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BETRAYED BY A RABBIT-FOOT.
EMBLEM OP GOOD LI'CK COST MAT
THEWS HIS LIBERTY.
Mnnoger of Mnrpliy
Co.** Sovnnnflh Office Altray* Wore
n n*bbit-Fot-The Foot Was ’Vot
ed in the Descriptive Circnlitrs-In
Far Away .Inneon Ho Lost llir Foot
and His Inqniries Aloot It Led to
Hid Arrest—lt I* Exported That
Matthew* W ill Bo Dronsht Ilork to
Savannah About Ana. 1b
A rabbit’s foot is popularly regarded as
a sure thing to win good lit “k. hut one
•w'as the undoing of W. C. Matthfw*, ex
manager for the Savannah office of Mur
phy & Cos. It was through a rabbit's foot
that the absconding manager was appre
hended. and to the innocent little com
bine uon of bone and skin nnd fur he owes
the distress of mind that has followed
bis seizure by the officers of the law and
the possible years he may spend in ex
piating his crime, if Ihe allegations of
the prosecuting concern are made good
and the law takes its course.
When the circulars descriptive of Mat
thews were sent out they contained,
among a great deal of other personal in
formation, the statement that their subject
was accustomed to wear a cigar cutter
©trung upon a chain attached to one of
the buttons of his trousers. The cutter
was worn ir. one of the hip pockets, and,
fastened to it, was the fateful rabbit’s
foot. Doubtless, as highly as he prized
the emblem of good luck, had its owner
known how’ It was to play him false, ne
would long since have thrown it away.
But the future was dark to him. nnd lie
tie could he tell that ir was to be through
the agency of the harmless little foot
• hat the minions of the. low would hound
him down.
Matthews reached Juneau, Alaska, and
probably he thought, in that far distant
land, he would be sate from the law. Un
luckily for him, he lost his rabbit’s foot.
So keenly did he feel the loss that he at
once began making inquiries, probably
rjpver dreaming that so minute a person
al characteristic as a rabbit's foot being
a part of his adornment could have found
its way Into the. circulars descriptive of
him, nor that such circulars could have
been sent to far-away Juneau.
Yet such w Fis the case, and Matthews’
Incautious Inquiries about his missing
rabbit’s foot reached ears for which they
were never intended. A man looking for
a rabbit’s foot is not so every-day a sight
ue to fail to create some little comment
when he pursues Ms Inquiries, aa Mat
thews did in Juneau. Finally it reached
the oars of <he police, and at once the
matter was associated with the circular
that had been received there.
The officers in Juneau looked up tholr
man. ajrid they thought at once they hud
(Matthews. To make assurance doubly
sure, however, they decided to wire the
Pinkerton men at Portland, Ore., who
were working up the case, and soon the
message came flashing back that they
probably wc*re on the right track. All the
lime the Juaeau officers h&d been shadow
ing the man. and the telegram from Port
land cinched the thing. Matthews was ar
rested. and the news came back to Sa
vannah of his apprehension.
Marry will doubtless recall that rabbit’s
foot. Matthews wore it constantly, and
those who knew him in Savannah had a
chance to 6ee 1t often. To many whose
faith In a rabbit's foot as a sure deflector
of bad luck has been fixed the story of
Matthews’ betrayal by one that had been
treasured for a long while may prove dis
concerting. nnd that sweet confidence
has been reposed in the merits of the left
hind foot of a graveyard bunnie caught in
Abe full of the moon may be sadly shaken.
It is not known that Matthews has yet
left Juneau. Requisition papers, were
sent on for him, and It Is expected that
he will arrive in Savannah about the mid
dle of August. He will be tried here for
embezzlement. In actual oa>h. he was
*bcrt about $5,000 of Murphy & Co.’s
money.
WILL FINISH ON .JAN. 1.
Eighth Street School Is Buildln*
Inder n Slow Contrnrl,
The wall? for the new Eighth Street
(School building have been finished to the
*erond story. The Board of Education
awarded a slow contract for the work,
which will not he completed before Jan. 1.
There were two reasons why it was de
sired that -work on the building should not
he rushed. One was because only 110,000
was available this year for payment on
the building. Tile other reason was an
economic one. At the time the contract
was awarded builders were worried by ,i
strike or two. and materials and supplies
were not only high, but also hard to get.
They were ready to undertake the con
struction of the school for less money cn
u slow contract than on a raiid one. '
Superintendent Otis Ashmore of the
public schools was asked yesterday If he
though the Eighth Street School would be
filled up the first year. He answered that
he scarcely thought It would lie, though
only a year or two will elapse before all
♦he grades will he full. Already there are
roany children in that locality, and iheir
is Incri-nfung;.
The opening of the Eighth Street Scool
PonHtitm- during the closing months of the
year will not mean the relief of even one
rt Ihe two Grammar Schools from the. af
ternoon sessions that were made necessary
**y th * partial destruction of Chatham
Academy. Mr. Ashmore said the division
of the school population into districts
would nor admit of this, as greatly .is he
should desire to eoe the system revertj to
the normal. The restoration of the Acad
emy Is the only thing that ran bring this
about, ar.d that will scarcely be before the
close of the term of 1900-1901.
J. J. HEAD OIA TRIAL TO-DAY.
H 7!!! Answer Before a Jury for Mnr
der of WitltniH Stewurt.
The case of J. J. Rend, indicted by the
grand Jury for the murder of William
Stewart, is assigned for trial in the Su
fiprior Court this morning. Read shot
*nd killed Stewart, who was a negro, in
iront of fruit etand on East Brood
•treet.
In the trial of the case against Read the
ftt-ate will be represented by Solicitor Gen
eral W. W. Osborne and the defendant by
Messrs. Twiggs & Oliver and R. L*. Cold-
Ing It is humored that counsel for the
defense will move for n postponement or
continuance of the case, on the ground
that they have not had sufficient time to
prepare their defense and arrange for the
aitemiance of all the witnesses whose
pretence they dr sire and whose testimony
♦* essential.
It is probably 'hat eounsel will have
to moke out a good case for a continuance
•hould they urge the point, and that they
■will he held to the strict requirements of
♦he law. Shoukl Read not be tried this
week the case will probably go over un
til November, ns it is unlikely that there
tmII be any trials of criminal cases be
tween now and then and to try his would
necessitate a special Jury.
To Bronsirick and Return, mi.no Via
the Plant System, fenndays.
In addition to the Charleston Sunday
excursions. the Plant System are selling
round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on
Bundaya only, at rate of $1 Of for ths
round trip. Tram* leave at 2:10 a. to. and
1:20 a. m —ad
Mc PO\AI,n PLEADED GUILTY.
Sent to the Gang for a Year for Lar
ceny After Trust.
The trial of criminal cases was resumed
in the Superior Court yesterday morning.
Judge Falligant presiding and Solicitor
General W. W. Osborne representing the
interests of the state. A number of de
fendants were tried, and, with one ex
ception, all of them were convicted.
George McDonald, formerly a collector
in the employ of Justice Samuel Rey
nolds, entered a plea of guilty to a charge
of larceny after trust. McDonald was ac
customed to collect for Justice Reynolds
the rents due from the occupants of the
houses of which the latter has renting
charge. A few weeks ago he appropriat
ed the money he received from several
'n these tenants and skipped for the
South Carolina coast. He. was located
and captured with but very little trouble.
The. grand jury found three indictments
against him for larceny afier trust, and,
upon his pleading guilty to one of these,
nolle prosequis were entered in the other
cast's. Judge. Falligant sentenced McDon
ald to pay a fine of SIOO and the costs r f
the prosecution, or to serve twelve
months on the chain-gang.
Robert Brown was placed on trial for
assault with intent to murder Louisa Hu
bert. a negro woman. Louisa said that
Brown had attempted to cut her heart out
with a knife, but the Jury, evidently more
impressed with the statement of the de
fendant than with the evidence of the
prosecuting witness, returned a verdict cf
not guilty. Brown was represented by
Mr. Ij. G. Harvey.
Robert 'Mack had been sent to the chain
gang to serve a term for misdemeanor,
of which he had been convicted. Finding
the quarters a bit uncomfortable, and the
society not os congenial as he would like
to have it. Mack made one day a hurried
exit from the camp. He was recaptured,
and yesterday Judge Ffllllgant sentenced
him to serve twelve months additional on
the chain gang, the sentence to begin at
the expiration of his present term.
Mary Coverdell was found guilty by n
jury of larceny after trust, but recom
mended. however, to be punished as for a
misdemeanor. Mary got hold of $5. which
she converted to her own use. Judge
FaJllbant sent her to the chain
gang for a year. Mr. Rich
ard M. Charlton, who represented the wo
man, made a plea to the court for judi
cial clemency, basing the request for a
light sentence upon the fact that the wo
man was tiie sole support of nn invalid
mother and another dependent female.
Judge Falligant could not lend the light
of his countenance to Mary’s rather ec
centric method of caring for her de
pendant relatives, and he directed, there
fore, that she be put to work and labor
on the chain gang for the term of twelve
months.
TROUBLE BEGAN AT LOUISVILLE.
Private Harris of Blues in Mngls
trate Nathan's Court.
A traverse to -the attachment recently
levied on money belonging to R. S. Har
ris by Capt. M. E<l Wilson of the Repub
lican Blues was filed and the arguments
beard in Magistrate Naughtin's court yes
terday afternoon.
The story of the trouble of which the
suit is the outcome dates back to the time
when the Blues went to Louisville as the
escort, of the Confederate Veterans. Har
ris, tvho was a member of the company,
according to the testimony of Capt. Wil
6on and other members, was not exactly
on his best behavior during the stay of
the men in Louisville and as a result was
arrested and placed under guard. During
this confinement he told his guard, and
later the captain himself, that he did not
Intend to return to Savannah with the
company. or, in fact. at all.
Capt. Wilson said that he had
told Harris that he should return,
and on the day that the company left
Louisville, he had personally seen that
Harris was iiu line when the march to
the depot began. When the depot was
reached, however, Harris had disappear
ed. Later, he telephoned and asked that
his ticket he left for him.
Upon the return of the company to this
city. Capt. Wilson, considering the fact
that he was held responsible for the uni
form and accoutrements tvhirh Harris
still retained and also that he was a
creditor of Harris for several dollars,
sued out an attachment against the sal
ary of the delinquent soldier, which was
♦ hen due him by his employer. Later
Harris returned to the company a part
of the accoutrements and himself came
back to the city.
The argument of Harris’ attorney yes
terday was that his client was a citizen
of the state of Georgia at the time that
the attachment was sued out. hence the
attachment was contrary to law and could
not hold. The magistrate reserved his
decision. The case will be continued to
day.
COTTON FOR NEW ORLEANS.
Estimated That About 1.000 Bnlcs
Will do to Tl,nt Market.
From a mathematical standpoint
"naught" means nothing, but that this
is not always the cose was thoroughly
demonstrated before all the cotton men
on the Bay had left their offices yester
day. In some unaccountable way a re
lort that 1.000 holes of cotton had been
shipped to New Orleans from Savannah
got an extra goose egg attached to it.
The consequence was that telegrams be
gan to pour in from many sections of the
South asking for a confirmation of the re
port that New Orleans was to get 10,000
bales of cotton from Savannah. A few
explanatory messages were sufficient to
set the more excited at ease again.
The fact Is that Savannah has been
shipping some cotton to New Orleans or
late. About 100 bales was shipped there
■some two weeks ago to the branch of a
Savannah firm, which could dispose of the
cotton to better advantage there. Another
shipment of 000 Imlea was made yester
day by a large broker, and other ship
ments it is understood will be made to
day, which will run the total to 1,000 bales.
Much of this cotton will be used to cover
contracts. Spote bring more there than
at Savannah nt present, the price here
for basis middling being cents, and at
New Orleans 10 3-16 cents. There are at
present estimated to be from 2,000 to 3,000
lxtles of cotton available for sale.
INTEHE.NTEIJ IN THE SHOOT.
rroliably Every Snvnn.inli Company
Will Enter a Team.
The local military companies are show
ing considerable Interest in the rifle con
tests that are to be held here Sept. 3 and
4. Many teams from over the state will
he here to participate, in the trial of ski'l
at Avondale range, and it Is believed that
there is not a company In the city that
will fail to enter a team. Already the offi
cers In some of the companies have gone
to work with the object of entering teams.
When the teams have been selected, tt
cat. be foretold with but little chance of
a in stake which will win. Many of ms
companies know before thsy enter tenma
that they will stand no chance of winning
the trophy, but they are nevertheless anx
ious to hi p along the shoot, as It i. io he
held In Favannah and they are deurous
of having It as successful a a possible.
It is said that some of the old members
of the companies are being re-enlisted in
order that they may be secured on the
team*. The companies of the Guards
are said to be getting a number of their
former members, and their ability In the
shooting lice will probably mean that
someone of the Guard*' companies will
carry off the trophy.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1900.
SODA FOUNTAIN BLEW UP.
NEGRO BOY’S CLOTHING TORN
FROM HIS BODY BY THE EX
PLOSION.
Donnelly’* riinrninoy the Scene of
• lie Accident—'The Explosion Oe
ourretl While the Fountain Was
Being Charged—Part of the Foun
tain Went Through the Celling
Into the Next Story—The Injured
Boy W 111 Probably- Lose an Eye.
By the explosion of a soda water foun
tain in Donnelly’s Pharmacy at Liberty
and Price streets yesterday morning Reu
ben Brown, a colored hoy who dispenses
soda water, received injuries which will
probably result In the loss of an eye.
The boy was charging the fountain and
had just detached it from the liquid gas
tube when the explosion took place. The
fountain parted, crashing through a sec
tion of shelving, tearing away a window
sill and breaking a hole through the ceil
ing into the room above, which i6 oc
cupied by the family of Mr. W. E. Pra
ther, manager of the pharmacy.
The boy was blown across the room,
every vestige of clothing was torn trom
his body and he received injuries which
will Jay him up several da>\s. He was
removed to his home and Dr. Reid dress
ed his W'ounds. Mr. Prather had just left
the room where the fountain was being
charged and cannot account for the ac
cident.
The concussion was so great that jugs
in the room were broken and a pair of
glass scales were shivered. "When the
boys torn clothing was picked up it was
found that his shoes were ripped and the
heels torn off.
The explosion was heard several blocks
away ar.d e-eated considerable excitement.
TRIP TO THE COl M Y FARM.
Mayor nnd Aldermen Guest* of the
Comity Commissioner*.
Mayor Myers nnd some of the aldermen,
with the judges of the Superior and City
Courts, were the guests of the County
Commissiouer9 yesterday afternoon. The
occasion was Chairman Dale’s promised
demonstration of the superiority of coun
ty over city management of Estill Park.
The party started from the Court House
in a four-horse buck-hoard and a num
ber of other traps, at 4 o’clock in the af
ternoon. It included Chairman J. J. Dale
and Commissioners John Lyons and W.
D. Simkins, Mayor Herman Myers and
Alderman J. M. Dixon. Hal H. Bacon,
D. R. Thomas, George W. Tiedeman and
John Schwarz. Judge Robert Falligant
and Judge T. M. Norwood. Commission
ers-elect A. B. Moore, Jacob Paulsen and
A. Vetsburg. County Attorney J. R. Sau
sy. Mr. J. 9. Collins and Capt. John R.
Dillon and Mr. G. Reuben Butler, the
former and present clerks of the board
of County Commissioners.
Although the day was not as cool as It
might have bc*en, the drive to the county
farm was not unpleasant, affording the
aldermen and other guests an excellent
opportunity to inspect the roads that con
nect the city with the scene of the coun
ty’e> agricultural enterprises.
The farm was of interest in Itself. Main
tained and cultivated, as it is, almost sole
ly with *he labor of women and boys
and old men on the chaingang, it Is yet
a model of thrift and enterprise, and dur
ing every year saves the county many a
dollar. The watermelons that were cut
for the aldermen and others were as good
as any ever grown in this part of the
state, and were as cold as ice could
them. The commissioners pointed out to
those unfamiliar with the locality what
had been accomplished in the last few
years, and prophesied that the waste
places in Estill Park, neglected by the
city, would he made to bloom and blos
som like the cornstalk or the watermelon
vine, if not exactly like the rose.
The trip w-as an enjoyable one and the
party returned to the city well pleased
with each other and with what they had
seen. Whether the Mayor and aldermen
were entirely prepared to agree that the
county’s resumption of jurisdiction over
Estill Park was entirely for the best is
another question.
’GATOR IN HIGH SCHOOL YARD.
Three-Foot Critter Killed by the
School Jnnltor.
A three-foot long ’gator got out of his
bailiwick night before last and when the
High School janitor went out into the
play grounds yesterday morning the first
thing his eye lit on was the saurian mak
ing his way across the yard. Without
waiting for an explanation the janitor
seized a club and dispatched the ’‘critter."
®npt. Ashmore arrived about that time,
but too late to learn where the 'gator
was from and how he got into the Acade
my grounds.
If Instead of vacation time the saurian
had put in his appearance in school sea
son while the grounds were filled with
pretty girls, he would probably have had
the experience of his life lime and got
off different than ho did at the hands of
the unfeeling janitor.
WORKING ON THE DOCK.
Tlie Sonhonrd Air Line Has Started
to Reduce Its Slse.
The Seaboard Air Line lost no time in
beginning the alteration of Its dock near
the City Exchange. It will be recalled
that the Mayor addressed a letter to
Messrs. Mackall & Anderson, requesting
that the dock’s proportions he reduced,
as the landing place could not be readily
utilized by those who had been accus
tomed to use it. Permission for the com
pany to build its dock had been granted
under the impression that it would not
he such a voluminous affair.
A force of men was put to work yes
terday cutting the dock down. It will
not take up so much room at the Ex
change dock when the alterations pro
posed have been accomplished.
HIBERNIANS AT THE HE\t 11.
Ancient Order Divisions Will Have
Tybee To-day,
The Hibernians will have their annual
outing to-day at Tyhee. Excellent music
has been engaged, and all who desire to
dance will have abundant opportunity.
The Tyhee Railway will run several
trains to and from the island, and will
have enough cars to accommodate the ex
cursionists. The tide will he high ahout
6 o’clock, and many will no doubt enjoy
the pleasures of the surf. The commiliee
In charge Is composed of the loading mem
bers of the order, and they promise all
who attend an agreeable time. Cars will
be waiting ni the depot upon the arrival
of all the trams In the city The picnic
will doubtless have a liberal patronage
from those who wish to enjoy a delightful
experience at the seashore.
Retail Clerks Day nt Tybee.
The Retail Clerks' Association will hold
Its annual picnic on Thursday at Tybee.
It 1* expected that a large crowd will
attend and a pleasant time is anticipated.
Do you read what people say about
Hood’s Sarsaparilla? It Is curing all
farms tti disease caused or promoted by
Impure blood.—ad.
FOR RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.
Ilnrry Gordon Arrested for Wrong
ful PoMscsslon of W heel.
Harry Gordon, a young white man, was
arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer
Constantine of Magistrate Jones’ office,
on a warrant charging him with buying
stolen goods, knowing them to have been
stolen. The arrest is the sequel to a story
already interesting.
On July 5 Deputy Sheriff John H. Wil
link of the City Court had his wheel
stolen from the Court House. Diligent
efforts to find the thief or the wheel
proved unavailing and for more than a
week Mr. Willink searched irf vain. He
had about given up hope, when on cross
ing Bull street, in the direction of the
Court House, he saw a man ride into
York street from Bull. The man was
white, and w r as riding a wheel that Mr.
\V iilink recognized as his own.
He ran down the wheelman and caught
him. Mr. Willink told the rider, who
proved to be Gordon, that the wheel was
his and that it had been stolen from him
a week before. Gordon said the w'heel
belonged to him. Its own£r reasserted
his ownership and mentioned numerous
marks by which he could identify it. As
Gordon refused to give it up, the deputy
sheriff called the police patrol wagon
from the nearest box and hod him sent
in to the barracks.
At ihe station house Gordon told that
he had purchased the wheel from a ne
gro. whom he described. He had paid
C 2.50, lie said, or rather had paid 50 cents
in cash end promised the negro the rest
of the purchase money. The description
given of the man who had sold him the
wheel tallied with that of Charley West,
a negro who had been sent from the City
Court to the chaingang, on the day pre
ceding. for tne larceny of another bicycle,
investigation proved that this surmise
w i<* correct and Wet acknowledged his
guilt.
At the solir’tation of Gordon’s wife Mr.
Willink gave his permission to have the
charges against the purchaser of the
stolen property dropped and to the dis
missal of fh*- case against him. Yester
day tne deputy sheriff found that Gordon
was consulting an attorney for the pur
pose of instituting against him an action
for false imprisonment, based on the ar
rest made when he was first found with
the stolen property in his possession.
As Gordon’s gratitude for his leniency
had taken this peculiar turn, Mr. Willink
determined he would give him something
for which to sue. Consequently, he went
before Magistrate Jones and swore out
the warrant for receiving stolen goods,
which was served by Officer Constantine.
WATS IT IN THE LANES.
Public Works Director Not Satisfied
NYith the Present Garbage System.
An ordinance amending the present gar
bage ordinance will soon be introduced in
the City Council. Director of Public
Works Gadsden complains that the pres
ent ordinance is not satisfactory, and It
is understood That an alderman who
shares his view will submit a substitute
at an early meeting.
It is now required that the occupant of
every house shall provide two receptacles
for garbage and that it must be separat
ed, the non-combustible being placed in
one barrel or box and the combustible in
another. Asa matter of fact, Mr. Gads
den declares, the division is made in but
few cases, all the garbage of the premises
being usually dumped into one recepta
cle. Nor is this box or barrel placed
near the gate, as the law directs. On
the contrary, it Is usually close to the
house, servants finding it more convenient
to make the scavenger man walk than to
walk themselves.
It frequently happens that the men
who drive the scavenger wagons cannot
open the gates of the premises to reach
the garbage barrels. Complaints about
the non-removal of accumulated garbage
often result, and investigations disclose
that the fault has been through gates be
ing locked and the wagon drivers, there
fore, being unable to gain entrance to the
yards.
Mr. Gadsden wants the work of the
scavenger department, which comes un
der his supervision, facilitated and made
more effective by an ordinance demand
ing that the barrels be placed in the
lanes, outside the gates. The division into
combustible and non-combustible matter,
also, should be made. A great deal of
time could be saved by such an arrange
ment. and the difficulty about gaining en
trance to yards would be removed.
STILL LIKES THE VERTICAL.
Snpt. Vsliniore Sees No nenson Why
the System Should Be Chanced.
Supt. Otis Ashmore of the public schools
was asked yesterday if he still regards
vertical writing as having advantages
over the slant system. Two years ago
the opinion of Supt. Ashmore and the
Board of Education was o strongly
against the continuance of the slant sys
tem in the schols that it was succeeded by
the vertical style, which has prevailed
ever since.
Supt. Ashmore said he knew of no
reason why a change should be made to
the old style. The vertical has given gen
eral satisfaction, and the work of the
children has been very neat. Many of
them have become exceptionally expert
penmen In the new style. Many argu
ments were advanced at the time of the
adoption of the vertical system to
show its superiority, and Supt. Ashmore
still holds with them.
Touching upon the c'.alm that Individu
ality is destroyed by the vertical system,
Mr. Ashmore said the matn consideration
in penmanship is legibility, that a charac
teristic hand is of no special Importance
save, possibly, when it comes to drawing
a c heck. That affects so comparatively
few that the argument is deprived of much
of its weight. Individuality in writing
is useless, anyway, he declares. There is
certainly none in type-written pages nor
in printed matter, yet infinitely more
thoughts arp conveyed to paper by means
of typewriters and printing presses than
by handwriting.
LI EXT. MeKETHAN ON THE OREGON.
NVns Ordered to the tin I tlrshf |> on
Ills Arrival nt Manila.
Lieut. A. A. McKethan, IT. S. N., who
left Savannah six weeks ago for Manila,
Is now on the Oregon at Nagasaki.
Lieut. MoKethan was in charge of the
branch hydrographic office here a year.
During the Spntilsh-Amerlean war he was
navigator on the hospital ship Solace. In
'May he was detached from the hydro,
graphic office and ordered to the Philip
pines. to report to the commander of the
naval forces at Manila. He was trans
ferred at once on his arrival there to the
Oregon, and was on her when she struck
the Plnnack rock off the China coast.
* EDI'CATE YOUR DAUGHTER.
■trenail College an Ideal Place for
Her Education.
Brenau College, formerly Georgia Fe
male Seminary, at Gainesville, Ga., is one
of the foremost educational Institutions
In the South. Its record for thoroughness
Is equaled by but few Institutions of
learning in this country. It offers to
young women a practical education in
keeping with.the age. A special feature
Is lta conservatory of music, which has
thirty-five pianos and a magnificent pipe
organ. It has a faculty of the highest
standing, and Its chemical and biological
laboratories are equipped with the latest
apparatus. For handsome catalogue ad
dress Brenau, Gainesville, Ga.—ad.
INDIAN STREET TO BE PAVED.
AVILL PROBABLY HE THE NEXT
STREET TO BE BRICKED.
City Will Begin the Work in the
Fall—Bull Street, Between Tenth
and Twelfth Street*, Being Paved
With Chert—An Augusta Gravel
Pavement for New Street—Progress
of Repairs on the Asphalt Pave
ments.
The only paving now being done by the
city Is that portion of Bull street between
Tenth and Estill avenue. Augusta gravel
is being laid there, extending the pave
ment of the material that was laid three
years ago from Park avenue to Tenth
street. Hands have been at work upon
the pavement for about a week, and that
much time will be required to complete it.
There was an interruption, owing to de
lay in getting gravel.
It is very probable that Indian street
will be the next paved. The traffic on
that street, as it Is, is rather heavy, and
it would be. greatly increased were there
a pavement. Bryan street has too much
traffic, the many vehicles often interfering
with one another. Paving Indian street
would relieve the congestion on Bryan
street, affording two paved thoroughfares
to the busy wharves and docks toward the
west end of the river front.
One difficulty that has stood in the way
of paving Indian street has been the com
paratively poor circumstances of many of
the property owners. Not a few of those
who live along the streets own their
homes, and the cost of the pavement, of
which they would have to bear their part,
would fall upon them rather heavily.* Yet
it is felt that the necessity of the case de
mands that the street be paved, and it is
very probable that the fall will aee the
work begun.
Vitrified brick or Belgian block will
doubtless be used. Director of Public
Works Gadsden does not believe in as
phalt as n proper pavement for streets
upon which there i6 to be a heavy traffic,
and in that view people generally con
cur. In fact. Mr. Gadsden is opposed to
asphalt altogether as an economic pave
ment, being convinced that it will last
but eight or ten years. Should a cart or
wagon never be driven upon an asphalt
pavement, it would still be found that,
after a few years, it was crumbling away.
The stuff has a certain term of life, anti,
after that expires, it is useless.
Mr. Gadsden says the asphalt streets
are now in fairly good condition, the
Southern Asphalt Company having about
caught up in Its work or repair.
The Drayton street pavement has never
had a patch made .in it yet, save when re
quired after plumbing work, though it
is true the pavement has been down for
but a short while. The Oglethorpe avenue
pavement, however, has required con
siderable patching. Upon Bull, Liberty
and Congress streets, however, repairs
have to be made constantly. In the large
cities of the country repairs are not
bothered with. After a pavement has
stood until Its life has passed, it is torn
up, and an entire layer of fresh asphalt
is put down.
In the fall an Augusta gravel pavement
will be laid on New street. The gravel is
already in the Central Railroad’s yards,
where it has been for several months.
The railroad has always njaintained a
pavement .on New street, and will con
tinue to do so, now that the warehouses
have been leased to wholesale grocery
houses. The city will lay the gravel the
railroad furnishes.
BAGGED A WHOLE HOUSEFUL.
Police Raided a Disorderly Place on
Perry Street,
Nine prisoners were taken to the bar
racks late last night from a house on Per
ry street, between Abercorn and Floyd
streets. They were arrested by Patrolman
Broom on a charge of keeping a disorder
ly house. Two of the prisoners, an old
woman and a 9-year-old boy, were after
wards released as they were able to prove
to the satisfaction of the police authori
ties that they had nothing to do with the
mix-up.
Another prisoner who was taken in yes
terday is Elbert Washington, a negro boy
11 years old. who is charged by Jake Wil
liams with having entered his house and
stolen several articles of clothing. It was
only recently that the prisoner was ar
rested on a charge of larceny, punishment
for which he escaped on account of his
youth.
William Howard, colored, is an inmate
of the Barracks on account of his fond
ness for "roas’in' ears." which led him,
according to the plaintifl, Daniel Zip
perer. to enter his patch and appropriate
a number of these delicacies.
DAWSON WANTS HIS RING.
Claims That Pawnbroker fltnmherg
Hns It In Hl* Possession.
A bail in trover suit against M. Bium
berg, a Broughton street pawnbroker, was
filed in the City Court on yesterday. The
plaintiff Is C. Dawson, who claims that
Blumberg has in his possession a diamond
ring of the value of $75, belonging lo the
plaintiff.
Dawson avers, in accordance with the
usual form of actions of bail in trover,
that he has demanded the possession of
the ring from Blumberg and that posses
sion has been refused. /Therefore, he asks
♦he interposition of the strong arm of the
law and the return of the ring by the
law’s mandate.
Yesterday Deputy Sheriff Willink of the
City Court was looking for Blumberg to
serve the affidavit and bond in bail in
trover upon him. but the defendant was
not to be found. He was reported at his
place of business to be In New York.
TOLD HIM TO KEEP THE CHANGE.
Lacy Sailor Flash With Gold In a
Justice's Court.
Lucy Sniler, colored, was arrested by an
officer of Magistrate Nathans’ court yes
terday on a charge of assault nnd bat
tery. and also a breach of good behavior.
The woman gave bond for both and when
it came to pay for the papers tendered a
$lO gold-piece. Though the costs of the
warrants were considerably less than the
amount of the coin, she refused the
change, and asked the magistrate to keep
the coin In his possession until such time
as she could redeem It. She W'on It. she
explained, by naming Lincoln Park when
a prize was offered by the Savannah,
Thunderbolt nnd Iste of Hope road for the
most appropriate name for the new park,
and she wanted to keep It as a memento
and for good luck.
BEAT MARY WITH A ROCK.
Henry Rivers Arrested for an As
sault on a Woman.
Henry Rivers, colored, was arrested yes
terday by Detective Stark on the charge
of assaulting and beating Mary Jones
Myers, n woman with whom he has been
living. The assault took place Sunday
night, but no report was made of It un
til yesterday afternoon. Rivers gave the
woman a most unmerciful beating, using
a rock as his weapon. A colored doctor
who was called In said that he thought
♦he womans’ Injuries were likely to prove
fatal. Rivers did not deny that he had
assaulted her, but said In extenuation of
his act that he did not mean to beat her
quite so bad.
Fof forty years Cook's Imperial Cham
pagne (Extra Dry) has been on the mar
ket. Once used never discarded.—ad.
The Only
KIND THAT
WON’T CAKE
FHVORITE
Table Salt
Bold In duat proof and air tig LG
boxes. At the grocer’s.
5 and 10 cent sizes.
DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO
St. Clair. Mich.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
Sole Distributing Agents.
MANY WANT HOtSIJS.
Real Estate Agent* Report That
House Demand I*. Active.
is the time when house seekers and
renting agents get together. Three
months before Oct. 1 owners of houses
and tenants exchange notices. It then
develops whether contracts are to be con
tinued. When it is found that houses are
to be given up, the next thing is to rent
them again. Those to whom they belong
try to find other tenants, while the old
tenants try to find new houses.
Real estate agents declare that there is
a greater demand than usual this season
for houses. It Is said, how’ever, that the
increase noted is among those who are
looking for houses that bring something
like $25 a month. For these houses, the
search is usually made from Taylor street
southward.
On Oct. 1 the old tenants will relin
quish possession in favor of the new. The
furniture van will be abroad in the land
at about that time, and those engaged in
the moving business will find their hands
full.
REPAIRS ON THE SCHOOLS.
The Building* Do Not Require Ex
tensive Work.
This is the season when repairs on the
various public school buildings are made.
The superintendent is paying visits to the
schools daily, looking for the repairs that
are needed and engaging the services of
artisans to make them. Upon none of
the buildings are the repairs extensive,
probably the greatest being required by
the Henry Street School, where the roof
and the fence must be painted.
A special workman is needed for the
work on the blackboards. Once a year
a man who travels all over the country
repairing plaster blackboards strikes Sa
vannah, and the breaks are then repaired.
In the new' and properly equipped schools
slate blackboards are used, and these
never require the services of the expert,
but in the older schools some of the plas
ter boards need his attention.
CITY BREVITIES.
Staff Captain Bonnet from Atlanta will
lead a salvation meeting in the lecture
room of Trinity Methodist Church to-night
at 8:30 o'clock.
The Savannah Cadets have received a
letter from Mrs. Charles B. Satterlee in
acknowledgment of the wreath that was
sent her on the anniversary of the death
of her husband, Capt. Satterlee.
The Chathams and the Savannahs play
ed another game yesterday afternoon at
•he Bolton park. The Savannahs
won on a score of 8 to 5. There will be
another game this afternoon, when Dill
worth and Brown will be the battery for
the Chathams, while the Savannahs will
be represented in the points by Bacon,
Peal and Washington.
A way summer showers have of falling
within well-defined lines was exemplified
yesterday. Several cars were boarded at
about 2 o’clock on Bay street that had
just come from the Southern section.
While not a drop of water had fallen on
the Bay, it was observed with some sur
prise by new passengers that the roofs,
running boards end seats of the cars
were wet.
Mr. Mackall Still Absent.
Mr. W. \V. Mackall, a director and of
counsel for the Seaboard Air Line, is still
somewhere near the headquarters of the
system. Mr. Mackall went to Portsmouth
several days ago and yesterday was re
ported in Washington. The day of his re
turn to Savannah is indefinite.
Sledge Hammer Arguments.
Ladles' waists, formerly sold for $2.
$1.50 and SI.OO each, this week only 50e at
the great removal sale. P. T. Foye, suc
cessor to Foye & Morrison —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—26c 'be box. Res-
PC9S Drug Cos., Proprietors.—vl.
A Recetvrng Teller.
A receiving teller at a good bank said
that he was about to get slek. He felt
tired all time; sleep did not refreah
him; felt as if he ought to take vacaiton
A pharmacist put him on Graybeard and
two bottles completely overhauled him
and made him about as good as new.
Get Graybeard at all drug stores. Gray
heard pills are treasures—2sc the box
Respess Drug Cos.. Proprietors.—ad.
Sunday Trips m Brunswick Via
Plant System SI.OA,
The Plant System will sell round-trip
tickets to Brunswick cn Sundays, limited
to date of sale, at rate of SI.OO. Trains
leave at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a. m —ad.
Pineapple, Ala., May 10. 1900.—1 do not
hesitate to recommend Johnson’s Chill and
Fever Tonic for Grip, and all forms of
fever. I give It the highest possible in
dorsement by using it In my own faintly.
William H. Lloyd.
Johnson’s Tonic does In a day what slow
and uncertain quinine cannot do in tea
days. It acts gently upon the liver and
sharpens the appetite. Use nothing else
for fever.—ad.
A Delicious Smoke.
The Herbert Spencer Is an elegant cigar
and Is truly a delightful enjoyment to
innale the fumes of this fine tobacco; it
Is exhilarating and delicious.
See that the name of Herbert Spencer
Is on every wraft>er of every cigar, with
out which none are genuine.
The Herbert Spencer cigars are only sold
by the box of 80, Conchas at $3.60, and
Perfectos, $4 50 at Llppcnan Bros., whole
sale druggists, Barnard and Congress
streets, of this city.— ad.
American Whiskies.
Llppman Brothers carry In stock th*
most noted branda
Antediluvian Is a celebrated whiskey,
bottled by Osborns of Naw York, ana are
safe In saying It la oos of the best
whiskies in the city.
The Peoria Rye Whiskey, bottle In bond
by Clark Bros, of Peoria, 111., is also a
fine whiskey.
Ths Feerlese wh.sksy. bottled In bond at
Hendersonville. Ky.. being under the eu
pervislon of the United States government
Insuring purity and strength.
Llppman Bros, are wholesale druggists,
but they Intend to retail these fin* whis
kies .—ad.
“SPECIAL”
Low Prices on all
kinds of
HARNESS
THIS WEEK.
We can please you.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
mid-summer figures
PREVAIL at KOGAN'S.
Inducements in every department. Great,
er reductions to meet the demand for gxd
goods cheap. A positive saving on every
item. This is the cool store—Cool cars
stop at the door. Y’ou save money and
discomfort when you shop here.
' SUMMER DRESS GOODS.
10c Colored Dimities 7Vfcc.
15c Colored Lawns and Dimities 10c.
Imported Madras Cloth and Gingham
25c and 30c grades, at 19c.
65c Grey Homespuns at 45e.
65c Black China Silks 49c.
25c Black Serges at 50c.
White Striped Madras, suitable for
waits,~2oc, instead of 30c.
LACES AND EMBROIDERIES
AT VERY LOW FIGURES.
Machine-made Torchon Laces and Jnser
tings—assorted patterns.
Fine Valenciennes and Point de Paris
Laces and Insertings; large variety of
1 patterns.
Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook Edging
and Inserting: neat and open work pat
terns; choice collection.
LADIES* HOSIERY.
Special bargains in Misses’ Black Riche
lieu Ribbed Hose 15c; worth 30c.
Bargain Ladks’ Black Lisle Lace Hose
25c; worth 35c.
Bargain Ladies’ Black Lisle Lace Hose
G9c; worth SI.OO.
Bargain Ladies’ Block Lisle Hose, silk
polka dot, 47c; worth 75c.
Bargain Ladies’ Polka Dot and Fancy
Striped Hose 19c and 25c.
UNDER WEAR CHEAP.
Ladles’ Silk Vests in white, pink and
blue, 75c quality for 50c.
Ladies’ Lisle Vests, 40c quality for 25c.
Lodiea’ Lisle Vests. 25c quality for 15c.
Toadies’ Out Size, 25c quality for 19c.
* Ladies’ Ribbed Knee Pants 25c.
SHIRTING REDUCED.
36-inch Wamsutta Bleached Shirting
lOVfec.
Splendid 36-inch White Shirting 6\c.
BED SPREADS AT COST.
White Summer Bed Spread 63c.
Splendid White Bed Spreads for SI.OO.
6plendid White Bed Spreads for $1.25.
BEST TOWEL IN TIIE CITY.
Fine Large White and Colored Borders
Damask Towels for 25c.
MEN’S SHIRTS.
Special line Men’s Madras Shirts 89c;
regular $1.25.
50 dozen Colored Shirts, regular 69c, 50c.
MEN’S UNDERWEAR,
MEN’S NECKWEAR.
MEN’S HALF HOSE,
AT ABOUT ONE-H ALF ITS A'A LI E.
Gents’ Half Hose, regular 50c, this week
25 cents.
Gents’ Half Hose, regular 35c, this week
19 cents.
Gents’ Fancy Half Hose, regular 30c,
this week 13c.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard St*
H. I PEEPLES I SI
125 Congress Si.. West.
We handle the Yale
& Towne Manufactur
ing Company’s line of
Builders’ Hardware.
See these goods and
get prices before plac
ing your order else
where.
Fishing Tackle,
JAPANESE,
WOOD AND STEEL
JOINTED RODS,
REELS, LINES
AND
Hooks of All Kinds.
m loirs as
113 BROUGHTON STREET, WE9T.
LEMONS.
Black Eye, Pigeon and Cow Peaa
Potatoes. Onions. Peanuts, and all fruits
and vegetables In season.
Hay. Grain, Flour, Feed.
Rice Straw. Maglo Poultry and Block
Pood.
Our Own Few Feed, ete
W. D. SIMKINS & CO.
213 and 216 BAY, WEST.
COMFORT^
For your stock Tht fly aeeaon Is now on
ua and the time to use
Tough on Flies,
a lotion when applied will prevent your
horeea and cattle from being pestered. Try
It and be convlnoed.
HAY, GRAIN. BRAN. COW FEED,
CHICKEN FEED. etc.
T. J. DAVIS.
Phone 223. Ut Bay street, west.