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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-04
THE FIGHT IN ILLINOIS.
Ex-Representatfye LorIncr Dis
cuSses the ScnHtoriaI Race.

senator Mason and Charles G. Dawes
VIII not be the only factors in the IIi-
nOis Senatorial fight" said eN-Re9resen-
Jative William Lorimer. OF Chicago. who
called at the White House and shook
hands with the President This morning
There is plenty Of Se1d Senatorial
tiubcr in the Illinois delegation Repre-
sentative Cannon belongs % tie hard
fighting class, ana VIII prove a dangerous
competitor if hc enters the race. Repre-
sentauves Warner and HopkiaS axe qui-e
available There is Ii-tl- doubt that the
field viii DC wei GILed before the cam
paign is in fun swing There IS a large
part of the party which favors neither
Mason nor Dawes
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-04
MUCH LIKE A BOOMERANG
Evidence at the Court Of Enquiry
on Coal Capacity Of Squadron.

DiScrcditcd Theoretical Computn-
tious Only Emphasized SchIey's
Discretion nnd CnIm Foreth0ught-
'aptHiH Parker shows HitneSs'
Estimates Not Ror=se out by LozS.
supply 0f BrGOLIyn. Declared Suf-
Ecient for Thirty Days on Block
adc Duty. DwjndIes To Less Than
Three Days Amount Under Forced
Pressure. n Lieut. Dyson Admits.
Lieutenant Dyson. Of the Bureau Of
Steam Engineering. again went on the
witness stand "a. the Schley Court Of En-
quiry today, a-d gave testimony as an
expert in the matter Of coal capacity and
supply This is the vital matter into
which the investigation has now resolved
itself.
Captain L,mly's effort was to show
that the Brooklyn might. have remained
on the blockade at Santiago for from
twenty-five to thirty-three days, from
May %. patroIiiuE ten knots an hour. and
then have had sufficient coal TO reach a
coaIing station Ohe difference between
twenty five and thirty-three days being
according to the station to which the fleet
should go for coaD.
Cross-eXamination, however. developed
the fact from a supplemental chart. that
the ships could have gone but little over
two days at maximum speed. forced
draught in a chase. The Brooklyn it was
shown, could have gone but 3 days and
had enough coal to go TO Key West after
a chase at fun speed
Captain Parker also brought out the
fact that the departments estimate was
fourteen 10 seventeen tons less than it
should have been.
The afternoon session was enlivened by
some spirited remarks by Captain Lemlv
against what he assumed 10 be Mr. Ray
nsr.s implication that the Navy Deus3t-
meut had garbIed the Dear Schley" let
ter from Sampson
Lieutenant Dyson ReCuIIed.
After the witnesses Of yesterday had
been called to correct their testimony
Ilart- Charles w. Dyson. The officer in
charge Of the steam I1ss and records oT the
/ Navy Department. was reH,d 90 the
. stand j." was testifying yesterday when
the adjournment was taken.
Captain Icmly produced The talaIar
settlement which was referred 70 y,stsr-
day, showing he following condition of
the coal capacity and supply Of ths YES
sells Of the Flying Squadron- Coal on
hand. midnight of May &c. coal used per
day on blockadiug duty, coal used per day
stsamiEe ten knots, the number Of davs
tina; coal supply would suffice for block
ade duty. number of days supply would
sufiic, Tor ste>uing ten knots. and coal
capacity of the ships
Lieutenant Dyson identified this chart.
aud said that he he'd prepared il at the
request OF the judge advocate. II was
admitted in evidence and shows the fol-
lowing
Coat Chart of the Squadron.
The statement prepared b. lieutenant
Dyson from The official records is as FOL
lows
II
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-04
: Spirited CoEIoquy.

Sir EaEU,r-I tliaF tlal is s- Obvious
error. u-' which VIII Eat Dee questioned
Ci.utu,Eos ls intended instead oE S.a-la-
go
Captain L,mIg-I don't know tha- 10 is.
] .-n HHt wi.iaE o. make amy such ad-
mission
TH,r, WAS a spirited .orIaguy ig regard
sGmial that Mr EaEu,r had charged th.
Navy Department with g.rhEue the I-t-
ter
NIr Rayusr said he had not CHARGED
anybody with anything lie thought tne
error WAS obvious ltt Was surprised a-
the int temperate ou,hGr~ts uf the judge
advocate
Ir was finally decided 90 leave the mat
ter until th, original could be obtained
Mr. Esyu,rS further cToSs-eNa uiCati1u
did not develop anything Of importance.
The judge advocate cross-eNamiur5 the
witness i'm regard to the statements ne
had made as to damage inflicted by the
Brooklyn, based upon SIMPSONS report
of the matter above referred rr.
Mr. Eayuer suggested Serve a sum-
mons l.r Admiral sampson
Captain L.mly replied eve shan cad.
any witness you desire
Lieutenant Hu1-SuU- With whom ~....E
.s said tn have use. I." -."w. ... ."E-
ass conversation. was LH.. called .. .H.
eI.uU
The Witness ta-l .r .na r....... -. ..-
..H... .r OH. -uH..=. ships ..... ... ..r
..- -.... ... ..r e..s....#-
Gers aaH naet- loaded 0lsa Eaaf-r
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Coal chart of the squudron.

The statement prepared b. Lieutenaat
Dyson from The official records is as FOL
lows
A-Coal on hand midnight Nay %
B-Cual used per day iu bI1cE4de-
l-I-LL Nd LII ll.H lr .t..-. liz 4. IL I--t.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-04

General Smut~' Bur=hers said TO he
Holly PgrSUcG by Colonel Crnbbe
and 0tbe-~-A British E.ieuteuaut
Wounded By One OF HIS Own Wen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03
H.STREETSCHOOL
M RE FORMALLY OPENED BY
SCHOOL BOARD TOMORROW.
ADDRESSES WILL BE- MADE.
,pacER, sAUssY, sTOvALL, GLENN
an MYERS TO DELIVER THEM.

as. Exercises to Begin at 1890
o,cIock TO-mOrrow-The Public is
,nvited to Attend Them-Mr. Lee
nov MYERS VIII Read a Paper ON
s,booI Construction in Savannah
During the Last Decade-HistOry
the New acknowledgements or
a.. Interior PIan-It Will Accom-
date six Hundred Pupils Easily.
formally and with appropriate cere-
-o,t-. the new Thirty-eighth Street
.... viii be dedicated to the cause of
....,.,.oD and the service of the people
~. gannah tomorrow afternoon The
exercises will begin half an hour after
nam and will last, probably, an hour
.5 d half
Al y o'clock this three classes in the
..booI for which arrangements have been
made will assemble, and the school work
,,,ili 90 on as though 1t had been regu-
,,rlv in progress at that spot for months
mr. years. The children living in the ex-
treme southern section of the city, who
have been attending the lower grades of
the Henry and Anderson Street Schools,
have been withdrawn from these and Civ
on s,,ds of admission to the Thirty eighth
street school Other children. living a
li+tIa further north, who have been On
me- waiting list for the Henry and An
dersoD Street Schools, have been issued
cards Of admission to fill these vacancies.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03
CHANGES IN THE SCHOOLS.
Promotions and Changes Made in
the Teaching STATS.

The appointment of teachers in the
Thirty-eighth Street School. in connec-
ton with the resignation of two teach
ers, has occasioned some promotions and
changes in the teaching STATS OF some
of the other schools.
In the Henry Street School, Miss Fanny
Haupt is promoted to the second grade
and Miss Amy Oliver to the first grade;
Miss America woodbury. becbmes assist
ant teacher
In the Barnard Street School. Miss Ma
rena Fulford Is made assistant teacher.
In place of Miss Mcconnell, who goes to
the new school.
In the Massie School. Miss Amelia Shu-
mate Is promoted from assistant teacher
TO the charge of the first grade, and Miss
Jennie May becomes assistant.
In Chatham School No. /, Miss Vallle
Riley is promoted TO the third grade from
Chatham School No. 2; Miss Rachel Hin
son Is promoted from assistant 20 che
first grade and Miss ella Mize becomes
assistant. In Chatham, No q Miss Es-
tella Pease Is promoted IN the second
grade. from Massio School. and Miss Mar
saret Morol IL made assistant.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03
DESCENT OF BONAVENTURE.
How the Titles to the Historic Prop
erty Have Been Handed Down.

How the Titles to the Historic Prop
erty Have Been Handed Down.
The reference in the Morning News a
day or two ago to some old deeds to Bon
aventure property in possession of Mr..
w. M. Davant, cashier of the Merchants
National Bank, recalled an interesting
period in the history of Savannah and of
the Colony of Georgia.
Mr.. Isaac Beckett who has devoted a
good part of his life to the preparation Of
abstracts of land titles In Chatham
county, in discussing the age OF
Bonaventure took down one of
his volumes of abstracts and turning 10
the heading "Bonaventure," remarked
that the account given in the Morning
News is accurate, so far as IL goes but
that there is much to be added.
John Mulryne, who himself was a large
holder OF real estate in this county, mar
ried Claudia Tattnall. daughter of Josia h
Tattnall. During quite a long period, be-
ginning about 17e0 several farm lots in
Reynolds ward were conveyed to trustees
ofIMrs. Mulryne. From the various deeds
on record, 1t appears that there were sew
eral Mulrynes living in Savannah. as in
17G0, Catherine and Mary of that name,
crime Mulryne had a tract of 100 acres
on Tybee Island. The farm lots compris-
ing Bonaventure were procured by pur-
chase from various parties, as they were
conveyed to trustees for William Mulryne.
In 1888, under what was known as the
"Confiscation Laws" that is the acts os
the Legislature, confiscating lands of ahen
enemies of the United States. or those
who had remained loyal to the crown dur
ing the Revolutionary war, the then coma
missioners of eonfiscated estates, sold the
Bonaveuture tract to John Habersham,
ard he. on May 10, 1885, sold IT to Josiah
Tattnall for $1,000; Jan. 10. 1885, Josiah
Tattnall conveyed IL to william Pierce ana
Thomas Gadsden, as trustee for his wife.
Harriet TattnaI. Mr.. Tattnall laid out
q portion of this tract into lots known as
the village of Tattnallville, and IN 1897.
conveyed numbers 2. 3, 4, 8
and 6 to John Milledge, William Stephens,
and Ebenezer Jackson, as trustees
for his fine minor children, Josiah Null
ryne Thos Boone. James BarnwelL Eliza
Sarah and Mary Claudia. In 1902 he con-
veyed to Judge j. NJ. Mcpherson Berrien,
lot No. ], I'm "Tattnallville," the same VII
lage. The deed describes IL as haxing a
front of sixty feet and depth or $50
feet.
Very little more remains TO be told,
said Mr.. Beckett. In 1916 Josiah Tatnall,
the late commodore, conveyed to Peter
Wiltberger, then the proprietor OF the
Pulaski House." "Bonaventure, contain
ing COO acres" bounded as described,
north by lands late of A. j.. Abrahams,
east by st. Augustine creek, south by
pesthouse tract, and west by DIR. w. H.
Cuyler. The title remained In Peter witt
berger during his lifetime. and descended
10 his son. w. II. Wlltberger. who, in
1869. conveyed the part which had hith-
erto been used as cemetery TO the
Evergreen Cemetery Company. In 1872
be mode a further conveyance. Since 1889
Mr.. Wiltberger's executors have sold to
various parties the lands outside the
cemetery lines.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03
IS RICH IN ANTIQUES
SAVANNAH HAS GREAT DEAL OF
COLONIAL FURNITURE.
HEIRLooMs AND PURCHASES.
FURNITURE INHERITED by SOME
AND BOUGHT BY OTHERS.

S25O,OOO Given as an Estimate of the
Worth of the Old Furniture an
SavannRh-This city Probably Has
as Much Furniture of This Kind
rs Any of Its Size i'm the Country.
Dealers in Old Furniture Find the
business Lucrative-Old Pieces Are
Found an odd PIaces-SOme of the
Homes in Which Much of the Fur
nfture May BE Found.
Savannah is rich in les possession OF
colonial furniture. Many old families
have pieces that they cherish very highly
and that could not be purchased for any
thing less than a sum that would make
one who had any thought of intrinsic
value hold up his hands in horror. Many
of these old pieces have come down
through generations of Savannahians,
and their present owners could not be
induced to part with them.
Not all the old families, however. have
Colonial pieces. for the exigencies that
seem, as a rule, to be the lot of families
to which the adjective may be applied,
have forced some of them to part with
their mahogany heirlooms. 1t is true,
too, that comparatively recent corners to
Savannah have succeeded in acquiring
valuable collections of antique furniture,
as there has long been a fad that has
driven many with the means to indulge
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03

With faith in grand juries and the fu-
lure which subsequent events have justi-
NED, went ahead, secured designs and
plans and contracted for the erection OF
the entire structure. The grand jury
or the spring term of 1900 appropriated
sufilcient money in addition to that pre-
viously appropriated to pay for the build
ing and furnishing of the school.
The building was designed and the plans
and specifications drawn by Mr.. O. L.
Norman of Atlanta. who is also the ar
cnitect of the Anderson and Henry Street
schools. Work was begun in the spring
OF last year, and few days ago the last
piece OF furniture was installed and the
building pronounced ready for occupancy
and use. The building, as It stands cost.
exclusive of the lot, between $26, 900 and
ST. 900.
The Interior Arrangements.
The edifice contains twelve large school
rooms on its two floors, eight of them
"A by Sc feet in dimensions, and four of
them "a by 80 feet. Each of the rooms is
designed easily to accommodate fifty pu-
pills and the building has seating ca
pacity of 600, at the lowest estimate.
On the first floor is located the office
of the principal. which adjoins and opens
into his class room. On the same floor
is situated the janitor's supply room A
teachers retiring room is provided on the
second floor, where there are toilet and
other couyenieaces, the wash basins be-
ing finished in Italian marble and the
other furnishings being on the same scale
of elegance and comfort.
In this room there will be placed a cot
for the use of any teacher or pupil who
may chance to become suddenly i'll at the
school. Where so many are gathered to-
gether such a contingency is not unlikely
and the architect and superintendent have
provided for it.
The school Library.
On the second floor also is the library,
now represented only by the room which
is to contain the books and periodicals
that are to. be gathered within it's walls
in the future. The library is planned
and designed for the use of both teachers
and pupils, and is intended to help to-
wards the local attainment of that modern
educational ideal which makes the school
house the educational center of the COM
munity This ideal, by provision for libra
ries and in other ways, is pursued in all
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03

are very valuable. Three experiences inn
pressed me particularly, for they showed
the attachment OF their colored owners
to Old pieces that had been given them
by former master or mistress. In one
eo'ored woman's house l found very fine
Old washstand, in fairly good repair. 1t
was really treasure. asked the wo-
man if she knew il was valuable, and the
nature of her reply indicated that she
didn't care very much whether it was
valuable or not, as II was priced for its
own sake and for the sake of the donor.
So, too, of one of the handSomest tables
/ ever saw. The woman told me that she
would not part with the table for any
thing, as 1t had been given her by her old
mistress. In another house ! was aston
ished to see brass fender and magnifi-
cent brass andirons. 1t was the same
story-a gift from some one long since
dead.
"A great deal of imitation is done in
old furniture, but the real thing can
scarcely be mistaken by one with kuowl-
edge of antiques. There are firms that
make it their sole business to reproduce,
as nearly as possible, colonial furniture,
and they make money at it. In many
cities homes are rather well filled with such
limitations, but in Savannah such is not
the case. / believe there is as much OLD
furniture in Savannah homes as there is
in the homes of any city of the same size
in the country. Such places as Savannah
and Charleston, settled in the long ago
and the seats of those of rank. veal h
and fashion in colonial times, would nat
urally have a remembrance of those for
mer jewellers in household furniture of
their day that has been handed down
through generations to the present repre-
sentatives of the families.
This demand for antiques has been
made for so long that the supply has be-
come well nigh exhausted. Colonial fur
niture is wanted, and, of course the sec
tons in which 1t is to be found, when
compared with the great area of the coun-
try, throughout which the demand exists,
are small They cannot yield any very
great supply, and hence the advance OF
prices to the fancy figures at which they
stand. Whenever really good pieces are
offered, a ready sale is found"
1t will be recalled that many attended
the sale OF the old Habersham home on
Barnard street in June, 1899, OF the house
hold effects, many of them heirlooms.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03

the schools of the city. 1t has the en-
thusiastic Endorsement of Supt. Ashmore,
who sees in it the solution of some OF
the present educa tional problems.
The Board of Education makes no pro-
vision for stocking the library rooms Of
the schools with books, but through the
pride which teachers and pupils take in
the growth of the schools store of books
and in adding periodicals to the list OF
those received. the libraries increase
steadily in size and effectiveness, additions
being constantly made by both the teach
ers and the taught. The leading purpose
is to provide school children with such
books as will encourage any literary
tastes they may possess, and at the same
time leave their morals unsmirched and
their conceptions of life in a reasonably
normal condition.
AS long as there is no public library in
Savannah. Superintendent Ashmore is Of
opinion that this plan of school libraries
is particularly to be commended and en-
couraged He gives it all the encourage
ment he can personally and officially.
and seeks to secure for 1t the help of
the general public.
In the construction of the new building
the questions IF light and ventilation were
given particular attention. There is plen-
ty of ventilation everywhere and in every
room the windows are so situated that
the light comes from the left and rear Of
the children. This is to prevent their
eyes being blinded by the glare and to
keep the light from casting shadows upon
the pages Of their copy books and tablets
as they write.
The halls are wide and the ceilings
high, this method of construction giving
an air of lightness and space to the ir-
terror of the building. The stairways are
wide also and ascend gradually to the
very doors Of the school rooms, so that
the children may enter and leave the
building without noise, trouble or confu-
sian.
The outbuildings are constructed in the
same substantial style and Of the same
materials as is the main structure. Every
appliance in the outbuildings is Of the
most modern design and every sanitary
precaution has been observed.
The cut the Morning News publishes
this morning is an excellent Illustration
of the exterior of the new building and
shows. much better than can any merely
verbal description, just how the Thirty
eighth street school looks. 1t is perhaps
sufficient to say that in its inferior con-
structlon and its successful solution OF
those problems that confront school ar
chitects the building fulhls requirements
as well as its exterior pleases and salts
fies the aesthetic eye.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03
S. A. LIS KNIFE OUT
LINE HAS CUT PRICE OF MILEAGE
BOOKS FROM $40 TO s25.
GOOD OVER ENTIRE SYSTEM.
POST A OF SAVANNAH OF THE II. p.
A SECURED THE REDUCTION.

President Max Krauss of the Post
Made the Announcement OF the
Reduction ON Reaching Savannah
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Was Tel
egraphed to seabOard's Local Rep
resentatives by MIR. MacDoneii.
seaboard's Action is Independent
and May Cause a ROw-COI. Wrenn
Discusses Lack of Appreciation OF
the Plant Systems Mileage Books.
The Seaboard Air Line has acted indie
pendently of other railroads and granted
the petition of the Travellers Protective
Association for a reduction in the price
of mileage books good in Florida. The
books have been on sale by the aboard,
good over its entire system, at $50 each,
but On and after Feb. Is. they will be
sold at s25 each. AS there are 1000 miles
of coupons in the books. the rate is at
two and half cents a mile.
President Max Krauss Of Post of the
Travellers Protective Association, return
ed to the city yesterday from a Florida
trim. He stopped over at Jacksonville
and had a consultation with Assistant
General Passenger Agent A. o. Mac
Donel of the Seaboard, who told him
that he had taken up the matter of re-
duction in the price of mileage books
good in Florida with his officials and
that an agreement to make 1t had been
reached.
The conference between Mr.. MacDone!l
and Mr.. Krauss was yesterday morn
ing. Upon Mr.. Krauss' arrival in Sa~
vannah. he told number Of his brother
travelling men Of the success of the Rail-
road Committee OF the Post, OF which he
"a fhe chairman, and all shared his sat-
isfaction. During the afternoon confrma-
ZION reached the local representatives OF
The Seaboard, who were wired by Mi.
MacDonen OF the Seaboard's action.
As more than fifty travelling men rep
resent Savannah In Florida, the reduction
OF s. on each book will represent con-
siderable saving to the local wholesale
houses A rate OF cents mile FOR
frst-class fare Is charged ordinarily IN
Florida, though 4 round trip rate OF )
cents each way can be secured. The re-
duailon to two and a haf cents, there-
fore. IN Florida is considerable.
1t is surmised that other Florida lines
competitors If the Seaboard, will follow
suit in reducing the price Of mileage
books. Col -. w Wrenn, passenger traf-
fc manager of the Plant System has de-
plored the lack Of the public's apprecia-
lion Of the systems having put on the
mileage books, good from Tampa to
Washington. Mr.. Krauss said the lack
of appreciation has been due TO the cost
OF the books, $50 each, and he declares
a. a l.. -.
n the Plant System, too, should make the
reduction to SIS.
The Seaboard has always been sort
OF free lance, acting upon what II re-
earded as IT'S own ana It's patrons best
interests. and II is no new thing for II
10 take the initiative IN cutting into
rates. either freight or passenger. II is
probable that rs action IN the matter
Of the mileage books will DC the subject
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03

Many rare pieces were Sold and the
prices were good. Those having charge
of the sale were wei satisfied with the
results. 1t had been expected that not
more than $1,000 would be realized, but
che total sales ran to something like
$3.50.
Among the Savannah homes that are
mentioned as particularly we'll supplied
with Colonial furniture are those of Gen.
w. w, Gordon. Capt. Henry McAlpin, Mr..
J. A. Huger, Mr.. w. w. Mackall, Capt.
II. c. Cunningham. Mrs. ]. j. Wilder Mr..
G. A. Gibbes, Mr.. j. f. c. Myers and Col,
A. X. LaWton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03
-S-9N-e--
TO SWEAR IN RECRUITS.
CAPT. Ropcr of salvation Army As
signed 10 Another Field.

STAFF Captain +. L. Roper Of the SAL
vaton Army will be detached from the To-
cal company the latter part of this week.
He goes to Nashville, where work Of
more Importance has been assigned to
him.
During his stay of FIVE months in sa-
vannah Capt Roper has made many
friends among church goers and others,
who will wish him success in his new
field. Before leaving he desires to re-
truit the local company. and will enlist
soldiers at armory hall, No. 1l2 President
street, west, tomorrow n ght. He will
talk at the Epworth Methodist Church on
Tuesday night ana his last appearance
will be at the Christian Church. Bolton
and Howard streets, on Wedne day night.