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12 LINDSEY WOMAN TRIED TO ESCAPE LOOSENED SCREWS IN CELL. MYSTERY SIRROIADS HER SCC CESSFIX WORK OS HINGE*. In Another Night She Woold Have Been Able to Get Into the Corridor and Po**illy Make Her Escape W ith Traitr Prisoner! Who Are Let Out to Work In Morning—Wi Confined in Some Cell from Which .lira Small Escaped. Janie Lindsey sprung anew sensation on the police yesterday when she was transferred to the county jail from the ■city prison, and it was found she had loosened ai! but four screws in the hinges to her cell door. According to her own declaration she was not held long enough, as she required another night's work to get out of her cell, join the work hands as they filed from the prison in the morning and make her escape much the same as Jim Small, the burglar, did about two years ago. The police were mystified to know just how the woman succeeded in loos ening the screws. All of them, were rusty, and also a part of the hinges which they held in place, and it would have been a difficult matter to loosen them even with a screw driver. Wan in the “Big Room.** The woman was confined In a large room on the second floor of the poiice prison. The door is ‘a heavy one of wood, with a transom over it. It was through this transom that Jim Small, a notorious negro record story maker, made his escape into the corridors, and passed from the prison door with a number of work hands early in the morning. He succeeded in burning the nails which held the ti'ansom. The work of the woman held for rob bing the Chesnutt home was even more ingenuous than was that of Small. She was not allowed to have knives, or anything with which she could have done the work. She was thoroughly searched when carried to the jail, and her cell at the police prison was search ed after she left, but nothing was fouad which could have been used to loosen th screws. The door which the woman was at tempting to open is held by three hinges. In the top and bottom hinges there are five screws on each side. These are unusually large. There were no indications that a screw driver had been used on these. Confided to a Trusty. The woman's attempts to free her self were first made known to the prison warden by a negro woman trusty. After the Lindsey woman had been given a hearing before the Re corder and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury, she was transferred to the county jail. As she was leaving the city prison she told one of the women prisoners that they were taking her out one day too soon, and that she had fixed it so that anybody could get out of the room where she was confined. An investigation w r as immediately made, and the hinges were found as describ ed. When seen at the county jail the woman evaded making any statement as to how she loosened the screws. Neither would she make any state ment which would indicate that she had even been the guilty one. In the preliminary hearing before the Recorder, Grant Lindsey, who was charged with being an accessory in the Chesnutt robbery, was discharged, as there was no evidence to show he was a guilty party to the theft. The wom an pleaded guilty and will be held subject to the action of the grand Jury. MAYOR”WILL INVESTIGATE CHARGES AGAINST M’CARTHY. Statement* of Severn! Civilian Wit nesses Have Been Filed. Mayor Myers will hold an investi gation to-day of the charges formally preferred by Col. Anderson, post com mander at Fort Screven, against Pa trolman McCarthy. Most of the evidence in the case will be in the nature of written statements of eye witnesses, three of these being civilians who will testify to seeing an officer in uniform strike Corpl. Wag non on Thanksgiving Day at the foot ball game. According to the evidence which will be submitted by Officer McCar thy he did not strike Wagnon with his club, nor did he strike him while he was being held. The charges orig inally filed with the superintendent of police were to the effect that while two officers held Corpl. W'agnon a third struck him in the face with his club. Sergt. Murphy, who assisted Pa trolman McCarthy in making the ar rest, says this is untrue. Wagnon was resisting, he said, and It was all the officers could do to hold him. There Is considerable discrepancy in the testi mony which has been submitted so far. CITY WILL ALSO INVITE PRESIDENT. Mayor Thlnkn It Better for City In vitation to Follow Later. City Council will In the near future pan* a resolution inviting President Roosevelt to visit Savannah. Mayor Myers said yesterday that he did not bring the matter ut> at the meeting of Council Wednesday night because he had not been officially In formed of the action of the Chamber of Commerce in inviting the Presi dent. The Mayor thinks it will be better to let the city Invitation follow that from the Chamber of Commerce any way. The matter will probably be taken up at the next regular meeting, or perhaps at one of the special meet ings that are to be held. The Mayor approves of the action of the Cham ber of Commerce in Inviting the Pres ident and hopes he will accept. EASOM BOUNcfoVER TO SUPERIOR COURT. R. L. Kneoni was given a hearing be fore Recorder Myrtck yesterday morn ing on the charge of stabbing Benja min Blanc hard, and was bound over to (he Buperlor Court, Lusotn did not deny rutting Blanchard, but said that he old It In self-defense. His friends have little doubt that he will be ex on* ru ted. By the time you reed this othere may be on thetr way to Adler's big 10 •‘clock |a>e curtain sals. The largeet sale of the year -the beet lace curtain sale for leak Haw Is Is fee laas eur tsmel—ad. CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO INSTITUTIONS. | CoßDtr Commissioners Remember Charitable Associations. At the December meeting of the County Commissioners yesterday bills aggregating $81,022.78 were passed. In this was one item, totalling more than SIO,OOO, the money to be distributed among the many charitable and bene volent institutions of Savannah as a Christmas gift. All of this class af associations were remembered and the hospitals also came in for a goodly share. The money will be distributed between Dec. 15 and 26. In the bills passed was the money I that goes to the Board of Education under the appropriation made in the annual budget. The amount totals $15,000. Of this the sum of SIO,OOO goes toward the new Barnard street school. To manual training $3,500 is appro priated. and $1,500 is given to cover the loss incurred by the removal this year of the tuition fees in the High School. The remainder of the total was made up of the usual bills. The applications of Messrs. T. L. Anderson, A. E. Moynelo, agent, and Sidney G. Stubbs for refund of moneys paid in excess of taxes were granted. The petition of R. R. Snead praying for the opening of a public road in the Eighth militia district was read to the board. The road asked for is to be gin at a point about 800 feet north of the six-mile post on the Augusta road and extend to the point of crossing of Bourne avenue and the old Dean For est road. After some discussion of the matter the application was referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges and to Road Commissioner and Reviewers I. AY. Kellar, W. H. Oliver and H. H. Bacon. These gentlemen will investi gate all the conditions and report back to the commissioners. Supplies for the month of January were awarded as follows: Wood, Dixon Lumber Company; groceries. H. Traub & Son; tobacco, Lee Roy Myers; fresh beef, Hawley & Cos.; and bread, F. Schwarz. commissioners ARE RETICENT. Declined to Discun* Controvemy With City on Garbage Qnestion. Just what action was taken by the County Commissioners in regard to the controversy between the county and the city relative to the garbage question cannot be learned. The mat ter did not come up at all in the opc-n meeting yesterday and the com missioners who were asked directly re garding the matter declined to make any statement concerning it. It was probably discussed in the caucus, however, though with what result could not be learned. Chairman Lathrop declined to state whether the matter had been acted upon. To admit that the letter of Mayor Myers had been received was as far as he would go. Other commis sioners took similar grounds or merely laughed when questions were asked them. One of them stated, "All infor mation regarding this garbage ques tion must com’e from the city offi cials.” The controversy arose because the county deducted a large sum from the bill it owes the city for garbage. The commissioners allege that they make this deduction for the garbage which the city used. The city officials con tend that nothing like as much gar bage has been used by the city as the commissioners and Mayor Myers wrote them asking for an Itemized statement. It was this letter which was before them in caucus yesterday and concerning the disposition of which they declined to give out any information. CH RI STM AS SHOPPING” HAS ALREADY COMMENCED. Tlie Heel Itusli Will Be Experienced ■luring Hie Next Two Week*. Although it is a little early for Christ mas shopping, merchants are already feeling the effect of the near approach of the holidays. Many of those who throng the stores now are prospective buyers, looking before making purchases. In many in stances goods are ordered ibid aside, and purchases are actually made in many cases. Nearly all of the show windows on Broughton street have put on their holiday attire, and the display of Christmas things is most attractive. The real rash of shopping will not be felt until next week and the week after, when most of the buying for Christmas will take place. The final rush on Christmas Eve is usually the result of the laboring classes seeking purchases, the real heavy business of those who purchase higher priced pres ents being transacted some time in advance of Christmas Eve. Preparations have been tirade by dealers in fireworks for a heavy trade, and wholesalers report that never has the demand for fireworks been so great. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ENTERTAINED. Mnyor Myer* Ha* Written and Ex peel* Them Some Time Next Week. Mayor Myers says he expects the Railroad Commissioners to visit Sa vannah very soon, probably early next week. The Mayor has written to the commissioners, asking when they will come, but has as yet received no reply. While here the commissioners will be shown over the city. The wharves und terminals will be visited that they n.ay get an idea of the shipping Inter ests. They will be carried to all the trade bodies and introduced to the prominent members, and a smoker will probably be given by the Chamber of Commerce. The Mayor and other city officials will aid in the entertain ment of the commissioners. examinationTTn SCHOOLS WILL SOON BEGIN. Will Start on the 10th and Will lan*t TlirnUKh the Week. Preparations are now being mhde in the public schools for the Christmas examinations, which will begin Mon day, Dec. 19, lasting through the week. The High School, and gram mar schools have generally started their examinations on different days, but this year they will start the same day. Friday, the 23rd, th lant duy of the exuinitiations, the students will begin their holiday of one week, un less otherwise ordered by the Board of Education. As New Year's Day falls on Sunday, it is not yet known whether the schools reopen on the fo|. lowing Monday or on Tills will be determined by the board. Very swell manicure sets starling sti ver at Simon A Sternberg's.—ed. Far Over Sixty Years Mr*. Winslow's toothing Syrup hat been used for children teething. It eooihes the child, eeftens the gums, al lays all pain, cure# wind eoltc, and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty five penis A bottle, ad. SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1904. COLOR QUESTION BEFORE S. P. C. A. IT WAS TOUCHED MILDLY. PATHETIC STORY TOLD OF THE DEATH OF A CAT. No Officer Wa* Chosen at Meeting Yesterday, but n Selection Will Be Made Monday—Effort to Interest School Children—President Is sw Anxious to Collect All Does—Work Will Be Started at Once. At a meeting of the Society for Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals yester day afternoon at the Guards' Hall, by laws for the organization were adopt ed, and it was determined to hold an other meeting next Monday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, at which time an officer for the society will be elected. The annual dues of the members, $1 each, are now due, and the officers of the society request that they be paid immediately. It is desired to at once begin active operations, and to do this it will be necessary to get in the mon ey promised. About 200 members have joined, but only about fifty or seventy-five have paid their dues. The ladies who cir culated membership lists will try and collect all the dues before the meeting next Monday. Those who have joined and are not seen before then are re quested to pay their dues to the sec retary and treasurer, Mr. Gazan. Color qantlon Arise*. A large attendance is urged for the meeting next week, as the selection of an officer for the society is probably the most important business that will come before it for some time. There were three applications before the so city yesterday, but it was decided to postpone the election until Monday. Those who have applied for the place are J. M. Humphries. B. R. Murtagh and Capt. W. H. Spencer. Mr. Humph ries was present and addressed the so ciety. He shys he has had a great deal of experience in work 6f this character. One of the lady members of the so ciety raised the color question, when the section of the by-laws, relative to membership, was read. It was decid ed, however, that the insertion of tht> word “white” in the clause w*as un necessary, as negroes were not likely to apply. Until the question was brought up it had not occurred to any of the members that a negro would apply for membership.. The adoption of the by-laws and the decision to get in as much money as possible by the next meeting formed the only business transacted. Though the attendance was small, there was a great deal of enthusiasm displayed. Kninmnry of Hi-Lawi. The by-laws state that the objects of the society are for the protection and prevention of cruelty to animals in Savannah and vicinity, and the se curing of the prosecution and convic tion of those who violate laws passed to protect these animals. The mem bership of the society will consisted of all persons of either sex admitted from time to time by the Executive Committee, and those who signed the original subscription lists for mem bership. The dues of the society are $1 a year payable in advance. The officers of the society are a president, as many vice presidents as the society chooses to elect, a coun sel, a secretary and treasurer, and an executive committee consisting of seven or more members with the pres ident, secretary and counsel as ex officlo members. Miss Cosens, the president, named only a part of this committee yesterday. The entire com mittee will be announced within a few days. Five or more members shall constitute a quorum, except at the an nual meetings, which are to be held on the last Wednesday In November, when the members present, without regard to number, shall constitute a quorum. Cit Killed Instantly. The meeting was not with out Its pathetic incidents. One mem ber of the society gave a graphic de scription of the execution of a cat by a crowd of boys, and the consequent shock to her nerves. It was a pathetic story, and brought forth lit tle shivers and shrieks from the other ladies present. The inoffensive cat waff In the lady s yard, when the bad school boys In the yard next door, poked a gun through a crack in the fence and shot “It was bad enough for the cat, but think of my poor nerves,” said the lady describing it. A call was made on the principal of the school, but he was not in. The lady will call again, she says. KiTorts will be made to interest the sehool children of the city in the so ciety, and the city will be asked to make an appropriation for its support. A petition will probably be put in at once, asking for SSOO. Later efforts will be made to get the city to give the society, either all or a portion of the fines collected In cases made by officers of the society. The saving of a few cents on a bot tle of vanilla extract will not atone for the annoyance of having dessert that Is "Just a little off In flavor. Al ways buy Burnett's. What you pay Is important, but what you get more so. Burnett's Vanilla coats more because worth more.—ad. The Delineator for Jn.nna.ry. With a most attractive cover and a varied list of contents. Including the latest news of the fashions and liter ary and domestic features of the great est value, The Delineator for January is an altogether excellent number. The regular fashion display is supplement ed by a strikingly illustrated article on “The Stage as a School of Cos tume,” showing the close relations that exist between the theater and the world of style. Herbert D. Ward and Seumas McManus contribute stories of rare charm, and under the pseudonym "Marie Columbia" a very clever writer describes the “smart set” in Washing ton society. "Jesus, Lover of My Soul” Is the first paper In a series, by Allan Sutherland, giving the history and romance of the famous hymns of the world, and In the "Composers* Se ries" the love story of Mendelssohn and Ceclle is related by Gustav Kobbe. For children there is a wealth of in teresting matter, the names of L. Frank Haum and Grace MacOowan Cooke being prominent among the con tributors. Among the domestic topics, in addition to the regular features, Is the first paper of "The Making of a Housewife." by Isabel Gordon Curtis. At 10 o'clock at Adler's to-day man ufacturers sale of sample lace cur tains. The event of the eeaaon sale over four aielee. Lace curtains start ing at *c.—sd. ■ e ■ A strikingly attractive unusually pretty tins of toilet sets, sterling sliver. A beautiful Xmas gift. Call in and Inspect them at Simon a k tern bergs a4. SAVANNAH SHRINERS AMERICUS BOUND. Fifty Will Take Fart ia the Ini tiatloa by Alee Temple. Americus will throw wide its gates Monday to welcome the visitors Savannah, Cuthbert. Dawson, Bain bridge, Columbus. Cordele, Fort Val ley, wearing the red fez and prepared to ride the spirited and fiery camel. The Savannah nobles of Alee Temple of the Mystic Shrine will leave here Sunday night, prepared to invade that desert waste and inflict skilled tor tures upon the captured unregenerate sons of the desert, initiating them into the mysteries of the red fez and spike tail. When the unbridled freedom of the desert takes possession of them, well may the unregenerate sons trem ble, anticipating the famed tortures of the wild Arab, assisted in their fiend ish deeds by the pet of the Mystic menagerie. Right Honorable Willie GoaU Illustrious Potentate Cutts and his royal retinue of fifty will arrive as the Monday morning's sun begins to send his rays over the desert. They will have with them two carloads of par aphernalia, compared with which the instruments used in the days of the Spanish inquisition would resemble a basket of dolls in a playhouse. Need less to say, at the sight of these "peaceful” instruments, the captives will not show signs of gladness. After partaking of refreshments of camel's milk, manna and those delicate viands known only to the eons of the desert, the Shriners will prepare for the pa rade in the afternoon. Upon a gorgeous and regal float, Po tentate Cutts and his suite will be drawn through the streets, and be hind them will follow the captives. The neck of each victim will be circled with a rope, as a gentle hint of what may be expected when he has crossed the drawbridge of Alee Temple and the pondrous iron doors have closed be hind him. The street parade will be as hilarious and enthusiastic as it is possible for the wild men of the desert to make it. At 7 o'clock the nobles will start their torchlight precession from Hotel Windsor to the Masonic Temple, where th 6 pain upon the captives will be in flicted. At midnight those victims who have survived the ordeal will be ten dered a feast. ONE MURDER CASE _ BEFORE GRAND JURY. Special Presentment* Probable In the ClialuuanK Case*. The Superior Court grand jury will meet at 4 o’clock this afternoon to consider cases that will be presented by the solicitor general. One murder case, that of the state against Robert Pritchard, will be presented and it is regarded as probable that an indict ment will be returned. The circum stances surrounding the case are fa miliar to readers of the Morning News. Besides this case there will be two indictments asked for assault with in tent to murder. One of these will be against Nat Brown and one against R. L. Easom. Brown is the man who shot “Bum Lulu” in the foot at a dime party, just to show he was not afraid to shoot her. Easom was bound over yesterday morning on a murder ous assault charge by the Recorder. The two other criminal cases that are certain to be presented are against Jim Slater, charged with burglary, and against Janie Lindsey, charged with larceny from the house. It is regarded as probable that spe cial presentments will be returned against R M. Johnson and Isadore Kiser, charging them with using pro fane and vulgar language in the pres ence of ladies. These negroes are the ones now on the chaingang and in whose cases habeas corpus proceed ings have been instituted. The habeas corpus proceedings have been set for argument on Saturday morning be fore Judge Cann. MAY BUY MAGUIRE TOY FIRE ENGINE. He Wants Hook nml I .odder for Fire Station No. 6. Fire Chief Maguire yesterday filed a request with Mayor Myers to hare an appropriation made in next year's bud get for the purchase of a hook and lad der for No. 6 fire station In the South Side. The Mayor seemed doubtful about the city’s being able to make the appropriation and Mr. Thomas Gamble, Jr., the Mayor’s secretary, suggested that one of the toy hook and ladders In Adler’s window be pur chased. Mr. Gamble had evidently been dis cussing the toy engines with Thomas Gamble, third, for he was well up on their good points. "They are Just like the big ones,” Mr. Gamble asserted. The 'Mayor said afterwards that the fire chief stood a better chance of get ting-the toy hook and ladder than a real one. The South Side Administration Club has interested itself in the matter and will pass a resolution to-night, calling upon the aldermen to make an appro priation for the hook and ladder—a big one, not the toy. seekingTnformation of MRS. MARTHA FILER. Superintendent of Police Garfunkel yesterday received a letter from Jer sey City, asking for information con cerning Mrs. Martha Filer, who is supposed to live in Savannah. The let ter conveys the information that a sister of the woman by that name has died, leaving considerable prop erty without having made a will. libertTguards again IN good standing. Inspector General W. G. Obear, who yesterday inspected the Liberty Coun ty Guards, announced afterwards that he would recommend that the com pany be taken off the probation list. For a time the company was not very strong and it was placed on the pro bation list, but it has greatly im proved lately. The company will be in good standing again as soon as the recommendation of Col. Obear is car ried out. Holiday Ktearslon Hales via 4>n- Iral of Ueorgla Railway. Fare and one-third round trip. Tick ets for the general public, will be on sale, Dec. 23, 24, 26 and 31, 1904, and Jan. 1. 1905, final limit Jan. 4, 1906. On Dec. 17 to 24, Inclusive, upon sur render of certificates, tickets will be sold to teachers and students of schools and colleges at fare and nne thlrd for tha round trip, final limit Jan. I. 1901. Minimum rataa 60c who!# tickets, 35c halves. For additional Information apply to J. ■. Holmes, city ticket and passen ger agent. >7 Bull street, city.—ad. i Cut glass designs, newheie to b* equalled in the city for richness, at Mawu A •ternberg's.—4L LUMBERMEN TO REVISE RULES MEET AT DE SOTO TO-DAY. VISITORS FROM BALTIMORE. PHIL ADELPHIA AAD \KW YORK. Lumber Inspection Rain Thonglil by Some to Be Too Strlneent—Alt er a Conference With Lumbermen front the AortU the Georvin Inter- Mtate Association Will Adopt Aetv Rules—Savannah Lumbermen Will Tender Visitors Fish Supper at Thunderbolt To-nittht. For the purpose of forming new in spection rules and regulations the Georgia Interstate Association and prominent lumbermen from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore will meet in joint session at the De Soto this morning. The present rules are considered too stringent by some of the lumbermen. In order to get rules that will be sat isfactory both to the Georgia mem bers and the Northern firms with whom they deal it was decided to hold the meeting here and invite a number of Northern men to be present. The mat ter will be carefully gone over and rules satisfactory to all parties inter ested will, if possible, be drafted. The Northern men, after hearing what the Georgia members have to say on the rules, will hold a confer ence and report to the meeting what ever opinion they may reach. A joint session will then be held. Prominent Dealers Here. A number of prominent dealers from the North arrived yesterday to attend the meeting and are at the De Soto. Among those from New York are Messrs. C. W. Wilson. C. K. Berke ley, James Sherlock Davis and Roland McClowe. From Baltimore there are Messrs. Lewis Dill. E. P. Gill, Wil liam M. Burges, Norman Gaines and Theodore 'Motte. Those from Philadel phia are Messrs. B. F. Betts, E. N. Henson, B\ 0. Gallagher, A. J. Cad walleader, E. H. Coane, E. B. Malone and F. A. Smith. Members of the association from all over Georgia are also in the city, or will arrive early this morning in time for the meeting. Fish Supper To-night. If possible, the business will be finish ed at the one session. If, however, the rules can not be arranged at the one meeting, another will be held this aft ernoon. No definite plans have been nfade for the afternoon, though the visitors will probably be shown over the city if a meeting is not found to be necessary. To-night the out-of-town members of the association and the visitors from the North will be the guests of the Sa vannah lumbermen at a fish supper at Thunderbolt. The lumbermen and their guests will assemble at the De Soto at 7 o'clock and all go out together. The entertainment will be thoroughly in formal. NEW ASSISTANT*FOR WEATHER BUREAU. John J. O'Donnell Will Arrive In Savannah This Month. Owing to the Increase of work at this station of „the United States Weather Bureau the department has granted the application of Mr. H. B. Boyer for another assistant. Word was received yesterday morn ing that Mr. John J. O'Donnell had been ordered to report to this station to assist the local forecaster and his assistant, Mr. W. F. Clarke. Mr. O'Donnell is now stationed in the Bar badoes. He is due to arrive in Sa vannah about Dec. 20. The work in connection with the Cot ton Exchange and the cotton map made the work here heretofore too dif ficult for only two men to handle and keep under the eight-hour working liifi it set by the civil service. When re cently all the work of the hydro graphic office was shifted to the Weather Bureau, it became absolutely necessary to furnish an additional man. An interesting fact about the new man is he was Mr. Boyer’s assistant when the latter was in charge of the sta tion at Key West more than thirteen years ago. WILL STOP GENERAL” BEGGING ON STREETS. Police Determined to Put n Stop to the Growing Nulaunce. Begging promiscuously on the street will be stopped by the police, especially among those who visit private resi dences at night and ask for something to eat. A number of reports have been made to the police recently of beggars, often well dressed and strong looking, going to houses in the resident portion of the city at night and begging for some thing to eat. Wherever these can be found they will be arrested and sent to the police station as vagrants. As Christmas approaches the number of mendicants who are really deserv ing have increased, and no less than five blind and otherwise maimed beg gars could be counted on Broughton street yesterday. These will be made to keep to the side streets hereafter. resistejTarrlst - AND WAS CLUBBED. While resisting arrest at the Union Station yesterday afternoon, R. K. White, a whit* man, was badly club bed by Union Station Patrolman Simms. White was drinking and when the officer attempted to arrest him he fast ened his teeth into the hands of the uniformed man and would not let go until he was clubbed. He presented a norry spectacle when he was taken to the station house. Dr. Walter Norton was summoned and took him to his office to dress his wounds, which were not serious. Lacs curtains start at tc to-day at 10 o'clock at Adler's. It Is a lace curtain sale which will not soon be forgotten. Crowds by the hundreds rnsy be expected, but the hundreds of lace curtains are apt to go around.—ad. Frrnslnl PluuMrr. The chapters that have gone before of "Kreuslod Finance,” by Thomae W. Laweon, have been printed In a pam phlet form, end will be eent, poet, ratld. on receipt of price ito rente ) For sale at Ketllle Newe Depot. No. 11 Bull elreet, corner of Bryan, No, S eaet, Havannah, Ga -ad Very handsome umbrellas make a beautiful Xmas gift at Btmau £ , Steinberg s. a4. FOUND FOR PLAINTIFF IN AMOUNT HE ASKED. Action Against I. Berendt Before Judge Norwood. In the City Court yesterday the case of Charles Rineberg, against I. Be rendt, principal, and L. Kaminsky, surety on trover bond, was tried. The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $70.75, the amount asked for. This case is one of many that will now probably follow against Berendt. It is alleged that Berendt, while in solvent, went to New York and pur chased goods from different dealers. Returning, he applied to the Court of Ordinary for homestead. This was dis allowed, and he immediately took out bankruptcy proceedings. Here his statutory exemption claims were dis allowed. His creditors then took ac tion In trover to recover their goods. When search was made the goods had mysteriously disappeared. An or der was then passed commanding Be rendt to produce the goods, furnish bond for their value, or go to jail. He declined to produce the goods or to furnish bond, and as a result, was locked up by Deputy City Sheriff Car roll. Later Kaminsky went his bond and suit on this bond was begun. The action resulted, as stated above, in the plaintiff's favor. BELL BOY ARRESTED FOR LARCENY. Picked l |> a Pocket Book Belonging to a Guest and Spent the Money. Joe Hines, a bell boy at the De Soto, was arrested by Detective Murphy yes terday afternoon for the theft of a pocket book which had been dropped by one of the guests. Mr. J. J. Dunn dropped the purse in the corridor near the Rathskeller. Be fore picking it up he stopped to roll a cigarette and finally walked off, leav ing it lying on the floor. On going up stairs he remembered the pocket book, went back down stairs for it, but it was gone. The case was at once reported to Detective Murphy, who confronted the bell boy with the theft and he ac knowledged it. On seaching his house $23 of the money was recovered. Mr. Dunn says there was about $46 in the purse when he lost it JUNIORS HELDVYSTER ROAST. Over four hundred people took part in the oyster roast of Resolution Coun cil No. 2, J. O. U. A. M., in Knights of Pythias' Hail at Whitaker and Duf fy streets, last night. The hours were devoted entirely to a social time. After the oyster roast a dance was given. Members from local fraternities at tended, and enjoyed the festivities. Prizes were awarded for various hon ors and this feature added to the gen eral gayety. The rocking chair was won by Mrs. H. O. Young and the brass lamp by Miss Celia Victor. Two Trains Dallry to Eastern Cities via Sontliern Railway. Southern Railway has resumed double daily train service be tween Savannah and the East, leaving Savannah Ip. m. and 12:15 a. m., Central time. Both trains car ry Pullman drawing room sleeping cars to Washington and New York elegant day coaches and the finest din ing cars in the world. All trains now operated over the new double track through Virginia and the Southern Railway double-track bridge across the Potomac. Pullman reservations glad ly made or information furnished upon application to E. G. Thomson, C. P. & T. A., 141 Bull street; 'phones 850. ad. A Fall Medicine. Now is the time to take Graybeard to fortify your system against ail ments likely to prey upon you when cool weather takes the place of warm weather. Graybeard tones up your system makes you eat and digest. Graybeard may be had at all drug stores for SI.OO a bottle.—ad. * Christmas Rates. Southern Railway announces Christ mas rates of one and a third fares for the round trip between all points east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Tickets to be sold Dec. 23, 24, 25 and 31 and Jan. 1, with final limit Jan. 4. To students and teachers of schools and colleges, tickets will be sold Dec. 17 and 24, inclusive, with final limit Jan. 8, upon presentation and surrender of certificates signed by their superintend ents, principals or presidents.—ad. Si aboard Air Line Railway. Rent Line to Jacksonville, Florida, and South. The Seaboard Air Line is the short line, operates Pullman service on all trains to Jacksonville and Tampa, and makes the quickest time. Only four hours. Savannah to Jacksonville. Tick et office. No. 7 Bull street; 'phone 28. —ad. A Very I seful Little Thing. Neat pad, quite small, removes spots from your coat, etc. Price, 15 cents. When ‘‘spots” and “blots” make clothes look bad then use a Walmsley cleaning pad. Lippman Drug Com pany.—ad. Just received the handsomest line of ladies' shopping bags in the city. See them at Simon & Sternberg's.—ad. Low Excursion Rates During Holi days via Atlantic Coast Line. On account of Christmas holidays Atlantic Coast Line will sell tickets to all points east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac rivers at rates, one and one-third fares for-the round trip. This includes all stations on the Atlantic Coast Line and connecting lines in the territory described. Tick ets will be sold Dec. 23, 24, 26 and 31 1904, and Jan. 1, 1905, with mum limit Jan. 4. 1905. Tickets at same rates will bo sold to teachers and students in schools and colleges on presentation and surrender of certificates signed by superintendents, presidents or princi pals. Dec. 17-24, Inclusive, with return limit Jan. *, 1906. For further information apply to ticket agents, De Hoto Hotel; both 'phones, No. 73, or Union Station; Bell 236, Georgia 911. It pays to patronlao the best service.—ad. For Hole. Fare Olive Oil. We have the most delicious olive oil In stock that can be had; there Is none superior; we guarantee this olive nil to he absolutely pur#; It is Import ad by us through the United Htates Custom House direct here from Nle* France, which place Is celebrated f„r the beat olive oil that Is made, we can give you Ibis splendid olive oil In bot tles or onc-half gallon and gallon oans; It la with pride that wa offer this olive oil new, as w bsve never be fore had the good fortune to be able to gel so pure an article as we have now Lippman Drug Company, comer 1 Congress and Bernard streets, la van nail, Go. -ad Christmas Goods. Footballs. Boxing Gloves, Punching Bags, Golf Balls, Baseballs, Baseball Bats, Gymnasium Goods, Shotguns, Rifles. Whitley Exercisers, Rods and Reels Hundreds of things here suitable for presents. Juvenile Bicycles. Our new line is on display. Nothing equals them In Sa vannah. They are new wheels finished up for South ern Christmas trade, and there will be many of them turned out by next summer. Get your boy or girl a bicycle for Christmas. 19 West Broughton Street. If it is a perfume want you have, come to this drug shop. We make it a point to get the rare things, and carry regu larly in stock some of the costliest perfumes known. But we have the kinds that are good and don’t cost so much. Come to us if it is a perfume want you have ! “Get it sit Rowlinski's.” Broughton and Drayton. Simply Works Wonders! There are testimonials to show that" thousands of people have been cured of long-stand ing. tortue and stubborn skin diseases by Shuptrine's great remedy, Tetterine If yon have any skin trouble you want to get rid of just in vest 50 cents in this tried and tested treatment. Druggists Sell It! Genuine Hot Stuff Stoves The original—made in Georgln and given the name of “Hot Stuff.” Similar stoves are simply imitations of the good thing of Geor gia origin. We guarantee these stoves —they always give satisfac tion. Edward Mi's sons, 113 West Broughton Street. ALLAN BOND SCO., COAL Anthracite in all sizes. Jellico Soft Lamp. Both Phones 507. FOR SALE, A Rood newspdper and Job printing plant, In Florida. In a Rood Held for job work. Material and field a plentv to keep three printer* buey. Tin newapaper 1* four year* old, and en joy* a good advertlelng patrona* 1 Thl* plant cost and will invoice over $2,200, and can be bought on good term* for SI,OOO. Ileaaon* for aelllna the owner w'*hea to retire from pub lic life. For further particular* ad dre* Franklin, care of the Morning New*. gAVANRAII THKATBK. TO-MORROW SAiTr The beet New Fnglend play written, "Quincy Adams Sawyer' Met. lie end Me. Night Sl* to Mete now. Nrt 7V.ee. Met. end Night ■inert get. Meet* to-deg.