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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- Fancies for the Fair. Not a day passes but some attractive addition is made to our perfect selections of feminine novelties. We always aim at quality rather than quantity--the cream, leaving' the skim-milk to less ambitious souls. All the ladies who can, are now preparing for Summer outings. The Can’t-get-aways are ea £er*-v stud y in > OLl t the problem of home comfort. 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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 3