The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-02
CITY BREVITIES.

The regular meeting of the w. c.
T. u. will be held this afternoon at
O'Clock. All members are requested
to be present.
The board of directors of the Y. M.
c. A. will hold its May meeting to-
night. A number of applications for
membership are to be considered.
The Simon Wolf Lodge B'nai Birth
will give picnic at Tybee Tuesday.
Many tickets have already been sold
and the outlook is for a very large
attendance. The occasion promises to
be very pleasant one.
Joe Dixon, alias Red Babe, a negro
well known to the police, was tried
and fined before Acting Recorder
CAVITY yesterday morning. The Red
Babe was charged with assaulting and
kicking Griffin Boyd. A fine of So was
imposed.
The Roof Garden Tea at Mr.. j. II.
Helmken's by Circle No. /, Parson-
age Aid Society of the Lutheran Church
of the Ascension will be given from
5 to II o'clock this evening irrespective
of inclemency of the weather. Re-
freshments will be served and dancing
and parlor amusements will be enjoy
ed.
The Sunday-school of Christ Church
will give a Basket picnic to Warsaw
Friday The steamer Two States will
leave the wharf at the foot of Bull
be furnished. Friday will be a holi-
day, being the anniversary of the birth
day of jefferson Davis, and a large
crowd is expected.
Charlie Hernandez, the veteran of
the office of the Clerk of Council, was
alone in his glory yesterday all the
other members of the office force hav-
ing either gone to Atlanta or to the
yacht races. Mr.. Hernandez not only
attended Police Court, but kept up the
work in the Office of the Clerk of
Council for the rest of the day.
The commission for the Georgia
State Industrial College for Colored
Youths attended the commencement
exercises yesterday in a body. Col.
p. w. Meldrim is chairman of the
commission. Following the exercises
the commission took dinner in a body
at Thunderbolt. Col. Jordan F. Brooks
and Mr.. Thomas F. Thompson were
their guests.
The case against ]. N. knight,
charged with running his automobile in
fast and reckless manner, was con-
tinued i'm Police Court yesterday. This
is the second automobile case that
has been made by the police, and there
Is considerable interest as to it's out
come. The defendant denies that he
was running the automobile too fast
or in a reckless manner.
No trace of the body of Ingerman
Jensen, who was drowned in the Sa-
vannah river near THE Bite" Tues
day afternoon, has been found. At
the point where the skiff is supposed
to have upset the river is perhaps thir-
ty feet deep. The under current is
also very swift. 1t is expected that
the body will come to the surface to-
morrow, though it may be washed out
to sea.
Lieut.. Wilbur NJ. Coney, adjutant of
the Second Battalion of the First Reg
iment, has rendered his resignation to
take effect at once. The resignation
was accepted with regret No sue
cessor has yet been chosen. The res
ignation was handed in because Lieut..
Coney is unable to give as much time
to his military duties, owing to bust
ness, as he thought should be DONE
Circle No. 8, Kings Daughters, will
meet this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the residence of Mrs. T. Hunter Hen
derson, No. 104 Hull street, east.