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Evening journal., 1901-03-07
AMONG THE PLAYERS

In presenting their latest creation OF
minstrelsy. Primrose and Dockstader
have in store for the public many new
surprises and novel features; also
complete new scenic and lighting
equipment equal to and surprising
some OF the greatest romantic prOduc-
tions. and give to the public the only
flrst-class and meritorious minstrel
entertainment in the world. Primrose
and DOckstader and their company of
minstrel artists will be the attraction
at the Opera House on next Tuesday
night. They have, by their past,
proved to theatregoers that minstrelsy
is a choice form of entertainment, and
is equal, and in some respects superior
TO the legitimate drama of to-day, as
It's pure and wholesale comedy, its
vocal excellence and its varied and en-
ltertaining specialties go to make Vp an
entertainment which can be attended
by women and young people, never at
any time going beyond the limits OF
propriety in its efforts TO be fin-de-
steele. They have surrounded them
selves This season with a company Of
comedians, vOcalists and specialists
which has never been equaled before
lie scenic ana llBhtlng eheCts and the
costumes are said to be far ahead Of
anything ever before attempted in this
line. The olio contains many new and
up-to-date novelties, among which are
Dooley and Kent, singing comedians;
Carl Daman troup of acrobats, who are
the acknowledged leaders in their line.
Lew Dockstader in a new and original
act; Bogart and O'Brien, in an eccen-
uic musical act of an original
and unique nature. Last, but not
least, George Primrose, in an original
and most effective act. entitled "The
sunny, Sunny South" which
has been a success from the
start, containing all the latest
scenic and lighting effects known
to the stage, being "A series OF beauti-
ful pictures of the South.
Evening journal., 1901-03-07

Bieyele Club Fair. March II to %.
Evening journal., 1901-03-07
DIED

Bicycle Club Fair, March Il to %.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
Remedy Worse Than Disease.
From the London Express,


Rome May l9-At Codroipo, near Udine,
there has Just been witnessed the extra
ordinary spectacle of seventeen persons,
composing an entire family. being driven
mad by the antics Of a processing "ex-
orcist"
A girl belonging to the family, which
is named Finots, fell sick several weeks
ago. and a Slovenian living at Mersino,
who claimed the power to cure all dis
eases by the use Of exorcism' was allow
ed TO practice upon her.
His incantations had such effect upon
the poor childs mind that two days later
she had 20 be removed TO an asylum.
After this all In the house-seventeen
persons. from grandparents downward
went mad i'm succession, and the affair
had made such sensation In the country
that last Friday a party Of carbineers,
ACCOMPANIED by the syndics OF several
neIRhboring communes. visited the place.
From inside the house, which was bar
rlcaded. horrible shrieks proceeded, and
from the top OF a low wall one Of the
svndIcs beheid fearful scene.
The inmates-men, women, and children
were more or less IN a state OF nudity
All the furniture. pottery, and glass lay
strewn about smashed their bodies were
laeerated and bloody, and, while some
were tearing their flesh with their own
mills or pieces OF pottery or glass IN or
der 10 expel the evil spirits, several were
fogging each other for the same purpose
Eventually an entrance was forced ana
the maniacs were all forclbiy removed
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
RAILROAD QUIZ CLASSES.
4 New Plan for Instructlng Em-
pIOyes in Their Duties.
From the New York Sun.

proves
From the New York Sun.
quiz classes on the various big rail-
roads" said a veteran railroad man, ARE
a new idea. Accidents are mostly caused
by want of knowledge of railroad rules,
and for this reason various quiz masters
have been put at work.
"A quiz master generally has an entire
car to himself in which he travels over
the lines. He has the employees of each
section of his list and they are notified
when and where to appear for quiz class
on the rules
when this idea was first introduced
the men did not take to It kindly. They
are generally exceedingly wel-informed
men, but there are always some things
that need explanation. For instance, a
quiz master will take whole train crew
at one time and put them through "A
preliminary examination that will very
soon develop points that they know very
little about. Rules are all right, but fire.
quently there are things that need ex-
PLANTATION and calculation, things that
the rules do not exactly cover After a
traln-hand has passed the ordeal of an
impartial quiz he is doubly competent to
do his duty
THE employees are being graded by the
quiz master. After he finds that a train
man is not only thoroughly informed as
to the rules but as to any situation that
may arise In his work he gives him
certificate. 1t is a sort of diploma that
will entitle him to the best considera-
ton of any employing railroad official.
The train-hands who do not first pass the
final examinations have otheS chances.
If they are likely men and take an in
terest in things they are patiently in
structed and examined again. s-
Every company has it's books of rules
for all classes of railroad labor. These
rules are the basis of the knowledge of
the men, 1t is DENIED best that the men
shall know these rules by heart. Then
comes in the work OF the quiz master.
He must see that they know exactly
what each rule means and IL ever there
Is an exception to a rule when and
where II must be exercised OF course,
all this means that in the near future
no train man can secure employment
unless he has certificate. Railroad COM
panies are tired of recruiting new men
and then training them into the service.
Railroad employees are to be expert work.
men They will gradually receive better
pay. according TO the merit Of their GER
tificate. Such a certificate not only covers
their ability as trainmen, but II has to
do with their moral character, integrity,
sobriety and standing in the community
in which they live.
Thousands and thousands of dollars
are now being saved to rolling stock and
equipment simply because employees are
being drilled into a thorough knowledge
OF taking care OF cars and trackage. This
new education OF train hands by the
quiz masters takes in everything from
the brakeman of coal train to the
engineer and conductor of lightning
EXPRESS. 1t takes in station masters,
telegraph operators, train dispatchers,
signal tower men, crossing watchmen,
hagmen, track-walkers and repair gangs"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27

ment' often consists of two floors or
parts thereof This is particularly notice
able at Paris, where aggregational living
under one roof has been developed to per-
fection--where an electric elevator, with
room for two persons, is automatically
moved from story to story by one of the
passengers, with the aid of only small
button and much courage tempered with
patience and where the janitor resident
on the ground floor-never in a basemen.
furnishes everything on call, from a
course dinner to the latest social SEN
sations
Nobody ever thinks of stigmatizing such
living in independence and elegance as
flats" Style, modern conveniences a
dignifed exterior, and tasteful surround
ings, together with competent care
taker, combine to designate gregarious
lodgings as apartments
To take up the question at the other
end, when is a fiat" a tenement" so TO
speak? When the owner permits the
building to run down at the heel out of
the elbows to become unkempt, dishev-
eled tattered and torn. This is the real
danger the exclusive, seclusive and pic
turesque suburbs fear in the introduction
of a building to incose the roof together
more than a single household.
1t is not easy for a soundly built and
handsomely equipped. a well-managed
and highly rented apartment" to become
a fiat" The question is one of prices
and conduct chiefly, If the right kind of
architect were employed. But 1t is dan
gerously easy for a "hat" to degenerate
into a tenement" for parsimony to be-
come neglect, for architectural incompe-
tency 10 be transformed into unrentabil-
ity 10 any but undesirable tenants; for
squalor to be evolved out of slatternliness.
Against this decadence becoming degra-
dalton our pretty suburbs may justly pray
to be preserved
Already there are visible in some of the
villages recently absorbed by Chicago bar
rem and jejune facades hastily rushed up
with cheap materials, the interiors ill-ap-
pointed for health, comfort, taste, or as
piration. The surroundings are without
token or hope of rehnement-no trees, no
lawn, no shrubbery, no flowers, vines,
piazzas, or calculations for any-just brick
or wood I'm the dreariest putting together.
a certain forerunner in stinginess and
meanness. of inevitable dilapidation in due
time
Yet II is for the selfish interest of capt.
tai small and great to be liberal and
tasteful at the outset, to build for the best
class OF tenants, and to ask the best rents
which can be had only for thoroughly
good apartments, not so easily for flats
and never for holes and corners in
tenement"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
FAKE KANSAS BONDS PAID.
Reno County officials Settle for n
Kansas City correspondence in Chicago

Reno County officials Settle for n
Debt Contracted for a Buffalo Hunt.
Kansas City correspondence in Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Reno county has just paid off a 5000
bond issue to an Eastern firm, which can
GELS a debt made seventeen years ago to
save the people of that county from star
walton. This issue Of bonds was made
fraudulently, but the Eastern investors
when they learned of the true conditions
failed to prosecute the offenders. The
bonds were issued and sold by the county
clerk, who said the money was to be
used for the accommodation of an in
crease in the number of school children.
This seemed to be pretty good sign that
the county was improving, and hence the
investors in New York bit like the real
fish they were all through the great Kan
sas boom.
In 1884 grasshoppers took all the crops
while in the two previous years they had
generally been charitable enough to leave
sufficient to feed the families through the
winter. Thus the fall of 1884 found the
Kansans nearly destitute. and with not
a thing in their houses for the winter
James Barclay then county clerk, called
a mass meeting and volunteered to spend
his own money in going East to sell a
5000 issue of school bonds if the people
would vote them. They proceeded to Is
sue them then and there. These bonds
were sold for 81 900 and the money brought
back to Reno county.
Like the real Kansas rainbow chasers
of early days, the people did not try to
spend the money for -four or meat, but
put it into ammunition. They were going
to kill buffalo. Most of the inhabitants
had never been west of their own coun-
ty, but they thought buffalo existed in
large numbers. So the whole male popu-
lation, numbering then about 500, took
guns in hand and started westward. After
they had penetrated far into Oklahoma
they sighted and killed herd of fifty.
AS they were making for home with them
a spell of warm weather came on, and all
the meat was spoiled. They managed to
skin the carcasses, and sold the hides for
enough to pay for the ammunition used.
Then, with only 5000 of the $500 left,
they started in TO buying the necessi-
ties of life. The debt they had created
did not worry them in the least, but the
thrifty farmers of that county who came
there later have worried a great deal over
it of late, and at last have paid off the
buffalo-hunt debt.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
BRUNswICk's SCHOOLS.
Closing Exercises VIII BE Held This
Week.

Brunswick, Ca, May 26-This will be
closing week in the Brunswick public
schools, and week of great interest to
the public and all interested in educational
matters. Promotion cards will be issued
and honor cards will be awarded to those
who have scored the highest marks in the
dltterent grades throughout the schools.
Thursday night, at the opera house, the
Grammar School will give an entertain
ment entitled, Columbia" or "Ameri-
cas- Cantata." Historical in itself, the
cantata has really been the means of
profit to the children interested in it, CIV
ing them very good insight into the state
OF affairs in this country at the time of
its colonization and subsequent revolu-
ton.
Friday morning the Excelsior Literary
Society will hold it's last meeting of the
term. The programme will be unusually
good. Music, recitations, a pantomime
and wand drill are being prepared
Friday night the browning event of the
closing exercises will take place, and
twenty-three bright and interesting pu-
pills will receive their diplomas, having
completed and creditably sustained an ex-
animation in the course of study prescrib-
ed by the Board of Education.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chlcago News


The late husband catches the early
morning lecture.
When ignorance wins intelligence drops
away below par.
Deeds show what o man H.; words show
what he should be.
The unsuccessful dramatist finds his
task all work and no play.
The smaller a mans mind is the longer
II takes him to make II up
Many a man would starve II he had
nothing to live on but his reputation
out OF the frying-pan Of courtship a
man steps into the fire OF matrimony.
Two heads are better than one-especial-
~ II the other fellow is guessing tails
Charity that begins at home usually
suspends operations during the house
cleaning period.
The man whose only claim 70 sanctty.
is n long face should dispose Of a por-
ton OF his cheek.
There are stlli many good openings for
men who want to settle IN the West, but
before going they should settle at home.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
sLowEsr SHIP IN THE WORLD.
characteristics of IA Vessel That Had
Had n Wonderful Career.


From the Baltimore American.
The slowest sailing vessel in the world.
the Italian brig Anita s., which was
twice given up as lost on voyages from
South America to Baltimore, recently
arrived at Nantes, France, from Martini
que, in the West Indies, after another
unusually long voyage of ten months. This
vessels has also been 1893 days from Rosa
rio to Plymouth, III days from Plymouth
to Santos, 166 days from Buenos Aires
to Plymouth, 122 days from Cardiff to
Montevideo, POS days from Paysandu to
Baltimore, 1sS days from Brunswick to
Paysandu, 2S4 days from Paysandu for
Baltimore and 81 days from Baltimore to
Maranham
On voyage from South America to
Baltimore the Anita S. was three months
at sea without a man on deck who under
stood navigation. The brig was Ave
months on voyage which usually oc-
cupies about fifty days. When a month
out from Montevideo a knot in one of
the planks in the hull under the water
line fell out and big leak was opened.
1t required the best efforts of the crew
at the pumps to keep the vessel free of
water. The cargo had to be shifted to
tilt the vessel and bring the leak above
water, when the hole was plugged up.
The labors of the mate in the perspir-
ing hold overheated him. and his sudden
change to a cooler atmosphere on deck
made him ill, and he was laid up in his
bunk many months ago with what seemed
to have been pneumonia. This deprived
the vessel of it's executive working officer
Later while Capt. De Rose was running
along the deck he fell and broke a knee
cap. He was obliged to go to his berth
This deprived the brigantine of her two
officers, both of whom were confined to
the cabin. There was not a man among
the crew who understood navigation.
The vessel was sailed by members of the
crew, who consulted the sick officers in
the cabin. AS result, the voyage was
prolonged and the provisions ran short
On another occasion the brig was over
a hundred days getting from Baltimore
to Brazil. She was five days sailing down
the bay. The Anita S. is the only deep
sea vessel steered by tiller seen here
in years. Her cabin is below deck. She
was recoppered before she sailed from
Baltimore. 1t was then observed that
the Italian oak frames placed in the
vessel when she was built at Cassano,
Italy, in 1876, were still sound and strong.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27

merous, and II II proves a practical COM
trivance and is reasonably harmonious.
il viii surely find many novel uses. A
musical house-to-house service. on the
same plan as the telephone newspaper.
which is said to be very popular and suc-
cessful in Budapest at present, is one OF
these.
The grand effect which would be pro-
duced by all of the arc lights I'm New
York City, for instance, playing "Colum-
bia," on some great public occasion, can
be better imagined than described.
As an enthusiastic scientist has put II,
the time is perhaps not far distant when
we shall be able to realize something of
the grandeur of the morning stars sing
ing together"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
APARTMENTS AND FLATS.
The Distinction ne IL Seems TO he TN
derstood in Chicago.
From the Chicago Chronicle

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Some Of our most exclusive. seciusive.
and picturesque suburbs complain that
they are threatened with ruin. The cause
is the arrival OF the fiat" In rural archi-
lecture. The compliments say in effect
that they would not object to an apart
ment house or two. But that flats" are
vulgar and deteriorating. The question
naturally crises therefore, when is an
apartment" "hat?"
The essential condition Of rental Is iden-
teal Many households are gathered I'M
der one roof. one set Of exterior walls en-
comprising them. one main entrance and
exit providing for them common emer-
gence ana admission. Generally there Ia
a common laundry. specifically and exclu.
siyey assigned on particular days.
A "har accommodates an entire house
hold on one level. single story or a
portion OF a single story. An apart
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
WORLDS PISTOL RECORD BROKEN.
German of San Francisco Makes 942
Points at 30 Yards.

San Francisco, May 26.--J. E. German, OF
the Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club,
broke the 50 and 100 shot worlds pistol
records at fifty yards to-day. The score
for the 100 shots was made upon two
strings of fifty. The result of the first
string was 46S. On the second string Cor
man made the wonderful score of 474,
breaking the previous worlds record of
All, which was held by himself and
Boston crack shot. The total for the two
strings was 942 which surpassed all pre-
vious records by eight.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
"''lLLA's CHEF SHOT DOWN.

Chasing the Negro and ~
He May De Dealt with by
To-. ''' ga. May ga special to the
''pn from Flovllla says:
,.s afternoon Chief OF Police Matt VIII
.,. "n''e advancing on a desperate ne
An. o Josh Walton, was shot down ana e..
~. wounded. Chief willard was 90
NJ. ~ place the negro under arrest. and
d,s. not without warning before he could
Am ''- own revolver. sherin crawford.
trl.s and bloodhounds. are on his
tesr emo II caught the negro will b.
'N % an Infatuated mob.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
MRS. ANNE BOIFEUILLET DEAD.
Native of savannah and Widow of
the Late John II. BoifeuiIIet

Macon, May 26-Mrs Anne l.. Boifeuil-
let, widow of the late John T. Boifeuil-
let, died this morning. Her children are
John 7. Boifeuillet, Charles N. Boilfeuil-
let, both of Macon, and Mrs. c. C. Thomp-
son and Mrs. ]. E. Peacock. The de-
ceased was born in Savannah, where she
married. Her name before marriage was
Miss Anne McKennon.
Miss Lennie Means. the 15-year-old
daughter of w. l.. Means, died here to-
day. The remains will be taken to Elko,
from which place the family recently re-
moved.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
RELIEF WORKERS TOOK A REST
'eor@ia and Florida Excursionists
ruled Jacksonville Yesterday.

""cAsonVlile yesterday.
''cKsonville, Fla, May 2s.-AI the de-
garments Of the Relief Association were
t Use to-day. the commissary department
ing served out two days rations on
Saturday.
nc" system OF Identification cards
~ s1'''ences to-day to reduce all chances
Of Imposition.
THE sanitary Committee held a meeting
Of o, morning with regard to the finding
det4Ylssin sewers in the debris of the burnt
opar g.. IL IS feared that there are many
sewers from which the sewer gas Is
% pug pug and force of men win be put
ou,ar,,'N tomorrow to hunt for these
heal, ana close them up. The general
Tent o, the city demands immediate at
have 10 this work. few dead animals
W.. oeen unearthed.
tsrdav 'o s. was full Of excursionlsts yes
rum Florida and GeorRia towns
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
Burglars Murder a boy.

San Francisco. May 26.-Tobert Hislop,
a 13-year-old boy, was murdered last
night at his fathers home by burglars
who repeatedly struck him over the head
with blunt instrument, crushing his
skull. They then ransacked the house
and made their escape, securing little of
value.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.

Secretary Massey to Represent GeOr-
gia at San Francisco.
Atlanta, May 26.-Secretary J. d. Mas
sey, of the Railroad Commission, left the
city last night for San Francisco. Cal,
where he goes TO attend the annual con-
vention of the Railroad Commissioners OF
the United States, which meets there
early in June. None of the Georgia COM
missioners was able to make the trip,
and Secretary Massey will represent them.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-14
RAILROAD RUMORS
Matters That Directors Meeting of
Missouri Pacific Will
Consider.

New York, June 1o.-The Mail and
Express has the following:
ut was stated on semi-omcial
authority that the two matters which
will be taken up by Missouri Pacific
directors at a special meeting next
Monday are the declaration Of q divi.
.dend and the final settlement Of the
terms on which the Texas Pacific
is to be absorbed by the Missouri
Pacific.
Another question Of Importance to
Gould lines ~ q whole 10 expected
to be settled within 4 few days. Il
concerns the proposed Wabash and
Wheeling extension into Pittsburg and
an outlet to tide water. Mr.. Gould
has had furthr conferences with the
Pennsylvania railroad officials.
"Mr. Gould's ultimatum will prob
ably be that he will build the Pitts
burg line. thereby getting q entrance
into the valuable mining region. but
he will agree to enter into trafnc ar
rangements with the Pennsylvania
railroad for his southern outlet to the
seaboard instead Of building to Balti-
more % he intended to do. Mr.. Gould
will insist on receiving from the Penn
sylvania railroad . large share Of the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-14
AMATEUR ATHLETES
Track and Field Contests of Ma.
tional Association at Buffalo
Exposition.

Buffalo. N. Y, June 13.-The first
OF the series Of national track and
field contests arranged by the ANA.
teur Athletic association for the Pan.
American exposition were held today
at the classic stadium in the fair
grounds. The heat set . limit upon
tae attendance, but q large number
OF athletes came to measure muscle
and endurance in the lines and there
wa An afternoon Of splendid snort.
There were no records smashed but
some Of the time made and distance
covered were close to the standards
that have been set.
Tne athletes assembled here repre-
sent nearly every section OF the Unit.
ed States and Canada and the iunior
championship tomorrow and senior
championship on Saturday on the
same Held will bring them out.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-14


The prettiest event today was the
final heat Of the 10O-yard sprint, which
G. II. Hoffman Of the Anchor Ath-
letic club of Jersey City took after
a rafting race with w. s. Edwards
and A. w. Burlingame of the Knick-
erbocker Athletic club Of New York
in 9 4-5 seconds.
Weights developed q series Of sur
prises. A. B. Gum. a Y. M. G. A. lad
of Buffalo, beat John Flanagan of
the New York Athletic club in shot
put, and John r. Dewitt. of Princeton
defeated Flanagan and Charles H.
Henneman, of Milwaukee, champion,
in tossing discs.
OF the clubs represented, the Knick-
erbocker Athletic club Of New York
scored the greatest number of victor
les for the day.