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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-22
ONE BOY IN A BIG SCHOOL.
Walter Day Has Five Instructors
But No Companions In Truancy.


From the New York Journal.
There Is one pupil in the truants school
in jamaica avenue, Brooklyn. He is Wal
ter Day, II years Old and a confirmed
truant. Just now he is enjoying, for the
first time in his career, the distinction of
being the head of his class he is also the
foot, the best boy in the institution, like
wise the worst. In his own language he
is 1T"
The solitary pupil Of the truants school
is typical king Of Boyville-red- headed,
freckie-faced, with blue eyes that twinkle
without fear or assume an angelic express
sion of innocent seriousness.
He can whistle through his teeth imi-
tate cat fight and turn handsprings,
and playing 'hookey" comes as naturally
to him as IL did TO Tom Sawyer.
This is the third year that Walter has
been enrolled at the truants' school, His
teachers call him a "life member" and
every one Of them is secretly glad that
he is back again.
Regularly in July, when the truants'
school closes. Walter Is dismissed with
a clean record, and just as regularly
when the public schools open in the fall
Walter finds the temptation to prolong
his vacation too strong to resist, and
plays hockey" The teachers of his
WdIu EtAOOi Eehlu DhA All1 Inspectors ni-
ally round up the red-headed boy and
have him placed In the Jamaica avenue
institution.
AS the only pupil Walter has five IN
structors. He has a large chapel at his
disposal, and services are held for his
benefit, and he seems to enjoy his import
ance There is also a hospital for him,
and he has his private bath room, where
he takes a shower Saturday nights
In the meantime Miss Emily Spear, Miss
Jennie M Chase and Mr. Henry Spurdle
are waiting to instruct the truant In stu
dies of the fourth and fifth primary
grades.
Walter has reached as far as -four
times-seven" in the multiplication table
and is "ln the Second Reader" He also
studies writing. spelling, wood carving,
clay modelling and the folding of papers.
The part Of 10 ne doesn't Like is that there
is no chance to tell the other boys or
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-22
RUNNING A BATTLEsHIP.
Expenses of the Oregon over a
Quarter Million a Year.

IOITI E7Ig PdTVV5IOI -NeWs,
Within the last fiscal year the battleshlp
Oregon was in commission eleven and one
half months, and on the books of the de-
partment the following charges are made
against her.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-22
THE PACKET NEAR HIS HEART.
A Veteran Relates an Entirely New
Version of n WOrn-Out War story.

Version of WOrn-0ut War story.
From the Omaha World-Herald.
"A great many people," remarked the
veteran as he slowly filed his pipe, do not
believe these stories about soldiers lives
bein' saved by Bibles which they carried
In their upper blouse pockets. But there
nothing improbable about en-"
That reminds you Of story" said one
of the crowd, and all settled back TO hear
1t.
well, yes, It does remind me Of pc
GUITAR circumstance" assented the vet
eran.
"All right, fire away" said one Of his
hearers. Then the veteran settled back
and told the story.
Il was Just 10 years old when the war
broke out, and full of enthusiasm and pa
triotism / tried to get in under the hrst
call, but was turned down because OF my
age So / waited, fumin' an frettin' all
the time, an finally a call was made for
more, an then they wasn't so blamed par
ticular about age.
Il presented myself at tn recruitln' OF
fee an was accepted. My folks were rath-
er opposed to my goin, but when they saw
l was determined they said II was all
right I'll never forget my last night az
home Mary-thats the girl that was TO
marry me when 1 got back-came over,
and we had a sort o. farewell dom s.
a pile O. thinkin', for he had fought with
Scott in Mexico and knew thing or two
about war Mother cried little now an
then, but she was pretty brave. She spent
most Of her time hxin' up some little
things for me T. take, an Mary and me sat
over in corner and told stories with our
eyes.
Next mornin' started. When I told
tn folks goodby father he handed me a
little package wrapped UP In bit of oiled
silk. My boy says he, here's somethin'
that'Il help pass away your idle time Ia
camp. Take keer of 1t, for IL may be
hard to git another after you get out in
tn field
II stuck the package in my blouse
pocket an marched away Z III tune o.
THE Girl Left Behind mother an Mary
cryin' In each others arms, an father try
I'M hard t. cheer up an look pleased.
ct was mighty tiresome work in camp,
trainin' an drllln' an all tina sort o.
thing. We wanted T. git right into tn
fightin, an every time we read of scrap
down South we sat aroun' an cussed the
war department for moi calm on us to
put down tn confederacy. But we was
finally ordered to move to tn front, an we
went away, cheerin' an feehn' almighty
proud.
'Well, we marched an camped, an Skin
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-22
NIGHT SIGNALLING AT SEA.
Typewriter and stereoptican Com
bined In New Apparatus.

~SRN"hNcH "hu SteEeopttCAm OOm-
bined In "A New Apparatus.
From the New York World.
An interesting test was made Tuesday
night at the Hoboken pier OF the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company OF
the Telegraph, an invention OF John w.
Hayward for signalling at sea
The lucigraph is a combination OF type
writer and stereopticon. Instead of a
screen rapidly revolving "pinwheeP' Is
used on which Is thrown the signal letters
that are brought before strong light on
slides worked by a keyboard.
pure white light thrown upon the
disc Is intended by the inventor as a
signal of attention. When answered by
another vessel the letters representing
the international code messages are
thrown upon the disc. These letters may.
vary from a minimum of fifteen feet 10
any size, and may be seen by the naked
eye at a great distance.
The system has already been tried bv
the United States government but al
though receiving much praise, was re-
jected because IL would make war vessels
too conspicuous 10 the enemy II has been
adopted on the North German Lloyd Line
and Is being considered by others.
The test proved satisfactory Letters
of light eighteen feet In length were
thrown upon a revolving screen and could
be seen with ease from the New York
side.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-22
shipping Memoranda.

New York. Oct. 2S,-Sailed, Algonquin,
Charleston and Jacksonville.
Shields Oct 20-Saied, steamer Brat
tenberg, Fernandina.
Greenock, Oct. 15.-SaiIed, steamer Meth
er Holme. Savannah.
villa Real, Oct 17.-Sailed, steamer
Gienwood, Savannah.
Baltimore, Oct. 2S.-Arrived, schooner
Adele Thacker, Charleston.
Philadelphia, Oct. 2S.-Arrlved. schooner
Anna Il. Ketchum, Jacksonville.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-22

play tricks on them. The teachers watch
to see that he doesn't put bent pins under
himself
There have been as many as 147 pupils
in the institution, and companions for the
truant are expected daily. But Walter
has been alone in his glory since Thurs
day. and the machinery Of the big school
has been kept an motion for him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-22

Iotal .S2e5, $50 81
The pay Of captain is $500 at sea.
The cost of coal varies with the kind the
ship is able to get, where it Is purchased
and the speed the ship maintains.
The times., 1898-10-06
DEATHS IN THE DISTRICT.
Forty-Four Cases of Diphtheria Re-
ported During the Week.

The weekly bulletin of the health Office
issued yesterday shows that there were
106 deaths in the District during the week,
as against 14 during the previous week.
Forty-eight of the decedents were white
and 5S were colored. The annual death
rate was 1857 per thousand of the Whole
population, for the whites being 1903 and
for the colored 35.97. The range of dis
eases differed but slightly from those of
the last report. Deaths from affections
of the nervous system increased from II
to 13, and those of the kidneys from to
Z, while fatal cases of heart disease de-
creased from to 4, and of diarrheal COM
plants from II to 10. There were deaths
from typhoid fever, diphtheria. and one
each from measles and whooping cough.
At the close of the last report there
were 70 cases of diphtheria under treat
ment. During the week "A new cases
were reported and 10 were released from
quarantine, leaving 104 cases in isolation
in "a premises
OF scarlet fever there were 81 cases un
der treatment at the close of last report.
During the week q new cases occurred
and lG were discharged by recovery, leav-
ing 6S cases with warning cards In 80
premises.
The mean weather conditions prevailing
during the week were: Barometric pres
The times., 1898-10-06
Legal Breyities.

Harriet V. A. Craighead filed suit yes
terday against Henry P. Cheatham for
the recovery of S772, which she alleges is
due on a note The amount is a balance
due on a note for $3.50, made to the or
der of James II. Merriweather, and which
was afterwards purchased by Mrs. Craig
heads husband, now deceased.
Eugene A. Bowers yesterday Instituted
injunction proceedings against the Ches-
apeake and Potomac Telephone Company
10 restrain it from removing its instru-
ments and appliances from his office in
rooms Nos. 8 and 10, in the Washington
Loan and Trust building.
Mary Alvina Greene yesterday filed a
petition for divorce from her husband
Ellery Ward Greene, alleging abandon
ment and non-support as the grounds.
George III. Boston, who was indicted by
the grand jury for violating the pension
laws of the United States, was arraigned
yesterday before Chief Justice Bingham
in criminal Court No. l. and pleaded not
guilty. Boston is represented by III. B.
Moulton.
Nathaniel Arnold, colored was convict
ed yesterday in criminal court No q JUS
tice Bradley presiding, of an assault with
intent to kill Edith Parker, also colored.
He was remanded for sentence. The
Government was represented by Assist
ant District Attorneys Baker and Laskey.
On motion of Attorney r. r. Beall,
Frank Nj. Eastman was admitted yester-
day to practice In the Court of Appeals
of the District of Columbia.
Proceedings were begun yesterday in
the Supreme Court of the District of CO.
lumbia, by the Columbia Railway Com
pany, to obtain a right of way through
the lands of Henrietta Rupert The
land in question is situated in lot No Z,
in Bartrupfs subdivision of Long
Meadows.
Edward, alias William Ball. was con-
victed in Criminal Court No. yesterday
of the larceny of a bicycle, and was
sentenced by Chief Justice Bingham to
three months in jail.
William Bridges filed suit yesterday for
divorce against his wife, Rebecca J.
Bridges, alleging incompatibility of tenn
per as the cause for action. In his COM
plant Bridges says that his wife endeav-
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The Petition Dismissed.

In the case of Nathaniel Tyler. jr.,
against John F. Waggaman and Charles
E. Bangs, in which the defendant petit
toned for an injunction TO restrain the
latter from establishing market house
in the old Washington Riding Academy
building, Twenty-second and P Streets.
Justice Hagner, before whom the matter
was argued, dismissed the petition with
permission to the defendants to amend
their pleadings.
In his complaint in the original proceed
ings Tyler claimed that the defendants
had not received the permission of a ma
jority of the residents in the neighbor-
hood for the establishment of a market
in the Riding Academy building. In their
answer Waggaman and Banes declared
that they had fulfilled all the requirements
OF the law in relation to the matter
The times., 1898-10-06
THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
Report OF the Work Submitted for
September.

George s. Wilson, general secretary of
the Associated Charities, yesterday made
public a report of the workings of the
association for the month of September.
The report read in part as follows:
During the month of September the to-
tai number of applications made to the
secretary of the society was l16, as COM
pared with So during August, and being
the same as during the month of Septem-
Der. 1897. OF these 116 applications 81
were from white families and 50 from
colored.
Relief was procured from some source
for 70 families, as follows: From church,
es for 4 families from private relief So
cieties for families, from private indi-
viduals directly for families, from the
Golden Book Fund for families and
from the Citizens Relief Association for
SO families. Since the withdrawal of the
police department from relief work cases
of destitution coming TO the notice of the
health department and the physicians to
the poor are always referred to this So
ciety Many of these cases where there
are contagious diseases require only tenn
porary relief, but during the period of
quarantine Such relief must be prompt
and adequate. Usually the relief is OBJ
tanned directly from the Citizens Relief
Association, unless the family has le-
gitinate claim upon some private relief
source from which abundant relief can
be obtained.
"a total number of 1,2T4 visits were
made by the agents to poor families dur
ing the month This is a larger number
of visits than ever were made by agents
in any Summer month before, and is an
indication of the increased amount of
personal constructive work that can be
done with an increased force of workers.
THE amount of savings collected from
the poor during the present Summer has
been more than double that collected dur
ing last Summer. In September, 81, the
amount of collections was s47.45, while in
September, '9S, the amount of collections
was $10S, and the other Summer months
show a corresponding increase this year
over the collections of last year.
"The number of Investigations of appli-
cants fer free treatment at the Central
Dispensary during the month was sixty
four, to forty-seven of whom certificates
We're given. eleven were refused, and six
were found to have given false ad-
dresses"
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Commissioners, orders.

The District Commissioners today is
sued the following orders:
Construct sewers as follows, charge
able to appropriation for main and pipe
sewers:
Fifty feet of 1S-inch and one manhole
in south side of n Street northwest,
crossing Twenty-third street; estimated
cost s175.
Four hundred and thirty-fve feet of
1S-inch sewer in o Street southwest be
tween First and Half Streets; esti-
mated cost $780,
One hundred and ten feet of Pinch
sewer and one manhole in north side of
NJ Street northwest from Seventh Street
westward; estimated cost $500.
Two hundred and forty-five feet of 12
inch sewer in south side of d Street
southeast, from Seventh Street west
ward; estimated cost $50.
Construct sewer in Farragut Street
from Sherman Avenue westward $50 feet;
estimated cost S760.
Construct 400 feet of S-inch sewer and
The times., 1898-10-06

Two manholes in Highland Avenue. CIeve-
land Park, under the permit system; esti-
mated cost $3.50
Relay sidewalk on Twentieth Street be-
tween F Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
to new grade; estimated cost $3.50. charge
able TO appropriation for repairs to
streets. 1899
Erect public hydrant, with trap, en-
southwest corner of Twenty-third and n
Streets: estimated cost $50
That two lamps on Providence Street,
Brookland, be adjusted 10 grade; esti-
mated cost IS, chargeabIe to appropri1-
tion for Providence Street.
The times., 1898-10-06
BONDSMEN ACCUSED.
Four Indicted Men Arrnigned
Criminal Cnnrt

Four Indicted Men Arraigned in
Criminal Court.
George F. Stevens, Robert d. Ruffin,
Robert A. Boyd, and William G. Wood
ruff, who were indicted last week by the
grand jury for perjury, were arraigned
yesterday in Criminal Court No. ! before
Chief Justice Bingham, and pleaded not
guilty. One of the accused-Stevens-
gave bond in the sum of $500 for his ap-
pearance for trial.
The indictments are the outcome of the
accused being charged with having sworn
falsely as TO their qualification as bonds
men for several persons. Stevens claimed
to be the owner of lots 213 to 229, inclu-
stve, in block No. 2 Montello, in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Boyd claimed that he
was the owner of a tract of land in Bla-
densburg containing Is IL acres. Ruffin
claimed that Susan A. Ruffin was the
owner of certain unincumbered property
which she had sold to the above men
toned Stevens, and Woodruff alleged that
he was the owner of fifteen acres of land
near the Reform School,
The accused became bondsmen for Jo-
sephine Roberts in a case before Judge
Charles F. Scott, of the Police Court,
when he was justice of the peace.
The times., 1898-10-06
RAILWAY EXTENSION.
A Line to Be Built Through Pencote
Woods.

Permission was yesterday granted to
A. E. Randle, president of the Capital
Railway Company. to extend the road
through Pencote Woods, from Nichols
Avenue to the Alexandria branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, subject to
the following conditions:
The right of way to be secured with
out objection from the owners of the land
through which the eroad will pass.
1.-The route to follow the streets in con-
formity with the highway plans.
"a survey 10 be made of the specific
route to be followed, and the approval
of the Commissioners obtained there
on before work of construction is COM
menced.
1.-THE road to be constructed within the
time limited by Congress-
The times., 1898-10-06
LIQUOR DEALERS MEETINe
Deiesates Elected to the National
Convention at AsbeviIJa

The Retail Liquor Dealers Association
held its regular monthly meeting yester-
day afternoon at Costello's Hall. Sixth
and G Streets. at o'clock. with Presi-
dent T. l.. Jordan in the chair.
The reading of the minutes of the last
meeting was dispensed with until the
next regular meeting in November. At
Ter the reading of several communica-
tions by the secretary, the reports of the
treasurer and financial secretary were
read and accepted and referred to the
auditing committee.
George e. Davidson, William Mcclure
and E. L. Jordan were elected delegates
to the national convention. which is to
be held at Asheville. n. c., October 1912
the alternates are Messrs. Stewart. AL
brecht. and Donovan.
Ile association also adopted a new con-
sutution and bylaws. The next meeting
OF the association will be on the first
Wednesday in November, when further
important measures in connection with
the work of the association will be sub
mitted and passed upon.
The times., 1898-10-06

the finding of the lower court was sus-
tanned. The plaintiff then appealed to
the United States Supreme Court, where
the decision of the Court of Appeals was
reversed and the case remanded 10 the
Circuit Court for new trial.
In his complaint Fletcher alleges that
he was injured on May 16, 1880, by being
struck by a piece of lumber thrown from
one of the cars of the defendant COM
pany by one OF its employees.
The hearing will be resumed this morn
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was that of Margaret Hertzel against the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
for $4,000 damages for alleged injury to
her property at the corner of B and
North Capitol Streets. During all these
years a number of the most eminent at
torneys of the Washington bar have been
in turn retained for the defense.
The Supreme Court of the United States
remanded the case back to the Circuit
Court of the District of Columbia for a
new trial, which was about to begin when
a compromise was reached.
The times., 1898-10-06

ored 10 ruin his reputation in the neigh
borhood in which they lived by circulat-
ing reports that he had committed for
gerry and otherwise violated the law.
Arthur Bell, colored, who was charged
with housebreaking and larceny, was ac-
quilted yesterday by jury in Criminal
Court No. !.
James Marshall Bradley was yesterday
granted a divorce from his wife, Adaline
P Bradley by Justice Cox.
The times., 1898-10-06
suit to Recover on Notes.

Lee D. Latimer and Charles F. Nesbit.
executors and trustees under the viii of
Margaret Z. Butt. brought suit yesterday
against Charles c. Lancaster for the
payment of s25,67O with interest at 6 per
cent from August 16, 1898. In the COM
plant, Latimer and Nesbit allege that
the defendant Lancaster, on August 13,
1895. made four notes for s., 600 each and
one for $3.50, payable in three years with
interest at per cent per annum, all
aggregating the whole amount claimed.
The times., 1898-10-06

sure, 600; temperature of the at,os-
phere. % degrees, and relative humidity
90. Ihere were five clear DAYS. with
5outheriy winds, averaging five miles per
iouf, .l, with total absence of rainfall Tha
thermometer registered S3 dep-sas, -, .te
18th. falling to 4s degrees on the 2sth
The times., 1898-10-06
HEARING OF AN OLD CASE.
Richard H. Fletcher Against the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad.


Baltimore and Potomac Railroad.
The case of Richard H. Fletcher, who
is suing the Baltimore and Potomac
Railway Company for sl00OO damages for
injuries received eight years ago, occu-
pied the attention of Circuit Court No 2
yesterday. Justice McComas presiding.
The case was fled in the Summer of
1890, and since then has been before the
Court OF Appeals for the District and the
United States Supreme Court. At the
first trial the jury, in accordance with
the instruction of the court returned a
verdict against the plaintiff on the
ground that Che railway company was
not responsible for the carelessness of its
employees The plaintiff, who was repre-
sented by Franklin H Mackey, carried
the case 10 the Court Of Appeals, where
The times., 1898-10-06
No Gravel for Lincoln street.

The District Commissioners yesterday
Informed ]. b Johnson. the secretary
and treasurer of Howard University, in
relation TO his request that Lincoln Street
be graveled. that an official investiga-
ton does not demonstrate that the con-
dition of the street is such as TO warrant
the expense of graveiing.
The times., 1898-10-06
Episcopal Convention Edition.

Copies of the Special Episcopal Con-
vention Edition of The Times. of October
0, containing about one hundred pictures,
can be obtained at the business office.
The times., 1898-10-06
A FAMOUS CASE SETTLED.

Margaret HertxeI Gets satisfaction
From n Railroad.
A suit for damages which has been n
matter of litigation in the District courts
and in the Supreme Court of the United
States for more than a quarter of cen
tury was settled yesterday to the satis-
faction of the parties interested. The suit
The times., 1898-10-06

Your credit is good at Lansburgh's Fur
niture House. 18th and F SITS. oc3-sf
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-10-13
The Cause OF Laughter.

Balm suggests the explanation that
laughter is provoked by what he calls a
degradation, meaning that we laugh
when we all at once perceive something
degrading, trickery, weakness or a
pettiness in some person or object which
we respect, as when the infirmities of
human nature disclose themselves in a
person Of Importance or when some
trivial affair occurs in solemn cere-
mony to drag us down or when the
wrong side of some great thing or some
great man is exposed.
1.-THE occasion Of the laughter is the
degradation of dignified person or in.
terest under circumstances that do not
excite a stronger emotion. In all theo-
ries of laughter the more or less impor-
tant fact is marked that the feel.
ing of the ludicrous arises when some
thing which we respected before is pre-
sented in a mean light, for we have nc
disposition to laugh when something
that we already regarded as such is de-
picted as tricky and vile. Popular
Science
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-10-13
Harcourt's BeaconsfeId Anecdote.

Sir William Harcourt has one quite
unique memory Of the support he gave
in old days to the public worship regu-
lation act That was an invitation
which he received to visit Lord Bea-
consfield at Hughenden Manor.
Taking his guest-the member of a
family representing the ownership of
broad acres-round his minute demesne
Lord Beaconsfield said, Excuse the
vanity of landed proprietor" The
young politician accompanied his host
on Sunday to the village church, and
on the way thither was warned that
some hints of the high church move
ment had penetrated even that sylvan
solitude. MY friend, the vicar, said
the lord of the manor, will take what
Gull a collection and iIU Calls an offri
tory, and afterward what | call plate
and he calls an aims dish will be placed
on what / call table and he calls an
altar. London News.