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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
NO JOKE.


If Mark Twain should write story
about a person who weighed 80 pounds
and increased her weight to $50 pounds
Cor doub1e) in one year by quitting cof-
fee and drinking Postum Coffee, every
one who read it would say, There's a
joke behind that somewhere"
There is well-known lady in Coraop-
oils Pa, who actually made this gain
in weight as the direct result of leav-
ing off coffee and taking up Postum
Food Coffee. 1t was a very earnest
matter and far from a joke for her. Her
gain in general health kept pace with
the increase in weight.
She says,-"For many years l suffer-
ed with stomach arrangements and
violent and oft-recurring headaches. 1t
was not an unusual thing for our family
of four to use 21s to 3 pounds of coffee
a week. 1 was suspicious that my
troubles were due to coffee, but as l
did not like tea or cocoa or chocolate
there seemed no palatable hot drink
for me to take at my meals.
Then ii was I heard of Postum and
decided to try it. / was just convalesc-
ing from a serious illness, and was
very weak and emaciated. I know 1t
sounds like what people would call a
fish story, but 1 actually went from
80 pounds to $50 pounds weight in one
year. All Tie SdllOWIlcSS ulodppSdlcd
from Y skin and / now carry my 40
years very lightly indeed. My change
in health is so great that many of my
friends make a joke of it to this day
but my nerves are good and 1 am hap
Ply and contented, so can afford to
laugh with them.
81 first learned of Postum from a
family in indianapolis where / saw the
mother of six children emerge from In
vaidism to perfect health on Postum
after leaving off coffee. Soon after
that another friend made a remarkable
recovery by dropping coffee and using
Postum and when / moved here a
neighbor shook off coffee and nervous
dyspepsia and built himself up on the
food drink. So I heard OF one after
another until ! don't know how many
1 have known OF who have recovered
from disease of some sort by leaving
OF the drug coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
You are al liberty 10 use my name"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
crock Mtfh
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
ON THE CANAL TREATY
The Senate spent some Time in
Executive Session.


Washington. Feb. 26.-When the,
Senate went into executive session
to-day the Panama canal treaty was
Immediately taken up, and Senator
Morgan resumed his speech in oppo-
sition to that agreement.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
moved for an open session. but his mo-
ton was voted down, IS to 40. His
object in making the motion was to
try to secure reconsideration of the
adoption of the report of the Confer
ence Committee on the Indian appro-
priation bill, which the Senate accept
ed yesterday. Senator McCumber re-
newed his motion several times, but 1t
failed each time.
Senator Blackburn took occasion
during the executive session to state
that he would hereafter object to any
unanimous agreements to vote on
measures until he could be assured
that vote could be had on a motion
to consider the antitrust BILL
Senator Hale said he did not think
that position could be maintained. but
Senator Blackburn assured him that
It would be.
Senator Hoar spoke of his desire to
bring up the conference report Of the
bill for the protection of the Presl-
dent, and after encountering some OPP
position at last moved to go into leg
islative session for the purpose of pre- :
senting the report. The motion pre-
vailed. The report went over until to-
morrow.
Senator Morgan ceased his speech
in opposition to the treaty almost an
hour before the opening of the doors.
He was not well and was excused on
that account.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
ONE WIFE TOO MANY
rs WHAT PREACHERS CLAIM
AGAINST REED sMoOT.
SENAT0R-ELECT OF UTAH
HAS A PROTEST FILED AGAINST
HIM IN THE SENATE.

Rev. }. L. LeiIicb, n Methodist
Preacher, Makes the PrOtest-It
Was Presented by Senator Bur-
rOws-It Charges That Smooth Has
Plural Wife-Proof Lies Within
the Secret Archives of the Mormon
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wants the
senator to Demand the Records.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Bur-
rows, chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections, to-day
presented to the Senate protest
signed by Rev. ]. L. Leilich, in the case
of Senator-elect Reed Smoot of Utah,
urging that Mr.. Smoot shall not be
permitted to take his seat in the Sem
ate. Mr.. Leilich is in charge of Meth
odist missions in Utah and resides in
ton as the representative of the Min
listers Association of Salt Lake. His
statement is sworn to.
Mr.. Leilich declares that Mr.. Smoot
is a polygamist, and now has a pural
wife, although he deems 1t inexpedient
" 6AFN eAiI ihoiuCil VI lHC
at this time. His charge on this point
is as follows:
Charge of LeiIich.
That the said Reed Smoot is
polygamist, and that since the admis-
sion of Utah into the, Union of states,
he, although then and there having
legal wife, married plural wife In
the state of Utah, in violation of the
laws and compacts hereinbefore de-
scribed. and since such plural or po-
lygamous marriage, the said Reed
Smoot has lived and cohabited with
both his legal wife and his plural wife
in the state of Utah and elsewhere, as
occasion offered and that the only rec
ord of such plural marriage is the Sc
cret record made and kept by the au-
thorities of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. which
secret record is in the exclusive custody
and control of the first presidency and
the quorum of the twelve apostles of
the said church, of which the said Reed
Smoot is one. and is beyond the con-
troll or power of the Protestants.
Wants senate to Compel
"Your protestant respectively asks
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
VOLCANO STRIKES
TERROR TO HEARTS.
Mexicans Fenr the Fury of Raging
CO1ima.

Mexicans Fear the Fury of Raging
COIima.
Colima, Mex, Feb. 26.-The contin-
ued eruption of the volcano up to yes
terday afternoon created an immense
panic in all regions within twenty
miles of the mountain, which cast up
an immense quantity of lava and was
plainly the center of tremendous dis
turbance A column of black smoke
rose above the crater and ashes fell
in dense showers, especially at The
town of Tonila, which its inhabitants
a abandoned.
Many large haciendas are unworked.
as nobody will remain on them. Rail-
way construction men are watching
Developments with keen interest.
The mountain has always been con-
sldered dangerous. The present efup-
ton is the worst for many years.
News from Acapulco Of an earth
quake there yesterday indicates that
the zone Of seismic disturbance Is ex-
tensiye.
Subterranean roarings have been
heard here and down the west coast
There has been no loss Of life 90 far
tonerfed
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27

New York, Feb. 26.-Conrad N. Jor-
dan. assistant treasurer of the United
States, at the sub-treasury in this
city, died to-day at his residence in
West End avenue. Mr.. Jordan had
been i'll for some days from an at
tack of the grip.
During the political campaign OF
1894 Mr.. Jordan was an active work.
er in the Democratic ranks, and in
1885 and again in 1898, was appoint
ed by President Cleveland assistant
treasurer of the United States at the
sub-treasury in this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
Miss walton, MaIlorysviIIe.

Washington, Ga, Feb. 26.-The sud
den death of Miss Leila Walton, a
beautiful young woman of Wilkes
county, who was principal of Chica-
saw Academy, occurred yesterday at
Mallorysville. In apparent good health
Miss Walton returned from her school
Tuesday afternoon. During the night
she was taken violently i'll and died
before medical assistance could reach
her. She was a daughter of Capt.
John II. Walton and sister of Mrs.
w. r. Wynne. The interment took
place to-day at Mallorysville.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
INJUNCTION PERMANENT.
HiIIsboroush County Cannot Issue
Its Bonds.

Tallahassee. Fla. Feb. 2e.-The Flor
ida Supreme Court has made perma-
nent the injunction restraining the
commissioners Of HiIisborough coun-
~ from disposing Of the $4,000 issue
Of gold bonds authorized by vote OF
the people. An injunction had been
granted IN the Circuit Court prohibit
ing the sale ~ the bonds on the
ground that they called for payment
IN gold instead Of IN lawful money Of
the United States. The Supreme Court
bases - decision, not on this ground,
but on The ground that the resolution
Of the commissioners ~ which a vote
Nas taken did not definitely nK the
Interest
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27

Richmond, Va, Feb. 27.-Col Alfred
Landon Rives, distinguished civil
engineer, died at 1 O'Clock this morn
ing at his home, Castle HILL in AL
bemarle county. He was about II
years old, and leaves three daugh-
tiers, the eldest the Princess Troubetz-
koi. Col. Rives was for some years
general manager of the Panama Canal
Company.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27

it was finally decided that she was in
eligible under the constitution.
The congress spent the entire night
session in casting their ballots for the
officers nominated to-day. The ballot
ing continued until nearly midnight af-
ter which an adjournment was taken
until tomorrow. The announcement OF
the result will be made in the morn
ing.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-16
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
Kansas City Business Man Kills
His Wife and Afterwards
Shoots Himself.
BREACH CAME LAST WEEK.
Woman. Who Moved in Society
and Attracted Public Atten-
ton Several Times,
Charged Cruelty.
BREACH CAME LAST WEEK.

Kansas City. NO.. Aug. 15.-George B.
Evans. manager OF the American Transfer
Company, murdered his wife Mrs. Lille
Maude Evans, in a most cold-blooded man
ner ut their home In the southern portion
of the city early to-day.
Later he was found dead In Mount St.
Mary's Cemetery, two miles distant. having
shot himself.
Mrs. Evans was attacked a. she lay
asleep.
According to the hired girl. the only wit
ness to the tragedy, Evans entered his
wifes apartments at about daylight and
nred two shots at her.
Neither took effect. and then. dragging
Mrs- Evans toward him by the hair. he de-
liberately placed his revolved against the
back OF her neck and fired.
The shot literally blew the woman's head
or In the dim light the servant was I'M
able to recognize the murderer positively as
Evans. but informed the police, when the
alarm was given, that she believed she rec
pgnized the voice as his.
Evans escaped and his body was found
uny after several hours search.
Mrs.. Evans, who was q years old. was
4 society woman. She was married to
Evans In 1885. Last Wednesday she filed
suit for divorce, alleging drunkenness and
cruelty. and at the same time brought suit
demanding that her husband pay 500 for
rent Of the barn occupied by the company
hf which he Is manager.
The properly, AIRS. Evans asserted, be-
ionged to her: and In addition. she asked
IN order restraining Evans from disposing
Of two valuable race horses and other
prupGty, which she said also belonged to
her.
Nh. Evans attracted much attention
last March during the teamsters' strike by
driving one Of her husbands transfer was-
ons, which the regular driver refused to
take out Of tho barns for fear OF violence
at the hands Of the strikers.
Mrs. Bvans made several trips, perched
on the scat Of a big truck between her
husbands barns and the freighthouses,
driving fearlessly through crowds Of jeer-
ing strikers.
cut the horses traces she dashed the men
with her whip. and proceeded without be-
ing further molested.
Two years ago Mrs. Evans also gained
some notoriety by horsewhippins a man
who had attempted to fiirt with her.
Mrs. Evans had feared that her husband
would kill her. and had talked OF her fears
last night. She locked the door of her
room when she retired. but by a strange
fatality unfastened it in the night to gain
fresh air.
Evans evidently had planned the tragedy
deliberately. He spent the night in a neigh
boring saloon. Returning homs he entered
the house through the window near which
his umbrella was found to-day, and appar-
emily went directly to his wtfe's room.
Mrs. Evans. awakened By the first two
shots. Yves heard to scream. In a moment
more. when tho third shot had been fred,
her screams ceased. and when the servant
reached her room Mrs Evans was dead,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-16
HERDER WHIPPED TO DEATH.
Montana Cattlemen Guilty of a
Brutal Crime.

Helena, Mont. Aug. 1.-THE warfare BE-
tween tho oattlemen and sheepmen OF Mont
ana cuimfatsd to-day in the most brutal
murder In the history Of the State.
Early this morning fourteen masked cat
tiemen rode into the sheep camp of Joe
Sturgeon. near Dupuyer. and. SEEKING Jim
Howard q hsrdsr. bound him to a tree and
whipped him to death.
The other men in camp were asleep when
the raiders arrived. So quietly did they
work In capturing Howard that no one was
awakened.
The gang carried Howard ten miles IN
the mountains and told him that he had
been amply warned to take his sheep out of
the cattle country, and that By refusing he
had forfeited his life.
At 4 signal from the leader, two men dis
mounted and began slashing Howard with
their cattle whips.
For nearly an hour Howard was whipped.
Finally he became unconscious. and when
the beating had ended he was dead.
Sheriff Taylor and a heavy posse are in
pursuit OF the whitecaps.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-16

A lot Of Boys School Shoes. including
vici kid. box calf and velour calf shoes
that sold from u. so to 800 pair. also
few pairs of ESQ pa tent leather shoes.
almost every size from little fellows 10
to big boys 81 for sale no
Monday. while they Last, INC
per pair wv
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-16
Boys School Shoes, $500
to $500 Grades, $L48.

Misses and Children,s Shoes and o1tords.
mostly odd lots from our regular stock:
there are included in this assortment
number OF splendid school shoes; be-
sides the low shoes are suitable for
school wear during September; sizes run
from 81 to 2. values from no
d. so to zoo pair tNN
CHOICE .....-.. ..-................
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-16
TRANSIT COMPANY SUED TWICE.
Street Car Accidents Grounds in
Both Cases.

Margaret Pentonez sued the st. Louis
Transit Company in the Circuit Court yes
terday for $4,000 damages for injuries al
legged to have been received May IS last. In
attempting to get on Cass avenue car
at vandeventer avenue she was thrown by
the car being started, she AYERS. Her knees.
right arm and shoulder were injured, she
AYERS.
Adam Bauer sued the Transit Company
yesterday for $1,000 for injuries alleged to
have been received July 26 last in a col
lision-
Ewing c. Sanders sued the St Louis and
Meramec River Railway Company in the
Circuit Court yesterday for $4,000 damages
for injuries alleged TO have been received
June q last in collision.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-16
PLAN FIRE-PRooF COTTAGES.
Company Proposes to Erect Two
Hundred Strurfures

Architect L. c. F. Stemme, formerly As
sistant Building Commissioner, yesterday
applied for perni. to erect cottage made
OF scagleol. fire-proof material. The cot
tage is to be one Of 200 Of similar kind to
be erected on tract on MeCausland ave-
nue., southeast Of Clayton.
The proposed cottages are to be 2ox4o feet,
and will be erected by the General Improve
nent Company.
The granting Of the permit was laid over
until the matter could be looked into.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

weeks she was dead. James was most
devoted to her during it all, paid all
the expenses, and had her inferred In
the family burying ground. They say
he took it very much to heart"
Algernon waited with malicious ex-
pectancy, for he knew what was com
ing.
Leila was too much absorbed in her
thoughts to observe his manner. When
he paused, she asked:
What was she to him that he
should do that, and take it SO to heart,
as you say?"
We'll" and there was an impress
i've pause, she was his wife!"
His wife!" cried Leila, unable to
check the cry Of establishment. Al
gernon nodded in a satisfied manner,
and then said:
yes, she was his wife He mar
ried her when he was young fellow.
She had it in her blood. and went to
the bad. Then they parted. Later he
heard that she was dead, and did not
know better until he saw her on the
oAA Nt-Ns 1851 nun DeLAAfA DcIh III HIS
chair, satisfied that he had done we'll
For some minutes Leila was silent
The man finally became impatient,
and, to break the suspense, asked:
We'll, what do you think of it,?
Pretty rough on James, isn't it?"
In reply the woman arose and
opened the door leading to the hall.
Then she turned her great eyes upon
him in dazzling scorn.
'There!" she said, pointing to the
door. You had better go home. You
are mischieyous little cur, and if l
were a man l would thrash you!"
The man stared in dead consterna-
ton, not believing his ears. Before
he could compose an answer, how
ever, he was left alone in the rom,
and the sound of Lelia's light steps
came back to him as she assembled the
stairs leading to her room.
That night she wrote a very apollo
getic little note to James, begging
him to come to see her next day. And
James came.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15
HOW LAWSON GOT EVEN.
Boston Millionaire Is a Bad Man to
Antauonize,

Boston Millionaire Is a Bad Man to
Antagonize.
Thomas w. Lawson, Boston's cop
per operator, is a man of very warm
likes and dislikes, especially dislikes,
as many who have come in contact
with him have reason to remember.
Just now they are telling in Boston
how he avenged himself on a florist
who took occasion to press him for a
bill at time when he had his hands
full looking out for the clubs of his en-
emies in the stock market, and Incl
dentally swinging few clubs of his
own.
The florist in question was one with
whom the millionaire had done a great
deal of business in years gone by.
When Amalgamated Copper took its
recent slump someone went to the
florist with a straight tip to the eff
feet that Lawson was in a bad way
financially. The florist straightway
hied himself to Lawson's office with
a demand for his bill. Lawson told
him to keep cool, adding that he would
send a check as soon as the bill was
checked up. The florist, however,
wanted certified check at once
The insistence of the man was re-
warded, and he went on his way re-
joicing, his joy being turned to woe a
few days later by the resignation of
his chief lieutenant, who announced
that he was IN start Store within q
block of the one in which he had
worked for many years.
And the knowledge that came later
that Mr.. Lawson's money was back of
the magnificent new store did not
make him feel any better. 1t was
Lawson's way of getting square,
New York Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

land, and especially in the counties
of Cornwall, Devon and Essex, are the
monasteries of various orders of
monks. The monks themselves are
seldom met with, even in the neigh
borhood of their homes, for they re-
main much within doors, and go about
very quietly, seeking, as far as posi-
BILE, to avoid observation. In many
cases, and this is so in several in
stances where monasteries have been
established recently, they have even
gone so far, when new building has
had to be erected as to have it arti-
ficially decorated, 10 look to the
passer-by as if it had been in its posi-
ton for years. One of the most at
tractive of these Old-World settle
ments is situated in Devon, in the
beautiful Kingsbridge Valley, and
here the "Trappist Fathers" as this
order is called, farm quite a large
acreage of land with hardly any as
sistance from the outside world Any
day, during the hay-making time, or at
harvest, they may be seen with their
long serge cloaks tucked up out of
the way of their legs. and disclosing
their Knockers underneath, cheerfully
working away with hay fork or rake,
and it would be easy for one who saw
them thus to fancy himself in me-
dieval France.
Another large settlement is at Park.
minister, near East Grinstead, where
the Carthusian monks do lot of good
work. and own quantity of land,
which they do not farm themselves,
however, but let out to local farmers
at moderate prices. They are a
wealthy order, and have made such a
feature of helping the poor of their
district that the local authorities had
to request them not long ago to give
up such lavish distribution of money,
as it attracted a large number of
tramps to the locality. Benedictines,
Dominicans and a variety of orders
have settled in different parts, some
in large numbers, and the recent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

the disreputable to be a delicious
morsel for his palate. Besides, he had
a secret fear that the woman had not
yet forgotten James, and he was
eager to so poison her mind that her
heart would forever cast out the like
ness of the man she had once loved.
So it was that Algernon dug his little
pitfall and coaxed Leila to cross it.
Don't you remember that fellow
ah-let me see, what was his name?
Yes, have thames. Don't you re-
member him?"
She flashed a glance at him that
would have been a warning to man
of average intelligence, but Smythe
did not see it.
"Quite true" she said; there was
such a man. What of him?"
Nothing of interest. nothing at all
l CHANGED to think of him in connec-
ton with something heard to-day?"
"Yes?" with rising infection.
Something you heard set you to
thinking of him? That is fiattering."
mot at all" denied Algernon, ignor-
ing the thrust. But, don't you know,
it was something that cast light on
something he did" he paused ex-
pectantly
Lelias face was a mask, and Alger-
non could not read her thoughts.
Something that he did," she com
mented, tentatively. What can it all
mean?"
Don't you know?" he said desper-
ately. "Of hat-that-woman he was
seen with on the street"
ooh, yes" she made answer. as if
it all was now clear to her. There
was such a woman"
"She wasn't exactly-er-nice, you
know" he Numbered on.
81 heard so" was the disdainful in
terruption.
"She was once of a fairly respecta-
BILE family" pursued Algernon, regain
ing confidence, ''but she-she fell.
Then she left her home, and her peo-
pie forgot that she had ever lived. AT
forwards they left their old home and
came to this place"
wait a minute" interrupted Leila;
81 can finish it for you. They came
to this place, but she had preceded
them. When she knew OF their arrival
she hunted them up, repented of her
past misdeeds, was readmitted to the
fold, and now they live happily and
honorably. 1t is an old story, and
quite commonplace
But this did not turn out So" Al
gernon said triumphantly. 1T is
worse than that"
Worse? That is impossible"
Indeed, no, as you will see. When
James came across her it was by ac-
cident. She had not repented, but was
continuing her evil ways That very
night retribution overlook her. and
she was stricken with some kind of
malady. James took her to his home
and summoned the best medical aid,
but it was of no avail. In a few
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-15

a settlement at Peckham, and go
among the poor, dressed in their
brown cloaks of heavy serge, and with
their cowl or hood to protect their
heads in wet weather.
A strange rule is in force among
the Carthusians. which forbids them
to shave more than once a fortnight,
but they are not allowed to let their
hair grow long, and so, it may be sup
posed, they look in consequence more
like the tramps they assist so literally,
with rough, stubby chins The dress
of ali the orders is very much alike in
the main details, and varies principal
ly in color
Every one is familiar with the Lit
tie Sisters of the Poor. They often
call at Offices, asking for aims to
assist the charities they are connect
ed with. Not infrequently the en-
ployes of the firm they call on seek
to have a bit of fun at their expense.
They will ask them whether they
would like a cigar, to which they have
the ready answer, for they take the
joke in the harmless way it is meant,
and express their readiness to receive
a contribution in the way of a box
of cigars While, If it is a glass of
brandy that is offered, they plainly
hint that bottle of the same would
be more to the point, as a medicine
for the ailing people they visit.