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8 WHO IS HERBERT B. NEWTON OF BROOKLINE? gnmPthiiiK About the Man Who Loaned Mrs. I'assie L. Chadirlck SI!)(MNM>. Herbert B. Newton of Brookline, Mass., brought suit to recover a loan of $190,000 to Mrs. Cassle L. Chad wick, and the most sensational story of the day resulted. The reading public knows more about Mrs. Chadwick, after all the exciting disclosures of weeks, than it does about Mr. Newton, although the trou bles of Mrs. Chadwick began with Mr. Newton's suit for a fortune. A man who can loan $190,000 is sup posedly among the wealthy men of a city, and yet but few of the big bankers and brokers of Boston have an acquaintance with Mr. Newton. Herbert B. Newton, is considered by all who know him as a "hard-head ed business man, whose life has al ways been without reproach, according t the Boston Post. His present wealth be made himself. Thirty years ago he was a young ster living with his parents, Thomas F. and Rebecca (Harwich), Newton, in Haverhill, where he was born. His father was a poor man, being a shoe maker and depending upon the little savings which he made in his small shop for the support of his family. When Herbert Newton was about 16 he applied for and obtained a posi tion in the leather firm of Dennis Ken nedy in Haverhill., He went to work as a boy. He end ed by becoming a partner in the firm of Kennedy & Newton, and his suc cess was due wholly to his own efforts. He was known as a most domestic man, having a wife and six children, the oldest of whom Is 10 years of age. He is verv much devoted to his fam ily. In financial matters he has al ways been considered not only a man of the best judgment, but strictly sav ing. No one in Haverhill ever knew him to enter into a wildcat speculative echeme. He was rated to be a well-to-do man, though not a millionaire, four years ago when he withdrew from the partnership of Dennis Kennedy and Bottled down to retired private life. His name is still retained upon the Bign over the office of the firm and the best of relations exist to-day be tween himself and Mr. Kennedy. His partner expresses only his astonish ment that a man like Newton could have been induced to be made a fool of, as he terms It, by loaning money as he has done. Three months ago Mr. Newton re moved from Haverhill to Boston. It has been said that he came here in anticipation of his suit against Mrs. Chadwick. It is known, however, that for some years following his retire ment from the leather business in Hav erhill he had contemplated moving his family to Boston. In Haverhill from the first announce ment of the suit brought by Mr. New ton against Mrs. Chadwick there has been only the greatest amazement ex pressed by his many friends and busi ness acquaintances. He has always been a man of con servatism in his business affairs. He is not estimated to be worth enough money to be able to lose such a sum without feeling the effect of the loss. He has never heretofore been known as a banker and how he could have been Induced to loan to a strange wom an without security nearly $200,000 of the money which he had spent years In saving remains as great a mystery as ever to his friends. Meantime Mr. Newton smiles, ex tends every courtesy to reporters, ex cept the one of divulging the hidden reason for his little loan to Mrs. Chad wick. ANGRY MAIDS DUCK MAS. Members of US Class to Earn Pin Money Take Venaence. From the New York Press. Washington, N. J., Dec. 12.—Taking the law into their own hands, a dozen or more of the young women of Wash ington to-day constituted themselves a police force and a judge and jury and empowered themselves to carry out the punishment which they decreed for a man. 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If you try H will care you Isold under a positive ■mManUe t relieve and eure or money re funded v leasanft to the taste; l ottiatns no *Hl|i ni .!>( Jo f brittle. All drug £lsu nr addrste Aft Vh kilt MV (t HE lO.l’ldlaPa Jurors Who Are Trying Nan Patterson for the Murder of Caesar Young. they were laid upon the back and shoulders of C. B. Moyer. The fact that the water was near the freezing point and that the air was below it softened not the hearts of the village maids, and Moyer had to sit before a blazing fire in a neighborly house for more than an hour before he was thawed out. Moyer, the girls say, came here about two weeks ago and told them how they easily could earn $6 a week in their spare moments. All they had to do was to give him $2 for lessons or ma terial or something and the fives would flow in. Twenty paid for the lessons or whatever they were to get. Moyer went to Oxford, and the report has come here that he formed classes there also. In neither place was work pro vided for any of the girls, nor did they learn how to do it. Moyer came to Washington this morning, and Anna and Theresa Flan nagan, who had joined his class to make pin money for Christmas, met him as he stopped off the train. With out a word thev grabbed him, rushed him Into an empty box car and locked the door. Then they hunted up a half score other members of the $5 class. Returning to the ear, they took out their prisoner, hustled him to a stream near by and tumbled him, heels over head, Into the water. He clambered to his feet several times, but was shov ed down again. When the girls left him he went to a house and dried out. Then he bought a ticket for Scranton and boarded the first train going that wuv. GEORGIA AND FLORIDA SCOTT HURT BY MVLE. Judge J. B. Scott. ex-Mayor of Cor dele, is very ill at his home, suffering from a peculiar accident. He was feeding his stock and while in a sta ble a mule threw Jilin against a trough, breaking two ribs and otherwise in flicting severe wounds. Only a year ago the judge dropped a gun from his buggy, which discharged and caused the amputation of his right arm. WEBSTER MEN ACQUITTED. No bills were returned by the fed eral grand Jury at Columbus in the cases of John Pines. Jack Pines and Jasper Carter, three well known citi zens of Webster county who were charged with conspiracy as the result of the killing of Eli Daniel, a negro witness in a moonshine case last April. The negro, who was the principal wit ness for the government In a case in volving members of this family, was called from his house and shot to death. The jury Indicted in a fresh case William Colltne. an 80-year-old Meriwether county moonshiner, who was acquitted In one case the day be fore. COMMISSION SURVIVED. An election was held In DeKalb county Tuesday for the abolishment of the County Commissioners. The act under which the election was held re quires a majority of the full registra tion, which was 3,506. To abolish the commission it required a vote of 1,753. The commission won. WAS R ATHER SUGGESTIVE. La Grange Graphic: We see where an Alabama negro fell 83 feet down a shaft and still lives. Somehow this reminds us of the cotton market. HE STOLE COCAINE. Dink Bennett, a negro caught bur glarizing the Eureka Pharmacy in At lanta, on Decatur street, to secure co caine to satisfy the wild cravings of the drug habit, has been bound over to the state courts on the charge of bur glary. K. A. BANQUET FOR HOBSON. Macon News: Extensive preparations are now being made to entertain Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrlmac, when he arrives here Friday, and the indications are that the distinguished visitor will receive a royal reception. Capt. Hobson will probably be entertained by the mili tary of the city, and arrangements are now being made to have the military companies or the officers of the com panies take part. It is probable that a committee consisting of the officers of the three companies in Macon, to gether with the officers of the Second Georgia Regiment In Macon, will meet Capt. Hobson and will be present in the chapel when he lectures. Resides the reception he will be given in this manner, plans are being mude by the Kappa Alpha fraternity to give him a banquet and this will be one of the features of the visit of the famous Alabama officer, FLORIDA. OPTION FOR gIICMMKL The special committee appointed by the City Cotuuil of Tampa to Itivea tlgata the proposed sale of the Tam pa flay Hotel property to the city, con sulted Kumluy night with Frank (j. Brown, who has charge of the prop erty. The result of the confer rite* was that Col. Itrouu gave in* committee an option on the pioperty, under the w hit'll ih# (*tty ii,uv th# pr#f*rty, ihr hot hi wilt) #*li furiduhiiii* tb* 4*- 1 sum*, the power plant, alt the trail** SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1904. ings and their contents, the park, the fair grounds, and twenty-two acres of land outside the city limits, the laundry—in fact everything apper taining to the hotel property except two oil- paintings, one of Henry B. Plant and one entitled "After the Ball,” which hang in the lobby of the hotel, for the sum of $125,000. MOORE NOT GUILTY. George Moore was found not guilty of the murder of George Aid by a jury at Jacksonville. KILLED IN QUARREL OVER A PIG. One Berrien County Negro Shot An other and Was Exonerated. Tlfton, Ga., Dec. 15.—1n a difficulty over the ownership of a pig, Dan Burch shot and instantly killed Jessie Givens yesterday afternoon at Brookfield, eight miles from Tlfton, in Berrien county. Both were negroes. Givens claimed that Burch had took up one of his pigs, and went over to Burch's house, armed with a shotgun, and demanded the pig. Burch refused to give it up, claiming that Givens had sold the pig to his wife. This Givens denied, and made threats. Burch got his gun, and after a few words, shot Givens, killing him Instantly. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide, and Burch is at liberty. FOUND~FORTUNE IN BONDS IN AN OLD TRUNK. Had Bohr lit the Trank at Auction for $4. New York, Dec. 15.—Wrapped In a faded bit of brown paper at the bot tom of an old trunk that he bought at a storage warehouse at auction for $4, Max Hart, a poetofflee clerk of this city, has found bonds of a Southern electric lighting and water company which had a market value of between $17,500 and $20,000. Accrued Interest at 6 per cent., which has not been col lected for years, adds nearly SIO,OOO to the value of his find, which is esti mated by bank officials to be between $25,000 and SSO,OOO. Orders for Steel Rnlls. Philadelphia, Dec. 15.—Orders for the steel rail requirement of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company for their lines east and west of Pittsburg for the year 1905, amounting to 102,700 tons, were placed to-day as follows: United States Steel Corporation, 55,500; Lack awanna Steel Company, 7,000 tons: Cambria Steel Company, 20,100 tons and Pennsylvania Steel Company, 20,- 100 tons. The company will pay S2B a ton for the rails. The tonnage or dered is about of that ordered for this year. Street Fair at Ameriena. Amertcus. Ga., Dec. 15.—The street fair, under auspices of the Amerlcus Light Infantry, Is proving a decided success. To-night the Midway was crowded. The carnival may be ex tended another week if interest , in creases. The proceeds will be devoted to building an armory. STRENGTHENING THE DEFENSES AT PORT ARTHUR. fj-i*.': ' 4;',' ' ' ■">/•■ -- . j i v .>■ "■* * v ' "**'V •' 1 ' * if ■■ ■ *. •" i • tj'j : ■•- S ■ ■-. ff ' ';'m 'iJ A, ■ MiJi ' •* J 1 rf- • *JBiv JWtMfcfr *jyyfftfjgf'Tp liJyr * W^x^AJBSn9NBMH^■.. Jr\k At Um Ja }<aiii mt fcuMUfii ilmu ut arrr mikl in au r in |***ri Afilmr, Ilia* •tti*”|/u#, *m#|iim iiimmi |*oih; fut f#*|M f, >ii -4IIMM It insngttmil Ulttf iMil*!’ WANTED IN TWO STATES For Iforse .stealing In Texas and Forgery in Georgia. Tlfton, Ga., Deo. 15. —About three weeks ago, Chief J. B. Cason, of Ash burn, received a postal c'ard, giving a description of a man wanted in Cass county, Texas, for skipping out with a pair of horses and a buggy, which was the property of a citizen of that county. Cason soon located J. P. Roach, a young white man, working at a saw mill near Ashburn, and sent his brother, Tom Cason, to arrest him. Roach had left Sycamore several months before for Mississippi, and from there it is said went to Texas. He has been living in Worth county about six weeks since his return home. He had formerly lived In Franklin coun ty, and during his residence there mar ried. Roach’s wife accompanied Officer Cason to the station, and during the trip Roach made an attempt to escape by jumping from the buggy, but the officer was too quick for him. and land ed him safely in Ashburn jail. The Texas officers had offered a re ward of $25 for Roach, and they were immediately notified. In the meantime Roach tapped the wire, letting his people know tWat he was in trouble, and the Sheriff of Franklin county, who had a warrant for his arrest for forgery, caught on to. his capture, and hurried to Ashburn for his prisoner. He had no offer of a. reward, but the Ashburn officer .i decided to turn the prisoner over to him upon the jfay ment of $25 costs. Ruach was carried to'Franklin coun ty by Sheriff Clodfelter, accompanied by his young wife, where he will an swer the charge of‘ forgery. The Cass county officer, it is stated, did not get his requisition papers In time from the Governor, and they will not get him, until the authorities in Franklin county get through with him. Grand .Inry’s Thnnks to Judge Speer. Valdosta, Ga.. Dec. 15.—The grand jury of the United States court, upon Its adjournment yesterday, adopted the following resolutions: ■‘Resolved, that we tender our thanks to the Hon. Emory Speer for his able and eloquent charge to the grand Jury, and for his wise and impartial admin istration of justice. It is especially gratifying to us to find that he so con ducts the affairs of his court as to command the, admiration and confi dence of the public at large, and also to find that our people are becoming more attached to his court.” ■ Thin Stops Boxing. Chicago, Dec. 15. —The death blow to boxing In' Chicago was adminis tered to-day by Mayor Carter H. Har rison. To the clubs that have been conducting boxing contests of any kind, and Chief of Police O’Nell, for enforcement, Mayor Harrison has sent copies of an opinion by Corporation Counsel Tolmfcn. which holds that prise fighting anywhere within the v state is a felony and that witnesses are guilty of a misdemeanor. 1,000,000 CASES OF GRIP CURED BY Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic Office of CALDWELL COMMISSION CO. CHICAGO, ILL., Jan. 21, 1890. MR. A. B. GIRARDEAU, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir—My son, a man of thirty years, was attacked with La Grippe, and believing it to be of malarial origin, took your Johnson’s Tonic as direct ed for Chills and fever. The result was he escaped the fever which follows the severe aching, and was able to be at work the second day. I was taken wtth the disease. Every bone in me began to ache, and my suffering was great. I was compelled to go home and to bed. I fully expected to be there a week. My son told me of his experience, and urged me to take Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic. I did so— took it with regularity all through the night—and was agreeably surprised to see that no Fever came. I continued until I had taken eight doses—felt weak and exhausted, but no fever, and aching disappeared. • Next morning I had a good appetite for my breakfast, and felt quite well, and went to my business as well as I ever was. Since then I have tried it with like results on two other cases. Yours truly, W. W. CALDWELL,' President and Manager. The Best Thing to Use for Fever and the Only Thing to Use for LA GRIPPE LOOKS LIKE BLACK. Republican Forces Seem to Be Rally ing to Him. New York. Dec. 15.—Gov. Odell and many of his lieutenants held a long conference to-day at the Republican Club to discuss the senatorship and other matters of importance to the Re publican organization. At the con ference both Senator Depew and for mer Gov. Black, the two candidates for the senatorship, were represented. The Herald will say to-morrow: “Twenty-six leaders were in the con ference, which was held In a parlor of the Republican Club. They were asked by the Governor to say whether they desired the re-election of Senator Depew or the election Of Mr. Black. Seventeen of them declared for Black, seven for Depew and two of them. Gov. Odeli and Speaker Nixon, indi cated no preference. “At the close of the discussion. Gov. Odell said the sentiment as represent ed by the leaders seemed to be over whelmingly for Mr. Black; that he ha® done nothing to influence and had nev er requested any legislator to desert Senator Depew. He said if there should be a contest in the caucus, Senator Depew would be able to count fewer than forty votes of the 140 Re publican legislators. “This assertion attracted much at tention. It will require 101 votes to elect a senator:” 725 Miles by Wireless. Kansas City, .Mo., Dec. 15. —Wireless telegraph messages were sent to-day from Kansas City to Cleveland, 0., 725 miles, without relaying. This is said to be the longest distance over land ever covered. THE VOTE IN NEW YORK. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 15.—Roosevelt’s plurality in the state of New York at the last election was 175,552, as shown by the official returns certified to-day by the board of state can vassers. That of Higgins for Gover nor was 80,506. Parker is shown to have run nearly 49,000 behind Herrick, the Democratic candidate for Gover nor. The highest Roosevelt elector secured a total of 859.533 votes; the highest Parker elector receiving 688,- 981. The other party totals for Pres ident are: Debs, Social Democrat, 35,- 883; Swallow, Prohibition, 20,787; Cor rigan, Socialist Labor, 9,127; Watson, Populist Peoples party, 7,459. DEAD HOTTENTOTS FOUND ON THE FIELD. Berlin, Dec. 15.—Lieut. Gov. Von Trotha, commander-in-chief of the German forces in German, Southwest Africa, telegraphing from Windhoek, says fifty or sixty dead Hottentots were found on the field after the natives fight with Col. Delmling’s force Dec. 5. The latter captured 3,000 head of cattle. Thirty-six settlers have been murder ed by Witbois in the southern part of the colony since the rising and five settlers are missing. JAPAN IS BITTEV AGAINST CHILIANS. Toklo, Dec. 5, 4 p. m.—There is a growing feeling of resentment here against Chile. Discussing the question with the Associated Press correspond ent to-day, an official said that, in the event of Chile selling warships to Rus sia, Japan will unquestionably take the first opportunity to settle the score. The Japanese government is beln£ urged to pointedly Inform Chile that Japan will demand indemnity when free to enforce such demand at the end of the war with Russia. FRIGATE CONSTELLATION IS TRIM AND SOUND. New York, Dec. 15. —The frigate Constellation, the oldest ship In the American navy, after having been thoroughly overhauled and made taut and trim again, was recommissioned to-day at the navy yard in Brooklyn. She was launched in 1797. She has had a memorable career and those who have examined her In her refitted con dition express the opinion that she is good for another hundred years. She will be used as a receiving ship at Newport. CHADWICK EXPECTSTO RETURN TO AMERICA. Paris, Dec. 16.—Dr. Leroy 8. Chad wick Is still here. During a conver sation last night Dr. Chadwick was asked If Irl Reynolds' charges against him might lead to prolonging his stay In Europe. Dr. Chadwick replied that It was still his intention to return to America. "Do you expect to be Included In the charges?" the Doctor w#s asked. "Most certainly not." he replied. Will Appeal the Case. Denver, Col., Dec. it,— *l a meeting In the office of Milton Smith, chairman I of the Democratic KUte Central Coin fllittfd* iltliflldftd !>V f Jt-HUD TM t |ao<4. rn *i>4 Mtuirnfyi, it bn* b*m 4*rl4#4 i ugn * Um [court. Estate of Blair. St. Louis, Dec. 16.—An Inventory of the estate of James L. Blair, who died at Eustis, Fla., Jan. 16 last, filed with the probate court to-day shows per sonal property aggregating $83,504. The total life Insurance carried by Mr. Blair amounted to over $1,000,000, but some of the largest policies were as signed before death, while others are still in litigation. Hearst Wants to Know. Washington, Dec. 15. —Representa- tive Hearst of New York to-day intro duced a resolution calling on the Pres ident and Postmaster General for the facts regarding the dismissal of Keel er and Cunningham from the postal service. Bark Was Dnmaged. London, Dec. 15.—The Norwegian bark Patagonia, Capt. Johanson, from Mobile, has arrived at Granton, Scot land. with bulwarks and deckhouses damaged. Two boats were carried off during the passage. Tolstoi Starts Libraries. Moscow, Dec. 15.—Count Tolstoi has opened book stores here and at St. Petersburg and is offering to provide village libraries with books at cheap prices. OBITUARY. Norman MaeOoll, London. London, Dec. 15.—Norman MocColl, former editor of the Athaneum, died in London to-day of heart disease. He was born In 1843. —Brian G. Hughes, the New York practical Joker, began his career in that capacity by “putting up a Job” on a number of unsuspecting friends some time ago. He went to the trou ble to box up a harmless little pow der, which was labeled "Poison to Roaches," and this he distributed widely among his friends. Each pack age contained a slip announcing that the second box of the preparation would be infallible. A number of peo ple were Induced to ask for this box. The second box contained the follow ing directions: "First catch the roach, then hold It firmly and tickle It with a feather till It laughs, then drop some of the powder down Its throat and choke It.” —President George F. Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading . Railroad is one of the most democratic railroad presidents in the country. Show has no place with him. His tastes are far too simple to require the adjunct of at tendants to dunce at his beck and call. Nor Is he given to dispatching mes sengers with mandatory requests to report at his office. Those whose busi ness calls them to the Reading termi nal In Philadelphia have time and again seen Mr. Baer passing from his own to the offices of other official* minus a coat. His recreation Is con fined very largely to an occasional day spent on his farm, near Reading. DR. PERKINS’ --American Herbs - Guaranteed to Cure Asthma, Lunga, Rheumatism. Kidney Disorders. Liver Complaint Constipation. Nick and Nervous Headache. Neuralgia. 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