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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-09
VIRGINIA.

Richmond, Va. Nov. s:-The returns
snow that the State Senate Will be en-
tireiy Democratic! the only member
outsire of the regular party nominees
pelng w. b. Stands, Independent Dem
ocrat. from Isle of Wight. The House
VIII be composedso of % regular Demo-
Gratis, SO Independents. and Repub-
licans. Martin will secure the noInin-
alton In the party caucus for United
States Senator by safe majority.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-09
o "a. s. E @ RrA.
Bsa.s the aIhe Kind Yeu Hare Alnas Bought
Signature .s z7'Hzz6y
vanderbilt. wiz rroba.ea.

(By Telegraph to yirginian-Pnot>
New York, Nov. S.-The will Of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt was offered
for formal probate to-day before Pro-
bate Clerk Washburn. All the living
witnesses TO. the will, which was exc
cuted June is, 1896. and the two codi-
CTS, the first of which was executed
April "a, 1897, and the second April 4,
1899, were present and testified to their
signatures on the will and codicils.
Surrogate Varnnm signed the decree
probating the Vanderbilt will.
Ca q TO FL Ia.
lear, the - The Kind You Have Alwa,s Bought
Ass J. ~. zE2zzzas
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-09
.RERk,LEYS ADvTs.

PIcKED UP ON THE BERIsI,Ey
i iiats. ono Canoe, sunk and abant oned
: h ttts.
property and paying charges, Apniv =" to
w. e. PARkER. Berkeley. YIN, noa-lm s
.NTAsoNIc NoTIcE-A 7sPEC7YT7AS71 =
~ communications of BERKLTIY 81 ), ~; ~
LODGE No: ,167, A. Il. &c a. NJ, Will IN =;
ne held THIS (Thursday) EVEN-XSIel
o'clock. Buslness-work In the First De.
gree All Master Masons in good stunds
ing are invited BY order w. N. e -.
j. S. RODGERS,
IL Secretary q
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chalr,nnn Jones sn...aen.
tBy Telegraph to vlrginlan- Pilot,

Tyler. Texas. Nov. S.--United States
Senator James K. Jones, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee, is
in the city. Upon being asked as to
election results. the Senator said he
was satisfied and was not altogether
surprised. though he did not look for
quite such Republican majority IN
Ohio. The Senator and Mrs. Jones will
leave in u day or two for Washington.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-09

''But at present. all is tentative, all
attempts at government are merely ex-
perimental, and, not being a prophet,
am unable to say what the future
holds for the Pearl of the Antilles. I
sincerely hope that 1t Is happiness and
prosperity In their greatest abundance
and In highest FORM"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-09
PoR1sNoI III BERKI
Get the Best.

III 81, you you want the best Drip Coffee In the
city g! such as used at Waldrof-A storia
an; ana other otels. call at PEARsoN's
B on gan get any thing you wnnt to ca /
I there. Y 3 b :z s=i3
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
FIREMEN HAD TWO CALLS.
Two Negro Families Had a Narrow
Escape ON New Street.

Two Negro Families Had Narrow
Escape ON New Street.
Fire came near wiping out two families
at No. $50 New street last night The
house Is two-story structure occupied
by negroes. Sam Rhodes occupied the
lower floor and Mack Walker and his
family the upper floor.
All the occupants were asleep when the
Walker children were awakened by a
sitting smoke and begun screaming.
Rhodes wat awakened by their screams
and found DE staircase leading to the up
per floor in Names. He got his own fam
lily out and then assisted Walkers wife to
get her children out. the woman dropping
them out of Nhe window to him. After the
children were Nout the woman dropped
herself from the upper window. The
was going on and one of the children was
slightly scorehed Mack Walker was
said to be absent in New York.
An alarm was turned In from box "a at
the Central Railroad general offices. The
apparatus at No. engine house made a
fine run down Oglethorpe avenue, reach
ing the fire well ahead of the other com
panies and having 1t practically under con-
troll by the time the firemen from the 9TH
er stations got 10 work The whole rear
Of the house ON the Inside was ablaze
when the firemen arrived but the blaze
was eXtinguished in short order. The
screams of the women and children in the
burning house aroused the neighborhood
and considerable excitement was caused
for a time.
There was no way of telling how the
fire originated, as the occupants of the
house could give no further information
than that the rear of the house was ablaze
when they awoke. Apparently the fire
Begin in the rear, probably in the kitchen
ON the first floor. The house was thor
oughly Quilted, and the occupants save.I
very little of their belongings Rhodes
said that he had no insurance. The house
is the property Of Il. Muhlberg Probably
$500 will cover the damage and the ef-
fects of The occupants may have been
worth as much more.
This was the second alarm for the
night, the firenen having been called out
by box Is TO Broughton street lane and
Price street shortly after 10 O'Clock The
trouble there was from defective fIue
the damage being very small The fire.
men had just had time to get back TO
their houses and get to bed when the sec
ond alarm came in at 11:40 O'Clock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
LIKELY TO DE A MIsrR1AL.
Jury Unable 10 Agree in the Case
Against II. It. Mathews.

A jury IS tied up in the Superior Court
in the case of II. T. Mathews. charged By
the New York Life Insurance Company
with larceny after trust. The case was
on trial an OF yesterday. and was given
TO the jury about $50 O'Clock in the after
noon At midnight II was reported that
there was no prospect OF an agreement be-
ing reached and the jurymen were left 10
make a night of it. The indications point
TO a mistriaI
Matthew's Is charged with apprcpriating
TO his own use the premiums on FIVE pol
leles which were iutrusted 10 him for col
Iecuoh, tns total amount of the premiums
being $i79.ss. IN the testimony before the
court the representative Of the insurance
company claimed that Mathews total in
debtedness 20 the company amounted 10
over $500.
The case appeared to be one involved IN
considerable doubt. Mathews, IN his state
ment to the jury. claimed that instead of
being Indebted TO the company. the com
pany was indebted 10 him for more than
the amount of his alleged shortage. He
Claimed that the company had not kept
its contract with him, that il had sent
other agents into his territory without
his consent and had charged their ex-
peuses 10 him, and that IL mad declined 10
settle with him on the basis agreed upon.
Several letters from Mr.. r. IL. Plant
general agent in Macon. to Mr.. Math-
ews, We're read, in support OF the latters
claim as to the relations between himself
and the company.
Mr.. r. L. Ryals, a Macon attorney, rep
resented Mr.. Plant and assisted Solicitor
General Osborne in the prosecution Mr..
Plant testified that he came to Savannah
March o. 1898, and demanded settlement
of Mr.. Mathews. but that the latter de-
clined TO pay over the amounts alleged
10 be due on the ground that the com
pany had damaged him by allowing others
to come into his territory.
1t was upon this demand made by Mr.
Ryals that the indictment was brought in
this county. Judge Twiggs, who defended
Mathews, in his argument to the court,
that the court did not have ju-
risdiction on the ground that the first
demand made upon Mr.. Mathews for a
settlement was by letter which reached
him in Augusta. AS under the law the
crime is complete when a demand for set
tlement is made and refused, he eontended
that the indictment should have been
brought in Richmond county. Judge Fal- |
igant overruled him in this, however
Mathews is resident of Screven eoun-
~, but operated chiefly in the counties !
% the south of Savannah. The conflicting |
evidence and the doubtful character of !
he offense seems likely TO prove too |
much fox the jury
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
WILL SUE FOR $4,000.
Mr.. sylvan viii Seek Damages From
the street railway Company.

Mr.. Emil W. Sylvan. who had the ex-
perienee of being put off Thunderbolt
car half way to the city Wednesday morn
ing because he had an excursion" ticket
announced yesterday that he will enter
suit against the street railway company
for $500 damages Mr. Sylvan arrived
at this decision after consulting with his
attorney, MIR w. P, LaRoche.
Mr.. sylvan's suit viii very likely give
the street railway company ali it wants
in the way of test OF it's excursion
tickets. Unfortunately, it is too late to
file the suit for the present term of the
City Court, and it cannot be heard until
the December term.
Mr. Sylvan said yesterday that il was not
true that he stated when purchasing his
ticket that he intended making a test
case. / stopped at the office when I came
IN, In the morning, and tried to buy green
tickets" ne said. but could not obtain
them. Your statement of the matter this
morning was entirely correct. I had no
desire 20 make a test case against the
railway company and would have much
preferred not to have had the notoriety
which have gained since my experience.
l would certainly have been better pre-
pared. A man with a game foot doesn't
ltAe 10 walk mile or two when he can
pay street car fare. AS / have no occa~
sion TO spend money going back and forth
between the city and my home / seldom
carry any. / had not a cent of money
with me al the time or 1 would have
paid fare rather than wolk on my game
foot"
Mr.. Sylvan cut his foot several weeks
since on an oyster shell and has since
been able 10 wear only felt shoe.
II have been reliably informed" said
Mr.. Sylvan, that unused halves of Xxx
cursion tickets bought the day before,
were accepted by conductors on the Thun-
derbolt line this morning without ques-
ton. l know that my brother used one
only the day before / was put off. can't
understand why they should have made an
example of me-"
1t is said that at meeting of the direc-
tors of the street railway company some
time since, some of the directors were
very strongly in favor of putting up the
price of Thunderbolt tickets TO 70 cents
including city transfers, from which price
it was reduced to Is cents several years
ago. The majority of directors are said
to have opposed the increase in price and
the excursion ticket. Limited" to one day |
only is said to have been adopted as a |
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
TO BE TRIED TODAY.
Tom McGnrvey's Trial Did Not Take
Place Yesterday,

The trial of Tom McGarvey for the MR.
der of George Hawkins went over yester-
day until to-day. there being another case
on the docket which it was desired to dis
pose of on account of all the parties he
ing non-resdents. II was intended to have
the trial in the afternoon. but the case
eiready on took up the entire day.
McGarvey spent some tine in The eho.
III office at the court house awaitino ia
disposition of his case. Disease ana ais
sipation have made him wreck phvaicaI-
~ Il not mentally. The Old man vns
very much eXasperated at the reporfa
"hlch nave been published in the newS-
papers TO the effect that he had hoe,
snammlng insanity and declared mai IL
was only trick 10 convict him He de-,
nled that he had made any such ofte,or,
ana asserted his belief in his own eanit,,
in strong terms "i 9ai''tF
McGarvey's attorneys have not
nouhcea What Their line Of defense y,iil
pc The case OF James II. Wri@b, W" ,aI
. .. kllllng OF Alfred Brown, colored wbisb
was 70 nave been heard this vel, -
continued until Monday, because If ~
epsehce Of one of his counse, NJ 'te
9auBlgnon, who was in attendance mo, - -
funeral of Mr. II. b. Plant ON ~ ~ s ere
set for the trial. ''e date
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
LIGHTNING MADE THINGS LIVELY.
Electric Lights shut OF and Trolley
Lines Interfered With.

Electric Lights Shut OF and Trolley
Lines Interfered With.
The electric storm yesterday afternoon,
though brief, was one Of the severest Sa-
vannah has known for some time. Sharp
flashes of lightning followed each other in
close succession, with constant crashes of
thunder. The electric light wires were
much affected, the lights going out and
then reappearing every few minutes.
A charge which Judge Falligant was de-
livering to the jury in the Superior Court
when the storm began was much interfer-
ed with, the lights in the court room going
out several times while the charge was in
progress and the crashes of thunder being
frequently SO heavy that the judge was
compelled to wait until The reverbera tons
had died away,
AT the power house of the street rail-
way company there was a brilliant dis
play of electric fireworks, the heavily
charged wires giving off an sorts of Hum
nations. No damage was done at the
power house, but the service on the line
was considerably interfered with. At
Thunderbolt the wire burned in two in
front of Ambos' place putting a stop to
operations on that line for a time On
East Broad street. near the Plant Sys-
tenn depot, wires were down for time, in
terrupting operations there and shutting
off the current from the other ines for
about half an hour and on the Isle of Hone
line the Republican Blues excursionists
were delayed some time Some very
prompt repair work was done and the op-
Grafton of the system was not seriously in
terfered with
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
DR. nRuNNER ExrECTED TO-DAY.
Mayor Myers May Administer the
Oath 10 Him This Morning.

Health Oficer-elect DR.. William F.
Drummer is expected to arrive in savan-
nah to-day. Mayor Myers said yesterday
he expected TO meet the new health officer
a. the city exchange at noon and talk
over the situation with him. Ii may be
Dr. Drummer win be sworn IN to-day. but
it is understood he win not take active
control of the department. before Monday
While Council has seen fit to give the
health officer hattering salary, some
consider the amount commensurate with
the responsibility DR.. Drummer Will assume
and the things which viii be expected
of him.
Several merchants were glad yesterday
TO hear that the new health officer will
arrive to-day The confidence they feel
in his ability to uphold the citys health
Is such that many are congratuatine
themselves that there Is no possibility
of their having TO leave their business or
sead their families from Savannah owing
70 the prevalence of disease here. MANY
old friends are anxious to see DR.. Drummer
again and win gladly cooperate with
him IN the efficient discharge of his du-
ties
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
WANT ROOD ANALYzED.
Alderman Haas lIelieVes Flour was
AduIterated LEA tring the War.


Unless the cost to de city is unreasona-
bic 1t seems there is some chance OF the
establishment of a foo3 inspecting Depart
ment in addition TO the saity's present meat
and milk inspections. The members OF
Council favor a departI lent Of this kina
if the cost can be held within due bounds
A proposition to pay out a lavish salary
on the jump will be disappl owed however
Alderman Haas is among eeveral other
aldermen who would indorse depat tlien1
of this kind If il can be run &c onoinlcA4ly
He was asked yesterday about the report
ed adultera lions in flour. He Goes no.
think the practice of throwing IA $50
per cent. of mineraline has been car -
on largely since the war tax MS peeh
taken off from unmixed Hour
though he said there is no no L.,N
about authorizations having existed WINE
The tax was in force. There are olhef
articles Alderman Haas believes are auu1-
terated, and which could be bought Be"u-
inc if there was a law against IMPURE
foods, such as that in force in Ohio. he
believes it a better plan for the state %
conduct the food inspections.
"There is a systematic way Of mahnlg
these inspections" he said Its effect -
the sale only of pure foodstutfs As Il A'
dealers themselves and not the manu-
factuTerS are held responsive II eau beN
seen that their detection will cause them 4
to be careful in buying goods. When an n
article is examined by the chemist ana N
found TO contain authorizations, the punish
ment the dealer receives will cause him
not to again patronze the manufacturer
who got him into trouble. 1t is safe to say
that the occasional visits of thoroughly
reliable chemist to the retail stores Of Sa-
vannah will result in nothing except
wholesome foods being sent 20 this mar
ket."
Retail men say that manufacturers I'M
derstaud that Savannah is an easy prey
for adulterated foods. The people cannot
detect the adultera lions, and there is no
one else to do it, People eat what they
get, trusting TO the honesty Of shrewd
competitors to furnish them good stuff.
A Savannah lady noted a coincidence
yesterday in the Morning News editorial
on adulterated flours and an experience
she had with -four some five months ago.
On opening a sack of what was bought !
for a good grade of -four, she remarked, |
on passing her hand through il, that II |
felt too slick, heavy and compact for good
flour. 1T feels more like some kind OF
dust" she remarked. on reading that the
country was flooded with a mixture of
-four and white ground " about that
time, she is now convince he family got
a bait of this fraudulent mixture.
There is no doubt the public indorses
the analysis of foods. and any steps Coun-
Gil takes TO purge the market of adultera-
tons viii be appreciated. The people
want to pay for what they get, and get
what they pay for.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
---T-------=s---1r--s------
NON-COMS. FOR OGLETHORPE.
Appointments Made Last Night by
Capt. 6. A. Gordon.

Capt. 6. A. Gordon.
Capt. G. A. Gordon made his appoint
ment OF hofi-eofnnliss5oner officers of the
ing Of the company last night. The MEM
bers honored with the positions have been
Oglethorpes for years and have displayed
the utmost interest in the company, re-
manning in when most Of its members re-
tired. and working hard for it's upbuilding
and regeneration when Capt Gordon took
charge.
Mr. S. b. LaFar is first sergeant He
has held the position for some time and
has discharged it's duties with ability and
soldiery precision. In his chief non-com-
missiOned officer it is believed Capt. Cor
don has admirable support.
The other sergeahts are MessFs. G. Bour-
quin, w. f. Gasque. G. A. Mel and w. w.
Metzger. They are all we'll calculated to
serve the company, and under their in
struction it is thought the recruits. who
have been taken in lately. will soon become
as -proficfens in military exercises and
knowledge as the olGer members of the
command. Messrs. LaF'ar, Nell and Cas-
que already held warrants as non-e0m-
missioned officers The c0rporais appoint
ed are Messre. r. A. Cox, II. b. Heller,
c r. Wiehrs and e. A. Wright
A personal Inspection was held last night
by Capt. Gordon. Ii was the first since his
election as captain, and he desired to see
just how well equipped he would find the
command. IL is the wish OF the officers
and more enthusiastic members Of ghe
company that as good appearance as pos
sible may be made on the occasion Of the
annual parade of July p in eommem5ra-
ton of the first battle of Manassas. the
anniversary of which is on that date.
Thirty-eght years ago on that day the
Ogiethorpes retired from the fed with
seven men untouched by federal shot or
steal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30

NUIsANCEs TO H0UsEKEEPERs
InstaIIment House Collecaors who
Worry Servants


There has for some time beer a good
deal of complaint by housekeepars of the
insolence of collectors for installment
houses which sell goods principally to ne
groes. Servants as a rule buy from these
concerns and class of collectors is gen
orally employed to gather IN the INSTALL
ments or seize the goods. which is OBJ
jectioaable for most people to come in
contact with,
They besiege the houses where servants
are employed using every sort of means
to collect theig claims. ana in many in
stances succeed in driving servants away
from their employers They are a result
of the robbery system which is practiced
upon negroes, and for which their en-
ployers have, TO suffer.
The class OF men generally employed as
collectors in this kind OF work could hard
ly do business with other people. Recently
one of them was thrown out Of a house
by the head of he family for gete ing into
q row with the servants at dinner hour
over a bill which he was trying to coli
Ieet from the cook Yesterday afternoon
a collector for a furniture house, alter try
ing the front door Of Va Henry street ress-
dence and being told that the servant
from whom he wante@ TO collect a bill had
not been employed Khere for six months,
was caught short while afterward In
the yard in the rear of The house climbing
the stairs leading 70 a storeroonl. He had
sneaked in through a closed back gate
and had begun to- investigate the prem
ises himself.
Housekeepers hawk come TO regard white
men OF this class Hox only nuisances, but
trespassers and interfeFers with their du-.
ties. They come ali tinf9s when oHly the
female members Of the faRniiy are at home
and when there is no protection against
them and their praetice|
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
10000 ROUNDS T01 Sr.
STATE Has shipped supply of Am
munition TO che Team


The members Of the team tbo+ mn
20 sea Girt this fan viii be reioiced 20 -
know that supply Of 10000 cartr,s.e ~
mas been shipped TO Savannah far H.
by the assistant adjutant general FL rse
since s practeug began at the ranaa ", W.
nun uni G,r,erS nave had to use Inferior a e
ago It was the best and I IN e. years
o'iy ammunition thar could be proe,,, me
for 2o69 ear mac been made to the state
hsd but ioooo in all and Il was 'a ao arsenal
Of that quantity. '''se proportion
p a a-lst summer when the Third Ca.
regiment was organized - "i 70 Georgia
government borrowed 10. Goa rou 1IlIhn the
loan tRat W lrom The state Il was f lb-
Gays ogo and that has now "1 state q few
~ 'oSyannah for the use of those sent Oh
r plogslns g get on the team tbS ~nG are
Grit. 'ne contests at Seq
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
THE MopERN nrAnrv

Thrives on good food and SUNSHINE
plenty of exercise in the open air WIN
form glows with health ana 49, Hef
blooms with its beauty. If h. tace
needs the cleansing action of ,syslem
remedy, she uses the gentle ana 1IIAat've
Syrup OF Figs, made by the Cauforr rIas an
Syrup Co. only.-ad. ma Zig
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
A wonderfuI Germ-IxiIler.

Skin diseases, such as letter. eczema.
ringworm, salt-rheume. or anything OF me
kind, are cured by Tetterine. Ii Kills the
germs, and the skin becomes healthy. Ifs
efficacy IS well established. Hundreds Of
testimonials can be shown by J. T. Shup-
trine, savannah, Ga. Send SOC for a box
postpaid if your druggist doesn't keen n
.-aI
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
SI.0O to ChnrIestnn

The Slant system VIII. untn further
tice' sell Sunday excursion tickets So NJ
nah TO Charleston and return 49, '' si'-
Dollar. Trains leave Savannah =, Ohe
returning, leave Charleston = ~ d. m;
n mad. - A. OF n:l5
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30

on July 3, the +. G. and P. r. r. viii
sell tickets, savannah TO Columbia and
return, for 500, tickets good for Ten days
Special train leaves 2:s0 D. mad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30

sava9n ,1e - SaCTa,nnahiaus a one doll,, 49,
cts on Sole 20 e charleston and return T ie,e
Savannah a e, N r sunday. Trains le ,gAs
'"n - and iii. Iis' u leave Charles
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30

Assistance only. Many Of the cases OF Sc
riods illness could be checked at once
with dose of Crab Orchard Water. taken
in time.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-30
LEGAL NOTICES.


NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED-
ITORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.-No-
tee Is hereby given to all persons having
demands against Bridget OMeara late OF
said county, deceased. to present them to
me, properly made out, within the time
prescribed by law, so as TO show Their
character and amount: and all persons in
debted to said deceased are required %
make immediate payment TO me.
CHARLES f. FULTON,
Executor.
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