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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
PETITION FOR RECEIVER.
Peoples Bank of Americas in the
COurts-Other Matters.


COurts-Other Matters.
Americas, Ca. March PA petition
for receiver for the Peoples Bank of
Americas was filed late last evening
by two of the creditors, j. E. Sullivan
county treasurer, and Mrs. S. E. Mat
thews. This bank made an assignment
last Thursday, and G. r. Ellis, as as
signee, was winding up its business.
Judge Littlejohn last night considered
the prayer of these two petitioners and
appointed Assignee Ellis temporary re-
ceiver for the bank, fixing April 4 as
the date of hearing of the prayer for
permanent receiver. Both petitioners
desire to be considered as having prior
liens upon the assets of the bank.
Treasurer Sullivan alleging that his de-
post of $500 is county money, or trust
funds.
Judge Littlejohn purchased yester-
day a very desirable residence in
Americas, the former Barlow property
on TAYLOR street, paying $4,000 therefor.
He has resided here for a year past,
leasing his home, but in this purchase
becomes permanent resident.
A business deal is being negotiated
which promises the investment of
probably $4,000 of foreign capital in
an Americas enterprise. The terms
will be consummated this week.
The subscription fund for the new
First Methodist Church building is
growing rapidly. Already the sum of
$4,000 has been subscribed readily,
and when $4,000 more is raised, which
can be done quickly, plans will be ac-
copied and work upon the new ediflce
begun. 1t is hoped to have the new
brick church completed this summer.
Americas will make an effort to Sc
cure the location of the High School
to be built by the Macon Presbytery
at some convenient point within the
confines of this presbytery. Columbus
and Cuthbert also want the school
The will of the late DIR. T.. J. Ed
ridge, a wealthy citizen of Americas,
was filed for record yesterday. The
estate of DR.. Eldridge and that of his
widow combined is estimated to be
worth $t25o00. The two sons of DR.
Eldridge are the benefciaries named in
his will. Mrs. Eldridge likewise makes
a deed of gift to her niece, Mrs. J. Nor
gan Eldridge, of property here worth
more than $4,000.
Many handsome homes are being
built in Americas, and the outlook gen.
orally is very promising. Business at
this season of the year was never bet
for
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
LOOKS BAD FOR TILLMAN.
COLUMBIA STATE PUBLISHES PAR
LIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENCE

Letters of President Frye of the
senate and Speaker Henderson OF
the House Are Directly Contradic-
tory of Statements Made by the
Lieutenant Governor as shown by
the south Carolina Senate journal.
The Intention Is to Prove the Lieu
tenant Governor Unworthy of Be
lief.
Columbia. S. c., March 2S.-Corre-
spondence between a Columbia editor
and Senator Frye and Speaker Hender-
son, together with statements by Lieut..
Gov. James H. Tinman as they appear
in the South Carolina Senate Journal.
will be made public tomorrow and are
bound to create a sensation. The evil
dence is to prove the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, who is a candidate for Governor,
to be unworthy of belief. During the
session of the Senate Tillman ruled out
of order debate on a motion to indefi-
nitely postpone. The Senator protest.
ed, but was made to take his seat. He
appealed to the Committee on Rules;
that committee made report against
the ruling of the chair. Tillman made
a statement in the Journal. After say
ing the committee had the right
to adopt the Marquis of Queens
bury rules if desired, he continued
''The chair respectfully cites the
committee to Jefferson's manual and
heartily commends it to the Commit
making the ruling the chair has taken
occasion to inquire of the two highest
parliamentarian OF this country as to
the correctness of the same and is
tanned by them. OF course, the inter-
probation placed on the rule by the
Committee on Rules will be henceforth
observed, however much at variance it
may be with parliamentary law
The Lieutenant Governor also gave
statement to the press saying he mad
been sustained by Messrs. Henderson
and Frye. A Columbia editor wrote
these gentlemen to request information
as to whether or not Tillman had writ
plies. Their answers to this inquiry
speaks for themselves
Mr.. N. @. Gonzales Columbia, S. c.
Dear Sir 1 have your letter of
March 10. A motion to postpone in
definitely pending measure, both un-
der parliamentary law and under the
rules of the Senate, is debatable. So
also is motion to commit l had a
telegram from Lieut. Gov Tillman in
relation to the indefinite postponement
of a measure, and the. reply was:
"Jefferson's Manual Silent. Motion
necessarily debatable. Debatable un-
der rules of Senate. / am very truly
yours, VIM. p. Frye"
Mr.. N. G.. Gonzales, Editor The
State, Columbia, S. c. Dear Sir: Your
letter of inquiry was received to-day.
On Feb. u, 1902. l received from
James II. Tillman, Lieutenant Cover
nor, the following:
Columbia, S. c., Feb. -, 1907
Speaker ID. b. Henderson, House Rep
resentatives. KindlN wire me if in
your opinion motion to indefinitely
postpone is debatable under jefferson s
Manual. Jas. Fl. Tillman, Lieutenant
Governor.
"At once. at receipt of the above,
l telegraphed the following reply:
yes, the House of Representatives
debate the motion to postpone indefi-
nitely and has done so for many
years. Had the Manual forbidden it
this would hardly have been done
without a special rule giving positive
permission. Very truly yours,
"D r Henderson -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
A NEW LINE ron PITTsBuRG.
fIans of the tarncy Syndicate for
the Western Maryland Road.

Fians of the Varncy Syndicate for
the Western Maryland Road.
Pittsburg, Pa. March 2S.-The Ga
zette to-day says:
The Varney syndicate, the highest
bidder for the Western Maryland Rail-
way Company, and i'm which Charles
M. Schwab and Charles T. Schoen are
deeply interested, proposed to utilize
the West Side belt line for it's Pitts
ourg entrance. The purchase of the
western Maryland will supply link
needed to make through line TO tide
water and the promoters plan a great
system that is to tap a territory rich
N coal. coke and manufacturing in
dustries.
The surveys and rights of way of
the old Canonsburg and State Line
eharter will be used to furnish a route
10 Warrenton, o., where connection
VIII be made with the Wheeling and
Lake Erie. The real entrance into
rlttsburg itself will probably be over
me Wabash tracks and terminal ia
tiiltles in the city will be supplied by
mat road, with which the promoters
oI the new line are DESTROYS of friendly
arrangements
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24

Newton, Mass, March 23.-News was
received here to-day of the death last
evening at Pasadena, Cal. of Alden
Speare, president of the Alden Speare
Sons Company of Boston. Mr. Speare
was a director of number of rail-
road companies, among them the Mexi-
can Central, Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fee Atlantic and Pacific, st.
Louis and San FRANCISCO and Connec-
ticut and Passumpsic. He was for
years a delegate to the National Board
of Trade at Washington and recently
declined the presidency of that body.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
IDENTIFIED BY HER DOG.
woman wanted in philadelphia for
EmbezzIement Arrested i'm Atlanta.

Woman Wanted in philadelphia for
EmbezzIement Arrested in Atlanta.
Atlanta, March 23.-Mrs. Julia Bird
sail. alias Miss Wharton was arrest
ed here to-day, on a telegram from
philadelphia, charged with embezzle-
ment. said to be of $4,000 from the
firm of Berstein, Kaufman G. Co. of
that city. She was identified by de-
scription which the detectives had of
a little dog that followed her. She was
in the employ of the firm as book
keeper and her populations are said to
have extended over five or six years
she admits having taken the money.
buf saws she was under some sort Of
strange hypnotic influence exercised
nv man and woman who kept a
boarding house in which she lived. The
woman. she says was a Christian Sci
enfist She says she viii go back to
Philadelphia and stand trial without
a requisition.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
DEPUTY WARDEN RESIGNS.
II. b. Anderson Leaves Federal Pris.
on Because of III-HeaIth.

Atlanta. March 23.-H. B. Anderson,
prison, has resigned his position and
has been succeeded by Bradford Daw-
son. who was assistant deputy war
den. Nj. L. Petty, formerly captain of
the night watch, becomes assistant
deputy warden
Anderson was for twenty years sher-
if of Newton county and the position
as deputy warden was secured for him
through the influence of Congressman
L. F. Livingston. He resigned on ac-
count of i'll health, having been unable
to attend to his duties at the prison
for the last two months.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
A CANADIAN MILLING DEAL.
Parties Purchase the Ogil-
vie .COmpany's BUSINESS.

Montreal, March 23.-Charles r. Hos
mer of this city and f. w Thomp-
son of Winnipeg have purchased the
extensive milling business of the w. W.
OgilVie Milling Company. The pur-
chase price is in the vicinity of So, 800, =
600. The business dates back to 1901
The company has three mills in Mon
treal and also at Goderich, Seaforth
Winnipeg and Fort William. The COM
pany will be reorganized and it's BUSH
ness extended
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
OBITUARY..


The news has been received in Sa-
vannah of the death of Mrs. John Mac
kay Elliott at Los Angeles, Cal, after
brief illness. Mrs. Elliott was Miss
Alice Peel of Los Angeles before her
marriage. Mr.. Elliott is president of
the First National Bank of Los An
geles. He is a brother of DR. H. Ell
lott. Mrs. J. A. Huger and Mr.. Ralph
Elliott of this city. Besides her hus-
band, Mrs. Elliott leaves two daugh-
ters and two sons.
Mr.. Elliott is quite well known here,
having moved from this city to Cali
fOrnia.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
Prof. +. Osborne Ward, yuma. Aris.

San Francisco. March 23.-Prof. F.
Osborne Ward, an eminent historian
and linguist, died at Yuma, Ariz.
March 20, after a lingering illness.
Prof. Wards greatest wark was his
"Eistory of the Common People from
the Earliest Times of Constantine, F."
on which he labored thirty-eight years.
lie Travelled thousands of miles, visit
ed many of the worlds IA
nous libraries and went over
worlds first histories. He made
himself a master of ethnology and
archaeology, and in 1868 he was assoc
ciated with Charles Darwin in solv-
ing problems on which he was at work.
For twenty years he was translator
for the Federal Bureau of Labor. His
best known book is 1.-THE Ancient
Lowly." Recently he had been engaged
in arranging vast amounts of material
he had gathered for the use of his lit
erary executor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
AMOUNTS no REVOLUTION.
Disorder in Russia's Oriental Ports
Is Very Serious.

London, March 24.-It is reported
here from Odessa, says the Vienna
correspondent of the Daily Mail, that
revolution and disorders have broken
out simultaneously at Batoum, on the
Black sea, at Titlis, in Trans eau
casia, and at Baku, on the Caspian sea.
According to the reports, says the cor
respondent, the movement was appar-
emily preconcerted in each town and
there were collisions between the
mounted troops and the rioters The
number of casualties is not known.
Several warehouses have been burned
at Baku.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
seth }. Axter. Kalamazoo. Mich.

Kalamazoo, Mich, March 23.-Seth
j. Axtell. professor of Greek in Kala-
years. died here to-day from grippe"
aged SO years. He was a graduate of
Brown University, from which he had
the degree of NJ. A. was president of
LELAND University at New Orleans
from 1878 to 1882, and president Of
Contra. College at Pella, Ia, in 1899
and 1890
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
GROCERY FIRE AT BEAUFORT.
banner q Co.'s Place Badly Dnmag-
ed but Not Destroyed

Beaufort, S. c., March 23.-Fire was
discovered in the basement of Charles
E. Danner & Co.'S big grocery estab-
lishment on Bay street this morning.
The conflagration threatened to be
very serious for a time, but was got
ten under control finally. It is sup
posed some one threw lighted match
through a basement window opening on
an alley way and that it ignited a lot
of highly inhammable stuff stored in
the basement
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24

Knoxville, Tenn. March 23-R. r.
Swepson, one of Knoxville's richest
citizens, died to-day at the age of II.
He was a Virginian by birth, owned
the Richmond, Va, street car system
during the Civil War, removing to
Knoxville in 1866. Since coming here
he has been a banker and business
man. having been president of the
Knoxville Gas Company since 1876.
Mr.. Swepson never married and his
estate. worth probably $1,000 5000, will
be divided among his relatives
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
THE CONDITIONS IN MEXICO.
why Planters and Manufacturers
Favor silver Standard.

City of Mexico. March pa general
Improvement in the cotton movement
Is noticeable and importers continue
10 show great desire to have the gov
eminent adopt gold standard. The
important interests favoring a continu-
on, or the silver standard are planters
ana manufacturers. The former receive
gold premium on their increasing eX-
ports' While paying wages and taxes
in silver.
The Mexican Herald points out that
rents provisions and clothing are al
ready on a gold basis, and that the
present situation cannot be indefinitely
prolonged.
General business is good and large
orders for machinery plants are being
received here from interior points.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
Mrs. Susan BInIock, Hoschton. Ga.

Gainesville, Ga, March 23.-Mrs Su-
san Blalock. relict of the late Josiah
Blalock. died at her home at Hoschton
this morning at the age of 50. She was
the mother of City Clerk Joe Blalock Of
Gainesville and John and Jesse Blalock
of Jackson county. Her husband was
a brother of the Clayton, Fayette and
Pike county Blalocks. She will be
buried at Bethlehem Church, Jackson
county, tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
HOPKINS STRANGE DEATH.

Alleged Bank Robber Dies with
Shorthand Reporter Catching His
RaNingS.
Chicago, March 2S.-Joseph Hopkins,
the alleged bank robber shot by Dan"
Ripley Thursday. died yesterday He
was delirious during his last hours, and
a shorthand reporter was kept at his
bedside to catch his rawlings in the
hope that he might say something
which would give clue to the postof-
1ce robbery of last summer, when
$4,000 in stamps was taken.
Ripley and Diamond Lill," the latter
being the woman in whose fiat Hopkins
received his death wound, were ar
raigned before police magistrate
yesterday. Kipleys bonds were fixed
at $4,000, which was furnished, and
the womans at $1,000 When Hop
kins died new warrants were taken
out and Ripley will be rearrested.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24

Philadelphia, March 23.-Charles G.
Sewer, president of the CHRISTOPHER
Sewer Company, publishers of school
books. died to-day of angina pectoris,
aged 81 years. Mr.. Sewer was a mem
Der of a family of publishers, the first
of whom Christopher Sewer, has the
fame of having issued the first Bible to
be published in America in the German
language. The publishing house is the
oldest III its line in America, having
been established in 1888.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
Couple Killed by Train.

Pittsburg, Pa. March 23-About 9
o'clock tonight Louis Chamberdon and
his wife, who lived at Mcdonald Sta
ton, on the Panhandle. were struck by
a train and killed. The couple had
been visiting and were on their way
home when il is supposed a section of
train No. 3 struck them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
win Try FLORIDA Moonshiners.

Tallahassee. Fla, March 23.-The
United states Circuit Court will con-
yene here Tomorrow Judge Chas.
Swayne presiding. The docket is quite
large, being made up chiefly Of cases
against moonshiners.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
HALL CoUNTY'S AWFUL CRIME


Court to Try Alleged Murderers OF
Mrs. Christiana Blake.
Gainesville, Ca, March 23-Judge ].
b. Estes has called a special term of
Hall Superior Court to convene the
first Monday in April to try Harvey
Slower and Charlie Pirlxle, now in jail
here, charged with the assault and
murder of Mrs. Christiana Blake at
her home, three miles from Flowery
Branch, in Cllnchem district, this
county, last Monday. Since the helm
Gus crime was committed there has
been almost universal demand for the
speedy trial of the alleged murderers.
Thirty grand jurors and seventy two
special jurors have been drawn for the
term. No murder trial ever took place
in this county which aroused more in
terest than this one.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24

Buda Pest, March pm. Koloman
de Tissea, ex-Hungarian prime minis
ter and leader of the Liberal party,
died here this morning. He was born
in 1890.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
LONDoN's AMERICAN CHURCH.
DR.. A. T. PicrSon Will Serve One on
Westminster Bridge Road.

iNSe RVau'
London, March 23-The Rev. F. B.
Meyer, pastor of Christ Church, West
minister Bridge Road, has informed his
congregation that negotiations have
been opened to obtain the temporary
services at Christ Church during the
coming autumn and winter of the Rev.
DR.. 4. I. Pierson. the American. DR..
Meyer will afterwards resume his pas
torate.
Christ Church is one of the favorite
churches of the metropolis with Amer
lean visitors
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24

MARCONI'S WIRELESS STATION.
First viii he Located at Table
Head, GIace Ray.

Halifax, MS, March 23.-Signor Mar
conf has definitely decided to locate his
wireless station at Table Head, Glace
ordered and work on the station will
be commenced Immediately. This sta
ton will be constructed before the one
at Cane Cod
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
An Austro-IIungarian view

Vienna March 2S.-An Austrian
Hungarian official report, published
here, testifies to the great progress
made in the pacification of the Phil
ippine Islands during the year 1901.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24

Prince George of Prussia, rs years
old, is the Oldest member of the House
of Hohenzollern. and is known as the
"Hohenzollern Poet be has written.
under the pseudonym Of George Com
rad" a number Of tragedies, notably
"Phaedra."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24

Lyons, Ga, March 23.-llev. w. ].
Flanders received a stroke of paralysis
while conducting services this morning.
of which he died tonight at $3.50
o'clock.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24

AL McMurray of Savannah match
maker for the Southern Athletic Club
of Charleston, will leave for New York
this morning to make a bid and post
a forfeit for the Jeffries- Fitzsimmons
contest, to be pulled off in Charleston.
In this instance McMurraX acts as the
direct representative of the Exposition
corporation. 1t is proposed that the
contest shall be held in the Exposition
grounds which are beyond the corpor-
ate limits of Charleston. The bid that
will be made on behalf of the EXPOSE
ton will prove very attractive.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-24
CHARLESTON WANTS FIGHT.
GOOD OFFER MADE JEFFRIEs AND
FTTZSIMMoNS.

A Guaranteed Purse of s25,oOO Cash
or 20 Per Cent of Gross Receipts
Made for the Glove COntest-ENpo-
sitiOn Authorities VIII Provide
Auditorium,-AI McMurray of Sa-
Vannah Leaves for New York To-
day to Post the Forfeit.
Charleston S. c., March 2S.-J. C.
Jaudon wired Harry Beecher, sporting
editor of the New York American and
Journal to-day offering a guaranteed
purse of $25, 900 in cash or 20 per cent.
of the gross gate receipts to have the
20-round glove contest between JEFF
fries and lTitzsimmons on May 10
pulled off on the grouds of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
Exposition here. If the offer is ac-
cepted an arena with a seating ca
pacity of 10000 win be erected at once.
The people of Charleston are enthus-
iasticslly in favor of the scheme, and
it is understood that all the local and
state authorities have been communi-
Gated with and have given their con-
sent. The boxing contest would not be
under the direct patronage or auspices
of the Exposition Company, but that
enterprise has declared through its
board of directors that If it can be
brought here it will be more than Will
ing to furnish an arena for 1t.
Mr.. Jaudon WIN leave here for New
York tomorrow afternoon to confer
personally with Bob Fitzsimmons and
to post $4,000 as a guarantee Of good
faith.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-12-19

county, Iowa, May 3, 1862; removed
with his family to Saline county, Neb-.
IN 1874, returning to Iowa during the
school months until his education was
finished at Norton academy in 1888,
when he returned to his home and
went into business with his father at
Dorchester, Neb. In May 1885 be was
married to Elizabeth A. Logan and in
1888 he moved with his family to a
homestead in Sherman county. Kan.
Later he established the Weekly State
Line Register at Kanorado on the state
line between Kansas and Colorado.
Later he moved to Goodland, the coun-
ty seat and published the Sherman
County Farmer. he was q delegate to
the national union conference at Gin
cinnati May 1891 and also to the in
dustrial conference at st. Louis in
February 1892 and at these gatherings
he helped to create the national organ
izatiOn Of the peoples party.
In May 1892, on account Of his wife's
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-12-19

at Lakeview and would be at home
with them in two weeks. The letter
was cheerful and hopeful and his af-
fairs had been fairly prosperous for
some time. He leaves wife and three
children, the oldest about II years Of
age and the youngest nearly IL.
The Masoni3 order sent his body
home from Lakeview to Chehalis where
be was buried by the rights Of that or
der. He was also an active member Of
the ". o. W, the A o. ". and the
Modern WOOdmen- His insurance in
these orders leaves his family we'll pro-
Yided for. Mr.. Fitch was & kind and
iudulgent husband and father and q
warm hearted friend. In politics he
was one Of the active and influential
leaders of the peoples party in Ore
gon for many years and it was largely
through his efforts that the fusion Of
the democrats and populists was effect
ed in 1898.
Charles A. Fitch was born in Iowa
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-12-19

falling health be removed TO la
Grande. Or, where he established the
weekly Union County Farmer but with
so many others the panic Of 1898 swept
away his savings. Later he edited the
Leader IN Portland and when that
failed he took charge OF the herald at
Oregon City. After the campaign Of
1898 he sold bis interest IN the Herald
and came TO work on the Advocate
where be remained until his purchase
Of an interest in the Lakeview Herald.
Mr. Fitch was one OF the brightest
speakers on the stump during the cam
paigns from 1850 to 1898, but since
has worked principally with his pen.
He was an earnest believer in better
conditions for all men-an idealist-
and spent the best efforts Of his life to
make the real condition Of men equal
TO the ideal condition pictured by the
philosophers He was most deeply in
terested in the adoption By all the
states and national government Of the