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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. T. o. Saffold of Griffin is a guest
of the Pulaski
Mr.. w. c. Jenkins of Daisy is a guest
of the Screven.
Mr.. H. C. Erwin of Atlanta is a
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr.. j. w. West of VaIdosta is regis
tered at the Pulaski
Mr.. w. H. Bitch of Bitch is regis
tered at the Pulaski.
Mr.. B. B. Sorrier of Statesboro is a
guest of the De Soto.
Sheriff w. B. Thompson of Sylvania
is a guest of the Pulaski.
Mr.. NJ. A. Baker, Jr., of Brunswick
is a guest of the Pulaski.
The Misses Faye left for Washington
yesterday via the Plant System.
Mrs. S. NJ. Mainthow left for New
York yesterday via the Plant System.
Mr.. f. F. Ames and family left via
the Southern yesterday for Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. j Ostrander left for
Washington yesterday via the South
ern.
Mr.. Albert E. Smith, Jr of Liberty
City registered at the Screven yester-
day.
Mr.. A. T. Jones of the Industrial
Record, Jacksonville, Fla, is in the
city.
Mr.. S. Ross was among the Balti-
more passengers of the Plant System
yesterday.
Mr.. J. w. Edwards of Bnena Vista
was among the arrivals at the Pulaski
yesterday.
Mr.. W. H. Bitch, Jr., of Statesboro
was among the arrivals at the De Soto
| yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Brown left via
the Plant System yesterday for St.
Augustine.
Mr.. George S. Baynard of Guyton
was in the city yesterday, a guest of
the Pulaski.
Mr.. F. Neuberger sailed for savan-
nah from New York on the Birming-
| ham Friday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. I. Densler of Port
Royal were among the arrivals at the
| Screven yesterday.
Mr.. M. w. Schneebele was among
| the passengers of the Southern for
| Greensboro yesterday.
Mr.. E. Karow, Jr.. is a passenger on
| the City of Birmingham, which sailed
| from New York Friday.
| Mr.. NJ. A Cheney and party were
among the Washington passengers of
the Plant System yesterday.
Col. Park Woodward and Mrs.
| Woodward of Atlanta were among the
| arrivals at the Pulaski yesterday.
After several weeks of illness Mrs.
C. w. Strickland has recovered suffi-
GENTLY to visit her sister, Mrs. A. j..
Lee, in Brooklet.
Rev. DR.. J. d. Jordan, pastor of the
| First Baptist Church. has gone to
Rome. Ga, TO attend several meetings
preliminary to the State Baptist Con-
vention, which will be begun to-mor-
| row.
Mr.. Edgar NJ. Hopes of Wilmington,
Del. spent yesterday in the city Mr..
Hopes is the proprietor of Whining
toms morning newspaper and one Of
the large advertising agencies of the
| country.
The house on Capt. NJ. J. Doyle's
place at Thunderbolt, formerly used
| in connection with the beer garden
has been moved to the street line in
| order to make way for a car track.
| II was lacked up ten feet from the
ground. The work was done by
Wessrs. j. j. Morris & Son.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
The DREAD DISEASE
PREVALENCE OF LEPRosY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES 27s.
MARINE HOSPITAL COMMISSION
MAKES REPORT.

Louisiana Leads with Total of
155 Cases, of which IOI Are in
Orleans County and 81 in the Leper
Home at Observation-Disclosures ana
California Have - Each and Min
nesOta 2O-GeOrgia Has One-A Lc-
Some Isolated Region.
Washington. March 24.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury to-day sent to
the Senate the report of q commission
of medical officers of the Marine Hos
pital Service appointed to investigate
the origin and prevalence of leprosy in
the United States distributed by states
as follows:
Alabama, 1; California, "a; Florida,
"a; Georgia, /; Illinois, 5; Iowa, /;
Louisiana, 1856; Maryland, 1; Massa-
chusetts, 2; Minnesota. 20; Mississippi,
5; Missouri, 5; Montana, /: Navada, l;
New York, Z; North Dakota, 16; Ore
gon, 1; Pennsylvania, 1; South Dakota,
/; Texas, 3; Wisconsin, 3.
or the total number, 176 are males
and 102 females; las American born,
120 foreign born, and the remainder
uncertain. 1t is stated that 1856 of the
cases were contracted in the Unietd
States, but the opinion is expressed by
the commission that this number is
too large, and that some of these
cases were brought from abroad.
Summarizing the commission says
that the number of cases is smaller
than ic llxr lnaIfaxyss5 oil
say that leprosy is conveyed from one
person to another in the United States
such conveyance being most markedly
noticeable in the states on the South
ern coast; that large majority of
the cases in the United States (S3 per
cent? are at large; that at present
only 70 of the cases are isolated and
provided for by the states or cities in
which they are located, and that many
of those now at large, if not all, would
be willing to be cared for by the pub
lie If proper Ieprosaria existed fol-
their treatment and comfort The COM
mission recommends the establishment
of retreat for lepers, and express
the opinion that it should be in the
arid Southwest, or in a similar re-
gion farther North, or on an island in
the Gulf of Mexico or on the Pacific
coast
OF the 155 cases reported from
Louisiana, 101 are in Orleans county
and 81 in the leper home at Iberville
OF the cases in New York, are in
Kings county and 8 in New York
county. The commission expresses the
opinion that the figures given do not
represent the total number of lepers
in the country, because, they say, the
loathsome character of the disease
causes persons affected to conceal IL
as long as possible. They also express
the opinion that 1t is most frequently
contracted by inhaling dust where
lepers have been located.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25

the ordinary routine of the Depart
ment of Justice it would be at least
three weeks before investigation would
show the truth-these groundless
charges had been filed simply to pre-
vent my immediate appointment, and
in the hope that at the end of that
time, by bringing additional influence
to bear, they could secure the appoint
ment of their candidate.
Several gentlemen of my name had
been members of our State Legislature,
while the defendant in our leading
case on murder also possessed the
same patronymic.
MIR. Attorney General, / replied, I
was never a member of the Legislature
in my life. / was not interested in any
way in the bill you mention, and l
never saw Senator Blank in my life
until he opposed me for this appoint
ment l am only q years cS. John
Blank was killed forty years ago, and
the records show that the murderer
was sentenced thirty -nine years ago.
1.-The Attorney General did not say
a word He signed his name to sheet
lying upon his desk, inserted my
name, and handed it to me with a
smile. 1t was MY appointment as
Assistant Attorney"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
SOCIETY,"

Miss Eileen Hunter, will return TO
New York to-day.
Miss Mary Conner will spend the Eas-
ter holidays with her mother.
Mrs. Rauers and Mrs. Lewis Haskell
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
I. Dent at Hofwyl.
Mr.. Jacob Rauers, Miss Elise Rauers
ana Miss Nan duBignon have returned
from st. GATHERINGS Island.
Mrs. Wesson will spend the Easter
holidays in Savannah, the guest of her
son, Mr.. David Wesson. Mrs. Wesson
VIII be accompanied South by Master
David Wesson, who will spend the
holidays with his parents.
Mrs. Courtlandt Parker and Miss
Wright after several weeks spent in
the city are leaving to-day for
Charleston, later going to Washing
ton, to be the guests of Col. and Mrs.
James Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Parsons are the
guests of Mr.. John Gillespie at his
plantation in Mississippi.
Mr.. Jack Rauers is taking a party
to st. GATHERINGS tomorrow. Mr..
Rauers' guests will be Mr.. T. Lewis
Malone, Mr.. Size and Mr.. Wright Hun
ter.
Mrs. Frank 7. Webb has as her
guests her mother, Mrs Elizabeth
Tusey. and her sister, Mrs. Arthur H.
q. Garrett of Wilmington, Del.
Mr.. w. T. Rainey and Mr.. A. G.
Whitney have returned to New York.
Mr.. Roy Rainey will remain in the
city until next week.
Miss Mary Jones is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. w. D. Simpkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Farie, Jr., en-
tertained in honor of Mrs. Ashby Purse
of Atlanta last week.
Mrs. C. M. Gilbert will have the
weekly silver tea for the flower COM
mittee of the Independent Presbyterian
Church at her residence, SOS CASTOR
street, east, this Afternoon.
The Woman's Exchange is a very
attractive place to tighten ones pocket
things, such as novelties in burnt
wood, stocks, turnovers, Easter eggs
ana cards, tempt one with their at
Effectiveness, and make very pretty
and acceptable Easter gifts for
friends.
The first spring cotillion will be the
Thursday after Easter.
Among those at Mrs. James Sullf-
vans sewing class yesterday morning
were Miss Copeland, Miss Marion Mac
lean, Miss Claudia johnson, Miss
Frances Meldrim, Miss Chase and Miss
Carrie Lou Meldrim.
Mrs. Warren H. Campbell of Gaines
vile, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Chas. w. West, Jr., on Waldburg
street, east. :
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
POLITICIANS QUEER METHODS.
Applicant for Office Charged with
Murder Done Years Before He Was

Born.
Washington Telegram to st. Louis
Republic.
The uniformity with which charges
are filed against Missouri Republicans
who are applicants for Office caused
an official of the Department of Jus
tice Saturday to relate an experience
of his own.
Il myself was accused of bribery
and murder" he said II was seek
ing berth as Assistant United States
Attorney, and my candidacy was OBJ
5ectionable to the political combina-
ton which controlled the disposition
of the federal patronage in my state.
Ostensibly, the main point urged
against my selection had been my
youth, which was forcibly contrasted
with the years and experience of the
candidates they advocated. Neverthe-
less, one day the Attorney General told
me that he intended to appoint me. 1
hurried to my hotel, packed my grip,
and homeward bound, started down
the avenue for the station. On my
way 1 met the politicians who had
been fighting my appointment, and, in
answer to their inquiries. very foolish
ly told them that I did not expect to
return to Washington for some time.
Each day 1 expected my appoint
ment to be announced, but l was dis
appointed. After waiting a week I
came to Washington and hurried to
the Department of Justice, where l
was soon admitted to see the Attorney
General.
What have you to say. slr?" at
once said that official, Ito these
charges which have been preferred
against you?"
Somewhat dazed, 1 reviewed my
short career, and, treasured thereby,
finally asked the nature of the
charges against me.
1T is charged read the Attorney
General, that, while a member of your
State Legislature. you offered Senator
Blank $500 to vote for certain bill
then pending before the State Senate.
In addition, you are charged with hav-
ing shot and killed John Blank, and
with having been found guilty of MUIR
der and sentenced to the penitentiary
1t is admitted, however, that you es-
capped serving your sentence in the
state penitentiary through certain le-
gal informalities attending your trial
In the lower court
Before the Attorney General had
read ten words of the charges / un-
derstood the politicians reasons for
filing such tissue of baseless fabri-
cations. Knowing that I would be out
of the city for some time, and that in
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
WOMAN wooED WOMAN.
Mrs. George Green Says Their Court
ship Was shOrt-Lived as Brother
and Sister.

Mrs. George Green Says Their Court
ship Was ShOrt-Lived as Brother
and Sister.
From. the New York World.
Petersburg, Va, March 23.-Mrs.
Green, whose husband, just dead, was
a woman, told to-day the story of her
wooing. .....
After a courtship extending over a
few months" she said, George Green
and 1, then Mrs. Mary Biddles, were
married in Erie, Pa, thirty-f1ve years
ago, the ceremony being performed ac-
cording to the Catholic faith A few
days after the marriage my husband
told me he was not man, and i'm
plored me not to divulge the fact but
live with him and let each be a help
to the other.
ST was almost overcome with aston
ishment, but promised my husband
that his wish should be granted, and
we from that time have lived together
as brother and sister. Not a soul on
earth knew the truth till yesterday"
Mrs Green speaks of the memory of
her woman spouse as tenderly. as only
a woman can speak of a loved one.
Standing by the bier she placed her
hand upon his head and said;
He was the noblest soul that ever
lived. He has worked hard through his
life and has been all to me. No man
can say he ever wronged him. He was
a Christian and 1 believe his soul is
now with Christi
Green always associated with men
and engaged in pursuits and diver
sions common to men. He smoked but
seldom, chewed tobacco, but was not
addicted to drink. Mrs. Green said her
husband had always worn male attire.
The members of his family living here
with him did not know the truth nor
do they now believe what is told them
about him.
The funeral of George Green took
place from ST. Joseph's Catholic Church
in this city at s O'Clock this afternoon,
andsth body was buried in the Catho-
lie cemetery B in Blandford. Green
willed to, his wife hisaeotton plantation
near Raleigh N C..
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25

~ live right here in the city where
Blood Wine is made. l have seen
with my own eyes the cures it has effect
ed all about me, and have been cured
myself of very stubborn case of kidney
disease. 1 suffered for several years, had
all the symptoms that ever accompanied
such trouble, and tried about every
remedy recommended. Blood Wine
was the last. / took it only after being
convinced that 1t was truly wondrous
medicine, and it cured me. l went to
the Louis DaudeIin Co. and volunteered
this statement, because knew them to
be honest, upright people and deserving
OF Success. Blood Wine will cure any
form of kidney disease and do it quickly
and thoroughly. Anyone so affected
should try this great medicine just as
soon as they can get their hands on
bottle"
Go to your druggist and look into IL
carefully read the literature and ascerr
tain for yourself just what it will do. 1t
contains no wine or opiates.
''Blood Wine costs fifty cents bottle,
but you can sample it free Of charge at
Lippman Bros drug store.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25

FARMER MAKES A KILLING.
Takes $4,000 to Chicago and Makes
S310,OOO i'm an Oats Deal.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
Chicago, March 2S.-The ''plungers"
and ''pikers' on the Board of Trade
are talking to-day, of the nerve and
luck of Charles Howe, farmer from
Champaign, .Ill.liDfr. Howe never spec
ulated before. Last summer he looked
over, the oats crop on his 1,000-acre
farm and there was not enough to feed
the chickens. He took a trip over the
oats belt in four states ana the crop
looked bad.
He mortgaged things ana came to
Chicago with $4,000, which he Put in
100000 bushels of May oats at 2S. At
81 he bought another 1000, 900 bushels;
at So, 100000 bushels. This line of $780,
900 he closed out yesterday above 43
cents and went back to Champaign
with $4,000 winnings.
Howe is one of the sons of Peter
Howe, who owned thousands of acres
in a rich part of Illinois. The son mas
owned fine farms all his life and been
familiar with farming secrets. mo
one" he says, "can ride through the
country and tell anything more about
growing crops than I can, for 1 have
been at it all my life"
He is now arranging to take his en-
tire family to Europe for years stay.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
DRILLED FOR PRIZES.

An Examination for NOn-Commis-
stoned Officers in Hussars Satur-
day.
The Georgia Hussars had an excel
lent turn out at drill last night and,
after the regular work, the men were
divided into two squads, one contain
ing the old members and the other
the new. and a sort of preliminary
prize drill held
The prize in the first squad was won
by Corpl. Edward Demere and that
in the second by Private Charles Ed
mondston, Jr. Capt. Henry McAlpn
was judge of the contest. The an
nual prize drill Of the troop will be
held in June. The exact date and the
place have not yet been decided on.
On Saturday night the Hussars will
hold an examination of candidates for
the places of non commissioned off,
GERS. There are number of places to
be filled and also number of appli-
cants. The men that are selected will
be not only those who make good
showing in this examination, but who
also have good records as to attend
ance, and interest in the troop.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
Mrs. Helen Farrell, Secretary VIC u,
Saranac Lake, NY, says to every sick
woman, Try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound | know it will cure you. !"

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Although have given testi
moni2 before feel duty well pleasure advise sick
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
By experience found valuable remedy for peculiar
ments known only T. large number of my friends have
been cured and very recently dear friend of who has tried
number of physicians prescriptions without relief up despair
when Lydia E. Pnkham Vegetable Compound suggested
her, 1t her last hope but proved Godsend her-ust
right medicine for she she cured and just the right
medicine for every sick say and you will find will
in short time Mrs. HELEN FAR
$4,000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER GENUINE.
When troubled with Irregular suppressed painful
menstruatn Weakness ucorha displacement liberation of
womb that bearing down feeling Inflammation of the ova1es
ache boatng atuence general debility indigestion
RrosIatlon OF are bet with such symptoms dizziness nness
atude exclablty
agone and want feelings blues and hopessnes
they should remember there tried and true remedy
P1nha Vegetable Compound such troubles
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick write
She has guided thousands to health. Address,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
KIDNEY. DISEASE AVERTED.
Some Rules for People of Seden-
tary Habits.
How to Detect This Approaching Trouble and Nip
wx~ 1t in the Bud.

Wine'' will do this and so marked Is its
action on the kidneys that you can act
TALLY feel it working on them within
few minutes after taking dose.
1t gives them just the kind of bath
they need and it heals up the sore. 1t
takes away the smarting, burning, pain
full, dragged-down, all-gone sensations, as
if by magic. 1t takes sediments of all
kinds out of the little hooks and corners
where they lodge and cause brick dust,
gravel, stone in bladder, Inflammation,
etc. If you have any of these troubles,
or even if you have any of the slightest
symptoms of kidney disease, you ought
to protect yourself. 1t is easier TO pre-
vent than to cure any disease. A bottle
of ''Blood Wine,' costing fifty cents, viii
often stave off a serious trouble, and spare
the patients life, to say nothing of saving
great expense and long suffering.
Read this expression of gratitude from
a Worcester, Mass, woman, who has had
an excellent chance to make careful
investigation of "Blood Wine" Mrs. Ann
P. Stocking says:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
AFTER HOLY WEEK.

Holy Week is upon us, and society
-eerns to accept as an unwritten law
the observance of it. But every one
&c busy, even if the hats have been
bought. there are lots of gowns to be
,,lanned and that makes one think of
summer, for unless my lady's income
&c unlimited it depends a great deal
on where she's to summer; what gowns
she may need. It's a bit disastrous to
rlan muslins for the Southern springs
and decide afterwards to try Northern
Canada, or the Maine Coast!
There's a good deal of talk about
r,mored engagements, but after all
whatever 'they say no one really
knows anything until 1--WE announce
it." Rumor has it that there are eight
10 be announced, one of them being
that of a charming Savannah girl to
e man in Washington.
REHEARSAL FOR "POWHATAN.o
great deal of interest is being
taken in the opera, Powhatan society
being so largely represented. The re-
hearsals are coming on famously. The
Indian costumes which arrived from
Chicago yesterday are very handsome,
and will add greatly to the success of
the performance. The caste is: Poca-
hontas, Miss Saidee King; Laughing
Star Mrs. Howard Warning; Song Bird,
Miss duFore: Powhatan, Mr.. William
Dixon; John Rolfe, Mr.. Robert Billing
ton; Medicine Man, Mr.. Louis Nor
gan: Panther, Mr.. William Blum; Capt.
John Smith, Mr.. Deitz Clark. Among
those in the choruses will be Miss
Marion Hammond, Miss Frieda Rauers,
Miss May duBignon, Miss Ethel Tay-
lor. Miss Nina Crane, Miss Edith
Johnston. Miss Wrighton Habersham.
Miss Emma Bulloch, Miss Maude Will
liams Miss Jennie Haines, Miss Cliff
ford Munnerlyn, the Misses Won Gun
die, Miss Elsie Barnard, Miss Marion
Macean, Mrs. Harris, Miss Fannie
Medrim, Miss Carrie Lou Meldrim.
Miss Eileen Hunter. Miss Mary Wayne
and Mr.. Frank HZ ward, MIR. Tennille,
Mr. Dasher, Mr.. Germany. Mr.. Banks,
Mr. White. Mr.. Koerper, Mr.. Harris,
Mr. Pierre Hoist, Mr.. Tracy Hunter.
Mr. BERTHE Sullivan, Mr.. O'Mara, Mr..
Gordon Saussy, Mr.. McIlvain, Mr.. J.
H. Eve, Mr.. Diekle, Mr.. Joe Low, Mr..
OpDer Mr., Winburn and Mr.. w. w.
Gordon .Tr.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25
THE POET SINGS.

I would that these poor verses
We're flowers of perfume rare,
Id send them to my lady,
My tenderness to bear.
I wish that every letter
Might be a lovers kiss,
In secret I would send them,
For all the joys l miss.
l would I were a message,
That I could send away
A taken to my lady,
To greet her every day.
l would l were a swallow,
That l might mount on air,
And speed like swiftest arrow,
To meet my lady fair.
l would that my poor poems
Were worth a golden store,
And then I'd wed my lady.
Nor be poet more.
Philip Hemery in Chicago Tribune
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25

people by as much as $4,000, 900. The
Howard patent for boiling sugar in
vacuo proved a lucrative investment
for the capitalists who were able to
remunerate the inventor on a colossal
scale. 1t is estimated that his income
averaged between 100000 and $250,000
per annum.
Sir Josiah Mason, the inventor: of
the improved steel pen, made an enor-
nous fortune. and on his death Eng
lish charities benefited by many mill
lions of dollars. The patentee of the
pen for shading in different eolors de-
rived yearly income of about $780,
600 from this ingenious contrivance.
1t IS stated that the wooden ball with
an elastic attached yielded over $4,000
a year. Many readers will remember
legal action which took place some
years ago, when in the course of the
evidence it transpired that the inventor
of the metal plates used for protect
ing the soles and heels of shoes from
wear sold 100000 plates in 1879. and
in 1887 the number reached a total of
1i3, 100000, which realized profits of ST.
$4,000 for the year.
The lady who invented the modern
baby carriage enriched herself to the
extent of $4,000: and a young lady
living at Port Elizabeth, South Africa,
devised the simple toilet requisite,
known as the Mary Anderson" curl
ing iron, from which she derives royal
ties amounting to $500 a year. 1t was
the wife of a clergyman who designed
an Improvement for the corset and
made a fortune out of it. The gimlet-
pointed screw, the idea of little girl,
brought many millions of dollars to the
clever inventor. Miss Knight young
lady of exceptional talents. was gifted
with wonderful mechanical powers as
will be seen by the complicated me-
chanism OF her machine for making
paper bags. We are told she refused
$4,000 for it shortly after taking out
the patent.