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10 STREET RAILWAY’S CHANGES. GETVi:RAIi MAAAGEK IyOFTON ASKS COUNCIL TO ALLOW THEM .MADE. Pftilinns Submitted nt Yeiterday'* Meeting—Double Track Desired on Barnard in Order That a Double Belt May lie Operated—Hequest That tkf Company lie Allowed t Put in Turnout* and Sidings on Wbituker Street in Order That Cara May Hun Both Waya-tinrhage Ordinance of Alderman Dixon \\ aa raaaed-Iron Company’s rroposi *lon—*prln®lleltl Lands Offered for Street*—Cadet* Want Old Cnrt rldges. Luckily a majority of the Aldermen in the city during the month of August con stitute a quoum. Had this not been the case, no me. ting could have been held yesterday, as there were but live, includ ing Alderman Tiedcman, acting Mayor, Beaied a tout the table. Besides the acting Mayor, there were Aldermen Bacon, Dixon, Doyle and Schwarz. Alderman Jarrell at tended the me:-ting of the Committee of the Whole, but left when it adjourned. As former attempts to hold meetings re sulted in no quorum being secured, yes terday's meeting was the first in a month. Consequently, there was a long list of accounts, reports and petitions that had accumulated. These were passed upon rapidly, the majority being referred to var.ous committees for investigation. Alderman Horrigan’s ordinance re ative to Ihr construction of new wharves and their conformance to the harbor line es tablished by the government survey was put upon its second reading. The vote re sulted in its adoption. An ordinance by Alderman Dixon was put upon its first Trading. This ordinance demands the s paration of the garbage of every household, that which is combusti ble bring placed in one receptacle and that which is non-combustible in another. These receptacles must be placed outside the rear gates of premises by 7 o’clock every morning. In those cases where no rear gates afford entrance, the receptacles must be placed upon the sidewalks in front, care being exercised to have them upon the outer edge. The ordinance was inspired by the many complaints that have arisen from the present method followed with regard to the garbage. It has been found that gates are often left fast n and, making it impos sible for the drivers of the scavenger wa gons to enter yards. For this reason garb age barrels have often stood for days without being erupt id. This state of af fairs caus and complaints frrm tenants and from the health department. It is believed the new p an of having househ Id servants place the rec pta'des either in the lanes or upon the sidewa ks will result in a far more satisfactory state of affairs,•and an early cessation of the complaints is ex pected. The ordi ance will be placed upon its second reading at the next meeting of Council and will probably be passed. Director of Public Works Gadsden has favored the ordinance, being conv need that a change is needed. The scavenger department roims within his supervis ion, an 1 he had noted that no hing seem ed to remove the cause of complaints. Writing to officials of a number of cities, he received assurances that the plan con templated by Alderman Dixon’s ordinance will operate satisfactorily. Another ordinance submitted by Alder man Dixon and r ad for the first time con templat e the pa.leg of Boiton street from East Broad to the Plant System tracks. General Manager H. M. Lofton of the Savannah. Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railroad petitioned that the pave ment be of gravel, and that mht'tial is flamed In the ordinance. It has been sug gested. however, that it would be better to employ brick or asnhalt as the materia), as in wet weather the gravel would be muddy. The location is that of the trans fer point between the city and Thunder bolt, and It Is necessary for passengers to get (ff in the street to change cars. Grav el is the cheapest material but the wis dom of putting it down where so much walking has to he done Is questioned. This, however, is a matter Council will eeiile when the ordinance comes up for passage. On behalf of the street railway company. General Manager Lofton also petitioned for permission to substitute a double for a single track on Barnard street, from Congress to Tenth, and on Tenth street, from Barnard to Whitaker. Further per mission was sought to operate a double belt on Abercorn street, Tenth street, Bar nard street and Bay street. In a separate petition Genera] Manager Lofton sought pertnission to change the method of operating cars on Whitaker street. Cars now are run south on Whita ker street. The street railway company desires to run them both north and south. In order that this may be done, the gen era! manager peiitioned to lie allowed to construct such turnouts and sidings on Whitaker street as will enable it to op erate cars in both directions. Some days ago the Morning News gave the story of the expected changes in the operation of the Barnard and Whitaker street lines. Rather gen eral satisfaction was expressed at the time that the company con templated the changes, as it is l>elieved that greater conveniences for the residents in the neighborhoods to he affected will be afforded, ll Is very probable that Coun cil will act favorahly upon the petitions. Not long since Mr. Joseph Wolf, repre senting tiie Isaac Joseph Iron Company, submitted a verbal proposition to Council relative to the city garbage. He offered to deduct the cost of sorting the garbage and then divide the proceeds from the sale of marketable portions of the stuff between his company and the city. Asked to submit his offer in writing, Mr. Wolf banded in the following: "We agree to sort from the garbage gathered in the city of Savannah any -end all material that can be made marketable and sold. At the expiration of the first twelve months, we agree to deduct the ex pense in the handling of this material from ♦he gross amount realized and the balance remaining is to be divided equally between the Isaac Joseph Iron Company and the city of Savannah. "This agreement to be for one year, we to have the privilege of renewing agree ment at the end of the year for a lorin of five years, upon the same basis as tile first year. "We beg to state in conclusion that we feel a revenue can thus be derived to our mutual benefit and an income to the city from a heretofore unthought-of source." The communication was referred to the Committee on Streets and Lanes. A petition was received from Messrs. G. T. Cann and J. F. Conn, representing the Springfield I-and Company, offering to donate the land needed, flout 300.000 square feet, to open Gordon, Gaston. Huntingdon and Maple streets through the lands of the company, conditioned up on the city underdraining the lands and grading and curbing the streets mention ed. The petition was referred to the Com mittee on Opening Streels. The represen. tatlves of the petitioning company staled that the plat of the l and is at their office, ond that they would be glad to meet with the committee to examine It. They sug gest that the streets running north and south through the Springfield tract could l>e purchased at a very reasonable figure. The petition says: "We call the attention of your honorable body to the fact that this land Is located within the corporate limits of the city, that both the Florida Central and Peninsular Railway and the Georgia and Alabama Railway pass through It, and It will only be a short Ume before the progress of the city in that direction will make the open ing of these streets absolutely necessary, and the city will then have to pay a much larger sum of money to secure the land needed, unless this offer be accepted.’* Officers of the Savannah Cadets made the discovery that there is a quantity of old rifle ammunition at the city magazine that nP!>arently, belongs to no one. The ammunition Is useless for all purpose save melting the lead and using it in moulding bullets for new shells. Card. J. T. West decided that, on behalf of his company, he mighi as well ask for the ammunition, and, accordingly, a petition was read. There are four and a half cases of the cartridges. As there is no need for them and they would probably have lain in the magazine another thirty years unless at tention had been called to them. Capl. West will probably get the catridges. MATTHEWS OX THE WAY. Defaulting Manager of Mnrphy A Cos. Left Portland Sunday. W. C. Matthews, the defaulting manager of Murphy & Cos., dot ton brokers in the Board of Trade building, will reach Sa vannah, in charge of the detectives who captured him, Sunday or Monday. The local manager of the tirm stated yesterday that the officers left Portland, Ore., with their prisoner Sunday, which should put them in tSavannah in about a week. It is pretty certain that summary Jus tice will be dispensed to Matthews. He was reindicted by the present grand jury this week, so that there will not be any delay in getting his case Into the Superior Court. The victimized firm offered a re ward for the capture of Matthews, and will probably not spare any means In prosecuting him. It is said this is one of the first defalcations the lirm has suffer ed in a long time, and it is intended to make an example of Matthews. After leaving Savannah Matthews kept the officers in pursuit of him guessing, and in every case when a clue to his whereabouts was obtained, further inves tigation revealed that “the bird had flown.” He was heard of in Knoxville, Term., where he was said to have spent a few days at the Flanders Hotel. Before the Knoxville police received the mailed descript k>n of Matthews, however, he had proceeded out West. The story of his mi grations and his efforts to evade the offi cers will doubtless prove an interesting one. DIRECrOK J. tl. FALL. Financial Review Speak* Highly of tle Naahvllle Man. The Financial Review of New York, In commenting approvingly upon the recent election of the Nashville Gas Company, has the following to say of a gentleman well known in Savannah: “It has been commented upon in the business world of this city that among the directors is J. H. Fall, a prominent hard ware merchant there, whose experience has admirably equipped him to co-operate with its colleagues In this particular. Mr. Fall’s career is one to which he may proo erly point with pride, for it has been suc cessful only through his own exertions and bis understanding of business principles. It is asserted, and his record shows the truth of the declaration, that for his age he is one of the ablest financiers of the South. He is vice president of the Fourth National Bank, head of the hardware house ot J. H. Fall & Company, Incorpor ated, and a member of the Finance Com mittee of three, of the Nashville. Chatta nooga and St. Railroad Company, one of the largest and best-managed cor porations in that section. He is of force ful character and those in this city who have come in contact with him speak in high terms of his general ability.’' GOT THIRTY-FIVE PER CENT. Dividend Declared for Creditors ot Stevens-Clark Company. A consent verdict and decree in the case ot the Snow Steam Pump Works, and others, against the Stevens-Clark Company, were returned in the Superior Court yesterday afternoon. The decree disposes of *2,488.33 now in the hands of the receiver. From this amount, after paying the ex penses of the litigation, the court costs and the fees of counsel and receiver, the creditors will have paid to them 35 per cent, of their claims. Messrs. Twiggs & Oliver, counsel tor the moving creditors, receive a fee ot *450; the receiver, Mr. Charles Moyes. gets a fee of *350, while his counsel, Messrs. G. T. & J. F. Cann. will be paid *l5O. There are some other asseis unsold and in the hands of the receiver, which when disposed of and converted into cash, will permit another small dividend' to the cred itors being declared. It is understood that fees allowed counsel and the receiver are about all they are likely to gef. LITTLE DOING WITH GOLFERS. Hot Weather and Absentees Have Cat Into the Playing. Little is doing with the golfers these days. On some afternoons there are two or three of them on the links, hut many are away from the city, while many of thos • who are here find this weather just a little too troublesome for golf, proving that there is one thing that can stand In the way of the ardor the game Inspires. About the middle of next month, it is believed, the game will start up again and by the. middle of Octob r It will be In full blast and more popular than ever. The Interest in the game has never flagged since (he establishment of the links, and it se+ms pretty certain that It will be en during. One enthus ast has bet that it will endure. He booked a wager of *IOO with a doubter that the Savannah Golf Club will be in existence three years hence. injuries may prove fatal. Miss Mary Sullivan Seriously and Perhaps Fatally Ilnrned. Miss Mary Sullivan, a maiden lady re siding at Id Price street, was seriously and perhaps fatally burned about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The accident is re ported to have been due to a a lamp ex plosion which set fire to Miss Sullivan's clothing. She was entirely enveloped in llames and the clothing nearly burned off before assistance could be rendered. Physicians were hustily summoned and such relief afforded as was possible. One of the physicians stated last night that Miss Sullivan's injuries were very serious, the burns extending over almost the en tire body, and that the outlook for her recovery was very unfavorable. .1. J. BARRETT'S FUNERAL, rnllhenrem All Members of the Po lice Force. The funeral of James J. Barrett took place yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock from St. Patrick's Church. The burial was at the Cathedral Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a large number of persons, ornong them being representa tives of the Aneient Order of Hibernians and a squad of police under the command of .Sergt. Mock. By request all of ihe pallbearers were members of the police force. They were Messrs. Starrs, Lovett, McCarthy, Cronin, Collins and Coffee. When you say your blood Is Impure and appetite poor you are admitting your need of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Begin taking It at once.—ad. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900. RAID NEVER PHASED THEM. POLITY PLAYERS TURNED THEIR WHEELS AND Cl RSED THE OF FICERS. 1 nan.l Croxvil of Negroe* Gathered at the Usual Hour* in Congress Lane aud There Was no Apparent Inter ruption in the Progress of the Gome— When Not Thu* Actively Engaged in Their Regular Iluwi nen* the Gnnibier* Spent Their Time Denouncing tlie Sheriff and Hi* Deputies—Recorder Hurtrldge Turned the Bunch of Seventeen Over to Superior Court, Despite the raid made by the sheriff and his deputies on Tuesday evening, a raid which resulted in the arrest of four of the alleged principals and thirteen lesser lights of the policy lottery business in Sa vannah, drawings were repeated yesterday to have taken place altogether as usual. Custom prescribes that the drawings shall take place at 2:30 o’clock in the af ternoon and 7:30 o’clock in the evening of eadh day, and the custom has passed in Savannh into an institution, so long end so faithfully has it been observed. Yes terday there was certainly no apparent change in the situation, for at the stated hours the section of Congress lane, be tween Bull and Drayton streets, was thronged with the usual assortment of ne groes. It was generally reported that the drawings had not failed to take place end the evidence of appearances, at It was presented from the streets, conlirmed the truthfulness of this report. It will be interesting to watch. the ac tions of the grand jury and the further course it will pursue in this matter. An. otner meeting of the jury has been an nounced for next week, though the day has not been selected. The conjecture has been and being hazarded by many of the alleged knowing ones that the next meet ing will be signalized by the same sort of raid that followed the last,* though pos sibly some new point of attack wiil be se lected. Many nnd deep were the curses bestowed yesterday by the section of the gambling fraternity that had fallen into the meshes of the law, upon Sheriff Sweeny and his force of deputies. The gamblers never seemed to realize that the sheriff was do ing his duty and his deputies theirs, and that they were carring into effect only the direct and imperative orders of the grand jury. They were not proceeding on their own initiative, and with any unnecessary harshness or publicity, as, Horn the viru lence and strength of the anathems pro nounced upon them by the gamblers, many of the latter seemed to think. It is clear that the sheriff was not in a position to follow any other course than that he did actually pursue. While he is not in any sense the executive officer of the grand jury, that body is vested un der the law with very extensive powers and among them that of special present ment. It would scarcely he healthy for the sheriff of the county, who Is par ex cellence the conservator of the public peace, to refuse to take action when a member of the grand jury points out to him open and flagrant violations of the law and suggests that he make an arrest. But the gamblers have apparently been unable to see the matter in this lignt, and they have broken the necks of the vials of their wrath and emptied the con tents upon the heads of sheriff and depu ties alike. The ordinary devotee of for tune. even, possesses a broad and pictur esque vocabulary, and some of those ar rested are not ordinary gamblers at all. Consequently, when they came to discuss the action of the sheriff, they were in a position to do the subject what they thought full justice and they damned him with an exuberance of diction and a strength of emphasis that would have sufficed fully in a better and juster cause. It is just possible that in condemning the sheriff and his officers in this sweeping and wholesale fashion the gamblers are not acting with their accustomed wisdom and sagacity. Acting with perfect regard for their duty and the obligations of their oaths, the sheriff’s officers are yet fre quently in a position to treat gamblers who have been arrested with consideration and leniency and not to rush them off to jau merely because they are not in a po sition to get a bondsman by lifting their voices. It is not pleasant to be abused in the thorough and painstaking manner in v hich the gamblers have abused the offi cers, and the latter may remember it on some luture occasion, when, endowed with some share of legal discretion, they will do their duty just as well by taking the course that would make it hardest for the grmbJers, as by taking that which would m ike it easiest. If they should chance to think on one of these occasions of the va rious uncomplimentary epithets that have l*?en bestowed upon them, it may very likely be that they will choose the former. The four white and thirteen colored men arrested were arraigned before Recorder Hart ridge in the Police Court yesterday morning. Mr. FI. 1,. Folding and Mr. \V. F. Slater represented the defendants and, in behalf of their clients, these gentlemen waived the preliminary examination. With this question out of the way the Recorder remanded the bunch of seventeen for trial in the Superior Court, bonds for their ap pearance being furnished immediately. AS IN NORTH GEORGIA. A Horn Provided in the Rank to Sig nal the Elevator. Tied up with blue ribbon and adorning the elevator shaft on the third floor at the Citizens’ Bank building, there is u toy horn, and "thereby hangs a tale." The horn is a joke of the bank manage ment that came as an answer to protest against tire bells that would not ring for the elevator. A few days ago the bell system got out of order. Then would-be passengers had to shake doors to make n clatter or shout up and down the shaft to attract the at tention of the 'elevator boy. This pro voked humorous protest from a legal gentleman on the third floor, and his kick was answered with the horn. The gentleman addressed a letter to the bank, suggesting lhat It would lie well, in view of the trouble with the bells, to tie up a horn on each floor of the building in order that it might be blown for ihe elevator. In North Georgia, he continued, there are streams that can be crossed only by terries, and hanging to a tree on the bank a horn may often he found. A blast from the horn attracts the attention of the ferryman, and over the traveler goes. * Recalling the scene of his native part of the slate, the gentleman thought this would be a good plan for the bank to fol low. Reminding the institution that the system of beds and wires, working os ad mirably as It then was, might Just ns well be in Ihe British legation at Pekin, the gentleman closed his letter, and the horn was an early reply. Hanging upon the shaft, it inspires no little comment, and though the bells have been fixed and re spond to the touch, the horn is a source of perennial joy to the office boys, who now scorn the use of the bell. For forty years Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne has stood the test for and its delicious bouquet,—ad. To Brunswick nun lletnru, .1.00 via the Plant System, Sundays. In addition to the Charleston Sunday excursion., the Plant System are selling round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on Sundays only, at rate of *1 00 for tlis round trip. Train, leave at 2;10 a. m. and 6:29 a. m.—ad. MISS GEORGIA SCREVEN DEAD. ,fn*t Seven Month* After Her Father** Dentil She Fn*nel Away. Miss Georgia Bryan Screven, eldest daughter and child of the late Col. John Screven, died at the family residence, at the corner of Congress and Abercorn streets, last nigh, after a serious illness of only a few hours. For two or three weeks Miss Screven had complained of attacks of a malady which had caused her much pain during her life, acute indigestion, but no one of the family regarded her as being serious ly ill. On former occasions attacks of indigestion had been attended by fainting spells, which had passed with their cause, and it was believed that the indisposition which Mies Screven endured so quietly and patiently would be at an end in a few days. Yesterday at noon her Illness became more threatening and Maj. Thomas Screven was summoned from his office to the bedside of his sis.er. She was then regarded as seriously ill, but it was not believed even then that there was any thing dangerous to apprehend. Maj. Screven returned to his office, but in the late afternoon was again summoned. Then the danger had become fully apparent, and Dr. Duncan, the family physician, asked that Dr. Charlton be summoned. A message was sent for the latter phy sician, but he did noi receive it in time io reach Miss Screven's bedside before she expired. At 7:30 o’clock It could be seen that the end was approaching. Maj. Screven, who had started to go to his office to at tend to some imperative duties, remained, and other members of the family were present when Miss Screven breathed her last. She was conscious to the end and her last moment-* made a picture of beau tiful faith and trusting resignation. Calmly and quietly she intimated the dis position she wished made of her worldly affairs and effects; then, equally calmly, said that if her time had come, she was prepared and ready. So the end came. W>r. Duncan pronounced the death due to heart disease, following the attack of acute indigestion from which Miss Scre ven suffered. Powerful heart stimulants were used to strengthen the action of that organ, but they were of no avail and its functions gradually ceased. A strange fact in connection with the death is that it came within a few hours of exactly seven months of the death of her father, Col. John Screven. Col. Screven expired in the early morning of January 9, while his daughter breathed her lost in the early evening of August 8. Miss Screven leaves surviving her a brolher, Maj. Thomas Screven, and two sisters, Mrs. Samuel C. Atkinson and Mrs. Elizabeth Woodbridge Arnold, the former sister of Brunswick end the latter of Jer sey City. Both have been notified of her death, but it is feared that Mrs. Arnold, who is at present in the mountains of Vermont, will not be able to reach the city in time for ihe funeral. This will take place from the residence to-morrow morning, at an hour which has not yet been definitely determined. The in terment will be in the family vault in Laurel Grove, where rest also the bodies of Miss Screven’s father and mother. Miss Screven was a woman of beautiful character, benevolent In her dealings with the needy and distressed, tender in her ministrations at the bedside- of the sick, charitable in her judgment of others. She was known of many in Savannah and the announcement ot her death will cause a shock of lasting and profound grief. A FISHER MAN’S EXPERIENCE. Stingaree’s Liver a Sore Cure for Stlngnree's Sting. Savannah many fishermen and they experience the usual number of fishing mishaps. Every salt-water fisherman is aware of the unpleasant consequences of coming in contact with the business end of a stingaree, and everyone of them will be glad to learn o£ a remedy which is easy of application and ■'affords quick and certain relief. A gentleman, who is very well known, but who requested that his name not be mentioned, gave a Morning News reporter yesterday a recent experience of his in this line, for the benefit of other fisher men. In the first place he exhibited a forefinger which looked as if it might have been caught under a falling window sash or had some other unpleasant expe rience. "A stingaree did that,” he said. "I was fishing at Wilmington a few days ago and had iny usual iuck in catching sting arees. One of the rascals got me. I had a dull knife and when I undertook to cut off his tail the danger end rose up and caught me In the end of the right forefinger. My, but it hurt. The pains started In the finger, spread rapidly to the hand and on up the arm clear to the shoulder. I applied the usual remedies, but without effect. For three hours I suffered torture. Just at this time a negro came along and Inquired the cause of the trouble. I told him. “ 'I can cure that, boss,’ be said. ” ‘How,' I inquired. “ ‘Why, don't you know the liver of the stingaree what stung you will cure the sting,” he replied. “ ‘Look here,” I said. ‘There are three stingarees on that stump. Take that knife and get me a liver right away.' “He did as I instructed him, and in a short time had the liver of a stingaree nicely bound to the end of my finger. You may think it strange, but In two minutes after <ne liver poultice was applied the pair, had ceased, and I have not experi enced the slightest pain from the wound since. So many people are injured bv these stingarees while fishing on our coast that 1 think my experience ought to be published for the benefit of others. I have tried the remedy, and I wi'.l guarantee It.” The gentleman is well known and en tirely responsible for any statement which he Uinv make. It is an old Indian tradi tion, Inherited by the negroes.that a snake bite can be cured by killing the snake which bit you and applying its liver as a poultice to the wound. An approved practice among old Southern planters as a remedy for snake bites was to split open a freshly killed chicken and apply warm, intrils and all, to the wound. Maj. N. O. Tilton, who heard the experience nar rated above, said that he had known rat tlesnake bites curl'd in this manner. The fresh, warm flesh seems to absorb the poison from the wound. BETWEEN FATHER AND SON, Jury In tbr llourquin Case Divided the Property. The fourth trial of the case of Pollgnac Bourquln against Gugle Bourquln was brought to a conclusion In the Superior Court yesterday by the rendition of a verdict, partly for the plaintiff and partly for the defendant. The plaintiff sued his father In eject ment for the possession of certain property in lhe city limits and for another tract which is situated in the country. The verdict of the jury gave the city property to the son, with mesne profits at the rate ot *IBO a year for iwemy-elght years, less the claim of the defendant for taxes, Im provements and repairs, amounting to *2.301.71. The country property is given to the defendant. The value of the mesne profits, less the amount of the taxes Improvements and re pairs, Is aboui *l.lOO, which is also about the price paid for the country property When It was purchased by the defendant. It was possibly some such consideration as this that Induced the Jury to make the dis position that they did of the two pieces of land that were in dispute. It may be that tills verdict will end the case. THEY WANT TO GO TO JAIL DARIEN' NEGROES. CHARGED WITH MIRDER, DON'T LIKE STATION HOISB. Five Men AA horn Detective Stark At rented in Darien lor Allriged Com plicity ill the Murder of Arthur Hn mil ton Sard Out AV'rltn of Habra, Corpus, Before Judge Falligant. Claim Superintendent of Police Screven Hub no Right to Their Cus tody—Their Counsel's Objection to Rigid Exnniinntion by Detectivea the Probable Explanation of the Move. Five habeas corpus proceedings were in stituted in the Superior Court yesterday before Judge Falligant, the complainants being the five negioes whom Detective Stark arrested and brought up from Da lien last Sunday, and who are charged with having been implicated in the mur der of Arthur Hamilton. The applications for writs of habeas corpus were made on behalf of the negroes by Messrs. Harrison & Myrick, who have been engaged to defend them. The appli cations recite that the negroes are held by Superintendent of Police Thomas Screven, at the police station house, with out warrant or authority of law. They are charged with the commiss on of a felony, and, it is contended, the proper place for thtir detention is the county jail. Judge Falligant granted a writ (greeting the supe. intendent of police to appear in court with his prisoners cr to have them there, at 9:30 o'clock this morning, when the legality of thtir detention will be ex amin'd into. It has been rumored about town mat one of the negroes, Nick White, has made, a confession, in which he implicates his companions, Tom Evanston, Dick Wilson, J. Read and Smith King, in the commis sion of the crime. It is customary to sub ject prisoners suspected of crime to a rather vigorous examination, when they are confined at the station house, and it is just possible, the attorneys think it wiser that the prisoners be taken to jail where they will be able to select their vieiotrs. When the negroes are thus in a position to make up their own visiting list, it may be regained as certain that the members of the detective force will be excluded from this favored circle. In some such desire on the part of the attorneys and their clients lies the prob able reason of the application to Judge falligant for the writs of habeas corpus. -Mr. Harrison said yesterday that it was quite- possible that an ignorant negro, when he had opposed to him the quick wits of men who made the detection of crim inals and the punishment of those arrest ed his business, would say something that could be used against him on the trial, even though he were perfectly guiltless of any offense. There are ways of making the dumb to speak, that are well known to the de tectives and it may be that some of these methods have been applied in the case of the negroes from Darien. In the county jail, the prisoners wili not be required to see anyone they do not wish to see, and in this manner their conversations and ad missions, if they are guilty, and inadver tent expressions denoting guilt, if they are not guilty, may be kept from reaching those by whom it will be used to their future disadvantage. It is understood that the law only per mits the detention of suspected persons at the station house for a period of twen ty-four hours, when the crime with which they are charged is a felony. This, at any rate, is the undemanding of the iaw that Messrs. Harrison & Myrick maintain and that they will urge before Judge Falligant this morning. COULDN'T COLLECT FROM CITY. Smallpox Scare Gave Rise to an In teresting Case. The verdict of a jury In the Superior Court yesterday determined adversely to the plaintiff a claim that had been filed and lit gated against the city of Savan nah, growing out of the few isolated cases that produced the smallpox scare of last winter. During that time the hoarding house of Mrs. M. 1.. Jones became exposed to contagion, and. under the directions of Dr. J. G. Jarrell, acting health officer at the time, the house was quarantined and the inmates prohibited from leaving it. The quarantine was continued in effect for thirteen days. At the expiration of this period Mrs. Jones filed a claim against the city for the hoard of five boarders at the house for thirteen days, and forborne other ex penses incurred by her, whlch’brought the total up to *9l. The city refused to pay the claim and it was sued in the court of Magistrate G. E. Bevans. In that tribunal judgment was given for the plain'iff aga nst the defendant in the sum of *t>s, and from this judgment an anneal was taken by the city to the Supe rior Court. Hire the case was argued be 'ore Judge Falligant on yesterday. Mr. S. B. Adams representing the city, and Mr. W. F. Slater the plaintiff jin the court below. Mr. Slater contended that as the quar antine of the house had been ordered by the acting health officer, the city became liable for the board of tho.-e who were looked after by Mrs. Jones during the reriod the quarantine was contjnued. Mr. Adams argued and submitted authorities to show that the city could not be held liable cn such a claim, that the protection of other citizens of the cpy against infec tion or contagion from a house, where a disease, capable of bting transmitted, was located, was a lawful exercise of the po lice power of the municipality, and that clearly the city could not be made to pay the b ard of the Inmates of such a house. Judge Falligant's charge to the jury was a virtual direction of a verdict for the defendant, and It was returned by the Jury aftf r bri f deliberation. While unim portant In Itself, the case involves an im portant principle of the law affecting municipalities. Should the contention ot the plaintiff have been held to be in ac cordance with c rrect legal principles, the effect would have been disastrous to the city in case it were ever decided to isolate infectious diseases by limiting the right of the occupants of Infected houses to leave them. CENTRAL AGAIN ON DOCKET. Track Farmers Seem Determined to Fnsh the Charge, The truck farmers west of the city are determined not to drop the charge against the Central of Georgia Railroad of ob structing the crossing on Bay street ex tended. The case, which was dismissed for want of prosecution Tuesday, was again placed upon the docket yesterday, the charge be ing for obstructing the "Dairy crossing” on Bay street from 8:04 to 8:15 p. m., Aug. 2, 1900. The witnesses are D. W. Zipperer, E. A. Zittrouer, W. M. Jones, C. C. Bebee, James Hull. M. L. Exley and C. E. G. Fell, all being truck farmers west of the city. The hearing is set for Friday. To tile Mountains. In the nick of lime. Just when you are yawning end feeling tired out and broken down, a bottle of Graybeard is better than a trip to the mountain*. Are you constipated? Take Graybeard pill*. Little treasure*—2Bc 'he box. Itet pei* Drug Cos., Proprietor*,—ad MANY AAVAY ON VACATIONS. Rnt Estimates of the Number Are Usually Too High. Savannah makes fair exchange for the many visitors that are sent her from other cities during the winter. This is the sea son when the city is forsaken by many for the resorts of mountain and sea, when the balance is established and payment in kind made for the tourists that come dur ing the winter monhs. The hegira of summer travelers has been on for some time, but it is now at its hight. It would be difficult to even approxi mate the number of Savannahlans who are away. Varying estimates would follow questions as to opinions upon this, and it is probable that most of them would be ex cessive. Some have said 5,000, when asked how many people are away from the city on summer jaunts, but second thought us ually rtsulted in the estimate being re duced. The ticket agents of the railroads and steamboat lines reaching the resorts and the cities visited. for vacations can an swer most accurately when asked for es timates. They know about how many tickets have been sold, and can approxi mate the number that have returned. They allow a certain percentage for chil dren for whom tickets are not required, and figure out that there are not more than about 1,500 Savannahlans, all told, out of the city. This estimate, of course, does not include those who are spending the summer at their places in out-lying resorts, such as Isle of Hope, Montgom ery and White Bluff. The. railroads have had a very good sea son thus far, and it is expected that it will continue. Cheap rates to the mountain resorts are effective, and the limit upon the tickets purchased does not expire un til Oct. 31. Taking Asheville as an in stance to show how cheap the rates ate, $14.20 is the round trip fare charged, with the limit as indicated. A rate even further reduced will be offered soon. It will be an excursion rate of $7.50, with a limit of some days. Many of the leading business men are away, a fact that is patent to others who remain. Often it is found a little discon certing, for efforts to find them for the transaction of some business or other prove fruitless. The extent to which the going-away craze has developed may bo understood from the great difficulty that has been experienced in securing a quo rum for a Council meeting, a majority of the aldermen being now out of the city. The 'North Carolina resorts have borne off the palm in the matter of Savannah sojourners. Those of North Georgia have also received many visitors from the city, but Asheville, Saluda, Blowing Rock, Swannanoa and other places in the Old North State are very popular and never fail to attract. SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE "TECH.” Air. Aaron French’s Gift of SISOO to Be Completed for September 20. This opportunity is before the young men not only of Georgia, but other states. The enviable position which the School of Technology has taken among the best technical schools of the country and the present great industrial advance of the South, make the above a prize worthy of the best efforts of all young men eligible for Ihe competition. The school offers degrees in mechanical, electrical, civil and textile engineering, and its equipment of these departments is unsurpassed. Its reputation has been made on thorough ness of instruction of its graduates. Grad uates of literary colleges are urged to ex amine the special course offered. A course at the school is a necessity to any man, no matter what profession he may intend to follow. Full particulars and illustrat ed catalogues may be had by addressing Lyman Hall, president, Atlanta, Ga —ad. A Fever-Stricken Camp. Everett City, Ga., July 21, ISOO—I am a strong believer in and advocate of the use of Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic. 1 know what it will do. I have tried it in Cuba and the low lands of Mexico. I have been a soldier in my time and have found the Tonic invaluable in cases of camp fever. Only those who have been in the tropics as soldiers can comprehend the horrors of a fever-strickem camp, miles and miles away from its base of supplies. It was in such places that Johnson's Tonic came in. You did not need any Calomel or quinine or any other drug. Stick to the Tonic and you will be able to eat embalmed beef again. Yours very truly, Chas. F. Roden. —ad. A IteeelTwg Teller. A receiving teller at a good bank said that he was about to get sick. He felt tired all time; sleep did not refresh him; felt as 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—2sc the box Respess Drug Cos., Proprietors.—ail ttser, We have a nice line of elder In bottles, pure and genuine, from the celebrated establishment of Mott & Cos., of New York. The Russet Cider and the Crab Apple Glder are very good. Llppman Brds., cor ner Congress and Barnard streets, Sa vannah, Ga.—ad. A Dellclons Smoke. The Herbert Spencer Is an elegant cigar and Is truly a delightful enjoyment to knnale the fumes of this fine tobacco; It Is exhilarating and delicious bee 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 Llppman Bros., whole sale druggists. Barnard and Congress streets, of this city.—ad. Chair cars on Plant System excursions to Charleston every Sunday; engage your seats on Saturdays at the De Soto Hotel ticket office.—ad. Sunday Trips ro Ornmwlck Via riant System fl.flo. The Plant System will sell round-trip tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited to date of sale, at rate of JI.OO. Trains leave at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a. m—ad. The Plant System excursion train to Chariest” leaves Savannah at 6:30 a. m. Sundays; tickets ere sold at one dollar for the round trip.—ad. Ftlilnc and Moselle Mines, The fine French wines In bottles are Im ported direct from the well known house of Everest. Dupont & Cos., Bordeaux, France, by Lippman Bros, of this city! Ldppman Bros, desire to call attention to the St. Jultcn brand of claret wine, which is very nne, but quite low-priced. Their Chauteou Leovllle la known as one of the (West claret wines Imported to the United States. Lippman Bros.' importations of Rhine wines are certainly worth the attention of connoisseurs. They are from the cele brated wine grower Martin Deutx of Frankfort-on-the-Muin, Germany. His Bodenheim Rhine wine Is very nice and delicious, but low price. His Marcobrunner Cabinet, from select ed grapes, is well worth the attention of the finest Judges of Rhine wine in the city. His Yohannlsburger Cabiaet Is very deli cate and rare. md is perfection of wine And the finest of all.— ad. Keep Your HORSE Cool and Com= fortable with one of our Patent Sun Shades. Congress and Whitaker Sts. LEO FRANK. I. H. PttPiES l SI 125 Conoress a. 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. JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF GARDEN TILE, no loirs MS. 113 Broogton Street, We*t. BRENNAN BROS., WMOLESALB Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc. >2* BAY STREET. Wui. Telephone SSS. COMFORT For your stock. The fly season Is now S us and the time to uss Tough on Flies, a lotion when applied will prevent you* horses and cattle from being pestered. Tty It and be convh.oedL HAY, GRAIN. BRAN. COW FEED, CHICKEN FEED, eto T. J. DAVIS, Phone 223. 118 Bay street, wL "seed rye. - TEXAS RED R. P. SEED OATS. HAY, GRAIN, FEED, FLOUR, ETC. LEMONS. Vegetable* and Produce. Hew Crop B. E. and Cow Pea*. W. D. SIMKINS & CO. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. For Young Ladies, Washington. Wilkes county, Georgia, admitted to be one ot the most home-like institutions in the count try. Cliiqate healthy. Extensive, lawn* Course thorough. Terms moderate. Music, Art, Physical Culture, Elocution, Stenog raphy and Typewriting. Address MOTHER SUPERIOR. BETHEL MILITARY ACADEMY. Bethel Academy, Va. in historic Northern Virginia. Best references almost anywhere in the Union. Thirty-third season begins Sept. 21st. Illustrated catalogue. Col. R. A. Mclntyre, Superintendent. PANTOPS ACADEMY NEAK CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. For boys. Fully equipped. Send for catalogue. JOHN R. SAMPSON, A MPrincipal. PROPOSALS H ANTI I). '^OV^RNOBS^SLANDrrr^YTirrJu'y 11, 1900.—Sealed proposals, in triplicate, for furnishing Forage and Straw required In Dept, of the East, during fiscal year ending June 30. 1901. will be received here and at places Indicated In Instructions Is sued hereunder, until 12 m., Aug. 10, 1900. U. S. reserve® right to reject or accept any or all proposals or any parts thereof. Information furnished on application. En velopes containing proposals will be in dorsed "Proposals for Forage and Straw at-—.” Jas. M. Moore, A. Q. M. G. DUCRO’S ESBHB Alimentary Elixir Ja highly recommended as a remedy for lung dlaeaat-s and ai a preventive for typhoid, malarial and all kinds of fevers Ajrenta. K. Fousrern A Cos .( Aetv York IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL, and work, order your lithographed and printed atatlonery and blank book* frota Morning News, Savannah, O*.