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The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS.
No Bill Against Jim Booker Who
Killed John williams.

The Superior Court grand jury was
in session one hour and half yes
terday and returned seven indictments,
one special presentment and one mo
BILL"
Several witnesses were examined in
the case of James Booker, charged with
the murder of John Williams in a quar-
rel in Broughton lane back of the Mar
shall House a week ago. No indict-
ment was found. The killing of Will
liams is generally regarded a justi-
fable act of self-defense.
John j. Weaver, the old shoemaker
who was caught in the act of throw
ing kerosene on a house near the wa
works, and who said that he had
been hired to burn the house. was in
dfeted for attempt at arson.
Dennis M. Leonard, E. A. Leonard
and Richard Brown were indicted for
receiving stolen goods. The indict-
ment was the result of the robbery of
Mr. John Rourke's place last fall by
John Kimball of 81, 900 or more of brass
and other material, part of which was
sold to the parties indicted. Kimball
was tried and convicted of burglary
and was sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary. The parties under indict-
ment are charged with having bought
part of the stuff that Kimball STOLE
knowing it to be stolen property.
Nick Mcintosh, the negro who cursed
Conductor Wallace of the Thunderbolt
car line and made threats against the
conductors life because he was car
ried short distance past the place
where he wanted to get off the car
was indicted for a misdemeanor.
Fred Williams was indicted for burg
larizing the home of Rev. L. w. Grit
fin, colored, and carrying off a lot of
the pastors clothing, that of his wife
and a gold watch.
John Lucas was indicted for burg
larizing the house of Jessie Howard
and carrying off her clothes.
Euia Walker was indicted for as
saulting Emily Jones and attempting
to kill her with a knife. The ARRAY
took place in Harrison street a month
ago.
| Henry Treville was indicted for an
attempted criminal assault on Annie
jenkins.
Robert Kirkland was indicted for
larceny after trust in getting away
with SIS that VIM. Dixon had intrusted
him with to go into some sort of bus
mess in Harris street hall.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
UNKNOWN NEGRO MURDERED.
STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND
THROWN INTO THE RIVER.

Body Found mt the Foot of East
Broad strcet-Nothing on the Ne
grO's Person, and 1t Is Believed
That He Was Killed and Robbed.
Crime Was Probably Committed at
One of the River Landings-Re-
mains Buried at Expense of City
Coroner Keller Will Hold an In
quest.
Murdered and thrown into the river
was the fate of an unknown negro
whose body was found at the foot of
East Broad street yesterday morning.
1t had been in the water about a week
and was buried at the expense of the
city.
The body was tied to the deck and
an examination was made by Coroner
Keller. A deep cut on the left side
of the head had fractured the skull,
and had almost torn away a portion
of the Uranium. In the opinion of the
coroner this wound produced death,
and the negro was dead when his body
was thrown into the water Decompo-
sition had set in. and the remains were
buried at once. Coroner Keller reached
the conclusion that the wound was
made with an ak or Ratchet.
There was nothing on the negro, and
Identification was impossible. He had
no money and not even a pocketknife.
The fact that the negro had abso-
lutely nothing in his pockets gives color
to the theory that he was murdered
for the purpose of robbery. He may
have been killed at some of one of the
river landings, robbed and then thrown
into the water. The fact that the
body was found a week after the COM
mission of the act makes it almost
certain that the man was slain at some
point up the river, and that his body
f1oated to the city.
The negro was about 48 years of age,
wore corduroy trousers, a blue shirt,
and black coat and vest. He had the
appearance of a sailor and may have
been killed on board some vessel. The
suggestion that he may have been
accidentally knocked in the river while
engaged in loading some vessel in port
is not credited by the police, for the
reason that some report of such an
accident would have been made at
headquarters. The generally accepted
theory is that the man was murdered
and robbed either at some river land
ing, or in small boat in the river,
where he may have been fishing. 1t
is not believed that the crime was COM
rnitted on any of the wharves, for the
reason that the body would have been
discovered sooner.
The man could have been struck by
an engine on the Seaboard Air Line
bridge that spans the river at a point
between the Hermitage and the old
water-works. The wound may have
been made in that manner, and he may
have been knocked into the water. 1t
is not thought, however, that such
was the case for the reason that a
Waterman is constantly on guard at
the bridge, and would more than likely
have known of such an accident. 1t
is hardly likely that the exact man
ner in which the man met his death
will ever be known. An inquest will
be held tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
TRIED TO KILL HER.

FANNIE Bailey, COIOred, Forced to
Jump From n window.
Fearing that her life would be taken.
a negro woman named Fannie Bailey
jumped through window in Brough-
ton lane, near Drayton street, last
night. The woman was not injured
and made her way rapidly to police
headquarters.
She complained that a negro known
as RED" had threatened to take her
life and that he was about to break
in her door, when she escaped through
a window into the lane. The woman
reported that the negro was armed
with revolver and attempted to com
NIT a criminal assault upon her, The
woman screamed at the top of her
voice as she ran through the streets
to police headquarters. Detective Muir
ply, Patrolman Becker and Deputy
Sheriff Sweeney accompanied the wo-
man to the address given, but the man
had already done a disappearing act.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
1.-THE NEW CHIVALRY."
Last Number OF Savannah Lecture
Course Delivered by f. II. Richard

Last Number of Savannah Lecture
Course Delivered by II. III. Richard
son.
"The New Chivalry'' was the subject
of an interesting lecture delivered by
Mr.. r. H. Richardson of Atlanta at the
Guards Hall last night. 1t was given
under the auspices of the Savannah
Lecture Course, of which it is the last
number of the present season.
In order to understand the NEW
chivalry' it was necessary to know
something of the old, the speaker said,
and so he sketched rapidly the chival-
ry of feudal times, a chiyalry that was
less a tribute to woman than to
particular class of women. In our time,
the speaker said, this has been chang
ed the humblest man is expected to
be not less chivalrous to woman than
is his plutocratic employer. The new
chivalry' is the child of democracy.
Georgia, Mr.. Richardson said, was
the first state or place of the world
to take steps for the higher education
of women, and the first institution for
this purpose was started jointly by the
Methodist Church and the city cor
poration of Macon. The first certifi-
cate of graduation ever issued to a wo-
man by any college was issued by this
institution to Mrs. Benson of South
Carolina. This certificate the speaker
characterized as the emancipation
proclamation of woman"
How we'll women have taken advant-
age of the opportunities accorded her
the speaker showed by telling of their
remarkable success in the various arts
and professions, of which but few are
now closed against them and which, in
the next few years, none will be closed.
Mr.. Richardson grew eloquent when
he discussed the records of the queens
regent of England, and again, when
in the last part of his lecture he plead
for a still higher chivalry toward wo-
men, a chivalry that will induce men
to help women of lowly degree even
women who have fallen, but who
should nevertheless be given helping
hand rather than pushed back into the
current of their life of shame and
ignominy.
The lecture offered many opportuni-
ties for humorous sallies and such OPP
portunities the speaker made the most
of. Mr.. Richardson was introduced
by Col. p. w. Meldrim, who said that
he was a stranger neither to Savannah
nor to the state, as for years he had
been a conspicuous figure in the Capt.
toll where he had stood for much that
was best in the life of the state.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
IN POLICE COURT.
Negro Cabman Who Used Brass
Knucks is Under Arrest.

Negro Cabman Who Used Brass
Knucks is Under Arrest.
At yesterdays session of Police Court
Charles Grayson. colored, was remand
ed for trial in the City Court for the
larceny of ten dozen eggs. The negro
was arrested at the Market Dock by
Patrolman Lovett and stole the eggs
out of a shipment of 50 dozen.
Bell Rasher, a negro woman charged
with assault with intent to murder by
cutting Venus Dixon, was dismissed.
1t transpired at the hearing that the
Dixon woman was to blame for the
trouble, and she was fined $40 or thirty
days.
John Graves, the negro who pushed
the Rasher woman, was fined $40 or
twenty-five days. He claimed to have
been acting as peace-maker, but the
evidence showed that he was assisting
the Dixon sisters in their battle with
the Rasher woman.
Jordan Garrett, the negro who was
cut in a rough house performance in
negro cook shop on Taylor street,
was dismissed Garrett was cut in
the back during the trouble.
The case against Alex Gwinn, a ne
gro foreman charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses was con-
tinued.
Edward Clarke, a negro charged by
Health officer Drummer with having
concealed a case of smallpox, was re-
manded for trial in the City Court.
Abram Williams, a negro arrested
by Pauolman Reisen on charge of
vagrancy was remanded for trial in
the City Court.
The. case against Caesar Miller, col
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
The Cardui Girls,

Appropriate to the season of sun
shine, jonquils and apple blossoms is
the new display card of McElree's
Wine of Cardui, which is appearing in
all the street cars of our city. The
picture of a fresh young girl looking
out of a latticed window happily con-
veys the idea of womanly health in the
springtime of life. Half of the card is
a Wine of Cardui sign on the brick
wall beside the window. The card is
from an original water color of brill
liant colors by a prominent New York
artist.
The artistic card is creating consid-
cradle comment from street-car pa
irons, and is we'll worth noticing.
The Chattanooga Medicine Company
of Chattanooga, Tenn, the proprietors
of Wine of Cardui, have had this card
copyrighted and are placing it in 1000
cars throughout the United States.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
FIRST DISTRICTS RALLY.
Meeting Was Lengthy One and
Five Speakers Were Heard.

Meeting Was Lengthy One and
Five Speakers Were Heard.
Citizens Club headquarters on
Broughton street was comfortably
filled last night when a meeting of the
First District Club was called to or
der by President Richard wickham.
The members were enthusiastic and
the speakers were all applauded
Recorder Shelby Myrick said that he
could find no issues to discuss and that
with no candidates in the field on the
opposition ticket there was little to
talk about. Arthur NJ. Lucas, Jr., paid
his respects to the Union Club, as did
Robert L. Colding, Esq. James Cum
bea delivered a rather erratic talk on
organized labor, and of a promise
made to him to place a union man in
the fire department. His speech was
generally received. w. w. Osborne,
Esq, made a brief address and con-
fined himself to pleasantries concern
ing those about him.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
LUMBER MEMS COMBINE.

Rumored They VIII EquaIize Prices
ON Many Manufactured Articles.
1t is reported from Atlanta that rem
resentative Southern wholesale deal
ers and manufacturers of sash, doors.
blinds and other building material have
formed a gigantic combine to main
tain a certain price list The rumor
states that this combine has repre-
sentatives in each of the principal
cities of Georgia, Florida, Alabama.
South Carolina, North Carolina and
Virginia. Savannah is included in this
list. There is some doubt as to wheth-
er the combine has really been formed,
but none as to the fact that steps look
ing toward such an organization were
taken some months ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
CHANGES IN CHATHAM BANK.

Mr.. Carter Retires and Mr.. F. w.
Clarke of Citizens Bank Will Go
to Chatham.
Mr.. Barron Carter retired yesterday
from his position as assistant cashier
of the Chatham Bank. On July he
will open a new bank on West Broad
street, as has been stated by the Morn
ing News.
1t is reported that further changes
are to be made at the Chatham. Mr..
Frederick w. Clarke, the efficient tell
er of the Citizens Bank, has given no.
tice of his decision to go to the Chat
ham Bank, and Mr.. George B. Clarke,
brother of Mr.. Frederick W. Clarke,
will probably be promoted from assist
ant teller to the position his brother
will resign.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16

ored, was continued. The negro was
arrested yesterday morning by Patrol
man Clancy for having assaulted
Dembo Bird, another cabman, with
brass knucks the night before. Bird
was talking to Miller's female friend
and claims that this was the only
provocation for the assault. He will
probably lose his left eye as a result
of the encounter.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
NO TRIALS THIS WEEK.
Superior Court Jury Excused Until
Monday Next.

Monday Next.
There will be no trial of the murder
case of William Butler in the Supe-
rior Court to-day, although the case
had been assigned. For the fourth or
fifth time its trial has been continued,
this time until April 2S.
There will be no criminal trials for
the rest of the week, and the time will
be taken up principally in the DISPOSE
ton of cases in which Judge Barrow
was formerly of counsel and in which
he is disqualified, which do not require
the Intervention of a jury. 1t is ex-
pected that Judge Seabrook will try
these cases, or as many of them as
the time will permit
All of the jurors now serving in the
Superior Court have been discharged
until next Monday, and all save a GER
tain number of them, whose names are
given in a special notice in the Morn
ing News to-day. until they are again
notified their attendance in court is
desired.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
FIRST OIL BURNING SHIP.
Reached Savannah Yesterday with
Cargo of Oil.

The steamship Maverick, Capt. Fem
ton, from Philadelphia, with a cargo
of oil consigned to the Standard Oil
Company, is the first ship using oil as
fuel that has arrived in Savannah. Be-
sides her cargo of 100000 gallons of re-
fined oil, which was discharged yes
terday, she carried 100000 gallons of
crude oil, which is used in her fur
naces.
The Maverick brought to Savannah
with her a tender, also loaded with oil,
but consigned to Cuba, for which the
Maverick will sail to-day if she finishes
discharging her cargo. From Cuba
she will go to Beaumont, where she
will take another cargo of oil for some
Northern port.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
THIS is SAVANNAH DAY.
Mayor, Aldermen and Many Citizens
Gone to Charleston.

Gone TO Charleston.
This is Savannah Day at the
Charleston exposition, and hundreds of
Savannahians have gone to the City
by the Sea. All are anticipating a good
time, and it is probable that they will
bring back reports of the exposition
that will fire others with a determina-
ton to See the show before it closes.
Mayor Myers and Aldermen Dixon,
Watson, Colding, CAVITY and Schroeder
constituted the party representing the
City Council that left at o'clock this
morning aboard a special sleeper. With
them were Director of Public Works
George NJ. Gadsden and Clerk of Coun-
ell w. +. Bailey. The city officials ex-
pect to return tomorrow. They make
the trip as private citizens and are ex-
peeting no formal reception or atten-
ton In Charleston.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
1t is reported that the Emperor

1t is reported that the Emperor of
Austria intends to buy the Hotel Beau
rivage, at Geneva, where the Empress
of Austria died after having been
stabbed by the anarchist, Luccheni
The hotel win probably be converted
into sanitarium. in which will be
erected a statue and chapel to the
memory of the late Empress.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16

The Central Railways passenger
train No. 10, which now arrives from
Dublin and Dover at IL: 80 a. m, will
arrive at Savannah at 1850 a. m. on
and after next Sunday. This change
and that in the hour of departure If
No. 1 which has been mentioned in the
Morning News, are all that will be
made.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
NO SUCCESSOR TO sYMoNDs.
None May Be Appointed by Plan,
system.

System.
No appointment of a successor to Mr..
w. f. Symonds. who recently resign
ed the post of superintendent of mo-
tive power for the Plant System, has
been made. Those who made their re-
ports to Mr. Symomds have instructions
to report direct to General Superin-
tendent w B. Denham. 1t is said that
there will be no appointment made for
some time, possibly not at all by the
Plant System, as that line is to pass
under the control of the Atlantic Coast
Line.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
'.The Death Sentence Needed" q


Editor of the Morning News: With
this heading you preach in your Sun
dav issue a need for the hangman in
order that murder may be adequately
punished. This is impossible under
any code or practice. But you throw
the W, mt of your influence in favor
of system of retaliation by the state,
"A life for life," and seem to regret
that in four states another expert
ment is in process of working. In
countries of Europe where capital pen
atty is discarded, human life is safer
than in sections where the law of re-
taliation prevails.
We, who hold to the belief that the
state should set the example of wisely
refraining from taking human life do
not ask, or expect, that our view will
at once prevail but ask only that we
may have a fair showing in the dis
cusSion, and that if the result of long
experience be that the killing of a muir
derer by legal process has the effect
to prevent, or to largely reduce the
number of homicides in any communi-
ty, we will abandon our position, and
aid in the process of law as advocated
by the esteemed editor of the News;
ask that your influence may be thrown
in our direction.
Do not discard this as the dream Of
an idealist, but examine and see what
has come to those who have persist
emily moved in the direction of a real
reform. One serious objection to cap
ital penalty is that few juries are will
ing to face the duty of convicting a
murderer. by reason of a natural
-IrfY r Y1er no ffasx
which adds one more to the victims
of the desire for vengeance.
Those who read the trial scene in
Gilbert Parker's THE Right of Way
will realize how much the death pen
atty has to do with turning loose upon
the community men, who having shed
human blood. are prepared to repea,
the act Your point of view will not
be tenable a century hence, it may
safely be abandoned now"
Atlanta, Ga, April A. 1902.
William Riley Boyd.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
PROPOSALS WANTED.

FORT GETTY, S. c., APRIL 10,
1902. Sealed proposals in triplicate VIII
be received here until 11:15 a. nl May
IA, 1902, for constructing Steel and Iron
Wharf and Excavating Channel ana
Basin to Wharf at this post. Infornla-
ton furnished on application. U. ,.
reserves right to accept or reject any
or all proposals or any part thereoI;;
Envelopes containing proposals shoulu
be marked Proposals for Construc-
tion," addressed, David Price, .. M
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16

A meeting of the Conference Com
mittee of the Southeastern Passenger
Association was held yesterday in At
lanta. General Passenger Agent J.
G. Halle of the Central Railway, and
Passenger Traffic Manager and Chief
Clerk w. H. Leahy of the Plant Sys-
tenn represented their lines.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16

President R. G. Erwin of the Plant
System is expected in Savannah this
afternoon. He is looked for on the
afternoon train from the North.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16

dead body, would rather they would
bring them out in my wearied and
troubled hours, and open them. that l
may be refreshed and cheered by them
while need them would rather have
a plain coffin without a flower, flu
neral without an eulogy, than life
without the sweetness of love and SYM
pathy. Let us learn to anoint our
friends beforehand for their burial.
Post mortem kindness does not cheer
the troubled spirit. Flowers on the
coffin cast no fragrance backward over
life's weary way.
Warren P. Lovett."
The mans addiction to the morphine
and whisky habits has saved him from
a long term of Imprisonment. He is
a physical wreck from indulgence in
drugs and intoxicants, and this OPP
Grated upon Judge Speer's mind to re-
duce the sentence. and then to grant
a stay of it's execution. 1t is probable
Lovett will spend his term in the gov
eminent hospital at Washington, rath-
er than in the penitentiary.
How He Fooled the Lawyers.
On one occasion a firm of lawyers in
Sandersville had placed in their hands
papers against Lovett with instruc-
tions to serve them on any goods that
might come to him. Lovett heard of
this and quietly left Sandersville and
went to Savannah, where he purchased
two large trunks, filled them with
brick, tin cans and any kind of old
rubbish he could get. labeled them
"jewelry" and glass" and had them
sent by express, c. o. D., to himself
at Sandersville.
The unwary lawyers, learning the
trunks were in the express Office, at
once seized them and took them to the
Court House. On the day appointed
for the sale there was a large crowd
on hand and Lovett was also present.
He went among the crowd, wearing a
Respondent loog and seeming to feel
deeply what was going on. but when
the trunks were opened and their con-
tents known, the lawyers were thrown
into CONSERVATION. Among the rubbish
was note addressed to them, it con-
veyed the compliments of w. P. Low
EFT and the aphorism, BE sure you are
right; then go ahead" The joke was
on the members of the bar.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16

"Cascarets are splendid, my old mother
never be without them."- Howard W. Well
man, l3s fremont Street, Paramount, Ohio.
didn't know I had one. Two months ago was
taken with inflammation OF the bowels. sour
stomach, sick headache. ] tried Cascarets and
had not taken them week before was relieved
Of a tspe-worm IS feet long. am very much
Mrs. John Stone. Put-In-Bay Island, Ohio.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-16
Good Old Grandma's Advice

The children are sick-send for grand
wisdom and gentleness, and sympathy, sin
would we have done without her?