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8 SABRO GOT HIS DESERTS. SWORD-SWALLOWING ABDUCTOR GETS TERRIBLE THRASHING. Third Attempt Mini© by Kins Sabro, tbr Magic'lnii. t \hduct Yoriik Preston EveTett, llesnlted in Sabro Being Beaten Half to l>entli by nn lH'YeAr-Old Cousin of tlie Boy. Walter Sanh Ad mil* late red tlie Well-Deserved Punishment in Madison Square— Sabro Made an I'nKagement to Meet Preston nnd Others Kept It— The lloy's Father Wanted to Kill the !Uflgicinn. William C aswell, known generally and professionally as King Sabro, made last night a third or fourth attempt to abduct young Preston Kvrreit. Asa result his sword-tswai lowing majesty i occupying a cell at the police station house and nursing a number and \arirty of bruises and contusions. The p ior history of this now locally celebrated abduction case is sufficiently familiar. Preston, a lad of 15, possessing ability as a \au leville performer that is remarkable in one so young, was a mem ber of a troupe of which Sabro was the head. The company disbanded In Macon, and Sabro and young Everett disappear ed. The father and mother of the boy were grief-stricken and despondent. After a diligent search, however. Fr* st< n was found in the company of King Sabro, in Marietta, and restored to bis parents. Sa bro was arrested and carried back to Ma con, while the hoy was brought to Savan nah and resumed his work in K< nan’s drug store, at the corner of Bull and State streets. At the trial for abduction Sabro was dismissed on a technicality, and when John R. Everett, Preston’s father, and the boy himself were returning to Savan nah, he met them nt the train and at tempted to open communication with the latter. He was warned away. Saturday night, a week ago, Preston returned to his employer’s store and re ported that he had seen Sabro on the streets. The lad was greatly agitated and frightened, the man’s strange and unnatural fascination seeming to possess him with a terror, almost equally re markable in one who is ordinarily so free from nervousness, embarrassment or fear. Shortly, afterward Sabro entered the store and before he could be driven out had managed to write a note and throw it to Preston, in which he asked the boy to meet him at the Postoffloe at midnight. Mr. Everett and several friends kept the engagement, instead of the boy, but Sa bro did not show up, evidently smelling a rat. Had he done so the performance of last night would have been antedated by a week. So much by way of intro duction. On last night a note was sent into the store to Preston, signed by Sabro and accompanied by a silk handkerchief. The note asked that the boy would meet the •writer in (Madison Square, near the Jas per monument at 10 o’clock. It was ar ranged between Mr. Everett, Walter Sauls, a l£-year-old cousin of Preston, but strong and well developed for his age, and a number of friends, that Preston should be permitted to keep the engagement. Im mediately afterwards, it was expected, the fun would begin, and it did. For some time the party composed of Mr. Everett, Preston and others, had no ticed a skulking figure on the verandas of the De Soto. The man would move cautiously from pillar to pillar, keeping himself concealed as much as possible, for the most part crouching low and only permitting an occasional glimpse of his head above the railing. His manner suggested the sorcerer, and Preston. unaccompanied, started across the square. Young Sauls, however, was close behind. As soon as the boy had started a rosA and had got under the glare of the elec tric lights. Saoro evidently perceived him for the crouching figure sfraighte el, vaulted the railing, and started out to in tercept him. They met in the middle of the square, beneath the shadow' of rhe monument. They stopped and Sabo •aid a word’ or two—then, like a wild cat, Sauls was upon him. Before the astounded creator of could satisfy himself as to the nature of the hard and etublx>rn fact that had thrust itself violently upon him, he was pros trate on the bricks of the walk, his ncs • was being hammered into the pavement, eyes were being nominated for nn appl - catlon of tenderloin steak, his ears were pulled, his face was scratched, he got a jab or two in the neck and several others as near the solar plexus as his position on the ground would permit. Then Sauls raised up for a moment, paused for breath and Inspiration, and started in again, this time with his feet. He kicked the befuddled magician on ev ery' exposed portion of his anatomy and eent in every impetuous foot-thrust with a right good will. Then he jumped upon him and tried it again with his fists. By this time a large crowd had gathered, the members of which, upon grasping the sit uation. accompanied the blows of fist and foot by such cheering and advisory exhor tations as “Give him one in the neck.’’ “Shove his head through the bricks,” "Stamp the life out of him,” “No, l wouldn't kill him,” and others to the like effect. Mr. Everett, who. handicapped by his age and the weight of the revolver he was carrying, was somewhat late in reaching the scene. He drew the revolver as he ran up to the combatants, and yelling, “I’ll kill the scoundrel,” shoved the weapon close to the ear of King Sabro. Never in ills eventful life, never even when he had swallowed more than his usual allowance of swords, had Sabro bean nearer his death than he was at that moment. Somebody in the crowd knocked the re volver up and drew the excited father away' from the thrice-attempted abductor of his boy. He continued, while the r uin nulling on the ground was in progr ss, to* struggle with those who hold him and to demand that he be allowed an opporiunlty to kill the magician. Tho crowd, w! i!e it evidently sympathized W’ith this ambition, fe t that Sab o was gening l about all that was coming to him and that Sauls was amply able to attend to the matter of his punishment. Bicycle Policeman Christv, attracted by th crowd, cam • up at this stage of the game and. with the help of some more than usually merciful members of the crowd, pried Sauls off the now defense less Sabro. As Sabro. in his turn, w’as raised from the ground. Mr. Everett, v.ho was standing near, with his arms held by two of his friends, reached out with one foot and administered an en thueidsic ki k in the sword-swallower’s fare. He nearly' .-wallow* and rt *dioe. It is stated that in the row a bottle of chloroform d.-opperl from Sabro’H 1 f,n< * broken on the pavement This par* of the story could not b< au verim.l. If the m; ,n had the hr- p ~habl;. intended to n*e ■r y<"MK Eve,-HI. in , el# r dny rr tan - to his persua.-ioi >to accompany him and win fame nnd glory on the stage. A Jaige crowd followed Christy and ills captives to the station house. There Sa bro was locked up t n rr i, wh | ]o jq,,. Screven directed Seals' release. The case will be investigated this morning bv tho Recorder. When Sshro was rai,ed to his feel he turned a blurred but sidl btir.-voleni eve upon the youth by w hom so s ua Ia thrashing had been administered to him and said: "I forgive you; you don't know what you ate doing. ' I/ater on lie ex horted the policeman to release young Saula on tho ground that he was not ni all to blame. When hu wu searched at the elation house a false mustache and several whistles wore found on his peroon. The man seems scarcely in his right mind, his absolutely unexplainable passion for Preston Everett seem ng sufficient o lead him into any extreme of idiocy or crime. LARGE < HOW IPS AT TYBEE. Rot Visitors Objected to nothing In (lie Rain. Yesterday was a gr at day at the re sorts. The crowd at Tybee was probably* the largest of the s asen so far. Tlie af ternoon trains to the island were crowd ed. several hundred people going down on each train. There were a gcod mmy excursionist at the island, hut the large majority of the visitors were from the cl'y. All the clubs and resorts at the island w. re crowd and while fully a thousand peo ple gat hi red in and around the Hold Ty be. The heavy thunderstorm in the af t rnocn interfered somewhat with ihe pleasure of the crowd, th> re being a general indisposition manifested to get ting wet on The way to the water. A <ou ple of young men clad in bathing suits were s* en going to the b a h under th shelter of an umbrella. The shower was not of long duration, and hundreds en joyed a dip in the surf notwithstanding that the ti ie was out in th afternoon. The last train coming up f om the island brought a large crowd and th re was con siderable dissatisfaction expressed be < ai;se of the. small number <*f street ears found waiting ai the depot. There was a full supply of cars for iho crowd w'hich arrived* on the 8:30 train. In fact, some of the cars went away only half tilled, and this roa\ have given the management tlie idea that so many cars wou.d nol be no ded for ilie last train. Tho suburban lines did a good business to all tho r-sirts, both Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope being largely favored. 11l V OVER HI REI K LESS HACK MAN Fritz Borinnnn. a Clerk of Labs' Gro t eery. Madly Injured. Mr. Fritz Bormann, a clerk at John F. Bubs’ grocery, at Liberty and Habersham streets, was run over and badly injured last night by a hack owned and driven 1-y James Sweeny. The run-over was near I mb's store, where Bormann was going. | He had just stepped off a car when he was struck by the hack, knocked down and run over. He was picked up and taken to the home of Mr. Bubs, while the hackman drove away evidently fearing arrest. Later during the night Sweeny was ar rested near Smithville by Officer MeCool. He denied that he was the man wanted, but a witness of the accident who called at the bitrracks identified Sweeny’s team as tiie one that had knocked Bormann down. Sweeny will be given a hearing before the Recorder this morniitg. Another prisoner taken to the barracks bears Ihe distinguished name of Napoleon Bonaparte. Needless to say that he i* colored and that his crime fits but 111 the magnitude and magnificence of his name. He is charged with the theft of a cow which was found in his possession when he was arrester by Officer McHugh. Rufus Bennett, also colored, was ar rested by Officer Stafford at the request of Rebecca Butler, who charges the pris oner with having broken into her bureau and stolen her clothes. JUMPED OVER HOARD AT SEA. Fireman With Tremens Leaped From the < liattaliooehee. Patrick Flynn, a fireman on the steam ship Chattahoochee, while in a fit of de lirium tremens, jumped overboard, early yesterday morning while the ship was off the Carolina coast. Flynn was shipped In New York, and started on his first trip when the ship left New York last Thursday. Shortly after sailing it was discovered lhat the new fireman was suffering from an attack of the delirium tremens, nnd he finally be same so violent that it was necessary to lock him up. He was put in a room in the forward part of the ship. About two o'clock yesterday morning, when one of the employees of the ship went to the room. Flynn could not be found, but his clothes lay on the floor where he had stripped himself, and the open port hole told the rest of the story. As it was not known how long the man had been overboard when he was missed it wns thought to he useless to attempt to find him, so the ship continued on her course. YVEHE HURT IN A DROUGHT. Lack of Itnln Utilised Inferiority tn the Triumph Peaehes. The peaches that are at present com ing into the market are principally of the Triumph variety. While they are pos sibly a better peach than the Sneeds by which they were preceded, they are not up to the standard of the Georgia fruit gen erally, not even up to their own standard. The reason for the inferiority in the grade of the Triumphs lies in the fact that in many sections of the state a long drought ensued Just at the time when they most needed rain, that is, when the fruit was) swelling and attayiing its ma turity. They are not, for this reason, as toothsome as they would otherwise be. A week from to-day, or, possibly earlier, will witness the advent into the market of the glorious Elberta, the queen of the Georgia orchards, and Us attendant train of othei* later varieties, all of which are good. Then Ihe epicure may grace his ta ble with a fruit that is equally delightful to the sight and to the taste. SIXTEEN CHILDREN FOR TYBEE. That Number NVIII Re Taken to Fresh Air Home To-day. Sixteen children will be taken to Tybee to-day on the 10 o'clock train to spend the week at the Fresh Air Home. The chil dren who have already secured cards of admission from the officers of Froebel Circle of King's Daughters will be met at the Tybee depot by two ladies of the circle, who will Aake care of them dur ing the trip to the Island and see them properly installed at the home. These visits to Tybee are quite a boon to the poor children, and are so popular fhat the tickets of admission lo the home are applied for long ahead of the time when the trip can be made. The ladies connected with the work ex pect to continue th'eir present plan of taking down u number of children each week until the middle, or, porib;y, the third week of August, when the home will be closed until 1 lie next se :i s„ n . FIRE IN A Mosul I'l'D NET. Untied Firemen tn the Haven Insti tute for Colored Girl*. Engines No. I and 5. and Chemical No. 2 turned out last night In response to an alarm of lire turned in >at 8:25 o'clock from box No. 68 The lire was discovered to be in Hie Haven Institute on Henrv street, win re a mosquito netting in one of tlie rooms was burning. The dames w. re extinguished with hand extinguish ers. The damage is very alight. HALF RATES | To Hnrnevtile Via Ceutral of Geor gia nullmiy. Account of llarne*iilte Chautauqua. Tickets on sale from oil points on Cen tral of Georgia Railway July 3 to 6 Inclu. I sive, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Barncsvllle prior to noon. July 7 Final limit July 10. Ticket Offices—lo 7 Bull street and Central ,1 Uaescngcr button.-ad. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1900. INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER VEJiDICT OF CORONER’* J! RY IX THE STEW % FIT INQI EST. The Story of Hie Greek Yirlllo X\n* Not Heard After All—After an Hour nnd a Half of Talk the Jury Agreed on a Verdict of Involun tary Manslaugrli ter Against Man slaughter for Whirli the Minority Contended—The Greek’* Statement Taken b> a Mag lat rate. Involuntary manslaughter in the com mission of an unlawful act was tlie ver dict brought in by the eror<qr's jury last n ght in the case of the killing of Wil liam Stewart, colored, by J. J. R r ad, white. Stewart was shot Thursday after noon, and died the following clay. The verdict will doubtless be quite a surprise co thos who heard or have read the statements of the witnesses imm • diatfly after the shooting, and again as given Saturday* night before the coro ner’s Jury. Four witnesses were examined, and th ir evidence which appeared in yes terdays Morning News agreed in all par ticulars with their first statements. No new evidence was taken last night. Saturday night the inqin s was postponed in order that Philip Yirillo, the Greek fruit dealer who was an eye witness of the shooting might secure an interpre ter and give his evi ienee, but when the Jury met again it decided that the evi dence already heard was sufficient on which to bring in a verdict, so the Greek was not heard. The consideration of the verdict was be gun shortly after 8 o’clock, and an agree ment was reached in nn hour and a half. Throughout the jury stood two for a ver dict of manslaughter and four for the ver dict that was finally brought in. After having been out about an hour, the mi nority gave In. Read, by the advice of his attorney, Mr. Robert L. Colding, refused to appear before the jury, though several of its members were anxious that he should do so. The jury was composed of Anton Rip ken, foreman; John Kelly, Tom Gearon, T. M. Mills, George Pabst and W. R. Cambell. Virillo, while he did not appear before the coroner’s jury, has made a state ment of the affair. By direction of So licitor General Osborne, he went before Magistrate Naughtin Saturday, and with the aid of two interpreters, made a sworn statement, agreeing in all partic ulars with that made to a representative of the Morning News immediately* after the shooting. MAY JOIN IN PROTEST. New Railway Rate Classification to He Discussed by Directors. A meeting of the directors of the Board of Trade w*ill be held al noon to-day to consider the advisability of joining with the New York Merchants’ Association and other mercantile bod ; s in a protest to the Railroad Classification Committee against the present classification of freights. It is claimed that this classification is unjust and arbitrary, and that by means of it the railroads have been enabled to increase the charges on many lines of freights without apparently* increasing the rate, the transfer of certain com modities from one class to another .having in some cases increased the charges al most 100 per cent. The territory north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Missis sippi seems to be chiefly affected by the new classification, as the strongest pro tests are being made from that section. The grain, provision and other dealers here, how’evere, deceiving shipments from the West, complain that they are injuri ously affected by the new* classification. An attempt was made some time siqce to have the Interstate Commerce Com mission lake action against the Classifi cation Committee on the grounds that the committee was acting in violation of the anti-trust law. As the Classification Committee was brought about as one of the results of the interstate commerce act and has heretofore acted in harmony with the commission, and as the act creating the commission confers no powers upon it relating to trusts, all that the commis sion could do in the matter was to bring it to the attention of the Attorney General as a reported violation of the anti-trust act. No results seem to have followed this step. The Savannah Freight Bureau having passed out of existence, the Board of Trade Is the only commercial organiza tion here competent to deal with the question. The railroad traffic men w’ho are members of the board have been in vited io be present at the meeting. In order that they may* present their side of the case. MONEY WANTED FOR MERCER. Iter. Dr. Jordan Will Consult AVitli Trustees in Atlanta. Rev. Dr. John B. Jordan, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Mrs. Jordan, left last night for Atlanta, where they go to attend the convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of Georgia. The convention will begin day after to-morrow, and will continue for two or three days. It is not known that there will be any other delegates from Savannah. Dr. Jordan goes in advance of the con vention in order that he may meet a com mittee appointed some time ago to confer upon ways and means for increasing the endowment of Mercer University. John D. Rockefeller has promised the trustees of the Institution $15,000 if they will raise $50,000, and it is to secure this amount that the Committee of Trustees will strive. The money is needed for the establishment of another chair at Mercer, and to increase Ihe salaries of the professors now em ployed. Ahout Aug. 1 Dr. Jordan will leave foe Frankiin, Pa., where he has been called to fill the. pulpit oFThe First Baptl-t Church for two months. He will spend ids usual summer vacation In that work. Day before yesterday Dr. Jordan received a telegram from Gen. Charles Miller of Franklin, who is one of the leading mem hers of the church, requesting him to come In August. Gen. Miller Is a wealthy owner of oil wells, and his influence In the Baptist Chuch isfleonderful. He presides over a Bible class of 309 men. While LMr. Jordan is in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Jordan will bo In Kentucky with friends. No arrangement for the supply of Ihe pulpit of Dr. Jordan's church ha been made. WILL TRY CRIMINAL CASES. Superior Court NN ill Mete Out Jus flee During Th.* Week. The Superior Court will continue this week the trial of criminal cases. Tlie cased assigned, however, are of no par ticular consequence or Interest, being pet ty burglaris and assault* committed by negroes. It is expected that the two murder • uses In which Indictments are p nding. those against Signora Mitchell oral He rv Tyndall, will probably be tried next we k. The motion for a new trial in the .vise of W. S. Mc|l iius been assign* I for a hearing on next Saturday. Remember this; No other medicine has such a reebrd of cures oa Hood's !?ar*a parilla. When >ou want u good medicine, get Ilood's.—ud. GOD’S HAND IS ONER ALL. Direct* and Controls the Destinies of Created Spheres, Rev. Dr. D. L. Anderson, an instructive interview with whom upon the Boxers and the cxis.ing stale of affairs in China appeared in the Morning News, preached yesterday morning at Trinity Church, and at nigh: at Wesley Monumental. Dr. Anderson is at the head of the American College that is maintained at Foo Chow, in the province of Kiang Su, by iho mission board of the Protestant Episcopal Church, South. At both ser vices his remarks were along the line of secular and religious education in China, with especial referenece to the work of the college of w’hich he has charge. At both services, however, Dr. Anderson il lustrated his theme by well timed allu sions to the slate of the empire and by the dangers which menaced the cau e of Christian education unless immediate steps w'ere taken to render it effective and place it in a position where it could cop* with and successfully overcome its difficulties. At Wesley last night, Dr. Anderson’s text was from Psalms, 46:10: Be still and know* that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” It was often the case, said Dr. Ander son, that Christians, surveying the re sult of years of earnest and diligent la bor and seeing chat but little had been accomplished, become disheartened and discouraged. Sometimes anew religion has arisen and proselytes have flocked to its standard; •then it is feared that the influence of this new faith will weaken tlK* church. Sometimes a pieec. of legis lation, enacted into law by state legisla ture or national congress, appears to be prejudicial to the cause of the true faith; ihen it is apprehended that the standard of morality and Christian success will be lowered. To the missionaries In China this dis couragement had .not failed to come dur ing the earlier years of their ministry. They* looked ahout them and saw prac tically nothing to bid them be of good cheer. Every effort that ingenuity could devise had been resorted to in order to gain the attention of the people, to the ultimate end that, their attention and iheir interest once attracted and secured, they* would consent to be taught the truths of revealed religion. Services w r ere held frequently, personal solicitation was tried, hooks and pamphlets of every de scription were freely circulated and the result, apparently, had been nothing. Then it was that the words of the text had come to the ears of the missionaries like a voice crying from the wilderness, bearing the assurance that God was over all. that all power, might and and mJnioi were His and that He would be exalted among the heathen. To him who, with the eye of faith, scans the visible uni verse, it is apparent that God’s hand is in everything and that He works out the destinies of the created spheres in accord ance with the divine plan. When just a beginning had been made with the mission work the war between China and Japan began. With the aid of modern weapons and vessels and mod ern ideas of warfare, Japan swept the Chinese fleet from the sea and the Chi nese armies from the field. China, the proudest nation on earth, unable to com prehend that there was anywhere a civili zation that had in it anything that could equal that handed down to it from cld. was prostrate before .a nation inhabiting a little group of islands in the sea, a na tion that it has always despised. It saw* the Island of Formosa sw*ept away and added to the possessions of the hated Jap anese. it saw the coffers of the empire compelled to yield up millions of treasure to tins’ puny antagonist. It was one of* the most wholesome les sons that China has ever had. It was that it could not hope to compete even with a nation it despised unless it would consent to accept the modern ideas that had made the Japanese victory’ possible. The spring of 1898, with the Emperor Kwang Hsu on the throne, witnessed n series of remark able innovations in the Celestial kingdoAi. The Emperor was surrounded by a little coterie of brilliant, but imperfectly edu cated men, imbued with the spirt of re form, and, their advice lending weight to his own opinions, the work of advance ment went merrily* on. One after another the old ceremonies and formalities fell from about the throne nnd the empire, one innovation after an other was introduced, schools that taught the ‘ new learning” were erected on every* hillside and in every valley*. It looked as though the degree of civilization that been attained by* the Western people M tor centuries of effort was to be gained in the East in the course of a few years. Suddenly* there was a change. The old Empress Dowager assumod the reins of government, the Emperor was confined in a back room of the palace, his prin cipal advisers were beheaded, those of less prominence were either imprisoned for life or banished, native Christians w' re persecuted everywhere, some were massacred or driven out of the country, the schools were closed, the school teach ers driven into hiding, the spirit of re form died In a night. To the m^^’rparies the change came like a thunderbolt of discouragement. They* had promised themselves bo much of opportunity" when the country was alive with the Emperor’s policy of advancement that they were correspondingly dispirit ed w’hen it IKnppeared. Soon however, they saw it wr for the best, and that it would have been impossible to force the growth of a nation toward civiliza tion in this hurried and unnatural fash ion. The hand of God was in it all. When the government schools were sup pressed. the Chinese, imbued by their ex perience in the war with Japan and de termined that it was necessary to have their children instructed in the tiew learn ing. sent them to the mission schools. The children of the educated classes are now attending these schools, nnd the w’ork is progressing with the happiest auguries cf pronounced degree of success has already been attain ed. Dr. Anderson gave nn interesting de scription of the work of the college at Soo Chow*. w*ith Ms schools of literature, theology and medicine and projeetei schools of science and law. It needed now $150,000 and it had been determined by the conferences to raise this sum in the South. The men who weY*e carrying on tho work are Georgians nnd it was h>pe 1 that a third of the total sum needed would he secured in this state. Dr. Andersen made an earnest appeal to his congregt tion to accept this opportunity to carry the gospel to a great people.. One Fare Round Trip to Atlanta Via Centrnl of Georgia Hallway. Neconnt Meeting n. Y. P. t T . Southern Sta tes. Tickets on sale June 18 and 19. and for trains scheduled to arrive in Atlanta prior to noon. June 20. Final limit June 23. Ticket Offices—lo 7 Bull street arid Central Passenger Ft at ion.—ad. Family Excursions to Tybee Every Wednesday nnd Friday. Twenty-five cents round 11 Ip. Tlrkcs limitcd\ to date of sale. Tickets on sde at Tybee Depot, Randolph street, foot of President.—ad. A Delicious Smoke. The Herbert Spencer is an elegant cigar olid is truly a delightful enjoyment to inhale the fumes of this flno tobacco; it is exhilarating and delicious. See that the name of Herbert Sper.cer is on es cry wrapper of every cigar, with out wiiich none are genuine. The Herbert Spencer cigars are only sold by the box of 50, Conchas at $3.60, and Pcrfectos, $4.50 at Lippman Bros., whole- , sale druggists, Barnard and Congress 1 street*, of this city,—ad MEMORIALIZED THEIR DEAD. ODD FELLOWS OF BAV YNNAH HELD IMPRESSIVE SERVICES. A Large Congregation Gathered at the Luthcrun Church of the Ascen eion—Monument NVaa Decorated With Memorial Wreaths by Ladies. Responses Being Made by Eloquent Representatives of the Lodges Whose Dead Were Memori al tzed—Escel lent Music AN as n Feature of the Services—Address Was Delivered by the Pastor, Rev. \V. C. Schaeffer. Memorial services by the Odd Fellows of Savannah were held last niglit in the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, which was filled by members of the order and the many others who gathered to pay* trib ute to the dead. The exercises were in teresting, and, though rather long, were greatly enjoyed. The usual monument to the dead was unveiled and decorated with wreaths, ladies of Ruth Lodge and repre sentatives of the men’s lodges taking part in the programme. Reservations of pew room had been made, and the Odd Fellows filed in after the rest of the Congregation were seated. A dirge was played by Prof. T. A. Warth as the members of the order entered, the ladies of Ruth Lodge and the gentlemen who were to speak assuming seats at the front on opposite sides of the aisle, while some of the officers were within the chan cel to preside. On the chancel elevation stood the white shaft memorializing the dead in Odd Fel lowship. Wreaths were at hand lor this, and they were placed by* ladies of the or der from time to time. Touchirg responses in praise of the departed followed, the speakers being members of the bodies In which the dead had membership. The opening ode of the order was nung upon the conclusion of the dirge, aft*r which prayer was offered by the chaplain, C. H. Corson, I*. G., of Lodge No. 9. J. S. Tyson, grand secretary, then reid the proclamation of the grand sire and the grand master, calling for the menjori.il service and naming the dead for the post year. Mrs. J. E. Cumbea, P. G., and Miss Jo sephine Dorsett unveiled the monumen', after which the anthem, “Holy, Holy Is the Lord,” was sung by the choir. In behalf of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, C. H. Dorsett, grand representative, respond ed to the decoration of the monument by Mrs. Cumbea, who recked appropriate lines before depositing her wreath. “Rock of Ages’’ was sung by Mrs. T. P. Wickenberg, after which Mies Josephine Dorsett decorated the monument for the dead of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. Mr. H. E. Wilson responded, R. J. Davant, P. G., having been prevented by illness. "Nearer My God, to Thee” was sung, after which the decoration and responses for the local lodges began. Oglethorpe Lodge, No. l’s dead were memorialized by a wreath deposited by Miss Lilly Fleetwood, the response be ing made by Mr. Davis Freeman. “Not Ashamed of Jesus” was sung as a solo by* Mr. C. D. McCardal. Mr. R. M. Hitch respondfd for Live Oak, No. 3, after Mrs. L. Butler deposited the wreath. “O Day of Christ” was then sung by the choir. The monument w*asL- decorated by Mrs. F. C. Exley for DeKalb No. 9, and the response was made by J. R. Saussy, P. G , Golden Rule No. 12, Concord No. 17. Haupt No. 58 and Accrn No. 103, also had their dead memorialized. “Harx. Hark. My Soul” was sung by the choir, after which the address of the service was delivered by the pas*or of the church, Rev. W. C. Schaeffer, P. G. The closing ode of the order was then sung, and the benediction was pronounced. Following was the committee that made the arrangements for the service: James Van Berschot, P. D. G. M., chairman; Charles E. Stanton, P. G., secretary; James Van Berschot. P. D. G. M., No. 1; W. O. Hawley*, P. G., No. 3: C. H. Carson, P. G., No. 9; Charles E. Stanton, P. G., No. 12; George W. Rush, P. G., No. 17; W. C. Mclntire, P. G.. Brother R. C. Burnham. No. 103; Mrs. T. E. Cumbea, P. G., Ruth Lodge No. 3; Prof. Franz Hubner, musical director: Prof. F. A. Warth. organist; Henry Kolshorn, P. G., marshal. TROUBLE AVITH CENSIS COUNT. De Soto Clerk* Gave Information a* Soon n* They Hail a Chance. Whether any considerable number of Savannah's population has not been counted in 4be census, or whether, as Su pervisor Blun has emphatically siid, it can be put down that the census has been thorough and exact, will probably be a disputed question for some time to come. There is a strong belief among many that a good many people have not been counted at all and that the census will be short because of a lack of effort on the part of the enumerators to secure a full count. There has been considerable talk about the enumeration of the people at the De Soto Hotel. Head Clerk Bait said last night that at the beginning of the census, either the first or secondary, an enumera tor called and said that a blank would be sent to be filled out by the clerks with the information desired as to the people tn the hotel, and he would call for it later. Friday morning, the last day of the census, the enumerator called for the blank, but was toid that none hßd ever been received. He said he would attend to the matter at once, and during the day the blank was sent. It was filled out at once, and the enumerator got it the next morning. That, said Mr. Batt. is the story of the De Soto trouble. The only time an /enumerator called on the hotel people was when he said a blank would be sent to be filled out and when he called the last day of the census to get it and found that none had been sent, and again the next day, when it was ready for him. While Mr. Batt was talking a gentle man who lives at 315 Liberty street said that an enumerator had called at his • home W'hiie himself and family were ab sent and only the servant was at home, and had never been there again to his knowledge. American Whiskies. Llppman Brothers carry in stock the most noted brands. Antediluvian Is a celebrated whiskey, bottled by Osborne of New York, ana are safe in saying it la one of the best whiskies la the city. The Peoria Rye Whiskey, bottle in bond by Clark Bros, of Peoria. 111., is also a fine whiskey. The Reerless wh.skey, bottled In bond at Hendersonville, Ky.. being under the su pervision of the United States government Insuring purity and strength. Llppman Bros, are wholesale druggists, but they Intend to retail these fine wcta kies .—ad. Gra.vbrnrd. "Graybeard la the only medicine which cures Stomach troubles In my family at this season. It Is a great remedy. Rev. Li. j, Gresham, Kureka, Tex.” Graybeard Pills are the Pills to take now. 15 cents. Respess Drug Cos.. Props.-ad. W ixvonsln Is famed for Its cool summer resorts and the best of them arc reached by the Wis consin Central Railway. Such points ee Burlington. Lake Beulah Mu'twonago and Waukesha offer superior inducements to the tourists and sporisman. For illustrat ed descriptive booklets address Jas. e, Pond general passenger agent, Milwau kee, W is.—ad. i YOUNG WOMEN AND MARRIAGE. Rex* ..A, J. Smith Gave Advice to Prospective Wives. “Young Women and Marriage” was the subject of the sermon preached by Rev. Arthur, J. Smith last night at the First Presbyterian Church. His text was drawn from Genesis, 24:58 and 67. The pastor said that marriage is not a mutual agreement between a man and a woman; it is not a social partner ship; a civil contract, or even a religious ceremony. Marriage is a union. In Matthew*, nineteenth chapter and fifth verse, the Lord say's: “A man shall leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife.” “The word ‘cleave’ ” said Mr. Smith, “means ‘stick to,’ or be ’glued to.’ This union is a divine institution. In true marriage, God joins the man and the wo man together.” Mr. Smith then spoke of some of the motives that actuate some, women to marry that always bring disaster. Some women marry men just to get rid of them. He has heard of quite a number of such cases. They are never happy*. Others marry just to pique a man who has jilted them, just out of spite, to let them know they can get married. Such are never happy. Some women marry men to reform them. Mr. Smih said he didn’t believe a man who did not love a woman enough before marrying to re form would not love her enough after. Many such women have gone through life with aching hearts. “Some,” the pastor declared, “marry to gain social position. Thev risk their all to shine in society; will even gamble with God’s best gift, love, for the title of countess or lady. The daily papers are full of reports of shattered hopes of such American girls. “Some marry for money. It’s no crime for a girl who is poor to marry a rich man. It does not occur often?’ Mr. Smith warned poor girls to beware of r#i men who ?>aid them attention. He saiu there were many hidden rocks and shoals in the matrimonial sea. The pastor said some marry for fear they* will become old maids. Only light minded people make fun of old maids. Many a woman who has passed middle life without marrying can give a more honorable reason fer remaining single than many of her sisters w*ho have rushed heedlessly into the marriage s'ate. It is better to be an old maid than iil-mated. “A life of loneliness is far better than a loveless marriage.” “Single blessedness is infinitely better than double cussedness.” “Marry your equal,” said Mr. Smith. “Your equal intellectually. There can be no true happiness in a home where a highly intellectual woman is married to an ignorant man. Marry your equal so cially. Don’t marry a man away above or below you in the social scale. Marry your religious equal. The Bible forbids a Christian marrying an unbeliever. Dis regarding and disobeying this command has been the cause of many unhappy marriages.” Mr. Smith said he. believed matches were made In heaven, and he also said he be lieved some were made In hell. “There are some homes,” he said, “that are like heaven on earth, while there are others that are like hell.” Mr. Smith will preach on “Happy Homes, or How* to Make the Home a Heaven on the Earth,” next Sunday evening. The choir sang several choce selections last night, but the one that wvs most enjoyed was the ladies’ quartette that sang. “Gently Lord, Oh Gently L*al Us.” an adaptation from an old Welsh air, after the sermon. The ladies voices blent beautifully*. CHATTAHOOCHEE AND GULF. An Alabama Road Now Being Ballt by the Central of Georgia. The Financial Chronicle of New York, of last week, has the following account of the Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad, now being built by the Central of Geor gia Railway, in Southeastern Alabama. "This new line is under construction from a connection with the Central of Georgia Railway at Columbia, Ala., In a southwesterly direction, passing through Dothan, Ala., in Henry county, thence into Geneva county, crossing the Choe tawhatchee river about ten miles north of Geneva, and passing through Coffee Springs, Ala. The line is located and grading nearly completed to a point about sixty-eight miles from Columbia, Ala., in the vicinity of the Pea river. "The securities consist of S2OO,O<X) stock, which has already been subscribed and paid, and bonds to the extent of about $300,000. The subscription for stock and bonds has already been practically made by private parties in Georgia and Ala bama. The Central of Georgia Railway Company has contracted to construct the line according 10 the Central of Georgia Railway Company standards, nnd to charge the actual cost fqr so doing. "The Central of Georgia Railway has also entered into an agreement with the Chattahoochee and Gulf to pay, as rental for the property, an amount equal to 6 per cent, on the stock and bonds, 5 per cent, of this to be used for dividends on the stock and bonds and 1 per cent as a sinking fund (o retire the bonds from time to time. When the bonds are all retired, the Central of Georgia will pay as annual rental a 5 per cent, dividend on the stock of $200,000. All equipment will be furnished by the Central of Geor gia Railway Company, which also guar antees to keep the property in first-class condition and repair. The road is turn ed over to the Central of Georgia for op eration as complet'd. "The Central, outside of its contract with the Chattahoochee end Gulf Rail road Company, has no financial interest tn same. The lease is some* ,ing similar to the present lease of the Souihwestern Railroad to the Central of Georgia Rail way Company.” Pastor’* [exchange Pulpits. Rev. W. F. Watkins and Rev. A. J. Smith exchanged pulpits yesterday morn ing, the former preaching at the First Presbyterian Church and the latter at the Christian Church. P. P. P.. a wonderful medicine; It gives an appetite; it invigorates and strengih ens. P. P. P. cures rheumatism and all pains in the side, back and shoulders, knees, hips, wrists and joints. P. p p cures syphilis in all Its various stages old ulcers, sores and kidney complaint p’ P. P. cures catarrah, eczema, erysipelas’ all skin diseases and mercurial poisoning P. P. P. cures dyspepsia, chronic female complaints and broken-down constitution and loss of manhood. P. P. p., the best Wood purifier of the age, has made more permanent cures than all other blood rem edies. T.tppman 8r05.,, sole proprietors Savannah. Ga.— ad. Cider. We have a nice line of cider In bottles, pure and genuine, from the celebrated establishment of Mott & Cos., of New York. The Russet Cider and the Crab \ppl* Cider are very good. Llppman Bros, cor ner Congress and Barnard streets 8e vannah, Ga ad. Graybeard. •‘Graybeard cured me of Catarrh of the head which bad clung to me 35 years. Mrs. Rhode Dean. Ballinger, Tex." Graybeard Is sold at all drugstores for 1 L Respess Drug Cos., Props.—ad. . For Over Fifty Years. Mrs. Winslow's Boothlng Syrup has been U !fV or J hi:dren ,eethin * H soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty-live cents a bottle, - 1 ............. - LATTIMORE’S Special Sale of Sundries. It’s worth your while to come our way when you want bicycle sun dries. We sell them so much cheap. • er than the exclusive bicycle store that our exclusive competitors grin derisively, but never give you such bargains as these: NEVFROUT LAMPS }•> So SEARCHLIGHT (1900) \ jfILLBR j j, LIGHTWEIGHT K CHRISTIE SADDLES U 5 SAGER SADDLES „ BROWN SADDLES 173 PALMER RACING TIRES 77- HARTFORD TIRES (pair) 600 TOBASCO TIRES (pair) XX TIRES, fair quality 3^ M. & W. INNER TIRES 100 SLIPPING STUFF 57 RUBBER CEMENT ' w DIXON GRAPHITE m TROUSERS GUARDS In bicycle affairs we always lead and our leader is the celebrated CLEVE LAND. The chainless model is the great est value in Savannah. Terms—Ridiculously low. WM. & H. H. LATTIMORE, WEST CONGRESS STREET. Decorated Sales Are the Order of the Day Old goods decorated with low figures, but old goods all the same. Now here you have only new goods—not a yard of last year's stook. Everything new. Everything this year’s. What different is a cent or two a yard if you get the latest and best. What ie a penny's cost compared with dollar's satisfaction. Now here is the place to get your money’s worth. We ask you to see the goods and compare the prices. Our reductions go all through the store. Nothing escaped the lowering wave of lower prices. NOTE, PLEASE, WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR HOUSEKEEPERS, Good Table Damask 25c. Good All Linen 60-inch Table Damask 45c; cheap at 60c. Good All Linen 72-inch Bleached Table Damask 65e. 73-inch Bleached Table Damask 75c. 72-inch Bleached Table Damask 98c. SPECIAL FOR THE WEEK. Our regular 72-lneh J 1.50 Damask 11.12 ft. TOWELS, TOWELS, TOWELS. 20x40 Linen Huck Towels $1.75; a bargain at $2.25 per dozen. Linen Huck Towels $2.00; o bargain at $2.50 per dozen. Splendid line of fine Damask and Huck Towels. Whie Bed Spreads 63c. SI.OO, $1.25; extra, ordinary good values. 36-inch Bleach Shirting 6(4c, 7c, BV3C. SPECIAL HOT DAY GOODS. Closing out a lot of Pique, white stripes and checks. Nainsooks regardless of cost to us. Printed Dimities and Lawn SHc; worth 12 Vic. LADIES’ UNDERWEAR. We offer some of the greatest value* ever put out at this stole. And only worthy goods, mind you. Our public ap preciates the fact that nothing but good garments are ever offered here. We show Underwear in cotton, lisle thread, white, black and colored silk. LADIES’ HOSE. Ladies’ Fancy Openwork Hose 13c; worth 20c. Ladies’ Black Lisle Fancy Lace Striped 250; worth 35c. Ladies’ Black Lisle Fancy Ribbed Hoaa 29c: worth 50c. Ladies’ Fancy Colored Striped and PoIKa Dots Hose 19c and 25c. Misses' Fine Black Lisle Openwork Ho.a, all sizes 23c; reduced from 50c. Infants’ fine Lisle Openwork Half Hose, all colors, 2oe; usual price 35c. LADIES' NECKWEAR. Taffeta Siik English Squares—the new. est for ladies’ wear. Handsome colorings and styles. All other sorts and styles. Prices way below the usual. Fancy Grenadine and Striped Ribbons this week for 23c, 39c, 43c. A big reduction on Laces, Embroideries and Allover Laces and Embroideries. HERE IS CHANCE FOn THE MEN. You can get the men's flxin’s here right up to date in style and at prices way be low the exclusive men's stores. Look at these shirts: Colored Shirts, with or without collars, $1.25 quality, to go at 89c. 89c quality to go at 69c. 79c quality to go at 63c. Large assortment at 49c. . . MEN’S UNDERWEAR. Men’s Bal. Vests 25c; worth 35e. Bleached Drill Drawers for 25c and 430; cheap at 39c and 50c. A fine Gauze Vest at 39c; worth 50c. A good Cambric Night Robe, without collar, this week only 50c; worth 75c. MEN’S HALF HOSE. Splendid line of Gents’ Half Hose, black, tan, unbleached, 19c; worth 35e. Daniel Hogan, The corner Broughton and Barnard St*. CUBAN WATER MONKEYS. 1 [■s ML'S H 113 BROUGHTON STREET. WEST. BRENNAN BROS., WHOLESALB Fruit, Produce, Orain, Etc. ■32 BAY STREET. Watt. Telephone SSL