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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Special prices for this week:
Eight-ball croquet sets, 50 cents;
good quality hammocks, SO cents ice
cream freezers, water coolers, ice picks,
ice shavers, SNOWFALL scrapers, lemon
squeezers and ice cream spoons. Sa-
vannah Crockery and Hardware Com
pany 305 Broughton, west.
Man is never better satisfied than
when smoking the choice brands of
cigars at Ed. L. Byck's, corner of Pu-
lash House. Tobaccos and smokers
supplies.
Rose elder toilet soap, extra size. bet
ter than the usual sc kind: on sale
Monday, March 9, &c, in the big bargain
Broughton street. west.
Try the new candy, French Blow.
Dainty. delicious, at Conidas.
Sewer Connections-We are prepared
to make the above at reasonable prices
Just listen! Is it not wise to go to
some reliable and responsible house
to have this important work done ,
Cornwell & Chapman, 10S Congress
street.
w. NJ. Davidson & Co., the real es-
tate company, are the people to see for
your realty business, stocks and bonds.
thoroughly reliable. ITO East BRYAN.
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. 43 Bull street.
"A. l.. DesbouiIlons. the jeweler. will
sell you goods in his line at lowest
prices ever heard of. A visit to his
store will convince you.
NJ. Dryfus, outfitters for men and
boys clothing; you know it. The peo-
pie come to this reliable store for hats.
shoes and furnishings.
NJ. B. Ehrlicher sells the purest wines
and liquors, bottled goods for family
use. All the choicest brands. BY the
pint, quart or gallon. Corner West
Broad and Liberty.
NJ. B. Ehrlicher still takes the lead
on West Broad street. with the finest
table delicacies, fresh eggs and butter:
can't be beat. Try them.
Greene g. Co.. 1876 Whitaker. We
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16
AFFAIRS AT AMERICUS.
street Corner Religious Meetings.
Large Sale of Cotton.

Street corner RIGHTEOUS meetings..
Large Sale of Cotton.
Americas. Ga. March 15.-An inno-
walton in a religious way was institut-
ed here last night by Rev. r. E. Neigh
Dor, pastor of First Baptist Church,
who, with a large number of his con-
gregation. held services at the Wind
sor Hotel corner. The business streets
We're thronged with Saturday might
shoppers. and the impromptu meeting
attracted a great deal of attention.
The local Y. NJ. c. A. has raised suf-
ficient funds for the erection of
handsome building. and work upon this
will be started at an early date.
The sale yesterday of hundred
bales of cotton. owned by ]. II. Dan
lei, wealthy farmer here. at 9% cents,
reduces stocks in Americas TO a patty
200 bales, all the warehouses being
about depleted. At this date last year
there were several thonsand bales in
stock here. The recent high prices
caused the depletion.
Americas has received for the cur
rent season 5000 bales Of cotton, an
excess OF 1000 bales over the season
previous.
Farmers are greatly behind with
work on account OF incessant rains
Some corn has been planted but on
many plantations but little work has
been done 10 far, There viii be no in
crease IN the cotton acreage this year
II is believed, a. farmers well known
that the present prices OF cotton can-
not be maintainea until another crop IL
gathered
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16
Potato Experience.

There are nearly, if not quite 1000
acres planted in Irish potatoes in this
section, which includes Federal Point
and Hastings, this season. says the
Florida Agriculturist. To give some
slight idead as to the importance of
this crop ! will give a rough estimate
as TO the probable cost of the crop de-
hvered at the shipping point. 1t will
cost per acre, for seed. fertilizer, labor
and barrels not less than $1,000 This
Is a conservative estimate and is more
apt 70 be under rather than over the
actual cost This Will make the crop
cost 500, 900 and this will only pay ex-
penses ana OF course we will not be
satisfied unless we do better than that.
We have had a hard time OF il in ex-
cesslye rain. our land is low and il
easily flooded and does not dry out
lost during the short ana cloudy win
ter days
The main planting usually begins
here about the middle Of January and
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16
AFFAIRS AT ATHENS,
Scholarship of the Normal School.
College Debating League

College Debating League.
Athens, Ga, March 15.-Yesterday
President Branson, of the State Nor
NAL School, announced that the time
had come for the students to renew
the free scholarship they had given
last year. In response to this an
nouncement the student body made UP
money enough for seven scholarships
of $50 each. A friend whose name was
moi given sent President Branson a
check for $50 yesterday for the estab-
lishment of scholarship. President
Branson is now engaged in securing Il
renewal in as many instances as pos
sible of the scholarships given last
year, in order to secure the one hun
dred scholarships necessary to get the
other one hundred scholarships offer
ed by the General Education Board.
Responses from the Lucy Cobb In
stitute alumnal are coming in daily to
the appeal for subscriptions to a fund
with which to erect a new domitory at
that institution.
There is in process of formation a big
debating league between the Uni
versity of Georgia, North Carolina,
Mercer, Emory, Vanderbilt and other
leading colleges.
The profits of the Athens diSpensary
during the past two months have been
over $5,400, indicating yearly profits
of $4,000. This happens in the face
OF reduction in the price of liquors
and 1t is believed the lowering of the
price has greatly increased the con-
sumption.
Yesterday Lum Roberts, boy en-
ployed at the knitting mill in this city,
got mad at Miss Willie Herring, a
young lady working there, and threw
a pair of scissors at her. The scissors
struck her in the side inficting a pain
full wound, but not dangerous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16

by them. The wife of Ellis HOlloman
has given out a statement concerning
the killing, telling all of the little de-
tails. etc. She is not competent to tes-
tify against her husband, however, and
further evidence may not be found. 1t
is rumored that the wife of Clifford
may be mixed up in the killing, she, it
is charged having been intimate with
Ellis EfollOman.
Keepers of blind tigers suffered Sc
verey in the City Court this week.
One of those convicted, Plummer
Smith, by name, was not given the
privilege of paying a fine but was sent
to the gang for twelve months. An
other, George w. Maddox, was fined
$500 and cost. Several others were
fined lesser sums, the cases against
them being the first ever docketed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16

Pawtucket, R. l., March 15.-The
Rhode Island Mule Spinners Associa-
ton, at its branch in Woonsocket this
afternoon, decided by a unanimous
vote to call a strike tomorrow in the
four mills of the Manville Company,
three of which are in Woonsocket and
one in Manville, r. l. The spinners
ask for an increase of 10 per cent, but
the general secretary, Jas. Cliffee, of
the Rhode Island Mule Spinners As
sociation, states that there are other
grievances, which extend back for
some time. The Manville Company is
capitalized at $4,000, 900, and employs
5000 hands
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16
A $2,OOO,OOO FEE.
That is What 1t is Said Panama's
Lawyer is to Have.

Lawyer is to Have.
New York lawyers, says the Herald
of that city, believe that if the. Pan
anna Canal treaty is passed by the
United States Senate, William Nelson
Cromwell will receive the largest fee
ever given to a lawyer in this coun-
try, if not in the world. The report
finds general credence in the Wall
street district that $2OOO,0OO of the
money to be paid by the government
for the partly finished ditch across the
isthmus will go directly into Mr. Crom-
wells pockets.
1t is doubtful if any fee approximate
ing that sum has ever been paid to
an American lawyer for strictly legal
services. Other lawyers have profted
to the extent of hundreds of thousands
through forming corporations and pro-
tecting them against attack, but never
before have millions in cash been turn
ed over upon the completion of any
work. For many years it has been be-
lieved that the largest fee ever paid
to lawyer in one case was the $780,
900 that John E. Parsons received for
his services to the Sugar Trust.
Mr.. Cromwelps arrangement with
the Panama Canal Company is report
ed to be on the basis of five per cent
of the amount realized by the sale.
With smaller figures this would seem
a reasonable compensation, but in this
case it is enormous as the French
company expects to realize $40, 000, O0O
There is no question that the invest
ment of the original stockholders was
far greater than that, but the anxiety
of those at present in control of the
stock to dispose of their interests is
evidenced by the large percentage they
are willing to give to the man charged
with effecting the sale.
According to Washington dispatches
there has been a formal agreement in
the Senate to have a vote on the PAN
anna Canal treaty next Tuesday If
this treaty passes the United States
will be obliged to pay So 900, 900 to the
Republic of Colombia in cash, and
when the canal is completed, within
nine years from the ratification of
the treaty, a lease will begin under the
terms of which Colombia will get $3.50
900 year. The payment of the $780,
600, 900 to the canal company is in adj
dition to the bonus going to the gov
eminent.
Mr.. Cromwell, who will get the great
fee through the proposed action of the
Senate, is the senior member of the
law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, which
has offices at No. 49 Wall street, cor
ner of William street. He has repre-
sented many great corporations, in
Guiding the National Tube Company.
which he organized in 1899 with a capi-
talization of $S0,0000 900. He has ac-
quired a large fortune already. In his
home, at No. u West Forty-ninth
street. he has a pipe organ which is
said to be the finest in any private
house in America, having cost in the
! neighborhood of $50, 600.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16

New York, March 15.-The annual
conference of the National Congress of
Mothers will be held this year at De-
troit. Mich, May to s. To the board
or management the congress has en-
trusted the conduct of its business for
three years. thus giving more time for
conferences. lectures and discussions
An important feature of the work Of
the congress is to secure the co-opera-
ton of home and school which has
been effected in hundreds OF schools
on plans outlined by the congress.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16
WINS Disemho,NcIed.

Mcintosh, Ga. March l5.-In a fatal
cutting ARRAY at Riceboro last night
Charles Richardson completely eviscer-
ated Sam Maxwell. Both were negroes.
Richardson was brought 10 Hainesville
to-day and lodged in Jail. Maxwell
was dangerous and desperate negro
and got his Just deserts IL is said.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-16
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

Railroad officials are much interest
ed in experiments that are being con-
Quoted on the Pere Marquette road
and the Michigan Central in the use
of railroad ties made of Portland ce-
ment. The manufacturers claim for
their invention that the cement tie is
practically indestructible, and, there
fore, an assurance of a great reduction
in first cost as well as that of main
tenance.
Wood blocks of varying thicknesses
are shimmed between the tie and the
rail. These act as a cushion to receive
and distribute the vibration and can
be quickly replaced without removing
or disturbing the tie. These blocks
are chemically treated, so as to make
them indestructible. They are held
to the cement ties by spikes driven
into holes in the cement filled with
wooden plugs, these plugs being in
serted before the cement has set and
hardened.
The Rev. w. A. Jarrel, in a sermon
delivered at Dallas recently, scored
ticket scalpers as follows:
LAS one who has watched the rail-
road ticket scal3er business many
years, seen it's corruption of the pub
lie conscience. by the various tricks
it leads travellers to resort to-such
as lying, forgery, etc, the tricks of
brokers, such as manipulating tickets,
manufacturing, forgery, ETC., tickets
getting possession of passes in vari-
7ous scondrel ways. and passing them
off on the public, for it to use them
in an equally scoundrel way-as one
who has witnessed or read of all this
scoundrelism and corruption of public
morals, let me urge that every state
outlaw the business.
Il have no money in acknowledging
but a Gospel preacher. If the state
will not outlaw it, let the railroads
stop selling excursion and other re-
duced-rate tickets"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
STOP TIP
Racing Tipsters and Turf lnvvestos
Are Under investigation.

Washington, March 31,-Inspectos
of the p~ostofIice department, WORKING
under the direction Of Acting Assls
tant Attorney General Christiancy, are
investigating the methods of several
firms Of racing tipsters and turf ID
vestors that have been doing a Dig
business all over the country, and
particularly in Washington, since the
opening of the spring meeting at en-
nings.
Neither the department officials nor
District Attorney Beach, who has
been called into consultation with a
view to possible legal action in the
District of Columbia against the hrns
under Investigation, is optimistic Win
regard to a possible
Exclusion From the Mails
of any of the several concerns. 1t has
been stated at the department on
many occasions that the present Ni
terry and fraud laws were entirely h'
adequate to the selling OF rae
ing tips or the ordinary turf inVesf
ment scheme.
The postoffice department has ar
ready on one or more'occasions given
Its attention to at least Onesol le
firms now under investigation, bul I"
was found that the business was coz
Quoted in an apparently legal manner,
and that there was no law which couV
be Interpreted to deny the use OF ue
mails to them simply on account u
the character of the scheme. nv
Gently, however, it was noticed tnas
In the advertising matter sent os
by one of the firms a
Practically Definite Guarantee
was given that the tips sold to patroD'
were sure to win," and 1t ws
thought possible, considering Inv
necessarily uncertain nature OF us
business, that this alleged "guaran.
tee" might be construed under l'
lay as sufficient ground for the isSu
ance Of a fraud order. Mr.. Christianc'
consulted with District Attornu
Beach several days ago and a poster
nee inspector was put to work on Wv
case. A cursory examination deVe'
open the astonishing fact that neafn
1000 letters were being recelNe'
daily at the Washington Office OF ou'
OF the firms alone, and the oficlals'
realizing the enormous proportions "
which the sale of racing tips n'
grown, resolved to go at deeply y
possible into the matter to discoVe,
first, whether the various compare
were conducting their business in ~
honest manner, and, second, wietne
the nature Of the business itself couiS
be held to be fraudulent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
ON ASSURANCE THAT coNcp.,.
WILL MEET
DEC. /.
PROMISE MADE BY ROOsfWr
INFORMAL EXCHANGES or p.,,
FlCATiONS TO BE MADE Nv
TELEGRAPH,

Havana. March 31.-The treaty n
reciprocity between Cuba and fl.
United States, as amended by the so,
ate of the United, States, saturdar
was approved by the Cuban senate h,
a vote Of II to 8.
This approval is absolute and is MT
hampered by any commands. Tia
questionable time limit amendmeD,
was dispensed with through the 70
ceipt of a cable message from Secra
tary Hay in which it was positivev
declared that President Rooseyet
would call a special session of CON-
gress before Dec. /. The purport Of
this assurance was transmitted IN
the senate by President Palma and
read at the beginning of the session
an understanding having been reached
previously with Senators Bustamente
Capote and DOLE, composing the ma.
jority of the foreign relations com.
mittee, that the Objectionable cond.
tion in the report be eliminated.
Exchange Notifications.
Washington, March 81. - Although
out of the regular order,
the expectation is that informal eE
changes of ratification Of the Cuban
will be made to-day or Tuesday
by telegraph, so as to meet the re-
quirements that ratification shall be-
had by the 31st Of the present month,
when the limit Of time within which
this may be done will expire. Formal
ratification by the usual method will
be had later. Mr.. Squires has notified
Secretary Hay Of the action of tie
senate in ratifying the treaty.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
Personal ention.

William E.. Amin, a special age.t
In charge of the river mail route SER
vice of the Denver division, is dead at
Phoenix, Ariz., of typhoid fever, aged
forty-seven years.
Joseph Jefferson, the distinguished
actor, will appear at Palm Beach,
Fla, in q new role as president of the
Electric Light and Power company
which has been organized with a cap
ital of $4,000.
Cardinal Gibbons has accepted an
invitation to attend the inaugural ccre-
monies of the st. Louis exposition,
and will offer the opening prayer on
the occasion, as he did at the worlds
fair at Chicago.
Dean R, Wood, at present United
States vice consul at Madrid, has been
appointed United States consul at
Ceiba, Honduras, to fill a vacancy
caused by the death of Virgil C. Rey-
nolds of Kentucky.
Charles L. Fish, the Oldest attorney
in Cleveland, Ohio, and a practitioner
at the bar up to three years ago, died
of pneumonia, aged eighty-fve years.
He had practiced since 1865 and was
well known as a maritime expert.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
ENDS IN A MURDER
MAN FINDS ANOTHER WITH HIS
WIFE AND A FIGHT
ENSUES.
JEALOUSY MAKES HIM FURIOUS
THROWS JNTERLOPER OUT AND
FIGHTS HIM DOWN TWO
FLIGHTS.
IS SHOT DEAD BY WIFE'S FRIt Nd
BULLET PASSES CLEAR THROUGH
HIS BODY, KILLING HIM
INSTANTLY.

New York, April 1. - Filled with
jealous anger at finding another man
being entertained by his wife yester-
day afternoon William j. Peppler OF
East 10th street, threw the visitor
out into the hall, fought him from the
third floor to the front door of the
apartment house in which he lived,
with his wife screaming and weeping
at their heels, and was there shot
dead by the man who he thought had
wronged him.
This man was William Earl Dob
son, a cashier in a stock brokers' of
fee. He fed and the police have sent
was twenty-six years old and a clerk.
He had not been married long.
A policeman, summoned by the
cries of the other tenants of the
house, who were alarmed by the
shooting, rushed into the building, and
in the hall stumbled over the dead
body of Peppler on which his wife
was lying unconscious. Peppler had
been shot in the side, the bullet pass
ing clear through the body.
After being revived Mrs. Peppler
said that she and Dobson were to-
gether when her husband returned
Unexpectedly from work, and a fight
followed, resulting in Dobson being
thrown out of the room and pursued
down stairs by her husband. In the
lower hall the men clinched again and
.Dobson fred one shot. After that the
woman remembered nothing. Dobson
is said to be a married mar with p
wife and two children living some
where in North Carolina.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
SUSPECTS NAILED.
Eighteen Men Arrested on a Charge
Of Assault With Intent to Kill.

.SIlSSSI "SsS ~" - ZIG ~
Of Assault With Intent to Kill.
Waterbury, Conn, April l. - Eigh-
teen men placed under arrest on the
charge Of assault with intent to kill
was the record Of activity on the part
of the police yesterday in their efforts
to discover the authors of some of the
outbreaks Of violence that have &C.
Cured since the beginning of the
strike Of motormen and conductors of
the Connecticut Railway and Lighting
company eleven weeks ago.. The men
arrested are charged in the warrants
with assault on William T. Merner
and George Morrisette, on the night Of.
Feb. 26, with intent to kill. These
two men were the non-union employees
of the trolley company who had
charge of a car which was attacked at
a lonely spot On the Waterville line.
Both men were assaulted and one was
beaten into insensibility and left lying
on the rails. This occurred a little.
more than a week prior to an attack
Of a similar nature on a car at Forest
Park when Policeman Paul Men
delssohn was killed by a bullet from
a mob Of masked men. While the ar
rests yesterday are nominally for the
assault OF Feb. &c, the officials do not
deny that they hope from this action
to learn something that will clear up
the mystery Of Memberships death.
Col. l.. F. Burpee, attorney for the
Connecticut Railroad and Lighting
company, said last night that he had
strong evidence against the men ar
rested for the Waterville assault, and
that he felt confident of tracing out
the murderer of Officer Mende1ssohn.
Col. Burpee added that warrants for
twenty-five men have been issued,
and that he expected that the whole
number would be under arrest before
many hours.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
From the Capital.

E. E. Clark of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Is now mentioned for the head OF tn,
bureau of labor.
President Roosevelt has made ap
plication for membership in the Oyster
Bay board of trade.
Admiral Dewey is to review and in
spect the North Atlantic squadron
which is off the Virginia capes, on its
return North from Southern waters
about April q.
The secret service division of the
treasury department has received g
new counterfeit silver certificate, Sc
ries 1899, check letter &C." Lyons reg,
lister, Roberts treasurer.
A protest has been received from
Representative Stevenson against the
proposed location of the new land
Office at Cass. Stevenson urges that
it should be at Bemidji.
Gen. Greedy, chief signal officer,
finds difficulty in keeping civilian EN-,
ployes at work on the telegraph lines
In Alaska, owing to the gold finds in
the Tanana country, to which they
desert.
President Roosevelt has issued an
order extending to such large cities as
may be agreed upon the registration
system for laborers to the civil ser
vice outside of Washington, where 1t
already has been established.
The number of Immigrants has risen
February. The country furnishing
most Of these citizens is Austria-Hun-
gary with 1908. Italy is not far
behind with 1850; the Russian en-
pire, $50; England, 1871; Ireland,
562, and Scotland, 81. From Asia
there came 2,31O, of which 1855 were
Japanese.
A naval court-martial at Cavite, P.
l., for the trial of Lieutenant Com
mander Fidello S. Carter, found the
accused guilty and imposed the sem
tence of dismissal. The charges we're
based on the grounding of the Pisca-
taqua and the allegation that he had
attempted to compel a warrant Off
Ger to withdraw the charges against
him.
= The state department received a ca
blegram from Minister Bridgmap at
La Paz announcing that Bolivia has
agreed to the Brazilian modus vi
vendi under which Brazil is to occupy
the Acre territory south of parallel 10
degrees 20 minutes, and in the event
of a failure to settle the controversy
within four months Bolivia will agree
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
COTTON MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Organized Textile Labor Begins Its
Big Fight.

Lowell, Mass, April l. - Organized
textile labor yesterday showed it's
strength in the shutdown of the seven
largest cotton mills here, and not con-
tent with this, the textile council, the
delegate body Of the local unions, con-
sidered the advisability of compelling
an even wider application of the shut
down order by bringing about a strike
in the Lawrence hosiery mill. This
hosiery mill was exempted from the
strike order last week, the knitters'
union being permitted to remain neu-
trail as it had shown that it had no
grievance either in wages or time
schedule. The council last night did
not find the proposition we'll received
and the outlook is not favorable for a
strike OF the knittsrs. This incident
was the chief one of the first day of
the unprecedented shutdown of the
big cotton mills in Lowell. .