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The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

FOR SALE OR RENT, ONE OF THE
best and most convenient farms in Chat
ham county. l. d. LaRoche
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24
For sALE-REAL ESTATE.

TWO LARGE NINE-ROOM HOUSES,
large lot. under good rental; the greatest
bargain you ever had offered, 81 900 for
both; room to build. Youmans & Dem
mOnd.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

WE WANT YOU TO SEE OUR
March bulletin before buying. Send 90
office or drop us a line. Youmans & Dem
mond.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

SALT WATER SUMMER HOMES: A
lot and S-room cottage at Tybee for $500.
90: S-room residence and big lot shipyard,
$4,000. Beautiful cottage on street rail-
way, about quarter-mile from Thunder
bolt $1.50000 60 acre tract of land at Cat
tie Park for 81 10000. Lots of Tybee lots
and great big lois between Bonaventure
and Thunderbolt. John l.. Archer, 10 Provi-
dent building.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

FOR SALE. NEW sAw-MILL PLANT.
complete. now IN operation, including TIM
Der; tram-road, mules, carts, etc; capac-
ity 1900 10 300 Address A. y. c..
Morning News Office.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

FOR RENT, SIX-ROOM HOUSE,
with bath, No. II BEST street, between
Bull and Whitaker; $40 per month Apply
next door, or L. ]. Nevill, at Palmer
Hardware Company.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

RESIDENCE ON THIRTY NINTH
street, near Barnard. I'm excellent condi-
ton; small cash payment; balance $l5
per month. w. j. Miscally, Jr.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. HAW-
kins. Gibson ana w. -. Thompson strains:
eggs $50 for 70. express prepaid 10 any
pnft % the South. n. A. Brown. Chris
iian lndoa. Atlanta. Ca.
SAWED MIXED WOOD. e0 CENTs A
load. Bel 'phone, 80
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

TWO BRAND-NEW HOUSES
Tenth street, near West Broad mo num-
| herl. ony s. Youmans & Demmond.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-24

RESIDENCE ON JONES STREET, BE-
tween Bull and Drayton, in excellent con-
diton; all modern conveniences; easy
terms If desired. w. j. Miscally, Jr.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08
poli,s wonderland rhenter.

A thoroughly good bill of attractive
features is at Polls this week "Dickey"
the comedy that leads, is neatly done
by people who are real actors. There
isn't a crude word or gesture in the
laughable situations that are intro
duced with a natural Introduction Of
specialties of high order. The play
ers in this sketch are Clayton White,
Marie Stuart and Belle Darcy. Gold
en-, the illusionist, has a completely new
act. 1t is elaborate, has several capt.
tai Illusions and many startling tricks,
such as catching live gold fish in the
air and making live canary birds pass
from a boy into a cage. And a very
amusing trick with live ducks. Mamie
Remington and her pickaninnies are
doing a very bright act. So are Bar
tell and Norris pair of musical COM
edians, one of whom made an extra hit
with his first rate singing of Hebrew
parody songs. Arvollo, the acrobat;
Mcmahon and King, Edwards, Kernel
and Williams, Carr and Jordan, and
Crolius and st. Alva, complete the bill.
Prices, matinee 10 adm 20 cents, evening
10, 20 and 80 cents, ladies at matinee
10 cents.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08
day which has rendered him unable to
attend the services.
MAILING FOED.

Ernest La Barnes, oldest son Of Cap
tain George La Barnes, of Church
street, died Sunday afternoon after a
/ long illness with diabetes, aged twAn-
/ be held this afternoon at o'clock at
the house, with interment in the Center
street cemetery. Rev. J. j. Blair will
| officiate. The deceased has for the past
ten years been a member Of Company
K.
| Patrick Ross died at the town farm
Saturday night, aged about seventy
seven years. The body was taken to
Middletown for burial.
One of the Wallingford Ice companys
teams had lively runaway yesterday
morning on Center street. collision
with the side of a roadway caused an
upset Of the wagon, breaking portion
of the same, and the mix-up caused the
horses to stop.
The annual supper and roll call of
the members of the Congregational
church will be held Thursday evening
at the church parlors.
Past Master Palmer G. Townsend in
stalled the officers of Compass lodge
No. 8, f. and A. M, last evening.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the
postoffice yesterday morning were for
d. c. Gallcer, Frank Howard and
James Little.
John p. Stevenson left yesterday for
Boston on business trip
The building on Main street, Calais,
Me, where DR.. Seth Il. Whitney's, we'll
known here, dental rooms were located,
was badly damaged by fire last Friday
hight.
The selectmen held their regular
monthly meeting yesterday, but trans
acted nothing but routine business.
The meeting of the water commits
sioners called for Saturday is for the
purpose of arranging for some disposal
of money surplus now held by the water
commissioners.
J Water Commissioner Bridget visited
Paugh pond yesterday and reports that
the water guage registers so inches of
available water, which is gain of 20
inches since November !.
Deano w. Ives Of East Walingford
is seriously i'll and threatened with
pneumonia
when We Were Twenty-one" is
Booked for the opera house Thursday
evening, January 10.
The board of burgesses will hold
special meeting this evening
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08

under a first-class system of improved
highways.
Each town has its own peculiarities
of the conditions surrounding their
roads. Some towns are bridged to
death; others stoned mudied, sanded
( or hilled to DEATH each requiring
large outlay of money to bring them
under intelligent control. These are
natural conditions and require bending
into some system that Will remove
| these evils permanently
| The increase in the appropriation
during the past two years furnishes
food for thought in many respects AL
though the amount of money approprl-
ated by the state is larger by one hum
bred and fifty thousand dollars than
ever before, the increase in the number
of miles of finished road will not be up
to what the increase of appropriation
would suggest for the reason that with
the increase in appropriation came the
increased proportion paid by the state
| to the towns
Generally speaking, macadam is used
almost entirely to the exclusion OF other
kinds of material in large towns, and 1t
| is often the case that road is I'M
| proved with a macadam treatment laid
over a surface that would be accepted
as a first-class road by many small
towns, it is a cose of little better road.
My point is simply this: That when so
many of our small towns are lying in
the mud or obliged to climb climb the
never surmounted hill, that large towns
with fairly good roads can afford to
wait until the towns not so favorably
situated are helped into a better condi-
| ton of affairs.
| The increase in amount of state Aid
to all towns participating has deVel-
oped a strong desire to commence work
before the work has been fully consid-
cred and carefully arranged for.
This activity on the part of the towns
has made the work of my department
extremely arduous. and a great deal OF
difficulty has been encountered III max
ting towns understand that with the In
crease of appropriation and greater
number of towns to provide for, the
work of the department has been en-
larged beyond it's accomplishment dur
ing the first year of the approprlat
The legislature should pass the appro-
priation just as early as possible, and
not wait until the last month of the
session, as every month is valuable and
can be used with profit in expeditins
the work.
PORTABLE CRUSHERS.
One of the worst conditions the state
has to contend with is towns in which
no gravel is to be found and far re-
moved from railroad access. In many
of these there is good stone either in
the fields or in fences or lodges, and
the only method of road improvement
seems to be the use of stone of which
there is such an abundance in improv
ing their roads 1t might be well for
the state to own a few portable crush
ers and go into these towns and crush
stone, and leave them to be used by the
town for the Improvement of their
roads.
There would be no difficulty in provi-
ding a system to organize and carry on
the work successfully. Certainly this
matter is worthy of careful considera-
ton and mature thought
Very respectfully yours,
JAMES. H. MACDONALD,
Highway Commissioner.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08
ST. LOUIS CHURCH.

Gratifying Reports for the Year From
Various Catholic Churches
The financial statement of st. Louis
parish was given in detail last Sunday
in the church. The receipts of the veal
are: Pew rents, $1062.70; annual and
monthly collections $646.34 donations
hnterta inments, soirees, etc, given by
societies. $1,01706. No fair was held the
past year; nevertheless the total of the
receipts was $2,726.10. From that ST.
100 has been paid on the mortgage of
the church, which from $500 has been
lowered down to $4,000
The pastor congratulated his people
for the good cooperation they gave
him in his efforts to clear the debt of
the church.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08
YACHTSMEN HAPPY.
New Defender Will BE
"A Wonder.
HERRESHOFF PROMISES A FASTER
BOAT FOR 1901.

1t has been decided that Nat Herreshof will
design the new cup Defender which is to race
Sir Thomas Lipton's "Shamrock III. next
summer. This being the case we can feel that
the trophy is safe nasmuch as Mr.. Herreshoff
has promised to build a boat that will be even
faster than "Columbia." 1t is said that sew
eral new features will be introduced on the new
boat that will increase her speed and make her
much easier to handle. There is a bare posi-
bity that the races will be held off the New
England coast this time, on account of the clear
course that is insured. The M. Y. r. A. in
this event will see to it that everything is done
to make the contest success, and the race will
be won purely on merits. This is the way the
"Big Brother y of the Cuba Cgarro has won its
long race-purely on merits. So far ahead ofall
competition in the "short smoke" class is it
that every one recognizes it as the leader.
These five Cigarros, which cost but ten cents,
are smoked everywhere by lovers Of good to-
bacco. Pure, spicy and enjoyable even to the
end. Do you smoke themf
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08
ENTERT1INME NTS.


I Percy =. Williams presented to an ap
preciative audience at the Hyperion
last evening, the famous prize fighter
and actor, Robert Fitzsimmons, in the
melodrama, 1.-The Honest Blacksmith.
Bob showed himself to be quite SINCE
as well as bag puncher and clean anf
honest sport. The play, however, wa:
a tumble of comic opera, melodrama, an
exhibition of fisticuffs and little min
strelsy thrown in. But the audience
enjoyed it and the chronomatograp hiC
scene in the fourth act of the Fitz-Ruh.
| lin fight added touch of rapidly OF
action that brought the play to realis-
tic and interesting close.
! Madame Sembrich's appearance in
| ''The Barber of Seville" in this city on
Friday night, January IS, at the Hy-
perion, will unquestionaby be the mu-
steal treat Of the season. Her tremen-
dous success at the Metropolitan opera
house, New York, last season, and her
more recent successes abroad, have
created such an interest as to make her
present tour of America a brilliant one.
| Her company this season, under the
management of c. L. Graft, is especial
~ SlIOUS, COlStSllIS I'll IllpSI part w
the artists who sang with her in Ber-
lin. The leading tenor will be Lara,
who has sung with great success in all
of the Italian opera houses The first
baritone Is Bensaude who recently
made such a great success at Covent
Garden in London and who will be re-
membered as the leading baritone of
the Damrosch Opera company during
it's last season. Other principal artists
to be in this organization are: Galazzi
second baritone; Dado, bass; Rossi,
bass Duffo; hatfield, mezzo; Bevig
mani, conductor The orchestra Is large
and perfect composed principally of
members of Walter Damrosch's orches-
ira. Seats on sale Monday, January
IA, at the box office at 8 a. m. Prices
S., "a, SO, $3.50, 81.
THE House That Jack Built" the
latest Of George H. Broadhursts COM
edy successes, comes to the Hyperion
theater next Saturday evening with
splendid recommendations from Chi
cago and other cities, where the piece
scored an immediate and pronounced
success. Mr.. Broadhurst's ambition in
this play, he says, has been to repro
duce in a recognizable way humorous
American types, and to satirize them in
such a manner as to convulse an Amer
lean audience Judging by the reports
of 1.-THE House That Jack Built" it
more than fulfils his ambition. The
company collected to produce the play
at the Hyperion includes such clever
farceurs and Boston favortes as
Thomas A Wise Annie and Tennia'
Yeamans, George Henry Trader,
Charles Cherry, Fred w. Peters, Roy
Fairchiid, Harrison Armstrong, Alexis
Law Gisiko, Misses Brandon Douglas,
Anita Bridger and Grace Dudley. Seats
on sale Wednesday. Prices 81, rs. so,
35 and rs cents.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08

this well known and popular drama,
which has been successfully presented
/ throughout the country for many years
| past. The piece is presented in four
pictures, the first showing an excellent
! likeness of the East River dock with
views of the Brooklyn bridge. The
second shows Widow McNallys apart
ments in Paradise Alley-Paradse AL
ley being the third picture, while the
fourth shows Bronx Park. One Of the
principal features of the piece are the
many specialties which are introduced.
Among those worthy of special men,
ton are the singing Of the Verdi La
! dies quartette, composed of Grace
I Kimball, Phla May, Beatrice Ashton
and Helen Macdonald, 1.-THE Holy
City" sung by George P. Armand, buck
and wing dancing by John ]. Flynn,
and a song by John Walsh The COM
pany includes a number of clever peo-
ple. Those worthy of special mention
| were John Walsh, j. Sully, G. p. An
nand, Master Kirley, Phila May, Mrs.
Charles Peters, Helen Quincy, Grace
Kimball, Helen Macdonald, Beatrice
Ashton, Leslie Quincy adm John Moore.
The Abdallah Ben Hamady troupe ap.
pearing with the new melodrama, Lost
in the Desert" which is at the Grand
opera house Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday next, give very interesting per-
Torrance, consisting of human pyra-
mids, dervish dancing, gun spinning,
tumbling and almost every sort of ac-
robatic exercise. These Arabs were
brought to this country by Sic Hassan
Ben Ali and made their first appearance
in New York, where they gained much
favorable comment from the metro
politan press. Aside from this feature
the play Lost in the Desert" is one
of this seasons strongest melodi.s .uas
with a good story and plenty of eXcit-
ing climaxes and is played by cast
of general excellence, including Chris
tine Langford Louis Thiel, Van Dyke
Brown, James Devlin, Phineas Mclean
and many others. The scenic effects
are great. The most thrilling is a race
between two horses in full view of the
audience On the back of one is dashed
captive, seemingly unconscious, the
other is ridden by the captive's friend
bent on rescung him before he is lost
in the great Sahara. There will be the
ltS IldllicG s1dluihoy' Pcolo INV
on sale. Regular prices.
Dickson & Mustard's big scenic spec
tacle, "Humpty Dumpty,' will be seen
here at the Grand opera house Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, January IA,
Is and 16, and at the Wednesday matt
nee. The organization Is mammoth
one and greatly elaborated this season.
Nothing but praise is heard from every
city where 'Humpty Dumpty' has had
his Fall & Rise The speciality feat
ures of the production are of the high
est order, and the innocent laugh pro-
voking antics of George Fl. Adams, as
"Humpty Dumpty." and his associates,
Is sure to please the old and young
alike. There is everything to charm
the ear and fascinate the eye; the
music, the witty dialogue, the marches,
the dances, the brilliant electrical eff
fects, the beautiful costumes and gor-
geous scenery. The transformation
with it's bewildering changes and har-
monious coloring is said to realize the
acme of stage grandeur. Such is the
revival Of "Humpty Dumpty."
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CONVENT PROPERTY CLEAR OF
DEBT,

The annual report of the st. Francis
r. c. church, which was read Sunday
forenoon at the 10 O'Clock service gave
the welcome news to the parishioners
that the convent property, which was
purchased by the st. Francis society in
1883, was entirely paid for. 1t was
bought at first for $4,000 and mort
cages were placed on the property.
But these have been reduced from time
to time and the last remaining mort
gage of $4,000 has been taken up dur
ing the past year The convent prop
erty is large one and is In daily use
The ST. Francis parish is now entirely
free from debt, and Sunday Rev. Fa-
ther Kennedy said that the receipts
during the past year were larger than
they were during 1899 by several hum
ureu dollars.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08

1.-THE Sunshine of Paradise Alley
was the attraction last night and will
be repeated this evening and to-mor-
row afternoon. The piece has been pre-
scented here before but only at the Hy-
perion and this is it's first presentation
anywhere at popular prices This year,
as in the past, it has made a good i'm
preston. The piece is too well known
to need an extended notice for all the
theatergoing people are well versed in
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08
GOOD REPORT FROM SACRED
HEART CHURCH

At the Church of the Sacred Heart
on Sunday Rev. Father McKeon read
the report of his parish and it showed
that during the year the church had
received $17,53990, all of which was
spent and out of this money a mort
gage of $4,000 was wiped out.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08
At ST PATRIcK's CHtTRCH

Owing to the slight illness of Rev.
Father Russell on Sunday the reading
of the report of st. Patrick's church
was deferred The pastor has been
suffering from a cold since New Years
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-22

on her wedding day she wore the
small Jeweied pll, number five in dia-
monds which no one ever remembers see
ing her without at home or abroad In
her diary and on her letters she always
signed her name thus: Lille Hitchcock
Coit-5." For years after her husbands 8
death, which took place many years ago.
Mrs. Colt lived with her mother at the
Palace Hotel, where the boys of No 5
always found warm welcome.
Always on the occasion of anniversary
or other paredes, ''the daughter of the fire
laddies" would appear at her window, clad
in her fireman's coat and hat, and give
the salute to the tramping boys below
One of the most prominent decorations of
her drawing room was a large painting
representing the world. On the TOP of
the globe sat the daughter of the fire
leddies" in a firemans scarlet coat. and
reaching out from everywhere were men
with wine glasses I'm their outstretched
hands, Offering the toast, ITO the one wo-
man in the world" Some of the most
prominent citizens of San Francisco of
that day were recognizable in the paint
ing, which was presented to Mrs. Colt A
suitable verse of presentation was written
below the picture
At the yearly banquets of mo s. Lille
Hitchcock would always honor the boys
with at least brief presence, and If that
were impossible, no matter where in the
world she might be- she sent a floral token
Of her thought and a letter beginning.
Dear Number Five"
But engine Number s. and her be-
loved daughter are widely separated now.
Lille Hitchcock Colt is in Paris and Is not
in good health, while the once busy en-
gine is living life Of honorable idleness
at Petaluma, having been sold to that
citv MANY wears whore .i-
some active service All that remain of
the sixty-fve men who were Mt different
times on the roster or Number are about
thirty-three men constituting the Knick-
erbocker Engine Company Association,
with headquarters at the rooms of the
veteran Firemen's Association on Fourth
street
Perhaps the two most cherished objects
in the possession of these remaining
'Knickerbockers" are the large gilt bust
of Lille Hitchcock presented to the asso-
ciation eight or ten years ago by Or. Mac,
allister, and the time-stained, cracked oil
painting Of the old engine itself
The Knickerbocker Engine Company
No. was organized on October IL 1850
by New Workers, whence II received its
name. Harry Wheeler, E. B. vreeland
and P. Burns are the cnly men now living
who belonged to the company in the first
SSol VI ~ oAtSA us OEBdHl1allOn. James
H. Cutter. New Yorker who then had a
store on Front street, was the prime or
ganizer and the first foreman of the com
pany-
They must have been great lady-killers,
those fremen Of the early DAYS. for one
may read on their records of 1858 of their
sending an immense bouquet together with
their good wishes to Kate" Hayes. the
favorite concert singer of the time. The
lady sent back a very pretty note which
was framed as a menento. and now hangs
on the walls at the Association rooms In
1901 occurred the big fire that swept so
much before it, and the engine house of
NUMBER o. then on Merchant street. was
burned
Then they went to the engine house on
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-22

and took the matter into court Judge
Norton decided that the Board of Dele
gates of the Fire Department, a govern
ment body, was the only body having
authority to disband them. They We're
out OF service for two or three weeks and
deprived of engine-house and appurten-
ances. But for two years afterward they
continued contrary, and had to pay all
their own expenses and do everything
themselves, even to greasing their own
hose, on account of refusing to recognize
Whitney, for whom they had some OBJ
jection
In 1854, the company. 110 strong, visited
sacramento, taking along engine No 5
and band. In 1865 No. 1 Of Sacramento
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-22

Sacramento street, whence dates their
adoption of the daughter of the fire
laddies."
mo. 81 is a side-stroke engine built
by James Smith of New York and sent
to the waiting "Knickerbockers" by way
Of Cape Horn. The second engine in the
service of the company was also a Smith
engine, called the "silver engine" and
was afterward sold to Carson City
Knickerboclzer Company No 5 was dis
banded on May IL, 1858, by the Board Of
Supervisors for disobeying the orders of
the Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment, F. e. r. Whitney. The company
employed Messrs. MeDougall and Sharp.
crack lawyers of the day, to defend them
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-22

returned the visit and was entertained in
San Francisco.
In the election of Chief Engineer David
Scannel, in 1860 the company cast full
vote, numbering sixty-ffve, the only COM
pany known to cast full vote. In Sep
tember, Stephen Bunner, now sergeant
of police, who was then second assistant
foreman of the company, was presented
by j. II. Reynolds with handsome gold
front, with resolution from the com
pany praising his activity and faithful
ness in service, and, above all, his temper
ate habits.
knickerbocker Engine Company No. 5
once challenged Howard Company No. 8
to play match against them for $500