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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-05
Tn. Coming F,s,beru.,ebt.

Teddy McGovern of Brooklyn is now
ooked upon as the coming feather
weight champion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-05

Charlie Daley, Harvard's quarter
member of any of the big four teams.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-05
REGARDING His Relief

Singleton-Do you believe in the doc.
Urine Of infant damnation?
Benedict-Not in the daytime.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-05

Gooseberry fool is a corruption of
gooseberry foule-milled or pressed
xooseberries.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-05
BASEBALL TOPICS.
WAeNER's WONDERFUL ARM.


Hs Has Broken the Record for Throw
ing = Baseball.
Hans Wagner, young Jerseyman
who played with the Louisville base
ball team has the most wonderful
throwing arm in the world. Think of
heaving q ball over 13+ yards. Think
,f hurting the leather home from sec
,nd base, at a height Of no more than
six feet all the way! Try either of
these feats, then doff your cap to Herr
Wagner's marvellous arm.
Wagner sprang into fame mt car
nival OF sports in Louisville Twenty
nine years ago John Hatfield astonish-
I'd baseball folk by sending the sphere
1873 yards. Since 1869 thousands of
ball players have striven vainly TO
break this recoru, but it remained un-
equaled until Wagner attacked Hat
fields figures.
Wagner made three throws. stand-
ing in deep right field and throwing
to distance of eight feet beyond the
home plate. The first attempt fen
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-05

Bangs-Whatcher yo' stand on yer
head for when yer takes er nip?
Jangs-Well, yer see de fluid has to
go up hill, an it tastes good longer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
ITS FOURTH SCHOLARSHIP.
UNIVERSITY CLUB's PLAN FOR AID
ING YOUNG MEN.

Three Have Been Graduated From
Athens and the Fourth VIII BE
offered the Aid of the Club for the
Coming Near-Reminiscence OF
Great Men who Were Alumni OF
the University.
The quarterly meeting OF the University
Club was held last night at the law Off ces
Of Denmark, Adams and Freeman. The
meeting was to have been held at Isle of
Hope, but on account of the threatening
weather the place was changed TO the city
The president of the club, Col John
Screven, presided at the meeting and there
were present an encouraging number OF the
club members. The principal question for
consideration was the proposition to send
another young man TO the university dur
ing the coming year, and 1t was unanl-
mously decided that this should be done.
In the history of the club three young
men have enjoyed the advantages of a
university education under its auspices and
with its assistance. Whatever money was
necessary was loaned to them and they
were expected TO repay it as soon after
the completion of their college course as
was practicable and their means permitted.
two Of them have done this in fun, while
the third has just graduated from the uni
Versity and mas not mad an opportunity 10
make restitution of the amounts that have
been advanced to him.
This showing IS encouraging TO The club
membership, and determined the fate of
the plan to carry on the work in the fu-
ture. \ committee. consisting of Col
Screven. Col. Meldrm and Col. Lawton,
was appointed TO take charge of the mat
ter. ana will be glad 10 receive the appli-
cations of any deserving young men who
care to take advantage of the offer. One
only can be selected, and he viii be that
one of the applicants who the committee
think will do most credit to the Club and
himself. The scheme is not charity, but
the man who receives the money of the
club, that it is prepared to lend will be
expected to return il with all reasonable
prompdtude. Therefore, there should be
no hesitation about accepting the offer.
After a full discussion on this matter,
the members of the club. and especially
COL Screven, Hon. Pope Barrow and Col.
Aleldrim, INDUCED in some interesting and
pleasing "reminiscences of the great men
who have been graduates of the univer-
sity. Hin. Toombs, Stephens, Grady and
others were discussed in this manner and
the rest of the evening thus probably and
pleasantly consumed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
CONTRACTING COMPANY WON.
supreme Court Reversed City Court
in the Hyde Case.

An Atlanta dispatch TO the Morning
News announces that the Supreme Court
has reversed the decision of the lower
court in the case of j. b. Hyde against The
Atlantic Contracting Company.
This case attracted considerable atten-
ton in Savannah at one time, because Of
the prominence given it in connection with
the courtmartlal OF Capt O. NJ. Carter.
Capt Garter was witness for the con-
tracing company at the time of the trial
of the case in the City Court and the ef-
fort was made to use his testimony in the
case against him at the courtmartial the
charge being made that Capt. Carriers
testimony on this occasion dId not tally
with The facts.
The late Mr.. Hyde had a contract with
the Atlantic Contracting Company to fur
nish rock for use in the jetty work on the
Savannah river. The company refused
payment for a large amount OF rock fur
nishel by Mr.. Hyde on the ground that
IL did not come NJ 10 the specifications
and had consequently been rejected by the
engineers. Capt. Carter was a witness for
the company to prove that the rock was
not up 10 specifications. Mr.. Hyde having
died previous 10 the trial of the suit. the
case was continued by his administrator,
James Il. Brown. The weight of evidence
was against the claim made by Mr..
Hyde by the administrator. and a verdict
vas rendered for the plaintiff for only
$3.50. The amount acknowledged by the
contracting company TO be due to Mr..
Hyde.
AT the Carter ceurtmarUal affidavits
were submitted from Capt C. +. Gillette
and Mr. A. 5. Coopef, one of the en-
gincers on the work. giving certain facts
as to the numbers Of tons of rock deliV
cred on the work and the amount paid for
the government and apparently showing
that the rock furnished by Brown ana for
which payment had been refused on the
ground that it did not come up to specih-
cations had been used in the work and
paid for by the government.
After the conclusion of the Garter
cour martial Mr.. w. Z. Hardee, as attor-
ney for Mr. Brown. filed an extraordinary
motion for new trial the usual time for
fling such a motion having passed, on
the ground of newly discovered evidence
which could not possibly have been known
to the plaintiff at the time of the trial
After hearing argument on the motion
Judge Norwood granted a new trial. Les
ter & RaTenel, attorneys for the contract
ing company, appealed from Judge Nor
woods decision to the Supreme Court.
The decision of the court appears TO be
in their favor but the reasons which in
fiuenced the Supreme Court to this de-
ClsiOn are not stated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
SHE PAWNED A BED SPRING.
COIOred Woman to Answer Charges
of Fraud.

There was crowd of 200 or 800 persons,
principally negroes, congregated last night
near Jones and Purse streets, in Frog
town. Two instalment collectors had a
negro woman, Melissa Grant, cooped up
in her house and were holding her for the
arrival of an officer
When Patrolman Collins came up with
the wagon he placed the woman under ar
rest, relieving the men of the necessity Of
further surveillance. One of them went
to the station house with the prisoner
and preferred charges of larceny after
trust against her.
II appears that the woman bought bed
spring from Perry & Benton, on the in
stalment plan, she decided before she had
paid for the article, that she had no fur
Their use for il, and had carried 1t to
paWnshop and pledged it for what the
pawnbroker could be induced to lend.
When the collectors discovered this fact
they decided on the arrest of the woman
who had defrauded them of their bed
spring. One of them patro.ed the street
In front of the house, while the other
keut the woman IN the room and prevent
ed her making her escape Her
urgent objections, made in no mild
or quiet manner, attracted the attention
of the neighbors and they crowded about
20 hear her berate her creditors and wit
ness the attendant sport This was the
situation when the wagon came up and
Collins made the arrest The Recorder will
investigate the case this morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
FCRTY-NINTH BOYS HAVE WANTS.
Lad to Believe Savannah Owes
Them Money for False Arrest.


Under the caption "A Novel Point in
Law" the Iowa State Reporter. publish
cd at Waterloo. vents a visionary right to
persons who imagine fortunes are in their
grasp because of an alleged technical
breach of Jaw by legal authorities.
In arresting former soldiers Of the For
ty-ninth Iowa Regiment for alleged d.sor-
derby conduct in attacking peddlers at
the Dale avenue camp, the article states
the soldiers think the law was violated by
the police. They are having the law in
vesugated with a view 10 iustituting suit
against the city. The article is as fol-
lows:
"A prominent firm of attorneys in this
city nave been given a peculiar case by
five members of Company B. who were
encamped with the Forty-ninth Iowa Vol
unteers a Savannah. Ga, before being
mustered out, after the return of the reg
iment from Cuba. The boys are DESTROYS
to know whether they have a just claim
against the city of Savannah on account
of being imprisoned in the city jail, charg
ed with misconduct
The Waterloo attorneys are in CORE
spondence with member of the legal pro-
fession in Georgia to determine what ac>
tloh' Il any can De taken. The hVe boys
IN question were arrested on account OF
nuchster wagon being molested ana STOCK
ueStt Dyed Inc boys OF company b had
no manu- IN the mlschlei, out that Is OF
Ho ~, Uoi4sequence IN TINS actioh.
The question Is whether civil authori-
ties had Jurisdiction over the military
forces and whether police authorities did
nol 90 oeyoha oouhds IN making arrests
u S0iu'els' Inc boys are VIKING 10 80
M M Cur 10 determine lhe point, out 1t
WI uelen ia upon the reply OF the Georgia
a'totieS II SUNS lor damages are insu-
'uts"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
AN ENTERPRIsING THIEF.
Entered Room of o. f. Futch and
Jumped From window.

Jumped From window.
Mr. o. e. Futch had an exciting en-
counter with a burglar early yesterday
morning, that resulted some time after
wards in the arrest of that enterprising
individual.
Mr. Futch resides at 4O6 Perry street.
west, and al about 1870 O'Clock in the
morning was awakened by the noise made
by some one in his room. He peered care
fully around. and discovered that there
was a negro man close to his bed Mr.
Futch sprang to his feet and upon the
burglar, dealing him at the same cine
heavy blow in the face. He attempted TO
hold the negro but The latter was too anx-
ious to yea away. and jumped from the
window to the ground. For a time only
was he at liberty.
Mr.. Futch secured the services of Pa
trolman Smith, whom he found outside of
his residence, and the two went out on a
search for the man that had committed
the daring ATTEMPT at burglary. He was
found a some distance from the residence
and placed under arrest. The negro gave
his name as Sen Leacy and. although
positively identified by Mr.. Futch, claimed
that he was moi the man who had en-
tered the room. The plea went for moth
ing, and he was sent in TO the station
house. At yesterdays session of the Po-
lice Court he was remanded 10 the Super
Tor Court for burglary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
LIVELY DEMAND FOR HOUSES.
Real Estate Agents Say They're Not
Advancing Rents, However.

htHl Estate Agents say Iney NOT
Advancing Rents, However.
Real estate men are being kept
busy at present making contracts for rent
ing property in their hands for the com
ing year. According to the Georgia law
occupants of houses by the year are re-
qulred by July l of each year to give no
tice whether they intend to keep the prop
erty the following year, which begins Oct.
/. A failure to give this notice is taken to
mean that the occupant wants the house
another year. Il is these notices and the
arrangements being made for renting prop
erty the coming year that has kept the
agents moving.
Contrary TO previous years, it is said
there will not be a great deal of moving
between now and October. While a large
number of contracts have been let, the
parties 10 take possession in October, it is
reported a large per cent. of tenants have
signifed their intention of remaining
where they are. An evidence of this IS
The small number of for rent signs
tackled on houses over the city.
Within the next two months there will
be considerable changing, however, as
renters by-the-month may begin to vacate.
No amount of changing win likely incom-
mode property owners, though, for the rea-
son the general demand for desirable prop
erty is such that it viii not remain va
cant long. As soon as a good house is
vacant there are generally applicants, and
if they are not forthcoming. it may be
said to the credit of Savannah agents that
they stir them UP.
Owing to the demand for renting prop
erty some thought rent had gone up, but
this seems 70 have been a mistake. y
number of agents were seen yesterday ,
among them Prendergast & Black, Row
land q Rowland and others, who say they
have not raised the rent OF property in
their control, and do not know of any
move by other agents to do so. There
does not seem to be any intention on the
part of agents to take advantage of the
present demand for property by general
raise in rents. In this they are doubtless
following the trend of public sentiment
which is that renting property in Savan>
nah commands at present about all il is
worth An effort to run up rents would
doubtless have quite a dampening effect,
and would he detrimental to the good de-
mand that now prevails The agents do
not care 10 spoil a good thing by an effort
to get more than the times win stand.
Much of the renting property is located
in the southern section, where houses are
particularly desirable because they are
mostly new. The steady improvements
which have been made there have added
much to the city, with the prospect of a
considerable increase before the renting
year begins The belief is expressed.
however, that the building boom may be
dampened somewhat owing to an increase
in the price Of building materials. 1t Is
reported there has been au advance in the
price of tin, aud also in the cost of other
materials used extensively in the con
strucion Of houses. This Increase will be
felt by the many property owners who
are now making repairs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
MEN WHO BUILD TALL STEEPLEs.
They Think No More of 1t Than
WOrImcn on the Ground.

They Think No More of 1t Than
WOrLmcn ON the Ground.
OF so frequent occurrence have modern
ingenuity and workmanship made it. that
little or no surprise is manifested by the
busy world as it casually secs tall steeple
or lofty spire shoot skyward hundreds of
feet under the hands of workmen.
However commonplace such things may
seem, no one possessing even minimum
the steeples now undergoing repair on the
Cathedral of ST. John the Baptist. These
spires tower 2l6 feet heavenward
Both the spires and the roof of the Ca
thedral will be covered by suspending slate
upon wire at the top and fastening the
lower portion of the slate by means of a
wire hook underneath. Inside the roof
viii be pastered, making it hreproof as
well as watertlght Huge iron ratings will
extend as, braces in every direction
from heavy iron pillars, set at regular in
tervals down the entire length of the inn
mense building. From these also at the
top viii extend heavy arched iron rail
lngs, giving a graceful curved effect to
the ceiling, as well as throwing the entire
weight and responsibility of the great net
work of iron which makes UP the frame
upon the heavy iron pillars the whole
framework being on the order of the mod
ern iron bridge
The erection of the scaffolding around
the outside of the sleeples requires expert
workmeu, and such workmeu command
higher wages than the average carpenter
~When asked if a mans past sins do not
have a tendency to loom up before him
while at work 200 feet from terra firma
thought had troubled him, and he polite
ly extended an invitation to so up with
him, request which was as politely de-
clined Mr. Bradt said that the men who
are accustomed to working up there never
think of The hight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
SHOT IN THE ARM.
Young James Henderson Injured
While Handling N ParIOr Rifle.

Young James Henderson Injured
While Handling n ParIor rifle.
The accidental discharge of a parior
rife in tho hands of James e. Henderson,
Jr., yesterday afternoon, at Abercorn and
Perry streets, resulted in decorating his
arm and severing one of Inc leading arte-
res. James is the 12-year-old son of MIR.
James e. Henderson, the undertaken.
There, does not seem 10 have been great
carelessness ON the part of the boy. or, at
least, if there was any, it was considerably
tempered with precaudon. In company
with Johnny Hogan ana other lads young
Henderson was taking turns with them in
firing at a target. A piece Of wire or other
obstruction lodged in the rifle barrel, and
the boys began efforts to remove il. After
a number of trials with a ramrod, they de
cided the best way was to load the gun
and blow out the obstruction with the
shot. Young Henderson did The firing, us
ing the precaution to point the gun 10 the
ground.
When the trigger was pulled much OF the
load went backward in pace of forward.
The breach piece was blown out Of place,
and fragments of the cartridge hull and
the brass cap flew out, striking the yong
man on the arm below the elbow. He WIS
not stunned by his injuries but started for
his home at Dayton and Hun streets. Be
fore reaching there his strength failed,
however. and he was carried the balance
of the way by Mr.. A. W. Harmon, the liv-
eryman.
Or. Warning and Or Simmons were sum
moned. Later Or. Nichols arrived. The sew
cred arteries We're joined while the young
man was under the influence Of cnloro-
form. After the operation hopes were en-
tertained that his recovery is assured, un-
less complications set in in the shape Of
Mood pnisnning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
CITY ADVANTAGES
Enjoyed by the Pupils of the South
ern Female College, College Park.

Enjoyed by the Pupils of the South
ern Female College, College Park.
Ga.
"A valuable feature in education is the
utilization of metropolitan advantages in
science music, art literature and preach
ing-in a word, the wider circles of life.
Applications of physics and chemis ry
and other natural Sciences in their opera
lions upon large scale may be witnessed
and studied. Under the escort of teachers
pupils may visit the parks and public
buildings of the city. Libraries. laborato-
ries, cabinets and other educational .e-
sources in addition to those of the college
are brought into requisition. Besides the
growing collection of the state library
what fed of opportunities will doubtless
be offered in the great Carnegie library!
An excellent series of lectures is furnish
ed under the auspices of the Atlanta Lee
ture Association at the rate of % cents
upon any occasion selected by the faculty
Similar advantages are offered by the At
lanta Concert Association. The policy of
President Cox is for the pupils to avail
themselves as far as possible, of the best
attractions.
Pews are reserved for the school in The
First Baptist Church and the pupils appre-
ciate the sermons and ministrations of Dr.
". w. Landrum. To attend all exercies in
the city the railroad furnishes a SPECIAL
coach al cents fares. Pupils of other
denominations attend various churches
Church services are also held in College
Park.
The culture-power and higher develop
ment of city life are within reach and IN
the other hand the location in a quiet Gle
giant suburb furnishes serenity, refresh
ment and composure conducive to study
and form lion of charantor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
DIXON WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
WANTS DISPENSART ORDINANCE
PASSED UPON At ONCE.


SANITARY h""r" N""p'S nuns
lndorsihE management OF '"e us
pens"rY' ana 'f@i"E mar ~
VIII BE 'n"iSe I" '''>e """E =
Eeonomic"l "eth""S OF he'per
o1heeie-Aidermeh sun Deciihe 10
say How IheS stand
alderman DIXON sa-d yesterday lhat ne
VIII have put on its passage at the meet
ing of Council this afternoon the ordi-
..5t.-.- 60 .t.., ..,..,t +r,,e,,+
OF the CITY d.7ptHSaIy anu t"e ieii'o' al
of the present dispensary officers lie said
the ordinance will not only "be called up.
h,,+ T. min D.. ,,,-..3 D.,
y
Inc Morning News S'''e" N-0''0'S ''i''
there was a possibility OF a iie vote, judg-
ing from the talk of The aldermen. This
mo-. MOI, l,,i.,..t i,, those behind the ordi
nance VINO Ie" 'lat tHe prospectus 4oi i'S
passage We're bright They believed then
and stiu believe that il will pass. as 1t is
,isir,,.z5 a sufficient number of votes were
49,, ..t -. ,...e
Pieuseo Deloie 81 was ~ W
Us passage
From the stand the sanitary board took
il aupears there will be opposition to the
--...., H.. above. . No,
Oi''''''''N' '' '''N
apparent reason I"l " o''''H'' nc "oa'N
gave considerable tine TO discussion q
the nroposed change. and from the tenor
30 u.-,l,,t;,,, !, MIN .,,,7 10 Council tba
"a
chances are us influence VIII oe uSeN ~
defeat the ordinance.
The resolution fays it is not deemed wise
10 chauge ths manarement Of the df pen
sary. as il mas been found satisfactory, and
there is no reasFn for a change 1t men
ttons no names. hui its tone is that tie
board disapproves "re-est ablishing" the
dispensary by rlucins II under the cont1o,
Of Col11olI instead of the sanitary board
IT also disap3roves the removal of the
present o0iccr~ unless there is some rea-
son for it.
While # vvae undarstood the board wouIl
take some action in regard TO the matter
II vas not thought IFS disapproval would
IL ca ,,roioonnoed Acting Mavor Tieda.
man chairman Of the board. was believed
"a he favorable to the ordinance and
while the resolution does not indicate the
contrary as Inc vote was not given out, It
&c stiu c,atrord no is on that side. Alder
nan Iarreu is the o,ber member of the
sanitary hoard and is pronounced in his
,-,nosition 10 th, ordinance
Tba d;sc1esion came M on a communl-
catiop from MIR O,Keere I'm which he de,
,,i1d ,,srio,,s r,,tonrs which have been cir.
crIo+od concarninp him since the ordi~
nance was Introduced He asked that a
f,u ir,,estieotio, Of the MANAGEMENT or
the disnensarv he made before the board
took any action regarding, the ordinance.
Excellent management is claimed for the
dienenearv durinfr the last two Years Bv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-26
A. j. AYLESWORTH DEAD.
An Old Savannah Contractor Passed
Away at MiIIedGeViIIe.

Away at MiIIedGeViIIc.
News was received in the city yester-
day of the death of MIR. A. J. Ayles worth
for many years well-known contractor
of this city. Mr.. Aylesworths mind be-
came affected and he was sent to Mil
ledgevi.le for treatment. He had been in
i'll health for some time and the announce
ment Of his death caused no surprise.
The deceased was a number of years a
leading builder and contractor of the city.
The last structure of importance erected
by him was the Henry Street School
house. He also built the Savannah Cot
ton Exchange. the Adler building, at Bun
and Broughton streets, and many resi-
dences.
Mr.. Aylesworth came to Savannah from
the North shortly after the war. and was
at one time an alderman. He was a man
of peculiar temperament. and had but few
intimate friends, but was honest and
straightforward in his dealings and had
the confidence of those who knew him He
leaves one daughter Mrs. William Fried.
of this city.
The body will arrive i'm the city this
morning and the funeral will take place
at 1890 o'clock at Laurel Grove cemetery.