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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
RAKiHE PONDER.
TO ooLoN1zE THE NEGROES.
The Negroes Industrial Reformatory
Association Organized.


The Negroes Industrial Reformatory
Association of the State of Georgia was
temporarily organized last night at the
First African Baptist church. Rev. E. K.
Love, the originator of the movement,
was made temporary chairman and @. H..
Ebbs temporary secretary. The consti-
tuition was submitted and referred to q
meeting to be held Aug. 13, when perm
anent organization will be effected.
The purposes Of the association, as
stated in its constitution, are to encour-
age obedience to the law, to condemn
lawlessness in every form, to work to
develop the greatness of the state and to
cultivate the confidence of and seek the
most friendly relation with white people
The association proposes to buy up all
the farming lands possible in the country
places and encourage and urge the col
ored people TO thin out from the
towns and cities and settle
on these lands and cultivate them,
establish cultured and dignitied homes,
and bring up their children honest, indus
trious, lava hiding, intelligent and God
fearing, under their own vine and fig
tree.
1t will be the duty of the association to
gather from the streets and lanes all
classes of colored people, and in
duce them to attend church
and Sunday school, and to
pick up the orphans and uncared for and
give them shelter and employment on the
associations farms.
The association will appeal to the
courts for their juvenile convicts who
are sentenced for minor offenses to be
turned over to it to be placed on the
farms, where they may be reformed and
made good citizens. 1t will endeavor to
have law passed comforting on it the
power to arrest or cause to be arrested
worthless young men and women who
hang around the streets and barroOms,
and who frequent dens of dissipation,
getting their meager support by ques-
tionable means, constituting the lawless
class of the colored people, and having Sc
cured them, it will adopt suchimethods as
may be necessary to keep them at work
and make them earn their living by the
sweat of their brows
The association proposes to maintain on
its farms schools for nine months of the
year. Every child of school age to be
compelled to attend school. It will have
in connection with It's schools an indus
trial department, where all of the trades
common to both men and women will be
taught.
The constitution provides that the mem
bers of the association shall be negro
men and women, industrious and of
good character. The expenses will be
provided for by the initiation fee of 80
cents and by the annual dues of 81 20. The
details of the organization are fully
mapped out.
The movement is the result Of a sermon
on the line of the proposed
organization preached by the Rev.
Love one night last week After
the sermon one of the congregat ton,
who had been an interested listener
stated that he had cent which he de-
sired to contribute as the nucleus of a
fund to further the movement That was
the start. Other subscriptions followed,
the plan was Endorsed and last nights
meeting was held
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
THERE WAS NO DEmURRER.
A Peculiar Development In the Boz
han Casa Whan CalIed for Trial

A Peculiar Development In the Bou-
han Case When Called for Trial.
The case of Mary Ellen Bouhan against
William Bouhan, her father, in which she
seeks to require him to account for GER
tain trust property which he held for her,
was called up for hearing yesterday
morning in the superior court.
MIR. p. j. O'Connor and Mai. p. w.
Meldrim were there to represent the de-
PENDANT. and Messrs. Erwin, duBignon <
Chisholm appeared for the plaintiff. Mr..
duBignon said that as there was no de-
murrer or answer to the suit filed by the
defendant he would move to take a decree.
1t seems that a demurrer or answer to
the suit should have been filed on the
first day of the March term. Whether
this was done Is a matter of dispute.
Mai Meldrim stated that be had assisted
in the preparation of a demurrer, but
knew nothing about the filing of it, as he
Mr. O'COnnor stated positively that he
had filed the paper and had placed it in
the hands of the clerk, Mr. J. x. p. Carr
Mr. Carr testified that he would not be
absolutely positive about the matter but
would swear to the best of his knowledge
and belief that no such paper had been
filed with HIM. His reason for this, he
says, WAS tutb MS uOChCt SuONGu uObuluB
to account for such a paper, and besides
Mr.. Clay was in the office the day the de-
murrer should have been filed and asked
Mr.. Carr particularly about it, Mr.. Carr
said he had been asked about it several
times and each time had given the in
formation that it had not been filed.
AS Mr.. O'Connor was so positive about
the matter and the clerk was not quite
certain beyond any doubt, Judge Falligant
said he would allow the demurrer to be
filed. Mr.. duBignOn excepted to his de-
cison. Judge EalHgant said he would
hear the case this morning upon a motion
to enter decree.
The suit of e. J. Rose against r. F.
Harmon occupied part Of the morning
and all the afternoon in the superior
court. The suit involves a small strip of
land on the White Bluff road 1t was
tried little over year ago and resulted
in a mistrial II will be continued to-
day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
OFF FOR MANHATTAN BEACH.
Capt. Betrne Gordon and Others Who
Will Represent Savannah.

OaDL. beITnS NfOTQOn ana OJnSrG " no
Will Represent Savannah.
Capt Beirne Gordon, vice president of
the cotton exchange, left the city yester-
day for Manhattan Beach, New York,
where he goes to represent the city before
the Southern Railway and steamship AS
ISOLATION in the matter of rates from In
terror points to this and other South
Atlantic ports.
Hemet in Charleston President j. Adger
Smyth of the cotton exchange of that
city, who was at the head of the Charles
ton committees, and with them will go on
TO New York. The Charleston committee
is made up of members of the commercial
bodies of that city, and representatives of
the city at large, appointed at a meeting
over which Mayor Ficken presided.
Messrs. Joseph Rosenheim and J. d.
Weed were appointed by the mayor to
represent the city. Mr., Herman Myers
was also mem Der of the committee, but
was unable TO go. MIR Weed is now in
New York and Mr.. Rosenheim is at Lake
George. Both will appear before the as
ISOLATION Wednesday afternoon.
For the board of trade Capt. D. G.
Purse appointed Mr. + S. Lathrop, who
will go to Manhattan Beach from Madi-
son, n. j. Mr. l. b. Tiedeman, who will go
from Nantucket Island. MIR. j. p. Will
Jams was unable to 60
Besides Capt Gordon the cotton ex-
change will be represented by ex-Mayor
j. f. Wheaton and w. II. Daniels, both
of whom are now in New York. This
gives Savannah a committee of seven, all
of whom are strong business men. The
committees will meet at the Westminster
hotel at Manhattan Beach. The first
meeting will be a conference and the
second will be meeting with the assOci-
alton. Capt. Purse has been busy for the
last two or three days receiving and writ
ing letters to Charleston with regard to
the matter of rates. The movement in
behalf of the South Atlantic ports is re-
garded as one of the most important COM
mercial movements that has been started
in years. Some say that success will
mean 300, 900 to 10000 bales of cotton to
Savannah every wear.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
BLAZE IN A BARBER SHOP.
A Dresser and a Couple of Chairs
Damaged as a Result of It.

At midnight last night an alarm Of fire
was rung from box Z, at Bay and Dray-
ton streets. The department responded
promptly, and located the fire in the first
room to the left of the entrance to the
Provident building, occupied by Peter G.
LEST as a barber shop.
The smoke was noticed by a young
man who was working upstairs.
Sergt Moran, who was on duty
around the banks, turned in the alarm.
The fire was put out with the chemical
engine. 1t was found on investigation
that it had burned two drawers in the
dresser Of the barber shop, which were
four to five feet apart. In one of the
drawers was a burned box of matches.
A hole was burned through the bottom of
the drawer, and a hole was in a like
manner burned through the drawer
which was some distance away. The
barber's chair between these two drawers
was badly burned and will have TO be re-
covered.
Besides the damage to the dresser the
burning of the covering on the two chairs
and the destruction of the door to the
room, there was no loss. The entire dam
age will be covered by about 5000 Leist
moved into the shop not more than four
or five days ago
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL.
The Ordinance Regulating Sleeping
on Shipboard.

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The question of the constitutionality of
the ordinance requiring the crews of yes
sells in port at this season of the year to
sleep ashore win be brought be-
fore the meeting of council tomorrow
afternoon. The ordinance will probably
be referred to the city attorney for his
opinion. Its future fate will in all proba-
biIity depend upon the opinion rendered
by him.
Mr. c. G. Anderson, agent of the Ocean
Steamship Company at Savannah, said
yesterday that the Ocean Steamship
Company has for the last fifteen
years provided sleeping quarters for its
officers and crews during the summer
months, beginning with June. This
has been done as a sanitary measure
purely and without regard to the exist
ence of any ordinance upon the subject,
our experience having proven that it was
unhealthy for the men to sleep on the
river during this season of the year. This
was the practice of the company before
the ordinance was passed by council and
will be continued now without regard to
whether the ordinance is unconstitutional
or not. -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
CITY BREvITIEs.

Regular meeting of Catholic Library
Association tonight.
Alpha Lodge No. l, A. and A. S. R..
F. NJ, meets tonight
There is large party from Milledge-
vile at the Hotel Tybee
John HASKELL was arrested by Officer
Kavanaugh last night on a charge of
keeping a policy lottery in Yamacraw.
All the petit jurors not engaged in the
case now being tried in the superior court
have been discharged until tomorrow
morning.
Mr.. Clifton received a telegram from
ThomastOn yesterday which said that he
had carried that county in the primary
Saturday by 73 majority.
Recorder Wilson continued the cases
against the four conductors and motor
men of the Electric railway charged with
cutting John Coleman, colored, at the
Central railroad depot Saturday night,
because Of Coleman's inability to appear
in court yesterday morning The case
against Robert Bradley, colored, charged
with assaultlng and cutting @. NJ. NAL
plus, one of the conductors, was also con
tinued.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
THE REGIMENTS MAJORS.

1t Is Majors Karow and Lawton of the
First and Second Battaliong Now.
Messrs. Edward Karow and A. K. Law
ton, Jr., were formally elected majors of
the First Georgia regiment last night, I'M
der the formal election held under
the state law, Mr.. Karow being elected
major of the First battalion and Mr.. Law
ton major of the Second battalion.
Both gentlemen are now out of the
city and it may be some time before their
friends will have the pleasure of address
ing them as major"
The election was managed by Capt.
W. w. Williamson of Company A of the
Savannah Volunteer Guards, Lieut.,
George z. Gaillard eff the Georgia Hus-
sars, and Lieut. J. r. Saussy of the
Chatham Artillery. There was a full
vote, every officer of the regiment in the
city coming to the armory and casting
his vote. The judges of the election GER
tify the result to the adjutant general.
upon receipt of which commissions will
be issued to the newly elected majors
by the governor.
There is no doubt of either the popular
ity or the efficiency of the regiments new
majors. Both gentlemen are well known
to the people of Savannah, as well as to
the members of the commands to which
they have been elected. Both have been
identified with the military of the city
for a number of years. Mr. Karow, who
was elected major of the first battalion,
composed of the Irish Jasper Greens.
Republican Blues and German Volun-
teers, was for a number of years a pri-
vate of the German Volunteers. He was
appointed paymaster of the regiment.
which position he filled for eight years,
resigning last fall. He has since been
upon the payroll of both the German
Volunteers and the Georgia Hussars
The Second battalion is composed of
the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, the Sa-
vannah Cadets and the Pooler Light In
fantry. Mr. Lawton, who has been elected
major of this battalion, has been for
several years paymember Of the Cadets
His active military service has been with
the cavalry, however, having been for
several years private of the Georgia
Hussars aud afterward adjuuant of the
Fifth Georgia Cavalry, which position he
filed very acceptably, resigning it about
a year ago. He is now veteran mem
Der of the Hussars.
The two MAJORS are young men,
who take an active interest in
military affairs, and who can be count
ed upon to do their part in maintaining
the excellent record which has always
distinguished the First Georgia regi-
ment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
HE IS A pIsoovERRR.
A Savannah Mans Way of Keeping
Cats Out of His Front Yard.


Cats Out of His Front Yard.
"Do you want live news item?" asked
Mr.. Tomlinson +. Johnson yesterday.
Well ne added, Il am discoverer-
not inventor, but discoverer get it
straight, now. I am the discoverer of a
process for keeping cats out of front
yards mean four-legged eats 1t is
just this. Get a piece of wire netting
with a small mesh. You want strip as
wide as the top rail of your fence-say
about313 inches and long enough of course
TO go all the way around. This must be in
sulated from the wooden railing by any
thing, small rubber piping will do Then
you want a current of electricity sur
charging the whole. This you can get
from the Electric Light Company or from
the street railway current Thomas cats
and their female friends become iustan-
taneous acrObats and death ensues as
soon as their digits touch this wire. One
good thing about it IS, that it is a cheap
arrangement, and won't cost over So a
month. l have an apparatus of this kind
on my fence, and am prepared to testify
beyond any question, that it is a sure
thing IL will kill em every time.
Mr. johnson viii no doubt be deluged
with a flood of queries as to the best
manner in which to put up similar APP
paratus.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
THE FIRST EXCURSION.
The Kings Daughters to Take Crowd
to Wilmington Island.

The Kings Daughters to Take Crowd
to Wilmington Island.
The first excursion and picnic to be
ginen with the fresh air fund for the
benefit of the poor of Savannah, under the
auspices of the Kings Daughters, Circle
No. Z, viii take place Thursday morning.
Two open cars and closed car will meet
the excursionists at West Broad and
Broughton streets at o'clock sharp. All
those who expect to go on the excursion
are expected to be there promptly at that
hour.
The cars will leave for Thunderbolt,
where those aboard will take the
steamer Flora for Wilmington Island.
Among other contributions that have
been made is $3.50 in cash, the cars con-
tributed by the City and Suburban rail
way, the Wilmington Island pavilion and
200 pounds of ice contributed by Toshach,
bread by Kessel, cakes by Derst, candy
by F'urber, crackers by Schwarz and lib
eral contributions by many others. The
first excursion for the needy promises to
be an unusual success.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
WANTS $4,000.
Caroline Gagnett Suing for the Death
of Her Husband by Electricity.

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of Her Husband by Electricity.
The suit of Caroline Gagnett against
the City and Suburban. railway for $40
600 damages for the death of her husband
by coming in contact with live wire
belonging 10 that line on the night of the
storm of August q, was taken up in the
city court yesterday, and to all appear
ances will occupy the best part Of two or
perhaps three days.
1t viii be remembered that Gagnett
with another negro was walking down
Bryan street and that as he attempted to
cross at Abercorn he struck wire which
burned off his chin and into his neck, kill
ing him almost instantly. The suit was
brought through Messrs. w. +. Morrison
and A. L. Alexander, and is being de-
Tended for the company by Col L. NJ.
Norwood
Quite a number of witnesses were ex-
amined yesterday, among whom were
some electrical experts. Mr.. Keck of
the Brush Electric Light Company was
OF one time on the stand, and Col. Nor
wood, in his cross-examination. went ex-
tensively into the practical study OF
electricity. He wanted TO know the diff
ference between volts, amperes and ohms,
and for quite while these explanations
were kept up.
The defense is setting up that the ne
gro was drunk at the time he was killed.
and that he was warned not to cross the
track. The prosecution is claiming that
the company was negligent in not shut
ting off its electric current during the
severe storm, as did other electric con-
Germs. 1t is said that lot of expert tes-
timony as to the strength of current
that will kill human beings has been
brought from New York, and will be put
up by the defense. 1t is probable that the
case before its conclusion will develop
some interes ting qnestlons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
SCOTT IS A HARD CASE.
Detective ST Basch Tells Ills Expel
ence in Catching the Train Wreckel

Detective ST Basch Tells Ills Expert
ence in Catching the Train Wrecker.
Detective ST Basch was in the city a
on the move after another case. He al
ways has them on the string.
He was telling yesterday how he cap
tured Robert Scott, the wrecker of the
train on which Engineer Starr was killed
He knew the negro from descriptions he
had obtained. Meeting him on the train
at Lawtonville, he induced Scott to go
back TO Nilleu for some letters, and there
he wired the marshal to hold him,
The evidence against the negro was
pretty strong. In fact he confessed his
crime TO two or three parties, and from
the testimony it appears that he set fire
to Lewis store, then turned the switch
so as to attract attention to the wreck
while he was carrying off the goods he
had obtained from the burning store.
The store was at Lawtonville. only a
short distance from the switch, and it is
said Scott was seen down in the swamp
carrying of his stolen property shortly
after the wreck occurred These goods
he is said to have sold. Harrison Parker
stated that he had seen Scott coming
from the switch fifteen minutes before
the wreck, and Mary Dwight says he
came to her house and told her what he
had done, asking her what was done TO
people who wrecked trains.
After being taken to Waynesboro he
confessed to the sheriff, as he was being
locked in Jail, that he had turned the
switch. To Bob Daniels he stated that
he had committed the crime and said he
knew he was going to be hung for it. He
invited Daniels to his hanging. After the
commitment trial Scott was rather des-
perate He said he would die and go tc
hell before he would have the handouts
put on him, and before this could be done
he had to be tied down in a chair. Detec
tive Bash says there is no earthly doubt
about his having the right man, and he
believes he will swing for his crime
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
FOR ONE LAST KISS.
Didn't Get 1t, Then Blake's Mother
in-Law Says he Stabbed His Wife.

William Davis, Jesse Burke and Madi-
son Wright, charged with cutting William
Blake Saturday night, were before the
recorder yesterday morning, but the cases
were continued until riday morning, by
which time it is expected Blake win be
able to appear in court.
Blake, who was supposed to have been
fatally injured, is now on the road to
recovery. The question is whether Blake
was cut by the mem bers of his wifes
family or whether he cut himself in an
attempt at suicide The testimony of the
members of his wife's family is on the
side of the suicide theory. Lizzie Burke,
Blake's motheriu-law, testified in the
the house pleading for zone last
kiss" from his wife, that he had
small pocketknife in his hand with
which he assaulted her and then ran
down the steps, and that he had sta bbed
himself with the knife before the male
members of the family seized hold of him.
Blake told Detective Morgan, how
ever, that he did not cut his wife. and
that if she was cut il was done in the
melee when he was struggling with her
relatives. lie denied that he cut himself.
Blake's story is borne out to some extent
by the fact that the only weapon found
upon him was a razor. The wounds which
were inflicted both upon himself and his
wife could not have been made with a
razor, and were evidently inflicted with a
small penknife With two such conflict
ing stories. the case is likely 10 prove au
interesting one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
For Violating the sundavr.av

A number of charges of Sunday liquor
selling will be heard in the police court
this morning. 1t is said that there are
charges against ten different saloon keep
ers. 1t was acknowledged at the city
exchange yesterday that there would be
number of charges heard The infor-
nation docket on which such cases are
entered is not open, it being against the
rules to make the cases public in advance
OF their trial. Among the number to be
tried are George Beckman, John H.
Schmlede6erg, George Schwarz and
Irene Hall. There are said to be four
separate charges against Beckman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
Didn't Know It Was Loaded

Miss Kate Johnson was accidentally
shot yesterday by her brother-in-law,
Mr.. j. B. Wheeler. Her wound is not
dangerous and Will heal in short time.
Miss johnson was at her brother-in-law,s
house on West Broad street. Mr..
Wheeler had Just mad a revolver repaired
and was showing it to some ladies,
among whom was Miss johnson. He had
unloaded all but one chamber, and think
ing that was unloaded, he threw the
chamber into its place. The hammer
struck the cartridge and exploded it. The
bullet struck Miss johnson in the hin,
causing a slight wound. ~