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10 COME IN FOR LARGE BEQUESTS MEMBERS OF THE SCHLEY FtMILY FALL. HEIR TO OVER $300,000. Jiamero*!* Made in ihc Will of Ihr Late Mr*. Emma Soliley nl ,v York. Widow of Iho Late Judge William Sehlev, in Which * Number of Her Hnsliand'i Hrla tiTet Are Reiuerabereil —Janie* W. Schley Receive* *100.0:)©. the Five Brother* null Sister* of Judge Scliley, or Their Heirs, Divide $150,000 and the Children of the Late John Schley Receive $50,000. Somewhere 'between $250,000 and S3OO ' in good cash end securities will ome to Savannah by reason of bequests con ained n the will of Mrs. Emma A. Schley, which was filed for probate in New York Saturday. Announcement was made in the Morning News some time ago of the good fortune of Mr. James W . Schley, of this city, in being remembered by his stepmother, the deceased. Mrs. Schley, to the extent of SIOO,OOO. It was later re ported that other relative? here had been remembered, but the amounts were not known. The Xevr York paper? of Sunday contain lengthy account** of Mrs. Schley’s numer ous bequests. Her fortune was a very large one. being estimated at from $6,000.- 000 to $8,000,000, and even as high as $lO.- 000,000. The deceased was the widow of the late Judge William Schley of Savan rrah and New' York, but her large fortune was inherited - from her first husband, &Ir. Keep, of New York City. She sur vived both husbands and left only one direct heir, a daughter, Mrs. Emma G. Halsey, to whom is left a fund of SI,OOO, • 000, besides other property of considera ble value, including a residence on Fifth avenue. The will of Mrs. Schley is remarkable from the number of bequests made, and the fact that she remembered oil relatives tfar and near, not only of her own, but of both her deceased husbands. Some of these relative** she had never seen, and they are simply mentioned in her will as the sons or brothers of someone else, one bequest of $50,000. being to the “children of Hal Schley’s father.” the Hoi Schley alluded to having been a brother of her deceased husband, now also deceased. Judge Wiiiiam Schley, through whose marriage to the weaithv New' York widow o number of his relatives come into small fortunes, was a native of Augusta, and a member of the well known Schley family of this state. He lived for a number of years in Savannah, end was judge of the Superior Court for one term, resigning the office end being succeeded by Judge Henry B. Tompkins. After his marriage to the wealthy Mrs. Keep, he resided in New York. He has been dead some years. Shortly after their marriage. Judge end Mrs. Schley visited Savannah and re mained here some time. Mrs. Schley, iiowever, had not visited here in years, and it is safe to say, that most of the relatives whom she remembered, were not •known to her even by sight. The de ceased is said to have been a woman of eomewhat peculiar disposition. It was stated by a member of the Schley family yeeterday. that she. rather herd herself aloof from her husband'e relatives, and did not encourage on their part, not because of any diattke. but because of a peculiar sensitiveness, being haunted by the fear that any attentions shown her were on account of her wealth, and not for her Own sake. In her will she seems to have been determined to remove any impressions which might exist on their part as to any dislike by her of Jhe members of her husband’s family. Mr. James W. Schley, as the son of her deceased husband, receives the largest be quest of any of the Schley family, his gift being SICO,COO. The New York papers rtate that a similar amount, SIOO,OOO, Is to be divided among the brothers and sisters of the late Judge Schley. Private advices, however, received through Mr. George S. McAlpin in New York, state this amount to be $150,000. There were five of the?** brothers and Bisters of Judge Schley. Of this number, -Mrs.-Maria McAipin of 22 Mar-on street, east, Mrs. Nephew' of New' York, and Philip A. Schley are living. Mrs. Haines, mother of Messrs. George S. and John S. Haines of this city, hut now' deceased, was another sister, and Louis Schley, the eon of a deceased brother, is the fifth heir. The many friends of the parties mentioned sincerely hope that the sum mentioned by Mr. McAlpin. $150,000, is the correct amount. Captain James W. McAlpln and Donald McAlpin ere given bequests of $5,000 each. The latter being dccoased, his portion will go to his h irs. As there are unward of one hundred bequests ranging from SI.OXI to $5,000 each it i- possible that other members of ihe Schley family in Savan nah were remembered. "The children of Hal Schley's father.” ■re remembered to the extent of $50,0u0. The father of Hal Schley was the late John Schley, a brother of Judge William Schley. His children are Hal Schley, de ceased; Julian Schley, George Schley and and Mrs. James Hardee, all of Savannah, and Mrs. Allen Hunter of New York. Hal Schley's portion of the bequest will go to his daughter, Miss Lillie Schley, of Savannah. Mr. James W. Schley, who receives the SIOO,OOO bequest, is a gentleman who be lieves in getting all there is out of life, as he goes along, and not troubling about the future. He leaves this morning for New York, and intends taking in the Paris Exposition. He had already ar ranged to do this, but the bequest to ■which he has recently fallen heir will en able him to make the trip In a style more suited to his tastes than he would other wise have been able to do. The members of the Schley family who profit by the bequests mentioned, are all well known in Savannah. They are the recipients of many cangratulations from their friends, all of whom sincerely re joice In their good fortune. Mr. George Schley, who lost his eyesight several years ago and has been totally blind alnce, is especially to be congratulated or his good fortune. The Schley family Is a very large one, and even with her numerous bequests, the deceased Mrs. Schley did not include all the members of the family here. Dr. C. C. Schley, being only a i ousin of the late Judge Schley, is not included in the bequests. The many friends of the genial physician will regret that such is not the case. Dr. Behley rejoices, however, in the good fortune of his relatives. The deceased Mrs. Schley was a sister in-law of the late Roswell P. Flower, who Is named as one of the trustees of the ■will, and Is given a bequest of $200,000. Mrs. Flower receives a similar bequest. Mr. Frederick S. Flower, who succeeds tils brother as trustee, receives $50,000, and Mr. Beach, the other trustee, re ceives SIOO,OOO. All the servants In the employ of the deceased were liberally re membered, two cooks receiving $5,000 each. Two saleswomen at Altman's big department store In New York are given $6,000 each, and a waitress, simply men tioned as "Rose,” Is given SIO,OOO. Sev eral bequests are made to churches and hospital*. TO INSPECT HOUSE DRAINAGE. Frank McDermott and Thomas J. (theftall Appointed by the Mayor. Messrs. Frank McDermott and T. J. Shettall were yesterday appointed by Mayor Myers Inspectors of the new house drainage system. The inspectors will Wprk under the direction of Plumbing In apector F. W. Campos, and will lie com pentuted by fees for inspections made. POLICE CHIEF ENJOINED. Judge Falligant Kettrnioi MaJ. Scre ven and Other* in Car Brass Caie. Judge Falligant granted an order in the Superior Court yesterday, temporarily re straining Superintendent of Police Screv \ en. Robert Hayms, clerk to the superin tendent; Magistrate M. Naughtin, his con stable, and William Schroeder, from re i moving any part of the brasses now held at the police station house. The order was granted at the instance cf Messrs. Chisholm &. Clay and Shelby My* rick of counsel for the Savannah. Florida and Western Railway, and is Intended to defeat the recovery of the property by Schroeder, under the possesosry warrant sworn out by him in Magistrate Naugh tin's court on last Friday and levied on the property in the possession of Superin tendent Screven. At the time of the levy the property was turned over J?y the con stable to Clerk Hayms, who became its custodian. The petition for an injunction against further proceedings under the possessory warrant recites the facts outlined above, and the title which the railway claims it has to the property. There is about 2,500 pounds of brass and tools of the value of $75 in the possession of the police, the value of the proprty amounting in its to tality to about $575. Schroeder was indict ed and tried for the theft of all of it from the company, and that the jury found him guilty of larceny of goods un der the value of SSO. The verdict was probably returned be- cause of the effect produced on the minds of the jurymen by Mr. Golding’s argument that it was almost impossible to believe that, even if the jury thought Schroeder guilty of stealing all of the brass and tools, they could believe he carried away as much ns 425 pounds of it at any one time. They must have found that he had obtained this much 'bras* at one time in order to find a verdict of guilty of larceny of goods over the value of SSO. and thus raise the grade of the offense from misdemeanor to a felony. That he had stolen all of the brass from the company at different times, each theft being of less value than SSO, would not have authorized the jury to return a verdict of guilty of the higher grade of the offense. The railway company claims that all of the tools and brasses belong to it. hav ing been stolen either by Schroeder or some of his agents or negro thieves from whom he purchased. In either event the t tie to the property has never been viti ated or destroyed, and it wants the tools and brasses back. Judge Falligant has set the hearing upon the application for the tem porary injunction for Friday morn ing, when the evidence and argu ments will be considered by hien. The petition of the railway company asks the court to take the whole question of the ownership of the property under its charge, in the exercise of its equitable jurisdiction, and to decide who is right fully entitled to its custody and posses sion. This action the court is asked to take for the purpose of avoiding a multi plicity of suits and needless, expensive and protracted litigation between the va rious parties at interest. DEATH OF HENRY COLEMAN. He Was a Veteran of the Confeder ate Army and a Brnxe Soldier. Mr. Henry Coleman died yesterday wonting at 5 o'clock, at his home, No. 114 Park avenue, east. Mr. Coleman was born in Germany, but capie to this coun try while a young man, arriving in Sa vannah just before the war. He enlisted in the Third Georgia Regiment, Wright's Brigade, and continued with that com mand throughout the war, being in a',l the battles in which his Regiment took part .and twice wounded, once at Sharps burg, and again at Manassas. He was at one time a member of the bodyguard of Gen. Mnhone. Afier the war Mr. Coleman lived in Eastman, Irvington, and Bristol, Tenn., leaving the last named place about two years ago to come lo Savannah, where he has since lived. He was a member of the Third Georgia Regiment Association, Zerubbabel Ixwlge of Masons, and of an Odd Feiiows’ Lodge of Bristol. He had not. however, affiliated himself with any of the Savannah lodges. His funeral will take place at Laurel Grove Cemetery this ernobh at S cvctork. Mr. Coleman leaves a wife and two children, Mr. Nathan Coleman of this city, and Mr. William Coleman of Jack sonville. Mr. William Coleman reached Savannah last night. He also leaves* a mother, who is $6 years old, and who lives in Germany. 4BSCONDER MATTHEAVS LOCATED. Requisition Paper* Asked for to Ihiiig Him From tlie Paeifle Coast. W. C. Matthews, the absconding mana ger of Murphy & Cos., brokers, has beeh located on the Pacific coast. Requisition palters have been applied for, and will be forwarded to Washington state. It is expected that Matthews will be arrested in Washington and brought east by Washington officers. With 3,500 or 4,000 miles between him and Savannah, the detectives here do not feel like taking any chances In going after him. The reward of SI,OOO will prob ably be divided. , Matthews got aw ay with about $7,000 of the Murphy Company's funds, and they have been making extraordinary efforts to locate him, and believe they have suc ceeded. INTERMENT IN LAI'REL GROVE. Funeral Services of Col. Charlton H. Mily Will Be at the Grave. The funeral of Col. Charlton H. Way will take place at Laurel Grove Cemetery at 9 o’cloek this morning, and will be ex ceedingly simple. It had been expected that the Oglethorpe Light Infantry; which Col. Way helped to organize, would at tend, but this the command found Itself unable to do. The services will be conducted at the grave in Laurel Grove by Rev. Dr. James Y. Fair, pastor of the Independent Pres byterian Church. The body of Col. Way was removed yesterday from the resi dence at Beaulieu, where the death oc curred. to Ihe undertaking establishment of Mr. IV. T. Dixon. It will be carried thence directly to the cemetery. It Is Rtated that Col. Way carried' an insurance policy on his life for the amount of SIO,OOO. DEATH OF MISS EVA J. NORTON. Her Funeral Will Take Place This Afternoon. Miss Eva Josephine Norton died yester day morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norton, No. 214 Lib erty street, cast, from heart failure, the result of rheumatism. She was 22 years old and had a wide circle of friends to whom her death brings the deepest sor row. The funeral will take place from the family residence at 5 o'clock this afternoon. THE H 1811111 It ML SOCIETY, Little Business nt the Jnly Meeting Last Night. The July meeting of the Georgia His torical Society was held last night, Presi dent Mercer presiding. Five applica tions for membership were received and voted on favorably. The remainder of the business was of a foutlne character, and consisted mainly of reading the re ports of the standing committees. These report* were received as tolwaatlon. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1900. CADETS WILL BE ESCORT. TO CONFEDER \TE VETERAN* AS SOCIATION AT WAYCROSS. Military Will Carry Fifty Men, I’nder Command of C’apt. J. T. Went—t*en. McCilnnhan Addressed Meeting of the Company on the Subject of the Reunion of the South Georgia Rri gade of Inited Confederate Vet erans—May Bea Special Train for Veterans, Military and Other Visi tors—(heap Hate for Everybody. Waycrosa Citizens Busy With Preparation*. At last night's meetirg of the Savannah Cadets the command and cided to attend the reunion of the South Georgia Brigade cf the Georgia Division of the United Confederate Veterans, that will be held to-morrow at Waycrosa. The Cadets will attend the reunion as 1 the escort of the Confederate Veterans’ j Association of this city. Some days ago the Cadets extended the Association a provisional offer of their escort, the offer being dependent upon the success of the command in securing a sufficient number of its members who w’ere able to make the trip. At the meeting of the command held a week ago it was decided that if forty members signified their willingness to go to Waycross the trip would be made, the non-commissioned officers of the company being appointed a committee to canvass the active list and urge the at tendance of all who could possibly go. At last night’s meeting the committee reported its success and several mem bers, who had previously expressed doubts as to their ability to make the trip, re considered their determination and stated that they would go. It is expected that the Cadets will carry nearly fifty men under the command of Captain J. T. West. The company has been ordered to as semble at the armory at 5:45 o’clock to morrow morning, whence it will march to the Plant System depot. The train for Waycross wfill leave the depot at 6:20 o'clock, city time. The orders for the command prescribe the blue uniform, cam paign hats, blue shirte. and leggins. ns the garb to be worn by its members dur ing the day. Besides Capt. West, Lie’ll. J. C. Tyson and Lieut. George H. Rich-, ter will also accompany the Cadets on the trip. Gen. P. McGlashan, commanding the brigade of veterans, was present at the meeting of the Cadets, and addressed them on the subject of the reunion and their proposed attendance. Gen. McGlashan states that the cheap rates that'have been offered by the Plant System for the day, apply to citizens generally and are not confined to members of the military corn man* \ and the veterans themselves. It is possible that with the attendance of the military a certainty, the number of the veterans who will go constantly in creasing, those citizens of Savannah who will go to gratify their curiosity and watch the gathering of the veteran clans and the number of veterans who will come in from the country and down with their comrades from the city, that the railroad people wfill see sufficient attend ance in prospect to provide a special train, instead of special cars, for the trip. The matter of transportation has been left in the hands of Col. M. P. Uslna. adjutant general and chief of Gen. McGlashan’s staff. The Waycross people are making exten sive arrangements for the entertainment of the veterans and the other guests of their town during the day. The business sessions of the convention will he held in the morning and late afternoon, while the middle of the day wfill be given up io a genuine, old-fashioned South Georgia bar becue and to a parade of the veterans and the military that will be in attendance. At the business sessions, which will he held in the Opera House, there will be ad dresses by a number of prominent citi zens of Waycross and the surrounding country and by equally prominent visiting ex-Confederates. Among the latter will be Gen. Clement A. Evans, commanding the Georgia division of the confederation. Gen. McGlashan hopes that every one of the thirty-two ‘oP thirty-three camps In the brigade wfiTl Te represented by at least a small delegation, and that some of them will come with comparatively full ranks. The Waycross people are looking forward to the attendance of visitors to the number of 2,000 or 3,000. Veterans and visitors reaching Savan nah from the country on the early morn ing trains of the Central and Seaboard Air Line wfill be able to take the 8:06 train on the Plant System for Waycross, and reach the reunion city in time for the barbecue and the parade. Gen Mc- G.lashan and his staff are enthusiastic over the prospects, and believe that the reunion wfill accomplish much towards the patriotic and benevolent objects and purposes for which the United Confed erate Veterans stand. CHATHAMS’ FORMAL ELECTION. The llnttery Ratified Its Choice of Officers Already Made. The Chatham Artillery held its formal election of officers at the armory last night, those chosen being the same as were elected informally at the preceding weekly meeting of the command. All ,of the elections are promotions in the direct line, the vacancy lacing caused- by the re cent death of -Senior First Lieut. W. G. Cann. Junior First Lieut. Harry S. Dreese was advanced to the grade of senior first lieutenant. Second Lieutenant C. W. Saussy was made junior first lieutenant, and First Sergeant A. D. Krenson, second lieutenant. Capt. J. T. West of the Sa vannah Cadets, and Capt. Walter 12. Coney, adjutant of the First Regiment of Infantry, Georgia State Troops, acted as superintendents of the election. The elections were unanimous, of course, as the choice of the command had been made in the informal election of a week aego. Indeed, the informal election was as unanimous as that held last night, in conformity with military law and usage. PRESENTED WITH A CANE. Employes of Mr. F. F. Stacer llclllrnt her Him on Ilfs Excursion. The employes of Mr. F. F. Stacer, a big lumber man of Lyons, were in the city yesterday lo the number of 125. The excursion was given them by Mr. Stacer, in token of his appreciation of their ef forts In his behalf. On yesterday the men presented their employer with a handsome cane of gold and ebony, very much to his surprise and equally much to his gratification and pleasure. Thleveldenre of his employes' loyalty and affectlw affected Mr. Stacer very deeply. MERCIRY DROPPED SIX DEGREES. Did Not Got Above the S8 Degree Mark Yesterday. There was a decided and most agreeable drop In Savannah’s temperature yester day, the thermometer reaching at the maximum only 88 degrees, 6 degrees lower than the day before. This lowering of Ihe temperature can probably be account ed for by the cloudy and threatening weather that prevailed most of the day The rainfall, however, was very small, only .02 of an Inch. For to-day, however, and to-morrow, also, showers abd thunderstorms are pre dicted. Light to tresb soviUieast wimis i may be ew>cisd. SUBMITTED WITHOUT ARGUMENT. Newly Discovered Evidence Ground of Motion In Mell Case. Erie-fcy of the evidence in the case of W. S. Mell, convicted of the murder of James Buzbee, his 15-year-old-brother-Sn law, and of the legal contentions of the prosecution and the defendant, with an amended motion for anew trial were fiiej with Judge Falligant on yesterday. Solicitor General Osborne, end Mr. R. J. Coldlng, the latter represent ing Mell, submitted the motion for anew trial without argu ment. The amendedl motion is based on the ground of newly-discovered evidence, affidavits of several witnesses being ap pended. which, if true, demonstrate a very different state of facte than that brought out on the hearing. The most important of these affidavits is that of H. E. Strubling;, who avers that he reached the scene of the homicide a few minutes after the fatal shots were fired, and that he then saw' a revolver ly ing on the ground by the side of young Buzbee. It has always been the conten tion of the defense that Buzbee had a revolver, and that he had threatened to use it on Mell, to avenge some real or fancied wrong of his sister, Meli’e wife, when Mell himself fired and mortally wounded him. To support the affidavit of Strubling a number of others are also s-übmltted, go ing to show that it was the boy’s habit to carry a revolver. One of these new wit nesses, George Radford, swears that he saw young Buzbee with the weapon on the day of the homicide. Another. Willie Stegin, says that Buzbee shot and killed a negro boy. on the banks of the canal, a month before he himself was killed. Judge Falligant will take the motion and the affidavits briefs offered in sup port of it under advisement and will ren der his derision as soon as he has had an opportunity completely to # digest the va rious points of law and fact involved. The affidavits certainly serve to put anew face on the controversy and if they are true are sufficient to convict several of the state’s witnesses of the most unblushing perjury. It is not unlikely that a new trial will be granted. PREPARING TO REBIiiJJ. Southern Cotton Oil Company to Re build Plant* on Larger Seale. The Southern Cotton Oil Company will lose no time in rebuilding its refinery and soap plant west of the city, destroyed last month by fire. The ruins are already nearly cleared away and the w'ork of breaking ground for the foundations will begin next week. Mr. L. W. Haskell, the manager of the company at Savannah, stated yesterday that the work of rebuilding the refinery, soap plant and barrel plant will begin very shortly, it being the purpose of the com pany to have the works in readiness for operation by this fall. The buildings will be on the same order as those destroyed by fire, but will be somewhat more exten sive and more conveniently arranged than the old buildings. The refinery will be a ihree-story brick building. 150 feet in length by 60 in width. The soap plant will be sep arate from the refinery, and will be a three-story building. 30 by 60. with sides of corrugated iron. The barreling depart ment will be a large one-story shed. 60 by 150 feet, with the sides covered with cor rugated iron. Mr. Haskell was not pre wired to say what these improvements would cost, but it is probable that $150,000 would not be far out of the way. Both the refinery and soap plants will be of larger capacity than those destroyed. It is hoped to have the plants complete and in readiness for operation by Sept. 15 and at any rate it is believed that this will be accomplished early in October. STORES CLOSE ON FOURTH. Principal Runines* Hou*es Will Ob serve Nation’s Birthday. A number of the principal retail stores of the city have signified, through their managements, that they would be closed all of to-morrow, thus permitting their employes full freedom of action in their celebration of the glorious Fourth. Those who have signed the petition which was circulated embrace Leopold Adler. B. H. Levy & Bro., Thetis Bros., Hub Clothing Company, Globe Shoe Com pany, Metropolitan Clothing Company, Jo seph D. McGovern, Jackson, Metzger & Cos., Krouskoff Millinery Company, Foye & Morrison, Sternberg & Cos., M. S. Brown, Daniel Hogan, Geil & Quint. Walsh & Meyer A. S. Nichols, Byek Bros., F. M. Kirby & Cos., Falk Clothing Company, Charles Marks, J. E. Gutman, J. Collate and Sig Gardner. The recent hot weather has rendered the lot of the clerks in the large /establish ments not particularly pleasant and they will welcome the advent of a day that they will have all to themselves and for their very own. If they observe the day in some manenr that will induce the con tinuance of their own health, rather than in honoring the memories of the fathers of the republic and ihe birth of independ ence on this continent, the shades of the departed, if the remembrance of what hot weather is like is still theirs, will doubtless be lenient and forgive it. THE SUPERINTENDENT AVON. X _______ Order of American Firemen Elected New Officers. Savannah Council of the Order of Amer ican Firemen held its annual meeting at the Central station on Oglethorpe avenue last night. The only feature of interest was the election of officers. There was an interesting contest for the presidency between Supt. John E. Mcguire and Mr. M. J. Brignoni, the retiring president. The superintendent was an easy winner, however, defeating his opponent by a vote of 63 to 16. Foreman A. J. Toshach of No. 3 was elected secretary over Fore man J. E. Campos of No. 2, by a close vote. Other officers elected were as fol lows: Vice President—Joseph S. Walker. Treasurer—George A. Mell. Sergeant-at-Arms—John P. Duffy. Directors—Dan P. Walker, W. M. dark, A. M. Rogers, Jere O'Leary, George Mou ro. A. Hancock, M. J. Brignoni, James Hearn. There was a good attendance, over thir ty members being present in person, and as many more by proxy. The council is in a flourishing condition, having over $1,500 in its treasury. C. F. MDSES AVON TOURNEY. Finished First With a Net Score of 116. The sedond weekly golf tournament of the Savannah Golf Club was won Satur day afternoon by Mr. C. F. Moses, on a net s.bre of 116. Mr. Moses' gross score was 134 and, with a handicap of 18, he was the winner and will receive the gold modal that Is offered by the club. The tour nament was an interesting one and sev eral of the contestants finished with net scores within a point or two of that of the successful winner. The Health Problem Is much simpler than Is sometimes sup posed. Health depends chiefly upon per fect digestion and pure blood, and tha problem is solved very readily by Hood's Sarsaparilla, You may keep well by tak ing It promptly for any sioinach cr blood disorder. Us cures of scrofula, salt rheum catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism end other diseases are numbered by the thous ands. . The favorite family cathartic Is Hood'* ■Tills.— ad, 1 THEIR PROMISES MADE GOOD. HLTCHINSON ISLAND WAS A WASTE TWO YEARS AGO. People LnDßbfd at the Idea of Con verting It Into a Terminal Prop erty and Said the Georgi* Termi nal Company Would Follow in the Footttfp, of It* Predecessor*—The Company Ha* Hade All It* *roni ise* Good and Doue Mach More Be sides—Mr. Macknll Back From Sew York—Company** Shop* AVill Ke mniu at Auiericu*, He Stnte*. “It was less than two years to-day that w-e made application to the City Council for a grant of the city lands on Hutch inson Island,” said Mr. W. YV. Mackall yesterday. “The Council seemed indis posed to grant our petition at first, and a great many people said that it would amount to nothing, and that nothing would ever come of it. They ridiculed the idea that wharves and slips and warehouses would ever be placed on the other side of the river. Council granted our petition condition ally. We were required to expend SIOO,OOO in Improvements, to build a terminal rail way to the upper portion of the island, with- a bridge across the river and to pro vide warehouses for receiving and de livering freight on this side of the river. "Oct. IS, IS9S, the Council granted our petition with the conditions named, be sides various minor conditions. To-day the work on the island is practically com plete. We have spent not SIOO,OOO, but several hundred thousand dollars in im provements, the railway line to the north ern end of the island has been built, and a fine bridge has been built across the river above the city, over which our trains now- run, reaching the bridge over our own tracks. When we first proposed to convert Hutchinson Island into ter minals, people laughed as us. Now they have good reason to laugh because of our success.” Mr. Mackall has just returned from a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Seaboard system in New York, a: which the consolidation of the various lines of the system was perfected. The'e is little further to add to what had al ready been stated, he said. “The headquarters of the system will be at Portsmouth, for some time anyway," Mr. Mackall said. “Vice President St. John will have his office there, and so will the other general officers, including Gen. Supt. Mcßee. The freight and pas senger departments will have representa tives, of course, at the various points of importance on the system. Mr. Gabbett is superintendent of the Savannah divis ion, which is known as the fourth.” “Doesn't Savannah lose by this consol idation of the system?" Mr. Mackall was asked. "Not at all," be replied. “For every man we take away from Savannah, we will put two back here.” Mr. Mackall was gazing across the river as he said this, evidently indicating that the increased force would be at the ter minals. “Will the company not find it to its ad vantage to consolidate its shops in this section at Savannah, as a central point, instead of operating shops in widely sep arated localities?” itlr. Mackall was asked. “The company will need more shop facil ities here than it now has," said Mr. Mackall, “but I do not think there is any intention of removing the shops from Americus and Fernandina. The location at Americus is very satisfactory and the plant there is an excellent one.” The operation of the system as consoli dated went into effect July 1. Mr. Mackall said he does not expect any further changes for the present. FOUR NEW POLICEMEN. Sworn in to Take the Place of the Men Discharged Four policemen were appointed and sworn in yesterday to succeed the men who were discharged Saturday. They are John C. McCarthy. Richard F. Dooley. M. J. Martin, and YVilliam H. Harrison. Har rison was formerly driver of the patrol wagon, a position to which J. D. C. Schroder has been apopinted. The mention of Patrolman McCue os among those who were discharged Satur day was a mistake. The name should have been McHugh. Ocer McCue is a pop ular and efficient man with an excellent record. With a steady increase in its production for the past forty years, Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne now takes the lead. Go to Isle of Hope on the "Fourth." Barbee & Bandy's menu for to-morrow: Dinner from 1 to 4. SOUP. Diamond Back Terrapin Soup in French Style. FISH. Sheepshead, Whiting, Trout and Planked Bass. French Fried Potatoes, Sliced Tomatoes, Pickles, Bell Peppers Stuffed With Shrimp, Clam Corn Croquettes, Deviled Crab. Wheat and Rye Bread, Pudding With Wine Sauce, Coffee or Tea. Supper from 8 to 12 p. m. Rosenfeldts' orchestra will furnish the music all day, and everybody has a full view of the races from our mammoth pa vilion. Remember the fare Is only 5c to Isle of Hope from Tenth street. Re freshments of all kinds will be served in the park, as well as in the restaurant. Don’t let anyone fool you elsewhere. Re spectfully. Barbee & Bandy.—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o’clock. Some of the best Jots at $25 cash, $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash, $25 a month. Don't fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o'clock. John L. Archer.—ad. Attractive schedules have been prepared by the Central of Georgia Railway for July 4, between Savannah and Tybee. Our patrons are requested to be at depot in ample time, as all trains will depart on schedules as advertised. Trains cannot be held for delayed street-car connections, —ad. One Fare Hound Trip to Cincinnati Via Central of Georgia Railway. Account annual convention B. Y. P. U. of America. Tickets on sale July 10, u and 12. Final return limit July 18, 19,n0. Ticket office, 107 Bull street, and Central Passenger station.—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 erh. James Freeman, C. P. and T. A.; Randall Chfton, district passenger agent, 141 Bull street.—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o'clock. Some of the best lots at $25 rash. $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash, $25 a month. Don't fail to attend tfiis sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott. at five o'clock. John Lu Archer.-ad, The Salt that Never Sticks FHVORITE Table Salt Sold in air tight boxes by all grocen. Five and ten cent sixes. DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., St. Clair. Mich. HENRY SOLOMON & SON, Soie Distributing Agents. Spend 4th of July at Tybee, 35 Cents Round Trip. A programme of many pleasing anif in teresting features has been arranged. Grand display ol fire-works and various other interesting attractions. MUSIC AND DANCING. Schedule* for 4th of July Only. 75th Meridian, or Savannah City Time. Leave Savannah 7:00 a. m., 9:00 a. m., 11:30 a. m., 1:30 p. m., 3:30 p. m., 6:25 p. m., 6:30 p. m.. 8:50 p. m., 11:10 p m. Leave Tybee 6:00 a. m., 8:00 a. m, 10:10 a. m., 12:30 p. m., 2:30 p. m., 5:15 p. tin., 7:10 p. m., 10:00 p. m., 11:59 p. m. Ticket office, Tybee depot, Randolph street, foot of President, and 107 Bull street.—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o'clock. Some of the best lots at $25 cash, $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash. $25 a month. Don't fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o'clock. John L. Archer.—ad. Fourth July Excursion, V4n Central of Georgia Railway. One fare and a third round trip between all points in Southeastern Passenger As sociation territory. Tickets on sale, July 2,3 and 4. Final limit July 7, 1900. Ticket office, 107 Bull street, and Central pas senger station.—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o’clock. Some of the best lots at $25 cash. $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash, $25 a month. Don't fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o'clock. John L. Archer.—ad. * $3.50 To Macon nnd Return. Via Central of Georgia Railway, Jnly 3. Tickets will be sold for train leaving Sa vannah 8:45 a. m., July 3, limited July 5 re turning. This gives over two days in Ma con.—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o'clock. Some of the best lots at $25 cash, $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash. $25 a month. Don't fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o'clock. John L. Archer.—ad. To the Mountains. In the nick of time. Just when you are yawning and feeling tired out and broken down, a bottle of Graybeard is better than a trip to the mountains. Are you constipated? Take Graybeard pills. Little treasures—2sc the box. Res pess Drug Cos., Proprietors.—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o'clock. Some of the best lots at $25 cash, $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash. $25 a month. Don't fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o'clock. John L. Archer.—ad. One Fare Round Trip to Atlanta Via Central of Georgia Ilailway. Account annual Convention Young Peo ple's Christian Union, Universalist Church, Atlanta, Ga. Tickets on sale July 10, and for trains scheduled to ar rive in Atlanta forenoon, July 11. Final limit returning July 20, 1900. Ticket office 107 Bull street, and Central passenger station.—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o'clock. Some of the best lots at $25 cash, $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash. $25 a month. Don’t fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o'clock. John L. Archer.—ad. To Brunswick nnd Return, SI.OO Via the Plant System, Sunday*. In addition to the Charleston Sunday excursions, the Plant System are selling round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on Sundays only, at rate of SI.OO for the round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. ra. and 5:20 a. m.—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o'clock. Some of the best iots at $25 cash, $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash, $25 a month. Don't fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o'clock. John L. Archer.—ad. One Fare Round Trip to Warm Spring*, Gn., Via Centrnl of Georgia Railway. Account meeting Georgia Bar Associa tion. Tickeis will be sold from all cou pon ticket stations in Georgia, July 3, 4 and 5. Final limit July 7, 1900. Ticket of fice 107 Bull street, and Central passenger station—ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day, at five o’clock. Some of the best lots at $25 cash, $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash. $25 a month. Don’t fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o'clock. John L. Archer.—ad. Sunday Trips to Brunswick Via Plant System 91.00. The Plant System will sell round-trip tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited to date of sale, at rate of SI.OO. Trains leave at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a. m —ad. Auction Sale To-day. The sale of lots at auction, Collinsville, begins to-day. at five o’clock. Some of the hest lots at $25 cash, $5 a month. Good houses SSO cash, $25 a month. Don't fail to attend this sale. It begins, corner Waldburg and Ott, at five o’clock. John L. Archer.—ad. A Delicious Smoke, The Herbert Spencer is an 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 Sper.cer Is on every wrapper of every cigar, with out which none are genuine. The lferbrt Spencer cigars are only sold by the box of 50, Conchas at $3.50, and Ferfectos, $4.50 at Dlppman Bros., whole- I eale druggists, Barnard ami Congress street*, 0$ Oils city.— ad. t U All Kinds of Harness and Horse Goods At Factory Prices. Congress and Whitaker Sts. LEO FRANK. Hot Day Bagains at Hogan’s. Some wonderful offerings of the best qualities. Good goods cheap, and noth ing old to sell. LADIES’ NECKWEAR. Taffeta Silk English Squares—the new est for ladies’ wear. Handsome colorings and styles. All other sorts and styles. Prices way below the usual. FANCY RIBBONS. Fancy Grenadine and Striped Ribbons this week for 23c, 39c, 43c. LACES AND EMBROIDERIES. A big reduction on Laces, Embroideries and Ailover Laces and Embroideries. LADIES’ HOSE. ~~ Ladies’ Fancy Openwork Hose 13c; worth 20c. Ladies’ Black Lisle Fancy Lace Striped 25c; worth 35c. Ladies' Black Lisle Fancy Ribbed Hose 29c; wdrth 50c. Ladies’ Fancy Colored Striped and Polka Dots Hose 19c and 25c. Misses' Fine Black Lisle Openwork Hose, ail sizes 23c; reduced from 50c. Infants' fine Lisle Openwork Half Hose, all colors, 25c; usual price 35c. SALE OF DRESS GOODS. The sale of Dress Goods proved a reve lation to the ladies. From our announce ment they had expected l much, but they found even more. It is undeniably the biggest opportunity ever offered this year to buy dependable, stylish’ and beautiful dress stuffs at sensationally low prices. HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Good Table Damask 25c. Good All Linen 60-inch Table Damask 45c; cheap at 60c. Good Ail Linen 72-ineh Bleached Table Damask 65c. 72-inch Bleached Table Damask 75c. 72-inch Bleached Table Damask 98c. SPECIAL FOR THE W EEK. Our regular 72-inch $1.50 Damask sl.l2 1 / 4c. TOWELS, TOWELS, TOWELS. 20x40 Linen Huck Towels $1.75; a bar gain at $2.25 per dozen. Linen Huck Towels $2 00; a bargain at $2.60 per dozen. Splendid line of fine Damask and Huck Towels. White Bed Spreads 63c, SI.OO, $1.25; ex traordinary good values. 36-inch Bleach Shirting 614 c, 7c, LADIES’ UNDERWEAR. The interest in this sale is unflagging. People coming back for more ia an indi cation of an offering of peculiar merit. The assortment is complete, numbering ail grades, from those of little cost to the finest lingerie the market affords. GIVE THE MEN A CHANCE. The men are happy because they can dress from our stock at close figures. At women's prices, so to speak. And the stock is all that can be desired. Colored Shirts, with or without collars, $1.25 quality, to go at 89c. S9c quality to go at 69c. 79c quality to go at 63c. Large assortment at 49c. MEN’S l NDERWiiAR. Men's Bal. Vests 2oc; worth 35c. Bleached Drill Drawers for 25c and 43cj cheap at 39c and 59c. A fine Gauze Vest at 39e; 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 35c. Daniel Hogan, The corner Broughton and Barnard Sts. . i mi i a. 125 Gonoress si. vest We handle the Yale & Towne Manufactur i ing Company’s line of Builders’ Hardware. See these goods and get prices before plac ing your order else where. har dware,' CUTTI.ERY, &c EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS. 113 BROUGHTON STREET. WEST LEMONS. Black Eye, Pigeon and Cow peas Potatoes. Onions, Peanuts, and all from end vegetables in season. Hay, Grain, Flour, Feed. Rice Straw. Magic Poultry and Stock Food. Our Own Cnw Fend etc. 213 and 215 BAT. WEST. W. D. SIMKINS & CO.