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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
ODD FELLOWS ARE READY.
Some Sixty Delegates Will Leave for
Atlanta Before Wednesday.

Some Sixty Delegates Will Leave Tor
Atlanta Before Wednesday.
In the neighborhood of sixty dele
gates, about twenty-five of whom will
be women, will represent Savannah at
the annual session of the Grand En-
campment and Grand Lodge of Geor-
gia Odd Fellows to convene in Atlanta
Tuesday morning.
The majority of the delegates, in
Guiding the ladies who will represent
Ruth Lodge No 8, Rebekah Degree,
will leave on the regular train over
the Central Tuesday night. Their
presence in Atlanta will not be re-
quired until Wednesdays session. They
will take part in the session Thursday
also, at which time the Grand Lodge
will adjourn. The lady delegates will
probably be provided with a special
car.
Deputy Grand Master Henry Nc
Alpin will be in Atlanta tomorrow
night, as will other officers whose bust
ness calls them to the Kimball House
before the session convenes. He will
be elected Grand Master. it Is expect
ed. Grand Representative c. H. Dor
sett and Grand Secretary ]. S. Tyson
will also leave tomorrow morning for
Atlanta to be bright ana treSh Wnen
the Grand Lodge convenes. Other
delegates will leave tomorrow night
and reach Atlanta in time for the
opening. and there will be no organ
lied departure.
The convention promises to be the
largest in the history of Odd Fellow
ship in the state, and it is expected
that in the neighborhood of 500 dele
gates and past masters, who are en-
titled to vote in all conventions, will
go. Atlanta has a membership of some
$500 Odd Fellows, and elaborate prep
arations have been made for the Wis
iting delegates. There has been no
movement to have the next convention
in Savannah, and it is expected that
the session in 1903 will be held in Val
dosta, although Macon and Columbus
may bid for it. The Savannah dele
gates are Of the opinion that Valdosta
will be selected.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
ms SILVER JUBILEE
HE CELEBRATED BY REV
Nv I. p. MENDES TUESDAY.
las PASTOR OF MICKvA ISRAEL
ePENT A QUARTER OF A CEN.
TURY IN SAVANNAH.

oDies to Take Place Mt Night
viii Consist of Number of Adj
es and Selections of Music by
- of sixteen VOices-Rev. DR..
Fair to Make Opening Prayer
Rev. Chas. H. Strong to offer
--.,oratuIatiOns on Behalf of
cn.,sttan Ministers-Sketch of His
- of Congregation Mickva
Israel.
tuesday night. in Temple Mickva
,.-aaI Rev. 1. P. Mendes, D. D., min
,.,ar of the congregation, will celebrate
t. quarter century of his pastorate.
rbo services will be at $3.50 p. m. and
rin he in keeping with the event they
ire 10 commemorate.
/. Mr.. Joseph Rosenheim, president of
,bs congregation, will preside and in a
|.r,af Introduction will state the object
Ii the service. He will be followed by
|pev. DR.. ]. Y. Fair, pastor of the In
|5snendent Presbyterian Church, who
Mill offer a prayer. Rev. DR.. Marx of
.tanta will deliver an address to
which Dr. Mendes will probably make
response, and then another short
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

sketch of the origin and growth of
Congregation Mickya Israel will be of
value.
Origin of the Congregation.
In the records of Georgia it is stated
that several Jews arrived from Eng
land in 1873 and that they brought
with them two scrolls of the law and
the Ark, or receptacle for them. From
this fact it is supposed that a con-
gregatiOn was established shortly af-
terward. Tradition honors a room in
the neighborhood of Bay lane as the
place in which the Hebrews first as
sembled for the purpose of divine wor-
ship.
Then, at a later date, this temper
airy synagogue was changed to a one
story wooden building on Broughton
street lane. Tradition also states that
after some years a schism took place
among the members of the congrega-
ton, and such probably occurred, since
the earliest manuscript extant, bear
ing date Sept. Z, 1862, is a deed of gift
of a parcel of land by Mr.. Sheftall to
'all persons processing to be Jews" to
be used by them either as a burying
lot or as the site of synagogue.
Organized in 1890.
Whatever may have been the real oc-
CuTISuCSS WHICH iIldIhSQ Tie carry nlo-
tory of the congregation, it is quite
certain that it existed under its pres
ent name in the year 1890, for the old
minute book, now in possession of the
congregation. contains entries as fal
back as that year. and the charter OF
the congregation bears date Nov. 80
1890, during the administration
of Governor Edward Telfair
The congregation, though organized
IL.
edihce for public worship and it was
not until 1915 that the first synagogue
was erected, at the northeast corner
of Liberty and Whitaker streets. The
lot was granted by City Council for
that purpose, and the building itself
was of wood and of small dimensions
In 1928 this building was destroyed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
Win Masonic Honors.
LITTLE MEAT ON SALE.
butchers Could Not supply the De-
mands of Their Customers,

mands of Their Customers.
The scarcity of meats predicted in
the Morning News yesterday was COM
pletely verified by the events of the
day. A few far-sighted butchers had
plenty Of meat on hand, but by far the
greater number could offer their GUS
toners nothing or else inferior cuts and
grades to those they have been accus-
toned to serve.
One car of beef was received by the
S. & S. Beef Company during the day
and helped to some extent to relieve the
local scarcity. The contents of the car
were snapped up by the dealers as fast
as they could be unloaded.
Many butchers were compelled to go
completely without Western meats.
They were not to be had for love or
money and, though extravagant prices
were offered they were, perforce, re-
fused. Other meats than beef were
scarcely less conspicuous by their alb
sence from the market. 1t was a meat
famine, sure enough.
Native beef was offered in much
larger quantities than usual by the
dealers and found a ready sale The
sale of this meat, however, was ham
pered by the fact that the owners of
cattle, encouraged by the example of
the Western packers, have increased
their prices to an almost prohibitive
point.
Western beef is now bringing 10
cents pound at wholesale and the To-
cal dealers say it will go higher within
the next few weeks. AS it already is,
1t has become a luxury, and, so far
as the choice cuts are concerned, be-
yond the means of the moderately
well to do.
Several cars of beef are now on the
way to Savannah and are expected
to reach the city tonight or to-mor-
row morning. Placed on the market,
as their contents will be promptly,
these will serve to some extent to 1e-
lieVe the scarcity
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

address of congratulation will be made
by Rev. Charles H. Strong, rector of
st. Johns Church, who will represent
|the Christian ministers of Savannah.
The services will be. attended not on
Ply by the members of the congregation,
but by those of the Sunday-school as
well. The latter will march in a body.
The music, too, promises to be unusual
by fine, the regular choir being aug
|mented to sixteen voices. This part of
Ethe programme will be under the d.
Irection of Mr. Frank E. Rebarer.
Rabbi Mendes.
Rev. DR.. Mendes was born in King
|ston, Jamaica, and was educated in
London, England, where, as early as
~ years old, he officiated in the syna-
|gogue. He came to the United States
|and NJ the age of 20 was minister of
the Congregation Beth Shalom, Rich
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
commencement Exercises at Theater
on Night of June 20.

The commencement exercises of the
Savannah High School will be held this
year at the Theater, on the evening of
Thursday, June 26. The commence
ment address will be delivered by Hon.
Pope Barrow.
There are between fifty and sixty pu
pills in the Glass of 1902 who will re-
ceve their diplomas on this occasion.
The final examinations in the schools
will begin, probably, during the third
week of next month for the High
School and during the fourth week for
the grammar schools of the city.
Considerable rivalry obtains in the
graduating class of the High School as
to the honors of the year. These are
awarded from the marks attained dur
ing the three years of the High School
course and there is much doubt as to
how they will be distributed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
TELEGRAM NOT DELIVERED.
Kept Mrs. Thomas King Away From
Bedside of Dying Sister

A suit of $1,000 damages, predicated
upon a condition of affairs somewhat
unusual, was filed yesterday in the Of
flee of the clerk of the City Court. The
plaintiff is Mrs. Thomas King and the
defendant the Western Union Tele-
graph Company.
A telegram announcing the desperate
illness and impending death of her
sister was sent Mrs. King from Gold
Hill, N. c., on April 10. 1t besought
her to come at once. Although prop
erly addressed to Mrs. King at her
residence, the telegram was not deliv-
cred, and she knew nothing of her sis
ter's illness until the receipt, a few
days later, of letter announcing her
death and burial.
The company offered her 500, the
amount of damages fixed by the stat
ute, but this Mrs. King declined to ac-
cept. In addition to this amount, she
asks a judgment for $1,000 for the pain
and anguish she has suffered through
her inability, springing from the de-
PENDANTS negligence, to attend her
sister in her dying moments. The
plaintiff is represented by Thomas Il.
Hill
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
WITH CHAIN AND CHARM.
Julius Stark VIII Be Remembered
by III. a. III. Society.

Julius Stark VIII Be Remembered
by III. a. III. Society.
The retiring president of the H. G.
H. Society, Mr.. julius Stark, will be
presented tonight, by those whom he
has served, with a handsome watch
chain and charm. The presenta ton
will be made in Metropolitan Hall,
where the sessions of the society are
held.
The chain was selected by a com
mittee made UP of Jacob Weiser,
chairman; A j. Garfunkel and Ed
ward Haskell, and will be formally
presented to the retiring president. The
charm is a gold cigar cutter, set with
three diamonds. Upon it is inscribed
ITO Julius Stark, from the H. G. H.
Society, 1902
The society is a Hebrew benevolent
organization, and as its president Mr..
Stark did much good. He retired of
his own volition, and at a special meet
ing it was decided to present him with
a token that would show the esteem
in which he is held by his fellow mem
berS.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

of Mrs. Cleveland, Miss Gross, Mr.
Mallette, and the usual choir, rendered
very choice and beautiful music, and
added much to the impressiveness of
the occasion.
The service being concluded, the
building was declared formerly con-
secrated to the service of God after
which the Benediction was pronounced,
and the Congregation dispersed. Hap
piness and satisfaction was depicted
upon every countenance, and all SEEM
ed reJoiced at the completion and con-
secration of so beautiful a building,
Altogether the day will long be re-
membered as an important epoch in
the history of our time honored con-
gregation.'
With Masonic HOnors.
The present officers of the congrega-
ton are the following members of the
Board of Ajunta: Messrs. Joseph Ro-
senheim, president; Samuel Herman,
vice president and treasurer; Moses S.
Byck, secretary, and E. A. We'll, Law
renee Lippman, a. S. Guckenheimer
and J. E. Gutman. The committee in
charge of the affair Tuesday consists
of Messrs. Joseph Rosenheim, Lee Roy
Myers, Abram Minis, and Isaiah a.
Solomon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
TWENTY-NINE GRADUATES.
VIII Receive Diplomas at CoIored
College Next Week.

college Next Week.
At its annual commencement June 1
10 the Georgia State Industrial Col
lege will graduate the largest class in
its history. There will be thirty in the
literary department and fifteen from
the industrial department.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached Sunday, June 1, by DR..
Adams, dean of the Atlanta University.
Monday afternoon there will be held a
mechanics conference in connection
with the industrial department. The
colored mechanics of Chatham county
are expected to be present, and several
of the unions have already accepted
invitations. Addresses will be delivered
by prominent white and colored me-
chanics. Monday night Rev. Patrick
Henry Travis will address the Y. NJ.
G. a. Tuesday afternoon Lucy C.
Laney, principal of the Haines Indus
trial Institute, will deliver the address
to the young womens' societies. At
night DR.. L. b. Palmer will deliver the
annual address to the literary socie-
ties.
The graduation exercises will take
place Wednesday, June 4. In the morn
ing at 10 o'clock there will be trades
parade and exhibition of the handicraft
and skill of the students in the trades
schools, at the conclusion of which Col.
P. W. Meldrim. president of the Board
of Commission, will deliver diplomas
to fifteen young men who have conn
pleted their trades
The regular commencement exercises
will take place at II o'clock. Diplomas
will then be given to twenty-nine grad
yates. DR.. II. T. johnson of Philadel-
phia, will deliver the commencement
address, and Chancellor Hill will de-
liver the diplomas. Senator Hill, Gov.
Gambler and DR.. William Buttrick, of
New York, secretary of the Ogden Ed
vocational Committee. are expected to
be present. A large number of the old
graduates of the school will attend the
alumni dinner. given in their honor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
SHOT IN THE SHOULDER.
Negro spotter wounded in n Bow
over 20 Cents.

Jim Norman, a negro, was arraigned
in Police Court yesterday on a charge
of assault with intent to murder, but
the case against him was continued be-
cause of the absence of the prosecutor.
In a dispute over 20 cents Norman
shot d spotter named Kid Johnson and
made his escape. The shooting occurred
during the morning on Houston street
and Oglethorpe lane and Norman was
arrested a short while later in Lovers
lane by Mounted Patrolman Eivers.
The bullet entered Johnson's shoulder
and the wound is not a serious one. He
will be able to appear against his as
sailant at to-morrow's session of court.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
HOTEL TYBEE's FIRST DAY.
Expected That Attendance viii Be
Exceptionally Good.

Hotel Tybee will be opened for the
season to-day. A special feature of the
occasion will be the music by Tarrant's
Orchestra as follows:
March, "Blazeaway" QIolzman).
Selection, Bohemian Girl (Balfe).
Waltz, "Chantily" (WalteufeD.
Selection. Maid Marian" (DeKoven)
Interzza. "Cupids Garden" (Eugene)
Loop the Loop" (Smith).
March, THE Colored Major" (Hen-
ry).
Medley, New Hits" CYon Tilzer).
Selection. "Floradora" (Stuart).
Trombone solo, selected, Harry
Wright
II is expected that the hotel will en-
tertain a number OF guests during the
day and that the formal opening will
be but the forerunner 20 a most pros
perous season.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
MISSIONARIES TO CHINA.
To Visit Congregation Independent
Presbyterian Church This Week.

Presbyterian Church This Week.
Rev. w. Fl. Hudson. the missionary
In China, who is supported by the In
pected during the coming week. and he
will visit the congregation. He has just
returned from China, and has been Ia
the general convention of the Southern
Presbyterian Church which met at
Jackson, Miss.
Rev W. B. Grier. another missionary
TO China, il expected soon.
Owing TO repairs which are being
made 20 the bell in the Independent
Presoyterian Church. services will be
held there to-day without ringing IL.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
IN POLICE COURT.
Negro Charged With Attempted
Theft Held for Vagrancy.

At yesterdays session of Police Court
Alexander Brown. colored. was re-
manded for trial in the City Court by
Recorder Myrick on a charge of va
grancy. The negro was arrested by
Patrolman Umbach on a charge of at
tempted larceny.
Joseph Scott, colored, was fined S. or
ten days for disorderly conduct.
Thomas Wilson, colored, was re-
handed for trial IN the City Court for
having concealed a case Of smallpox.
Minnie Moore, colored, was fined IS
or ten days for cursing on the street.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

e. yal' Va, then, after a few years
tar 10 savannah, was elected minis
ar4 u me congregation Mickva Israel
W.. mas held the position ever since.
VIII MIN the growth of his congregation
tir,o in mas more than doubled in the
anaa ol MS pastorate, DR.. Mendes' in
no,, mas also grown so that he is
bol%s4oo one Of the best known of the men
M pastorates in the South. DR..
to1 5'oss enjoys the peculiar distinc-
he OF having received from
g. University of Georgia the
Tb9a' 81 D. D.. as well as of NJ. A.
c,rf.IH. onor is peculiar in that the re-
fsits OF 1t is the only man of his
r. 20 which the University has ever
pl,ea this degree.
raist let a peculiar coincidence of the
On i'ion is the fact that II happens
MOI 18th birthday of DR.. Mendes'
or. Mrs. Sarah J. Mendes of New
tbs ,a vas. DR. Mendes was very anxious
vc.. s1e should be present at the SER
tho out her great age made her fear
tenn, 'sssome Journey too much 20 at
d IL, new Of the interesting occasion
" minister's silver jubilee some
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

Mayor Myers received a letter from
Congressman Lester yesterday. stating
it to be his belief that the river and
harbor bill. in which Savannah is in
terested, will pass during the present
session of Congress.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
BROUGHT BACK ESCAPED CONVICT.
Copper Wire Thief Arrested in An
Rustm for Authorities Here.


gusta for Authorities Here.
Deputy Sheriff E. c. Ha1igan re-
turned last night from Augusta with
a negro named Willie Blount, who is
wanted for escaping from the county
changing. Blount is a copper wire
thief and was arrested by Detective
Murphy for the theft Of copper wire
from the street railway company.
The negro was convicted Of the Of
Tense In the City Court and was sem
fenced TO serve a term Of twelve
months. Blount remained on the
changing a few days longer than
three months and made his escape. He
will be forced 10 serve out the re-
mainder Of his time and will be given
an additional term for having escaped
and for putting the county 70 the eE-
pense Of sending an officer for him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

-she-"When I married you I had
no idea you would stay away from
home so much" well, neither had
Lite.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
Standing of the CIubs In National
md Amcricnn Lcngmes
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
OdeII Has HiG Oher.

NEW YORK. May 19.-lf Governor
Benjamin i. Odcll decides to accept Il
denomination from the Republican par
~ next fall, he must decline an offer in
the world of railroads and finance that
entails salary which one report
names as 100000 year. Governor
Odcll made his trip to the Pacific coast.
it is said, TO confer with +. III. Harri-
man in regard to an offer to become the
eastern representative of the Hartman
interests. Since Mr.. Hartman had his
recent financial battle with j. Pierpont
Morgan he has felt the necessity of an
eastern representative who could com
mand respect from all quarters and be
Of especial use through his knowledge
OF politics.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
ALL DEAD SAVE one
Terrible Explosion Of Gas In
Tenn essee Mine.
MORE THAN 200 MINERS Persisted.
rhc FraicrviiIc Mine at ConI Creek
tiuD the scene of One of the
worst DISASTERS in Min
ms History.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, May 2O.-In-
formation just received from Coal
Creek. Tenn, where the terrible OK
piOsion of gas occurred, says the res
cue party has entered the Iratcrville
mine. Every man within it is dead.
The list of dead will reach between
175 and 225. The work of recovering
the bodies has lcgun.
Out of the large number of men and
boys who went TO work yesterday
morning developments show that only
one is alive. aud he is so badly injured
that he cannot live. This man was
William Morgan. an aged EngliShman,
who was Il road man in the mine and
was blown out of the entrance by the
force of the explosion. One hundred
anil sevcnty-five miners were checked
in for work by the mine boss. In addi-
ton to these were boys who acted as
helpers and drivers. road men and 9th
ers to the number of perhaps fifty.
The men had not been at work long
before the terrible explosion occurred.
There was a fearful roar, and then
flames shot from the entrance and the
air shafts. News of the disaster spread
like wldfiro. but as soon us possible
two rescuing parties were started in,
one at the main entrance, the other
through Thistle mine, which adjoins
and in which no men were at work.
| The Thistle party was unable to make
any Roadway. us the gas stifed the
workers. The Fraterville party went
fully two miles under the earth. until
heavy fall of slate was encountered
At this barrier men worked like de-
MONS hoping against hope that those
beyond might be safe.
All day long the rescuers tOiled at
the slate obstruction, and not until >
o'clock in the evening did they force an
entrance through it. Up to that houl
only five dead bodies had been recOv-
cred, and hope was still high that
many within were safe. The hopes of
the living were doomed, however, for
when once the rcscucrs could enter and
proceed they walked through Il contin-
uous tomb of death. There was not a
sign of life. Every man had persisted,
they believed, although all the rooms
: have not as yet been entered.
The Fratervillp mine is located in
Anderson county. Tenn. 1t is owned
| by the Coal Greek Coal company, of
which Major +. c. Camp of this city
is president and general manager.
! This is, the oldest mine in the Coal
! Creek district. having been opened in
| 1870. \ large area has been developed
and worked. The Coal Creek coal
seam is struck by this mine. the hard
one-half feet in thickness. The Fra
torville mine has always been consid-
cred one of the safest mines in the
! Coal Greek belt
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
GOVERNOR GENERAL WOOD.

the two visiting foreign warships the
Italian cruiser Calabria and the Brit
ish cruiser Psyche. All the shipping in
the harbor is dressed.
The tributes paid by the Cubans to
their martyrcd dead included the plac-
ing of wrcaths of laurel on the wall
near the Punta battery. on the ocean
front, before which score of beard
less Cuban cadets were executed by the
Spanish volunteers in 1870. Last even
were held in all the political clubs here.
President Elect Palma and Generals
Gomez and Castillo attended the serv-
ices ut the National club.
During the day there was a general
distribution of charitable donations to
the poor at the city hall.
The number of visitors in Havana is
estimated at 1000, and special trains
IRE being run to the city today.
Final reports show that General
Wood will turn over to the republic
$JG7, 100 in cash and also S1.30S. GO7 in
bonds, against which the current liabil-
tiles are charged
The final figures of the expenditure
of insular funds during General Woods
administration. which began Dec 81,
1899. are $46,1J9,65G.94. During the
whole period of the American occupa-
ton the amount expended has been
$50, 1913. 523