Savannah Tribune

Published by The TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY. VOL. XVL. GEN.BOTHASAYS NAY Boei Leader Refuses to Accept Ktchener's Peace Terms. WILL FIGHT TO BITTER END House of Commons Is. Notified of Rejection By Colonial Secretary Lord Chamberlain. A London special says: Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, informed the house of commons Tuesday that General Botha has rejected the peace terms offered to him. t General Botha, Mr. Chamberlain said, had conveyed the information in a letter to General Kitchener, in which he announced that he was not disposed to recommend the terms of peace General Kitchener was instructed to offend him to the earnest consideration of his government. General Botha added that his government and his chief officers entirely agreed with this view. Mr. Chamberlain said: "I propose to lay the papers connected with the negotiations on the table tonight." During the discussion of the composition of the Transvaal concessions commission, Arthur Basil Markham, liberal, asserted that the commission was made up of persons affiliated with several great South African companies. Mr. Chamberlain replied that while he was not to be influenced by South African capitalists, he was not to be precluded from using any man who happened to be connected with some capitalist in South Africa. The issuance of parliamentary papers on the negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Botha is delayed. General Botha's refusal to accept the peace terms offered him is commented upon with an evident sense of relief. The idea that Lord Kitchener initiated the negotiations instead of General Botha, as had been supposed, is unpalatable to the British press. The Daily Mail under the editorial caption, "Our Rejected Suit," aks why the government instructed Lord Kitchener to sue for peace after the murder of the peace envoys and concludes as follows: "Let the war be pressed to the utmost, and let further reinforcements be prepared, for they may be needed, but above all, let us have no more 'negotiations,'" CONVICTS IN MUTINY. Far Down In Coal Mines They Seize Guards and Defy Officials. They Are Finally Overawed. In the Kansas state penitentiary coal mine at Lansing, 284 prisoners who went down into the mine on Monday morning mutined and for many hours held fifteen guards as hostages. They gave an ultimatum to the effect that they would refuse to let the guards return to the surface until Warden Tomlinson promise to give them better food and threatened to kill the guards if their demands were not complied with. The mines are run by the worst class of prisoners in the penitentiary and among those who mutined were twenty life prisoners. Warden Tomlinson refused to grant the request of the convicts. The insurrection was brought to a close at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday night, and the mutinous convicts were placed in their cells as fast as they could be brought to the surface. Shortly after nightfall the warden every available officer gathered at the mouth of the mine; each in heavily sed. Hunger had begun to tell upon the mutinous convicts, and they began to parley with the warden. They sent him word that if he would promise not to inflict punishment for their action they would surrender and come up. To this the warden would not consent, sending down word that the surrender must be unconditional, the question of punishment to be considered later. As the night wore on the warden held a consultation with his officers, and it was decided to attempt a rescue of the guards and also to overawe the convicts and force their surrender. Selecting his men, the warden, with seven or eight guards heavily armed, entered the hoist and were soon speeding downward. When near the bottom of the pit a heavy fusilade was opened, the shots being fired toward the top of the shaft. This took the convicts by surprise, and, thinking that the shots were intended for them, they hastily fled, leaving the guards, who were soon joined by their comrades, after which they were sent to the top. The guards then started after the convicts and soon had the ringleaders under arrest, when the others gave in and surrendered. The work of taking them to the surface then began. The Savannah Tribune. BOER WAR NOT OVER. Result of Armistice Not Yet Realized According to Dispatch From Kitchener. A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, issued at London Friday morning, is so studiously silent upon the subject of the peace negotiations that it leads to the conclusion that nothing has yet been accomplished of a sufficiently definite character to justify lending official support to the view that the war is over. Nor do General French's movements indicate a cessation of hostilities, although possibly, as no date is given, his captures were made previous to the granting of the armistice. Lord Kitchener's dispatch, which is dated at Pretoria, reports as follows: "Dewet has reached Sonekal on his northward progress. "French, in addition, to his previous successes, reports forty-six Boors killed or wounded, 146 taken prisoners and surrendered, with 200 rifles, 3,700 rounds of ammunition, 2,400 horses, 2,600 cattle and 400 wagons and carts, besides mules and trek oxen. "Methuen has arrived at Warrenton from Klerksdorp, bringing in prisonerons and cattle. "The weather is wet, delaying the movements of the columns." A dispatch from Pretoria, after noting General Dewet's arrival at Senekal, Orange River Colony, says that though he has only a small following, Dewet is nearing a district where he is likely to receive considerable reinforcements and probably intends to pick up roving bands of republicans who are ever present in the Dornberg and Koranna districts. General French, the dispatch adds, had been detained by swollen drifts in the Piet Retief district, but is now able to move again. Dispatches from Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, state that prisoners who have lately been released by General Dewet say they think he is a madman. They aver that the terrible fatigue he has undergone, his anxieties and the intensity of his feelings have unhinged his mind. Apart from this view of General Dewet's mental state some of his peculiarities are that he rarely sleeps within the bounds of the camp. He seeks his rest outside, with a few trusted followers. Thus, the orderlies of his subordinate commanders are frequently unable to find him to receive orders. His secrecy is extreme. He absolutely imparts his plans to no one. General Dewet repudiates the peace negotiations which are going on. He has declared openly to the men under his command that no terms except independence will satisfy him. A recent utterance attributed to General Dewet is that after the British he hated the Transvailers. The whereabouts of General Dewet during the last two or three days is unknown, nor is it known whether President Steyn is with him. CUBANS NOT SATISFIED. Foreign Relations Committee. Will Not Accept the Platt Amendment. A special from Havana says: The committee on foreign relations held another private meeting Friday afternoon. Senor De Quesada, one of the members, says the committee agreed unanimously that the Platt amendment in its present form could not be accepted and that a report to this effect will be submitted to the constitutional convention. He also asserts that the committee is assured of the support of twenty-eight delegates. Monday the committee will meet again, when individual opinions on the question will be filed, to be incorporated later into the final report. The intention of the committee is not to make a final report for some time, but Senor de' Quesada declares that this delay will not weaken the determination of its members not to accept the Platt amendment as it stands. Dewey to Solourn at Alken Aiken, S. C., is preparing for Admiral Dewey. Information was received there Friday that the admiral's physicians had ordered him south, and he has chosen Aiken as his resting place. Alabama Village Burned. The-village of Comer, Ala., was almost totally destroyed by fire Friday morning at 4 o'clock. Nine store houses went up in flames, and only a small portion of the stocks were saved. $ ^{0} $ WINCHESTER'S MAYOR SHOT. Executive of Tennessee Town Fired On By a Man He Had Fined. A special to the Knoxville Journal and Tribune from Winchester, Tenn., states that Horace Brannan, mayor of Winchester, was seriously shot by a man named Shadow, whom he had fined. The latest reports indicate that Brennan may recover. He was shot immediately below the heart. General Harrison's Will Opened. At Indianapolis Monday the will of the late General Harrison was opened and read in the presence of the family. Nothing can be learned of the contents of the document. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. MARCH 23, 1901. BOTH TO WITHDRAW British and Russians Not Overly Anxious to Fight. London Press Declares That Diplomacy Will Be Able to Smooth Out the Friction. On the highest official authority the Associated Press representative in London is authorized to announce that the difficulty at Tien Tsin between the Russians and British over the construction of a railroad siding in territory claimed by both will probably be solved by the withdrawal of both the British and Russian troops from the ground in dispute. There is a disposition in London to think too much has been made of the Anglo-Russian incident at Tien Tein and a more hopeful view of the affair is now taken. This is aided by the statement contained in Dr. Morrison's dispatch from Pekin Monday to The London Times, which is taken to mean that the combined efforts of the interested powers are having the effect of causing St. Petersburg to check any tendency to undo aggressiveness on the part of the Russian representatives in China. The comments of the afternoon newspapers repeat the views of the majority of the morning papers, namely, that diplomacy will be able to smooth the friction. The officials of the British foreign office have not yet received official confirmation of Russia's alleged backdown in regard to Manchuria, Turkestan and Mongolia, and inquiries on the subject are now being made at St. Petersburg and Pekin. The British Foreign office is not relaxing its efforts to secure a more satisfactory statement of the intentions of Russia, but the officials deprecate the British press agitation on the subject. On all sides it is officially and otherwise said that Great Britain has not the slightest contemplation of resorting to hostilities against Russia, whatever may be the outcome of the present negotiations. A prominent British official, often the mouthpiece of the government, whose position makes it undesirable that he should be named in this connection, said Monday evening: "It is useless for our newspapers to use provocative language. They forget that we have a great army in South Africa and that we have no other army, nor the making of one elsewhere. It is impossible to go to war with Russia." A semi-official statement was issued Monday evening to the effect that the much-talked of assurances of the Russian foreign minister, Count Lamdorff, to Sir Charles Stewart Scott, British ambassador at St. Peterburg, were made February 6th and evidently referred to the Russo-Chinese agreement concluded at Port Arthur last November and not to the Manchurian convention. It is understood that one official view is that the dispute may eventually be referred to arbitration. WALDERSEE INTERFERES. The Times of Monday made the following announcement: "We learn that Count von Waldersee has interfered as commander in cheif of the allied forces in China to put an end to the mutually hostile attitude of the British and the Russian troops at Tien Tsin. There is no confirmation of this statement in other quarters, but it has an air of extreme probability and will be received by England with feelings of considerable relief. The Daily Mail, in an editorial which frankly faces a disagreeable situation, says: "We must admit that this is no juncture to risk fresh quarrels. Our armaments are inefficient, and our fleet in the far east is so weak that its position would be perilous. It is a painful process for the nation to have its face slapped, but until the country compels the government to put our house in order it is a humiliation to which we must accustom ourselves." TO SUCCEED GRIGGS! Philadelphia Is Thought to Be Slated For Attorney General. A report is in circulation in Philadelphia that John G. Johnson, a leading member of the Philadelphia bar and one of the most prominent lawyers in the country, has been offered the portfolio of attorney general in President McKinley's cabinet to succeed Attorney General Griggs. When asked if he had been offered such a position in President McKinley's cabinet he would not say. "I do not want my refusal to answer the question, however, to be construed as a denial that the position has been offered me." HARRISON FUNERAL Remains of Great Statesman are Entombed at Indianapolis. For Nine Hours Body-Lay In State In Capital Building and Viewed By Thousands. Surrounded by fully 15,000 of his fellow citizens, the remains of Benjamin Harrison were interred in the family lot in Crown Hill cemetery at Indianapolis Sunday. Close by the grave were the members of his family. President McKinley and the more intimate friends of General Harrison. Back a distance of fifty yards, behind ropes, guarded zealously by a large force of police, stood with uncovered heads the great multitude who knew him not so well as did they who stood beside the freshly upturned earth, but who honored him and admired him quite as much. It is doubtful if any public man, at least in this generation, has been borne to his last resting place among so many manifestations of respect. Of passionate grief there was little outside the members of his family, but the tribute of respect was universal. It came from all alike—from those of his own political faith and from those who differed with him concerning what is best for the nation's good; from men who have been his lifelong friends and from those who knew him merely by sight and to whom he had never spoken. If came from women and children, from white and black, from all conditions and kinds of people. There was no exception anywhere to the expression that the nation had lost one of its most able men and the greatest man of his generation in his own state. By the grave stood the chief magistrate of the nation, and behind the ropes were the street arabs of General Harrison's city; every grade of human life in America, between the two, was represented in the crowd, and among them all there was but the one feeling, that a man had died who was honest at all times with himself and others, and whose ability and character were such as the nation could ill afford to lose. The weather, like that of Saturday, was splendid—bright sunlight, the warm breath of spring in every breeze, and yet in the air a touch of winter that brought the blood to the cheek and a sparkle to the eye. The services at the church and grave were simple in the extreme, all in most excellent taste, and, like the proceedings Saturday, there was an utter absence of friction in everything that was done. All was well ordered and well performed. REMAINS LAY IN STATE. On Saturday beneath a canopy of black placed in the rotunda of the capitol building, the casket covered with the silken folds of the stars and stripes surrounded by thousands-of blossoms, while over all swung the great battle flag that flew from the warship Indiana during a naval battle off Santiago, the body of ex-President Harrison lay in state for nine hours. During that time fully 50,000 persons passed by the coffin to take a last look at the distinguished dead, and when, at 10 o'clock the capitol doors were finally closed and the people told that no more could enter, there were several thousand more waiting patiently in line. The body lay in state from 1:10 in the afternoon until 10 o'clock Saturday night, and not once during the hours was there a break or halt in the lines which passed rapidly by on the right and left of the casket. It was Indiana's day with her dead, and most touchingly was the esteem and honor in which General Harrison was held by his fellow-citizens revealed. In front of the Harrison home, along the streets through which the remains were borne on their way to and from the statehouse, in the lines that stretched at times a half mile from the doors of the capitol building, men, women and children stood for hours waiting their opportunity to pay a tribute of respect to the dead. BOCKEFELLER TAKEN IN. Interests of Multi-Millionaire Absorbed By the Great Steel Combine. J. P. Morgan & Co. announced at New York Monday that the Lake iron mines, railways and lake transportation lines owned by John D. Rookefeller are to be taken in by the United States Steel Corporation. It was reported in wall street that the capital stock of the new United States Steel Corporation will probably be increased by $100,000,000 and that this increase was made necessary by reason of the acquisition of the Rookefeller mines, and properties in the Lake Superior district. Subscription: $1.25 per annum; 750 for Six Months, 500 for Three Months; Single Copies $6.50. In Advance COMMITTEES ARE ACTIVE. Work of Preparing for Great Confederate Reunion at Memphis Proceeds Auspiciously. As the time approaches for the holding of the Confederate reunion in Memphis in May the activity of the many committees in charge of the arrangements increased. Captain T. D. Lawler, superintendent of hotels, acting under the reunion committee on hotels and accommodations, has finished a thorough canvass of the city and reports that he is well satisfied with the result of his work. The doors of nearly all the citizens will be thrown open during the reunion and all visitors will be properly cared for. A dozen or more selected rooms have been engaged at the Peabody hotel for the accommodation of General Gordon, General Moorman and division commanders. Arrangements have also been made for the proper reception of visiting sponsors and maids of honor. The finance committee is continuing its work and $50,000 has been raised for the entertainment of the veterans. A massive structure will be built on the river front to be used for veterans only. A grand pavilion will be erected at Fourth and Court streets and will be used for a grand ball given in honor of the visiting sponsors. Another feature of the reunion will be the presence of a United States warship. The gunboat Bancroft has been ordered to proceed to memphis and remain during the stay of old soldiers. Advices received at reunion headquarters from all parts of the south indicate that the attendance will record breaker. The railron's all agreed to a very cheap ra ly, one cent a mile, and t boats lines have named a ate tariff. The committee on ba given authority to des design, and the work greasing. More thar will be used. More thar will be opened a headquarter newspaper men, and e afforded for the prision of news. A regis at these headquarterpected that all visiting will call and subscribe One of the especial the general committee K a brilliant success is the gether of not less than Forrest's old cavalry for It is the purpose of a. the survivors of the Forest to ride into Memphis on and rendezvous at a given p. then join in the mammoth para formation has been received fr number of the camps in this second regarding the matter and it is believed that there will be no trouble in getting up a thousand men. The committee of citizens which visited Washington and extended to President McKinley a courteous invitation to be present on the occasion of the reunion, has returned. The president, while deeply grateful for the kind invitation, could not accept, but promised to try and visit the Bluff City in some future time. WEALTH WAS USELESS. Retired Millionaire, Suffering From Bodily Ills, Suicides In Florida. F. H. Carpenter, of Ohio, a retired millionaire, who has visited Florida during the winter for a number of years, committed suicide at his winter home at Leesburg, Fla., Monday afternoon, by placing the muzzle of a gun under his chin and firing the same with his foot. The suicide was planned deliberately and his head was blown almost into fragments. Carpenter was about seventy years of age and had been a sufferer for some years of heart disease. For the past two weeks the suffering had been more intense than usual and people employed on his estate had noticed that he was losing his memory and that his mind generally was weakening. Mr. Carpenter owned two magnificent estates in Florida and a valuable place also on Lake George and had real estate investments in Jacksonville and other cities. In Ohio he owned property in several places, largely in Cincinnati. His body will be shipped to that state for interment. FOUR DIE IN FLAMES. Members of Uncle Tom's Cabin Company Caught In a Burning Car. At Olive, a station forty-five miles west of Missoula, Montana, Saturday, a special car containing the Ed Davis "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Company, was burned, four members of the company losing their lives—three musicians and the company's cook. The car was attached to the regular eastbound train due to arrive in Missoula at 9:30. Shortly after leaving Plains the car was discovered to be on fire in the sleeping apartment, and before the alarm could be given the whole car was in flames. NO.24. ARE READY TO FIRE NARROW&PACE SEPARATE THEM One Side or the Other Must Recede or Bloody Clash Will Ensue Over Trivial Matter. Advices of Tuesday from Tien Tsin, China, state that the excitement and anxiety as to the possible development of the Anglo-Russian siding dispute do not abate. A company of British troops and a company of Russian soldiers remain encamped on either side of the trench, looking at each other. The Russians have orders to fire on any one commencing work. General Wogack says the trouble was caused by the unwarrantable interference of the British in the affairs of the Russian concession, and he adds that the siding will not be continued unless he receive orders from his own superiors. Both sides will appeal to Field Marshal Walderse, but they both consider the matter to be beyond his authority and will await orders from Europe. Speaking of the attack made by a number of excited French soldiers on some members of the British sikh regiment in the French concessional Lorne-Campbell says it a childish outbreak against of their own general, who in the French soldiers tolish concession. Iron says there is no friche the French and British. Of Sunday was regretuased by a few excitable no connection whatever ling individual Frenchd in favor of the Russian concession with the land on is proposed to build the ing. ficial at St. Petersburg is allows: t true that Russia has yield-presentations of any of the modified her demands renchuria, because no rephave been made. Every tempt to address the Rus-ament on the subject of ourers with China has been cat-ly declined. Russia is a great er and has a right to hold negotiations with any other government, and no power has the right to interfere. Tentatives made in a friendly spirit, however, received a friendly answer. But, plainly stated, Russia cannot receive inquiries regarding the above pour parlers. The result thereof will doubtless be made known later." The informant of the correspondent of the Associated Press admitted that the power rebuffed was Great Britain. He ridiculed the talk of a military conflict at Tien Tain. He said: "If diplomacy is unable to settle the controversy, Russia is willing to submit it to arbitration, perhaps to The Hague tribunal or to some other arbitrator. After England captures DeWet perhaps she will have the courage for a military conflict in another quarter of the world. While he is promenading around the British forces it is hardly probable that England will seek trouble elsewhere." Some of the afternoon papers of London say the Tien Tain difficulty has been arranged. The misunderstanding was due to the Chinese granting the same concession to two nations. The arrangement enables Great Britain to proceed with the construction of the railroad, but if Russia's concession proves to be earlier than that of Great Britain the latter is to acknowledge the claims of Russia. The foreign office, however, has no information tending to confirm the announcements of an arrangement having been made, and the officials are rather inclined to doubt that such an arrangement has been arrived at. They say the original concession was given up by Russia. ALLEGED LYNCHERS COMMITTED. Judge Binds Over Certain Parties and is Denounced Therefor. Deputy Sheriffs Ashcroft and Seymour, and Ora Rolls, were committed for trial at Scranton, Miss., Saturday. Out of the eleven who were charged with the Knox lynching, Rolls was the only one admitted to bail in ten thousand dollars. The bond was afterward refused and the prisoner was sent to a distant jail at Waynesboro. The people at Scranton are furious. They will hold an indignation meeting at which Judge Woods will be denounced. And there are threats of violence to the court officers. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHINGCO 116 W. St. Julian Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATE 3. One Year $1.25 Six Months .76 Three Months .60 Remittance must be made by Express or Post Office Money Order, or Registered Letter. Advertising Rates given on application. SATURDAY MARCH23,1901. For the past number of years, especially after each election much comment has been made upon the Negro about selling his vote, and the assertion became notorious; so much so that in many parts of the state, a white primary was adopted. By the adoption of this primary it was found that it was not only the Negro who sold his vote, but white men also. In the recent city election in Augusta, the election cost nearly $50,000 and it was positively asserted that if the Negro was allowed to vote, the cost would have been only one half of that amount. The primary held in this city was a revelation. It was the worst election ever held. Votes were bought outright and voters stood out for the highest bidders. Of course, colored voters were not allowed around the polls. The election last week was nearly as bad. The sentiment is now being changed. The selling of votes is not being wholly charged up to the Negro. In reply to a comment in the Angusta Herald, favoring a white primary, the Press says: "Savannah has tried both the primary and the general election. Experience has shown that the primary is no improvement over the general election. Unfortunately vote buying seems to be frequent in both cases and it is very evident to the lovers of pure elections and good government that the remedy for this has not been found. It was hoped that the white primary would eliminate the purchasable element, but this has not worked as a full reform. As much money is used in controlling the white primary as in carrying the mixed election." THB Maryland has passed a ballot reform law is an improvement laws of a similar new other southern states after that of Massachusetts in that it disfarm literates at once while when it was adopted then illiterates, but, they were debarred. The does not affect any one zens but all classes. We record, just how it will to be seen. The inter who favored the law commended, but the law be, because it places an intelligent voters, and man has nothing to do special to the New laws. will prove to be a cooperator that the Gorman machine will lose as many white votes as the Republicans will black ones in the counties affected. According to complete returns made to the Democratic managers there are 44,923 illiterates in the State—26,616 colored and 18,307 white. The total registered vote is 261,589 so that about one voter in six is an illiterate. The Republicans are fully alive to the situation. They realize that their party confronts a crisis. They are determined not to lose the 26,000 Negro votes if they can help it. In addition to fighting the constitutionality of the law in the courts they are already arranging for a campaign of education for the Negro. Instructors will be appointed in every southern and eastern county to teach the Negroes how to read well enough to decipher the names on the ballots and vote intelligently. Republic in workers will so instruct the voters in the city precincts as well as in the country districts. Many illiterate Negroes on the Eastern Shore are already beginning to learn to read. The Somerset County Republicans are confident of their ability to hold the colored voters. Deputy Collector of Customs A. L. Dryden says he saw an old man who had passed his nineteenth year coming into Cristfield with a primer under his arm, who when asked about the book, replied that he had been informed of the scheme to prevent his voting. "I went right off" he explained, "and got this book and began to study. I am getting along right well. I can spell the short words, and by next November I expect to be able to read and vote, no matter how they may fix up the ticket." Several others from the same county confirm the report that the colored voters are aroused and working hard at their books. An Eastern Republican district leader who has canvassed his section thoroughly says the illiterate whites are making no effort to fortify themselves against disfranchisement, whereas the Negroes are hustling. "There are in my district" said he, "about forty-five white illiterates and an equal number of blacks. By next November there will not be over eight colored men unable to read the names on a ticket, whereas the number of whites to whom print is Greek will not be reduced. The trouble with them is that they are ashamed to acknowledge their ignorance, and they will resist any action that will deprive them of the right of franchise. I know of one family the head of which is a taxpayer who contributes largely to the county fund. He is now an old man but has never been able to read or write. His sons and others connected with the family who have heretofore voted the Democratic ticket will take up the cudgels in his behalf, and instead of losing the Republicans will gain a number of votes. We on the Shore are not afraid of any change in the ballot. What we fear more is a change in the law which will enable our opponents to get in their fine work in the polling booth." College Dots. A number of students and teachers visited the Telfair Academy of Arts last Thursday afternoon. They report a profitable and pleasant time. For the benefit of others who may desire to visit this academy it might be well to state, in a view of a certain incident connected with the above visit, that this academy is located between State and President streets, and faces Barnard street. The band boys played "at" base ball Friday afternoon with or against the campus boys. It was a fast and furious game. Several of the girls braved the cold wave to witness the performance. It was interesting and the band boys were defeated. President Wright announced Friday that steps were being taken toward organizing a summer school during the month of July. This is well, and it is hoped that at least 300 teachers and others will attend. The boarding department will be opened at a norminal fee. Large plans are being made, and success seems assured. One of the young men stated as his reason for wanting to visit the art gallery that he expected to be an "orator" [sic.] One young woman went "any-how." The spring "exams" are on in full blast this week, and the students are passed another mile-post en- Colbert, alias "Tip" of Au- sie a good "Umpire." He has, and "unrattleable." has crack-a-jack pitcher, big base runner. Band- ler used to be a good John Thomas used to letter. Cobb went to Liberty Jr., and got lost while Since Dancing. and all living resolutions were that they fully adopted by the Evan- manisters Union of this city dent meeting: We feel that we are called of each the people, and will be held able before God if we failed to teach the way that God would have them go Whereas, as we find in the Gorpel of St, Matthew that Christ told His disciples "Go ye therefore into all the world and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and to I am with you always even unto the end of the world." And Wheres, We see a great evil rising up in the Christian church by allowing dancing to go on among them, and Wheres dancing is demoralizing in its nature calculated to lead astray from Christ and is prohibited by Evangelical Churches, and Wheres, all Christians at one time in life promise to renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world with all covetous desires of the same, and the caramel desires of the flesh, and that they would not follow nor be lead by them. Be it Resolved, that each preacher of the Gospel who is a member of this Union condemn from his pulpit dancing in all Church entertainments. Resolved further. That when and wherever our respective churches order proper entertainments, that we pledge ourselves to support the same by our means, presence, and influence to the extent of our ability and that wherever and whenever possible this Christian Union shall use any and all means necessary to suppress the evil of dancing MASONIC COLUMN. Character is what a man is in the light of his own consciousness and in the eye of omniscience. We commence life without character and we build for ourselves under the environment of our lives. We may be moulded by that environment, or we may use it to our growth and development. The utmost freedom is required on the part of each man in that work; freedom from every force that would enslave the soul or hinder his highest effort, and yet he must build under law. It is wondrously true that the environment of laws aids, rather than hinders, the evolution of man and mind. He must work in harmony with the law of nature and nature's God—or he will be found foes of his own creation. Obedience to law, then, is the corner stone of every truly great character. Masonry teaches obedience to the laws of family and friend; to the laws of his country-to the law of righteousness, which is the law of God—Edward Spalding Lippit. BRILLIANT IN COLORS PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION WILL GLOW WITH WONDERFUL RADIANCE. Electrical Illuminations and Other Features In Which Buffalo's Fair Will Excel All Former Enterprises of This Description. Even the Buffalionian cannot comprehend the exquisite character of the great Exposition he is building. Is it any wonder, then, that the distant native still asks what it is to be? Indeed it is to be everything that is graceful, harmonious and beautiful. Form and color will join their wonderful forces to please the eye and delight the sense. THE ELECTRIC TOWER. "Magnificent" is not too strong a word to express the character of the completed work. He is a man of dull imagination who, now visiting the grounds, cannot picture in some degree the comeliness and statelliness of the finished enterprise. The Pan-American Exposition is intended to be in every way an artistic triumph. From the very beginning it has been the purpose of those who have been intrusted with the making of this Exposition to present to the world the most artistic creation ever conceived for a like purpose. The arrangement of the buildings, the style of architecture, the decorative work, the embellishment of the grounds and the electrical illumination are some of the features that will stand out prominently in the Exposition picture. There are 33 acres in the courts around which stand the principal Exposition buildings. While the whole Exposition plot of 350 acres will be as beautiful as nature, with the artistic help of man, can make it, the several courts will be the particular center for formal decorative work. The courts are arranged in the form of a cross, the north and south courts bearing the names of Court of Fountains, Plaza, Fore Court and Approach and being nearly 3,000 feet in extreme length. The Transverse Court is known as the Esplanade and is 1,700 feet from east to west. Two subordinate courts open into the Esplanade, known as the Court of Lilles and Court of Cypresses. The combined area of these courts is approximately two and a half times the area of the courts at the World's Columbian Exposition and for this reason gives a far greater opportunity for artistic treatment. It has been said of this Exposition that it would outrival all former enterprises in a number of important features. The first of these is in the court settings just described. The second is in the plastic ornamentation of buildings and the elaborate use of sculpture for decorative purposes. As a third may be mentioned the hydraulic and fountain effects. These are of a most elaborate character and are to be seen in all of the courts. A fourth feature is the horticultural decorative work. Sunken gardens and formal floral ornamentation will be employed at every point where the bright colors of foliage and flowers will add to the beauty of the scene. As a fifth feature may be noted the color decoration of the buildings. This is a very elaborate undertaking, the result of mature study upon the part of the best mural painters of the world. Considered a very difficult, if not embarrassing, problem at first, it has been worked out by patient study until results very pleasing and happy have been achieved. A sixth point of excellence will be the electrical illumination of all the courts. Then the brilliance of the gardens and the radiant beauty of the buildings will be heightened by the glow of 200,000 electric lamps arranged with artistic conception and illuminating with fantastic hues the numberless fountains and pools and turning the scene into one of unrivaled splendor. The style of architecture is what is described as a free adaptation of the Spanish renalissance. It is particularly appropriate for the purposes of an Exposition since it gives opportunity for the employment of many architectural features of a festive character. Thus the visitor may see many lofty towers and lanterna, graceful domes and minarets, ally pavilions and other decorative work that will produce a sky line free from any suggestions of monotony or severity. The Electric Tower, standing in a broad pool between the Court of Fountains and the Plaza, is to be the centerpiece for electrical illumination. This tower is 80 feet square and 375 feet high, with circular wings curving from the east and west sides to the southward and forming a semicircular space in which are to be many beautiful fountain features. From the southern face of the Tower a cascade will gush from a niche, 70 feet from the ground, and fall upon a terraced base. At night this cascade and the fountains and pools will be illuminated in fantastic colors. Floating lights upon all the pools will form an interesting feature of the general scheme of illumination. Some 30 or more American sculptors of renown age at work upon the decorative groups which are to have a place at this Exposition. These are to be nearly all original productions under the master direction of Karl Bitter. It will be the most elaborate use of decorative sculpture ever undertaken at an Exposition, there being more than 125 groups. These will adorn the fountains, bridges, entrances to buildings and other salient points. to buildings and other salient points. Besides the pools and fountains, within the several courts will be a grand and stately canal which will surround the entire group of buildings. In the southern reaches of this canal are artificial bodies of water known as the Mirror Lakes, from which lagoons extend in several directions, thickly set with aquatic plants of rare species. In addition to the sunken gardens and other floral features of the courts will be the horticultural exhibits in the southern part of the grounds. These will consist of several acres of beds of the finest productions of the best nurseries and greenhouses of the western world. The competition for supremacy will be very keen and the lover of flowers will have a rare opportunity to make a comparison of the merits of the productions of competing growers. BAY STATE AT BUFFALO. Fine Historical Exhibit WILL Be Made by Massachusetts. The historic commonwealth of Massachusetts will have a most interesting exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. It is being collected through the cooperation of various societies, such as the Sons of the Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of the War of 1812 and kindred organizations. the chairman of the Massachusetts Pan-American commission, Mr. Walter Gilman Page, is a lending spirit in these societies and is anxious that the wealth of historic material possessed by Massachusetts should be adequately represented at the Pan-American Exposition. The matter of a building has not yet been definitely decided, but it is probable that the old Providence House, which was one of the historic buildings of Boston, will be reproduced as a home for Massachusetts exhibits at, the Ex- THE PROPYLEA. position in Buffalo. This building was typical in its style of the old fashioned Boston architecture and, in addition, possessed a special interest from its historic associations. It formerly stood on the Washington street end of Providence court, partly on the site of what is now Clark's Tavern. One of the members of the Massachusetts commission to the Paris Exposition, who recently returned from the French fair, secured there about 450 valuable exhibits, which will be transferred to the Pan-American at Buffalo. Ex-Mayor Frederick Fosdick of Fitchburg and City Treasurer E. T. Tift of Springfield returned recently from a visit of a few days in Buffalo very enthusiastic over the prospects for the success of the Exposition and are anxious to have the good old Bay State well represented there. Buildings Going Up. The magnificent buildings which are to house the exhibits of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo next summer are fast progressing toward completion and will soon be ready for the collections which are on the way from all quarters of the American continent. The scene upon the grounds of the Exposition, in the northern part of the city, including part of the famous Delaware Park, is a busy one, and every day sees some definite progress made in the construction work. Conditions have been very favorable to rapid work, and the Pan-American Exposition bldg fair to break the record in the matter of swift construction of Exposition buildings and their entire completion before the time arrives to open the gates to the general public. Connecticut at Pan-American. The state of Connecticut is getting together a large display that will represent her farm, fruit and dairy interests at the Pan-American Exposition next year. Benjamin H. Lee of Hartford is the commissioner in charge of the work, and he is assisted by a committee composed of N. S. Platt, chairman, New Haven; Professor C. S. Phelps, secretary, agricultural station, Storrs; J. A. Dubon, Poquonock; Professor A. G. Gulley, Agricultural college, Storrs; E. H. Jenkins, agricultural station, New Haven; J. B. Noble, dairy commissioner, Hartford; B. C. Patterson, master of state grange, Torrington. The Government's Building. The Government buildings at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo are being built by Rasmussen & Strehlow of Omaha. The contract calls for a group of three buildings connected by curved arches. The main structure is to be 400 by 130 feet, with a dome 250 feet high, and the smaller buildings each 150 feet square. All departments of the government will make up to date exhibits, which the members of the Government board are now busy collecting and getting into shape. NICHOLS has SHOES to "Burn," but he does not burn them-he sells them. Furniture Emporium. Furniture for the Parlor, Bed Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, etc.____ Locals. Go to Mr. A. S. Nichols' for shoes, not "ponies." On account of the revival meeting at Second Baptist church, the Fred Douglass Lyceum will dispense with its meetings for the present. A dastardly a tempt was made on Thursday morning to burn down the new property of Mr. A. M Monroe on West Broad and Huntingdon streets. Dr Love's Memorial Fund. The following is the weekly contribution to the Love Memorial Fund, L. A. Washington president, W. G. Clark treasurer, O H. Ebbs secretary: Mrs. Francis Washington through Lover's Lane Sunday School. 70 cents; Mrs. Francis Williams, $1.00; Mrs. Jane Harris, 50 cents; Mr. B. C. Creamer, $1.00; Miss Hattie Roberson, 10cts; Savannah Light Infantry Branch, through Hester Flowers $2.00; Twilight Reapers Aid and Social Club through Mr. S. Williams, $2.00; Miss Sarah Roberts, $1.00; W. A. Wylly, 50 cents; Mrs. Rita Powell, $3.00; Ladies Aid of Mt. Ster Lodge through Mrs. S. Nixon, $5.00 Total $16 80, previously reported $116 10, total $132 90. The Southern's Mississippi Victory. The victory of the Southern Railway Company before the railroad commission of the State of Mi-sis-sippi is a splendid tribute to the showing made before the officers of that railroad. The case grew out of the purchase by the Southern Railway Company of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, running north from Mobile to St. Louis passing through Mississippi on its way. The cry was raised that the purchase was violative of the laws of competition, and that the sale should not be invalidated by the action of the state railroad commission. Before that body it was shown that the Mobile and Ohio did not parallel the Southern; that its north and south line crossed the Southern's east and west lines twice at right angles, and instead of curtailing competitions it really extended the competition of The Southern Railway as against other railways in the state of Mississippi. It was also shown that it had never been the policy of the Southern Railway Company to carry dead ends or unworked lines; that every mile of track was worked for all that it was worth, and that it was in this spirit that the Southern desired to enter Mississippi. The plea was so straightforward and convincing that the commission unanimously dismissed its action against the Southern. To the people of Georgia, to whom the working of the Southern system is so well known, the action of the Mississippi commission is no surprise. Ten years ago the anti-railroad spirit in Georgia ran very high. Since that time the Southern, under the presidency of Mr. Spencer, has dealt so fairly with the people, and has so promptly met every local enterprise, that this feeling has completely disappeared. Other railroads have co-operated, and past antagonism has disappeared. This is true rot only of the political feature, but of the appeals to state railroad commissions on important issues. Mississippi, therefore, is to be congratulated upon its determination to encourage rather than to antagonize the development in that state of the business and the broad and liberal spirit of the Southern Railway. Atlanta Constitution. Rates on Plant System Mileage Tickets in Florida Reduced. Plant System reduced price of mileage tickets good in Florida on the 25th instant to $25.00 Mileage tickets may, therefore, now be purchased of the Plant System agents, good in states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and over the Atlantic Coast Line, R. F. & P. and Pennsylvania Railroad between Quantico and Washington, at $25.00 A cheap and convenient method of traveling. The interchange features of Plant System mileage books fill a long felt want. Mileage books in the hands of passengers, contracts of which did not admit of their use in Florida will be honored by conductors of Florida, regardless of such restric tions upon presentation. See ticket agents or write B. W Wrenn, Passenger Traffic Manager Plant System, Savannah Ga. When Visiting Thunderbolt Call at LEWIS' RESTAURANT ... Everything First-class. Meals to order. Fresh Fish daily. Parties of any size served. W. H. LEWIS, Prop. $2500 CASH. The Constitution now offers $2500 in cash prizes to agents for the very best agents work during the first quarter of the first year of the new contract, putting all contests, except for agents they pay, under the whole amount to the agent's credit and make the terms of the contract for distributing it over the whole territory. Arrange this the South has been divided in 10 sections follows: 1st Section, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. 2d Section Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. 3d Section Georgia. 4th Section Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. This marking about and equal number of subscriptions according to The Constitution's list as it now stands. FOR THE FRESHEST AND BEST Beef, Veal and Mutton, ALL KINDS OF GAME, When in Season. Go to Stall No. 31, City Market. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. Goods delivered promptly. FIRST-CLASF DENTAL WORK. At Prices in Beach of All. Consultation and Examination Free. Dr. E. D. BULKLEY, Dentist, (LA. F. F.) Dr. Ecid of New York City.) No 220 East Broad St. Cor- Savannah. Ga. Fr. Lambert's Old Stand. Office Always Open. RING UP 'PHONE 1575, The Forest City Laundry AND HAVE YOUR Linens Laundried 206—210 Park Avenue, East. C. H. SHEFTALL, Prop. Boarding & Lodging, 128 West Broad St. ROBERT HOLZENDORF. The Savannah Tribune. Mr. J. W. Brown has been suffering with an attack of lagripe, but is out again. Among our callers last week was Mr. Robert Roberson. He always makes us glad when he calls. Mr. James Coston who has been confined at his home quite ill for the past three weeks is out again. See the program for the musicale to be given Monday night, benefit of Asbury church, in another column. Mrs F. E. Langley of Macon's street east, treats the collector O. K. when called upon. Mrs Langley likes THE TRIBUNE. Rev. J. A. Jones of Trinity, Ga., was in the city on business this week. He took the occasion, however to give us a call. THE TRIBUNE Job department has turned out work for the first pic-nic of the season, and has orders for two more. Mrs. J. M. Nesbitt and Miss Gertie Christian made a flying visit to Jacksonville last week. They report a pleasant time. Mrs. J. O. Calhoun, accompanied by her children left Sunday last for Americus to spend a while with relatives and friends. Miss Izella Haywood and Mr. Edward Guess were married on Tuesday evening last, Rev. J. J. Durham, officiating, at the parsonage. Miss Frankie E. Allen who has been away for a year, traveling through the Northern and Eastern states, has returned home on a visit. After passing a very critical period, we are glad to state that Mrs. W. R. Fields has greatly improved, much to the delight of her host of friends. Capt. J. C Simmons and Mr. W. H. DeCrutcher made a flying trip to Beaufort on Sunday last. They returned on Monday and report a pleasant time. Mrs. S. Jannie Heard, formerly Miss Sadie Houston, who has been in New York for nine years is here visiting her aunt Mrs. Butler, 606 W. Gwinnett street. Mr. R. L. Lockley has been at the Plant System hospital, at Waycross under treatment for the past month. We hope that he may soon be able to return to the city. Mrs. Annie Ferrell of 802 West Broad street, is much pleased with THE TRIBUNE, and asks that her name be added to our list. Most assuredly, Mrs. Ferrell. Mrs. M. J. Pinckney accompanied by her little son, left on Sunday last to visit her brothers and friends at Neals, S. C. She will also visit Walterboro, and will be gone about three weeks. Her friends hope for her a pleasant stay. If you want a first-class boot or shoe made to order, or repairing of all kind neatly done, call at No. 440 Drayton street. Here you will find the professor of boot and shoe making, Mr. R. M. Danielly. He does work at reasonable rates Mr. Geo. W. Euell returned from Covington Ga, this week where he attended Court in a divorce suit against his former wife Mrs Gardenai Euell. He was granted a total divorce, and Mrs. Euell's maiden Miss Maxwell, was granted. Mr. Wallace Jackson, of Greensboro, Ga., has been ailing for the past three months and unable to be at his usual vocation. He is stopping at the home of Mrs. Rena Williams, on East Jones street. Mrs. Williams is doing everything possible to help him. Mrs. M. J. Preston of Jacksonville, arrived in the city on Tuesday night. She came to visit her sister, Mrs. W. R. Fields, who has been very sick. This is Mrs. Preston's first visit in several years. She is an old Savannahian, but has resided in Jacksonville for the past eighteen years. At the election held on Friday of last week, Major Thomas Screven was elected ordinary to succeed the late Judge Ferrell, and Mr. J. F. Thomson was elected tax collector to succeed the late Capt. J. J McGowan. The election was a limited one. The other candidates were Henry McAlpin for ordinary and Mr. David Wells for tax collector. Miss Florence A. Fields returned home on Monday morning last, on account of the illness of her mother. She has been teaching at Cuthbert, Ga, for the past several months. During her stay there she won many friends, and all of her scholars are perfectly devoted to her, and all of them regret her leaving. Miss Fields books well and speaks highly of her treatment by the citizens of Cuthbert, and especially of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Rhodes, with whom she resided. The remains of Mr. Edward Way lived in the city on Monday from Warcross, where he died at the Plant System hospital, after a brief illness. On Monday afternoon the body was taken to Dorchester, Ga., for internment, accompanied by the brother of the deceased, Mr. William Way, via the Plant System. His sister, Miss Maggie Way and aunt, Mrs. Margaret Roberts went via the Sea-Guard Air Line to attend the funeral. They returned to the city on Wednesday. The Twilight Reapers Aid and Social Club "set the pace" for all entertainments of the kind for this year Its anniversary was celebrated by one of the most elaborate entertainments ever given at the Harris street hall. The hall was tastily decorated, with lace curtains at each window, and over the stage in large letters were the words "Twilight Reapers Aid and Social Club." The attendance of young people was large. The costumes were pretty and many of them costly and fashionable. The assemblage made a scene not often witnessed. The music was grand and the dancers were graceful. The grand march showed off the attendants to perfection and it made a picture long to be remembered. The supper table was ladened with viasds galore. This anniversary celebration by the young men will be long remembered President C. Daid-Brown and Chairman W. Glasgow Williams with the following committee made possible this excellent and much enjoyed entertainment: Committee: S. Nicholas Williams, H. Cyrenins Huger, J William Sweedenburg, T. Alexander Bright, L. Andrew Johnson. J. Henry Brogsdale, J. Daniel Green, E. Augustus Small. A Musicale Programme. A musicale for the benefit of Asbury M. E. church will be given at St. Augustine hall, Gwinnett street lane and West Broad street, Monday evening March 25th. The program arranged for the occasion is an excellent one, and those who attend will enjoy it. Admission 15 cents, children 10 cents. Following is the program: 1. Piano duet—Wandering Jew—Burgmuller Misses fendrickson. 2. Chorus—The heavens proclaim Him—Beet-hoven. 3. Solo—The Wool Nynph's call—L. Williams. 4. Duet—The Land of the Swallows—MusiMr. Seabrooks and Miss Duncan. 5. Solo—Dream of Paradise—Hamilton Gray. 6. Mandolin duet—On the beach—Northrup, Mr. Robinson and Miss Jones. 7 Solo.....Mr. L. B. Thompson 8 Quartet—Sweet and Low—Barbury 9 Misses, Jones and Gurley, Messis Farley and Clark. 10 Solo, Mona—Weathrly— 11 Mr. W. H. A. Howard 12 Mandolin solo—Silent love—A. J. Weldt, 13 Mr. E. J. Robinson 11 Duet-Moonlight on the Rhine-Neuland, Miss Hurd and Mr. Shootes. 12 Chorus-S*It as a Flash. Miss C. A. Heudrickson, accompanist. Knights Celebration. The Knights of Pythias of the city will celebrate their Thanksgiving anniversary on Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock at Harris street hall. Arrangements have been perfected to have quite an interesting program. A short sermon will be preached, and addresses will be made by prominent Pythians. Some musical selections will also be rendered. The friends of the order and the public generally are invited to attend this service. On Tuesday afternoon the knights will parade through the principal streets, and at night at Harris street hall an unique entertainment will be given. An orchestra will furnish some of the latest selections for the occasion, and the refreshments will be of the choicest kind. Admission to the entertainment 35 cents, double 50 cents. An Early Morning Blaze. Early Monday morning last, fire was discovered at a fruit stand on Waldburg lane and West Broad St. The fire burned fiercely and soon afterwards leaped over the lane to the First Bryan Baptist church which was completely gutted with only the sides standing. It was a neatly furnished edifice, and its members labored faithfully to make it truly a house of worship. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to them and the venerable pastor, Rev. Alexander Harris. Arrangements will be made for a temporary place of worship, after which the matter of building will be considered. There was an insurance of $2,000 on the building. An Interesting Revival. The revival meeting at the Second Baptist church is growing warmer and warmer. During the week several persons have been converted and much interest is being manifested by the Christians of the church. The meetings are being conducted by Evangelist S. L. Johnson, of Boydton, Va., who is a power in this particular work. Services are held in the afternoons from 4 to 5., every evening from 8 to 10:00. The pastor, Dr. Durham, invites the public and especially the sinners, to attend. To-morrow the services will be interesting. Brotherhood Union. On Monday last the Brotherhood Union celebrated its anniversary. In the afternoon it paraded, headed by a brass band and passed by our office. The young men were out in large numbers and made an exceptionally neat appearance. At night an entertainment was given at the Harris street hall, and it was well attended and an enjoyable time was had. The leaders of this institution are to be commended for, the manner in which its affairs are being conducted. Coming Events in The Social World. The Ladies Select Branch will give a pic-nie at Lincoln, Park on April 22d. A widows concert will be given on Monday evening next at St. John C. M.E. Church, Margaret street. Admission 10 cents. An old folks concert by the Original Concert Club of Beth-Eden church will be given at Ford's Opera house on Monday 25th for the benefit of the church Admission 15 cents. A series of balls will be given by Middleton's Military Band at Harris street hall, on March 20th, 25th, and 27th. Splendid music and refreshments on hand each night. Admission 25 cents. The nurse training department of the Charity Hospital will have a formal opening on Friday afternoon next from 4 to 8 o'clock. In the evening there will be an entertainment. Admission 10 cents. An Easter hop will be given by the Greenwood Aid and Social Club at the Oglethorp hall, Bay and Lumber streets, Monday night April 8th, benefit of the base ball club. Music and refreshments. Admission 15c. A Japanese entertainment will be given by the Young Adelphia Aid & Social Club Branch, at Morse's hall, Tuesday evening March 26th. Music and refreshments on hand Admission 15 cents, double 25 cents. The G. E. Club will give a spring carnival at Ford, a Opera House commencing Monday night April 15th, continuing ten nights. It is expected to be a grand affair and the Club will expect the patronage of its many friends. The Young Adelphia Aid and Social Club will give a ten nights fair beginning Monday night April 1st, at Duffy street hall. As usual this club will admirably entertain its patrons. Music and refreshments will be on hand. Admission 10 cents. An Easter ball will be given by the Evening Call Aid and Social Club, at Harris street hall, Monday evening April 8th. Music will be furnished by the leading orchestra of the city. Dancing from 7:30 to 3 a.m. Admission 35, double 50 cents. A five nights Easter Tidings Fair will be given by Ezra Presbyterian Church at Odd-Fellows Hall Harris street beginning April 1st. The public is cordially invited to attend this fair. There will be various interesting amusements each night Admission 10 cents. An Easter fete will be given at Fords Opera house beginning Monday night April 8th, lasting five nights by the Old Folks and Orphan Home Society, Mrs M. Hall, president. Attractions each night. There will also be an Easter egg picking. Music and Refreshments. Admission 10 cents. Co. A. Union Lincoln Guards will give the opening picnic of the season at Lincoln Park on Monday April 8th. The company most cordially invites their sister companies to participate with them, also the public generally. Music will be furnished for the occasion and refreshments will be on hand. Good order will be kept. Admission 15 cents. Soldiers in uniform 10 cents. Baptism at St. Stephen's. The Rev. R. Bright will administer the sacrament of Holy Baptism at St. Stephen's Church to-morrow night, when he will preach on "The Delusion that it is necessary to see Signs and Wonders and Visions in order to be converted." IN MEMORIUM. Of Edward P. Lawson. M. Dear Husband: In the world to which you have gone, does memory survive and retain a recollection of things here below, or does a second and eternal life exist only in our imagination, encendered amid our recriminations against life, by the power of annihilation? Does death utterly annihilate those it swathes from us, and is memory vouchsafed only to those who remain on earth? Or is it true that the bond of love which has united two souls in this world is an indestructible tie not to be saved even by death? If the immortality of the soul be doubtful the duration of humanity is not so. Individual life is however, so short, and what follows it so long, that it is natural for me to desire to know how that long future period will be spent and my heart is ever prompting me to hope that the coming hour may be happier than the past one. It has been one year, the night I remember well, when you were seized with a violent pain and atone o'clock you gently passed away; a loving and devoted husband. Sleep sweet within thy quiet vault, O thou who erathou art, And let no mournful yesterday Disturb thy quiet heart; Nor let to-morrow scare thy rest With dreams of coming ill. Thv Maker is your changeless friend, His love surrounds thee still; Forget thyself and all the world, Put out the feverish light The stars are shining over head; Sleep, sleep, sleep. RBZCCG A Great Opportunity. You might pay rent for fifty years and have nothing at the end of that time but a bundle of worthless rent receipts. We are offering to the best colored people hous-a at from $250.00 to $300.00, payable on the easiest of terms, $10.00 cash and $5.00 per month, actually less than the rent you are now paying. This opportunity will not last long as most of them have already been sold: Come to-day and let us tell you all about it.—J. E. FULTON & SON. Board of Trade Building. SPECIAL NOTICE. DISCOUNT SALE, on our fine line of Mens, Boys' and Childrens Clothing and Underwear will close in a short while. If interested, call. We guarantee you the best valnes in the city. -SPRING SUITS- MADE TO MEASURE AT READY-TO-WEAR PRICES. B. H. LEVY & BRO. Loss of mental energy, lack of thought power, failing memory or inability to concentrate the mind on the work in hand, there is nothing so good as Dr. Miles' Nervine. Its powerful influence in building up and strengthening the broken-down nerves, makes this great remedy an invaluable brain-food and restorative. It nourishes, fortifies and refreshes the tired and worn-out brain and gives new strength, new life, and new energy to the system. Adds renewed force to the system, puts a new step and new life to the mind. MONEY TO LOAN Improved City Property Low Rate of Interest. One to Five Years. J. E. FULTON & SON. St Stephen's Episcopal Church. On Habersham street between Macon and Harris. Services Sunday 11 a.m, and 8:00 p.m. Sunday school 3:30 p.m. Services on Wednesday night at 8:00. Stranger are always welcomed.—Rev. Richard Bright, Rector. When You Want Any Legal Papers drawn up, such as Mortgages Notes, Bonds, Deed to property or in fact papers of any legal kind; or whenever you need the services of a Notary Public. Call at the Tribune Office. Prompt attention to all business in trusted. Office as well as outside work. J. WALTER WILLIAMS, M. D Office Hours..... 8 to 10 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.; 6 to 8:30 p.m. Residence 500 Waldburg 8t, W., Phone 1665. Office Bell 1111. DR L. S. PARKS, 240 Barnard St., Savannah Ca Does all kind of high grade dental work of the best quality and workmanship. Gold crowns and bridge work. White Porcelain Pivot, and Gold Crowns mounted on the natural roots. Gold Fillings, Cement Fillings, and Silver or Amalgam Fillings, from nine to a full set of teeth $7.00 and $8.00. Broken Plates mended and teeth added to old ones for a small cost. All Gold Crowns Guaranteed 23 1-2 K. Gold. TO THE AFFLICTED. The Jefferson Medical Institute. 30 Broughton St., West, and 44 Whitaker St. Is prepared to and cures all kinds of disorders. We have a perfect system of mal treatment. Write for free symptom blank. We make a specialty of disorders, which have tired out the patience of the family physician, and all Chronic Diseases, such as Rheumatism, Paralysis, Dropy, Fistula, Piles, Rupture, Ulcers, Fits, Female Complaints, Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat, Bronchi and Lunge, including Asthma, Bronchitis, 'Grippe, Diseases of Stomach, Liver, Kidney and Bowels, Deformations, Malformations, Wins, Lost Manhood, Private Diseases, Blood Poison and alliments of ady name or nature. Our long experience in the treatment of Chronic Diseases enables us to cure or give relief to the worst of complaints. No charges are made for consultations, examinations, advice or prescriptions. A small fee only for medicines. Call at our office and let us advise with you. 308 Drayton St., Cor. Liberty Lane. OURMO TTO ; POLITENESS; SHARP RAZORS CLEAN TOWEIS The Knights of Pythias of the city will celebrate their 20th anniversary with a banquet at the Harris street hall on Tuesday evening, March 28. Music will be discoursed by a first class band. Admission 35cts, couple 50 cts. "My nerves were debilitated, and I had much dullness, confusion of thought and inability to perform accustomed brain work. After severe mental effort I would be so overcome and weak that my stomach was greatly deranged. Hearing of Dr. Miles' Nervine I began taking it; and I truly believe a good share of the nerve energy I have since enjoyed is due to its influence." REV. L. STEERE, light in the eye, gives new firmness to the Now is the time to try it. 25% Fag obilitated, and I had ion of thought and accustomed brain mental effort I would ask that my stomach Hearing of Dr. an taking it; and I share of the nerve enjoyed is due to its L. STEERE, Douglas, Wyom. OH! FOR STRENGTH! Weak Nerves, Tired, Exhausted Badges. The complaint of Thousands upon Thousands. Health and Strength are Within Your Grasp. Dr. Beene's Nervura Makes You Strong and Well. It is the Great Restorative of Brain and Nerves. Oh, those nerves of ours, how they do bother us! Weak, tired, and nervous is the complaint everywhere. We overwork, dissipate, weaken our bodies, ruin our health, and finally break down. Sleeplessness and indigestion are early symptoms, for the nerves are too exhausted and irritable to permit rest, and the stomach too weak to digest food. It is nerve and brain exhaustion which makes the brain tired, and the arm nerveless, the limbs trembling, the muscles weak, and the whole body without strength, energy or ambition. It is loss of nerve and vital power which is slowly but surely sapping the very life itself, and unless help is sought from the right source, the end will be shattered nerves, insanity with softening of the brain, nervous prostration, heart failure, paralysis or premature death. Beware of such symptoms! A well known druggist, Charles W. Eggleston, 329 Park Avenue, Worcester, Mass., suffered from nervous prostration and all its terrible symptoms. He writes the following letter telling what he knows is the best way to get well. "Some time ago I was taken with nervous prostration, I suffered terribly with my nerves and could get no sleep at all. I became fearfully exhausted, my stomach was in terrible condition from dyspepsia, and I could eat hardly anything. "I used several medicines but without benefit. Being in the drug business myself, and having had many customers speak in the highest terms of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, I determined to try it. After taking only one-half bottle I began to feel much better. "I slept soundly at night, and my appetite was splendid. After taking three bottles, I ate three square meals a day, and had not the slightest distress. My nerves were perfectly strong and I felt like a new man, being completely cured of all my troubles. "Out of the respect I bear the manufacturers of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and my desire to have the sick and suffering made well and strong. I unhesitatingly say that this medicine is the best and most wonderful remedy known today. "It does just what is said of it, it cures disease. Don't hesitate to use it, sufferers, for you will never regret it. You will be made well and strong." As this letter is from a dealer in medicine, his word is authority on such matters. Everybody knows that Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy is the great leading medicine of the age. Take it and you will be made strong, healthy and vigorous. Doctors recommend it because it is the prescription of a physician, and because they know it cures. Dr. Greene, the most successful specialist in curing nervous and chronic diseases, discovered it. He can be consulted free, personally or by letter, at his office. 35 W. 14th St., New York City. The Origin of the Coimpass The origin of the compass is undoubtedly to be ascribed to the Chinese, who more than a thousand years B. C. made use of the lodestone to guide their cars or carriages without the aid of the sun and stars. It is certain that they employed the magnetic needle in the navigation of vessels soon after the Christian era, if not earlier. There is, indeed, every reason to believe that the mariner's compass was not an original European invention, but was introduced from China. None of the early European writers speak of it as having been invented in Europe; and it is certain that the compass used by the Italians in the 13th century was constructed exactly like those made in China about the same period. PUTHAM FADLESS DYES do not spot, streak or give your goods an unevenly dyed appearance. Sold by all druggists. Andrew Carnegie believes in being generous while he is alive, and does not defer the manifestation of his charity until death has parted him from his wealth. Last year his gifts amounted to $3,000,000. In 1899 he gave away $5,000,000. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. O'Kenny & Co., Prope, Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Chenny for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. WEST & TRUX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Palls are the best. There were 295,752 marriages in France during the year 1899. When You Buy Ink get Carter's and you will get the best every time, "Inklinga" free. Carter's Ink Co., Boston. The record running high jump is six feet five and three-quarters inches. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrrup for children beethed, soften the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 250 a bottle. The hairdresser feels no compunctions about dying an old maid. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'Brazy, 52 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1909. The unsuccessful man realizes that there is plenty of room at the bottom. LION COFFEE Watch our next advertisement. LION COFFEE? Get the genuine! (Lion's Head on every wrapper). If not at your grocer's try another store. LION COFFEE is not glazed nor coated with egg mixtures or chemicals. We have no imperfections to hide! LION COFFEE is absolutely pure coffee, and nothing but coffee! In every package of LION COFFEE you will find a fully illustrated and descriptive list. No housekeeper, in fact, no woman, man, boy or girl will fail to find. In the list some article which will contribute to their happiness, comfort and convenience, and which they may have by simply cutting out a certain number of Lion Heads from the wrappers of our one pound sealed packages (which is the only form in which this excellent coffee is sold). THE DUTY OF MOTHERS. What suffering frequently results from a mother's ignorance; or more frequently from a mother's neglect to properly instruct her daughter! Tradition says "woman must suffer," and young women are so taught. There is a little truth and a great deal of exaggeration in this. If a young woman suffers severely she needs treatment, and her mother should see that she gets it. Many mothers hesitate to take their daughters to a physician for examination; but no mother need hesitate to write freely about her daughter or herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure the most efficient advice without charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass. MISS DAL QHAF Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South Byron, Wis., mother of the young lady whose portrait we here publish, wrote Mrs. Pinkham in January, 1899, saying her daughter had suffered for two years with irregular menstruation—had headache all the time, and pain in her side, feet swell, and was generally miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly replied with advice, and under date of March, 1899, the mother writes again that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her daughter of all pains and irregularity. Nothing in the world equals Mrs. Pinkham's great medicine for regulating woman's peculiar monthly troubles. TOO BUSY. The man who thinks he knows it all perhaps is wondrous wise. But never benefits mankind, no matter how he tries. He leaves his fellow men to stray, an unenlightened elf. His time's all taken up with admiration of himself HE KNEW BETTER "Oh, John," she cried, "baby's cut a tooth." "Aw, go 'way!" broke in little Willie, who was playing on the floor. "You can't cut a tooth! You may break it, but you can't cut it."—Chicago Post. Eleven Indian languages are still spoken in Mexico. Best For the Bowels. No matter what alls you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are puf right. Cascarerts help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascarerts Candy Catharic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C.C.C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. About 7000 people in Paris are employed in the preparation of human hair for the market. The Testimony Of many thousands who use and have used Crab Orchard Water in various diseases, would warrant anyone in giving it a trial. Great Britain brews $345,000,000 worth of beer a year. Don't drink too much water when cycling. Adams' Pepain Tutti Frutti is an excellent subetitute. Women use seventeen times as many cloves as men. Speedy, Prompt and Sure. Acts quicker, never gripes and obtains better results than any laxative known. Its action is marvelous, its effect immediate. No remedy will cure constipation and billiousness so quickly and with absolutely no discomfort as Hunyadi János Average Dose: One-half glassful on arising in the morning. Every druggist and general wholesale grocer in the world sells it. ASK for the full name, "Hunyadi János. BLUE Label with Red Centre Panel. Sole Importer: Firm of ANDREAS SAXLEHNER, 130 Pulton St., N.Y. WINCHESTER GUN CATALOGUE FREE Tells all about Winchester Rifles, Shotguns, and Ammunition Send name and address on a postal now. Don't delay if you are interested. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. 120 WINCHESTER AVENUE NEW HAVEN, CONN. Names of Flowers. The peculiarities of flowers in color, form or smell have given birth to poet-fancies about them which are more remarkable for monotony of invention than for beauty of feeling. As a general rule, flowers spring from tears if they are white, from blushes or from blood if they are red. Lilies of the valley are in France the Virgin's tears; anemones in Bion's idyl are the tears of Venus for Adonis; and the helium, which, according to Pliny, was supposed to have sprung from the tears of Helen, was probably a white flower. If we may believe Catullus the rose is red from blushing for the wound it inflicted on the foot of Venus as she hastened to help Adonis. But if Stephen Herrick is right, who of all our old poets deals more fancifully with flowers, roses were originally white, till, after being worsted in a dispute as to whether their whiteness excelled that of Sappho's breast, they blushed and "first became red." This is very like Ovid's account of the mulberry fruit having been originally white, till it blushed forever after witnessing the tragedy enacted beneath it of the sad suicides of Pyramus and Thiabe. In German folk-lore the heath owes its color to the blood of the slain heathen, apparently in recollection of Charlemagne's method of converting the Saxons, the two words being connected in the same way as are pagus and paganus; for, as in Latin the inhabitants of the country villages far from the Christian culture of the towns came to be called pagans, so in German the inhabitants of the uncultivated fields where the heath (or heide) grew came to be known as heathen (or heide).—Leslie's Weekly. ONLY CONJECTURE. Jimson—What do you imagine Lot's wife said when she looked behind her? Jester—I fancy she said, "O, very well; you need not bring me the smelling salts now."—Columbus (Ohio) State Journal. The date of the Johnstown flood was May 31, 1889. A Strong Man's Secret One of the strongest men reconly stated that the secret of his wonderful power was perfect digestion. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters makes digestion perfect, and cures all complaints arising from a weak stomach, such as indigestion, biliousness and all liver and kidney alliments. As a blood purifier and nerve tonic it is marvelous. It is recommended by physicians, and sold by every druggist in the country. Try it also for malaria, fever and ague. The value of all Kansas products for 1900, including animals slaughtered, is placed at $187,798,406. MITCHELL'S MITCHELL E SALV Price, 25c. Mitchell EYE SALVE Dr. Bull's Cough Cures a cough or cold at once. Conquers croup, bronchitis, gripe and consumption, 25c. ```markdown ``` Every cotton planter should write for our valuable illustrated pamphlet, "Cotton Culture." It is sent free. Send name and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassan St., N. Y. USE CERTAIN COUGH CHILL CURN GURE. Prompt and Sure. r, never gripes and obtains better results e known. marvelous, its effect immediate. will cure constipation and billiousness so in absolutely no discomfort as ayadi János half glassful on arising in the morning. general wholesale grocer in the world sells it. BLUE Label with Red Centre Panel. ANDREAS SAXLEHNER, 130 Fulton St., N. Y. CHESTER CATALOGUE FREE Winchester Rifles, Shotguns, and Ammunition l now. Don't delay if you are interested. REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN, CONN. FFEE CH OF ALLI There is nothing that a SOCIAL LION appreciates as much as a good cup of coffee. If you don't drink LION COFFEE yourself, at least keep some for your guests. But what can you buy for yourself that is better or that costs so little as IF not at your grocer's try another with egg mixtures or chemicals. is absolutely pure coffee, and and descriptive list. No housekeeper, in which will contribute to their happiness, at a certain number of Lion Heads from which this excellent coffee is sold). FACE HUMORS ```markdown ``` Pimples, Blackheads, Red Rough and Oily Skin PREVENTED BY Cuticura SOAP MILLIONS of Women Use CUTICURA SOAP, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings, and chafings, in the form of baths for annoying irritations and inflammations, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and many sanative antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women and mothers, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used these great skin purifiers and beautifiers to use any others. CUTICURA SOAP combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleaning ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odors. No other medicated soap is to be compared with it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus it combines in ONE SOAP at ONE PRICE, viz. TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, the BEST skin and complexion soap, and the BEST toilet and baby soap in the world. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor. Cuticura Consisting of CUTICURA BOAFT (25c.), to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle; CUTICURA ORIGINMENT (50c.), to instantly allay itching, inflammation, and irritation, and heal; and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (40c.), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SIMPLE SET is often sufficient to care the most turgorous, disgurturing, and humiliating skin, scalp, and blood humors, with loss of hair, when all else fails. Sold throughout the world. The real worth of W. L. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50 shoes compared with other makes is $4.00 to $3.00. Our $4.00 Gift Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. We make and sell more $3.00 and $2.50 shoes than any other two manufacturers in the United States. THE REASON more W. L. Douglas $5 and $2.00 shoes are sold that the reason THEN W. L. Douglas will not get them for you, dealer should keep them we give one dealer exclusive sale in each town. Take no substitute! Insist on having W. L. Douglas shoes with name for catalogue your design will not get them for you, send direct to factory, enclosing price and $2.50 State kind of leather, size and width plan or cap tops. Our shoes will reach you anywhere. Write for catalogue showing new Spring styles. W. L. Douglas Co. Eyellets in all our shoes. Constipation Is easily cured and the bowels restored to a healthy condition by the use of CRAB ORCHARD WATER the natural remedy for all stomach, bowel, liver and kidney troubles. By our method of concentration each 6 oz. bottle is equivalent to three gallons of the spring water. Sold by all druggists. Crab apple trade mark on every bottle. TRADING MARK CRAB ORCHARD WATER CO., Louisville, Ky. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives quick relief and comfort cases. Book of testimonials and 10 days' treatment Nage. Dr. H. K. GREEN $800. Box B. Attleth, Ga. A. B.