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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
CITY BREVITIES.

The pupils OF the Savannah Conserv-
atory of Music will give an interesting
recital to their relatives and friends at
Conservatory Hall Wednesday night.
The programme will be announced
later.
Two negroes were arrested last night
by Detective Murphy and are held at
the police station house as suspicious
characters. They were found with a
brown overcoat which the officer be-
lieves was stolen.
Mr.. Gus Kayton was thrown from a
trap yesterday and had his hand Sc
verely hurt. He was driving Mr.. Dave
Smiths horse the same animal which
some dime ago ran away with Mrs.
Helen Brown and Mrs. l.. T.. Grouse.
He was hitched to Mrs. Browns trap
and started to run at St. Julian and
Abercorn streets and threw Mr. Kay
ton out az he rounded the square.
VIM. Nc. Bricken received his ap-
polntment yesterday as general mana
ger OF the Jung Brewing Company
with headquarters al Cincinnati. and
left last night for that city 20 enter
upon the discharge Of his new duties.
Mr.. Broken has been local agent Tor
the company IN Savannah the last two
years and has an extended acquaint-
ance with business men IA this sec
ton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
IN POLICE COURT.
Acting Mayor Dixon Sent Suspicious
Negroes to Changing.

Acting Mayor Dixon Sent Suspicious
Negroes to Chaingang.
At yesterdays session of Police Court
]. C. Williams and Henry Lee, both
colored, were each given thirty days on
the Changing by Acting Mayor Dixon,
who presided. The negroes were ar
rested at different times yesterday
morning by Mounted Patrolman j. A.
Woods and were charged with being
suspicious characters.
Lucy Iverson, colored, was given 30
days on the changing for fighting in
Perry street lane and resisting the of
ficer. Lizzie Brown, Rufus Brownfield
and William Hazel, arrested at the
same time by Patrolman Fleming, were
each fined IS or thirty days each. No
fine was imposed in the case of the
Iverson woman.
William Singleton, colored, was re-
manded for trial in the City Court on
a charge of vagrancy.
Dan Harris, colored, was turned over
to the same court for the larceny of
a bicycle. The negro was arrested by
Detective Murphy.
william Mcintyre, colored, will have
to face Judge Norwood on a charge of
escaping from the changing.
Walter willard. white, was remand
ed for trial in the City Court for steal
ing a ride on the Plant System.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
IS OPEN TO TRAFFIC.
Connection with the battle-ground
Road Has Been Finished.

The portion of Forty-second street,
between Jefferson and Montgomery,
has been paved and opened to traffic.
Connection has been afforded between
jefferson street and the underground
road by the paving, and it is no longer
necessary for traffic to pass through a
sandy street.
Now that the city has paved con-
tinuous way from the terminus of the
battle-ground road to the Bay, it is
suggested that the county extend the
road to White Bluff. 1t is a long dis
lance from the southern terminus of
the road to White Bluff, but it is said
that it was the purpose. of eX-Chair-
man Dale of the County Commission
ers, had he remained in office, to make
the extension.
The Vernon shell road now leads to
White Bluff That is a toll road The
county several years ago constructed
Dale avenue to Thunderbolt thereby
affording another means than the
Thunderbolt shell road for reaching
that suburb. The old road to Thunder
bolt was, and is, toll road, and 1t is
said that the same consideration should
now be shown White Bluff residents by
the construction of free road to that
place.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
DENIED HER CHILD.
CONTINUED from sIxteenth Page.l


he had seen his daughter-in-law, when
she pretended to be i'll, drink almost
a tumbler full of whisky, and added
that she was frequently under the in
fluence of liquor.
When the complainant was placed on
the stand she took occasion to say,
after denying that she ever drank
whisky or any intoxicant to excess,
that K. j. Wade was something of a
drinker himself. He had always drunk
too much, she explained, and was a
violent and very profane man.
do you mean to say" asked Mr..
Hitch, when he came to cross-exannine
the witness, that Mr.. r. J. Wade
got drunk"
Regularly every Sunday" promptly
replied the witness. HE would come
home drunk and lie down and sleep it
off"
How do you know he was drunk ?
Would he stagger?" asked counsel.
why, 1 suppose some people can be
drunk without staggering-can't they ?'
Il am no expert on the subject" said
counsel, with dignity.
well, neither am l." said the wit
ness, and the colloquy on this point
ended.
A number of letters from w c. Wade
to his wife were introduced in evidence
by the complainant. They had been
written to her after the former habeas
corpus proceedings and indicated the
truth of what the complainant testified
that there had been a reconciliation
between them, that they were again on
friendly terms and that both looked
forward to the time when they would
be able to live together and have their
children with them.
One of these letters was written a
week before w. G. Wade died by his
own hand. In this he stated he did
not believe the stories that had been
told about his wife, and that 1t was
his wish she should have their chill
dren. The letter was found In his
pocket after his death and was deliv-
cred to her with his other belongings.
This, in briel, was the evidence.
Shortly after o'clock Judge Twiggs
began his argument and with occa-
sional Interruptions from the court
spoke for an hour and a half At the
conclusion of the argument Judge.
Barrow announced he did not care to
hear from the respondents and granted
an order remanding Lillian Heard
Wade to the custody Of her grand
parents, the respondents in the case.
OF the person of Robert j. Wade, Jr.,
who is now In Indiana, the court dis
claimed jurisdiction.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26

The ditch where the sour-smelling
house drainage fell.
The damp shaded dwelling, the foul
barnyard nigh it
But worse than all else was that ter
rible well,
And the old oalxen bucket, the mold
crusted bucket
The moss-covered bucket that hung
in the well.
Just think of It! Moss on the vessel
that lifted
The water 1 drank In the days called
to mind:
Ere 1 knew what professors and scien-
lists gifted
In the waters of wells by analysis
find;
The rotting wood fiber. the oxid of
iron,
The algae, the frog Of unusual size.
| The water, impure as the verses of
Byron,
Are things / remember with tears in
my eyes.
| And to tell the sad truth-tho' shud-
der to think of it
| considered that water uncommonly
dear,
I And often at noon, when went there
TO drink IL,
4
beer.
How ardent l seized IL with hands that
were grimy,
And quick to the Undiscovered bot
tom 1t fell,
Then reeking with nitrates and MI
trites, and Shiny
With matter organic It rose from the
well.
Oh, had I but realized in time to avoid
them
The dangers that lurked, in that pes
tilent draft
I'd have tested for organic germs and
destroyed them
With potassic permanganate ere I
had quaffed.
Or perchance I'd have boiled II, and af-
terward strained 1t
Through filters of charcoal and gravel
combined;
or, after distilling, condensed, and re-
gained 1t
In portable form, with its filth left
behind.
How little I knew Of the enteric fever
Which lurked in the water / ventured
to drink,
But since I've become a devoted be-
lever
In the teachings OF science, shudder
to think.
And now, far removed from the scenes
I'm describing,
The story of warning to others tell.
As memory reverts to my youthful inn
bibing
And gag at the thought of that hor-
rible well,
And the old oalen bucket, the fungus
grown bucket
In fact. the slop bucket-that hung In
the well.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
NINE. MEHRTENs' CONCERT TOUR
She VIII BE Heard in Several South
ern Cities.

ern Cities.
Within the next few days Prof Leo
w. Mehrtens will leave Savannah on
a business trip of several weeks, dur
ing which time he will visit various
Southern cities in the interest of Ma
son & Hamlin, piano manufacturers of
Boston. He will not give UP his BUSH
ness in Savannah, however. The
Savannah Conservatory of Music
Will continue under the guild
ance of Nine. Mehrtens and
the corps of instructors who have been
teaching there for several years.
During the tour Prof. Mehrtens will
take occasion to introduce Nine Mehr-
tens in some of the cities of the South.
While she is not to leave Savannah for
any length of time, short series of
concerts will be arranged, and she will
fill engagements that can be met with
out absenting herself from the studio
more than a day or so each month.
Nine. MehrtenS' ability as a pianist has
been given due recognition in Savan-
nah by the lovers of what is highest
and most elevating in the art of music,
and Prof. Mehrtens has decided that
the musically inclined of other cities
shall be given the chance of hearing
cipal cities within a radius of a few
hundred miles of Savannah.
Those who have attended Nine. Mehr-
tens concerts know the talent she pos
sesses, and there has long been a de-
sire in other places to hear her. Her
reputation has spread, and doubtless
when she appears in concerts on her
present tour she will be enthusiastic
ally received. Her friends in Savan-
Iaof
has arrived for her to appear in other
cities than this and her admirers feel
that when she returns at the conclusion
of her visits to other places she will
come with added laurels to those al
ready accorded her at home. Her first
concert away from Savannah will be
given at Montgomery, Ala.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
SHE WANTS HER MILLION.
Lady still Seeking to Recover From
City for "InsuIts"

The lady who thinks the city is due
her a million for the insults she has
suffered from the hands of the out
laws of Savannah" has not given up
her effort to collect the money. Some
months ago the Morning News told
of visit she paid Mayor Myers, when
she explained that she had been sub
jected to insults by those she denom-
mated outlaws" and that she con-
sidered that she was entitled to dam
ages amounting to $1,000 900. The
Mayor listened patiently to the story
of her wrongs and advised her to call
again, promising that, in the mean
time, her case would be considered.
Recently she has taken up the mat
ter very busily' again. She tried to see
Acting Mayor Dixon, but was advised
to tell her troubles to that recip-
lent of many tales of woe, the super
intendent of police. Acting upon this
advice, the lady sought Supt. Reilly
overcoming her reluctance to talk to
men and telling him all about the out
laws"
The heart Of the superintendent was
touched, and he decided that the claim
of the lady would have to be adjusted.
Feellng for her sensibilities, he gave
her an order on Mr. Charles " Her
nandez, assistant clerk of Council, for
$1,OOO,000 Greatly elated over having
found some one who had a proper ap-
probation of her sensitive nature and
was prepared to alleviate the sting of
her wounds through the agency
OF a million. the lady bent
her footsteps toward the City Ex-
change, in search of the assistant
clerk.
Giving the clerk of Council, who po-
litely asked if he might be of any serv-
ice, the widest berth that the limita-
lions of the office would afford, the
lady moved up to a safe distance from
Mr.. Hernandez and presented her or
der Mr.. Hernandez took the order.
When he reached the 1000, 900 feature
or 1t he fell back in faint A sympa-
thetic friend dashed a little water over
him, and the shock of contact with the
fluid brought him back to life with a
shudder. AS soon AS he could recover
sufficiently, he staggered off to an
other room, where a quiet talk was
held. 1t took him twenty minutes to
explain satisfactorily that he didn't
nave the million. The lady assured him
that she had understood that she had
only to present the order to him, and
it would be paid.
Temporizing resulted in the lady's
promise to call again about the mere
trifie' she had sought to collect from
Mr.. Hernandez. When she appears
again she will make her demand upon
the city treasury with the order that
Mr.. Hernandez will give her.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
Counsel for Executors Will Garry
the Mills VIII Case.

the Mills VIII Ease.
The bill of exceptions in the case Of
Robert Franklin Williams against NAL
colin Maclean and George j. Mills, ex-
ecutors of the estate of Elizabeth II.
Mills, was filed yesterday morning in
the Superior Court and approved by
Judge Barrow. The case will be taken
at once TO the March term of the Su-
preme Court of the state.
Judge Barrow decided, it will be re-
membered, that the distribution of the
residuum of the estate Of Mrs. Mills,
amounting after the payment of spe-
cific requests to something over $780,
900, should be per capita and not per
stripes, as the executors had con-
tended. The residuary estate is to be
divided, in accordance with the terms
of the will, two thirds among those
who would have been the heirs Of Mrs.
Mills husband Charles f. Mills, had he
survived her, and one-third among her
own heirs at law, living at the time OF
her DEATH The division of the estate
according to the per capita or stripes
method will have a very material effect
upon the amounts the beneficiaries Will
receive, some of them profting by the
adoption of one method of division and
some by the other.
Messrs. Adams, Freeman, Denmark
a. Adams, who represent the execu-
tors, have found 1t impossible to agree
with the legal correctness of Judge
Barrow's decision, and 1t is In accord
ance with their announced determine
ton to carry the case to the highest
tribunal in the state that the bill Of
exceptions was filed yesterday.
While as a matter of law, the decision
of the Supreme Court, in the construc-
ton OF the WILL win bind only the par
ties to the pending controversy, IL VIII
operate virtually as a direction to the
executors as to the manner In which
the residuum of the estate should be
divided point on which they are
anxious to have the views Of the high
est court of the state. They express
reasonable degree of confidence that
the decision of the Supreme Court will
be in their favor and that the decision
Of Judge Barrow win be overruled.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
MONEY WAS OUT OF DATE.



Walter Davis, a negro boy, was ar
rested last night by Patrolman Frank
Smith for attempting to pass a raised
Confederate certificate on John OAR
row. a Greek fruit dealer on Liberty
and Drayton streets. The boy claimed
that the money was given to him by
a white boy.
Several weeks ago one dollar sill
yer certificate that had been raised 20
$40, was successfully passed in OAR
rows place, and since that time he has
been particular when handling paper
money. Davis made trivial purchase
and presented what appeared 10 be a
dollar bill. The Greek inspected the
certificate and found that only the face
had been fixed. and across the back
the unmistakable stamp OF the Con-
federate states WAS found.
The juvenile with the bad money
was held until the arrival OF Patrolma n
Smith who placed him under arrest
The boy insisted that he got the money
from an unknown white boy about his
own age, and while the police firmly
believe that some one else gave Il 20
him, be could not be Induced 20 con
feas and did not weaken. lie viii be
held for the United states Commits
6ionef,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. J. J. Williams of Cordele Is reg
lstered at the Pulaski.
Mr. c. Huxford of Huxford was
among the guests of the Pulaski yes
terday.
Mr.. George D. Cohn with Isaac JOS
gph Iron Company, arrived in the city
last night.
Mr.. B. ]. Apple was among the pas
sehgers of the City of Savannah last
night from New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. George C. Freeman
We're among the arrivals from New
nah.
DR.. j. Weichselbaum was among the
passengers of the City of Savannah,
night.
-, Mrs. c. c. Cambridge, whose recent
~ nealth has given her friends much
eenAlety, underwent an operation at
,"atahnah Hospital yesterday, and is
resting quietly.
Mr. Rem NJ. Prempert one of the
t,,osI popular drummers on the road,
S,aLenng out of Louisville, KY, for N.
A. W.. Uri & Co., is in the city, to the de-
"s"l OF his numerous friends.
''N AZ = -. ltdIlDV nav OF Hnll-
TIuel2hia were in the city yesterda ,,
uS%NlaS stopped over to see savannah.
.oIiua is their destination, and they
tNpeot 10 remain some time in that
CT &C. Mr.. Handy is connected with
mara College. He paid Acting Mayor
,Aoh visit during the day.
T. Mt. c. r. Harrison and Miss Mary
ria o.hpkins Of Beaufort will be mar
no,,. DIT the home of the brides parents
M M week. Mr.. Harrison Is a popular
g amber of the fire department. identl-
r,r.~ith chemical engine, No. /. at the
s.I% hre station. He is a native OF
psa,is carolina and will remain al
rulort Tor several days after the
ilage Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison will
'ealue IN this city.
hiss Eta Hodges entertained al her
FL FILL NO. 3O5 Waldburg street, west
IT,, LAY evening in honor OF Miss Eve
rye Of Ridgeland. S. q. Games
bv NJ played and the prizes were won
Mae. Honn Melnert and Mr.. Mark
aflssa. Among those present were
NM agnes Smith, Alma Freeland
dsrs neVei Ella Hodges. Tena saun.
Nee Emma Dotson and Lille Miles.
Fii,sIs' John FalliRant. George oliver
Olivsr Morgan, John Meinert. Onis
Robs,, S.thur Masters, Mark Masters
ert ~ waters, While Cramer. Rob.
Edsbesis giant White. oroOms and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
Exports Coastwise.

Per steamship Allegheny for Phlla-
delphia-13 bales cotton, 1898 barrels
rosin, GA barrels turpentine. 1854. 792 feet
lumber, 1903 boxes oranges. S52 pack
ages vegetables. Is barrels rosin oil, 900
sacks clay. so cases can goods, asa
packages merchandise. 2S6 packages
yarns and domestics, 80 barrels pitch,
car scrap iron.
Per steamship Itasca for Baltimore
487 Tsz1es cotton. 1914 barrels rosin 1871,
422 feet lumber. 50 boxes oranges. %
tons pig iron. l27 packages vegetables
$40 sacks clay. 33i cases canned goods,
~ packages merchandise. - pack
ages yarns and domestics. II bales
hides, 30 barrels pitch.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
INGALLS, VISITOR.
Lesson in PoIiteness That Evidently
Was Not Appreciated.

NJ. E. Ingalls,, the railroad magnate
Of the Middle West whose interests
are more or less allied with the VAN
derbilt system, is no exception to prom
inent men of business, inasmuch as he
maintains an ante-room where callers
are required to state their errands
before being admitted to the official
stronghold.
Not long since, however, one individ-
aside by stalking pass the outer secre-
taries with an air of authority which
disarmed them. He boldly pushed
open the door to the sanctum and en-
tered. Taken by surprise. Mr.. In
gals looked up and beheld a tall,
bronZed parsonage, surveying the
apartment with an inquiring eye. The
newcomer demanded sharply:
rs ingalls, here?"
II am Ingalls," returned the mag
nate laconfcally.
The stranger STROBE to the desk and
threw down an envelope.
Letter for YOU" he said CURLY.
Mr.. ingalls, read IL and frowned.
do you know what is in this let
ter?" he, demanded.
Yep. The station agent In my town
said If I'd fetch that to you I'd git
job"
Indeed don't you think IT would be
more becoming In you as an applicant
for employment at least to knock at
the door before entering and remove
your hat while in the office? And fur
Their, would IL not be more seemly in
you to inquire for Mr.. ingalls, rather
than for IngalIs?"
Beneath this merited rebuke the
man moved not a muscle.
"Give me the letter." said he, soberly.
Mr.. Ingalls, promptly handed over the
letter, and his visitor went out, clos
ing the door behind him without
word. While the clerks were still
grinnlng over the incident there was
a timid knock az the door. The door
was opened. There stood the same
individual. He entered with an obse-
quious bow, carefully wiped his feet,
removed his hat and meekly said.
rs Mr. Ingalls, here?"
The magnate beamed. "Ah. my young
friend" said he, graciously, that IL
better What can ! do for your
The cOuntryman drew himself up
with a ferocious glare. do for me7"
he yelled.
do for me7 You can go 20 h.
you little bald-headed dufferl That's
what you kin 90 for mel"
And he withdrew, slamming the door
behind him.
Mr. Harry W. Nathan. general agent
Of the Union Pacific Railroad, the ore
gOn Short Line Railroad the Oregon
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
The Old OaIxen Bucket--A Hygienic
View.
From the Literary Digest.


The truths Of science are not often
expressed in verse and this fact serves
to emphasize the few instances where
rhine has been employed TO convey fact.
The following parody on The Old
Oaken Bucket" which is not only
amusing, but contains some valuable
points In sanitation, Is by DR.. j. c.
Bayles, formerly president Of the New
York city health board, and was read
by him at "A meeting of the Academy
Of Medicine. We quote il from the
columns Of Engineering News, which
says that the sanitary science convey
ed In the verses may seem elementary
indeed TO our readers. yet IL needs but
the slightest knowledge OF conditions
about the average farmhouse and coun-
try village 90 realize that millions OF
people are living amid Just such un-
healthful surroundings IN entire ignor-
ance that they have anything TO do
with causing disease and death" The
PADDY Ia as follows
with that anguish Of mind remember
my childhood,
Recalled IN the light OF a knowledge
since gained.
The malarious farm, the wet fungus
grown wildwood.
The chills then contracted that since
have remained.
The scum covered duck pond, the pig
hty close ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26
Mr.. PEASANTS SUCCESSOR.
Will BE Temporarily Appointed
From o. =. s. Co.'s Force.

1t is probable that some one at pres
ship Company will be placed, temper
arily, in charge of the traffic depart
ment on Feb. 1, when Traffic Manager
W. II. Peasants is to leave the COM
pany for service as traffic manager
with the Seaboard Air Line. President
John NJ. Egan of the Steamship Com
pany said yesterday that it had not
been decided which of those now in
its employ would be advanced to the
management of the traffic, but that it
was probable that some one would be
selected. Whatever arrangement is
made will be temporary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26

Representative Littleneld OF Maine,
is the fastest talker in the House. He
is terror to the official stenograph-
ers. Henry U. Johnson OF Indiana.
who served several terms in Congress,
was probably the fastest speaker ever
in the House. lie talked more than
three hundred words a minute. Mr..
Littleneld sometimes gets very close
20 the three hundred mark.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26

on His Own.--"While / was engaged
20 her, she made me give up drinking.
smoking. ana golf Last OF all gave
up something on my own account"
What was thatY" The giri"--Judge,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26

The Bnlionaires Parting Preeept.
MY children, bless youl And re-
member this; Lay something by every
year, n Il 10 only q few millions. -.
Tlfn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26

i2s nay street. east Prof. Emile
Beck.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26

the Southern Pacific, with headquar-
ters at Atlanta, was among the visitors
in railroad circles yesterday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-26

Mr. Harry w. Nathan, general agent
o. the Union Pacific Railroad, the Ore
E0n Short Line Railroad, the oregon
Railroad and Navigation Company snd