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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-17

ing the sum chargeable to eacn parcel
with the name of the owner
And the clerk of the council Of the CITY
or Savannah is hereby directed to mark
the said statement and assessment roll
hled as Of this date and to enter the same
on the minutes of this council for due
authentcaton and preservation.
sec. 2 BE II further ordained, That the
treasurer of the city of Savannah is here
by authorized and directed to send bills to
the owners OF the property assessed as
they appear upon the said assessment roll
ana who are indebted hereunder. Should
THIS assessment be not paid by property
owner within thirty 800 days after the
presentation of the said bill (Which NAV
be served personally or sent by MALL II
shall then become the duty of the CITY
treasurer to issue an execution for the
amount that may be due by said property
owner, together with the costs against
the property assessed and the person
owning the same according to the said
assessment roll, which execution shall he
made and levied out of the properly de-
scribed therein as are executions for CITY
taxes. 10y
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained. That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed. ~
Ordinance passed in council. Nav & 1s15
Attest: HERMAN MYERS -''''
A. n. MANUCY Mavo-
Clerk Of Council.
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bin, II. ]. Baker N. B. Borden. w. r.
Kelly, Gustav Stark, ]. X. McGifin, 4.
W. Bailey, J. G. Butishauser, w. Fl. Peck
and J. W. Howell. 1t is said that the Off
GERS have been invited to a conference by
capitalists who desire to undertake the
building Of the line, or the supplying of
money for the same.
The grand chapter of the Royal Arch
Masons of tho state Of Florida met at
Jacksonville at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, TO hold the second days session
OF Its forty-ninth annual convoca ton.
me election Of officers was held, and re-
suited as follows: Grand high priest,
John Il Stevens OF Jacksonville; deputy
Grand nigh priest, w. ii. Jewell of Or
lando; grand king, Warren Tyler of Bar
tow; grand scribe, ". z. Webster of
Jacksonville; grand treasurer, ]. e Webs
Ter OF Gainesville; grand secretary, w.
A. Mclean Of Jacksonville: grand chap
lain, W. NJ Mcintosh of Tallahassee. The
afternoon session was taken up with the
installation of officers. The date of the
next convocation was fixed for May 2,
1916, at 1890 a. m. The grand high priest
MADE the following appointments: Dou-
gald McLachlin of Tallahassee, grand
captain OF the host; c. J. Hayes Of Or
lando, grand principal soJourner; W. F..
captain; +. p. Barnes of Palatka. grand
captain of the third vail; A. NJ. Cushman
OF Gainesville, grand captain of the sec
ond vail; J. r. Pound of Mad
lson, grand captain of the first vail;
j. +. Clark of Jacksonville, grand guard.
The next convocation being the fftieth
anniversary of the founding Of Royal
Arch Masonry in Florida committee was
appointed to arrange for a fitting COM
memoration. The convocation closed with
a banquet by the Mystic Shriners in the
evening.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-17
BY Committee on Streets and Lanes

BY Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance to establish the official
statement and assessment roll, touching
the Improvement of Drayton street from
the south side of Broughton street to the
north side of Anderson street, made under
ordinance of council passed Jan. 2, 1895,
and TO provide for the collection OF the
said assessment.
Section l. Be it ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
council assembled, that the statement and
assessment roll made under direction of
council for the improvement of Drayton
street from the south side of Broughton
street to the north side of Anderson
street, exclusive of the Liberty street in
tersection provided for by an ordinance
passed by the council of the city of Sa
vannah on the I'd day of January, 1895,
be and they are hereby declared to be the
official statement and assessment roll for
the said Improvement under the said or
dinance-the said statement and assess
ment roll being that entitled Statement
showing the cost of the improvement of
Drayton street from the south side of
Broughton street to the north side of
Anderson street, exclusive of the Liberty
street intersection, as made up under or
dinance Of council passed Jan. 2, 1895, and
an assessment roll showing, as to two
thirds of this cost, how il is apportioned
amongst the several abutting parcels, in
Guiding the street intersections. and CIV
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ployed as a railroad expert accountant by
the attorneys of Capt. 6feeslin to examine
the books OF the Central railroad to as
certain the correctness of the reports sub
mitted by the roads official relative to the
cash returns made by Geeslin. which re-
ports il was said, showed Conductor Gee
Sims cash returns averaged 1911 per day
less than the cash returns of other con-
ductors running between Macon and Co
lumbus. Mr.. Sherwood's report or state
ment was very favorable to Conductor
Geeslin. He went TO Savannah 70 exam
Inc the Centrals books, and he found that
Conductor Geeslin's train averaged 5000
per year more than other trains between
Macon and Columbus. This average was
based on the earnings of his train for the
last quarter, or three months. of 1893 Con-
ductOr Geeslin was discharged in Decem-
Der, 1888. The reports prior to this had
been destroyed or were in a very incom-
plete condition. The Central railroads at
torneys desired to submit in evidence GER
tain tabulated statements of agents as to
the number Of tickets sold. etc. but this
was objected TO by Geeslin's attorneys as
the statements were simply abstracts and
not the original books or documents
Judge Speer would not admit the evidence
In the shape presented, and he appointed
Fritz Jones OF Macon. and one of the ju-
niOr members of the firm of Lawton &
Cunningham of Savannah, as special mas
tiers to visit the different stations along
the line Of road between Macon and CO.
lumbus for the purpose of verifying the
tabulated statements with the original
books. The court has adjourned the hear
ing Of the case until the special masters
render their report.
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VIII Reid. who lives at Magnolia Springs.
near Americas has violin III years old.
II was made in MS and is thought TO be
a genuine Cremona. Mr.. Reid traded a
coon dog for his fraaemrn-
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By Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance to authorize !. F. Grady
& Sons to place a powder magazine or
box in front of their store in the city of
Savannah.
Section l. Be it ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
council assembled that permission be.
and the same is hereby granted, to J. F'
Grady & Sons to erect a powder magazine
or box for the storing of gunpowtler in
front of their place Of business, in the CITY
Of Savannah. in accordance with their pc
tition to council dated April 3, 1896 pro
Vided always, however, that this magazine
or box shall be subject to removal at any
time council may direct and without de-
lay, and provided further, that the re-
strictions contained in similar special or
dinanees giving permission to J. NJ Dixon
others. shall apply to this permission
SEQ. ?. That all ordinances and parts Of
ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
ordnance passed in council, May s, 1895.
AtteSt $780,. HERMAN MYERS,
Clerk Of Council.
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BY Alderman Watson

BY Alderman Watson
An ordinance to enforce the rules ora
regulations of the Savannah water 1911 anu
t IS the government of plumbers. and al sIS s9
elio pc 70 De observed by consumers, adont.
osctlon l. Be 1t ordained by the mavor
ana aldermen of the city of Savannab ~ H.,
SSouncli assembled, That any person I,,in 90
latlng in the city of Savannah anv of tiO
provisions OF the above mentioned r,,jae
ana regulations, adopted by council Ma,
To- 1872 shall be subject, upon convicfio 1
before the police court of the city Of Sal
yannah to fine not to exceed fftu 9S so
oollars, and to Imprisonment not ~ ~ ~
Seed ten Q0l days, either or both in ~
discretion of the court. '"' III the
sec. 2 That all ordinances and narts 81
oralnnances in conflict with this orIinanc %
are hereby repealed. 'S Vi uindhce
Ordlnance read in council for tba er..
time May g. 1895, and by unanimons a lils
passage and passed. N upon It's
Attest: HID NJ a ~ ~ , IIag 6, 1870
A. n. MANUCY. ~ i n1Iso
Clerk Of Council. mayor
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Cyclone in Madison COunty-TwO
Cows Killed in Barn blown Down
ut Ba and Two Girls Have "a Narrow
Escapc-The Naval stores business
ON a Boom Along the =. A., VI. Road.
Dedication Of Dawson's Two New
Churches.
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-Four hundred wholesale grocers from
every state in the south will invade Az
lanta ON May - and viii remain for three
days. the guests Of the wholesale gro
Gers of the civ.
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A movement is on foot at Brunswick to
organize a gun club.
The Presbyterians Of Dawson will ded-
icate their church next Sunday. Rev. J. b.
Mack OF South Carolina Is 20 ofiiciate.
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The sun., 1895-03-28
JOTTINGS -ABOUT TOWN.

Frederick Krcllwitz. aged Gs. OF l5t East 10th
street. IN u NJ OF deliruri cGused by pleurisy
ned suicide Yesterday by jumping out OF the second
story window OF his home.
Minnie Eohn. a servant. 10 years old. was severely
burned about the body ard arms yesterday morning
while lighting a gas stOv" at Ill West Eighty ninth
street. She was taken 10 the Manhattan Hospital.
Judgments were entered IN the Supreme Court yes
the of Capt Adam A. Cross for eyD55 and In
cnse OF esWard Man Smith for 81 06aSl FOR costs OF
the proceedings to "ust them from the police force.
The horse Of Fred Jsng, 22 yrnrs old, n coalcart
side elevated railroad train at l+ist street yes.
t,riay. He was thrown from his cart and rendered
uhr3nstors lie was removed 10 the Manhattan Hos
pita.
lrht theatre ticket olcc at 4g7 avenue were
indicted by the March Grand Jury yesterday for for
gery 70 me third degree They are alleged 10 have
wsy Thrsir @ a n ~ Msmas ' n .rS W 1i M thG hroau
Theatre 10 theatre passes
The inqurSt In IN case OF Loretta IIannigan of
ius W"M Fifty third street vii probably be held to-
day at 9clock. Al that viii be required OF tho
due 10 pcritoniiis probably caused by malpractice.
Complaints against solomon II. Mann and Dr. Henry
H. PcticnRill viii then c made before the Grand Jury
Theodore ~ Dough, SO years o'f, who has been EN-.
street, taken to Brvu. Hospital yesterday with
three cuts In his throat and one In each wrist He
said lc had cut hinscif In shaving. He has been In
poor health aud II s supposed that the cuts In.
tcntIOnal
Policeman John Brown, who guards the door at the
District Attorneys officc. was summOnrd before In.
tp"ctnr Williams yesterday on complaint OF man
and forcibly elected from tLr District Attorney of.
nee IN Feb Z by Brown. The policemen rX piained
thut oirirn was hcrnnt and had crn ordered out Of
No charges were made. as the polcemans rplanAton
was corroboratcd.
The sun., 1895-03-28
mon PRICES FOR STAMPS.
A Ons-shiiiing Newfoundland brought sasc
Other Sales.

A remarkable auction sale OF postage stamps
took place last night In the rooms of the Phila-
telic Society, 25 Ann street. II. +. Albrecht &
Co. of 90 Nassau street were tho anctionocrs
The attraction was tho celebrated collection
OF Louis Levson Of San Francisco, which con-
sisted mostly OF stamps OF the United States and
British colonies The prices realized wcro
record breakers. The most prominent collectors
of this city attended tho sale.
Among tho stamps sold was one of the 1861
British Columbia 2H pence imperforate. a very
rare stamp which brought Sl25. But this was
only the beginning. as Immediately afterward
the Canadian stamps were offered. OF which tho
TiS pence stamp In unused condition appeared
to be In great demand. II brought the eItraor-
The stamps OF New Brunswick also seemed to
be N great demand The % %sixpSppee pp ysllow stamp
Of the same date was knocked down. amid APP
plnuse, for S226.50.
tho hammer, with the following results: Six
pence. orange, STE; iourpence. scarlet; 800;
sss s s1 .hns III and ssas.
S2S2. This Is the highest price ever realized for
any stamp in this country
British North American STAMPS with the fol
lowing prices: si.pence, ysllow,,green. unused:
the one shilling sold for sl0a, $50. and sI4a.
spectively.
also favorites among the Philatel:cists, and con
sequently very good prices were obtained. Tho
British Guiana 1865 scent magenta brought
Ss6. San Christopher PROVISIONAL stamp ono
Lady Mcleod stamp sold for $75.25: Turks ISL
and. 1867. one shilling. $lo1.
The stamps OF the United States brought the
following prices: st. Louis ten cents. S15.25.
The regular issue of 1881. five cents iinperfor-
ate and unused. which was represented by two
very fine copies $50 and S44 respectively. while
the twenty -four cent Of the same issue brought
SOS.
Among the other high value stamps were the
following: The state Department S5 sold for
S9l 80. the $40 stamp for 81, and the $50 for
S355O.
The interesting stamps of the Confederate
States sold as follows: Athens, Ga. $50. Four
varieties of the Baton Rouge five cent sold for
34l, ST.. and $50, respectively. Macon rep
resented by two varieties which sold. the one for
S635O and the rarer type for Sill: LenOir.
y. c.. $50; Mobile. two cents, black. $3.50.
The sale will be continued to- night.
The sun., 1895-03-28
OBITUAR i.

James +. Oliver. professor Of mathematics IN
Cornell University. died in Ithaca yesterday
morning after a long illness. He was 68 years
of age. He was born In Portland. Me-. July 27.
1920. and graduated At Harvard College IN
1919. From the time OF his graduation until
1871 he was assistant In tho Office of the -1meri-
can Nautical Almanac. In that year no
cepted the chair OF assistant professor of math-
eEatics at Cornell University. In 1873 he was
made full professor. Prof. Oliver had q high
reputation as a mathematician. He was noted
for the remarkable clearness with which
he presented difficult problems to his class.
s se.aes G,f' S. .ciests few work %
papers in the Journal Of Math."afics. He also
outside OF his own department. The relations
tions in chemical forces attracted his attention
He was deeply interested In every qnestion, OF
Of his fellow men. In religion he still retained
his connection with the orthodox Friends,
member Of tie AmoTisah Aead.my of A Arts Al and i
Sciences American Philosophical Society, and
National Academy OF Science.
Wexford s. Bailey died at his homo in, Allie
born in Danbury. Conn. on March u. 1850 lie
wa: proEbtiGn Ca sanaaa.o for Secretary Of
ahead OF his. party. He did work in Stcuben
Pittsburgh he was actively identified with fra
ternal and life insurance organizations. and was
about removing to Philadelphia. Mr.. bailey
was cousin of the late James Montgomery
Bailey OF tho Danbury NeUs. Surviving him
are his widow and ono son.
Mrs. Sarah IInrris died at her home in Month
cello, y. V. on Tuesday evening of general de-
biiity. aged l0i years. She was tho oldest
woman in sullivan county. WAS well versed in
the history or her country. and was especially
familiar with the events OF colonial times. which
were narrated to her in her youth by particle
pants in the revolutionary struggle She twice
was blind. but some time before she died her
girlhOod days. She was Rt-great-grand-
mother.
August Ieugner. proprietor OF the Bclyidere
Hotel, in Grcenv!lle, died Tuesday night OF
pneumonia. He was 55 years old, and had sept
the hotel in Greenville for twenty-six years. He
amAssed comfortable fortune. The hotel was
well known resort. AMI Xeugner was one OF
the best known mon In the city.
Thomas =. ellison Of tho firm OF ellison e. Col
lins lumber merchants. died Of pneumonia yes
terdny morning at his home in Duncan avenue.
Jersey City Heights He leaves widow and
two sons. Mr.. ellison was connected for many
years with Dodge d Bliss, lumber merchants.
Ex-Aldcrman solomon Scheu OF Bu fTalo died
on Tuesday night Of pneumonia. He was 40
years of ago. His father WAS Mayor OF Buffalo
in 1879 ami 1870. and his brother, Augustus y.
Schcu. IL Democratic state Commit tteenan from
the Thirty-thlrd district.
Mrs. Julia Ireland. tho mother Of the Roman
Catholic Archbishop OF tho st. Paul dioccre,
died at her home in st. Paul yesterday, aged ~
years
II. II. Bethune. general manager of the Do
mlniOn Bank and ono OF tho bsst-know Cana
dian ex-hnanciers, died in Toronto yesterday.
The sun., 1895-03-28
BARNUM C BAILEY,s MIG PARADE.
The weather Permitted and It Captured
the Town.

broadway. along the line of the parade of tho
very big BRrnum & Bailey circus, looked last
night as tho main street of a country town looks
on similar occasion. only more so, and as for
the Bowery and Hudson street, they were be-
yond comparison.
Tho parade last year didn't come down Broad
way but IL made good for that error last night
From Forty-second to Seventeenth street
the windows on either side were filled
with faces and tho sidewalks were crowded rs
they were during tho Centennial celebration
parade. In Delmonico's and other hotels along
the route the walters had rest for twenty
minutes until the gilded charots and the
elephants had passed. The "if" which had
been inserted in the announcement OF tho
parade as hedge on the weather wasn't called
. rna OF cf ths
way. They shutiled along beside cable cars
Il they had been accustomed to them all their
Whatever Barnum & Bailey may do to-day
inside of the Garden, they gave u free show last
and women who took part in It were mounted
on horses. camels, elephants, or chariots. and
UT wa was neariy O'CLOCK before the head of tho
parade left the Garden. and the line OF march
vas; Madison avenue: Tyen,y-fourth street, ,
, festys..ssana s!. street, FtssSway;- ssysntssn.h
Canal, Hudson. Twenty-sixth street, and through
to tho Garden.
II was the largest street parade and tho most
elaborate in point of costumes that this show has
ever given In New York. There were some OF
the same old cages. but they had been newly
gilded. and they contained fercer animals than
ever before. Half dozen OF these cagea. in
which, were lions. leopards. tigers, and other
animals that are not popular as household pets,
had each keeper inside. These were the popu-
lar cages with ihe small boys. who followed be-
hind them In shoals
There were lots of boys who followed tho
parade from the time that 1t left the Garden IN
they were almost OH speaking terms with the
elephants and perhaps with one or two Of the
showmen.
There were twenty-three elephants in line and
about 400 horses together with tho char!ots
and tho bands.
The sun., 1895-03-28
HENRY CLAY DITMAs.s ESTATE.
His Second wife and Children Attacked by
His Sephew's suit for II.

His Second Wife and Children Attacked by
His Sephew's suit for 1t.
There is a protracted fight impending over the
estate OF Henry Clay Ditmas OF Gravesend, who
died in 1893 leaving real estate and personal
property valued at Sl.OOO,OOO. Ditmas was
Secretary Of the Brooklyn Jockey Club and had
charge OF the entries. He amassed u fortune by
selling the entries to newspapers and pool rooms
throughout the country. He had an arrange
mcnt with the telegraph companies by which he
filed one copy with them which they duplicated
to his clients. At one time he supplied more than
eight hundred pool rooms with information con-
cerning the entries for the races at Brighton
Beach and Shecpshead Bay, and the names and
weights OF the jockeys. Each pool room Ia said TO
have paid him Sl0daily for his tips and il is said
that he was at one time in receipt of almost
$4,000 daily from the places which he served.
Dlmas had a beautiful residence known as
Ceba'lo5 at Kings Highway. and spent the later
years Of lis life raising shetland ponies for the
market. 1t took Manhattan Beach trains. run
pass his Gravc.end property. He died suddenly
on aug. 3, 1898. He was not thriving 80 well in
bus mess then, for his pool room monopoly was
SUIT was brought ,y;s,t Yesterday in the supreme
mas. to set aside certain quit claim deed. and
other instruments made by the heirs in favor OF
Ahgs Tac s
gitimAcy OF Ditmas's Children 10y his second
marraSs The he i YnE at D.
that Dit,nas left no wife surviving or children
born in wedlock. and that the only heirs
are the plaintiff. ~ niece three brothers.
and four other nephews and nieces. The
plaintiff AYERS that on Sept. J. 1893, with
out consideration and at Abigal's request. he
signed quit claim decd Of all his interest IN his
uncle's estate. He says he signed the papers
under n misapprehension AS to their true char
acter and with the understand ing that the estate
left by his unc WAS OF no marketsbl le value.
The defendant. he says. told him that the estate
was not sufficient to provide for her children.
Wickh ham has since learned that his nnele's
first wife. Josephine e. Ditmns whom lie had
married In lsGb, was living AT the time Ditmas
married Abigail Ilendrickson. The first wife,
according to Wickham'S allegation. had Sc
cured divorce from Ditmas. and ke had been
forbidden TO marry without the permission OF
the Court. Tie first wife is dead. and she left
no children. Wirkham snys that he received
most OF this Information from the defendant in
the suit