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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
CONSOLIDATION AT NORFOLK.

A $4,000, 900 Combine of Street Rail-
ways, Lighting and Ice Plants of
Several NeiEhbOring SeapOrts.
Baltimore, May 20.-The plan to con-
solidate the street railway, lighting,
heating, refrigerating, ferry and kin
dred interests at Norfolk and vicinity,
was contaminated to-day. An under
writing syndicate is being formed by
Alexander Brown and Sons, and j. w.
Middendorf & Co., of his cay and John
L. Williams & Sons of Richmond, Va,
to finance the deal. The capitalization
of the company will be as follows:
First mortgage bonds authorized
81. 00O,O 0O), $3.000000; income bonds, ST.
100000; capial stock authorized &c.,
900, 000) $4,000, 900; total, $1,000 900.
There are twelve companies to be
merged into the Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Newport News Company, the name
of the new organization as au
thorized by the Virginia legislature
as follows: Newport News and Old
Point Railway and Electric Company;
Citizens Railway, Light and Power
Company of Newport News; Norfolk
and Atlantic Terminal Company; Dam
vile Railway and Electric Company;
Newport News Gas Company; Distiller
Ice Company of Newport News; Nor
folk Railway and Light Company; City
Gas Company of Norfolk; National Gas
Company of Berkeley; Berkley Street
Railway Company; Portsmouth Gas
Company; Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Newport News Railway Company.
These companies embrace seven cleo
trio railway systems, owning and oper-
ating over 120 miles of trackage and
occupying the principal streets of Nor
folk, Portsmouth, Newport News,
Hampton, Phoebus, Old Point, Berkeley,
Primers Point, Lambert's Point, Port
Norfolk and South Norfolk, covering
three cities and eight towns located
around Hampton Roads, and in adj
dition the thickly populated suburban
districts. There are also six ferry
lines, five electric lighting plants, two
ice plants, and two gas companies. In
addition the consolidated company will
own three seaside resorts, with hotels,
lighthouses and pavilions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

THE UP TO-DATE CANE.

Many young women of the capital
says the New York Herald are taking
up the fad of carrying a cane, which
was started by the Presidents daugh-
ter. Miss Roosevelt seldom goes out
without this new toy and has become
quite an expert in manipulating it, be-
ing able to twirl it round her fingers
like a college boy. Now one encoun-
tiers young women and girls up and
down the avenues armed with canes.
They are not formidable weapons,
however, being only about two feet in
length and very slight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
THE COLONIAL DANES.

The national Society of the Colonial
DANES opened it's biennial convention
Yesterday morning in the parlor of the
Arlington Hotel, Washington, D. G.
The sessions will be secret and will
continue for four days, or until the
business is concluded.
i The meeting was called to order by
Mrs Justine Van Rensselaer,, the pres
Iident of the national association. The
office OF first vice president is vacant
hut the other officers are: Second vice
president. Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne of
Richmond. Va: third vice president
Mrs Samuel Colt of Hartford, Conn;
secretary. Mrs. William Reed of 103
Monument street, Baltimore; assistant
secretary. Mrs. J. ]. Jackson of Balti-
more: treasurer, Mrs. Alexander j.
Cassatt of Philadelphia; registrar, Mrs.
Emil Richter, Portsmouth, N. H., and
historian, Miss Annie Hollingsworth
! Wharton.
u One of the important incidents of
4 the convention from the public point of
Eview will be the unwilling of the
Spanish war memorial monument at
B Arlington, at 4:30 o'clock this after
moon. This monument is the gift Of
8the National Society of Colonial
#Dames, and will be unveiled with ap-
Aproprate ceremonies.
Tomorrow evening the District of
#Columbia Society Of the Colonial
sDsmes viii entertain the members of
&tha national society at the Washington
#Club, 17lO l street northwest. The Off
&cers OF the Washington society include
Mrs. Beverly Kennon, president; Coun-
ties Esterhazy, vice president; Mrs.
#Honry Heath treasurer; Mrs. Rosa
Wright Smith. secretary, and Mrs.
-ien. William Henry Brown, historian.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
SWALLOWED HIS FALSE TEETH
Prominent Citizen of Jacksonville
Dead as Result of Strange Acct

Dead as Result of Strange Acct
dent.
Jacksonville, Fla, May 20.-Benjamin
II. Hopkins, for many years Florida
passenger agent of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, and more recently
a candidate for the Legislature, died in
this city this afternoon after an illness
dating for five weeks. consequent upon
the accidental swallowing of his set
of false teeth. Mr.. Hopkins was well
known throughout the state and had
hosts of friends. He was born in St.
Augustine SO years ago, and has had
an active life, being at one time the
representative of the Baya Line of
steamers here, and later going into the
railroad business, in which he rapidly
gained success. The swallowing of his
false teeth occurred on April II. Mr..
Hopkins was eating an orange at his
house a the time and the plate with
the false teeth becoming dislodged,
slipped down his throat, becoming
caught in the aesophagus. Physicians
were unable to remove it by probing,
and meanwhile the patient suffered
great pain. He was unable to swallow
anything but liquids. The physicians
decided to perform difficult operation.
An incision was made into the neck
near the collar bone. The teeth and
the plate were extracted and the wound
stitched up. For time it was
thought Mr.. Hopkins would recover.
Inflammation set in, however. and the
patient has been in a critical condition
for several days. In making the opera
ton, a vein was touched and injured
and the patient did not have a consti-
tuition strong enough to recover. Death
occurred this afternoon at o'clock.
The funeral Will take place this after
noon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Mayor P. NJ. Brown of Charlotte to-
day sent the following telegram:
THE President of the Cuban Re-
public. Havana: Mecklenburg. the
birthplace OF American liberty. to-day
unveils a monument to the memory of
Lieut. Ship. who laid down his life at
san Juan Hin for Cuban Independence.
and the descendants of the heroes OF
the american revolution send greetings
and congratulations 10 the young re-
public. Cuba llbre. p NJ. Brown.
Mayor OF Charlotte"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Mancon, Ga, May 20.-Macon is ex-
rerimenting with oil on the ebert paw
ing as a substitute for street spring
ling. The experiments are made IN
orIy a small way. Water bills have
be come such an item that it has be-
come necessary to find a substitute.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
THE MEcKLENBURG DECLARATION
Monument 10 Lieut.. shipp Unveiled
nj ChmrInfie. n q.

Charlotte. N. c.. May 20.-The 127th
anniversary of the Agning OF the
Mecklenburg Declaration OF Indepen-
dence was observed here to-day by
the unveil.ng OF a monument TO Luiet
William f. shipp Of the Tenth United
States Cavalry. who was killed In the
charge on sau Juan Hill
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
sEvILL-sIMMOND AT JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville, Fla. May 2O.-Miss
Sarah Z. Simmond, a charming young
lady of Quitman, Ga, was married to-
night to Mr.. Lee Sevill at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Bod an,
aunt of the bride, in Riverside. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. ]. T.
Boone. of the First Christian Church.
The bride is an attractive young lady
from a fine old family in Quitman. The
groom holds an important position with
a railroad company here. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sevill left tonight for Savannah,
from which place they Will embark Cor
an extended trip through the North.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
BERRY'S CREOLE TEA
. ..;;: :: : !: :: :; :; :','

Loss OF appetite, biliousness, stom-
ach ailments, dull headache, that
tired feeling, want of animation,
piplples and other eruptions and
makes the blood pure and rich and
gives strength to all the organs and
functions.
Do not take any other, for no sub
stitute acts like 1t. 1t is the peculiar
Alternative and tonic that builds up
the whole system.
Don't forget that BERRY'S CREE
OLE TEA and the ELLA BERRY
TOILET REQUISITES are for sale
by Jones' Pharmacy, Solomons Phar-
macy, knights Pharmacy, Woman's
Exchange and Lippman Bros. Any
personal questions can be addressed to
20S Olive street, st. Louis, Mo.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
FINESSE.

A somewhat little girl
Had very little curl;
But it's nothing more than just to her
to state
That she divers measures took,
Whereby she made II look
To casual inspection, something great.
Puck
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

In a congenial little party that
spent yesterday morning at the
Yacht Club were Mrs. Wayne Gum
ingham, Miss Frieda Raners, Miss
Eligabeth Denham, Miss Helen Den
ham, Miss May du Bignon, Miss
jeanne Haines, and Miss Clifford
Munnerlyn.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Tommy Oearfully)-'1f you don't
gimme back them marbles yer nabbed
I'll tell my big brother" Pater-"Tell
him. He dasnt do nothin'" Tommy
He dasn't? Why" Patsy-"He wa.kB
out with my sister. See?'-Tit- Bits.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

some time in July, probably the 2Gth.
1t was urged that II the rate is not
granted there will hardly be more than
one more state fair in Georgia, because
thew are proving to be losing ventures.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Mrs. Jasper w. Caldwell and Miss
Eleanor j. Caldwell have returned from
a very pleasant trip through Texas and
Mexico.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

4 In a party that left yesterday to
zspend week with Mr.. Albert Stod-
Hard at Danfuskie were Mrs. Edward
Stoddard, Miss Elsie Barnard. Miss
Lima Huger and Miss Saidee King.
They will be, Joined Friday by Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Ellington.
Mrs. Julian Schley, Miss Eliza
schley and Master Hal Schley expect
to leave June 1st for Highland Falls,
New York to spend the summer near
the Military Academy there, Mr.. Jul
fan Schley, Jr.. is now a list class
man, Mr.. Schley, who has been hop
manager for his class every year since
re entered the Academy coveted
noncr-has this year won the proud
distinction Of being elected general
Pop manager, than which nothing
|cculd show more conclusively his
popularity with his comrades.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ravenel of
harleston are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ellis.
Mrs c. G. Memminger and Miss
Chnstine Memminger expect to leave
yyo-morrow night for a visit to Flat
hook after which they will go their
summer nome DIT Highlands.
Dr' Lawrence Lee, whose graduating
SeaI ut tfe College of Physicians and
ulse94s mas been full of honor, is ex-
eo.eu nome the first of June to spend
month with his parents Mr.. and Mrs
j.. Moultrie Lee before he enters nnor
me duties of his two wear annoi,t-
"ent at the New York hospital.
WIS, A. j. Waring has gone to WASH
1islon as one of the delegates to the
8Dames '"e Coloh'al
70 ~ ana Mrs. A. L. Alexander expect
edVe about the middle of .IuIv tn
benu the rest of the summer at Mar
mas Vineyard. N'"'
h VIZ w.. Martin has gone to Charleston
H. cSit Mrs. Langdon Cheves ana Mrs
II c, Haskell. o 'e' anu MIS-
81 Mrs. w. W. Montgomery has return
Visit to relatives in Augusta.
Is a nu,,t Otny harrison will entertain
#dan o,i'9 po OF her young friends with a
vance Friday evening. M
#Nor+h Huith Johnston expects to go
al C ~ IN July to spend several weeks
- Chautauqua.
wicL ana Mrs. Julius Levy of Bruins
ret IM, "a are in the city. having lust
.e'uihed from n visit RI tha C,to,1
few few exposition. They are spending a
d Lew avs with Mr.. and Mrs. b. H.
~ prior to their return home.
ORE. avn party for the benefit of the
Cbnrcr iund of ST. Paul's Lutheran
\ law VIII be given on the church
t fSn' Bull and Thirty-first streets streets
ne1+s aiIeTnoon at o'clock. Refresh
he en+ VIII be served. In case of rain,
hones naleertainment will be given at the
- u MIR. and Mrs. S. Oppenheinler,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Mrs. Vonderbeck has returned to
New York after a visit to Miss Reilly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Miss julie Screyen will entertain the
members of the o D. Club, Saturday
with a picnic at Tybee.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Miss Leonora Gabbett will be the
hostess on an all-day fishing trip on
the river tomorrow
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
ASKED FOR ONE CENT RATE.
State Fair People Urged This ON
Southeastern Passenger AssOcin-

Macon. Ga. May 20.-Dudley NJ.
Hughes. Pope Brown. T. G. Crawford
and w. j. Northen appeared before the
Southeastern Passenger Associations
Georgia members at Atlanta to-day
and argued for a one-cent mile rail-
road rate for the state fair az VAL
dosta- The decision will be rendered
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

There will be meeting of the Hap
Ply Helpers to-morrC y afternoon at
4:S0 o'clock at the home of Miss Eliza
beth Butler.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
THE WEATHER..

Morning News Barometer 1880 p.
Morning News Thermometer 1870
p m. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So
Forecast for Wednesday and Thurs
day
Georgia and South Carolina: Gener-
ally fair Wednesday and Thursday;
variable winds.
Western Florida: Fair Wednesday
and Thursday; fresh south winds.
Eastern Florida; Partly cloudy We'd
nesday and Thursday probably local
showers Thursday; light to fresh
east winds.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature 4 p.
m. Observation-Disclosures. "a degrees
Minimum temperature Z a.
m. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Y degrees
Mean temperature ......... SO degrees
Normal temperature ....... "A degrees
Excess of temperature 80. degrees
Accumulated excess since
May .......,............,l III degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. ......................1 41 degrees
Rainfall ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90 inches
Normal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10 inch
Excess since May l ........ SO inch
Deficiency since Jan. 81 inches
River Repor-The high of he Savan-
nah river at Augusta, at s a. m, (75th
meridian time) yesterday was 9.3 feet,
a rise of OIL feet during the preceding
twenty-four hours.
H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
TO INVITE MIR. ROOSEVELT.

Macon to Ask Him to National Farm
crs Congress.
Macon Ga. May 20.-The Mayor and
council tonight resolved to invite
President Roosevelt here to attend the
National Farmers, Congress October
to 10. Fifty citizens are to be ap
pointed by the mayor as an invitation
committee.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

217 Bolton street, west, at the same
hour
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Horace w. Stillwell
will spend the summer at Tybee with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Stillwell.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Mrs. Robert T. Merrec and Master
Lee Mercer are expected home Satur-
day from Brunswick.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Wardlow Has
kali have sent out invitations to the
marriage of their daughter. Elizabeth
Gordon, to Mr.. Alexandra Thesmar
which will take place in Christ Church
at noon Wednesday, June A. After the
wedding there will be a reception at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Haskall, 12S
State street, east.
Mrs. Henry Hohenstein and son,
irwin, who has been spending the win
ter with her mother, Mrs. X. Abrahams
and sister, Mrs. B. J. Appel, returned
to Cincinnati this week.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21
SOCIETY EVENTS.

In a party that left yesterday to
spend a week with Mr.. Albert Stod-
bard at Danfuskie were Mrs. Edward
Stoddard, Miss Elsie Barnard, Miss
Lima Huger and Miss Saidee King.
They will be Joined Friday by Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Ellington.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

HOTELS AND SUMNER RESORTS.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

vict S ana Mrs. Julius Levy of Bruins
ret IM "a are in the city, having lust
ton r1i ned from a visit to the Charles
few exposition. They are spending a.
Isv,.u Jays with Mr.. and Mrs. r. n
w prior to their return home.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

ora avn party for the benefit of the
Gnu, lund of st. Paul's Lutheran
law WI VIII be given on the church
this pun and Thirty-f1rst streets.
nen.s ilernoon at o'clock. Refresh
he az. VIII be served. In case of rain.
hornss ', os erItalnment will be given at the
u Mr.. and Mrs. S. Oppenheimer
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

|Nor+sS hdith Johnston expects to go
al C ~ IN July to spend several weeks
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-21

MI and Mrs. William Ravenel of
harleston are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ellis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-14
TREASURE ISLAND.


On that white Caribbean Key,
Unchartered. lost these hundred years,
Rests in the keeping of the sea
The secret of the buccaneers.
furnished and soiled with rust and mold,
Heap jeweled poignardS, musketoons,
Silks, sacramental cups of gold
IngotS and pesos and doubloons.
A fathom deep beneath the sand
The live gems, blood-Stalned, beam and
burn,
And wait the lost adventurer's hand
The midnight hall, the crews return.
Remembering the torches flare
When Blackboard brought the chests
ashore,
Landmarked the spot and sunk them
there.
Unless. maybe, at black Of night,
Up from the phoSphorscent sea
A phantom craft makes for the blight,
And anchors off the ghostly Key;
And all the fierce dead fighting men
From the deep-sea grave or gibbet-
chain
Riot upon the beach again,
AS when they bled the Spanish Main.
But when the dawn wind gives the sign
Back to the dark the shades retire,
Trailing along the Shuddering brine
A wake of effervescence fire.
And Silence on that haunted shore
Renews her endless reign alone.
Pulsed by the long tide rising roar.
The Surfs withdrawing monotone.
F. L. Pollock, in Youths Companion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-14

TONS One such instance, however,
stands out from all others, not only
because of the completeness OF the
havoc wrought, but on account OF
the peculiar circumstances surround
ing it,
In the first place, the reptilian in
vasion which was the immediate cause
of the exodus was one not of land
SerpentS, but of sea snakes; or rather,
to be strictly accurate, of one variety
of sea Snake-the platuruS. This hide
Gus creature Swarms in the warm
waters of the Persian gulf, and its hab-
it-not shared by other of the sea
snal5es-of frequently going on shore,
for the purpose of sporting or hunting
over marshy ground, has caused it to
be generally dreaded.
AS a rule they carefully avoid the
presence of man, but early in the spring
of the year 1880 a solitary individual
was bitten by one of the species near
Abou Safieh, one of the coast towns
in the province of Ell Hasa, Arabia.
The unfortunate victim, of course,
died, the paturus being one of the most
venomous of family, every member
of which is armed with poisonous
fangs of a more or less poisonous de-
scription, but human life being cheap
in those regions, little more was
thought of the matter
A day or two later, however, another
inhabitant of the town, venturing forth
to ascertain how his maize plot was
progressing, was slain, and after him
another, and yet another. Then panic
set in in earnest, and the people kept
inside their houses. But the platuri,
impelled by some strange instinct,
swarmed by thousands into the place,
penetrating every nook and Granny,
any causing eventually, by the mere
loathsomeness and horror of their pres
ence, a wild and general stampede. To-
day Abou Safieh is a dead town; dead,
that is to say, so far as human life is
concerned, but very much alive in re-
spect to the presence each night after
the sun goes down of myriads of the
horrible creatures, whose advent orig
inally brought about its ruin.-Detroit
News Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-14
CONTRACT WORK
Grading Portland Avenue, From Lexng.
ton to Hamline Avenue.

Office of the Board of Public Works,
City of St Paul, Mimi, July s, 1902.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of ST. Paul, Min
nesota, at their office in said city until 2
2. m. on the seventeenth (17th) day of
July, A. D. 1902, for the grading of Port
land avenue, from Lexington avenue to
the right of way of the Chicago Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway Company and
Portland avenue, from said right of way
TO Hamline avenue, in said city, accord
Ing to plans and specifications ON file in
the office of said Board
bond with at least two (2) sureties
In sum of at least twenty (20) per
cent, or a certified check on bank Of St
Paul, in a sum of at least ten (10) per
cent of the gross amount bid, must ac-
company each bid. Said check shall be
made payable to the Clerk of said Board.
The said Board reserves the right to re-
JOHN S. erode
President.
Clerk Board of Public Works.
July 7-1902-10t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-14
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Fillmore Avenue, From Wabasha
to HYDE Street

Office of the Board of Public Works.
City of st. Paul, Mimi, July 10th, 1902.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of ST. Paul. Min
2 p. m. on the 21st day of July, A. d.
1902 for the. grading of Fillmore avenue.
from Wabasha street to Hyde street, in
cations on file in the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in
a sum of at least twenty 600 per cent or
a sum of at least ten (10) per cent of the
gross amount Did, must accompany each
bid. Said check shall be made PAYABLE
to the Clerk of said Board.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids
JOHN S. erode,
President.
Clerk Board of Public Works.
July 11-14O2-1 OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-14
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
OF Resolution Adopted by the Comm
CouncII of +ha cttv 80 e. p,,J

OF Resolution Adopted by the Common
Council of the City Of ST. Paul.
Resolved, That an order be drawn upon
the City Treasury, in favor of r. A.
Smith, Mayor. for the sum of Fifteen
Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars, and that the
same order be drawn upon the Common
Council Emergency Account" appropri-
ated from the General Fund" of the
City of st. Paul 1nis resolution is in
accordance with Board File No. 1916, ap-
proved February oath. 1902
Adopted by the Assembly July z, 1902.
July II, 1902
Approved July IL. 1902.
r. SCHIFFMANN.
President of the Assembly.
FRANK j. HUBER,
President of the Board of Aldermen.
MATT JENSEN,
City Clerk.
July 1902