The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-13
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL CITY
SESSION OF THE KNIGHTS OF
HONOR GRAND LODGE.

A Courtesan Ends Her Life With a
Bullet-A Movement on Foot to Es-
tablish Unitarian College-The New
Captain and Lieutenant of the
Guards Battalion Commissioned.
ATLANTA, GA, April 12.-The Grand
Lodge of the Knights of Honor convened
this morning at 9 o'clock. Some important
business was transacted looking to the future
growth of the order. Fort Valley was
chosen as the place for the next meeting on
the second Wednesday in April, 1899. The
committee reported resolutions commemora-
tive of S. K. Cool, Grand Reporter, who has
died since the last meeting. The resolutions
were adopted. w. F. Slaton, Superintend-
ent of the public schools, is a prominent
member of the order, and has filed the
office of CT and Dictator. He was in at
tendance this morning and acted as install
ing officer. II. H. Cabaniss, of Atlanta,
and DR.. r. B. Nisbet were elected represen-
tatives of the Grand Lodge to attend the
Supreme Lodge. led. note-The names of
the newly elected officers viii be found in
the Georgia news column of the NEws.l
SUICIDE OF CoURTEsAN.
Blanche Everett, An inmate of Annie
Prices bagnio on Collins street, took her
life to-day with pistol fired by her own
hands. She and another inmate had been
engaged in a game of cards with her
''friend," and it seems that he made a re-
mark to her which created the imp ession
that their relations would not be
as friendly in the future as they
had been in the past She left
the room and going into one occupied by
herself locked the door and taking a pistol
shot herself in the breast. This occurred
about O'Clock and she died about $50
O'Clock tonight The woman has been in
Atlanta about two years. She claimed to
have come from Savannah TO Atlanta.
COMMISSIONS ISSUED.
The Adjutant General has commissioned
John w. Fretwell as captain of Company
A, Savannah Volunteer Guards battalion,
and Davis Freeman, as first lieutenant of
the same company.
School Commissioner Hook has commits
stoned the following county school commits
sioners: j. A. Harper, of Pierce; r. n. La
mar, of Baldwin; w. S. Ramsey, of Lau-
rens, and j. F. CLANCY, of Oglethorpe.
BLIND FRAUD.
Samuel Fleming, the blind bigamist and
reputed Montana miner, has turned out to
be fraud. Mrs. Fleming No 1, accom-
panied by States Attorney Harrall of
bingham, ILL.,, arrived here tonight, and
visited police Headquarters Mrs Fleming
spoke to her blind husbadd as Mr.. Bishop,
and he saluted her, acknowledging having
been married to her under that name.
Before this he had denied even knowing the
woman, and claimed that the work was a
piece of black mailing. The Effingham
party then held an interview
with Chief Connolly, and letters
were shown from Butte, Montana,
declaring Fleming a fraud. He will
have a preliminary trial tomorrow. In
the meantime his 1S-year-old Atlanta wife
is overcome with grief and she mas re-
turned to her mother. This morning when
Mrs Fleming No 2 was moving to her
mothers young Jew named Sol Goldberg
a memter of the notorious Goldberg family,
aided her in moving her vallse ana after he
left she opened it and $500 was missing
He was locked up. AS yet none of the
money has been recovered
UNITARIAN CONFERENCE
The Unitarian conference met at 9 o'clock
this morning Rev. r. r. Shipper pre-
sided over the conference and receive re-
ports from Charleston, New Orleans and
Atlanta. Letters were read from Boston.
Washington, Highland, n c.. and Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. A letter was also read from
DR.. Mayo, of Columbia, S. c.,
earnestly advocating the establish
ment at Atlanta of school
for the higher education of young women
in Georgia. DIR. Ely Fay. a wealthy Uni
tartan minister, has offered to donate $780,
600 for the purpose of establishing such a
college. Atlanta is thought to be the most
available place in Georgia, and can get the
college if any steps are taken toward secur-
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