The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-08
CITY BREvlTIES.

The steamship City OF. Birmingham
will sail for New York this afternoon
at 4 O'Clock.
The annual meeting of the officers
of the First Volunteer Regiment of
Georgia will be held at the armory, i'll
the Savannah Cadets rooms, to-mor-
row night.
Chairman of Council Dixon was act
ing as Mayor yesterdaysin the absence
of Mayor Myers, who is in Florida.
Mayor Myers is expected back to-day
or tomorrow.
The usual meeting of the Council of
Jewish Women was not held yesterday
afternoon, having been because of the
absence of the president, Mrs. /. r.
Mendes, postponed until Monday.
The will of the late Mrs. Matilda c..
Terrell was probated in solemn form in
the Court of Ordinary yesterday. 1t
was offered for probate by Mrs. Mary
T. Demere, the executrix named in the
will
A committee was appointed at the
meeting of the Republican Blues last
night to report upon the question of
the company's annual picnic. The
committee will recommend a date for
the event
For the larceny of a purse containing
5000, Felia James, employed as a do
nestle by J. d. Fordham of No. 11OS
Abercorn street, was arrested last night
by Mounted Patrolman Deignan The
evidence against the prisoner is only
circumstantial.
A widows years support was grant
ed to Mrs. Mary e. Sullivan, for the
support of herself and six children,
from the estate of the late John j. Sui
livan, in the Court of Ordinary yester-
day. The appraisers allowed Mrs. Sui
Ivan $1,000 and this amount the Ordi-
nary approved.
A quarterly meeting the Baptist
Young Peoples City Union will be held
tonight at the Southside Baptist
Church. The meeting is called to COM
plete final arrangements for the state
convention, to be held in this city in
June. The annual election of officers
will then be held.
While loading the schooner Benjamin
F. Foley at the foot of Barnard street
yesterday, Frank Scott a negro la
borer, was struck by, a piece of timber
and had his left foot broken. The ne
gro suffered much pain and had to be
sent to his home in Bay street lane,
near Price, in the police ambulance.
During a dispute over a pair of shoes
A. Kramer of No. 322 Bryan street,
west, was painfully stabbed in the leg
and arm last night by a negro named
John Thomas. Kramer's assailant was
placed under arrest by Patrolman Winn
and is held at the police station house
on charge Of assault with intent to
murder.
Lena Reed of No. 109 Stewart street,
an aunt of Hattie Bruen, the negro
woman who was shot to death by John
Burke at No. 632 Bay street, west, last
week, called at the Morning News Of
fee last night to explain how the wo-
man happened to live in the same house
with Burke. The Reed woman says
that her niece. had been employed to
care for Burke's children, and that she
knew something about the murderer
that she threatened to tell and which
probably prompted him to take her life
After the drills and meetings of the
companies of the First Regiment last
night, instruction in guard mount and
guard duty was given the details that
are to form the guard for Thursday
night. The details assembled in the
quarters of the Emmett Rifles. Capt.
C. H Konemann of the German Vol
unteers is, to be officer of the day,
Lieut.. James Fl. Butner of the Ogle-
thorpe Light Infantry is to be senior
officer of the guard, and Lieut. r. W
Baughn Of the German Volunteers is
10 be Junior officer. OF the guard Bat
TALON, Adjutant Rudolph Schwarz will
act as adjutant at the guard r-ount.