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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
BATTERY F TO LEAVE TYBEE.
VIII Strike Camp To-day and Move
to Chickamauga,

to Chickamauga.
Battery F, light artillery. Fifth Regi-
ment, VIII leave the camp at Tybee for
Chickamauga. The battery was ordered
to be In readiness for the movement some
time ago. and the officers had begun to
think the marching orders were slow in
being received.
The battery will leave Tybee at about s
O'Clock this afternoon. 1t is not known
yet what win be the route 1t will take to
Chickamauga. but it is thought the Cen
tral Railroad will stand a good show for
the business. Bids were sent 10 the quar-
termaster OF the department of the Gulf
at Atlanta, all having to be in by 8
o CLOCK. The lines interested in such bus
mess made their bids.
The departure of the light battery will
ieave the heavy battery and the company
OF infantry on Tybee. While the battery
mas been here the officers have met a
great many Savannah people, and they
are all esteemed very highly by those to
whom they are known. They are Capt.
Reilly, Lieut.. w. P. Newcombe Lieut.. L..
X. Burgess and Lieut.. Payne. Capt. Rel-
Iy Is a fine officer and one who is liked
by all who know him. Lieut.. Burgess and
Lieut. Payne have made many friends dur
ing their stay on the island, many gentle
men having gone down to see them at
ther camp and the officers having return
ed the calls in the city.
The battery goes to Chickmauga with
one more gun than 1t brought. This was
received day before yesterday at the camp.
1t Is one of the No. 3.2-inch calibre rifled
style, and makes the fifth of the battery.
1t came from the Watervliet arsenal In
New York. The officers are expecting to
receive the sixth gun to make their bat
terry complete at 'Chickamauga- The bat.
terry will also be Increased 10 $50 men,
instead of the seventy-five now In it.
Lieut.. Newcomb of Battery p.
Light Artillery, at Tybee, is in the city
to meet his wife, who is coming down
from Boston this morning with the ex-
pectation of spending some time with him
here. He will leave with his regiment this
afternoon for Chickamauga, and she will
accompany him there. Mrs. Newcomb vis-
tied the family of Judge Chisholm here
in the early eighties. and has many pleas
ant recollections of Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
ONE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
May BE Formed This Afternoon
From the Two Now in the Field.


The opposing Democratic executive COM
mittees of Chatham county will come TO
gether at the court house this afternoon,
and the chances are that there will be a
union, brotherly and harmonious.
The committee elected by the primary
and headed by Hon. F. G. duBignon will
meet in the City Court room, while the
committee elected at the mass meeting.
and headed by DR.. William Duncan, will
meet in the Superior Court room.
This is the outcome of the efforts made
some days ago as mentioned In the Morn
ing News to bring the two committees to-
gether, and form one committee around
which all the Democrats Of Chatham can
rally. The announced object of the meet
ings is to make arrangements with regard
to the gubernatorial contest, but incident
ally it is expected that harmony on local
lines will finally be brought about.
Just what will be done IL is impossible
to predict now. Some of the gentlemen
interested favor the election of an execu-
tive committee al the June primary, while
others think one should be formed from
the two committees as they stand at
present. Some arrangement which will be
satisfactory all around will probably be
agreed upon this afternoon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
FIVE TRUE BILLS.
Grand Jury Indicted Thomas NJ
Baker for Larceny After Trust.

Grand Jury Indicted Thomas NJ.
Baker for Larceny After Trust.
The grand jury of the Superior Court
found a true bin of indictment yesterday
against Thomas NJ. Baker, charging him
with larceny after trust in accordance
with the specifications contained In the
warrant against him.
Baker Is charged with failing to account
for Sl3 barrels of -four, valued at $1,515 95,
SEQ sacks of grits, valued at $267. %, 40
barrels of bran, valued at $lS7 AZ, and 100
barrels of grits, valued at 500. Baker is
still in jail, not having succeeded in giving
bond.
The grand jury also found an indictment
against j. j. Lee, charging him with as
sault with intent to murder. Lee Is the
man who shot the negro hack driver in
front of the Planters Hotel a few de--~
ago. Washington is still alive, ar%ssw1e
has been released on bond.
Other indictments found were Joe Dillon
assault with intent to murder Joseph Hey
ward; Robert Houston, burglary of the
house of Emma Tippins on April q, and
Ella Mitchell, assault with intent to muir
der Mary Howard on May 80 with a knife
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
500 LEFT.
Four-Quart EnameIIed Stew Par.

Just think, five hnndred stew pans COM
piete' handles and covers, were given
away yesterday. That shows the people
know a good thing when they see it. We
VIII give the remainder away to-day with
any Of the following articles:
One pound Thea Nectar, COO.
One pound baking powder, 45c.
One pound best pepper 40c.
One pound best mustard. 4Oc.
Two bottles extracts, SOC.
Six cans condensed milk. 9Oc.
Fifty cents worth of tea (any kind: 81 %
worth of coffee (any kind, or rs cents
worth of tea and coffee.
This Is the last day. Come early.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.
lO6 Broughton street, west. Telephone SIG
II. T. Wilson, managerial.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
WIRE NETTING UNDER GRAT1NGs
Fire Inspector Basch Wants nm Orr
dInnnce Recurring 1t.

dinnnce Requiring 1t.
Fire Inspector Basch is making an eff
fort to have property owners place wire
netting beneath store front gratings in or
der to prevent matches or other COM
bustibles from falling into them. 1t is be-
lleved this will greatly lessen the fires, as
the inspector has recently found on bis
rounds that the waste which accumulates
under gratings is a source of much danger
to the property.
The matter was ment toned to several cit
liens, who did not apparently take much
to the idea. Inspector Basch then threw
out feeler by giving one man orders to
place wire netting under the grating but
legal advice was sought with the result
that property owner could not be placed
upon the docket for a violation unless
there was a city ordinance providing for
the netting. The inspector firmly believes
this precaution should be observed, how
ever and intends taking steps toward
having an ordinance introduced in Coun-
Gil covering the matter
Netting of small mesh Is the most de-
sirable, and inquiry has shown the cost
to be merely nominal. In view of the pro-
lection that would be afforded. 1t Is as
serted that even where care is used more
or less rubbish will accumulate under
gratings and thereby require only throw
ing in a match to start fire.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
SIGNAL STATION ESTABLISHED.
Corps VIII De Enlisted and Take
Charge at Tybee To-day.

corps VIII he Enlisted and Take
Charge at Tybee To-day.
The government established a naval sig
nal station on Tybee last night, and the
men who are to be located there will go
down to-day The signal mast has not yet
been erected, but probably will be at once
Lieut.. II. S. Coldng has had the matter
Ia charge, and was instructed 20 hold
everything in readiness TO establish the
station on short motive. He received tele.
gram last night from Capt c. +. Good
rich Of the signal service corps at Wash
ington, directing that the necessary men
he enlisted at once. Lieut.. Colding has the
five men required already selected, ana
they will be formally enlisted this morn.
ing.
OF the number who will be at the sta.
ton, four Will be seamen and the ffih a
telegraph operator. The names of thu
men 60 serve were not given out by Lieut.
Colding, other than that Of Mr.. Norman
Beckett one OF the seamen who will be
In temporary charge Of the station. lie
Will accompany the other men 20 Tyiee
this morning.
Bids for the erection Of The mast ana a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
"wHEN THIS CRUEL WAR is OVER, p
Those Who Have Real Estate VIII
Have Something Tangible, But
Those who Invest I'm other Things
VIII Have More or Less of This
Worlds GoOds

VIII Have More or Less of This
Worlds Goods.
A wise man of Israel said: "There is
nothing new under the sum-" but every
body don't know everything and, there
fore, there are things that some people
suppose to be new that others know to be
old. 1t is to both the wise and the other
wise that would speak. During the Con-
federate war money was plenty, and good
things scarce. A man went to market with
a basketful of blue backs" and brought
his purchases home in his pocket! Some
people invested in Confederate bonds and
boarded Confederate bills and bought Sc
frustrated stocks. There We're some, how
ever, who did not lay up their treasures
in that way, but invested every dollar
they could get hold of in real estate When
the cruel war was over" the latter had
something that was worth money, end
the others had something which was
worth nothing. There are families in this
city to-day living on incomes from prop
erty which might have been represented
in worthless Confederate currency. bonds
stocks, etc, had their forefathers not had
an eye to the stability of real estate in
vestments. don't mean 10 insinuate that
there is any chance of the many good in
vestments other than lots and houses be-
ing made less valuable than they are now
because of the coming war with
Spain, but l do say that they will not
show that increase in value that real es-
tate will when 1t is over, and Johnny
comes marching home" The war VIII
have it's bad side, very bad side, / am
sorry to say. but 1t will put money In cir
eulation and make money cheap, because
other things will advance In value, and it
will take more money TO buy them If the
war lasts six months or a year, u is not
an exaggeration to say that Ninth gtreet
lots will be worth double what they would.
sell for to-dayi Savannah viii flourish
like green bay tree" / don't know ex-
actly why green bay should flourish
more than another tree, but that seems To
express prosperity. Ninth street lots win
be just as good as Gwinnett, Hall. or
Waldburg street lots, a few years from
this. Don't forget that. know a gentle
man who was offered lot IN the eastern
part of CASTOR street some years ago. and
he took his wife 20 see, ana
she said ''she would not live
In the woods. The family =
now living on Second avenue. Such h life,
Times change and situations, partlcuI1ri,,
building sites, change with them. Remem-
Der 10 come % the bargain sale Of lots IN
Ninth street. G. II. Dorsett, Auclloncer.--
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
MUST KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN.
Mayor Meldrim's Letter to the sani-
tary Inspectors.

Mayor MeIdrim's Letter to the Sani-
tnry Inspectors.
Mayor Meldrm yesterday addressed a
letter to each of the sanitary inspectors
of the city. bringing pointedly to their at
tention the necessity for strict and thor
ough performance of their duties. The
letter is of a nature to make the inspect
ors keep both eyes wide open and to put
in full days work each day of the sea-
son. 1t read as follows:
You hold your places as sanitary In
spectors at the pleasure of the Mayor and
1 desire to impress upon you the impor-
lance of the most rigid discharge of your
duty. The approaching summer will be an
important one In the history of this city.
Going from place to place, as you are re-
quired to do, in the discharge of your duty
you are now directed to report all things
which may come to your attention, such
as unsanitary condition of yards and
houses, streets and lanes. broken sidewalks
ana any other matter which may come
to your knowledge, injurious to the public
welfare. Unless these duties are rigldly
performed, 1t will become necessary to
dispense with your services and appoint
other men in your places This note is not
intended to reflect upon your past work.
but simply to put you upon notice that
the approaching summer is one of great
importance, and especial attention must
be paid TO the physical condition of the
city.
After reading that letter the inspector
who does not get out early and hustle all
day is counting a chance to volunteer In
the Cuban army of occupation at S13
month and rations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
DALE AVENUE FINISHED.
The New Road One of the Best Drives
In the County.


Dale avenue, the new road to Thunder
bolt has been completed from the junction
OF Estill avenue and the Waters road to
the Mechanics road a distance Of 2k
miles.
This Is the new road The county has been
constructing with Augusta gravel. The
road has right of way sixty feet wide
and is surfaced TO a width of "a feet, the
entire distance.
1t is regarded as one of the finest " not
the finest road in the county. The con-
victs who have been working on IL will
now be put on the drainage near the city.
and the force on this work win be aug
mented to something more than fifty men.
1t is talked around the court house that
Chairman ]. j. Dale Is going to honor the
occasion OF the christening OF the road by
rendering the other commissioners a fish
dinner at Thunderbolt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
WILL FORM THE HOME GUARD.
Few Policemen and Firemen Are En-
listed in Military.

Few Policemen and Firemen Are En-
listed in Military.
Expressions from officials of both the
police and FIRE departments is to the effect
that the men in these branches of tho
city's service are a home guard and Will
probably not be called into the national
service or expected to volunteer. There Is
no lack of willingness among them to go
forward. however, but their dsorgariza.
ton and substituting new mon, 1t is con,
sldered, would be anything else than bene-
fetal.
There are few, II any, enlisted men In
the police department Because of the
monetary demand that is apt 10 be made
for the patrolmen, the Police Commission
decided some time ago that all members
OF the force should withdraw as
regularly enlisted members Of military or.
CARNATIONS. aud this rule has been adj
hered 10 in the main. Some few of the
police are honorary members OF military
companies
Chief McDermott was asked what he
thought would be the general effect In the
way OF crime in case the military com
panes are Withdrawn. Evidently he does
not think there would be any noticeable
change. probably because OF the fact that
his men hold down dcpredations by their
own efforts. and not from any fear crlml.
mails have from ,other sources And as TO
any uprising that might occur ~ "A result
Of the departure Of the military the chief
fconunued on Third Page)
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
The Dangers of spring

Which arise from impurities in the blood
and depleted condition of this vital fluid
may be entirely averted by Hoods Sar-
saparilla. This great medicine cures all
spring humors boils, eruptions and sores,
and by enriching and vitalizing the blood
it overcomes that tired feeling and gives
vitality and vigor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23

building for quarters have been fled with
Lieut. Colding several days, and 1t seems
now the reason for the delay In not pro-
scee5ing was the orders from Capt. Good
rich. The successful bidder will be notified
to proceed with the work, the completion
of which. 1t is believed, will require about
a week. As has been given in the Morn
ing News, the mast will be ninety feet
high and thoroughly equipped for signal
ing according TO specifications that were
received from Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
NOTIFIED or THE BLOCKADE.
Collector OF Customs OmciaIIy Ad.
vised by the Department.

Collector of Customs Deveaux received
official notification last night from the
treasury department of the blockade OF
Havana. Inquiry was also made II there
were any Spanish vessels at present In the
collectors district. II there were. the col
lector was directed 10 notify the dsDart
ment al once. There Ks a scarcity OF YES.
sells flying the Spanish flag on this part
OF the coast just now, and the department
was notified that there were none here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23

Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick headache
biliousness and all liver ills. Price 2
centS.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
A LOW RATE TOUR THROUGH TN,
BEAUTIFUL
LAND OF THE SKY :"
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SIpE.rp,-

for the convenience of tourists hola,r
winter excursion tickets of the Sontba
halfway or foreign lines, who NAV DIS
70 take a side-trip to Asheville, N q
not Springs, N. c., the agent of the so,,tS
efh railway Company a. Columbia. 3 -
Is authorized to sell side-trip tickets 80
Ject to same limit as borne by the exc,,.
sion SION tickets held by the passengers;
4 rom Columbia to Asheville and ret,,r
- oollsnufy .s...-......-.....-.... e. -
from Columbia to Hot Springs and ~
turn to Salisbury ............. "a =
Fuilman drawing room buffet sleenjr :
cars between Jacksonville and Asbet,,,iss
and hot Springs. through without chan
as follows N'4N'ss-
Nos. SO ana n
~ Jacksonville. F. C. & p. r. r.. sou
Lv Savannah, #. c. & p. r. R..19 IA ~ ~
Lv Columbia, Southern Ry......... Saa -
Ar Asheyille, Southern Ry.......i6n
Ar Hot Springs, Southern Ry..352
Also Pullman drawing room sleeping cs =, =.
between Hot Springs and Asheyille srS
New York, as follows:
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-26
THAT Person."

In the life of Maria Mitchell, the as
tronomer, is related an anectlote that will
delight all lovers of Shakespeare. 1t was
told by Admiral smyth to Miss Mitchell
when she was visiting in England, and the
talk turned upon Stratford on-Avon.
Near Stratiord, within the limits Of
Charlecote park, where now crowds Of
curious tourists often straggle along the
narrow footpath, scarcely startling the ac-
customed deer, who raise their pretty heads
among the bracl1en to watch them pass,
was the scene of that youthful poaching
trespass of Shakespeare which, tradition
says, made the little town too hot to hold
him and sent him on his adventurous way
to London and'immortal fame.
Little beyond tradition attcsts this cpl
sole OF deer stealing, but there is no doubt
that the family of Lucy-the owners of
Charlecotc and the wrathful prosecutors in
the case-were held up TO ridicule by
shakespeare in the person Of that delicious
fool Justice Shallow, in the Merry Wives
of Windsor" The justice bore it will be
remembered, "a dozen lucies in his coat, y
ana these lucics, or pike, form the arms OF
the Lucy family being, as in the case of
Do many heraldic devices, pun upon the
family name.
Admiral Smyth told Miss Mitchell that
In recent years the Lucies of Charlotte
still displayed quite clearly some of the
characteristics handed down from Shakes
peare day, notably their excellent opin-
ion of themselves and their ancestral pride.
When the head of the family was invited
TO attend Shakespeare dinner he was
deeply offended and promptly declined,
saying that the committee of invitation
must surely have forgotten how that per
son treated my ancestor!"
"Hamlet, " "Othello," ''As You Like
IT. and the passage of more than three
centuries have left William Shakespeare, in
the eyes of Justice Shadows descendants,
nothing greater than that person"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-26
SIZE SOLD HER DIARY.
How a Girl Turned the Edge of a Jcks
to the Benefit of the Poor.

There seems to be nolimit TO a woman's
self sacrifice when she once takes char
table object to heart This is the story OF
a girl who sold her diary, and you have to
be a woman to realize all that that means
1t was on shipboard, and it happened on
tho way over from Liverpool. The girl
was q millionaires daughter, and in ad
dtion to dovoting her pocket money to
the East Side mission, of which she was a
patroness, she spent most of her leisure
time crochetng wonderful and altogether
useless nothings, which she persuaded her
rich admirers to buy at fabulous prices for
the benefit of the poor. She had devoted
tho entire trip to this pretty work, except
for an hour day, which she spent in fill
ing her diary with such sentimental OBJ
servations as misses of 20 or thereabout
are apt to find expression for on the inno-
cont white pages OF their diaries.
The friends she had victimized on the
way over by Turing dollars from their
pockets in exchange for her chocheted
things made much sport of her diary
and at last conspired against her peace of
mind.
Now, say, Miss Blank" said one of
them in pursuance of the plot, I'VE have
decided to strike. We are not going to
help your tenement house heather a cents
worth more unless you sell us your diary.
How much viii you take for itS"
"How much will you give?" asked the
girl after little thought.
Five dollars was then bid and refused.
Miss Blank then playfully put the pre-
cious volume up at auction, and the men
in the party. never dreaming that she
could no in earnest, piled bid upon bid
until the price stood at $65.
1.-The diary is yours Mr.. JONES'" sale
the girl to the successful bidder, but re-
member my terms are spot cash, with the
further condition that you leave it with
me until l can make a copy for myself"
The laugh was on Jones' and his COM
panions forced him to pay down the mon
ey on the spot. Miss Blank delivered the
diary, and of course all that the unlucky
Joker could do was to return it unopened
with his compliments.-New York Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-26

Hosy Some Reporters Are Told to Work.
The copy book phrase, 1.-The pen is
mightier than the sword, has given
The Spectator some serious thoughts.
What big game have not our modern
Nimrods bagged by this bloodless III
strument of spoliation-aS by crooked
bookkeeping, by forging notes, by rob
Der telephone charges, by the creation
of fictitious capital for grinding out OF
the people usuriOus gains! Likewise the
pencil and notebook of the reporter are
now become more fearsOme to personal
and domestic priyacies than ever was
the sword to ancient sanctuarIes, safe
guarded as they were by the awe OF
deities now dead.
The Spectator has not found i'll lltcra-
ture ii more lifelike simile than Isaiah's
comparison Of Jerusalem besieged to "a
lodge in garden of cncumbers. How
the runners lay hold of every point and
poke into every crevlce. Thus the pro-
fessional quidnuncs besiege the mansion
where hides the object of the public
news hunger. Like DEATH they knock
lmpartlaIly at cottage ana at palace
doors. Has anybody called the occupant
hereto: What has he to say for him
self? Is the League For Landing Lovely
Ladies proposing to make his grand
mother public fixture IN marsle:
What are his objections? Has scandal
smirched some erring child whom the
family would screen? Pump the serv-
ants, the neighbors, for fact or fiction
about it. Prohibited now are tho pill
lory, the stocks, the public hanging, but
the debased appetite turns for its food
to the reporters pencil. What the Ro-
man sage said in time Of tyranny the
wise now say i'll this tyrannous pub
licity, He has lived well who has es-
caped notice. "-Outlook.