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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 55.
IMPOSING
INAUGURATION
i
Of President-elect McKinley
At the Capital Yes
terday Noon.
ASCENDS AMBITION’S ALPS
In the Pretence of a Vatt Concourse of
Citizens—Hobart Sworn In—The
Inaugural Address.
By telegraph to the Times.
Washington, March 4.—McKinley
has crossed the Alps of his ambition
and life holds no higher honors—no
prouder posit ion.
At high noon today was adminis
tered the oath of office that made him
president of these United States for
the next four years. Hobart was im
mediately after sworn in as vice
president, and the opening scene of
the political drama was over.
The town is literally boiling over
with “original McKinley men.” and
few are the statesmen prominent in
public life, who will not rest their
weary frames in Washington tonight.
Sh rman, Gage, Alger, Gary, Long,
Wilson and McKenna, ot the cabinet,
are all in evidence. Among the other
men of mark here are Governors Pin
gree of Michigan. nd Drake of Iowa;
Colonel Buck, Governor Foraker, 11.
Clav Evans and Boss Platt.
THE PRKSIDKNT’s POLICY.
Mr. McKinley delivered his inau
gural address in a manner that indi
cati and a deep sense of the responsibility
he has taken upon himself. The chief
issue discussed was that of the revenue
in its relation to a revision of the
tariff, and an increase of revenues,
coupled with a judicious degree of re
ciprocity was advocated.
He declared his intention of calling
an extra session of congress for March
15, atid pledged himself to check all
unjust encroachments of the trusts,
and referred to his foreign policy as
one of dignity aDd firmness.
The financial problem was not neg
lected, and in referring to it, the
president advocated the creation of a
non-partisan commission to take up
the question of bimetallism.
In treating these issues the presi
dent said :
“If congress shall deem it expedient
to create a commission to take under
consideration the revision of our coin
age laws I shall cordially concur in
such action. The paramount duty of
congress is to stop deficiencies by res
toration of that protective legislation
which has always been the firmest
prop of the treasury. The depression
for the past four years has fallen with
especial severity upon the great body
of toilers of the country and upon
none more than the holders of small
farms. Agriculture has languished
and labor suffered. The revival of
manufacturing will be a relief to boib.
THE TRUSTS.
“The declaration of the party now
restored to power has been in past that
of opposition to ail combinations of
capital organized in trusts to control
arbitrarily the condition of trade, and
it has supported such legislation as
will prevent the execution of all
schemes to oppress the people by un
due charges on their supplies or by
unjust rates for the transportation of
their prodncts to market.
“Reforms in the civil service must
go on. But the changes should be real
and genuine, not perfunctory or
prompted by a zeal in behalf of my
party simply because it happens to be
in power. Congress should give
prompt attention to restoration of our
American merchant marine, once the
pride of the seas jn all the great ocean
highways of commerce. The United
States has progressed with ‘marvelous
rapidity in every field of enterprise
and endeavor, until we have become
foremost in nearly all of the great
lines of inland trade, commerce and
industry.
“War should never be entered upon
until every agency of peaoe has failed;
peace is preferable to war in almost
every contingency. Arbitration is
the true method of settlement of in
ternational as well as local or indi
vidual differences. Whatever action
congress may take will be given a fair
opportunity for trial before the peo
ple are called to pass judgment upon
it, and this 1 consider a great essen
tial to the rightful and lasting settle
ment of the question. In view of
these considerations I shall deem it
i
my duty as president to convene con
gress in extraordinary session on
Monday, March 15.1897.”
CLEVELAND’S MOVEMENTS.
Mr. Cleveland left the white house
with only President McKinley and
General Wilson, ohief of engineers, to
bid him good bye. He drove at once
to the light house tender Maple and
went off fishing and duck hunting.
Mrs. Cleveland has gone to Prince
ton.
A SERIOUS SCRAPE
Is 'that in Which Cronhe m Finds
Himself.
By telegraph to the Times,
Atlanta, March 4.—The charges upon
which H.Cronheim were arrested here
yesterday are likely to prove serious.
He is charged with being short some
$3,000 with the Southern Live Stock
Insurance company, the warrant hav
ing been sworn out by one of the di
rectors.
Crotiheim has acted as secretary and
treasurer of the company, and his ar
rest is due to a recent examination of
bis books. Bail has been given in the
sum of $3,000, and it is probable that,
the matter will eventually be settled
by his friends.
Sensational Suit.
By te egraph to the Times.
Macon, March 4 -A supplemental
bill was fi ed in ths United States
court tlrs morning in the case of
Thomas and Rvan vs. Thomas K.
Scott and the officials of the Georgia
railroad. The bill alleges -that Scott
has been running the Georgia road in
the interest of the L. and N. since 1895
without the knowl- dge of the petition
ers; that it has been the intention of
Scott and his associates to oust the pe
titioners, and that Scott has been
spending the money of the road to
build anew railroad in Richmond
county.
A Doctor’s Dilemma.
By telegraph to the Times.
Griffin, March 4—The preliminary
trial of Dr. A. F. Johnson, charged
with attempting to assault Mrs, J. F.
Pitts, was called this morning. Mrs.
Pitts testified that Johnson attempted
to assault her in January, and then
tried to scare her by threatening to
kill her and leave the pistol in bed
with her to make it sppear that she
bad committed suicide. Johnson de
nies this. The hearing will conclude
today.
Brawl y’s Bad Break.
By telegraph to the Times.
Washington, March 4—The latest
naval paymaster to turn up missing is
W. P. Brawley, of the Yanctic, sta
tioned at Montivedeo. Brawley is a
native of South Carolina, and some
time since turned in bis resignation.
Before it could be accepted be disap
peared from his post, taking with him
the reputation and character of a
brother officer’s wife.
Co'd soda at Butts’.
Sold Some Stamps.
By telegraph to the Times.
Washington, March 4 —The suspen
sion of Chief Munce, of the stamp di
vision of the postoffice. is a great sur
prise to that official’s friends. He is
charged with having taken several
sets of stamps, which were subse
quently found in the possession of H.
J. Coleman, a clerk in the general
land office.
The Weather.
By telegraph to the Times.
Atlanta, March 4.—Showers Friday.
When he weather is warm, seek
those things that are cool. Butts
soda fount can supply you.
BRUNSWICK, GA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5 1897.
A SUBWAY
SENSATION.
An Explosion of Escaping Gas
Produces Disastrous
Effects.
BUILDINGS BADLY BATTERED.
Six Persons Are Killed Outright and Many
Seriously Injured-Electric Cars
Are Wrecked-
By telegraph to ttie Times.
Boston, March 4.—An explosion oc
curred in the subway excavation at
the corner of Tremont and Boylston
streets today by which six persons
were killed. The explosions wrecked
three electric cars that were passing
at the time, and several buildings in
the vicinity were damaged. The ex
plosion was caused by escaping gas.
Among the buildings damaged are
the hotel Pelham, the Knickerbocker
President McKinley.
William McKinley, president of the United States for the next four years,
is 54 years old. He was born at Niles, Ohio, .January 29, 1843. Serving
through the civil war, he attained the rank of major, and, when peace was
declared, took up the practice of law. He was elected to congress in 1877,
serving until 1891, in which year he was elected governor of Ohio. He was
re-elected in 1893, which was a preliminary step to his triumphant election
to the presidency in November last.
and Head buildings and the Masonic
Temple. Forty-two persons were
sent to the emergency hospital though
fifty were seriouslv injured.
Corwine Caught.
By telegraph to the Times.
Chicago, March 4.—John Corwine,
the naval raymaster who receotly ab
sconded from Newport, R. 1., was ar
rested at the Palmer House in this
city yesterday evening. His arrest
was due to bis own carelessness, as he
made no attempt to conceal his iden
tity. Nearly $3,000 was found on bis
person.
HOW WE’LL GET OIL.
Brunswick Will Not Be the Stand
ard’s Distributing Point.
The Standard Oil company will not
make Brunswick a distributing point.
It will not bring oil to this port in
tank steamers. Instead of this, Sa
vannah will be made the distributing
point, and the tank steamers will land
their cargoes there.
The new plan, so far as Brunswick
is concerned, is that Brunswick, in
stead of receiving its oil in barrels by
coastwise schooners, as in the past,
will receive it in tank cars from the
ships which bring it to Savannah.
The Times stated these facts some
three weeks ago, when Local Manager
J. !$. M. Symons was called to Savan
nah, and they were corroborated last
ni bt, on inquiry, by Mr. Hoynes.who
’ filling Mr. Symons’ place here, while
be is in Savannah, familiarizing him
self with the new methods adopted.
MEMBERS
MAKE MERRY.
The Closing Hours of Con
gress In An All-Night
Session.
DELAYS PROVED DANGEROUS.
Several Important Bills Reach President
Cleveland Too Late For Close Scru
tiny and Remain Unsigned.
By telegraph to the Times.
Washington, March 4.—Congress sat
late last night, and in the smallest
hours was working hilariously toward
an adjournment with sudden bursts
of song and merriment.
Some trouble was experienced by
the senate in securing a quorum, and,
after disposing of several pension
bills, Senator Cullorn announced that
no further attempt would be made to
pass the anti-scalping bill at present.
The tilt between Quay and Hoar
was one of the evening’s liveliest epi
sodes, and the Pennsylvania senator
repudiated with heat the intimation
that he was in liquor, characterizing
the slur as a “filthy one.”
The sundry civil bill was passed and
in the case of the river and harbor
items a reduction of 12*4 P er cent, was
agreed to.
At 3:30 a. m. the senate went into
secret session, after which a recess
was taken until 8 this morning.
HOUSE HAPPENINGS.
in the lower branch the immigra
tion bill was passed over the presi
dent’s veto by a yote of 193 to 97. An
attempt to secure the concurrence of
the bouse in the senate armor plate
amendment proved futile, and the
question was deferred until evening,
when the amendment fixing the aver
age price of armor plate at S3OO a ton,
was accepted.
At midnight the house was singing
patriotic ditties. At 3 a. m. the
speaker signed the Indian appropria
tion bill, and a recess until 5:40 was
ordered.
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
Five of the annual appropriation
bills failed to .become laws owing to
the refti-al of the president to approve
them. The sundry civil, naval, Indian
and agricultural bills all reached Pres
ident Cleveland so late that he was un
able to give them that close scrutiny
upon which he insists. He, therefore,
refused to sign any of them. The gen
eral deficiency bill failed to reach him
owing to the failure of the conferees
to reach an agreement.
This is a record breaker in the his
tory of the government. The agri
cultural bill was sent to the president
February 25, while the others only
reached him during the late hours of
the session.
The refusal of the president to ap
prove these bills compels a more thor
ough organization of the house of rep
resentatives than was originally in
tended by Speaker Reed. Under the
rules of the house the Indian bill is
considered by the Indian committee,
the naval by the naval and the agri
cultural by the agricultural commit
tee.
JEKYL’S FIRST DEATH.
Ri v. Charles Hoffman, of New York,
the First Guest to Die There.
Rev. Charles Hoffman, a retired
Episcopal minister, of New York,
died at Jekyl Island yesterday morn
ing at 5 o’clock. The trouble was
heart disease. Dr. Hoffman came to
Jekyl a week ago, being quite ill at
the time of his arrival.
He was fully conscious to the time
of his death. He vras devoted to Jekyl,
and hoped for much improvement
from his visit.
Dr. Hoffman was a brother of Dean
Hoffman, the well-known New York
clergyman. He was the donor of
$35,000 to the University at Sewanee,
Tenn., and his life was marked by
noble acts of beneficence and charity.
The body was brought to the city on
the Howland, which carried its flags
at halt-mast. Undertaker Moore em
balmed the body, and it was shipped
to New York on the noon train, ac
companied by the wife,son and daugh
ter of the deceased.
This is the first death that ever oc
curred among the guests at Jekyl. It
is deeply deplored by all who knew
the deceased.
AFTER THE ALIMONY.
The Bri-senick Bay Street Building
Advertised Eor Bale.
The Times contains Sheriff Berrie’s
advertisement of the Briesenick brick
building on Bay street, to satisfy an
execution issued from Glynn superior
court, in favor of Elsa Briesenick vs.
Ernest Briesenick.
The judgment was for alimony, and
was the result of a long legal fight.
The property is to be sold to satisfy
the principal judgment of $7,500, at
torney’s fee of $750. interest of $925.57
and court costs of $189.80 —making the
total $9,366.37.
A peculiar feature of the sale is that
Mrs. Briesenick is both the plaintiff
and the defendant, she being the ad
ministratrix of her husband’s estate,
and the sheriff takes the property
from her to dispose of it for her bene
fit.
Buggy Harness, Wagon Harness,
Bridles, Lines, etc. A. J. Ingram,
Monk street.
DIDN’T FIND HER.
St. Regulus Was Not on the Break
ers When the Rescuers Arrived.
The tugs Angie and Nellie and U.
Dart did not find the British steamer
St. Regulus on the Doboy breakers.
When they reached there early yes
terday morning, the steamer had dis
appeared. Returning, the tugs found
her at quarantine, whence she came
up to the city yesterday.
Capt. Fartay denies that the St.
Regulus was ashore at all.
#
Carstair’s Monogram Whisky, the
best in Brunswick, at the Arcade.
Please Pay.
Mr. G. W. Cline, proprietor of the
Brunswick Steam Laundry, requests
his patrors to be prompt in paying
bills when the collector calls. He has
a large amount on his books, and
wishes to make speedy settlements'
The ladies know that Liberty Bell
Baking Powder makes fine bread.
Cash System.
The Brunswick Steam Laundry has
adopted a cash system of business for
the future, and requests parties hav
ing accounts to pay the collector
promptly.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
MUST COYER
WATER TANKS.
Council Passed the Ordinance
Last Night Without
Amendment.
ATKINSON’S SCIENTIFIC SPEECH
Krauss Wants to Shut Out Bucket Shops.
Drug Stores Must Pay Soda Li
cense-Reduction Wanted.
The city council had a very inter
esting and a somewhat prolonged ses
sion last night. Many matters of im
portance came up tor consideration.
Every member, except Downing, was
in his seat and Mayor Mason pre
sided.
The first matter of importance in
jected into the meeting was a petition
from tiie Western Union Telegraph
company, asking that its city license
be reduced from SIOO to $25. Manager
Kemp gave a number of reasons for
the request. The petition was referred
to the committee on taxes and reve
nues.
Mm. Gallagher asked that she be
exempted from the payment of the
S2OO license for a sailor boarding
house. This was also referred.
The cow question came up again in
the form of a petition from about 200
citizens, asking that the northern lim
its of the proscribed section be
changed from Lto H street. The pe
tition was tabled, and will be acted on
at the next meeting.
'The county commissioners having
expressed a willingness to lend the
county convicts to the city for the
purpose of shelling L street out to the
boulevard, the city to furnish tffe
shells, a resolution was adopted or
dering the shells furnished and the
work done.
A resolution was adopted authoriz
ing the mayor to make a note to the
board of education for $1,500.
The report of the city assessors was
laid before council and accepted.
The ordinance increasing the cow
impounder’s salary was placed on
third reading and adopted.
The ordinance reimposing the soda
water license on drug stores, which li
cense was taken off at a previous
meeting, was placed on third reading.
Alderman Butts argued that the drug
stores should not be compelled to pay
the license . Alderman Fendig took
the opposite view. The vote was for
making the drug stores pay, Aider
man Butts voting nay.
Alderman Krauss presented an
amendment to the license ordinance,
taxing dealers in futures, or “bucket
shops,”s3,ooo. Mayor Mason ruled the
amendment out of order, as the ordi
nance had gone to its third reading.
Alderman Krauss didn’t press the
amendment.
Harry F. Dunwody was elected city
arbitrator, by a unanimous vote of
council.
Adjournment was in order, but Al
derman Atkinson wouldn’t have it.
He demanded that the water tank cov
ering ordinance be brought up again.
This ordinance was brought up two
weeks ago, and voted down, but re
considered.
Everybody realized that Alderman
Atkinson was “loaded.” He bad on
his desk five or six big volumes of
scientific treastises, encyclopaedias,
reports of the various j state boards of
health, etc., together with two myste
rious looking bottles. “I want this
thing fettled.” said (he alderman. “We
are here as the trustees of the people,
and we must guard their health aDd
their interests. I have some autbor
lty that I wish to read.”
He read it, citing from each volume
to show that water in tanks is ren
dered impure by exposure, and vice
versa. He also produced the two bot
tles, one containing water from Mr.
A, V. Wood’s well and the other from
the Light and Water Co.’s pipes. The
aldermen compared the water, the
question was put, and the ordinance
was adopted without amendment,
Council adjourned.