The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-19


Weeds Is the QuestiOn-GOssip OF
a Day Heard About the Town.
Jacob Franz, the Lunatic, May BE
Sent Back to Germany-Interest In
College Foot Ball Among Univer-
sity Alumni In savannah.
1t seems a crying pity,
| That the grass about the city
Should be growing like jungle on the
| plain;
While the park and tree commission
Is awaiting recognition
With no money left to NOV it down
again.
"If the warm weather and daily show
ers hold out much longer. the squares
| and parks of Savannah will be like way
| Ing fields of grain, or forage" said a
| friend of the park and tree commission
yesterday, land we will not have to go
out of town to feel at a country resort.
What is to be done about it-that is
the question? 1t seems that the hands OF
| ne park and tree commission are tied
with the letters Of financial embarass-
ment, and that they are unable to raise
any money with which to continue their
| work of beautifying the ornamental cor
ners of the city, or even to keep the grass
down. What is to be the outcome Of the
matter, is what many of US would like
| to know. One thing is certain, it will
never do for Savannah to be neglectful
| Of that which is so distinctively her pecu-
| liarly identifying characteristic - her
parks and squares. If there is anything
| which makes Savannah the Savannah
that it is, surely it is the charming lawns,
| squares, plots and parks. To
| neglect these would be to lose sight of the
principal enjoyment that is to be had in
the city. Particularly in summer time is
it necessary to have the parks kept in
| good condition, and while there may be
some question as to the propriety of the
| running through with the budget allowed
| the park and tree commission so quickly,
1t is nevertheless true that the work of
the commission should not be allowed to
stop one minute. There has been some
| good work done for the city of Savannah
in this line, and it should be continued.
The Colonial cemetery has been finished
off with pleasing effect and is now an at
tractive place. The work that has been
commenced on Forsyth park is of such a
nature that it should not be allowed to
stop where 1t has been left off at this
time. 1t is clear that something should be
done to allow the park and tree commits
sion to proceed with the work that has
| been entrusted to them"
| Jacob Franz, or Franck, the man with
| out country, who has been on the hands
| or chatham county as a raving lunatic
| for long time and confined in the coun-
| ty jail, will probably be sent back to Ger
| many, his native land, within a short
| time. For quite a while the insane man
| has been imprisoned in the Jail, and at
times his rawlings have caused alarm in
| the neighborhood of the jail at all hours
| OF the night. He sometimes gets frantic
| and cries out in tones of wild alarm.
| shouting for help. These shouts are well
calculated to keep the people in that neigh
| borhood awake at night. The case Is
| peculiarly sad one, for the reason that the
| German government refused to repatriate
him, claiming that, according to the treaty
| with America the German gov
| eminent could not be expect
ed to take the lunatic back home to be
| placed In an asylum, for the reason that
in such cases the United States has al
ways failed to repatriate the subjects of
| this country in Germany.
| Many of the ladies who reside in the
neighborhood of Colonial cemetery across
| AAOlAA luS jail On ADeTCOEn street, have
| taken the case in hand and Miss Margaret
| Cosens wrote to the German minister at
| Washington asking him If the German
| government would receive the subject II
| his voyage be paid. Miss Cozens and a
number of other ladies with charitable i'm
| pulse first ascertained from Chairman
! Dale of the county commissioners that
| the expenses of taking the lunatic back
| to Germany would be paid by the county
In reply to the inquiry If the German
| government would receive the unfortunate
man Miss Cozens is in receipt of a letter
| from Baron Thielmann, consul general at
| Washington, stating that he will be re-
| ceived If the passage be paid. In this way
| IL is quite probable that in short time
| Franck will be sent back to his native
| land. He came to Savannah as a sailor
and was found demented one afternoon
| in front of the cathedral. Since that time
| there have been repeated efforts made to
| have him sent back to Germany, but the
! consul has always said that the German
| government would not repatriate him. He
has been kept at the expense of the coun-
! ty for long time, after having been sent
| by private subscriptions to an Independent
| lunatic asylum for awhile. When the
| money ran short he was brought back to
Savannah where he has been imprisoned
| at the expense Of the county ever since.
The second rehearsal of the Ford Asso-
citation was held last night. The work Of
| the amateurs was highly satisfactory ana
1t is hoped that the play will be presented
/ within two weeks.
There was a great deal of interest among
/ college men Of Savannah yesterday in the
| game of base ball between the University
| Of Georgia and the University OF Virginia
| There are many alumni OF both colleges
in Savannah, and they were taking a live
| ~ interest In the contest for the cham
| pionship of the southern colleges. The
first game between the two colleges re.
| suited in defeat for the Georgia boys
| but IL was claimed by their friends IN Sa-
| vannah that the reason was because they
| have lost several OF their best players
| lately. II is said that the University Il
| Georgia team is one OF the best college
| base BAH teams that has been brought out
in southern college circles for a number
| Of years, and their victory over the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania went a long way
toward proving this to be true.