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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
WORK sToPs At RICHMOND.
Contractors Lockout Bricklayers to
Enforce New Rules

Richmond, Va, Jan. 1.-The mem
bers of the Bricl<-layers' Union were
locked out by the contractors this
morning and practically every build
ing where brick layers are employed
is at standstill.
A special meeting of the Brick Con-
tractors Association was held last
night, when every member present
agreed not to start any more, or carry
on any work until the union should
agree to certain rules which had been
adopted by the contractors.
Among the new rules is one chang
ing working hours from Z a. M, to 8
a. M, and from 4 p. m, to p. m. An
other is that members of the union
shall work for none but members of
the Contractors Association.
The latter rule the members of the
union say they viii not consider, be-
cause it would stop them from work
ing for some of the largest contractors
in the city who are not members of
the association, and thus would throw
more than half of their members out
of work at the present time.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
SOUTH CAROLINA NEEDS COAL.
Floods and Crippled Railroads Cut
short the supply.

Roanoke, Va. Jan. IA gentleman
from South Carolina was in Roanoke
to-day arranging for coal shipments to
South Carolina. He stated that the
lack of fuel in and around Columbia
had brought industries to a serious po-
sition. Owing to floods it has been i'm
possible to utilize water to generate
power, and there being little coal avail
able, it was believed there was dam
ger of suspension on the part of some
of the immense mills in South Caro-
lima. He was endeavoring to get i'm
mediate shipments.
The fuel famine seems to be gem
eral, as there are complaints in all d.
rections. Nearly all of the coaf-bear-
ing railroads have been seriously ham,
pered of late by high water and de-
structive floods. Besides the Christ
mas holidays and consequent inability
to get miners has cut off the supply
at the fields. 1t is said the Norfolk
and Western have 1000 cars waiting
to be loaded. 1t is said that some of
the railroads having no coal fields to
draw upon for fuel are reduced to the
point of using wood.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
KEITH'S THEATER BURNED.
the Early Morning Hours, and
Great Excitement Prevailed.

the Early Morning Hours, and
Great Excitement Prevailed.
New York, Jan. 2.-Fire was discov-
cred early this morning in the engine
room of Keiths Union Square Theater.
The flames We're first seen by the en-
gineer of the Morton House, which ad-
joins the theater. and he gave the
alarm.
There were three hundred guests in
the hotel who were hurriedly notified.
and made their escape to the street
clad in their night garments.
The halls and corridors of the hotel
were filled with smoke and the guests
from the upper floors were compelled
to grope their way to the street. So
far as known they all got out in safety.
keith's theater is a six-storv build
ing and the Morton House is Ave sto-
ries, and both are practically in the
same building.
BY o'clock the flames had spread
with remarkable raDidity, and II
seemed as If the firemen would not be
able to prevent their spread to every
part of the building.
1t was learned that the fire started
In the storage room adjoining the en-
minutes after it's discovery it had
spread upstairs, eating its way to the
stores adjoining on the east. The Nor
ton House is on the west.
The clothing store of Benson & Co,
was soon destroyed, as was the cigar
store of Manuel Diaz.
The rapidity with which the flames
spread through the theater was be-
cause of a quantity of oils, paints and
a huge mass of scenery which was in
the storage room. The fumes and
gases from this inAammable stuff ham
pered the firemen in their work as they
were repeatedly driven from the base
ment to the street.
A t 22;:4s- am Chief CrolSsr- announced
that he had hopes of combining the fire
to the basement of the theater, and
also of preventing its spread further
to the eastward of the two stores
burned.
The guests of the Morton house We're
taken to other hotels in the vicinity to
be cared for and many of the men had
time to go back to their rooms to save
their valuables. The excitement in the
hotel was added to by the firemen
dragging long lines of hose through the
halls so that they could get the streams
TO play on the rear of the theater.
There were wild scenes in the hotel as
the guests, porters, walters and maids
ran screaming to the street. Many OF
the women tainted and We're carried
out, but a search of the hotel seemed
to satisfy the police that all were able
to reach places of safety.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
NEGRO DAY AT EXPOSITION.
PEOPLE HAD FULL
SWING YESTERDAY.

,.esident Miller of the state Col
ored College Delivered Address
VuII of sound Sense-The White
Man the Same North or South, He
Ssid-No Such Thing as Social
EounIity Anywhere, and White
less CIatter-Hc Asserts That the
ridewnter Negroes VIII Make as
Good Factory Hands as the Up
country Whites.
charleston, S. c., Jan. 1.-The build
ing and grounds of the Exposition,
with the exception of the race track,
were practically turned over to the col
ored people to-day. The attendance
WAS very large and the conduct of the
crowd excellent. The Negro Building
was turned over to the Exposition di-
rectors by DR.. w. d. Crum of Charles
ton. one of the most accomplished col
nred physicians in the South, with an
address appropriate to the occasion
The most notable feature of the cele-
bration was the address of the orator
of the day, President T. E. Miller, of
the State Colored College, at Orange
burg Learn to Labor and to Wait"
was the keynote OF the address, which
was opened by a glowing tribute to
Abraham Lincoln and Fred Douglass.
He said, in part:
The white man of the South is the
white man of the Northeast; the white
man of the South is the white man
wherever the American Eagle spreads
its wings.
we have friends across the Mason
andDixon line. They have spent their
treasures to assist in elevating us, but
we have them by the millions all
around us on this side of the line.
Let me say here that there is no
such thing as social equality anywhere
in the world; and that no sane white
man or negro should pay any atten-
ton to the clatter about social equal
ity. for it is all bosh to talk about it.
No sensible negro aims at it or ex-
poets it,"
Concerning the negro as a factory
hand, he said:
81 can locate a cotton factory in
llQe-WdIe RdTOilHd anu OpeIdle IL with
negro hands and make more money on
the capital invested than has been or
can be made with white hands in the
counties of Anderson, Richland, Ches-
ter, Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee,
York or Union, and cotton factories
have always paid in the counties
named.
Il have studied the conditions sur
rounding the factories in Upper Caro-
lima and know for a certainty that the
conditions for making money in cot
ton factories with negro labor in
Lower Carolina are superior to those
in Upper Carolina, where white labor
is employed.
u am not asking to displace the
white labor of the up-country with me-
gro labor, but I want the moneyed men
of the world to know that the chances
TO make money in cotton factories with
negro labor in Lower Carolina and
Georgia are two to one in our favor"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
A BLAZE AT vALDOsTA.
Grocery store of Mathis Bros. DAM
aged About $1,000.

Valdosta, Ga, Jan. There was a
good deal of excitement here last night
about midnight over a fire IN the heart
OF the business portion of the city. The
fire occurred in the grocery store Of
Mathis Bros. successors 10 J. b.
Warn. IT caught on some OF the upper
shelves where matches were formerly
kept and was probably caused by rats.
no matches being in the store at the
time. The fire was burning briskly
when the iiremen reached the scene
and the fire promised to be bad one.
though II was kept IN that building
and finally extinguished. The loss will
amount to probably $500, covered by
insurance. The loss from water will
probably be as much or more than was
caused by the fire
A crowd OF young men and ladies'
were out on a straw ride this morning
IT, celebration Of the New Year when
one Of the mules became IN and had
Ia be taken out. When that mule was
lead away the other began TO rear and
kick and attempt to run. A small panic
ensued among the young ladies and
they piled out OF the crowded wagon
IN q heap, creating much Amusement
among ali who Witnessed the scene.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
CAPTURED THE FIDDLER.
=. II. story, who Killed Hamp
Schriver, Now In Brunswick Jail.

>. III. story, who Killed Hamp
schriver, Now In Brunswick Jail.
Brunswick. Ga. Jan. is. II. Story,
who on Sept. 6 last killed Hamp
Schriver in this county, was brought
to Glynn jail from Kirkland, Coffee
county. to-day and is now resting
quietly. Story's captors, j. l.. Billiard
and John Solomon of Coffee, adopted
novel methods to capture Story. and
interest Is added to the capture by the
fact that one of the captors Solomon,
is said to be related to Story. II seems
that they knew a reward had been Of
fered by Gov Gambler of $3.50 for
Story's apprehension, and they laid
plans accordingly. Last night a big
New Years dance was arranged by
them at kirkland and according to
their well-laid plans Story who Is a
good banjo picker was secured to fur
nish the music. All went merry as
New Years dances go when a sudden
and startling announcement took place
on the hall room floor when Bullard
and Solomons covered Story, the banjo
picker, with their Winchesters, ordered
him to hands up and then with heavy
trace chains wound his neck in irons,
drew the clanking links down to his
hands and led him to the train for
Brunswick. il was in his chain bind
ings that Story came to Brunswick this
and as a manacled captive
with two guards, one armed with a
again walked the streets
where last he saw day as a free man.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
THE HILDEGRAD At BRUNSWICK.
Steel Mngnate's Yacht Had Rough
Trip Down the COnrt.

Brunswick. Ga. Jan. 1.-The ~~Noon-
er yacht 1ildegrad S. NJ ters.
master, arrived here to-day from Bos-
ton, where she viii lie until Jan. S,
and then take on her owner. Mr.. Ed
ward r. Coleman of Lebanon. Penn.
his sister. Miss Coleman, and a party
of five guests for a six months trip
to the West Indies and Central
America.
The passage down was very rough,
heavy gales striking them three times,
and on Christmas Day off Cape Della
ware, an especially heavy gale drove
them off the Gulf stream. External
appearances show that the Hildegrad
has been in rough weather. the ice
and snow having eaten the paint con-
siderably.
The Hildegrad Is a magnificent speci-
men of the schooner rugged yacht. and
carries a crew of twenty. She is $50
feet over all, draws IS feet and is $50
tons burden. Mr.. Coleman, her owner.
is one of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany magnates, and bought the yacht
for the purpose of making a two years
cruise TO various places in the Old and
New World, this one commencing the
series
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
Have Been Raging, Bringing Dis
comfort, Disease and Death.

Have Heen Raging, bringing DIS
comfort, Disease and Death.
Did you catch cold during the last
cold spell?
Did it leave you with a cough or
tickling or soreness in your throat, or
a slight discharge from the nose or
ear or ringing in the head?
If any of these things are true you
are in the first stages of chronic ca
tarrh. Peruna will cure you now in
very short time.
If you wait until the catarrh becomes
chronic 1t will take much longer to get
a permanent cure. Besides, no one is
safe a moment while chronic catarrh
is in the system.
1t is capable of producing a multi
tude of diseases such as bronchitis,
pneumonia, quinsy. dyspepsia, Bright's
disease and many forms of female
weakness. This fact should lead every
one who has the slightest cold or cough
to begin at once the proper treatment
Peruna is the remedy for all this
class Of diseases. 1t removes the dis
ease by removing the cause. catarrhal
Inflammation of the mucous MEM
brane.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
Tuna, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a fun statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, president of
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
ADMIRAL sCHLEY INVITED,
Columbus Would Like to Have Him
Attend Her Road Convention.

Columbus, Ga, Jan 1.-The Exc
cutve Committee, having in charge
the good roads convention in Colum-
bus, Jan. Is and II, on which occasion
the Southern Railways road building
train visits Columbus, to-day extended
a special invitation to Admiral Schley
to visit the city during the convention
The admiral will be in Savannah Jan.
8, and It is thought he can stop two
days in Columbus while en- route to
Chicago. Invitations were also ex-
tended to Governors Gambler and
Jelks. The road building lesson will
be given on North Highlands, Just
within the city limits.
M. l.. Woodruff was to- night elected
chairman of the Columbus police COM
mission, succeeding E. S. McEaeharn
who retires from the board.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02

Mr. Hugh Mooney $40 West Forty
second street, New York city, secretary
of the Union So, of the Eccentric Fire
men of New York, writes:
II can recommend Peruna to be the
only genuine catarrh remedy that
have ever tried. Ct have tped a great
many during the five years that have
suffered with catarrh) Subject to colds
as l am from drafts and sudden
changes of temperature, every new cold
brought its own fresh attack of ca
tarrh. At times my nose was stopped
up, and there was a noise like the
rumbling of thunder in my ears. and a
painful headache went with it.
"A friend advised me to take Peruna,
as it had cured him; l bought five bot
ties of it and when these were finished
my catarrh had disappeared.
Il bought five more and / have three
of them yet, and whenever / get q
fresh cold / take few doses of Pc
Tuna as a preventative from catarrh.
THE symptoms never present them
selves now HUGH MOONEY.
Mr.. j. b. Reese, Habnab, Md, writes:
1.-TWO years ago | became a sufferer
with catarrh which continued to grow
worse, and made me miserable. / could
scarcely smell at ALL and my taste had
almost left me. My head ached con-
stantly, and at times / had high fever
and bleeding at the nose. l was a per-
feet wreck.
Il tried several doctors but derived
no relief. / read in one OF your little
booklets called Ills of Life. of Peruna
being a sure cure for catarrh, and
procured bottle at once. After the use
of one bottle / felt some better, so
tried the second and the third, and now
/ am a well man.
MY health is much better than it
has been for three years. All praise is
due Peruna," j. B. REESE.
Hon. George c. Hazelton, ex-member
of Congress from Wisconsin, writes
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
When Gov. Shaw was campafgnin,

When Gov. Shaw was campaigning
last year he was called upon to answer
great many questions put by Popu-
lists. At one meeting a half-drunken
fellow interrupted the speaker re-
peatedly, always prefacing his ques-
lions with such remarks as Just wait
a minute, please" or Let me inter,
rupt for a minute" In an unhappy
moment he broke in with Pardon me,
but" Before he could finish the Gov
ernor smilingly replied well, I've
pardoned lots OF worse fellows than
you in my time, and suppose It would
be unjust TO draw the line here"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
A CHAPTER OF CASUALTIES.
Miner shoots Himself, Wife and
GrandchiId-ReIief Train Jumps
Track and Il ills Engineer

Kalispell, Montana, Jan. .1.-Patrick
Sullivan, a miner of Jennings, Mont,
shot his wife, his grand-child and him
self last night with fatal results to
himself and the child, while his wife
is in a dangerous condition. The cause
of the shooting is not known. The
citizens of Jennings sent to Kalispell
for medical aid and a special train
was sent to-day with two physicians
and the coroner. At a point just west
of Lucerne, the engine jumped the
track, instantly killing Engineer Her
ron and seriously injuring Fireman
Wilcox. The caboose did not leave the
track and the doctors proceeded to
Jennings while the dead and injured
We're brought to Kalispell
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02

MIR. samuel Spencer VIII Have
Quarters In Annex Later.
Brunswick. Ga. Jan. AFTER select
ing apartments In the new annex just
being completed at Jekyl Island Mr..
Samuel Spencer has returned to New
York and will return to Jelxyl later in
the season to occupy them.
Dean Hoffman OF New York the
wealthiest clergyman I'm the world. has
arrived at Jekyl with his sister, Mrs.
Jackson. for his regular season stay.
Mr.. II. II. Russell the Boston pub
Usher, Is spending a few weeks at
Jekyl.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
FOR MURDER OFF G. NJ. RHEA.
Special Term of Court TO Try the
Bloody Train Killers.

Greenville, Miss, Jan. Judge
Frank J. Larkin issued an order to-
day e. ouncing a special term of the
Circuit Court in Greenville, beginning
Tuesday, Jan. 81. The purpose is to
try Ashley Cooke, Tom Lauderdale,
Will Blackburn and A. M. Phipps. in
Jail here, charged with the murder of
G. M. Rhea. on a train Of the Mis-
sissipoi Valley Railroad near Leland,
Monday morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
ARMY OFFICER A SUICIDE.
Lieut.. Bevan of Eighth Artillery
Blows out His Brains.

lwaco, Wash, Jan. Lieut.. James
r. Bevan, Eighth Artillery, was found
dead in bed at Fort Candy to-day. His
Drains were blown out and by his side
Was found a revolver. It is apparently
case Of suicide, though no reason is
known why he should take his life.
ne had risen from the ranks and was
very popular officer. He was 40 years
VI age and had served in the Philip
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
A virginia Railroad Receivers.

Roanoke, Va, Jan. IA special from
Bristol says:
The Virginia and Southwestern Rail
way, which suffered from the late
storm, will lhave it's line in operation to
Maymead to-day, and probably to
Mountain City. Trains will leave Bris-
toll on regular schedule for all points
in Tennessee, except Elizabethton.
They expect to be running into Eliza
bethton by the end of the present
week.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
Debut of Miss clyde L. Raney.

Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 1.-The Leon
Hotel parlors were a scene of lowell
ness and beauty Tuesday evening.
Assembled in honor of Miss Clyde l..
Raney, the dubante daughter of for
mer Chief Justice Geo. p. Raney.
Dancing was the chief feature Of the
evening, followed by refreshments.
Among the young Georgians present
were Mr.. Geo. Gordan Bower. and Mr..
Dexter Mcbride of cambridge, Mr..
w. l.. Hammond Of Townsville.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
wEAvERs, STRIKE CONTINUES.

Operatives Reject Preferred Com
promise of Cents Advance.
Lawrence, Mass, Jan. 1.-At mass
meeting of the weavers of the Atlantic
Cotton Mills to-day, the strikers voted
unanimously to reject a compromise
offer of an advance of cents cut,
and it was voted unanimously to con-
tnue the strike until the demand of
an advance of ten cents per cut is
granted. The meeting was attended
by about $50 operatives. The strikers
claim to-day that fully 500 employees
nave left their work at the mills.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02

Brunswick. Ga, Jan. 1.--Brunswicks
shipping for the year 1901 shows an
increase Of 81 69O.045. The figures for
the period as furnished by Capt Otto
Johannensen. official statistician OF the
Brunswick Board Of Trade are as fol-
lows: Value of foreign and domestic
shipments and Imports 1901. $40, f0f, 0S3.
Value OF foreign and domestic ship
ments and imports. 1904. &24.7i4.02s.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
A SOUTHERN soar ASSOCIATION.
All Manufacturers south of the Ohio
to Consolidate,

Atlanta, Jan. lit is understood that
Southern soap manufacturers are or
ganizing for a consolidation of all
plants south of the Ohio river. Ed
ward O. Miles secretary of the largest
soap manufacturing concern in Atlanta,
said to-day that his company had been
asked to join the combination, which
Mr.. Miles said would affiliate with sim
liar associations in the North and.
West
The organization will be known as
the Southern Soap Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
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Col. Wrcun I'm BrunsyyfcL.

Brunswick, Ca, Jan. 1.-Col. B. w.
Wrenn of the Plant System is spend
ing a short while in the city with his
sister Mrs. j. f. Norris having just
returned from a short tour of the
Florida West Coast during which he
was accompanied by the Misses Norris
and Mrs. HaWorth of Baltimore
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02

Large Independent Tobacco Com
Dany Purchased by Continental.

Hamilton, o.. Jan. 1.-The independ-
ent Wilson and McCallay tobacco plant
here has been sold to the Continental
Tobacco Company, the consideration
being given in the deed of transfer filed
to-day as $4,000, but this is nominal.
The Wilson & McCallay Company is
one Of the largest Independent tobacco
companies in the state.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
The Tennessee Stationary.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 1.-The Ten
nessee river became stationary here
at o'clock tonight. The highest
stage reached is 40.S feet. The river
is falling at all points above Chatta-
nooga and began to fall here about
midnight But little damage has been
done here by the flood.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
Trainmen's wages Increased.

Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-The Press to-
morrow will say:
An Increase Of from to 70 per cent.
VI the wages Of about $4,000 trainmen
W Mas made to-day by the Pennsylvania
abroad. 1t will apply TO all the
W. Wainmen on the lines owned or oper-
80 by the company The clerical
V'Ve Is not included In the plan.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 1.-Writs were
sworn out to-day for the arrest of
forty alleged gamblers. The warrants
were issued on the affidavit of f. X
Odil, a brother of Guy Odil, who re-
Gently lost $4,000 in the gambling
houses of this city. The warrants
charge the defendants with various
felOnies
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
HE is BARELY ALIVE.
No Hope Entertained for the Recov-
cry of Judge FaIIigant.

AT o'clock this morning there was
scarcely a perceptible change in the
condition of Judge Robert Failigant.
Possibly he was a trifie weaker. evil
IDENTIFY the end was more closely APP
preaching, but this was all. There was
nothing upon which to found a hope,
and it was quite realized that within a
little while the end would come
Judge Falligant's family has been in
close attendance at his bedside since
his condition became so serious.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
NEW YoRr<'s ASSEMBLY CONvENEs
Gov. OdeII Declares Against Local
Option as to Sunday Opening.

Albany, y. Y, Jan. 1.-The General
Assembly convened in annual session
speaker of the House and the other
Republican caucus nominees of the
House as we'll as those of the Senate
We're elected. The annual message of
Gov. Benz. B. Odell Jr., was deliv-
cred to the Legislature. Gov. Odell
declared against local option on the de-
termination of the question of Sunday
opening of saloons.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
linking in the Preferred stock.

lew York, Jan. 1.-The office Of the
,.o tnern Pacific Railway Company
s,5 Kept open to-day for the receipt
~ redemption OF the preferred stocks
,,,inht company. Upwards OF sixty
Mons Of the entire seventy-hye mil
,. ns OF that issue OF stock was re-
"'sa. paid for and cancelled.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
The Chattahoochee subsidies.

Atlanta, Jan. 1.-The Chattahoochee
river which has been out of its banks
for several days. has materially sub
sided. The washouts on the Atlanta
and West Point line between this city
and Montgomery, have caused the
most serious interruption ever known
to traffic in that part of the state.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-02
Big Apartment Monse for AtInntn.

Atlanta, Jan. la big apartment
house is soon to be erected at Harris
and Peachtree streets, on the old
Bleckley property. by J. r. Leary. IL
is TO be ten stories in hight and viii
cost about $500, 900.