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GARDINER HONORED
MADE HONORARY MEMBER OF
•GEORGIA HISTORICAL* SOCIETY.
HIS SERVICE TO GEORGIA.
IX DISCOVERING REMAINS OF GEN'.
GREENE THIS REWARDED.
Go). Oardiner I* I*resilent of Rhode
lulnnil Society of Clnednnntl—Great
Picture for Telfair Academy Ha*
Reached the City and 1* Heine Re
move (I From NVhnrve*— Will Not Be
I npaeked and I lane Until Next Fan
When Director Brandt Return*.
Minute* of the Council of Safety
Soon to Be Published—Preface by
Hr. Otl* Allinore.
Col. Asa Bird Gardiner of New York,
chairman of the committee of the Rhode
Island Society of the Cincinnati, which
recently prosecuted to a successful con
clusion the search for the remains of Maj.
Cen. Nathanael Greene, was last night
Unanimously elected an honorary member
of the Georgia Historical Society.
This action was taken at the society's
June meeting, after the routine and formal
business of the society had been trans
acted. Col. Gardiner's name was placed
in nomination for honorary membership
by Mr. William Harden, the nomination
was seconded by several of the society s
members, and he was elected by.a unani
mous vote.
In making the nomination Mr. Harden
said that the members of the society' were
as familiar as himself with the search
that had recently been made by the com
mittee, under Col. Gardiner’s direction,
for the remains of Gen. Greene. It had
row been definitely determined that the
remains had actually been found, the
identification being absolute and conclu
sive. Col. Gardiner, furthermore, Is pres
ident of the Rhode (Island Society of the
Cincinnati and secretary of the general
society.
It was reported to the society that the
great picture, ‘‘Parabola, or The Bridge
of Life," which Director Brandt purchas
ed for the Telfair Academy of Arts and
Sciences at the Munich Exposition, had
arrived in Savannah and that it was be
ing conveyed from the wharves of the
Oeeen Steamship Otompany to the Acad
emy building. The picture has come
packed In three boxes, the first contain
ing the painting proper, the second the
frame and the third the glass. The frame
and glass are massive and heavy and
great care is being exercised in trans
fering them to the Academy.
The picture will be stored during the
summer, and will not be mounted and
hung until Director Brandt’6 return to
the city, sometime during the fall or win
ter. A full description of this master
piece, which was last season among the
artistic sensations of the continent of
Europe, was given in Director Brandt's
last annual report to the society, which
was published in full in the Morning
News, when it was made last month.
The other business that the society
transacted was not of particular moment.
It had been expected, or rather it had'
been thought possible, that a report would
be made of the progress of the publica
tion of the proceedings of the Council of
Safety, of Georgia. The original manu
scripts of these minutes are in the pos
session of the society, but they are very
old and their age te beginning to tell. It
has been realized for some time, that if
thetr perpetuation was to be assured, the
proceedings would have to be published,
and the Savannah chapter of Daughters
of the American Revolution last year un
dertook this patriotic work.
Within a comparatively short time now
the book will be ready for publication
and delivery to the society. All the print
ing has been done, the proofs have been
read and the binding is all that remains.
In a few weeks, at most, the book will
be turned over to the society.
The publication has been supervised, on
behalf of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, by Mr. Otis Ashmore and
■Mr. William Harden. Mr. Harden has
added an index and other features to the
work and the preface, In itself an Inter
esting bit of description of Revolutionary
incidents, is contributed by Mr. Ashmore.
This preface, which gives a good idea of
what the book Itself will contain, is as
lotion s:
“The Georgia Historical Society has in
its posesssion several manuscript histori
cal documents of great value, which for
the iack of means have never been pub
lished. It is true that these papers have
been accessible to the historians of our
state, still much of their worth has been
lost In their present form.
“Recognizing the value of the Informa
tion contained in these papers, and the
good to be accomplished by their publica
tion, the Savannah Chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, with a
generous and patriotic feeling entirely
worthy of that noble organization, has
undertaken at its own expense the publi
cation of the collection herein Contained.
"During that stormy period of Ameri
can revolutionary history which interven
ed between the renouncement and over
throw of British authority In the prov
inces and the lirm establishment of self
government by the newly organized state*
a condition of affairs arose that was
narked by the greatest solicitude and
danger. Unwilling to submit longer to
British oppression, and conscious of tho
desperate struggle that must ensue in
tl.c resort to arms, the people of the sev
eral provinces In turn called together
tlieir wisest men to take counsel for the
fublic good. These organizations were
generally known as Councils of Safety.
They were composed of the wisest and
most prudent men in the community, and
to them were entrusted at times the en
tire welfare of the cause of liberty.
"In Georgia the first Council of Safety
was appointed at a meeting of the princi
pal friends of liberty held in Savannah
June 22, 177''. with William Eweo as presi
dent. On July 4. 1775, a Provisional Con
gress, In whlcfi every parish and district
was represented, met at Savannah. In
Tondee - * Long Room (northwest corner
Broughton and Whitaker streets), and
elected Archibald Bulloch president, and
George Will ton secretary. This meeting
1* aptly called by Coi. C. C. Jones 'Geor
gia's first secession convention.' There
htid. Indeed, been a former meeting of
similar Import, but only a few of the dis
tricts and parishes were represented. This
therefore, may truly be called Georgia's
first Provisional Congress.
“This Congress delegated to the Council
of Safety power to act for the people
when the Provincial Congress was not in
session. The proceedings of this meeting
form the first part of these collections.
The Council of Safety continued to dis
charge its functions with several changes
in Its organization till May, 1777, when
John Adam Treutlen, the firat Governor
of the state of Georgia, was duly Installed
under a newly established government of
the people. It was then dissolved, and
Its flint lions were assumed by the pri>er
officers under the new constitution
‘The proceedings of this Counll of
Safety from Nov. it, 1775, to Feb. 22, 1777,
form the second part of these collections.
"The s'-count of the selgc of Aavanush
fiom a British source, forming the thirl
pait of thfse collection*, was originally
published In the Royal Georgia Gazette
Of Nov. 11. 177®. It wasi copied in the
** ou 1 Carolina and American General
(Coououed on Third l ags.; ’
OLD CITIZEN PASSED AWAY.
Mr. John A. Sullivan Died Suddenly
and Almost Without Warning.
Mr. John A. Sullivan died suddenly,
shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon, at his residence, at Drayton and
Henry streets, whore he had lived for
1 many years. The exact cause of death is
not known, but from its manner Mr. Sul
livan’s physicians infer that he had a
chronic lesion of the heart.
Ho had been complaining for several
days of feeling ill, but his condition was
not regarded by his family as at ail seri
ous, and he did not so regard it himself.
Yesterday he remained In his room for
the greater part of the morning, and again
retired there after he ate his dinner. He
said he would lie down for a few minutes
longer, but had ordered his horse and
bugev and intended to go out upon the
stre;s and look after some business. His
son went up stairs to tell his father the
horse an,l buggy were ready for him, and
found him lying upon the bed, dead. Evi
dently he had died very suddenly, and
only a few minutes before his body was
found.
Mr. Sullivan was born in Limerick, Ire
land, stxty-two years ago, but came to
this country when quite young. For a
long time he was in the service of the
| Plant System, which he left to engage
in the business of a contractor and build
er on his own account. This he had fol
lowed with success, and a number of hand
some homes of the city were designed
and built by him.
During the Civil War Mr. Sullivan
served us a member of the Georgia Hus
sars, with which he saw hot service in
the Virginia campaigns. Long after the
war he retained an active interest in the
command and only advancing years and
increasing infirmities prevented his tak
ing part in every assembly of the historic
corps. He wqs an honorary member still
of the Hussars and a member of the Con
federate Veterans' Association, of the Sa
vannah Benevolent Association, of Zcr
rubbabel Lodge of Masons and of the Hi
bernian Society, by all of which organiza
tions his funeral this afternoon will be
attended.
He leaves a wife and five children,
f Messr®. R. B. and George Sullivan, Mrs.
J. B. Thomas. Mrs. A. M. Leach of
Jacksonville, and Miss Pearl Sullivan.
The funeral services at the residence will
•'be conducted at 5 o'clock this afternoon
(by Rev. Dr. John D. Jordan, pastor of
••the First Baptist Church. The interment
will be in Laurel Grove Cemetbry, where
-the Masons will pay their dead brother
Hhe tribute of their funeral rites. The
pall bearer® will be selected from the
several organizations with which Mr.
Sullivan had been connected in life.
TITANIA EXPECTED TO-DAY.
A Number >f Chnrleßtonian* Expect
ed for the llefxntta.
The yacht Titania will probably arrive
•at the Savannah Yacht Club's mooring
.grounds this morning. Commodore Schley
/received a letter from Commodore Tucker
.of the Carolina Yacht Club sdying that
/the yacht left Charleston on Saturday.
The commodore promised to be at the
•club house by 10-morrow, at the latest,
with his Titania, and It is expected that
he will be here to-day, as the wind has
.been from a quarter that would scarce
serve to delay him. The commodore also
wrote that a number of the Charleston-
Bans would be over for the regatta of Ihe
Lsavannah Yacht Club that is to be sailed
day after to-morrow.
Nothing has been heard from Mr. Frank
Straehan, owner of the Monsoon, or from
Mr. Frank D. Aiken, or Mr. H. H. Ray
mond, owners of the Lucile, both of which
Brunswick yachts have been entered for
the first class of cabin yachts. They will
contest for the prize with the Titania.
Both the Brunswick yachts are expected
in good time for the races.
The limit for the entries of all the boats
that race is to-morraw at midday. There
have already been enough entered in each
class to insure successful racing and fine
sport, but it seems probable that there
will be even more owners heard from
before the time limit has expired.
TABERNACLE STILL STANDS.
lint Will Be Torn Down anil the Ma
terial Removed by June M.
The Tabernacle in the Park Extension,
in which the Jones-Sluart meetings were
held, is still standing, though the work of
tearing it down will begin very shortly.
The ministers are under promise to the
city and military authorilies that not only
shall the building be taken down, but also
that the debris shall be cleared away and
the ground put in its former condition by
June 8.
That this work would be done by the
time specified was one of the articles of
the contract made, by the ministers with
Mr. J. G. Blaine, the oontraetor and
builder of the Tabernacle,land SIOO of Ihe
amount due him Is still held by the Min
isters' Association until this article of the
agreement shall have been carried out.
Much of the material of which the Tab
ernacle is built Mr. Blaine expects to be
able to dispose of in the city by using ii
in small frame houses. Some of it he ex
pects to send to Jacksonville where, also,
he thinks ihere will be found a good de
mand for light and cheap houses. The
benches that were used in the Tabernacle,
which nre strong and weil made, Mr.
Blaine thinks he will find a ready sale for,
and may make an offer of some of them
to the city for use in some of the recently
laid out parks.
TO BE B! HIED AT MONTREAL.
Remain* of the I.nte* Mr. 11. G.
Thoin|*on Taken to Unnntln.
The remains of the late Henry G.
Thompson were sent by the Southern
Railway yesterday afternoon to Montreal,
where the interment will lake place. The
bereaved widow, her Utile son Harry and
Mr. Nat C. Dean of New York, a close
friend of the family, aoeompanleel the re
mains.
A funeral service was held at the resi
dence. No. 22 Oglethoi'iHj nvenue, east, be
fore the remains were takm textile depot.
The service was conducted by Rev.
Charles H. Strong, rector of St. John's.
Many of the friends of the fhmlly attend
ed Ihe service, which was held at noon.
Owing to the failure of the friends who
made the attempt to communicate with
Mr. Thompson's brothers in Florida by
telegraph, neither of them was in at
tendance.
MINISTERS ARE PLEASED.
They Dl*cn**eil I,urge t'oiigrcga
tlon* and Increased Meniler*lilp.
The Ministers' Association held Its
weekly meeting yesterday. The session
was taken up principally with the discus
sion of the showing made In the churches
yesterday, both in the size of the congre
gations and the number of applicants for
membership. The ministers are more
than pleased with the showing made. No
business was transacted and the meeting
adjourned until next Monday.
t'hrl* Rankin Found Dend.
Christopher ltanktn, known os Chris
Rankin, a well-known character aliout
town, was found dead on Congress street
yesterday morning. The dereased at one
time was the |ipular and energetic man
ager of ■ business house, but misfor
tunes overtook him and for a number
of yeara he had been a mare wrack of
his former acIX.
THE JuOa t-iN A—OVA *'<Ai t\ tSi X L A— u ~1, IJOI.
MEMORY OF DAVIS
HONORED BY SAVANNAHIANS ON
THE ANNIVERSARY’ OF HIS BIRTH.
HOW THE DAY WAS OBSERVED.
MEETINGS OF CHILDREN AND
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY.
School* and Public Building* Were
Cloned for the Day—Children of the
Confederacy Met In the Morning.
Re*olutlnn* Teaching the Resigna
tion of Mi** A. M. Bnrnnrd a* Di
rectress— Adilren* on Unvi> by Mr.
P. A. Stovall—Daughter* of the Con.
federney Conwldered Many Matter*.
Party Will Go to IHneavllle on
June 15 to Present Crosse* of
Honor.
Banks, public buildings and the schools
were closed yesterday In observance of
the anniversary of the birth of Jefferson
Davis, though few of the business houses
were not open. The day was a legal
holiday, and the closing of institutions
and public buildings was a result.
Special observance of the day was con
fined to the Winnie Davis Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, which met
in the morning at 10 o’clock in the Veter
ans' Hall. The meeting was presided over
by Mrs. J. M. Bryan, who is chairman
of a committee from the Charter Chap
ter, Daughters of the Confederacy, to di
rect the Winnie Davis Chapter of the
Children of the Confederacy, The la
dies associated with her upon the com
mittee are Mesdames Max Wolff, Julian
M. Solomon, J. S. Wood and A. F. Mar
melstein.
The resignation of Miss Julia Hunter
as president having been announced, an
election of her successor was held, and
the choice of the children felj upon Mas
ter Charles Barney, who had been secre
tary of the chapter. Miss Minnie Adams
was elected secretary to succeed him.
Miss A. M. Barnard having resigned the
position of directress, which she had fill
et) with such great credit to herself and
advantage to the Winnie Davis Chapter,
the following resolutions were offered and
adopted:
"Whereas, Our beloved organizer and
directress, Miss A. M. Barnard, has been
compelled, through ill health, affliction,
and pressing duties, to relinquish the
guidance of our little bund; and,
"Whereas, Our membership has grown
to the number of 350 under her love and
interest, each one of us being her espe
cial care, and each one of us having a
place in her heart and affection, feeling
that she was at all times ready, willing,
and happy to help and assist us; there
fore, be it
"Resolved, That we, the Winnie Davis
chapter of the Children of the Confed
eracy, retufn our heartfelt love, grati
tude, and sympathy to our directress;
love and gratitude for her devotion to us,
and sincere sympathy for her trouble and
affliction, and, while we deeply grieve to
lose her throughtful care, we are truly
conscious that we still have her tender
Interest, nnd that in our hearts no one
can take her place.”
A substantial token of their apprecia
tion of her efforts on their behalf will
be presented Miss Barnard by the chil
dren. They have begun arrangements
looking to that end. •
The special feature of the meeting was
the address on Jefferson Davis, delivered
by ilr. P. A. Stovall.
Charter Chapter, Daughters of the Con
federacy, met at 4:30 o’clock in the aft
ernoon at the Y r eterans' Hall. It was
the regular quarterly assembly of the
members. Mrs. A. B. Hull, president,
presided with her accustomed grace. A
great deal of business was brought be
fore the meeting, and it was not until
nearly 7 o'clock that it adjourned.
After the reading of the minute®, Mrs.
T. S. Morgan offered a motion to have
all the members rise and stand silently
for a’ moment, its a tribute to Jefferson
Davis.' The motion was unanimously
passed by all rising as suggested. *
The reports of the officers and commit
tees showed that the work of the chapter
is being done well and that progress has
been made along the lines for which it
was organized.
Mrs. Julian M. Solomon offered a mo
tion that a committee of five be appoint
ed to revise the by-laws of the chapter
during the summer and report at the first
meeting in the fall. The motion was car
ried. and the committee consists of Mrs.
Hull. Mrs. Solomon. Mrs. Morgan, Mrs.
E. P. Ollveroe and Mrs. Nat Harrison.
Tito matter presentation of crosses
of honor to the Hinesville veterans was
taken up, and it was decided to present
them on June 15, when the president and
ten or more of the members of the Char
ter Chapter will go to Hinesville to make
the presentations. At the same time. It
is expected, there will be a chapter of
the Daughters of the Confederacy organ
ized at Hinesville, and the Savannah la
dies will assist in the organlzatlon r
The thanks of Judge Calhoun, chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the Soldiers'
Home, for the $l5O contributed by the
chapter for a library at the Home, were
received. The chapter has SBS more that
is to be expended In stocking the library.
An appeal for aid in the establishment
of a monument to Confederate dead upon
the baltlefiild of Shiloh was received, and
it was voted that a contribution be made.
It was also decided to erect a monument
in Laurel Grove Cemetery to Bryan Mer
rell, who was killed at the First Battle
of Manassas, and whose grave lies outside
the soldiers’ lot.
The re|>ort of the treasurer. Mrs. Solo
mons, showed that, during the winter,
there was some $475 taken In by the chap
ter. Of this, $l5O was devoted to the Win
nie Davis memorial and $195 to the Jeffer
son Davis monument. The tnlance has
been expended In charity, $25 having gone
to the Jacksonville fire sufferers.
A resolution was offered by Mrs, Bryan
and adopled, calling upon the Veterans’
Association to add io their honorary roll
the n.imes of ladies who followed the sul-
tinough the campaigns of Virginia,
ministering to them when they fell sick
or were wounded upon the battlefield. The
PMines ol the ladles, In so far aa they can
he ascertained from records, will be 'ur
n'shed by the chapter. A copy of the res
olution will be sent with the names to
Judge Robert Falligant, president of the
association.
ESCAPED WITH B t HE.
Two House* on Forty-second Street
Dohiiiiifil liy Fire.
The one-story frame house at No. 626
Forty-second street, west, was badly
damaged by fire shortly after 4 o'clock
yesterday morning and No. 628 was scorch
ed. The house in which the fire originat
ed was occupied by 8. W. Bui. and Mrs.
Bui and Infant child had a narrow ca
i ape. An alarm was sounded fropi box
132. at Burroughs and Thirty-sixth streets,
and the southern section of the depart
ment reeponded. The apparatus from the
Thirty-elgth street fire station had a line
of hose In use before the alarm was sound
ed. The fire started from a defective flue,
nnd the roof of No. 626 was badly burned.
The property I* owned by D. 11. faster.
One of the houses In the same row was
burned several weeks ago.
A COOK'S IT'fl
PURE IMPERIAL EXTRA
WINE CHAMPAGNE DRY
■ *4
GRAND JURY NOT CHARGED.
Judge Fnlllgnnt Adjourned Court In
Honor of Davi*’ Birthday.
When the Superior Court of Chatham
county convened for the June term yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock, there was
an Interested crowd of lawyers and spec
tators in the court room, to hear Judge
Falligant's charge to the grand jury. To
the disappointment of all it was not de
livered.
After the grand Jury had been irrrpam
olled and sworn, Judge Falligant outlined
briefly the reason that impelled 'him to
adjourn court for the day.
“The state of Georgia," he said, “in
honor of the great chieftain who was in
the Southern point of view the represen
tative of constitutional liberty, and who
we ail know became, in the aftermath of
war, the vicarious sufferer for us all, has
set aside this day, his birthday, as a
legal holiday, that the people of the
South may pay tribute to his services and
his memory. On this account the court,
after its organization, will take a recess
until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock."
The grand jury is constituted as fol
lows;
E. A. Cutts, foreman; George W. Ander
son, John G. Butler, Richard A. Bland
ford. Eld ridge G. Cabaniss, William H.
Connerat, John E. Burgess. Albert Wylly,
William N. Pratt, Richard F. Harmon,
Jacob Lippman, C. W. West, Henry Kol
shorn, Samuel L. Gerst, T. T. Chapeau,
Clarence S. Connerat, James M. Bar
nard, Thomas E. Youmans, Frank H.
Morse, William N. Nichols, Norton Frier
son, Henry H. McKee, John H. Elton.
The members of the petit jury were also
in court and to these the oath was ad
ministered by Clerk Carr. After the court
had been organized yesterday they were
relieved until 10 o’clock this morning,
when the civil docket will be called for
assignment of cases and the divorce cases
taken up for immediate trial.
The grand jury will meet at 4 o'clock
this afternoon, when Judge Falligant's
charge will be delvered. Immediatey
thereafter the grand jury will retire and
begin the investigation of the many im
portant criminal cases which now await
its continuation.
FAKE FIRE CHIEF SKIPPED.
If Arrested Firemen Will Fay for
Hi* Retnrn to Savannah.
Supt. Maguire and the members of the
Savannah Fire Department got out of
their beds yesterday rnoring to find that
they had been easy victims Of a man
whom they had not credited with having
been overburdened with brains. They
learned from a WaycYoss dispatch to the
Morning News that "Chief Joseph Parker
of the Waycross Fire Department” was
a product of his own vivid imagination
and that he had been distributing wire
grass hot air withdut any’ favoritism.
Parker reached the city Saturday morn
ing and began emittiifl? blasts of very
warm vapor. Some of hfs talk about a
new paid department in Waypross found
Its way into the columns of the Morning
News, through Supt. Maguire, and the
Waycross people got next to what was
happening. They know Parker and knew,
too, that it was his regular system of
grafting. The self-styled fire chief was
fully exposed while Parker was sleeping
contentedly at fire headquarters on Indian
street. When the firemen at the Indian
street station read the Waycross story
they were astounded. /
That they should have been taken In so
cleverly by a man of Parker's caliber
they did not want to believe, and the man
himself was waked from his peaceful
slumbers. He threw a front that would
have done credit to* l the king of four
ilushers and indignantly denied the grave
accusation. That he' had been branded as
a fraud and an impostor made his blood
boil, or at least the fireman thought they
saw something like steam coming from
the pores in his skin.
He stormed as he dressed, and the fire
laddies were almost sorry that they had
• shown him the article, tie swore also all
sorts of oaiths, and declared that he
would make the Morning News building
look like thirty cents when he had fin
ished his morning exercise He would
start on the ground-floor—no reference
was made to the basement—and after he
had eaten up the whole bunch he would
finish the Job by kicking off the roof of
the building. He seemed terribly In earn
est, and the men a : t headquarters were
nervous.
He didn't wait to wash his face, and
grabbing the paper containing the objec
tionable article, he started to do a hot
-foot In an easterly direction. He would
return in a few minutes 'With a few scalps
dangling at his belt, and possibly the fire
escape as a souvenir of a brief, but glo
rious campaign. The firemen waited pa
tiently and finally it dawned upon them
that they had been tricked again. Parker
had been bluffing, and the firemen had
stood for his little game without a whim-
Dfir.
It Is difficult to express their condition
when the trutli was finally grasped. To
say that they were hot, expressed it but
mildly. They wanted blood and only that
deep crimson hue would satisfy them. A
barrel and a trace chain were secured,
and preparations were made to entertain
"the Waycross chief" If hecould be found.
They were anxious to give him a warm
reception in earnest. Superintendent Ma
guire was notified of what had happened,
and he. too, took a hand in the affair.
The Savannah lire chief had blown sev
eral-dollars on the fake chief, and he
could see himself being guyed by his
friends, and he made up his mind to
catch Pajker. Foreman Campos was put
on a train that left the city at 9 o'clock,
and ihe superintendent drove to South
over Junction. Parker did not get aboard
between the city and that point, and the
foreman returned with Superintendent
Maguire.
The police were notified of Parker's de
parture and Supt. Reilly was asked to
have the mail arrested. He had been In
troduced to the detectives Saturday by
Supt. Maguire, and the officers required
no description of the fake fire lighter.
They searched diligently for Parker, twit
he had evidently flown the town. Tele
grams were sent to adjacent villages
asking that he be arrested for obtaining
money under fa.lsc pretences. He had
made several touches on the strength of
his alleged official position with the mu
nicipality of Wa.vcros*. Then too he had
run the entire deportment of this city
up a tree, and permitted himself to be
blown because of ills misrepresentation.
The firemen stated that it would never
do to be taken in by a rube and an
nounced that if the man is arrested tney
will pay for his return to this city. They
only want to take another look at him.
and if he cannot be convicted in the
•state courts, they are desirous of forci
bly impressing upon him the manner In
which they appreciate his smoothness.
9upt. Maguire stated last night that the
police have been nsked to leave no stone
unturned In an effort to effect his ar
rest, and that the firemen are anxious
and willing to pay the expense. The
superintendent. It is said, will head the
lint when It comes to giving up to bring
Parker to Savannah again. The moral
Is that credentials will be required at
the fire stations from (his date, and all
sure-'nough fire chief* are put on notice.
Fire Scene* of Jacksonville.
Scene* of the Jacksonville Are, for sale
at KstlU's News Depot. No. 45 Bull street.
| Savannah. Ga—ad.
Excursion to Thomas* lllc. Ga.,
Vis Finn! System, Jnne Sth, loot.
11200 round trip, limit three day*. The
train will leave Savannah (am. Go and
anjoy /outsail —ad
PLANS OF BUILDINGS
WERE SELECTED LAST NIGHT BY
THE FAIR COMMITTEE.
DIRECTORS MEET TO-MORROW
TO RECEIVE THE REPORT OF THE
BUILDING COMMITTEE.
Severnl Sets of Finns Were Submit
ted by Mr. Percy Sugden, the Arch
itect—Those for Three Large Build
ings and n Grandstand Selected.
Stable* and Cattle Fen* to Be Con
structed Later—Not Known Yet
Wlint Their Capacity Should Be.
No Estimate Yet of the Frohnble
Cot of the Building*.
Plans for buildings for the fair grounds
on Dale avenue were decided upon last
night at a meeting of the Building Com
mittee held at the home of Mr. A. B.
Moore, chairman, on Thirty-first street,
east. The plans will be submitted to the
Board of Directors of the Savannah Fair
Association for approval. It is expected
that the meeting of the board will be
held to-morrow afternoon.
Only three buildings and the grand
stand are to be built at once. The sta
bles and cattle pens will be left until
the work on the principal buildings has
either been completed or haa progressed
materially. This is for the reason that
it cannot now be told just how many
horses will be sent to Savannah for the
races that will be a feature of the fair
or how many head of cattle will be sent
for exhibition. When the contract for
the construction of the principal buildings
is let, the contractor getting the award
wjll agree to complete the stables and
the cattle pens upon the same terms as
those under which he receives the more
important work.
One of the buildings will be 100 by 250
feet, while the other two will each be 50
by 300 feet. The grandstand will have
accommodations for some 3,000 people. The
exact purposes for which the three large
buildings are to be employed has not yet
been determined, but there will be fine
arts, woman's, machinery, agricultural,
mining and industrial departments com
bined in some order yet to be decided
upon.
Mr. Percy Sugden was the architect who
drew plans for the buildings. He had
several sets in readiness, but the com
mittee decided that the best was that
which was selected. Mr. Moore said that
he believes the directors will agree with
the committee, as its members have given
the matter of buildings considerable study
and are convinced that the best possible
choice has been made.
If the directors adopt the plans that
will be submitted and recommended by
the committee, Mr. Moore said, the next
step will be to advertise for bids. There
will be no delay about that, and the plans
and specifications will soon be in the
hands of the contractors, who may desire
to submit estimates. Mr. Moore said that
not even a rough estimate of the cost
of the buildings as outlined has been
made, so that it is not possible to say
Just how much the board will be called
upon to appropriate for buildings.
The buildings will not be constructed
upon an expensive scale. They will be
but one-story high, and the principle dec
orative effects will be those loaned by
bunting and flags. The grandstand will
have more care expended upon it than
Will the other buildings, for the reason
that the racing feature is looked to to
be a permanency.
SHOULD BE ON THE STRAND.
Trucks Should He There, if nt All, on
liny Street.
The removal of some of the wholesale
houses from Bay street, west, to loca
tions that place them in easier couch with
the railroads Induces a question as to
what will be done with the buildings that
are left vacant. If they are used at all,
certain It is that the tenants will not have
to pay as much for rentals as formerly.
So far as property Interests on Bay street
are concerned, It would seem that it would
have been a far better plan for the last
City Council to have granted the rail
roads the privileges they asked for the
construction of tracks on Bay street,
which would have put the wholesale
houses in touch with their Carriers.
Mayor Myers was asked yesterday if
he would sanction a petition presented
now by the railroads, provided they had
the approval of property owners on Bay
street. He replied that he certainly would
not oppose it. The Strand and not the
south side of Bay street. Mayor Myers
believes, should be used for railroad
tracks, If any portion is to be devoted to
that purpose. On the south side there
would not be room for the construction of
more than one track, and that would be
useless. Two tracks, at least, with
switches, would be necessary to enable
the roads to handle the business of whole
salers along the Bay, and room for them
could only be secured on the Strand.
The Mayor said that he did not believe
that the petitions presented by the Cen
tral Railroad and the Georgia and Ala
bama some time ago were in perfect good
faith. He did not believe that the roads
were then really anxious to construct a
track on the street.
HIS WIFE KNEW ALL
Yonng Englishman Tell* of ills Ar
rest on Ynldoatn Warrant.
C. A. Pyne, the young Englishman,
whose arrest at Thunderbolt Sunday, on
a telegram from the authorities at Val
dosta. was reported in the Morning News,
will be taken to Valdosta this morning,
where he will have to answer two crim
inal charges. Sheriff Passmore arrived
iest night for the prisoner.
Pyne was seen by a representative of
the Morning News yesterday, and is a
pleasant talking Individual. He apttears
to deeply regret the trouble that he is
In, and in anxious that the affair be kept
from his wife and children in Ocala. He
says (hat the woman with whom he is
alleged to have committed one crime,
and upon whom he Is charged with hav
ing committed the otheT. is with his wife
In Florida. Pyne says that It was with
the consent of his wife that the woman
traveled with him as his sister.
The Englishman says that he will en
deavor to secure bail at Valdosta. He
avers that the woman is not living with
her husband, who has long since insti
tuted action for divorce. He is an Ital
ian and reside* in Tampa, according to
Pyne.
Continued.
The ftrent Milliner) Hale.
Value* unheard of at Krouskoff* great
millinery sale.
Ribbons sacrificed. hat* sold regardless
of cost. This Is a bona I'd* clearing sale.
Any baby cap 25.. worth from 50c to 12.00.
Trimmed hats at W.no and U no, north
SO.OO to SIO.OO. No good* charge.) or sent
on approval during this sale. Krouskoff's.
—ad.
Riearilon to Tlmmnsvllle, tin.,
Via Plant System, June Nth, intlt.
$2.00 round trip, limit three days. The
train will leave Savannah 9 a m. Oo and
•njoy yourself—a<l
COLORED SOLDIER TRIED.
ConrtmarHaled for Striking a White
Boy While In Rank*.
Thomas Wright, coolred, a private In the
Chatham Light Infantry, was tried by
court martial last night for striking, while
in ranks, Master Malcolm R. Maclean.
The alleged offense was committed May 20,
in the Park Extension, white the colored
troops were having their annual May pa
rade.
The trial took place In the armory of
the Lincoln Guards at Abercom and Bry
an streets, and was attended by a large
and interested crowd. The court martial
consisted of H. N. Walton, captain Sa
vannah Light Infantry, president; First
Lieutenant Sol. C. Johnson, adjutant of
the battalion; First Lieutenant E. E.
Desverney, of the Lincoln Guards; First
Lieutenant H. H. Smalls of the staff, and
Second Lieutenant Mack Cummings of the
Chatham Light Infantry.
First Lieutenant J. H. Bugg was judge
advocate, while the defendant was repre
sented by Mr. H. E. Wilson. The findings
of the court will be forwarded to the Gov
ernor -to-day for his approval.
Anclion Monday. Jane 10, (i O'clock.
Will offer at auction, Monday, June 10,
at six o'clock, some beautiful lots on
Park avenue, “The Meadows;” terms (25
cash, $5 a month. 6 per cent, interest.
Lots are very large, having a front of
30 feet on Park avenue, and running the
entire block to Waldburg street, 140 feet,
or about the size of two ordinary lots.
Upset price, $350, each; when it is known
that I have sold lots in same locality as
high as $750, the opportunity will be ap
preciated. Also a few choice Duffy and
Henry street lots to be offered. John
L. Archer, auctioneer, 10 Provident build
ing.—ad.
Continued.
Tlie Great Millinery Sale.
Values unheard of at Krouskoff's great
millinery sale. ■
Ribbons sacrificed, hats sold regardless
of cost. This is a bona fide clearing sale.
Any baby cap 25c, worth from 50c to $2.00.
Trimmed hats at $3.00 and $4.00, worth
$6.00 to SIO.OO. No goods charged or sent
on approval during this sale. Krouskoff's.
—ad. *
$20,110 to Philadelphia and Retnrn.
Account meeting of Industrial Associa
tion, the Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company will sell to Philadel
phia and return, by steamship Alleghany,
on June 7, at a rate of $20.00 for the round
trip. Tickets good to return June 19. J.
J. Carolan, agent. Ticket office No. 112
Bull street.—ad.
Excursion yin Plant System.
The Plant System Sunday excursion
train to Charleston will leave Savannah
on and after Sunday, June 2, at 7 a. m.
railroad time. Rate SI.OO for the round
trip.—ad.
Flnnt System Mileage Books.
Travelers, before taking a trip, It would
be well to on the Plant System ticket
agents for Information as to the use of
1,000-mile books. These books are good
from Tampa to Washington, also to
Montgomery, and will be accepted for
passage on all points reached by the At
lantic Coast Line. The Plant System
reaches all important points in the state
of Florida. Books sold at $25.00. Call on
ticket agents at De Soto Hotel or Plant
System depot.—ad.
SI.OO to
Brunswick and Retnrn.
Yin
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Tickets on sale Sundays only and lim
ited to date of sale. Trhin leaves Central
depot at 5:00 a. m., standard time. For
full particulars call at ticket office, cor
ner Bull and Bryan streets, or 'phone 28.
—ad.
Change of Snnday Excnrison Train
Schedule.
On and Sunday June 2, the
Charleston excursion train will leave
Savananh at 7 a. m. railroad time. Tick
ets SI.OO for the round trip. For further
Information call on ticket agents.—ad.
$21.50 to Philadelphia and Retnrn.
Account meeting of Industrial Associa
tion, the Southern Railway will seil to
Philadelphia and return on June 9th and
10th, at rate of one fare for the round
trip, $21.50, tickets good to return until
June 17th. James Freemen, C. P. & T. A.,
141 Bull street, phones 850.—ad.
Snminer Tourists.
Plant System round trip tickets to all
summer resorts are now on sale. For full
information address Mr. Ward Clark, city
ticket agent, De Soto Hotel, or Mr. R.
C. Blattner, depot ticket agent.—ad.
Low Rates.
Low rates to Old Point Comfort, ac
count annual convention National Trav
elers' Protective Association. The Plant
System will sell round trip tickets to Old
Point Copifort at one fare on June 1, 2
and 3, with return limit eight days from
date of sale.
By depositing tickets with joint agent
at Hotel Chamberlain, prior to June 9. an
extension of final limit to June 15 will be
granted. Quick schedules. Excellent ser
vice. See ticket agents at De Soto Hotel
and depot.—ad.
Where to Spend the Summer.
The Southern Railway Is now offering
very cheap rates to all summer tourist
points. Tickets limited to Oct. 31 This
is the only line operating through cars
to the resorts of Western North Caro
lina. Jas. Freeman, C. P. & T. A., 141
Bull street, phones 850.—ad.
Now Heady lor Distribution.
Beautiful illustrated folders of the
Southern Railway, giving full Informa
tion as to hotels, boarding houses,
etc., nt all resorts along the line of this
road. Call on, or write to Jas. Freeman,
C. P. & T. A., 141 Bull street, phones 850.
ad.
SI.OO to
Brunswick and Retnrn.
Via
Senbonrd Air Lins Railway.
Tickets on sale Sundays only and lim
ited to date of sale. Train leaves Central
depot al 5.00 a. m., standard time. For
full particulars call at ticket office, cor
ner Bull and Bryan streets, or 'phone 2S.
—ad.
Naphtha Unnrhra.
We carry the most elegant line of
launches In stock of any city In the
Southern states, they are handsome, re
liable, and seaworthy. Will be glad to
show our friends and customers these
launches at all times. At Thunderbolt the
16-foot boat can be eeen running all the
time by a boy In knee pante In charge,
thue, showing how cosily they can be
run. and how reliable they ere. We have
two boats, 18 and a foot, which we will
make special low prices on simply to
close the consignment that we have on
hand. 1-arger boats also will be very rea
sonable to Intending purchasers. Llpp
man Bros., wholesale druggists, Savan
nah, da— ad.
“Complete Assortment”
of 1
Leather Fly Nets, 1
• Horse Sheets,
Ear Nets,
and all kinds of
| “SEASONABLE”
Horse Furnishing Goods.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
"Get It at Rowlinski’s”
To-day we go back to tell you
how good are the FATHER
JOHN S PELLETS for bilious
ness and constipation. Many
know of their great merit, but
we want every one to know.
They are just a little sugared
pellet, acting upon the liver
and stomach ever so thorough
ly, with no pain or griping by
them.
15 cents per bottle of 40 pel
lets.
ROWLINSKI, Pharmacist,
Broughton and Drayton sts.
Either telephone 465.
CUT RATE PATENT MEDICINES.
DANIEL HOGAN
GREATEST BLACK GOODS SALE OF
THE SEASON.
Do not skip a single item in our list
of bargains. They are all money-saving
opportunities that cannot fall to create
the most extensive interest and prove of
real benefit to you. The goods and prices
speak for themselves.
46-inch French Serge, the regular 75c
quality, 55c.
45-inch French Serge, the regular SUX)
quality, 70c.
45-inch Surah Serge, the regular $1.25
quality, 85c.
38-inch Cheviot Serge, the regular 750
quality. 50c.
45-inch Cheviot Serge, the regular 85c
quality 69c.
45-inch English Whip Cord, the regular
$1.25 quality 85e.
45-inch Satin Berber, the regular $1.25
quality, 89c.
48-inch Prunella, the regular $2.00
quality, $1.50.
38-inch Satin Venetian, the regular
$1.35 quality, 90c.
45-lnch Amour, the regular 85c quality,
65 cents.
42-inch Amour, the regular $1.25 quality,
85 cents.
32-lnch White Shirting, Madras, 18c.
27-inch Fancy Pique Featherweight,
1714 c.
High Novelties In Fancy White Lawn.
22-inch Imported Zephyr Gingham, 35c
quality. 25c.
22-inch Imported Solid Zephyr Ging
ham, 25c quality, 20c.
27-lneh Zephyr Gingham, <ormer price
1214 c, 10c.
Imported Madras, In stripes and solid,
18 cents.
36-inch Sheer Linen Lawn 39c.
36-inch Fine Linen Lawn 75c.
45x22 Fine Damask Towel 25c.
Something new in an exquisite Pleated
White Shirt, with fancy border facing,
$1.25.
Solid Color Negligee Shirt, worth $1.26,
for S9c.
Black and White Negligee Shirts, well
worth $1.25. 98c.
Pepperell Bleached Jean Drawers, the
50c quality, only 39c.
Misses’ Crash School Skirts 25c.
White Dimity Shirt Waists 75c.
White Lawn Tuck and Embroidered
Shirt Waist 75c.
Lawn Shirt Waist, with allover em
broidery collar. $1.50.
Complete Tuck Waist, embroidery’ tirm
mod. $1.50.
Baby Carriage Tops in Point de Sprit
and Bobbinet, handsomely trimmed in
Val. lace.
New line Baby’s Colored Gingham
Dressee.
Also Colored and Black Underskirts,
from 50c to $1.50.
New shipment of Lawn and Dimity
Wrappers.
Special sale of Ladies' Ribbed Vest, silk
tape in neck and sleeve, a genuine 25c
Vest, .for only 15c.
DANIEL HOGAN,
con. BROIGHTON AND BARNARD*
WIRE
POULTRY
NETTING
EDWARD [Ull’i SB
113 Broughton Street, West.
our c a,
IS A GREAT MILK
PRODUCER.
Sales doubled in last
few months.
That shows MERIT.
W. D. SIMKINS & CO.
Brennan Bros.
—WHOLESALE—
Fruit, Produce,
Grain, etc.,
U BAY STREET. WEST.
Telephone hi