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10 OUGHT TO SHOW OVER 60.000. TWENTY I'ER < ENT. INCREASE IN j rOIHLA ITON TOO S>l ALL The Last ( ('ukon Snvannoli nn Increase of IWMI, or- a l.rowih of 40 Per < eat. for Ihe Dcenile—' The >amo !inl(' of Would s hou ai Population of Oum* <>o.ooo lor Nopc.'iii lendenl \slnnon > n t'nloulution Hioetl I l‘n the Increase in Seliool Population H „,i Shoo * That Willi the Same Hate of Increase for Ihe (itneral Pop aln lion the Hrsult Should He fi4,6f10— Mayor Nlyers* Plan to Teal < rnniN Aiming < il> I'mplojrs. The hope that Savannah will fhow a creditable ii population for th decade now losing i> -• *• -1 with every true Savant'.ihian at;d this, of course. plains the anxiety with which the outcome at the present cm. :s enumeration is re garded. The intimation from Supervisor Blun published in onlay’s Morning News, that overt* mating the results hk f -ly to be shown by the census, and that it would be the f-art of wisdom to modi rai tin • • -1 innit os. *• 1 like a wet blanket upon • lie pints of many enthusiastic -Sa v.tnnahiarm. That the unofficial expre:. ion that ■"•1.001 is more likely to approximate the result them *• .•00 is not ct all satisfactory. There is hardly a business man or any one else in Savannah, who has lived here for two decades, who i? not convinced that the city has shown a better rate of growth and progress during the .a t decade titan during Hr former, to say nothing of the decade ot stagnation whi h succeeded the civil war and its unfortunate successor which in cluded the cpidemio of 1876. The census figures for ISS gave S a popula tion of only 30.760. almost equally divided between white and colored. The city en joyed a fair rate of growth during the decade which f dlowed. and the chiz in did not feel that their city had be n rightly treated whin the count of 3890 showed a population of only 13,189. Yet this was a gain of l-’.iSO people in one dread© or a frac ion ov r 40 per o il. Cities all over the country were then growing very rapidly and the people of Savannah anticipated a gain of at least BO per eenl. For the last decade, the most prosper ous in Savannan's history, notwithstand ing the pan e of 1893 and th dull years which followed, Supervisor Blun intimate-; without saying so that Savannah shou and be satisfied if his count shows a gain of 10 pi r cent. In other words, he only al lows on the basis of increase accepted in seme of ih large cities for an increase of 8.638 in population for the ten years between 3890 and 19tX). as aga nst a gain of 12,480 for the ten years b tween ISB> and 1890. The rate of growlh for the last ten years is certainly not less than during the pre vious ten years, and ob*<*rvan£ Savannah la ns< tore ready to contend that it is more. Estimating the growth in population to have at the same rate 40 per cent., and accepting the figure* of 1890, 43,189, as cor rect, an estimate upon this* basis will show a probable population of 60,465 souls. If the rate of growth hos been greater, as is confidently believed, the actual pop ulation should be greater in proportion. There are other ways of reaching a* fair estimate as to what the census should chow. The Morning News made refer ence some time ago to the increase in the school population, of which every tux payer is aware, by reason of the consid erable appropriations which have been made for new school buildings, and the further fact that even with three larg“ new schools completed, and brought into use during the decade, over 200 white chil dren were unable to obtain places in th* schools this year, while the number of negro children shut out is easily over 1.000. Supt. Ashmore was asked for compara tive figures of the school population of the city yesterday. The school census, be explained, is taken every five years, but not in corresponding years with the national census. For Instanc** the school censuses have been taken in 18S8, 1893 and 3898. Those nearest to the national con tuses in question, are for the years ivss end 1898. which are Just ten years apart. “A comparison of the school population of 1888 with t hat of 1898,” said Supt. Ash more. “should give a fair idea as to the Increase in population for those years and this increase should very closely approx imate the increase in population Ixtwcen 1890 and 1900.” Looking up this data Mr. Ashmore found that the school census for 1889 gave Sa vannah a school population of 8,155. Turn ing to the figures for 1898 he found the school population for that year to have been 12,216. showing an increase of 4,061 children of school age for the ten years intervening, or nearly 50 per cent. “The rule of proportion should hold good in this case.” said Supt. Ashmore. “The census of 1900 should bear the f same rela tion to that of 1890 as the school census of 1898 bears to that of 1888.” He then put the following sum upon the board: “8.155: 12,216: 43,189.” The answer, as worked out by Supt. Ashmore, is 64.695. “Presuming the school figures to be cor rect,’’ said Supt. Ashmore, “the: answer obtained should approximate the popula tion of Savannah very closely. As to the accuracy, of the last school census, I am very well satisfied, as it was taken under my supervision and the greatest care was exercised in obtaining an accurate count. 1 believe ihe census of ISBS is lso fairly accurate. It is possible that the count in that year was not quite so thorough, ond that the school population was a lit tle In excess of the official figures. This would reduce the total of the answer somewhat, but the figures for ISSB could not have been very far out of and it would be a very liberal allowance to deduct 2,000 from the answer I have obtained. This would place the city’s pop ulation at not less than 62.695.” Mayor Myers, in spe,iking of the em ails matter, said that hr had no doubt that Supervisor Blun is making every f -fort to obtain an accurate count, b.d h< feared, from cases that had come und r his own observation, that tgo -1 ma y people had been overlook* <1 by the enum erators. To test this ilea, he sad. be proposes to have the h a is <f th depirt ments to notify their subordinates <o as certain whether they ajnd their famil • had been included in the tens is cont. and to report accordingly. lostrucdons to this effect have L eri given, 1* -aid t a the heads of, tl. indu e and fire depar - monis and to the director of public V rk-. In this way the Mayor expects to a-cer tain in a day or two how many of the city employes and their fatnili* s h ive bon overlooks. To Xttcml Masonic Reunion. •Mr. Charles F. Fulton, district deputy of the First Masonic District, has ue- ej> - ed an invitation from Waynesboro Lodge of Masons, to attend and address M i sonic pit.tile, that will he held nt Per-* kins Junction next Tuesday. XVaynes bor° ldgc has invited sonn ten or fif teen other lodges to he present, and i; Is thought t hut fully eight hundred persons wii t be In attendance at th affair.- Police 11 tMI Little to Do The police ! and m exceedingly quiet dn> yesterday, aliening up to 1 6'clock tiiis morning only six persons. The principal in this bunch are those of two col ored women. Ada I’m., and Josephine Fmall, one of whom i- > arged with . r -r.ving a concealed weapon, and t ie oiher w’ith drawing a pistol and threatening to •hoot E. Robinson. Lac® Bale To-day. . tftayqu 11 re' FRIK\DLV TO ROOSEVELT. Mayor Myers Think* He Had Better \ecept Ili €‘ Nice I’reuhlenry. The vice presidential feature of the Re publican convention in Philadelphia is at tracting a great deal of attention in Sa vannah. so much so that the uninitiated in polite s might imagine that Republi can sympathizers were numerous here just at pres nt. Governor Roosevelt his many admirers in Savannah and bis nom ination to fill #he second place on the Re publican ticket would undoubtedly cause a more friendly feeling toward that • > and its t in i.; vicinity than woul dotberw ise be th- case. As to what effect this nomination would have on Roos< vek'.s future political pros pects opinions differ. Mayor Myers is one of those who thinks that it would be well for the governor to get in the game while the entire Republican party heart seems to be yearning for him with one big yearn. “There is no telling what changes in sentiment may occur in four years.” said Iyet ter is y “The Re publi cans of Now York st ife Want Mr. Roose velt for Vice President for more reasons than one, chiefly because at hey think that it would help to harmonize their party to get him out of the state. Inhere is consid erable friction there now azid though he could doiibth s- b-* re-elec fed governor, the probabilities are that this friction will increase and that he would be a weaker candidate four years hence than he is to-day with party discord to menace his chances of success.” “While if is true that no Vice President has ever been ele< :ed President, there is no reason why this rule should hold good in Roo.-evelt's case, lie is a young man, and one of the kind that Is likely to keep in the public eye, and he would be gen erally accepted from the beginning of his n m as the next presidential candidate of his party. In fact, to sum it up. I think hat Mr. Roosevelt’s only chance of br ing President, is to accept, the vice presi dency. If anything should happen to President McKinley, he would step into the place, and he would then stand a good chance of being elected by the people at t tie next election.” “However,” said the Mayor, “even that is doubtful. The people of this country do not like to let one party stay in power too long. 1 am convinced that Mr. Mc- Kinley and his running mate will be Hooted this year, and 1 am equally well satisfied that, with a good safe man named by the Democrats four years hence, success will be easy. Mr. Bryan will make a strong fight this- year, but I can not convince myself that he h4s any show* of winning.” ’MIDST. >llßlO \\l) FLOWERS. Mr. Herman GelTLen anil Ml** Meta C. I). Siem Were Wedded. An extremely pretty wedding was that of Mr. Herman H. Geffken and Miss Meta C. D. Siem last night. The cere mony, which was performed by Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer, took place at 8:30 o’clock at the homo of the bride’s sister, Mrs. L. C. Oerkcn. No. 429 Gwinnett street, east. The parlors were prettily decorated wi h palms and flowers. Prof. John Wie gand presided at the piano, and as the bride and groom entered the parlor, play ed the Mendelssohn Wedding March. The attendants were Mr. Martin Siem and Miss Annie Schroder. The bride was becomingly gowned in while chiffon with lace and ribbon, an 1 wore a wrath of orangfe blossoms and a veil. She carried a bouquet of Bride roses. Miss Schroder wore white chiffon, applt qued, and carried a bouquet of La France rosea. The bride and groom were well remem bered by their friends, receiving an un usually large and valuable number of presents, consisting of furniture, silver ware and bric-a-brac. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of Mrs. Geffken, where many friends called to offer their congratula ti ns and b st wishes. Mr. Geftken is a well known and pop ular young man en,gaged in tin* grocery business at Broughton and Price streets. The bride is a young lady whose many excellent qualities have endeared her to a large circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Geffken will make their home on Brough ton street, east. WILL APPLY FOR NEW ( HARTER. Innniiuon* Action Taken by Stock holders of Southern Bank. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Southern Bank yesterday morning it was unanimously decided that application should be made to the Secretary of State for a renewal of the hunk charter as it stands at present, including the recent amendments. Those amendments, it will be renumbered, simply accepted certain provisions of the general state bank law in liiii of special provisions formerly in-- eluded in the bank’s charter. One of the privileges obtained by the amendment referred >o is that of increas ing or decreasing the capital stock as provided by the general banking law’. At the time the amendment was obtaineil by the bank it was thought that its capital stock would be reduced, but nothing furth er has been done cn this line. So long as the conditions of the banking business rontinue to be as satisfactory as they are at present it is not thought likely that any move of this kind will he made. Mr. James E. Grady presided at the stockholders’ meeting. Although the at tendance was not larg< about three fourths cf the stork was repres nted in person and by proxy. STI DIED THE PLANETS. Prof. Park* Gave a I'leiisnnt Eve ning to Pupils find Friends. Prof. M. M. Porks of the High School, gave n number of his pupils nnd their friends a very pleasant entertainment last night, observing the planets Jupiter and Saturn, through the High School tele scope. Astronomy is on" of the branches of study in the science department of the High School, of which Prof. Parks is in charge, and he frequently make* use of the tclctfeope in illustrating this branch of the work to the pupils. The planets Jupiter and Saturn were the particular obje :> of Interests for the evening, and both were seen to splendid advantage. Jupiter, with his four moons and equatorial hands, and .Saturn, with his large bands of fight, were made plain ly visible by the fine telescope, manipu lated by the skilled hands df Prof. Park*. The older persons present were fully as much interested in these, to them, some what novel sights, and some time was spent In studying these big brother* of the earth. WILL HE NO SN\I JUDGMENT. tc met cry Matter Will Not lie Taken I | Without Notice. ‘ The re will be no snap. Judgment taken on the cemetery question,” said Mayor j Myers yesterday. “If it he decided to take up the mutter again, full notice will ho, given. 1 do not intend to hove it by either side, that any uniair ad vantage was taken.” Mayor Myers said that he did not know whit Alderman Hans’ plans wore, fur ther than what he had seen stated in the newspapers. It was very natural, raid, that further steps •frhftul.f" .'A& J I j n *ho direction of pro- THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1000. FACTIONAL LINES SET ASIDE. CHATHAM’S DELEGATES TO (ON GRESMON VL i ON V ENTION. \ll of Them Personal Erie nil* of ( 01. Lester—The Delectation Com posed of Col. Dull, mid Messrs. Moiflll, ItHvenel, Herman, lint try and Gordon Saussy—Mr. AVilltitk** Jtepl> to Criticism* of Committee’s Delay in Naming the Delegates. The delegates to th" Congressional C:- ventiorf of the First district, to 7>e held at Sratesboro. Wednesday, June 27, were se lected yesterday by the committee ap pointed for that purpose at the me ting of the County DemoaaUc Executive Com mittee after the recent meeting. The deb. cation eon i ts of Col. J. H. Es till. Mr. P. A. Stovall. T. P. Rav r. 1, Esq., Mr. S. Herman. Mr. F. C. Bat try and Gordon Saussy, Esq. Tlio make up of the delegation Indicates at once that it was selected with the idea of naming per sonal friends of Col. Lester, without ie gard to factional lines. Ths committee which selected the dele gation consisted of Messrs. Harry Wil link. B. S. Wells and A. Ehrlich. The committee lias been endeavoring to get to gether for the last two or three days, but owing to the l i t that Mr. Willink, who was the first named and was therefore te garded as chairman, was busily engaged in work across the rifier, it was difficult to arrange a meeting. The members of the committee had no difficulty in agree ing as soon as they got in consultation. There has been some adverse comment upon the delay of the committee in hHoe - ing the delegation and t ic < ritieism has been generally directed towards Mr. Wil link. The latter, when asked about the matter, said he did not think it F.uch t difficult thing to find six friends of Col. Lester who would be willing to make the trip to Statesboro in his behalf ;nd '.hat he thought a week’s notice to those se lected would Be amply sufficient. Col. Lester’s nomination being a f regone con clusion he had seen no necessity for has.e in the matter. Mr. Ehrlich, os secretary of the commit tee. was requested to notify each of tie gentlemen named of his appointment and to request his acceptance of the same. CLOSING TUB SCHOOL YEAH. The Final Examinations \re Now in Progress. Superintendent Ashmore has com pleted the programme for the closing of the schools for the year 1899-1900, and all the schools will wind up their work for (he year next week. The members of the High Schol graduating class began their fin and <xaminations Tuesday, and will con clude them next Tuesday, when Principal Train and Superintendent Ashmore, as sisted by the High School teachers, w'lll lake the papers in hand nnd determine who are the graduates for 1900 and who the unfortunate few to whom this honor will not pertain. The exercises of the graduating class will take place at the theater next Thurs day night. The annual aldress will be de livered by Mr. Pleasant A. Sr oval 1 of the Board cf Education. A feature of the exercises wdil be the presence of an orchestra to furnish the instrumental music. This calls for the elimination of the vocal music by the schocl, which has been a feature of these occasions heretofore, the only vocal music on (he programme being the graduating hymn by the class of the year. The ex ercises will begin promptly at 8:30 o'clock, by which the theater will doubtless be crowded with relatives and friends of the graduates. The class of 1900 consists of eighteen boys and forty girls, and of this number it is expected that all hut three or four will graduate. The class, while a large one, is not quite so large as that of the previous year. The grammar schools examinations be gin to-day and will continue for one week. The order of examinations is as follow's: Thursday, grammar; Friday, geography; Monday, history; Tuesday, spelling; Wed nesday. arithmetic. Thursday will be spent by the teachers in going over the examination papers with the children for the purpose of correcting the errors an l showing the pupils heir mistakes. This system was introduced last year and was found very beneficial to the children. Fri day the promotions and averages will be announced nnd the certificates and diplo mas will be presented to the children. The records of the schools will then all be completed ‘by the t achers and turned over to the superintendent by the principals. The work of the year, so far as princi pals and teachers are concerned, will then be completed. As usual the majority of the teachers will spend their vacations away from Sa vannah. Many have already made their plans fob the summer and are only await ing the close of the wchools to put tb m in execution. Prof. M. M. Parks, of the High School, will head a delegation of about seventy-five Georgia teachers for Chicago, when? they will take summer courses at the great university there. Sev eral Savannah teachers will be among the number. FEARS FOR HEY. W. I>. KING. Siunnnnh Missionary In Stinntnng Province Not Far From Tien Tsln. The Boxer troubles in China which have assumed so menacing an aspect recently have a more than passing Interest for many persons in this state and even in Savannah who have either friends or rela tives engaged in missionary work at or near the sent of the trouble. A missionary from this city, Mr. TV. D. King, was, when last heard from by bis relatives here, at Tal-au-fu, in the Shan tung pro Vince and no great distance from Tien Tsln. In his last letter home, which was received only about two weeks ago. though written two months earlier, he gave a gloomy account of the outlook for the missionaries. At the time he wrote he said that the Big Knife, or Boxers so ciety had been active for about eight months and that its members had become so violent in their demonstrations that the Governor of Ihe province had been forced io garrison (he town wuith 2.000 foreign drilled soldiery, and that the missionaries had been notified not lo travel without n military escort. Mr. King said that the work >f the missions had been practically broken up. u.> the naiiv* ~. not only feared o profess Christianity, but cvm refused to come about th buildings for fear that they would incur the enmity of the unti foreign element. Mr. King has been in China for the last nine years. It was his Intention to return home I • wlntet ind Its n itiv< that in pursuit of ibis intention nnd real ising. (hut the work of the missions, was for the time being, in a slate where lit ifd bajdont h may i | one of t :e /••aport ; -wr.ts. and now is m a position of comparative safety. Forty years In the market with a con stant increase in salts tells the tale for Cook s Imperial Extra Dry Champagne.— $A.<N> Trimmed lint* s!S.r(>. To-day, regular $5.00 trimmed huts $2.50. KroujkofTs.-ad. .MOOHirS HURRIED DEPART! RE. Story of Missing Forger Revived by i ase in t ity < onrt. The story of A. H. Moore and his hur ried departure from the city last August, * case in the City Court, in which Moore was one of the defend n •/. The case w r as that of John H. Grimm, against J. L. Thompson. H. A. Fount fin, and the Em pire Feed and Milling Company. The Empire F* < J nud Milling Company was really h partnership, consisting of Moore and Fountain. About a month be fore his exit from this t uk of his finan c.al exploits, exp.< ' • that involved a number of good citizens of Savannah in uneasiness and enV: an a "ment, Moore ex ecuted a note for > to John 11. Grimm, signing it the Empire Feed and Milling Company, by liim- If a manager. This note was discount 1 Mr. Grimm, and upon its malurhy. ; and to he paid by him, Moore having i ih.it time left the city, and. Fountain averring that lie had with drawn long be for* from the partnership, and had nothing to do with the business or its indebted:!- s. There is no doubt about the fa t that Mr. Fountain had withdrawn from the partnership ai tin i me. a notice to thi effect having been published in the Morn ing News in June pr< ■" ling the execution of the note. Tut* question at issue was a legal one ,*’m> i.ur y. about the only fact involved 1 lug whether or not 31 r. Grimm had noli* e.T the dissolution. Un der the decisions cf the courts he was en titled to actual notice of the dissolurionr before his right t hold a partner in the firm upon an evidence of copartnership indebtedness could ho barred. Mr. Grimm stated that he had never seen the disso lution notice in the paper and that he did not know that the old firm had been dis solved until he was so told by Mr. Foun- tain. The case was argued before the court and jur> r by Mr. J. F. Evans for the p ain tiff and by Mr. George W. Owens for the defendant. Fountain. None of the oth*r parties sued resided the obtainment of a judgment. .Judge Norwood charged the jury in the lare afternoon and late at night the twelve good men and true w- re still wracking their brain- in the jury room and striving to reach an agreement. If they* succeed it will b Q contained in a sealed verdict that will be opened when court convenes this morning. Moore’s connection with the case Is the fact that renders it interesting. It will be remembered that at the time of his departure he was under bond for his ap pearance in the Superior Court, and that n charge of forgery was pending against him. An indictment was found and his bondsmen made very effort to effect the arrest of the fugitive from justice, but up to this time the efforts made have not been attended with a ray even of suc cess. The charge of forgery is the serious one against the absent Moore, but it seem® not to have been wholly by this means that he provided himself with the funds for the somewhat extensive trip he prob ably' contemplated Just before his depart ure, and which he has since taken. The funds were largely raised by inducing his friends to indorse his paper or ad vance him money on it. Among these unfortunates the plaintiff in the City Court case is numbered. Whatever the result of the case may be, either he or another equally innocent party, Mr. Foun tain, will have to bear the loss. AS IN THE DAYS OF YORE. A Game of Stnd-Foker With $4,000 or $5,000 on the Tnble. A game of stud poker, that in size and interest reminded the sporting fraternity of the “good old times before the war,” was played in one cf the temples of for tune in Savannah, or not far away, a day or two ago. It caused most of the pres ent-day generation of sports to open their eyes in rapturous amazement. The game was a dollar ante, with, as of course, in stud-poker, the dome of the starry heavens or the size of the bet ter’s pile, for a limit. It continued for twelve hours and during mest of the time there was between S4.(KM) and $5,000 on the table. The betting was lively, but the favor of the fickle goddess refused to hover steadily over any' particular one of the players, and when the game was brought to a close, but one of them, strangely enough, was perceptible to the bad. The unfortunate was a new-comer from Tampa, who had contributed SSOO of his wad to the local devetfes cf the green cloth. The other losers had done but lit tle more than pay the house the take out. MADE A M AJOR GENERAL. Savniinnliinia Are Gratified at the Promotion of Gen. Wheaton. Those Savannahians who had the pleas ure of meeting that gallant soldier, Gen. Loyd Wheaton, while he was in command cf one of the brigades of the Seventh Army Corps, for some months encamped around the city, wore gratified at the an nouncement in yesterday’s Morning News that he had been promoted to be a major general of volunteers. Gen. Wheaton is a colonel in ihe regu lar army, being the commanding officer of the Twentieth Infantry. By his fine soldierly' qualities and genial personality he mule many friends here, and it is generally felt that his promotion is a well-deservfd tribute to an officer always faithful, diiigent and competent in the di-charge of his duty. Gen. Wheaton is now' in command of one of the departments in the Philippines. His record there has equalled that he has made in the past. THE REPORT WAS APPROVED. ( ommlMAioner Directed to Make Title* to Purchasers. The report of E. L. llackctt, C. H. Dorsett and James L. Murphy, the com missioners appointed by Judge Falligant in the Superior Court to sell the estate Involved in the partition proceedings in stituted by Marla C. Bell against Anita C. Cromwell, was filed in court on yes terday. The report showed that the property had been sold, after advertisement, at the door of the e urt house, at public outcry, to the high' st and best bidder, for the gross to*al sum cf $1,630. Judge Falligant passed an order approving the sale and directing that deeds to the purchasers of the various pieces of property sold be made by the commissioners. 1 MIL LATER IN THE WEEK. Hearing In Case of M. Wllensky Postponed by Commissioner. The preliminary hearing In the case of M. Wllensky, charged with concealing from the receiver some of the assets of the Savannah Shoe and Dry Goods Company, now' bankrupt, of which he was formerly manager, was to have been cbntinned be fore United States Commissioner Lewis on yesterday afternoon. By agreement of counsel and with the approval of the commissioner the hearing was postponed until some day later In the wt ok. w hen It will hr resumed. B. Weitz, n local merchant with whom Wj lensky Is said to have hail dealings that indicate his guilt of the charge brought against him. Is the only other Important and mm-rial witness, and one other her slon will doubtless serve to conclude the hearing. • If If you would bo well, keep well, and ward off diseases of nil kinds, keep “Crab Orchard Water” on hand and take it oc casionally, as required. It is Natures [own medicine. * SENT HER INTO DEEP SLEEP. STRANGE INFLUENCE! OF SABRO’S INDIAN HANDKERCHIEF. Mrs. Wilson Inhaled the Peculiar Odor of the Rich Silken Gift That Ihe Sword Swallower Sent Young Everett Sunday Night anti Did Not Recover Consciousness 1 nlil the Next Afternoon—The Everetts Be lieve the llnndkerehicf Was In tended to Pnt an Indian Spell on the Lad. The attempted abduction of young Pres ton Everett by King Sabro, or, unprofes sionnlly, William Cashwell, teems with Incident, and each day some pew devel opment in this interesting story of the man’s unnatural attachment for the boy is brought to light. The latest has regard to the ornate and heavily embroidered handkerchief of Indian silk which was enclosed in the note sent by Sabro to young Everett last Sunday night. The handkerchief is a weird-looking creation in itself and is believed by many to exercise some quasi magic spell, that takes away the senses *of those who inhale its odor and brings a dreamless sleep. Mrs. Wilson, a neighbor of the Ever ett’s, is one of those w ho experienced the evil effects that the handkerchief pro duced. After the exciting experiences of Sunday evening, when Sabro received his thrashing at the hands of Walter Sauls, a* number of the friends of the family gathered in the Everett’shome, the pack age containing the note and handkerchief was again unwrapped and those in the room made a more or less careful inspec tion of them both. The handkerchief came in for Its full share of inspection, and its odor w*as one of the thing? that struck everyone. The odor was strange and unfamiliar in the nostrils of those who smelled it, and Mrs. Wilson. Tenderer] curious, held it to her face longer than did anyone else. Short ly afterwards, she noticed that she was becoming drowsy, but attached no import ance to the fact, ascribing it merely to the fatigue and excitement of the even ing. She retired and when she again woke it w'as 4 o’clock Monday afternoon. Her head- was still singing from the effects of the drug, or whatever it was with which the handkerchief had been impreg nated, the fumes of which she had in haled. She believes firmly that the hand kerchief, with its strange odor, was de signer! to play an important part in the abduction of young Everett, and that had he inhaled its perfume, It would have rendered him an easy victim to the wily maneuvers of the magician. Sabro is said to have been born of English parentage in India, and to have passed his youth and early manhood in that land of sorcery and enchantment. Certain it is that the fakirs and adepts of the Orient possess many n strange se cret that is not dreamt of in the philoso phy of the West, and it may be that Sa bro has absorbtd some of these anil was endeavoring to use one of them to aid his abduction of the boy. Of course, it may also be that imagination played a part in the effects that have been thought to follow inhaling the odor of the hand kerchief, but of this it would not be pos sible to convince any of those who experi enced them just after the pickage was opened. FROM HALL. TO SUBSCRIBERS. Bell Company Fornlslre* Bulletin Service to Savannahtans. During the last two days the Bell Tele phone Company has been furnishing to those of lis subscribers who cared to take them, bulletins of the proceedings of the National Republican Convention. The bulletins have been received in full at the Oglethorpe Club, the Cotton Ex change and the Board of Trade. ( The company has had its own reporter in the convention hall and a direct wire from the hall to its exchanges through out the country. In this manner it has been in a position to give very rapid service, and it has done so. The bulletins have kept the Savannah public momentar ily in touch with all that has transpire! in the convention, and with the develop ments in the race for the second place on the Republican ticket. The service will be continued to-day and will be furnished to those subscribers who care to take It. Those who do not desire the full service will he given in formation at any time by ringing up the exchange and asking for it. WANT THE FUNDS DIVIDED. Tronble Among Labor Unions Over Proposed Picnic. The Building Trades Council held a meeting last night and indorsed the action of the members of the Carpenters’ and Joiners Union in soliciting subscriptions for the picnic that they intend giving on July 4to Wilmington Island. The agents of the Carpenters’ Union requested this action on part of the council on account of the many adverse criticisms tha' have been made on the project by certain mem bers of the other unions who think that the funds which it is hoped will be real ized should be applied for the common good of all the unions and not for any individual organization. The picnic, so say those who ore inter ested, will be one of the largest of its kind ever given in this city; the sale of tickets having already assured them of an attendqnce that will guarantee a h ini some addition to the funds of the union. ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED. Robert Mack tbo tlierrnrn Grocery Thief Kun Down by Morphy. Robert Mack, an escaped convict from the county chain-gang, where he was sent sometime ago for breaking into the Aber jorn Street Grocery Company, but who made his escape, was arrested yesterday morning by Detective J. J. Murphy. He appeared before the Recorder and was or dered held for the county authorities. J. C, Moody, the maimed bootblack, who the night before had been on another of his periodical "soaks," was given the us ual thirty days on the gang. Willie Carter, colored, for cursing and abusing Mrs. J. D. Burger, was given the alternative of coming across with sls er spending twenty days behind the bars Necessity compelled him to accept th< latter. ‘•Take Hoed Will Surely Speed.” ” Be sure to heed the first symptoms of indigestion, nervousness and impure blood, and thus avoid chronic dyspepsia, nervous prostration and all the evils produced by bad blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is your safeguard. It quickly sets the stomach right, strengthens and quiets the nerves, purities, enriches and vitalizes the blood and keeps up the health tone. All liver Ills are cured by Hood’s Pills, 25c.—ad. 75c Sailor* ;iOe. To-day, white, black, novy nnd brown rough and ready Knox shape sailors; reg ular 75c hat, 33c. Krouskoff's.—ad. Ladle*, It will be of advantage to you to read our ad on page 5, concerning boy’s shirt waists. B. H. Levy Bro,-ad. 75c Lndy*iuitli 75c. The same hat as other* advertise at OSc. Krouakoff's.-ad. ( Fiva Cents * package or ten cents, according to the size. Put up In atr tight boxes which keep this good sal? good. FRVORITE Tii&le SdU Is the salt that neTer sticks. DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO. St. Clair. Mich. HENRY SOLOMON & SON, Sole Distributing Agents. RF.V. ALEXANDER ELLIS DEAD. Pastor of Beth-Eilcn Baptist Church Died From Bright** Disease. Rev. Alexander Ellis, pastor of Bsth- Eden Baptist Church, died at his home, No. 505 McDonough street, east, at 9:25 o'clock last night, from Bright’s disease, after an illness of about six weeks. He was in bis sixty-third year. He was born at Ivinloss, in the Parish of Trelaw ney, County of Cornwall, Jamaica. West Indies, Oe’t. 15, 7837. Rev. Ellis received his preliminary ed ucation in the public schools of the is land, after which ho entered Calibar Col lege. graduating after a seven years’ course in science and theology. He engag ed in teaching scon after then in one or two schools of the island. He was or dained to the Christian ministry in 1867. Soon after his ordination he left Jamaica for the United States, arriving in New' York in 7867. The Baptist Home Mis sion Society of Now York im mediately commissioned him to teach theology in Shaw University, Ra leigh. N. C. Leaving Raleigh the follow'- ing April, he went to Manchester, Va., to engage in teaching and preaching. While in Manchester, he received a call from the members of the Independent Baptist Church of Boston, with a view to filling their pulpit. He accepted the call. He remained in Boston from 1868 un til 1882, after which he received a call to the pastorate of the Second Baptist Church. Greene Square, of this city, which he held for eight years, during which time he entirely remodelled the church edifice, giving to it an appearance worthy of its membership. In 1891, Rev. Ellis organized the Beth- Eden Baptist Church. Under his super vision. a handsome brick edifice has been erected, at Gordon and Lincoln streets, in which his congregation is now' worship ping. Rev. Ellis w’as a Mason, a mem ber of Hilton Lodge, No. 2, and was deputy division grand master of the sente. He was president of the Minis ters’ Evangelical Union. Rev. Ellis was a man of unquestioned ability, ripe experience and unfaltering courage. He was methodical in all his business affairs. Asa citizen, he had the esteem of his fellow-citizens, white and colored. He leaves- a wife, three daugh ters and a son-in-law to mourn his loss. His funeral will take place from the Beth-Eden church next Sunday morning, at 11 o’clock. NO DISCRIMINATION SHOWY. Secretary Then* Replies to Aider man Horriunn's Letter. Mayor Myers received a letter yesterday from Mr. S. E. Theus. secretary of the Park and Tree Commission, replying to critcisms made upon the commission by Alderman J. J. Horrigan for alleged lack of attention to the squares in the eastern part # of the city Replying to Alderman Horrigan’s criti cisms Mr. -Ttyeuß states that It is not the rule of the commission to give attention to particular parts of the city more than to other parts. Bull street, as the prin cipal promenade of the citizens, Forsyth Park, Oglethorpe avenue and Coonial Park have been improved with a view io the pleasure and benefit of all the citi zens and the effort has been made to make these improvements, especially as relates to the parks, lasting and permanent. The commission. Mr. Theus states, has asked many times for an appropriation with which to improve the Bay street green, but has always been refused by Council. It has had plans in hand for tills improvement for some years, and has even gone so far as to suggest a name, “Emmet Park.” an likely to meet with favor among the residents of that vicinity. As to the matter of walks through the squares. Mr. Theus states, this comes ex clusively under the department of public works, and cutting across gross plats is regulated by city ordinances. A word to the police to enforce these ordinances might have the desired effect, he sug gests. In conclusion. Mr. Theus states that the commission has a large job on its hand:’, in the shape of 7,000 dead trees, w-hich should be removed this summer. As its resources are limited, it is taxed to the utmost to cope with the situation. Tho commission, he states, is making the best possible use of the means at its disposal, and challenges any other city department to show the same amount of work accom plished for the money expended. HALF- RATES To Rnrnesvi lie \ in. C entral of Geor gia Railway, Account of Rnrnesvllle < linntnnqua. Tickets on sale from nil points in Geor gia on Central of Georgia Railway. July 3 to 6 inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Barnesville prior to r.oon July 7. Final limit July 10. Ticket Offices—lo 7 Bull street and Cen tral i>assenger station.—ad. Family Etrnrilnni In Tyboe Every Wednesday and Friday, Twenty-five cents round trip. Tickets limited to date of sale. Tickets on sale at Tybee Depot, Randolih street, foot of President.—ad. Summer Excursion Problem. The attractive and interesting publica tions issued by the. Southern Railway, namely, Summer Homes Folder, “Land of the Sky” and Sapphire country pam phlets will greatly assist one In selecting desirable summer resorts. Low rate ex cursion tickets now on sale via South ern. James Freeman, C. p, ahd T A.; Randall Clifton, district passenger agent, 141 Bull street.—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 \pple Cider are very good. Llppman Bros, cor ner Congriss and Barnard streets, Sa vannah, Ga.—ad. Grn y beard. “Grayheard cured me of Catarrh of tho head which had clung to me 3a years. Mrs. Khoda Lean. Ballinger, Tex.” Graybeard is sold, at all drugstores for W- Respeia Drug Cos.. Props.—ad. A Dcllciona NmoLr. The Herbert Spencer Is on elegant cigar and Is truly a delightful enjoyment to Inhale the fumes of this fine tobacco; It is exhilarating and delicious. See that the name of Herbert Spencer Is on every wrapper of every cigar, with out which non* are genuine. The iferbert Spencer cigars are only sold by the box of 30. Conchas at J3.W>. and Perfectos, M. 50 at Llppman Bros., whole sale druggists, Barnard and Congress FASHIONABLE “SUMMER HORSE CLOTHING.” Complete and nobby assortment of Ear Nets, Body Nets, Sheets, etc. Also stylish line of Lin en Lap jßobes. Congress and Whitaker Sts. LEO FRANK. Refrigerators. Ckilcot, the Yukon and the Economic. Best in their class, Freezers. Peerless and Zero. Best in the world. y. minis. lls speis in iiseii, 480 Courtland Ave , Atlanta, Ga„ April 26th, 1900 Columbia Drug Company, Savannah, Ga.: Gentlemen—lt gives me pleasure to heartily recommend “Infant-Friend Powder,” and to give to you a singu lar little coincidence connected with it. During the Cotton States and Inter national Exposition I was presented with a little box of this pow'der, and was so pleased with it that I was ex ceedingly anxious to get more, but on looking at the box 1 found nothing but Savannah. Ga., no other address I have often wished I knew where to get it. This morning’s mail brought your circular with enclosed sample. I immediately referred to my box, and found it was the “Infant-Friend Pow der.” It is without doubt tha best powder I have ever used. Respectfully, MRS. Wm. KING. j For sale by all Druggists, j Manufactured by COLUMBIA DRUG COMPANY, i Savannah, Ga. !CUBAN i WATER j MONKEYS. EDWARD LOVELL’S 818, 113 BROUGHTON STREET, WEST. COMFORT For your 6tock The fly season Is now on us and the time to us© Tough on Flies, a lotion when applied will prevent your horses and cattle i'icra being pestered. Try it and be convinced. HAY, GRAIN. BRAN, COW FEED, CHICKEN FEEL), etc. T. J. DAVIS. Phone 223. its Bay street, west. J>UCRO’S E Alimentary UXiR Is highly ro< onmen<le<l as a remedy for lung diseases ami as a preventive for typhoid, malarial and all kinds of levers AgcuU. K. Fougcra A Cos., New York SCHOOLS AM) COLLEGES. chenoweYh ~ 1342 Vermont ave. and lowa Circle. Washington, D. C. Boarding School for young ladles. Seed for catalogue. Miss _ Mary Davenport Chenowcth, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sloan. FREE! FREE! FREE! CALL OR WRITE) Donnelly Pharmacy For package of T. pnd P. INDIGESTION , TABLETS. It cures when others fail. J. D. WEED & CO , BAY ANSI Ail, (lA. Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Hose. Agents f<y XEW YORK RUBBER BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY. M Morphine and Whiskey hab it. treated without pair or confinement Cure guaran teed or no pay. B. H. VKAL, Man'gr Lithia Springs San itarium. Box 3. Mulch. Ub