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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
A New Enternrisc.

A new enterprise was organized in Co
lumbia, 5. c., last month, known as the
Stewart Contracting Company. 1t is an
Incorporated company, with a CAPITAL
stock of $4,000. The board of directors
consist of J. p. Burgess Of Savannah a
X stewart Thomas j. Harper and vii
nam II. Lyles of Columbia, S. q Mr.
j. Z. Burgess was elected president of
the company, and r. Stewart. genera
manager, secretary and treasurer Tho
new company proposes to do a General
contracting business in all its branches.
erect buildings OF all kinds built Of WOOD
brick or stone; do a general auarrvin !,
and stone business. build bridges ana
roads dams and jetties, and take con-
tracts for all kinds of street
improvements. The headouarters anS
Pi n PAL, t offices will be located
OF the general manager but tbayo
VIII be established in Savannah ca q
branch Office, in charge of the presidar+
OF the company. The conpanV ie 49,
engaged IN constructing a dam across The
river at Central S. c., and puttino in
foundations of stone masonry for a i9ro ~,
COTTON mill. They have also been ava
1a d contract for the approaches to the
new public building at Charleston : o.
ana are shipping rough stone al bails -
LOT the Florida Central and PeninsrIar..
railway, ana crushed stone for the Ooaat
chee road at Savannah 7O9
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
HEIRS TAKE EXCEPTIONS.
A CONTEST OVER A PART OF ROB-
ERT N'INTIRE's WILL.

The Heirs of Mrs. Fannie sIcEntire
Object to the Probate OF the Codi-
ell Which Revoked the Request
Originally Made to Her-A Claim
That Mr.. McIntire Was not Mem
tally Capable of Making the CodiciI
on Account of Being Under the In
fiuences of Powerful Medicines.
The viii of Robert McIntire was probat-
ed in solemn form in the court of ordinary
yesterday, with the exception of the last
codicil dated Sept 4, 1885, to which cav
eat was filed, and the hearing on that por-
ton of it went over until tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock
The caveat is by Messrs. J. w. Chas.
A, Frank n, John E., Henry G.. and Sgd
ney ii. McIntire and Mrs Alice NJ Fay,
formerly McIntire. the heirs of Mrs. Fam
ME McIntire. The caveat is to the cOdicil
which revoked the bequest made to Mrs
Fannie McIntire on account of her death
and the grounds are that the testatOr was
in feeble health at the time, that he was
not OF suf1cient mental capacity to make
such codicil, that he was under the in
huence of powerful drugs given him on
account of his condition, and that il was
made under the mistaken belief that his
estate had shrunkcn largely. With the eX-
ceptiOn of this codicil the entire will was
ADMITTED TO probate in solemn form by
Judge FerriI.
Alexander NJ. Barbee, Jr., qualified as
administrator Of the estate of A. NJ. Bar
bee, ST.
George A. Lortl qualified as temporary
administrator of the estate of Joseph f.
Loiseau, and made application for perma-
nent letters of administration.
Julia G. Bergen was granted a years
support from the estate of Thomas Ber-
gen.
An order to sell the wheelwright and
blacksmith shop belonging to the estate
of William w. Gnann was granted to
William G.. Gnann, executor.
Orders to sell real estate We're granted
to William H. Royal administrator of
the estate of Thomas Cohen; L. NJ. DE-
Wis, administrator of the estate of L. J.
Brannen, and to J. f. Brooks, admins
traitor of the estate of John Aston.
Letters dismissory were granted to B.
II. Levy. administrator of the estate of
Max Eisenmann, and J. +. Brooks, ad-
ministrator of the estate of j. J. SOuza.
The following annual returns were eN-
anined, found correct, and passed for
record: George II. White, administrators
of the estate of John NJ. Harrison; W. p.
LaROche, executor of the will of L. G.
Richards Andrew Houston, guardian of
Benjamin and Andrew Boley and Eliza
Moore, minors; J. T. Shuptrine. guardian
Of S. r. Newton, minor; H. NJ. Branch,
trustee of Arthur Schaaf, and f. W. Reid,
executor of the will of Jane e. Bryan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
LOCAL Personal.

Miss Smart returned from the north yes
terday on the Kansas City.
Mr.. f. A. Giesler was a passenger on
the Kansas City from New York yester-
day.
Mr.. John Ward Motto, Jr.. left last night
Tor a short business trip through South
east Georgia.
Mr.. C. b. Gilbert and r. L. Gilbert
We're passengers on the steamer ID. H. Mil
Ter from Baltimore yesterday.
The, friends of Mr.. Emile Gradot, dep
uty clerk of the superior court. will re-
greet to learn that he is quite sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Beach and the
Misses Beach were passengers on the Kan
sas City from New York yesterday.
Mr.. John B. Fernandez has returned
nome again, after spending the summer
north. He spent most of his time up
in the Catskill mountains, but for the
last month has been in New York city.
Mr.. L, ]. Maxwell returned to the city
last night from New Orleans, where ne
was called by the death of his brother
vas a prominent fruit importer of New
Orleans and a leading military man.
Mr.. J. K. p. Carr, clerk of the superior
court was back at his desk again yes
terday, after an absence of five weeks
Carr spent most of his time in PhiIa-
delphia and New York. but went as far
north as Montreal, and took in various
is much improved by his trip, and returns
to his labors with renewed energy.
Mr.. c. V. Hernandez, deputy clerk of
council, left last night for Atlanta on =
ten days vacation. Mr.. Hernandez diG
not have any vacation this summer, bu,
will take it now. He will spend several
days seeing the Atlanta exposition In
Guiding the Midway, after which he will
visit friends in Rome. He has the hearty
good wishes of many friends for an en-
joyable trip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
TO EXTEND POLICE POWERS.
Bills Introduced in the Legislature
For That Purpose.

Representative Screven introduced
three city bills in the legislature yester-
day, extending the jurisdiction of the city
for two miles from the corporate limits,
for sanitary purposes; extending the ju-
risdiction of the recorders court for the
same distance and giving the police the
right to make arrests within the same
territory.
A separate bill was required for each
purpose. The objects of the bills are very
plain. The police frequently find it nee
essary to go outside the corporate limits
in pursuit Of some offender, and the bill
simply gives them proper authority to
do this for distance of two miles from
the limits. 1t viii also enable the police
to break up disorderly gatherings Of any
kind and preserve order generally for
two miles from the limits. The extension
Of the jurisdiction of the police court
simply gives the recorder or mayor the
right to pass upon such cases after the
arrests have been made.
The bill extending the jurisdiction of
the mayor and aldermen for two miles
from the limits FOR sanitary purposes is
introduced with the approval of the sani-
tary board, which has found itself power
less to compel the removal or abatement
of nuisances dangerous to health, when
just outside the city limits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
cYcLIsF wINDER's LONG RIDE.
He VIII Reach Savannah This week
on His ~ 600 aIIIe Trip.

Tom ". Winder. who viii arrive here
in a day or two. Is making one OF the
most extraordinary bicycle journeys on
record. He has undertaken TO ride his
wheel, or push it, around the United
States. keeping as nearly as possible TO
the coast and international boundary
lines, and 20 accomplish the circuit in
90 consecutive days.
The journey is estimated 10 be 21.6
miles. obnging him 10 travel on the
average al least seventy-tw0 miles day.
lie viii cross thirty-three states and ter
ritories ia accomplishing his task
Mr.. WiHder weighs rs pounds and is "a
newspaper man Of Warsaw, Ind. lie is
due here tomorrow, and viii stop at the
De Soto, where he viii be glad 10 meet
the savannah Wheeimen.
M Nlnder started westward from New
Orleans on March d. and is due there
again on Jan 6. The longest time he has
passed without eating was thirty-six
hours, in New Mexico. His longest walk,
caused hy "a breakdown, was twenty
seven miles in the state of Washington.
His worst troubles thus FAR have been bad
roads and difficulty in getting enough to
The journey from Seattle. Wash, TO
Bangor, Me. was made in three months,
May ID TO Aug. 80. From Portland, Me,
ne IS following the coast as closely as
possible TO ST. Augustine. Fla. From ST.
Augustine he will go TO Gainesville, and
thence to New Orleans.
Mr.. Winder has met with several acct
dents 10 his wheel, which caused him
many weary miles of walking. Since
the start he has broken three chains and
ne has had four different tires on his
front wheel and five on the rear. In
some states he was obliged TO ride over
corduroy roads formed of tree trunks a
foot and half thick, laid close together,
with branches streWed upon them. The
best roads he has seen are IN Vermont
and Maine.
Mr.. Winder is making the journey as
a correspondent of the Illustrated Buffalo
Express, to which paper he furnishes
weekly letters describing his experiences.
a large het-Sl,OOJ and a house and lot
in Warsaw, Ind.-is also at stake upon
the result Of his long ride. He will be
given 81 900 10y the manufacturer of the
wheel he rides, but he will forfeit the
stake if he takes advantage of any means
of travel other than those afforded by his
wheel and his feet Exception is made
I'm cases where ferries must be used in
order to cross rivers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
NOT A MEMBER OF THE FIRM.
The NicOIsOn Case Against Mr.. It. II
Chapeau Dismissed.


The suit of John Nicolson and John
Nicolson, Jr.. against T. T. Chapeau, in
which the effort was made to show that
Mr.. Chapeau was partner in the firm of
II. T. Moore & Co., in order to hold him
liable on notes to the amount of $15,SOO
firm, was dismissed in the city court yes
terday on motion of Messrs. Nicolson &
Mcclellan, attorneys for the plaintiffs.
Mr.. Chapeau was represented by Mr..
Charles n. West. The plaintiffs appear
TO have found that there was no evidence
TO substantiate the claim and there was
nothing TO do but to move to have it dis
missed. a Judgment against II. T. Moore
was rendered last term.
The other business of the city court con-
sisted of rendering a number of default
judgments mostly on notes and accounts.
A Judgment was rendered in favor of Mr.
Thomas Cooley against the Tybee Beach
Company, for $685. with interest, he having
shown that he purchased two lots of
land from the company to which it had
refused to give him the proper titles as
he demanded. He had paid for the prop
erty, and the judgment practically COW
cred the amounts paid in.
A judgment for 81, 3f5.O6 was rendered in
favor of r. n. Berrien against the Sa-
vannah Cotton Company. The plaintiff
claimed that he was employed by the
company for year at $500, and stated
that he received payment monthly from
time to time until May l. 1895 when the
payments stopped. and he was compelled,
for that reason, to drop a life insurance
policy which he was carrying. For this
reason he asked for damages as well as
for the amount that would be due him
There was no defense and the Judgment
was rendered In his favor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
run OVER WHILE ASLEEP.
A COIored Man Lost His Life While
Intoxicated.


Nelson Williams. colored, who was run
over by a train in the yard of the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad, died yes
terday morning at the Georgia Inhrmary.
Williams was lying asleep on the track
in the yard, when he was run over by
freight train which was backing in. The
fiagman and brakeman, who were on the
rear platform, saw the body of a man lying
across the track about twenty feet from
the train. They shouted to him to get out
of the way, and at the same time gave
the signal for down brakes. The man did
not move, and before the train could be
stopped several wheels had passed over
the body, entirely severing both legs
The wounded man was taken to the
Georgia Indrmary, where he died shortly
afterwards. lie was conscious when he
arrived at the inflrmary, and said, in an
swer TO questions. that he had been drink
ing a little, but not much, and that he did
not hear the train. The accident occurred
between and O'Clock in the morning.
No relatives or friends of the dead man
could be found, and the body was buried
by the coroner Coroner Goette made an
Investigation, and decided that an inquest
was unnecessary BY his own statement
the deceased had lain down on the track
and gone to sleep while under the influ-
ence of liquor, with the usual conse-
Quences.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
GETTING AT THE FACTS.
A Council Committee Investigating
the o. r. NJ. Department.

the q. r.. NJ. Department..
The health and cemetery committee
spent some time yesterday afternoon in
vestigating the charges made against
NJ. A. Buttimer. contractor of the sink
department. by the superintendent. b.
.. Rogers
Several witnesses were examined by the
committee. Mr. Buttimer was given the
privilege OF having his attorney. Mr.. W.
G. Hartridge. present at the investiga-
ton. Besides the specific charges made
by the superintendent, the committee is
making a general investigation OF the
conduct Of the department by Mr.. Butti-
mer.
DR. FaIigant, chairman of the COM
mittee, stated to a Morning News re-
porter that besides investigating the
charges against Mr.. Buttmer, the com
mittee would enter upon the subject Of
the contract itself and its operation as
affecting the interests of the citizens gen.
orally.
Another member of the committee sta
ted that nothing criminal had been de-
veloped against Mr. Buttimer so far.
In some cases. where he was charged
with billing the city twice for cleaning
the same vaults. It was found that the
vaults had been divided into sections,
which had been cleaned at different
times. The contractor entered the reg
ular charge each time, while the super
intendent held that the whole vault could
only be charged for once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
SELLS BROs.' CIRCUS NEXT.
The Big show Will he in Savannah
This Week.

Sells Bros circus will be in Savannah
Friday and will give two performances
a matinee and night performance at the
Bolton street base ball park. Sells Bros
show is one of the strongest that visits
the south. The proprietors are pioneer
showmen and promoters of all up-to-date
amusement ideas the absolute and sole
owners of all the stock, railroad cars.
animals, cages, chariots and tents, renting
no privileges; free from any Objectiona BILE
features; no games of chance; no hum
bugs, which so frequently accompany
circuses for the purpose of fleeing a guile
less public; no eXaggeration, everything
exactly as advertised coming on theiI
own special trains of railway cars, twelve
mammoth tents, 1000 people, 800 horses
and ponies three ring circuses, fifty cage
menageries, Roman hippodrome races, ele-
waited theater stages Austrian aviary
Arabian caravan. The spectacular street
pageant will take place at 10 a. m on
exhibition day. Special grand holiday ex-
cursions will run on railroads and steam
boat lines at reduced rates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
THE MUSIC CULTURE CLUB.
It's Opening Concert At the Theater
Tonight.

Its Opening Concert At the Theater
Tonight.
The opening concert, under the auspices
at the Music Culture Club, will take place
tonight. in which will appear Mr. Rafael
Diaz Albertni. vlolinist; Nine. Rosa Linde,
contralto, and Mr.. Clemantino de Macchi,
pianist.
The concert from the interest that has
been taken ia it by the patrons of the Ml-
sic Culture Club, will hardly fail to be
a brilliant event, both socially and mu-
sically. The patrons of the club are ex-
pected to attend in evening dress, and
every detail connected with the concert
will be with view to making it in every
way a most successful Inauguration of
the series of concerts which the club will
give.
The opening number will be played at
$50 O'Clock, at which time the audience is
expected to be seated. There will be no
entering during the execution of a num-
her The fame of the artists who will
appear is too well known to require any
Introduction for them to such an audience
as the club win have.
Sweet Lavender, which will be presented
at the Savannah theater tomorrow night
for the benefit of the Temple Guild of
Mickva Israel temple, promises TO be one
of the finest amateur dramatic perform
ances ever put on the stage in this city.
1t is a bright and catchy piece that had
a long run in New York city, where it
was a faVorite There has been big
rush for tickets. and bright success Is
promised for the entertainment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
CAME A LONG WAY FOR 4 JOB.
A Bogus Letter and the Trouble II
Caused.


There are some practical jokers who
should be kicked. and others who should
be hung. One day last week Proprietor
Graham Of the Pulaski was approached
by young stranger who introduced him
self with the remark that he was the new
head barkeeDer. Mr.. Graham told him
that he didn't understand what he meant
me young man seemed surprised, and
stated that he had been employed by the
steward OF the Pulaski to come down
from New York and take charge of the
har OF the hotel Mr.. Graham replied
that that could not be, as there was no
steward of the Pulaski and he attended
10 that department himself. The young
man then produced TWO letters, post
marked Savannah, and written on Pulas-
HI house letter paper The first letter
onered him position as head barkeeper
OF the hotel at a salary of S75 q month.
He replied to this, accepting the position
and received the second letter, telling him
10 come on at once. He came south, he said,
expecting 10 go to work Immediately. He
seemed very much disappointed when Pro-
prletOr Graham assured him that he had
no knowledge of any such transaction,
as the hotel had no steward and did not
need another barkeeDer.
The young man gave his name as
Charles j. Nuer. He said that he had
brought no money with him, expecting to
go 10 work at once and that he could
not get back home until he had written
to his mother to send him the money. Mr.
Graham kindly agreed to give him his
BOARD free until he could get funds from
home to buy a return ticket Nuer left
for New York yesterday, having enjoyed
Mr.. Graham S hospitality for a week. Ev-
identity the job could only have been done
by some acquaintance of Nuer who knew
MS address and that he wanted a place
The name signed to the letters by the
bogus steward was TarletOn.
Mr. Graham is very anxious to locate
the party who posed as his steward but
mere Is little prospect of his doing So
II is possible that Mr.. Graham might
have been taken in by a slick confidence
man, but he does not think so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
FREIGHT BUREAUS FIRST YEAR.
Its Annual Meeting to BE Held To-
Day.

The subscribers to the Savannah bu-
reau Of freight and transportation will
hold their first annual meeting to-day
at noon at the rooms of the bureau in the
board of trade building.
The principal business of the meeting
will be the reading of the annual report
by the manager, Capt. ID. G. Purse. The
report will show what has been accom-
pilshed by the bureau during the year
and the difficulties with which it has
met. The report itself will be the strong
est argument against the discontinuance
of the freight bureau. This question is
almost certain to come before to-day's
meeting.
Some of the subscribers are dissatis-
fled with the results, and have an
nounced themselves in favor of winding
up the affairs of the bureau. 1t is be-
Heved that the majority, however, will
favor it's continuance. A meeting Of the
board Of directors was held at the rooms
yesterday al noon, but no business Of
Importance was transacted Another
meeting of the board will be held to-
morrow, as required by the rules.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
CHURCH CORNER STONE LAID.
Interesting Exercises at the First
CONGREGATIONAL Church, COIOred.

Congregational Church, COlOred.
The corner stone of the First Congre-
gational church, Rev. L. B. Maxwell
pastor, corner of Taylor and Habersham
streets, was laid yesterday afternoon.
A large crowd was present and the ex-
ercises were very interesting. The SER
vices were conducted by Rev. Alex Harris
of the First Bryan Baptist church, on
West Broad street.
Short addresses were made by Rev. ].
w. Roberts, Rev. d. II. Porter, Rev. ].
]. Durham, d. D., Rev. ]. NJ Simms and
Rev. E. K. Love, ID. d. A short history
of the church was read by Prof. S. b.
Morse,
After the collection was raised the spec
tators repaired to the northeast corner
of the building, where the stone was
laid with impressive ceremony by Rev.
Harris, after which the benediction was
pronounced.
When finished this church will be among
the handsomest colored churches in the
city. The work done is commendable for
the small membership, not numbering 25
persons. In a few weeks the building
will be finished sufficiently for services
to be held.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05

The New York Herald of Sunday Nov
., 1879 contains Candidates for the Ya:e
tootban Team, in Beautiful Half-Topc
Pictures; The Coming Horse SNOW in
Coiors; The Latest Winter Novelties
From Paris; A Page Of Humor; Nord-
hotf,s Interesting Letters TO r.abor.
George W, Smaley's Review OF Curren,
pose of Jugglery; VIII Gold Beco1ac
Gheap and Common? Candidates for the
PRESIDENCY; How to Dress Well ms
Winter. For sale at EstilI's NM r Ils
pot, 2llA Bull street-ad. 1--WE -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
MIR. james McGinIer Denh.

Mr.. James Mckinley died yesterday
morning at his residence on Henry street.
after an illness Of several months. His
funeral will take place at o'clock this
afternoon.
Mr.. Mckinley was a carpenter by trade.
and was well known in Savannah ne
leaves a family of several children, nearly
all of whom live in this city He was a
member of the Republican Blues and the
flag on the Regimental armory was at half
mast yesterday in respect to his memory.
melancholy marked him for her own =,
but NJ took Ayers Sarsaparilla ana
cheated her.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05

The body Of Mr.. A. B. Barnwell. whose
death at Cordele was announced in YES
terdays Morning News, was brought 10
the city yesterday. The funeral viii take
place this morning at II o'clock, from No
81 Huntington street. The deceased was
a member of Mizpah lodge. knights of
Pythias Of Baltimore. Deputy Grand
Chancellor Jacob Gazan has reuupsted
the Knights of Pythias of the city 10 meet
at their hall at 10 O'Clock this morning
for the purpose of attending the funeral
in a body. The interment will be in Ian
rel Grove.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05

Look out for it, and be prepared. DR.
Jaeger's sanitary underwear is cbeaner
than ever before; see it before bu,-ing
any other kind. If you can't 60 Jaeger
take a squint at our many other A.
qualities and don't overlook two STYLES
Of all wool, solid colors in suits al & "a
These are the finest ever sold a. ~ ~
price. Appel & Sehaul.-ad. 'He
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
ADAM STRAUSS DEAD.

His Funeral to Take Place From His
Late Residence This Afternoon.
Mr. Adam Strauss died at the Savan-
nah hospital last night after a short i'll
ness. Mr.. Strauss was 80 years old, and
native of New York. He married Miss
Schaul, who, with two daughters, survives
him. One Of his daughters who was at
school in Virginia, reached here before
her father died.
Mr. Strauss will be buried this after
noon. His funeral viii take place from his
late residence, No. Isl Perry street at 800
nlclnck
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-05
Chenp Rates 70 AtInntn.

Round trip tickets are on sale via Cen
trail railroad, as follows:
$3.50, limited days.
$500, limited Is days.
S1255, limited Jan, Z, '96.
Special rates for pupils and teachers of
schools upon application to w. G. Brew
er, CITY Ticket Agent. No. 10 Bull street.
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