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CITY ITEMS.
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Easter Dinner Won't Be as Enjoyable
as it might If the menu lacks Jno. G. Mem
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some and delicious made. Be sure there's a
supply on hand. Bakery, 716 18th St self
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Finest Work and Reasonable Prices

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Miss Dinsmore of 3Oe Fifth Avenue,
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Strangulation and It's Dangers

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
WAS A "SLICke Niger"
CLAIMED THE DEFENDANT

Told the Jury That Hussar Club
Robbery Was a Put Up Job on Him.
John Wright, colored, was yesterday
declared not guilty of stealing three
Garcia cigars from the Georgia Hus-
sars Club. The state claimed that
after the negro had served five cigars
to one of the club members that he
had taken out three others before re-
turning the box. The chief evidence
against the negro was the fact that
another waiter, William Debro, had
found three cigars in his pocket.
The defendant claimed that the en-
tire case was a put up job and mis-
Characterization of the aforesaid Debro
amused the entire court. Turning to
the jury he said, why, gemmen, dat
man Debro. him what jes pleaded
guilty t stealth bottles frum de club,
he's slick Niger. He kin put things
where they amt an even the white
gem'men knows dat he's a slick Mig
ger. He never did like me nohow and
he jes' put up this job on me. Eff them
cigars wuz in my pocket he put 'em
there. He's a slick niger"
The jury evidently believed the story
of the defendant. for they turned him
loose. William Debro, the prosecutor,
had just entered a plea of guilty to
stealing a barrel of empty beer bot
ties from the Hussar's Club and this
fact did not tend to strengthen his
story with the jury. Debro was SEN
fenced by Judge Norwood to spend one
year on the chaingang.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
WILL PROBABLY FORCE
JOINT USE OF POLES.
Streets and Lanes Committee Con-
sfdering Ordinance.

1t is probable that the Streets
and Lanes Committee of Council will
introduce an ordinance providing for
the joint use of poles by the telegraph
and telephone companies or else in
troduce an ordinance making the COM
panies place their wires north of Lib
erty street under ground.
At a meeting of the committee yes
terday, representatives. of several of
the companies were present. They have
so far been unable to agree on the sub
ject. The committee, it will be re-
membered, some time ago notified the
companies that they would have to get
together in regard ITO the joint use of
poles or else they would be forced to
place their wires under ground.
The committee is now considering an
ordinance requiring the joint use of the
poles and copies of it are to be sent to
each of the companies interested. II
has not yet been positively decided
that the ordinance will be introduced,
but 1t is more than probable that it
will be. The companies are to be fur
nished with copies that they may make
any objections they may have to the
committee. The city is determined that
the streets shall not be further crowd
ed with poles.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
TWELVE INDICTMENTS
BY GRAND JURY.
George Anderson Held for Murder
GUS Assault on Policeman Hicks.

George Anderson Held for Murder
GUS Assault on Policeman Hicks.
Twelve indictments were found yes
terday by the Superior Court grand
jury, the majority in cases in which
there is little public interest. A true
bill, charging assault with intent to
murder, was returned against George
Anderson, colored, who attempted to
shoot Patrolman Hicks. The other in
dictments returned were as follows:
Sallie Watson, assault with intent to
murder. The woman made an attempt
to stab a companion with whom she
had had a quarrel, using fork as a
weapon.
Henry H. Mickler. assault with in
tent to murder. Mickler and three
| others were charged with shooting at
| S. S. Sasser on Ossabaw Island. The
others were not held, there not being
| sufficient evidence against them to
warrant an indictment.
Walter c. Kelly, larceny after trust.
Kelly had been given twenty-five
chickens to sell and after disposing of
| them he appropriated the proceeds IN
! stead of handing it over to his en-
| ployer.
James Smith, assault with intent to
murder. Smith attacked James Eng
| lish with a knife.
Scipio Green. for shooting at Edward
| Perry, was indicted for shooting at
another not in his own defense.
Elliott Malone was indicted for as
! saut with intent to murder.
| Enoch Thomas must face the court
| on a charge of carrying concealed
| weapons.
| Tom Rivers and Lawrence Fields
held up companion and forcibly took
from him his money amounting to 40
cents. They were indicted for rob-
| berry.
Ed Wallace was indicted for assault
with intent to murder.
Joseph Stewart must face the court
| on a charge of burglary.
After presenting it's indictments the
grand jury adjourned, subject to the
| call of the court
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL
GAVE SATISFACTION.
Regular Work Taken Up and all the
Schools Running Smoothly.


Yesterday marked the close of the
first week of the new school year. So
complete We're the preliminary ar
rangements made by Supt. Otis Ash
more that routine work in the public
schools was begun on the first day and
there was nothing during the entire
week to distinguish it from a much
later date in the school year, save the
seating of new pupils who had at first
been placed on the waiting list. All
of the schools are carrying on their
regular work and the week passed off
smoothly and without interruption or
delay.
A meeting of the principals of the
white schools was held yesterday at
the office of Supt. Ashmore in the
Chatham Academy. The conditions iii
the schools were discussed and some
arrangements made for the seating of
children still on the waiting list. Com
plete reports were handed in, but these
have not yet been tabulated by the
superintendent.
The teachers of the country schools
will make their report at the meeting
to-day. AS soon as these have been
handed in a complete synopsis of the
Chatham county , schools will be ar
ranged, showing the attendance, in
crease, etc. This report will probably
be completed tonight. though it may
be that the ground cannot be covere1
before Monday night. 1t is expected
that as good a showing will he made
by the country schools as was made
in the city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
COMMITTEE ACCEPTS
BRICK 1T REJECTED.
Streets and Lanes Committee Re
verses It's own Action.

Streets and Lanes Committee Re
verses It's own Action.
At meeting of the Council Commit
tee on Streets and Lanes yesterday it
was decided to accept the brick for
the State street paving. which were
rejected only a short time ago. 1t is
said that the committee had no au-
thority to reject the brick to begin
with, and that most of them are all
right, anyway.
The committee decided to let the
paving proceed in the usual way. The
director of public works will reject all
brick that are not good and the COM
pany will be made TO replace them.
The company will ship at once two
carloads of brick to take the place
of those that are TO be rejected. This
would already have been done and
the street would have been paved by
now if the committee had not inter-
fered with the matter.
On both Hall street and Park ave-
nue. there were a number of brick
rejected. Indeed, there is never a
street paved without a lot of brick
being rejected. Some of the mem
bers of the committee, however, who
saw the brick piled on State street
thought they were all bad and the
committee rejected the whole lot with
out consulting the director of public
works. 1t is said now that this whole
sale rejection was without authority.
But whether it was or not, the COM
mittee yesterday rescinded it.
Work on the street will be started
at once now and the paving will be
finishedsjn a short time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
OPENING OF SCHOOL
AFFECTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Only in That Children Are Kept
Away During the Morning Hours.

Only in That Children Are Kept
Away During the Morning Hours.
Since the opening OF the public
schools there has been no decrease, so
far as can be learned, in the number
Of children frequenting the public
library as daily readers. The only no
ticeable difference is the absence of
the children during the morning hours,
the hours during which they are in
school. Although there has been no
falling off in the library attendance,
there has not been any notable in
crease.
The chief cause is believed to be the
TACT that the public library, though
well filled with reference books, is not
essentially reference library, as are
many of the Libraries in other cities.
The great majority of the children who
frequent the rooms go there for the
purpose OF reading fiction, and not be-
cause they wish to consult books on
some topic in which they are especial
ly interested. For this reason they
still go there after school hours. The
charm of an unfinished serial story in
the magazines or the light reading of
TIE DookS especially Tor chlldren, loses
none of its charms because the morn
ing hours are spent with dry treatrises
on arithmetic, geography and spelling.
The contrast seems to serve only to
make the fiction the more appreciated
and to increase, rather than decrease,
the number of readers.
The schools have not yet been open
sufficiently long to make fair test
of their effect on the library possible.
The librarians are paying especial at
tention to the children's tables and the
statistics at the end of the month will
give accurate data regarding any in
crease or decrease in attendance. Thus
far, there has been no appreciable
change
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
MAYOR TO INVESTIGATE
EMMETT PARK SITUATION.
Says lie Was Informed Old Plan
Would Not Destroy Trees.

Would Not Destroy Trees.
Mayor Myers will within the next
few days make an inspection of
Emmett Park that he may decide for
himself which is the way to lay out
the proposed roadway through the
park. Council will have to determine
the matter, but the Mayor wants to
get the matter clearly before him so
that he may be in a position to dis
cuss it when it comes up.
AS Council adopted a plan for the
roadway, any change will have to be
authorized by the aldermen. The
Mayors understanding was that the
roadway, according to the plan adopt
ed, would not necessitate the cutting
down of any of the trees. He was sur
prised to learn that a number of the
trees would have to be sacrificed if
the roadway should be laid out ac-
cording to the plan adopted. He says
that. If he remembers correctly, the
specific question was asked if any
trees would be destroyed, when the
plan was being considered, and that
Council was informed that the trees
were not in the way. He says he will
see that the trees are protected.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
The Royal Month and the Royal Dis

Sudden changes of weather are es-
pecially trying. and probably to none
more so than to the scrofulous and
consumptive. The progress of scrofula
during a normal October is common
~ great. We never think OF scrofula
Its punches, cutaneous eruptious, and
wasting of the bodily substance-with-
out thinking Of the great good many
sufferers from Il have derived from
Hoods Sarsaparlla, whose radical and
permanent cures Of this one disease
are enough TO make II the most FAM
GUS medicine in the world. There Is
probably not city or town where
Hoods Sarsaparilla has not proved its
merit in more homes than one, in ar
resting and completely eradicatlns
scrofula, which IS almost as serious
and as much 20 be feared as its near
consumption. -ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
Souvenir OF WorId,. F.,r

The most artistic publication gotten
up in connection with the Worlds Fair
at st. Louis is issued by the Grand
Trunk Railway System, and thous-
ands OF copies have been sent out n
interested parties who have applied
for them. There is a limited supply
remaining, and all those who intend
paying a visit TO the ivory CITY,
should write at once for a copy. Mans
Of the city OF st. Louis and the
Worlds Fair Grounds, together with
a comprehensive description Of the Uni
versal Exposition, and interesting in
formation as to routes and side trips
Is contained IN the procure sent free
on application to W. n. Robinson
7. p. A., G.. T. ny, SOC Park build
Ing, PIttsburg, Pad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
MONTH OF OCTOBER
PROVED UNLUCKY ONE
Marriage, Separation and Divorce
All in October.

murFluSes separation ana Divorce
All in October.
Suit for divorce was instituted yester-
day in the Superior Court by Georgia
Ann rutherford, asking legal separa-
ton from her husband, James r.
Rutherford. The woman is represent
ed by Attorney d. H. Clark. Besides
the legal separation she asks that she
be given the right to re-assume her
maiden name.
The petition states that the couple
were married in October, 1901. After
living together for just one year, they
separated in October. 1902. Then in
October, 1904. the wife begins pro-
ceedings for divorce. The husband, she
alleges. is now in Tennessee. The wom-
an claims that the man made her life
miserable and that once he attempted
to shoot her. During the year that
they lived together he had refused to
supply her with sufficient food and
clothing and his actions and treatment
were such that she was compelled to
leave him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
MERCURY SWITCHED
ITS CLIMBING TACTICS.
Cold Northeast Wind Brought First
Touch of Fall Weather.

Cold Northeast Wind Brought First
Touch of Fall Weather.
II was typical fall weather yester-
day. The sun made only a feeble ef-
fort to shine and even his rays seemed
cold and cherries. The skies were
gray and overcast and chill north
east wind, blowing with velocity Oh
twenty miles an hour, only added 10
the bIeakness of things. Crisp, dry
leaves. colored with the autumn tlnts'
whirled from the trees and gave gen
eral air of desolation to the entire
city. a..
Mercury seemed to enter into the
spirit of the day and absolutely re-
fused to climb up the tube. Inc
highest temperature of the day was
only 20 degrees and this was recordeo
shortly after midnight on THURSDAY
1t was more like an aftermath or the
day before than the beginning OF the
new day. From that point mercury
slowly sank to the 65 degree mark
the lowest of the day. A feeble effort
at climbing was made, but 1t never
reached the midnight registering.
The cold, chill wind, the gray, over
cast sky, the scurrying clouds, all com
bined to lend the first real touch OF
winter that Savannah has had TINS
year. Many feared that conditions IN
dicated the approach of storm, ano
after nightfall the telephones at the
Morning News and at the Weather
Bureau were kept busy by anxious in
quirers asking if the storm signals had
yet been hoisted.
The only persons who appeared real
ly satisfied were the merchants, as
the cold weather meant a demand for
the fall and winter goods, goods which
have attracted no attention during the
warm days of the past two weeks. And
the strange fact about it all was that
the people who were loudest in their
complaints about the warm weather
were the principal DIRECTORS to the
change in conditions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
BEGGARS AGAIN MAKE
TROUBLE FOR POLICE.

James Carney and John Doe. the two
beggars arrested by the police. were
released by the Recorder yesterday
morning. on condition that they leave
town within six hours. but were rear
rested within few hours at the Union
Station for cursng ladies who refused
TO give them aims. The men are about
the worst Of their class that have ever
struck Savannah. After they, were
taken IN charge by the officers they
continued TO curse for some time.
They viii be arralgned before the
Recorder again this morning, and will
probably be sent to the changing this
time, though their crippled condition
will prevent them from doing much
work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
For stenIing $40.

Joe Polite, the negro whom Detec-
tive Murphy has been after for some
time, will be given a hearing in Po-
lice Court this morning. He is alleged
to have stolen $40 from Mrs. b. l..
Crawford, at Henry and West Broad
streets. At the time Mrs. Crawford
was living on East Huntingdon street
The negro came to the house to beg
and was given some work to do. He
is charged with stealing a pocketbooB
containing the money.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
NEW HOTEL PROJECT
STILL IN STATU QUO

Nothing has been done in the new
hotel movement, which was started
some months ago, and Mr.. c. H. Dor
sett says he does not know just when
the matter viii be revived and the
work commenced.
Mr.. Dub, owner and proprietor of
the Screven House, has also decided
to wait a while before making definite
plans for the construction of a new
and modern hotel on the present site
of the Screven House.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
TO HEAR ARGUMENT ON
INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS,

Mr.. w. A. winburn. second vice
president and traffic manager OF the
Central of Georgia, left last night for
Atlanta, where he will attend the ar
gument before Judge Newman to-day
on the injunction brought against the
Railroad Commission to restrain them
from placing in effect circulars No. sol
and SO2. which discriminate in favor OF
Atlanta
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
BANK CLEARINGS GAIN
NEARLY ONE MILLION.

The clearlngs Of the Savannah banks
for the week ending yesterday. though
not quite so large as those OF the week
marking tho rush end OF September.
were yet unusually large. anfN.,ting
10 S,2fS.5SS.iS. nearly Si.O00.000 more
than those OF the corresponding week
last yeSr, which were S6,9s9, 6ts.s9.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
COL UMBIA ELEVEN
WILL BE RE0RGANIZED

The Columbia football team, compos-
ed of junior players will be reorganiz-
ed this yaer, and games are now be-
ing arranged for with Charleston and
the Gordon Cadets of GAINESVILLE. The
first practice was held last Tuesday
and from now on several hours hard
work will be put in each day getting
the team work perfected.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
GEN. BARRY REFUSES TO
DISCUSS RECOMMENDED IONS
Not Believed that the Government
Will Adopt Them.


1t is learned from Atlanta that Gen.
Barry, the commander of the Depart
ment of the Gulf, refuses to discuss the
recommendations in his report that
negro troops be used for Southern forts
on the coast. He says he can not dis
cuss an official report in the newspa-
pers.
Local military officers here say such
action OH the part of the government
would probably cause serious race
trouble here and elsewhere in the
South. 1t is not believed here, how
ever, that the recommendations will
ever be carried out. The Chamber of
Commerce will not take the matter up
unless there is some probability of the
recommendations being followed by the
government. The protest from the
Mayor will then be heartily seconded
by the Chamber of Commerce, should
such a time ever come.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
In New Qunrters.

The Conner Book store announces
that they have removed their entire
stock to their new store, No. 6 State
street. east, next to Bull street. and
are prepared to supply everything in
books, stationery. newspapers and
magazines.
A visit to their new quarters will
show one of the handsomest and best
stocked establishments In the state.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
PreparIng Settlement Pnper..

a city Attorney Garrard is preparing
papers for the settlement Of the JEFF
ferson street paving cases. A judgment
will be taken and the matter will be
wound up in few days The city and
the property owners have already come
TO a definite understanding, and the
only delay now is caused by the neees-
sary legal work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08

Daniel p. Wilbur. a white man. who
some time ago was taken in charge
by the police for vagrancy. was ar
rested by Policeman Best yesterday
for begging on the streets. When ar
rested for vagrancy Wilbur made a
good showing before the Recorder and
was released. He proved that he was
a carpenter and had worked regularly
until recently when he has been Ia
fll health.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
DEMENTED WOMAN
HELD AS A LUNATlC.
Hagar Fields, COIored, Arrested by
PatrOIman FOGarty.

PatrOIman FOGarty.
Hagar Fields, a negro woman, So
years old, was taken in charge yester-
day by Patrolman Fogarty and was
carried to the police barracks. Later
a lunacy warrant was sworn out be-
fore Judge McAlpin and the woman
committed to Jail. This is the third
negro woman that has been arrested
this week.
When taken in charge by the officer
Hagar was wandering aimlessly about
the streets and engaging in all man.
ner of silly and incoherent talk. She
made no effort TO resist arrest, but
while the officer was walking her to-
ward the lookup, she made an attempt
to bite him. The woman appears to
have lost control Of herself and is con-
stantly imagining that all manner of
Catastrophes are happening to her. or
that she is not a human being, but
some lower animal. In many respects
the case is an unusually pitiful one.