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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
ACTING MAYOR DIXON
FAV0RS MOVING TRACKS.
Every Indication That Whitaker
Street VIII he Improved.

Every indication That Whltaker
Street Will he Improved.
Acting Mayor Dixon is very much in
favor of the plan to have the electric
railway company's tracks moved from
Whitaker street.
He thinks the street is needed for
traffic just as Drayton street on the
east side of Bull is used. He feels sure
that the street will be paved next
year. and thinks the value of the street
for traffic purposes will be greatly
damaged if the tracks are not taken
up.
AS Manager Nash, of the Street Rail
way company, also favors moving the
tracks, there is practically no doubt
that this will be done early in the year.
BY doing so, the Savannah Electric
Company will save an expenditure of
about 800 200, necessitated by the paw
ing that the city officials have prac-
tically agreed upon.
And the company would lose little If
any business, as almost any one who
would ride on the Whitaker line would
walk to Barnard street for a car. AS
a matter of fact, a great many of the
Whitaker street residents now use the
Barnard line. If, when they reach the
street a car is not in sight, they go to
Barnard street, as the chances are the
wait on Whitaker street will be very
long.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
STEPS DEFECTIVE
AND INJURY RESULTED.
Owner of House is Being Sued for
Damages in Sum of $1,000.

Owner of House is Being Sued for
Damages in Sum of $1,000.
Because the steps leading from the
rear door to the yard of house which
she owned are alleged to have been
defective, Mrs. Lillian A. Cooper is be-
ing sued for damages in the sum of
$1,000 by Cornelia Jones, who was in
jured as a result of the weak steps.
The suit was filed in the Superior
Court yesterday by Twiggs & Oliver
According to the allegations of the
plaintiff, she was employed as a cook
for William Webster, residing in a
house owned by the defendant at Sarah
street, near Ogeechee road. A board
on the top step of the steps leading
from the kitchen door to the yard,
was loose, rendering it dangerous, and
notice of this defect was given the
owner of the house, it is alleged.
The steps were daily used by the
plaintiff In the course of her duties
and, knowing the board to be loose,
she always exercised due care in COM
ing down the steps, she contends. Sud
denly, however, the steps gave way
and the petitioner was thrown to the
ground and her hip and shoulder in
jured
On the grounds that the owner of the
house was negligent in not repairing
the steps and that the injury has de-
creased the earning power of the plain
tiff, damages in the sum of $4,000 are
asked
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
KINDERGARTEN WILL
SECURE NEW QUARTERS.
Definite Action VIII BE Taken In
Matter shortly.


Since the announcement has been
made that the Board of Education has
been compelled to recall the room in
Chatham Academy heretofore devoted
to kindergarten instruction, no action
has been taken by the board of man
ayers of the Kate Baldwin Free Kin
dergartens. No doubt exists, however,
that new quarters will be selected with
in a few weeks and the work continued
this year the same as last.
The majority of those who are in
terested in the kindergarten work are
at present out of the city, and the few
managers, and teachers who are still
in the city will await their return be-
fore taking any action. The action of
the Board of Education was not alto
gether unexpected, and some of the
preliminary work incident to securing
new quarters has already been COM
pleted. The high appreciation shown
by parents, and the increasing demand
for the work lead the managers to feel
that il would be a mistake to abandon
the classes because the room in Chat
ham Academy must be given up.
Until the absent managers return,
however, no action will be taken, and
at present conditions remain in statu
quo. The managers appreciate fully
the fact that the Board of Education
did not recall the room until the de-
mands for seating children of legal
school age made such course absolute
ly necessary. They hope to secure "A
room near the section of the city in
which they were formerly located, thus
| being able to accommodate the chill
dren who attended the Chatham Acad-
envy classes last year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
Tours to the sapphire Country"

Southern Railway announces autumn
tours to the beautiful Sapphire Coun-
try Tickets to be sold Sept. 10, II
and "a. with limit nine days from date
of sale, at rate of $S46O from Savan.
nah, including railroad transportation
seven days board at one or more OF
the modern hotels of the Toxaway
Company and hack ride from Lake
Toxaway to Sapphire Inn or Fairfield
Inn and return. A weeks outing al
Franklin Inn, Brevard; Toxaway Inn
Lake Toxaway; Fairfield Inn, Lake
Fairfield, or Sapphire Inn, Lake Sap.
phire. A region of unsurpassed love.
liness, offering good boating, fishing
riding and driving; Astounding in pic
turesque lake and mountain scenery:
an altitude of 1900 feet and climate
most delightful. Excellent train serv.
ice and convenient schedules. Com.
plete information gladly furnished by
f. G. Thomson, c. p. and T. A, la
Bull street. Phones S50.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
CR0SS-TIES FAILED TO
DERAIL CENTRAL ENGINE.

Third Attempt to Wreck Passenger
Occurred at IS Mill Post.
An unsuccessful attempt to derail
and wreck a passenger train on the
Central of Georgia was made early yes
terday morning just east of Herndon.
A cross-tie was laid on the track.
The pilot of the engine pushed the
piece of wood from the rails without
harm. The train was brought to a halt
and the nature of the obstruction ex-
amined. No clue was found as to the
miscreant.
This is the third attempt to wreck
a passenger train made on the Cen
trail, evidently by the same persons.
The first was on Friday night. when
two passenger coaches were derailed.
The second was early Sunday morning,
when negro fireman was killed and
an engineer injured.
The last attempt was made eighty
eight miles from this city on the train
which left Savannah for Atlanta Mon
day night at 10 o'clock. This is TWEEN
ty-tWo miles further than the attempt
of Friday night.
One arrest was made shortly after
the attempt was discovered and the
negro Was leII IN the CUSTODY OF the
marshal of Tennille.
A negro boarded the train at Rogers,
two miles east of the obstruction. He
seemed very much excited and wet
with perspiration. When questioned
by the conductor he said he had been
held up by some unknown parties in
the dark. near the SS-mile post, and
that he ran all the way back to Rogers
to catch the train. The tie was on
the track at the mile post, and when
the engine struck it suspicion pointed
to the negro, and he was detained I'M
til Tennille was reached, where he was
lodged in Jail.
News of the attempt was sent to Sa-
vannah. Mr.. 7. 7. Johnson, superin-
tendent of transportation, left shortly
before daylight with bloodhounds from
the County Farm.
No news was received during the
night from the party, and it is supposed
that it has struck trail and has gone
searching too far from the railroad to
send a message.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
BAD SPIRITS CAME
AND TROUBLED HER
Another Lunatic Awaits Trial in
Court of Ordinary.

Another Lunntic Awaits Trial in
Court of Ordinary.
The epidemic of lunacy among the
colored people does not yet seem to
have been checked.
Another case came to light yester-
day when Hannah Fleming, colored,
was arrested and taken before Judge
Henry McAlpin. The woman showed
that her mind was unbalanced, and
the court ordered her locked up for
trial by a lunacy jury at later
period.
Spirits are the chief troubles of the
woman. She has been ill for some
little time, and claims she cannot re-
cover because the spirits will not let
her alone. She claims to be visited
by both good and bad spirits, but the
latter are way in the majority They
constantly trouble her and the effects
of this hallucination has been such as
to greatly weaken the physical condi-
ton of the victim.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
TEN DIVORCE LIBELS
FILED FOR HEARING
All Manner of Grounds Are Brought
forward by LibeIIants.

All Manner of Grounds Are Brought
forward by LfbeIlants.
Ten libels for divorce were filed yes
terday in the Superior Court, and there
is a wide variety in the causes brought
forward as the reasons why the matri-
monial relations should be severed. De-
sertion has more followers than any
of the others, though cruelty and
drunkenness are making a good show
ing. The following is the record for
the day:
Katie Barthelmess asks divorce from
John B. Barthelmess, the libellant be-
ing represented by Twiggs e. Oliver.
The husband is charged with having
been cruel and unkind. and having al
lowed the woman to suffer without the
proper food or medical attention dur
ing a prolonged illness.
Mary f. Adams through Twiggs &
Oliver, asks divorce from her husband,
Jerry Adams, on grounds of desertion.
Hector Brown wants to be legally
separated from Julia Brown, because
she left him without cause. He is rep
resented by Twiggs & oliver.
Alice Deane Swanson, through At
torney Walter w. Sheppard, asks to
be divorced from Walter f. Swanson.
Cruel treatment is the ground on which
the separation is asked and the libel
liant asks that she be awarded alimony
and the custody of a minor child.
On grounds of desertion the follow
ing additional cases were filed: James
e. Moore, against Lucretia Moore, and
Jennie Jordan, against Israel Jordan,
both through Attorneys Wilson & Rog-
ers; Edward Campbell, against Mary
Campbell, Robert Heard. against Stella
Heard, through Attorneys Slater &
Morgan; and Thomas F. Bryan,
against Katherine Bryan through At
torney Robert l.. Colding.
Through Attorneys Slater & Morgan,
Carrie B. Carr filed a libel for divorce
from J. w Carr, alleging that he is
cruel and unkind. and that he has de-
serted her.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
MANY MINOR MATTERS
FOR CITY COUNCIL,
One Assessment Roll and a Number
of Petitions to he Considered.

There are quite a number of minor
matters to be brought up at the session
of City Council tonight. The assess
ment roll for the paving of Thirty-f1rst
street, between Lincoln and HAIR
sham streets, will be taken up.
The paving of this block cost SLOTS
80, of which the city pays $359.44, leav-
ing balance to be paid by the proper
ty owners of $71SSS. The paving cost
SIPS a square yard and $1.39 a front
foot.
A letter from Capt. w. B. Stephens
advising Council that Mr.. 7. H. Crow
ley was injured on the sidewalk in
front of No. 1874 Bryan street, west,
and that John r. Eason & Son, who
were responsible for the injury have
settled with Mr.. Crowley for $35 will
be read. Col. Garrard, the city attor-
ney, has drawn UP a resolution of
thanks for Capt. Stephens, which will
be passed by Council.
A petition from Johnston & Ham
mond, asking that their license for do
ing a cotton exporting business be
transferred to the Espy Cotton Com
pany will be read Johnston & Ham
mond will discontinue business and the
Espy Cotton Company will do business
at the same place.
A petition from a representative of
the FOrepaugh, Sells shows will be
read asking that the city license for
circus be reduced. Council will not
make any reduction, though the petit
tion will be referred in the usual way
The Southern Manufacturing Com
pany has petition before Council
| asking for permission to lay tracks
| across Stiles avenue. The tracks are
needed to get material to the factory,
it is stated.
The petition for the opening of Thir-
| ty-fifth street from Bull to Barnard
| is before the Committee of the Whole
| for consideration. There is also a pc
tition from Judge T. M. Norwood be-
fore the Committee of the Whole, ask
| ing that the city stake off the land
purchased from him some time age
so that the boundaries between his
land and that of the city will be
| known.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
ACTING MAYOR THINKS
MAJORITY OF COMMISSION
VIII Allow Council to Put Drinking
Fountains wherever Wanted.

Fountains Wherever Wanted.
The three drinking fountains for the
parks and squares which were ordered
by Alderman Garfunkel while he was
in New York recently, are expected to
arrive early next week.
Alderman Garfunkel announces that
the fountains will be put in place
shortly after their arrival He antici-
pates no trouble in having the foun-
tains placed in the squares, as he says
he believes a majority of the members
of the Park and Tree Commission will
be glad to have the fountains.
Acting Mayor Dixon said yesterday
that Council would put the fountains
where the aldermen wanted them. A
majority of the Park and Tree Com
mission would uphold Council in any
selection the aldermen might make as
to the locations, Mr.. Dixon thought.
The probabilities are that the fountains
will be placed in the locations an
nounced without serious trouble. 1t
has been Alderman Garfunkers inten-
ton all along to have the superintend-
ent of the water works department.
confer with Chairman Daffin as to the
place in the parks and squares selected
that the fountains shall be put.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
MRs. HERBERTcs INJURIES.

The friends OF Maj. Sidney Herbert
will be gratified to learn that the in
iuries to his wife I'm the recent terrible
railway wreck may not prove fatal
although they are serious.
She was in the car which the freight
engine fell down upon and crushed
her left foot and leg so badly that am
putation just below the knee had TO
be performed.
Mrs Herbert. although an invalid
and nervous, bore herself bravely
through all the horrors and pain
and suffering Of the night. and her sis
ters and brothers wife from Char
lotte reached the hospital In Mon
roe. ~ c.. early I'm the dsv. and are
still with her
She Dr. bearing up under the shock
with remarkable fortitude and this
seems 90 promise her recovery IN due
time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
SOME TRADERS STILL
BELIEVE IN A LEAK
Cotton Men Not Convinced by Evil
dence So Far Adduced.

81
The report in yesterdays Morning
News that Secretary Wilson of the De-
partment of Agriculture had called on
the New York wire, house that sent
out premature information relative to
the condition of the cotton crop, for
the source of its information was of
interest to local members of the cotton
trade though it was not much dis
cussed. the subject having been pretty
well threshed out at the time the mat
ter first came up.
Capt. Wright Hunter, chairman of
the Committee on Information and
Statistics of the Cotton Exchange, the
committee that brought the matter
first to the attention of the authorities
of the Department of Agriculture, said
that he had nothing further to say on
the subject, but another gentleman
prominent in the trade said he believed
not only that there had been a leak
but that the information in regard to
the governments figures had been in
possession of a prominent New York
trader possibly forty-eight hours be-
fore the hour of their official promulga-
ton,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
SUING THE CENTRAL
FOR LOSS OF HIS EYE.
Spencer Harris Asks Court to Award
Him $4,000 Damages.

Because his left eye was destroyed
as the result of an accident at the car
shops of the Central of Georgia Rail-
way Company, Spencer Harris is suing
the railway for damages in the sum of
10000 The suit was filed i'm the Su-
perior Court yesterday by the attor-
neys for the plaintiff, Maj. j. Ferris
Cam and Mr.. David G. Barrow.
Harris was an assistant repairer and
car builder, working under the direc-
tion of skilled workmen. He was or
dered on Dec. 81. 1903, to place i'm po-
s!tion a thimble casting and, supposing
that all the preliminary work was safe
and satisfactory he began the work
The thimble casting, however, was de-
fective. II is alleged, and when he
struck II a blow with his hammer a
splinter flew of and struck him in the
face.
The left eye was so badly injured
that despite the aid Of the best physi-
clans and surgeons I'm the city. IL was
destroyed, and now there is grave dan
ger, the petition recites. that the right
eye viii become affected. For this in
jury and for the cost OF medical atten-
ton he asks damages In the amount
mentioned sboVe.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
SPINE WAS INJURED
IN CAR COLLISION,
And Sarah SchuItz is Suing Electric
Company for $4,000.

As payment for injuries inflicted on
her in a collision of trolley cars in
May, last, Sarah Schultz is suing the
Savannah Electric Company for dam
ages in the sum of $1,000. The suit
was filed in the Superior Court yester-
day by Attorney r. r. Richards.
According to the allegations OF the
plaintiff. she boarded Montgomery
street car at Fortieth street. When
the car had turned into West Broad
street 1t collided with a Battery Park
car, and as a result the petitioner, who
is old and unusually heavy, was bad
ly shaken up and her spine injured.
The company physician, DR.. w. w.
owens, was sent to her home and she
was treated at the expense of the COM
pany.
The injuries, however, have proved
permanent, it is alleged, and she now
asks that damages be awarded her.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
Perfect Peace

After months Of torment, is the boon
which comes to a poor sufferer from
letter Ring Worm or other severe
itching skin diseases, after the use OF
a box Of Tetterine. the infaliible cure
for all skin diseases fragrant. harm
less ehectiVe' used by physicians in
their practice Endorsed by drugglsts
only 30 cents a box az druggists. or
By mall postpaid. from the manufac.
turer. J. 7. Shuptrine, Savannah. Ca
ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
BEFORE DAY CLUB
LETTER MAILED HERE.
Warming SRVannnhian That lie win
Meet with Death soon.

a Savannah man has received a let
ter signed a Day Klub." warning him
that he is TO be sent on that journey
from which no traveller ever returns
The letter was received yesterday
morning and for a time its recipient
was very much worried. Some practical
Joker probably sent the letter.
II reads as follows:
1t IS fell 10 your lot 20 trabei where
no TRAILER BE- return. You is done no.
boldly no harm but Is the one got The
black blow.
"iny time after SHUTDOWN you Will
meat resistance
Sign. q Day klub."
The letter is postmarked savannah.
and was mailed Monday night at
late hour II iF written on plain
sheet ~ writing paper, with no marks
20 indicate fhe suthor The writing be-
with pencil. ana is badly blurred
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
state Reunion Confederate Veterans
Rome. Ca, Low Excursion Rates
Win Central of GeOrgin Ry.

one cent per mile in each direction
plus 25c. Rate from Savannah $3.50
round trip. Tickets on sale Sept. 12,
10 and IA, limit Sept. 10, 1904
For further information in regard
to schedules, sleeping and parlor car
service, etc, apply to j. s. Holmes.
c. T. & p. A.. 81 Bull street.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
sept 2sth, Georgia Day, worlds
Fair. So Louis-Excnrsion Rates
via Central Of GeoFnfn Hy.

Tickets viii be- sold on Saturday.
Sept a. and Monday Sept 20. good
% return within ten days after date
m sale. Tickets ere not good BOZ par.
~ nL sieel'ng care and NIli boz honor
~ nnlt III ro1rhfa. F0r further ln.
Formation. apply to your nearest tloket
nEfni.mad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
NORTHEAST STORM
SIGNALS PUT UP
NEARING CAROLINA COAST
WHERE STORM Is, AS INDICATED
ny WEATHER REPORTS.

Telegram From Central Weather
Bureau Office at Washington, Or
dered the Northeast Signals Hoist
ted at 10 O'clOck-NOt Expected
That There VIII BE Any Danger
to SaVannah-Western Union
Wires Reported Down Later at
Night.
Northeast storm warnings were hoist
ed over the Weather Bureau and at
the Morning News office last night
shortly before 10 o'clock, on receipt of
telegram signed Frankenfield, of the
Central Weather Bureau office. pre-
dieting the probable approach of a
storm on the Carolina coast that
would cause high north to northeast
winds. .iA,atA
The telegram that was received at the
local Weather Bureau was as fol-
lows:
Northeast storm warning at $40 p.
m. from Savannah to Fort Monroe.
Some evidence of disturbance approach
ing the Carolina coast. May cause
high north winds tonight and Wednes-
day. Frankenfield."
Weather conditions as officially re-
ported at the local Weather Bureau
at o'clock last night, contained little
to excite apprehension, and the local
men We're hoping that the storm was
not as serious as indicated by the tele-
gram. The barometers, which had
fallen off slightly during the early
afternoon, were practically normal
though there was still a slight depres-
sion.
Blew in Afternoon.
The high winds which were noted
along the coast about o'clock in the
afternoon were rapidly dying out in
most sections, although at Charleston
and points nearby they were gradual
ly increasing in force. Though no Of
fetal reports were received after the
regular o'clock signals, yet unofficial
reports told of high winds, increasing
in volume.
The highest winds of the day were
experienced along the coast during the
afternoon. In Savannah, during the
light storm which passed over the city
about o'clock, a northeast wind blew
with velocity of about 25 miles an
hour. At that time Charleston report
ed a northeast wind of A miles an
hour.
BY night the wind in Savannah had
practically died out, there being no
air stirring save the usual night
| breeze. At Charleston the high wind
had also died out, as compared with
| the high gale of the afternoon, though
| it was still higher than the usual night
| winds.
Wires Were Down.
Between $3.50 and 10 o'clock at night
| the winds along the coast showed a
| tendency to increase in strength. A
| few minutes later the Western Union
lost its direct wire connection be-
tween Savannah and Charleston, and
| for twenty minutes the Associated
| Press wire in that section was out OF
| commission. Arrangements were made
whereby the dispatches could be re,
ceived over an inland wire and the
work proceeded as usual.
Unauthenticated reports received
later at night indicated high winds
at Charleston that were doing consid-
| cradle damage. There seems to be nc
| danger of Savannah suffering from the
storm and the feeling at the loca
weather bureau is that the signals
were hoisted principally as a warning
to vessels which were preparing to sal
| northward.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
WAs 0NLl ID AnnEsI.

~ to late hour last night. only
one arrest had been made by me %.
lioe. Joe Brown "a negro. was arrest
cd eldy boz tho morning on charge
of cheating and salndling He BE- OIL.
legged fo hate snudied ihe Merchants
end Mlnrs Transportation Company
by manipulating fhr rhfD ks. Nhlrh 80
Issued fu fhf mrr employed nn fhf
wharf tprugl Onoof jerry MarphB
madf fhe ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14

Mrs Winsiow's Soothing syrup has
been used Tor rhldreu feefhlnF %
fogihra fhe CHA. nonenH co., gums. ai.
lafr 200 ralU. rurra wind colo. and ID
the beri remedy for diaffboea. TweatY.
nff cfnin "a boffle.ra1
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-14
Notice 90 Veterans Attending state
Reunion, Rome, ga, sept. i4-i5.
1904.

a rate Of 1 cent per mile from all
points IN Georgia 10 Rome and return.
has been authorized. account Of above
occasion. Tickets on sale. Sept. ~, 10
and ~. good 20 return until sept 10,
1904
Cali on your nearest ticket agent and
request fhHf be- secure you round trim
ticket. routed over fho Western ana
Atlantic Railroad. fha "Old nnftlenoids
Line. between Atlanta ana Rome.
Double daily trains each way Write
f0 enc undersigned f0r beautiful uua.
frafed baffeneid booklet. FREE. q. 81.
lisrman. ~ A. a., W, and A. ~. d.,
Atlanta. oa.rad,