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LAWYER BEHIND THE BARS.
G, R. DfLLOV OF SANDERSVILLE
CSED MAILS TO DEFRAID.
He I* Charged AVith Having De
frauded rnbl!h(*r and Booksell
er* All Over the Couutry-Woniil
"Write Letters. Ordering Book*.
Signed With a Fictitious Name.
Giving a False Address and Ku
dosing a Worthless Check—Hus
Been 1 arrying ou the Nchcnie for
Years—Bibles and Law Books the
Works He Most Oesired-tniuniit
ted to Jail to Await Examination.
George R. Dillon, a practicing lawyer
of SandersvHit was before United States
Commissioner Lew.s yesterday on a
charge of using the mails to defraud. In
default or bond he was committed to the
county jail to await a preliminary hear
ing before the commissioner.
Dillon is charged with having defrauded
publishers and booksellers in various parts
of the country by means of a scheme
that *9 r.ot without its merits, in point of
originality and effectiveness. His exploits
in this direction are. said to have extended
over a number of years, but dust how
many he has victimized nd just whet is
the total amount of money or goods he
has obtained in this fraudulent manner
are not now definitely known.
The prisoner was arrested in Sanders
ville. by United States 'Postoffice. Inspec
tor Fred D, Peetr, by he was
brought to Savannah. The evidence agains'
him is too clear to permit successful con
tradiction or demai!. and it is understood,
in addition to this, that Dillon has made
an at leest partial confession to Inspec
tor Peer.
The me hoi he pizrsued was s mple and
effective. * For the last ten or twelve
months he has lived and made his head
quarters at 9anders\dlle, and from that
point he operated, iayiiig his lines for fish,
large and small, with bland and cheerful
Impartiality. He would write a letter from
Home village or town m the vicinity, sign
it with a fictitious none and enclose a
worthless check, drawn upon a bank in
Savannah. Maccn or Augusta, to which
the same fictitious ram-i would be ap
pended "Hie letter would be addressed and
mailed to some firm of publishers or l>ook
feellers. ordering a quantity of books,
shipped to the address given.
Impressed by the apparent good faith,
l hat the enclosed cheelk seemed to evince,
the firm would honor the order and ship
the books. Before they could send on the
check for collection and receive a reply
etatitig It to be worthless, Dillon would
have called on the exp. ess or freight
agent, taken out the books he had ordered
and quietly returned to his home. Arrived
there he would sell th* books for any
thing they would aring, always managing,
however, as they cost him practically
nothing, to realize a good profit on the
transaction.
How long this practice has been
lip is rot knowil, hut it is naii to have
keen by Dillon fbr at least four
years. He was a imititrl to the bar at Mc-
Donough. according to his statement, in
38%, and since that time has g <\ a wan
dering and nomadic life. Previous to his
admission to the bar he had been a school
teacher, and he pursued this vocation, as
occasion served, even after he had begun
the practice of law. He had been prac
ticing law' at Sandersvllie since he located
there, though it did not appear that his
practice was either very large or very lu
crative.
Dillon has obtained consignments of
books from houses in Atlanta, Nashville,
New York. Detroit. Rochester, Boston
and other places, wrifhin the knowledge
of the poetoAce department, and has
doubtless been equally as successful in
dozens? of other instances of which ii has
never been advised. He has ordered
books under the name of Walter M. Mills,
at Tennille; J. S. Hunter, at Gordon and
Sofkee; J. S. Bell, at Gibson; W. C. Dun
can, at Millelgeville; and E. J. Watts, at
Tennille and other places. These are some
of his aliases and the. places to which he
has had goods shipped; there are many
others.
Complaints to the poetoffice department
have been frequent within the last year
and for the last three months Inspector
Peer has been at work on the case. Be
cause of the rapidity and dexterity with
which Dillon would wing his flight from
one place to another and the various
aliases he assumed for the better and
more convenient transaction of his busi
ness, the inspector found it difficult to
on his trail. Recently, however, Dil
lon attempted a fraudulent piece of work
that has already resulted in his arrest
and W'Ul ultimately, in all probability,
serve to place him behind the bars of
the penitentiary.
Under the name of E. J. Watts, he or
dered a package of law books from the
Williamson Daw Book Company of Ro
chester, N. Y., directing that the books
be shipped by express to Dangley, S. C.
He inclosed with the order a check upon
an Augusta bank, which, of course, was
perfectly worthless.
Dillon wrote the express agent at
Dangley and directed him to forward the
package to Sun Hill, a station a few miles
from TenniMe. As there is no express
office nt Sun Hill. The package was sent
to Tennille instead, and Dillon, under his
assumed name of Watts, was so notified.
On July 16 he called upon Express
Agent Trw'in, at Tennille, and asked for
the delivery to him of the package ad
dressed to Watts, saying that he was that
individual. The ngent Told him it would
be necessary for him to get someone o
identify him. This requirement evidently
startled and frightened the swindler, for,
saying to the agent he would be back in
0 minute, he ran out into the street,
through an adjoining store and disappear
ed for good and all. After a day or two
he must have believed that his fright
was unnecessary, for he wrote the agent,
directing him to express the package of
books To Oconee.
Inspector Peer was notified of (his cir
cumstance and of the belief, current in
that part of the country, that Dillon was
the man who hud born defrauding the
publishers. The inspector went yesterday
to Sandersvllle and had Dillon arrested,
Just as he was mailing another letter to
the express agent at Tennille. which was
signed IA. J. WuCs. The handwriting of
this letter and of others known to have
been written by Dillon, corresponded ex
actly w’lth that of a number of other let
ters. In the possession of the inspector.
Upon which books had been fraudulently
obtained. Agent Irwin also identified him
as ih. man who had called for the pack
age addressed to A. J. Watts.
A search warrant, authorizing the
searching of the house occupied by Dil
lon at Sandersviye, was obtained, the
house opened and Its contents inspected.
Inspector Peer and ihe local officers, by
whom the search was conducted, found
In one of the rooms an excellent library
Of law and school books, Bibles and mis
cellaneous works To law books and Bi
ble s, however, Dillon’s taste seemed to
lun. for the walls of the room were well
lined with both. He seemed to be anx
ious to gain an Intimate acquaintance
with the laws of God and man. though he
could not find It consistent with his In
clinations to pay more than passing at
tention to either
DIUon is a tnan of about 35, possessed
of more than ordinary Intelligence, and
appearing to have had an average educa
tion. He married n young woman from
the county In which Sandersvllle Is situ
ated, and has four little children, all of
whom are girls. His wife end children are
visiting relatives near the town In which
he lived.
Commissioner Lewis will hold an ex
amination this afternoon, and It Is alto
gether probable that Dillon will be ttk\
I for the action of the United States grand
i jury, at the next term of the court. He
I has made a partial confession already.
and it is expected that he will find it to
i his advantage to enlarge this considerably
I when he realizes that it is and will be
j useless to attempt to keep back anything
■ from the officers of the law The arm
of the postofflea department extends into
every village and hamlet in the country,
and its ability to accumulate evidence
against those who have used it as a
weapon for the perpetration of fraud Is
unsurpassed.
MAY YACHT FOB SAVAWAII.
She Ip Heing Brought From George
town for Mr. J. A. G. ('arson.
Anew yacht is on the way to Savannah
for Mr. J. A. G. Carson. When she joins
the Savannah Yacht Club fleet she might
easily be the flagship, as she has larger
dimension? than any vessel now in it.
Mr. Carson bought the boat in George
town. S. C. A day or two ago he sent Pilot
W. J. Dunham and another man to bring
her down the coast. Mr. Dunham being
thoroughly familiar with the route. It *s
* xpect*d the boat will arrive day after
to-morrow. She wi 1 come up he river to
Che city, and then be sailed to Thunder
bolt and the Yacht Club by Mr. Carson.
Alco-vapor is the motive power of the
yacht. Alcohol is converted into vapor by
means of kerosene oil. There is no waste,
as the vapor is condensed and used time
after time. It Is said the machinery can
be run with but slight cost.
The yacht is 53 fret over all and has
12 f(ct beam. She was built primarily for
comfort, and her cabin arrangements are
said to be perfect. She Is handsomely ap
pointed. and it i probable that no boat for
crutoing can touch her in these water*.
There are no sail auxiliaries, though there
are two masts designed to add to the sym
metry.
TWO MI RDEHS REPORTED.
Rut Police Found Report* to B* IT
f on aided.
While some fifteen arrests were made by
the police yesterday up to midnight, no
one of the prisoners is charged with a
serious offense.
Twice during the day the police were
notified by tedephone that murder had
been committed, but in each case the re
port was found to be untrue.
The first report came in about 9 o’clock
and was to the effect that while quar
reling with his wife, n negro had at
tacked her and fatally wounded her.
When the detective® investigated the mat
ter it was found that the report came
from a negro boy, who, hearing the quar
rel. without waiting for its sequel, rushed
to a neighboring store and had the alarm
ing report sent to the barracks.
About 9 o'clock at night a similar re
port was sent to the barracks from the
same street and in the same vicinity. De
tective Stark responded to the call, but
found that it was only a case of a fight
between man and wife, and that both had
escaped by getting away from the street
as soon as the report hftd been sent to
the barracks.
THE \K\V ENGINE HOUSE.
Another Set of Plan* end Specifica
tions Is Being Prepared.
New plans ar.d specifications for the en
gine house at Barnard and Eighth streets
are being prepared. The City Council ap
propriated SA.OOO for the erection and
equipment of the building, but the bids for
Its ronfitruction have not been low enough
to admit of the award of the contract. It
is desired that the contractors keep with
in $3,000 in their bids, the extra SI,OOO be
ing needed for equipping the building, but
the two advertisements for bids failed to
develop any that named so low a figure.
It was therefore regarded as necessary to
change plans and specifications in order
that .the contractors may 'find it possible
to put up the building.
Fire apparatus for the building, once it
has been built, must be suppl ed ultimate
ly by special purchase, either of aparatus
for it or for another. In the latter case,
the apparatus now' used in one of the es
tablished stations would be transferred to
the Eighth street building. Until the need
could be supplied, the present apparatus
owned by the city could be so distributed
as to su-pply the new engine house.
MASONIC MASTERS MEET.
Work of E. A. and F. C. Degree* Ex
cmpltiled by Four Xodiren.
The first meeting of the District Con
vention of the Worshipful Masters of the
First Masonic District was held last night
at, Masonic Temple. The attendance was
very large indeed, as besides the visitors
from the other lodges of the district the
local members* cf the fraternity were out
in unusual force.
The E. A. degree was conferred on two
candidates by - Clinton and Ancient land
mark Dodges; and the F. C. degree by
Dandrum and Zerubbabel Dodges. Past
Master P. A. Btovall of Zerubbabel, acted
as senior deacon and initiated the candi
dates into the mysteries of the second
part of the Fellowcraft degree in a most
scholarly and eloquent address.
.To-night the- M. M. degree will he con
ferred on three, candidates by Solomons
Dodge, and it is expected that the attend
ance will be even larger than it was last
right. At the conclusion of the work sup
per will be served by the ladies of the In
dependent Society of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church.
WILL PLAY POST TEAMS.
Hrunawlck. Player* Coining for Two
Games.
Two baseball games will be played in
Savannah between the Brunswick and the
Post teams. The first will be played to
morrow afternoon and the other Saturday
afternoon.
The Brunswick team is a strong one and
has won by far the greater number of the
games that It his played thla season. It
lias on it a number of players well-known
to Snvannahians, many of them being na
tives of this city, while others are known
through their having played here at differ
ent times with other teams.
1 The Post team is made up of the best
players of Batteries C and F. Teams from
both of the batteries have played here
several tjmea and have always played a
good, clean ball.
1 There la little doubt that unless the
weather b? bad the fans will turn out in
force and that the games will be success
ful from a financial as w r ell as a ball
playing standpoint.
SNATCHED MONEY AND BAN.
Sin all Iliiy Plundered n roantrymnn
of Ilia Coin.
A white man named Woodcock sold a
carload of melons yesterday afternoon,
and at the corner of Bryan and Mont
gomery streets sat on the sidewalk to
count his money, of which a part was In
small change. A small white hoy cau
tiously approached, and snatching a
handful of the smaller coins, scampered
beyond pursuit. The amount lost was
about a dollar. It Is a safe assumption
that hereafter Woodcock will count his
money behind closed doors. The thief
has not been captured.
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THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 2fi, 1900.
FIFTEEN YEARS FOR READ.
JURA’ POUND HIM GUILTY OF VOL
UNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
Verdict Returned After Deliberating
Two Honrs and o Half—One Jury
man AVns for a Verdict of Guilty
Without Recommendation, and the
Others Divided Between Guilty,
With a Reeommendation, and Man
slaughter. When the First Ballot
Was Taken—Arguments for State
mid Accused—Counsel I* Content
and There Will Be No Motion for
New Trial.
“We. the Jury, find the defendant guilty
of voluntary mare Joseph E.
Delannoy, foreman.”
This is the verdict returned by the
jury in the care of J. J- Read, indicted for
the murder of William Stewart and on
trial in the Superior Court since Tuesday
morning. It was returned w hen court con
vened after the r.oon recess yesterday,
the jury having been out at that time
about two hours and a half. Judge FaJli
gant immediately sentenced Read to
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Solicitor General Osborne began his
opening argument to the jury at 10 o’clock.
He occupied but a few minutes in outlining
his contentions of law and fact to the
court a.rd jury. He would contend, he
said, that under the overpowering weight
of the evidence there could be no other
finding by the jury, than that the killing
of Stewart was a brutal, wanton and
eow’ardly murder, not redeemed or miti
gated by a single circumstance Jhat could
entitle the prisoner at the bar to any re
commendation to the clemency or mercy
of the court.
The solicitor general was followed by
Mr. R. L. Coldirg. for the defense, w'hose
argument took the form of the bold con
tention that Read’s action in shooting
Stewart was dictated entirely by mo
tives of self-preservation, and that the
defendant was entirely within his ilegal
r ghts when he fired the fatal shot. Mr.
Colding drew' contrasts between the tes
timony of the witnesses for the state, en
deavoring to show' that they had contra
dicted each other materially and frequent
ly. Mr. Colding attacked also the
evidence of Philip Varilla, the Greek fruit
dealer, criticising him for his alleged pre
tended inability to ufWerstand Erg ish
when he was in the court room and his
apparent ability to do so when he was in
his own shop.
Judge H. D. D. Twiggs followed Mr.
Colding and made a brilliantly effective
argument. Judge Twiggs contended
that his client was a much-abused
and ill-treated man, and that he
was placed in his present * unfortu
nate predicament through the carrying
out of a conspiracy, hatched and planned
among the friends of the dead man, who
had chanced to be witnesses of the homi
cide. Read had been alone nt the time
and had been attacked, so Judge Twiggs
argued, by two or more negroes. The
bruises and blood on his face and the
bruises on his hip had spoken dumbly,
but eloquently and con vine inly, for the
truth of this contention. The defendant
had been attacked, and it was to save his
own life or to prevent the commission of
some serious bodily injury upon him,
that he had fired the fatal shot.
Quite as usual the family of the defend
ant, hi3 aged mother and weeping wife
and the little children who played about
her knee, were made use of as arguments
in favor of his acquittal. Their grief and
agony, their suffering and humiliation,
were dwelt upon at length. Judge Twiggs
picturing with facile strokes of descrip
tion all that they must undergo should
the son, husband and father he convicted
of the infamous crime with which he
stood charged. Equally as usual, the fam
ily of Stewart, if he had one, was for
gotten. '
The solicitor general made the conclud
ing argument. He reviewed the evi
dence as it had been given to the Jury
on the stand, showing the consistency of
the stories told by the witnesses for the
state, describing the patient endurance
with which Stewart had listened to the
vilely abusive epithets of the defendant
and recalling, with force and vigor, the
culmination of the atrocity, when Slew
art had been shot down in cold blood,
without reason, provocation or excuse.
The evidence given by Dr. Corbin and
Dr. Jarrell, as to the cause of the bruises
found by them on Read’s person, the so
licitor general laughed out of court. The
most That could be said of this evidence,
said the solid for, was that it showed the
bruises might have been produced by the
toe of a shoe and by the clenched hand.
It had been conceded by the witnesses
themselves that they could as well have
been produced in half a dozen different
ways beside. Opposed to This unsatisfac
tory-evidence was the positive and un
contradicted and unimpeached testimony
of the eye witnesses to the homicide, who
had stated without dissent that no one
had attacked Read from the time he ap
peared on the scene until he had fatally
wounded Stewart and gone, his w ay. Add
ed to this was the undisputed fact that
between Read nnd the negroes wns n
pile of watermelons that would have
made physical attack absolutely impossi
ble.
It was the old story, said Mr. Osborne.
Given the proper kind of rowdy, fill him
half lull of mean w hiskey, arm him with
a revolver and send him on the streets,
and the result is inevitable. Some in
offensive person will suffer in life or limb.
Thie was what had happened "in the case
at bar. The solicitor general called at
tention to the fact that the defendant,
w'hen he his statement, had omit
ted to show that Stewart had
either assaulted *or threatened him
before he lired, and that his counsel had
to remind him of the omission before the
alleged facts as to the apparent attempt
o draw a revolver, the kick and the blow
came out. He asked an unqualified ver
dict of guilty.
Judge Falligant began his* charge to the
jury at a few minutes after 1 o’clock and
concluded it in about twenty minutes. He
exhorted the Jury to do its duty honest
ly and fearlessly and in accordance with
the terms of the oath. The rest of the
charge was in substance that usually
given in murder cases. Read’s wife and
mother wept as Judge Falligant explained
the grades of unlawful homicide l .
When the Jury reached' its room a
ballot was taken. It was found that one
juryman was for murder and that the
eleven others were divided between a ver
dict of guilty, with a recommend ation to
mercy, and manslaughter. Those who
favored the more severe penalties were
brought over to the view of the case held
by the other® after dinner, and the verdict
of guilty of manslaughter was quickly
found.
Judge Falllgnnt passed sentence upon
the prisoner without extracting from him
any show of emotion. The verdict was
evidently a relief to Mm. ns it was con
fessedly to his counsel. Judge Twiggs
slated that there would be no motion for
anew trial.
The strong probabilities are that after
Head has been suffered to serve a year or
two of his term there will be the usual
petitions for a pardon. The petitions will
be presented to the members of the. grand
jury, solicitor general, the petit Jurymen
and the presiding Judge, nnd a number of
these will sign It. They may sign on Ihe
principle that It doesn't make much dif
ference anyhow, and because they hate
to refuse a request. By that time the de
tails of the homicide will have passed
from public recollection, and the grant of
the pardon will occasion no particular
public lnteresj.
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SUBSCRIBER 9 TO FAMINE FUND.
*I.H4 In Contribution* So Fnr
Through the Southern Bank.
The subscriptions to the India famine
relief fund, through the Southern Bank,
which began last week, up to yesterday,
footed up $134.72. The subscribers are:
John Flannery, $10; Charles Ellis, $5;
W. J. Odell, S2O; John R. Young, $1; H.
H. Hull, $1; R. R. Richards, $1; George
A. Mercer, $1; W. D. Thomas. $1; James
J. McGowan, $2; J. Randolph Anderson,
$10; John J. McDonough. $5; J. T. Well’s
hildren, $5; C. M. Gilbert & Cos., $10; Dr.
St. J. B. Graham. $5; Mrs. James Hun
ter. $1; the Georgia Lumber Company.
$25; B. H. Levy & Bro.. $5; Mrs. O. L.
Williams, Statesboro. $1; R. T. Semmes &
Cos., $10; Addison E. White, 12; John M.
Bryan. $5; charity box. National Bonk of
Savannah. $2.22; H. B. Platen. 25 cents;
J. G. Sullivan, 25 cents; V. G. Schreck,
50 cents; F. A. Cler, 25 cents; J. Bona
venture Copp*, 25 cents; Horace A.
Crane, $5.
The movement started by ex-Gov. Nor
then throughout the state has resulted in
the raising yesterday of $934.82. The
fund is being raised through committees
in every county in Georgia. In his appeal
for the famine-stricken people Gov. Nor
then says; ' Surely no man. woman or
child, with the leawt human sympathy, can
resist the appeal when the conditions are
known. I desire especially, to call atten
tion to the effort to raise a children’s fund.
This was started at the suggestion of a
little lad of eleven years. It is a most
beautiful thought and I hope you will en
courage the generous children of Georgia
to help to save the starving children in
India. Let all the little people in the Sun
day Schiols, the day schools and the
homes in your county know about this
fund and give them an opportunity to
help increase it. Report w r hat you receive
from them separately so that the funds
may be kept distinct. If your people have
contributed once, that must not be an
excuse to relieve them from further help,
as the starving are still dying and there
can be no relief from harvests until Oc
tober. A breakfast in the morning does
not meet the demands of hunger the next
day. Let us all help again.”
HELPED BY THE CLUB.
Young Have I,nans Advanced it*
Enable Them to Go to College.
The University Club held a meeting last
night in the offices of Messrs. Denmark,
Adams & Freeman. Col. P. W. Meldrim,
president, presided. An hour was pleas
antly spent by the members.
Mr. Sam Hewlett will attend the uni
versity next term as a beneficiary of the
club. It has been agreed that S2OO shall
be loaned him to help him meet his ex
penses for the scholastic year. Mr.
Beckett, another Savannah boy, will also
be at the university next year, the Uni
versity Club having made him a loan for
his expenses. Some four or five young
men have been graduated from the insti
tution through the agency of the club,
which ha 6 advanced the money by means
of which their studies were prosecuted.
One of them has returned the SBOO, with
interest, that he borrowed, and the othe-rs
are now paying back the earns loaned
them.
The club decided to decrease the inter
est recipients of Its funds are required to
pay. For such time as the beneficiaries
are in college, no interest will be charged.
The rate after their graduation, instead
of being 6 per cent, as heretofore, will
be 5. The change is retroactive, and those
who have been graduated will profit by it.
The members of the club decided it would
be a kindness to the young men to remove
interest charges during those years when
they are making no money.
A paper on Voltaire, prepared by the
late Col. John Screven, president of the
club, will be read at the October meeting.
Col. Screven prepared the paper with the
expectation of reading it before the club.
After his death, his son. Major Thomas
Screven, was seen and the paper was se
cured. Its reading was postponed from
last night becauee a larger attendance will
Ik> had at the October meeting, and it
is desired that all who can may hear the
paper read.
IN A TEN-ROUND GO.
Mack and Mancie Will Appear for
the Former'll Benefit.
Eddie Mack and Pete Manzie will go on
for a six-round bout at the Royal Music
Hall on Broughton street to-night. It Is
expected that the pugilistic bout will l>e
one of the features of the performance.
The two fighters met some days ago at
the theater, and it was clear enough then
that they are both smooth articles in the
scrapping line. Those who see them in
their work to-night will probably dis
cover that they have every bit as much
go in them as they showed in the fast
fighting they put up at the theater. The
fight was a draw then, indicating that it
is ah even thing with the two fighters.
The exhibition will be a benefit for Mack.
He came to Savannah believing that a
good house would see his fight with Man
zie, but the hot w-eather was too much for
those who usually turn out for prize
fights, and the best that could be done
was to clear expenses. Those who ad
mired Mack’s work in the ten rounds he
went with Manzie will probably be out to
see him.
PESMES FOR THE POOR.
Oar I.ndy'n Aid Birthday Party nt
Bishop Kelley** Residence.
Our Indies Aid Society gave a birthday
party yesterday in the yard of the Bishop's
residence. The society is a charitable or
ganization consisting of members of the
Roman Cathoiio Church but is non-sec
tarian in the scope of its work. The af
fair yesterday was given with the object
of raising funds. Each attendant gave a
small bag containing as many cents as
there were years in the giver's age. Be
sides this source of profit refreshments
were sold.
During the afternoon the greater num
ber of the attendants were children, who
amused themselves with various games.
At night the scene was illuminated with
Japanese lanterns and incandescent lights
presenting a very pretty picture. The en
tertainment lasted from 5 o'clock p. m. un
til 10; during the latter part of the even
ing many grown folks attended and en
joyed the vocal and instrumental music
given by friends of the society.
IX MEMORY OF HISIIOP BECKER.
Krqniem Mass Celebrated on Anal-
Tcraary of Ills Death.
Saturday being the anniversary of the
death of Bishop Becker of the Roman
Cathoiio Diocese of Georgia a requiem
high mass will be celebrated at the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist by Bishop
Kelley, assisted by the other priests of the
Cathedral.
It is the custom of the church to cele
brate requiem masses for its dead minis
ters twice during the year, during Advent
when the services are In honor of the dead
priests, and in Lent when the dead bishops
of the diocese are remembered.
It is also customary to observe the first
anniversary of the death of a bishop by
a requiem mass, and. should the head of
the diocese so desire, each succeeding an
niversary may be so commemorated.
Snndoy Trips set Brunswick Via
Flnnt System *l.OO.
The Plant System will sell round-trip
I tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited
to date of sale, at rata of |l.OO. Train*
leave at 1. 10 a. m. and 13 i. m.—ad, i
TWO ORDINANCES ON FILE.
WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL
TO-MORROW’ AFTERNOON.
No Meeting Held Yesterday After
noon. Because of 1/nek of a Quo
rum—Alderman Grnham Wai Pre
vented From Attending—Alderman
Dixon Had Two Ordinances Ready.
One Relate* to the City Garbage
and the Other Calls for Paving a
Portion of East Bolton Street—Mr.
Saussy Was on Hand to Heyreseut
Mr. Mclntyre.
There was no quorum yesterday after
noon for a meeting of the City/Council.
The Mayer and several of the Aldermen
are out of the city. Alderman Tledeman is
acting a* Mayor,and hisA-neumbency of the
position removes one from what m ght be
the list of available Aldermen to make
up a quorum. Alderman Graham is the
only Alderman in the city, who was not
present for the meeting, but some engage
ment made it impossible for him to at
tend. After the Aldermen had waited for
an hour and a half, it was agreed to post
pone th* meeting until to-morrow after
noon at 4 o’clock.
Two ordinances were to have come be
fore the meeting. They were filed with
the clerk of Council, and will be brought
up at the next meeting. Both were sub
mitted by Alderman Dixon, chairman of
the Streets and Committee.
One of the ordinances is to amend the
present ordinance regarding garbage. Al
derman Dixcn proposes to have residents
see that a barrel is kept for combustible
stuff and another for non-combustible,
both of which are to be placed outside the
gates of premises, in the lanes, by 7
o’clock in the morning. The scavenger
men are then io take up th? garbage,
leaving the barrels, which will be placed
inside the gates again to receive another
day’s accumulation of refuse.
Many promises have no entrances from
lanes. Provision is made for them. In
such cases barrels must be set upon- the
outer edge of the sidewalk by the hour
named above. After the visit of the scav
enger wagons, the barrels must again be
placed in the yards.
It is said the ordinance will pass. The
present system of leaving the garbage in
the yards has not given satisfaction. The
chairman of the Streets and Lanes Com
mittee and the director of the public
works are convinced that the best ar
rangement will be as prescribed in the
amendment proposed. The division of the
combustible and non-cbmbustible stuff has
not been made regularly, though the
greatest objection has been on account of
difficulty the drivers have found in getting
through the gates, which, are often fas
tened.
The w'ork of the scavenger department
will be greatly facilitated if the amend
ment passe*. Probably the only kicks will
be from the servants, as putting the bar
rels in the lanes w'ill mean a little more
work than now falls to their lot. Resi
dents who have garbage receptacles al
ready established at the rear of their
premises, so that they can be emptied
from the lane*, will not necessarily have
to alter their arrangements, as that is
Just what Is desired.
The other ordinance calls for paving a
portion of Bolton street with Augusta
gravel. A roadway, 39 feet wide, from the
west side of East Broad street to the
tracks of the Plant System is to be paved.
The work will be done by the director of
public works as soon as the ordinance
passes.
Mr. J. R. Saussy, Jr., was at the Ex
[ change to represent Mr. J. W. Mclntyre
in the event a meeting were held. He was
ready to show that the charge of the out
house on the premises of No. 208 Brough
ton et-reet. east, belonging to Mr. Mclntyre
is not tenable. Mr. Saussy seems confi
dent that the property will not be affect
by the complaint. It is probable that he
will gain a hearing to-morrow.
FIGURED IN THE CAMPAIGN.
The Congress Street Buildings Are
Being Negotiated for.
Negotiations are pending for the pur
chase of Nos. 13 and 15 Congress street,
east, buildings about which no little was
said during the recent campaign that pre
ceded the primary election. claim
was made that the houses W’ere used for
gambling purposes.
It Is said that C. B. Mcßritie has prac
tically agreed to purchase one of tlte
houses, and that YV. J. Odell will secure
the other. It is further said that Mr. R.
L. Colding is acting for Mcßride, and Col.
P. W. Meldrim for Odell In attending to
all the legal tails of the transfer of the
property. Neither of the principals Is a
resident of Savannah.
The negotiations have not been made
directly with those by whom the property
was owned at the time of its Introduction
as a sort of issue of the political cam
paign, when talk about gambling was so
rite. Messrs. Walthour & Rivers, wh#
formerly were agents for the property,
have, it Is understood, purchased it from
the former owners, and it is with the real
estate Arm that the negotiations are pend
ing.
Inquiries failed to develop that the
transfer has been made. One of the inter
ested parties said there is some question
as to the deeds yet to be settled, but that
the thing looks like a trade.
WORKING ON AN 01,0 LEAK.
A Narrow Crack ’ermitted Water to
Escape for Several Tears.
Superintendent Kinsey of the water
works has a force of hands employed in
stopping a leak in a conduit leading from
the artesian well to the pumping station.
Alderman Dixon said the conduit had been
cracked for three or four years, the crack
being about the width of a thickness of
writing paper. It occurred where the
conduit runs under n ditch, about 300 yards
from the pumping station.
The old waterworks pumping machinery
has been brought into play while the
leak is being repaired. Water will be
pumped at the same rate, and there will
be no dlmunttlon In the supply. It Is ex
pected that the repairs can be effected
without inconvenience to consumers.
, SEALED VERDICT HETIIIVED.
Jory In Case Against Dr. White
Agreed Easily.
The cage of Armitage & Sharpe
against Dr. S. A. White was again taken
up In ihe City Court yrsterday. having
been continued from the day before. An
account of the grounds of the suit was
made la yesterday's Morning News. At
the conclusion of the t s.lmcny which
was unusually lengthy, the arguments to
the Jury were made by Mr. P. W. Mel
dilm. representing the plaintiffs, and Mr.
J. R. SausaJr., the defendant. The case
went lo the July at 7 o'clock. At 8 o'clock
a staled verdict was returned, which will
be opened when court convenes this morn
ing.
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
pllli. Little treasures—26c the box. Re*.
Drug Cos., I’ropnstora,—.id,
HENRY SOLOMON & SON, ~
Sole Distributing Agent*.
CHARGES HIM WITH CRUELTY.
Mrs. Snsie Wli Itelmrst Want* Ali
mony From Her llusbnnil.
Mrs. Susie Whitehurst filed a 6uit for
temporary and permanent alimony against
her husband, Leroy W. Whitehurst, in the
Superior Court yesterday. The plaintiff
asks also for an injunction prohibiting her
husband from disposing of certain prop
erty she claims to own in common with
him.
In support of her plea for alimony, the
plaintiff alleges in her petition to the court
that her husband has practically deserted
and abandoned her, and refuses longer to
contribute to her support. The parties
were marrietf in 1892 and there are two
children. A child of the w’ife by a for
mer marriage has- been adopted by the de
fendant since his marriage to the plain
tiff:.
The petition charges that besides his
virtual abandonment and desertion of his
wife and family and his refusal to con
tribute to their support, the husband has
of late become addicted to the excessive
use of intoxicants and is frequently un
der their influence. When he is drunk,
it is charged, he is violent and abusive
in his manner, charging his wife with
numerous liaisons with various parties.
Her appeals to him to support h!s charges
by recitals of time, place and circum
stance have but served to increase their
virulence. It is charged that the husband
has gone so far as to lay violent hands
upon his wife.
Certain property belonging to the par
ties is in the legal of the husband,
and the wife asks that he be restrained
from selling or encumbering this until the
court can decide the proportion to which
she is entitled. She aeks also for tempora
ry alimony and attorney’s fees pending the
final adjudication of the cause. Judge Fal
ligant granted th© temporary restraining
order prayed for end set the hearing upon
the other preliminary questions for Sat
urday.
CITY BREVITIES.
For the Retail Clerks excursion to Ty
bee to-night the 8:35 o'clock train, will ac
commodate those unable to get off on the
earlier triins. Returning -trains will leave
Tybee on the usual schedule.
It is observed that the Mayor's publi
cation of the ordinance against such small
vehicles as little darkies push and roll
along the streets is again disregarded.
Policemen fail to make cases against the
young offenders, and the wagons and push
carts remain to frighten horses and tan
gle up bicyclists.
Mr. L. E. McCarthy has a tree full of
Elberta peaches in his yard, No. 313 East
Henry street, which shows that Savan
nah soil is as fertile for Elbertas as that
of Middle Georgia. Mr. McCarthy
brought n sample of the fruit to the
Morning News yesterday. It measured a
fraction over nine inches around and
weighed nine ounces. The tree on which
it was grown is five years old and is load
ed wiHh fruit.
A little negro boy playing on Barnard
street, near Bryan, yesterday afternoon,
was knocked down and run over by a
wagon, in which were tw’o colored men.
The boy was but little injured and was
able to walk home. The men drove on
after the accident without stopping to in
quire after the injuries of the boy, but
they were hailed by a policeman before
they had gone any great distance. They
were released when it was seen that the
boy’s condition did not warrant their ar
rest.
To Brnnuwick and 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. na. and
5:20 a. m.— ad.
First. If well, keep well by taking
Johnson’s Tonic. If sick, get well by tak
ing Johnson's Tonic.
Second. Wise men lasure their lives;
wiser men insure their health by using
Johnson’s Tonic 1 .
Third. Johnson’s Tonic is a family
physician, ready to answer ten thousand
calls* at once. Its fee is only 50 e'ents and
the good it does is beyond human reckon
ing.
Fourth. Johnson’s Tonic costs 50 cenfrs
a Ivottle if cures. Not a single cent if
it does not.—ad.
A Receiving Teller.
A receiving teller at a good bank said
that he was about to get sick. He felt
tired all time; sleep did not refreah
him; felt ns if he ought to take vacation.
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
beard pills are treasures—2Cc the box.
Respess Drug Cos., Proprietors.—ad.
A Deliclona Smoke.
The Herbert Spencer Is an elegant cigar
and is truly a delightful enjoyment to
inhale the fumes of this fine tobacco; u
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 Herbert Spencer cigars are only sold
by the box of 50, Conchas at $3.50, and
Perfectos, $4.50 at Dippcnan Bros., whole
sale druggists, Barnard and Congress
streets, of this city.—ad.
*->■■ ■ ■
Scotch anil lrl.h Whiskies.
The finest Imported from Scotland and
Ireland ar. to be had from Lippman
Brother.. They are Imported by that firm
In bodies from the distilleries in Scotland
and Ireland. And it you want the cele
brated Ola Highland Scotch whiskey, or
the Wheeler Irish whiskey, call on Llpp
man Brothers for it.
This firm has decided to aell all imported
wines iind liquors at retail, which we think
is quite an acquisition for our Savannah
consumers.
Lippmnn Brothers have something espe
cially nice from Scotland called Cherry
whiskey, imported from Rutherford of
Leith, Scotland, and we are safe In saying
nothing like this lias ever been imported
in these parts before. It has the most
delightful cherry flavor, and the whiskey
Is not of the strongest type.—ad.
Cider.
We have a nice line of elder In bottles,
pure and genuine, from the celebrated
establishment of Molt & Cos., of New
York.
The Ruseet Cider end the Crab Apple
Cider are very good. Llppman Bros., cor
ner Congress and Barnard streets, 9a
vannah, Ga.—ad.
—The Supreme Court of North Carolina
has sustained a decision rendered In Burke
county Imposing a One of *I,OOO on a rail
way company for having given an annual
pass to a doorkeeper of ihe Le*lslature lo
.4*97,
“SPECIAL”
Low Prices on all
kinds of
HARNESS
THIS WEEK.
We can please you.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
11 PERK l .
125 Congress St. w,
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.
edward Wells mi
113 BROUGHTON STREET. WEST.
LEMONS.
Black Eye, Pigeon and Cow Peaa
Potatoes, Onions. Peanuts, and all frulli
and vegetables in season.
Hay, Grain, Flour, Feed.
Rice Straw. Magic Poultry and Woe*
Food.
Otrr Own Fear Feed, ete
W. D. SIMKINS & CO.
213 and 215 BAY, WEST.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
- BETHEL
Military Academy,
BETHEL ACADEMY, VIRGINIA.
In historic Northern Virginia. Best ref
erences almost anywhere in the Union.
Thirty-third session begins September 21st.
Illustrated catalogue.
Col. R. A. McINTYRE, Supt
CHENOWETH
1342 Vermont ave. and lowa Circle.
Washington, D. C.
Boarding School for young ladles. Send
for catalogue. Miss Mary Davenport
Chenoweth. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sloan.
PANTOPS ACADEMY
Nkah CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
For boys. Fully equipped. Send for catalogue.
JOHN R. SAMPSON. A M . Principal
DUCRO’S
|UH Alimentary
Elixir
Is highly recommended as a remedy for
lung disease and as a preventive tor
typhoid, malarial and all Kinds of fevers
Agent.. K. Sourera at'e., Sew York
J. D. WEED & CO
UVANIAB, QA.
Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Bose.
Agents tor NEW YORK RUBBER
BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY.
SODA WATER.
Soda Water, Ice Cream and Sherbets
made of the best fruit and cream by a
professional dispenser. Sent to any pari
of the city. Sunday orders solicited.
Cream and sherbets 5 cents.
DON M ELLY PHARMACY.
Phone No. 678. No. 421 Liberty st. east.
Empty Hogsheads.
Empty Molnaaes Hogshead* f°*
■ale by
C. M. GILBERT & Co._
LEGAL, NOTICES.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI
TORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY-
Notice is hereby given to all persons hav
ing demands against Betsy Habersham,
late of said county, deceased, to present
them to roe. properly made out, within
the time prescribed by law, bo as to show
their character and amount; and all l"’ r "
son* Indebted to said deceased are tp
qulred to make immediate payment to me-
Savannah, Ga., July 3. 1900.
FRED T. SAUSSY,
Adminetrator, office Bull and- Congress
streets, upstaire.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS CREDIT
ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY'.-
Notice is hereby given to all persons
having demands against Herman J
Lentz, late of aaid county, deceased, to
present them to me, properly made out.
within the time prescribed by low. so as
to show their character and amount; ami
all persona Indebted to said deceased are
required to make Immediate payment to
me. F. S. I.ATHROP, K-r.cntoT.
Savannah, Ga., June. 1900.