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The evening times., 1900-02-28

hearse turned right side up. for the horses.
through all the excitement had stood ike
statues. The sides of the hearse had been
made entirely OF two long sheets of plate
glass Not a fragment as large as i saucer
was now left sticking in the vehicles
framework.
Buried under the litter of splinteTed
glass and torn drapery lay the Casket. AS
soon as the hearse could be lifted from
above It. the casket was carried to the
curbStone and partially covered with fur
lapTobe. There il rema med until another
hearse arrived when three policemen and
a hack driver placed it in the vehicle and
the journey to the cemetery was resumed.
Meantime Policeman Sexton had Lot
been idle He heard the indignant mutter-
ings OF the crowd and decided 20 get Roo
ney out of the way. Angry men and wO-
men were shaking fists in the gripman's
face when Sexton pushed him aboard a
car and took him to the power house at
Fiftieth Street. Leber accompanied them.
After the hearse driver and the gripman
had answered the questions put to them by
the superintendent. Policeman Sexton ac-
'comparied them to the West Thrtieth
Street police station. where each entered a
charge Of reckless driving
Leber said the hearse cost him $i.215 one
year ago. He estimated that to repair it
would take about $500.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
ON TRIAL FOR ARSON.
Ghc Hsgerstown Courtroom Crowded
With Spectators.

! HAGERST0wN, Md. Feb. 2S.-The case
against John Poffenberger, OF Cavetown.
charged with burning the barn of john D..
| Davis. at Cavstown. on the night of Janu-
airy 5 is on trial in the Circuit Co~rt. The
! Court House is crowded.
TIE case hes excited considerable inter
es, the .,,-1sed belonging 10 highly re-
specialize family. He is the son OF Mr. Il.
J. Poffenberger, who. with the prisoners
sife. sat with him throughout yesterdays
session
The chief witness yesterday was Mrs.
John ID. Davis. she became greatly ex7
cited and wept freely. Being cross-exam-
ined hy Mr.. keedy she repIed sharply,
saying she wanted him to understand she
did not tell lies.
She testified that on the night of the f.e
she WAS washing dishes in the kitchen
when. on looking through the windJw at
O'Clock. she saw the COW stable on fire. She
ran out and near the stable saw Poffen-
berger. 4 COW which had burst out the
stable ran past her. She said to Poffen-
berger: Did you turn out that one COW,
and il youNlid why didn't you turn out tle
otber?" She said Poffenberger replied.
No; let her burn; you can't save her this
timei"
She said Poffenberger seemed drunk, and
later in the evening he came to her, pat
ted her on the shoulder and said 1T is
no use to worry; you can't save her; bet
ter go into the house" Mrs Davis told
him to go away. saying it was through
him the barn was on fire. A COW, $50 bar
rels Of corn wagons. harness. etc. were
burned Mrs. Davis said she released the
calves and her husband got the horses out.
She also stated in her testimony that her
\ q
minutes before the fire, and the defences
lawyers endeavored 10 prove that someone
else besides Poffenberger had burned the
barn. Several weeks before the barn
burned a straw stack near the barn was
burned but the building at that time was
saved.
A number OF witnesses testified to see
ing Pofenberger at the fire. and that
shortly before he was in Bonebrake's sa
loon. He told Bonebrake he was going 10
Chewsville but Bonebrake, suspecting him
because he got matches at the saloon,
watched him, and saw him go in the di-
rection Of the Davis barn.
Detectives Isaac Spandhaeur and John
Muller. both of Baltimore. testified that
PCffenberger had confessed TO them he had
burned Davis barn. Spandhaeur swore he
went disguised as an insurance agent TO
Poffenberger's home. in Cavetown, and
there the accused told him he had burned
the barn. Muller swore that in jail he
got a confession out Of Poffenberger.
which was overheard by Robert Miller. col
ured. who also testified that Pofenberger
had confessed.
Poffenberger on the stand sworc he was
al home with his wife when the fire broke
out His wife testified the same Consta-
BILE Rowland testified that Poffenberger
told him he was in the Cavetown school
house when the fire broke out.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
A CAR WRECKS A HEARsE.
The Cnskct Hurled Through Plate
Glass to the Sidewalk.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-Mary y. Sheri-
dan. a widow, of 721 Malone Street, West
Eoboken died a non0genarian. While
her body vas making its last journey
yesterday to Calvary Cemetery it was
hurled through the plate glass side of an
overturned hearse by collision with
Broadway cable car.
The casket, bottom up, was lifted from
under the wreck of the hearse In the mid
die of Broadway, and then, for half an
hour. awaiting the arrival of another
hearse. the coffin stood on the curbstonc
in Herald Square the centre OF a pushing,
muttering crowd. Magistrate Crane, in the
Jefferson Market Police Court, held that
the gripman and the hearsedriver were
about equally to blame and discharged
them both
Mrs Sheridan's funeral arrangements
were in charge of James Dowd, sexton of
St. Francis Xavier's Catholic Church, who
is a nephew of the dead woman. Only last
Thursday he had buried his mother. who
had also died at a ripe old age. Today he
will bury John Dowd. a brother.
Coming from West Hoboken, the funeral
procession, which consisted Of the hearse
and four carriages, had crossed the Forty
second Street ferry and was bound down
Broadway to Thrty-fourth Street.
John Leber was driving the hearse,
which, together with the team OF horses
attached to it, is his own property. The
funeral was moving slowly south on the
west side of Broadway.
AS it approached the Thirty-fourth
Street crossing, Leber. instead of crossing
over the Thirty fourth Street tracks to the
south side of that thoroughfare before
wheeling eastward toward the ferry. pull
ed his horses across the Broadway tracks,
and attempted, apparently, a short cut on
a diagonal line southeast into Thirty
fourth Street.
Cable car No. &c, with Thomas Rooney
at the wheel was moving south at full
speed. and had got the signal to go ahead
over the Thrty-fourth Street crossing.
Rooney saw Leber swing his team directly
across the path of the approaching car.
The gripman changed his gong and shouted.
Then he applied the brake and threw OFF
the grip.
But the car had too much headway to be
checked in time. The horses of the hearSe
had just cleared the tracks, and the black
draped vehicle was directly across the rails
when the crash came.
Hundreds of persons at that busy corner
it was Just fifteen minutes past noon
heard the loud splintering crash of plate
glass and looked up in time to see the
hearse lifted bodily and overturned on its
side. Leber managed to leap from his box,
clear of the wreck, and landed upon his
feet
Policeman John Sexton, aided by corps
of volunteer helpers, soon had the wrecked
The evening times., 1900-02-28
STUDENTS HAVE SMALLPOX.
Detroit McdicOs Contract the Disease
From a Cadayer.

DETROIT, Feb. 2S.-Nine students Of
the Detroit College of Medicine are con-
fined in the pest hospital with smallpox
and the college is under strict quarantine
About two weeks ago the students dis
sected a negros cadayer, shipped from the
South, so as to make a critical study Of
the blood. which was said to be peculiarly
diseased.
The nine students now in the pesthouse
were present on that occasion, with two
others who are now at their homes in the
country with what is believed to be small
Dox. None of the cases is severe. The
college authorities refuse 10 talk about
the matter
The evening times., 1900-02-28
Killed i'm War Quarrel.

AUSTIN. Feb. 2S.-Elijah Stanton. aged
eighty-twO years, and jules Maner. aged
sixty years, inmates of the State Confed-
crate Home, became involved in discus
sion of the British Boer war yester-
day. Stanton, who is an Irishman. sided
with the Beers, and Maner took up cudgels
for the British. The discussion led to a
quarrel and Naner drew a knife and
stabbed Stanton twice in the arm and near
the heart. The wounded man died this
evening Maner was arrested
The evening times., 1900-02-28
DEsERrIoNs AT FORT sLocUM
Colonel Nard Receives a Statement
Concerning Them.

Colonel Ward. the Assistant Adjutant
General, has received a telegram from the
commanding officer Of Fort Slocum. y. Y.
giving the list OF deserJions at that place
for the past six months. as follows: Au-
gust. =: September, O; October. .; Novem-
Der. 8; December, -; January, -; Febru-
ary, IA; total, 81. The dispatch gave no
reasons for the desertions, but denied the
reports that half of the 1000 recruits at
the fort were endeavoring to desert. The
recruits will be shipped to the Philippines
about March 10.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
MR.. ROOTS CUBAN TRIP.
Thr War SecretarS's Party to De
Gone n Month.

Secretary Root announced today that the
party that will accompany him to Cuba
will be composed of Mrs. Root Miss Root
Edward Root. the Secretary's son: Colonel
Carter the Assistant Adjutant General
and Mr. Coursey. the Secretary's private
secretary. The party viii 20 to Tampa
Fla. Friday. and sail for Cuba on the
transport Sedgwick, sunday.
The tour viii occupy about a month. the
party visiting Havana. Santiago, and 9TH
er large cities on the island, and the in
terror The Secretary viii enquire into
the existing conditions OF Cuba with view
OF future legislation for the island.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
HEAVY SNOW IN CHICAGO.
Worst storm of the season Vow Rag
in. There

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 2S.-By far the
worst snowstorm of the season is still
raging here and throughout the surround
ing States. The snow this morning is
nearly a foot deep on the level. and a
heavy northeast gale is drifting it badly.
The street railroad traffic is demoral-
lied. but through cars are running on all
the important lines. Suburban trains are
badly behind. and through trains are from
one to ten hours late. when they have
come through at all
The evening times., 1900-02-28

The people will decide as they think best All
that is required for the people to decide what
beer is best is a taste Of Heurch's MaeFzen. Sen
ate CT Lager These malt and hop beverages
are highly recommended by those who know
what constitutes beer that is pure and most
Heurich's beer will demonstrate that substitutes
are not used in brewing these high grade beers
Phone 6S4, Arlington Bottliug Co. for a case
and be your own critic as to the purity of
Heurieh's.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
4 Gable From Australia TO the Cap.

MELBOURNE, Feb. 2S.-Details have
been arranged for an agreement between
the Australian colonies and the Eastern
Extension Cable Company for a projected
cable between Australia and the Cape.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
STORIES FROM TAE FRONT
Letters of Soldiers Fighting in the
Ladysmih Campaign.
General Hector EIucDonald Sur-
Saved From Death Through the
Generosity Of an Admiring Beer.
Capturing Horses OF the British.

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-Gen. Hector MacDon.
aid. who was wounded in the pursuit of
General Cronje, was one of the survivors
of the Majuba Hill disaster. nearly nine
teen years ago. 'Fighting Mac" then
lieutenant, with handful of men defend
ed one corner Of the motntain top amid
fierce fusilade from the Boer rifles, with
dead and wounded comrades lying about
him. and when at length the end of that
bitter and terrible struggle came ii found
him a prisoner. He had been taken fight
ing and had been overcome only by supe
rior force. One of the Beers who ap-
preached to receive the submission of the
British remnant which still remained un,
scathed was attracted by the sporran OF the
stalwart Highlander, and snatched at it,
Still full OF the spirit of battle, Lieutenant
Macdonald struck down his ilimannered
foe. Death for the desperate prisoner
seemed certain at this crisis, but the kind
fortune which had hitherto protected the
almost recklessly brave young Scot did not
desert him in this. his worst and grave5t
extremity. Upon a second Boer arriving to
first one generously inteTposed. forsiving
the blow which had laid him prostrate-
No; he is a brave man. too good to Kill.
Let him live" General Macdonald nov
commands the Highland brigade. whose
battle cry at Magersfontein. when Wau-
chope fell. was Remember Majuba.'
\ Boer soldier. writing from the camp
outside of Ladysmith. November =. says;
1T is now fortnight already since we
have been round Ladysmith. We are all
mounted and. thanks to the captured Brit
ish. We aIe at the present time fairly COM
Portable. We have passed through great
Geal Of hardships already. and what viii
the future bring us? II is no longer
TransVaal, but a South African war OF in
dependence. We left our homes in such
hurry that We scarcely had time TO pro-
vide ourselves with necessaries even for
few DAYS After VIC had been on the from
tier fourteen days We crossed il on the
morning of October l.. With lot OF
turnings We passed Majuba and Laings
Mex close to the burial grounds and monu-
ments TO the memory of those who fell ia
the so war We passed the night close &c
General Colley's resting place with strange
feelings.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
Five states In Five HourS

The "Royal Limited" beautiful, swift. and sure
leaves Washington b. & o. r. r. Station New
lives New York, p. IN. Exquisite dining and
cafe car service.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
DIED.

HOYEY-In New York city on Saturday Feb
ruary o. 1900, RICHARD HOVEY, youngest sen
Of the late Gen. Charles Z. Hovey and Harriette
F. Hovey, of apopiexy. feei-2t
The evening times., 1900-02-28

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nNnT kidney, liver, or bladder
NOOl trouble it will be found Just
the remedy you need. At druggists in fifty.
rent and dollar sizes. You may have sample
bottle of this wonderful new discovery by mall
free; also pamphlet telling all about 1t and its
Address Dr. Kiimer Co.. Binghamton. N. z.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

T. f. MILLS has the mitring tools Qarge
and smalD which touched the face of
Lincoln in taking his cast in the White
House sixty days before his death, by
Clark Mills and his son. Item
The evening times., 1900-02-28

NOTICE-Annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of the CROSS MANUFACTURE
ING CoMPANY.-The annual meeting Of
the stockholders Of the CROSS MANUFAC-
TURING COMPANY will be held at the
Hotel Fleischmann, Alexandria. Va, at
O'CLOCK P. M. on THURSDAY, MARCH
/, 1900. BY order of the President and the
Board of Directors. HENRY r. GETZ.
Acting Secretary. fe15-14t
The evening times., 1900-02-28

THIS is TO CERTIFY TO WHOM 1T
may concern that on. and after Feb
ruary q / will not be responsible for any
bill or debts contracted by my wife. Eva
Bayliss. G.. w. BAYLISS.
70 OF 2t em
The evening times., 1900-02-28
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE
Leo s. Whitehead Sent 10 Jail to
Await Trial.

Ills Alleged wife Comes From Utah
10 Accuse Him of InfdeIitN-She
Declares That He Deserted Her ana
seven Children The Defendant
Reiicent i'm Regard 10 the Matter.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
EDUCATIONAL.

FRENCH. private lessons at your home: moderate
Price; ref PROF. EUGENE MARIE AUD
KAHN. l@li G. e. fe26-St en-
The evening times., 1900-02-28
Hoods Pills Cure e. ,i1,dEsr an liver

ness, jaundice, sick headache, nausea. indiges-
ton, break up cold, prevent fever. &c
BY mail of c. I. Hood s. Co., Lowell. Mass.
The evening times., 1900-02-28
stops the Cough
pnH works of the CnI.l
Make Your Own Decision

Laxative Bromo-Q Quinine Tablets cure Geld IL
one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c.
The evening times., 1900-02-28

PRIVATE LESSONS Bookkeeping or mathemat-
ics; evenings. $50 70 10. TEACHER. 1is A
ST. ne. fe22-Tt
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-23

which together are called the Vatican
apparently on a level with us was the
great dome of st. Peters. Around the
railing at the lop we could see the minute
ngures of tourists looking from the dome
at the Vatican hill From there we de-
sosnded the hill and made our way back
toward the gateway. We pa ssel the build
ing "a led Casino del Papa" where the
popes used TO dwell during the heats of
summer. 1t is a handsome building, COW
cred with the s;lf-laudatory inscriptions
or the various popes who have adorned
II. Not only in the Vatican gardens,
but all over Rome you see magniloquent
inscriptions setting forth the astounding
ed bridges, or restored facades: Most
Munifcent Prince, Pius''-'Most Virtuous
Prince Clement'-"M Learned Prince
Sixtus." If the popes have had a besett-
ing s.n il is not modesty.
AS We were making our way toward
the exit we met another tourist priest
an old Italian who had apparently lost
his way. He asked US about it. and we
set him right He was Enthusiastically a
tourist, for he had a guide-book, and
pointing to a tower told me it was the
Borsia Tower. He meant well. but the
gardner had already told us 1t was the
Leonine Tower. He was completely
lest
Fancy two pilgrims from Western
America telling an Italian priest how to
find his way about the gardens of the
Vatican.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-23

not attempt TO make psychological study
of the thoughts which guide their actions.
There is no depth of feeling in their
dramas. They are droll or ghostly. moth
ing more. But, their very drollery and
ghatlness fascinate.
The absence of all scenery on the Chi
nese stage makes it necessary for each
performer to explain who he is, where he
is, and the object Of his being there This
causes considerable awkwardness and de-
lay. change of scene is indicated by
an announcement by the actor.
Nov I'm at such and such a place"
he says. land have come here for so and
so. There are trees to my left and noun
tains behind me and here is a little
river" etc.
The best collection of Chinese dramas is
known as the Hundred Plays of the
Yuen Dynasty" The moral tone of these
is better than in most modern works,
though if judged by an American critic
they would be pronounced decidedly
coarse.
The poverty of imagination is the most
noticeable fault in all Chinese dramas
There is an old tradition that sums a
mans character in ten parts II seven
are good and three bad the good will pre-
dominate and the bad be buried with his
bones. If the reverse, the three good
parts are reegated to the grave and only
the bad left TO tell his story.
If the Chinese drama should be judged
by ,ts present standard without regard to
its promises doubtless the good parts
would be buried. The great advance in
the japanese drama in the last few years
however. would argue that with the intro
duction of foreign influences in China the
native drama will improve with equal ra-
pldlty, and China may yet have a Danturo.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-23
Jimsy SchIey.
Atlanta Constitution

Atlanta
Have you heard of Jimsy Schley's good
luck and how he is taking it? Don't
know Jimsey? That's to argue yourself
right up in the trent rank of the I'M
known
] msy is he bon camarade CT American
millionalres and princes and rightly, for
he is a prince himself the prince of fid-
dlers of wing shots and of story tellers-
the man who makes Jekyl a haven o.
rest and hap mess fer the poor. hard
working millionares whose money has
built the sumptuous club house and more
sumptucus cottages which open the
eyes of favored visi ors to the real IN ng
in the way of luxury.
At the early age of half a century JIM
sy has come into a fortune Search the
word and you'll not find another who
knows better how to enjoy that luxury.
The relative who was consderaie enough
TO die not long since and leave Jimsy enc
hundred thousand dollars certainly had
an eye to the prophecies.
The first thing the distinguished lega-
tee did after getting his fingers on that
money was 10 go to New York. where
with $50 900 of It. he bought an annuity
which will pay him something over $1,000
a year for life. His next step was to take
a steamer for Europe, carrying with him
the other fifty thousand and the deter
mination 10 blow every dollar of it before
his return. And he has scheduled an early
return, at that.
There is Joy in the heart of the festive
Par sienne; Jimsy Is there
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-23
SAYS HE STOLE HER CHILD.
Wife of WeII-Known Cuban Is
Hunting Her husband

Macon, July 2o.-Mrs. Pauline Gomicio.
wife of Benno Gomicio. the Cuban, whose
romantic escape from Moro Castle three
years ago when he was under sentence To
be shot. attracted so much attention in
this country, passed through Macon to-
day trying 10 overtake her husband and
2-year old child She had been Informed
that they were al Palm Beach, Fla.
She says her husband stole her child
from her at Toledo. o., and she as been
begging her way from city to city trying
to catch up ever since. He and she had
separated when the baby was only a few
months old. They were married AT Pater-
son, N. J., when Gomicio was a big hero
on account of his escape from the Cuban
prison. Their happiness ended after the
first year
Mayor Smith gave the woman a pass
to Vaidosta. A society of benevolent
ladies in Chattanooga had assisted her
from that city to Macon.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-23
EDITORS AT ISLE OF PALMS.
They Will Stop In Augusta on Their
Return Trtp.

Charleston, S. c., July % Thirty mem
bers of the Georgia Weekly Press Asso-
citation are in comfortable quarters at the
Isle of Palms and on Sullivan's Island.
Many of the editors are accompanied by
their wives and daughters, and all Of
them express themselves as hiI eased
with President SCOTS selection of this
place as a stopping paint in the annual
outing of their association. The visitors
Will remain at their quarters here until
tomorrow at noon, when they will take
their special train back to Georgia.
Augusta has invited the associa ton to
stop over there for few hours. That
place was not included in the original
itinerary. but the invitation from Angus
"a was so urgent that it could not be re-
fuse d.