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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-12
BUSINESS LOCALS.

A. L. Desbouillons, the jeweler, will
sell you goods in his line at lowest
prices ever heard Of A visit to his
store will convince you.
A. L. Desbouillons, the reliable lew
eler, is showing a fine line of watches.
clocks and jewelry ware. Get prices on
rings, pins and charms. AZ Bull street.
M. Dryfus, outfitters for men and
boys clothing; you know it. The peo-
pie come to this reliable store for hats.
shoes and furnishings.
Green & Co., 1876 Whitaker: If Won
can't get a picture framed to suit you
at our store, then you are hard tn
please. If you want the winning ticket
in the automobile drawing, then come
here for 1t.
Have you seen those white jap silk
waists at $3.50 at Garfunkel & Sons 2
They are worth 81.
The Georgia Steam Laundry; Your
shirts, collars and cuffs laundried to
perfection. The business men, the conn
mercial and professional men praise it.
Congress street.
A. S. Nichols, the reliable shoe deal
er, sells the kind of shoes that fit well.
wear well, and give you solid comfort.
Recommended by the people.
H. H. Peoples & Sons, lbs Congress
street. is a splendid place to buy your
hardware, stoves, implements, fire.
arms, cutlery and builders supplies.
guns and ammunition.
The Jeaness Miller shoes for ladies'.
and Turner shoes for men, handled only
by A. S. Nichols, the reliable shoe
dealer. Broughton street, west.
Attend the great clearance sale oa
accumulated odds and ends at Daniel
Hogan's this week There will 81
agreeable surprises for you.
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CONTINUED from Page Twelve.)
C. Lehman and Mrs B A White were
called to Sumter, S c., a few days ago
by the serious illness of Mrs. A. d.
Hardy, formerly Miss Daisy Cold
smith.
Mrs. c. Marlin and Mrs. Allen Lay
bourne and little son are spending the
summer on st. Simon Island.
Mrs. N. Emanuel and children are
spending some time on st. Simon Is
land, where they are Joined in the
evenings by Mr.. Emanuel.
Miss Lillian Frazer of Atlanta Is the
guest of friends in Brunswick for sew
eral weeks.
Miss Willodean Frazer of Alabama
is spending some time with relatives
in Brunswick and on st. Simon.
Miss Mary Clay has returned to her
home in Savannah, after a month or
two in Brunswick, the guest of her
father, Hon. Joseph Clay.
Miss jamie Shuptrlne of Savannah is
the guest Of Miss lila Lee for several
weeks
Miss Matte Cobb Howard has re-
turned to Atlanta, after visit to
Brunswick and st. Simon.
One of the pleasant events of the
week was the library excursion a few
evenings ago, chaperoned by Mrs. G. S.
Wylly, Mrs. j. E. duBignon, Mrs. e.
F. Coney, Mrs. w. II. DeVoe, Mrs. r..
r. Hopkins, Mrs. Hugh Porter, Mrs. j.
A. Montgomery. Mrs. j. A. Butts.
In compliment to their guest, Miss
Mary Barnwell of Atlanta, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Thomas entertained few
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has begun I'm blamed if I don't help
him toward that goal
About ten days after the young man
had been assigned to my battery there
was an officers hop at the Preside,
to which many of the society people of
San Francisco were invited. The mop
was in full swing at about IL o'clock,
when a startling apparition appeared
at the main entrance to the hall in
which the hop was held. The appari-
ton was very tall and exceedingly
good-looking young man, dressed in
a fine suit of silk pajamas and wear
ing pair of tan Romeo slippers, walk
ing deliberately into the room with a
fixed stare in his eyes. He was my
clever young recruit. l was so perfect
ly astounded that / didn't know what
to make of his appearance for mo-
ment or So Meanwhile the young man
kept advancing down the room, with
his hands stretched out before him, as
If feeling his way, although the light
was brilliant, and everybody in his
path made room for him. j FASTENED
over to the young fellow when l had
recovered from my astonishment, and
it did not take me moment to per-
ceive that he was sound asleep-a SOM
nambulist. A number or the young So
cety men from San Francisco who
were present set up laugh when they
saw the young fellow and exchanged
looks with each other 1 reproved them
with a glance for laughing at the af-
Fiction of a fellow man. Then / tried
a scheme to awaken the somnambulist
which / had seen strolling hypnotists
employ in awakening their subjects
that is to say, 1 snapped him sharply
behind the ear with the nail of my
middle finger.
1T worked, and the young man came
to with a heavy sigh, rubbed his eyes
and gazed around the room in appar-
ent alarm and CONSERVATION. Then he
raced out of the room at a lope amid
the renewed and, as / thought. the
decidedly rude laughter Of the young
fellows from San Francisco. / took
after the young man and caught up
with him on the parade ground as ne
was making for his quarters at log.
He seemed to be terribly put out over
the performance when ] came along
side him, and begged me not to speak
about it,
But said I, I've got to speak
about il as I am in command of your
battery. and I want to know II this
thing happens often with YOU
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Der of young girls between IS and 20.
The costumes they wear are about as
ugly as can be imagined, consisting
of a gray skirt and jacket, a striped
apron, a coarse fichu thrown across
the shoulders, and a hideous little bon
net fitting tightly TO the head and
completely hiding the hair. When 1
asked the director why some of the
costumes were slightly different, he
told me that it was to denote the man
ner in which their detention was to be
carried out. Prisoners condemned to
hard labor wear a black band around
their bonnet.
What was particularly interesting
was the workshop, which was divided
into two parts, one for the old women
and one for the young. The former
seemed to be devoting themselves to
the making of hair, and before them
we're all sorts of wigs, false fringes,
and so on, while the young women did
nothing but make corsets.. All the
work is done in absolute silence, and
in a room in which are several hun
dred women one could almost hear a
pin drop.
'It is always like this" said the di-
rector. excepting in the chapel, where
the prayers are said aloud But II
any of the women want to speak?'
I asked. "They have to tap twice on
a table with their thimble," he replied,
land so attract the attention of the
warder. who If he thinks fit, allows
them to speak" While we were walk
ing in one of the cells the director re-
marked: Look at the expression of
the women-don't you think there is
a great resemblance" 1t was true,
the same brutal look was on each
face.
Before leaving 1 passed yet another
cell and stopped before the door,
thinking the director was going to al
low me to visit it, but he hastily re-
marked, I'VE never allow visitors in
there, for that is where Gabrielle Bonn
pard is at work, and such crowds of
people ask to see her that we are
obliged to refuse the permission to
everybody. She was for long time
the 'clou' of the prison" However,
I was allowed to look at her through
an iron grating, but was told to do 1t
very hurriedly, and, above all, not to
let any one see me. / barely had time
to catch a glimpse Of the celebrated
prisoner, and notice that she was still
pretty and more refined than her com
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mans body, sooner than procure one
from French maker who might more
easily identify its purchaser. The re-
mains were placed in this trunk, and
the couple repaired with their lug
gage to the village of Milly, near
Lyons, where they attempted to sink
it in the River Saone. The improvised
cofhn however, caught in some BUSH
es on the river bank and its CHASTITY
contents were soon troubling the
dreams of the whole French detective
force. Eyraud ana the woman fled to
America After some months Gabrielle
abandoned him and turned states evil
dence. Eyraud was eventually caught
at Havana, and subsequently behead-
ed on the Place de la Roquette. His
accomplice was sentenced to twenty
yeyars' hard labor, as already mention
ed.
For thirteen years both Gabrielles
lived side by side. ignoring one an
others name, knowing only the num-
Der on the others badge of infamy.
Both were model prisoners, very peni-
tent and amenable.
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ALWAYS TRADE AT ECKSTE|N'S.
GUSTAVE E6KSTE|N & CO..
Is and Is Broughton Street West.

evenings ago, among their guests be-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Banks, Mrs.
Joe Bennett, Mrs. J. A. Montgomery,
Mrs. Baya, Misses jamie Symons, Had
die Mccullough, Fannie Symmes.
Ethel Elliott. Marie Burdette, Maude
Mosely, Margaret Young, Bessie
Symmes, Lucille Butts, Ella Burdette,
Ellen Penniman, Susia Lamar, Bessie
Baker, Clara Lamar, Messrs. Hunter
Hopkins, H. d. duBignon, e. w. Butts,
Leighton Burroughs, j. w. Griffeth.
Insley West, Rowell Reese, Mac Bur-
roughs, Dave Atkinson, LeVergne
Whitfield, Win Bailey A. c. Banks. Jr.,
T. @. Fleming, Jr., Sam Mallard, Bur
ford Coney FL. Smith, Fl. Andrews,
Jesse Thomas.
Mrs. w. M. Topper entertained the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyte-
rian Church with a day at her pretty
cottage on st. Simon on Wednesday.
Miss Lillian Weddell and son have re-
turned to Atlanta, after visit to Mrs.
r. II. Everett.
Miss Lila Mcintosh of Darien is the
guest of Mrs. B. Emaneul.
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ALL TO WIN A BET.
How "A San Francisco Youth Com
trived to Get Out of the Army.

trived tO Get out of the Army.
From the Washington Star.
zone day about eight years ago
there came to my battery at the Presi-
dio, along with a batch of recruits
who had beer enlisted in San Fran
cisco. a wen-hred looking young chap
whose countenance was somehow ia
mliar to ME, and yet, try as l would.
I couldn't quite place him" said an
artillery officer of the regular army
I'm appearance, manner, carriage and
talk he was far and away ahead of
the average recruit-so much so, in
fact, that 1 was rather sorry that he
had been assigned to my battery.
This yourg fellow, l said to my
self when | had looked him over, is
probably scapegrace son of good peo-
pie who has no doubt got himself into
some sort of a mess or other and he
has enlisted for the purpose of getting
under cover for a spell. He'll tire of
army life and discipline inside of a
month and complain to his folk, who
ever they may be- and then they'll be-
gin to move heaven and earth to OBJ
tain his discharge, and there will be
the duce to pay. Or, being an edu
Gated youth and, perhaps, afflicted with
the swelled head, he will not yield to
OlSClpune at all, ana VIII develop INTO
a barrack lawyer, and make all hands
disconnected, and spend most of his
own time in the clink for miscon-
duct. l wish they hadn't sent him to
my battery.
But, to my surprise, this young fell
low Immediately began to prove him
self a good soldier. 1t appeared on
his papers that he had been a men,
Der of some California militia outfit,
and, consequently, he didn't need much
drill, except on the heavy guns-he
was as good as any of the old-timers
at the infantry tactics. He was alert
and a hustler, he knew how to keep
his accoutrements polished, he was
respectful and attentive, and he
knocked into a cooked hat my precon-
ceived notions as to the educated man
| in the ranks. He applied himself from
the beginning to the study of the ar
tillery tactics and after so short a
space of time as a week ] began to
eye that young man as a prospective
! n-commissioned officer in my bat
! terry. 1 took occasion to talk to him
some for the purpose of drawing him
out, and fund that he conversed like
| a collegian.
! I was wrong about that lad,
! said to myself after a week. He has
no doubt entered the army for the
! purpose of getting a commission from
the ranks, and if he goes on as he
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The CIermont Prison.
Paris Letter in London Pail Mall Ga
zette.

Paris Letter in London Pail Mall Ga
zette
When l heard that Gabrielle Fenay-
rou and Gabrielle Bompard had been
released from prison it Immediately re-
minded me of a visit l once paid,
through the aid of a government Off
cial, to the Establishment Penitentiare
de Clermont, where the two Gabrieles
those central figures in the most SEN
sational dramas of the past twenty
years-Were detained.
Ciermont prison is an ugly building
al the top of a steep hill. 1t is sur
rounded by a wall that is just high
enough to prevent the prisoners from
catching a glimpse of the scenery.
Strange to say, inside this wall is still
the Chateau de Clermont, which is now
used as offices in connection with the
prison.
On the day of my visit | was usher
ed into the private room, where the di-
rector was kind enough to relate to me
the history of the prison. L was then
taken into the courtyard by the chief
Warder, an old soldier, who was COW
cred with medals. He informed me
that the prisoners were divided into
two sets. The women who were strong
and accustomed to heavy work were
entirely separate from the more dell
cate The stronger women were in
trusted with cooking, baking, wash
ing, and cleaning. They are COM
PEELED to carry on their backs large
quantities of coal and wood, which are
| deposited at the prison doors, as no
tradesmen or worlImen of any kind
| are allowed inside, and the number of
men employed in very limited.
l must admit that the third act of
La File Elisa" panied me more than
| the sight 1 witnessed at Clermont,
where the scene was one of no little
| ANNA ton. Most of the women were
vulgar in appearance and seemed to
be about 40. There was also a num-
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NAINSOOK CHECKS. worth IN
&c yard, at................... -TU
INDIA LINON, worth SIC .En
HIJCK TOWELING, worth INA
15c yard. at .................IVU
YARD-WIDE BLEACHING; En
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TWO FRENCH WOMEN
CRIMINALS PARD0NED.

prison in which They Were an Ugly
Huilding-Thc COnvicts Divided
INFO sets-WOmen Must Get Per-
mission to Speak.
From the Paris Daily Messenger.
Within the last quarter of a century
,,.o Gabrielles have registered their
names prominently in the annals of
rhine in France. Both of them, at
few days interval, have had the
,,.,adt of the Presidential pardon. The
frst of these, Gabrielle Fenayrou, had
hsau in durance vile twenty three years
,,njer life sentence. The second,
Gabrielle Rompard, sentenced to TWEEN
>, years hard labor, has been let off
sfrer serving thirteen. The crimes for
,,,ich these two women were condem-
,,ad we're of a striking character; they
we're the popular topic of conversation
for a long time, and references are
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constantly being made to 'le crime du
Pecq" and "raffaire Gouffe."
Gabrielle Fenayrou, who was the
daughter of a Paris chemist, was fore
ed into marrying her late fathers
assistant at the instigation of her
widowed mother, who was, according
to French law, in the dilemma either
OF finding a successor to her late hus-
band within the six month following
his deeease or closing up the premises.
In marrying her daughter and the Us
sistant she had. so she thought, SOL
we'd the problem-kept the family prop
erty in the possession of the family,
and secured for herself a comfortable
life annuity. Shortly after the mar
rage, however, trouble began. The
young husband thought more of gamb-
ling at cafes and at the. races than at
tending to his business, and shortly
afterward took an assistant into his
service to do the work he was so anX-
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made the acquaintance of Eyraud, an
INSCRIPTIONS adventurer, who persuad-
ed her to ensnare a baliff named
Gouffe into an apartment in the Rue
Tronson- Doucoudray, hired for the
express purpose of numbering him and
secure the keys of his safe. Gouffe
accepted the invitation, and was nc
sooner in the bedroom than Gabrielle
slipped a rope around his neck, and
Eyraud, who was behind a curtain,
promptly strangled him. While the
victim was yet in the throes of an
awful agony, the murderer took the
keys of the safe from one of his peck
cts and rushed to his office, but he
only found a small sum of money
there The two worthless then be-
thought themselves of disposing of
the victims body
They had, few days before, gone all
the way to London to purchase a very
large trunk capable of containing a
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panions, before the grating was again
closed That was the only time 1 saw
Gabrielle Bompard, who is now free
after thirteen years detention.
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BRUNSWICK SOCIETY.

Continued from Page Twelve.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-21
Tarrant e. Kings
Cotton Letter.


New York, March 20.-After sharp
advance Yesterday room traders were in
clined to take the short side for turn,
and there has been considerable selling
to-day for a decline. The so-called tai
ent are now all on the short side with
very few exceptions and the contracts
are held by spinners and New England
bull CLIQUE. These who hold the con-
tracts will not sell on a decline or on a
moderate advance and as the bear am
munition has about all been spent any
material change from present prices viii
probably be on the up side Indeed, we
have never bpown the statistical position
of cotton as well as it's trade position
and the technical position of the market,
all to be so bullish at one time. Those
who have bought cotton on reactions
have made money since November 18th.
Indeed we have probably sent more
money to the South this season in profits
than was ever sent before by one brok-
erage house in a single season, and we
believe that just as much money can be
made by buying cotton now on soft spots
and has been made by buying it since No
vember 18th, but as the price is high COM
paratively. we again suggest that pur-
chases should only be made on moderate
reactions. TARRANT & KING,
6S Broad Street
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e. Co.'s
Cotton Letter.
Especial to News and observcr.)

Especial to News and Observer
New York, March 20.-There was more
cotton for sale at $50 for July this
morning than there has been since the
option sold at $50 on the previous adj
vance. July was for sale in reams. 1t
was believed to be for Wall Street ac-
count and so much came out that the
market could not stand up under it.
Then prices gave way May weakened
during the afternoon to 1856, a decline
of about ten points. The selling by the
so-caIled bear pool was the feature Of
the day. It may be this will market
more cotton by holders looking for set
back. Then again it may be that bad
weather will cause these sellers to cover
and there wifi be another advance.
Everything depends on the weather and
the condition of things in the Sout't.
Without sunshine you can't break the
market very well. With good wealth
er we would rather short August on good
bulges 1t is because we are afraid of
scare among spinners on this late
planting that we are So conservative On
the selling side at the present. The sup
ply of cotton is too small to leave q short
safe when the weather map is as bad as
it has been for two days. Give us
week or two of sunshine and increasing
receipts and the market will look differ
ent But without more cotton coming
in and better accounts of plating
we don't want to sell much cotton. The
situation is simply this: bulls hold
big line of Nav cotton. When there are
larger receipts it will be hard for shorts
to get this cotton here There is short
interest and it would be very easy to have
a scare on the part of spinners. rms
would make trouble in the future market.
1t is too hard to get cotton to make
short selling safe except on favorina con-
ditions. We believe the price is against
cotton. We would rather play the short
side in August but we cannot think
this safe at the moment
Cotton futures today ranged as fol
10
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STOCKS AND BONDS.


New York. March 2O.--General i'm
provement was shown by the stock mar
ket today The absence of selling pres
sure at the opening caused the profess
sional element to cover in number Of the
active issues, with the result that nu
merous material gains were registered
Southern Pacific was one Of the few ex-
ceptions, showing more or less weakness
throughout the day The bulk of today's
business was done during the morning
session, though in the last hour the mar
ket resumes its early activity and clos
ing prices were in many instances the
best of the day. The better feeling was
more pronounced in the afternoon be-
cause of the greater ease in the time
money rate. some loans being made at 5
per cent. 1t was the general opinion that
barring untoward events the situation
should from now on improve The early
gains took on Canadian Pacific, Louis
vile and Nashville, St. Paul, several
specialties, including Minneapolis and
st. Louis which advanced points, and
the steel stocks. Later their improved
prices for Baltimore and Ohio the Fries,
New York Central. ST. Louis and San
| Francisco issues and Rock Island The
advance in the two last named was ac-
companicd by reports that early an
rouncements of the much discussed deal
would be made In the industrial group
prices reached a higher level in Ten
| nessee Coal, Colorado Fuel Consolidated
| Gas, General Electric and National
| Lead. Sugar shares were weak through
out and Amalgamated Copper was bare
| ly steady, though making a fractional
net gain. The decline in Sugar followed
the operations of a specialist who offered
the stock down in hundred shares lot.
n feature of the early afternoon was
the sudden demand for Metropolitan
which was said to come from the large
short interest In fairly large transac-
lions the stock made net gain of four
points, closing at the top Missouri Pa
cific developed some strength by reason
of its statement OF earnings which was
one of the most gratifying features of the
day The hard coal stocks we're fairly
strong though not in active demand, and
St. Paul advanced on what was at first
reported to be inside buying. LondoI
traded in about 900 shares here. buy.
ling slightly on balances. The days bus,
Iiness was comparatively small and com
mission houses continued TO report an ab
sence of public interest. Much of thu
buying came from the various pools anC
cliuues that were prominent on the Shor
side up to a few days ago. There was M
change in the foreign exchanges situa
ton. Money both for time and demand
Iloans was offered in abundance but tn,
demand was again only moderate. Fore
casts of the weeks money movement in
dioated a comparatively slight loss b!
the banks.
The bond market maintained a firm
) tone throughout the day, but was some