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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

through a succession Of mock army Depart
ments and burdened it with voluminous in
dorsements of bogus red tape in imitation
of the real thing. and as the letter was
finally recovered. its official record as thus
established read as follows:
Stamps Of the various departments at
tached 20 letter: Office Depot Coffee Cool
ers. Headquarters Soldiers Rest Society,
Office Chief Boozers, Office Headquarters
Amalgamated Association Knights of the
Frisid Extremities, Office Chief of Cold
Feet. Communication from Richard Roe.
Private Company B, Thirty-second Infan-
try, l.. S. V. rants to cool coffee"
FIRST ENDORSEMENT.
l.. S. 1s7G4. Headquarters Soldiers Rest So
c:sty. Manila. p. l.. Aug. 2..-Respectfully re-
feired to eN-sergeant McKibben for remarks.
BURGESS.
Commandment and Acting Ex-Corp. Mex.
SECOND ENDORSEMENT.
L. r. 1925. L. S. 1875. Headquarters Soldiers
Rest Society. Manila. Avg. 2.-Respectfuliy re-
ferred to Corporal OBren for remarks.
J. l. MckIBBEN.
Chief Cooler and ex-Serseant Mex. ex-Corp. Mex.
THIRD ENDORSEMENT.
l.. r. 4ss. L. 3. 81. Headquarters Amslgan;ated
Association. knights Of the Frigid Extremittes.
SaLctum sanctordm Of His Most High Majesty.
ths Chief Frisidity. Manila. P. l.. Aug. ss. lsoc.
Respectfully returned to Private Roe. through
military channels. with the Information that In
o,eer to be considered rs an applicant for this
position he must first submit q certificate regard
ing the normal. and also the subnormal. temper
AZURE. Fair. of his pedal extremities. Said GER
tihcats must also be accompanied by the afnda-
wits Of two enlisted men. E. F. O'BRIEN.
Chief Frisidity and ex-Bustsd Corporal u. S.
Currency.
FOURTH ENDORSEMENT.
I. 3. L L. s. 4. ofaes Chief BoozsrS o.. q
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

marked the Native, pausing in front Of the Biolo-
gist. Don't say Different or I'll have to Ga!lop
right through you"
Life is very sweet to me-" said the Boston
Man. Il am just getting my Golf Score below
12O. So 1 would not Contradict you. Only l
would like to ask-"
Come on with it" said the Native.
II would like to ask, who held you while they
strapped all those Chatelaine Effects on you?'
Il wear these Weepins in order TO protect MY
Honor, replied Mr.. Janders, for such was his
Name,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

Being kccordcj tn d Series Of Highly instructive and
Amusing Mock Endorsements.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
BY GEORGE AIDE.
Written for The Sunday Republic

Written FOR The Sunday Republic
SOWN in the Ague Belt there was a
]" town called Miasma. 1t needed
II Paint, Sidewalks. Tooth Brushes
III and Bibles. As for General Debil-
ity aid good, keen splitting Tobac-
co it had a Daisy Suf6ciency and
then some more.
Fastidious People who wear silk Travelling
Gaps and buy H. Rider Haggard's Works of the
Train Boy used to look at Miasma while the Train
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
BY GEORGE ABE.
LANKY U. S. Volunteer Hik,

~ LANKY U. S. Volunteer Hiker
A came upon a little Google hid in
s ~ a Cocoa-Nut Grove and Nailed
$N him. He took the splayfooted
~ Tagalo by the Scruff of the Neck
and famed the air with his Pom
padour. "Why can't you Behave?'' asked the
Big Fellow in Khaki. Don't you think I've
been playing Hide and Seek with you sawed-of
Brownies about long enough Do you think I can
afford to run Foot-Races in the Tropics for Sixteen
Sixty-Six peri As we sit here in the shade of the
Bim-Bam Tree, you look me in the Face and tell
me you are an Amigo from away back. You
have on your snow-white Knickies and your spot
less Shirt of Cheese Cloth, and what with the
bluff smile of Brotherly Love, you have the Dove
of Peace put to shame. At the same time I am
laying Ten Dobe Dollars to a Dollar in Money
that as soon as I release you, you will vamoose to
your little old shack and dig up q pair of Red
Pants. q smokeless Mauser and a hair-edge Bolo.
Then tomorrow Morning, if one of the Boys hap
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
NEW FIRE ENGINE HERE,
Will he Set Up and Tested at Fire
Headquarters.

The new LaFrance fire engine, which the
city recently bought, arrived yesterday
and was moved from the wharf. to fire
headquarters, at Indian and West Broad
streets. The La France company will
send a man here to unpack the steamer
and put it together. 1t is about the same
the last engine the city bought, and
which is now in use at headquarters.
Foreman Campos said last night it was
not known to which station the new
steamer would be assigned, but this will
be decided upon by Supt. Mcguire later.
There was some talk of putting it at En-
gine House No. l, but the impression is
that the steamer is too wide to go through
the station doors without widening them,
and this will not be done. 1t is possible,
in case the doors are too narrow, that
the steamer now at headquarters will be
sent to Engine House No. l and the new
engine will be left at headquarters.
Savannah is now pretty well supplied
with fire apparatus The new steamers
are of the finest make, and throw stream
with great force. 1t will doubtless be q
sourde of qualification to insurance agents,
as well as property owners, to know that
the city is well protected against fires so
far as up-to-date apparatus will do il.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
FIRST BALE OF SEA ISLAND.
1T Comes This Year From NJ G. Lee
of Berrien County.

Butler, Stevens & Co. received the first
bale of sea island cotton of the new crop
yesterday. The cotton was grown by NJ.
c. Lee of Berrien county. and was shipped
by Knight, Goodwin & Co., of Midtown.
ca. The bale was classed as fancy Geor-
gia. 1t was sold at private sale to Duck
worth & Co. The first bale last season
was received a few days earlier.
Considerable attention is being directed
just now to the condition of the sea island
crop. After Investigations recently sew
eral interested in this cotton reported
that the crop was not in satisfactory con-
dition in many sections of Georgia, Flor
ida and South Carolina. In fact, the i'm
preston was that mains" or the cotton
raised on the mainland, would not proba-
bly, turn out as well as was expected. On
abe islands, however, the crop was re-
ported to be in first-class condition, and
the understanding is that a fine yield will
b. made on those lands.
The second bale of sea island cotton will
probably reach Savannah tomorrow. 1t
was shipped to Butler. Stevens & Co,
yesterday by W. T. Lane Of Valdosta.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

Had Never Recovered From Disease
Contracted During Spanish War.

Mr.. c. f. Gadsden Fell, Jr., died at his
fathers farm, two miles west of the city,
on the Bay street extension. at o'clock
last night. This will be sad news to the
many friends of a bright and promising
young man, who will share in the grief
of the father and relatives.
The deceased had been in declining
health for some time, and the members
of his family were aware that his hold
upon life was precarious. He was a
member of the Savannah Volunteer
Guards Battalion and volunteered, with
his company, for the Spansh-American
War. He was a sergeant in Company K
of the Second Georgia Regiment, and rem
dered faithful service II was this SER
vice, however, which led TO the break
down of his health. He contracted cold
and fever, and his system became very
much weakened.
After being mustered out of the service
he appeared for a time to regain his
strength but the seeds of consumption
had been sown and the dread disease slow
ly gained upon him. He spent the last
year in the mountains of North Caro-
lima, but without obtaining the hoped-for
results. He returned home about six
weeks ago, since which time he has
rapidly declined.
The deceased was % years of age, and
a young man of bright and attractive
mind He was well known among the
younger people of the city, and was held
in regard by his companions, as well as
by many of his seniors. The funeral
will take place at o'clock this afternoon
from the home of his father, on the Bay
street extension.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
Love SwnNs the World.

Be considers te, matters not what the
occasion, whether at your own freside, or
in the world. A kind word, a warm pres
the eye bring glad feelings of joy to the
recipient, but be honest with it. Don't
stint your kindness, don't be miserly with
your caresses; lea your heart shine in
your eyes. and your actions cast sunshine
in the pathway. So you will Danish gloom
and you will be of some worth 20 your
fellow beings. Remember, that death
comes to ALL sorrow and gloom, the Ger
tain lot of all of us. You can soften the
blow, comfort the widow and soften the
hard places for the orphan by an ade-
quate amount of good, sound life insur-
ance. Such is the policy contract of the
Massachusetts Mutual, that while it
comes as a protection and provider for
the widowed and fatherless, it has proven
a friend in need to many a man when
the pinch of hard times causes Sleepless
nights. These policies have cash values,
loan values and paid-up participating
values for every year beginning with the
second. The dividends make the cost less
every year, and when once you succeed
in getting policy in the Massa chusetts
Mutual Gt is not every man who applies
that gets accepted you will, like others,
value it as one of your best investments.
We would like to show you a specimen
policy. Send us your age and address.
Harry &, Apple, managers for Georgia,
the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company, No. III Bay street. east, Sa-
vannah, Ga.
We want a few active, reliable agents,
and offer good contracts to those who
come well recommended.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
ROBBED IN HIS ABSENCE.
burglars Went Through the Resi-
dence of Mr.. $. E. II. Gillespie.

dence of Mr.. $. e. II. Gillespie.
An old negro woman, in the course of
her inspection of the premises discovered
yesterday afternoon that the residence of
Mr. s. F. B. Gillespie has been entered
and burglarized. the thieves having left
plentiful evidences of their visit
Mr. Gillespie lives at No 1O3 Duffy
street. east. but, with Mrs. Gillespie, is
now absent from the city, having gone
North on his vacation some two or three
weeks ago. His house was closed up for
the time of his absence, but the old negro
woman was left in charge and has been
accustomed to make regular visits for
the purpose of seeing that everything was
all right and of cleaning up the premises
When she entered the house yesterday
afternoon the rooms presented a scene of
wild confusion. Drawers in bureaus, cabl-
nets and sideboards had been forced open,
the doors connecting the rooms had been
battered from their hinges, as if with an
AK, the floors were strewn with various
articles of household use and everything
was in wild disorder.
The station house was notified of the
fact and Detec i've Stark was tailed to
make an investigation. He found that the
burglars had effected an entrance throt gh
a window in the rear, having cut some
of the Stats, broken pane OF glass ana
thus got to the latch. The burglary has
be n COMM ed since last Monday, when
the house was inspected by the negro
woman.
The extent of the loss is not known, a $
mob ody knows just what Mr.. Gillespie left
about the place. He has been wired of
the fact. An idea of what is missing will
assist ma erially in the detection and ar
rest of the criminals.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE "TEcH.Y
MIR. Aaron French's Gift of $500 to
Be Competed for September 26.

This opportunity is before the young
men not only of Georgia, but other states.
The enviable position which the School of
Technology has taken among the best
technical schools of the country and the
present great industrial advance of the
South, make the above a prize worthy of
the best Efforts of all young men eligible
for the competition. The school offers
degrees in mechanical, electrical, civil
and textile engineering, and its equipment
of these departments is unsurpassed Its
reputation has been made on thorough
ness of instruction of its graduates. Grad
yates of literary colleges are urged to ex-
anime the special course offered. A course
at the school is a necessity TO any man.
no matter what profession he may intend
to follow. Full particulars and illustrat-
ed catalogues may be had by addressing
Lyman Hall, president, Atlanta, Ga.-ad
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
NEARLY S1,OoO,ooo INCREASE.
SHOWING MADE BY SAVANNAH'S
BOARD OF TAN ASSESSORS.

Exclusive of Railroads. the Increase
Is Something Over $7oO ,O00-Pcr-
sonaI Property shows an Increase
of $259.545 and Real Estate "A Gain
of Sab ,5G5-Raiiroad Returns EX-
pected to Increase From Slightly
over 81 100000 to 1880, c0O-The
Inrease the Largest Made in Tax
Values in Recent Years.
The assessed value of the taxable prop
erty of the city has increased nearly
three-quarters of million during the
present year, according to the figures Of
the Board of Tax Assessors and Receiy-
ers. Secretary J. H. II. Osborne of the
board has just completed his summary OF
the work of the board for the year and
the result is a very gratifying one, show
ing as it does that the indications of pros
perity have not been misleading and that
Savannah has kept pace with the rest Of
the country in the march of progress
While values have fallen off in some
classes of property the deficiency has been
more than made up in other lines and the
total shows one of the healthiest increases
that the tax assessors have ever been able
to report.
The following comparative figures of the
assessments for 1900 and 1899 are of inter-
est:
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
UP TO NINETY-NlNE DEGREES.
AUGUST 1900 NOT A MATCH FOR AU-
GUST 1899 YET.

Shortage of Half a Degree IA Day
This Year Compared With Last
AuguSt-The Month an Unusually
Dry One-The Rainfall Short Near
Iy Four Inches-COOIer Weather
on the Way.
Savauuah's temperature yesterday while
it did not make a record, equalled the
highest point that has been reached this
month, and year. The mercury climbed
to 80 degrees, which has been equa!led on
ly once this summer. The minimum was
rs degrees, giving a mean of 81 degrees.
The state forecast for to-day is for To-
cal rains and cooler weather in the north,
and fair in the south. Tomorrow. 1t is
predicted, will be fair. Light southwest
winds may be expected.
While this month may seem to have
been exceptionally hot, it has not been
as hot as last August up TO date by an
average of half a degree a day. Last
August averaged up to and including the
18th. S4 degrees, while the present month
has so far been only 1872 degrees. The
palm for hot weather goes to last Au
gust. also, on individual days. During
that month there were three days on
which the mercury reached the century,
mark. So far this month the highest
mark reached is 80 degrees, and that has
been reached only twice
Possibly the greatest variation in the
weather of the two months, however has
been in the rainfall. During the present
month of $40 inches, and for the year of
701 inches. Last August the rainfall at
the present date had been just one inch
heavier.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
HICKS CoNFEssEs THE THEFTs.
Took Money and stamps and Spent 1t
Entertaining Friends.

Entertaining FRIENDS.
Frank Hicks, the office boy of the
Chatham Bank, who was arrested last
Monday on the charge of robbing the
bank of several small amounts of money
and some stamps, and who has since been
confined in the station house, has con-
fessed to the thefts.
The exact amount the bank officials did
not care 10 give out, but it is compare
lively of little moment, the boys arrest
having been caused more to teach him
lesson than as a punishment for the loss.
The boys disgrace, according to the
view of his employers. is attributable en-
tirely to the bad company he has recently
been keeping, and the consequent tempta-
ton that life of dissipation had eX-
erted
Hicks, in his confession, said the money
he took was spent not for his own ben
eft or at least only partly so, and that
with the remainder he entertained his
friends. As an example of this enter
tainment Ahe told of the spending of $5.
one of the sums he took. He first bought
a suit of clothes for So, and with the re-
mainder, took several friends on jaunt
20 the Isle OF Palms. Another source of
expenditure, he said, was the entertain
ments at Isle of Hope.
The employees of the bank are inclined
to look charitably on the boys short
comings on account of his youth but the
matter has not yet been brought officially
to the attention of the bank directors, and
il is not known whether they will con-
slider the matter in the same light and
content themselves with discharging the
boy, or will insist on pushing the case
against him
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
Two DROWNED NEAR EDEN.
The Qunrterman Brothers Lost Their
Lives in the OGeechee.

Mr.. Edward Quarterman and his young
er brother lad of perhaps 10 years, were
drowned in the river near Eden, on the
Central of Georgia Railway. about 10
O'Clock yesterday morning. II was in
the effort to save the life of the lad
that the elder Quarterman lost his own.
The boy was swimming in the river
and had rowed himself across the stream
10 the opposite bank. Arrived there, he
left the boat and attempted to swim his
way back. his brother watching the eff
fort from the bank. When the land had
almost been reached the boy became ex-
hausted and sank
Immediately his brother plunged in aft
er him, clothed and booted as he then was.
and attempted to get the lad out of the
water. Frightened by the danger and
half-unconscious. the lad chung to his
brothers neck, and in this position they
both sank and were drowned. No assist
ance reached them until it was too late
to avail
Both were brothers of Mr.. Luther Fl.
Quarterman, a clerk in the offices of the
NeHlIdl at savannah, VINO RESIDES at
Eden The elder had, through his own
eXertions, accumulated sufficient money
20 take him through college, and expected
to return to his studies in the course of
a few weeks.
The bodies have been recovered and cof-
fins were sent from Savannah to Eden
last night. 1t is understood that the
bodies are to be carried to Pennington
on the line of the Plant System, where
the funeral will take place. The parents
of the two unfortunate brothers are llv-
ing at NARROW.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

Total increase ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $fOl'O5O
This does not include the assessed valu-
atoms of railroad properties, the returns
for which are made to the Controller
General in Atlanta, and the amount of as
sessments reported to the propert authori-
ties here The taxable value of the rail
road properly of Savannah last year was
$1,016310. This year the board counts
upon an assessment of at least 81, 250, 900.
This will give an additional increase of
1888 $50, making a total increase in taxa
BILE property for the year of $934, 740, or
nearly $1,0O0,OO0.
This is a pretty good showing for one
year and the tax assessors have reason
to feel proud of their work There We're
many reluctant property owners, and 1t
required considerable work and no little
tact to get returns from many parties
which the board felt warran ed in accept
ing. Even with this there was consider
able falling off in returns of stocks and
bonds, it being appar, mt that some of the
wealthy citizens have transferred their
securities elsewhere in order to avoid the
payment of taxes. This explains, in part,
the falling off in the item of personal
property. A part of this decrease, how
ever, is only apparent as a considerable
amount of property heretofore returned
as personal properly comes in this year
under the heads OF banking and railroad
and partially accounts for the increase in
those Iumns On the whole, however,
the increase Is one which will doubtless
be viewed with satisfaction by the city
fathers, and may lead them to consider
the advisability of a Slight reduction in
the tax rate.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
POLITICIANS WILL TURN OUT.
4 First District Caucus to BE Held
at HinesviIle Tuesday.

There will be an interesting political
gathering at Hinesvjlle Tuesday. The
primo object ,s .ha sattlino, 81 ,ba cam
torlai contest IN the second District Out
there will be other features.
Mr.. r. NJ. Martin and the other mem
bar., Of +ba 1Di,or,, c,o,,,,,,,++oo e.. 4bo
'S0 i0' ~
rsC Congressman Dlstrlct' appointed
some time ago by the national committee
man from Georgia. have called a rally of
the noIiticiaps Of the Eirst District 70
A.. 49,. 80, -. - 49, 49,
way anu iiie'i'9' am "
necessary steps ior beginning Bryan
campaign fund. This fund, of course, is
not intended to be used in this state, but
will be turned over to the National Com
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
A Fever-Stricken Camu.

Everett City, Ga, July 81, 1907 am a
strong believer in and advocate Of the use
Of Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic. !
know what it will do. l have tried it in
Cuba and the low lands of Mexico. l
have been soldier in my time and have
found the Tonic invaluable in cases of
camp fever. Only those who have been
in the tropics as soldiers can comprehend
the horrors of a fever-strlcken camp.
miles and miles away from its base of
supplies. 1t was in such places that
Johnson's Tonic came in. You did not
need any Calomel or quinine or
any other drug. Stick to the Tonic and
you will be able to eat embalmed beef
again. Yours very truly,
Chas. F. Roden
-ad
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
AT REST IN LAUREL GROVE.

DIR. c. VI. Heidt's Funeral Attended
by sOlOmOn's Lodge of MasOns.
The funeral of the late DIR. George M.
Heidi took place yesterday afternoon at
Laurel Grove Cemetery where the burial
was made. The body was brought TO the
city over the Central road shortly after
o'clock. It was met at the depot by
Solomon's Lodge of Masons, of which the
dead man was a member, and which ac-
companied the remains to the cemetery
and performed the Masonic burial rite.
The church funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Bascom Anthony of Trim
iy Church. A number of friends were
at the cemetery and the offerings of flow
ers were many and beautiful.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
SUPPLIES PLENTIFUL.
The Market Well Supplied With All
the Season Affords.

The abundance of supplies in the city
market demonstrates that as soon as
stuff goes out of season, there is some
thing else to take it's place on the stalls.
This is true in the vegetable departments,
and it is equally true with meat dealers.
To the thrifty dealer the Importance of
making a frequent change in the line of
supplies offered appears specially import
ant. II SO appears to Logan, and he ac-
cordingIy makes the frequent changes.
1t is this as much as any other one thing
that has won him patronage. Fresh
meats served in the best of condition is
the guarantee he gives customers. Veg
etables at your own prlce.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
ARE ORGANIZING FOR BRYAN.
Local Politicians Prepare to Get Into
the Band-wagon.

,,,,r,t.,- ~ ca,,ar,a,,,,rs e,o. +<.e-ot,,or
-.
one Hlsnt ids' week ana oeclueu 'nat L.
was a good time to organize a Bryan
Stevenson Club. Being of the order Of
,,.,i,,f.,o.. ,o,o,,,,,o4.a -. ..,,,,+,,,, ., tho
-. ...
iea"ei9 no Time was ios' III an
organization.
Mai J. Ferris Cam was elected presi-
dant Mr. Frank W C,aunos secretary
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pfesldehts' COL Warlhg Nusseli' Coi'
A, St0VaH' Judge Salluei iteS IoluS' MI
Inomas D. SnetFal Nir. a a. aTreiice'
MI Nllhan NelSh' MI " HIldHh mar eii'
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
New Attractions at Hotel Tybee.

The Hotel Tybee will reduce the price
for bathing suits the balance of the sea-
son, beginning tomorrow, from 25c to 15c.
Children 10c.
A prize will be offered Tuesday and
Thursday nights for the most graceful
and longest dancer.
Prizes will also be offered children
guessing the number of persons on pavil-
ion Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
These inducements are made to attract
crowds the remainder of the season. and
doubtlss many will avail themselves OF
them, and go down to Hotel Tybee.