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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
TWO DECLARED CRAZY.
White Woman and Negro Man Were
Tried by Ordinary Court Jury.

"hlte woman and Negro Man were
Tried by Ordinary Court Jury.
AS a result of the jury trials in the
Jail yesterday in the lunacy cases of
Mary Brannan and Berry Tower both
were declared lunatics and dangerous
persons to be left at large. They will
remain at the Jail until there is suf-
flcient room for them at the institu-
tons to which they will be sent.
There was an element of pathos and
humor in the trial of the darkey. He
seemed to have caught the military
fever, for at every move he would
salute, and in walking about the room
observed the obliques and the turning
point, or pivot, in a manner that
caused much laughter among the
jurors. This military fever had been
carried too far, it developed from the
evidence. for, armed with doubled
barrelled shotgun, Berry had been
wont to wander about the country in
the vicinity of Woodsville, with the
avowed intention of laying somebody
out
1t seems that Berry had been an
inmate of the pest house about year
dSOs at w HiCll llIIc lie Hdu De6H DIT
tended by County Physician Keller.
In order to test his memory DIR. KEEL
Ter asked him if he remembered him.
The darkey replied that he did not.
who was the doctor at the pest
house when you were there?" asked
DR.. Keller, endcavoring to refresh his
memory.
81 was de doctor to de pes house
1 was" came the reply; and the jurors
Immediately called for a vote. 1t was
their unanimous conviction that Ber-
ry was all bad above the ears, which
belief they made known to the court.
The other adjudged lunatic was
formerly an inmate of the home of
the Little Sisters of the Poor. Her in
sanity had assumed no peculiar phase,
though it was apparent that she was
demented. On one occasion she had
endeavored to jump from the second
story. DR.. Reid and Deputy Sheriff
Fennell, who effected the arrest, were
witnesses.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
LOOKS FOR MORE
STEEL BUILDINGS.
Prediction of Superintendent OF
Germauia Bank Work.

Prediction of Superintendent of
Germania Bank Work.
The excavation for the new ten-story
Germania Bank steel structure is pro-
crossing as rapidly as the nature of the
ground will permit, filled as it is with
brickbats from the old western wall
and foundations of the old building. AS
soon as practicable the corner and out
side piers will be built and then as fast
as possible the inside ones will be con-
structed. The short "I" beams to be
used in the piers in the grill work and
the longer ones, thirty-odd feet long.
for the use in the cantilever foundation
of the western wall are now on the
ground.
One of the many improvements rap
idly being made in the steel material
for such structures is in evidence in
the TT beams for the grill work of the
piers. Formerly the separating plates
which are inserted between the beams
when tied together in the grill work to
insure their proper distances apart
were made of cast iron.- These now on
the ground for the new building are
stamped out of wrought iron and are
very much stronger.
superintendent of Construction Bell
is still of the opinion that the construc-
within stones throw Of the new bank
building before the latter is finished.
the proposed National Bank building
on the southeast corner of the same
block, being one. Mr.. Bells opinion is
born of his experience in other cities.
where like conditions prevailed.
When one or two modern office
structures are built" he said. land the
business and professional men who rent
offices learn their advantages, II will
be impossible 30 keep them in the quar-
tiers they now occupy at the same rent
al and the owners of office properties
Will either have to be satisfied with
smaller profits or build. II has been
my experience that they see the best
side Of II and build. As / said upon
first arriving here, no city / have ever
visited has equal sites 20 this city for
office structures Those quarter blocks
facing those squares are simply IDEAL"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
CLOSING UP THE DEAL.
County Preparing to Open Thunder
bolt Toll Road.

bolt Toll Road.
Next week will probably mark the
opening of the Thunderbolt shell road
as free road. 1t is thought that by
that time County Attorney George It.
Cam will have the titles Strengthened
out, and that the formal transfer of
the property to the county will be
made by the shareholders of the Skid
away Shell Road Company.
AS soon as this has been done the
county will pay the company So 900,
and will at once open the road for the
use of the public. The county attor-
ney found when negotiations were on
for the purchase that several of the
shareholders did not understand lust
what they owned. Some of them
thought that they owned the road and
were in favor of cutting it up into lots
and in this way make a division. They
were shown, however, that the road
was originally a public one and that
the grant of the Legislature gave the
company the right to charge toll, pro-
vided that it paved the road and kept
it in condition. The purchase of the
road includes all of the franchises of
the company.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
MARCH TERM GRAND JURORS.
List of Those Drawn for Service
During the Next Term.

Chief Deputy Sheriff T. j. Sweeny,
officer of the March term grand jury,
yesterday completed his service upon
the members drawn by the court and
Sheriff Schwarz directed the list made
public. The panel from which the jul
rors will be selected is given below.
They will appear before Judge Bar
row at 10 O'Clock on Monday morning.
at which time they will be sworn upon
the discharge of their duties.
Those who were drawn are David b.
Morgan. T. S. WILLY. Jr., Edwin S.
Abrahams. Augustus G. Guerard, Abe
S. Guckenheimer. William l.. Wilson.
Henry II. Hull. George w. Tedeman,
Henry ID. Stephens. Arthur A. Aveilhe,
Robert NJ. Butler, John w. Smith, Am
brose Enrich, Simeon E. Theus, Henry
Kolshorn. Elmer N. Hancock, Walter
II. Chaplin. j. Florance Minis, Walter
Coney, Emil Eckstein. John G. Butler.
James r. Sheldon, Leroy Myers, Ma
thaniel Harrison. Adam c. Harmon,
Robert II. Tatem. Robert NJ Hull A.
j. Ives, John Q. Hodges and Hugh NJ.
Hutton.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
HAD STOLEN RING.
Negro Refused to Tell Where He
Got il and Was Insulting.

negro hetused to Tell Where He
Got il and Was Insulting.
Found with ring in his possession
that was stolen seven or eight years ago
from James Lane, at present foreman
of the police stables. and refusing to
tell where he got it, Tom Harris. a
negro, was locked up yesterday on a
charge of larceny.
the negro was also under the In
Huence of liquor and will have three
charges to answer when he is arraigned
before Recorder Myrick in Police Court
this morning. He staggered into the
gamewen house and the ring on his
finger caught the eye of Foreman Lane
Inc negro refused to tell ANYTHING
about the property and was arrested
for being drunk and disorderly. After.
wards he used insulting language rc
DESK Sergeant Mock and an additional
charge was lodged against him. He is
also held for being in possession of stoi.
en- property. The prisoner declared thai
ne could tell who stole the ring hut
that he would not
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
FRIGHTENED TWO LADIES.
Negroes Jumped at Them on Park
Avenue and Bull Street.

Two young ladies were badly fright
ened by three negroes at the corner
of Park avenue and Bull street early
last night, but the matter was not re-
ported at police headquarters and no
arrests were made.
The ladies had been visiting and
were hurrying home when the negroes
jumped out at them from behind the
Camera Clubs building. One of the
ladies screamed and then tainted for a
minute. No one approached, and the
negroes did not hurry themselves in
leaving the neighborhood. They did
not renew their attack, however, and
the thoroughly frightened young wom-
en- hurriedly left in the direction of
their homes. A search was made for
the culprits some time later, but they
had disappeared
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25

This fast and elegant train. the per-
fection OF all modern service. leaves
Savannah, northbound at $3.50 p. M,
city time, daily except Sunday. arriv-
ing Washington 1918 a. m. and New
York 4;i3 p. m. Solid Pullman train,
electrically lighted and steam heated
Dining cars all the way For reserya-
tons or Information as 70 rates ana
schedule. apply at city ticket once, i4I
Bull street Phones S50.--ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
EXECUTIONS BEING ISSUED.

The work of issuing executions against
those who failed to pay the specific
licenses required by the city ordinance
was begun yesterday in the treasur-
ers office. There are several hundred
deanquents on the list. The execu
tons will be turned over to the CITY
marshal who will take immediate steps
to satisfy them. Notices will be first
sent out and If II is then found neces-
sary levies will be made
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
Do 1t Now.

You should begin with us this very
day. Our prices are always reason
able and by the wholesale we can save
you much. We keep a full line of the
best poultry and fresh meats and our
grocery stock is second to none. We
can supply your every want and save
you so much shopping and bill paving
at so many different places. Southern
Grocery Co, ia Barnard street.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
"I heard of Hick,s restanrant hofo,

II heard of Hicks restaurant before
l got away from the East" said a
howling swell from New York. He sat
looking through his glass upon a brace
of quail, all buttered and sauced and
fringed with water cress and lemons.
but did not know that it was the
royal place that it is. 1 cannot think of
coming south without stopping there.
And my friends shall know" and tba
rustic of the birds against his teeth
smothered what followed. And the tom
cat looked up and smiled. and went
off to share the chefs dinner.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES
To he Held in Roman Catholic,
Episcopal and Lutheran Churches.


Episcopal and Lutheran Churches.
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of
Lent will be observed to-day by special
services in the Roman Catholic, Epis-
copal and Lutheran Churches. In the
Catholic churches the ashes will be
blessed at the early masses. and will
be distributed among the congregation
and similar distribution will be made
at the evening services.
In Christ Church there will be a serv-
ice at II o'clock and another at )
O'Clock; in st. Johns Church services
will be held at IL o'clock and at 4:30,
and in st. Paul's at 1880 and at II a.
m. and again at Sis p. m.
In the Lutheran Church of the AS
cension a service will be held at 4:3O
p. m. In all the other churches. ex-
cept the Lutheran, services will be held
almost every day in the Catholic
churches every day, during the period
preceding Holy Week. During Holy
Week there will be a special pro-
gramme in each church.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
MAYORS OYSTER ROAST.
members of Council VIII Have
Pleasant Time at Quarantine

Pleasant Time at QuaraDtino
Mayor Myers yesterday issued invita-
lions for the oyster roast that will be
given at the Quarantine Station. Friday.
All OF the members of Council. and
some of the city officers, will make
the trip.
The boat that will convey the partv
70 the Quarantine Station will leave
the foot of Bull street at 12:45 o'cIocl,
Ihere viii be an inspection of the
quarantine Station after which roasted
oysters VIII be served. Other refresh
III, inei az! VIII be served those who make
up the party. 1t win be the second tr1n
mat the city fathers have made N tbs
sta ton since il passed into the hands
OF the United States government.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
To Address TrI-state Medical Assoc
citation

Or. J. w. Daniel is in Columbia by
invitation OF the Virginia and North
and South Carolina Medical Associa-
ton, where he will present to-day
paper on the therapeutic effects OF the
A-ray The invitation was extended
him 70 address the convention by rea-
son OF the wide interest that was
aroused by bis paper before the Geor-
GA Medical Association last spring on
the treatment Of cancer by the X-ray.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
TO SHOW STEREOP-
TICON PICTURES
Free Entertainment to he Given in
Trinity Sunday school.


Trinity Sunday school.
An entertainment in the form of a
stereopticon exhibition will be given in
the Sunday-school room of Trinity
Church tonight The subjects shown
will be of religious, poetical and comic
kinds. There will be no admission fee
charged and everybody is invited to
be present.
1t is the purpose of Trinity Church,
Rev. DR.. A. NJ. Williams, it's pastor,
has announced, to keep always as far
as possible an open church. In ad-
dition to the young peoples meeting
on Tuesday nights and the prayer
meeting on Thursday nights special
entertainments will be given from time
to time. At such meetings the stere-
opticon will be used as a help, and as
a popular educator Is expected to
prove quite valuable.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
MAYOR MYERS
TO WELCOME AGENTS.

Mayor Herman Myers has accepted
an invitation TO deliver the address OF
welcome 20 the delegates 10 the an
nual meeting Local Freight Agents
Association, which viii be held In sa-
gannah, June ..
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. II
soothes the child. softens the gums.
allays all pain. cures wind collie. and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
Twenty-Five cents a bottle.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25

W. c. Mccall Granville, o.. writes:
II hnd your Tetterine TO be a marvel.
ousiy good thing for Skin Diseases. 81
SOC a box from ]. r. Shuptrine, sa.
vannah, Ca, II your druggist dOn't
keep tad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25
A Plain aue.t,on

rave you tried Pankin's Neural for
nervous or sick headache? Il is a safe
s sna positive cure, successfully used
TOT nearly quarter century. Sold By
al dTuggists.-ad N ~
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25

Celebrated Cigars. for Csc. Southern
Grocery Co, ia Barnard.-ad
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-25

The indications for to-day are for
rain.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-24
Copyright, 1903. by Robert Howard
 RuSSell)

Somebody was telling MT. Paul dat de bicycle dat goes by kerseen oil is de real ting in de way of mc, pr going. He got one. I'd as lief he hadn't, for I'd have more skin to de square inch of Chimmie. if he hadn't; but I would mt got a lovely tip, and dat's wort some skin.
 Foist, let me ask you: what's de mat ter wit walking, or driving, or riding or stopping to home? Everybody desc days has gone clean dotty on how to get somewhere else dan dey is, and get ting dere someodder way dan is good for deir healts. If I had no more use to woik for a living dan MT. Paul and Whiskers, I'd make up me mind where I'd be satisfied to be. and den I'd go dere by canal boat. and stop dere. But nay. nay! Everybody no sooner gets somewhere dan dey wants to get somewhere else; and at dat dey ain't satisfied to go by a way dat leaves em a fair chance of getting dere in de same pieces dey started; dey wants de odds to be, dat dey1l get dere in job lots deir own modders wouldn't know.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-24

rector of the survey notes that the reclamation law of June r. 1902, which is quoted in full, is so general in it's terms that it's success or failure may be said to rest almost wholly upon it's administration, innumerable details not being touched upon in the law.
 The work of examination and sur vey is described by States. In most instances the field work is still in prog ress, and in nearly every locality there are alternative methods of reaching the desired end. the relative merits of which cannot oe determined until careful estimates have been made In brief, it may be stated that work has been carried on in the following local ities in the various states and territOr- ies: On the Salt and Gila rivers in Arizona; on Colorado river in Califor- mia: on North Platte, Gunnison, and Grand rivers in Colorado; on Snake river in Idaho; on the deep-well prob lens of western Kansas; on Milk river in Montana; on the artesian-well prob abilities of western Nebraska; on Car son and Truckee rivers in Nevada: on the artesian probabilities of central Or egon; on Bear river in Utah; on Va kima river in Washington; around Leihe ue folHSl ana dlSO on SWeelWdUef river in Wyoming.
 At each of the places where system atic work has been carried on. pre- liminary temporary withdrawals of public lands have been made. but the areas which may be reclaimed are indicated only in a general way by these temporary segregations. The final determination of the reclaimable area rests upon a summation of all the facts of feasibility and cost, so that is can be stated only as the last of a series of estimates.
 The impossibility of stating in ad- vance what lands will ultimately be recommended for reclamation will re- suit in great disappointment to many persons. The fact that lands have been temporarily set aside is, in the eyes of many, an indication that these lands will be reclaimed; and although every attempt has been made tc warn in dividuals of the futility of filing upon these lands under the homestead law, they persist in taking up the land on the bare possibility that the surveys and examinations will ultimately show it to be reclaimable. It is an unfor- tunate condition, which apparently can not be corrected at present.
 Ask your grocer fer Town Talk flour. Ii is the hest
Arizona republican., 1903-08-24

vest will be. Anyway, I began to tink dat I'd have de na-ha on shuffer when l got home, but just den I sees ahead of me, and coming my way, victoria wit it's hind top up. I knowed it for Whis- kers', because he's de only gent in our parts dat uses a victoria on de road, and he always has de back top up com- ing home from a morning drive down Greenwich way, to keep de sun off.
 l just had time to remember dat a new coachman had took Whiskers out dat morning, and dat he looked like a farmer, and would likely tink I'd be minutes getting to him, when I'd be seconds, for a fact. l woiked de horn wit one hand and steered as far to de right as I could wit de odder hand, but p'chee he was turning to his left. He was 9 Britisher, see? When he saw how I was coming he got oe rattles, ard turned to de left de. way dey do at home. l tries to give a quick turn to de left, and more tings happened in second dan you could put in a book. De machine skided. I kicked a lever dat stopped and revoised and de stop was so student dat I went on me way wit coive in de air dat landed me glancing on de victoria top, and from dere I shot off like a golf ball dat hits a rock on de fly. and landed on top of load of hay, in de field, and got pitchfork of it over me dat de farmer was running up when l started.
 ] must have bumped me coco on a frame of de carriage top. for I was down and out till l hears someone say, "Why. here he isl" and they chucks de hay off me, and dere was half de folks Tn de county rubbering.
 God bless my soul, it's Chames." 1 hears Whiskers say, and I says, "Yes, sir. was you wanting anyting, sir?" Well, dey treats me like I was kid die; lifts me down, and monilies over me to see was l broke, and all Cat dey could find was a lump on Tie coco as big as your fist. Willy Widdy was in de carriage wit Whiskers, and she gives me someting to sniff dat made me 1 sneeze, so a man in a mobe pulls out flask and he says, Here, young man, sniff dat
 l sniff about tree fingers of it, and it
Arizona republican., 1903-08-24

Oats no joke: One Johnnie in Paris has de center of de stoige. and all de lime light he can stand, because he can go from one part of de city te anod- der in a baloon-sometimes, Whats de matter wit de streets? Den sine tific gaZeboo in Washington, where de President makes laws for de lawyers. is out for a record wit a flying machine dat Uncle Sam himself is putting up de price for. Whats de matter wit em all? Why dis hustle to get off de cart |? Isn't de Wcild big enough as it's laid out? If it's only dat dey feels sporty, and wants to run a risk of deir necks every time dey gets a move on, don't two trains try to pass on de same track often enough to suit?
 Well, anyway, MT. Paul he gets de croise, and lands one of dose bikes dat has all kinds of devil machines under de saddle.
 "Chames," he says to me, "come out to de ottermoble shed, and we'll have a look at me new motor-bike," he says.
 Say, de way I didn't want to see dat ting would make play. I could go around it wit me eyes shut, and be as happy as if I'd seen a pretty goil.
 But I never renigs on MT. Paul: he's a sporty lad. himself, and so what he says goes wit me.
 Did you ever get close to enc of dose machines? No? Don't! A plain ev- eryday mobile is a hay wagon alongside of a. motor bike. Dey has pipes and fuses and tanks and stopcocks and startcocks and sparks and regulators and coils and oil and 'lectricity and benzine, and I don't know what tell And you straddles dat layout. It would be hard luck to have it in de same county wit you-but straddle it,
 MT. Paul has a French shuffer, what shuffs his ,nobes. and de shuffer he fetches de motor bike out of de shed,
Arizona republican., 1903-08-24
LESLIE'S MONTHLY
Contains an Interesting Story of an
 Exciting Phoenix Incident.

Leslie's Monthly for September con- tains under the title of "The War fer the Range" by William Mcleod Raine, story of the Graham-Tewksbury Tonto basin feud, resulting in the al most total extinction of both families. It is a well-written story with which those who were living here eleven years or more ago are familiar There is a description of the Phoenix court room scene in which the widow of Tom Graham, the last vic tim of the feud killed in July of 1892, tried to shoot John Rhodes, who was accused with Ed Tewksbury of having murdered her husband. That IS something that a reporter for The Republican will not soon forget. He was sitting inside the bar of the court room during that day of the prelimin- ary examination of Rhodes. Mrs. Gra- ham was half dozen feet away. and at the supreme moment the reporter happened to be looking at her. He ob- served that she was much more ner- vous than she had been at any time in the three days through which the trial had dra gged. It had become plain from the rulings of the examining mag istrate that Rhodes would not be held
 
 or not most of those who had attended the examination believed him to be.
 Another thing the reporter noticed or rather remembered afterward was tha, when Mrs. Graham. her mother and two other women came into court after dinner, Mrs. Graham ordered the seat ing of them. She herself took d seat next the gate of the bar and nearest to Rhodes. Mrs. Graham was on the stand, having been called again by the defense for cross-examnalion. She had been preceded by one of the other wo men called for the same purpose. That woman leaving the stand after Mrs Graham had been called took the seat just vacated by Mrs. Graham. When Mrs. Graham was excused she returned to the row of seats and rather insist ently requested the woman to give up that chair and take another.
 The reporter remembers that he won dered at the time why Mrs. Graham did not consider one seat as good as another. but his wonder was of short duration. In the course of an argument between the attorneys he was amazed to see what seemed to him to be big bl2ck streak across the courtroom The next thing he saw was that the streak mad ceased motion and resolved itself into the form of Mrs. Graham holding the muZZle of a big revolver against the stomach of Rhodes, trying desper- ately to fire it. The tableau lasted. only an instant, but it seemed an hour. While it lasted Rhodes was paralyzed The only motion he made was to spring to his feet. standing there with that revolver against his stomach and a desperate but silent woman trying to work it.
 She was disarmed by the sberiff and conducted back to her seat. Rhodes owed his life to the circumstance that in drawing the revolver from black velvet bag in which she had it con- cealed. the hammer of the gun was caught by the bag as she was drawing 1t out.