The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-01


house Of Dr. Strickland Of the Central
Presbyterian church, and We're united i'm
marriage.
At Griffin Wednesday. the s-year-old
son of A; b. Cleveland, during the tenn
porary absence of its mother from the
room, picked up a coal of fire with the
tonss and touched the baby blanket IN
the crib. The blanket blazed up and so
frightened the child as to cause it to
scream Justify for it's mother, who ar
rived in time to eXtinguish the flames be
Iore her tWO-mOnths-Old infant, lying in
the crib, was fatally burned. When Mrs.
cleveland reached the room the entire
crlD was enVelOped in flames. The child
was painfully burned on top of the head
ana slightly on the face and hands, but
the attending physician says nothing seri-
Gus Will result.
The home of DR. l.. Curtis. on Greene
street, at Augusta, was burned and the
small house next door. the property Of
Mrs; Annie T. Vaughan more of less dam
aged by fire which occurred yesterday
morning at 3 o'clock. Mrs Curtis bare
~ escaped with her life, so late were the
household awakened. DR.. Curtis saved
put little, If anything, and his insurance
cost $500 and was insured for SO, OOO while
there We're 5000 on the furniture. The
loss OF Dr. Curtis surgical instruments
amounts to $1,000, and his medical library
was valued al $1,000 or more. Both or
these are lost. beside the furniture, CLOTH
ing, etc The absolute loss to DR. Curtis
Is about 5000 above his insurance.
In the office of State School Commits
sioner Glenn at Atlanta there is on exhi-
bltion portrait of GeOrgia's grand old
man, Cen Robert Toombs and II is said
by those who were most familiar with
the great Georgian that it is most ex-
cellent likeness. The strong face of the
old man looks out from the canvas upon
the observer, while through the open win
dow, near where he is sitting Is dimiy
seen IN the distance, a misty view of the
state capitol, the Goddess of Liberty on
the towering dome. The picture was paint
ed by Albert Guerry, the artist, and Is
from one Of the latest photographs the
general had taken. Mr.. Guerry enjoyed
personal acquaintance with Gen. Toombs
and often had the pleasure of studying
his strong face so well supplied with char
acter lines which are the delight Of an
artists heart. The portrait was painted
by Mr.. Guerry, as he desired to place the
face Of the old man on canvas as he re-
membered him. 1t may be that the pic
ture viii be purchased by the state and
hung on the capitol walls.
Two papers were drawn on the Midway
at Atlanta Wednesday affecting two Of
the most important concessions at the eX-
position. Victor Rodite who has managed
the Streets of Cairo, bought outright the
entire building of the Vaudeville Club,
known as the TrocaderO theater, where a
high class vaudeville show has been given.
lie VIII put on Partisan novelty perform
ance consisting of vaudeville dancing and
Turkish attractions. Having secured the
electric scenic theater for the exposition
period he Will move the plant of the Tro-
caderO into that building, where the living
pictures and vaudeville will be continued.
The beautiful electric theater of Sauss-
man and Lands will be moved in its
entirety to the eastern side of the cleo
tricity building, where a continuous show
VIII be given. 1t is understood that this
three-cornered deal, which was engineer
ed by the Vaudeville Club, and which
gives the exposition one more big conces-
sion, netted very handsome sum to its
stockholders. The sale of the Trocadero
is outright and its former owners are no
longer connected with it in any way.
Macon Telegraph: Col. c. A. Turner of
the firm of Hardeman, Davis a. Turner
has returned from Atlanta where he ar
gued before Judge Lumpkin the case of
the trustees of Mercer university in the
matter of the Cheney will, BY the terms
OF MS Will, Mr. Aquilla }. Cheney, who re
cently died in Fulton county, bequeathed
to his immediate nephews and nieces 81
900 each, and the rest of his estate was TO
go TO Mercer university. This question
arises; Are the descendants of the deceas-
ed nieces and nephews entitld 10 any
thing2 If not, does the thousand dollars
that would have gone to each nephew or
niece, mad he or she lived, go to the living
nieoes and nephews, or does it go to Mer-
Ger university with the residuum of the es-
tate? A big lawsuit has resulted. The
lawyers say It is one of the most difficult
questions yet before Georgia court. At
the time the will was made there were
tnlrty-three nephews and nieces thirteen
OF whom We're dead. As each was entitled
TO $1,000, this leaves $1,000 undisposed of
by the terms of the Will. and the court is
asked to say whether ii goes to Mercer
university with the residuum of the as-
tate, or to the descendants of the deceased
neDheWS and nieces. Judge Lumpkin tenn
porarily withholds his decision In ex-
plalmng the case Tuesday, Mr.. Turner
SAID; The sitXh item of the will is as fol-
lows: I bequeath to my immediate ne
pheWs and nieces 81 600 each, meaning only
the children Of my brothers and sisters'
A subsequent item provides that the resi-
dunn Of the estate shall go to Mercer uni
Versity. There We're thirteen OF his imme-
date nepheWs and nieces who were dead
at the time Of the execution of the will or
who died before the testatOr leaving chill
dren or grandchildren. The executors con-
strued the sixth item of the will so as to
give the said Sl3 600 to the grand and great
grand nephews and nieces of the testator
claiming that they had the right to ia Ike
of Mercer university claim that as these
thirteen nephews and nieces had died
prior to the testator, the bequest was to a
class in severalty; and that as the beuuest
was in severalty to a class. the members
Of the class who had previously died had
them, and should go to the residuary
clause under his will. and, therefore to
them. The trustees of Mercer university
filed bill en1oining the executors from
paying this $4,000 to the grand and great
grand nepheWs and nieces of the testator
made TO a class in seVeraty-that is if the
testator had given $4,000 in bulk 10 his
tNlrty-tnrce nepheWs and nieceS to be 3i-
Vided in bulk between them. then where
some OF them dropped out, the remaining
nephews ana nieces-tLe gift being TO a