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The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
S. A. L. TRAIN KILLED TWO,
Unidentified Negroes Lost Their
Lives Near Savannah.

Unidentified Negroes Lost Their
Lives Near Savannah.
Two negroes were killed by Seaboard
Air Line trains yesterday, one in the
yards, just west of the city, and the
other at the six-mile post. The first
negro lost his life in the morning and
his identity could not be discovered.
He was riding on car loaded with
lumber, and when the train came to
stop was crushed to death by the
lumber. The negro appeared to be
about 65 years of age and it was
judged from his clothes that he was
a railroad man. Coroner Keller viewed
the remains and ordered them buried
The second negro was killed last
night six miles from the city, but lust
how he met his death could not be as
certained. His identity had not been
discovered, either, last night. Coroner
Keller was notified of the second trag-
edy, and will view the body this MORN
ing. The remains were left near the
railroad track and win not be moved
until the arrival of the coroner. No
inquest will be held in either case.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
HOSE REEL ABANDONED.
Light Wagon and More Men for
Hose Station No. 1.

At II o'clock this morning the last
of the old-fashioned hose reels, at one
time used by the Savannah Fire De-
partment, will go out of service and
light hose wagon with chemical APP
paratus for extinguishing small fires
will be placed at hose station No 1,
on Waldburg street, east of Price.
At the same time the number of
men at the hose station will be in
creased from three to five. SuDerin
tendent John f. Mcguire has issued
an order naming Arthur M. Rogers
of the Central Station as foreman of
the recently enlarged hose station.
Fireman Aaron Adams from fire Sta
ton No. is ordered to the Hose Sta
ton. Foreman Arthur Tosache. for
merly at the Central Station. but re-
Gently on duty in the superintendent
office, is sent back to his old post on
Oglethorpe avenue.
This change will be good news to
those who reside in the vicinity of
the Central Station. Mr.. Tosache is
always a great favorite with those liv-
ing near the fire station under his
charge, and when he was sent from
the Central Station to Station No.
a protest was made to Superintendent
Mcguire and Mayor Myers. The la
dies in the neighborhood were anxious
to have the foreman stay at the sta
ton where he had been for several
years. For various reasons. however,
their expressed wishes at that time
could not be granted
The old hose reel that goes out of
service this morning will be kept in
reserve until such time as Superin-
tendent Mcguire finds that he can
make some good use of it. It is a heavy
and clumsy machine. pulled by one
horse. The new wagon to take its
place is lighter and is drawn by two
horses. 1t was constructed in the de-
partment and is a modern hose wag-
on in every respect. Foreman Rogers
and four men will be kept on duty at
the little station on Waldburg street.
This station was recentlv renovated
and additional sleeping quarters for
the men were built. The place has been
made comfortable for the winter and
the switching Of the men has thus far
given perfect satisfaction
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
To BRING OUT VOTERS
COL. TESTERS FRIENDS ON THE
MOVE
FOR T0-M0RR0W'S ELECTION.
LACK OF OPPOSITION WILL RESULT
IN SMALL VOTE.

Col. Lester VIII he at the Polls in
Savannah to Keep Things Going.
His Friends at Work Throughout
the District to Get Out Voters.
The Election Arrangements Com
plete-FOIIs viii Open at 1924 a. m.
and Close at 6:24 p. m.
Tomorrow is election day. In many
states this means a good deal, but in
Georgia, and in other Southern states,
it is more a mater OF form than of
figures owing to the lack of opposition
to the Democratic candidates. An eff
fort is being made to bring out
large party vote for Congressman Les
ter
Col. Lester has received assurances
from many of his friends, in answer to
his letter recently sent out, in which
they pledge their votes and support.
Col. Lester will be at the polls to-
morrow to meet his friends and watch
the balloting. His friends have been
a full complimentary vote will be
polled.
They urge that voters do not remain
away from the polls, on account of
the lack of opposition, and point to
the fact that, should all voters look
at the matter in this light, hat would
be too large to hold the ballots.
Of course, there is the usual eleventh
hour rumOr of opposition, but to this
the friends of Col. Lester lend no cred
ence. Without this air-castle opposi-
ton, they say, there is no congression-
al election-it comes naturally and in
evitably. 1t gives the politicians some
thing to talk about when business is
dull.
Col Lester is the only candidate. The
district comprises the counties of
Chatham, Emmanuel, Tattnall, Burke,
Etfingham, Liberty, Screven, Bulloch,
Bryan and Mcintosh.
The polls will open at 1924 o'clock in
the morning, closing at 6:24 in the
afternoon. The managers and clerks
have already been appointed by the
County Commissioners. Tickets Will
be furnished at the polls. The polls
will be at the Court House, the sew
eral districts being designated, as
usual, with placards.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
FOUR HUNDRED CASES.
s2GO,O0O SOUGHT TO BE RECOVER
ED FOR Personal INJURIES.
IN CITY COURT THIS TERM.
DOCKET WILL BE CALLED AND
CASES ASSIGNED THIS MORNING.

Cases VIII lie Assigned for Trial or
RELOCATED to the Dead Docket.
Others VIII Go by DefnuIt-Of the
Quarter of Million Dollars
Sought to he Recovered. S7O,OOO
Against savannah Electric Conn
Pany-HeaVy Docket in Ordinary
Court-AIany Matters Set for
Hearing in the Superior Court
No Court Tomorrow Jurors
Drawn for Wednesday in City
Court.
This week in the courts Will be a
buster one than any for some time.
This is particularly true of the City
Court which begins its November
term to-day. In the Court of Ordi-
nary there is a heavy docket to be dis
posed of, and in the Superior Court a
number of alimony and injunction
cases have been set for hearing in
chambers.
At 10 o'clock this morning the docket
of civil cases VIII be called in the
City Court. There will be a large rep
resentation from the bar present, to
look after the assignment of cases. In
all, nearly 400 cases will be called, of
which number more than half have
been on the docket for some time
The calling of the docket and the as
signment of cases will occupy the
court until the middle of the after
noon, so that no other business has
been set for to-day.
Over 100 New Cases.
There are 12O new cases, most Of
which are suits for damages. Many of
these suits are interesting. and their
trial will attract attention In dam-
age suits alone the recovery of $3.50, 600
is sought. This gives some idea of the
amount of business which confronts
the court for the term.
OF the quarter of a million dollars,
and more, sought for personal injuries,
$4,000 are asked from the Savannah
Electric Company. These injuries, so
called, include injury to feelings, NOR
tlhcation, and the sterner injury to
ones physical self. 1t is probable that
between fifty and seventy-five of the
new cases will go by default, this be-
ing particularly true in cases where
the recovery is sought on a note
The petit jurors, for the trial of civil
cases, have already been drawn. To-
morrow being election day there will
be no session of the City Court. but on
Wednesday the jurors will report and
cases will be assigned for trial Begin
ming on that date. There will probably
be no adjournment of the City Court,
holidays except, until the latter part of
January.
In Superior and Ordinary Courts.
In the Court of Ordinary there are
many matters to be disposed of, to-day
being the first day If the November
term Judge McAlpin has returned
to the city, and will be in his office
In the Superior Court the pressure of
business will not be as great as in the
other two courts though numerous
matters of an interlocutory nature
have been assigned Cor hearing. Re
turn day is not far distant, and every
day one or two suits are filed, so that
the docket for the December term is
likely to be a large one
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
DIED FROM HER INJURIES.
Mrs. Anais Wilson'S Mother a Cousin
of Empress Josephine.


From injuries received by being
struck by a trolley car at Park ave-
nue. and Abercorn street Friday af-
ternOon. Mrs. Anais Wilson died at
her home. No. 2Os Park avenue, east.
yesterday morning. 1t was known
from the first that she had been fatal
ly injured.
Mrs. Wilson was born in 1919 in the
Island of Martinique. where her par
ents. who were French. were extern
sive slave holders and planters. Her
mother was a cousin of the Empress
Josephine, Napoleon Is WIFE and they
We're educated together at the Con-
vent of Martinique. At the age of 3
years Mr.. James Peters, her father.
was financially ruined by a cyclone
and the family moved 70 Charleston.
5. C.. where Mrs. Wilson was reared
and educated
In 1912 she married the late Edward
g. Wilson, prominent figure in Sa
vannah politics before the Civil War
He held various city offices. among
them that of clerk of Council and city
treasurer. He died in the army in the
service Of the Republican Blues. of
which command he was a mem Der
Mrs. Wilson was loved by all who
knew her. She was an artist and a
poet, and much of her work in these
lines are in the possession of her
friends
She leaves a son, Col X. Wayne
Wilson of New York and a grand
son. Mr.. Richard W. Farr of this city
Mr.. 4. X. Wilson is her nephew.
The funeral will take place this
residence, No. 208 Park avenue. east
Rev Ed F. Cook. of Wesley Monu-
mental Church. will oficiate. The in
terment will be in Bonaventure.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
-FOUR MORE COLONIES.
SaNannnhians VIII Receive Apnoint-
ments From GOV. Terrell To-day.

VIII Receive Appoint
ments From Gov. Terrell To-day.
To-day the rank of Colonel will he
conferred upon four Savannahians
honored by appointment on Governor
Ierrelfs staff, and in the future the
proper title in addressing the appoin-
tees will be Col Robert L. Colding.
Col. Merritt w. Dixon, Col. Shelby
Myrick and Col. G. Noble Jones. These
gentlemen were kept busy yesterday re-
ceiving the congratulations of their
friends
Of the four appointees, three are
lawyers. Col. Dixon is one of Savan-
nah's prominent lumber merchants. II
Is thought here that Governor Terrell
has made excellent appointments
Those honored with the appointments
are expected to provide themselves
with uniforms at once. This uniform
has plenty of gold braid about it. be-
ing one of the showiest in the state
service. There is no salary attached ia
the position; only the honor and privi-
lege of wearing the uniform on state
occasions.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
SANCTITY OF THE HOME.
Subject of Revue. III. strong's Ser
mon at st. Johns Church.

The subject of Rev. Charles H
Strongs sermon at st. Johns Church
last night was the sanctity of the
home. Mr.. Strong took his text from
a portion of the first verse of the Tween
ty-seventh Psalm: Except the Lord
build the house, they labor in vain
that build it, The sermon appealed
strongly to those who heard it,
Mr.. Strong said that since there had
been so many questions arising as to
the place of women in the world, and
her place in the home, he had decided,
during the winter to give a series of
oldfashioned talks on the subject.
1T is a self-evident proposition" he
said, that the purer and better the
homes of any nation, the stronger the
nation. Anglo-Saxon nations are in
the forefront of civilization by reason
of the purity of their homes.
THE house always means the home
in the Biblical acceptatiOn of the word.
The best proof of this is in the Tenth
Commandment, where it appears,
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
house. meaning, of course, home, for
the Jews in those days had no house,
living as they did in tents and in
booths. The text, then, read, Except
the Lord build the home, they labor
in vain that build it,
Mr.. Strong confined his discourse to
history of the evolution of the home,
from the time of prehistoric man to
the present day, picturing the cave
dwellers, even before the stone age,
with but two elements of home life
within them, the maternal instihct and
mutual protection, and closing with a
description of the homes of to-day,
many of which, like the palaces of
Italian noblemen, possess no element
of home life, being houses, not, homes.
In running the gamut of history he
paused to speak especially of the old
Jewish homes-those of the time of
Abraham and Moses-where the first
real germ of family life existed. By
the Jewish law the chastity and purity
of woman was guarded, the child life
recognized and the priesthood vested
in the pater familias. These were the
ideas inculcated into the race and in
corporated in the Gospel which have
come to us as a precious heritage.
But we have come to a time" said
Mr.. Strong, when men are building
houses, and not homes. No one should
disparage the building of beautiful
house. OF these 1 do not speak, but
OF the houses which are not homes
those houses. which like some of the
italian palaces, in which father, moth
er, sister and brother are as much
separated as if they lived in differ
ent houses.
In some of these homes. particu-
larly in the North where live the
Wealthiest. the various members of
the family do not see each other for
weeks. except, perchance, as they
pass on the steps. The women have
their clubs and the men have their
clubs and the children have their ex-
citement and diversion. and so the
home life is wrecked"
In closing Mr.. Strong urged his
hearers to so build their homes that
they would be prepared for another
nome in that eternal and continuing
city whose builder and ruler is God.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
WOMAN SUSPECT RELEASED.
Jewellers Would Not Go to Atlanta
10 Identify Mrs. Thomas.

TO Identify Mrs. Thomas.
The woman supposed to have been
the Queen of Diamonds, so badly
wanted in this city for the theft of
diamonds valued at $1,000. was given
her liberty in Atlanta yesterday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. T. E. Theus, who handed out
some of the gems and accepted in
return a forged order. is i'll and a
picture of the woman sent to Super
intendent Reilly by Chief of Police
Ball of Atlanta. was not even shown
him. Mr.. Andrew Desbouillons. son
Of the second jeweler who was vic
timized, saw the Diamond Queen in
his fathers store and is certain that
he could identify her. He stated to
Superintendent Reilly that the picture
of DR.. Thomas wife was a good like
ness of the woman who secured the
diamonds here.
Young Mr.. Desbouillons would not go
to Atlanta to identify the woman.
however, and superintendent Reilly
telegraphed Chief Ball to release her.
Mr.. Desbouillons stated a Willingness
to make the trip if the other firm of
jewelers. would defray one-half of the
expense. Because of the illness of Mr..
Theus, however. no such agreement
was made. II was shown. too. that
none of the missing diamonds have
been recovered, and that the conviction
of the woman. without the recovery
OF the gems. would only entail ad-
ditional expense. A reward was Of
fered for her arrest without the dia-
monds, and tust so much more money
would have had 20 be paid out in the
event that she was identified as the
guilty person and brought here for
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
FARMERS BOUGHT BUGGIES.
Ana Are Now Anxious to Find the
Man Who Sold Them.

Many of the citizens of Effingham
county are anxious to know of the
whereabouts and trustworthiness of
two men who last week made a tour of
the county selling buggies. The men
represented themselves as being agents
OF a Chicago firm, apd from what can
be learned did a pretty fair business.
This is not remarkable, for thew
made offers that, if straight were cal
culated to bring them in a good BUSH
ness Briefly, it was this: They Of
Iered to exchange new buggies for old.
with a consideration to boot, of course.
put otterlng an exceptionally high
price Tor the old vehicles Then S.
was corrected, Ito guarantee freight
charges, and often a much larger
amount was secured by an offer of 10
per cent. off for cash on the spot.
In one case, according to the infor-
nation brought to Savannah by a. res
ldent OF Effingham, the buyer of the
buggy was told that the ALLEGED agents
OF the Chicago concern had arranged
with Mr.. Mark Apple of this city, to
take all of the old buggies secured on
the trip. Mr.. Apple said last night
that he has neither agents, represen-
tatlVes, nor any person whatever en-
powered to do business in his name
outside of Savannah, and that he
knows nothing whatever of the men
or their business.
In one deal that the men made Mr.
{. 5. Gnann of Stllwell made a draft
on Hunter, Pearce & Battey for s79
payable to f. B. Harper but gave it
with the understanding that it was
not to be presented until the buggy
had been received. He became sus-
picious of the deal he had made and
tried the next day to stop payment of
me graft but found that it had been
collected the very day given.
The men are making their trips to-
gether, using a new. rubber tired, top
buggy, drawn by a dark chestnut
horse A description of the men is
rather meagre, though both are said
TO be clean shaved, and one is rather
large man, weighing probably 175 to
1855 pounds, while he other is excep-
tionally short standing not more than
feet or 4 inches.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
ATTEMPTED HIS OWN LIFE.
White Man Charged with Wife
Beating Tried ChIoroform.


Preferring death to a trial for wife,
beating, Glenn L. Barrow, a white man
living in Bulloch county, near Penn
broke. attempted twice yesterday TO
take his life. The first attempt was
made in the Jail at Jesup, and the Sec
ond on an Atlantic Coast Line train
bound for Savannah.
Barrow was brought to Savannah in
the morning by Sheriff J. Il. Kendrick
of Bulloch county and was placed in
the police station for safe keeping for
several hours. Reilly Snead, a negro
convict from Waycross, was handcuff-
ed to Barrow, and the pair left dur
ing the afternoon with the sheriff for
BullOch county. The negro Snead is
wanted as a witness in a murder trial,
and is also charged with being an
accessory.
The white man was arrested at
Jesup and lodged in Jail until the ar
rival of Sheriff Kendrick with a war
rant. Yesterday morning the prisoner
got negro to get him a bottle Of
chloroform and was in the acting Of
taking it when discovered by the
Jaiior. The bottle was taken from MIN
before he had chance to make use
of the poison. on the trip to Savannah
Barrow pulled a pocketknife and was
about to cut his throat when stopped
by Sheriff 'Kendrick The sheriff had
no idea up to that time that his pris-
oner had a knife.
The negro Snead gave the sheriff no
trouble. Snead will be used as a wit
ness in the trial Of Aaron Guard for
the killing of John Davis in Bulloch
county about a year ago. Davis was
shot to death and it is alleged that
Snead is an accessory. He was brought
from Waycross, where he was leased
by the Screven county authorities
Snead is now under sentence from that
county for larceny.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
STOLE ENGAGEMENT RING.
Norwegian Sailor Touched for One
His Sweetheart Gave Him.


His Sweetheart Gave Him.
For stealing plain gold engagement
ring given to Oscar Oleson, a Norwe-
CLAN sailor on the British steamship
Forest Brook. by his sweetheart in
Sweden, Rosa Green, a negro woman
Of the East Side. was arrested yester-
day by Detective julius Stark.
The ring that the seafaring man
prizes so highly was found on the wo-
man and she viii be given a prelimi-
nary hearing by Recorder Myrfck in
Police Court this morning. She had
me heavy gold band tied in the corner
OF her handkerchief and this was
around her neck when the detective
took her in charge.
Oleson visited the dives on the East
SIDE Saturday night and fell in with
the Green woman. He feared that he
would lose the engagement ring that
MS sweetheart in far away Sweden had
given him before he sailed, and took
IL from his finger. He slipped the ring
into his coat pocket and did not miss
1t until lie left the woman. The matter
was placed in the hands of Detective
stark and the arrest and recover. of
the property followed
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
PASTOR FOR TEN YEARS.
Rev. DIR. w. C. shaeGer Celebrated
a Decade of Service Here.

Rev. DIR. w. C. ShaeRer Celebrated
Decade of Service Here.
Rev. w. C. Schaeffer. D. D.. pastor
of the Lutheran Church of the Assem-
sion, celebrated the tenth anniversary
of his pastorate yesterday. He re-
ferred briefly TO his pastorate work
before beginning the morning sermon.
founded on short sketch of Martin
Luther and the history of the Luther
an Church. His term of office SER
vice, DR.. Schaeffer said, has been long
er than that of any of his predeces-
sors with the exception of one, who
served from 1924 to 1899.
The speaker said that he felt he had
been especially favored by Providence
to have worshipped with. and served
the congregation through all these
years. Then he gave figures showing
some of the changes that had taken
place in the church since his coming.
These showed that but three officers
are left of those that held places ten
years ago, and that on the roll of
membership are but $50 of those
who were members when DR.. Schaeffer
TOOK charge of the pulpit
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03

Wallace w. Frazer, Esq, formerly
Solicitor General of the Superior Court
OF this circuit, who has been i'll
for some time. has entirely recovered
his health. He is now in Hinesville. his
old home. and has resumed the prac-
tice of his profession. His many friends
viii be glad to learn that Mr.. Frazer
VIII be in attendance at the Superior
Courts of Bryan, Effingham, Liberty
and Mcintosh counties and in Savannah
ABOUT the 1rst of December. He will
have the best wishes of his Drn1,
friends for his success on his re-entrv
into the profession, after his long III
ness.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
Do Business Men Think of This.

The money that you spend away from
home never comes back any more"
Do business men think of this?
Take you, for instance. Have you
ever bought an article away from home
because it was a few cents cheaper
than you could get at home that you
did not feel that you were retarding
the growth of your city by injuring
the business of it's citizens?
1t saves little, if anything, to send
your orders away, or to buy your sup
plies away from home. Such sys
tenn indirectly hurts you, no matter
who you are. And it works direct
harm to your fellow citizens, who have
taxes to pay, rent to pay, employees
to pay, and other charges to meet.
This applies to all lines of business,
but in this special advertisement it is
intended to refer to the thousands of
dollars worth of printing, Autograph
ing and blank book work which is
sent away every month by Savannah
business houses.
Think of it!
Thousands of dollars worth going
to other printing houses in other cities
when there are more than a dozen
good ones here, able to 90 much more
work than they are doing if they had
it to do.
The more work these concerns have
to do the more people they have to
employ. and these people, as a matter
of course, become buyers. They be-
come customers of the shoe houses,
the dry goods houses, the grocery
houses, the drug houses and, indeed.
about all lines of business feel the
impetus which increased buyers give.
The Morning News printing, litho-
graphing, blank book and bindery is
one of the best in the country 1t has
Autograph plant sufficiently large to
handle all of the work in Savannah.
And it will do it as we'll and as rea-
sonable as any reputable concern in
the United States.
The Morning News has striven to
give Savannah a home plant. The
class of work turned out by it speaks
for itself.
If it is satisfactory, there is no real
reason why any of this work should
find it's way to other cities. None
whatever.
Should business men encourage it?
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-03
BISHOP NELSON TO VISIT
ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.

Rev. r. Bright celebrated his
eleventh anniversary as rector of St.
Stephens Episcopal Church yesterday.
Bishop Nelson will visit the parish
Sunday. Nov. 16, at o'clock p. m, to
hold a special service in connection
with the anniversary and the i'm
provements made in the church dur
ing the summer.