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THE CHRISTMAS TREE
AT EPWORTH CHURCH.
Following Programme To-morrow
Sight Glftn Will Ue Distributed.
The Christmas exercises of Epworth
Methodist Sunday-school to-morrow
night promises to surpass any the
■chool has ever given. The decorations
•will be especially attractive and ap
propriate.
Garlands of bamboo vines will be
hung from the highest point in
the building to each of the corners,
and from the center of this a large an
chor. covered with cedar, will be sus
pended. The altar rail and folding
doors leading to the primary depart
ment will be tastefully decorated with
holly and vines. A large star and
cross will complete the decorations.
The Christmas tree, which will be
loaded with presents for members of
the school, will be ornamented with
tinsel and lighted tapers. SaDta Claus
will make his -appearance through an
improvised chimney and fireplace,
■which will occupy a space near the
tree. The following programme will
be rendered:
Song, '“Over the Village."
Prayer by the pastor, Rev. I. P. Ty
son.
Scripture lesson, by Mr. R. W. Farr.
Song, "Do the Angels Sing?”
Recitation. •"A New Santa Claus,”
by Florie Preston.
Exercises by infant class.
Exercise, "A Christmas•Vcrostic,” by
nine girls.
Song, “Through the Star-lit Air.
Recitation, "A Borrowed Chimney,"
by Valeria Gravson.
“Holly Wreath Drill,” by fourteen
girls.
Song, “Glad Hosannas Voicing.
Distribution of presents, fruit and
candy.
Benediction.
MORE STRINGENT
STEAMBOAT LAWS
Will Result In Greater Safety to
Passengers.
Mr. John W. Oast, supervising in
spector of steam vessels, spent yester
day in Savannah on his way to Flor
ida. During the day he visited a num
ber of steamboats. He is just from
"Washington, where the Board of Su
pervising Inspectors has been in ses
sion since October, framing the revised
regulations, which have just been ap
proved by the Secretary of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, and. a
synopsis of which was printed in the
Morning News yesterday.
Mr. Oast would not discuss the ac
tion of the Board of Supervising In
spectors at any length He said, how
ever, that the rules which were draft
ed will result in greater security to
life and property. There are some
radical changes in the old rules as to
life-saving equipment and as to the
licensing officers.
sons of Veterans met
AND RECEIVED MEMBERS.
The Ball Committee Made a. Moat
Fnvoraltle Report.
At a meeting of the Sons of Con
federate Veterans at the Chatham Ar
tillery Hall last night, five new mem
bers were received Jnto the organiza
tion, and the Ball Committee made
its report.
The report of the committee indicat
ed that the entertainment on the night
of Jan. 2 would be one of the most
brilliant affairs of the kind ever given
in Savannah. An unusually large
number of tickets have been disposed
of. The cause for which the ball is
being given is one that is increasing
its dependency on all loyal Southerners
each year—the sustenance of the poor
veterans and their widows. Refresh
ments will be served and an orches
tra will furnish the music. A commit
tee has been appointed to decorate the
ball room.
SELF DEFENSE*PLEA
ENTERED BY “POSSUM.”
And as Heunlt I'pnhaw Was Re
luunded to Superior Court.
Lindsey Upshaw -and Joseph (Pos
sum) McKnight, principals in the pis
tol duel in a Broughton street saloon
Saturday afternoon, were arraigned
before the Recorder yesterday morn
ing. Upshaw was bound over to the
Superior Court on the charge of as
suit with intent to murder and for
operating a gaming house.
The statement of McKnight was
amusing, as he explained to the Re
corder how the game of skin, which
seemed to be the favorite pastime In
Upshaw s place, was played. “Possum “
as McKnight is more familiarly known,
said when Upshaw commenced shoot
ing at him like he “was a Jay on a
limb” he pulled his iron and took a
shot, too. The court sustained his plea
of self-defense, and he was discharged.
CITY BREVITIES.
Rufus Barnett was arrested yester
day afternoon, charged with the lar
ceny of clothing from Ed White.
Florence Garret was remanded to the
City Court by the Recorder yesterday
morning on the charge of larceny of a
skirt from Martha Turner.
A motion for anew trial has been
filed by the defendants in the case of
W. E. Norton against John Rourke &
Sons. The Jury at the first trial found
for the plaintiff.
The Citizens Bank yesterday declar
ed a dividend of $3 a share on its cap
ital stock and carried SIOO,OOO to its re
serve fund. The dividend, as will be
seen by the advertisement, is payable
"now."
Jim Parker, colored, was bound over
to the City Court yesterday by the
Recorder on the charge of having
stolen a pipe wrench from J. H. Um
bach. Detective Mose Davis made the
arrest.
In the case of Paul Seabrook against
Raglan Williams, an account of which
has been given heretofore In the Morn
ing News, the Jury in the .Superior
Court yesterday returned a verdict for
the plaintiff.
Fred Cullls, a 15-year-old colored
boy, was remanded to the City Court
by Recorder Myrtrk yesterday, on the
charge of the larceny of a bicycle tamp
from Charles Handers, an employe of
ihe Western Union Telegraph Com
panj*.
drawing a pistol and pointing it
• t Minnie Bellinger to enforce an argu
ment. Mamuel Fields, colored, was re
manded to the Ctty Court yesterday
for trial. The woman said ah* felt
like she waa near to her Lord when
katnurl drew the shooting Iron.
* T. Crosby, H white man, was
irrWH on West Itrusd slraet by Fa
■ roinmo Fateh yesterday on (tie
i-starg* of being drank and disorderly
SM OMWtng to Ibe Hem-nee ui ladle.
-I.* 0 * hsrthaiardy noisy „od
a ? * J* **‘<Hal peu|4. Immediately
nan *1.4 was arsing when g/>
GRANGER-STUBBS CO.
TO CHANGE ITS NAME.
lnlrrfata of the Stuhbs nought by
llurvey Granger and C. E. Lenta.
A change in the name and person
nel of the Granger-Stubbs Lumber
Company will take place Jan. 1 when
the name of the company will be
changed to Granger & Lewis, and the
Messrs. F. B. and S. J. Stubbs will re
tire from the concern. The entire In
terests of the Messrs. Stubbs has been
purchased by the remaining members
of the company.
Further than this change in name
and ownership, however, nothing will
be done, and the company will con
tinue to have Us headquarters at Sa
vannah, with Mr. Harvey Granger in
charge, and will also maintain its of
fices at Baltimore, New York and
Jacksonville.
Mr. Charles E. Lewis, whose name
•appears as the junior member of the
new firm, has been a partner in it
since it succeeded E. B. Hunting &
Cos., about two years ago, and prior
to that time was a member of the
Hunting concern. He Will continue as
the Northern representative of the
company.
Mr. Harvey Granger has just return
ed from Baltimore, where he closed
the arrangements for the change in
the firm. He was too busy to give
much attention to trade matters while
away, but from what he learned, he
believes that the new year will be an
excellent one in every department of
the trade.
“A BARBARIAN SURVIVAL.”
Editor Morning News: In your is
sue of Dec. 20, under the head of “A
Barbarian Survival,” you comment on
the brutality of people who pay from
$5 to S2O to see a bloody prize fight,
and also the cruelty of people in New
York who watched eagerly a fight be
tween a cat and a dog, until a police
man mercifully put an end with his
club to the sufferings of both. You
say thaj “all this, of course, is a re
minder that if our much vaunted
civilization be scratched, barbarianism
will be found beneath the surface.”
Permit me to sustain two proposi
tions, the first one of which is not rele
vant to this subject, but the second one
is. First, I hold that superstition is
the sign and proof of religion, for su
perstition implies a belief in the ex
istence of God, and in a spiritual life.
The extinction of superstition would
mean a belief in materialism, a belief
in the non-existence of a personal God,
in the materiality of the soul. It was
the destruction of superstition that pro
duced a Herbert Spencer, a George
Eliot, a Haeckel. Superstition is sim
ply an exaggerated belief in man’s
ability to communicate in some way
with a spiritual world. It implies re
ligion. just as the unpleasant odor of
a certain tropical fruit betrays the
neighboi iod of the cream-like food.
In the second place, the love of strife
which is found in most men is neces
sary to the preservation of human lib
erty.
From a window of the High School
I saw the other day n fight between
two school urchins. Four men walk
ing together down Bull street stopped
to see the fight, and interfered not. It
was only when a woman teacher put an
end to the fight that the men slunk
away. And yet they simply showed the
spirit of which made it possible for a
handful of patriots to overthrow —in
1776 the power in this country of Great
Britain, which rendered possible the
defeat by. a weak republic of that same
power in 1812. Adherence to the doc
trine of the Quaker would render every
country so believing liable to the fate
of the Sybarites.
To resume and condense the points
of my argument: Superstition is the
sigh and proof of religion, and the love
of battle is the evidence of men’s abil
ity and disposition to fight for their
liberties. John M. Gannon.
GEORGIA CHAPTER NO. 3,
R. A. M., ELECTED OFFICERS.
At a meeting of Georgia Chapter,
No. 3, R. A. M., last night, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the en
suing yeair. J
H. P.—B. P. Axson.
K.—W. W. Edgerton.
S.—C. A. Emerson.
Treasurer—H. S. Colding. \
Secretary—W. S. Rockwell. ’
C. of H.—Henry McAlpin.
P. S.—H. M. Ward.
R. A. C.—F. B. Torlay.
M. Ist V.—H. B. Beatty.
M. 2nd V.—J. C. Butner.
M. 3rd V.—B. D. Haines. *
Sentinel—Thomas Robin.
Organist—Thomas Wetgand.
WILL CONDEMN SHELL
ON GASTON STREET.
A resolution providing for the, con
demnation of the shell pavement on
Gaston street between Price and Tatt
nall, was passed by Council last night.
The director of public works and
the city engineer were direoted to ex
amine the pavement and report upon
its condition to Council. This will be
done in time for the next regular meet
ing. and the pavement will then be
condemned.
LOCAL PERSONALS.
Mr. John J. Karle. of Valdosta, is a
guest at the Pulaski.
Mr. P. H. Seabrook. of Charleston, is
a guest at the Pulaski.
Mr. T. O. Phillips, of Cincinnati, is
at the Screven House.
Mr. R. J. Rogers, of Bellville, is
stopping at the Pulaski.
Mr. W. A. Price, of Waycross, is
stopping at the Pulaski.
Mr. M. C. Vandiver, of Atlanta, is
stopping at the Pulaski.
Mr. Emery Smart, of Boston, is re
registered at the De Solo.
Mr. George W. Patterson, of Tal
lahassee, is a guest at the De Soto.
Mr. O. S. Anderson and Mr. J. H.
Bussey, of Syivanlu, are stopping at
the Pulaski.
Miss Fay Chalres and Miss Sadie
Bufdge, of JaeksonviUe, are stopping
at the De Soto.
Mr. H. M. Robertson and Mr. H. M.
Robertson, Jr„ of Brooklet, Ga., are
registered at the Screven House.
R. T. Wilson, Jr.. Esq., of New
York, who. with his family, is spend
ing the winter at his beautiful place.
Palmetto Bluff, H. wa tn the city
yesterday. He came over to see his
■team yacht Halcyon, which I* under
going Home slight rrpulrs at Ilourke's.
Mr. D. O. Groff, formerly connected
with the Morning News, but now edi
tor of the Jessamine News, at Nicholas
viil*. Ky„ Is In the city for the holi
days. He I* accompanied by hi* air*.
After a week or ten day* here they
will go to Florida for a couple of
weeks,
Mr. lysis If. Mercer, a son of Ciff.
i tieorge A Mwier. of Ibis city, who
! ha* iteeit in istsittess in New York
j fui **vac| yea i* I a now a |Ai toe* m th*
linn f P<' fch.iin M<-t >*i A (V cotnotl*.
•Pat dealers In cotton, aim a*, gialn etc
i Mr, Mt<•< * maty Irhnd* in M* ton -
| nail Wilt ta pleased to I**l n of hut
| eminent *orc*** In Ilf*.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1904.
THE
BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT
For Wife, Mot Her, Daughter
tSister or Sweetheart
By this Sign | \ These Machines
you may know are never sold
and will find to dealers -
Singer Stores a \ Only from Maker
Everywhere J to User
mm?
A small payment down, the rest at
convenient intervals.
Four different Kinds and a wide
range of prices to suit.
Select Now-Delivery when wanted
Get the Best and you get the Singer
150 Whitaher Street,
Savannah, Georgia.
THEY LABORED FOR
EIGHT DAYS AND NIGHTS.
Crew of the Schooner Goodwin
Worked Pumps Ceaselessly.
New York, Dec. 21. —A story of
eight days and night* of ceaseless la
bor under the most disheartening con
ditions, with death constantly staring
them in the face, was told to-day by
the ten shipwrecked sailors of the
erdw of the Poitland, Me., schooner
Clara Goodwin, who were brought
here to-day on the schooner Martha
Wallace.
The men were taken from the sink
ing Goodwin off Cape Henry last
Friday. They were in a terribly ex
hausted condition and still showed
the effects of their experience when
they arrived here to-day.
The Clara Goodwin sailed from
Tampa, Fla., on Dec. 1, bound for
Philadelphia. On Dec. 8, while between
Capes Hatteras and Lookout. the
schooner ran into a northeast hurri
cane, which continued for many hours,
and before it had spent its force the
schooner had sprung a leak and be
gun to fill rapidly.
The steam pumps were worked to
their full capacity, but still the water
in the hold increased in depth and
the schooner became unmanageable.
With all hands at the hand pumps, a
slight lead on the water was gained,
and finally the schooner was worked
into the southwest of Diamond
Shoals, where temporary shelter was
found. The wind shifted, and she was
again at the mercy of the waves.
Then followed a week of unremitting
toil, the conditions growing more un
bearable every day , and hope had al
most been abandoned when the Wal
lace observed the signal of distress.
Before leaving the waterlogged
craft, Capt. Osterman applied the
torch and left her with every sail set,
and the flames mounted skyward.
BOUGHT THE YACHT ~
OF ANTHONY DREXEL.
London, Dec. 21.—1 tis stated that
Russia has bought Anthony J. Drexel's
fine steam yacht Margarita, paying
$650,000.
Gate Receipts *2.00.
San Francisco, Dec. 21.—The total
gate receipts of the Britt-Nelson fight
were $26,900, of which Britt received
$8,877; Nelson, $5,918, and the Yosemite
Club, $12,105.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Edward F. Neufville.
Mrs. Edward F. Neufville died at 6
o’clock yesterday afternoon at her
home, No. 204 Oglethorpe avenue, west,
from heart failure. Her death was
wholly unexpected. She flad been com
plaining slightly during the day, but
her indisposition was not regarded as
at all serious. Mrs. Neufville was a
daughter of Commodore Josiah Tatt
nall. She was born in Middletown,
Conn., seventy years ago during the
temporary residence of her parents
there. Her husband died in Savannah
about fifteen years ago. Mrs. Neuf
vtlle's maiden name was Harriet Fen
wttek Her only surviving
relatives are her brother. Capt. J. R.
F. Tattnall, and her niece. Mrs. W.
J. B. Adams. She was a devout mem
ber of Christ Church, from which her
funeral will take place, probably to
morrow.
Mr*. Aaney- Padgett, Glennvllle.
Glehnvllle. 0Bt„ Dec. 21.—Mrs. Nancy
Pudgett, wife of Mr. Charles Pad
gett, one of the old and substantial
citizens of Tattnall county, died this
morning at her home, tn her 73rd year.
Besides her husband, she leaves one
brother, Mr. B. H. Anderson, West
Tampa, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. H. E.
Padgett, Ghicora, Fla.; four daughters,
Mrs. J. A. Kennedy, Mrs. G. W. Hall
man, Mrs, Eli Beasley, Mrs. J. L.
Standfleld, and two sons, D. J. and C.
C. Padgett.
Henry Mallory, Hamilton, O.
Hamilton, 0., Dec. 21.—Dr. Henry
Mallory, aged 82. who has resided here
three score years and was a native of
Virginia, died to-night. He was prom
inently connected with medical socie
ties and the Masons and was well
known throughout Ohio as a leading
Methodist,
J. L. Iluilil, De* Maine*, la.
Des Moines, la., Dec. 21.—A telegram
whs received here to-day from San
Antonio, announcing the death of Prof.
J. L. Budd, for twenty-two years at
the head of the horticultural depart
ment at the lowa Htate Agricultural
College.
Admiral Omniiiitnry, London.
Portsmouth. England, Dec. 21.—Ad
miral Hlr Erasmus Onimanney, the
“father of the British navy," died here
to-day after a lengthy Illness. He was
the last survivor of the buttls of Nav
rlno.
Mr*. M C. Sapp, Oclll*.
• K ills, G* . I!*< . 2|,— Mrs. M. Happ
died yesterday, Ph* wi formerly
Miss Thompson of Hryan county, and
a niece of Mr. T. W. tClarb*# of Jsi k
j aonvtll*. Flu , and of Mr*. H. V,
J Paulk of I hi* ptai e
Gear** 1.. *hp. Noise, Idaho.
Nolo*. Idaho ll* 21 floor** |,
j Ms| Oitp. fui uipf I 'll!I#4 H(*if**# iPGVtui
I liftfit 41*4 r <o-4*/.
STRUCK THE TEXAS.
Plates Smashed by a Derrick That
Broke Adrift.
New York, Dec. 21.—Breaking five
great cables as i,f they had been
threads, the 100-ton floating derrick
Hercules, moored to the side of the
new battleship Connecticut, broke
adrift in the navy yard basin in Walla
bout bay to-day, and crashed into the
stern of the battleship Texas, smashing
several plates and so injuring the war
vessel that she will have to go into
the drydock.
In the basin when a fierce squall
swept over it were the TdXas, Illinois,
Kentucky, Tacoma and Minneapolis.
The Hercules was securely tied to the
Connecticut and was landing grea(t
armor plates on the decks. The strain
caused by the heavy wind caused the
cables to break, and the derrick start
ed up the bay towards the warships.
Two tugs, the Narkeeta and Pen
tucket, were hastily dispatched to
catch the fleeing derrick, which was
making directly for the Tacoma and
Minneapolis, moored close together.
The Pentueket caught the Hercules
when almost upon the warships and
made fast to her. Before the derrick
could be controlled, it swung around
and struck the Texas squarely in the
sternaost.
ZEMSTVOS "CAN’T WIN.
No Change In Government While the
War In On.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 21.—Emperor
Nicholas is holding councils daily at
Tsarskoe-Selo, at which, it is under
stood, the internal situation in Russia
is being thoroughly discussed.
Prince Sviatopolk-Mlrsky laid before
the council the addresses and resolu
tions adopted by the Congress of Zem
stvos, which was held here last month.
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky, M. Witte
and Count Solsky favored a policy of
concession, but the others opposed such
a policy on the ground that the de
mands of the Zemstvoists were sub
versive of the essential principles of the
autocracy. In the opinion of the coun
cil it is not time to entertain proposals
looking to a change in the existing
form of government while war is in
progress, and it was decided to dis
courage political agitation.
Measures will be drawn up relative
to the distress consequent upon mobili
zation.
n ALLOTS Fit ADPLENT.
So Declared Handwriting Experts at
Denver.
Denver, Col., Dec. 21.—The report
presented to the Supreme Court to-day
by the handwriting experts who exam
ined the ballots in the box from pre
cinct 2, ward 4, of this city, showed
that of 356 votes, 144 were apparently
fraudulent.
One hundred a id forty ballots with
the Democratic heading, were reported
to have been written by five persons,
one of whom had written 119. Four
ballots with the Republican heading
had been written by two persons.
There wore in the box 177 Democratic
and 28 Republican ballots, whteh ap
peared to be .regular.
M. M. Hamm, Republican expert,
testified to his belief, that on closer ex
amination at least 100 ballots which
appeared to be regular would prove
to bo fraudulent. George H. King
Democratic expert, also testified that
there probably were some fraudulent
votes which had not been detected in
the hurried examination of the ballots.
MAJ. HARDINACQUITTED.
Manila, Dec. 22.—Maj. Edward VE.
Hardin, Seventh United States Infan
try, who was court-martialed on a
charge of neglect in not having a suffi
cient guard at Malafe prison, from
which thirty-three native prisoners es
caped. was acquitted to-day.
VAN SWINDKREK—GLOER, WASH
INGTON.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Jonkheer
Rene De Marees Van Swlnderen. the
Netherlands minister, and Miss Eliza
beth Lindsay Glover, the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Glover, were
married at noon to-day in the Church
of the Epiphany by the Rt. Rev. Hen
ry Yates Satterlee, Bishop of Wash
ington. the rectiu- of Epiphany, llev.
If. M’cKlin. landing the bntrothal.
After the ceremony the wedding guests
were entertained it break lust at the
! home of Mr. and Mrs. Glover.
CAMP—ARMSTRONG, OCALA.
Ocala, Fla. Dec. 21.—Card* are out
! announcing the marriage of Miss Lu<-y
i Cump of this city to Mr. Oeorge F<-r
--; kusoii Armstrong of Kavannsh, The
j ceremony will take place at the Bap
list Church In thla city, on Wednes
day, Jan. 4, 1905. Miss Camp is a
daughter of Mr. W. N. Camp, the
; phosphate magnate, and la a most
I < harming an I accomplished * young
I llMly ' _
Gulch l.o*l In Farr,
Buffalo, N Y., live. 21. - Frank tlsidt,
j the American, to-night lost a handi
<ap match to Jim Farr, the English
at seller - tlofvh undertook to throw
| ILrr three limes In ait hour. Me aim
on* fall in thinv *|* minute* thirty
I siMiMhd#. and <ti* second ill nevem*#i
minute* and trii second* This left
only sis Ihlitu*** and I wept y m< ii4i
I for Goi'li to win th* float Farr wa*
*ii no danger when time was railed
OPENS THE WAY TO
KEKWAN MOUNTAIN.
Continued from First page.
the eastern fortified ridges. The Jap
anese now hold five of the seven pro
tecting forts.
FROM A RIDE ALONG
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
Correspondent Describe* Conditions
Among the Soldiers.
Correspondence of the Associated
Press on the Front Line of Russian
Defence, Below Mukden, Nov. 20.—The
thermometer is 5 degrees below zero.
There has not beA much snow yet,
but it is perishing cold and fuel is al
most at prohibitive prices.
We have just come in, from a ride
around the front. It was nearly a mile
to the extreme front through fields of
cut kaolin, the giant millet of Afan
churia, which is being rapidly burned
for fuel. Whole villages of Chinese
huts have been gutted of every parti
cle of wookwork for the same purpose.
Nearly the whole of the army is living
underground, where body heat has to
serve - instead of fires.
It was ride to the trenches.
We Caught up with the officer of the
day visiting his outposts, and accom
panied him along miles of trenches,
where the ground is already frozen a
foot deep, and thousands of soldiers
are working rapidly extending the lines
of defense and burrowing into the
ground for bombproofs and dugouts be
fore the frost gets a real grip on things,
and the ground freezes like granite,
seven feet down.
Towards noon we came to an exten
sive entrenchment and encampment,
where numerous little fires were burn
ing and big kettles, swung from cross
sticks, showed that the soldiers were
preparing tea. Here the general com
manding and a group of staff officers
welcomed us and in addition to the tea
one of them actually produced a lemon
to go with the tea. How a lemon ever
got into that part of Manchuria was a
mystery that the lieutenant refused to
solve.
Ahead of us on the reverse face of
the cliff were scores of what looked
like gigantic swallows’ nests. They
were simply holes in the cliff, each hole
thatched around with a woven tunnel
of kaolin stalks. Here the men live
a dozen to the dugout, packed like
sardines at night for warmth, but com
fortable. Some of the officers' dug
outs, are fairly luxurious.
CLADO'AGAIN TALKS.
.Makes Statements Relleetlng I’pon
Great Britain’s Honesty.
Paris, Dec. 21. —Capt. Clado, who was
detached from Vice Admiral Rojest
vensky’s squadron to testify before the
International Commission, made state
ments during his journey to Paris that
are exciting considerable stir in official
and diplomatic circles ‘as indicating a
rather defiant and belligerent tone on
the eve of the assembling of the com
mission.
Some of Clado’s statements were
strongly antagonistic to Great Britain,
he declaring that the British agithtion
over the North Sea incident leading
up to the appointment of the interna
tional commission was a plan to delay
the Russian Second Pacific squadron
from relieving Port Arthur. He -also
asserted that another campaign, hav
ing for its object, the passage of the
Dardanelles by the Russian Black sea
fleet, will be launched at an opportune
time. In the meantime, he added, men
and equipments in the Black sea fleet
will be sent to aid the Second Pacific
squadron.
It was pointed out at the British em
bassy that Clado is not a member of
the commissibn, but only a witness and
therefore no official cognizance will be
taken of his staterrt^nts.
YEZOE PROMOTED
AFTER HIS DEATH.
Tokio, Dec. 21.—Admiral Togo, who
has personally made a series of obser
vations of the Russian battleship Se- -
vastopol, telegraphs to the Navy De
partment, expressing the opinion that
the Sevastopol is disabled.
Commander Yezoe, who was killed
while torpedoing the Sevastopol, has
been promoted and has been given oth
er posthumous honors.
COOK FOUND GUILTY.
Ocala, Fla., Dec. 21.—1n the Circuit
Court, now in session here, Fred Cook,
who killed Isaiah Pitts, near this city,
a few months ago, was found guilty of
murder in the first degree. There is
also strong evidence for believing that
Cook killed Wilborn Ruta, the hack
man, who was mysteriously murdered
a few weeks prior to the killing of
Pitts.
HIBERNIANS*OPPOSE IT.
No Arbitration With Great llritain,
Say Son* of Erin.
Boston, Dec. 21.—The Ancient Order
of Hibernians of Massachusetts, num
bering about 30,000 members, went on
record to-day as opposing a treaty of
arbitration between the United States
and Great Britain.
Marram Case Proceed*.
Winchester, Ky., Dec. 21.—1n the
Marcum SIOO,OOO damage suit to-day
Judge Benton overruled the motion of
defendant's counsel that peremptory
instructions for the defendants be giv
en, Judge Benton also overruled a
motion to set aside the swearing In
of the Jury and ordered the case to
proceed.
Took a North Carolina Charter.
Raleigh. N. C„ Dec. 21—The Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad Company
was to-day domesticated as a North
Carolina corporation under the
“Qralgc act.” The Louisville and
Nashville's only connection with North
Carolina is as a part of the Atlantic
Coast Line system, as the corporation
proper owns no line in the state.
A HAPPY
HOME
I* one where heatth abound*.
With Impure blood there cannot
be good health. •
With a disordered UVERthen
cannot be good blood.
Tlilt’s Pills
revivify the torpid LIVER and region
U* natural actio*.
A healthy LIVER means pan
blood. —mmmmrnaPv.
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CASTOR I A!
for Infants and Children,
The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa*
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Just-as-good” are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
The Kind You Have Always Bought;
yj Bears the Signature of
In'Use For Over 30 Years.
▼HK CCNT.U. 80M.... TT STWKCT. New YORK CITY.
STRUCK BY TIDAL WAVE.
Steamship Kroonland Had Worst
Voyage of Its Experience.
New York, Dec. 21. —After a stormy
voyage, during which she was struck
by a tidal wave, the Red Star line
steamship Kroonland arrived to-day
from Antwerp.
The voyage was the worst the vessel
has ever experienced. There Was
nothing but bad weather from the time
she left Antwerp, on Dec. 10, until she
was. almost in port. On the second
day'out the stewardess went insane.
On the morning of Dec. 12, while the
vessel was making fair time in a
strong northwest gale, she was struck
by a tidal wAve, which brought her to
a standstill and sent tons of water
tumbling over her decks. P. Pirotte,
a Belgian cabin passenger, was stand
ing under shelter and close up to the
deckhouse, amidship. He was picked
up and thrown 'across the deck. When
rescued It was found that his left leg
had been broken in two places.
Officers of the Kroonland say that
when the wave struck the vessel the
water dashed higher than her funnels
and swept the hurricane deck. Fritz
Sortlandt, the lookout, was thrown out
of the crow’s nest and fell a distance
of forty feet, but sustained no injury
except a badly bruised side.
FOR LAND FRAUDS
Prominent Persons Are l T nder In
dictment In Oregon.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 21.—The first
of the sensational indictments which it
has been expected would result from
the present investigation of the federal
grand jury was returned to-day.
Franklin Pierce Mays, a prominent
young lawyer of this city, and a mem
ber of one of the best known families
of Oregon is accused of having con
spired to defraud the United States
government of public lands*
The indictment also includes Horace
G. McKinley, S. A. D. Puter, Emma
L. Watson, already convicted of con
spiracy against the government: Ma
rie Ware, the defendant in the first
land frauds gase, who was acquitted;
Robert W. Simpson, John Doe and
Richard Roe. The last three, like
Mays, have not hitherto been connected
with the cases, so far as known.
In the Indictment alleges these per
sons conspired together to defraud the
government by use of false and forged
applications, affidavits, proofs of home
stead entry and settlement.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
WILL MAKE TROUSERS.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Secretary Taft
to-day issued an order directing the
Quartermaster General to award the
making of some 55,000 pairs of trousers
for the enlisted men of the army at the
Schuylkill arsenal, Philadelphia, to
seamstresses in that city, mainly the
widows and orphans of soldiers, thus
settling a question raised some time
ago, so far as the present lot is in
volved. It is qrdered, however, that
in the future the matter of the manu
facture of clothing for the army shall
be left wholly to the discretion of the
quartermaster general, the work to be
done by contract or otherwise as long
as the material is of the best quality
and at the lowest prices.
WAsla strike' RREAKEIt.
Her* Said Hr Made n Specialty of
That Work.
New York, Dec. 21.—Isadore Herz, an
employment agent, was accused by the
city commissioner of licenses to-day of
violating the law in sending men to
the coal mines in West Virginia un
der false pretenses. Frederick Lynch
testified that he and 300 others agreed
with Herz to go to Cabin Creek, W.
Va., for $3 to $4 a day, with the assur
ance that there was no strike there.
He found the high wages paid at
Montgomery, to which point they were
shipped, as $1.75 a day.
Counsel for Herz admitted there was
a strike at Cabin Creek, where the wit
ness signed the paper.
It was stated that In November and
December Herz had sent 752'men to
vanous mining districts.
Herz declared he told the men there
was a strike where they were going.
He said he made a specialty of strike
breaking.
FIVE FIREMENIiIJRT. ,
Columbus. 0., Dee. 21.—Fire to-day
on High streets near Broad, destroyed
$150,000 worth of property in the busi
ness district, and in an explosion dur
ing the fire five firemen were injured.
The flames started In the Mlthoff build
ing in the rear of the First National
Bank. The second, third and fourth
floors were oeeupted as fiats and fif
teen families resided there, but all were
rescued. The tire spread to the store
of Krauss. Butler and Benham.
’QUAKEIfTpANAMA.
David. Chlrlqul, Panama, Dec. 21,
There were ten slight earthquakes fol
lowed by one strong shock *| about
12 ;*o o'clock last night. Numerous
houses here were damaged and the peo
ple who were thrown Into a panic are
now camping In th* street*
Th* disturbance is *tippoa*d to h*v*
been <*u*nd by the i'o*s Volcano |n
Costa lllc*.
Mourn* <4*4 M**l*ta,
Mill* lt<a k, Ark , Dec. J 1 -Georg*
M uliittf of N*m York earn given th*
de-ihihi *v*r Tommy >IIU< ether a tier
fifteen luttads of f**t fighting In I hi*
•My I*, nigh i The ftuettl * eat I* fh*
limit giij tank smut ware strong el
the gni*k- The <M*n weigh#* In *i hi
pound*
Held In 4110,000 Bail.
Da Plata, Md., Dec. 21.—Seven of the
suspected bank robbers arrested re
cently in Baltimore were given prelimi
nary hearings to-day before Justice
Robertson. Each was remanded in $lO,-
000 bail to ‘await the action of the
Charles county grand Jury, which will
meet next May, on the charge of rob
bing tjie Southern Maryland Savings
Bank, on Nov. 24, last. The prisoners
were taken to Baltimore and placed in
jail.
Demand for Chadwick Jewel*.
New York, Dec. 21.—Nathan Doeser,
receiver in Cleveland of the affairs of
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, made a de
mand to-(#ay through his legal repre
sentative in this city, on J. P. Cadda
gan, the proprietor of the Hoffman
House, for all the jewelry and other
valuables alleged to be in his posses
sion being held for the owner, Mrs.
Chadwick.
Davis Reaches Paris.
Paris, Dec. 21.—Rear Admiral
Charles H. Davis arrived here to-day.
It is expected that President Loubet
will receive the American admiral to
morrow and that the North sea com
mission will afterwards hold its open
ing session. .
—William P. Murray, in an address
before the Minnesota State Historical
Society recently, suggested that statues
of Henry Hastings Sibley and Alex
ander Ramsey be placed in statuary
hall In the 'Capitol of the United States.
Under an act passed July 2, 1864, each
state was invited to send statues of
two of its most distinguished cltizens|
Mr. Murray brought the matter to
the attention of the society in a paper
upon ’‘Recollections of Early Terri
torial Days and Degislation.”
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MONEY ORDERS SOLD AT
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Express Office, Union Station.
Livingston’s Pharmacy Cos., SC
Broughton street west
Knight’s Pharmacy Cos., cornea
i Oglethorpe avenue and Drayton st
Knight's Pharmacy, Duffy and Jef
ferson streets.
J. T. Shuptrine. Druggist. 329 Con
gress, west, corner Jeff erson.
A. L Ford & Cos., Druggists, Stf
West Broad.
Savannah Bank and Trust Cos., Bag
and Drayton streets.
Red Cross Pharmacy, Broughton
and Habersham.
J. XL Prather, Liberty and Haber*
Sham.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Savannah Preparatory School
Barnard BL, between Gwinnett and
Hall.
Instructors for 1904.
Ormond B. Strong, A. B„ Cornell,
Mathematics.
Horace Mack, A. 8.. Cornell.
Drawing. English Grammar and Lit*,
erature.
Samuel W Conns. A. B„ Trinity.
History and Geography.
Chas. H. llayes, A. 8., Princeton,
Latin and Oreek.
Erie Rerstrom. Ph. D.. Harvard.
Physics, Chemistry. German.
Mlm Mary Wayne, Vaasar,
Rending and Spelling.
The etronseat faculty ever seeare*
by the aehool.
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