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The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
DID THE DEATH OF PLANT STOP
PROCEEDINGS I'm BANKRUPTCY?
This Question Was Presented to Judse Speer by
Macon Attorneys

Macon, May 2s.--Did the death of r.
H. Plant, president of the First Ma
ttonal Bank and owner of the I. G.
Plants Sons Bank estop the involun-
nary bankruptcy proceedings which
we're initiated only a short time before
his demise?
That question has been raised in the
limited States court here, and upon it
Judge Emory Speer will be called upon
10 pass. Attorneys Dessau, Harris &.
Harris, A. L. Miller and M. FELTON,
Hatcher have filed a paper in the Unit
ed States court, in which they set out :
IF under the provisions of the bank
ruptcy law, the death of the said Rob
ert H. Plant does not abate the pend
ing proceedings in bankruptcy against
him. and if the same is to be conduct
ed and concluded in the same manner
40 far as possible as though he had
not died, and should the court adjudi-
cate the said Robert H. Plant to be a
bankrupt, then the said executors stand
ready to prepare the schedule of assets
and liabilities and to furnish such fur
Their assistance in said matter as under
the circumstances may be required"
Upon reviewing the papers this morn
ing Judge Speer requested the attor-
neys indicated ito appear before him
and upon their complaint he said:
This is little more than a suggestion
of the death of Robert H. Plant and a
voluntary offer of assistance to the
court in certain contingencies. The
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
SHIM0SE SHELLS
HAVE AWFUL EFFECT.

Washington, May 2s.--Reports re-
ceived here from the Far East dwell
at length upon the terrific power of
the Japanese shimose powder the ma
ture of which is an absolute secret. 1t
is not used to propel the shot, but
forms the bursting charge of the army
and navy explosive shell.
The result of the explosion has
astounded the United States army OBJ
servers. The heaviest army piercing
she'll with it's small cavity is rent in
to countless thousands of sharp frag-
ments. which are hurled through the
air with such force that they tear
through the sides of an iron ship as
would a projectile from a machine gun.
The Russian warships Variag and
Korietz were found to be riddled, deck
and sides, by fragments of these shells.
1t is not known that any other ma
ton possesses such a terrific explo-
siVe
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
PAID WITH SLAVES.
How Weapons Are Secured by the
HererOs In Africa.

How Weapons Are Secured by the
HererOs I'm Africa.
Berlin. May 2S.-The Vossische lei
tung this morning publishes a letter in
which the writer raises the question
as to how the rebellious Hereros IN
German Southwest Africa pay the Eng
lish and Portuguese traders for the
weapons and ammunition which they
continue to receive by way of Ovam-
DO. and declares that cattle are not
the only medium of payment.
The traders" says the letter. "ac-
cept slaves also. The slave trade from
the German protectorate by way of
Kunene to Angola has been going on
for some time, and certainly began be-
fore the breaking out of the Herero re-
bellion. 1t has been carried on with
out the governments knowledge. How
ever proofs in the shape of formal
business letters mentioning the deliv-
cry of weapons and ammunition in ex-
change for slaves. have been in the
hands of the Windhoek government for
some time. In Angola these slaves
pass as free laborers. They will prob
ably go mainly to plantations on the
Portuguese Islands on the Gulf Ct
Guinea"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
CAUGHT NEGRO WHO
ATTACKED YOUNG WOMEN,
McLane Guilty of Assaults at New
Haven.

Haven.
New Haven, Conn, May 2S.--A fur
Their confession was made to-day by
William McLane, the negro who when
he was arrested last night, admitted
that he was the author of an attack
on young woman in Canal street ear
ly in the week. The police now be-
lieVe that McLane committed all the
three assaults, which have stirred the
residents of the fashionable section of
the city in the neighborhood of Whit
ney avenue and Prospect street of late.
Under a searching examination to-
day McLane confessed that he was the
assailant of Miss Richards. daughter
of Prof. Charles p. Richards Of Yale
University. He denied. however. that
he knew anything about the assault on
Augusta Peterson. the domestic in the
employ of Prof. Yarrell Henderson
The prisoner said last night, in ex-
PLANTATION of the Canal street assault,
that he was drunk at the time and did
not know what he was doing. To-day
he said he was subject to epleptic fits.
The young woman assaulted on Ca
nal street to-day disclosed her name.
She is Miss Mary f. Flanagan, a
clerk, and resides in Lake Place. She
had refused heretofore to reveal her
identity until it was certain her assail-
ant had been apprehended.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
The Foul Blow in japan.

From the Boston Christian Register.
The newly introduced knowledge of
the 1iu-Jitsu exercises of the Japanese
brings to mind a curious distinction
between the Germanic races and those
that have accepted their standards
and Asiatic races and some European
nations. These Japanese exercises,
used to develop the ability to defend
ones self, are based on practices
which throughout the North of Eu-
rope are regarded as foul play" and
are therefore ruled out OF sports and
the manly art of self-defense. He is
now low-down fighter who In Eng
land strikes a foul blow or takes an
unfair advantage of an opponent. But
the Japanese have elevated the foul
blow and the unfair advantage to a
science. The art of offense and defense
is to take ones opponent unexpect-
eddy at a disadvantage, to fracture
his leg, TO dislocate his arm, or break
his neck. Frenchmen have made a
science Of the art of kicking, and can
practice 1t with an agility and skill
which would knock out the champion
boxer of the world before he had ad-
justed himself to the situation. The
boxers chin would be broken and his
nose battered in before he knew what
had happened Just what these ma
tlonal practices indicate in the ma
tional character we are not wise
enough to tell.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
PRELUDE TO UNION OF
ALL PRESBYTERIANS
Is the Way the Northern General
Assembly Is Regarded.


Buffalo, N Y, May 2S.-The Presby-
terrain General Assembly brought one
of the most memorable gatherings of
this denomination. held in recent years
to close tonight.
The sessions. it is believed, are the
prelude to union of all branches of the
Presbyterian denomination in the
United States. The question of union
will now be submitted to the Presby-
teries and upon approval by two-t thirds
the plans of union will be consummat-
ed. The relations between the mother
church and the Presbyterian Church
(South), and the United Presbyterians
also tend towards unity.
The membership of the Committee on
Church Cooperation and Union has
been increased from eight to fifteen.
The assembly placed itself on record
against the protest of a few commits
sioners to the action of the assembly
on the question of union with the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church, by adopt
ing the report of a committee appoint
ed to reply to the Protestants.
An incident which occurred to-day
indicated that the colored commission
ers are not altogether reconciled to the
aOIpOll vi lilS dSSCIlDly al IGSdTo 10
separate Presbyteries, whereby d sepa-
rate church can be established by the
white inhabitants of the Southern
States in sections where they are in
the minority.
The stated clerk read a communica-
ton from President Saunders of Bid
die University Of Charlotte N. c., stat
ing that IN view of the guarantees that
had been given by the leaders of the
church, who had proved the true
friends of the colored race IN the past,
the colored commissioners will con-
tinue to trust the Presbyterian Church
and are prepared to go forward with
their work, seeking for those things
which make for peace and prosperity"
That's one of the noblest papers
have heard in this assembly," remark
ed the moderator
A motion by a colored commissioner
to table the communication had the
support of only few votes. 1T failed
to go on the records, however on a
technical objection raised as to the
status of the letter before the assem-
bly,, President Saunders not being a
commissioner.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
METH0DISTS MAY
HAVE BLACK BISHOPS.
Northern Church Decides They Do
Not Have to BE White.

Not hbVe TO be Wn1te.
Los Angeles, Cal. May 2S.-The
Methodist General Conference tonight
voted by a practically unanimous vote
to amend the church constitution so
as to provide for the election of bish-
ops OF other than the white race.
Los Angeles, Cal, May 28-There
was reserved for the final session of
the Methodist general conference one
OF the most significant questions pro-
erammed for consideration by this
body 1t was the question of whether
the ministers of any other than white
races shall be eligible for the Episco-
pacy.
The matter came from the Com
mittee on Episcopacy as the result of
memorials from several annual con-
terences favoring the election of col
ored bishops to preside as general su-
perintendents. Chairman j. B. Buck
ley, in presenting the report of the
Committee on Episcopacy on this sub
ject, characterized the recommenda-
ton as one of the most far-reaching
In Importance.
The report of the committee. after
referring to memorials from the Ten
nessee, East Tennessee, North Carolina
South Carolina. Florida, Mississippi,
Texas and Lexington conferences re-
questing the general conference to pro-
vide for the election of bishops of
African descent, says that in the pres
ent state of the fundamental law of the
church there are constitutional obsta-
cles to granting the request of the me-
morialists. The report. therefore, pre-
sents a series of resolutions proposing
a change in the constitution, providing
that the general conference may elect
a bishop or bishops for work among
particular races, and languages, or for
any of our foreign missions, limiting
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
their Episcopal jurisdiction to the same
respectively"
The report was made a special order
of business for tonight.
GREENE NOT GUILTY.
End Reached I'm 81 Sensational Trial
at Columbus.

Columbus, Ga, May 2S.-After one of
the most sensational trials ever held
in Columbus, the jury in the case of ].
Perry Greene, charged with embezzle-
ment, tonight brought in a verdict of
mot guilty" reaching this verdict aft
er one ballot.
Mr.. Greene is one of the most prom
lnent young men of the city and is a
Mason and Knight of Pythias, and
members Of those orders and other cit
liens testified to his good character
The charge of embezzlement was
brought by President John F. Wealth
ers of the Columbus Show Case Com
pany, for whom Mr.. Greene had work.
ed as bookkeeper during 1908. it be-
ing alleged that Greene took $1,000 of
the company's money and then made
the books balance by making false
entries.
The defense was extremely sensa-
tional, Greene charging that President
Weathers himself had been systemat-
ically robbing the company and that
he tried to make a scapegoat of the
bookkeeper.
Greene talked to the jury an hour
and half and made a dramatic asser-
ton Of his innocence and an equally
dramatic accusation of President
Weathers, who sat a few feet from
him.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
THREE WERE KILLED IN
A DYNAMITE ExPL0 Sl0N.

Maysville, Mo-. May 2s.-Three men
were killed, one seriously injured and
several bruised in an explosion in
stone quarry eleven miles south of here
to-day.
The explosion was caused by one of
the quarrymeu dropping a lighted
match, which ignited some powder and
exploded more than 100 pounds of dyna-
mite
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
TO DEVELOP BIG WATER POWER.
Company Organized I'm pike County
to Harness Flint River.

GAINESVILLE. Ca, May CSC. e.
Strickland and ]. w. Strickland, OF
Pike, and w. J. Kindaid, S. Grantland
J. P. Nichols, Douglas Boyd, ]. J.
Mangham, r. T. Daniel and other
capitalists of Spalding county, are APP
plying to the Superior Court of Pike
county for charter for the Flint River
Power Company. The property to be
developed by the company is the Flat.
Shoals on Flint river, from which 5000
horsepower may be obtained.
The men back Of the enterprise are
among the richest and most success
full in this portion of the state. They
have already paid s25, 900, and ask for
the privilege of increasing this amount
to $500,000
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
Evans Committed suicide.

Paris. May 2s.-The autopsy on the
remains OF Allister Evans. known as
Viscount D'Oyley. son of the American
dentist. DIR. John Evans. was held to-
day. The result was not announced,
but II is understood that the author
tiles are satisfied that death resulted
from suicide. The judge in charge Of
tho case has issued a permit for the
burial of the body which has been
turned over to the family.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
ATTACKED STRIKEBREAKER
One Man Was Killed and Another
Was Injured.

New York, May 2S.-Two New Haven
road strikebreakers, employed here on
Pier IS. North river were attacked by
five men in Jersey City tonight while
on their way home and one of them,
Dominic Sokoposki, % years old, was
killed. His companion Peter Hoemizk,
was beaten. but not seriously injured
Sokoposki was struck on the head
with an iron bar and his skull frac-
tured. Passengers on a passing troll
ley car jumped off, rescued Hoemieek
and followed the attacking party, caus-
ing the arrest of Edward Griffin. who
has been identified as the man who
struck Sokoposki the fatal blow. Grit
fin is a dock laborer.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29

Specialist.

ing detailed diagnosis Of the case, tell
them by what means the cure will be
brought about. Proof will be sent
mat should convince any fair-minded
unpre1udiced person. Hundreds
throughout the South who live too far
away to call, or who for other rea-
sons cannot call, are taking advantage
OF this method of cure. It is certainly
better than going to drug stores for
patent medicines that are recommend
ed for fifty different diseases and
which, while appearing cheap as a
purchase, in the end amount to a.
small fortune without you even being
cured. DR.. Hathaway, on the other
hand, studies your case and sends you
a treatment exactly suited to your re-
quirements and which from the ma
ture of things is bound to cure you.
The doctor is the author of eight
medical books comprising a medical
library in themselves, and he will send
you book on the subject of your dis
ease IL you will give him an idea of
how you suffer. This is entirely free
and you will be surprised how much
knowledge you will derive from 1t.
Chronic Diseases Are tho Doctors
Specially.
DR.. Hathaway would be glad TO see
at his offices, or to have a letter from
men, and women who suffer from any
disease Of the reproductive organs,
from consumption, weak lungs. bron-
chitis, asthma, catarrh, rheumatism
kidney trouble. urinary disorders
complaints of the stomach or intes-
tines; men and women who suffer
from urethal discharges. weakness
and loss of vitality or inclination;
men who are impotent who have vari-
cocele, hydrocele, Structure, sperma-
torrhea; women who have womb or
ovarian troubles, who are thin OF
body and weak OF strength. To such
as these Or. Hathaway assures not
only a cure, but a complete and per-
manent upbuilding OF the body so
that nature herself will take care Of
your health in the future. The thous-
ands throughout the South who owe
their present good health to Dr. Hath
away Will cheerfully testify to his
ability to do the same for anyone who
is III or diseased. The surest and most
convincing of all ways is to find out
for yourself by calling or writing the
doctor, and this. as you now know.
cannot possibly cost you anything.
The address is
rHAWAY. M. ID.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
ARRESTED AND THEN WED.
II Was Alleged That the Couple
Were Brother and Sister.


Chicago. May 2s.-Arrested as a
brother and sister clipping from their
home, but later released, DERRICK Vial,
% years old, and Anna StralQa, 20 years
old, of Chicago, have been married.
Although the ceremony was not in
terfered with, Mrs. Straka, the girls
mother, stin insists that Vial is her
son, while her husband says he is not.
Vial declares he was drawn into the
Straka family because Mrs. Straka,
who is 60 years old, believed him her
long lost son, who left home when IA
years old. He denied this, but re-
manned with the family and supported
Its members for some time in Chicago.
Ibis friendship for the pretty daughter
grew into love and they finally eloped.
Mrs. Straka and her daughter met
Vtal while crossing the ocean from Bo-
hen1ia. Vial was working as a deck
hand on the ocean liner.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
RooseveIt Goes to Gettysburg.

Washington, May 2s. - President
Roosevelt Will participate in the exer-
cises on Memorial Day on the battle
field of Gettysburg, delivering the prin-
cipal address during the afternoon and
returning TO Washington In the even
ing.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29

When you find yourself in the clutch
es of a disease don't become melan-
choly and depressed and don't run
from doctor to doctor. Think the mat
ter over calmly and use your intelli-
gence in deciding what to do.
The first thing to do is to find a doc
tor that will understand your case
sufficiently to cure you. The next
thing is to find a doctor with such
qualifications whose charges are not
too high. Remember that there Is d
cure for you If only you go to. the
right doctor, and at moderate cost.
There is no sense in going to doctor
who charges SO to SIS and even more
for an examination when you can get
equally good diagnosis for nothing.
There is also no sense in paying 81
for each visit to the doctor when you
can make an arrangement by the
month that is very, very low.
Or. j. Newton Hathaway of this city
has been practicing in the South for
upwards of 20 years, and If he had not
treated his patients with consideration
and cured them he could not have re-
manned among us all these 20 years
and his practice would not be increas-
ing each year at the tremendous rate
it is. BY consulting this great South
ern specialist you can have an exami-
nation made free of charge. You will
be told exactly what is the matter
with you and what you should do to
cure 1t, without it costing you cent
The matter of taking treatment is left
entirely to you, for you are under no
obligations in having come for exami-
nation. II you decide to take treat
ment a small monthly or weekly
charge will be made, and it will be
such as to be entirely convenient and
satisfactory to you. Surely there can
be no proposition from a doctor of
eminent standing in his profession
that is more fair and square than this,
and IL only seems reasonable that you
should enter into it by at least calling
for consultation.
Out OF Town Patients Have the Same
Advantages.
The same liberal offer is made to
persons living out of the city who find
il announcement to call. These should
state their case In a letter and the
doctor will then send them booklet
on the subject OF their particular dis
ease free of charge, and besides CIV
4 MEwTOM LA
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
HUNDREDS OF SKELETONS
FOUND IN HER LOFT.

Tagil, Province Of Perrin, Russia,
May 2s.-The local police have discov-
cred hundreds of skeletons of children
in the loft of the premises occupied
by an old midwife.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
Russian VILLAGE Burned.

Gitomir, Russia. May 28.-The large
village Of Iskorosk has been burned.
The loss lie estimated at $1,000. 900. The
hre was started by children playing
ulation IL homeless and reduced 20 beg
gary.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29

Are you going to re-elect that man
to Congress in spite of the insinua>
tions against him 2" Sure" answered
Farmer Corntossel. Those insinua-
tions have done him good. He hasn't
been so sociable and entertaining in
years. washing Star.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
FOR BRYAN AS DELEGATE.
Nebraska Will Send Him to the Con-
ventiOn.

Lincoln, Neb., May 2S.-Democratic
county conventions were held to-day
in nearly a fourth of the counties of
the state, and with scarcely an exeep-
ton they declared for w. J. Bryan for
delegate at large to st. Louis and in
dorsed his position. The action taken
by previous county conventions shows
that Dir. Bryan can control next Wed
nesday's State Convention practically
without opposition.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
DarIen,s Lumber shipment..

Darien. Ca, May 2s.-Over 100000
feet Of sawn timber were shipped out
Of this port during the past week. The
timber was carried by three steamers.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29

--"Mr. Deepley," said the hostess,
won't you obllge us with one more
song?" "Oh reallyw replied the emf
nent basso, "the hour Is so late. I'm
afraid my singing will disturb the
neighbors." Never mind that.
They've got a dog whose bowling dis
turbs us at night, too. "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
COTTAGE IN ASHEVILLE


delightfully."-
ALBENIARLE PARK COMPANY, Ashevine,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
Grand Central Hotel.

"DULA SPRINGS" NEAR ASHE-
vile; large, new, well furnished house;
every convenience: mineral water.
Address "Dula Springs" Weaverville,
N. c.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
DE SOTO,
Savannah, Ga

OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
$50 rooms with south and southeast
exposure; 300 feet broad and spacious
piazzas. Open court. Delightful, cool
and pleasant during summer months.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-29
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.

rs A BRYAN STREET. SAVANNAH, GA
M & to to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-31

ing terms of peace without re-
gard to the established govern
ments at Richmond and Wash
ington. The letter follows:
Bishops House, 222 East Har-
ris Street, Savannah, Ca, Jan
uary 3, 19O4.-My Dear Friend ::
Your letter of the 1st instant to
hand. My recollection of the
conversation to which you refer
is clear.
General Longstreet told me
more than once that immediate
ly after the battle of Sharps-
burg or Antietam, while he was
In General Lees tent, the gener-
al handed him a letter which
he had just received from Cen
eral Mcclellan, the commander
of the federal armies. General
Lee gave General Longstreet, a
copy of the letter and asked
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-31
Bishop Keiley'S Interest
ing War Story.

The Baltimore Sun publishes
4 a recent issue a communica-
ion that will be read with par
cular interest in Georgia, since
furnishes an interesting side
ight on a political development
airing the civil war, and from
ne further fact that it was
,ritten to a friend in Baltimore
' Bishop Kelley, of this state.
The letter. dated in Savan-
all the early part of this month
ates the very extraordinary
.ct that in 1862, General Nc
iellan sought to secure an in
ryiew with General Lee for
e avowed purpose of arrang-
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-31
Letter TO Mr.. W. P. Huston.
Monroe City, Mo.

Dear Sir: Do you mix your
own paints yet? You can do
better. Zinc is hard to mix; re-
quires machinery. Mixing by
hand is slow and unsatisfactory
work; and, in mixing lead and
zinc, you bave nothing to go
by; both being white, when they
are mixed. Also, zinc should
be ground into the lead; not
simply mixed in, but ground in.
Buy Devoe Ready Paint. 1t
is the right proportion and
thoroughly ground in linseed
Oil.
The colors are uniform; ready
to dip the brush in. Costs less
and wears twice as long as
shop-mixed paint.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEvoE & Co.