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STABBED THROUGH THE HEART
TWO \BGAOE.H Ql ARRELLED OVER
A KM IK AND OVB SUIAi.
Tlif Killing; Ilnrbor A Bandy**
Pavilion at Ult* of Hope—Alfred
Green, the Murdered Man—Hi*
Slayer, Jim William*. Fled, and
Ha* Mot Been Captured—The Mur
dered Mans liik Statement to
Dr. Corbin—Deputy Sheriff* on the
Seareli for 'William*.
Alfred Green, was slabbed to -Aeath yes
terday at:-*: :< on a Isle of Hope by Jim
NViliiam? Boh n* a are . olored. The trag
edy occurred n or the water’s edge and
within a few feet of Barbee & Bandy’s
pavilion wounded man. though
stabbed through the heart, as was sub
sequently Lamed. t icked up a stick and
pursued his assailant for probably 150 f j et
lip the hluiT and irvo a road leading to
ward the woods. ho fell and died
within a Kw rr.inuus
Dr. M. X. Corbin who was in the neigh
borhood, reach, and ;he man b.**ore he died
and heard from him a version of the ar
fair. It consisted of hut two sentences,
being cut she rt by death. ' Jim WlUftjms. ’
Gre-u -aid, ‘stabbed me" When askea
if tlvey were fighting he said “No, Wil
liams had my knife, and when I asked
for it, he cut me.” He di*d before he
could say more.
There were a number of eye witnesses
to the affair and their stories are sub
stantially the same, differing only in a
few minor details, the discrepancies being
such as might naturally be expected from
the rapid sequence of events and the dif
ferent view points of the witnesses.
Frank Tyler and Sandy Young, alias
“Son” Young, or “Old Coat,” were with
in a few feet of the principals in the
tragedy and had been there from the be
ginning of the quarrel.
According to their story Williams and
Green vs th six or eig t other n gioes. were
near the oyster house of Messrs. Rosen
brook and Idttie, where they had been
eotting chatting for probably two hours
before -the cutting occurred. Green for
Borne cause left the group to go up the
bluff, but left his coat, in the pocket
of which there was a knife and half a
clgareKe, hanging on the support of his
tent.
After he had gone Williams ns a joke
took the articles from the pocket and
gave the knife to Young to keep until he
should cal. for it. When Green returned
he asked for the missing property and
Williams banteringly asked him if he told
him who had the knife would he whip
the man.
Green answered that he would not fight
the man, but that he would take the
knife from him. This banter went on for
some time until, according 10 Young’s sto
ry, he saw that Green was getting mad,
bo he gave the knife back to Williams
with the suggestion that he return it to
Green, and told ihem further that he
didn’t think they ought to quarrel about
the matter.
During the controversy Williams had his
own knife open in hia trousers’ rear pock
et and held the knife in dispute tanraliz
ingly in his hand and in view of its owner.
Finally, according to these two witnesses.
Green became so evidently angry that
Williams handed him the knife which he
immediately put in his pocket, and then
advancing on Williams, who held in one
hand his own knife open and in the other
a heavy stick, he struck him on the Jaw*
with his fist. Williams immediately drove
the knife into his breast, and as he turned
and started toward the camp for a stick,
struck him a heavy blow on the head
with the stick that he held.
Green secured the other stiok that he
had started for and turning pursued his
assailant. who ran up the bluff and down
the road before mentioned, whence he es
caped to the open country to the rear of
the bluff, w hile the wounded man fell and
died.
One or two of the men who are said to
have been In the group when the cutting
occurred, but who could not be seen told
slightly different stories from the fore
going. One of them told Dr. Corbin that
before the fatal blow had been struck the
lie had been given and returned by the
men and that Green being unarmed had
appealed to him for the loan of his knife
ivlrh which to avenge the Injury.
Aiother story was that the stab had
been given with Green's knife about which
the dlspoite had begun, anil this story is
seemingly borne out by the fact that no
knife was found on the dead man when
he was examined by Coroner Goette. Still
another rumor was to the effect that the
stab had been dealt with a heavy fish
knife that had been left by Mr. S. S.
Sasser in Green's boat, and which had
been reported lost or stolen. Whatever
the weapon, the blow must have been
dealt with deadly intent as the blade was
driven through the breast bone, penetrat
ing a portion of the left lung and cutting
the heart almost in ttvo.
The may lay where he fell until shortly
after 10 o’clock when Coroner Goette ar
rived and gave iiermlsslou for the re
moval of the. body.
About fifteen minutes after the man
■was out the group with which he had
been, together with a number of his
friends, headed by Messrs. E. B. Peek
and F. K. Howard, started in pursuit of
the murderer. He was seen quite a dis
tance ahead of the pursuing party on the
railway track and headed for Sandfly sta
tion. near where he lives. It was rapidly
growing dark and as the negro left the
track for ihe bushes as soon as he saw
that he was pursued, he made his escape.
Another party went out after him later
and went as far a* his house, which they
searched without finding him.
Son Young, who went up the track im
mediately after the cutting and before It
was known that Green was dead, savs
that Williams emerged from the bushes
and walked on the track a few hundred
yards from the bluff. Williams called
out to him to get his coat and hat from
Oliver Thompson and bring them to him
This Young says he declined to do.
Meanwhile, he had overtaken the man
and together they walked in the direction
of Sandfly. After going some distance
Williams finally said that he was going
back for his things and, turning, walked
in the direction of Isle of Hope. This
was the last seen of him.
Deputy Sheriffs O’Connor and Harti
gan went to Isle of Hope last night and
also to the house of Williams, which
they searched, but without avail. An
Inquest will probably be held to-day.
TWO Olti THE SAME CHARGE.
■White Man nml Colored Woman to
Answer the Charge of Theft.
Jamea Cosgrove, white, was arrested
ami sent to the hat racks yesterday by De
tective J, J. Murphy at the request of W.
H. Hayes, also white, who charges him
wllh the theft of *lO The case will V*
heard tills morning la fore Ihe Recorder.
Willie a colored woman, was
arrested by Detective Murphy early yes
terday morning on the charge of stealing
m Saturda> night |?,i from a Boeufort
iei;io. who ha- since left the city. Ac
i aiding t.. the story of the plaintiff he
was a' tie wimsn's hose and she Im
f. ved lie op,e, rlui Iy of his visit : 0 re
lieve hm of hl pie It Is suojiosel that
tt.c men* v tut laid out In new clothes
and a guil.ir, as she had these artl 1e
when arret'd Ano h r soaolcloua cir
cuits nn i, .ttid one that se ins to point
<o lor guilt, is that she was on the joint
of hoarding a tiuin wlun artested Thee
wore several other airssts, but none of
particular mom< nt.
IIIIIACH TRIAL IS ON TO-DAY.
Gambling Case Han Been taniicned
In the Superior Court.
The case of the state against Julius D
Hirsch, indicted by the grand jury for
alleged violatio: s> of the gaming law.-, has
been assigned lor trial in the S p nor
Court this niomir g The assignment wa
made lest Thursday, at th-_ request of
the solicitor genual.
The thre-e proprietors of policy lotterhs
who were arrested and indicted at the
same time as was th*> defendant in the
I ending case have all pleaded guilty and
l*en sentenced. Of ihe three Hedges p iid
a fine of $lOlO and the costs of the prose
cution, while Henderson and Ful.on. old
er hands at the business, were giv -n a
fix months jail sentence as wt 11 as the
fine and costs.
What course intends to follow'
can net be definitely stated, though it
was announced at the time his compan
ions In misfortune were fined and im
prisoned that he would decline to enter
• plea of guilty. The \ i Jenee against
him, unfortunately, is rather conclusive
and to wage a vigorous fight would no’,
in all human probability, be the wisest
course he could ad< pt.
A story that is told by Judge Falligant
is interesting in this connection. It re
lates to two Jocular gentlemen of the days
of yore, who were returning from one of
the suburban resorts that clustered around
Savananh in the seventies. To get back to
the city it was necessary for them to
cross a deep ditch, the passage of this
dangerous way being effected by means of
a plank thrown across it. which was
neither very wide nor very securely fixed.
The night was dark and the wine had
been unusually good and up to the limit in
quantity. The real carrying capacity of
ihe two friends, when under full sail and
in the uncertainty of darkness, had
reached some time before they lefi the
resort and the passage of the ditch was a
problem of no mean magnitude. Neverthe
less, one of them got across in safety and
was winding his uncertain way towards
the city when his listening ear was struck
by plaintive appeals for assistance.
Returned ro the ditch, he peered over
the edge, and at the bottom dimly dis
cerned the recumbent form of his friend
and companion of the night. “Dick."
said the one In The ditch, “why (hie)
donsh you come and help me outer hole?”
Dick looked at the thirty feet of noth
ing that separated him from his friend
and helplessly bethought himself of his
inability to render any real assistance.
He pondered the matter carefully and
solemnly and ‘then, struck by a happy in
spiration. leaned over and called out:
“I don’ see wash I can do to get you
outer dish.” he said, “but I’m and if
T don* come dowrn and lie next to you.”
Whereupon he calmly rolled himself over
the edge of the ditch to the bottom.
The moral of this story has been ap
plied to the predicament of Henderson
and Fulton, and the ass'stance they may
expect <o derive from Hirseh.
ARK ALRKADY ORGANIZED.
Savannah Anticipated the Call for
DemncrH tic < lnh*.
The call published in yesterday’s Morn
ing News from Bryan and Stevenson, can
didates for President and Vice President
on the regular Democratic ticket; Hon.
James K. Jones, national chairman of the
Democratic party, and Hon. W. R. Hearst,
chairman of the National Association of
Democratic Clubs, for the holding of
meetings generally throughout the coun
try on Sept. 1 for the purpose of organizing
Democratic clubs and putting the same in
touch with the National Association, had
already been anticipated in Savannah.
A Bryan and Stevenson club has already
been formed here and application made for
admission to the National Association.
The suggestion for a general rally on the
night of Sept. 1 will doubtless be accepted
by the local organization if the Theater
can be secured on that date, and steps
taken then to conduct an active campaign
in order that the full vote may be brought
out for the candidates. Savannah has
been somewhat lax in this matter in na
tional campaigns in the past and the club
may be able to do some effective work on
the right line.
SAW MILL MEN TO MEET.
They Will Hold Forth at Tybee With
the "1100 Hooe" August
The monthly meeting of the Georgia Saw
Mill Association will be held at Tybee,
Aug. 28, and promises to be well attended.
While there are no matters of particular
interest to come before the Association,
this will not lessen the Interest usually
manifested In the meetings. H. H. Cliff of
Clifton, is the president, and is working in
connection with a local committee of six
to make the meeting a success.
It is the intention to "kill twb birds* with
one stone" at the meeting by having a
concatenation of the "Hoo Hoos.” W. S.
Wilson of Atlanta is vicegerent. A com
mittee of six also represents this order in
making the arrangements. It is' the in
tention to conclude both meetings during
the day so that a banquet may lie held in
the evening. Special trains will be run
to Tybee to carry the lumbermen down.
MRS. J. ANDERSON DEAD.
Passed Away at Her Home Yesterday
After a Uriel Illness.
Mrs. Joseph Anderson died yesterday
afternoon at her residence, No. 539 York
street, east, after an illness of only two
days. Mrs. Anderson was a native or
Ireland and in her 68th year. Site
had been a resident of Savannah for the
past thirty-five years.
The deceased was a devout member of
the Roman Catholic Church and was
noted for her many acts of charity. Tli■■
deceased leaves a husband and two sons.
Robert and Thomas McLaughlin, and ono
daughter, Mrs. John Cullom.
The funeral will take place this after
noon at 5 o'clock from 539 York street,
east, and the Interment will be In the
Cathedral Cemetery.
PIAEHAL SERVICES HELD.
Mr. Fell'* Ilody to lie Removed to
Ht. Pleasant for Barlal.
The funeral services of the late C. E.
Gadsden Fell, Jr., took place at the home
of his father, the country homo of the
family west of the city, at 6 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. The services were at
tended by a large number of the friend*
of this popular young man.
Early this morning (lie I ody will l>.
conveye 1 to the Plant Sys em <lep t
win nee It w ill be carried lo Char:e*ton by
the 5:45 o'clock train. From Charleston
i the body will he r moved to Mount li a--
ant, across the river from that oily,
wheie the old family home is I oca, id uiid
the Interment will tak place.
ROOTLESS CHASE Foil A HOIIHEH.
A Criminal From Screven County
Snld to He In the t'lty.
A nquad cf poll.* had a bootless hum
early yesterday morning for an allege I
highway robber. Shortly after 2 o'clock a
telephone message was reolved at the
barracks from a colored man who laid
(hat he had *ei li nt>r a In he
neighborhood of Jefferson and Wh'lk
streets, • n gro who |g waited I Bcrevsn
erut ty on the charge of highway lobhery.
! Thu policemen were e, tit o the ac ne, hut
the nian was not to h, f ,und nor w< a he
j discovered el* where though quite an tig.
1 aarch wa* mad* tor him
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1900.
M'ALPIN IS THE CANDIDATE
WHOM REP! IILICAM LEADERS EX
|Et T TO OPPOSE < OL. LESTER.
rhe> Do Not Deny He Will Be Nomi
nated by the Dinrict Fonventlon,
That Meet* In Savannah on Sept.
J '2, Though They Say Nothing Defi
nite <a n lie Given Out at Thi*
Time—Mr. Johnson I* Still In the
Race and 'Slay Not Retire—< apt.
Me AI pi n** Reported Nomination 1*
to Be by the Other Wing of the
Party—Two Republican Candidate*
Would Pleane Democrat*.
It i= believed that at the Republican
District Convention, to be held in Savan
nah. Sept. 12. Capt. Henry McAlpin will
1 e nominated as he candidate of the par
tv for Congress. It is practically re tain
t hut his name will be placed m nomination
I Ik fore the convention, an i it is asserted
| that he will receive easily the necessary
number of votes to make him the con
ven I n’e choice.
Capt. McAlpin was not in the city yes
terday an 1 could not, therefore, be
about this report, but it has been verified
by the virtual admissions of several well
known Republican politicians of the coun
ty and district. When they are spoken to
on the subject the burden of the song
to which the Republican leaders immedi
ately attune their voices is nothing
has been definitely decided and that, in
the very nature of things, nothing can be
decided until the convention is held
There are indications, however, that the
nomination of Capt. McAlpin by the party
convention will not be productive of the
perfect harmony that has been thought
one of its primary objects and purposes.
The convention to be held is that of the
wing of the party of which Mr. \V. R.
Lcaken, Capt. Henry Blun and Col. J.
H. Deveaux are the leaders. L. M. Pleas
ant is the chairman of its executive com
mittee. The adverse faction i9 headed by
Postmaster Joseph F. Doyle and its dis
trict committee by James R. Delegal.
This latter faction has placet! In nomi
nation already the name of Mr. Tomlin
son F. Johnson and its leaders fail to
verify the report that he contemples a
graceful retirement in favor of Capt. Mc-
Alpin or anyone else. Mr. Johnson now
holds whatever ail vantage accrues from
being (he first in the field and is rather
unwilling io relinquish it to another, es
pecially when that other is the prospec
tive nominee of the hostile wing of the
party. Though his campaign to date has
been characterized by a masterly inac
tivity, it may be that he intends to
change his tactics and develop greater
mobility an the elections approach.
Two Republican candidates actually in
the field would, of course, be the thing
most desired of the Democrats, next to
fhere being no Republican candidate at
all. If the factional differences of the
Republicans determine them to make the
fight with two candidates, or, rather, pre
vent them from making it with one, Col.
Hester and his supporters w’ill doubtless
be satisfied very amply.
Capt. McAlpin’s nomination by the con
vention. if he can be induced to accept
it, is practically beyond doubt, notwith
standing the slighting estimates of their
own influence that the leaders of the Re
publican party see fit to make when they
are approached on the subject. They seem
confident enough, too. ♦hat he will accept,
one of thorn stating, as a reason for with
holding the announcement of the conven
tion’s nomination, “that between now'
and then the prospective candidate might
change his mind.’’ The evident inference
from this remark is that they have re
ceived assurances he would accept the
nomination were it tendered him.
I p to the present lime Capt. McAlpin’s
allegiance to the Democratic party has not
been questioned, though, as has already
been stated, he is known to have opposed
the sixteen-to-one plank and some other
features of the Chicago and Kansas City
platforms. It is upon this issue, doubt
less, that he will make the fight. In case
he should be made the Republican candi
date, expecting to receive the support of
those members of the Democratic party
whose opposition to the free coinage of
silver is sufficiently intense to overbalance
their opposition to militarism and impe
rialism.
Capt. McAlpin, it is stated, will return to
the city this morning, and it will doubt
less be possible to secure from him then
some positive statement of his Intentions.
In the meantime it may be stated safely
that if he should decline to run under their
auspices or to accept the nomination at
the hands of their convention, the Repub
lican leaders of the district will be a very
badly surprised lot of men.
SETS HIMSELF RIGHT.
Corcoran Make* n Statement of Ills
Position.
There has been so much adverse criti
cism of the Corcoran-Pearce prize fight
at the Theater Friday night that Tom
Corcoran and his friends feel that some of
the disgruntled may be inclined to include
him In the disrepute which attaches to
the affair.
The Morning News took pains to state
In Us report of the tight that Corcoran's
work was honest and earnest and that he
was evidently party lo no deal, supposing
one to have been made. Corcoran has ad
dressed a communication to the Morning
News in which he not only sets forth his
position in the matter, but Incidentally
shows that he also shares in the contempt
for Ills late antagonist. His statement will
he of interest to the many who have been
discussing the tight. In his communica
tion he says:
"I would like lo place myself in a true
light before the pubiir In reference to the
meeting between myself and Pearce. That
there was any undersiandlng between me
and any other party that the fight was to
he any other than on its merits I can
honestly und willingly deny. I have been
engaged in different fights for the last six
years and this Is the first lime that any
thing lias over been said that would cast
even the slightest suspicion in regard to
my being a party to any underhand or
dirty transaction. I know only too well
that the general sporting public know i
did what the articles of agreement called
for and thnt I will continue to fight to
win every time.
"As far as Pearce is concerned, I am
sorry I did not know him better, be
cause If I had, the affair would never
have been pulled off. I would*have let
the public know the reason, although I
might have lost my lime in training. I
am not supposed to know what the abil
ity of my opponent is before we meet
tn the ring, and until (hen I did not see
Pearce after signing the articles. Nor
do I care what man at 145 pounds In the
I'nited States Is brought here; I am will
ing 40 fight at any time or place. It is
well known ilial boxing is not my only
mean* of support. I am able and can
work at more than one occupation.”
Corcoran's statement is a very credit
aide one, and Is In line with the opinion
whl'h the Savannah sporting public has
always held of him.
It P- pns-lble that another flglrt will he
arranged for Corcoran laier on, but nol
with Pearce. Tommy Williams of Louis
ville has asked for a fight with Corcoran,
and the latter has expressed Ills willing
ness on the usual conditions, the fight
to he at hi* weight, Williams 1* ssld
to have a good record, hut It Is *afe to
say that Ihe local sports will give him
no fneouragemenl until they satisfy Ui*m
■ aelvcs us to 111* pust
MORE CLOCKS NEEDED.
Eighth Afreet School Not Suited for
Thin Ftirpope, However.
It may not be possible for the city to
grant the petition now being circulated by
residents of the southwestern section for
the placing of a public clock on the new
Eighth Street School building, now' in
course of construction. Mr. Dee Roy
Myers, chairman of the Building Com
mittee of tYie Board of Education, says
that it will be impracticable for the Board
of Education to comply with such a re
quest.
“The plans for the Eighth Street
School.” said Mr. Myers to a Morning
News reporter, “do not include a cupola
for a clock or other purpose, and the ar
rangement of the building is such that a
cupola could not very well be provided
without greatly detracting from (he ap
pearance of the building. I think the
Eighth Street School is out of the ques
tion for the location of a public clock.”
This announcement will be a disappoint
ment to the petitioners, but there are
doubtless other points, more centrally lo
cate.! perhaps, w’hich could be used for
the purpose. The petition anyway re
vives the question of the need of more
town clocks. The Morning News has al
ready called attention to the fact that
there is no public clock south of Bull
street and Oglethorpe avenue. The four
public clocks, at the City Exchange, the
Court House, the Independent Presbyte
rian Church and Rourke’s foundry, are
all in the extreme northern portion of the
city and hardly any benefit is afforded by
any one of them to the residence section.
The suggestion of the ilea of placing
a town clock in the steeple of the First
Presbyterian Church will doubtless meet
with favor from the people of the central
residence section of the city. It has been
suggested also that n large public clock
would be a desirable addition to the new
union depot building on West Broad
street, as its benefits would extend to a
large section of the city which is now
without such a convenience.
Mr.! W. W. Mackall, representing the
union depot people. w r hen asked about
this suggestion, said that he understood
that one of the plans for the union depot
building included a large clock cupola,
but this being only a minor matter in
connection with the construction of the
building, had been given no consideration
as yet. Tills, he said, would depend ol
tegether on whether the plan adopted for
the building would lend itself to such a
feature.
Electrically illuminated clocks are now
generally in use and tin case anew pub
lic clock; should be provided for the. resi
dence section this improvement will doubt
less be included. With the illuminated
dials, which are in use in many other
cities, the time can be ascertained at
night, from a great distance.
THREE GAMES IN PROSPECT.
The Screen in Front of Bolton Street
Grand Stand to He Repaired.
The wMre screen in front of the grand
eiand at the. Bolton Street Ball Park i3 to
be repaired. This will bp goo! news to
lovers of baseball as the ragged condition
of the screen has bn a source of con
siderable danger during the several series
of games which have recently been play
ed at the park.
Considerable local interest is being
aroused in the games to take p ace at
the park Thursday, Friday and Saturday
between the Brunswick and Fernandina
teams, and a goed attendance is looked
for. The games would probably not have
bpen played hut for the fact that a for
f dt of SIOO a side was potted by the man
agers of the iwo teams with a prominent
hotel man here. First one manager and
then the other has expressed a willing
ness to pull and wn the money, but as both
never happened to be in the humor at
the same time this wa< n3t done, and
the games will be played.
The captains of the two teams, Jim
Ballantyne and Frank Butler, are both
well known in Favannah. and are expect
ed to add seme feature* of their own to
the games. A1 hough the Brunswick ham
has mode a fine record, same of the local
admirers of the game are inclined to ake
the Ferrondina end of ihe betting, whi h
Indicates that they expect some • good
work from the Butler aggregation.
OPENING OF THE THEATER.
Clayton Stock Cos. to Rogln Its En
gagement To-night.
The Una Clayton Stock Company will
open the Theater season to-night with
“Miss Roarer,” playing a week’s engage
ment with daily matinees after to-day.
For to-night’s programme the four-act
comedy drama. “Miss Rearer.” will be
presented. The members of the company
will have ample opportunity to display
their ability. The plot has many merito
rious features that will appeal to all
amusement lovers. It is said to be full of
surprises—not olap-trap situations that
have been worn threadbare il“* all comedy
dramas—but new' ideas exploited as to sto
ry and theme.
The story complete Is made for the in
troduction of music and specialties. A fea
ture of the performance will be the ap
pearance of the vaudeville stars, the Hew
aJetts. w'hose Chinese gymnastic specialty
is sure to be received with the greatest
enthusiasm on the part of the audience.
Miss Clayton will also sing several of
her songs and other diversions. Besides
these two special features, other members
of the company w'ill contribute specialties.
Manager Weis has had placed in the
Theater a number of electric fans for the
comfort of its patrons.
WILL PLAY IX ATLANTA.
Clintliani llnselinll Team to Try n
Series With Its Old Rival.
The Chatham baseball t arn, under the
management of J. W. Thompson, will
leave for Atlanta to-morrow night, mak
ing the trip by way of the Central. The
trip is made for the purpose of playing
a aeries of three gam- s wi h the color, and
chamfiors of the capitol city.
The team that will he taken consists of
R. Brown. E. J. Mackey, S. J. Dilworth,
G. Pasture, P. Jones, H. Style*. R. Prin
gle, captain, G. Carty, A. Graham. C.
Warner, R. Copely, J. Ray, M. Bryan and
F. W. Thompson, the last named occupy
ing the responsible position and perform
ing the arduous dut’es of mascot.
The games with the (Atlanta team will
be played on Wednesday. Thursday and
Frida., and the Chatham* cherish the
eo fident expectation of winning tlem all.
Pnder the least favorable circumstance
they do not expect io fall heir to fewer
than two out of the three of the aeries
They have heat everything in th line of
colored baseball teams in this s etion, and
the Atlunta aggregation more than on e.
Even In the strength that the lA'lant i
team is endeavoring to ndd, Ihe Chatham*
(U*c no reason to think they will be less
successful ihan they have he.n,
‘‘Delay* Are Daiigpronn."
A small pimple on your face may seem
of little consequence, but It shows your
blood Is Impure, and Impute blood is what
causes most of the diseasrs from whiert
people suffer. Better heed the warning
given by the pimple and purify your
blood at once by taking Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla. This medicine cures all diseases due
to had blood, including scrofula and sail
rhe. m.
Th* . non-Irrltatlng cm hurtle— llood’*
fllUh—*o.
HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
THE WEATHER BI REAL’ SAID IT
AND NO ONE DO IB TED IT.
Morpnrj- C limbed to a High Notch
Early In the Da> and Stayed There.
The Weather llureaa’* Maximum
!H> .*l-10 —It Un liot at the Resort*,
Too—Three Homicide* Since the
Heated Term Regan— Some Conso
lation in the Fact That Savannah
I* Healthiest During the Heated
Period—A Physician Discusses the
Relative Mortality of Savaunnh
aml New York From the Heat.
By unanimous consent yesterday is
voted to have been the hottest day of the
year. There was not a dissenting voice
to this opinion and for once the general
public was right on the weather question.
For the fourth time this 1 summer the
thermometer reached 99, but it remained
in that neighborhood longer than on any
previous day and there were no cooling
breezes and no thunderstorms to cool the
heated atmosphere. The air simply got
hotter and hotter. It was true that there
was a breeze about 2 o’clock, but the
mercury had just reached the highest
point and the wind was like a blast from
the Sahara.
To be exact as to the temperature the
thermometer at the weather bureau reach
-90 3-10. This was Just 1-10 higher than the
previous day. The minimum was 78 de
grees at 6 o’clock in the morning and
from that hour the mercury climbed
steadily'. The extreme heat lasted through
the entire day and well into the nighi
and the general complaint was well jus
tified.
There w’as no escape from the heat.
Many people sought the resorts, only to
find themselves cheated in their hopes.
It was just as hot at Tybee, Thunderbolt
and Isle of Hope as it was in the city,
and the land breeze, with its usual ac
companiment of mosquitoes, made the
discomfort all the greater. In lown most
of the people remained within doors and
in costumes strictly negligee made a vain
effort to keep cool. The night was ex
ceedingly oppressive and continued so
until mid-night, when a slight breeze
sprung up. The shirtwaist man was in
his element, during the night, at least,
for of the male portion of the popula
tion to be seen on The streets, three out
of four, at least, were in their shirt
sleeves.
No heat prostrations were reported dur
ing the day’, but one more homicide was
added to the list of recent events of this
kind. It is a noiew'orthy fact, and one
fully borne out by the police records, that
a term of extreme heat is almost certain
io insure a series of crimes of violence.
After a period of comparative exemption
from .such crimes there have been three
homicides following each other in rapid
succession. It is also a theory w’ilh The
police that these crimes run in triples,
and if one suicide should occur they
would expect two more.
Savannah has something to be thankful
for, how’ever, in the fact that the city has
enjoyed a remarkably healthy summer.
The death rate has been very low and the
physicians report (hat the city has been
very healthy. This is in direct contrast
with the conditions in the large cities of
the North where a heated term not only
brings numerous prostrations and sun
strokes, but is followed by an increase in
the death rate, the mortality among the
children being especially marked.
A well-known physician was asked why
it was that period of severe heat seemed
to produce such a markedly different ef
fect in Savannah as compared with New
York and other Northern cities. This
physician had considerable experience in
the New York hospitals before coming to
Savannah and is familiar with the condi
tions in both cities.
“The explanation is in the different con
ditions,” he said. “Savannah is natur
ally a healthy city and our summers are
usually the healthiest portions of the year.
One reason for this is that the heat comes
on us more slowly and we are better ac
customed to it. In New York the sum
mer is shorter and the temperature varies
more during the summer months. Conse
quently they are not so well prepared to
stand high temperature as are the people
farther South.
“The effects of the hfat in New York
are chiefly felt in the immense tenement
house dis riots.the classes most severely
affected being he very old, he very’ young
and those addicted to the use of alcoholic
stimulants. The workingmen on the docks
furnish a laige proportion of the prostra
-11. ns. The laborers will rush off at the
noon hour, put three or four glasses of
cold beer into their stomachs while still
heated and then return to their work
when the heat is at its hight. The result
is that many cf them are overcome by
the hfat. Most cf rur cases of pros ration
at the hospital used to come in b tween 3
and 4 o’c’ock in the afternoon. Among the
children of the poor, who are ciowdeJ
together in the tenement house district,
600 people some times living in ore house,
the suffering is very great. Unable to get
away from the tenement districts and
without the comforts of life, the mortal
ity naturally increase*. There is liitle, if
any, increase in mortality among the
well-to-do on account of the heat.”
“Here in Savannah,” continued the phy
sician, “the first heated spell in May gives
us more trouble with the children than
all the rest of the summer. After May
they get used to it or go away. June and
July are healthy months. During the lat
ter part of August and September we be
gin to have some fevers, but rarely to
any great extent. Our chief exemption
from increased heat mortality is due to
the fact that we have no tenement house
districts. Nearly every' family has a house
or a flat of its own and the tenement house
evil is practically unknown. Then, as I
have said, our people are more accustomed
to the heat.”
SIIIRT WAISTS FOR THE POLICEe
The Movement llelug Adopted Oyer
the Country.
The shirt-waist movement, which or-
Iginated in Savannah, but which so far
has been received with considerable more
enthusiasm in other places than It re
ceived In the place of Its inception, is
again to the fore, this time in the police
department.
The men say, and Justly, that they have
even more reason to desire the doffing of
chats than has the average man, for
he may put on what stems good to him,
from his last winter's coat to the thinnest
pongee, or the lightest of linens, and
thereby achieve comparative comfort,
white they ore compelled to wear a regie
latlon uniform, which, to look neat and
to comply w'kh the regulations of the
department, must either be buttoned up
entirely or If left open below the top
button, must have under It a vest.
Again, they, more than any other one
class, are exposed to the heat, for the
beat must be walked, and boxes pulled
on time no matter what the temperature.
In the chase of criminals, too. to be minus
a coat is a distinct advantage.
Probably 90 per cent, of the force would
welcome any arrangement by which the
innovation could he introduced. One or
two, it is true, look askance at the Idea
of appearing without coats, hut their ob
jection might he summed up In the maxim
"ptide feels no pain;" they would rather
bear the heat than display to public gaze
the avoirdupois in the form of embon
point that they have acquired by many
years of aduou* *ervlee.
The many, who favor the Innovation note
with considerable satisfaction the growth
of the movement in the ’Northern cities
and the possibility that it may be adopted
even by Atlanta. Already, they tsay, Al
toona. Pa.. New Haven, Conn., and one or
two of the New Jersey cities have adopted
thf* plan and still it seems to be growing
in favor, for only so late as Friday the fol
lowing dispatch was sent out from Lan
caster, Pa.:
The police of Lancaster •having peti
tioned to be allowed clothing other than
that worn in winter. Mayor Muhlenberg
has issued orders for them to appear on
Sunday in white shirts waists, black neck
ties. blue trousers and white helmets.
Knowing well Savannah’s conservatism,
they do not even hope to have the matter
receive much consideration during the
present summer, hut think it likely that
something qdong the line of keeping com
fortable may be accomplished by the time
that the next hot season rolls around.
Superintendent Screven was asked for
hie views of the matter, but said that he
had not given it any- consideration as it
had never been called to his attention be
fore.
Postmaster Doyie was asked about the
shirt waist uniform for the letter carriers.
He was not inclined to discuss the matter,
but said that he would of courvo for
ward to the department any petition the
letter carriers might desire to make.
En Route to Faldo Heaeh.
The Atlanta Artillery', sixty' strong,
passed through Savannah yesterday
morning, en route to Pablo Beach, w’here
they went into camp during the afternoon
with the Jacksonville Light Infantry. The
A-tlantlana carried three field pieces and
are prepared to stay in camp for ten day's.
Mountain Excuralon via l'lunt Sys
tem.
For trains leaving Savannah Aug. 22,
the Plant System will sell round trip
tickets to Lookout mountain, Tenn., $11:60;
Monteagle, Tenn., $12.50; Sewanee, Tenn.,
$12.40. All tickets limit‘O to return to
Sept. 3. This line offers double daily ser
vice to the above points, and schedules
are shorter and more convenient than
any other line. If you are thinking of
making this tiip, cal ar city ti ket of
fice, De Soto Hotel, ’phenes 73.—ad.
Annual Mountain Excursion via
Southern Railway.
Very low rates to principal North Car
olina res rts. Special train, luxurl us day
coaches w’ill leave Plant System station
7:00 a. m. railroad time, Aug. 22nd, tick
ets limited S- pt. 3rd. geo 1 returning on
regular trains. Jas. Freeman, city pas
s nger and ti ket agent, 141 Bull stre t.
Phone 850.—ad. x
A Fever-Stricken Camp.
Everett City, Ga., July 21. 1900—I am a
strong believer in and advocate of the use
cf Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic. I
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 w r ho have been
in the tropics as soldiers can comprehend
the horrors of a fevcr-stricken 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
>’ou w’ill be able to eat embalmed beef
again. Yours very truly,
Chas. F. Roden.
-ad.
Annual Mountain Excnrnion via
Southern Railway.
Very low rates to principal North Car
olina resorts. Special train, luxurious day
coaches will leave Plant System station
7:00 a. m. railroad time, Aug. 22nd, tick
ets limited S pt. 3rd. good returning cn
regular trains. Ja-. Freeman, < ity pas
senger and ti k't agent, 141 Bull street.
Phone 850 ad.
The summer is passing, have you taken
in the Plant System Sunday excursions to
Charleston? One dollar for the round trip,
—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 Trip* to Brunswick via Plnnt
System, sl.
The Plant System will sell round-trip
tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited
to date of sale, at rate of SI.OO. Trains
leave at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a. m.— ad.
The Plant System excursion train to
Charleston leaves Savannah at 6:20 a. m.
Sundays; tickets are sold at one dollar for
the round trip.—ad.
War Map of China.
Rand-McNally’s War Map of China,
showing the Chineses empire, British In
dia, Japan, Philippine Islands, French In
doo-China, Siam, Malaysia, Corea, etc.,
mailed to any address for 25 cents. For
sale at Estill’s News Depot, 43 Bull
street, Savannah, Ga.
“Anew line of elegant fire proof safes
from the largest manufacturers in the
United States can be sen at Ldppman
Bros., wholesale druggists in this city.
Prii e and quality w ill be of interest.”
—ad.
Eighth Annual Mountain Excursion
to North anil South Carolina
Point*.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway will
sell cheap excursion tickets to the moun
tain resorts in North and Sou-th Carolina
Aug. 22, good to return until Sept. 3. For
full particulars apply at city ticket office,
corner Bull and Bryan streets, or ’phone
28.—ad.
At Entill'n !Vf Depot, No. -tr, n<ill
Street.
Savannah Morning News, New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles
ton (S. C.), Jacksonville (Fla.), Cincinnati,
New Orleans. Washington (D. C.), Chica
go, Augusta (Ga), Atlanta, Macon (Cla ),
and other prominent dailie s; also the va
rious monthlies and weeklies, new books
and everything else usually found in
ttrst-claes news depots.—ad.
Annual Mountain Excursion via
Southern Railway.
Very low rates to principal North Car
olina resorts. Special train, luxurious day
coaches will leave Plant System station
7:10 a. tn. railroad lime, Aug. 2-'nd, tick
ets limited Sept. 3rd, good returning on
regular trains Jas. Freeman, city pas
senger and tkk.t agent, 111 Bull s root
Phone 850 —ad.
To Brnnsirirk and Return IM.OO vln
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 rale of *I.OO for ih
round irlp. Trains leave at 2:10 a . m. and
5:20 a. m—ad.
"Graybeard Is a family medicine with
us." fid a | re min. nt busings, trail yes
terday, "My wife takes B, and I nitic?
She Is enjoying belter health than f r
yThe children ke.p well by inking
Grayb'ard may he obtained at all and i g
sloras or write to us for It. Kiapees itrug
Cos., sola prom., Savannah, Ga. ad.
Take
Advantage
of our
inducingly
low summer
prices on
STOVES and
RANGES.
You can make
a big saving
by ordering
your range now.
We have time
to do the work
well and our
prices now
are very low.
Come look
over our line."
WM. <SI H. H.
LATTIMORE,
West Congress.
The Higher the Temperature
The Lower the Prices.
Dow n, down do our figures go. We must
clear out all summer goods. You can
buy now' so cheaply, but you must buy
! now. These are the inviting offers for
| your consideration.
ALL SUMMER GOODS AT LESS
j THAN COST.
WHITE GOODS
FOR TUB LEAST MONEY.
10c quality India Linen Bc.
12%c quality 10c. j() . |
15c quality 12c.
20c quality 15c.
25c quality 20c.
A 16x34 Huck Towel at 10c; worth 16c.
Huck Towels, 20x40, $1.75 dozen; worth
| $2.25.
Extra full size $2.00 dozen; worth $2.50.
A line Demask Towels at 26c each; ac-
I tual value 35c.
A full line Fringed Doylies at 50c. 75c
1 and SI.OO dozen; woith 75c, SI.OO and $1.25
I dozen.
72-inch White French Nainsook 29c a
| yard; worth 46c.
72-inch French Nainsook reduced from
I 65c a yard to 48c.
72-inch Nainsook reduced from $1 per
I yard to 73c yard.
TABLE DAMASKS
IT UEDICEU PRICES.
60-inch Bleached Linen Table Damask
at 49c; actual value 65c.
72-inch Table Damask reduced from Ssc
I the yard to 69c.
' 72-inch Bieached Damask reduced from
$1 to 79c.
High novelties in the same line of goods
at sl. $1.25, sl.so—a saviqg of fully 25 per
cent.
A yard-wide Shirting; at 7c this week;
former price 10c.
A better grade at BHc; former price 10c
HANDKERCHIEFS
FOR SO LITTLE MONET.
Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs re
duced from 1214 c to 9c each.
The 15c quality at 11c.
A finer line reduced from 25c to 19c.
Still a better grade reduced from 350
to 25c.
DRESS GOODS
AT LESS THAN COST.
42-inch Serge, 75c quality, for 50c.
45-inch French Black Serge, 85c quality,
for 69c.
52-inch Black Cheviot Serge, $1 quality,
for 85c.
45-inch Black Mohair 79c; regular SI.OO
quality.
54-inch Gray and Tan Homespuns 75c;
regular SI.OO quality.
Colored Taffeta Silk 75c; former price sl.
Black Peau de Soie and Satin Duchess#
Silks reduced from $1.25 to 85c the yard.
30c and 35c Imported Ginghams at 19c.
Ladies’ 26-inch Umbrellas, $1 quality,
now’ to 69c.
Ladies’ 26-inch Umbrellas, $1.26 quality,
this week 98c.
HOSIERY
THE OOOD KIND. CHEAP.
Ladies' Openwork 13e; worth 20c.
Ladles' Black Lisle Drop-stltch at 25c;
worth 35c.
Ladies’ Black Lisle Woven Colored Silk
Dot this week 47c; actual value 6oc the pr.
Indies’ Black Lisle Lace Hose 69c;
worth SI.OO.
Mali's I)rop-stltoh Hose 26c; worth' 35c.
Infants’ Lisle Lace Socks 23c; worth 35c.
MEN’S HOSE
FOR AHOI'T ONE-HALF THEIR
VALLE.
50c grade at 25c; that sold at 26c thU
week 19c.
Clearance sale this week of Allover
Laces and Embroideries at half price.
lot pieces Canton Matting Just received;
prices 15c to 60c per yard.
150 Smyrna Rugs at reduced prices.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
TUST RECEIVED
A CAR LOAD OF
GARDEN
TILE,
[DMD Mil’S SB
1121 Ilrouiiton Street,
J. D. WEED * CO
MVAMfAII, a*.
Leather Belting. Steam Packing 4 Hoss.
Agent* for NEW TOHK HtTNBEI*
BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY
OLD NEWHPAPERB 200 for 21 cent* at
Business Ufflco Morning New*.