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The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
II You Are Going south

Take advantage of the splendid train
service via Atlantic Coast Line. Flor
ida and West Indian Limited leaves
Savannah 1912 a. m. Getty time), ar
rives Jacksonville 1:45 p. m, leaving
Jacksonville 200 p. m, arriving Tam-
pa 10:30 p. m. Sleepers and dining
cars to Jacksonville, buffet sleeper
Jacksonville to Tampa.
New York and Florida Express
leaves Savannah AIS a. m. Getty time)
arrives Jacksonville $40 a. m.
Sleeper Savannah to Jacksonville.
This train connects at Jackson
VILE with trains for Fort Myers,
Tampa and St. Petersburg, leaving at
9:45 a. m. Pullman buffet parlor cars
Jacksonville to Tampa and Jackson
willie to st. Petersburg.
Savannah and Jacksonville Express,
train No. p, leaves Savannah 400 d.
m. (city time), (train made up at Sa-
vannah and always leaves on time),
connects at Jacksonville with train
leaving for Fort Myers and Tampa
at 9:35 D. M, carrying Pullman buffet
sleeping cars Jacksonville to Fort
Myers and Jacksonville to Tampa, ar
irving Fort Myers l2:40 p. m. arriv-
ing Tampa 100 a. m. Passenger serv-
ice unexcelled. Secure information and
reserve your Pullman space at city
ticket office, De Soto Hotel. Both
phones 73.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
ELEVEN TON COLUMNS
FOR NEW CITY HALL,
Special Derrick VIII BE Constructed
to Place Them in Position.

Special Derrick VIII BE Constructed
to Place Them in Position.
The two immense limestone columns
that are to be placed at the entrance
of the city Hall will be put into po-
sition as soon as a derrick sufficiently
strong to handle them can be con-
structed. The contractors have been
unable to find a derrick strong enough
and a special derrick viii have to be
built.
Each of the columns weigh about
II l-5 tons, according to the bill from
the railroads that handled them. 1t
was thought when the columns were
ordered. that each would weigh 10A
tons, but the railroad weight furnish
ed the contractors was 44,70O pounds
for both. The columns are of solid
with a diameter of three feet.
Each column is worth about $780,
They are to be mounted on pedestals
six feet high and will be surmounted
by caps two feet high. making the
total hight when placed almost thirty
feet:
The columns were quarried at New
Bedford. Ind, and were shipped here
on the same car The car was trans
ferred 10 the foot of Barnard street
and there the problem for the con-
tractors began. How to get the col
umns to the front of the building was
no easy matter. No truck could be
found in the city sufficiently strong
to hold one of them. and they were
placed on rollers and moved in that
way. Many persons who noticed the
columns on Bay street yesterday won
dered how they were ever placed there.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
PECAN NURSERY CASE
WILL BE TRIED,
Prosecution of l.. Lucien Anders Be-
fore Judge Emory speer.

Prosecution of l.. Lucien Anders Be-
fore Judge Emory speer.
]. Lucien Anders will be placed on
trial on charge of using the United
States mails for fraudulent purposes
in the United States court tomorrow.
The case has been hanging fire in the
court since 1902.
Anders is charged with having adj
vertised that he had a large pecan
nursery near the Fair Grounds here
and that he had several offices and
warehouses along the Bay. His letters
stated, it is alleged, that he was the
head of a large concern that was en-
gagged in the pecan nut industry and
Offering stock at a small figure. Sew
eral persons are alleged to have sent
him money and to have received
nothing in return that was of any
value, the government claiming that
the whole concern was a fraud.
Anders was indicted, but before his
case came to trial he was adjudged
insane and sent to the asylum at Mil
ledgeville. Recently he has been dis
charged as cured. The evidence of two
physicians has been taken by Mr.. ]. N.
Talley that tends to show Anders was
not insane at the time he wrote the
letters. DIR. Van Marter will appear
as an expert witness for the govern
ment.
The prosecution will be conducted by
Mr.. William r. Leaken, special as
sistant attorney general
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
INDICTMENTS FOUND
IN FEDERAL COURTS
Announcement Made, However, II
Only Few Instances,

only Few Instances.
Shortly before the United States court
adjourned yesterday morning the grand
jurors filed into their places and pre-
scented the indictments found.
There were quite a number of these,
though announcement was made in
only three instances. The reason Civ
en- for Withholding the information was
that the defendants had not been serv-
ed and the officers did not wish to put
them on notice that they had been
indicted.
An Indictment was returned against
Isaac Carter, alias Isaac Whitehead,
colored. charging him with violating
the pension laws. Whitehead is now
in Jail and will be given trial before
Judge Speer this morning.
Andrew Holiday was indicted for
tearing down a rural mail box in APP
pling county. His trial will probably
come up early this week, unless bond,
satisfactory to the court is furnished
An indictment was also returned
against Sylvia Williams, colored, who
is charged with violating the pension
laws.
Deputy marshals are now in the
field serving the warrant and notices
on the other defendants. Though def
mite announcement cannot now be
made. it is not believed that any of
the cases are of great importance.
One more session of the grand Jury
will be held to-day. When this an
nouncement was made to the court,
Judge Speer expressed regret that the
jurors had 20 be held here, and ex-
pressed the hope they could conclude
their work at to-day's session.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
TRAIN CRUSHED
BOTH LEGS OFF
FATAL ACCIDENT TO NEGRO.
COLORED FIREMAN DIES AS RE-
SUIT OF HIS INJURIES.

So Intense Was the Agony of the
Injured Man That 1t Required the
Combined Efforts of Four Men to
Handle Him After Both Legs Had
Been Severed from His BOdy-The
Accident Occurred in the Central
of Georgia Yards.
Percy Harris, a negro fiagman, was
run over by the transfer train of the
Central of Georgia Railway yesterday
afternoon at 6 o'clock. and both legs
were severed from the body. Harris
was taken to the Georgia. Infirmary,
where he died shortly after o'clock
last night.
The accident was of an unusual ma
ture. Harris, with several other work.
men, were walking along the tracks
in the Central Railway yards. A
transfer engine was pushing some
empty cars along the main line to get
out of the way of freight train which
was waiting on siding to start out.
Harris companions heard the ap-
preaching cars in time to get out of
the way. The unfortunate man did
not hear the warning shouts of his
friends. and was beneath the wheels
of the care before the train could be
stopped.
The wheels passed over both legs,
severing the left just below the hip and
the right just at the knee. When Har-
ris was lifted from the track his deci-
mated limbs were left on the ground.
He never lost consciousness until he
was placed in the ambulance, to be
carried to the infirmary.
His suffering was intense. In the
hands of four of his companions, he
struggled with the frenzy of overpow-
ering agony, and it was all that his
stalwart friends could do to hold him
He screamed in agony, and many in
the vicinity of. the Central Railway
station stopped their ears to shut out
the hcrrifying EXPLANATIONS.
Harris was a fireman in the employ
of the Central and resided at No. 526
Oak street. As soon as he was car
ried to the Georgia Infirmary Drs.
Carter and Elliott were summoned, but
the man was too far gone for any
earthly aid.
When the body of the injured man
was brought into the car shed one
| of the legs was left where the acct
dent occurred. The right leg was
hanging by a small bit of mangled
flesh, but the left was completely sew
cred. Some one was sent back for
the remaining limb, and it will be bur-
| led with the remains
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
MONEY IS BADLY NEEDED
FOR TREE PLANTING.
Chairman DafHn of Park and Tree
Commission on Tree Planting.

Chairman DafHn of Park and Tree
Commission on Tree Planting.
This is the season of the year for
tree planting and Chairman P. D..
Dafin of the Park and Tree Commits
sion says it is just the time the COM
missions funds are running very low.
we are planting just as many trees
as our funds viii permit" said Chair
man Daffin in discussing this phase of
the commissions work. we plant
trees from this time TO the last Of
January. which is the proper planting
time in this climate. The sap is down
in December and January, and while
the roots are dormant is the time TO
plant, so when spring comes the roots
will awake and commence growing.
Right here I viii add that this is
the time of year when we have no
money and therefore we lose time in
tree planting. This throws US back,
and. as the Morning News said some
days ago. it is unwise to keep. back
the planting of trees for a lack of a
little money.
Our present work is confined al
most entirely to replacing trees that
were planted for private parties. and
which have died. This we are Obliged
to do under our contract with them.
We are also engaged in replacing the
city trees where 1t is necessary. l
certainly regret I can do nothing now
because of the lack OF means. The
city needs trees badly, and a great
many of them, and it is to be regret
ted that this important feature of the
city's progress should be put off from
year to year and so much valuable
time lost"
When asked about the gray squir-
rels Alderman Dixon received from
Baltimore and which he released in
Forsyth Park last week, Chairman
Daffin said:
There are no squirrels in the park
except those that were put there by
the commission two years ago, and
their offsprings. / suppose they
amount now to twenty-five or thirty,
and they are very beautiful and tame.
The gardener, Mr.. Schwalbe, has been
very successful in raising and attend
ing to them. We have not seen the
Baltimore squirrels yet"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
MARRIED IN HASTE;
FOUND NO HAPPINESS.

Goodman Files Answer to Wffe's
Libel for Absolute Divorce.
The answer of Benjamin Goodman of
New York to the libel for absolute
divorce filed in the Superior Court by
his wife. Jennie Goodman, will be filed
to-day through his attorney. Mr.. ST.
mon N. Gazan. The divorce was asked
on statutory grounds.
The respondent will deny he was
guilty of the crime charged in the
libel and viii require that absolute
proof be furnished by the libellant that
her charge is correct. Despite this
fact, however. he will not fight the
divorce. but win ask that all disabiIi-
ties be removed from him and that
he be permitted to marry again.
The answer win set forth that both
he and the girl he married were young
and they did not realize the serious
ness OF the step they were taking.
shortly after marriage, he will aver,
Doth realized a mistake had been made
and they were i'll suited to each other.
Our tastes, dislikes and tempers were
not in accord, says the answer; "our
likes ana dlSllkeS constantly claShed
and made domestic harmony impossi-
b!a."
The respondent will aver he was al
ways Kind to his wife and always acted
toward her as a good and true hus-
Dand. Recognizing their difference and
the lmpossibility of reconciling them,
however, they talked matters over and
decided to separate, the wife return
ing to her home in Savannah. In clos
ing, the husband maintains he now
mas the kindliest feelings toward his
wife, but believes that divorce is the
only way of rectifying an error that
mas been committed In concluding.
the answer says:
The respondent is a young man and
ms VIE is only young woman, and
she IS worthy of all the happiness this
world affords. That both should have
taken SO serious step, not knowing
what the future contained. is most mn
fortunate, but dispositions and tenn
perafnents cannot be changed, and a
me OF happiness together is impossi-
pie. This defendant believes a divorce
Is the only remedy for their fmpru-
cent step, and as the wife is youne
she can best seek her life's happiness
uhhampered by marital ties
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
MATERIAL FOR PARK
WALK is BEING PLACED

Material for the artificial stone walk
through the Park Extension is now
being placed on the ground. and work
will be started in a very short time.
The machine Of Mr.. W. H. Barker,
who is to do the work. is out of the
city now. but the walk will be COM
menced as soon as it is returned.
The walk will be twenty feet wide
and will extend from Forsyth Park to
Park avenue. The walk through the
park is more than forty feet wide. The
new walk will be started at the same
width. and will be rounded down UNI
I'll width OF twenty feet is obtained
The walk will go on both sides Of the
Confederate monument but the band
stand. which is now in the center OF
the walk. will be moved to one side.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
BOARDING STEAMER FOR
QUARANTINE OFFICERS.

u. 8. Government Has Ordered
steamer Bratton TO savannah.
Mayor Myers was yesterday advised
by Surgeon General Wyman, of Ma
rine Hospital Service, that Bratton,
a steamer that has been on duty in the
gulf for several years, has been or
dered to Savannah to be used at the
quarantine station as boarding
steamer.
Upon the application of the Pilotage
Commission, Mayor Myers some time
ago wrote to the surgeon general, ask
ing that a steamer be sent to the
Quarantine Station. In rough weather
it is exceedingly difficult for the health
officers to board incoming vessels with
the small boat they now use. The
Bratton has already left for Savan-
nah and is expected here within a day
or two,
The Bratton may be left at this port
indefinitely. If not another will be or
dered to take its place before 1t is
taken away.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
SPECIAL SERVICES
FOR ST. ANDREWS DAY
Rehgious Services This Morning
and Banquet Tonight.


Io-day is st. Andrews Day, a day
of religious observance among the Ro-
man Catholic and Protestant Episco-
pal churches.
The day is kept each year in mem
DRY OF the life and example of st. An
drew, fisherman and the first of the
apostles. After the death of Christ lit
tie is know of the apostle, tradition
varying as to what parts of the world
ne visited. His death occurred some
time between 81 and 20 A. D.. and il
is held by the church fathers that he
was crucified.
Especially in Scotland and Russia
IS the saint held in great veneration.
He is the patron saint of Scotland and
legend has it that in an early battle
against foe, the Cross of st. An
drew appeared in the heavens to the
leaders. of Scottish knights and that
they then vowed if victory were given
them, that cross should be the Scot
fish emblem. The knights of st. An
drew formed then, is believed by
many to be among the oldest of the
military kinghthood orders.
In Russia the Knights of st. An
drew is the highest order of the
realm. Tradition teaches that it was
st. Andrew who first brought Chris
ton teachings to the land and to him
Christian Russia looks as its especial
apostle. The Knights of ST. Andrew
was established by Peter the Great.
To the religious world st. Andrew is
endeared because he was the first
man to be selected by Christ as fol-
lower and because his spotless life and
example make him an important
character in Christian circles, as we'll
as his works. To-day masses will be
celebrated at the Catholic churches at
the usual hours. In the Episcopal
churches holy communion will be ad-
ministered at 10 o'clock, the service
at each church being in charge of its
rector.
The social feature of the day comes
with the banquet of the st. Andrews
Society tonight.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
For sale, Pure olive OIL.

We have the most delicious olive oil
IN stock that can be had; there Is
none superior; we guarantee this olive
oil to be absolutely pure; II is import
ed by us through the United States
Custom House direct here from Nice,
France, which place Is celebrated for
the best olive oil that is made; we can
give you this splendid olive oil in bot
ties or one-half gallon and gallon cans;
II Is with pride that we offer this
olive oil now, as we have never be-
fore had the good fortune to be able
10 get 30 pure an article as We have
now. Lippman Drug Company, corner
Congress and Barnard streets. savan-
nah, ga.--ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
ONE HUNDRED POLES
THAT NO ONE OWNS
Companies Deny Owning Poles Con-
demned by the City.


demned by the City.
There are hundred or more I'M
claimed poles in the western section
Of the city which have been condemned
under the new pole inspection ordi-
nance. Since it cannot be ascertained
to whom they belong, the city will
have to move them.
Fire Chief Mcguire has advertised
for bids for moving the entire lot. The
bids are to be opened to-day at noon,
provided there are any bids to open.
So far no one has announced his in
tention of bidding.
The poles, of course, belong to either
the telegraph, telephone or electric
companies, but the officers of all the
companies deny ownership. They
have been abandoned and there is no
way for the city to tell to whom they
belong. Where there are wires on a
condemned pole it is an easy matter
to make the company that owns it
acknowledge the fact, but after the
wires have been moved there is no way
to tell -
To obviate such difficulties in future
the city is making all the companies
that have poles in the city mark them,
so the inspector can tell to whom they
belong at a glance. 1t can then be told
to whom abandoned poles belong and
the owners will be made to remove
them.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
INJUNCTION CASE
TO BE DISMISSED.

The matter of making permanent the
injunction issued by Judge Cam re-
straining d. E. Currie from communi-
eating "by note, letter. telephone, tele-
graph, messenger, whistle or by any
other signal, sign or device, by which
his thoughts and will may become in
telligible to" Celeste Creighton will
come UP for final hearing at the De-
cember term of the court.
Under the law jury would have to
pass upon the case, but it is probable
that the counsel for Mrs. Eva Creigh-
ton, Mr.. Simon N. Gazan, will move
to dismiss the proceedings. Time has
dulled the desire of the two young peo-
pie to be in each others company, and
It is felt that there is no longer need
for an injunction.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
Two Trains Daily 10 Eastern cities
via Southern Railway.

Southern Railway has resumed
double daily train service be-
tween Savannah and the East
leaving Savannah p. m. and 1915
m. Central time. Both trains car
~ pullman drawing room sleeping
cars 10 Washington and New YORK
elegant day coaches and the finest din.
ine cars IN the world. All trains now
operated over the new double track
through virginia and the Southern
Rail way double-track bridge across the
Potomac. Pullman rcserYnt lions glad
II made or Information furnished upon
application % NJ. a. Thomson, q. n.
a r. A.. IA Bull street. phones 1so.--
40.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
PAY FOR THE WHISKY
WAS JURY'S VERDICT

The case Of Simon Block of Cincin-
natl. O., doing business as the Stand
ard Distilling Company. against ELI
Veruki of Savannah. occupied the en-
tire session of the City Court yester-
day.
The plaintiff claimed he had shipped
Veruki certain amounts OF whisky to
the value of $135 and that the defend
ant has refused to pay for II. The de-
PENDANT claimed the whisky was not
up to the standard ordered and he,
therefore. declined TO pay. The Jury
found for the plaintiff in the sum OF
1927. Mr.. A. l.. Alexander appeared
for the plaintiff and Col. Robert l..
Colding for the defense.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
CASTOR STREET CASE
HAS BEEN SETTLED.
Judge Speer Congratulated Parties
On It's Ending.

Announcement was made yesterday
to Judge Speer that the CASTOR street
paving case, which has been pending
in the United States Circuit Court for
considerable time, had been settled. A
consent order had been prepared by
the parties concerned. and by its
terms the costs were divided between
the complainants and the respondents.
Judge Speer asked upon what
terms a settlement had been reached.
He was then informed that City Coun-
Gil had repealed the ordinance which
provided for the paving Of the street
with brick, and that, as no paving was
to be done there, all cause for the
suit had been withdrawn. The court
then stated that both parties were to
be felicitated upon the settlement OF
the case.
The consent order of dismissal was
signed by Attorneys w. H. Wade and
George w. Owens for the complain
ants, and by Attorneys Garrard &
Meldrim for the respondents.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
CAMP BOSS CAME FOR
TWO SAFE BIZ OVERS.

Capt. Harvey. of the state convict
camp at JaSin, Ca, reached Savan-
nah last night at o'clock I'm response
to a telegram from Chief Deputy sher-
IN Sweeny, for the purpose OF taking
Miller and Kline. the men convicted
OF safe blowing. Capt. Harvey Will
leave with the men heavily manacled
this morning. The first guard who
came for the prisoners lie stu IN the
city, and viii probably assist Capt
Harvey In carrying the men back ia
Jakin
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
cosT HER TEN oR THIRrY.

Ella King, the negro woman who
was arrested on Taylor street Monday
by Detective Nose Davis for firing a
pistol, and incidentally claiming that
she was a Jesse" was given the op-
ton OF paying $40 into the city treas
ury or serving thirty days on the
gang by Recorder Myrick in Police
Court yesterday morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
FIGURING ON COVERING
PART OF BILB0 CANAL
Few improvements Contemplated by
City for Next Year.

Few improvements contemplated ny
City for Next Year.
Estimates are to be made of the
cost of covering Bilbo canal from
Gwinnett to Bolton.
The city will pave Gwinnett street,
and to do so 1t will be necessary to
cover the canal the full width of the
street. While this is being done. II is
thought the covering may as well be
carried to Bolton street to connect
with the sewer which ends there.
Some estimates have been made on
new sewers that the city will probably
lay in the future, but it is not likely
this will be done next year. Besides
the paving work that has been map
ped out the Streets and Lanes De-
partment will make few improvements.
With the expense attached to the COM
pletion and furnishing OF the City Hall,
there will be little left for the regu-
lar departments beyond their usual APP
propriations.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
A new Train 90 Washington and
New York.

Southern Railway announces rein
auguration OF its palatial noon train
out Of savannah for the East, leaving
vestibuied train, with most modern day
coaches. Pullman drawing room sleep
Ing cars Of latest design. and the Ia
nous uneQualed dining cars ~ the
Southern Railway. Any desired inf0r-
ration given o. Pullman reservations
made " city ticket once, IA Bull
street. phones lso.~ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
ESCAPED FROM INFIHMARY.

The police were notified yesterday
that Porter Wilson. a negro who was
sent to the Georgia Infrmary some
time ago to recover from injuries in
fiicted by John Grayson, had made his
escape. DR.. Barrow stated to a Morn
ing News reporter yesterday afternoon
that WILLIAMS had been discharged.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
CRY PAVING WAYNE sTREEn

The paving OF Wayne street from
Bull 10 Drayton with vitrined brick has
been started by the city. The block
Is only a short one. and the work will
be finished IN "a couple Of days. The
brick that are being used were left
over from the other streets that have
been paved this year. n IL the inten-
ton Of the city ofiiclais 20 pave a
number ~ the short blocks connecting
Bull ana prayion streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-30
Change of Schedule. Sunday, Nov. 81
Senboard Air Line Railway.

The Seaboard will have slight change
in schedule effective Sunday, Nov. 27 {.
The southbound morning train, No. AZ
for Jacksonville and Florida will leave
at 4:40 a. m. instead of 500 a. M.
and the northbound train, No. "a
for New York and Eastern cities will
leave at 1:10 p. M, instead of lis
ID. mad.