this wsi .on for one
year, when he became profe s ,r at Mo tt:
St. Mary’s Seminary, where ho stiyed
until 1879. In November, 1879, a the re
quest of Bishop Chatard and with the con
sent cf Archbishop Purcell, he accepted
the post of se rcary to Bishop Cha ard
at Indi napo s, duri: g the tempcrarjAab.
sence abroad of the Rev. Dennis O’Dono
hue, now auxiliary Btshop of Indianapolis
In July of the following v ar he etur ed
to Cincinnati to b*eome.the secretary and
shortly afterward the chancellor to Arch
bishop Elder.
—George Clark Mu g ave.who was mar
rll and a, N w V, rk a few ‘ays ago, served
under 'he British flag in the A hante
campaign f ught with the Cubans under
Gircta 1 then s-rved tinier the Am rlcan
flag in Cuba and has Just returned from
the Transvaal, where he was with the
E g ish col nlal s oil's.
Si'KCIAL AOIII ES,
MONDAY'S MARKET.
Saturday Is gone. We have for to-mor
rowr genuine rice field lamb. Sugar Corn.
Cocky Fotd Cantaloupes, gems.
Finest tea in Savannah.
Iced Melons. JAMES J. JOYCE.
Phones 107.
PLASTEHEJIS* AND MASONS' SIT.
PLIES.
Cement. Lime. Plaster, Hair and River
Sand. Prompt delivery. Reasonable price.
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY CO.,
Corner Drayton and Congress.
Phone 519.
DOORS, SASH. UI.IADS,
And everything In the building material
line. We are headquarters for these
goods, with the largest and most com
plete stock In the South. Buy White Ptne
Doors. Sash and Blinds for your new
home.
ANDREW HANLEY COMPANY.
LARGE WAHEHOLSE AND
OEfr’ICE
to rent, located head of Broughton
street, on West Bread, now cou
pled by the Savannah Carriage and
Wagon Cos. As they will give up
business in the city ~n June l, I offer
It for rent from that date.
H. P SMART.
PARK AVENUE PHARMACY.
Prescriptions filled at any hour day or
night. The only live drug store In south
ern section of Savannah.
PARK AVENUE PHARMACY.
J. L. BRANAN, Proprietor,
Corner Park avenue and Barnard St
WHtN IN CHARLESTON,
If you want the best service and every
thing In keeping therewith, stop at
Charleston's Leading Restaurant
THE PALACE CAFE,
278 King street
Bathing Suits,
Flannel. Mohair & Duck
some handsomely trim
med. Will stick to you
through thick and thin.
Boys’, Girls’ and Children’s
Sizes.
Boys’ Wash Suits.
Best and completest lines
ever shown in Savannah
White and Fancy.
Wear and wash uncom
promisingly.
Bigg
„ 3>Wi&Hr'.v:rTicW I'etwuw —.ruu
Boys’ Thin Coats.
Alpacas, Lin ns, Crash, Serges
and Funnels.
Great selections in Blonse Suits,
Wash Pants and Boys’ Straw
Hats, Caps.
SPECIAL .NOTICES.
i'AivUl.Vti <> I,UAL ISLAM* CEIL Em
URATED PIPPIN APPLE CIDER.
This pure cider is served on st .liners on
the American .;ne, and at the IValdorf-As
lo ia and lead ng family grocers in New
Yo k city.
1 autiti g a Pippin cider in m ole from
Ihe puie Juice ot hand p ■ ked a; pies from
his own mill on ihe premises it is abso
lutely pure apple juice, and all ihe efier
v. so nee e namral, aad we guarantee it
to be the ch icest cider in he world.
Lead ng phjs lai.s in N<-w York and
Brmk yn recommend this cid r to their
pa dents its p rf ct puii y is guaranteed.
In Paulding's idppln cider, only l.rng Is
land Newton's Pippins a e used. The ap
ples are left on the trees until late in Oc
tober when they are hand picked and
placed ih a dry ro m to ripen.
Paulding says "the appl s are thorough
ly crushed In h s own mill .nd the Juice
pressed out and run Into sweet cleah
easts” The difference be:ween crushing
aid grinding apples is very great
You will snow ihe difference be’ween
cr sh'el appes and g runt appies if you
take some s ems an I chew t' em you will
find that bitter taste which Is no* with
Pauld rg's crushed apples. This elder has
not ihe ext ern: sw e ness o t! e Russet
cl or, and everyone will find the Pauld
•r g's Pippin cljer just igbt to take with
dinner. LII’PMAN BROS..
Sole Agents in Savannah.
NATIONAL MATTRESS AND RENO
VATING CO.
All kinds mattiesses made to order. Fin*
curled hair and moss mattresses a special
ty. Our medicated steam renovating pro
fess of hair, feathers, mo:-a, etc.. Is en
dorsed by our local physicians as being the
best germ desticyer in use. Your old mat
tresses or feather beds made new al reas
onable prices. We carry u full line of tick
ings, hair, femhers and moss. Call and in
spect our methods.
JAS. R. DOONER. Prop.,
Bell Phone 1136. 331 Drayton street.
IF ITS NICE, WE HAVE IT.
Raspberry Vinegar, Lime Juice, Lemon,
Raspberry, Orange and Pineapple Syrup.
Imported and Domestic Ginger Ale. Sar
saparilla and Club Soda.
HARDEE & MARSHALL,
Phone 955.
A i
AT CHANG'S.
Best 25c dinner on earth. Other people
charge you 60c for it. No cook to com
pare with me In this state. See for your
self. JOE CHANG, Prop.
114 Drayton. Son Francisco Restaurant.
TRY RED HEART.
It Is the beer to drink.
Ask for It and you will be delight*!
with It.
By Jung Brewing Company. Branch,
Bull and River streets.
WM. M. BRICKEN, Manager.
Phone 915
GREENE & CO.,
133 Whitaker.
New line of Picture mouldings
Just received. New Pictures. Call
nnd see the beautiful [Retire, Temp
tation.
r ■
BARGAINS.
20 110 volt. Strndaid Dayton Fans, in
stalled, at 822.35.
25 500 volt Standard Dayton Fans, In
stalled, at 828.50.
We have other makes equally as cheap.
ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO..
I Phone 62. Q 2 Drayton etreet
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