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8 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. If you wish to cure scrofula or salt rheum permanently, take Hood's Sarsa parilla. It expels all Impurities from the blood,—ad, * a 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. Buy If. Try It. You will never change your brand. Cook's Imperial Extra Dry £haropagae never falls to please.—ad. 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.